The Simpsons: 30 Greatest Ever Opening Credits Gags

8. Bart's Earned A Day Off /Outlands

Milhouse takes over chalkboard duty for the day in a special 500th episode celebration that also contains a montage of all the couch gags ever made and an alternate set of opening credits, which introduce the Simpson family after they have been banished from Springfield and forced move to an off-the-grid neighbourhood called the Outlands. In this version, instead of the chalkboard, Bart spraypaints 'I Heart the Death of Society' on a wall, leaves school on a motorbike and joins his family on the sofa to watch a fox on a rock. There's always room for a sly dig at Fox eh...

First aired: February 19 2012 Episode: At Long Last Leave