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HD Openings - Billboard Openings and Ralph Quotes

Maintained by Don Del Grande (ddelgran@snpp.com)

Starting with episode LABF01, "Take My Life, Please," the show's "long" version of its opening credits introduced some new elements that changed from one episode to the next:

  • Something flying across the screen under/across the title;
  • A "quote" from Ralph when the Jebediah Springfield head falls on him;
  • A billboard, which shows one or more characters' heads along with words;
  • A "quote" from Barney when Bart lands on him with his skateboard;
  • The TV set at the end is now an HDTV set attached to the wall; in some episodes, it falls off of the wall, exposing some wires behind it
Unless otherwise listed, Treehouse of Horror episodes do not have any of these in their openings


Episode
 		 Billboard    
LABF01 Krusty -- Now Doing Funerals   Krusty, wearing a black yarmulke
LABF02 Missing Child / No Reward   Milhouse
LABF03 Moe's Tavern / Now With Electricity!   Moe, holding an electric cord
LABF04 None    
LABF11 Pay For Septuplets / Get Octuplets Free!   Dr. Nick, holding eight newborn babies
LABF05 Support Your Local Bullies   Kearney, Jimbo, and Dolph
LABF06 None    
LABF07 Luigi's / Home Of The Breadstick   Luigi, holding a breadstick
LABF08 Principal Skinner / I Paint Houses   Principal Skinner, holding a paint roller
LABF10 None    
LABF09 None    
LABF12 Spider-Pig The Musical / Music by U2 and Alf Clausen   Spider-Pig (aka Harry Plopper), wearing tinted glasses
LABF13 If I Kill You, You Won't Pay / Dr. Nick Riviera   Dr. Nick, holding a bone
LABF15 Kwik-E-Mart / Porno Now On Lower Shelf   Apu
LABF16 The Leftorium / Next Right   Ned Flanders
LABF17 Don't Face This Christmas Sober   Duffman, in Christmas garb


Episode
 		 Opening Flyby Ralph Barney TV Fall?
LABF01 Crow, Left to Right Aaaaaaahhh! (Burp) Yes
LABF02 Crow, Right to Left It's dark Hey! No
LABF03 Crow, Left to Right I see stars Bart! Yes
LABF04 Crow, Right to Left None None No
LABF11 Crow, Left to Right None (Burp) Yes
LABF05 Crow, Right to Left Aaaaaaahhh! (Burp) No
LABF06 Crow, Left to Right None None Yes
LABF07 Crow, Right to Left Aaaaaaahhh! Hey! No
LABF08 Crow, Left to Right It's dark (Burp) Yes
LABF10 Crow, Right to Left None None No
LABF09 Crow, Left to Right None None Yes
LABF12 Crow, Right to Left It's dark Hey! No
LABF13 Crow, Left to Right Aaaaaaahhh! (Burp) Yes
LABF15 Shari Bobbins, Left to Right Aaaaaaahhh! (Burp) No
LABF16 Stork carrying Maggie, Right to Left Aaaaaaahhh! (Burp) Yes
LABF17 Homer in a balloon chair, Right to Left Aaaaaaahhh! (Burp) No

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Last updated on October 18, 2009 by Don Del Grande (ddelgran@snpp.com)