The Simpsons Beyond Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Still Continued is an episode guide book for the eleventh and twelfth seasons of the television series, The Simpsons

The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...

. It was published in 2002 by HarperCollins

HarperCollins

HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...

. It is edited by Jesse L. McCann and is a companion to the prior episode guide books, The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family

The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family

The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family is a book published in 1997 by HarperCollins. It was edited by Ray Richmond and Antonia Coffman; Matt Groening receives credit as the creator of The Simpsons, the television series upon which the book is based, and for an introduction to the...

(covering the first eight seasons) and The Simpsons Forever!

The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Continued

The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Continued is an episode guide book for the ninth and tenth seasons of the television series, The Simpsons. The book is the first companion to the original The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family, and is also published...

(covering the ninth and tenth seasons). It is followed by The Simpsons One Step Beyond Forever!, which covers seasons 13 and 14.

The book consists of synopses and quotes for each episode, beginning with "Beyond Blunderdome

Beyond Blunderdome

"Beyond Blunderdome" is the 11th season premiere of The Simpsons, and the last episode produced for the tenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 26, 1999. Homer test drives an electric car because it will get him a gift. The gift is that Homer and Marge get...

" and ending with "Simpsons Tall Tales

Simpsons Tall Tales

"Simpsons Tall Tales" is the twenty-first episode and season finale of The Simpsons twelfth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 20, 2001. In the episode, Homer refuses to pay a five dollar airport tax to fly to Delaware, which forces the family to ride in a...

." In this way it follows the last two books. However, this edition dedicates two pages of coverage to each episode, and four pages of coverage for each Halloween special. It thus outdoes the prior editions, which had one-to-two page coverage for each episode. The One Step Beyond Forever! book also continues the two-page spread episode coverage. The book also continues the work of the last two editions by listing the times Homer cries "D'oh!

D'oh!

"D'oh!" is a catchphrase used by the fictional character Homer Simpson, from the long-running American animated sitcom The Simpsons . It is typically used when Homer injures himself, realizes that he has done something stupid, or when something bad has happened or is about to happen to him...

" or says "Mmm...", as well as new couch gags, but it includes unique features as well, like Church Marquees. Sketches from the early production are included.

The creator of The Simpsons, Matt Groening

Matt Groening

Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons and Futurama....

, wrote an introduction to the book, as he had for the previous editions. In it, he refers to the eleventh and twelfth seasons as the "Wackier-Than-Ever Years," and explains that it had been the objective to take the series in unexpected directions. To this end, the character Apu

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is a character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Hank Azaria and first appeared in the episode "The Telltale Head". Apu is the proprietor of the Kwik-E-Mart, a popular convenience store in Springfield, and a friend of Homer Simpson. He is also...

 became the father of octuplets ("Eight Misbehavin'

Eight Misbehavin'

"Eight Misbehavin" is the seventh episode of the eleventh season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 21, 1999...

") and Homer

Homer Simpson

Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the patriarch of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...

 lost a thumb ("Trilogy of Error

Trilogy of Error

"Trilogy of Error" is the eighteenth episode of the twelfth season, and the 266th overall, of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It was originally aired on April 29, 2001 by the Fox Broadcasting Company...

"). Groening also acknowledges the death of the character Maude Flanders during this timeframe ("Alone Again, Natura-Diddily

Alone Again, Natura-Diddily

"Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" is the fourteenth episode of the eleventh season of The Simpsons, and marks the final regular appearance of the character Maude Flanders. In the episode, she is killed in an accident while watching a speedway race, devastating Ned Flanders and prompting Homer to find a...

"), saying that it was "funny, funny stuff - well, weird, anyway."

Groening goes on to claim that these two seasons contained some of his personal favorite scenes from all the series. He lists among these the farm animals driven insane by the food product tomacco ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)

E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)

"E-I-E-I-" is the fifth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 7, 1999. In the episode, inspired by a Zorro movie, Homer begins slapping people with a glove and challenging them to duels...

") and the portrayal of the dolphins enslaving mankind ("Treehouse of Horror XI

Treehouse of Horror XI

"Treehouse of Horror XI" is the first episode of The Simpsons twelfth season and the 249th overall, and the eleventh Halloween episode. The episode features "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad", "Scary Tales Can Come True" and "Night of the Dolphin" and was written by Rob LaZebnik , John Frink and Don Payne and...

"). He also identifies the episode "Worst Episode Ever

Worst Episode Ever

"Worst Episode Ever" is the eleventh episode of The Simpsons twelfth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 4, 2001. In the episode, Bart and Milhouse are banned from The Android's Dungeon after stopping Comic Book Guy from buying a box of priceless...

" as one of he particularly enjoyed, calling it "a very special story

Very special episode

"Very special episode" is an advertising term originally used in American television commercials to refer to an episode of a sitcom or television drama that deals with a serious or controversial social issue...

."

Books list

Seasons covered	Book title
1 to 8	The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family is a book published in 1997 by HarperCollins. It was edited by Ray Richmond and Antonia Coffman; Matt Groening receives credit as the creator of The Simpsons, the television series upon which the book is based, and for an introduction to the...
9 & 10	The Simpsons Forever! The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Continued The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Continued is an episode guide book for the ninth and tenth seasons of the television series, The Simpsons. The book is the first companion to the original The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family, and is also published...
11 & 12	The Simpsons Beyond Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Still Continued
13 & 14	The Simpsons One Step Beyond Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Continued Yet Again
1 to 20	Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20 Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20 Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1–20 is the fourth sequel to the Simpsons episode guide The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family. The book covers seasons 1 to 20 covering "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" through "Coming to Homerica". The book was released on...