Season 9 first aired on September 21, 1997 with its first episode "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" and ended May 17, 1998 with its final episode "Natural Born Kissers."

The show celebrated its 200th episode on April 26, 1998 with "Trash of the Titans," which included guest stars Steve Martin and U2. The Season 9 boxset was given a 12 (suitable for 12 and over) by the BBFC.

The aired season contains three holdover episodes from the 4F production code that were produced for season 8 and also contains two episodes from the 3G production code that were produced for season 7 which are run by Al Jean and Mike Reiss. There are four episodes that were produced for the season 5F production code, but aired in the following season.

The Simpsons Complete Season Nine boxset was released on the following dates: Like the last three, there were two editions, one with the normal box, and this time, a Lisa shaped clamshell boxset.

• Region 1 - December 19, 2006
• Region 2 - January 29, 2007
• Region 4 - March 21, 2007

Episodes[]

Image	#	Title	Prod. Code	Airdate	Title Reference
	179	The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson	4F22	Sunday, September 21, 1997	N/A
	180	The Principal and the Pauper	4F23	Sunday, September 28, 1997	The Prince and the Pauper
	181	Lisa's Sax	3G02	Sunday, October 19, 1997	N/A
	182	Treehouse of Horror VIII	5F02	Sunday, October 26, 1997
	183	The Cartridge Family	5F01	Sunday, November 2, 1997	The Partridge Family
	184	Bart Star	5F03	Sunday, November 9, 1997	Bart Starr
	185	The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons	5F04	Sunday, November 16, 1997	The two Mrs. Grenvilles
	186	Lisa the Skeptic	5F05	Sunday, November 23, 1997	N/A
	187	Realty Bites	5F06	Sunday, December 7, 1997	Reality Bites
	188	Miracle on Evergreen Terrace	5F07	Sunday, December 21, 1997	Miracle on 34th Street
	189	All Singing, All Dancing	5F24	Sunday, January 4, 1998	N/A
	190	Bart Carny	5F08	Sunday, January 11, 1998	Art Carney
	191	The Joy of Sect	5F23	Sunday, February 8, 1998	The Joy of Sex
	192	Das Bus	5F11	Sunday, February 15, 1998	Das Boot
	193	The Last Temptation of Krust	5F10	Sunday, February 22, 1998	The Last Temptation of Christ
	194	Dumbbell Indemnity	5F12	Sunday, March 1, 1998	Double Indemnity
	195	Lisa the Simpson	4F24	Sunday, March 8, 1998	Homer the Smithers
	196	This Little Wiggy	5F13	Sunday, March 22, 1998	This Little Piggy
	197	Simpson Tide	3G04	Sunday, March 29, 1998	Crimson Tide
	198	The Trouble with Trillions	5F14	Sunday, April 5, 1998	The Trouble with Tribbles
	199	Girly Edition	5F15	Sunday, April 19, 1998	Early Edition
	200	Trash of the Titans	5F09	Sunday, April 26, 1998	Clash of the Titans
	201	King of the Hill	5F16	Sunday, May 3, 1998	King of the Hill
	202	Lost Our Lisa	5F17	Sunday, May 10, 1998	"Lost our Lease!"
	203	Natural Born Kissers	5F18	Sunday, May 17, 1998	Natural Born Killers

Characters introduced[]

Gil Gunderson, Crazy Cat Lady, Duffman, Manjula, Cookie Kwan

Trivia[]

• This is currently the final season to have a 25 episode count.
  • Starting with season 10 onward, the episode count would either be 20 (once), 21, 22, or 23.