Fry goes out to find a Christmas gift for Leela and runs into "Robot Santa Claus," a homicidal robot who seeks to destroy those he considers to be naughty.
Todd disregards his faith and holds God responsible for his mother's death, which greatly distresses Ned and prompts him to send Todd to live with the Simpsons.
Sideshow Bob secures a contract to work as a mall Santa; an unknown thief is running around the city stealing Christmas packages from people's porches.
Lisa chooses to write about Professor Frink as the most interesting person she knows as he makes his own cryptocurrency, which makes him richer than Mr. Burns.
Bart inadvertently sees a new superhero film a month before its intended release, which makes the world fear his ability to spoil such an anticipated feature.
Mr. Fischoeder puts on a play with some help from Bob, Linda and the kids, all to get his brother to confess to a theft; Louise gets jealous of Tina's hands.
Tina goes along to cheer Jimmy Junior on at a semi-prestigious dancing seminar; Bob and Linda decide to compete to see who can catch the most homerun balls.
Louise suspects a Halloween field trip to an apple orchard might be hiding something more sinister; Tina and Gene work to win the school's costume parade.
After Peter's idiocy during a trip to the airport costs Quagmire his piloting career, he turns to his idol, Hugh Hefner, for advice on how to get his job back.
When the Griffins head to Texas, Peter quickly befriends some cowboys, Stewie enters a beauty pageant, and Chris and Meg sneak into George W. Bush's home.
When the power goes out in Quahog, Peter entertains the Griffin house by retelling the story of "Star Wars," with his friends and family in the starring roles.
After Bender manages to knock out a popular fighter from the Ultimate Robot Fighting League, he is offered an opportunity to become a full-time competitor.
It's Farnsworth's 150th birthday and a party is being held for him at Mars University but while he is at the party he realizes there is so much he has to do.
Bobby finds himself smitten with Connie's wild and rebellious cousin with a shady past, who is spending the semester in Arlen and becomes his lab partner.
Bobby discovers the art of "Dog Dancing" and begins to develop a routine with Ladybird, but tries to put a stop to it only to find himself enjoying it.