"Couch gag" is a running visual joke in the Opening Sequence of the animated television series The Simpsons. The couch gag changes from episode to episode, sometimes with the placement of the couch changing. In more recent seasons, the couch gags have tended to be more outlandish and absurd, sometimes showing the Simpsons family sitting on the couch in different types of media (claymation, live-action, flipbook animation, etc.).