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42 unusual facts about The Simpsons


Archer John Porter Martin

Martin was mentioned in the animated television series The Simpsons in the episode titled "Flaming Moe's" (Season 3, Episode 10).

Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly

In Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly, the player controls Bart from the television series The Simpsons as he escapes from an unpleasant summer camp run by ruthless counselors.

Beanotown

Information in the Beano on the town's depiction and location is largely inconsistent - in these respects the town has a similar status to the town of Springfield from The Simpsons.

C.C. Lemon

It is known for its lemon flavor and for its advertisements featuring characters from the popular American cartoon The Simpsons.

The Simpsons have appeared in numerous commercials for C.C. Lemon.

Cardston, Alberta

On April 9, 2006, the museum was briefly mentioned on TV in Canada as a destination of Patty and Selma's vacation during the Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore episode of The Simpsons.

Castellaneta

The ancestors of Dan Castellaneta, an actor/voice actor best known for his work on The Simpsons, were from the city.

Chevolution

Commercialization of the image has expanded to pictures, swimming suits, beer, wallets, socks, shirts, cigarettes, even in cartoons such as South Park and The Simpsons.

Convenience store

Another large chain is Quickie Mart (whose name predates the fictitious "Kwik-E-Mart" featured on The Simpsons).

Dudley R. Herschbach

Herschbach has also lent his voice to the animated television show The Simpsons for the episode "Treehouse of Horror XIV" where he is seen presenting the Nobel Prize in Physics to Professor Frink.

Faraday constant

The Simpsons episode "Dark Knight Court" (RABF10) has Mr. Burns asking Comic Book Guy how much he wants for his entire comic book inventory.

Frank Mills

"Music Box Dancer" has been heard on an episode of The Simpsons and in the Kill Bill movies.

Games World

The show became the highest rated British produced TV show on Sky One - beaten only by The Simpsons and WWF Wrestling.

Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific

The product's unusually long name was satirized on The Simpsons.

Happiness at work

There are negative images of work in contemporary media, such the television show The Simpsons.

Hip flask

It also appears rarely in The Simpsons, when Homer drinks from it on occasion, and even allows Bart to take a drink during particularly intolerable occasions.

It's That Man Again

’ was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2004, largely in response to the much later publicizing of it in the television programme The Simpsons, although ITMA is credited with the earliest recorded use of the term.

Jagdish Bhagwati

Jagdish Bhagwati was the fictional winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in The Simpsons episode Elementary School Musical (The Simpsons).

Jim Reardon

The Simpsons (1990–2004) – director, supervising director, storyboard consultant

Laws regarding child pornography

In December 2008, a Sydney man was convicted with possessing child pornography after sexually explicit pictures of children characters from The Simpsons were found on his computer.

M.U.G.E.N

Often authors will port popular characters from 2D fighting engines such as the Street Fighter series, or from TV and book series such as The Simpsons and Sailor Moon.

Nina Matsumoto

Matsumoto first came to the attention of the comic industry through her widely distributed artwork Simpsonzu, a manga stylized parody artwork of The Simpsons cast.

Panzerballett

Panzerballett plays both original compositions by guitarist Zehrfeld and his creative arrangements of popular songs from rock ("Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple), to pop ("Ein Bisschen Frieden" by Nicole), to jazz ("Birdland" by Weather Report) to soundtrack (as the title theme The Simpsons).

Peter Budaj

Budaj, a devout Christian, is perhaps best known for having the depiction of Ned Flanders, a popular religious character from TV's The Simpsons painted on the back of his masks.

Plautdietsch language

For example, Homer Groening, the father of Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons), spoke Plautdietsch as a child in Saskatchewan in the 1920s, but his son Matt never learned the language.

Raymond S. Persi

Raymond S. Persi is a director for episodes of The Simpsons.

Reid Harrison

He was also a story editor for The Simpsons and wrote the season eight episode "The Springfield Files" and, most recently, the season nineteen episode "Papa Don't Leech".

Shaolin Kung Fu

In 2000's, Shaolin gets pop-culture recognition by appearing on The Simpsons (TV series), where they visit the Shaolin Temple in the episode Goo Goo Gai Pan, which first aired in 2006.

SNPP

The Simpsons Archive, a Simpsons fansite frequently referred to as the abbreviation SNPP

Spanish euro coins

In Avilés, Asturias, a Spanish one-euro coin was discovered with the image of Homer Simpson, a cartoon character from the show The Simpsons, in place of King Juan Carlos I.

STØR

A 1992 episode of The Simpsons called "Lisa the Beauty Queen" references STØR in a parody called "SHØP" which features a STØR-style building in IKEA's colors.

The Halloween That Almost Wasn't

In The Simpsons episode "Skinner's Sense of Snow", Seymour Skinner shows a film called The Christmas That Almost Wasn't, But Was.

The Scottish Play

The cleansing rituals have been parodied numerous times in popular culture, including in Blackadder, Slings and Arrows, and The Simpsons.

The Seventh Python

The film features Innes in performance in Los Angeles, Sussex, England and Melbourne, Australia and features Pythons John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, as well as singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons), and composer/arranger John Altman, among others.

The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History

Ortved did interview a number of sources for the book, including Hank Azaria, a cast member of the show since the second season, Fox Broadcasting Company owner Rupert Murdoch and former writer Conan O'Brien.

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World

The final stage of each area pits Bart against a boss — all of which are members of the Burns clan: third cousin Fu Manchu Burns, second cousin's grand-nephew The Abominable Snow Burns, maternal grand-uncle Ramses Burns and unspecified relation Eric von Burns.

The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness

He travels around town, and eventually heads to an amusement park where he has to save Krusty the Clown from his archenemy Sideshow Bob.

The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man

Developed by Imagineering, the side-scrolling game features Bart Simpson on a comic book quest to rescue his kidnapped idol, superhero Radioactive Man.

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

The structure and style of the The Simpsons episode "22 Short Films About Springfield" (first aired April 14, 1996), is inspired by this film.

Vern Oakley

His brother Bill Oakley was executive producer and writer on several series of The Simpsons.

Wes Archer

He was one of the original three animators (along with David Silverman and Bill Kopp) on The Simpsons', Tracey Ullman shorts, and subsequently directed a number of The Simpsons episodes (many of which had John Swartzwelder as an episode writer) before becoming supervising director at King of the Hill.

Written Cantonese

Although most foreign movies and TV shows are subtitled in Standard Chinese, some, such as The Simpsons, are subtitled using written Cantonese.


A Letter to Three Wives

In 2010, The Simpsons made their own version of the story, in an episode called "Moe Letter Blues".

Alan Smart

Alan Smart (born October 10, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an animator and an animation director best known for his work for SpongeBob SquarePants and as an, assistant director and layout artist with The Simpsons (he also received credit as a director in the season three episode, "Flaming Moe's").

Artimation

The judges (brought in from many companies in related fields to the categories of the contest such as Cartoon Network, High Voltage, Digital Domain, The Simpsons etc.) select winners and a handful of honorable mentions to be displayed at the festival.

Australian Tazos

Tazos were first released in Australia in 1995 with the Looney Tunes set, since then Australia the TAZO series has grown with various themes which include various The Simpsons sets, Beyblades, Star Wars, Marvel Heroes and in the last few years AFL and NRL footy sets.

Barbara Niedernhuber

In The Simpsons episode "The Bart of War", Milhouse mentions he feels "like luge silver medalist Barbara Niedernhuber" while riding Flanders' video cart.

Bee bearding

In the 2008 The Simpsons episode "The Burns and the Bees", Lisa Simpson wears a beard of bees to help the local population of bees to flourish.

Billy Beer

The hit television show The Simpsons featured Homer drinking a can of Billy Beer in the 1997 episode "Lisa the Skeptic"; after Bart tells him that the skeleton he is trying to hide is probably old enough already, he counters Bart's remark by introducing his Billy Beer stating that people said the same thing about the beer.

Bob Kushell

He has written for network television comedies including The Simpsons, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Malcolm in the Middle, American Dad, Samantha Who?, Suburgatory and Anger Management.

Branchiocaris

This fossil appears on TV show 'The Simpsons', chapter: 'Lisa, the sceptic', behind the paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould (Wonderful Life's author).

Christian Roman

Before Disney, he was a storyboard artist and storyboard supervisor on The Simpsons, during which time he wrote 'How to Storyboard The Simpsons Way'.

Dead letter office

In The Simpsons episode "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday", Springfield Elementary School visits their local Post Office and are treated to a piece of undeliverable mail from the dead letter office as a souvenir.

Electric football

In The Simpsons episode "Bart Star", while coaching his son's peewee football team, Homer Simpson uses an electric football table, even instructing one player to "spin around in a circle".

Inverted Jenny

In the first episode of the fifth season of The Simpsons, "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", Homer Simpson, along with finding an original copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, an Action Comics 1, and a Stradivarius violin, all of which he throws away, then comes across a full sheet of Inverted Jennys in the 5 cent box at a local swap meet.

Joey Kramer

He made a guest appearance in the 22nd season of The Simpsons, in the episode "The Ned-Liest Catch", as a former partner of Bart's teacher Mrs. Krabappel, as told in the 3rd season episode Flaming Moe's, which featured the whole of Aerosmith, the first band to guest star on the show.

Mailbox baseball

Mailbox baseball is depicted in several films and television shows such as Stand by Me, The Benchwarmers, Dazed and Confused, 21 Jump Street, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Ghost Whisperer, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and The X-Files.

Michael J. O'Connor

Michael J. O'Connor (January 16, 1938 - May 5, 1992) was an American animator, best known for being a layout artist for The Simpsons in the first season.

Mosi Tatupu

In The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror III" Mosi Tatupu's name is used during the "King Homer" segment.

Mr. Clean

In The Simpsons episode "Bart Gets an Elephant", Homer pours a bottle of "Mr. Cleanser" into a puddle in the basement and begins scrubbing, ignoring the warning to only use the product in a well-ventilated area.

Nell Scovell

As a television writer, Scovell wrote the season two episode of The Simpsons, "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish".

No soap radio

Over the years the joke has become widely known and entered popular culture in other forms, including a shower radio labeled "No Soap-Radio!" on a The Simpsons episode ("Homer the Heretic"), a popular podcast named after the joke, and a band with the name appearing at the Crazy Horse on a The Sopranos episode ("Pie-O-My").

Our Little Genius

Because of the abrupt pulling of the series, American Idol aired for 90 minutes that night, with a repeat showing of the "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" episode of The Simpsons following at 9:30 PM.

Quagmire's Baby

The episode was the second most watched episode of the night, following the The Simpsons episode "The Devil Wears Nada", despite airing simultaneously with Sunday Night Football on NBC, Desperate Housewives on ABC and Three Rivers on CBS.

Steve Pepoon

Steve Pepoon is a television writer who has written for The Simpsons (his only writing credit for the series was the season two episode Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment), ALF, and Get a Life.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

"Marge Gets a Job" - An episode of The Simpsons episode which includes this story as a plot element.

The Day of the Dolphin

The third segment of The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror XI, called Night of the Dolphin, is a comical homage to this film.

The Freddie

In The Simpsons episode "Duffless", Bart dreams of a "Go-Go Ray" with the ability to force teachers and administrators to perform various fad dances, including the Mashed Potato, the Jerk, and the Freddie.

The Kustomonsters

The Kustomonsters is an animated web series and TV show created by, Craig Clark, an art rock, darkwave musician (Chorus of Souls on Fluxus Records), animator (Forrest Gump and The Simpsons).

The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness

Developed by Distinctive Software, it is based on the Simpsons franchise and features many aspects from the series.

The Simpsons: Road Rage

The Simpsons Road Rage is based on the animated television series The Simpsons.

The Sleeping Gypsy

In the Simpsons episode "Mom and Pop Art" Homer dreams of waking up in the artwork with the lion licking his head.

The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene

"The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene" was first broadcast on December 9, 2012, as part of Fox's Animation Domination programming block, and was preceded by the premiere of the The Simpsons episode "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" and was followed by the premiere of the Family Guy episode "Friends Without Benefits."

Travis Powers

‘’’Travis Powers’’’ is a Sound Designer/Supervising sound effects editor and Composer who has worked on several animated television series, including The Simpsons, Futurama, Dilbert, The PJs, The Critic, The Tracey Ullman Show, Mission Hill and King of the Hill.

Wassail

In 2004, the Alternative Christmas message was presented by The Simpsons who close out with a cup of "traditional British wassail".