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November 17, 2024

Who is your favorite Simpsons character? We’re a Milhouse bunch, but that’s only because we rewatched that “Lemon of Troy” episode today. We know that “Burns’ Heir” will get us back on the Burns train tomorrow, but that’s what’s so great about The Simpsons — it can give you something to love every single day.

You watch at least one episode per day too, right?

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666

6 2 66 THe SIMPSONS In the episode Bart Star - CRACKED.COM the numbers on the religious Rod and Todd's football jerseys are '66' and '6.'

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Marcia Wallace

40 Random Bits of ‘Simpsons’ Trivia That Are Coming Up Milhouse

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The Series Finale

A writer and producer for The Simpsons wants the show to end the same as it began. Al Jean said he would like the final episode to end with the arrival of the Christmas pag- eant from the first scene of the pilot episode Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, making the whole series a continuous loop. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — AV Club

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Smithers

he Simpsons Remember when Smithers was black? Mr. Burns' toady had darker skin (and blue hair) in his first appearance. This was due to a mistake (according to the production team), and Smithers was a white dude when he next showed up. — Source: Screen Rant

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The Simpsons

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM DISNEY+ MESSED UP THE ASPECT RATIO ON SIMPSONS EPISODES, CUTTING PLENTY OF JOKES. 45 HITLERS For example, in S1E5, the cropping cuts out the box marked Hitler's Teeth in Herman's Military Antiques. — Source

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The Simpsons Movie (Yet Again)

CRACKED.COM The Simpsons Movie Over 320 characters make cameo appearances. The film dug deep into the show's multi-decade run to not only feature as many side characters as possible, but give 98 of them speaking roles! — Source: Screen Rant

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Harlan Ellison

cartoon celebrities Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated The Simpsons Harlan Ellison The abrasive yet acclaimed science fiction writer appeared as himself on The Simpsons in Married to the Blob, and as a recurring character in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, working as a college teacher. CRACKED.COM — Sources: IMDb, Scoobypedia
Photo Credit: Pip R. Lagenta/Flickr

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Barney Gumble

CRACKED COM Originally, The Simpsons' Barney Gumble was blond. — Source

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Milhouse

Characters that weren't supposed to last SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Milhouse Van Houten on The Simpsons Milhouse was created for a Matt Groening pitch for NBC that didn't get picked up, and then used for a Simpsons-themed Butterfinger commercial. The character was then added to the cartoon's pilot episode and, well, everything came up Milhouse. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Portlandia

FRED ARMISEN got Groening back to his Portland roots DEVIL CRACKED.COM After Fred and Carrie Brownstein guested on the Simpsons, Matt Groening returned the favor by appearing on Portlandia. The Simpsons creator sued Armisen's character for his line of bootleg Bart Ska-mson t-shirts. — Source

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Paul and Linda McCartney

CRACKED COM IN THE ePISODe OF THE SIMPSONS WHeRe LISA Becomes A veGeTARIAN AND meets PAUL MCCARtdey, МАуве I'M AMAZeD PLAYS over THE CLOSING SCREDITS. THE SIMPSONS STAFF RemixeD IT to INCLUDe A BACKWARDS TRACK OF MCCARTNEY READING A Recipe FOR LENTIL SOUP. нат — Source

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The Pilot

COMEDY NERD The Simpsons pilot was a kinda-strange, one-off Christmas special. Homer and Marge have voices that feel off if you're used to today's versions, and some characters - like Maggie and Ned Flanders - are fairly different. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Sitcoms Whose Pilots Were Different From Later Episodes

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Rick and Morty

RICK AND MORTY ONCE KILLED THE SIMPSONS. In a crossover promo for Rick and Morty, Morty accidentally crashes Rick's spaceship into the Simpsons family

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Ned Flanders

Oh, that's where the term Flanderization comes from. THE SIMPSONS HOLY BIBLE CRACKED COM Not overly religious, and even a bit spicy in The Simpsons pilot, Flanders quickly became religion-obsessed. Writers said that he was deliberately changed to satirize the growing influence of Christianity in politics at the time. — CBR

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Bret Hart

Wrestling Comic and Cartoon Characters The Simpsons Bret Hart buys Mr. Burns' Mansion The Hitman got to take advantage of Mr. Burns' misfortunes and buy his home. No word on whether or not he got rid of the old man stink. CRACKED.COM — Fox
Clip on YouTube
Simpsons Wiki

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Saving Lives

When TV saves lives (or destroys them) The Simpsons A 12-year-old from West Yorkshire was saved from choking on a sandwich by his best friend, who had seen the Heimlich Maneuver on The Simpsons. These cartoons are really life-saving PSAs in disguise, apparently. CRACKED — 20th Television
The Telegraph

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Reservoir Dogs

QUENTIN TARANTINO gave a yes-and-no response CRACKED.COM Yes: Tarantino agreed to his likeness being used for an Itchy and Scratchy Reservoir Dogs takeoff. No: He wouldn't voice his cartoon likeness because he didn't want to say what have him saying. — Source: 15 Potential Simpsons Cameos That Didn’t Become Reality

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Russ Cargill

The Simpsons Movie Russ Cargill was originally supposed to be Hank Scorpio. Producers claim that idea was only taken seriously for about a week, but still hired Hank Scorpio's voice actor, Albert Brooks, to voice Cargill. CRACKED.COM — Screen Rant

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The Ark

Comic and Cartoon Food The Ark from The Simpsons Phineas Q. Butterfat's Ice Cream Parlor has a gargantuan sundae containing two of every flavor with 62 sauces, whipped cream, and nuts. This monstrosity must be good if it caused Homer Simpson to pass out. CRACKED.COM — Source: Scene on YouTube

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Oregon

Springfield THE SIMPSONS SPRINGFIELD CRACKED COM Matt Groening confirmed it's supposed to be set in Springfield, Oregon and liked how the name was so common. — NPR

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McBain

The McBain clips from The Simpsons come together to tell a full narrative. If we lay the clips from the various McBain movies end-to-end, which had appeared in Simpsons episodes over the course of a couple seasons, they made one coherent story. Someone did just that in 2011, and the video went viral. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Simpsons McBain Saga Shows Audiences Used To Be Blind

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The Theme Song

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM DANNY ELFMAN SAYS THE SIMPSONS THEME WAS THE EASIEST THING НЕ EVER DID. THE SIMPSONS I literally wrote the piece in the car on my way home from the meeting, in my head, he says. — Source

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Laurel and Hardy

CRACKED.COM The Simpsons D'oh! comes from a Laurel and Hardy actor. Homer Simpson's voice actor Dan Castellaneta based the now-iconic uttering on Jimmy Finlayson , but shortened it from d'oooohhhhh for pacing. — Source: Flavorwire

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Secret Cameo

THE SIMPSONS Julian Assange CRACKED.COM Possibly the :00 most top-secret cameo of all time, since even the producers didn't know where Assange was recording his lines. — 22 Surprising Celebrity Appearances Everybody Forgets About

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Celebrity Guest Voices

tHE CRACKEDco SIMPSONS SEASON TWENTY NINE EVERY EPISODE FEATURING CELEBRITY GUEST VOICES

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The Simpsons

Matt Groening basically stole a lot of street names for The Simpsons. For example, The Simpsons character names Flanders, Lovejoy, Quimby, and Kearney are all street names in Portland, Oregon, Groening's hometown. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Principal Skinner

Sitcom character arcs THE SIMPSONS DEVASTATING PRINCIPAL SKINNER was ruined in one episode. Revealing that Skinner is former bad boy Armin Tamzarian in Season 9 showed that The Simpsons could cast aside good character arcs, and has been pinpointed as the end of its golden era. CRACKED — 20th Century Studios
Nerdist

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Balenciaga Collaboration

CRACKED tHe SIMPSONS TM THe SUMPSONS THE SIMPSONS' BALENCIAGA COLLAB Balenciaga's Simpsons collaboration has tees, hats, hoodies, keychains and more, from $260 to $2,450. Really, something for everyone, if you have $260+ for everyday accessories - but hey, if you think that's too much, you could get the t-shirt for $650. — Variety

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Phil Hartman

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Simpsons Linguistics

The Simpsons changed how we talk. In 2005, University of Pennsylvania linguistic professor Mark Liberman wrote that the Simpsons took over both Shakes

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The Rashomon Effect

The Simpsons: Season 10, episode 23, Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo Marge: Come on, Homer. Japan will be fun. You liked Rashomon. Homer: That's not ho

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FarmVille

CRACKED COM YARD WORK SIMULATOR The Simpsons made a Farmville joke years before Farmville. Wouldn't it be silly if people pretended to tend to plants

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The Cheap Imitators

Georgia ripped off The Simpsons and barely bothered to disguise it. The Samsonadzes pretty much swiped the core of The Simpsons and put a new name on.

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You’re Fired

A cartoon version of real-life Simpsons writer George Meyer gets fired on the show in Season 8, Episode 14. SEASON 8, EPISODE 14 SEASON 9FEPISODES 9 3

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Bart in France

In the French dub of The Simpsons, Bart doesn't say eat my shorts! He says va te faire shampouiner! This translates to go shampoo yourself! CRAC

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Simpsons Tattoos

Australian Michael Baxter loves The Simpsons SO much, he devoted his entire back to it! He's got over 200 Simpsons characters tattooed on himself. ROS

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Front Facing Simpsons

There's something oddly fun and unsettling about seeing Simpsons characters facing forward. The Tumblr page Front Facing Simpsons is the place to fi — Link: Front Facing Simpsons' Tumblr Account

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Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson didn't do his own singing on The Simpsons. Of all the Simpsons cameos, Jackson's is one of the best-known-but he only did the speaking — From 6 Small Roles With Hugely Interesting Stories Behind Them.

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The Simpsons: Road Rage

SIMPSONS DID IT... JUST NOT FIRST. TOTAL EARNED 846 45 $ 708.3 ARE game time MITERV'HIN RECORD STORE CAR WASH TAXI - 6 Record Store 1.05km CRACKED The Simpsons: Road Rage was just Crazy Taxi set in Springfield. The only differences are a yellow hand pointer instead of an arrow, and the Simpsons characters (obviously). It's been called the most shameless rip-off in gaming history. — What Culture / Google Play

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The Tracey Ullman Show

The Simpsons CRACKED COM America's favorite jaundiced family first appeared as a short on The Tracey Ullman Show.

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