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Opening sequence

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The '''Opening sequence''' is one of the most notable hallmarks of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Each episode opening differs from episode to episode, usually with a different [[Chalkboard Gag]], [[Couch gag]], Saxophone Solo, and [[Billboard gag]] (post Season 19).

== Season 1 ==
We fade into a dark blue screen. The "Ahh Chorus" synthesizer pad plays and the yellow text, "The Simpsons" materializes out of a mist. Singers intone "The Simpsons..." (''NOTE: Season One's theme music was a bit cruder, and more... staccato [for lack of a more descriptive term] than the version used later.'') The camera zooms, and we move through the letter "P" into the swoop. We fly over the power plant and tire yard, toward downtown Springfield. We move up the street past "Painless Dentistry toward the lavender colored elementary school. (''NOTE: Season One's swoop is relatively crudely animated, and was redone. The difference in perspective is especially noticeable, for instance in the power plant's cooling towers -- which looked quite flat in Season One's opening.'') We move through the school window and see Bart writing "I WILL NOT WASTE CHALK" (later season one episodes play the text differently) on the class chalkboard, as a punishment. In the classroom, the walls are either purple or blueish violet, and three pieces of stick-figure art hang next to Bart. He pauses and strikes a thinking pose, as the bell rings. Then, Bart grins and leaves the class---bursting out the front doors of the school and skating past a grassy field with trees in a crudely drawn background. Then it cuts to the Power Plant, where Homer hears the quitting whistle, gleefully removes his mask, and leaves the building not realizing the rod he accidentally took. Behind him, there is a bald man behind him eating a sandwich with tongs. The caution sign over Homer's head has two holes on the right side, both blank. The next shot shows Marge and Maggie checking out at a supermarket. Marge reads "Mom Monthly" in the check out line. Maggie is inadvertently scanned along with the groceries. The cashier rings her up at as $847.63 and Maggie is mistakenly packaged. Marge wonders where Maggie is. She pops out of one of the shopping bags, and Marge sighs in relief. Then it cuts again to the school, where the band is practicing. People in the room (right to left):

African-American boy, brown haired boy playing bass violin (back row), blond girl with pigtails (front row), Largo, thin, curly haired girl (back row), blue haired girl, yellow haired boy,

Back row: Lewis (cymbals?) ready to crash, small pupiled African-American boy, a well groomed boy playing tuba, thin girl with purple hair playing French horn (on shoulder?), bulgy eyed boy holding blue trombone, nasty looking buck-toothed boy with green trumpet, large girl with bulgy eyes and a large nose holding a trumpet(?), hidden student, Lewis (again?), Beethoven's bust on cabinet,
Front row: red head girl in pigtails playing clarinet (front of Lewis), boy with green glasses playing clarinet, thin girl, with a large nose playing a green horn, nerdy boy wearing glasses and a green shirt playing horn, red head girl wearing a Lisa-like dress playing clarinet, [[Milhouse]] playing horn, [[Sherri]] and [[Terri]] playing flutes, and Lisa playing sax. (Sherri and Terri are huge compared to Milhouse and Lisa.)

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Lisa interrupts the rehearsal and plays a loud saxophone solo (the Simpsons theme song). [[Mr. Largo]] stops the band and points Lisa out of the door, due to her non-conforming playing. As the other students look on, she dances her way out of the classroom as she continues playing. On their way to their house at [[742 Evergreen Terrace]], the members of the family weave dangerously through traffic and in between fellow Springfield citizens. Homer is shown first, driving down the street, and uncomfortably discovering the rod in his back. He pulls it out and throws it from the window. It bounces near Moe's. The rod bounces away and the dust clears. Bart comes by on skateboard, with pursed lips in a half grin. His right foot sticks off the board, as he grabs the lamp post to help him make the corner. He skates past a pet store, and a TV store with many Krusty's which he turns and faces. In passing, he grabs the bus stop sign and takes it with him. On a passing bus, a sign says "Can't get enough of that wonderful Duff." The people in the bus include:

Bored bus driver, (first seat) dark skinned man looking out at camera, and primmed up Bart-looking man, (second seat) red haired, white skinned lady, (third seat) man rolling his eyes, woman with light blue hair, (fourth seat) tall, spindly woman with light blue hair and a pointy nose, (last seat) stocky man with purple hair. The people waiting take off and chase the bus as a smiling Marge and Maggie round the corner in a red sedan. (''NOTE: When the people pass by the pet store, a tree appears. On the other half of the tree, the background is completely different when Marge and Maggie pull in.'')

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Inside the car, Maggie is shown steering the wheel. With tires screeching, the car passes by a farm and makes a tight curve. As the car approaches another road, Maggie steers again, and the car makes another turn. The camera cuts back to Maggie, revealing that the wheel to be just a toy for her, as the camera pans out to show Marge driving. As the camera is zooming out, Maggie looks at Marge, then back at the road. Then, they both look at each other, and honk the horn. The camera cuts to a slightly low shot of Lisa, wobbling back and forth on her bike, with a large stack of books in the bike basket and her saxophone case behind her. She hits a bump, and all the books fly into the air, and then land safely back in the basket. She makes a turn (to our left) down the street past a couple of trees, and finally arriving at the house. She jumps off her bike in the driveway, grabbing her books and instrument case. The bike moves into the garage, the door already opening for Homer's car, as Lisa runs to the door. Homer's car comes from left to right, makes the turn into the driveway and stops. From the right, Bart one-hops his skateboard across Homer's car. Homer gets out just in time to see Marge's car. He screams a short scream silently (later season one episodes had a proper scream), and runs into the garage as her car pulls in behind. Looking over his shoulder frightened, he opens the door. Upon entering their house, they speed towards the living room couch. In the living room, the couch is brown, a mouse hole is seen and the painting is a crooked nature painting of a pond. The family now sits; Bart is squeezed off, up into the air and out of frame. As the theme song ends, the camera cuts to the TV set and show the credits (''Created by: Matt Groening. Developed by James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon.''). The TV set (close-up) is orange-brown, with an antenna to the top left. Bottom of TV: Dials (3) are green and there are two buttons. Bart falls over the TV on the "developed by" screen (later season one episodes cut the transition)

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== Season 2-Season 20, ending with "[[Lisa the Drama Queen]]" ==
The sequence once again opens with the show's title zooming in on the camera. But this time, the sky has a much brighter blue color, with several cumulus clouds which part, as the text appears. Flying through the loop, we focus on one purple cooling tower. We see the power plant, welcome sign, and Springfield Prison behind the plant. We fly over the power plant and tire yard, toward downtown Springfield. "Painless Dentistry" is replaced with "Candy Dandy" as we move towards the Springfield Elementary School, which is now orange with purple accents instead of lavender. The infamous streetlamp glitch happens as we move toward the school—it snaps violently to the right (this is only in a handful of episodes in seasons 2-20). The sequence of Bart writing the Chalkboard Gag is also redone. The walls are now dark-green and Bart's chalk does not squeak in later episodes of the second season and beyond. (NOTE: The final use of the chalk squeaking was in the episode "[[Homer Defined]]".) There is a clock showing 3:00 PM, and a wastebasket stands to Bart's right. A portrait hangs on the right side of the blackboard, and bookcase full of books sits behind him. Bart stops writing for a second and glares at the chalkboard. When the bell rings, he grins, runs out of the classroom, and skates out of the school, flying gleefully past the flagpole. (''NOTE: The episode "[[Little Orphan Millie]]" has Bart laughing as he runs out of the classroom.'') Bart also passes a three-story glass and concrete building, a four-story orange building, and some trees and bushes. The animation used during this scene is much smoother and the perspective problem is solved. (''NOTE: In "[[Barting Over]]", when the camera shifts to its sight at the school, part of the end credits music is playing until Bart runs out of the classroom, after chopping the chalkboard an axe.'') The next shot shows Homer leaving the power plant, with the small uranium bar stuck on his back. In this scene, the bald man is replaced with Mr. Burns and Smithers, looking at a layout plan when the end-of-shift whistle blows. Mr. Burns puts his watch up to his ear and shakes it, as if he believes it has stopped. The caution sign over Homer's head has a green light on top, and a red light on the bottom.

It then goes to the Grocery store, where Marge is reading the "Mom Monthly" magazine. The background is more orange than red, as in the first season opening sequence. Maggie's hands are also now straight on her side rather than put in triangle position and as she is checked out the cash register flashes $847.63. (''NOTE: Some episodes like "Barting Over" had more sounds of the cash register in the background as the other items, before Maggie are checked out.'') Back at the school, Lisa is shown at band rehearsal, with a slightly deeper sax solo (either the Simpsons theme or a different tune).

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Next, Homer is seen driving and throwing the rod out of the window, but does not bounce near Moe's. Bart skates in with a big grin, past a store with an "Open" sign as he turns into a corner. He makes a better turn, with both feet on the board. He passes [[Helen Lovejoy]], carrying bags from the [[Springfield Mall]], passes a book store, dodges to the right, passes [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]] walking a small barking dog. Bart then dodges left, passes [[Moe Szyslak]], holding a towel and standing in his doorway, passes an approaching [[Barney Gumble|Barney]] (who belches) on his left, passes [[Jacques Brunswick]] (who's walking right) carrying a bowling ball and dodges left. TV screens with Krusty appear in the window. Bart looks for a minute, then grins again. He passes [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]], who's facing the street with his sax around his shoulder. Bart, then passes [[Clancy Wiggum]] standing on the corner, who yells and shakes his baton at Bart. (''NOTE: The episodes, "[[Little Orphan Millie]]" and "[[Husbands and Knives]]" has some voices accompanying the people Bart skateboards past.'') The town square, with the [[Jebediah Springfield]] statue is seen in the background. Marge's car comes from the right and turns on to the street that Bart crossed. In this version and beyond, the car is orange, and a low shot of the car approaching is moved after the second time Maggie steers. In the next scene, Lisa's bike sequence is removed. Instead, the camera very quickly pans over a static landscape shot of various Springfield locales and a mix of both familiar and relatively unknown characters. The zip-pan to the right shot includes: the highway, Milhouse throwing a baseball, kids playing in a yard, [[Nelson]] and thugs with kid in trashcan, [[Richard]] and Lewis, [[Jimbo]] threatening [[Martin]], [[Mr. Winfield]] and [[Sylvia Winfield]] in rocking chairs, [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] suntanning with cone bikini tops, [[Kent Brockman]] reporting, Sherri and Terri holding hands, Herman, Grampa and [[Jasper]] holding a book, the retirement castle, man reading the retirement castle sign, old folks walking out (like those that Marge sees holding hands in [[7G11]]), [[Sam]] holding thumbs up, [[Lou]] and [[Eddie]] behind a barricade, [[Marvin Monroe]] holding a clipboard, Wendell with his head out of the bus ready to vomit, [[Julius Hibbert|Dr. Hibbert]] comparing notes with Monroe, two blond girls, cat-eye glass girl in street, [[Otto]] next to broken down bus, a bucktoothed boy from orchestra in street, a mountain on the background, a bluebird that [[Maude]] sees, Flanders house, Ned and [[Todd]] holding another bluebird,

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The Simpsons all arrive home at the same time. This time there is oil stain, and Homer arrives home first. Also, after Bart lands on the car roof with his skateboard, the garage door opens and Homer gets out glaring at Bart, slamming the door. He quickly dodges Lisa on her bike and yells, "[[D'oh!]]", as she takes her bike up to the front door. He steps back out and screams as Marge's car approaches. He looks over his left shoulder, then his right as he runs into the garage. (NOTE: During Marge's view, the car still happens to be red from the first season.) This is followed by the Couch Gag. In the living room, the rabbit ears are more sophisticated and the painting is a crooked sailboat pic. The TV set is blueish purple. Dials on right of set: two on top, blue speaker below, on top of the TV a VCR and rabbit ears on top.

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===Prototype Version===
The original prototype version of this opening, as used on Season Two episodes, had the music slightly similar to the first season music. Homer's scream is more high-pitched and the school band performs a slightly distorted version of the theme. The TV set's legs are also visible at the end. In "[[Bart Gets an "F"]]", the colors are darker and brighter. During the rest of the show (until Season 20), starting with "[[Simpson and Delilah]]", the colors remained the same, except for the music and Bart's chalkboard gag, which was constantly using high color saturation. This would not change, until "[[When Flanders Failed]]" of [[Season 3]]. Later, the episode, "[[Saturdays of Thunder]]" would introduce the full version of the current theme music (outside of the US).

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===Short versions===
Starting with this opening, there have been shorter versions. On "[[One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]", the camera goes from the "P" of the title card to the classroom with Bart's chalkboard gag. After the bell rings, the scene shifts to Homer at the Power Plant, thus skipping Bart skating out of the front doors of the school. After Lisa's sax solo, the scene goes straight to the driveway, where Homer pulls in. This was often shown on Season Three episodes. ''(NOTE: On the full versions of the opening, when Bart begins to run out of the classroom, the camera immediately pans out of the window of the school. However, when Bart runs out, the camera stays in the classroom, before it cuts to Homer.) ''On "[[Lisa's Substitute]]", the camera goes from the "P" to the driveway scene. This version, the shortest of them all, was used on a jumble of episodes and the reruns of the episodes with the longer openings. On "[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]", the opening is almost the same as the first short version, beginning with the opening going through the "P" of the title card to Bart's classroom. However, this version goes from Bart running out of the classroom to the Driveway scene. This was often shown on almost all of the seventh season episodes. A shorter version, as shown on "[[The Sweetest Apu]]", has the scene shift from Bart exiting the classroom to Marge's view of Homer running from the car and into the house. On "[[Barting Over]]", the opening cuts from Lisa's sax solo to Maggie driving. On "[[Homer's Paternity Coot]]", the opening shortens the car sequence. On "[[Million-Dollar Abie]]", the opening goes from Lisa's sax solo to the driveway scene. On "[[G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)]]", the opening skips the first part of the driveway and starts with Homer screaming and dodging Marge's car. On "[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]", the opening is much like the seventh season opening, except that there is a different shot of the clouds, the town swoop across town is shown (with a modified text), and there are a mix of couch gags from 8F18, 9F02, 9F10, 9F09, 8F09, 1F02, 2F31, 2F09, 2F06, 1F17, 2F11, and 9F08, as the full version of the theme song continues to play.

== Season 20, begining with "[[Take My Life, Please]]" ==
This new HD sequence opens with the show's title zooming in on the camera while moving forwards through cumulus clouds. A crow with three eyes passes by as the chorus sing the title. It continues to zoom in on the town where [[Jimbo Jones]] and [[Kearney Zzyzwicz]] saw off the head of the [[Jebediah Springfield]] statue in front of the town square (a reference to "[[The Telltale Head]]", when Bart cut it off). The head then falls off on [[Ralph Wiggum]], about to eat an ice cream. Panning behind Ralph, the camera passes by [[Android's Dungeon]] and a [[Lard Lad]] Donut Statue (where the crow lands) on the left and a new [[Billboard gag]], that changes every episode, on the right. The scene continues to zoom in through a window of Springfield Elementary, where Bart is writing the Chalkboard gag. (''NOTE: The newest opening spends a lot more time on the previous gags, so the pan to the Springfield Elementary School to Bart's classroom is quicker, with slightly less time to read the gag before it's all in view.'') In the classroom, the portrait on the wall is of Homer [[Deep Space Homer|as an astronaut]]. The bell rings and Bart zooms out of the school, onto his skateboard, and lands into a pile of leaves [[Groundskeeper Willie]] just finished raked up. As Bart jumps off the pile, [[Barney Gumble]] is revealed under the pile and belches. The next scene shows Homer getting ready to head back home with a uranium bar stuck on his back. In the background, [[Lenny Leonard]] and [[Carl Carlson]] were putting up the number 3 over the number 2 on a sign that says 'Days Without An Accident.' However, they fall off the ladder as they hear the whistle for the end of the shift.

The next shot shows Marge and Maggie, with [[Selma Bouvier]] and [[Patty Bouvier]], checking out with the groceries. The items on the conveyor belt include [[Tomacco Juice]] and [[Mr. Sparkle]] power clean detergent (labeled in ''katakana''). When a box of [[Krusty-O's]] is scanned, the total amount on the register changes from $236.60 to $243.26, which means the price of the cereal is $6.66. Maggie is inadvertently scanned, too, which doubles the register total to $486.52, and she is mistakenly packaged with the groceries. Marge looks mildly concerned but smiles well as Maggie pops out of the bag. Maggie then sees [[Baby Gerald]] and angrily shakes her fist at him as Gerald does the same. During Lisa's sax solo, more "common" characters are shown in the orchestra. Recognizable characters include (back row, right to left) [[Wendell]], [[Database]], [[Martin Prince, Jr.]], [[Richard]], [[Lewis]], [[Cosine]], [[Ham]], [[Report Card]], and [[Jessica Lovejoy]], and (front row, right to left) [[Janey]], Milhouse, Sherri and Terri (playing video games), and Lisa. Also, Largo dismisses Lisa earlier, showing her longer. At the end of her solo, she ducks inside briefly for a flourish and smiles. This part may be of variable length, and a split second longer than the previous opening. Also, there is an additional picture of Bleeding Gums Murphy on the wall.

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Meanwhile, after Homer discards the uranium bar, it lands on [[Otto Mann]] (this time, there is no dust when the rod bounces away.) Otto, not knowing what it is, eats it. Bart skateboards by and turns the corner with a muted whoosh. He passes [[Sideshow Bob]], who tries to kill Bart by swinging a sword, [[Helen Lovejoy]], [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon|Apu]] and his eight children, [[Moe Szyslak|Moe]] (at Moe's), [[Comic Book Guy]], [[Disco Stu]] (who protests, sometimes audibly), a window of HD televisions showing Krusty, [[Crazy Cat Lady]], the [[Rich Texan]], who shoots his guns, and once again, [[Clancy Wiggum]] who waves his nightstick. [[Hans Moleman]] peeks out the manhole in the street, but Marge's car slams it shut with a clang as it passes by. In this scene, [[Abraham Simpson|Grampa]] is seen in the passenger seat during the Marge reveal (but not until then), with Maggie in the middle. When they honk the horn, he wakes up confused and loses his false teeth as he was sitting right next to them in the car. The camera very quickly pans over the same static landscape shot of various Springfield locales and a mix of both familiar and relatively unknown characters like the last opening, but this time it includes a lot more characters, even [[God]] and the [[Devil]]. The new shot includes:

Agnes, Skinner, Chalmers, Milhouse playing ball with Richard and Lewis, Willie on his tractor, Ralph playing on [[Frank Grimes]]' grave, Martin about to be beaten by the three bullies, Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Quimby and Miss Springfield wearing each others' sashes, [[Chazz Busby]], the sea captain holding a 3-eyed fish, Patty and Selma still sunbathing in those suits, Cletus and Brandine with [[Plopper]], Kang and Kodos in a UFO, Burns and Smithers, Kent and {{ap|Doug|camera man}}, Sherri and Terri still playing video games, Krusty smoking on a wall with "El Barto" graffiti, Bumblebee Man and Luigi watching the UFO, Eddie and Lou at the bus roadblock, Snake stealing Lou's gun, Fat Tony with Legs and Louie burying someone, Miss Hoover changing the flat tire on the broken-down bus, Wendell still leaning out of the bus (sick), kids in front including Janey, Dr. Hibbert with a clipboard (but no Monroe), Duffman, Jessica Lovejoy, Mr. Teeny and Sideshow Mel, God (whose head is off-screen) fighting the devil (who's standing on a tower), and finally Rod and Todd playing in their yard.

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During the driveway scene, there is oil stain on the pavement. Also, the main change is that instead of running away from Marge's car and screaming, Homer is hit with the car and flattened on the hood; instead of running through the door, he is hurled grunting through it by inertia, leaving a Homer-shaped hole. Upon entering their house, the couch gag follows. The living room is mostly the same, but the TV is now a widescreen HD model, with the bent rabbit-ears still on top. Again, a widescreen set, with four unmarked buttons on the right, speakers below. A VCR or some unit is on top still. As the [[Theme Song|theme song]] ends, the television showing the opening credits falls off as if it was hung on the wall. Also, unlike the previous opening sequences, there is no cut to black; the episode begins immediately.

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==Other versions==
===Live action===
In 2006, [[Sky1]] in the [[United Kingdom]] began advertising ''The Simpsons'' using a live-action recreation of the series' opening sequence directed by Chris Palmer.

It was the second time they had done so, the first being in September 2000 as part of a weekend celebrating the 10th anniversary of the show premiering in the UK. Except for the very first shot in which the logo appears out of the clouds, every piece of the opening is present in this version, with even multiple [[Chalkboard gag|chalkboard]] and [[couch gag]]s filmed. Attached to the end of this sequence is the message "Come home to ''The Simpsons'' on Sky One." A version was also made for cinema distribution. Because the live action sequence was made in the UK, there are some slight cultural differences, such as [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] driving on the left in a right hand drive car, and the actor playing [[Chief Wiggum]] wearing a British police uniform.

The sequence was used instead of the regular opening titles on the episode "[[Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife]]", first broadcast on [[FOX]] on March 26, 2006 with the images during the driving scenes mirrored so that the cars appeared to be driving on the right side of the road with the steering wheel on the left side of the car.

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===Treehouse of Horror IX===
Another fall afternoon at Springfield Elementary finds Bart Simpson engaged in his after-school punishment. This time, he has to write "The Simpsons Halloween Special IX." Instead of the usual chalk, Bart chooses to write the message in blood (dipping the brush into a jack-o-lantern bucket when it's time for a refill). When the bell rings, he tosses the brush down and gleefully runs out of the building. At home, Homer pulls into the driveway. Bart skateboards in from the right, jumps the retaining wall, and bounces off the roof of Homer's car only to land with a thud in the driveway. Lisa races in on her bike and slams into Bart's broken body. The impact launches her from her bike, and Lisa is firmly lodged into the wall of the garage, just above the door. Marge and Maggie cheerily drive in, beeping their horn, but Homer is too slow in getting out of the way. He becomes a permanent hood ornament for Marge's car. Meanwhile, in the Simpson living room Freddie Krueger and Jason Voorhees wait vainly for the family to arrive. Freddie glances at his watch, and says they should have arrived by now. Jason just shrugs and takes things in stride.

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</gallery>

===Christmas===
A Christmas-themed version was animated for "[[JABF01|Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2]]" and later re-aired with "[[The Burns and the Bees]]". It begins with two lines of instrumental "O Christmas Tree" and then the normal theme music begins. This version is similar to the normal version, except for several key differences:
#Everything outside is covered with snow
#Bart's skateboard has been replaced with a snowboard
#Everyone is wearing winter clothes
#Mr. Burns and Smithers have been replaced by a {{W|Ebenezer Scrooge|Scrooge}}-esque Burns and Ghost of {{W|Jacob Marley|Marley}}-esque Smithers, and there are several Christmas banners in the plant
#Lisa's saxophone solo is a jazzy version "Deck the Halls"
#Bleeding Gums Murphy, who is now deceased, has been replaced with Jasper in a Santa costume. Maude Flanders, however, remains in the pan across Springfield, despite having also died.
#Marge and Maggie's supermarket and car sequence have unfortunately been cut.
#In the pan characters from the street as well as [[Jaffee]] and [[Bernice Hibbert]] have been added.
#Chief Wiggum stands in place of Dr. Hibbert in the pan. Hibbert is with his wife.
#The Winfields are absent from the pan.
#Wendell is no longer leaning out the bus window.
#Patty and Selma are making snow angels rather than sunbathing.
#Richard isn't with Milhouse and Lewis, but with Jaffee and [[Sophie Jensen]].

[[File:SchoolRehearsalChristmas.png|800px|center]]
[[File:BartTownsPeopleChristmas.png|920px|center]]
[[File:Panorama-Christmas.png|920px|center]]

In the end, the family sits on the couch and the camera then pulls out to reveal that the family was reflected in a Christmas ornament, which rests on a Christmas tree.

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===''The Simpsons Movie''===
The sequence was completely remade for ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' and features the orchestrated version of "The Simpsons Theme" as adapted by Hans Zimmer, which is slightly different from the first track of ''[[The Simpsons Movie: The Music]]'' CD. The pre-sequence scene is displayed in a 16:9 television aspect ratio, with black matte bars at either end of the screen. As the sequence begins with the "The Simpsons" logo appearing out of the clouds, [[Professor Frink]] flies past in one of his inventions carrying a banner marked "MOVIE" and saying "Moo-vie! On the big screen!!" (at the very beginning of the DVD menu, he says "Moo-vie! On the small screen!!" in a similar vein to how he does it in the film) When he hits the bar on the left side, both it and the one on the right nudge out of view so that the image fills the entire screen.

Instead of going through the P of "SIMPSONS," the camera goes through the O of "MOVIE" as the banner falls loose. The camera zooms in on the town, with several major landmarks popping-up. The camera then zooms in to [[Mr. Burns]], who is holding a toothbrush in his bathroom with [[Smithers]] who gives him toothpaste, the extra weight of the toothpaste causes frail Mr. Burns to collapse. The camera then zooms past [[Moe's Tavern]] into the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] where [[Apu]] is secretly changing the expiration date on one of his products from 2006 to 2008. Next the camera cuts to Springfield Elementary where [[Jimbo]], [[Dolph]] and [[Kearney]] are hoisting [[Martin Prince, Jr.]] up a flagpole by his underwear and saluting it as if it were a flag. The camera then zooms through the window where [[Bart]] is writing lines for detention ("I will not illegally download this movie") before finishing with [[Green Day]] who are hosting a concert at [[Lake Springfield]], playing their version of the [[theme song]] and using a {{W|teleprompter}} to get its "lyrics" right.

===''The Simpsons Movie'' callback===
For "[[He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs]]," the first new Simpsons episode to air after the release of ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', a callback sequence was animated. The sequence begins with Bart writing lines on the chalkboard, writing "I will not wait 20 years to make another movie". The school bell rings and he skates outside the door, showing the residents of Springfield restoring the town after the events of the movie. The multi-eyed creature from the movie is seen jumping onto Bart's shoulders, but is hit by a wrecking ball into a billboard of "Burns' Constructions", suggesting that [[Mr. Burns]] is attempting to regain his lost wealth by making money from the incident. The camera then pans on a large shard of glass, a piece from the destroyed dome. Bart rides on the piece, and weaves in between characters from the movie; [[President Schwarzenegger]], [[Colin]], [[Moe Szyslak]] (in his "Emperor" attire and shouting "Hey!"), [[Russ Cargill]], and the [[Medicine Woman]], who waves her hand in a similar manner to [[Chief Wiggum]] and shouts "Why you...".

[[File:BatThruTownCallback.png|920px|center]]

The family arrives home to [[742 Evergreen Terrace]], which is shown to be still under construction. Homer's car arrives with the ''Pig Crap'' silo strapped on top. The family arrive to sit on the couch, where Plopper the pig is currently sitting, with the "Spider-Pig" tune being played in the background. Homer then grabs Plopper and proclaims that the pig is his "summer love".

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</gallery>

=== Tik Tok ===
In the Opening of "[[To Surveil with Love]]", the Simpsons characters Lip synced to {{W|Ke$ha}}'s "[[Tik Tok]]" as part of the "Fox Rocks" event on the FOX channel. This is the first canonical episode that does not feature the original theme song in the opening sequence in any capacity, in the show's history. The sequence features the characters performing actions that relate to the lyrics of the song.

===500th episode===
The screen showing "The Simpsons", also read "500th episode", and below that "The most meaningless milestone of all!". During Bart's chalkboard gag, Bart is replaced with [[Milhouse Van Houten|Milhouse]], while Bart is watching. After the couch gag, it zooms out to lots of pictures of couch gags, reading "500". It breaks like glass, and Homer is seen choking Bart.

===Treehouse of Horror XXIV===
The opening sequence is the Guillermo del Toro parody from the episode, "[[Treehouse of Horror XXIV]]".

===My Fare Lady===
The opening sequence is the pixel art intro from the episode, "[[My Fare Lady]]".

== Parodies within the show ==
The opening sequence is parodied in several episodes of ''The Simpsons'':
*[[Mrs. Krabappel]] forces Bart to write "I Will Not Fake My Way Through Life" in "[[Bart Gets an "F"]]".

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</gallery>

*A short parody as "The Thompsons" in the episode "[[Cape Feare]]", when the Simpsons go into the {{W|witness protection}} program to avoid [[Sideshow Bob]].

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</gallery>

*In a scene from "[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]", on Parent-Teacher Night, Mrs. Krabappel gives [[Marge]] a full report on how badly [[Bart]] has been behaving in school, and then forces her to write "I will try to raise a better child" on the blackboard.

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</gallery>

*In a scene from "[[Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em]]", Bart forces [[Principal Skinner]] to write "A Baby Beat Me Up" on the blackboard.

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</gallery>

*In the episode "[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]", the students rebel and overpower Principal Skinner. Bart forces him to write "I ain't not a dorkus" on the blackboard, over Skinner's complaints that the sentence is a grammatical nightmare and that he's getting a cramp in his wrist.

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</gallery>

*Once as "The Hurricane" in the episode "[[Hurricane Neddy]]".
*In a scene from "[[Simpsons Bible Stories]]", Bart is writing a chalkboard punishment in hieroglyphics when he hears [[Milhouse]]'s horn being blown and leaves the classroom.
*In a scene from "[[Lisa's Date with Density]]", Lisa receives detention for snickering at Nelson spraying [[Groundskeeper Willie]] outside. In addition to this, she writes "I will not be a snickerpuss" on the chalkboard.
*In the middle of "[[The Heartbroke Kid]]", instead of writing on the blackboard, a fat Bart is putting coins in the vending machine. He then (due to his weight gain) cracks the pavement when he leaves the school, bends the lamppost, runs over pedestrians, hits [[Marge]]'s car and sends it spinning off screen, and crushes the roof of [[Homer]]'s car, squeezing him out, before finally stumbling into the living room and apparently having a heart attack.

[[File:BartThruTownFatBart.png|920px|center]]

*In "[[At Long Last Leave]]", there is a parody of the opening sequence after the Simpsons move to [[The Outlands]]: [[Bart]] spray-paints graffiti on the wall of a run-down building that resembles [[Springfield Elementary School]], then rides a motorcycle through the wall, out the building and along the road to the family's new home. [[Homer]] arrives on an ATV; [[Lisa]] and [[Maggie]] in an {{w|Ultralight aviation|ultralight}} helicopter; and [[Marge]] in a horse-drawn grocery cart (running over Homer in the driveway). The family take their seats on the couch and watch a fox sleeping on a rock.

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</gallery>

== Trivia ==
*In Season 22, the cash register reads $486.22, for there being 486 episodes at the end of Season 22.
*In the episode "[[Little Big Girl]]", Bart is awarded a driver's license, and a section of the opening sequence is shown with Bart at the chalkboard writing "So Long Suckers". He bursts through the school doors in Homer's car, instead of on his skateboard, and speeds away, doing all the same gags as the opening sequence, but instead of nimbly dodging all the obstacles, he runs them over. Homer then pulls into the driveway in Marge's car instead of his own and steps out to enter the house, when the other car lands on him, and Bart walks into the house.
[[File:BartThruTowninCar.png|920px|center]]
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*The HD pan shot was used as a mural in the eating area at [[Universal Orlando Resort]], however Frank Grimes' grave, the mafia, God and the Devil are edited out.

[[Category:The Simpsons]]

Tomacco

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[[File:E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt).png|thumb|250px|Homer holding two tomaccoes]]

'''Tomacco''', also spelt '''ToMacco''', is the produce made by [[Homer]], when mixing tobacco and tomatoes after putting a plutonium rod in [[Tomacco field|a field]] containing tobacco and tomato plants.

== History ==
When [[Homer Simpson]] was selling it all the animals ate it and became addicted to it. Everyone hates the Tomacco but can't keep themselves from eating the bad-tasting fruit because of the nicotine in it from the tobacco is extremely addictive. It looks like a tomato on the outside but inside it is the brown, flaky tobacco.

== Non-canon ==
{{Noncanon}}
[[File:Tomacco in Tapped Out.png|100px|right]]
In "[[The Simpsons: Hit & Run]]", a billboard can be seen over a Tomacco field. In ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]'', Tomacco is one of the crops that a player can grow on [[The Simpsons: Tapped Out buildings#Cletus's Farm|Cletus' Farm]]. In the game, it takes 60 minutes to grow, costs $15 and once harvested, the player gets {{Cash|75}} and {{XP|20}} as a reward.

== Behind the Laughter ==
In the high-definition [[opening sequence]], [[Maggie]] is on the cash register's conveyor belt alongside a bottle of [[Tomacco Juice]].

An archive image of Tomacco was seen in the couch gag for "[[Looking for Mr. Goodbart]]".

== Appearances ==
*{{ep|E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)}}
*{{cg|Looking for Mr. Goodbart/Gags|Looking for Mr. Goodbart|(archive image)}}
*{{game|The Simpsons: Hit & Run}}
*{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out‎}}
*[[Opening Sequence|HD Opening Sequence]]

{{Food and Drinks}}

Tomacco Juice

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{{Foodstuff
|name = Tomacco Juice
|image = [[File:download (15).jpeg|400px]]
|produced =
|type = Drinks
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== About ==

Tomacco juice is a juice made from [[Tomacco]], a combination of tomatoes and tobacco.

== Appearances ==

Tomacco Juice appears in the high-definition intro

Tomacco Juice

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{{Foodstuff
|name = Tomacco Juice
|image = [[File:quk944ay37961 (1).png|400px]]
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|type = Drinks
}}

== About ==

Tomacco juice is a juice made from [[Tomacco]], a combination of tomatoes and tobacco.

== Appearances ==

Tomacco Juice appears in the high-definition intro

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Toy Story

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{{Title|''Toy Story''}}
{{Realworld}}
'''''Toy Story''''' is an U.S. computer-animated children's comedy trilogy created by Pixar and the [[Walt Disney]] Company. It consists of four films: ''Toy Story'' (1995), ''Toy Story 2'' (1999), ''Toy Story 3'' (2010), and ''Toy Story 4'' (2019). The first picture was the first computer-animated film in history.

==References to ''Toy Story'' in ''the Simpsons''==
{{Table|
{{TH|Picture}}
{{TH|Season}}
{{TH|Episode number}}
{{TH|Episode name}}
{{TH|Reference}}
{{TBT|}}
{{TB|[[Season 17|17]]}}
{{TB|364}}
{{TB|"[[The Italian Bob]]"}}
{{TB|Lisa mentions that Tim Allen voices Buzz Lightyear.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Judge Potato Head.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 20|20]]}}
{{TB|434}}
{{TB|"[[In the Name of the Grandfather]]"}}
{{TB|The judge looks a lot like {{W|Mr. Potato Head}}. Also, [[Homer]] says he admires Mr. Potato Head.}}
{{TBT|[[File:The Color Yellow - Ralph's drawing.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 21|21]]}}
{{TB|454}}
{{TB|"[[The Color Yellow]]"}}
{{TB|Ralph draws a picture, featuring [[Elmo]], Buzz Lightyear and himself with balloons, saying that dreams are where Elmo and Buzz Lightyear had a party.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Buzz Spaceyear.png|250px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 22|22]]|4}}
{{TB|475}}
{{TB|"[[Flaming Moe]]"}}
{{TB|At school, [[Bart]] is playing with a [[Buzz SpaceYear]] toy - a parody of a character from the ''{{W2|Toy Story|franchise}}'' film series by {{w|Pixar}}. He hits it with a hammer and demands it come to life.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Condiments.png|250px]]}}
{{TRs|478|2}}
{{TRs|"[[Angry Dad: The Movie]]"|2}}
{{TB|''[[Condiments]]'' is a parody of ''Toy Story'' and is created by [[Mixar]], a parody of {{W|Pixar}}. [[Timmy]] is a parody of Andy, a bottle of ketchup is a parody of Woody, a peanut butter jar is a parody of Hamm and a horseradish bottle is a parody of Bullseye.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Mr. Carrot Head.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Mr. Carrot Head]] is a parody of {{W|Mr. Potato Head}}. In this same scene, [[Randy Newman]] sings "[[You've Got an Enemy]]", a parody of "{{W|You've Got a Friend in Me}}" from ''Toy Story''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Lotso on The Simpsons.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|480}}
{{TB|"[[A Midsummer's Nice Dreams]]"}}
{{TB|A {{W|Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear}} from ''{{W|Toy Story 3}}'' is seen in [[Eleanor Abernathy's house]] and later in [[742 Evergreen Terrace]].}}
{{TBT|[[File:Slinky Dog on The Simpsons.png|250px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 23|23]]|2}}
{{TB|490}}
{{TB|"[[Replaceable You]]"}}
{{TB|{{W|Slinky Dog}} from ''{{W|Toy Story}}'' and {{W|Toy Story 2|its}} {{W|Toy Story 3|sequels}} is seen on Bart's desk.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Mr. Potato Head on The Simpsons.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|506}}
{{TB|"[[The Spy Who Learned Me]]"}}
{{TB|When Homer tries to make [[Stradivarius Cain]] re-appear, one of the imaginary friends that appears is Mr. Potato Head.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Mr. Potato Head Friends and Family.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 28|28]]}}
{{TB|598}}
{{TB|"[[Friends and Family]]"}}
{{TB|Using {{w|Virtual reality|VR}}, [[Smithers]] changes the heads of [[Maggie]], [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] to Mr. Potato Head.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Toy Gory title card.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 32|32]]}}
{{TB|688}}
{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXXI]]"}}
{{TB|"Toy Gory" is a parody of ''Toy Story''. A Mr. Potato Head also appears in the segment. The songs "[[You Put a Dent in Me]]" and "[[This Is the End of Bart]]" are a parody of "{{W|You've Got a Friend in Me}}" from the film.}}
}}

=== Specials ===
{{Table|
{{TH|Picture}}
{{TH|Special name}}
{{TH|Reference}}
{{TBT|[[File:Marge Simpson (Bo Peep).png|250px]]}}
{{TB|''[[Everybody Smile]]''}}
{{TB|[[Marge]] is dressed as [[Bo Peep]].}}
}}

== Common Cast and Crew ==
=== Cast ===
{{Table|
{{TH|Picture|width=100px}}
{{TH|Name}}
{{TH|Role in ''Toy Story''}}
{{TH|Role on ''The Simpsons''}}
{{TBT|[[File:Mel Brooks.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Mel Brooks]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Melephant Brooks in ''Toy Story 4'' and the short television series ''Forky Asks a Question''.}}
{{TB|Voiced {{ch|Mel Brooks|himself}} in the [[season 6]] episode "[[Homer vs. Patty and Selma]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:R. Lee Ermey.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[R. Lee Ermey]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Sarge in the movies and videogames.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Leslie Hapablap]] in "[[Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming]]" and "[[Waiting for Duffman]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Kelsey Grammer.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Kelsey Grammer]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Stinky Pete the Prospector in ''Toy Story 2''.}}
{{TB|Voice of [[Sideshow Bob]].}}
{{TBT|[[File:Bill Hader.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Bill Hader]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Axel the Carnie in ''Toy Story 4''.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Slava]] in the [[season 24]] episode "[[The Fabulous Faker Boy]]", and [[Manacek]] in the [[season 29]] episode "[[Homer Is Where the Art Isn't]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Robert Goulet.jpg |150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Robert Goulet]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Wheezy with his singing voice in ''Toy Story 2''.}}
{{TB|Voiced {{ch| Robert Goulet|himself}} in "[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Tom Hanks.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Tom Hanks]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Woody in the movies.}}
{{TB|Voiced {{ch|Tom Hanks|himself}} in the film ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Michael Keaton.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Michael Keaton]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Ken in ''Toy Story 3'' and one ''Toy Story Toons'' short.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Jack Crowley]] in the [[season 12]] episode "[[Pokey Mom]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Keegan-Michael Key.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Keegan-Michael Key]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Ducky in ''Toy Story 4''.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Jazzy James]] in "[[The Great Phatsby: Part One]]" and "[[The Great Phatsby: Part Two]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Richard Kind.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Richard Kind]]}}
{{TB|Voiced the Bookworm in ''Toy Story 3''.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[A Christmas Ornament for Christmas director]] in the [[season 32]] episode "[[A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Dawnn Lewis.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Dawnn Lewis]]}}
{{TB|Voiced a delivery lady in ''{{W|Toy Story of Terror!}}''.}}
{{TB|Has voiced [[:Category:Characters voiced by Dawnn Lewis|many different characters]] in many episodes.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Jane Lynch.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Jane Lynch]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Neptuna in the ''Toy Story Toons'' episode "Small Fry".}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Roz Davis]] in "[[Replaceable You]]" and [[Jeanie]] in "[['Tis the 30th Season]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Kate McKinnon.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Kate McKinnon]]}}
{{TB|Voiced a Pez Cat in the Halloween television special ''Toy Story of Terror!''.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Hettie]] in "[[Gal of Constant Sorrow]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:John Ratzenberger.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[John Ratzenberger]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Hamm in the movies and shorts.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Cliff Clavin]], his character from ''Cheers'', in "[[Fear of Flying]]" and the Pixar version of Homer in ''[[Treehouse of Horror XXV]]''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Kristen Schaal.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Kristen Schaal]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Trixie in the movies and shorts.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Taffy]] in the [[season 22]] episode "[[Homer Scissorhands]]" and also reprised her role as [[Louise Belcher]] in the [[Bob's Burgers Couch Gag|couch gag]] of the [[season 30]] episode "[[My Way or the Highway to Heaven]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Wallace Shawn.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Wallace Shawn]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Rex in the movies and shorts.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Wallace the Hernia]] in the [[season 30]] episode "[[I Want You (She's So Heavy)]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Jim Varney.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Jim Varney]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Slinky Dog in ''Toy Story'' and ''Toy Story 2''.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Cooder]] in the [[season 9]] episode "[[Bart Carny]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Betty White.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Betty White]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Bitey White in ''Toy Story 4'' and the short television series ''Forky Asks a Question''.}}
{{TB|Voiced {{ch|Betty White|herself}} in the [[season 11]] episode "[[Missionary: Impossible]]" and the [[season 18]] episode "[[Homerazzi]]".}}
}}

=== Crew ===
{{Table|
{{TH|Picture|width=150px}}
{{TH|Name}}
{{TH|Role in ''Toy Story''}}
{{TH|Role on ''The Simpsons''}}
{{TBT|[[File:Michael Giacchino.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Michael Giacchino]]}}
{{TB|Composed the music for ''Toy Story of Terror!'' and ''{{W|Toy Story That Time Forgot}}''.}}
{{TB|Composed additional music for the ''[[Medal of Homer]]'' level for ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'' and composed the song "World's Worst Internet Troll" for the [[season 32]] episode "[[Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Randy Newman.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Randy Newman]]}}
{{TB|Composed the music for the four films.}}
{{TB|Wrote the song "[[I Love to See You Smile]]", which was covered on the album ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]''.}}
}}

== External links ==
*{{Wikipedialink2|Toy Story|franchise}}

{{Cultural references}}

[[Category:Film references]]

Elementary School Musical

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{{FEpisode}}
{{Tab}}
{{EpisodePrevNext|Judge Me Tender|Loan-a Lisa}}
{{Quote|Goodbye, Lisa! I'll miss you a lot, then a little, then not too much!|{{ap|Sarah|Elementary School Musical}}}}
{{Episode
|image= Elementary School Musical promo 6.jpg
|number= 465
|season=22
|snumber=1
|prodcode= MABF21
|airdate= September 26, [[2010]]
|blackboard= When I slept in class it was not to help Leo DiCaprio.
|couchgag= The Simpsons sit on the couch with a banner hung above saying "22 Seasons congratulations from FOX" A FOX representative invites Maggie to blow out a candle on a cake, then eats the cake himself leaving the Simpson family. The banner then falls down.
|billboard= [[Professor Frink]]'s Sex/Kill bot. Make sure switch in correct position.
|titlescreen= [[Otto]] drives the school bus in the air in a hallucination like fashion.
|guests= [[Bret McKenzie]] as [[Kurt Hardwick]] [[Jemaine Clement]] as [[Ethan]] [[Lea Michele]] as {{ap|Sarah|Elementary School Musical}} [[Cory Monteith]] as [[Flynn]] [[Amber Riley]] as [[Aiesha]] [[Ira Glass]] as {{Ch|Ira Glass|himself}} [[Stephen Hawking]] as {{Ch|Stephen Hawking|himself}}
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]]
|writer= [[Tim Long]]
|director= [[Mark Kirkland]]
}}

"'''Elementary School Musical'''" is the first episode of [[season 22]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four-hundred and sixty-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on September 26, [[2010]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Bret McKenzie]] as [[Kurt Hardwick]], [[Jemaine Clement]] as [[Ethan]], [[Lea Michele]] as {{ap|Sarah|Elementary School Musical}}, [[Cory Monteith]] as [[Flynn]], [[Amber Riley]] as [[Aiesha]], [[Ira Glass]] as {{Ch|Ira Glass|himself}} and [[Stephen Hawking]] as {{Ch|Stephen Hawking|himself}}.

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Marge]] sends [[Lisa]] to a performing arts camp where artsy counsellors (guest voices [[Jemaine Clement]] and [[Bret McKenzie]] of {{w|Flight of the Conchords}}) and fellow musically inclined campers (guest voices [[Lea Michele]], [[Cory Monteith]] and [[Amber Riley]] of ''Glee'') inspire her to embrace her creative side. After she returns to [[Springfield]], Lisa becomes restless with her ho-hum suburban lifestyle and catches the first bus to [[Sprooklyn]] in hopes of reconnecting with her inner hipster.}}

== Plot ==
When the announcements for the Nobel Prize winners is on early in the morning, about 4:00 AM, [[Homer]] comes down and asks why [[Lisa]] and some of her and [[Bart]]'s friends are still up. It turns out that [[Krusty]] has won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]. At the announcement in front of [[Springfield Town Hall]], [[Mayor Quimby]] announces to the rest of the town that Krusty has won. As Krusty cracks jokes, Homer is the only one who laughs at them. Krusty then takes Homer to his limo. In the limo, Krusty tells Homer that he wants Homer to go with him to [[Oslo]], [[Norway]] to collect the prize as he always laughs at Krusty's jokes. Homer asks if he can take Bart with him, to which Krusty agrees.

[[File:Expressions.png|thumb|left|Expressions]]

As they board the [[Peace Prize One]], [[Lisa]] gets upset that she never goes anywhere fun. [[Marge]] then doesn't go back home but instead takes Lisa to [[Expressions]], a performing arts camp run by counsellors [[Kurt Hardwick]] and [[Ethan]]. Here, she meets fellow campers [[Aiesha]], {{ap|Sarah|Elementary School Musical}} and [[Flynn]]. They instantly get along through song.

As the plane lands, Krusty, Homer and Bart get off to find that they are not in Oslo at all but they were in [[The Hague]], [[The Netherlands]]. A [[Dutch policeman]] tells them that Krusty is to be arrested and tried at the [[International Court of Justice]] for his bad behavior in Western Europe. The only way for him to be freed was if there is evidence suggesting that Krusty has helped Western culture. Homer and Bart search for evidence.

Lisa really loves life in Expressions. They sing a lot of songs and even had {{Ch|Stephen Hawking}} join in. Marge eventually comes to pick Lisa up and tells her that her time at camp is over. Lisa looks through her camera at all the photos to realise that Marge was right and it has been a week. They then return home.

Bart and Homer desperately search for evidence on the Internet and only find Krusty's bad behavior. They then find something they feel would get Krusty free. At the court, they show the evidence that Krusty inadvertently helped out in one of his bad moods, by telling the band to play vuvuzelas which led to Nelson Mandela being freed. The [[World Court Judge]] decides to free him.

Meanwhile, Lisa runs away to [[Sprooklyn]] to find Ethan and Kurt, thinking that it was the glamorous place they made it out to be. Instead, she finds a place full of vandalism, falling down buildings and tramps. She finds Kurt's flat, [[652 8th Avenue]], and finds that it is a run down place too. It turns out that they work in the sandwich shop, [[Sprubway]], and that they are low on money as artists don't get a lot. Lisa eventually calls Marge to come and get her as she decides she hates Sprooklyn.

Marge picks Lisa up outside [[Dregs]], where musicians can play music. Kurt and Ethan reveal that they have left Lisa a surprise as she leaves Sprooklyn. As she leaves, one of the buildings has a mural of Lisa on with Kurt and Ethan on top of the building. They ask each other how they got up there so quick as they were outside their flat a minute ago. They then reveal that they have magic powers and fly off.

== Production ==
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== Reception ==
"Elementary School Musical" was viewed by 7.8 million households. The rating was down 14% from the previous season's premiere.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100930202123/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/09/27/tv-ratings-sunday-night-football/65217 Wayback Machine TV by the Numbers - "TV Ratings"]</ref>

The A.V. Club gave the episode a C+, and wrote, "I liked many of the elements of the season premiere [...] I have no idea if the writers wrote new songs for the two guys in Flight of the Conchords to sing (as Lisa's arts camp counselors), but the songs they sang were pretty weak. Similarly, bringing in the Glee kids to sing a take on "Good Vibrations" that was, frankly, awful mostly just felt like an attempt to have guest stars in nothing parts so they could be promoted."<ref>[https://tv.avclub.com/elementary-school-musical-harder-better-faster-br-1798166044 AV Club - "Elementary School Musical"/"Harder, Better, Faster, Browner"/"And Then There Were Fewer"]</ref>

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Kwik-E-Mart

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|name=Kwik-E-Mart
|image=[[File:Kwik-E-Mart.png|250px]]
|town=[[Springfield]]
|district=
|use=Convenience Store
|owner=[[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]
|employees = [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]] [[Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon]] [[Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon]] '''Former:''' [[Gil Gunderson]] [[Homer Simpson]] {{ch|James Woods}}
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The '''Kwik-E-Mart''' is a convenience store in [[Springfield]] managed by [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]. It is run mostly by Apu, but occasionally Sanjay helps. In many future predictions, his many kids all have roles in the maintenance of the Kwik-E-Mart.

== Profile ==
The Kwik-E-Mart isn't all that convenient of a store with Apu gouging the customers for all they've got. It sells the standard convenience store fare at extraordinarily high prices, such as milk for $12, "surprisingly expensive penny candy" or Valentine's Day chocolates for $100 and including the always popular tasty frozen soft drink Squishee. Once during a holdup, Apu refused to give Homer change to call the police from a payphone. Instead, Apu directed Homer to the cheapest item in the store: a 2 oz bag of Chippos potato chips at $5.99. (To which Homer whispered shouts of "$5.99?! Someone should shoot you!") Once, Apu sold Bart an overpriced bouquet of flowers, that was actually being saved for another customer.<ref>"[[The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly]]"</ref>

The Kwik-E-Mart has also been known to sell faulty, dirty and expired merchandise, though legal to sell items that have been damaged or close to expiration, it '''is''' illegal to sell it if it has already expired, especially if you don't tell the customer it is as such, like Apu. It is also so notorious for its daily robberies by [[Snake Jailbird]].<ref name="Homer and Apu">{{cite episode|title=Homer and Apu|episodelink=Homer and Apu}}</ref><ref name="MargeC">{{cite episode|title=Marge in Chains|episodelink=Marge in Chains}}</ref>

== History ==

[[File:Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.png|thumb|Apu, the store's owner]]

The Kwik-E-Mart chain was started somewhere in the Himalayas, where the world's first convenience store still stands on a mountain peak, an ironically inconvenient location. Visiting pilgrims are allowed to ask three questions of the resident all-knowing guru (except safe combinations). Apu's visit was spoiled by Homer's three questions, "Are you really the head of the Kwik-E-Mart?", "Really?" and "You?" The guru answered "yes" to all three of Homer's questions, and refused to answer any of Apu's, instead saying, "Thank you, come again." <ref name="Homer and Apu" />

[[File:Kwik-E-Mart (The Telltale Head).png|left|thumb|The former look of the Kwik-E-Mart]]

Apu was fired from his job by Kwik-E-Mart HQ after Homer Simpson contracted food poisoning from the Kwik-E-Mart's spoiled meat and failing to "blame [it] on a scapegoat or sacrificial lamb." Apu was replaced by actor {{Ch|James Woods}} who was studying to be a convenience store clerk for a role in an upcoming movie. Apu was re-hired a short time later, after he foiled a robbery attempt at the Kwik-E-Mart and saved James Woods' life. Apu was shot during the attempted robbery.<ref name="Homer and Apu" /> Apu has also stated that the parent corporation of his store is "Nordine Defence Dynamics," when he is commenting on the prosecution of Marge for shoplifting.<ref name="MargeC"/> Apu has been suggested as the owner of his own Kwik-E-Mart.

Apu is hailed as a legend in the realm of Kwik-E-Mart employment for once working a shift for over ninety-six hours. During the shift he experienced a hallucination in which he thought he was a hummingbird and tried to drink nectar out of his brother [[Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon|Sanjay]]'s head.<ref name="Homer and Apu" />

Apu once installed sixteen gas pumps in the parking lot on the Kwik-E-Mart to compete with a rival store, the [[Gas'N'Gulp]]. However, a round of redirected mortar shells from [[Fort Springfield]] promptly ruined his hard work. The store itself also appeared to be destroyed: the "K" in the store's name landed on the fort grounds moments later.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song|episodelink=Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}}</ref> However, a later episode showed gas pumps at the Kwik-E-Mart.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield|episodelink=Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield}}</ref>

The Kwik-E-Mart has not been immune to the concept of showmanship as a marketing technique. When retiree [[Jasper Beardsley]] decided to freeze himself in the store's freezers as a low budget form of cryopreservation for an indefinite future, Apu transformed the store into the "Freak-E-Mart", of which Jasper, marketed as "Frostillicus", was the main attraction. When Jasper thawed, thus ending the viability of the project, Apu decided to institute a clothing optional policy, briefly rechristening the store as the "Nude-E-Mart".<ref>{{cite episode|title=Lisa the Simpson|episodelink=Lisa the Simpson}}</ref>

The Kwik-E-Mart also includes a Utopian garden on its roof; {{Ch|Paul McCartney|Paul}} and {{Ch|Linda McCartney}} often relax there. The garden is accessed through the refrigerator labeled "Non-Alcoholic Beer". When Lisa asks what Apu does when somebody wants to purchase some, he replies, "You know, it's never come up." In accordance with Apu's vegetarian philosophy, all hot dogs at the Kwik-E-Mart are actually made of tofu. No customer, Apu claims, has ever noticed any difference. Although given the average Springfielder they would most likely react violently if they were told.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Lisa the Vegetarian|episodelink=Lisa the Vegetarian}}</ref>

Despite generally being a good-natured and friendly individual, Apu often exhibits a ruthless, capitalist streak. He has caressed his cigarette machine in gratitude for not dispensing its products after taking a customer's money.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Simpson Tide|episodelink=Simpson Tide}}</ref> His catchphrase after a purchase is always, "Thank you, come again!" Even after dealing with a difficult customer—Homer—he states, "Please pay for your purchases and get out and come again!"<ref>{{cite episode|title=Homer the Heretic|episodelink= Homer the Heretic}}</ref>

After the town of Springfield fined Mr. Burns $3 million for illegally dumping toxic waste, a town meeting was held to discuss how to spend it. Apu suggested spending some of it on hiring more police officers, as he had been shot eight times that year and nearly missed work. [[Clancy Wiggum|Chief Wiggum]] responded, "Crybaby."<ref>{{cite episode|title=Marge vs. the Monorail |episodelink=Marge vs. the Monorail}}</ref>

Apu once mentioned a nicer, much newer Kwik-e-mart across the street, but this was never mentioned again.

In Ohio, the Kwik-E-Mart is known as the "Stop-O-Mart".<ref name="Homer and Apu" /> [[Shelbyville]] has a store called [[Speed-E-Mart]], an obvious Shelbyville antithesis to the Kwik-E-Mart.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Lemon of Troy|episodelink=Lemon of Troy}}</ref>

The Kwik-E-Mart was destroyed by Wiggum and replaced by the [[Quick & Fresh]]. After [[Bart]] burnt it down, the Kwik-E-Mart was rebuilt.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Much Apu About Something|episodelink=Much Apu About Something}}</ref>

== Non-canon ==
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=== The Simpsons: Hit & Run ===
The Kwik-E-Mart can be found near the first Lard Lad's, Gas Station and Krusty Burger. In Level 1 you can purchase "Character Clothing" at the store. It also has one Buzz Cola vending machine to get coins.

[[File:Spook-E-Mart.png|thumb]]
In Level 7 of ''[[The Simpsons: Hit & Run|Hit & Run]]'', Springfield has transformed into a creepy city full of witches, ghosts and zombies everywhere. All of the buildings and houses have been transformed into Halloween places, with pumpkins at the entrances and on the streets was the name of the store "Spook-E-Mart".<ref>''[[The Simpsons: Hit & Run]]''</ref>

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== Behind the Laughter ==
In 2007, as an advertisement for ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', selected 7-Eleven stores in the United States and one store in Canada were temporarily converted into Kwik-E-Mart stores. During the promotion they sold: [[Buzz Cola]], [[Krusty-O's]] cereal, Simpsons donuts, [[Squishee]] cups, etc.

Also, a real Kwik-E-Mart store (though using completely different signage) exists in the downtown area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

== Appearances ==
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Springfield

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{{Nav|the town|the state capital|Springfield, Illinois}}
{{Town
|name = Springfield
|image = [[File:Springfield.png|250px]] [[File:Springfield from above.png|250px]]
|country = [[USA]]
|state = [[Springfield's State|Unknown]]| very close to Michigan, Oregon, New Jersey and Texas.
|county = [[Springfield County]]<ref>"[[Dog of Death]]"</ref>
|founder = [[Jebediah Springfield]]
|founded = c. 1649 (as Sprungfield), c. 1796 (as Springfield)
|incorporated = 1796
|city motto = "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man"
|mayor = [[Joe Quimby]] ({{w|Democratic|D}})
|area = 2,088,723 km ([[#West Springfield|West Springfield]] is three times the size of Texas)<ref>"[[Half-Decent Proposal]]"</ref>
|elevation = 1,582 ft (482 m)<ref name="Papa's">"[[Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]"</ref>
|population = 50,720<ref name="Papa's"/>
|area code = 939 and 636<ref>"[[A Tale of Two Springfields]]"</ref>
|zip code = 80085/27728<ref>"[[Moe Letter Blues]]"</ref>
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'''Springfield''' is the city where the [[Simpson family]] lives. It is located near [[Shelbyville]], [[Capital City]], [[Ogdenville]], and [[North Haverbrook]] in [[Springfield's State|a state whose name is never mentioned]]. The evidence is sufficiently contradictory that it cannot be identified with a specific state. Its population is estimated to be about 30,720. It is known as a twin city to [[Shelbyville]]. The town has often been dubbed as the, or at a stretch, one of, [[America]]'s worst towns and according to Marge it's "America's Crud Bucket", as well as being the World's Fattest Town.

One story said is was founded in 1796 by [[Jebediah Springfield]], a.k.a. Hans Sprungfeld, and a band of fiercely determined pioneers out of Maryland who set off after misinterpreting a passage in ''The Bible,'' Springfield seems to be a small city rather than a megalopolis.<ref name="Lisa the Iconoclast">"[[Lisa the Iconoclast]]"</ref> Another story said it was founded in 1821 by Springfield leading a band of 34 Dutch settlers in search of a nice place to live.<ref name="history"/> When Jebediah died he split Springfield between his two sons, [[Obadiah Springfield‎|Obadiah]] and [[Zechariah Springfield]]. The city was later rejoined but never officially. When [[Lisa Simpson]] discovered that the rejoining was not official, the town was split into two parts again, but it was later rejoined again.<ref>''[[Wall or Nothing]]''</ref>

Its features include one [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|nuclear power plant]]; two elementary schools; a [[Duff Stadium|minor league all-star baseball stadium]]; an [[Springfield International Airport|airport]]; a [[Springfield Harbor|harbor]]; a [[Downtown Springfield|downtown district]]; a large [[Springfield Tire Yard|tire yard]] (burning since 1966); a ghetto; a [[Russian district]]; its own [[Little Italy]]; several specialized shopping districts, [[Moe's Tavern]], [[Barney's Bowlarama|Barney's Bowl-A-Rama]] and a [[Chinatown]].

Springfield's nearest neighboring town is Shelbyville. There is a strong rivalry between the towns, dating back to a rivalry between their founders—Jebediah Springfield and [[Shelbyville Manhattan]]. Manhattan wanted to found a city where men were free to marry their cousins, but Springfield refused to allow it, so Shelbyville was founded as a rival town.<ref>"[[Lemon of Troy]]"</ref> The story of the dispute between Jebediah Springfield and Shelbyville Manhattan contains faint references to the historical stories of the deal between Asa Lovejoy and William Overton to file a land claim, and the dispute between Lovejoy and Francis W. Pettygrove over the name of Portland, Oregon.
Springfield has been called America's crud basket. It's an ever growing city, despite all the disasters that happen in the town.

== History ==
[[File:The Simpsons-Jebediah Springfield.png|thumb|209px|The Statue of Jebediah Springfield]]
Springfield originally existed in 1649 as Sprungfield, founder and foundation period unknown.

In its early days, the city was the target of many Native American Indian raids, and to this day many forts and trading posts remain (including [[Fort Springfield]] and [[Fort Sensible]]). It was also the site of two battles during the American Civil War. After the city was founded should the population determine what the town would be called, there was a tie between Maudville and Blister City. In [[Jebediah Springfield]]'s first official act as mayor, he broke the tie and named the town Springfield in honor of his father.<ref name="history">"[[The Legend of Jebediah Springfield]]"</ref>

The second (or official) founder of Springfield was pioneer Jebediah Springfield, widely celebrated in the town as a brave and proud American hero. He famously once killed a bear with his bare hands, and this deed is immortalized in a bronze statue in front of City Hall. However, revisionist historians have since determined the bear, in fact, probably killed Springfield, and not vice-versa. The town motto "a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man" is attributed to Jebediah. [[Lisa Simpson]] later discovered Jebediah Springfield was in fact Hans Sprungfeld, a murderous pirate and enemy of George Washington, but eventually decided the myth of Springfield should be preserved for the inspiration it gives to people and did not reveal her findings.<ref name="Lisa the Iconoclast"/> One story of Jebediah Springfield was, as Hans Sprungfeld, he was in a grog house fight and someone bit off his tongue, so he needed to have a prosthetic tongue. A silver tongue, actually.

During the early 1900s, Springfield started a holiday named "{{ap|Whacking Day|holiday}}" with the intention of beating up Irish immigrants in Springfield, and eventually transformed into an event where Springfield's denizens beat several snakes to death. In the mid-20th century, the city reached perhaps the pinnacle of its success when it became the home of the Aquacar, a car which could be driven in water like a boat. At this point, the city's streets were literally paved with gold. But unfortunately, this economy collapsed when it was discovered the Aquacar was prone to spontaneous explosion after 600 miles and/or knots.<ref name="guide book">''[[The Simpsons: Guide to Springfield]]''</ref> The town has never really recovered from this tragedy (the gold was reportedly shipped to the Sultan of Brunei to encase one of his many elephant herds), but some heavy industry remains in the town, including factories for [[Ah, Fudge! Factory|Ah, Fudge!]] chocolate, fireworks, candy, [[Itchy & Scratchy International|children's cartoons]], [[Kid First Industries|toys]], spirographs, [[Southern Cracker|crackers]], peanuts, fake vomit, pillows, [[Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill|apple cider]], and [[Springfield Box Factory|boxes]], as well as a [[Ajax Steel Mill|steel mill]].

During [[Homer Simpson]]'s tenure as Springfield's Sanitation Commissioner, however, the whole town was relocated "five miles down the road" and reformed, as the previous location had become flooded with garbage and waste due to Homer's allowing other cities to dump their garbage into the mines that run under the town. Mysteriously, the move was only mentioned once: when Lisa remarked with surprise they even allowed the [[Monty Burns Casino|casino]] to come with them when they moved the town while watching its demolition.<ref>"[[Viva Ned Flanders]]"</ref> The town was later moved again, then to the "[[The Outlands]]".<ref>"[[At Long Last Leave]]"</ref>

Springfield was nearly chosen as the host for the Summer Olympic Games, but [[Bart Simpson]]'s antics angered representatives from the IOC.<ref>"[[The Old Man and the "C" Student]]"</ref> It was also nearly awarded an NFL franchise team, The Springfield Meltdowns, but [[Abraham Simpson]] attacked the commissioner - mistaking him for a burglar - while he was trying to use the Simpsons' phone.

Bart accidentally moons the U.S. flag, and the Simpsons appear on a talk show to explain the matter. However, the show's host makes it appear Springfield hates America. When the rest of the U.S. reciprocates this loathing, Mayor Quimby changes the name of Springfield to "Liberty-Ville". An enormous patriotic craze ensues, wherein all items are priced at $17.76, even houses.<ref>"[[Bart-Mangled Banner]]"</ref>

The town has split at least twice. Once based on area code changes, into [[New Springfield]] and Olde Springfield (Not to be confused with the [[Olde Springfield Towne|historical site/tourist center of the same name]]).

At one point in the town's history, gambling was legalized due to an economic slump. To attract more people into the town, Springfield legalized gay marriage. The majority of the populace is also quite horrible at paying tax returns, with the majority of the population waiting until the last possible day to file their tax returns as evidenced by the huge amount of lines at the Post Office on Tax Day, with [[Otto Mann|some]] even mistaking it for a Metallica concert line, [[Kent Brockman|some]] hiring accountants who are just as bad as themselves in regards to paying taxes on time, and [[Homer Simpson|some]] even falsifying many of their actual expenditures while undergoing a last minute rundown on tax returns, misshaping the envelope containing the tax returns, and eventually being arrested by the FBI/IRS for severe audits.<ref>"[[The Trouble with Trillions]]"</ref> Mayor Quimby apparently allows Montgomery Burns so much legal freedom because he is the town's sole tax payer.<ref>"[[The Fool Monty]]"</ref>

=== Trappuccino ===
[[Lisa Simpson]] and [[Colin]] spearheaded an effort to clean [[Lake Springfield]], which was heavily polluted. After a town-wide cleanup, the lake was polluted again single handily by [[Homer Simpson]], who dumped a large silo of "pig crap" into the lake, polluting it to unsurpassed levels. To keep the pollution from spreading to other towns, [[Russ Cargill]], head of the EPA, convinced [[President Arnold Schwarzenegger]] to seal Springfield inside a gigantic dome (built by a company owned by Cargill).

During that time, the town fell into ruin and was plagued by power shortages ([[Mr. Burns]] refused to give free power) and lack of supplies. The town was trapped under the dome for more than ninety-three days. The dome was later destroyed by [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] Simpson, and the town was repaired and rebuilt.

=== Later history ===
Springfield eventually fell into a [[The Bob Next Door|massive economic crisis]] that resulted in several large cutbacks, as well as forcing several of the citizens to move to Detroit to find better job opportunities.

== Geography and climate ==
[[File:Springfield.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]
=== Geography ===
Springfield's geography includes big Mountains maybe part of Rocky Mountains and a lot of hills, [[Springfield Gorge|gorges]], giant redwood trees, a desert, a forest, lakes, rivers and a volcano. It is located on the coast of a large body of water, possibly an ocean. It has also been stated that "West Springfield" is 3 times the size of Texas, and looks exactly like Texas in shape (although, in theory, this could be referring to a nearby town of Texas, such as the non-fictional Texas, New Jersey or Texas, Wisconsin).

Major geographic features include [[Springfield Gorge]], [[Springfield National Forest]], [[Mt. Springfield]], [[Springfield Harbor]], the [[Alkali Flats|Springfield Badlands]], [[The Murderhorn]], [[Springfield Glacier]], [[Widow's Peak]], and [[Mount Carlmore|Mt. Carlmore]].

=== Cityscape ===
The city is divided into a number of districts, including [[Skid Row]], the [[Lower East Side]] (a Jewish neighborhood), [[Springfield Heights]], Bum Town, [[East Springfield]], [[Recluse Ranch Estates]], [[Junkieville]], [[Pressboard Estates]], [[Springfield Squidport]], [[Little Newark]], [[Crackton]], a [[Russian District|Russian district]], [[West Springfield]], [[Tibet Town]], [[Waverly Hills]], [[Little Italy]], and a [[Gay Neighborhood|gay district]].
For a brief period, Springfield divided itself into two cities, Olde Springfield and New Springfield, on the basis of an area code division. Wealthy Olde Springfield, with Mayor Quimby, anchorman [[Kent Brockman]], and bullies such as [[Nelson Muntz]], was separated from the rest of Springfield by a wall that was erected by poor New Springfield. Mayor Quimby maintained control of Olde Springfield while [[Homer Simpson]] ran New Springfield. The cities were later re-united through a concert by The Who.

The city's Main Street is in a pitiful state of disrepair, owing to citizens driving along it while carrying excessively heavy weights and leaving snow chains on their tires after the snow has melted. Some of the potholes have become so wide that entire cars and trucks can (and have) fallen into them.<ref name="monorail">"[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]"</ref>

Towns near Springfield include [[North Haverbrook]], [[Capital City]], [[Shelbyville]], [[Ogdenville]], [[Brockway]], [[Guidopolis]] and [[Cranford]].

=== Climate ===
Springfield is located in an area that receives rain and snow. Most of the time the skies are blue and mostly sunny.

Springfield is also subject to a number of natural disasters including avalanches, earthquakes, acid rain, floods, hurricanes, lightning strikes, tornadoes, and volcanic eruptions.

=== Pollution ===
Visitors from elsewhere are advised to constantly wear radiation suits and carry Geiger counters, since the city is perhaps the most radioactive in the U.S. This is because the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant was built during an incredibly lax period for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in which the plant's nuclear core was surrounded not by several layers of protective concrete and graphite but by ordinary plaster with a horseshoe hanging from a nail. Also, management apparently gives employees benefits for storing nuclear waste in buildings; in some episodes, barrels of waste have been seen in the Simpsons' basement. Also perhaps due to this, the book reports international law forbids shipping produce from Springfield; those who do venture into a local supermarket or farmer's market may find it gives off a barely audible hum. Springfield is also "proudly" home to the state's largest tire fire, burning for approximately 42 years, which does nothing to improve the air quality.

Springfieldians have a very uncaring attitude towards the environment. ''[[The Springfield Shopper]]'' is proud of the fact they use absolutely no recycled material in their paper. Even the mention of the word can cause one of the town residents to pass out from boredom, or at least slam the door in the face of plucky little girls concerned about the state of their town without a second thought, or even throw anything they can get their hands on at the Green Day raft just for saying they wanted to talk about it. In fact, the only time they even seemed to care is literally when they drink it.

There have also been instances of accidental pollution, such as when Captain Horatio McCallister [[Bart After Dark|once]] crashed an oil tanker around the Springfield coast in a drunken stupor. McCallister also, while still drunk, seemed to think there was no way out of the predicament until he suggested to a newscaster to take the blame for him in the middle of a live broadcast.

== People and culture ==
The geographic location of Springfield is never stated, but Springfield is generally considered to depict, in a lampooning manner, "bread-and-butter" Middle America, culturally somewhere between a suburb and a small town. Springfieldians are not, for the most part, cosmopolitan, and most are of lower-middle to middle income.

The "small-town nastiness" of Springfield is made evident by a benighted tradition of "snake-whacking" whereby, annually, Springfieldians bludgeon snakes to death. Lisa Simpson, disgusted by this activity, encourages the people of Springfield to quit the tradition with the aid of soul singer [[Barry White]].

Springfieldians have a very bad reputation. As described by [[Julius Hibbert|Dr. Hibbert]], it is a town where the smartest have no power and the stupidest run everything. A fairly accurate statement considering that the offices of police chief and mayor respectively are run by clearly incompetent and corrupt individuals, those few who are competent in official positions are soon replaced by other incompetents, such as former trash commissioner [[Ray Patterson]] being kicked out of office to be replaced by Homer Simpson. ''TIME'' magazine once did a cover story on Springfield entitled "America's Worst City," and ''Newsweek'' has referred to the city as "America's Crud Bucket," the town actually has a billboard saying it is the "Meanest town in America." Most citizens are very stupid, overweight, and also quick to anger, though it should be noted that Shelbyville residents are even stupider and more backwards. There is a riot almost every month. Springfield also has a strange smell that is uncomfortable to new residents. It is usually about six weeks before they adjust. Springfield is also the first United States city to abandon the Metric system.

It is noted by the [[Duff Book of World Records]] as the ''World's Fattest Town''<ref>"[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]"</ref> which they are quite proud of.

=== Demographics ===
Springfield is home to people of many races, cultures, and creeds, including European-Americans (the [[Simpson family|Simpson]], [[Flanders family|Flanders]], and [[Van Houten family|Van Houten]] families), African-Americans (the Hibbert family, [[Carl Carlson]]), Latinos ([[Bumblebee Man]]), South Asians ([[Apu]] and his family, "[[Two Guys from Kabul]]") and East Asians ([[Cookie Kwan]], [[Akira Kurosawa]]).

There is a large gap between wealthy citizens (such as [[Krusty the Clown]] and Mr. Burns), and poor citizens (Nelson Muntz, [[Cletus Spuckler|Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel]]). The population is about 40,000.

=== Crime ===
There are a surprising number of prisons in Springfield, including [[Springfield Penitentiary]], [[Springwood Minimum Security Prison]], [[Springfield Women's Prison]], [[Springfield Juvenile Correctional Facility]], [[Morningwood Penitentiary]] and [[Montgomery Burns State Prison]]. [[Springfield Elementary School]] was even once semi-converted into a prison. The [[Springfield Police Department]], led by Police Chief [[Clancy Wiggum]], is a largely corrupt and incompetent organization, according to Wiggum they only have enough manpower to enforce the last three laws passed. Another time [[Lou]] pointed out that he, Wiggum and [[Eddie]] were the entire police force. There was also a time in the town's history where the police duties were handed over from the Springfield Police Department over to a private security company called [[SpringShield]], which was run by Homer with the help of his friends [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] who did a far better job. Most [[Springfield Mafia|organized crime]] in town is controlled by mob boss [[Fat Tony]], however the [[Yakuza]] are present in smaller numbers.

=== Arts and entertainment ===
[[File:Aztec Theater.png|thumb|right|The Aztec Theater]]
Springfield boasts an [[Springfield Opera House|opera house]], an [[Springfield Bowl|outdoor amphitheater]], an arboretum, a vibrant jazz scene, and was mentioned as the entertainment capital of its state. There is also an unusually high number of [[:Category:Museums|museums]], including [[Springfield Natural History Museum]] (which features the world's largest cubic zirconia), [[Springfield Knowledgeum]], [[Springsonian Museum]], [[Springfield Wax Museum]], the [[Springfield Palace of Fine Arts]], the Museum of Swordfish and a [[Springfield Stamp Museum|stamp museum]]. Springfield once had a [[Springfield Concert Hall|concert hall]], but it was closed down after the first two measures of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and turned into the Montgomery Burns State Prison. Springfield has two movie theatres: the [[Aztec Theater]] and the [[Springfield Googolplex Theatres]]. It also has a [[Springfield Drive-In|drive-in theater]] and a [[Springfield Dinner Theater|dinner theater]].

==== Media ====
The city paper is ''[[The Springfield Shopper]]'', and the most popular TV station is [[KBBL-TV]] ([[Channel 6]]), with [[Kent Brockman]], [[Scott Christian]] and [[Arnie Pie]] on the news, [[Krusty]] the Clown and [[Sideshow Mel]] doing shows, and {{ap|Bill|KBBL}} and [[Marty]] on the radio. Alternatively, Channel Ocho is a Spanish language/Latino channel featuring [[Bumblebee Man]].

=== Religion ===
[[File:First Church of Springfield.png|thumb|right|The first church of Springfield.]]
Religion and faith plays a large role in Springfieldian society. The largest church community appears to be the [[First Church of Springfield]], a Presbylutheran church headed by Reverend [[Timothy Lovejoy, Jr.]]. There is also a [[Temple Beth Springfield|synagogue]] (led by Rabbi [[Hyman Krustofsky]]), a mosque, a Catholic church (The Notre Dame of Springfield), an Episcopal church (with vibrating pews), a crystal cathedral, the Cathedral of the Downtown, and a Buddhist temple. Apu, a Hindu, has a statue of the god Ganesh in the [[Kwik-E-Mart]].

Once, many Springfieldians joined a cult known as [[Movementarianism]], but soon left after it was revealed as a fraud.<ref>"[[The Joy of Sect]]"</ref> According to Reverend Lovejoy, there is also an alliance of people who split off from the Presbyterians to worship an Inanimate Carbon Rod.<ref name="guide book"/> Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson and Lisa Simpson are practicing Buddhists. There is also a Stonecutters Lodge (currently re-named as "The Ancient Society of No-Homers"), of which practically every male in the city (minus Homer Simpson) is a member.

The town government is secular. In 1963, a law was passed which banned praying on city property. Another episode featured a convict who was imprisoned for erecting a nativity scene on city property. [[Superintendent Chalmers]] fired new Principal [[Ned Flanders]] when he overhears him saying "thank the Lord" over the PA system.<ref>"[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]"</ref>

=== Sports ===
There are a number of sports teams and sports arenas: the [[Springfield Isotopes]], a baseball team (which once threatened to move to [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]]), the Springfield Speedway, a monster truck rally (featuring Truckasaurus), the [[Springfield Atoms]] football team, the Springfield Stun arena football team, the Springfield Ice-O-topes hockey team, the Association of Springfield Semi-Pro Boxers, and a [[Springfield Downs|dog track]]. It also use to have a bull fighting ring. There was also once the Mr. Burns Basketball Stadium which was neglected and subsequently converted into a colossal Bee Hive. [[Springfield curling team]] managed to get to the Vancouver Winter Olympics and win gold.

=== Districts ===
==== Pressboard Estates ====
[[Pressboard Estates]] is the neighborhood [[Evergreen Terrace]] is located in.

===== Evergreen Terrace =====
[[File:Kwik-E-Mart.png|thumb|right|The Evergreen Terrace Kwik-E-Mart.]]
[[Evergreen Terrace]] is the main district in the Simpsons. It is where many of the families live. The Simpsons live on [[742 Evergreen Terrace]]. It is home to the [[Kwik-E-Mart]].

==== West Springfield ====
[[West Springfield]] is apparently three times the size of Texas. It is mostly barren, save for some farmland and oil rigs. It is here that [[Homer Simpson]] and [[Lenny Leonard]] got an oil rig job.

==== Recluse Ranch Estates ====
[[Recluse Ranch Estates]] is the upperclass rich district of Springfield.

==== Little Italy ====
[[Little Italy]] is the Italian district of Springfield.

==== Waverly Hills ====
[[Waverly Hills]] is a rich upper-class district of Springfield with the best schools.

==== Suburbs of Springfield ====
[[File:Bart and Homer look over Springfield.png|thumb|300px|Bart and Homer look over Springfield after the events of [[Trappuccino]].]]
*[[Sprooklyn]]
*[[Skid Row]]
*[[Waverly Hills]]
*[[Springfield Heights]]
*[[The Spronx]]
*[[East Springfield]]
*[[Greektown]]
*The [[Waterfront]]
*[[Lower East Side]]
*[[Bumtown]]
*Cemetery District
*[[The Rat's Nest]] district
*[[Recluse Ranch Estates]]
*South Springfield
*[[Junkieville]]
*[[Pressboard Estates]]
*[[Springfield Squidport]]
*Springfield Residential Hills
*[[Little Newark]]
*[[Crackton]]
*[[Russian District]]
*[[West Springfield]]
*[[Springfield Chinatown]]
*[[Tibet Town]]
*[[Ethnictown]]
*[[Gay Neighborhood]]
*[[Little Italy]]
*[[Theater District]]
*Springfield Keys
*[[Little Bangkok]]

=== Economy ===
[[File:Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.png|thumb|right|The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant Springfield's main employer]]
Springfield's economy, although at one time "on the GROW!" and rich to the point that the streets were literally paved with gold, is now floundering. Some heavy industry remains in the town, including factories for Ah! Fudge chocolate, Southern Cracker, fireworks, candy, and boxes, as well as a steel mill. Many Springfieldians are employed by the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]].

Major industries include nuclear power, heavy manufacturing, [[Duff Beer]], and retail. Many of Springfield's stores are located in the [[Springfield Mall]].

Springfield tried to improve their economy by legalizing gay marriage and gambling.

At one point, Springfield's Economy hit an all time low and was suggested to be even worse than Detroit's economic failure, resulting in the halting of roadkill pickups, significantly reducing the amount of school time, releasing of low level criminals, and said criminals allowed to commit low-level crimes due to the Police lacking the resources and funding to enforce them.<ref>"[[The Bob Next Door]]"</ref>

=== Anthem ===
{{Main|Springfield Anthem}}

== Infrastructure ==
=== Government ===
[[File:Joe Quimby.png|thumb|right|Mayor Joe Quimby]]
The current mayor of Springfield is Joe Quimby, a sleazy womanizing politician whose served at least 5 consecutive terms as mayor unopposed, he once admitted to using the town treasury to fund the murder of his enemies. He was briefly thrown out in favor of [[Sideshow Bob]], but was later re-instated when Bob was impeached for electoral fraud. His post was threatened by a recall election, but none of the new candidates gained enough of the vote to oust him since the lead candidate who was most voted for was disqualified from the election.

When the mayor briefly skipped town due to missing lottery funds, the town's MENSA chapter (Lisa Simpson, Dr. Hibbert, Lindsey Naegle, Comic Book Guy and Prof. Frink) technocracy took over. They changed clocks to metric time, eliminated the green lights from stoplights, and put the city on the top 300 US cities. It was 299th, above East Saint Louis, Illinois.<ref>"[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]"</ref>

In the United States House of Representatives, Springfield was represented by Congressman Bob Arnold, who was later expelled for taking bribes. [[Horace Wilcox]] is stated to have been congressman since 1933.<ref>"[[Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington]]"</ref> After Wilcox's death, Krusty the Clown runs for Congress as a Republican, and wins. He is still seen as a representative.<ref>"[[The Ziff Who Came to Dinner]]"</ref>

==== Laws, statutes, and propositions ====
Gambling is legal in Springfield, as is gay marriage,<ref>"[[There's Something About Marrying]]"</ref> trade in children and fishing with dynamite. For a brief time, prohibition was brought back ("spirituous beverages are hereby prohibited in Springfield under penalty of catapult").<ref>"[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]"</ref> An unusual law from 200 years prior dictates that all ducks must wear long pants.

As is with many other towns there are a number of unusual and outdated statutes in Springfield and its town charter, including "the chief constable shall receive one pig every month and two comely lasses of virtue true," "it is illegal to mail threatening letters and to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling," and "five kicks of the same can shall be considered illegally transporting litter."<ref>"[[The Seven-Beer Snitch]]"</ref> The Town Charter also stated that Springfield's mayor, after election, cannot be removed from office... except by a recall election.

Proposition 24, which would deport all illegal immigrants from Springfield, passed with 95% of the public's support,<ref>"[[Much Apu About Nothing]]"</ref> but was overruled at some point. Marge and her family successfully lobbied to get Proposition 242, a "Families Come First" grassroots voter initiative, passed.

=== Health and education ===
[[File:Springfield Elementary School.png|thumb|right|Springfield Elementary School]]
There are quite a number of public and private schools in Springfield, including two elementary schools ([[Springfield Elementary School]] & [[East Springfield Elementary School]]), junior high school, high school and [[The Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children]]. There are also a number of colleges, including Springfield A&M, Krusty's Clown College,<ref>"[[Homie the Clown]]"</ref> the University of Springfield, and the unfortunately named Springfield Heights Institute of Technology. A full list of education institutions in Springfield can be found [http://simpsonsarchive.com/guides/city.profile.html#4 here].

Springfield has many museums, such as the Springfield Museum of Natural History and the [[Springfield Knowledgeum]]. It has a library and an observatory.

Springfield has at least one dog obedience school.

Springfield is known to have at least two hospitals- Springfield General Hospital and the rarely seen Springfield Veteran's Hospital which is described to be the worst of the two hospitals.<ref>"[[Bart's Dog Gets an "F"]]"</ref>

=== Transportation ===
Several highways run through Springfield, including the Michael Jackson Expressway (Interstate Route 401, formerly the Dalai Lama Expressway),<ref>"[[Stark Raving Dad]]"</ref> the uncompleted Matlock Expressway,<ref>"[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]"</ref> Interstate 95, Route 202, Route 88 (goes through Nelson Muntz's neighborhood) and Rural Route 9. There is also a railroad, and an abandoned aqueduct. A [[Springfield Monorail]] existed for a very brief time before it was shut down after a disastrous maiden voyage.<ref name="monorail"/> It has a street called Main Street which used to have a lot of potholes.<ref name="monorail"/>

The city bus service provides public transit on the route 22 bus on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; and the 22A bus on Tuesday and Thursday.

[[File:Airport.png|thumb|right|Springfield International Airport]]
[[Springfield International Airport]] is the airport that serves Springfield. It has scheduled flights around the US and several other countries including France, Israel, China, the United Kingdom, and Brazil.

There was once a subway line in Springfield, but it is currently abandoned, most likely because the moving train was capable of causing ground tremors above.<ref>"[[Postcards from the Wedge]]"</ref>
A cable-car line was seen in a couple of occasions.

== Springfield's State ==
{{Main|Springfield's State}}

== Non-canon ==
{{Noncanon}}

Springfield has been an explorable area in many video games based on ''The Simpsons''. However, each game features a different layout.

=== The Simpsons Road Rage ===
In ''[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]'' Springfield is split into six different regions: {{ap|Evergreen Terrace|Simpsons Road Rage}}, {{ap|Entertainment District|Simpsons Road Rage}}, {{ap|Springfield Dam|Simpsons Road Rage}}, {{ap|Nuclear Power Plant|Simpsons Road Rage}}, {{ap|Downtown|Simpsons Road Rage}} and {{ap|Springfield Mountains|Simpsons Road Rage}}. The map used in the game's HUD shows how all the regions are connected.

<gallery>
SRR map.png|Map used in the HUD
SRR map labelled.png|Map used in the HUD (labelled)
</gallery>

=== The Simpsons: Hit and Run ===
In ''[[The Simpsons: Hit and Run]]'' Springfield is split into three regions, however it isn't shown where they are located in relation to each other. The first region, used in levels one, four and seven, is the residential district with other major establishments such as the [[Springfield Elementary School|Elementary School]] and the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|Nuclear Power Plant]]. The second region, used in levels two and five, is [[Downtown Springfield|Downtown]] which includes locations such as [[Moe's Tavern]] and the [[Springfield Town Hall|town Hall]]. The third region, used in levels three and six, is located near the ocean. It includes areas such as the [[Springfield Squidport]] and the [[Springfield Dam]].

==== HUD maps ====
<gallery>
SHR Level one map.png|Levels one, four and seven
SHR Level one map labelled.png|Levels one, four and seven (labelled)
SHR Level two map.png|Levels two and five
SHR Level two map labelled.png|Levels two and five (labelled)
SHR Level three map.png|Levels three and six
SHR Level three map labelled.png|Levels three and six (labelled)
</gallery>

== Behind the laughter ==
There has been much speculation about where Springfield is. It was eventually revealed by [[Matt Groening]] in [[2012]] that Springfield was named after {{W|Springfield, Oregon|Springfield}}, [[Oregon]].<ref>[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Matt-Groening-Reveals-the-Location-of-the-Real-Springfield.html#ixzz1rfkQ3oq7 Smithsonian Magazine]</ref>

== Sister cities ==
[[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]] used to be Springfield's sister city, until a disaster at a [[Roofi]] concert caused Kabul to end the affiliation.<ref>"[[Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays]]"</ref> [[Springograd]] was also a sister city of Springfield in the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-era until it disappeared from the map.<ref>"[[Walking Big & Tall]]</ref>

== Appearances ==
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*{{ep|Like Father, Like Clown}}
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*{{ep|Rosebud}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IV}}
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*{{ep|Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood}}
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*{{ep|Deep Space Homer}}
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*{{ep|The Boy Who Knew Too Much}}
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*{{ep|Homer the Smithers}}
*{{ep|The Day the Violence Died}}
*{{ep|A Fish Called Selma}}
*{{ep|Bart on the Road}}
*{{ep|22 Short Films About Springfield}}
*{{ep|Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"}}
*{{ep|Much Apu About Nothing}}
*{{ep|Homerpalooza}}
*{{ep|Summer of 4 Ft. 2}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VII}}
*{{ep|You Only Move Twice}}
*{{ep|The Homer They Fall}}
*{{ep|Burns, Baby Burns}}
*{{ep|Bart After Dark}}
*{{ep|A Milhouse Divided}}
*{{ep|Lisa's Date with Density}}
*{{ep|Hurricane Neddy}}
*{{ep|El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer}}
*{{ep|The Springfield Files}}
*{{ep|The Twisted World of Marge Simpson}}
*{{ep|Mountain of Madness}}
*{{ep|Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious}}
*{{ep|The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show}}
*{{ep|Homer's Phobia}}
*{{ep|Brother from Another Series}}
*{{ep|My Sister, My Sitter}}
*{{ep|Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment}}
*{{ep|Grade School Confidential}}
*{{ep|The Canine Mutiny}}
*{{ep|The Old Man and the Lisa}}
*{{ep|In Marge We Trust}}
*{{ep|Homer's Enemy}}
*{{ep|The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase}}
*{{ep|The Secret War of Lisa Simpson}}
*{{ep|The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson}}
*{{ep|The Principal and the Pauper}}
*{{ep|Lisa's Sax}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII}}
*{{ep|The Cartridge Family}}
*{{ep|Bart Star}}
*{{ep|The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons}}
*{{ep|Lisa the Skeptic}}
*{{ep|Realty Bites}}
*{{ep|Miracle on Evergreen Terrace}}
*{{ep|All Singing, All Dancing}}
*{{ep|Bart Carny}}
*{{ep|The Joy of Sect}}
*{{ep|Das Bus}}
*{{ep|The Last Temptation of Krust}}
*{{ep|Dumbbell Indemnity}}
*{{ep|Lisa the Simpson}}
*{{ep|This Little Wiggy}}
*{{ep|Simpson Tide}}
*{{ep|The Trouble with Trillions}}
*{{ep|Girly Edition}}
*{{ep|Trash of the Titans}}
*{{ep|King of the Hill}}
*{{ep|Lost Our Lisa}}
*{{ep|Natural Born Kissers}}
*{{ep|Lard of the Dance}}
*{{ep|The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace}}
*{{ep|Bart the Mother}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX}}
*{{ep|When You Dish Upon a Star}}
*{{ep|D'oh-in' in the Wind}}
*{{ep|Lisa Gets an "A"}}
*{{ep|Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"}}
*{{ep|Mayored to the Mob}}
*{{ep|Viva Ned Flanders}}
*{{ep|Wild Barts Can't Be Broken}}
*{{ep|Sunday, Cruddy Sunday}}
*{{ep|Homer to the Max}}
*{{ep|I'm with Cupid}}
*{{ep|Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"}}
*{{ep|Make Room for Lisa}}
*{{ep|Maximum Homerdrive}}
*{{ep|Simpsons Bible Stories}}
*{{ep|Mom and Pop Art}}
*{{ep|The Old Man and the "C" Student}}
*{{ep|Monty Can't Buy Me Love}}
*{{ep|They Saved Lisa's Brain}}
*{{ep|Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo}}
*{{ep|Beyond Blunderdome}}
*{{ep|Brother's Little Helper}}
*{{ep|Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror X}}
*{{ep|E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)}}
*{{ep|Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder}}
*{{ep|Eight Misbehavin'}}
*{{ep|Take My Wife, Sleaze}}
*{{ep|Grift of the Magi}}
*{{ep|Little Big Mom}}
*{{ep|Faith Off}}
*{{ep|The Mansion Family}}
*{{ep|Saddlesore Galactica}}
*{{ep|Alone Again, Natura-Diddily}}
*{{ep|Missionary: Impossible}}
*{{ep|Pygmoelian}}
*{{ep|Bart to the Future}}
*{{ep|Days of Wine and D'oh'ses}}
*{{ep|Kill the Alligator and Run}}
*{{ep|It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge}}
*{{ep|Behind the Laughter}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XI}}
*{{ep|A Tale of Two Springfields}}
*{{ep|Insane Clown Poppy}}
*{{ep|Lisa the Tree Hugger}}
*{{ep|Homer vs. Dignity}}
*{{ep|The Computer Wore Menace Shoes}}
*{{ep|The Great Money Caper}}
*{{ep|Skinner's Sense of Snow}}
*{{ep|HOMЯ}}
*{{ep|Pokey Mom}}
*{{ep|Worst Episode Ever}}
*{{ep|Tennis the Menace}}
*{{ep|Day of the Jackanapes}}
*{{ep|New Kids on the Blecch}}
*{{ep|Hungry, Hungry Homer}}
*{{ep|Bye, Bye, Nerdie}}
*{{ep|Simpson Safari}}
*{{ep|Trilogy of Error}}
*{{ep|I'm Goin' to Praiseland}}
*{{ep|Children of a Lesser Clod}}
*{{ep|Simpsons Tall Tales}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XII}}
*{{ep|The Parent Rap}}
*{{ep|Homer the Moe}}
*{{ep|A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love}}
*{{ep|The Blunder Years}}
*{{ep|She of Little Faith}}
*{{ep|Brawl in the Family}}
*{{ep|Sweets and Sour Marge}}
*{{ep|Jaws Wired Shut}}
*{{ep|Half-Decent Proposal}}
*{{ep|The Bart Wants What It Wants}}
*{{ep|The Lastest Gun in the West}}
*{{ep|The Old Man and the Key}}
*{{ep|Tales from the Public Domain}}
*{{ep|Blame It on Lisa}}
*{{ep|Weekend at Burnsie's}}
*{{ep|Gump Roast}}
*{{ep|I Am Furious (Yellow)}}
*{{ep|The Sweetest Apu}}
*{{ep|Little Girl in the Big Ten}}
*{{ep|The Frying Game}}
*{{ep|Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIII}}
*{{ep|How I Spent My Strummer Vacation}}
*{{ep|Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade}}
*{{ep|Large Marge}}
*{{ep|Helter Shelter}}
*{{ep|The Great Louse Detective}}
*{{ep|Special Edna}}
*{{ep|The Dad Who Knew Too Little}}
*{{ep|The Strong Arms of the Ma}}
*{{ep|Pray Anything}}
*{{ep|Barting Over}}
*{{ep|I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can}}
*{{ep|A Star Is Born Again}}
*{{ep|Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington}}
*{{ep|C.E. D'oh}}
*{{ep|'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky}}
*{{ep|Three Gays of the Condo}}
*{{ep|Dude, Where's My Ranch?}}
*{{ep|Old Yeller-Belly}}
*{{ep|Brake My Wife, Please}}
*{{ep|The Bart of War}}
*{{ep|Moe Baby Blues}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIV}}
*{{ep|My Mother the Carjacker}}
*{{ep|The President Wore Pearls}}
*{{ep|The Regina Monologues}}
*{{ep|The Fat and the Furriest}}
*{{ep|Today I Am a Clown}}
*{{ep|'Tis the Fifteenth Season}}
*{{ep|Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays}}
*{{ep|I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot}}
*{{ep|Diatribe of a Mad Housewife}}
*{{ep|Margical History Tour}}
*{{ep|Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore}}
*{{ep|Smart and Smarter}}
*{{ep|The Ziff Who Came to Dinner}}
*{{ep|Co-Dependent's Day}}
*{{ep|The Wandering Juvie}}
*{{ep|My Big Fat Geek Wedding}}
*{{ep|Catch 'Em If You Can}}
*{{ep|Simple Simpson}}
*{{ep|The Way We Weren't}}
*{{ep|Bart-Mangled Banner}}
*{{ep|Fraudcast News}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XV}}
*{{ep|All's Fair in Oven War}}
*{{ep|Sleeping with the Enemy}}
*{{ep|She Used to Be My Girl}}
*{{ep|Fat Man and Little Boy}}
*{{ep|Midnight Rx}}
*{{ep|Mommie Beerest}}
*{{ep|Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass}}
*{{ep|Pranksta Rap}}
*{{ep|There's Something About Marrying}}
*{{ep|On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister}}
*{{ep|Goo Goo Gai Pan}}
*{{ep|Mobile Homer}}
*{{ep|The Seven-Beer Snitch}}
*{{ep|Future-Drama}}
*{{ep|Don't Fear the Roofer}}
*{{ep|The Heartbroke Kid}}
*{{ep|A Star Is Torn}}
*{{ep|Thank God It's Doomsday}}
*{{ep|Home Away from Homer}}
*{{ep|The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star}}
*{{ep|The Bonfire of the Manatees}}
*{{ep|The Girl Who Slept Too Little}}
*{{ep|Milhouse of Sand and Fog}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVI}}
*{{ep|Marge's Son Poisoning}}
*{{ep|See Homer Run}}
*{{ep|The Last of the Red Hat Mamas}}
*{{ep|The Italian Bob}}
*{{ep|Simpsons Christmas Stories}}
*{{ep|Homer's Paternity Coot}}
*{{ep|We're on the Road to D'ohwhere}}
*{{ep|My Fair Laddy}}
*{{ep|The Seemingly Never-Ending Story}}
*{{ep|Bart Has Two Mommies}}
*{{ep|Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife}}
*{{ep|Million-Dollar Abie}}
*{{ep|Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore}}
*{{ep|The Wettest Stories Ever Told}}
*{{ep|Girls Just Want to Have Sums}}
*{{ep|Regarding Margie}}
*{{ep|The Monkey Suit}}
*{{ep|Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play}}
*{{ep|The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer}}
*{{ep|Jazzy and the Pussycats}}
*{{ep|Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVII}}
*{{ep|G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)}}
*{{ep|Moe'N'a Lisa}}
*{{ep|Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)}}
*{{ep|The Haw-Hawed Couple}}
*{{ep|Kill Gil, Volumes I & II}}
*{{ep|The Wife Aquatic}}
*{{ep|Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times}}
*{{ep|Little Big Girl}}
*{{ep|Springfield Up}}
*{{ep|Yokel Chords}}
*{{ep|Rome-Old and Juli-Eh}}
*{{ep|Homerazzi}}
*{{ep|Marge Gamer}}
*{{ep|The Boys of Bummer}}
*{{ep|Crook and Ladder}}
*{{ep|Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!}}
*{{ep|24 Minutes}}
*{{ep|You Kent Always Say What You Want}}
*{{mov}}
*{{ep|He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs}}
*{{ep|The Homer of Seville}}
*{{ep|Midnight Towboy}}
*{{ep|I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVIII}}
*{{ep|Little Orphan Millie}}
*{{ep|Husbands and Knives}}
*{{ep|Funeral for a Fiend}}
*{{ep|Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind}}
*{{ep|E Pluribus Wiggum}}
*{{ep|That '90s Show}}
*{{ep|Love, Springfieldian Style}}
*{{ep|The Debarted}}
*{{ep|Dial "N" for Nerder}}
*{{ep|Smoke on the Daughter}}
*{{ep|Papa Don't Leech}}
*{{ep|Apocalypse Cow}}
*{{ep|Any Given Sundance}}
*{{ep|Mona Leaves-a}}
*{{ep|All About Lisa}}
*{{ep|Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes}}
*{{ep|Lost Verizon}}
*{{ep|Double, Double, Boy in Trouble}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX}}
*{{ep|Dangerous Curves}}
*{{ep|Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words}}
*{{ep|MyPods and Boomsticks}}
*{{ep|The Burns and the Bees}}
*{{ep|Lisa the Drama Queen}}
*{{ep|Take My Life, Please}}
*{{ep|How the Test Was Won}}
*{{ep|No Loan Again, Naturally}}
*{{ep|In the Name of the Grandfather}}
*{{ep|Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe}}
*{{ep|Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh}}
*{{ep|Four Great Women and a Manicure}}
*{{ep|Coming to Homerica}}
*{{ep|Homer the Whopper}}
*{{ep|Bart Gets a "Z"}}
*{{ep|The Great Wife Hope}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XX}}
*{{ep|The Devil Wears Nada}}
*{{ep|Pranks and Greens}}
*{{ep|Rednecks and Broomsticks}}
*{{ep|Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?}}
*{{ep|Thursdays with Abie}}
*{{ep|Once Upon a Time in Springfield}}
*{{ep|Million Dollar Maybe}}
*{{ep|Boy Meets Curl}}
*{{ep|The Color Yellow}}
*{{ep|Postcards from the Wedge}}
*{{ep|Stealing First Base}}
*{{ep|The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed}}
*{{ep|American History X-cellent}}
*{{ep|Chief of Hearts}}
*{{ep|The Squirt and the Whale}}
*{{ep|To Surveil with Love}}
*{{ep|Moe Letter Blues}}
*{{ep|The Bob Next Door}}
*{{ep|Judge Me Tender}}
*{{ep|Elementary School Musical}}
*{{ep|Loan-a Lisa}}
*{{ep|MoneyBart}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI}}
*{{ep|Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life}}
*{{ep|The Fool Monty}}
*{{ep|How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?}}
*{{ep|The Fight Before Christmas}}
*{{ep|Donnie Fatso}}
*{{ep|Flaming Moe}}
*{{ep|Homer the Father}}
*{{ep|Angry Dad: The Movie}}
*{{ep|Homer Scissorhands}}
*{{ep|The Ned-liest Catch}}
*{{ep|Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts}}
*{{ep|Replaceable You}}
*{{ep|The Food Wife}}
*{{ep|The Book Job}}
*{{ep|The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants}}
*{{ep|The Ten-Per-Cent Solution}}
*{{ep|Holidays of Future Passed}}
*{{ep|Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson}}
*{{ep|Beware My Cheating Bart}}
*{{ep|A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again}}
*{{ep|The Spy Who Learned Me}}
*{{ep|Ned 'n' Edna's Blend Agenda}}
*{{ep|Lisa Goes Gaga}}
*{{ep|Moonshine River}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIII}}
*{{ep|Adventures in Baby-Getting}}
*{{ep|Gone Abie Gone}}
*{{ep|Penny-Wiseguys}}
*{{ep|A Tree Grows in Springfield}}
*{{ep|The Day the Earth Stood Cool}}
*{{ep|To Cur, with Love}}
*{{ep|Homer Goes to Prep School}}
*{{ep|A Test Before Trying}}
*{{ep|Changing of the Guardian}}
*{{ep|Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing}}
*{{ep|Hardly Kirk-ing}}
*{{ep|Gorgeous Grampa}}
*{{ep|Black-Eyed, Please}}
*{{ep|Dark Knight Court}}
*{{ep|What Animated Women Want}}
*{{ep|Pulpit Friction}}
*{{ep|Whiskey Business}}
*{{ep|The Fabulous Faker Boy}}
*{{ep|The Saga of Carl}}
*{{ep|Dangers on a Train}}
*{{ep|Homerland}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIV}}
*{{ep|Four Regrettings and a Funeral}}
*{{ep|YOLO}}
*{{ep|Labor Pains}}
*{{ep|The Kid Is All Right}}
*{{ep|Yellow Subterfuge}}
*{{ep|White Christmas Blues}}
*{{ep|Steal This Episode}}
*{{ep|Married to the Blob}}
*{{ep|Specs and the City}}
*{{ep|Diggs}}
*{{ep|The Man Who Grew Too Much}}
*{{ep|The Winter of His Content}}
*{{ep|The War of Art}}
*{{ep|You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee}}
*{{ep|Luca$}}
*{{ep|Days of Future Future}}
*{{ep|What to Expect When Bart's Expecting}}
*{{ep|Brick Like Me}}
*{{ep|Pay Pal}}
*{{ep|The Yellow Badge of Cowardge}}
*{{ep|Clown in the Dumps}}
*{{ep|The Wreck of the Relationship}}
*{{ep|Super Franchise Me}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXV}}
*{{ep|Opposites A-Frack}}
*{{ep|Simpsorama}}
*{{ep|Blazed and Confused}}
*{{ep|Covercraft}}
*{{ep|I Won't Be Home for Christmas}}
*{{ep|The Man Who Came to Be Dinner}}
*{{ep|Bart's New Friend}}
*{{ep|The Musk Who Fell to Earth}}
*{{ep|Walking Big & Tall}}
*{{ep|My Fare Lady}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIX}}
*{{ep|Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy}}
*{{ep|I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh}}
*{{ep|D'oh Canada}}
*{{spec|The Oprah Winfrey Show}}
*{{spec|The Simpsons SU2C PSA}}
*{{spec|Join The Simpsons at the Daytona 500}}
*{{bk|The Homer Book}}
*{{bk|The Bart Book}}
*{{bk|The Ralph Wiggum Book}}
*{{bk|Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture}}
*{{bk|The Lisa Book}}
*{{bk|The Krusty Book}}
*{{bk|Flanders' Book of Faith}}
*{{bk|The Marge Book}}
*{{bk|The Chief Wiggum Book of Crime and Punishment}}
*{{bk|Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20}}
*{{game|Bart Simpson's Cupcake Crisis}}
*{{game|The Simpsons: The Arcade Game}}
*{{game|Bart vs. the Space Mutants}}
*{{game|Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly}}
*{{game|Bart vs. the World}}
*{{game|Bart's House of Weirdness}}
*{{game|Bart vs. The Juggernauts}}
*{{game|Krusty's Fun House}}
*{{game|The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man}}
*{{game|Bart's Nightmare (video game)|Bart's Nightmare}}
*{{game|Virtual Bart}}
*{{game|The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk}}
*{{game|The Simpsons Cartoon Studio}}
*{{game|The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield}}
*{{game|The Simpsons Bowling}}
*{{game|The Simpsons Wrestling}}
*{{game|Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror}}
*{{game|The Simpsons Road Rage}}
*{{game|The Simpsons Skateboarding}}
*{{game|The Simpsons: Hit & Run}}
*{{game|Minutes to Meltdown}}
*{{game|The Simpsons Game}}
*{{game|The Simpsons Arcade}}
*{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}}
*{{ad|No Teasing}}
*{{ad|The Butterfinger Group}}
*{{ad|Bart's Locker}}
*{{ad|Slaughter is the Best Medicine}}
*{{ad|Hard Times}}
*{{ad|CC's Dare Number 9}}
*{{ad|The Simpsons Channel 4 ident}}
*{{merch|Simpsons Mania! (Inkworks)|Simpsons Mania!|(mentioned)}}
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== References ==
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== See also ==
*[[Evergreen Terrace]]
*[[:Category:Characters]]
*[[Springfield's State]]

== External links ==
*[http://adn.blam.be/springfield/ Interactive map of Springfield with screen caps]
*[http://www.naosmm.org/confer/port-or/history.html History of Portland, Oregon] (an influence on the fictional history of Springfield)
*[http://simpsonsarchive.com/guides/springfield.list.html The Simpsons Archive: Where Is The Simpsons' Springfield?]
*[http://www.compuglobalhypermega.net/ CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet], location of The Simpsons being determined by elimination

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