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User talk:Solar Dragon/Archive 11

2010-11-25T18:08:22Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* New Wiki */

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Is there anything I can do to help move the wiki? [[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 01:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:Unless you are good with customising Monobook then, no. The ShoutWiki staff can move all content and images as well as user accounts to this wiki so we shouldn't need to do anything. Thanks for offering. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:30, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
::Good for you, damn wikia shoving Oasis down our throats. I moved (am in the process of moving) my Stargate wikia to shout wiki. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 04:16, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

== User moving aricles ==

Hello, Solar. User [[User:Ashclaw|Ashclaw]] has copied and pasted some articles from the Wikia Wikisimpsons to here. Should we allow him or tell him to wait for the database dump? {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 16:52, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:I noticed too. I don't mind. These are just copies and will all be moved over anyway. The quicker, the better in my opinion. I am still waiting for the new database dump though. :( ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 17:41, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Hello there Solar Dragon, 
Actually, manually copy/pasting articles might be a problem because they could be copyright violations. That is why the complete article history has to be imported, to avoid issues with copyrights. And the manually copied articles may also clutter up the article history or cause other problems during the import process. --[[User:Jedimca0|'''Jedimca0''']]<staff/>([[User talk:Jedimca0|talk]]) 17:54, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:OK then. I will delete the article. How about the uploaded images? Will those affect anything? Thanks, ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 17:56, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:*The uploaded images should be fine. --[[User:Jedimca0|'''Jedimca0''']]<staff/>([[User talk:Jedimca0|talk]]) 18:22, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Test [[Special:Contributions/92.24.135.205|92.24.135.205]] 21:13, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

== Moving form wikia==

Hello!

I am an admin on 2 wikas and I am thinking of moving away from it. Shoutwiki.com is one of 2 alternatives. Can you, please, tell me why did you choose Shoutwiki as a new server? 
-- 
Best Regards, 
[[User:Teyandee|Teyandee]] 19:59, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

== User page ==
Is the database dump going to bring in the user pages too or should I recreate mine? [[User:Bshardy|Bshardy]] 06:04, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
:Every page will be imported over, including user pages. However, I am not sure what will happen in the case of already made user pages, e.g. yours and mine. We will have to wait and see. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 07:09, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

== Bob's burgers ==

No doubt you have seen the commercials for "Bob's Burgers", the new Fox show. I have made a wiki regarding it and would like to suggest a partnership?

~DS
[http://bobsburgers.shoutwiki.com/ Bob's Burgers Wiki]

== ShoutWiki ==

I think the dump's done. [[Special:Contributions/178.111.41.7|178.111.41.7]] 18:40, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
:Yeah, but not completely. There is something wrong with around 1000 of the images. The staff have been notified. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 19:03, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

== Dude, where's my login? ==

Hi, Solar, Mythigator here. I'm on an IP because I can't log in. It says my account doesn't exist, but when I go to articles I've edited I can click on my account name in the history and immediately see my page. So what's up with logging into my account? Thanks, Geoff / Mythigator [[Special:Contributions/64.122.207.197|64.122.207.197]] 22:06, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
:Actual accounts haven't moved. The user pages and talk pages have though. You have to make a new account and resume from there. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 22:12, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

:No joy. "Login errorUsername entered already in use. Please choose a different name." -- [[Special:Contributions/64.122.207.197|64.122.207.197]] 22:20, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

::Hmm... I'm not sure what is going on. Try leaving a message on [[User talk:Jack Phoenix|here]] and making an account and filing a bug report [http://bugzilla.shoutwiki.com/ here]. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 22:25, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

:::You don't need to create a new account — in fact, you cannot do so if you try to use your old Wikia username. Just go to [[Special:UserLogin]] and login with your Wikia credentials and you should be able to resume editing as if nothing had happened. This functionality is provided by a MediaWiki extension called [[mw:Extension:MediaWikiAuth|MediaWikiAuth]]. If you encounter any bugs or have issues logging in, please contact me immediately. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] <staff/> ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|contact]]) 22:31, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

:I seem to be back in business. It looks like I'm going to have to re-upload my saltire avatar, but no big deal. Thanks, guys! -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 23:10, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

== Concerning the color of the sidebar ==

I think the color of the sidebar doesn't really match with the wiki, it's too bright and "neon-ish" and it kind of repels the eyes. I think it would be better if it was another tone of yellow. What do you think?
Additionally, in all the articles with the episode "tab" template, the sidebar is moved below the article.

[[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 10:03, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

:Someone has been working on this bug. You can see from recent changes. The colour is the same colour as the content area for me. Could you give me a screenshot of the bright yellow colour then. Is it the same as the colour of the box at the top of my talk page? ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 17:50, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
::Actually, it's yellow because I changed it yesterday (maybe you don't see it because of your cache, or something). I just thought the sidebar could use a different color, but you're right, it's too bright. {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 17:54, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Since I'm not seeing it, could you find a better colour then? ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 17:55, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

== Adding templates ==

How do we add templates to articles, such as adding the Location template to [[Dracula-la Land]]? I'm thinking there must be an easier way to do it than by manually typing the code in, but thus far I haven't seen any WYSIWYG interface for editing articles. Is this something that's in the works? Thanks ... -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 14:01, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
:God, I hope we aren't making that stupid Rich Text editor here. It is fairly simple actually. Just copy and paste the code from [[Template:Location]]. The code in the box under Use. Then fill in the parameters. To add navboxes and other templates without parameters, just put <nowiki>{{Template name}}</nowiki> on the article. All infoboxes should have a use section. If not, notify me and I will make one. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 18:11, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
::Also, when making new articles, there should be various preloadable templates via buttons. Click on one of those to bring up the template. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 18:13, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
::That helps, thanks. What I had in mind was the templates for infoboxes such as Character, Location, Guest Star and so on. The parameterless ones aren't any problem. -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 18:53, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Good to hear. Also, when indenting, you usually go one more than the last poster btw. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 18:59, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

==Crossing the floor==
Now this is a skin I like. I just wanted to let you know that I'm here now, although I won't be immensely active. Could I please have the bureaucrat powers that I had at the other site? Thanks, [[User:Brian McClure|Brian McClure]] 03:45, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
:Good to have you back. I have given you the rights. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:20, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

== Gavinator333 ==
Before I tried to log in to that account and it said there was no such account but just now I tried it again and it worked so i'm now gavinator333.
[[User:Gavinator333|Gavinator333]] 20:40, November 18 2010

==Golden Marge==
[[File:Golden Marge.png|right|thumb|270px|Golden Marge, for the user who has done a lot of cleanup.]]
Like it? I believe my image editing skills have gotten much better since the last time I made anything for Wikisimpsons. Anyway, I made this one with a stand underneath, the word 'Wikisimpsons' on the stand (So Simpsons Wiki 'can't/Will be harder to' copy this image for themselves). The stand also has a bit for the receiver's username to go onto as well and this is in higher quality. Let me know if you need anything graphics related we need to do, I don't think Simpsons Wiki will be any good when it comes to image editing and stuff. ----[[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] ([[User talk:Smiley12|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Smiley12|contribs]]) [[File:AWA Admin.png|40px|link=]] 08:25, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
:Wow. It is great. It will be good once we get more users coming in. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 14:27, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

==IRC==
Apparently you're having trouble joining the IRC channel...?----[[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] ([[User talk:Smiley12|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Smiley12|contribs]]) 21:01, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
:Yep. I'm currently on #simpsons-wiki by the way if you want to chat. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 21:02, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

== A notice on the old wiki ==

Do you think we ought to put up a notice on the old Wiki directing people to Shoutwiki, or did we do that already? {{UnsignedIP|119.237.244.81|11:48, 20 November 2010 }}
:Last time we tried that, it was constantly reverted by staff. I had my admin rights removed too. I might try again if someone gives me admin rights though. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 11:50, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:Does anybody else have admin privileges? [[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 14:54, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
::Effluvium, Smiley12, Brian, TheHomer (possibly) and Kingcjc. Kingcjc still works on some Wikia wikis. If one of the others wants to attempt it, they could do. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 14:59, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:::I still have my admin rights there, so I can modify the community corner and replace all content in the main page with "We have moved to ShoutWiki" or something similar. I don't think Wikia staff go to Simpsons Wiki so regularly, right? {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 15:46, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
::::They will probably notice and revert, remove your admin powers and maybe block you. It depends on whether you are willing to "take one for the team". ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 15:48, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::I don't care if I get blocked on Wikia. Anyway, I already changed the main page and the theme. If staff revert it, any other admin can do it. Besides, they'll sure notice all admins are gone. {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 15:55, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
::::::Cool. Staff will have to revert it if they notice it. No more admins. :P It is going to fall. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 15:58, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::::I no longer care either. I have just replaced a few pages with that message. :P ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 16:04, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
::::::::I believe there are some CSS tricks to make all pages blank/show the same message, I don't know how to do them though. ----[[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] ([[User talk:Smiley12|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Smiley12|contribs]]) [[File:AWA Admin.png|40px|link=]] 19:58, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::. Do we leave the old wiki to rot and erode away to chaos, or do we wreck the place ourselves? (scorched earth?)[[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 00:34, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::That'll happen soon enough without anyone doing anything to that end. I just took a look on there to see what's going on, and some mental giant created a category called "Immergrants" (yes, spelled that way) and added it to a bunch of character pages. If that's the caliber of the new users that Wikia is claiming on their Simpsons Wiki, then I don't think we'll have much trouble kicking their evil patoots. -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 20:09, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::::Ha. Bit sad that Weedle McHairybug stayed behind though. If anyone can try and contact him, probably via email, that will be good. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 20:12, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::::I'll give it a go [[User:Mr. Blackadder|Mr. Blackadder]] 20:37, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

== Friends ==
What's the us of this friends thing? Not that i'm against it but does it do anything besides put something else on your user page? ----[[User:Gavinator333|Gavinator333]] 16:56, November 20 2010
:Well, I guess that it can allow easy access between others user pages. It also is a bit of a popularity tool too I guess. No real use but hey. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 22:03, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

==New Wiki==
How come everybody moved to this 'ShoutWiki' Thing, and after all the badges I've tried to earn!? And no I'm not going to sign![[User:ToyStoryFan123|ToyStoryFan123]]
:Because Wikia screwed us guys over big time. Therefore, we decided to move away. The skin, the reaction from the staff, the blockes we received for telling users we were thinking of movig all resulted in us moving. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 20:12, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
::I have to admit, adding badges was a pretty clever tactic by wikia. I've seen a few users who were apprehensive about moving because then they would lose all the badges they earned. -- [[User:Brian McClure|Brian McClure]] 20:24, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
:::We shouldn't have enabled them... ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 20:25, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
::::What do you mean 'we shouldn't have enabled them', that's what made it fun.
And you, yourself earned more badges than anyone else![[User:ToyStoryFan123|Toy]] [[User talk:ToyStoryFan123|Story]] [[Specia:Contributions/ToyStoryFan123|Fan]] 19:02,, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::1. your sig is broken. You have a ? instead of a / 2. I don't care about the badges. I only care about this wiki and getting it looking great and working. Making it a real fan site as opposed to a shit hole like the Wikia one is going to be. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 19:15, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
1. I had greasy fingers the whole time!
2. Don't swear! It's rude![[User:ToyStoryFan123|ToyStoryFan123]] 16:19, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
:I have to tell the truth. If that means swearing to tell the truth, so be it. Wikia is a shit hole. An over controlling shit hole full of corrupt staff. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 16:46, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Then why on earth did you keep editing on it?!~

== Re: ==

Well fine, Maybe I shall just go watch some Blackadder and never come back ----- It's Magic - [[User:Kingcjc|King]][[User_Talk:Kingcjc|cjc]] 22:31, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
:I offered you the chance to come back you know. I hope [[User:Mr. Blackadder|your replacement]] would do a better job than you could. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 22:32, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
::Uhhh... what's going on here? Why is Kingcjc going to Wikia and why don't I see any discussions about it here? Did I miss any chat at IRC or what? {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 00:49, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Come on IRC sometime and I will explain. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:18, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

== Promoting Wikisimpsons on other sites ==
You know, we should try to promote this wiki on other prominent Simpsons fansites and forums like NoHomers.net . That way we can attract more viewers and editors. [[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 00:34, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:See [[Blog:Other Simpsons Sites]]. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:17, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

== Template ==

Hey there. Should I add the template in the sandbox to pages or is it unnecessary. [[User:Josegiraffio|'''Josegiraffio''']] [[User talk:Josegiraffio|'''Want to talk''']] 20:26, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:Not too sure about that. Maybe an expansion on the template. American Towns/Cities and foreign towns/cities on the same template. If you could do that, then it could be added. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 20:30, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
::Is it up to scratch now? [[User:Josegiraffio|'''Josegiraffio''']] [[User talk:Josegiraffio|'''Want to talk''']] 21:21, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Yeah, that should be fine now. Feel free to create it and add it to articles. Just one thing, you missed out Springfield ;) ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 21:22, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

== Something you could make use of. ==

This wiki format creates a floating box which follows you along the page:
<pre>__NOEDITSECTION__
<div style="position: fixed; center:0; bottom:0; display:block; height:200px; width:300px;"><div style="position: relative; width: 200px; height: 200px; overflow: hidden">
<div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; z-index: 1"><ul class="wikia-menu-button">
<li>
[http://tinyurl.com/23eqtm3WE HAVE MOVED HERE]
<ul>

</ul>
</li>
</ul></div></div></div></pre>

It doesn't work here, but you can see it if you preview this if you preview [http://lego.wikia.com/index.php?title=Brickipedia:Sandbox&action=submit this page].

[[User:Mr. Blackadder|Mr. Blackadder]] 21:06, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

== A couple of inboxes that would be useful ==

1) Fictional website -- as in the "Websites on The Simpsons" category. This would include sites like stupidflanders.org and nuclear-secrets.com
2) Movie -- there are several movie articles that have TV Show infoboxes, which shouldn't be. I don't think it would be all that hard to make, as the only difference from the TV Show inbox is that the movie infobox wouldn't need to have a "Channel" data item. -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 00:18, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
:Exactly. There is only one difference. They might as well use the same infobox then. The websites infobox may be useful but I am not sure how many parameters it would have... ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:16, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
::So for a movie infobox, I just copy & paste the code for the TV infobox, substitute "movie" for "TV Show" where appropriate, and leave off the "Channel" parameter? I didn't think it would be '''that''' easy. No urgency about the websites infobox; I agree it would take some puzzling out to determine what parameters it should have. -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 07:02, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Yep. That easy. You just need to remove the code for channel. and change TV for Movie, yes. If you can think of parameters, tell me. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 07:10, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
::::Owner and use? [[User:Mr. Blackadder|Mr. Blackadder]] 16:36, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::As well as appearance. Three parameters... ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 16:42, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
::::::I'm thinking six ... Name, image, owner (if known), URL (if known), use, appearance. -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 23:23, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::::Well, name and image are always there so that means 4. OK, make it if you want then. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:30, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Solar Dragon/Archive 11

2010-11-23T16:19:43Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* New Wiki */

{{User:Solar Dragon/Talkheader}}

Is there anything I can do to help move the wiki? [[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 01:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:Unless you are good with customising Monobook then, no. The ShoutWiki staff can move all content and images as well as user accounts to this wiki so we shouldn't need to do anything. Thanks for offering. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:30, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
::Good for you, damn wikia shoving Oasis down our throats. I moved (am in the process of moving) my Stargate wikia to shout wiki. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 04:16, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

== User moving aricles ==

Hello, Solar. User [[User:Ashclaw|Ashclaw]] has copied and pasted some articles from the Wikia Wikisimpsons to here. Should we allow him or tell him to wait for the database dump? {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 16:52, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:I noticed too. I don't mind. These are just copies and will all be moved over anyway. The quicker, the better in my opinion. I am still waiting for the new database dump though. :( ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 17:41, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Hello there Solar Dragon, 
Actually, manually copy/pasting articles might be a problem because they could be copyright violations. That is why the complete article history has to be imported, to avoid issues with copyrights. And the manually copied articles may also clutter up the article history or cause other problems during the import process. --[[User:Jedimca0|'''Jedimca0''']]<staff/>([[User talk:Jedimca0|talk]]) 17:54, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:OK then. I will delete the article. How about the uploaded images? Will those affect anything? Thanks, ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 17:56, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:*The uploaded images should be fine. --[[User:Jedimca0|'''Jedimca0''']]<staff/>([[User talk:Jedimca0|talk]]) 18:22, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Test [[Special:Contributions/92.24.135.205|92.24.135.205]] 21:13, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

== Moving form wikia==

Hello!

I am an admin on 2 wikas and I am thinking of moving away from it. Shoutwiki.com is one of 2 alternatives. Can you, please, tell me why did you choose Shoutwiki as a new server? 
-- 
Best Regards, 
[[User:Teyandee|Teyandee]] 19:59, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

== User page ==
Is the database dump going to bring in the user pages too or should I recreate mine? [[User:Bshardy|Bshardy]] 06:04, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
:Every page will be imported over, including user pages. However, I am not sure what will happen in the case of already made user pages, e.g. yours and mine. We will have to wait and see. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 07:09, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

== Bob's burgers ==

No doubt you have seen the commercials for "Bob's Burgers", the new Fox show. I have made a wiki regarding it and would like to suggest a partnership?

~DS
[http://bobsburgers.shoutwiki.com/ Bob's Burgers Wiki]

== ShoutWiki ==

I think the dump's done. [[Special:Contributions/178.111.41.7|178.111.41.7]] 18:40, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
:Yeah, but not completely. There is something wrong with around 1000 of the images. The staff have been notified. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 19:03, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

== Dude, where's my login? ==

Hi, Solar, Mythigator here. I'm on an IP because I can't log in. It says my account doesn't exist, but when I go to articles I've edited I can click on my account name in the history and immediately see my page. So what's up with logging into my account? Thanks, Geoff / Mythigator [[Special:Contributions/64.122.207.197|64.122.207.197]] 22:06, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
:Actual accounts haven't moved. The user pages and talk pages have though. You have to make a new account and resume from there. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 22:12, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

:No joy. "Login errorUsername entered already in use. Please choose a different name." -- [[Special:Contributions/64.122.207.197|64.122.207.197]] 22:20, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

::Hmm... I'm not sure what is going on. Try leaving a message on [[User talk:Jack Phoenix|here]] and making an account and filing a bug report [http://bugzilla.shoutwiki.com/ here]. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 22:25, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

:::You don't need to create a new account — in fact, you cannot do so if you try to use your old Wikia username. Just go to [[Special:UserLogin]] and login with your Wikia credentials and you should be able to resume editing as if nothing had happened. This functionality is provided by a MediaWiki extension called [[mw:Extension:MediaWikiAuth|MediaWikiAuth]]. If you encounter any bugs or have issues logging in, please contact me immediately. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] <staff/> ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|contact]]) 22:31, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

:I seem to be back in business. It looks like I'm going to have to re-upload my saltire avatar, but no big deal. Thanks, guys! -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 23:10, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

== Concerning the color of the sidebar ==

I think the color of the sidebar doesn't really match with the wiki, it's too bright and "neon-ish" and it kind of repels the eyes. I think it would be better if it was another tone of yellow. What do you think?
Additionally, in all the articles with the episode "tab" template, the sidebar is moved below the article.

[[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 10:03, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

:Someone has been working on this bug. You can see from recent changes. The colour is the same colour as the content area for me. Could you give me a screenshot of the bright yellow colour then. Is it the same as the colour of the box at the top of my talk page? ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 17:50, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
::Actually, it's yellow because I changed it yesterday (maybe you don't see it because of your cache, or something). I just thought the sidebar could use a different color, but you're right, it's too bright. {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 17:54, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Since I'm not seeing it, could you find a better colour then? ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 17:55, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

== Adding templates ==

How do we add templates to articles, such as adding the Location template to [[Dracula-la Land]]? I'm thinking there must be an easier way to do it than by manually typing the code in, but thus far I haven't seen any WYSIWYG interface for editing articles. Is this something that's in the works? Thanks ... -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 14:01, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
:God, I hope we aren't making that stupid Rich Text editor here. It is fairly simple actually. Just copy and paste the code from [[Template:Location]]. The code in the box under Use. Then fill in the parameters. To add navboxes and other templates without parameters, just put <nowiki>{{Template name}}</nowiki> on the article. All infoboxes should have a use section. If not, notify me and I will make one. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 18:11, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
::Also, when making new articles, there should be various preloadable templates via buttons. Click on one of those to bring up the template. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 18:13, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
::That helps, thanks. What I had in mind was the templates for infoboxes such as Character, Location, Guest Star and so on. The parameterless ones aren't any problem. -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 18:53, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Good to hear. Also, when indenting, you usually go one more than the last poster btw. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 18:59, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

==Crossing the floor==
Now this is a skin I like. I just wanted to let you know that I'm here now, although I won't be immensely active. Could I please have the bureaucrat powers that I had at the other site? Thanks, [[User:Brian McClure|Brian McClure]] 03:45, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
:Good to have you back. I have given you the rights. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:20, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

== Gavinator333 ==
Before I tried to log in to that account and it said there was no such account but just now I tried it again and it worked so i'm now gavinator333.
[[User:Gavinator333|Gavinator333]] 20:40, November 18 2010

==Golden Marge==
[[File:Golden Marge.png|right|thumb|270px|Golden Marge, for the user who has done a lot of cleanup.]]
Like it? I believe my image editing skills have gotten much better since the last time I made anything for Wikisimpsons. Anyway, I made this one with a stand underneath, the word 'Wikisimpsons' on the stand (So Simpsons Wiki 'can't/Will be harder to' copy this image for themselves). The stand also has a bit for the receiver's username to go onto as well and this is in higher quality. Let me know if you need anything graphics related we need to do, I don't think Simpsons Wiki will be any good when it comes to image editing and stuff. ----[[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] ([[User talk:Smiley12|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Smiley12|contribs]]) [[File:AWA Admin.png|40px|link=]] 08:25, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
:Wow. It is great. It will be good once we get more users coming in. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 14:27, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

==IRC==
Apparently you're having trouble joining the IRC channel...?----[[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] ([[User talk:Smiley12|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Smiley12|contribs]]) 21:01, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
:Yep. I'm currently on #simpsons-wiki by the way if you want to chat. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 21:02, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

== A notice on the old wiki ==

Do you think we ought to put up a notice on the old Wiki directing people to Shoutwiki, or did we do that already? {{UnsignedIP|119.237.244.81|11:48, 20 November 2010 }}
:Last time we tried that, it was constantly reverted by staff. I had my admin rights removed too. I might try again if someone gives me admin rights though. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 11:50, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:Does anybody else have admin privileges? [[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 14:54, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
::Effluvium, Smiley12, Brian, TheHomer (possibly) and Kingcjc. Kingcjc still works on some Wikia wikis. If one of the others wants to attempt it, they could do. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 14:59, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:::I still have my admin rights there, so I can modify the community corner and replace all content in the main page with "We have moved to ShoutWiki" or something similar. I don't think Wikia staff go to Simpsons Wiki so regularly, right? {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 15:46, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
::::They will probably notice and revert, remove your admin powers and maybe block you. It depends on whether you are willing to "take one for the team". ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 15:48, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::I don't care if I get blocked on Wikia. Anyway, I already changed the main page and the theme. If staff revert it, any other admin can do it. Besides, they'll sure notice all admins are gone. {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 15:55, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
::::::Cool. Staff will have to revert it if they notice it. No more admins. :P It is going to fall. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 15:58, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::::I no longer care either. I have just replaced a few pages with that message. :P ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 16:04, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
::::::::I believe there are some CSS tricks to make all pages blank/show the same message, I don't know how to do them though. ----[[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] ([[User talk:Smiley12|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Smiley12|contribs]]) [[File:AWA Admin.png|40px|link=]] 19:58, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::. Do we leave the old wiki to rot and erode away to chaos, or do we wreck the place ourselves? (scorched earth?)[[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 00:34, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

== Friends ==
What's the us of this friends thing? Not that i'm against it but does it do anything besides put something else on your user page? ----[[User:Gavinator333|Gavinator333]] 16:56, November 20 2010
:Well, I guess that it can allow easy access between others user pages. It also is a bit of a popularity tool too I guess. No real use but hey. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 22:03, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

==New Wiki==
How come everybody moved to this 'ShoutWiki' Thing, and after all the badges I've tried to earn!? And no I'm not going to sign![[User:ToyStoryFan123|ToyStoryFan123]]
:Because Wikia screwed us guys over big time. Therefore, we decided to move away. The skin, the reaction from the staff, the blockes we received for telling users we were thinking of movig all resulted in us moving. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 20:12, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
::I have to admit, adding badges was a pretty clever tactic by wikia. I've seen a few users who were apprehensive about moving because then they would lose all the badges they earned. -- [[User:Brian McClure|Brian McClure]] 20:24, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
:::We shouldn't have enabled them... ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 20:25, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
::::What do you mean 'we shouldn't have enabled them', that's what made it fun.
And you, yourself earned more badges than anyone else![[User:ToyStoryFan123|Toy]] [[User talk:ToyStoryFan123|Story]] [[Specia:Contibutions/ToyStoryFan123|Fan<?span>]] 19:02,, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::1. your sig is broken. You have a ? instead of a / 2. I don't care about the badges. I only care about this wiki and getting it looking great and working. Making it a real fan site as opposed to a shit hole like the Wikia one is going to be. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 19:15, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
1. I had greasy fingers the whole time!
2. Don't swear! It's rude![[User:ToyStoryFan123|ToyStoryFan123]] 16:19, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

== Re: ==

Well fine, Maybe I shall just go watch some Blackadder and never come back ----- It's Magic - [[User:Kingcjc|King]][[User_Talk:Kingcjc|cjc]] 22:31, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
:I offered you the chance to come back you know. I hope [[User:Mr. Blackadder|your replacement]] would do a better job than you could. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 22:32, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
::Uhhh... what's going on here? Why is Kingcjc going to Wikia and why don't I see any discussions about it here? Did I miss any chat at IRC or what? {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 00:49, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Come on IRC sometime and I will explain. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:18, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

== Promoting Wikisimpsons on other sites ==
You know, we should try to promote this wiki on other prominent Simpsons fansites and forums like NoHomers.net . That way we can attract more viewers and editors. [[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 00:34, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:See [[Blog:Other Simpsons Sites]]. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:17, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

== Template ==

Hey there. Should I add the template in the sandbox to pages or is it unnecessary. [[User:Josegiraffio|'''Josegiraffio''']] [[User talk:Josegiraffio|'''Want to talk''']] 20:26, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:Not too sure about that. Maybe an expansion on the template. American Towns/Cities and foreign towns/cities on the same template. If you could do that, then it could be added. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 20:30, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
::Is it up to scratch now? [[User:Josegiraffio|'''Josegiraffio''']] [[User talk:Josegiraffio|'''Want to talk''']] 21:21, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Yeah, that should be fine now. Feel free to create it and add it to articles. Just one thing, you missed out Springfield ;) ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 21:22, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Solar Dragon/Archive 11

2010-11-22T19:01:05Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* New Wiki */

{{User:Solar Dragon/Talkheader}}

Is there anything I can do to help move the wiki? [[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 01:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:Unless you are good with customising Monobook then, no. The ShoutWiki staff can move all content and images as well as user accounts to this wiki so we shouldn't need to do anything. Thanks for offering. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:30, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
::Good for you, damn wikia shoving Oasis down our throats. I moved (am in the process of moving) my Stargate wikia to shout wiki. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 04:16, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

== User moving aricles ==

Hello, Solar. User [[User:Ashclaw|Ashclaw]] has copied and pasted some articles from the Wikia Wikisimpsons to here. Should we allow him or tell him to wait for the database dump? {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 16:52, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:I noticed too. I don't mind. These are just copies and will all be moved over anyway. The quicker, the better in my opinion. I am still waiting for the new database dump though. :( ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 17:41, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Hello there Solar Dragon, 
Actually, manually copy/pasting articles might be a problem because they could be copyright violations. That is why the complete article history has to be imported, to avoid issues with copyrights. And the manually copied articles may also clutter up the article history or cause other problems during the import process. --[[User:Jedimca0|'''Jedimca0''']]<staff/>([[User talk:Jedimca0|talk]]) 17:54, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:OK then. I will delete the article. How about the uploaded images? Will those affect anything? Thanks, ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 17:56, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:*The uploaded images should be fine. --[[User:Jedimca0|'''Jedimca0''']]<staff/>([[User talk:Jedimca0|talk]]) 18:22, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Test [[Special:Contributions/92.24.135.205|92.24.135.205]] 21:13, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

== Moving form wikia==

Hello!

I am an admin on 2 wikas and I am thinking of moving away from it. Shoutwiki.com is one of 2 alternatives. Can you, please, tell me why did you choose Shoutwiki as a new server? 
-- 
Best Regards, 
[[User:Teyandee|Teyandee]] 19:59, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

== User page ==
Is the database dump going to bring in the user pages too or should I recreate mine? [[User:Bshardy|Bshardy]] 06:04, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
:Every page will be imported over, including user pages. However, I am not sure what will happen in the case of already made user pages, e.g. yours and mine. We will have to wait and see. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 07:09, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

== Bob's burgers ==

No doubt you have seen the commercials for "Bob's Burgers", the new Fox show. I have made a wiki regarding it and would like to suggest a partnership?

~DS
[http://bobsburgers.shoutwiki.com/ Bob's Burgers Wiki]

== ShoutWiki ==

I think the dump's done. [[Special:Contributions/178.111.41.7|178.111.41.7]] 18:40, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
:Yeah, but not completely. There is something wrong with around 1000 of the images. The staff have been notified. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 19:03, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

== Dude, where's my login? ==

Hi, Solar, Mythigator here. I'm on an IP because I can't log in. It says my account doesn't exist, but when I go to articles I've edited I can click on my account name in the history and immediately see my page. So what's up with logging into my account? Thanks, Geoff / Mythigator [[Special:Contributions/64.122.207.197|64.122.207.197]] 22:06, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
:Actual accounts haven't moved. The user pages and talk pages have though. You have to make a new account and resume from there. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 22:12, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

:No joy. "Login errorUsername entered already in use. Please choose a different name." -- [[Special:Contributions/64.122.207.197|64.122.207.197]] 22:20, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

::Hmm... I'm not sure what is going on. Try leaving a message on [[User talk:Jack Phoenix|here]] and making an account and filing a bug report [http://bugzilla.shoutwiki.com/ here]. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 22:25, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

:::You don't need to create a new account — in fact, you cannot do so if you try to use your old Wikia username. Just go to [[Special:UserLogin]] and login with your Wikia credentials and you should be able to resume editing as if nothing had happened. This functionality is provided by a MediaWiki extension called [[mw:Extension:MediaWikiAuth|MediaWikiAuth]]. If you encounter any bugs or have issues logging in, please contact me immediately. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] <staff/> ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|contact]]) 22:31, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

:I seem to be back in business. It looks like I'm going to have to re-upload my saltire avatar, but no big deal. Thanks, guys! -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 23:10, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

== Concerning the color of the sidebar ==

I think the color of the sidebar doesn't really match with the wiki, it's too bright and "neon-ish" and it kind of repels the eyes. I think it would be better if it was another tone of yellow. What do you think?
Additionally, in all the articles with the episode "tab" template, the sidebar is moved below the article.

[[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 10:03, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

:Someone has been working on this bug. You can see from recent changes. The colour is the same colour as the content area for me. Could you give me a screenshot of the bright yellow colour then. Is it the same as the colour of the box at the top of my talk page? ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 17:50, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
::Actually, it's yellow because I changed it yesterday (maybe you don't see it because of your cache, or something). I just thought the sidebar could use a different color, but you're right, it's too bright. {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 17:54, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Since I'm not seeing it, could you find a better colour then? ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 17:55, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

== Adding templates ==

How do we add templates to articles, such as adding the Location template to [[Dracula-la Land]]? I'm thinking there must be an easier way to do it than by manually typing the code in, but thus far I haven't seen any WYSIWYG interface for editing articles. Is this something that's in the works? Thanks ... -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 14:01, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
:God, I hope we aren't making that stupid Rich Text editor here. It is fairly simple actually. Just copy and paste the code from [[Template:Location]]. The code in the box under Use. Then fill in the parameters. To add navboxes and other templates without parameters, just put <nowiki>{{Template name}}</nowiki> on the article. All infoboxes should have a use section. If not, notify me and I will make one. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 18:11, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
::Also, when making new articles, there should be various preloadable templates via buttons. Click on one of those to bring up the template. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 18:13, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
::That helps, thanks. What I had in mind was the templates for infoboxes such as Character, Location, Guest Star and so on. The parameterless ones aren't any problem. -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 18:53, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Good to hear. Also, when indenting, you usually go one more than the last poster btw. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 18:59, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

==Crossing the floor==
Now this is a skin I like. I just wanted to let you know that I'm here now, although I won't be immensely active. Could I please have the bureaucrat powers that I had at the other site? Thanks, [[User:Brian McClure|Brian McClure]] 03:45, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
:Good to have you back. I have given you the rights. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:20, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

== Gavinator333 ==
Before I tried to log in to that account and it said there was no such account but just now I tried it again and it worked so i'm now gavinator333.
[[User:Gavinator333|Gavinator333]] 20:40, November 18 2010

==Golden Marge==
[[File:Golden Marge.png|right|thumb|270px|Golden Marge, for the user who has done a lot of cleanup.]]
Like it? I believe my image editing skills have gotten much better since the last time I made anything for Wikisimpsons. Anyway, I made this one with a stand underneath, the word 'Wikisimpsons' on the stand (So Simpsons Wiki 'can't/Will be harder to' copy this image for themselves). The stand also has a bit for the receiver's username to go onto as well and this is in higher quality. Let me know if you need anything graphics related we need to do, I don't think Simpsons Wiki will be any good when it comes to image editing and stuff. ----[[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] ([[User talk:Smiley12|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Smiley12|contribs]]) [[File:AWA Admin.png|40px|link=]] 08:25, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
:Wow. It is great. It will be good once we get more users coming in. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 14:27, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

==IRC==
Apparently you're having trouble joining the IRC channel...?----[[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] ([[User talk:Smiley12|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Smiley12|contribs]]) 21:01, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
:Yep. I'm currently on #simpsons-wiki by the way if you want to chat. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 21:02, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

== A notice on the old wiki ==

Do you think we ought to put up a notice on the old Wiki directing people to Shoutwiki, or did we do that already? {{UnsignedIP|119.237.244.81|11:48, 20 November 2010 }}
:Last time we tried that, it was constantly reverted by staff. I had my admin rights removed too. I might try again if someone gives me admin rights though. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 11:50, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:Does anybody else have admin privileges? [[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 14:54, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
::Effluvium, Smiley12, Brian, TheHomer (possibly) and Kingcjc. Kingcjc still works on some Wikia wikis. If one of the others wants to attempt it, they could do. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 14:59, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:::I still have my admin rights there, so I can modify the community corner and replace all content in the main page with "We have moved to ShoutWiki" or something similar. I don't think Wikia staff go to Simpsons Wiki so regularly, right? {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 15:46, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
::::They will probably notice and revert, remove your admin powers and maybe block you. It depends on whether you are willing to "take one for the team". ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 15:48, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::I don't care if I get blocked on Wikia. Anyway, I already changed the main page and the theme. If staff revert it, any other admin can do it. Besides, they'll sure notice all admins are gone. {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 15:55, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
::::::Cool. Staff will have to revert it if they notice it. No more admins. :P It is going to fall. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 15:58, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::::I no longer care either. I have just replaced a few pages with that message. :P ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 16:04, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
::::::::I believe there are some CSS tricks to make all pages blank/show the same message, I don't know how to do them though. ----[[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] ([[User talk:Smiley12|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Smiley12|contribs]]) [[File:AWA Admin.png|40px|link=]] 19:58, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::. Do we leave the old wiki to rot and erode away to chaos, or do we wreck the place ourselves? (scorched earth?)[[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 00:34, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

== Friends ==
What's the us of this friends thing? Not that i'm against it but does it do anything besides put something else on your user page? ----[[User:Gavinator333|Gavinator333]] 16:56, November 20 2010
:Well, I guess that it can allow easy access between others user pages. It also is a bit of a popularity tool too I guess. No real use but hey. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 22:03, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

==New Wiki==
How come everybody moved to this 'ShoutWiki' Thing, and after all the badges I've tried to earn!? And no I'm not going to sign![[User:ToyStoryFan123|ToyStoryFan123]]
:Because Wikia screwed us guys over big time. Therefore, we decided to move away. The skin, the reaction from the staff, the blockes we received for telling users we were thinking of movig all resulted in us moving. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 20:12, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
::I have to admit, adding badges was a pretty clever tactic by wikia. I've seen a few users who were apprehensive about moving because then they would lose all the badges they earned. -- [[User:Brian McClure|Brian McClure]] 20:24, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
:::We shouldn't have enabled them... ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 20:25, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
::::What do you mean 'we shouldn't have enabled them', that's what made it fun.
And you, yourself earned more badges than anyone else![[User:ToyStoryFan123|Toy]] [[User talk:ToyStoryFan123|Story]] [[Specia:Contibutions/ToyStoryFan123|Fan<?span>]] 19:02,, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

== Re: ==

Well fine, Maybe I shall just go watch some Blackadder and never come back ----- It's Magic - [[User:Kingcjc|King]][[User_Talk:Kingcjc|cjc]] 22:31, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
:I offered you the chance to come back you know. I hope [[User:Mr. Blackadder|your replacement]] would do a better job than you could. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 22:32, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
::Uhhh... what's going on here? Why is Kingcjc going to Wikia and why don't I see any discussions about it here? Did I miss any chat at IRC or what? {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 00:49, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Come on IRC sometime and I will explain. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:18, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

== Promoting Wikisimpsons on other sites ==
You know, we should try to promote this wiki on other prominent Simpsons fansites and forums like NoHomers.net . That way we can attract more viewers and editors. [[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 00:34, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:See [[Blog:Other Simpsons Sites]]. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:17, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Solar Dragon/Archive 11

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Sideshow Bob

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{{Featured article}}
''For others named Sideshow Bob, see [[Sideshow Bob (disambiguation)]].''
{{Character
|name= Robert Underdunk Terwilliger Jr.
|image= [[File:Sideshow Bob.png|200px]]
|gender= {{Male}}
|hair= Red
|age=40s
|job= Criminal Mastermind Former Television personality, Mayor of Springfield and Mayor of Salsiccia
|relatives= '''Parents:''' [[Robert Terwilliger Sr.]] and [[Dame Judith Underdunk]] '''Brother:''' [[Cecil Terwilliger|Cecil]] '''Wife:''' [[Francesca Terwilliger|Francesca]] '''Ex-Wife:''' [[Selma Bouvier]] '''Son:''' [[Gino Terwilliger|Gino]]
|appearance= "[[The Telltale Head]]"
|voiced by= [[Kelsey Grammer]]
}}
{{Quote|Hello, Bart.|Bob's catchphrase}}
'''Robert "Bob" Underdunk Terwilliger Jr.''', better known by his stage name, '''Sideshow Bob''', is a self-proclaimed genius, member of the Republican Party, champion of high culture, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]]'s archnemesis and former children's entertainer turned criminal mastermind.
==Biography==
[[File:Sideshowbob8.gif|thumb|left|Sideshow Bob tries to kill Bart Simpson]]
[[File:DeathOfBobb.png|thumb|right|Bob's "funeral"]]
Sideshow Bob began his career as the non-speaking sidekick on [[Krusty the Clown]]'s television show. Bob only received the job after his younger brother [[Cecil Terwilliger|Cecil]] failed an audition, because Krusty considered Bob to be a perfect comic foil <ref>[[Brother from Another Series]]</ref>. After repeated instances of abuse, including being shot from a cannon and hit constantly with pies, Bob became angry at Krusty and resentful of the clown's success.
Enough of Krusty's torment, Bob framed Krusty for armed robbery of the Kwik-E-Mart. After Krusty is arrested, Bob takes control of the show, introducing children to elements of high culture. However, Bob's reign is short-lived; Bart Simpson exposes the plan, Krusty is released, and Bob is sent to jail, but not before swearing vengeance on Bart <ref>[[Krusty Gets Busted]]</ref>.

During his time in prison, Bob won an Emmy for his role on [[The Krusty the Clown Show (TV Show)|The Krusty the Clown Show]], but his award was confiscated by the prison guards. Bob took part in a prisoner dating service, and went into a relationship with [[Selma Bouvier]], the aunt of Bart. After he was released from prison, he proposed and married Selma, despite Bart's protests. As part of a scheme to inherit money she has invested in the stock market, Bob attempted to blow Selma up during their honeymoon. However, Bart again foiled the plan and Sideshow Bob returns to prison, exclaiming that as soon as the Democrats were back in office, he and all his criminal buddies would be back on the streets<ref>[[Black Widower]]</ref>. Ironically, he'd run as a Republican in a later episode.
After being paroled from prison, Bob targeted Bart directly, threatening him repeatedly and forced the Simpsons to move to [[Terror Lake]] as part of the Witness Relocation Program. Bob followed them to their houseboat and, after subduing the family, prepared to kill Bart. He allows a final request, however, and Bart asks to hear the entire score of H.M.S. Pinafore. The delaying tactic lead to Bob's third arrest <ref>[[Cape Feare]]</ref>.

Bob was released from prison once again after conservative commentator [[Birch Barlow]] convinced the public that Bob was a political prisoner. After being released, he ran for Mayor of Springfield on a Republican Party ticket. He defeated liberal incumbent [[Joe Quimby]] in a landslide, and used his power as mayor to propose the demolition of the Simpsons house to make way for an Expressway, and sent Bart back to Kindergarten. Bart and Lisa later discover that Bob rigged the election, leading to another incarceration <ref>[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]</ref>.

During his prison sentence, he began to develop a growing dislike of television, calling it "a fountain of mindless drivel". While doing community service at an Air Force Base before an annual air show, Bob escaped from his work duty and sneaks into a hangar in the base disguised as an officer, where he found a Nuclear device. During the air show, coincidentally being attended by the Simpsons family, Bob appeared on the television screens and threatened to blow up Springfield with a nuclear bomb unless the city stops broadcasting all television shows. When confronted by Bart and Lisa, the bomb is discovered to be a dud, and Sideshow Bob instead kidnaps Bart and hijacks the Wright Flier, planning to crash the Flier onto a shack where Krusty was broadcasting an impromptu TV show. However, the plan fails, and Bob returned to prison <ref>[[Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming]]</ref>.
[[File:Bob prison.jpg|thumb|left|Bob is released from prison]]
During yet another prison sentence, Bob took advantage of the prison's Christian outreach program, and appeared to be genuinely redeemed. Reverend Lovejoy declared him a changed man and recommended him for a work release opportunity. Bob is discharged from prison into the care of his brother Cecil, who was [[Springfield]]'s chief hydrological and hydrodynamical engineer. However, the scheming Cecil, still smarting over his failed audition for Krusty, tried to frame Bob by sabotaging the Springfield Dam. Bob, Bart, and Lisa together stopped Cecil and saved the town. However, both brothers were sent to prison despite Bob's genuine innocence<ref>[[Brother from Another Series]]</ref>.

When Krusty announces his retirement due to low ratings, Bob discovered from prison that Krusty has erased all of the early shows featuring Sideshow Bob. Bob is released from prison and developed a plot to kill Krusty. Using his new job as an intercom announcer at [[Springfield Elementary]], he corners Bart in a shack off the school playground and hypnotized and brainwashed Bart, planned to use him as a suicide bomber during Krusty's final retirement show. However, when he overhears Krusty express regret about mistreating him, Bob decides to abort his plan, and although he is returned to prison for attempted murder, Krusty thanks him due to the fact that his show's ratings soar back up every time Bob tries to kill him. Sideshow Bob, as a result of his attempted murder, was also originally going to be executed by the Guillotine, but Bob reminded Chief Wiggum that he was supposed to get a trial before committing the execution, causing it to be revoked and spend time in Jail <ref>[[Day of the Jackanapes]]</ref>.

After a murder attempt is made on [[Homer Simpson]]'s life, Bob was temporarily released from prison to help find the culprit, much to the dismay and horror of [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]]. To keep him from trying to commit crimes, the police attach a shock garter to Bob's leg and gives the family a remote that shocks Bob at the push of the button, which proves effective. However, the family, mainly Bart, misuse the purpose of the remote, shocking Bob just for being too smart. During the course of the case, Bob actually saved [[Homer]] after an attempt on his life. When the mystery is solved, he returned to the Simpsons home to murder Bart. However, Bob found that he was "accustomed to Bart's face" and cannot do it <ref>[[The Great Louse Detective]]</ref>. Bob did not return to prison and decided to move to Italy in order to make a fresh start. After gaining fame for his wine (his exceptionally large feet made him a perfect grape crusher), he became the mayor of the town. He married a local woman named [[Francesca Terwilliger|Francesca]], with whom he has a son named [[Gino Terwilliger|Gino]].
The Simpson family encountered him by chance after coming to Italy to retrieve a car for [[Mr. Burns]]. Bob welcomes them with hospitality on the condition that they not reveal his felonious past; however, a drunken Lisa (drunken on wine, yes) jokes about Bob's criminal deeds, alienating Bob from his citizens. He, his wife and son swear a vendetta on the Simpsons <ref>[[The Italian Bob]]</ref>.
[[File:Bob, Cecil and Dad.jpg|thumb|left|Bob and his family]]
[[File:QuimbyBobDebate.png|thumb|Bob runs for mayor]]
In a latest attempt on [[Bart]]'s life, Bob lured the Simpsons family into a fake rib restaurant, and tied the entire family up, planning to kill them with the explosion of an overheating laptop next to a pile of TNT. After Bob misquoted several lines on Shakespeare, [[Lisa]] managed to trick him into checking a line from a Shakespeare play on Wikipedia, resulting the laptop to explode on his hands.
During the trial, Bob's father, Robert Terwilliger Sr., testified on the stand, explaining that Bob had a rare heart condition, and also suggests that Sideshow Bob is insane because of his long-standing feud with Bart. This convinced Springfield that in the long-run Bart is ultimately to blame, and they turn against him. As Bart pleads his innocence, Bob takes out a vial labeled nitroglycerin, which Bart snatches and throws out the window, thinking it was an explosive. The vial was actually Bob's heart medication and he collapsed on the floor, unconscious, and was pronounced dead.
In reality, Bob was actually faking his death and put in a temporarily death like state, as his father injected him with a anesthesia. His entire family was assisting him to kill Bart. When a guilty [[Bart]] visits his coffin while being led by Cecil, Bob leaped out of the coffin and trapped Bart inside, to be cremated inside the coffin. The Simpsons family save Bart just in time by blinding Bob with unclaimed ashes. Bob's entire family, including his Italian wife and child, and his brother and parents, were sentenced to an 87 year prison term, and Bob was put in a straitjacket.

Sideshow Bob was breifly seen escaping from prison and visited Krusty the Clown for the week. Bart and Lisa traced Sideshow Bob to a cabin thinking he was prepped up to kill Homer Simpson (Homer went missing at Marge's third wedding and thought Sideshow Bob was the culprit due to a clue, keys with the letters "SB" on it, being left in the groom's room.), only to discover that he was actually trying to aerate a bust of Krusty that he was sculpting. Krusty also explains that Sideshow Bob couldn't have kidnapped Homer Simpson because Bob was with Krusty the whole day. When Lisa questions him about the keychain, he explains that, although it's nice that they thought of him, the initials don't just pertain to him, and gives a list of people whom "SB" could refer to, including Selma Bouvier, the actual culprit.<ref>''[[Wedding for Disaster]]''</ref> Eventually, he managed to return to jail again (exactly how or why is never explained), where he is bullied by Snake.<ref>[[American History X-cellent]]</ref>

Sideshow Bob later arranges to have plastic surgery on a fellow inmate, Walt, so when he tries to kill Bart, people will assume that Sideshow Bob was actually still in Jail. It easily fooled Bart when he suspecte[[File:The_Italian_Bob.PNG|thumb|Sideshow Bob: the mayor of a small Italian town]]d Walt of actually being Bob, He then planned to take Bart over to the Five Corners so he could kill Bart in another state while still being in a state other than in Bart's state, so that it would be legal for him to kill Bart. However, Walt manages to foil his plan and the police from all six states trap him. It is unknown whether he is stuck in Walt's form or if they did plastic surgery to return to their original true selves <ref>[[The Bob Next Door]]</ref>.

===Comics===

Sideshow Bob has appeared in many [[Simpsons Comics]]. In one, for example, he was paroled from prison. Bob wanted to make more money, so he starts a small business- Sideshow Bob's VCR repair and pet sitting. In the back of the building was his school of crime- where he would teach other people to become criminals. He uses [[Nelson Muntz]], [[Dolph Starbeam]], [[Kearney Zzyzwicz]], and [[Jimbo Jones]] to steal money from people all over town. Meanwhile, Bart xeroxes his butt, and is caught by [[Chief Wiggum]]. Wiggum knows about Bob's scheme, but he has no proof, so he tells Bart- "You wont get in trouble if you infiltrate his gang". Bart cannot say no, and joins the gang. Bob is planning to kill him, until Bart aces the test. Bob is very proud, and says that he will do his master scheme the next fay. Bart tells Chief Wiggum that he doesn't know what it is. The next day, Bob drives to the hospital, planning to kidnap [[Mr. Burns]](Who is only there because of his love of children's tender organs). Nelson pushes Mr. Burns into a fake ambulance, where Bob drives away, but the police stand in front of them. Bob believes Bart called them, and prepares to kill Bart with a high powered drug. Bart shocks Bob, and the police take him away. Lisa says she called in the cops after following him here. They hug.

===Character===
==== Appearance ====
He also has unusually large feet (they actually fill his oversized clown shoes). Apparently, if he needs to disguise himself, he can actually fold his feet just to wear "normal" shoes.<ref>The Bob Next Door</ref> He is tall with slender limbs and a plump paunch. His favourite weapon is a carving knife, which he is regularly depicted holding. He was born on October 11, 1957. He is also 41 years old, and has been on the show from 1984-1990.
===== Hair =====
Sideshow Bob's defining feature is his curly, palm tree shaped red hair (the palmaceae style has been used as visual gags in various episodes). His hair is exceedinly long when wet (as seen in Cape Feare), pulled or brushed. It tents to recoil and bounce back into shape with great ease.[[File:Bob's Tattoos.jpg|thumb|Bob's "Die Bart, Die" tattoo]]

===== Tattoos =====
Sideshow Bob has various tattoos all over his body:
*'''Chest:''' The words, "Die Bart, Die" (which he pretends in court is meant to be German for "The Bart, The")
*'''Back:''' Bart's Head (decapitated) on his skateboard, with a speech bubble, saying, "Ouch, Man!"
*'''Knuckles:''' "Luv" (right hand) and "Hāt" (left hand)
**''[[wikipedia:Ā|ā]] is sometimes used as a long 'A' sound, so phoenetically the above is pronounced 'Hate' ''
*'''Upper Left Arm:''' Skull & Crossbones
*'''Upper Right Arm:''' Knife

The tattoos have generally not been shown since, though it has not been confirmed if they have been removed.

==== Personality ====
Sideshow Bob in a way-mirrors [[wikipedia:Hannibal Lecter|Hannibal Lecter]] - a psychopath, who could recite Shakespeare by heart, while stabbing you with his knife.

Sideshow Bob enjoys the finer things in life, including reading classical literature. Likely due to his upbringing, he has a passion for theatre, knowing Gilbert and Sullivan's [[wikipedia:H.M.S. Pinafore|H.M.S. Pinafore]] off by heart as well as Shakespeare's works. In contrast to his love of the 'higher pleasures', he despises television and other 'low class' things, which gives him a rather snobbish attitude. Ironically, in his time when he was a Master Criminal, he studied the uses of Dynamite, which would theoretically be considered low class.

Beneath the cultured gentlemen is the heart of a cold blooded killer; Bob is a man who thinks nothing of hurting others to get what he wants, even if this includes himself. Bob's primary motive seems to be revenge; his original crime (framing [[Krusty the Clown]]) was an attempt to get back at him for making a clumsy fool of Bob for years as his sidekick, and most of his other crimes have been attempts at murdering [[Bart Simpson]] for foiling him. However, he has made several attempts at acquiring money and/or power, such as when he tried to kill [[Selma Bouvier]] or run a campaign for mayor as a republican (if for no other reason than to make the Simpsons miserable).

Despite his cold-blooded status, he does at times attempt to change. A notable instance was when he was released by Cecil and fully intended to change his past felon ways (even having reluctance at hurting Bart, his worst enemy)<ref>[[Brother from Another Series]]</ref>[[File:HABF02.jpg|thumb|Bob with his wife and child]]

==== Family ====
Bob has a brother named [[Cecil Terwilliger|Cecil]], who was jealous of Bob for stealing his role during his audition for the [[The Krusty the Klown Show|Krusty the Klown Show]] and tried to frame Bob for fraud <ref>[[Brother from Another Series]]</ref>. His parents are Robert Terwilliger and Dame Judith Underdunk <ref>[[Funeral for a Fiend]]</ref>.
After moving to Italy and becoming mayor of a small Italian village, Bob had a wife named Francesca and a son named Gino <ref>[[The Italian Bob]]</ref>. When Homer must go to Italy to get Mr. Burn's new sports car, they just happen to stop in Bob's village. Bob tries to hide his past from his new wife but is unable, contrary to Bob's fear, his wife and son try and help him kill Bart

====Enemies====
===== Krusty the Clown =====
Sideshow Bob declared himself an enemy of Krusty, as his role on the Krusty the Clown show was regularly cruel and demeaning. Since framing Krusty for armed robbery, Bob has attempted to kill him a couple of times. However, the last time Bob tries to, Krusty publicily confesses his regret for abusing him in his show by a singing a nice song for him as an apology, which touches Bob so much. With that in line, they seemed to bury the hatchet.

===== Bart Simpson =====
He became Bart's nemesis after Bart figured out he had framed Krusty, getting him sent to prison. Ever since then, Bob has been obsessed with killing Bart, constantly plotting his revenge in prison. The first few times he was released from jail, Sideshow Bob would carry out a plan to murder Bart, or count it as a 'bonus' to one of his other schemes (the sole exception being when he was released under the [[Brother from Another Series|prison Christianity movement]], where he attempted to atone for his sins, and most notably does not desire to even hurt Bart at all). Eventually, he finally has Bart at his mercy, but lets him go as he has become "accustomed to his face <ref>[[The Great Louse Detective]]</ref>.

The closest thing Bob has to a catchphrase comes from this relationship: Sometimes Bob will reveal himself saying "Hello Bart" in a menacing tone, to which Bart (and sometimes Lisa, in unison) will exclaim "Ahhh! Sideshow Bob!".[[File:Ssbobrake.jpg|thumb|Sideshow Bob and his other nemisis, rakes]]

===== Rakes =====
Bob follows the Simpsons to their new home after they became a part of the Witness Protection Program. When he clambers out from beneath their car, he steps on the end of a rake lying on the ground, causing it to fly up and hit him in the facem and he shudders. He turns away from it, only for the same to happen, as another rake is lying nearby. It turns out that there are many rakes in this area, as the event repeats itself for some time. He is repeatedly the target of the rake slapstick gag, causing him to declare rakes as his greatest foe "besides Bart Simpson". In ''The Simpsons Game,'' when Bob steps on one rake and it flies up and hits him in the face, it knocks him out. Bob was attempting to murder Bart at [[Five Corners]], (the only place in America where 5 states meet) Bart causes him to hop back and forth from state to state until he jumps on a rake which then hits him in the face

==== Career ====
His occupation was to be Krusty's sidekick on the Krusty The Clown Show. He didn't even want the job: Bob accompanied his brother to the auditions, and unwittingly impressed Krusty enough to be hired on the spot. His job before this is unknown. He gave up on his sidekick job after he went to prison for framing Krusty, and has since become a master criminal (although the "master" part is spurious, as he has been repeatedly foiled by children. However, while being arrested the first time around, he is warning the adults to not look down on children as they were more intelligent than they appear as "they were smart enough to get me!", implying that Bart and Lisa may have had intelligence above most average kids.).

== Non Canon Appearance ==
{{Noncanon}}
===Ride===
Sideshow Bob appears as the main antagonist in The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Parks.
===Video-Games===
====Bart vs. the Space Mutants====
Bob was included as a level boss in the 1991 video game Bart vs. the Space Mutants.
====[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]====
In The Simpsons Road Rage, there is a "Wanted" sign of Sideshow Bob in Evergreen Terrace. For some reason he is named as "Sideshow" Bob Roberts.
====The Simpsons Game====
Sideshow Bob appears at the end of [[Invasion of the Yokel-Snatchers]] to reveal himself as being in league with [[Kang and Kodos]] and prepares to do in Bart and Homer when he steps on a rake and knocks himself out.

==Behind the Laughter==
===Creation===
[[File:SideshowBobsfirstappearance.png|thumb|Sideshow Bob's afro<ref>[[The Telltale Head]]</ref>]]
Sideshow Bob first appeared in the background of a scene in the season one episode "[[The Telltale Head]]". In that appearance, his design was more simple and his hair was round in shape. His first major appearance was in season one's penultimate episode "[[Krusty Gets Busted]]". Bob's design was updated for the episode, and the animators tried to redo his scenes in "The Telltale Head" with the re-design, but did not have enough time.

For season three's "[[Black Widower]]", the writers decided to have Bob return to get revenge on Bart for foiling his plan in "Krusty Gets Busted". They took the idea of the Coyote chasing the Road Runner, and had Bob always inserting himself into Bart's life. However, he did not appear in every season because the writers were not always able to think of reasons to bring Bob back.

====Voice====
The script for "Krusty Gets Busted" called for [[James Earl Jones]] to voice Bob, but the producers instead went with Frasier actor [[wikipedia:Kelsey Grammer|Kelsey Grammer]]. Bob did not say anything during the first half of the episode, because the character always spoke with a slide whistle, and when he finally did speak, it would be a shock to hear Grammer's sophisticated voice. Grammer used his impression of [[wikipedia:Ellis Rabb|Ellis Rabb]], a man that Grammer had once worked for, for Bob's voice.

====Appearance====
Brad Bird first designed Bob for "Krusty Gets Busted". As the episode's animation progressed he made Bob sleeker, more urbane and refined, and worked with Grammer's voice. For "Black Widower", David Silverman updated the model to reflect the animation of Bird.

====Name====
Despite common fan belief that Bob was named after ''Terwilliger Boulevard'' in Portland, Oregon, he was actually named after the character Dr. Terwilliker from the film [[wikipedia:The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T|The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T]].

=== Development ===
In twenty one seasons of The Simpsons, Sideshow Bob has been heavily featured in ten episodes. [[Kelsey Grammer]] initially thought that Bob would be a one-time character, and calls him "the most popular character I've ever played." The writers believe that Grammer has a great voice and try to create something for him to sing in each episode he appears in. Grammer usually comes in for table readings, although when he cannot, Greg Berger stands in for him. Former Executive producer David Mirkin found Grammer a joy to direct as he was very funny, but noted that he hates doing the evil Sideshow Bob laughs. A rule for the early episodes that featured Bob was that there had to be a recap of his evil deeds in case the viewers did not remember them. The concept was dropped in later episodes.

Sideshow Bob's theme, which is used whenever Bob gets out of prison, was first used in the season three episode "[[Black Widower]]", Bob's second episode. It is based on the score of the movie [[wikipedia:Cape Fear (1962 film)|Cape Fear]], which was composed by Elmer Bernstein. The musical score for "[[Cape Feare]]" earned composer Alf Clausen an Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Dramatic Underscore - Series" in 1994. Bob's prisoner number is often 24601, which is Jean Valjean's prisoner number in [[wikipedia:Les Misérables|Les Misérables]]. Another trademark for Bob is to step on rakes, a joke that first appeared in "Cape Feare". In that episode, Bob stepped on nine consecutive rakes, which the writers added to fill up time. The sequence has become known as the "rake joke" and has been referred to as being "genius in its repetitive stupidity".

Grammer recorded lines for Sideshow Bob for [[The Simpsons Movie]], but the scene in which he was to appear was cut.

=== Reception ===
In a 2006 article, [http://www.ign.com IGN.com] ranked Bob in second position on their list of the "Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters", citing that he is "a man of contradictions; his goofy appearance, complete with palm tree like hair, doesn't seem to match up to the well spoken and even musically talented maniac." Wizard Magazine rated Bob as the 66th greatest villain of all time.

Kelsey Grammer has received praise for his voicework and in 2006, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his performance as Bob in the episode "The Italian Bob". Grammer had previously won four in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series category for his portrayal of Frasier Crane on Frasier. In a 2007 interview, Simpsons executive producer Al Jean listed Grammer as his second favorite guest star, saying "his voice is so rich". Mike Bruno of Entertainment Weekly called Kelsey Grammer one of "fourteen guest stars whose standout performances on TV make us wish they'd turn up in a Simpsons Movie 2". David Hyde Pierce was also included in that list. Ben Rayner of the Toronto Star listed "Cape Feare", "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" and "Brother From Another Series" as being among the best episodes of the series, saying "Forget Frasier, these are Kelsey Grammer's best roles."

The production staff on The Simpsons are usually excited about "Sideshow Bob episodes" as the writers consider them a treat to write, and the directors think they are always crazy and fun for them to animate.
[[File:Bob action figure.jpg|thumb|right|Bob action figure]]
Many episodes featuring Bob have been well received by fans and critics. "Cape Feare", the third episode to feature Sideshow Bob, is generally regarded as one of the best episodes of The Simpsons, and according to Matt Groening, people often include it among their top 10 favorites. In Entertainment Weekly's top 25 The Simpsons episodes ever, it was placed third. In 2006, IGN.com named Cape Feare the best episode of the fifth season. Vanity Fair called it the show's fourth best episode in 2007, as "this episode's masterful integration of filmic parody and a recurring character puts it near the top."[30] Associated Content chose the score for this episode to be 11th place of all of The Simpsons episodes. Grammer's performance of H.M.S. Pinafore was later included on the album Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons. The season 17 episode "[[The Italian Bob]]" and its writer [[John Frink]] would win a Writers Guild of America Award in 2007 in the animation category.

=== Cultural influence ===
Bob was made into an action figure, and two different versions were included as part of the World of Springfield toy line. The first shows Bob as he was on [[The Krusty the Clown Show]], and was released in 2001 as part of the [[Krustylu Studios]] "Wave three play set". The second, released in 2002, has him in the prison uniform he wore in "[[Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming]]", and was a part of "wave nine".

== Trivia ==
*In ''[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]'', there is a "Wanted" sign of Sideshow Bob in Evergreen Terrace. Fore some reason he is named as "Sideshow" Bob Roberts.
*Sideshow Bob is voiced by Kelsey Grammer who portrays Fraiser Crane in the show ''Fraiser''. Meanwhile, Sideshow Bob's younger brother, Cecil, is voiced by David Hyde Peirce who portrays Fraiser's younger brother Niels on the show. Also, Bob and Cecil's father, Robert Terwilliger Sr., is voiced by John Mahoney who portrays Martin Crane, father of Fraiser and Niles Crane, in the show ''Fraiser''.

== Appearances ==
{{scroll|
*[[Opening Sequence#Season 20, starting with Take My Life, Please|HD Opening Sequence]] Sideshow Bob appears in the new HD opening sequence
*{{Ep|The Telltale Head|first non-speaking appearance: When Lisa and Maggie meet Sideshow Bob. He has a red Afro instead of spiked hair. Also seen in the mob chasing Homer and Bart.}}
*{{Ep|Krusty Gets Busted|Sideshow Bob frames Krusty for armed robbery.}}
*{{Ep|Bart Gets an F|second non-speaking appearance: He is seen in the crowd frolicking in the snow.}}
*{{Ep|Bart the Murderer|third non-speaking appearance: He can be seen training in the same prison cell as Bart when he is imprisoned.}}
*{{Ep|Black Widower|Sideshow Bob is paroled and marries then tries to murder Selma.}}
*{{Ep|Lisa's First Word|He appears in this episode but he has blue hair.}}
*{{Ep|Cape Feare|He is paroled again and tries to murder Bart.}}
*{{Ep|Another Simpsons Clip Show| A clip from the episode Black Widower is shown with him in it.}}
*{{Ep|Sideshow Bob Roberts|Sideshow Bob is revealed to be a political prisoner, and when released he runs for mayor.}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror V|Picture only.}}
*{{Ep|Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming|Bob gets out of prison and tries to abolish TV from Springfield for ever. He also attempts to murder Krusty using the Wright Brothers Plane.}}
*{{Ep|Bart the Fink|He is mentioned by Sideshow Mel in Krusty's funeral.}}
*{{Ep|The Day the Violence Died|He cannot be seen but is mentioned.}}
*{{Ep|Brother from Another Series|Sideshow Bob is once again released from jail and works for his brother Cecil to build the Springfield Hydroelectric Dam, which later collapses and floods the town. Although Sideshow Bob didn't do anything, he (and his brother Cecil) went to jail again.}}
*{{Ep|Pokey Mom|He can be seen with a cast on his head and is mentioned.}}
*{{Ep|Day of the Jackanapes|Bob, after learning that all the tapes of his role in Krusty's show have been erased, decides to brainwash Bart into becoming Krusty's assailant, but after learning that Krusty saved some footage of Sideshow Bob, and that he made an open apology about his treatment of him, he backs down at the last minute.}}
*{{Ep|Large Marge|He appears in the promotional image where she implied to have flashed her breasts at everyone, giving several reactions.}}
*{{Ep|The Great Louse Detective|Bob is released from prison and is hired by Chief Wiggum to protect Homer Simpson from a serial killer, though he also desires to kill Bart as well.}}
*{{Ep|Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington|Sideshow Bob is seen with Krusty in a picture during Krusty's campaining advert.}}
*{{Ep|Mobile Homer|fourth non-speaking appearance: Homer turns out to be Sideshow Bob in disguise in the couch gag and tries to stab Bart.}}
*{{Ep|The Italian Bob|The Simpsons go to Italy and meet Bob, his wife and their son.}}
*{{Ep|The Mook, the Chef, the Wife, and Her Homer|He appears in the episodes promotional image, which is deliberately drawn to resemble one of the promotional pictures for The Sopranos}}
*{{Ep|You Kent Always Say What You Want|picture only.}}
*{{Ep|Funeral for a Fiend|Bob fakes his own death, making it look like Bart killed him.}}
*{{Ep|Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind|(Cameo) as a Gravestone}}
*{{Ep|Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes|fifth non-speaking appearance: he can be seen escaping from prison, hinting that he will return later in the season. His picture is also seen as one of the many bail jumpers.}}
*{{Ep|Wedding for Disaster|Bob has a brief speaking appearance.}}
*{{Ep|Coming to Homerica|sixth non-speaking appearance: In the couch gag he is seen entering into a bar (parody of [[w:Cheers|Cheers]]) where the Simpsons are, then the Simpsons run in fear.}}
*{{Ep|Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?|seventh non-speaking appearance: Can be seen with Cecil during Bart's dream about brothers.}}
*{{Ep|American History X-Cellent|eighth non-speaking appearance: Getting bullied by [[Snake]] by being put in the washer and the dryer at the prison.}}
*{{Ep|Chief of Hearts|ninth non-speaking appearance: Can be seen in a photograph in the credits, bullying Chief Wiggum and Homer}}
*{{Ep|The Bob Next Door|He switches places with [[Walt|another prisoner]] using plastic surgery and becomes a neighbor of the Simpsons.}}
*{{Game|The Simpsons Game}}
*{{Game|The Simpsons: Minutes to Meltdown}}
*{{bon|Cool Hand Bart}}
*{{bon|Be-Bop-a-Lisa}}
*{{bon|Fallen Flanders}}
*{{bon|Get Off the Bus!}}
*{{bon|Sideshow Simpsons}}
*{{bon|Bart Simpson & The Krusty Brand Fun Factory}}
*{{bon|Angels with Yellow Faces}}
*{{bon|Simpson/Sideshow Sibling Smackdown}}
*{{bon|The Many Faces of Bob}}
*{{bon|Big House Homer}}
*{{bon|Ring-a-Ding Springfield}}
*{{bon|Bobbing for Vengeance}}
}}

==Reference==
<references/>

{{Terwilliger Family}}
{{Simpsons characters}}
{{Sideshow Bob}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bob, Sideshow}}
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Adults]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Terwilliger family]]
[[Category:Recurring characters]]
[[Category:Krusty's Sideshows]]
[[Category:Criminals]]
[[Category:Fathers]]
[[Category:Politics]]
[[Category:Characters voiced by guest stars]]

Marge vs. the Monorail/Quotes

2010-11-02T20:28:27Z

ToyStoryFan123:

{{TabQ
|episode=Marge vs. the Monorail
}}
----

:'''Lyle Lanley''': Mono means One and Rail means Rail.
:'''Bart''': True or false: "You can get mono from riding the monorail."
:'''Homer''': False. No wait, true!
:'''Bart''': No you were right the first time! You know Dad, I think this is great that you are trying to become a monorail conductor, and I want to be just like you when I grow up.
:'''Homer''': Thanks boy! Do you want to change your name to Homer Junior? The kids can call you "Ho Ju"!
:''Bart's eyes look away.''
:'''Bart''': Uh...I'll get back to you.

<hr width=50%/>
:''Yet another one of Homer's lifelong dreams''
:'''Homer''': But Marge! My lifelong dream is to be a monorail conductor!
:'''Marge''': Your lifelong dream was to run out onto the field during a baseball game. And you did it last year, remember?"
:''Baseball music is heard as Marge points out framed newspaper clipping on the bedroom wall showing Homer running on a baseball diamond.''
:'''Newspaper headline''': IDIOT RUINS GAME; SPRINGFIELD FORFEITS PENNANT

<hr width=50%/>
:''Marge, fatally concerned about the welfare of the citizens of Springfield, decides to take a night drive. Visions of various people go through her mind''
:'''Lyle Lanley'''{imagined}: I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and by gum it put them on the map!
:'''Apu'''{imagined}: Is there a chance the track could bend?
:'''Homer'''{imagined}: I call the big one Bitey.
:'''Lyle Lanley'''{imagined}: I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and by gum it put them on the map!
:'''Apu'''{imagined}: Is there a chance the track could bend?
:'''Homer'''{imagined}: I call the big one Bitey.
:''Marge arrives in North Haverbrook''
:'''Sign''': WELCOME TO NORTH HAVERBROOK; WHERE THE MONORAIL IS KING!
:''Marge parks her car and inspects the community of North Haverbrook. She is appalled to find tumbleweeds, rusted out cars, and dilapitated, abandoned houses. No one is in any of the houses except for an elderly lady in a rocking chair on a veranda''
:'''Old lady'''{cackling}: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
:''Marge continues on in her tour of North Haverbrook. She sees a destroyed monorail track with one of the cars dangling off the track, confirming her horror. She then meets a disshevled, traumatized woman''
:'''Woman''': Go away, lady! There ain't no monorail and there never was!
:''Woman slams window shut''
:'''Window''': MONORAIL CAFE
:''A creepy looking man approaches Marge, who screams in horror''
:'''Man''': So sorry, I should not have snuck up on you like that. My name is Sebastian Cobb. I am a civil engineer who was commissioned by Lyle Lanley to build the monorail for North Haverbrook. That was the biggest mistake of my life.
:''Sebastian Cobb shows Marge the wrecked monorail''
:'''Sebastian Cobb''': This is all that's left of one of the crappiest trains ever built! Lanley is a fraud; the man cuts corners like nobody's business! There were no emergency brakes, the shocks were made of matress coils, and the celebrity for their maiden voyage was Gallagher!

<hr width=50%/>
:'''Mayor Quimby''': And now, I'd like to turn things over to our Grand Marshall Mr. Leonard Nimoy!
:''Audience applauds''
:'''Leonard Nimoy''': I'd say this vessel could do at least Warp 5!
:''Audience chuckles''
:'''Quimby''': And let me say, may the Force be with you!
:'''Leonard Nimoy''': Do you even know who I am.
:'''Quimby''': I think I do. Weren't you one of the Little Rascals?

<hr width=50%/>
:''The monorail is out of control.''
:'''Homer''': Are we gonna die, son?"
:'''Bart''': Yeah... but at least we'll take a lot of innocent people with us.

<hr width=50%/>
:''The monorail is still out of control. Marge communicates to Homer.''
:'''Marge''': Homer! There's someone here who says he can help you.
:'''Homer''': Batman?!
:'''Marge''': No, he's a scientist.
:'''Homer''': Batman's a scientist!
:'''Marge''': It's not Batman!

<hr width=50%/>
:'''Sebastian Cobb''': Homer, you can halt the monorail. You need to find some sort of anchor.
:'''Homer''': Anchor? Let us see, anchor, anchor.
:''Homer visualizes Bart turning into an anchor.''
:'''Bart the Anchor''': Think harder, Homer.

<hr width=50%/>
:''The monorail has been halted after Homer's makeshift anchor attaches itself to a gigantic plaster donut atop the donut shop.''
:'''Homer''' [talking to himself]: Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?

{{Season 4 Q}}
[[Category:Quotes]]

The Simpsons Movie/Quotes

2010-11-02T20:17:13Z

ToyStoryFan123:

{{TabQ
|episode=The Simpsons Movie
}}

:'''[[Ralph Wiggum]]''': "I like mens now!"
----
:'''[[Homer Simpson]]''': (inside a movie theater) "BORING!"
:'''[[Lisa Simpson]]''': "Dad, we can't see the movie"
:'''[[Homer Simpson]]''': "I can't believe we're paying for something we can get on TV for free. If you ask me, everybody in this theater is a giant sucker, '''especially YOU!''' "[points to audience/viewer]

----
:[The family is late for Church]

:'''[[Marge Simpson]]''': "I hate being late."
:'''[[Homer Simpson]]''': "I hate going. Why can't I worship the lord in my own way, like praying like hell in my deathbed?"
:'''[[Marge Simpson]]''': "Homer, they can hear you inside!"
:'''[[Homer Simpson]]''': "Relax, those pious morons are too busy talking to their phony baloney God." [opens door to see everybody looking at him]

----

:[Grampa in church]

:'''[[Grampa Simpson]]''': "People of Springfield, HEED THIS WARNING. Twisted tale, a ''thousand eyes'', ''TRAPPED FOREVER''.

:[Grampa falls down and makes babbling noises]

:'''[[Lisa]]''': "Dad, do something!"
:'''[[Homer]]''': [flipping through Bible] "But this book doesn't have any answers!"
:'''[[Grampa Simpson]]''': "Beware, BEWARE! Time is short, Eeeepa, Eeeepa, EEEEEPA!" Believe me! BELIEVE MEEEEEEE!!

----

:'''[[Homer]]''': "How ya doin'? Peace be with you. Praise Jebus!"

----

:'''[[Lisa]]:''' "Milhouse, you don't care about the environment."
:'''[[Milhouse]]:''' "HEY, I am VERY passionate about the Planet!"
:'''[[Nelson Muntz]]:''' [threatening to beat up Milhouse] "Say Global Warming is a myth!"
:'''[[Milhouse]]:''' "IT'S A MYTH, further study is needed!"

:[Nelson punches Milhouse]

:'''[[Nelson Muntz]]:''' "That's for selling out your beliefs." [runs off]

----
:'''[[Marge Simpson]]''': "A thousand eyes...what could that be?
:'''[[Grampa Simpson]]''': "Hmmmm, I'm pretty sure a thousand is a number..."
:

----

:'''[[Homer Simpson]]''': [to the tune of the Spiderman theme song] "Spider-Pig, Spider-Pig. Does whatever a Spider-Pig does. Can he swing, from a web? No he can't, he's a pig. Look out! He is a Spider-Pig."

----

:'''[[Homer Simpson]]''': "He's not Spider-Pig any more, he's Harry Plopper."
----

:[''after Springfield has been sealed in a dome'']
:'''[[Homer]]''': D'OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHME!

----

:'''Homer''': [looking at the anger mob] Marge! Look! Those idiots don't even know where we live!
:'''Mob''': [turns around] Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!
:'''Homer''': D'oh...

----

:'''Lisa''': [to Colin] I'd never my life would have an absolutely perfect moment, but this ---
:'''Bart''': [singing] Lisa's got a boyfriend that she'll never see again!
:'''Lisa''': [punches Bart in the face] Perfect.

----
:'''Bart''': [to Cargill] Wait! If you kill my father, you'll never know where the treasure is buried!
:'''[[Russ Cargill|Cargill]]''': What treasure?!
:'''Bart''': The-the treasure of Ima Weiner.
:'''Cargill''': I'm a weiner?

----
----
:'''Homer''': Ok, boy, Time for the ultimate dare. I dare you to skate all the way to Krusty Burger and back...naked.
:'''Bart: '''How naked?
:'''Homer: '''Fourth base.
:'''Bart:''' But girls might see my doodle.
:'''Homer''': Oh, I see. Then I declare you chicken for life. Every morning I'll say 'Good Morning, Chicken.' Then at your wedding, I'll sing (''also holding up the middle finger'') "Bawk Bawk Ba-Bawk, Bawk Bawk Baw- (''sees Bart skating naked'') Bawk?
::''''''Homer:''''''''' You can't kill [[Plopper|him]] if he's wearing people clothes!'''

'''{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpsons Movie/Quotes}}'''
[[Category:Quotes]]

Bashir bin Laden

2010-11-02T20:00:27Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Appearances */

{{Character
|name= Bashir bin Laden
|image= [[File:Bashir.png|200px]]
|gender= {{Male}}
|hair= Black
|age= 10
|job= Student
|relatives= '''Mother:''' [[Mina]] '''Father:''' [[Bashir's Father|Unnamed]]
|appearance= [[Mypods and Boomsticks]]
|voiced by= [[Tress MacNeille]]
}}

'''Bashir bin Laden''' is a Muslim student who attends [[Springfield Elementary School]]. He is good friends with [[Bart Simpson]].

== Biography ==
Bashir befriended [[Bart Simpson]] when Bart stumbled across his backyard barbecue. At first [[Homer]] is amazed at his manners until [[Lenny]], [[Carl]] and [[Moe]] convince him that his parents are terrorists. In actuality, [[Bashir's Father|his father]] was the leader of a Demolition crew, to whom Homer later apologized after his intolerance and stupidity not only resulted in delaying Springfield Mall from being demolished due to age (Homer believed that [[Springfield Mall]] was going to be demolished as part of a Terrorist Plot), but also destroying a recently built bridge to the [[Duff Brewery]].

=== Personality ===
Bashir seems to be very polite and gentle. and always minds his manners. He also seems to be very smart. Aside from that he is also a black belt in karate. Not many people notice him as he does not want to be sociable. Bashir never complains in front of people or even behind their their backs. He is also very insecure of what people say about him.

=== Relationships ===
Bashir's best friend seems to be Bart, [[Milhouse]] and [[Richard]]. Apparently [[Rod]] and [[Todd]] are both scared of him (most likely because of his religion). Kids no longer bully him because of his black belt. He also is friends with [[Ralph]], [[Uter]], [[Martin]], [[Lewis]] and [[Nelson]].

==Behind the Laughter==
The character Bashir was praised by The Muslim Association in the US and the UK and hopes he becomes a recurring character.

== Appearances ==
*{{Ep|Mypods and Boomsticks}}
*{{ep|How the Test was Won}}
*{{Ep|The Good, the Sad and the Drugly}}
*{{Ep|Father Knows Worst}}
*{{Ep|Eeny Teeny Maya Moe}}
*{{Ep|Coming to Homerica}}

{{simpsons characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:bin Laden, Bashir}}
[[Category:Characters voiced by Tress MacNeille]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Children]]
[[Category:Recurring characters]]
[[Category:Springfield Elementary School students]]
[[Category:Characters]]

I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot/References

2010-11-02T19:56:29Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Trivia */

{{TabR|episode=I,_D'oh-Bot}}
==Cultural References==
* The episode title is a pun on ''I, Robot'', which is the title of a [[wikipedia:I,_Robot|collection of short stories]] by [[wikipedia:Isaac_Asimov|Isaac Asimov]], as well as a [[wikipedia:I,_Robot_(film)|2004 sci-fi movie]] loosely based on the stories in the book. Reference is also made to the Three Laws of Robotics (see Trivia below.).
*References in ''[[Robot Rumble]]'':
**The show itself is a reference to the sci-fi films [[wikipedia:Robot_Jox|''Robot Jox'']] and [[wikipedia:Crash_and_Burn_(film)|''Crash and Burn'']].
**The show is also a reference to [[wikipedia:Royal_Rumble|''Royal Rumble'']], the [[wikipedia:World_Wrestling_Entertainment|WWE]]'s annual series of pay-per-view TV specials.
**The show is also a parody of robot combat shows such as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Wars_%28TV_series%29 Robot Wars]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleBots BattleBots.]''
**The robot names "[[Ralph-O-Cop]]" and "[[Killhammad Aieee]]" are references to [[wikipedia:RoboCop_(character)|RoboCop]] and [[wikipedia:Muhammad_Ali|Muhammad Ali]], respectively.
**Killhammad Aieee bears a strong resemblance to the [[wikipedia:ED-209|ED-209]] droid in [[wikipedia:RoboCop|''RoboCop'']].
**When [[Chief Knock-A-Homer]] dispatches [[Buzzkill]] with his own circular saw, the announcers say that he's "killing him softly with his saw," referencing the 1970s pop tune "[[wikipedia:Killing_Me_Softly_with_His_Song|Killing Me Softly with His Song]]."

==Trivia==
* [[Professor Frink]] says that Killhammad Aieee has been programmed with the [[wikipedia:Three_Laws_of_Robotics|Three Laws of Robotics]], which are as follows:
#A robot may not harm a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
#A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
#A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
*When Skinner points out that pretending like nothing happened is a cheat, she points out his real name: [[Armin Tamzarian]].

{{Season 15 R}}
[[Category:Trivia]]
[[Category:Cultural references]]

Blinky

2010-11-02T19:50:45Z

ToyStoryFan123:

{{Character|
image=[[File:Blinky.jpg|250px]]|
name=Blinky|
gender={{Male}}|
hair=Orange Scales|
age=Unknown|
job=None|
relatives=A bunch of other three-eyed fish|
appearance=[[Homer's Odyssey]]|
voiced by=None|
eaten by=Mr Burns
}}
'''Blinky the Three-Eyed Fish''' (or simply '''Blinky''') is a three-eyed orange fish, found in the ponds and lakes of [[Springfield]].

== History ==
The Blinky species is seen quite often in natural bodies of water in Springfield, and is a product of the nuclear waste of [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]]. Blinky is caught by [[Bart]] at the Old Fishin' Hole<ref>[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]</ref> and a picture of it is snapped by [[Dave Shutton]] and put in [[The Springfield Shopper]]. At the same time [[Mr. Burns]] was running for governor, and Blinky became a major topic in his election. He defended Blinky saying he was the next step in the evolutionary ladder and not a horrible mutant. As a publicity stunt Mr. Burns has dinner at [[The Simpsons]] home and [[Marge]] serves the Blinky that Bart had caught earlier. He ends up spitting it out because of its horrible taste and losing the election to [[Mary Bailey]] all because of Blinky. Multiple three eyed fish were blinded by drinking the water in their river after [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and several rednecks (including [[Cletus Spuckler]]) dumped Moonshine into the river to avoid being arrested by the police.<ref>[[Rednecks and Broomsticks]]</ref>

== Other Versions ==
* Cow-Headed Fish
* [[Professor Frink|Frink]]-Headed Fish
* 6-Eyed Fish
* 8-Eyed Fish
* 3-Eyed Whale
* 3-Eyed, Orange Creature from the Black Lagoon
* Green Blinky

* Three-Clawed Lobster<ref>[[Futurama]]</ref>

==Behind the Laughter==
A member of his "species" has been seen in [[Futurama]] which means that, if both shows are in the same universe, the species survived over 1000 years.
== Appearances ==
* {{Ep|Homer's Odyssey}}
* {{Ep|Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish}}
* {{Ep|Lisa's Wedding}}
* {{ep|Rednecks and Broomsticks}}
* {{game|Virtual Bart}}
* {{game|The Simpsons game}}

==References==
<references/>

{{Simpsons characters}}
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]]
[[Category:Non-speaking characters]]
[[Category:Recurring characters]]

Pie Man

2010-10-31T15:43:36Z

ToyStoryFan123:

{{Superhero

|name = Pie Man
|image = [[File:Simple Simpson promo.jpg|200px]]
|alias = Homer Simpson
|power = Tossing pies
|appearance = [[Simple Simpson]]
}}

'''Pie Man''' is a ridiculous 'so-called' superhero that Homer made up when the [[Rich Texan]] was taunting [[Lisa]] at the county fair. He had been previously warned by the police that he'd go to jail if he committed another assault, so he used a quilt as a cape and an empty pie tin with eye and mouth holes cut out for a disguise to avoid recognition and then hit him with a pie to humiliate him. From that point on, he smashed pies in wrongdoers' faces as 'Pie Man'. [[Chief Wiggum]] wanted to kill him, and when he shot him, Lisa discovered Pie Man was actually Homer. Later, [[Mr. Burns]] discovered it too and told him to smash pies on people he hates, otherwise he would reveal his identity to the police. During a visit of Dalai Lama, Homer revealed himself, but nobody believed him, except [[Marge]]. [[Bart]] later acted as his sidesick, "[[Cupcake Kid]]".

== Appearances ==
*{{ep|Simple Simpson}}

{{Series Superheroes}}
{{Simpsons characters}}
[[Category:Superheroes]]

Comic Book Guy

2010-10-30T21:06:22Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Appearances */

{{Character
|name = Jeffrey Albertson
|image = [[File:Comic Book Guy.png]]
|gender = {{Male}}
|hair = Brown
|age = 45<ref>[http://www.thesimpsons.com/characters/home.htm Comic Book Guy's offical page on TheSimpsons.com]</ref>
|job = Owner of the [[Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop]]
|relatives = '''Adopted son''': [[Prius Albertson|Prius]] 
|appearance = [[Three Men and a Comic Book]]
|voiced by = [[Hank Azaria]]
}}

{{Quote|Worst (insert noun) ever!|Comic Book Guy's catchphrase}}

'''Comic Book Guy''', real name '''Jeffrey "Jeff" Albertson''', is the overweight, geeky proprietor of the comic book store, [[The Android's Dungeon]]
== Biography ==
Comic Book Guy is a very obese, socially incompetent, unshaven, cruel man who is perhaps best known for his sarcastic quips. He holds a master's degree in folklore and mythology (he translated ''The Lord of the Rings'' into Klingon as part of his thesis).<ref>This is a reference to an organization called the Klingon Language Institute who took the time to translate ''Hamlet'' into Klingon after hearing the line "You haven't experienced Shakespeare until you've read him in the original Klingon" in ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country''.</ref> He exhibits geeky behaviour to an extraordinary and deliberately unrealistic degree, and often also makes references to obscure subjects or internet culture. His catchphrase is the declaration ,"Worst... (episode)... ever". He states that he is a 45 year-old virgin who lives with his mother <ref>[[Mayored to the Mob]]</ref>. His obesity has been stated on The Simpsons: Hit and Run, where he can be used driving you around in his car, when one of his replies is that he might as well pick you up, since he can't fit into his office chair anymore.

Appropriate to his name, Comic Book Guy is obsessed with comic books,pop culture and science fiction. Comic Book Guy has a bumper sticker that reads "My Other Car Is The Millennium Falcon," given to him by a Harrison Ford lookalike. The license plate on his AMC Gremlin is NCC-1701, the registry number of ''Star Trek's'' ''USS Enterprise''. The contents of his display case include, among other oddities, a photo of Sean Connery signed by Roger Moore and a very rare ''Mary Worth'' in which she advised a friend to commit suicide. He also owns a T-shirt that says "C:/DOS C:/DOS/RUN RUN/DOS/RUN" (Notice the incorrect usage of the forward slash. DOS directories are listed with a backslash ,so it would be "C:\DOS C:\DOS\RUN RUN\DOS\RUN"). He is a member of the Springfield branch of [[Mensa International|Mensa]], along with [[Seymour Skinner|Principal Skinner]], [[Julius Hibbert|Dr. Hibbert]], [[Lisa Simpson]], [[Professor Frink]], and [[Lindsey Naegle]].

=== Early Life ===
Comic Book Guy lived in his parents basement in the 1980s. He had a dog named Chewbacca (currently deceased). He also went to fat camp.<ref>[[The Simpsons Library of Wisdom|Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture]]</ref>

=== The Android's Dungeon ===
Comic Book Guy is the owner of The [[Android's Dungeon]], a local comic book store. Many of the comics and toys he sells are of very poor-quality, and often sell for very high prices. His store is his sanctuary, where he holds some level of self-esteem, imperiously lording over pre-teen kids, like [[Bart Simpson]] and [[Milhouse Van Houten]], using a heavily sarcastic tone. When he was the target of mockery while trying to return the Ultimate Belt, he sighed, "I must get back to my comic book store, where I ''dispense'' the insults rather than ''absorb'' them". His store contains a section full of illegal videos (which include Mr. Rogers drunk, ''Alien Autopsy'', ''Illegal Alien Autopsy'', a top secret American nuclear war strategy session, a "good version" of ''The Godfather Part III'', [[Kent Brockman]] picking his nose, and [[Ned Flanders]] in a police informant video, wherein he claims that [[Homer Jay Simpson|Homer]] released a radioactive ape in his house [Although, according to Bart, Homer only let the Ape into the house because the Ape tricked Homer, and not out of malicious intent]. He later was arrested and had his store shut down temporarily because of this.). He once had to give up the Ultimate Belt (which he won as a door prize at a Star Trek Convention) because, as he pointed out, "the average Trekker has no use for a medium-sized belt".
[[File:Androidsdungeon.jpg|thumb|right|Comic Book Guy's store]]
==== Similar stores ====
In North Haverbrook there is a comic book shop named "Mylar Baggins" and the proprietor looks very similar to Comic Book Guy with the exception that his skin and hair are slightly darker. He also has a deep-rooted rivalry with a store similar to his: "Frodo's of Shelbyville". These shops could have had the same owner, as both rival store names refer to The Lord of the Rings character Frodo Baggins. During the Trappuccino crisis, Comic Book Guy says that his obsessive comic book collecting is a "life well spent".<ref>[[The Simpsons Movie]]</ref>

=== Brief Fame ===
In Homer the Whopper, Comic Book Guy created the comic book series Everyman. He apparently created 278 issues, including the controversial issue with the death of Marmaduke. However, he was reluctant to self-publish them initially because he feared that he'd be mocked by the internet community for his comics. While trying to exhasperate Comic Book Guy by feigning complete ignorance on the history of Spiderman, Bart and Milhouse stumbled upon a draft of an issue of Everyman that he was working on. Comic Book Guy then learned that Bart and Milhouse actually liked the comic, and after a bit of convincing, he decided to self-publish. The comic's popularity started to soar as a result, with a movie project starting for the Summer Market. Some movie executives requested to make Everyman into a movie. Comic Book Guy is reluctant to allow them to work with the movie, especially as the same movie industry apparently ruined the Stratego movie for him. He eventually relents, but only under the condition that he picks the person who will portray Everyman. When they refused that condition, he opened the door to the store, implying that he wanted them to leave, until they agreed to that condition, commenting that being a Hollywood Producer is the closest thing to a physical sport that he could ever do. He later explains that he wants a "complete loser" to portray Everyman. He then picks Homer Simpson for the part, after the latter accidentally walked into the store, not realizing it was closed for auditioning. He then spent his time talking to people at his new, hollywood-style house about what it is like to be a producer, and adopting a Cambodian Orphan named Prius. However, when the movie was going overbudget and Homer ended up gaining an eating disorder due to his fitness coach abandoning him for Turtle (to the extent that he couldn't even get out of his trailer without it being sawed off), he tried to end production of the film, but ended up being thrown out by security into a dumpster with disgraced executives. He later ended up sacrificing any chance at another Everyman movie being made by voicing his honest opinion that the Everyman movie was the worst movie ever. It is unknown if he still worked on his comics after this.

=== Relationships ===
Comic Book Guy was once married—in an online role-playing game. He and his Internet wife contemplated having children, but that would have severely drained his power crystals. He was shown paired with a blond woman (asking if she enjoyed comic books) during a mass-marriage that occurred when a cult took over Springfield, and presumably the two were wed in the mass ceremony <ref>[[The Joy of Sect]]</ref>. While part of an intellectual [[wiktionary:junta|junta]] that [[They Saved Lisa's Brain|briefly ran Springfield]], he proposed plans to limit breeding to once every seven years (a reference to the Vulcan blood fever of mating, called Pon Farr), commenting that this would mean much less breeding for most, but for him, "much, much more". He was a virgin well into his forties when he became romantically involved with [[Principal Skinner]]'s mother [[Agnes Skinner|Agnes]]. ([[Clancy Wiggum|Chief Wiggum]] was notably repulsed when he and his officers stumbled upon the couple "in the act".) He later dated [[Edna Krabappel]] and was shown with the superman logo tattooed on his upper right buttock (which is interesting, as in the Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture, he states that he hates Superman).

== Non-Canon Appearances ==
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===The Simpsons Game===
Comic Book Guy appears throughout the entire game to point out various videogame cliches that the player can unlock by performing certain actions. He also appears as one of the contestants in the Duff Ultimate Eating Challenge in the level [[Around the World in 80 Bites]], and in the form of a gang of sumo wrestlers in [[Big Super Happy Fun Fun Game]].

== Behind the Laughter ==
Comic Book Guy was partly inspired by a clerk at the Los Angeles Amok book shop who often "[sat] on the high stool, kind of lording over the store with that supercilious attitude and eating behind the counter a big Styrofoam containerful of fried clams with a lot of tartare sauce." [[Matt Groening]] noted that: "I can't tell you how many times people have come up to me and said, 'I know who you based that comic book guy on. It's that comic-book guy right down the block.' And I have to tell them, "No, it's ''every'' comic-bookstore guy in America."
Hank Azaria based Comic Book Guy's voice on a student who went by the name "F", and lived in the room next door at his college. Azaria also "loves that the character is an adult who argues with kids as if they're his peers."

A long-running gag on the show was never to reveal the character's name, with other characters referring to him as "Comic Book Guy". Finally, in the February 6, 2005 episode, "[[Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]," Comic Book Guy nonchalantly told [[Ned Flanders]], "My name is Jeff Albertson, but everyone calls me 'Comic Book Guy'." [[Showrunner]] [[Al Jean]] remarked, "That was specifically done to make people really mad. We just tried to pick a generic name. It was also the Super Bowl show, so we did it so the most people possible would see it." Groening stated that he had originally intended him to be called Louis Lane and be "obsessed and tormented by" Lois Lane, but was out of the room when the writers named him.
[[File:Comic_book_guy_book.jpg|thumb|Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture]]
The comic book guy has also been seen in quite a few episodes but he has had very few episodes where he is a major character. He is rarely seen outside The Android's Dungeon store and most of his interactions are with [[Bart Simpson]]. The comic book guy wasn't seen very often early in the series of the show and has not been seen very much in the 19th season.

===Trivia===
*Comic Book Guy has an IQ of 170.

=== Merchandising ===
Even though Comic Book Guy is just a recurring character, he still has some merchandise such as, Comic Books Guy's Book of Pop Culture. He also appears on the cover of the twelfth season DVD.
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==About me==

I am ToyStoryFan123 I do Pixar wiki plus many others like Spongebob wiki and this wiki!

==Least Favourite Characters==
*[[Gerald]]
*[[Lester]]
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*[[Comic Book Guy]]
*[[Mayor Quimby]]
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==Favorite Episodes ==
* [[The Colour Yellow]]
* Favorite episode #2
* Favorite episode #3

==Favorite Characters ==
* [[Maggie Simpson]]
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*[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]].

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'''Toys "L" Us''' is a toy store located in [[Springfield]]'s [[Chinatown]].

== Behind the laughter ==
It's an obvious parody of the Toys "R" Us toy stores. The letter "L" was chosen to make fun of the stereotype that Asians cannot distinguish "L" and "R" sounds.

== Appearances ==
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Charles Montgomery Burns

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''For others named Charles Montgomery Burns, see: [[Mr. Burns (disambiguation)]]''.
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|gender = {{Male}}
|hair = Grey
|age = 81-123
|job = Owner of The Power Plant World War II Veteran
|relatives = '''Grandparents:''' [[Franklin Burns]] '''Parents:''' [[Clifford Burns]] and [[Daphne Burns]] '''Siblings:''' [[Cornelius Burns]] [[Cornelia Hernandez]] [[Zeph Burns]] '''Son:''' [[Larry Burns]] [[Waylon Smithers, Jr.]] (foster son) '''Niece:''' [[Pepita Hernandez]] '''Aunt:''' [[Doreena Burns]] '''Grandchildren:''' Unnamed
|appearance = [[Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire]]
|voiced by = [[Christopher Collins]] [[Harry Shearer]]
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{{Quote|Excellent.|Burns' catchphrase}}
'''Charles Montgomery Burns ''', also known as '''C.M Burns''', '''Mr. Burns''', '''Monty''', or simply '''Burns''', (born September 15) is viewed as an antagonist to many, if not all, of the inhabitants of Springfield. He is an elderly, skinny man who is shown as being cruel, bitter, cynical, heartless and greedy. Burns owns and runs the [[100 Industrial Way|Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]].

Burns frequently orders his aide, [[Waylon Smithers]], to "release the hounds," so as to let his vicious guard dogs attack any intruders, enemies or even invited guests. Mr. Burns is Springfield's richest and most powerful citizen. His net worth has been stated to be in the billion-dollar range, although at one point it slipped to "only" $996 million, which led to his being demoted from Billionaire Camp to Millionaire Camp <ref>[[The Burns and the Bees]]</ref>. Burns uses his power and wealth to do whatever he wants, usually without regard for consequences and without interference from the authorities.
== Biography ==
[[File:Young Burns.gif|thumb|right|A youger Burns and Bobo, his teddy bear]]
The Burns family has deep roots in the United States. Burns' date of birth is arguable. He's believed to be born on September 15, 1890, although he himself says he was born in 1881. As a child, Burns lived happily in a northern state with his natural parents, [[Clifford Burns|Clifford]] and [[Daphne Burns]], as one of 11 children, one being the comedian [[George Burns]], and his teddy bear [[Bobo]]. As a child, Burns was so cheery and amiable that his parents called him "Happy."<ref>[[Rosebud]]</ref>

At a young age he left his family to live with a twisted and heartless billionaire (who was actually his grandfather, a former slaveholder named Colonel [[Wainwright Montgomery Burns]]), who owned an "atom mill" in Springfield, where laborers split atoms by hitting anvils with sledgehammers. Burns lived a life of privilege and would amuse himself by injuring hapless immigrant laborers; it appears that Wainwright was directly responsible for turning Charles Montgomery from a pleasant child into a coldhearted man, much like himself.
[[File:Mr burns WW2.jpg|thumb|left|Burns with Abe Simpson during WWII]]
Charles Montgomery Burns later attended Yale University, where he studied science and business, played on the varsity football team, and was inducted into the Skull and Bones secret society. Burns graduated from Yale in 1932.[citation needed]

In 1938, at Burns' 7-year college reunion, he became romantically involved with the daughter of an old flame. She would later bear his child, [[Larry Burns]], who was given up for adoption and would later enter Mr. Burns' life briefly.<ref>[[Burns, Baby Burns]]</ref>

Burns served in the [[Flying Hellfish]] during World War II, holding the rank of private after being demoted for his involvement in a romantic scandal and attempting to block a probe from J. Edgar. Burns is proud of the fact that he manufactured shells for the Nazis, seeing himself as being superior to [[wikipedia:Oskar Schindler|Oskar Schindler]] because "my shells worked, dammit!"<ref>[[A Star Is Burns]]</ref>

A member of Springfield's [[Flying Hellfish]] battalion (even though it was later shown that Mr. Burns was in the Waffen SS, the special forces of the Nazi army), he saw action in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge, serving under Sergeant [[Abraham Simpson]]. He was later transferred to the South Pacific with part of his squad. During the closing years of the war, when his platoon was clearing out a German-occupied castle, Mr. Burns came across several valuable portraits. Since they couldn't decide on who they should go to, they decided to enter into a tontine, which Mr. Burns was removed from decades after the war, after being dishonorably discharged when he tried to kill Abe. The paintings were later handed back to a German whose relatives owned them.<ref>[[Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"]]</ref>
[[File:MrBurnsVest.gif|thumb|Mr Burns showing off his expensive clothing]]
At the end of World War II he was personally hired by President Harry S Truman to transport a specially-printed trillion-dollar bill to Europe as the United States' contribution to the reconstruction of the continent. As the United States' richest citizen, Burns was thought to be also the most trustworthy. Burns absconded with the bill and kept it in his possession for many years until it was lost to Fidel Castro.<ref>[[The Trouble with Trillions]]</ref>
[[File:Burns SS Card.png|thumb|left|Montgomery Burns revealing he was a member of the SS]]
Burns spent time as a biochemist and bioterrorist before purchasing the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]]. During the 1960s, Burns operated a biological weapons laboratory until it was destroyed by peace activists - including [[Homer]]'s mother, [[Mona Simpson]].

In the 1970s, Burns bought the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]]. Burns currently owns the plant, although he has parted with it several times, including when he sold it to German investors, when the bank foreclosed on it and put [[Lenny Leonard|Lenny]] in charge, when he lost all of his money in a bet with Colonel O'Hara, and when Homer and Bart staged a hostile takeover of it. In each of these instances, Burns regained ownership of the nuclear plant.

After allowing his assistant to sacrifice himself to stop a potential nuclear meltdown, he secretly raised his son [[Waylon Smithers]] as his own. He is unaware that Smithers is gay and has had a crush on him for years. Their relationship has had its rough spots, as Smithers was one of the prime suspects in the shooting of Mr. Burns in 1995. Mr. Burns has grown to be the oldest man in Springfield
[[File:Mr Burns evil.gif|thumb|Mr. Burns in his typical evil mood]]

== Character ==
=== Personality ===
Mr. Burns embodies a number of stereotypes about Corporate America, as he has an unquenchable desire to increase his own wealth and power. Burns also embodies the stereotype of a manager by forgetting his employees' names (especially Homer's, despite it appearing that they interact more than Burns does with most of his employees), though this can be attributed to his senility. Burns is also unconcerned for their safety and well-being. His aspirations to apply obsolete technology to everyday life or references to Victorian-era people or places provide a common source of humour on the show. Recently, he has become less evil and more eccentric.

Although Mr. Burns has a vast amount of money, he doesn't do charity, and simply releases "The Hounds" at any charity collectors coming to his mansion.

Mr. Burns seems to enjoy bossing his assistant, [[Waylon Smithers]], to do everything for him, from getting him dressed to driving him about.

[[File:Mr burns state of mind.jpg|thumb|Mr Burns struggles to understand Ketchup and Catsup]]
At times, Burns appears to be completely removed from modern conventions and, sometimes, reality. He continually fails to recognize Homer Simpson or remember his name despite all the major events in Burns' life on the series have revolved around him in some way, similar to Krusty not remembering Bart's name. Burns is also for the most part unaware of the townspeople's general dislike of him.

Mr. Burns uses archaic phrases and antiquated expressions that have either changed meanings or fallen out of common usage in American English, including score (meaning 20), twain (two), post-haste (quickly), petroleum distillate (gasoline), gay (jolly), dean (principal), velocitator and deceleratrix (a car's accelerator and brake), aeromail (post by air), lollygagger (slacker), fourth form (fourth grade), ahoy-hoy (hello), jumping box and picto-tube (television), Autogyro (helicopter), DictaBelt (dictation machine), the New York Nine (New York Yankees), horseless sleigh (snowmobile, although it could just mean that he was trying to be a mysterious character), crackleberries (peanuts), talkie (movies with sound), thrice (three times), and mater (mother). He also answers the telephone in the same way that the man widely credited for the ''Invention'' of the Telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, is purported to have answered it ('Ahoy, Hoy?'). In one episode he also rings Smithers and says "Smithers, come here, I want you.", a take on what are reputedly the first words spoken by Alexander Graham Bell on his telephone ("Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you").

He also displays mannerisms which are considered outdated, such as practicing phrenology, writing with a quill pen, driving a [[1936 Stutz Bearcat]] while wearing a Edwardian motorist's outfit which includes hat, driving gloves and goggles, carrying a mace for self defense (though the weapon actually shown was a flail), driving without regard to traffic laws in the manner of early 20th century motorists, and using an antique view camera to take photographs.

Burns appears unaware of 20th century political and social developments, such as Fidel Castro replacing Fulgencio Batista as the President of Cuba, Siam changing its name to Thailand, the Belgian Congo changing its name to the Congo-Kinshasa, Prussia being absorbed into the German Empire, India gaining its independence from the British Empire, New Mexico entering the United States, the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Idlewild Airport changing its name to JFK Airport, the disbanding of the Negro Leagues, the desegregation of the Major Leagues, Joe DiMaggio no longer being a rookie, the extinction of the dodo, the demolition of the Polo Grounds, the ceasing of publication of Collier's Weekly, the demise of the DuMont Television Network, believing tires need to be revulcanized, confusing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_ramones The Ramones] with The Rolling Stones ("have the Rolling Stones killed"), thinking cars are still operated by levers, believing mail may still be delivered by autogyro (once asking for a package to be delivered by autogyro to the Prussian Embassy in Siam) and the occurrence of the 1939 World's Fair.

Mr. Burns' investment portfolio includes long-defunct shares in "Confederated Slaveholdings, Transatlantic Zeppelin, Amalgamated Spats, Congreve's Inflammable Powder, U.S. Hay", and an "up-and-coming Baltimore Opera Hat Company".

Burns commonly refers to deceased persons as if they were alive, including Al Jolson, Tallulah Bankhead, Louise Brooks, Honus Wagner, Cap Anson, and Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown.

He also believes some social institutions and inventions are novel or nonexistent, such as musicals about "the common cat" and "the King of Siam", the Packard automobile, the Fire Department, ice cream (or "iced cream"), vending machines, recycling, strip clubs, the DuMont, the word "into", silent films like the 1929 ''Lulu'', and the synonymity of ketchup and catsup. While trying to chat up a young woman, Burns offers to play the clavichord and show stereopticon images of the Crimean War.
[[File:Springfield Nuclear Power Plant 3.png|thumb|right|Mr Burns' office]]

=== Health ===
[[File:Mr burns hurts homer.jpg|thumb|left|Mr. Burns strangling Homer, in a menacing fashion]]
Burns has numerous physical ailments and health problems, or more accurately he has nearly 'every' physical ailment and health problem. He is often to the point where he seems to straddle the line between life and death. On prior occasions, Burns may have died. Presently, Burns has a condition known as "Three Stooges Syndrome" where a delicate state of homeostasis is created by the presence in his body of every disease known to man and other newly-discovered diseases unique to him, which, when all trying to invade his body simultaneously, cancel out each other. Mr. Burns took this as being invincible, although the doctor who told him this implied that the slightest breeze could kill him.<ref>This is stated in [[The Mansion Family]]</ref>

Physically weak, he often has great difficulty performing the most basic physical tasks, such as giving a thumbs-up, receiving a hug, crushing a paper cup, or stepping on an insect. He is weak enough to be pushed over by an ant or a high-five, or pushed down by a sponge scrub on his head (although he was able to eventually get up in the latter case). Bunting a baseball sends him flying to the backstop. The weight of Toothpaste on his Toothbrush is enough to pull him over.<ref>This is shown in [[The Simpsons Movie]].</ref> He has a hunched back and his vertebral column is visible when he is viewed from the side. His exposure to radiation has given his skin a green glow (though seen in only one episode) and left him infertile. Once a 1000 dollar bill bruised him leaving a reverse imprint of Grover Cleveland on his chest. When Burns was incarcerated at Springfield's penititiary, when he was getting a mug shot, the camera flash was able to slam him against a wall and knock him out.
[[File:Mr_Burns_alien.png|thumb|Burns was once mistaken for an alien after his weekly medical treatments.]]
His organs have grown immensely weak over the years. His heart is black, desiccated, and barely beats or does not beat at all. It is shrunken to the size of a cherry. Burns' blood type is double-O negative<ref>[[Blood Feud]]</ref>. When his finger is pricked, he bleeds dust, and when his arm is poked with a needle, the needle passes through his arm like Meringue as his doctor described it. On one occasion, a chunk of Burns' brain fell out through his ear. Another time, his lungs came out through his mouth and acted like an airbag. On another occasion, he indicated in an off-hand manner that he only has a single lung. If he is not careful, fluid can build up in his hands, causing them to swell to enormous proportions, and his fingers have been shown to flap in the breeze released from a bowling ball dispenser. It has been revealed that if Burns sweats even one drop, he could die of dehydration unless he takes a bath immediately. Burns has also lost body parts due to leprosy (one example is when he lost an entire fingernail in a cup). Both his legs have a crease in them, down the entire length.

==== Medical treatment ====
Mr. Burns' medical treatment includes a weekly procedure which includes chiropractics, a painful vocal cord scraping, and an injection of pain-killers; its purpose is to postpone his death for one week. This makes his eyeballs grow to an unnatural size, and he becomes temporarily "nice." He also glows green, a result of working in a nuclear plant for ages. This once caused Homer to mistake him for an alien, though no one believed him, thinking him to have been drunk (he drank about ten bottles of a new type of beer, '[[Red Tick Beer]]' made out of beer and dog fleas). Lisa tried to prove that Burns was not an alien, by pointing a flashlight at him, which revealed him in his "nice" form. The townspeople still believed he was a monster and wanted to kill him anyway, but Smithers rushed in and stopped them, explaining that it was really Mr. Burns. He also has his brain flushed out with vinegar and his eyes "re-balled". Burns' knees are also sent out to be repaired at a "shop." His dentures replace themselves.<ref>[[The Springfield Files]]</ref> In the future, Burns may be kept alive by cryonics.

He once broke all his bones (Though this was understandable, as he was knocked down onto the street below his main office, and besides which, he also had his stuffed Polar bear statue fall on top of him due to a fight between Smithers and Homer).

On rare occasions he has displayed great strength and skill, such as when he managed to singlehandly capture Loch Ness monster Nessie (though it was never explained how he did so bar that it swallowed him) and when he rescued his girlfriend Gloria from a burning building (although she wound up carrying him out of the blaze).

=== Career ===
At the nuclear plant, Burns spends most of time in his office, monitoring his workers via closed circuit cameras. In his office he keeps a team of ten high-priced lawyers, a scale model of Springfield, a special microbe-resistant chamber, a two-seat escape pod, and the "League of Evil" - a sinister cabal whose members are long deceased but whose skeletons remain. The boobytraps in Burns' office include cricket poison, a secret trapdoor (though he sometimes forgets where it is), a catapult that fires 100 gram weights, and a ceiling-mounted suction tube which he can use to transport dissident workers to Morocco. He is also a loan officer at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant Employee's Credit Union.<ref>This happens in [[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]</ref>

Kent Brockman also credits Burns with having stolen Christmas from 1981 to 1985.

He was once forced to work in a Sweatshop, along with other billionaires such as [[Artie Ziff]], [[Aristotle Amadopolis]] and [[Rich Texan]].

He also claims to have participated in the Boston Tea Party.

Burns has also owned or co-owned a number of business ventures in Springfield, including the [[Monty Burns Casino]] (later demolished)<ref>[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]</ref>, Li'l Lisa" recycling (an ocean slurry manufacturing plant)<ref>[[The Old Man and the Lisa]]</ref>, and [[Burns Slant Drilling Co.]] <ref>. Burns owned this in "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]"</ref>, Burns Media, the electric company, the water works and even a hotel on Baltic Avenue.

Burns has used his power and wealth to blackmail and bribe various members of Springfield, including [[Joe Quimby|Mayor Quimby]], as well as safety inspectors. He once attempted to block out the sun to force Springfield residents to increase their use of electricity produced by the Nuclear Plant and was subsequently shot by [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]];. The town routinely is subject to Burns' abuse, such as Burns' stealing of Christmas from 1981 to 1985 and there is a general dislike of him throughout the town.

In ''The Simpsons: Hit & Run, ''it is implied that he had a business partner that he killed. He stated this in level 7, mission 4, when Homer goes to his office, Mr. Burns mistakes him for the ghost of his former partner, and is relieved when Homer tells him that it is just him.
[[File:Homer the smithers.jpg|thumb|right|Burns' bedroom in Burns Manor]]

=== Residence ===
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Burns resides in a vast, ornate mansion on an immense estate called ''[[Burns Manor]]'', located at 1000 Mammon Lane, on the corner of Croesus and Mammon streets in the '[[Springfield Heights]]' district. It is protected by a high wall, an electrified fence and a pack of vicious attack dogs known as "The Hounds", one of whom is named Winston.
[[File:Burnsmanor.jpg|thumb|left|Burns Manor]]
He usually releases the whole lot of hounds towards guests (implied only to drive out the guests from the house and without the actual intention of hurting the guests<ref>The Simpsons Movie</ref>), but if the guest manages to make Mr. Burns feel extremely gratified (such as when Homer interviewed him for an opium war), he will reduce the hounds released to the extent of only one hound actually being employed. In addition he has at least one 30+ yr old dog named Crippler, who is so old he has trouble walking. Crippler is known for bagging hippies - something they don't find too groovy at all. At times he has employed for protecting a force of ''Wizard of Oz'' - style guards, a personal paramilitary force, a riot police squad and a robotic Richard Simmons.
The inside of the mansion includes a room containing a thousand monkeys at a thousand typewriters, a bottomless pit, a human chess board, the largest television in the free world, a 'Hall of Patriots' commemorating his ancestors, a laboratory, a botanical garden of vultures bearing his likeness, a safe containing a Beefeater guard and a theater that is showing round-the-clock which plays regardless whether there is an audience or not. There also is a TV studio and a CCTV room. His residence also contains a closet full of clothes made from many different types of animals, such as a vest made from Gorilla chest and loafers made from gophers.

The mansion is also home to many rare historical artifacts including the only existing nude photo of Mark Twain, the suit Charlie Chaplin was buried in, King Arthur's mythical sword Excalibur, and a rare first draft of the Constitution with the word "suckers" in it.

=== Relationships ===
Burns has been engaged at least three times: a woman named Gertrude who died of loneliness and rabies, to [[Jacqueline Bouvier]], and to a policewoman named [[Gloria]]. He once had an affair with Countess von Zeppelin.
[[File:Burns and Gloria.gif|thumb|Burns and Gloria]]
What is not widely known is that Charles Montgomery Burns and [[Homer Simpson]] are related by marriage (Which makes his making Bart his heir in one episode extremely ironic, as Bart would be related to Mr. Burns anyway). According to a family tree:

:Charles Montgomery Burns was born to [[Clifford Burns]] and Daphne Charle (hence the name ''Charles''),
:[[Clifford Burns]] was born to [[Wainwright Montgomery Burns]] and [[Evelyn Graycomb]].
:[[Evelyn Graycomb]] was born to [[Otto Graycomb]] and Lolly Dubois.
:Lolly Dubois was born to Lance Dubois and [[Clarice Stemple]].
:[[Clarice Stemple]] is the sister of [[Gaylord Stemple]].
:[[Gaylord Stemple]] married [[Trixie Simpson]].
:[[Trixie Simpson]] is the Granddaughter of [[Sven Simpson]].
:[[Sven Simpson]] is the great, great, great, great, great Grandfather of [[Homer Simpson]].

Mr. Burns' great-great-grandmother's sister-in-law's 4th great-grandson is Homer Simpson.

Mr. Burns had a strained relationship with his own mother, whom he's apparently tried to kill at least once, who had an affair with President Taft and lives in her 120's. He is Lisa's opposite, with no conscience or care for the environment in many episodes, and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] often opposes him. Occasionally, she agrees to work with him, but with great reluctance.

When he was asked the cause of his parents' deaths, he replied: "Got in my way" <ref>[[The Mansion Family]]</ref>. His mother was seen at least once <ref>[[Homer the Smithers]]</ref>.

=== Organizations ===
[[File:Two Cars.png|thumb|right|Mr Burns is served a three eyed fish while running for governor]]
Mr. Burns is a member of various organizations. In his younger years, while a student at Yale University, he was a member of Skull and Bones. During World War II, Burns became a member of the Flying Hellfish squad, a group of soldiers who entered into a tontine regarding the ownership of German artwork. Burns was a member of the [[Stonecutters]] until it disbanded, at which time he joined the secret society that succeeded it: The Ancient Mystic Order of No-Homers. (One source of dislike of Burns for the "Stonecutters' is that despite his wealth and greed, he is outranked by Lenny.). He is currently the head of the [[Springfield Republican Party]] and once headed a short lived religion. He is also a member of the "Excluders Club", the Springfield Golf and Country Club, and the National Rifle Association. He holds a chair (a demonic throne with snarling dogs chained to it) at [[Springfield University]] and controls an anti-democratic paramilitary force in Latin America.

Burns once attended the annual Billionaire's Retreat, where he won the Austin Celtics basketball team from the Rich Texan in a poker game. After severely mismanaging the team, he lost nearly half his net worth.  At the following year's retreat,  it was discovered he was no longer a billionaire.  He was ejected from the camp, and thrown over a wall into the slack-jawed millionaire's camp <ref>The Burns and the Bees</ref>. 

He once tried to run for Governor - until [[Marge Simpson]] forever ruined his chances with a [[Blinky|three-eyed fish]]. At the end he echoes Kane by crying out his name in rage—and vows for the rest of his life to make [[Homer Simpson]]'s life miserable.<ref>This happens in [[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]</ref>

Burns was a Freemason "before it was trendy."<ref>[[Gone Maggie Gone]]</ref>

== Non canon appearances ==
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[[File:Burnsvampiro.gif|thumb|right|"Count" Burns in [[Treehouse of Horror IV]]]]
[[File:Mr burns cyborg.jpg|thumb|Mr Burns in the future]]

=== The Future ===
Mr. Burns is later cryogenically frozen, aged 119. Scientists work to find a cure for 17 stab wounds to the back so that he can be thawed out and cured. He was cured in time to attend [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa Simpson's]] wedding. He isn't completely thawed, and when he tries to sit down, he snaps in half, which is also cured. At age 122, he is a shut-in who sponsors a Yale scholarship as punishment for stealing Christmas. He keeps diamonds to have them changed into Earth's most precious mineral of the age: coal. His home is also guarded by a large group of unicorn-clam creatures (uni-clams). At age 1,104, he is a robot and earth is ruled by apes. He finds his teddy bear [[Bobo]], which he loses and finds every century. A long time later, he dies and goes to Dog Heaven, which was caused by offering to give the [[First Church of Springfield|church]] back to [[Reverend Lovejoy]] in exchange for admittance into [[Heaven]]. He was tricked and got admittance into Dog Heaven.

===Treehouse of Horror ===
Burns is a vampire but no one believes Lisa. She and Bart find Mr. Burns's secret lair which can be accessed by a staircase that has a lever which doubles as a fun slide and Bart (while fleeing from a horde of vampires) says "I shouldn't... But when am I going to be back here?" is turned into a vampire after pulling the lever. The Simpsons are then worried that Bart could get worse and The Simpsons have to kill the head vampire. Homer kills Burns but gets fired in the process.

=== Video games ===
==== The Simpsons: The Arcade Game ====
Mr. Burns appears as the final boss in this game, operating a giant mechanical robot from within that changes form with the damage it receives from the Simpsons characters. He also was the one who orchestrated Smither's theft of a diamond, which also indirectly made him responsible for Maggie's kidnapping as well, as Smithers ended up kidnapping Maggie due to the diamond that he stole was knocked towards Maggie and she started using it as a Pacifier. After being defeated, Mr. Burns is knocked unconscious and Maggie then places her old pacifier into Mr. Burns' mouth.

==== The Simpsons Road Rage ====
In [[The Simpsons Road Rage]], Mr. Burns buys out the Springfield transit system and turns them into nuclear buses. In one of the missions it is also said that he buys out the Springfield Shopper. Also if you drive in the Springfield Mountains you can drive into [[Burns Manor]]. In the last mission you have to battle Mr. Burns as Homer, where Homer has smash the statues in Burns' garden. Also in the second mission you have to dodge him. In every single road rage or Sunday drive he tries and hit you with his car. If you use a cheat you can drive his car, a nuclear bus or even Mr. Burns driving a brick. In the downtown location you can see his bus depot. One of the other locations is his nuclear power plant.

==== The Simpsons: Minutes to Meltdown ====
In [[The Simpsons: Minutes to Meltdown]], Mr. Burns is shown telling [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] where [[Plopper|Spider Pig]] went.

==== The Simpsons: Hit and Run ====
In [[The Simpsons: Hit and Run]], you can drive to the nuclear power plant in the first level. In the last level, you can climb up to Mr. Burns' office. You also see him in one level and can eventually drive his car if you complete the bonus mission in Level 7.

==== The Simpsons Game ====
In the level [[Lisa the Tree Hugger (The Simpsons Game)|Lisa the Tree Hugger]], the player stops Mr. Burns from destroying the ecosystem. Burns plans to cut down every tree in [[Springfield]] and turn each one into a single luxury toothpick. When the logging facility is destroyed, Mr. Burns has Smithers phone in some goons to rough up Al Gore to make himself feel better. In [[Medal of Homer]], a younger version of Burns steals paintings from the village of St. Capitulons and protects them on board his personal naval carrier with a squad of sailors resembling Smithers.

==Behind the Laughter==
[[File:SimpsonsMPG 7G03.jpg|thumb|right|Mr Burns' appearance in [[Homer's Odyssey]]]]
=== Creation ===
Burns's character, appearance, and mannerisms are based on several different people. The show's creator [[Matt Groening]] principally based Burns on Fredrik Olsen, a reclusive Norwegian shipping magnate and the owner of Timex. Drawing further inspiration from oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, David Rockefeller and fictional character Henry Potter from It's a Wonderful Life, Groening made Burns the "embodiment of corporate greed". Animator [[David Silverman]] parodied Burns's appearance on Fox founder Barry Diller, and modeled his body on a praying mantis. The idea of Burns reading employee names off cards in "There's No Disgrace Like Home" came from an article about Ronald Reagan that writer [[Al Jean]] had read. In some episodes, parallels have been drawn between Burns and moguls such as Howard Hughes and, more frequently, fictional character Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane. Writer George Meyer lifted Burns's "Excellent!" hand gesture from his former Saturday Night Live colleague Jim Downey.

Matt Groening got Burns's middle name from a Montgomery Ward department store in Portland, Oregon's Northwest Industrial district and his surname from Burnside Street, a main thoroughfare in Portland. Burns's first name being Charles is a reference to Charles Foster Kane. In the script for "[[There's No Disgrace Like Home]]", Al Jean and [[Mike Reiss]] referred to him as "Mr. Meanie".

In the second season, the writers started to enjoy writing about Smithers and Burns's relationship, and they often pitched episodes with them as the focus, but many never came to fruition.

=== Voice ===
Burns was originally voiced by actor Christopher Collins in the episode "[[Homer's Odyssey]]". He was soon replaced by Harry Shearer, who has voiced the character ever since. He modeled the voice on Lionel Barrymore and Ronald Reagan. Shearer is also the voice of Smithers and is able to perform dialogue between the two characters in one take. Shearer said that Burns is the most difficult character for him to voice because it is rough on his vocal cords and he often needs to drink tea and honey to soothe his voice. He describes Burns as his favorite character, saying he "like[s] Mr. Burns because he is pure evil. A lot of evil people make the mistake of diluting it. Never adulterate your evil."
[[File:Mr burns action figure.jpg|thumb|A Mr. Burns action figure]]
=== Age ===
Mr. Burns' age has fluctuated during the course of the show, being explicitly stated he was 81 in ''[[Simpson and Delilah]]'' and as old as 104 in ''[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]'', ''[[Homer the Smithers]]'' and ''[[A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]''. In the episode ''[[Fraudcast News]]'', Burns claims that he was born in 1881, making him 123 years old (when the episode aired in 2004). He has been referred to as "Springfield's oldest resident" with a Social Security number of 000-00-0002 (cursing Franklin Roosevelt for having 0001).

Frequent allusions to Mr. Burns' age place his date of birth in the late 19th century, which would make him at the least more than 100 years old. He says he had a driver's license that expired in 1909, graduated from Yale University in 1914, was depicted in a 19th century woodcut terrorizing children (which, surprisingly, features him as an old man). Mr. Burns has also claimed that he has survived through 12 economic recessions and 8 panics

Other references to Mr. Burns' age place him at thousands of years old. His ATM password, which is the same as his age, is four digits long (although it is possible the first and/or second digits are 0). Mr. Burns' birthplace has also been named as Pangaea.<ref>[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]</ref> Also, in the one time appearance of his "league of evil", a group of evil doers from many eras of history, many of the members are quite ancient historically. Since the assumption can be made that Burns must have known all of them before they died (although by the time of that episode they had all long since died), this pushes his age back at least another 500 years, if not much more. He also from time to time takes up arms against someone he percieves as his enemy, the joke being his feebleness and the archaic nature of his chosen weapons (i.e, a morning star in his limousine, a blunderbuss, dueling pistols, etc). Familiarity with the use of these weapons dates him considerably prior to his birth, especially the morning star, since this hasnt been a widely used weapon since the late medieval era.

In an issue of [[Simpsons Comics]], Mr Smithers states Mr Burns is 118 years old

Burns's wine cellar also has trophy heads of a T-Rex, a Pteranodon, a Triceratops, a Stegosaurus and an unidentified sauropod. By chance these exact species were the beast modes of the G1 Dinobots (Grimlock, Swoop, Slag, Snarl and Sludge).

However, because his mother, who is currently alive, is in her 120s, Burns would have to be younger.

Burns' age provides the writers a character with which they can express dated humor and references to popular culture before the 1950s.

Regardless of his current age, relative to the course of the show, it has been shown (in the episode in which he attempts to recover his lost teddy bear, bobo) that burns will continue living some billions of years into the future, albiet in the form of a partial android.

Athough Burns is younger than [[Abe Simpson]] in all the World War II flashbacks, he is always older than Abe in all other sources.

== Appearances ==
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*{{Ep|Marge vs. the Monorail}}
*{{Ep|Selma's Choice}}
*{{Ep|Brother from the Same Planet}}
*{{Ep|I Love Lisa}}
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*{{Ep|Whacking Day}}
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*{{Ep|The Joy of Sect}}
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== See also ==
*[[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]]: more info on Mr. Burns' power plant.
*[[Waylon Smithers]]: more info on Mr. Burns' assistant.
*[[Burns Manor]]: more info on Mr. Burns' mansion.

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User talk:Solar Dragon/Archive 11

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== Logo ==

Hi, Solar. I was just thinking about the wiki logo and how good it is compared to some. However, it really does need "Wikisimpsons" to appear on the logo somewhere. I ''would'' do it myself, but I don't know if I have the right software and skill to do it. Maybe it could be written using the simpsons font, similar to whats been done with the "wikia" logo? And then underneath, maybe, "The Simpsons Wiki" or something like that? Seeing as this wiki seems to be getting more popular and "going up in the world", as it is, I think adding this would help. What do you think? Prehaps somebody else could make the change if you don't have the time etc? [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 20:25, September 23, 2010 (UTC)
:The best person to ask would be [[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] as he made the spotlight image and is best at that sort of stuff. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 20:27, September 23, 2010 (UTC)
::OK. Will ask him now. Thanks, Solar! [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 20:28, September 23, 2010 (UTC)

==New Wiki Skin==
Hi, Solar. Have you had a chance to check out the new beta on the Glee, Twilight, Red Dead Redemption, Muppet, and Healthy Living Wikis? What do you think? I saw you signed the petition to stop Wikia going ahead with it - I singed it too. Im not fussed on it, to be honest. Do you think Wikia will listen to us editors, or will they go ahead with it regardless. I'd like to see how Wikisimpsons would look with the new skin, shame it isn't being used in the beta testing... [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 20:54, September 23, 2010 (UTC)
:I have been a beta tester and made my views very clear. When they make the switch, I will ask the community whether we want to move to a new Wiki client, possibly ShoutWiki. If not, I just switch to Monobook. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 20:59, September 23, 2010 (UTC)
::Ah, OK. We'll see then.. [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 21:00, September 23, 2010 (UTC)
:::I just hate this new look so much. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 21:01, September 23, 2010 (UTC)
::::Yes, same. It really is quite awful. I ''really'' do hope they don't go through with it... [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 21:03, September 23, 2010 (UTC)
:::::They will do. People hated Monaco and they went ahead with it. The difference is, they are removing Monaco too! ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 21:04, September 23, 2010 (UTC)
::::::I hate it too, but we don't know whether it will look horrible here or not. Beta testing wikis like Glee look very good. I'm sure that by customizing the entire skin and background it would look good. However, there's nothing we can do with the logo, it will be just the word "Wikisimpsons" (what's the matter with Wikia?), though we could customize it with Simpson font and a little Homer's head on top. {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 22:53, September 23, 2010 (UTC)
:::::::Oh, well. We'll just have to sit tight and see what they decide to do. [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 06:44, September 24, 2010 (UTC)
::::::::Hang on! This new skin is going to mess up all the "Tab systems" we have running. What are we going to do? [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 06:49, September 24, 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::Move away from Wikia? Tell everyone to make an account and change to Monobook to see the wiki as it should be before Wikia screwed up? ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 13:16, September 25, 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::Thats quite a BIG move to make though. And only the dedicated editors will come. There will be no spotlights to attract users and Wikia has a far larger market share of these "Wiki" projects. Im really not sure. Can't believe Wikia are messing up the wikis that users have spent so long to work on. It really annoys me! [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 13:19, September 25, 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::::And me. Maybe we should boycott Wikia or something when the change happens? ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 13:40, September 25, 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::::Im sure other wikis will be outraged by this change, especially the big ones like Wookieepedia, Lostpedia and the Doctor Who Wiki etc. I'd like to see them move to a different wiki provider and see the looks on Wikia's face. Haha! Although, Im not sure if I'd be happy with Wikisimpsons moving somewhere else. Im home here and even if they do mess me around with all this "change", I'll probably just settle back in with the new skin...I dunno. I just hope wikia dont go through with it. With all the negative feedback and comments they're getting, surely they'll change their mind! [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 13:44, September 25, 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::::::They're ignoring the negative feedback, no matter how much they say they aren't. I haven't seen any of the staff respond to the negative feedback. Maybe they know it is bad too? I actually wonder how many of the staff actually like it? But, there is the option to change to Monobook always. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 13:46, September 25, 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::::::Yes, I was thinking how many Staff users actually liked the look. Surely a few don't?! Well, I gave a ">:(" face on the feedback, and I know alot of have, so maybe, just maybe, they'll listen this time! Hang on, whats monobook? Sorry, I've seen you mention it several times (and other users) and I have no idea what it is! [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 13:49, September 25, 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::It is the official name for Wikipedia's old skin, the skin Uncyclopedia uses. It is also used on ShoutWiki and many other users prefer it to Monaco. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 13:53, September 25, 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::Ah. Yes, I know now. Yeah, that could work. Well, anything is better than this Oasis rubbish! [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 13:56, September 25, 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::::On the same topic, if none of us are happy with the new wikia skin and we don't want to stay with Wikia, we could always just go independant like The Infosphere? And just pay for a domain and ask people to donate money to us via. paypal or something similar. That would be a last resort though... [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 16:28, September 26, 2010 (UTC)

== Bart103 ==
Hi Solar, new user Bart103 has been making some changes on character categories which don't seem quite right to me. I reverted some of the changes and left him a note (not a warning) on his talk page, suggesting that he ask someone like yourself about the character categories before making any further category changes. He does not seem to be acting out of malice, which is why I left a note instead of a warning. He may show up on your talk page, another admin's, or even mine with some questions, so I figured I'd leave you a heads-up. Happy Friday! -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 13:38, September 24, 2010 (UTC)
:OK. Thanks for telling me. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 17:31, September 24, 2010 (UTC)
::On further consideration, would you mind dropping him a line about using redirects? I've already told him a couple of times that using redirects is just fine (to type just <nowiki>[[Homer]]</nowiki> instead of <nowiki>[[Homer Simpson|Homer]]</nowiki>, for example) but he seems to be insisting on doing it the long way around, making a bunch of unnecessary edits. I first dropped him a line about it on his talk page, then he replied on mine, and I added some more on his. He said he doesn't like redirects (which I sort of understand ... I've seen wikis that steered away from using them), but since our style is that they're perfectly acceptable, and in fact encouraged, then IMO he should respect the style (and avoid going to a bunch of unnecessary trouble). -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 19:25, September 25, 2010 (UTC)

== Hello ==
Hello, Solar, Goodbye. {{unsigned|DonaldoForever|16:52, 26 September 2010}}

==Main Page - 5th Birthday Celebration==
Hi. How long are you planning on having the main page decorated for its 5th birthday? I wouldn't leave it on for more than a few days... [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 18:13, September 27, 2010 (UTC)
:We'll probably remove it tomorrow. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 18:18, September 27, 2010 (UTC)

== ShoutWiki ==

I posted this on your blog, just making sure you'll see it

Got a reply from ShoutWiki about the current situation:

"Hello there Wikisimpsons administrators,

Firstly I would like to thank you for contacting ShoutWiki and for
considering us as an alternative to Wikia. We are aware that many
people are rather upset about Wikia's plans to force yet another skin
on their wikis, which causes extra work to the administrators of a
wiki.
A database dump would indeed be an easy way to import all your
articles to ShoutWiki. We also have an extension that gives users the
ability to import their user account to ShoutWiki; this process is
very transparent and users practically won't even notice the
difference as they can log in with their Wikia credentials. Attracting
contributors to the wiki would be up to you, but if you can get most
(maybe even all) of the admins to support a move then most of the
community might follow. Do take into account though that when you do
move, you will most likely lose your adminship on the Wikia wiki and
Wikia will continue maintaining their version of your wiki. That has
happened to other wikis that have moved off Wikia in the past.
On the subject of blogs, ShoutWiki has no plans or intentions to add
blogs to wikis. Though, userpages and user subpages work nicely for
that purpose. As a matter of fact, some wikis used them in a way
similar to blogs before Wikia introduced the blogs.

On ShoutWiki, you can choose the skin from many options, with the
classical Monobook being the most popular skin. There are two themes
available for Monobook: Dark and Pink. You can test these out on
ShoutWiki Hub, for example (see
http://www.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page?useskin=monobook&usetheme=dark
and http://www.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page?useskin=monobook&usetheme=pink).
Other available skins are the older Cologne Blue and the newer Modern
skin. After we have upgraded our version of the MediaWiki software to
1.16, the Vector skin will also be available.
In the future we will also have more skins available as premium (paid)
features; including the ever-popular Monaco skin! If you're interested
in these, feel free to check out our Premium Examples Wiki at
http://premium.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Special:Preferences.

Thank you for your interest in ShoutWiki and we hope to see you
editing in the future!"

Regards,
--
--Jack Phoenix
Customer Support Team, ShoutWiki
http://www.shoutwiki.com"

--[[User:Smiley12#|Smiley]][[User talk:Smiley12#|12]] was here at 01:23, September 29, 2010 (UTC)

:Wow. That seems really good. Like the Vector and Monaco skins coming. That feature to allow users to move as well is good. Just, Wow. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 05:19, September 29, 2010 (UTC)

== Deor ==

You should probably take a look at new user Deor. S/he seems to be making a bunch of useless edits, presumably for the sole purpose of getting badges. When you look at the history of articles where Deor has done edits, no changes at all show up in the wording, but it shows Deor adding a paragraph that already existed, which seems like a useless edit to me. Thanks. -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 19:27, September 29, 2010 (UTC)

== Also, U.C. 65.34.149.110 ==

The above U.C. has done nothing but vandalize, in spite of being warned. IMO a suspension is warranted, but that's an admin call. Thanks again. -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 19:36, September 29, 2010 (UTC)
:I would have noticed these sooner except I have been a bit busy ranting on the Wikia staff blog... :D ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 19:40, September 29, 2010 (UTC)
:Certainly understandable under the circumstances. And apologies if I came off as a little testy .. I was on my lunch at work, figured I'd make a quick check on the Wiki, and got annoyed to see two vandals making a mess. -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 19:43, September 29, 2010 (UTC)
::No problem. I'm getting a bit bored of saying the same things anyway. :D ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 19:44, September 29, 2010 (UTC)

==AWA==
Hey, I created an [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:List_of_wikis_moving/anti-Wikia_alliance Anti-Wikia Alliance]. --[[User:Smiley12#|Smiley]][[User talk:Smiley12#|12]] was here at 00:40, September 30, 2010 (UTC)
:WoWwiki is on the list!!! ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 05:18, September 30, 2010 (UTC)

== RE:wikia ==

ok i completey understand. i heard rumors saying wikia was forcing but now i understand.

[[User:Lewleworange|Lewleworange]] 18:21, October 5, 2010 (UTC)

== Hi ==

Aren't you apart of Ben 10 Fan Fiction wiki? [[User:Duncan Crook]]
:I was just cleaning up some spam after someone. I don't edit there. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 05:08, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

==IRC==
Won't be on IRC at 10:00, I'm busy. Just letting you know. --[[User:Smiley12#|Smiley]][[User talk:Smiley12#|12]] was here at 19:44, October 6, 2010 (UTC)
:OK. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 20:02, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

== Leaving? ==

Are you leaving Wikia? Or do you dislike something? (I read your message on your profile) --'''[[User:Knightrez|Knightrez]]'''([[User talk:Knightrez|Talk]]) 02:25, October 7, 2010 (UTC)
:I will most probably make an occasional comment. I will otherwise tell others over IRC to say things. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 05:22, October 7, 2010 (UTC)

==Barts first a==

Which is the episode where they are celebrating barts first a DarthRishda

:At the very beginning of [[Homer vs. Dignity]]. -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 00:52, October 8, 2010 (UTC)

== Concerns ==

While I'm not happy about Wikia's little skin infection, I'm concerned about the popularity of Wikisimpson and other wikis which will be moving/have moved already. How are we supposed to elevate our wiki back to the way it currently is now?
[[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] 12:21, October 8, 2010 (UTC)
:It will take a lot of work and mentioning it on forums etc. We will try and get links on other Simpsons websites to get more activity. Once we move content over, the Google ranking will increase due to more pages and more references to The Simpsons and Wikisimpsons. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 13:11, October 8, 2010 (UTC)

== Sitenotice ==

Sarah removed our entire sitenotice. I reverted her edit then she got some staff member to come and remove the sitenotice again... hmm... --[[User:Smiley12#|Smiley]][[User talk:Smiley12#|12]] was here at 03:17, October 9, 2010 (UTC)

I wish you hadn't gotten yourself blocked, because I'm pretty sure a move would be a bad idea. Before, I was sold because I thought this wikia would have to start over. Instead, it will remain as it is. It also has the benefit of being older, being higher in google, being part of wikia and having more IP users. Sure, it would lose a lot of editors, but more would come. As much as I hate the new skin, this whole time I've been trying to urge users to stay calm, think things through and wait until the new skin is implemented. Instead, you got yourself blocked and we now have a no-win situation: Stay, lose some of our top editors and compete against them; or move to a new site and compete against wikia. And, make no mistake about it, if we move, I'm sure they'll do everything they can to bring in new users. -- [[User:Brian McClure|Brian McClure]] 17:16, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

:Well, you are right about one thing. Even if we get a wave of older users who have a lot of edits come and oppose a move, I will still be moving. We can increase our Google rank. It will take work and effort but I reckon we could be able to get on the first page for the search term Wikisimpsons. Of course Wikia will try to get new users. Someone will try to draw them to the other wiki. We have plans to change this wiki. Come on IRC to find out. I bet staff are patrolling my page and I don't want them to know. [[User:Solar Dragon|Solar Dragon]] 17:31, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
::Don't you realize that the wikia people KNOW that you're going to try to sabotage the site on your way out and thus will be watching for anything suspicious? This is just like the conflict we had a few months back - you got yourself blocked and now editors are either with you or against you. I want nothing to do with any of this. One side there's a group of paid people who make money off people's volunteering who don't give a damn about us. On the other side is a group of volunteers who are over-reacting, would rather create drama than edit and are doing as much as wikia to scare away new editors. This whole idiotic situation has sapped what little will I had to contribute to this (or any new) site. -- [[User:Brian McClure|Brian McClure]] 17:39, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
::
==Important==
Hello, I'm german, so sorry for my might bad english. i have an important question. from which episode comes this monty burns-quote:

"Well, that's odd ... I've just robbed a man of his livelihood, and yet I
feel strangely empty. Tell you what, Smithers - have him beaten to a pulp."
:My sister have to know it for her universty-text about the simpsons. It would be so cool, if you could answer this question. [[User:Brawlgamer|Brawlgamer]] 17:03, October 29, 2010 (UTC)

::I have practically left the wiki. Please only bother me with important notices here. try asking on the [[Forum:Index|Forums]]. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 19:29, October 29, 2010 (UTC)

== Adding Pages to Categorys ==

Hi, err how do you add pages to catagorys? I'm tryin' to get the badges for it? [[User:ToyStoryFan123|ToyStoryFan123]] 09:55, October 30, 2010 (UTC)

No.no.no I'm not just doing it for the badges, I'm doing it because I want to help the wiki from[[User:ToyStoryFan123|ToyStoryFan123]] 10:06, October 30, 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Solar Dragon/Archive 11

2010-10-30T09:55:42Z

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I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot/Quotes

2010-10-29T14:36:58Z

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== Quotes ==

*'''Homer''': "Bart! Are you okay? I brought my home-made first aid kit with instant spring action."
''{Homer opens the box and the supplies all get stuck in his head}''

*'''Homer''': (in letter) Bart, if this robot doesn't prove that I love you, then you can both go to hell"

'''Principal Skinner''': That's a cheat.

'''Lisa''': I guess you're right Principal Tanzarian

'''Skinner''': Lisa, Snowball II

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I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot/Quotes

2010-10-29T14:35:59Z

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== Quotes ==

*'''Homer''': "Bart! Are you okay? I brought my home-made first aid kit with instant spring action."
''{Homer opens the box and the supplies all get stuck in his head}''

*'''Homer''': (in letter) Bart, if this robot doesn't prove that I love you, then you can both go to hell"

'''Principal Skinner''': That's a cheat.
'''Lisa''': I guess you're right Principal Tanzarian

'''Skinner''': Lisa, Snowball II

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'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky/References

2010-10-29T13:08:57Z

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==Trivia==
*When Homer and Lisa are at the shop where they buy the telescope if you look closely in the background you can see Leather Craft from the episode "Sunday, Cruddy, Sunday".
*Miss Springfield appeared previously with Mayor Quimby at the Olde Off-Ramp Inn in "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington".
*Rigel 7, the home of [[Kang and Kodos]] is mentoined
*The name of this episode is a reference to the 1960's classic 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky.

==Notes==
*This episode won the 2004 Annie Award for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Television Production.
*The song accompanying the Starry Night sky scenes in this episode is "Vincent (Starry Starry Night)" by Don Mclean
*The hood ornament on Fat Tony's car is actually an Emmy award.

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Itchy & Scratchy Land/Quotes

2010-10-29T12:33:54Z

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'''Marge '''''(sleepily)'': Homer, maybe we ought to stop.

'''Homer '''''(drowsy)'': I...am...not...tired.

''(A car crashes. Bart is looking outside of a motel window and sees it is a car of the same make, model, and color as the Simpson family car)''

'''Bart''': Boy, I am so glad that was not us. Thanks for finding this motel for us, Dad.

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'''Announcer''': Attention, Marge Simpson, we have arrested your son.

'''Woman''': I'd be terribly embarassed if I were that boy's mother.

''(Marge hears from this and feels embarassed)''
'''Announcer''':''' '''Attention, Marge Simpson, we have also arrested your older, balder, fatter son.

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'''Marge''': Can't we go anywhere without this family being associated with trouble? I am disgusted with the both of you!

'''Homer''': But Marge, I was a political prisoner!

'''Marge''': For kicking a costumed mouse in the rear?

'''Homer''': Must I explain everything to you?

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'''Bart''': Hey, mouse, say "cheese". ''(takes a picture of an Itchy robot by his camera, resulting in it collapsing) ''With cool, dry wit like that, I could be an action hero.
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Lisa: Mom, Dad, Bart’s dead!

(Lisa runs into the room with Bart on a wagon and Marge and Homer both gasp.)

Bart: That’s right, dead serious about going to Itchy and Scratchy Land!
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Lisa: Who are all these characters?

Bart: Well, you're probably too young to remember the short lived Itchy & Scratchy and Friends Hour. They had to come up with some friends. There's Disgruntled Goat, Uncle Ant, Klu Klux Clam . . .

Lisa: Oh yeah. They weren't very funny.
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PA Announcer #1: Mop and bucket man to the exit of the Nauseator. Mop and bucket man to the exit of the Nauseator.

PA Announcer #2: We have another jumper on the roof of TGI McScratchy's.

PA Announcer #3: We need more Bort license plates in the Gift Shop. Repeat, we are sold out of Bort license plates.
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Ticket Taker at Euro Itchy & Scratchy Land: (with French accent) Hello? Itchy & Scratchy Land - open for business! Who are you to resist it, huh?! C'mon, my last paycheck bounced! My children need wine! (yells in French)
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Marge: Come to think of it, this was the best vacation ever. Now, let us never speak of it again.
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(Hans Moleman is inside a phone booth at the bird sanctuary with birds attacking him.)

Moleman: (Into phone) Hello, I need the largest seed bell you have. (Pause) No, that's too big!
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Marge: Now, wait a minute, I'm not sure about this. Every time we've ever gone on vacation, I end up being horribly embarrassed. We
end up in a big fight and we come home more miserable than when we left.
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Marge: This year I want us to do things together as a family, and get a lot of good exercise outdoors so we'll have a lot of wonderful
memories of our vacation.

Bart: Don't worry Mom, we'll make you proud of us. [Homer packs a suitcase and lists off the items]

Homer: Lobster hat, Fishnet Speedo Junior, wheelie shoes, "Invisible Dog" leash...[laughs] Well, I'm packed.
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Marge [to Grampa]: And remember, every morning give one bowl of Kibble to Santa's Little Helper. Do you want me to write any of this down?

Grampa: No! I ain't senile, dad-blast it.

Marge: OK, bye bye.

Homer: Bye!

Bart: Bye!

Lisa: Bye, Grampa!

[Homer drives off]

Grampa: Wait a minute! What was that last thing you said? "Grampa's Little Helper"...what's that? [looks to the animals] Which one of
you is the mailman? [animals roll their eyes slowly towards one another]
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Homer: [looking at the map] North...south...aw, nuts to this! I'm going to take a shortcut.

Marge: Homer, no, you're going to get lost.

Homer: Trust me, Marge. With today's modern cars, you can't get lost, what with all the silicon chips and such.
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Homer: One adult and four children.

Woman: Would you like to buy some Itchy and Scratchy Money?

Homer: What's that?

Woman: Well it's money that's made just for the park. It works just like regular money, but it's, er..."fun".

Bart: Do it, Dad.

Homer: Well, OK, if it's fun...let's see, uh...I'll take $1100 worth. [he walks in and sees all the signs: "No I&S Money", "We Don't Take
Itchy and Scratchy Money", etc.] Aw!
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Helicopter Pilot: Welcome to Itchy and Scratchyland, where nothing can possib-lie go wrong. PossibLY go wrong. That's the first thing that's ever gone wrong.
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Bart: [to the waiter while at the restaurant] I'll have a Brain Burger with extra pus, please.

Marge: Bart!

Homer: Eyeball stew.
Marge: Homer! We just got here and already I'm mortified beyond belief by your embarrassing behavior.

Bart: I was just ordering a cheeseburger, Mom. They have violent names for everything here.
Marge: Oh, I see. All right, hmm...I'll have the Baby Guts.

Waiter: Lady, you disgust me. Ew.

Lisa: Mom, that's real.

Marge: Oh..
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Lisa: Aw, look at that cute little baby ax.

[a baby ax runs to catch up with bigger axes]

Marge: It's cute, but I'm sure it's very sharp and probably dirty.
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Homer: It is 70's! Right down to the smallest detail.

Marge: Hey...the bartender even looks like John Travolta.

Bartender: Yeah..."looks like".
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Bart: Look at all this great stuff, Lis! [finds a vanity license plate rack] Cool...personalized plates! "Barclay"..."Barry"..."Bert"...
"Bort"? Aw, come on. "Bort"?
Child: Mommy, mommy! Buy me a license plate.

Mother: No. Come along, Bort.
Man: Are you talking to me?

Mother: No, my son is also named Bort.
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Bandleader: Welcome to T. G. I. McScratchy's where it's constantly New Year's Eve. Here we go again! Three, two, one!

Everyone: Happy new year! ["Auld Lang Syne" starts up]

[a waiter walks up with champagne glasses]

Marge: It must be wonderful to ring in the new year over and over and over.

Waiter: Please, kill me.
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Marge: Oh, I'm so embarrassed I wish there was a hole I could just crawl into and die.

Officer: OK, throw her in the hole.

Marge: Oh, please: it was just a figure of speech!
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Bart: Who would have thought that our visit to Itchy and Scratchy Land would turn out to be our best vacation ever?

Lisa: Yeah, best ever!

Marge: Are you two bonkers? We almost got killed...not to mention all the embarrassment I suffered.

Lisa: But Mom, it's exactly what you wanted in a vacation: it brought us together as a family, we got a lot of good exercise outdoors,
and we have so many memories.

Marge: [pause] You know, you're right. This truly was the best vacation ever. Now let us never speak of it again.
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Marge: I hope you realize now that violence on TV may be funny, but it's not so funny when that violence is happening to you.

Bart: But it would be funny to someone who was watching us.

Marge: Hmm...

Lisa: No, Mom, he's right. [takes off her shoe] Observe [throws it at Bart]

[Marge laughs involuntarily; Lisa and Bart laugh too]

Marge: Oh, my! Lisa, go to your room.

Lisa: Aw..
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Lemon of Troy/Quotes

2010-10-29T12:28:48Z

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:'''[[Ned Flanders|Flanders]]''': "Look, I called the police captain in Shelbyville and he said he hadn't seen them. But if they show up in the morgue, he's gonna fax us."

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:'''[[Bart]]''': "And now I'm going to teach some kids a lesson."
:'''[[Marge]]''': "I choose to take that literally."
:'''Bart''': "Death to Shelbyville!"
:'''[[Homer]]''': "Yes, Bart's a tutor now. Tute on, son! Tute on!"
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:'''[[Todd]]''': "Danger coming! Behind us!"
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:'''[[Milhouse]]''': "That kid said radical. I say radical! That's the thing that I say!"
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:'''[[Martin]]''': "A car impound lot. The impenetrable fortress of suburbia."
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:'''Bart''': "Eat my shorts, Shelbyville!"
:'''Homer''': "Yeah, Shelbyville,eat my shorts!"
:'''Ned''': "Yes, eat all of our shirts!"
::'''Homer: '''This is the darkest day in Springfield history, If anyone wants me I'll be in the shower.

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Cape Feare/Quotes

2010-10-29T12:23:56Z

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:'''Blue-Haired Lawyer''': "But isn't it true that you have the words 'Die, Bart, Die' tattooed across your chest?"
:'''Bob''': "Heavens No! That's German for 'the Bart, the'."
:'''Official''': "No one who speaks German could be an evil man."

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:'''Sideshow Bob: "'''Hello Bart!"
:'''Bart: "'''Mom, Dad!"
:'''Sideshow Bob: "'''Your family can't help you now."
:''(The rest of the family, including Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II, are tied up)''
:'''[[Lisa]]''': ''(seeing Homer asleep with some drool)'' "OH NO! Dad's been drugged!"
:'''[[Marge]]''': ''(annoyed)'' "No, he hasn't!"

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: '''[[Sideshow Bob]]''': "Now, Bart, any last requests?"
: '''[[Bart Simpson]]''': ''(sees a sign that says "Springfield 15 Mi" pass behind Bob, decides to buy himself some time)'' "Well, there was one, but... Naah, forget it."
: '''Sideshow Bob''': "No, go on."
: '''Bart Simpson''': "It's just that you have such a beautiful voice..."
: '''Sideshow Bob''': "Guilty as charged."
: '''Bart Simpson''': "Uh huh. Anyway, I was wondering if you could sing the entire score of the "H.M.S. Pinafore."
: '''Sideshow Bob''': "Very well, Bart. I shall send you to Heaven before I send you to Hell. and a 1 and a 2 and ''(singing) We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship's a beauty. We are sober men and true, and attentive to our duty..."''
:(later)
:''"I'm called Little Buttercup, poor Little Buttercup, though I could never tell why..." ''

:(later)
:'''Sideshow Bob:''' ''..."What never?" ''
:'''Bart:''' ''"No never."''
:'''Sideshow Bob:''' ''"What never?"''
:'''Bart:'''"Hardly ever!
: '''Bart and Sideshow Bob''': ''"He's hardly ever sick at sea..."''

: (later)
: '''Sideshow Bob''': ''"... For he himself has said it, and it's clearly to his credit, that he is an Englishman. He remai-hains ah-han Eh-heh-heh-heh-heh-hengLISHman!"'' (spoken) And now (''draws his sword'') the final curtain..."(''walks towards Bart. The boat hits a rock and Bob is sent flying''. ''[[Clancy Wiggum|Chief Wiggum]] [[Eddie and Lou|and other policemen are]] on shore in their bathrobes'')
:

: '''Chief Wiggum: '''(''cocks his gun'') "Hold it right there, Sideshow Bob. You're under arrest."
:

: '''Sideshow Bob: '''"By Lucifer's beard!"
:

----
:'''Bart: '''Who'd want to hurt me? I'm this century's Dennis the Menace.

{{Season 5 Q}}
[[Category:Quotes]]

Alex

2010-10-28T14:17:58Z

ToyStoryFan123:

{{Disambig}}

'''Alex '''may refer to:
==Characters==
*[[Alex Whitney]], a new girl at [[Springfield Elementary]].
*[[Alex (I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can)|Alex]], a smart boy with big round glasses who entered and won the Spellympics.
==Guest Stars==
*[[Alex Rocco]]
*[[Alex Trebek]]
[[Category:Disambiguation]]

Alex Whitney

2010-10-28T14:17:30Z

ToyStoryFan123:

{{Character
|name = Alexandra Whitney
|image = [[File:Alex.jpg|left|250px]]
|gender = {{Female}}
|hair = Blond
|age = Unknown
|job = Student at Springfield Elementary School
|relatives = Unknown
|appearance = "[[Lard of the Dance]]"
|voiced by = [[Lisa Kudrow]]
}}

This is an article about a guest star in [[Lard of the Dance]] for any other people called Alex click [[Alex|here.]]

'''Alexandra "Alex" Whitney''' is a popular "grown-up" girl in [[Lisa Simpson]]'s class.

== Biography ==
Alex is quite a "mature" girl for her age. She has a mobile phone, purse, credit cards and enjoys dances. She pierces her and her friends ears with the help of thumb tacks and a whole lot of paper towels. She enjoys shopping on credit and dating. Her favorite scent is Calvin Klein's Pretension and favorite drink is iced tea. She uses slang usually reserved for older girls. She mentions her parents are extremely rich. She always has lip gloss, perfume and a spare pair of platform shoes in her pink fuzzy back pack. She's a bit spoiled however her looks make up for that.<ref>[[Lard of the Dance]]</ref>

She was seen lining up for a gymnastics class with Lisa, and joined a Tap Dancing school owned by [[Vicky Valentine]] <ref>[[Last Tap Dance in Springfield]]</ref>.

==Behind the Laughter==
In [[Lard of the Dance]], Alex Whitney is voiced by [[Lisa Kudrow]], who voiced Phoebe in the sitcom ''{{w|Friends}}''. Coincidentally, she also tells Lisa at one point to "not be such a Phoebe."

== Appearances ==
* {{ep|Lard of the Dance}}
* {{ep|Last Tap Dance in Springfield}}
* {{ep|Little Girl in the Big Ten}}
* {{ep|Father Knows Worst}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Simpsons characters}}
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[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]
[[Category:Springfield Elementary School students]]
[[Category:Children]]
[[Category:Recurring characters]]
[[Category:Characters voiced by guest stars]]

Alex Whitney

2010-10-28T14:16:55Z

ToyStoryFan123:

{{Character
|name = Alexandra Whitney
|image = [[File:Alex.jpg|left|250px]]
|gender = {{Female}}
|hair = Blond
|age = Unknown
|job = Student at Springfield Elementary School
|relatives = Unknown
|appearance = "[[Lard of the Dance]]"
|voiced by = [[Lisa Kudrow]]
}}

This is an article about a guest star in [[Lard of the Dance]] for any other people called Alek click [[Alex (disambiguation)|here.]]

'''Alexandra "Alex" Whitney''' is a popular "grown-up" girl in [[Lisa Simpson]]'s class.

== Biography ==
Alex is quite a "mature" girl for her age. She has a mobile phone, purse, credit cards and enjoys dances. She pierces her and her friends ears with the help of thumb tacks and a whole lot of paper towels. She enjoys shopping on credit and dating. Her favorite scent is Calvin Klein's Pretension and favorite drink is iced tea. She uses slang usually reserved for older girls. She mentions her parents are extremely rich. She always has lip gloss, perfume and a spare pair of platform shoes in her pink fuzzy back pack. She's a bit spoiled however her looks make up for that.<ref>[[Lard of the Dance]]</ref>

She was seen lining up for a gymnastics class with Lisa, and joined a Tap Dancing school owned by [[Vicky Valentine]] <ref>[[Last Tap Dance in Springfield]]</ref>.

==Behind the Laughter==
In [[Lard of the Dance]], Alex Whitney is voiced by [[Lisa Kudrow]], who voiced Phoebe in the sitcom ''{{w|Friends}}''. Coincidentally, she also tells Lisa at one point to "not be such a Phoebe."

== Appearances ==
* {{ep|Lard of the Dance}}
* {{ep|Last Tap Dance in Springfield}}
* {{ep|Little Girl in the Big Ten}}
* {{ep|Father Knows Worst}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Simpsons characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitney, Alex}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]
[[Category:Springfield Elementary School students]]
[[Category:Children]]
[[Category:Recurring characters]]
[[Category:Characters voiced by guest stars]]

Take My Life, Please

2010-10-28T14:12:58Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Production */

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|image = HD_opening.jpg
|Episode Number = 430
|productionCode = LABF01
|originalAirdate = 15 February 2009
|blackboardText = HDTV is worth every cent
|couchGag = The Simpsons notice the couch isn't there and chase it through the world and into space and come back to Earth, burning up on reentry, smashing through the roof of the house onto the couch. Homer turns the TV on.
|billboard = [[Krusty]] now doing funerals
|titlescreen = A three-eyed crow flies by
|tv =
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|Show Runner =
|Written By = [[Don Payne]]
|Directed By = [[Steven Dean Moore]]
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"'''Take My Life, Please'''" is the tenth episode of [[Season 20]]. This episode was the first episode broadcast in HD and the new show opening sequence.

==Synopsis==
[[Vance Connor]] is inducted into the Springfield wall of fame, and Homer recalls how he ran against Vance for school president. After discovering that the real ballot box was hidden, Homer searches for it and finds it - only to discover that he should have won. The family go to Luigi's restaurant, and meet a man who can tell people's fates by stirring tomato sauce, and Homer sees what his life would've been like had he been class president.

==Plot==
A man named [[Vance Connor]] is inducted into the [[Springfield Wall of Fame]], and [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] recounts how he ran against Vance for class president in high school and lost. Later, at [[Moe's Tavern]], [[Carl Carlson|Carl]] and [[Lenny Leonard|Lenny]] confess to Homer that his [[Principal Dondelinger|old high school principal]] had ordered them to bury the ballot box containing the votes to the election. After Homer and Lenny dig up the ballot box, [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] counts the votes, and Homer is shocked to see that the votes put him as the winner. Outraged, he meets his old principal in a retirement center, who explains why he had to hide the ballot box: Two student athletes had talked their classmates into voting for Homer so that, after he had won, they could laugh at him all the way through high school and at every reunion. Al Gore, himself, appears in Moe's Tavern and told Homer how he had felt when he had the 2000 presidential election stolen from him.
The Simpsons later have dinner at [[Luigi's]], where Homer remains miserable. [[Luigi Risotto]] introduces him to his saucier, who he claims can tell what someone's life could have been like by stirring tomato sauce in a certain way. By using his magical tomato sauce, he helps Homer see what his life would have been like if he had won the election: Homer would have been rich, he would have had a better position at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|nuclear plant]], would have lived in a mansion on the site where the [[Ned Flanders|Flanders]] now live and wouldn't be bald. Marge would have been better-looking, and the kids would not have been born because Homer would have remembered to use protection before sex. Homer is depressed after seeing that his life would have been a lot better if he had won, even leaping into the pot to try to "live in the sauce".
Homer later agrees to take a walk with Marge to the Springfield Wall of Fame where his name has been put up (replacing [[Seymour Skinner]]). A boy then has his picture taken with him. Homer, now much happier, goes to a Korean restaurant that Bart says 'sells beef that spells the date of your death'.

==Production==
The episode was written by [[Don Payne]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It was the first episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' to air in 720p high-definition television, though not the first time the show has appeared in high-definition, as ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' was rendered in HD.

===New [[Opening Sequence]]===
:''See the full article on the Opening Sequences, [[Opening Sequence|here]].''

This episode marks the first time the opening sequence was used in HD. The differences include:
*A three-eyed crow flies past the Simpsons logo in the sky.
*[[Kearney Zzyzwicz|Kearney]] and [[Jimbo Jones|Jimbo]] are seen sawing off the head of the [[Jebediah Springfield]] statue during the swoop across town. The head lands on [[Ralph Wiggum]], about to eat an ice cream cone.
*During Bart's chalkboard gag, the potrait on the classroom wall is now Homer as an astronaut
*As Bart skates out of school, he flies past a pile of [[Groundskeeper Willie]]'s leaves, revealing [[Barney]] lying on the ground.
*Behind Homer is [[Carl Carlson|Carl]] and [[Lenny Leonard|Lenny]] putting up the number three on a sign that says "Days Without an Accident." When the whistle blows, they fall off the ladder.
*Behind Marge is [[Patty and Selma|Patty & Selma]] checking out a bunch of cigarettes.
*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, as she is mistakenly packaged with the groceries.
*Marge does not sigh with relief when [[Maggie]] is appears in the shopping bag, instead she just turns around like this is an average everyday thing.
*When Maggie pops out of the shopping bag, she shakes her fist with [[Baby Gerald]] in a nearby cart.
*In the orchestra room, there is an added picture of [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]] on the wall.
*Sherri & Terri are playing video games, rather than playing the flutes.
*At the end of Lisa's sax solo, she ducks inside briefly and smiles.
*When Homer throws the bar out of the window, it lands near [[Otto Mann]], who eats it.
*Bart now skates past [[Sideshow Bob]], [[Helen Lovejoy]], [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon|Apu]] with his children, the [[Comic Book Guy]], [[Disco Stu]], [[Crazy Cat Lady]], [[The Rich Texan]], and [[Clancy Wiggum|Chief Wiggum]]. Marge's car drives over [[Hans Moleman]]'s manhole.
*Now [[Abraham Simpson|Grandpa]] is shown in the car next to Maggie who sits in the middle. When she and Marge honk the horn, Grandpa wakes up and spits out his false teeth.
*The pan across Springfield features more characters like [[God]] and the [[Devil]].
*After Lisa drives past Homer on her bike, he is too late to avoid Marge's car and gets shoved through the wall of the house.
*The old television set is now replaced with an HDTV. At the end of the theme, it falls, as if hanged on the wall.
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==Reception==
UGO wrote: "When the self-referential jokes about the episode’s switch to HD were the things that made me laugh the most, and they last only a few seconds, I realized something was not good. This may be 'The Sharpest. Episode. Ever.' but is definitely not the funniest. Still, there are some genuinely endearing bitter-sweet moments in the episode, but still it’s not enough to drive the show into the un-chartable funny waters that it used to live in."

{{season 20}}

[[pt:Take My Life, Please]]
[[Category:Season 20]]
[[Category:Real World Articles]]
[[Category:2009]]
[[Category:Homer episodes]]
[[Category:WGA Award nominated episodes]]

User:ToyStoryFan123

2010-10-28T13:58:43Z

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==About me==

I am ToyStoryFan123 I do Pixar wiki plus many others like Spongebob wiki and this wiki!

==Least Favourite Characters==
*[[Gerald]]
*[[Lester]]
*[[Eliza]]
*[[Steve Mobbs]]
*[[Comic Book Guy]]
*[[Mayor Quimby]]
*[[Marge Simpson]]

==Favorite Episodes ==
* [[The Colour Yellow]]
* Favorite episode #2
* Favorite episode #3

==Favorite Characters ==
* [[Maggie Simpson]]
* [[Bart Simpson]]
* [[Lisa Simpson]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez]]
*[[Homer Simpson]]
*[[Matt Groening]]
*[[Itchy]]
*[[Scratchy]]

==Least Favourite Episodes==
*[[I (Annoyed Grunt)bot]]
*[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]
*[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]].

User:ToyStoryFan123

2010-10-28T13:53:44Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Favorite Characters */

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==About me==

I am ToyStoryFan123 I do Pixar wiki plus many others like Spongebob wiki and this wiki!

==Least Favourite Characters==
*[[Gerald]]
*[[Lester]]
*[[Eliza]]
*[[Steve Mobbs]]
*[[Comic Book Guy]]
*[[Mayor Quimby]]
*[[Marge Simpson]]

==Favorite Episodes ==
* [[The Colour Yellow]]
* Favorite episode #2
* Favorite episode #3

==Favorite Characters ==
* [[Maggie Simpson]]
* [[Bart Simpson]]
* [[Lisa Simpson]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez]]
*[[Homer Simpson]]
*[[Matt Groening]]
*[[Itchy]]
*Scratchy

==Least Favourite Episodes==
*[[I (Annoyed Grunt)bot]]
*[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]
*[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]].

User:ToyStoryFan123

2010-10-28T13:52:11Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Least Favourite Characters */

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==About me==

I am ToyStoryFan123 I do Pixar wiki plus many others like Spongebob wiki and this wiki!

==Least Favourite Characters==
*[[Gerald]]
*[[Lester]]
*[[Eliza]]
*[[Steve Mobbs]]
*[[Comic Book Guy]]
*[[Mayor Quimby]]
*[[Marge Simpson]]

==Favorite Episodes ==
* [[The Colour Yellow]]
* Favorite episode #2
* Favorite episode #3

==Favorite Characters ==
* [[Maggie Simpson]]
* [[Bart Simpson]]
* [[Lisa Simpson]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez]]
==Least Favourite Episodes==
*[[I (Annoyed Grunt)bot]]
*[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]
*[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]].

User:ToyStoryFan123

2010-10-28T13:50:48Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Least Favourite Characters */

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==About me==

I am ToyStoryFan123 I do Pixar wiki plus many others like Spongebob wiki and this wiki!

==Least Favourite Characters==
*[[Gerald]]
*[[Lester]]
*[[Eliza]]
*[[Steve Mobbs]]
*[[Comic Book Guy]]

==Favorite Episodes ==
* [[The Colour Yellow]]
* Favorite episode #2
* Favorite episode #3

==Favorite Characters ==
* [[Maggie Simpson]]
* [[Bart Simpson]]
* [[Lisa Simpson]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez]]
==Least Favourite Episodes==
*[[I (Annoyed Grunt)bot]]
*[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]
*[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]].

Wikisimpsons:Featured article

2010-10-28T13:45:37Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Support (5) */

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The '''featured articles''' of the wiki are articles that represent the best [[Wikisimpsons]] has to offer.

So just what makes a featured article? Well, we've prepared a list just in case someone should ask that, and it is as follows.

<big>''An article must...''</big>

#...be well written and detailed
#...be unbiased, from a neutral point of view
#...be sourced with all available sources and appearances
#...follow the [[Wikisimpsons:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]
#...not be the object of any ongoing edit wars
#...not be tagged with any sort of improvement tags (i.e. more sources, expand, etc)
#...have a succinct proper lead that can be used for the front page [[Template:Featured Article|featured box]]
#...have a reasonable amount of red links; use common sense
#...have a complete, detailed biography if it's a character article
#...follow the rules in [[Wikisimpsons:Project Characters|Project Characters]] if it is a character article.

For more information on what makes a featured article, see [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:What is a featured article|Wikipedia:What is a featured article]].

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<big>''How to nominate:''</big>

#First, nominate an article you find is worthy of featured status, putting it at the bottom of the list below; see criteria above.
#Others will object to the nomination if they disagree that the article is good enough; they will then supply reasons for doing so, and ways to improve the article (errors, style, organization, images, notability, sources).
#Supporters adjust the article until the objectors (with reasonable objections) are satisfied.
#The article is placed on the featured article list and added to the front page queue.
#Also, if, at least a week after the article's nomination, that article has 5 supports and no objections, it will be added to the queue, and will be officially known as a "featured article".

<big>''How to vote:''</big>

#Before doing anything, be sure to read the article completely, keeping a sharp eye out for mistakes.
#Afterwards, compare the article to the criteria listed above, and then either '''support''' or '''object''' the article's nomination.
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#Once all objectors' complaints have been solved (or the article has 5 supports and no objections after at least a week), the article will be added to the queue and be officially known as a "featured article".
#A user can only nominate one article a month.
#All nominations must be put at the bottom of the page.

Also remember to add '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:nominated|nominated]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>''' at the top of the article you are nominating.

== Featured article nominations ==

== September 2010 ==

==[[Lenny Leonard]]==
I read the article and I thought it should be featured [[User:Pokeman223|Pokeman223]]

===Support (7)===
#OK. Looks good. {{User:Solar Dragon/Signature}} 15:48, June 5, 2010 (UTC)
#Seems alright. {{User:Effluvium/sig}} 21:06, June 18, 2010 (UTC)
#it looks alright locke97 10:06 july 5, 2010
#>[[User:Dohayecarumbadoh|D'oh! ¡Ay Carumba! D'oh!]] ''([[User talk:Dohayecarumbadoh|Talk Page This-Away!]])'' 22:32, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
#My favorite article! Support it! [[user:TheCritic|The Critic]] [[User talk:TheCritic|Critisize me here!]]
#Yes!!! [[User:TheSimpsons|'''TheSimpsons''']] [[User talk:TheSimpsons|'''Talk''']] 20:20, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
#Yeah. [[User:Waterboy 12|Waterboy 12]] 13:24, August 23, 2010 (UTC)
#Deftinley![[User:Lewleworange|Lewleworange]] 06:56, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

===Neutral(0)===

===Oppose(0)===

===Comments===
*Rest of the article seems fine but the appearences section is incomplete. [[User:Josegiraffio|Josegiraffio]] 19:21, June 6, 2010 (UTC)
*The Strongest Support Ever! [[User:TheSimpsons|'''TheSimpsons''']] [[User talk:TheSimpsons|'''Talk''']] 00:53, August 8, 2010 (UTC)

==[[Cecil Terwilliger]]==
Cecil has always been overshadowed by Bob, but hopefully not for a chance at being featured article! This article is huge if you remember how he was in 2 episodes, a cameo in one, and a comic. A great, great article and since he is not well known would draw people's attention. - [[Special:Contributions/68.42.65.64|68.42.65.64]] 00:50, July 4, 2010 (UTC)
Oops, forgot to sign in. - [[User:ThePlatypus|ThePlatypus]] 00:55, July 4, 2010 (UTC)

===Support (7)===
#Yeah, looks fine. {{User:Effluvium/sig}} 14:52, July 4, 2010 (UTC)
#I saw nothing wrong with it http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/User:Locke97 8:48 jul 5, 2010
#Sounds like a great idea. 12:52, July 15, 2010
#All seems fine and is long. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 08:38, August 1, 2010 (UTC)
#Cecil is to cool. And the page is pretty good as well.
#Looks good to me. I really enjoyed the episodes and the comic he was in, and the article is well-written too. [[User:Kittykatmeow10|Kittykatmeow10]] 01:22, October 14, 2010 (UTC)
#Yes, very good I like him. [[User:ToyStoryFan123|ToyStoryFan123]] 13:45, October 28, 2010 (UTC)

===Neutral (1)===
This isn't the best, but not the worst. TheSimpsonsRock 14:39, July 27, 2010 (UTC)

===Oppose (1)===
# Never heard of it or him or her. {{unsigned|Ponds}}
#: Thats really not a reason to oppose ----- It's Magic - [[User:Kingcjc|King]][[User_Talk:Kingcjc|cjc]] 21:12, October 12, 2010 (UTC)

===Comments===
@thesimpsonsrock: He only was in 2 episodes and a comic book, so you shouldn't expect it to be so long, but seeing how long it is for those appearances is an accomplishment. - ThePlaypus

== [[The Simpsons]] ==
A great, massive article. It is one of the best on the wiki and should be featured. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 08:37, August 1, 2010 (UTC)

=== Support (3) ===
#Totally [[User:TheSimpsons|[[User:TheSimpsons|'''TheSimpsons''']] [[User talk:TheSimpsons|'''Talk''']]]] 14:48, August 1, 2010 (UTC)
#Yup. A really good article. [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]]
#Its "The Simpsons" page what could be a better representation of the Simpsons wiki than it's main page [[User:Lordsunflash|Lordsunflash]]]

=== Neutral (0) ===

=== Oppose (0) ===

=== Comments ===
==[[Shelbyville]]==
A great article! - [[User:ThePlatypus|ThePlatypus]] 17:18, August 2, 2010 (UTC)

===Support (3)===
#A great, long article and not a character! ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 09:30, August 10, 2010 (UTC)
#Yup {{User:Effluvium/sig}} 22:21, August 10, 2010 (UTC)
#Good article. [[User:Josegiraffio|'''Josegiraffio''']] [[User talk:Josegiraffio|'''Want to talk''']] 14:34, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
#"What town was that"? "Shelbyville" said Principal Skinner All- "Cheering", Seriously, Shelbyville, should be featured, it is a funny, always mocked city in the Simpsons [[User:Mitchell.friedman|Mitchell.friedman]] 20:52, October 14, 2010 (UTC)

===Neutral (0)===

===Oppose (0)===

===Comments ===

==[[Ned Flanders]]==
Always hated but great! Has everything you need to know! [[User:TheSimpsons|'''TheSimpsons''']] [[User talk:TheSimpsons|'''Talk''']] 17:35, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

===Support (4)===
#Stupid Flanders! A really funny character. His glasses are funny. {{UnsignedIP|74.233.69.189|16:46, August 5, 2010}}
#Long article, lots of pictures, one of the best we have. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 09:34, August 10, 2010 (UTC)
#Great article! {{User:Effluvium/sig}} 22:21, August 10, 2010 (UTC)
#I agree that the article about Ned is really great. He's also pretty funny. c: [[User:Tefy-chan|Tefy-chan]] 17:54, October 9, 2010 (UTC)

===Neutral (0)===

===Oppose (0)===

===Comments===

== [[The Simpsons Movie]] ==
This is a massive article and it is a surprise it hasn't been featured already. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 06:59, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

=== Support (2) ===
#Was just about to nominate myself actually. Yeah, great article! {{User:Effluvium/sig}} 21:20, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
#Very good article [[User:Wikiboy96|Wikiboy96]] 17:56, August 30, 2010 (UTC)Wikiboy96

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==[[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team]]==

<center>This was moved from [[Wikisimpsons:Comprehensive article nominations]] due to being long enough to be featured.</center>
Probably as big as a team featured in a single episode can get. It took a lot of work, but I'm quite proud of the number of images in this one too. -- [[User:Brian McClure|Brian McClure]] 20:48, September 19, 2010 (UTC)

=== Support (9) ===
#I guessed this would be coming as soon as I saw the article coming along. It is a great article. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 20:52, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
#Great article. [[User:Gran2|Gran2]] 21:18, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
#Giant article for a softball team. {{User:TheHomer/sig}} 01:01, September 20, 2010 (UTC)
# Agree. --[[User:Smiley12#|Smiley]][[User talk:Smiley12#|12]] was here at 06:09, September 20, 2010 (UTC)
# Absolutely yes. Awesome article, Brian! -- [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] 18:18, September 20, 2010 (UTC)
# Excellent ----- It's Magic - [[User:Kingcjc|King]][[User_Talk:Kingcjc|cjc]] 20:20, September 20, 2010 (UTC)
# Yeah, [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 16:29, September 28, 2010 (UTC)
# I like it.
# An excellent article. It should totally be featured. - [[User:ThePlatypus|ThePlatypus]] 22:55, October 19, 2010 (UTC)

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*Could this possibly be a featured article actually? It has great length and detail, even for a comprehensive article. ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 05:21, September 20, 2010 (UTC)
** I was thinking that. I would support it ----- It's Magic - [[User:Kingcjc|King]][[User_Talk:Kingcjc|cjc]] 20:20, September 20, 2010 (UTC)
**I was also thinking the same thing. Its size is more befitting of featured instead of comprehensive status. And seeing all the support it's gotten here, we can just forego the featured article process and go ahead and promote it to that status. (We can possibly even make it next month's featured article.) [[User:TheUnderfaker|TheUnderfaker]] 14:51, September 21, 2010 (UTC)
***Should I just cut and paste this onto the featured article nominations then? ☆[[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]]☆ 15:10, September 21, 2010 (UTC)
***Yeah. [[User:TheUnderfaker|TheUnderfaker]] 15:24, September 21, 2010 (UTC)

==[[Fat Tony]]==
A big article for a character like Fat Tony. All appearances completed and never been featured before. [[User:Josegiraffio|'''Josegiraffio''']] [[User talk:Josegiraffio|'''Want to talk''']] 13:51, September 26, 2010 (UTC)
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#I like it [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 16:30, September 28, 2010 (UTC)

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Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious/References

2010-10-28T13:01:23Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Cultural references */

{{TabR
|episode=Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious
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==Trivia==
*{{w|Quentin Tarantino}} declined to appear as himself.
*{{w|Julie Andrews}} was the planned choice for [[Shary Bobbins]], but the staff went with [[Maggie Roswell]] instead after hearing her performance.

== Cultural references ==
* This episode is a parody on ''[[wikipedia:Mary Poppins|Mary Poppins]]'', particularly the [[wikipedia:Mary_Poppins_(film)|1964 musical film]]. It shares a similar storyline, parody musical numbers, and Shary's name itself is wordplay on Mary's.
* One of the nanny auditionees was a kindly old lady, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] reacted to this by saying: "Wait [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] I saw Mrs. Doubtfire; this is a man in drag!"
* The title is a pun on the song [[wikipedia:Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius|Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius.]]

== Goofs ==

*When [[Shary Bobbins|Shary]] is singing to the children at night, she says that a drunk ([[Barney]]) is lying on his face, but when it shows the scene within the snowglobe, Barney is lying on his back. ''She was just thinking of a rhyme.''
*When [[Chief Wiggum]] is shown during the "Cut Every Corner" number, [[Snake]] is robbing [[Hans Moleman]] in the background, but the former is shown with blue hair.

{{Season 8 R}}
[[Category:Trivia]]
[[Category:Cultural references]]

Porch Pals

2010-10-28T12:28:07Z

ToyStoryFan123:

{{I&S episode
|image=ItchyScratchyLemonade.png
|episode="[[Itchy & Scratchy & Marge]]"
|pun=None
|season=2
|director=
}}
"'''Porch Pals'''" is an episode of ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]''. It was produced after [[Marge]] successfully managed to kill cartoon violence and rather than engaging in their usual violent antics, the duo get along.

It featured special introductory titles with a new theme song indicating the pair now "Care and Share" (Literally, you can see Itchy has a heart and Scratchy with some wrapped gifts) instead of "Fight and Bite".

== Plot ==
This lovey-dovey Itchy and Scratchy cartoon is the antithesis to the violent Itchy and Scratchy cartoons. Itchy and Scratchy drink lemonade on the porch, dancing together and at the end of the episode, Scratchy reads Itchy a bedtime story.

== Trivia ==
*This was the first I&S cartoon where the pair actually speak, using radically different voices than heard later in the series and their eye pupils are much bigger than usual.
*This is the first I&S episode where [[Itchy]] does not hurt and/or kill [[Scratchy]]
[[Category:Itchy & Scratchy Show episodes]]

Team Homer/References

2010-10-27T18:42:50Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Triva */

{{TabR
|episode=Team Homer
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== Triva ==
*In the original airing of this episode, Homer's Academy Award said [[wikipedia:Haing S. Ngor|Haing S. Ngor]], but, when Ngor died, it was changed to [[wikipedia:Don_Ameche|Don Ameche]]. The second version is the one in syndication and in the Season 7 DVD boxset.
*The four members of "The Home-Wreckers" are [[Mindy Simmons]], [[Lurleen Lumpkin]], [[Princess Kashmir]] and [[Jacques]], all known to have caused tension between [[Homer]] and [[Marge]].
*The Lovejoys' and Flanders' bowling team is called "Holy Rollers", which, as well as meaning "religious bowlers", is also a slang term for evangelical Christians.
*This episode is dedicated to the memory of [[Doris Grau]], a former Simpsons script supervisor and voice actor, mainly the voice of [[Lunchlady Doris]], who passed away.
*The members of [[The Pin Pals]] were [[Apu]], [[Moe]], [[Mr. Burns]], [[Homer]] and formerly [[Otto]].

{{Season 7 R}}
[[Category:Trivia]]

Paul Anka

2010-10-27T18:33:59Z

ToyStoryFan123:

:''This article is about Paul Anka the real-life singer and guest star. For the character, please see [[Paul Anka (character)]].''
{{Guest Star
|Name = Paul Anka
|image = [[File:Paul-Anka-reallife.jpg|225px]]
|Gender = Male
|Birth = {{birthdate|1941|7|30}}
|Nationality = Canadian-American
|Claim to Fame = Singer / Songwriter
|Character = [[Paul Anka (character)|Himself]]
|Appearance = "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"
}}

'''Paul Anka''' is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter, most famous for his hit songs of the 1950s and 1960s, such as "{{w|Diana (song)|Diana}}" and "{{w|Put Your Head on My Shoulder}}". He also wrote the theme song for ''{{w|The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson}}''.

On ''The Simpsons'', Anka guest-starred as [[Paul Anka (character)|himself]] in the episode "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]". In the first segment, "Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores", he sang the song "[[Just Don't Look]]" along with [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]], which stopped all but one of the advertisement monsters. (It wasn't Anka's fault.) [[Homer Simpson]] needed extra persuasion to make him stop looking at [[Lard Lad]].

==External links==
*{{IMDB|name/nm0001912/}}
*{{Wikipedialink|Paul Anka|Paul Anka}}

==Appearances==
* {{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI}}

{{DEFAULTSORT: Anka, Paul}}
{{Season 7 Guest Stars}}
[[Category:Guest stars]]
[[Category:Self-voicing guest stars]]

Donuts

2010-10-27T18:32:37Z

ToyStoryFan123:

'''Donuts''' are a circular pastry usually containing large amounts of fat. They are most notably [[Homer Simpson]]'s favourite food. He can not live without them and doesn't like anyone else eating any of his donuts. In a [[Treehouse of Horror V|Treehouse of Horror]] episode, Homer changes the past and comes back to an alternate universe where his family is rich and happy, but when [[Marge]] does not know what a donut is, Homer goes back to the toaster to travel back through time again. However, when Homer leaves, it starts raining donuts. (Homer often panics when they are out of donuts.) In another Treehouse of Horror episode, Homer sells his soul for one. Marge wins the court case and Homer keeps his soul but his head is turned into a donut by [[Flanders the Devil|Ned Flanders.]]
[[Category:Food and drinks]]

Marge vs. the Monorail/References

2010-10-27T18:18:35Z

ToyStoryFan123:

{{TabR
|episode=Marge vs. the Monorail}}
==Cultural References==
*The episode's opening scene is a parody of the opening of [[wikipedia:The Flintstones|''The Flintstones'']], complete with the same music, to which [[Homer]] sings [[Meet the Flintstones|his own lyrics]].
*The main premise of a con man getting a town excited about something he sells but hardly knows anything about is borrowed from the musical ''Meredith Willson's The Music Man''.
*A "reverse reference" occurred in 2002 when Seattle residents opposed to a proposed monorail project held a protest event called "Coming Out With [[Marge Simpson]]." The event organizers planned to show the episode as part of the protest, but were ordered not to by Fox due to copyright laws.

==Trivia==
*At the town meeting, [[Mr. Burns]] appears with a poorly disguised mustache, calling himself "Mr. Snrub" ("Burns" spelled backwards) and suggesting that the town invest the three million dollars in the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|nuclear power plant]]. In spite of [[Smithers]]' acting as a [[wikipedia:Shill|shill]] for him and seconding the idea, Burns is quickly caught out by the townspeople and forced to flee the meeting.
*[[Homer]]'s conductor uniform is similar to the uniforms worn by Imperial officers such as Grand Moff Tarkin, Admiral Ozzel and Admiral Piett in the [[wikipedia:Star Wars|''Star Wars'']] saga.
{{Season 4 R}}
[[Category:References]]
[[Category:Trivia]]

Donuts

2010-10-27T18:03:36Z

ToyStoryFan123:

'''Donuts''' are a circular pastry usually containing large amounts of fat. They are most notably [[Homer Simpson]]'s favourite food. He can not live without them and doesn't like anyone else eating any of his donuts. In a [[Treehouse of Horror V|Treehouse of Horror]] episode, Homer changes the past and comes back to an alternate universe where his family is rich and happy, but when [[Marge]] does not know what a donut is, Homer goes back to the toaster to travel back through time again. However, when Homer leaves, it starts raining donuts. (Homer often panics when they are out of donuts.) In another Treehouse of Horror episode, Homer sells his soul for one. Marge wins the court case and Homer keeps his soul but his head is turned into a donut by [[Ned Flanders]] (as the devil).
[[Category:Food and drinks]]

Some Enchanted Evening/References

2010-10-26T09:09:10Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Trivia */

{{TabR
|episode=Some Enchanted Evening
}}
{{EpisodePrevNextRef|Krusty Gets Busted|Bart Gets an F|Some Enchanted Evening}}
== Cultural references ==
*'''''[[Wikipedia:America's_Most_Wanted|America's Most Wanted]]''''' - ''America's Most Armed and Dangerous'' is a parody of the show.
*'''''[[Wikipedia:The_Smurfs|The Smurfs]]''''' and '''''[[Wikipedia:Care_Bears|The Care Bears]]''''' - ''The Happy Little Elves'' is most likely a parody of the two shows.
*When [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] says ''"No, I said Samson, not Simpson."''. This is a parody of a poem which ends in ''My name is Simpson, not Samson.''.

== Trivia ==
*Dr. Monroe says to Marge ''"I'm as sure as my voice is annoying."''. This is a joke on the fact [[Harry Shearer]], the voice for Dr. Monroe, found the character annoying to voice.
*This episode was the first to be produced, yet last to air in the first season.
*A lipstick stain is seen on the inside of the front door when Homer and Marge leave for their night out. This is from the original version of the show where Marge tries to kiss Homer as he leaves for work, but he slams the door in her face, making her smooch the door instead of drinking her coffee.
*Marge's bowling ball from the episode "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]" can be seen.
*After Homer shaves, his [[wikipedia:Stubble|five o'clock shadow]] returns about six or seven seconds later.
*[[Arnie Pie]] is heard on the radio and called "Bill Pie".
*Since there wasn't a [[Treehouse of Horror]] in this series this is equal to one, because, [[Lucille Botzowski]] is a MAJOR villain who ties up kids, rob's their residence and all of this is going on without parents knowing this. The only difference is this is just one big part, Treehouse of Horrors are in thirds.

==Production==
A workprint of the episode was the first to come back from Korea as episodes of ''The Simpsons'' are often animated overseas to a South Korean animation studio AKOM.due to the overload of episodes and saving costs in lower developed countries like Korea. The Simpsons Shorts where everything was produced in-house in Klasky-Csupo although the domestic studio produces only the character and background layout of episodes. The original, rough version of "Some Enchanted Evening" is incomplete as it ends when Bart and Lisa just find out Ms. Botz is America's Most Wanted and sound effects and a soundtrack are absent and would have been inserted had there been a final version. The workprint was not been well received in the Gracie Films bungalow, with James L. Brooks giving a response with profanity.

The producers wanted a realistic environment for ''The Simpsons ''as other studios had unrealistic styles for animation such as Disney, Warner Bros, Hanna-Barbera, etc. The former two has a universe where the universe was bendy and characters seemed to be made out of rubber. Hanna Barbera used cartoon sounds which were also declined. While the shorts lacked much realism in animation, the half hour series had been intended to be as realistic as possible despite the unrealistic animation.

70% of the episodes had to be redone. The episode was worked on during the course of the first season until finally being aired on May 13, 1990 as the season finale. The producers considered aborting production of the series if the next episode, "Bart the Genius" has similar production difficulties although fortunately had several fixable animation problems. They convinced FOX to postpone the season premiere for several months. Although "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", the eight episode in production order, had to be aired as it was a Christmas special in December of 1989, becoming the first episode of the first season and the first episode of The Simpsons overall.
==Continuity error==
*Homer's middle name is revealed to be James. However, his middle name is Jay in Season 10's "D'oh-in the Wind".
*Santa's Little Helper does not appear in the episode, as his first appearance is in "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" as the episode had been postponed due to production difficulties.

{{Season 1 R}}
[[Category:References]]
[[Category:Cultural references]]
[[Category:Trivia]]

Some Enchanted Evening/References

2010-10-26T09:08:43Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Trivia */

{{TabR
|episode=Some Enchanted Evening
}}
{{EpisodePrevNextRef|Krusty Gets Busted|Bart Gets an F|Some Enchanted Evening}}
== Cultural references ==
*'''''[[Wikipedia:America's_Most_Wanted|America's Most Wanted]]''''' - ''America's Most Armed and Dangerous'' is a parody of the show.
*'''''[[Wikipedia:The_Smurfs|The Smurfs]]''''' and '''''[[Wikipedia:Care_Bears|The Care Bears]]''''' - ''The Happy Little Elves'' is most likely a parody of the two shows.
*When [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] says ''"No, I said Samson, not Simpson."''. This is a parody of a poem which ends in ''My name is Simpson, not Samson.''.

== Trivia ==
*Dr. Monroe says to Marge ''"I'm as sure as my voice is annoying."''. This is a joke on the fact [[Harry Shearer]], the voice for Dr. Monroe, found the character annoying to voice.
*This episode was the first to be produced, yet last to air in the first season.
*A lipstick stain is seen on the inside of the front door when Homer and Marge leave for their night out. This is from the original version of the show where Marge tries to kiss Homer as he leaves for work, but he slams the door in her face, making her smooch the door instead of drinking her coffee.
*Marge's bowling ball from the episode "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]" can be seen.
*After Homer shaves, his [[wikipedia:Stubble|five o'clock shadow]] returns about six or seven seconds later.
*[[Arnie Pie]] is heard on the radio and called "Bill Pie".
*Since there wasn't a [[Treehouse of Horror]] in this series this is equal to one, because, [[Lucille Botzowski]] is a MAJOR villain who ties up kids, rob's their residence and all of this is going on without parents knowing this. The only diferance is this is just one big part, Treehouse of Horrors are in thirds.

==Production==
A workprint of the episode was the first to come back from Korea as episodes of ''The Simpsons'' are often animated overseas to a South Korean animation studio AKOM.due to the overload of episodes and saving costs in lower developed countries like Korea. The Simpsons Shorts where everything was produced in-house in Klasky-Csupo although the domestic studio produces only the character and background layout of episodes. The original, rough version of "Some Enchanted Evening" is incomplete as it ends when Bart and Lisa just find out Ms. Botz is America's Most Wanted and sound effects and a soundtrack are absent and would have been inserted had there been a final version. The workprint was not been well received in the Gracie Films bungalow, with James L. Brooks giving a response with profanity.

The producers wanted a realistic environment for ''The Simpsons ''as other studios had unrealistic styles for animation such as Disney, Warner Bros, Hanna-Barbera, etc. The former two has a universe where the universe was bendy and characters seemed to be made out of rubber. Hanna Barbera used cartoon sounds which were also declined. While the shorts lacked much realism in animation, the half hour series had been intended to be as realistic as possible despite the unrealistic animation.

70% of the episodes had to be redone. The episode was worked on during the course of the first season until finally being aired on May 13, 1990 as the season finale. The producers considered aborting production of the series if the next episode, "Bart the Genius" has similar production difficulties although fortunately had several fixable animation problems. They convinced FOX to postpone the season premiere for several months. Although "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", the eight episode in production order, had to be aired as it was a Christmas special in December of 1989, becoming the first episode of the first season and the first episode of The Simpsons overall.
==Continuity error==
*Homer's middle name is revealed to be James. However, his middle name is Jay in Season 10's "D'oh-in the Wind".
*Santa's Little Helper does not appear in the episode, as his first appearance is in "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" as the episode had been postponed due to production difficulties.

{{Season 1 R}}
[[Category:References]]
[[Category:Cultural references]]
[[Category:Trivia]]

E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)/References

2010-10-26T08:58:21Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Cultural references */

{{TabR
|episode=E-I-E-I-D'oh
}}

== Cultural references ==
*Homer has butter on his [[wikipedia:Milk Duds|Milk Duds]] at the movie theater.
* The Buzz Cola advertisement shown before the movie is a parody of ''[[wikipedia:Saving_Private_Ryan|Saving Private Ryan]]'', directed by [[wikipedia:Steven_Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]].
*The movie the Simpsons see, ''The Poke of Zorro'', is a parody of ''[[wikipedia:The_Mark_of_Zorro_(1974_film)|The Mark of Zorro]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The_Three_Musketeers_(1993_film)|The Three Musketeers]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The_Man_in_the_Iron_Mask_(film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]'', and ''[[wikipedia:The_Scarlet_Pimpernel|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]''. Other films that are playing in the cinema's are "My dinner with Jar Jar", "Mars needs towels", "That 70's Movie", "Shakespeare in Heat", "Facepuncher IV", and " Das Booty Call".
*The "Glove Slap" montage song is a parody of "[[wikipedia:Love_Shack|Love Shack]]" by [[wikipedia:The_B-52s|The B-52s]].
*The farmer using an elephant to measure the height of his stalks of corn is in reference to a song in the musical ''[[wikipedia:Oklahoma!|Oklahoma!]]'', wherein the corn "is as high an elephant's eye".
*The Tomacco-craving animals trying to break into the barricaded farmhouse recall the zombies from [[wikipedia:George_A._Romero|George Romero]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Night_of_the_Living_Dead|Night of the Living Dead]]''.
*The Simpsons farming [[wikipedia:Musical_montage|montage]] music is the theme song from ''[[wikipedia:Green_acres|Green Acres]]''.
*When the Southern colonel shows up at the Simpsons' house to duel, he says "Sir, I say sir!" much like cartoon character [[wikipedia:Foghorn_Leghorn|Foghorn Leghorn]]. He also has a similar accent.
*The Southern colonel's RV has mudflaps of him drawn like [[wikipedia:Yosemite_Sam|Yosemite Sam]].
*The scene with Homer worrying about the duel the next morning whilst looking at a tombstone with his own name on it spoofs the 1990 film ''[[wikipedia:Back_to_the_Future_Part_III|Back to the Future Part III]]''.
*The death of the Laramie team in the helicopter, at the hands of a ToMacco-crazed sheep, is a nod to a scene in the James Cameron film ''[[wikipedia:Aliens_(film)|Aliens]]'', where the crew of the marines' drop-ship meet the same fate, when an alien sneaks aboard their ship.
*The title is a reference to children's nursery ryhme: [[Wikipedia:Old Macdonald had a Farm| Old Macdonald]].

== Trivia ==
*Inspired by the episode, [[wikipedia:Products_produced_from_The_Simpsons#Tomacco|Rob Baur]] of [[wikipedia:Lake_Oswego,_Oregon|Lake Oswego, Oregon]] actually created [[Tomacco]]; both plants are members of the [[wikipedia:Solanaceae|Nightshade]] family and are therefore similar enough to create a hybrid.
* [[wikipedia:Plutonium|Plutonium]] is shown as a glowing green liquid even though it is a dull silver metal with a melting point of 1183 degrees Fahrenheit. However, radioactive materials are often depicted as glowing green in popular culture.

== Errors ==
*Homer's house he grown up on [[Rural Route 9]] burned down in the episode "[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]" (season 6), yet it is still there in this episode. One of the official ''Simpsons'' episode guide books, ''[[The Simpsons Beyond Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Still Continued]]'', claims that this episode must take place before the season 6 episode. Either that, or the Rural Route 9 house was saved by the local fire department in said episode.

{{Season 11 R}}
[[Category:Cultural references]]
[[Category:Trivia]]

E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)/References

2010-10-26T08:57:55Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Cultural references */

{{TabR
|episode=E-I-E-I-D'oh
}}

== Cultural references ==
*Homer has butter on his [[wikipedia:Milk Duds|Milk Duds]] at the movie theater.
* The Buzz Cola advertisement shown before the movie is a parody of ''[[wikipedia:Saving_Private_Ryan|Saving Private Ryan]]'', directed by [[wikipedia:Steven_Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]].
*The movie the Simpsons see, ''The Poke of Zorro'', is a parody of ''[[wikipedia:The_Mark_of_Zorro_(1974_film)|The Mark of Zorro]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The_Three_Musketeers_(1993_film)|The Three Musketeers]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The_Man_in_the_Iron_Mask_(film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]'', and ''[[wikipedia:The_Scarlet_Pimpernel|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]''. Other films that are playing in the cinema's are "My dinner with Jar Jar", "Mars needs towels", "That 70's Movie", "Shakespeare in Heat", "Facepuncher IV", and " Das Booty Call".
*The "Glove Slap" montage song is a parody of "[[wikipedia:Love_Shack|Love Shack]]" by [[wikipedia:The_B-52s|The B-52s]].
*The farmer using an elephant to measure the height of his stalks of corn is in reference to a song in the musical ''[[wikipedia:Oklahoma!|Oklahoma!]]'', wherein the corn "is as high an elephant's eye".
*The Tomacco-craving animals trying to break into the barricaded farmhouse recall the zombies from [[wikipedia:George_A._Romero|George Romero]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Night_of_the_Living_Dead|Night of the Living Dead]]''.
*The Simpsons farming [[wikipedia:Musical_montage|montage]] music is the theme song from ''[[wikipedia:Green_acres|Green Acres]]''.
*When the Southern colonel shows up at the Simpsons' house to duel, he says "Sir, I say sir!" much like cartoon character [[wikipedia:Foghorn_Leghorn|Foghorn Leghorn]]. He also has a similar accent.
*The Southern colonel's RV has mudflaps of him drawn like [[wikipedia:Yosemite_Sam|Yosemite Sam]].
*The scene with Homer worrying about the duel the next morning whilst looking at a tombstone with his own name on it spoofs the 1990 film ''[[wikipedia:Back_to_the_Future_Part_III|Back to the Future Part III]]''.
*The death of the Laramie team in the helicopter, at the hands of a ToMacco-crazed sheep, is a nod to a scene in the James Cameron film ''[[wikipedia:Aliens_(film)|Aliens]]'', where the crew of the marines' drop-ship meet the same fate, when an alien sneaks aboard their ship.
*The title is a reference to children's nursery ryhme: [[Wikipedia:Old Macdonald had a Farm| Old Macdonald]]

== Trivia ==
*Inspired by the episode, [[wikipedia:Products_produced_from_The_Simpsons#Tomacco|Rob Baur]] of [[wikipedia:Lake_Oswego,_Oregon|Lake Oswego, Oregon]] actually created [[Tomacco]]; both plants are members of the [[wikipedia:Solanaceae|Nightshade]] family and are therefore similar enough to create a hybrid.
* [[wikipedia:Plutonium|Plutonium]] is shown as a glowing green liquid even though it is a dull silver metal with a melting point of 1183 degrees Fahrenheit. However, radioactive materials are often depicted as glowing green in popular culture.

== Errors ==
*Homer's house he grown up on [[Rural Route 9]] burned down in the episode "[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]" (season 6), yet it is still there in this episode. One of the official ''Simpsons'' episode guide books, ''[[The Simpsons Beyond Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Still Continued]]'', claims that this episode must take place before the season 6 episode. Either that, or the Rural Route 9 house was saved by the local fire department in said episode.

{{Season 11 R}}
[[Category:Cultural references]]
[[Category:Trivia]]

Kwik-E-Mart

2010-10-25T20:45:37Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Behind the Laughter */

{{Location
|name=Kwik-E-Mart
|image=[[File:KvikEMart.png|250px]]
|Town=[[Springfield]]
|District=
|use=Convenience Store
|owner=[[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]
|employees = Apu Nahasapeemapetilon [[Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon]] [[Gil Gunderson]]
|first appearance= [[The Telltale Head]]
}}
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 maintanence 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 a customer change to call the police from a payphone. Instead, Apu directed the customer to the cheapest item in the store: a 6 oz bag of Chippos potato chips at $5.99. (To which the customers whispered shouts of "$5.99?! Someone should shoot you!")

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>{{cite episode|title=Homer and Apu|episodelink=Homer and Apu}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode|title=Marge in Chains|episodelink=Marge in Chains}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Apuu.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=ha>{{cite episode|title=Homer and Apu|episodelink=Homer and Apu}}</ref>
[[File:Originalkwikemart.jpg|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 [[James Woods (character)|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=ha/> 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>{{cite episode|title=Marge In Chains|episodelink= Marge in Chains}}</ref> 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=ha/>

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 Beardley]] 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; [[wikipedia:Paul McCartney|Paul]] and [[wikipedia:Linda McCartney|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>

In Ohio, the Kwik-E-Mart is known as the "Stop-O-Mart".<ref>{{cite episode|title=Homer and Apu|episodelink=Homer and Apu}}</ref> [[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>

=Trivia=
In some Episodes When the Kwik E Mart is shown a Dog's Howl Can be Heard Similar to the Crow's Caw at the [[SNPP]] the Kwik-E-Mart headquarters is based somewhere in the Himalayian mountains.

== Behind the Laughter ==
In 2007, as an advertisment 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.

The [[Shelbyville]] version of this is the Speed-E-Mart first seen in [[Lemon of Troy]].

== Appearances ==
{{Incomplete}}
{{scroll|
* {{ep|Bart the General|(Mentioned)}}
* {{ep|The Telltale Head}}
* {{ep|Homer's Night Out}}
* {{ep|Krusty Gets Busted}}
* {{ep|Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment}}
* {{ep|Principal Charming}}
* {{ep|Bart's Dog Gets an F}}
* {{ep|Three Men and a Comic Book}}
* {{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX}}
* {{ep|Homer and Apu}}
* {{ep|Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}}
* {{ep|Scenes From The Class Struggle in Springfield}}
* {{ep|Marge in Chains}}
* {{ep|The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons}}
* {{ep|Much Apu About Nothing}}
* {{ep|Homer the Vigilante}}
* {{ep|Lisa the Simpson}}
* {{ep|Boy-Scoutz N the Hood}}
* {{ep|Hurricane Neddy}}
* {{ep|Lisa the Vegetarian}}
* {{ep|Lisa the Iconoclast}}
* {{ep|I'm With Cupid}}
* {{ep|Eight Misbehavin'}}
* {{ep|A Tale of Two Springfields}}
* {{ep|Sweets and Sour Marge}}
* {{ep|The Sweetest Apu}}
* {{ep|The Great Louse Detective}}
* {{ep|Simple Simpson}}
* {{ep|All's Fair in Oven War}}
* {{ep|Sleeping with the Enemy}}
* {{ep|Midnight Rx}}
* {{mov}}
* {{game|The Simpsons Road Rage}}
* {{game|The Simpsons: Hit and Run}}
* {{game|The Simpsons Game}}
* {{bk|The Simpsons Guide to Springfield}}
}}

== References ==
<references/>
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Retail Stores]]
[[Category:Parodies]]
[[Category:Businesses]]
[[Category:Shops]]
[[Category:Companies]]

Kwik-E-Mart

2010-10-25T20:43:57Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Behind the Laughter */

{{Location
|name=Kwik-E-Mart
|image=[[File:KvikEMart.png|250px]]
|Town=[[Springfield]]
|District=
|use=Convenience Store
|owner=[[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]
|employees = Apu Nahasapeemapetilon [[Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon]] [[Gil Gunderson]]
|first appearance= [[The Telltale Head]]
}}
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 maintanence 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 a customer change to call the police from a payphone. Instead, Apu directed the customer to the cheapest item in the store: a 6 oz bag of Chippos potato chips at $5.99. (To which the customers whispered shouts of "$5.99?! Someone should shoot you!")

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>{{cite episode|title=Homer and Apu|episodelink=Homer and Apu}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode|title=Marge in Chains|episodelink=Marge in Chains}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Apuu.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=ha>{{cite episode|title=Homer and Apu|episodelink=Homer and Apu}}</ref>
[[File:Originalkwikemart.jpg|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 [[James Woods (character)|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=ha/> 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>{{cite episode|title=Marge In Chains|episodelink= Marge in Chains}}</ref> 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=ha/>

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 Beardley]] 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; [[wikipedia:Paul McCartney|Paul]] and [[wikipedia:Linda McCartney|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>

In Ohio, the Kwik-E-Mart is known as the "Stop-O-Mart".<ref>{{cite episode|title=Homer and Apu|episodelink=Homer and Apu}}</ref> [[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>

=Trivia=
In some Episodes When the Kwik E Mart is shown a Dog's Howl Can be Heard Similar to the Crow's Caw at the [[SNPP]] the Kwik-E-Mart headquarters is based somewhere in the Himalayian mountains.

== Behind the Laughter ==
In 2007, as an advertisment 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.

The [[Shelbyville]] version of this is the Speed-E-Mart first seen in [[The Lemon of Troy]].

== Appearances ==
{{Incomplete}}
{{scroll|
* {{ep|Bart the General|(Mentioned)}}
* {{ep|The Telltale Head}}
* {{ep|Homer's Night Out}}
* {{ep|Krusty Gets Busted}}
* {{ep|Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment}}
* {{ep|Principal Charming}}
* {{ep|Bart's Dog Gets an F}}
* {{ep|Three Men and a Comic Book}}
* {{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX}}
* {{ep|Homer and Apu}}
* {{ep|Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}}
* {{ep|Scenes From The Class Struggle in Springfield}}
* {{ep|Marge in Chains}}
* {{ep|The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons}}
* {{ep|Much Apu About Nothing}}
* {{ep|Homer the Vigilante}}
* {{ep|Lisa the Simpson}}
* {{ep|Boy-Scoutz N the Hood}}
* {{ep|Hurricane Neddy}}
* {{ep|Lisa the Vegetarian}}
* {{ep|Lisa the Iconoclast}}
* {{ep|I'm With Cupid}}
* {{ep|Eight Misbehavin'}}
* {{ep|A Tale of Two Springfields}}
* {{ep|Sweets and Sour Marge}}
* {{ep|The Sweetest Apu}}
* {{ep|The Great Louse Detective}}
* {{ep|Simple Simpson}}
* {{ep|All's Fair in Oven War}}
* {{ep|Sleeping with the Enemy}}
* {{ep|Midnight Rx}}
* {{mov}}
* {{game|The Simpsons Road Rage}}
* {{game|The Simpsons: Hit and Run}}
* {{game|The Simpsons Game}}
* {{bk|The Simpsons Guide to Springfield}}
}}

== References ==
<references/>
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Retail Stores]]
[[Category:Parodies]]
[[Category:Businesses]]
[[Category:Shops]]
[[Category:Companies]]

Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire/References

2010-10-25T15:45:06Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Notes */

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==Notes==
*This is the first and (so far) only episode that does not start with any kind of show opening. The title is shown and then the episode begins.
*This episode was nominated for, but did not win, a Primetime Emmy Award in the categories of "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or less)" and "Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special."
*DVD commentary revealed that the creators got letters of praise for heightening the awareness of the abandonment of racing dogs, who are often thrown out onto the streets when their owners decide the dogs are no longer profitable, even though they did not know it was a serious problem when they created the episode.
*When Lisa is doing the tribal dance, many people were curious as to why she isn't wearing anything from the waist down. Years later, the DVD commentary for this episode revealed that Lisa is actually wearing a leotard, and is in fact not naked.
*Matt Groening said that he was inspired to do the "Christmas of Many Lands" sketch by an oral report he gave when he was in the second grade. Groening, whose grandmother is from Russia, gave a report on how Russian children are greeted by "Grandfather Winter" and given gifts from him, and how due to differences in the Julian and Gregorian calenders the Russians celebrate their Christmas in January!

== Trivia ==
=== Signs and Other Things To Read ===
*The [[Springfield Elementary School]] Christmas show receives 3 1/2 stars in a recent review advertised in front of the building.
*Lisa requests a pony six times on her Christmas wish list.
*Next door to the tattoo parlor is Dr. Zitsofsky's Dermatology Clinic. A sign in the window reads, "Tattoos removed by laser."
*Homer receives a 13 dollar check: He grossed $120 less social security, less unemployment insurance, less santa training, less costume purchase, less beard rental, less Christmas club.

=== Background jokes ===
*One tattoo in the Happy Sailor Tattoo Parlor features a knife piercing a heart.
*Marge pulls her car into parking area "ZZ" at the [[Springfield Mall]].
*The "slightly irregular" Christmas trees cost $45.
*Santa's Little Helper was number 8 in the greyhound race.

=== Counting Scenes ===
*There are 28 children in Bart's 4th Grade class on stage during the Christmas concert.
*Maggie fell 5 times:
**While Bart and Lisa were writing their letters to Santa (twice)
**Again off-screen shortly
**Homer asks for the extension cord
**Outside admiring Ned's Christmas lights

=== Characters ===
*The mechanical rabbit's name is Screwy
*Dogs in the race against Santa's Little Helper:
**Quadruped
**Whirlwind
**Fido
**Dog O' War
**Chew My Shoe
*This marks the first episode with [[Santa's Little Helper]], [[Patty Bouvier]], [[Selma Bouvier]], [[Ned Flanders]], [[Todd Flanders]], [[Mr. Burns]], [[Smithers]], and [[Grampa Simpson|Grampa Simpson.]]

== Errors ==
*Lewis changes from black to yellow when Milhouse dares Bart to pull Santa's beard off.
*After Homer brings Santa's Little Helper home, Homer and Marge hug, and if you look behind them, the background is upside down. There is a picture hanging upside down, and there is a lamp which seems to be hanging from the ceiling. Then in the next shot, the background is normal.
*When Homer walks out Circus of Values with his purchases, he bumps into Flanders, and all the presents scatter everywhere. Watch out for a red present with a green bow that goes flying near the left hand side of the screen. As soon as it hits the ground it turns into a pink box with a white bow wrapped around it, with no shot changes. Other presents move around and change colors too.
*While having breakfast, all of the Simpsons' glasses of orange juice keep disappearing and reappearing throughout the scene.
*Bart yanks Homer's beard off in the mall, Homer then takes Bart into Santa's workshop. When they are inside Santa's workshop, Homer's beard is back on, despite the fact that he didn't put it back on, he let it fall to the ground when Bart pulled it off.
*When Marge is speaking on the phone to her sisters, her sisters say something that sounds like they said that Homer is ugly. Marge then puts down the phone wire that she was curling round her finger. It is easier to see this when you are using DVD, because then you can go into slow-motion, but you can temporarily see that the phone wire disappears when Marge puts it down. It is at the very end of an early scene, because as soon as this happens it changes to another scene.
*When Homer finds out that he has no Christmas bonus the background behind Marge is the kitchen, but then it cuts to Homer and the background behind him is the kitchen too.
*When Homer has been informed about the Christmas money being spent on Bart getting his tattoo surgically removed, he leaves the house. When he opens and closes the door to leave, the wreath on the door is white with a red bow. When Homer then turns to look his Christmas decorations, the wreath is now green.
*Just before the kitchen mistake, Marge comes through the door and you see that she has come from a room with a piano in it. It has a musical book on it. But when the shot changes so we see Marge turn the jar upside down, the book of musical notes has disappeared.
*When Mr. Burns comes on the P.A. system Homer started eating a donut, he takes a bite and after that the donut stays the same size even though he takes 2 more bites. Additionally, when Mr Burns says that there will be no Christmas Bonuses, everyone's donut disappears.
*When Homer is putting Christmas lights around the outside of the house, he falls from the roof. You can then hear Lisa and Bart sarcastically clap. But you can see they both have their hands by their side, and no-one is clapping.
*When Milhouse, Bart and Lewis are talking about the fake Santa, Milhouse's eyebrows go from blue to black to blue again.
*When Homer walks up the front drive you can see the road and there are no markings on it. But when he turns to look at his house, there are orange lines running down the road.
*When Marge reveals the Christmas money from her hair, her necklace changes from red to white.
*When Homer says that he isn't getting a bonus from the power plant he is facing the kitchen but in the next shot Marge is behind Homer who is behind the kitchen.
*The little boy in the play at the beginning appears to be [[Ralph Wiggum]], but his voice is completely different.

== Cultural references ==
*[[wikipedia:All in the Family|All in the Family]]: similair storyline.
*[[wikipedia:The Christmas Song|The Christmas Song]]: title is a pun on line "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire".
*[[wikipedia:Peanuts|Peanuts]]: Bart refers to ''A Charlie Brown Christmas''
*[[wikipedia:The Smurfs|The Smurfs]]: Bart refers to ''The Smurfs Christmas Special''
*[[wikipedia:A Christmas Carol|A Christmas Carol]]: Skinner mentions the book and Bart refers to Tiny Tim.
*[[wikipedia:Jingle Bells|Jingle Bells]]: Bart sings the "Batman Smells" alternative.
*[[wikipedia:Miracle on 34th Street|Miracle on 34th Street]]: Bart makes a disrespectful remark to a mall Santa.
*[[wikipedia:Man o' War|Man o' War]]: a dog is called Dog o' War.
*[[wikipedia:Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]: The family sings it at the end.
*[[wikipedia:Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]: Bart is strapped to a table with a laser moving towards him.
*[[wikipedia:The Gift of the Magi|Gift of the Magi]]: Homer doesn't get his Christmas bonus and says to himself "Oh well, thank goodness for the big jar" and Marge used her money to remove Bart's tattoo and says to herself "Oh well, thank goodness for Homer's Christmas bonus", similar to how in this short story by O'Henry, a man sells his watch to buy his wife an expensive set of combs and his wife has her hair cut, selling the remainder to a wigmaker, in order to buy a gold chain for her husband's watch.
[[Category:References]]
[[Category:Cultural references]]
[[Category:Trivia]]

Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire/References

2010-10-25T15:44:04Z

ToyStoryFan123: /* Notes */

{{TabR
|episode=Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
}}
{{EpisodePrevNextRef|TV Simpsons|Bart the Genius|Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire}}
==Notes==
*This is the first (and so far) only episode that does not start with any kind of show opening. The title is shown and then the episode begins.
*This episode was nominated for, but did not win, a Primetime Emmy Award in the categories of "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or less)" and "Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special."
*DVD commentary revealed that the creators got letters of praise for heightening the awareness of the abandonment of racing dogs, who are often thrown out onto the streets when their owners decide the dogs are no longer profitable, even though they did not know it was a serious problem when they created the episode.
*When Lisa is doing the tribal dance, many people were curious as to why she isn't wearing anything from the waist down. Years later, the DVD commentary for this episode revealed that Lisa is actually wearing a leotard, and is in fact not naked.
*Matt Groening said that he was inspired to do the "Christmas of Many Lands" sketch by an oral report he gave when he was in the second grade. Groening, whose grandmother is from Russia, gave a report on how Russian children are greeted by "Grandfather Winter" and given gifts from him, and how due to differences in the Julian and Gregorian calenders the Russians celebrate their Christmas in January!

== Trivia ==
=== Signs and Other Things To Read ===
*The [[Springfield Elementary School]] Christmas show receives 3 1/2 stars in a recent review advertised in front of the building.
*Lisa requests a pony six times on her Christmas wish list.
*Next door to the tattoo parlor is Dr. Zitsofsky's Dermatology Clinic. A sign in the window reads, "Tattoos removed by laser."
*Homer receives a 13 dollar check: He grossed $120 less social security, less unemployment insurance, less santa training, less costume purchase, less beard rental, less Christmas club.

=== Background jokes ===
*One tattoo in the Happy Sailor Tattoo Parlor features a knife piercing a heart.
*Marge pulls her car into parking area "ZZ" at the [[Springfield Mall]].
*The "slightly irregular" Christmas trees cost $45.
*Santa's Little Helper was number 8 in the greyhound race.

=== Counting Scenes ===
*There are 28 children in Bart's 4th Grade class on stage during the Christmas concert.
*Maggie fell 5 times:
**While Bart and Lisa were writing their letters to Santa (twice)
**Again off-screen shortly
**Homer asks for the extension cord
**Outside admiring Ned's Christmas lights

=== Characters ===
*The mechanical rabbit's name is Screwy
*Dogs in the race against Santa's Little Helper:
**Quadruped
**Whirlwind
**Fido
**Dog O' War
**Chew My Shoe
*This marks the first episode with [[Santa's Little Helper]], [[Patty Bouvier]], [[Selma Bouvier]], [[Ned Flanders]], [[Todd Flanders|Todd Flanders]], [[Mr. Burns]], [[Smithers]], and [[Grampa Simpson|Grampa Simpson.]]

== Errors ==
*Lewis changes from black to yellow when Milhouse dares Bart to pull Santa's beard off.
*After Homer brings Santa's Little Helper home, Homer and Marge hug, and if you look behind them, the background is upside down. There is a picture hanging upside down, and there is a lamp which seems to be hanging from the ceiling. Then in the next shot, the background is normal.
*When Homer walks out Circus of Values with his purchases, he bumps into Flanders, and all the presents scatter everywhere. Watch out for a red present with a green bow that goes flying near the left hand side of the screen. As soon as it hits the ground it turns into a pink box with a white bow wrapped around it, with no shot changes. Other presents move around and change colors too.
*While having breakfast, all of the Simpsons' glasses of orange juice keep disappearing and reappearing throughout the scene.
*Bart yanks Homer's beard off in the mall, Homer then takes Bart into Santa's workshop. When they are inside Santa's workshop, Homer's beard is back on, despite the fact that he didn't put it back on, he let it fall to the ground when Bart pulled it off.
*When Marge is speaking on the phone to her sisters, her sisters say something that sounds like they said that Homer is ugly. Marge then puts down the phone wire that she was curling round her finger. It is easier to see this when you are using DVD, because then you can go into slow-motion, but you can temporarily see that the phone wire disappears when Marge puts it down. It is at the very end of an early scene, because as soon as this happens it changes to another scene.
*When Homer finds out that he has no Christmas bonus the background behind Marge is the kitchen, but then it cuts to Homer and the background behind him is the kitchen too.
*When Homer has been informed about the Christmas money being spent on Bart getting his tattoo surgically removed, he leaves the house. When he opens and closes the door to leave, the wreath on the door is white with a red bow. When Homer then turns to look his Christmas decorations, the wreath is now green.
*Just before the kitchen mistake, Marge comes through the door and you see that she has come from a room with a piano in it. It has a musical book on it. But when the shot changes so we see Marge turn the jar upside down, the book of musical notes has disappeared.
*When Mr. Burns comes on the P.A. system Homer started eating a donut, he takes a bite and after that the donut stays the same size even though he takes 2 more bites. Additionally, when Mr Burns says that there will be no Christmas Bonuses, everyone's donut disappears.
*When Homer is putting Christmas lights around the outside of the house, he falls from the roof. You can then hear Lisa and Bart sarcastically clap. But you can see they both have their hands by their side, and no-one is clapping.
*When Milhouse, Bart and Lewis are talking about the fake Santa, Milhouse's eyebrows go from blue to black to blue again.
*When Homer walks up the front drive you can see the road and there are no markings on it. But when he turns to look at his house, there are orange lines running down the road.
*When Marge reveals the Christmas money from her hair, her necklace changes from red to white.
*When Homer says that he isn't getting a bonus from the power plant he is facing the kitchen but in the next shot Marge is behind Homer who is behind the kitchen.
*The little boy in the play at the beginning appears to be [[Ralph Wiggum]], but his voice is completely different.

== Cultural references ==
*[[wikipedia:All in the Family|All in the Family]]: similair storyline.
*[[wikipedia:The Christmas Song|The Christmas Song]]: title is a pun on line "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire".
*[[wikipedia:Peanuts|Peanuts]]: Bart refers to ''A Charlie Brown Christmas''
*[[wikipedia:The Smurfs|The Smurfs]]: Bart refers to ''The Smurfs Christmas Special''
*[[wikipedia:A Christmas Carol|A Christmas Carol]]: Skinner mentions the book and Bart refers to Tiny Tim.
*[[wikipedia:Jingle Bells|Jingle Bells]]: Bart sings the "Batman Smells" alternative.
*[[wikipedia:Miracle on 34th Street|Miracle on 34th Street]]: Bart makes a disrespectful remark to a mall Santa.
*[[wikipedia:Man o' War|Man o' War]]: a dog is called Dog o' War.
*[[wikipedia:Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]: The family sings it at the end.
*[[wikipedia:Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]: Bart is strapped to a table with a laser moving towards him.
*[[wikipedia:The Gift of the Magi|Gift of the Magi]]: Homer doesn't get his Christmas bonus and says to himself "Oh well, thank goodness for the big jar" and Marge used her money to remove Bart's tattoo and says to herself "Oh well, thank goodness for Homer's Christmas bonus", similar to how in this short story by O'Henry, a man sells his watch to buy his wife an expensive set of combs and his wife has her hair cut, selling the remainder to a wigmaker, in order to buy a gold chain for her husband's watch.
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Mr. Sparkle

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{{Character
|name= Mr. Sparkle AKA ミスタースパーコル AKA Misutā Supākoru
|image= [[File:Mr. Sparkle.gif|200px]]
|gender= {{Male}}
|hair= Bald
|age=
|job= Mascot for a Japanese detergent company
|relatives=
|appearance= "[[In Marge We Trust]]"
|voiced by= [[Sab Shimono]]
}}

'''Mr. Sparkle''' AKA ミスタースパーコル (literally translated as '''Misutasupakoru''') AKA '''Misutā Supākoru''' is a Japanese dishwashing detergent mascot who bears a strong resemblance to [[Homer Simpson|Homer]].

==History==
Homer thought that the company was using his likeness without his permission until a video from Mr. Sparkle's parent company explains it came from combining a cartoon fish and lightbulb. To sum up the explanation provided by the video, Bart says to Homer, "There's your answer, fishbulb."<ref>"[[In Marge We Trust]]"</ref>

== Non Canon Appearances ==
{{noncanon}}
Mr. Sparkle appeared in ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'', when the Simpsons enter the videogame world and Homer and Lisa enter a game featuring Mr. Sparkle, where they have to help him clean up a Japan-style world by clearing several levels. He commits suicide towards the end of the game for dishonoring his ancestors.

== Behind the Laughter ==
Mr. Sparkle was voiced by [[Sab Shimono]] in the episode "[[In Marge We Trust]]".

== Appearances ==
*{{ep|In Marge We Trust}}
*{{ep|Funeral for a Fiend|Commercial seen}}
*{{Game|The Simpsons Game}}
*[[Take My Life,Please]] onwards in the title sequence (namely the scene where [[Maggie]] and [[Marge]] are at the checkout).

== References ==
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Waylon Smithers, Jr.

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{{Character
|image = [[File:Waylon_Smithers.png|230px]]
|name = Waylon J. Smithers, Jr.
|gender = {{Male}}
|hair = Gray
|age = 40s
|job = Assistant to [[Charles Montgomery Burns]], Supervisor of the sector 7-G
|relatives = '''Father:''' [[Waylon J. Smithers, Sr.]] (deceased) '''Mother''' Unnamed '''Adopted Father/Guardian:''' [[Charles Montgomery Burns]] Unknown ex-wife
|appearance = [[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]] (only voice) [[Homer's Odyssey]] (in person)
|voiced by = [[Harry Shearer]]
}}
{{Quote|That's Homer Simpson, one of your (nickname) from sector 7G.|Smithers' catchphrase}}

'''Waylon J. Smithers, Jr.''' (better known as "'''Mr. Smithers'''" or simply as "'''Smithers'''") is [[Mr. Burns]]' personal assistant, executive, and self-proclaimed best friend. In many ways, Mr. Smithers represents the stereotype of the closeted gay man, and numerous overt allusions and double entendres to his homosexuality are made (especially towards Mr. Burns), as he lives in the Gay Neighborhood.

== Biography ==
Waylon Smithers was born in 1954. His father, [[Waylon Smithers, Sr.]], worked for Burns until he died of radiation poisoning after saving Springfield from a potential nuclear meltdown,<ref>[[The Blunder Years]]</ref> making Mr. Burns the closest thing to a father figure he knew. In high school, he was beaten up by bullies (including [[Homer Simpson]]), while he was the announcer for the high school gymnastics competition. Eventually he became Mr. Burns' personal assistant.

As a (not very well) closeted gay man, he has had a crush on Mr. Burns for as long as he as worked for him, but Burns has never caught on. He was previously married to a woman, but it fell apart when his then-wife referred to his true love, Mr. Burns, as "awful". At one point it was implied that he was linked romantically to [[John (Homer's Phobia)|John]], the owner of Cockamamie's thrift shop.<ref>[[Homer's Phobia]]</ref> He collects [[Malibu Stacy]] dolls, writes a newsletter about the doll,<ref>[[Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy]]</ref> and was the author of a Malibu Stacy stage musical that played in Arizona; he played Stacy's boyfriend.<ref>[[Homer vs. Dignity]]</ref> He once owned a Yorkshire Terrier named [[Hercules]]. When Mr. Burns convinced [[Sideshow Bob]] to run for mayor, it was Smithers who revealed to [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] a clue that would lead them to the truth about Bob's not-so-honest victory in the mayoral election, hinting that his reasons were due to Sideshow Bob planning on enacting policies that were oppressive to his orientation. <ref>[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]</ref>

In 1995, when Mr. Burns attempted to block the sun from [[Springfield]] after stealing oil from the [[Springfield Elementary School|elementary school]], Smithers objected and was fired. This drove him into a nightmare of alcohol abuse and Comedy Central viewing. He was the main suspect in the subsequent shooting of Mr. Burns, but he was cleared. However, he did, in a drunken stupor, shoot [[Jasper]] in his wooden leg while trying to rush home to watch his favorite TV show. No charges were pressed in this case. It is unknown as to what religion he practices, although it is heavily implied that he is Protestant, as he goes to a confessional stand (which is primarily a Catholic practice), and before making the confession, he admits to God that he is not a Catholic, although he did try to march in the Saint Patrick's Day Parade.<ref>[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)]]</ref>

Smithers' official job at the power plant appears to be that of executive assistant, which he says is "actually about 2,800 smaller jobs",<ref>[[Homer the Smithers]]</ref> responsible for monitoring employee attendance and is often a disciplinarian and has won dozens of "Employee of the Month" awards.<ref>[[Homer Defined]]</ref> He has often hinted at wanting to be promoted to the position of executive vice president, but Burns has repeatedly squashed this dream, while whimsically bestowing the vice presidency on Homer<ref>[[Simpson and Delilah]]</ref> and a dog.<ref>[[Homer's Enemy]]</ref> He was once, however, made the CEO of the Nuclear Power Plant in Burns' stead when Mr. Burns was arrested for stealing paintings from a museum, a position that is arguably better than vice president, although he hints that he didn't want the job. He initially tried to be an employee-friendly boss, but after overhearing a conversation between [[Lenny]], [[Carl]] and Homer while meeting at [[Moe's Tavern]] that revealed that they were abusing his employee-friendly nature to in essence goof off, he became a worse CEO than Mr. Burns (even going as far as to release wolverines in the house instead of hounds). He eventually gave up on the position willingly after Mr. Burns was released by Lenny, Carl and Homer.<ref>[[American History X-cellent]]</ref>

Smithers has the largest collection of Malibu Stacy dolls in the World and is the president of the Malibu Stacy fan club.<ref>[[Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy]]</ref>

=== Personality ===
Smithers has been implied to be gay several times despite not declaring it himself. He has several gay friends and frequents Springfield's gay village. When he was arrested for trying to get opium for [[Mr. Burns]], he is implied to be gay when Mr. Burns says to [[Homer]] "I've never seen someone taken to a Turkish prison so quickly."<ref>[[Three Gays of the Condo]]</ref> and goes on a vacation to a male-only resort.<ref name="HtS">[[Homer the Smithers]]</ref> Smithers is shown to be quite passionate for Mr. Burns. Smithers has occasional fantasies about Burns, like dreaming he is on his bed and suddenly Mr. Burns appears flying through the window.<ref>[[Marge Gets a Job]]</ref> When he turns his computer on, it shows a nude Burns saying "Hello Smithers. You're quite good at turning me on"<ref>[[Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy]]</ref> Smithers has declared his love for Burns on some occasions, such as kissing Mr. Burns on the lips after saying "Oh, what the hell!", believing the world was ending, later explaining it to him as "merely a sign of my respect".<ref>[[Lisa the Skeptic]]</ref> Another hint of Smithers sexuality is when he seems to have been dating John, a gay man.

Burns has remained largely ignorant of Smithers' devoted adoration. Burns himself has been involved with several women, much to Smithers' frustration, like when Mr. Burns fell in love with Marge and with a woman called [[Gloria]]. Smithers was noticeably disgusted when Burns started looking for a female companion.<ref>[[A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]</ref> Burns, for his part, views (and refers to) Smithers as a lackey, albeit a highly valued one for his competence and toadying. He has "rewarded" Smithers' devotion with the future "honor" of being buried alive with him after he dies.<ref>[[Burns' Heir]]</ref> Smithers has been shown to be somewhat dependant on his relationship with Burns, like the occasion when Burns orders Smithers to take a vacation and Homer is hired as a temporary replacement. When Homer loses his temper and punches Burns in the face, Mr. Burns learns to become self-reliant and this results in Smithers being fired. Smithers decides that he needs to be Burns' assistant and eventually gets his job back.<ref>[[Homer the Smithers]]</ref> For all his sycophantic devotion to Mr. Burns, Smithers has been willing to challenge him on some occasions. He opposed his employer's various evil schemes Burns fired him. As a result of his firing, Smithers became a "hideous drunken wreck"<ref>[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]</ref> and when Mr. Burns was shot later, Smithers thought he might have done it while he was drunk. When it was proven that he had not, Smithers seemingly forgave Burns and demanded that the culprit be brought to justice, offering a reward for the capture of the perpetrator.<ref>[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)]]</ref>

== Non Canon Appearances ==
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=== Squeam ===
In ''Squeam'' Smithers decides to ditch his own "Gay ways". And is the main guy who dresses up like ghostface along with Lovejoy every 15 seconds. It reveals he loves Fox shows and hates that they got canceled and kills Lovejoy by accident. He is later killed by the real killer and falls on Lovejoy as if kissing.
=== Future ===
As seen on [[Professor Frink]]'s future machine, at age 58, Smithers injects himself with medicine every 10 minutes to become straight (upon taking the injection he waves his arms in the air and shouts "I loves boobies!").<ref>[[Future-Drama]]</ref> At age 65, he thawed out Mr. Burns and had his 17 stab wounds to the back cured. He attended [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa Simpson's]] wedding with him.<ref>[[Lisa's Wedding]]</ref> At age 1050, his head is on a robotic dog body and follows Mr. Burns' head everywhere.<ref>[[Rosebud]]</ref>

=== The Simpsons: The Arcade Game ===
Smithers appears in this game as the first boss of the final level, as well as one of the main antagonists. Smithers, presumably under Mr. Burns' command, broke into a jewelry store to steal a diamond. As he and his fellow henchmen were making their escape, he (quite literally) bumped into the Simpson's family, causing him to lose the diamond, and for Maggie to catch it. Because of this setback, Smithers ends up kidnapping Maggie and, after a few misadventures, Smithers makes it back to the Nuclear Power Plant, although not without the Simpsons family following him. He then fights the Simpsons family, remarking "Welcome to my world!" He lobbed several explosives at the family. When sensing that he would soon lose, he opened his cape, revealed to be filled with explosives, cackling maniacally only to react in shock as he discovers that the explosives had activated, causing him to be caught in the explosions. For unknown reasons, Smithers in this game actually sounds much higher pitched than in the regular series (most of the other characters usually have more or less the same voices in the game).

=== The Simpsons Game ===
In ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'', level "[[Lisa the Tree Hugger (The Simpsons Game)|Lisa the Tree Hugger]]", Smithers was involved in Mr. Burns' plan of trying to cut down the entirety of Springfield Forest, and is comforting him about doing better next time when the plan fails due to Lisa and Bart's interference, as well as phoning some goons to beat up Al Gore. In [[Mob Rules]], he appears as one of the people Marge can use to protest the sales of the ''Grand Theft Scratchy'' videogame to minors. In [[Medal of Homer]], a squad of sailors resembling Smithers protects Private Burns on board his personal naval carrier where he protects the stolen paintings from the village of St. Capitulons. According to Abraham Simpson during the briefing for the level, the sailors in question fight neither for country nor for God, solely for love.
===Coca Cola Advert===
He is briefly seen being bought by [[Patty and Selma]], then in the park butlering them.

== Character ==
=== Creation ===
[[File:Smithers-black.jpg‎|left|thumb|Smithers with black skin and blue hair, as seen in "[[Homer's Odyssey]]"]]
Waylon Smithers was partly based on how numerous [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] executives and staff members acted towards Barry Diller.<ref name=tvguide>{{cite news|title=Flash! 24 Simpsons Stars Reveal Themselves|accessdate=2007-08-15|date=[[2000-10-21]]|publisher=TV Guide|author=Joe Rhodes}}</ref> The idea for Smithers's orientation came from [[Sam Simon]], who proposed that Smithers should be gay, but the writers should never draw too much attention to it and should try to keep it in the back of their heads.<ref name="ReissTTH">{{cite video | people=Jean, Al|year=2001|title=The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "The Telltale Head"| medium=DVD||publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> The script for "[[Blood Feud (The Simpsons)|Blood Feud]]" originally featured Smithers saying "Just leave me enough to get home to my wife and kids," but the line had to be cut for time.<ref name=tvguide/> Smithers is voiced by [[Harry Shearer]], who is also the voice of Mr. Burns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z175z13z4&bioid=1675|title=Harry Shearer|accessdate=2007-10-27|publisher=[[Fox Broadcasting Company]]}}</ref> Shearer is often able to perform dialogue between the two characters in one take.<ref name="JeanBF"/> [[Dan Castellaneta]] occasionally fills in for Shearer at table reads and voices Smithers.<ref name="JeanBF"/>

Smithers made his first appearance in "[[Homer's Odyssey]]", which was the third episode of the [[The Simpsons (season 1)|first season]], although he can be heard over a speaker in ''The Simpsons'' series premiere "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]".<ref name="bbc">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season1/page1.shtml Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire] ''BBC.co.uk''. Retrieved on March 2, 2007</ref> In his first visual appearance in "Homer's Odyssey", Smithers was mistakenly animated with the wrong color and was made African American by Gyorgi Peluci, the color stylist. [[David Silverman]] has claimed that Smithers was always intended to be "Mr Burns' white sycophant,"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:VXGKpegLb2MJ:www.hurtwoodmedia.com/mckenzie/pdf/simpsons.pdf|title=Background Guide to The Simpsons|accessdate=2007-10-25|date=September 2002|publisher=Hurtwood Media}}</ref> and the staff thought it "would be a bad idea to have a black sub-servient character" and so switched him to his intended color for his next episode.<ref name=tvguide/> The first appearance of yellow Smithers was "[[There's No Disgrace Like Home]]", the fourth episode of the first season.

=== Development ===
[[File:SmithersDream.png|right|200px|thumb|Smithers dreams about Mr. Burns in "[[Marge Gets a Job]]." The censors had issues with the "lump in his bed."<ref name="Weinstein"/>]]
Smithers's relationship with Mr. Burns has long been a running joke on ''The Simpsons''. Smithers is an obedient and sycophant assistant to Mr. Burns. There have often been strong hints about Smithers's true feelings for his boss, with one of the earliest references being in the season one episode "[[The Telltale Head]]".<ref name="JeanTTH">{{cite video | people=Jean, Al|year=2001|title=The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "The Telltale Head"| medium=DVD||publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> Smithers's sexual orientation has often come into question, with some fans claiming he is a "Burns-sexual" and only attracted to his boss, while others maintain that he is, without a doubt, gay. During the [[Bill Oakley]]/[[Josh Weinstein]] era, they still tried to keep his sexuality mysterious and there was debate among the writers about his orientation. [[Al Jean]], who thinks of Smithers as being a "Burns-sexual",<ref name="JeanBF">{{cite video | people=Jean, Al|year=2002|title=The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Blood Feud"| medium=DVD||publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> felt that had Mr. Burns been a woman, then Smithers would not be gay.<ref name="Oakley">{{cite video | people=Oakley, Bill|year=2005|title=The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Homer the Smithers"| medium=DVD||publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> [[David Silverman]], a former supervising director has said, "[Smithers] seems to be focused on one particular human, as opposed to anything beyond that. [Rather than being gay], he's sort of 'Burns-sexual.'" "Waylon Smithers" is actually an anagram of "Wants him sorely". In a 2006 study conducted by the "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation", it was determined that nine of the 679 lead and supporting characters on scripted broadcast television were gay or lesbian. Smithers was not included among these nine characters, and it caused a mild online controversy. [[Patty and Selma Bouvier|Patty Bouvier]], [[Marge Simpson]]'s lesbian sister, was included on the list.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eonline.com/news//article/index.jsp?uuid=fd0da574-316b-4300-80a7-8662f9a096b2&entry=index|title="Simpsons'" Smithers Part of Shrinking Minority?|author=Finn, Natalie|accessdate=2006-08-22|date=2007-11-07|publisher=E! News}}</ref> The debate is referenced in "[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]", when the episode host, [[Troy McClure]] is answering viewer questions, and one that is asked is "What is the real deal with Mr. Burns' assistant Smithers? You know what I'm talking about." A montage of various clips that shows Smithers' lust for Mr. Burns follows, and in the end, McClure says "as you can see, the real deal with Waylon Smithers is that he's Mr. Burns' assistant. He's in his early forties, is unmarried, and currently resides in Springfield. Thanks for asking!"<ref>[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]</ref>

Several of the allusions to Smithers's sexuality have turned into battles with the censors. For example, in Smithers' fantasy of a naked Mr. Burns popping out of a birthday cake in "[[Rosebud]]", the censors had not wanted Mr. Burns to be naked. Another example is "[[Marge Gets a Job]]", which has a dream sequence where Smithers is sleeping and Burns flies through a window. The sequence shows Burns flying towards him and Smithers looking happy, but originally it went on for a few seconds longer. It had to be trimmed down due to scenes that showed "Mr. Burns land[ing] on a particular position on Smithers's anatomy".<ref name="Oakley">{{cite video | people=Oakley, Bill|year=2005|title=The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"| medium=DVD||publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> There were also issues with "the lump in his bed", which the animators had been drawn as his knee, but the censors had misinterpreted.<ref name="Weinstein">{{cite video | people=Weinstein, Josh|year=2005|title=The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"| medium=DVD||publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>

In the early seasons, Smithers has an occasional catchphrase, which comes from a recurring joke that Mr. Burns never remembers who Homer is. In some scenes, Smithers and Burns would watch Homer over a security camera Burns will ask, "Who is that man?", to which Smithers would reply, "That's Homer Simpson sir, one of your [insert drones, organ banks, carbon blobs, etc.] from sector 7G."

== Reception ==
In the second season, the writers started to enjoy writing about Smithers and Burns's relationship, and the writers often pitched episodes with them as the focus, but many never came to fruition.<ref name="VittiSaD">{{cite video | people=Vitti, Jon|year=2002|title=The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Simpson and Delilah"| medium=DVD||publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>

In 2004, Simpsons producers announced that one of the characters was going to come out of the closet.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,673179,00.html|title=I D'oh|author=Susman, Gary|accessdate=2007-10-25|date=[[2004-07-28]]|publisher=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> Speculation on who it would be was printed in newspapers throughout the United States and Canada (even claiming Smithers's "sexual orientation was about the worst-kept secret in Springfield,")<ref>Rayner, Ben. "We'll have a gay old time." The Toronto Star: February 20, 2005 Sunday, P. CO3. Retrieved October 26, 2007.</ref> as well as in [[Australia]],<ref>"Queer eye for yellow guys." The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia): February 22, 2005 LOCAL; pg. 17. Retrieved October 26, 2007.</ref> New Zealand,<ref>"Simpsons in gay outing." ''The Press'' (Christchurch, New Zealand), February 15, 2005.</ref> [[Ireland]], (the ''Irish Independent'' called Smithers "too obvious" a choice)<ref>"Waylon Smithers." ''Irish Independent'': August 7, 2004. Retrieved October 26, 2007.</ref> and the United Kingdom.<ref> Ayres, Chris. "Homer sexual mystery as Simpsons character outed."'' The Times'' (London), July 29, 2004, p. 9. Retrieved October 26, 2007.</ref> Despite Matt Groening joking that it would be Homer, ''The Boston Herald'' calculated the odds of several characters being gay with Smithers at a million to one.<ref>Perigard, Mark. "Scandal in Springfield; For a gay old time, Bedrock has nothing on `The Simpsons' hometown." Boston Herald; July 27, 2004. P. 2. Retrieved October 26, 2007.</ref> PlanetOut hosted an online poll in the weeks prior to the episode to determine based on "cartoon gaydar" who was gay on the Simpsons, with 97% of the respondents choosing Smithers. Jenny Stewart, the entertainment editor at the site said of the poll, "We've never had such an avalanche of people voting in any of our polls as we did on The Simpsons."<ref>Harris, Misty. "Is Smithers coming out of the closet?: Simpsons fans hitting the polls. Cartoon series promises answer in January, but what's the buzz on Batman and Robin?" ''The Gazette'' (Montreal): August 10, 2004 p. D1.</ref> After the guessing, it was [[Patty Bouvier]] who came out.<ref>[[There's Something About Marrying]]</ref>

In a 2007 article, ''Entertainment Weekly'' named Smithers the sixteenth greatest sidekick of all time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20041669_20041686_20041659_9,00.html|title=We're No. 2!|author=Gunatilaka, Timothy|accessdate=2007-10-25|date=[[2004-07-28]]|publisher=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> They have also described Smithers and Mr. Burns as being "TV's most functional dysfunctional couple".<ref name="EW">{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,417748~3~0~25bestand1,00.html|title=The Family Dynamic|accessdate=2007-10-25|date=2003-01-29|publisher=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> Star News Online named "Smithers' fey way" as one of the four hundred reasons why they loved ''The Simpsons''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070520/NEWS/70518023/0/news36|title=400 reasons we love 'The Simpsons'|accessdate=2007-10-25|author=Jeff Hidek|publisher=Star News Online}}</ref> In a 2003 article, ''Entertainment Weekly'' named the [[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)|Who Shot Mr. Burns?]] [[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)|duo of episodes]], in which Smithers was prominently featured, 25th best episode.<ref name="EW"/>

== Cultural influence ==
Smithers was made into an action figure, and four different versions were included as part of the ''[[World of Springfield]]'' toy line. The first shows Smithers in his normal attire with a picture of Mr. Burns at his feet and was released in 2000 as part of "wave two".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonscollectors.com/wospdb/figure.asp?fig=F0010|title=Waylon Smithers|accessdate=2007-10-27|publisher=Simpsons Collectors}}</ref> The second, released in 2002 as part of "wave ten", is called "resort Smithers" and shows him dressed as he was at the resort in the episode "Homer the Smithers".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonscollectors.com/wospdb/figure.asp?fig=F0116|title=Resort Smithers|accessdate=2007-10-27|publisher=Simpsons Collectors}}</ref> In 2003, a series of figures exclusive to ''Electronics Boutique'' was released, and a set of one Mr. Burns figure and two different Smithers toys based on the episode "[[Rosebud (The Simpsons)|Rosebud]]" were included. One, called "Bobo Smithers" shows Smithers dressed as Mr. Burns' teddy bear Bobo;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonscollectors.com/wospdb/figure.asp?fig=F0185|title=Bobo Smithers|accessdate=2007-10-27|publisher=Simpsons Collectors}}</ref> and the other, known as "future Smithers", shows him as a robotic dog.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonscollectors.com/wospdb/figure.asp?fig=F0184|title=Future Smithers|accessdate=2007-10-27|publisher=Simpsons Collectors}}</ref> A "future Burns" was included in the set as a companion to "future Smithers" and depicts Burns as how he appeared as a robot at the end of the episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonscollectors.com/wospdb/figure.asp?fig=F0183|title=Future Burns|accessdate=2007-10-27|publisher=Simpsons Collectors}}</ref>

== Appearances ==
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* {{ep|Homer's Odyssey}}
* {{ep|There's No Disgrace Like Home}}
* {{ep|The Telltale Head}}
* {{ep|Life on the Fast Lane}}
* {{ep|Homer's Night Out}}
* {{ep|Bart Gets an F}}
* {{ep|Simpson and Delilah}}
* {{ep|Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish}}
* {{ep|Dancin' Homer}}
* {{ep|Bart vs. Thanksgiving}}
* {{ep|Bart Gets Hit by a Car}}
* {{ep|Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment}}
* {{ep|Principal Charming}}
* {{ep|Old Money}}
* {{ep|Brush With Greatness}}
* {{ep|Blood Feud}}
* {{ep|Lady Bouvier's Lover}}
* {{ep|Homer the Smithers}}
* {{bon|The Amazing Colossal Homer}}
* {{game|The Simpsons: The Arcade Game}}
* {{game|The Simpsons Road Rage}}
* {{game|The Simpsons: Hit and Run}}
* {{game|The Simpsons Game}}
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== External links ==
* [http://www.thesimpsons.com/bios/bios_townspeople_smithers.htm Waylon Smithers] at TheSimpsons.com
* [http://www.snpp.com/guides/smithers.sexuality.html Smithers' Sexuality] at [[The Simpsons Archive]]

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'''Coca-Cola''' is a well known soft drink. In 2010, during Super Bowl XLIV, ''The Simpsons'' characters starred in a largely wordless advertisement for Coca-Cola entitled "Hard Times".

== Plot ==
A newscaster (voiced by [[Maurice LaMarche]] from ''[[Futurama]]'') reports on (and jokes about) the loss of all of [[Mr. Burns]]' money. The television that the story is shown on gets carried away by [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]]. Burns watches in deep sorrow as all his possessions get sold off and taken away. (Even [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] take away [[Smithers]]). Burns stands outside the padlocked gate of his old mansion, which gets carried away by helicopters. Burns then takes a walk in [[Springfield Park]] and watches people getting along like Smithers butlering [[Patty and Selma]], [[Nelson]] pushing [[Martin]] and [[Krusty]] pushing [[Plopper]] on the swing set. Even [[Chief Wiggum]] and [[Snake]] are holding hands (though they are handcuffed together, but they still smile) and holding bottles of Coke. He passes by [[Maggie]] and [[Baby Gerald]] getting along while [[Gil]] gives out Cokes behind him. [[Apu]] grabs two armfuls of Cokes and then spots Mr. Burns and sympathizes with him. He walks up to him and gives him one of his Coke bottles. Burns takes a sip, catches a football and gets carried off by Lenny and Carl as the Simpsons look at him, and [[Bart]] gives [[Homer]] ''his'' Coke. [[Jimbo]] is seen flying a kite made out of the artwork that he purchased from Burns' sale with [[Milhouse]] riding it. The kite bumps into the Coke bottle logo, and Milhouse says, "Ah, sorry, Coke."
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