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[[File:Dome.png|thumb|250px|The Dome being lowered on [[Springfield]]]]

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The '''Dome''' is a gigantic glass dome placed over [[Springfield]] by the US Government and [[EPA]]. It is an almost impenetrable object that encased Springfield, which had the highest pollution levels in the world, and resulted in a socioeconomic crisis known as [[Trappuccino]], which was given its own theme song on newscasts.

[[File:Simpsons-movie-dome-1.png|thumb|250px|Springfieldians in the Dome]]

== Description ==
The Dome could easily crush people when coming down, as [[Crushed man|one unfortunate person]] found out. It had to be transported by loads of helicopters with suction cups holding it up.

It could only be damaged after numerous repeated attacks. There would have been a way to create a hole with [[Professor Frink]]'s [[Acid Shooting Ray]]. However, this was on the other side of the Dome. Repeated attacks, such as [[Stampy]] hitting it, could crack the Dome though. The Dome also had a massive television screen, invisible at first, that [[Russ Cargill]], head of EPA, could communicate to Springfield on.

== Destruction ==
The Dome was finally destroyed by [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] on the day Springfield was to be blown to smithereens. Homer rode a motorcycle around the Dome with Bart throwing a bomb out of an hole on top (which was previously plugged up). The bomb destroyed the Dome.

== Second dome ==
[[Mr. Burns]] brought in a second dome to cover Springfield with after everyone treated him horribly. He didn't go through with it after he was told that it had already been done before. [[Lou]] then states that they could always just dig out of it.<ref name="[[The Fool Monty]]">"[[The Fool Monty]]"</ref>

== Trivia ==
*It is unknown why the residents of Springfield didn't dig a hole under the dome. A possibility is that the Springfield residents weren't thinking clearly, and just tried to break out of it, rather than digging a hole, or there was a lack of shovels.
**This is later referenced by Lou in "[[The Fool Monty]]" when Mr. Burns was going to put another dome over Springfield. Lou states that they could just dig a way out, although this never occurred to anyone.

== Appearances ==
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*{{ep|The Fool Monty}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXVI|(mentioned in Fiendbook post)}}
*{{ep|Frinkenstein's Monster|(mentioned)}}
*{{spec|Super Bowl Promo|(mentioned)}}

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