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'''The Beatles''' were a British pop/rock group formed in [[Liverpool]] in 1960 and disbanded in 1970. The Beatles have been referred to as the greatest band of all time.

== History ==
[[File:Beatles Merchandise.png|thumb|left|Ned's collection of Beatles memorabilia.]]
When [[Lisa]] got braces, while she was under the anesthetic she had a surreal vision of the Beatles floating across a bizarre landscape in a purple submarine.<ref>"[[Last Exit to Springfield]]"</ref>

When [[Homer]] sung "[[Spanish Flea]]", he mentioned the Beatles.<ref>"[[The Otto Show]]"</ref>

[[Marge]] once wrote a letter to {{Ch|Ringo Starr}}, who replied years later, apologizing for his lateness. When [[Homer]] found a picture of him Marge told him that when she was a schoolgirl and the Beatles were very popular. When [[Mr. Burns]] was told that Ringo was the drummer of the Beatles he told him that he remembered their off-key caterwauling on the old Sullivan show.<ref>"[[Brush with Greatness]]"</ref>

The Beatles met [[Apu]] in [[India]], and they became good friends. Years later, after Apu moved to [[Springfield]], {{Ch|Paul McCartney}} and his late wife {{Ch|Linda McCartney|Linda}} visited occasionally to spend time with Apu and relax in his rooftop garden at the [[Kwik-E-Mart]]. On one of those visits, they met [[Lisa]] and encouraged her as she was struggling with her decision to become a vegetarian.<ref>"[[Lisa the Vegetarian]]"</ref>
[[File:Beatles Waxworks.png|thumb|left|The melted Beatles waxworks]]
[[Ned Flanders]] is a big fan of the Beatles and had a whole room in his house filled with Beatles memorabilia, until [[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] wrecked it.<ref>"[[The Bart of War]]"</ref>

The Beatles appeared as wax statues in a display at the [[Springfield Wax Museum]]. The [[Squeaky-voiced teen]], leading a tour group, said that they were "exactly as they looked performing on ''{{W|The Ed Sullivan Show}}''", but the statues had melted due to a spell of very hot weather in [[Springfield]].<ref>"[[Bart of Darkness]]"</ref>

Their album ''Sgt. Pepper's'' was used to recruit people for the navy.<ref>"[[New Kids on the Blecch]]"</ref>

When [[Springfield]] tried set the world record for tallest human pyramid they was enthusiastic about the chance to give Springfield a real claim to fame, as opposed to their old claim about being the birthplace of the Beatles.<ref>"[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]"</ref>

Homer and [[Artie Ziff]] had a quiz duel to find out which one of them knew more about the [[Simpson family]]. During the quiz, Homer mistakenly identified [[Pete Best]] as Marge's favorite Beatle.<ref>''[[Marge the Sellout]]''</ref>

When [[Mr. Burns]] was in prison he joined a Beatles tribute band, [[The Stabfour]].<ref>"[[American History X-cellent]]"</ref>

[[Bart]] once told [[Krusty]] that people also love a quitter, such as [[Sarah Palin]] and the Beatles.<ref>"[[The Ten-Per-Cent Solution]]"</ref>

While [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] were dating, Homer made a mixtape for her by recording songs from the radio, including "{{ap|Blue-Haired Beauty|song}}", which became "their" song. Homer also inadvertently recorded "the D.J. cursing over the music because he didn't know his mike was still on". Years later, Marge found the [[Blue-Haired Beauty|album]] with the song and played it for Homer, which prompted him to tell the story of the mixtape. Marge said that for years after Homer gave her the mixtape, she had wondered why the Beatles' song "{{W2|Yellow Submarine|song}}" had so many swear words in it.<ref>''[[Lisa Simpson's Toot Suite]]''</ref>

[[Comic Book Guy]] said that he was not budging, like the door of [[Superman]]'s {{W|Fortress of Solitude}} when the Beatles tried to visit.<ref>"[[101 Mitigations]]"</ref>

Footage of the Beatles was shown off in the documentary ''[[Salt You Need Is Love]]'' by {{Ch|Peter Jackson}}. In the footage, the Beatles talked about drinking water and umbrellas.<ref>"[[Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story]]"</ref>

== Non-canon ==
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30 years in the future, the Beatles have become saints and the [[St. Beatles Cathedral]] in [[London]] has been named after them.<ref>"[[Holidays of Future Passed]]"</ref>

== Behind the Laughter ==
[[Paul McCartney]], [[George Harrison]] and [[Ringo Starr]] have all made separate special guest voice appearances in ''The Simpsons'' episodes. Of the "Fab Four", the only Beatle to never make an appearance is [[John Lennon]], who was murdered in 1980, nine years before the show started.

== Appearances ==
:''This list shows appearances of the Beatles as a group. For appearances of individual members, see the members' respective articles.''
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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