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'''Moe's Tavern''', once known as '''Moe's Bar''',<ref>''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''</ref> formerly known as '''Moe's Cavern''',<ref name="Quartet"/> is the local tavern in [[Springfield]]. The bar is named after its owner, [[Moe Szyslak]]. It is the only known tavern in Springfield (maybe because, like Krusty and Krusty Burger, Moe pays Fat Tony money to make sure there is no competition), though there is a [[Joe's Tavern]] in Shelbyville. Moe's Tavern is located right next to [[King Toot's Music Store|King Toot's]].
  
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Moe's is the local tavern in [[Springfield]]. It is named for its owner, [[Moe Szyslak]]
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== Profile ==
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[[Image:2363353383.jpg|right|thumb|89px|A poster Advertising Moe's]]
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=== Interior ===
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[[Image:Moe's sign.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
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The bar was described by [[Dr. Hibbert]]'s daughter as smelling "like tinkle". The inside of the bar is dank and scant with red and green diamond windows. The bar serves Duff Beer, Henry K. Duff's Private Reserve, Tuborg; "The Beer Of Danish Kings", and Red Tick Beer, a beer flavored with dogs. It is also shown that they serve a drink to lose the memory, which Homer uses in order to forget that we was going to have a secret party.
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The bar may actually be an illegal speakeasy, as the bar's liquor license expired in 1973, was valid only in Rhode Island and was signed by Moe himself (although Moe had intended to get it updated to the current year, the [[Springfield's state|correct state]], and real).<ref>"[[Pygmoelian]]"</ref>[[File:Moe4.jpg|thumb|Inside Moe's Tavern]]
  
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His bar features a few pool tables (to which [[Barney Gumble]] once "made sweet love" and then "befouled," in that order), a dartboard, the occasional rat, a love tester machine, a bull-riding machine, a racing washing machine and dryer sold to him by [[Herb Powell]], a cigarette vending machine, and a jukebox. A jar of pickled eggs perpetually sits on the bar counter.
  
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==Interior==
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As female customers are so rare, [[Moe]] uses the women's restroom as an office. Moe claims that there "haven't been any ladies at Moe's since 1979"
  
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Dark and described by [[Julius Hibbert|Dr. Hibbert]]'s daughter as smelling "like tinkle", the inside of the bar is dank and scant. As female customers are so rare, [[Moe Szyslak|Moe]] uses the women's restroom as an office. Moe claims that there haven't been any ladies at Moe's since [[1979]] (though earlier episodes show otherwise, as [[Ruth Powers]] has been seen there many times). A jar of [[pickled egg]]s perpetually stands on the bar. In "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns?]]", Moe's Tavern was forced to close down because [[Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]]' drilling operation near the tavern caused unsafe pollution. The bar serves [[Duff Beer | Duff Beer]], [[Henry K. Duff's Private Reserve]] and [[Red Tick Beer]], a beer flavored with dogs.<br />
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Moe's back room has often been the site of numerous illegal operations. Among these are: smuggling Pandas,<ref>"[[Cape Feare]]"</ref> Kidnapping [[Shamu]],<ref>"[[The Springfield Files]]"</ref> and running a ''Deer Hunter''-style Russian Roulette game.
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In one episode, Moe is also seen serving [[Tuborg]] for Homer.
 
  
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Moe's may actually be an illegal [[speakeasy]], since in the episode "[[Pygmoelian]]" [[Lenny Leonard|Lenny]] noticed that the bar's liquor license expired in [[1973]], was valid only in [[Rhode Island]] and was signed by Moe himself (although Moe had intended to get it updated to the current year, the [[Springfield's state|correct state]], and real).
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It is also shown that there is a back room in the bar which is apparently Moe's bedroom. It's implied later in the same scene that Moe lives in the bar, saying "I bet if I didn't sell booze, they wouldn't even come here"
  
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In one episode it was shown that [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] could walk to Moe's Tavern from home by traveling a few doors along. This makes little sense, however, as the tavern's wider surroundings have frequently and notably been shown not to include the Simpson's home on Evergreen Terrace. It was obviously a joke describing how far Homer could walk: down the street.
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Moe's Tavern always closes on Wednesdays, as Moe performs charity work by reading to the homeless at the same refuge where Ned Flanders serves soup.<ref>"[[Homer Loves Flanders]]"</ref>
  
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Moe's Tavern is based on a real bar called Moe's by Loyola Marymount in Playa Del Rey, CA on Culver Street. The owner of Moe's actually bears a striking resemblance to the Simpson's Moe. (Citation: TV Guide Special on Simpson's Movie, July 27, 2007)
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=== Incarnations ===
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Moe's Tavern has been reinvented a few times over the years. During these times, at least, he had many more customers, including women:
  
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A bar called Moe's Tavern can be seen opposite the bank in the film ''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''. [[Hank Azaria]] stated that Moe's voice was based on that of [[Al Pacino]]'s character in the same film.
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==== Moe's Ice Cream Carnival ====
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[[File:Moe's Ice Cream Carnival.png|thumb|left]]
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Moe said that when he first opened, the tavern was actually "Moe's Ice Cream Carnival", and still, no one was happy there.<ref>"[[A Tree Grows in Springfield]]"</ref>
  
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On the [[Middle East Broadcasting Center]] on the Arab version of the show, where ''The Simpsons'' is known as ''Al Shamshoon'', the characters drink [[soda pop|soda]] at Moe's Tavern because alcoholic beer is forbidden in [[Islam]].
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==== Meaux's Tavern ====
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When Homer thinks back to when Moe opened his tavern as an actual tavern, it was called Meaux's.
  
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His bar features a few [[pool table]]s (to which [[Barney Gumble]] once "made sweet love" and then "befouled," in that order), a [[dartboard]], the occasional rat (this can be attributed to the episode "Homer's Enemy" in which [[Bart Simpson|Bart's]] factory collapses, and the rats are then shown to find a new home at Moe's), a love tester (which was briefly inhabited by [[Abraham Simpson|Grampa Simpson]] in a fictional [[spinoff]] series), a bull-riding machine, a racing washing machine and dryer sold to him by [[Herb Powell]], and a jukebox.
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==== Flaming Moe's ====
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[[File:Flaming Moe's (location).png|thumb|right]]
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{{Main|Flaming Moe's (location)}}
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Flaming Moe's is the incarnation of Moe's after Moe stole [[Flaming Homer|Homer's idea for a drink]]. The bar was very popular. Celebrities, like [[Krusty the Clown]] and [[Aerosmith]], went regularly to the bar. The bar went back to its old self after Homer revealed the secret ingredient, which was cough syrup.<ref name="Flaming Moe's">"[[Flaming Moe's]]"</ref>
  
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In the episode "[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]", we also find out that [[Montgomery Burns]] was once an employee of Moe's Tavern after he lost the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|nuclear plant]] in a bet. He later found and stole Moe's treasure to buy back the plant.
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==== Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag ====
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[[File:Uncle moe's family feedbag.png|thumb|right]]
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Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag is a family restaurant Moe renovated from his tavern. When the Hibberts are on a day out, they stop by Moe's Tavern to get something to eat. Their disappointment with the place together with [[Julius Hibbert]]'s comment "I thought this was a family restaurant" drives Moe into changing the bar. The restaurant is popular at first with Moe giving away "Million Dollar" Birthday Fries and his guarantee that the food is free if he doesn't smile when the check comes. [[Marge]]'s first comment to the newly decorated bar is: "An alligator wearing sunglasses? Now I've seen everything." Unfortunately, when Moe, out of irritation of the stresses of running a family restaurant, says bad words in front of the children, the customers leave. The Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag commercial's song is "Come to Uncle Moe's for family fun, it's good good good good, good good good!"<ref>"[[Bart Sells His Soul]]"</ref>
  
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According to the episode "[[Homer Loves Flanders]]", Moe's Tavern always closes on Wednesdays, as Moe performs charity work by reading to the homeless at the same refuge where Flanders serves soup.
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==== Moe's Pet Shop ====
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Moe's Pet Shop was the incarnation the tavern became when alcohol was outlawed in Springfield. It looked like a normal tavern until Moe pulled a lever, changing it into a pet shop whenever the police came looking.<ref>"[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]"</ref>
  
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Moe's back room has often been the site of numerous illegal operations. Among these are: smuggling Pandas ([[Cape Feare]]), Kidnapping [[Shamu]] ([[The Springfield Files]]) and running a ''[[Deer Hunter]]''-style [[Russian Roulette]] game.
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==== M ====
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M was another incarnation of Moe's. It was transformed into a bar for younger, more hipper people. Features included a big eyeball looking around, rabbits and an oxygen bar. The bar didn't serve [[Duff Beer]], instead he served a Malaysian beer made entirely of soy sauce. In protest to this new type of bar, Homer created his own garage bar. Moe switched the bar back after he realized the customers were snobs.<ref name="Homer the Moe">"[[Homer the Moe]]"</ref>
  
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In the episode [[Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]], the Super Bowl is sponsored by Moe's Tavern
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==== The Nag and Weasel ====
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{{Main|The Nag and Weasel}}
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The Nag and Weasel was another incarnation of Moe's. When Homer took a mortgage on his house to save Moe's, [[Marge]] partnered up with Moe to revamp the bar as an English pub called The Nag and Weasel. The pub's sign indicated that Marge is the nag and Moe is the weasel.<ref>"[[Mommie Beerest]]"</ref>
  
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==== Mo's ====
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[[File:Flaming Moe.png|thumb|left]] [[File:Interior of Mo's.png|thumb|right]]
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Mo's was another incarnation of Moe's. Mo's started when [[Waylon Smithers, Jr.]] wasn't allowed in [[The League of Extra-Horny Gentlemen]] and he went into Moe's and notices how slow business is. As Moe serves him a drink, Smithers laments that Springfield needs a bar for the average-looking gay man. Then an idea dawns on Smithers, and he proposes to Moe that they refurbish the bar and make it into a more accepting gay bar. Moe is first reluctant about the idea, because he doesn't feel like being around so many gays, but he soon realizes that with Smithers' plan he can make money. Moe thus decides to turn Moe's into an ultra-trendy gay bar, renaming it to change the name to "Mo's". Smithers revisits the sidewalk in front of The League of Extra-Horny Gentlemen and tells the gays who were denied entrance (among them Grady and Mr. Largo) that they will be welcome in Mo's. Grady and Largo come to Mo's and have a good time, and as word of Mo's spreads in the gay community, Mo's soon becomes a success amongst gays. Mo's went back to its regular self after Moe declared he wasn't gay.<ref>"[[Flaming Moe]]"</ref>
  
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Moe's Tavern has been reinvented a few times over the years. During these times, at least, he had many more customers, including women:
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==== Drunken Donuts ====
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Drunken Donuts was another incarnation of Moe's. Homer and Barney were at Moe's and watchíng TV where Professor Frink demonstrated his new invention, time-travelling roller skates and got $1 million in the price of his invention. Moe, Homer and Barney decide to try to think of a similar idea. Moe gets one off of Homer, Barney and himself after Barney says Beer, Homer says D'oh and Moe says Nuts. Moe asks Homer and Barney: What is the one thing that every man wants when they wake up?, and both Homer and Barney say Marge. When asked again, they say beer-flavoured donuts. Moe then renamed his bar Drunken Donuts and sold beer-flavoured donuts.<ref>[[D'oh, Nuts!]]</ref>
  
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* When Homer's cocktail drink in the episode "[[Flaming Moe's]]" was popular, Moe renamed his tavern '''Flaming Moe's'''.
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* In "[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]," a flashback shows the bar with the name '''Moe's Cavern''' in reference to the [[Cavern Club]] where the [[Beatles]] got their start.
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It appears that Moe's tavern has only six regular patrons, Homer, Barney, Lenny, Carl, [[Sam]] and [[Larry]]. Moe pointed out that due to their frequent habit of drunk-driving, "91% of all traffic accidents in this city are caused by you six guys."<ref>"[[The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson]]"</ref> Many other customers used to go the bar, although most never spoke or were even recognized by the other patrons.
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* Moe's was briefly converted into a [[family restaurant]] called '''Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag''' in "[[Bart Sells His Soul]]."  Moe reverted it when he was unable to tolerate the family atmosphere.
 
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* In "[[My Sister, My Sitter]]", it appears that Moe has moved to a new location on the Squidport named '''Moe's Brewing Co.''' Homer is amazed that Moe's moved to a fancier place. In fact, it was actually a long tunnel that lead to the original Moe's. A visitor remarked, "Hey, this isn't faux dive. This is a dive," to which Moe replies "You're a long way from home, [[yuppie]]-boy. I'll start a [[bar tab|tab]]."
 
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* In the episode "[[Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment]]", during a brief period of [[Prohibition]], Moe's Tavern is converted into a [[speakeasy]]. The sign on the front reads '''Moe's Pet Shop''', and the bar and booths flip over to display pet cages when federal agents show up to bust the speakeasy.
 
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* Moe revamped his tavern for yuppie hipsters, renaming the bar '''M''' in "[[Homer the Moe]]," a parody of Starwood's "W" hotels.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
 
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* Since Homer took a [[mortgage]] on his house to save Moe's, [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] partners up with Moe to revamp the bar as an [[England|English]] [[pub]] called '''The Nag & Weasel''' in "[[Mommie Beerest]]." The pub's sign indicates that Marge is the nag and Moe is the weasel.
 
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* When Homer convinces the town that the [[Rapture]] was coming in "[[Thank God It's Doomsday]]", Moe sells his bar to [[Japanese people|Japanese]] businessmen who converted it into a [[sushi]] restaurant named '''Tokyo Roe's''', a reference to [[Tokyo Rose]], the generic name given by Allied forces during World War II to English-speaking female broadcasters of Japanese propaganda.
 
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* In a [[flashback (continuity)|flashback]], it is shown that Moe's Tavern was originally called '''Meaux's Tavern'''. This is in the episode: [[Three Gays of the Condo]].
 
  
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Barney's bar tab was so large that Moe had to send it to NASA to get it calculated. It totaled to $14 billion. Initially, it was believed to be $70 billion, but that was revealed to be the cost of the Voyager space craft.<ref>"[[22 Short Films About Springfield]]"</ref>
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It appears that Moe's tavern has only six regular patrons, Homer, Barney, Lenny, Carl, [[Sam]] and [[Larry]]. In "[[The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson]]", Moe pointed out that due to their frequent habit of drunk-driving, "91% of all traffic accidents in this city are caused by you six guys."
 
  
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Barney Gumble is single, an alcoholic (after being introduced to beer by [[Homer Simpson]] as a teenager), and living in an incredibly messy apartment near the state penitentiary (or sometimes right above Moe's bar). Barney arguably remains Homer's best friend. His desperation for alcohol has been the source of many jokes. He remains friendly and good-natured despite his unfortunate condition. In early episodes, he appears to be a parody of [[Barney Rubble]], similar appearance, hair color, clothing color, just much larger in size. In some ways, Barney also resembles ''[[Cheers]]''' [[Norm Peterson]], the heavy-set man at the end of the bar. He manages to make a living selling his body for medical experiments, which has led to some interesting changes. Barney has demonstrated considerable talents as a singer, filmmaker, astronaut, orator, painter, helicopter pilot, and [[snow plow]] driver, but keeps getting foiled by his various addictions. In "[[$pringfield]]", he claims to have five years of modern dance training and six years of tap dance training.  He has drunk a can of [[turpentine]], a bottle of [[brake fluid]], a can of [[varnish]], and even a cup of [[U.S. quarter|quarters]] at Mr. Burns' Casino.
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When the [[Flaming Homer]] became a success, Homer implied that there used to be other regulars that used Food Stamps before the government told Moe to stop accepting them.<ref name="Flaming Moe's"/>
  
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In "[[Days of Wine and D'oh'ses]]," Barney finally kicked his [[alcoholism]] and transferred his addiction to [[espresso]], which led to the disappearance of his trademark belch. He had a relapse in "[[I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can]]" and was back on the sauce in "[[My Big Fat Geek Wedding]]" (in a scene that was a parody of [[Jimmy Stewart]]'s ''[[Harvey (film)|Harvey]]''). By the end of Season 15, he was back in all his fat, lovable, belching glory. In [[Co-Dependent's Day]] he said the same re-hab center "cured" him six times, meaning he may randomly switch between drunk and recovering alcoholic.
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==== Other regulars ====
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[[Charlie]], one of Homer's colleagues at the nuclear power plant, can be occasionally seen. Moe's is usually the place where Homer takes new found friends to hang out, such as Principal Skinner before his marriage. [[Ruth Powers]] is the only girl regular in the bar and is usually a background character.
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The two barflies usually seen are Sam and Larry. Sam always wears a cap and Larry has a balding head.
  
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Barney's bar tab was so large that Moe had to send it to [[NASA]] to get it calculated. It totaled $14 billion. Initially, it was believed to be $70 billion, but that was revealed to be the cost of the [[Voyager program|Voyager space craft]].
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=== Other Patrons ===
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*{{Chs|Aerosmith}}<ref name="Flaming Moe's"/>
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===Other regulars===
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*{{Ch|Stephen Hawking}} <ref>"[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]"</ref><ref>"[[Don't Fear the Roofer]]"</ref>
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The scene is usually set in Moe's Tavern when [[Homer Simpson]] is there. While there, we often see [[Lenny Leonard|Lenny]], [[Carl Carlson|Carl]] and occasionally [[Charlie]], Homer's colleagues at the nuclear plant. Moe's is usually the place where Homer takes newfound friends to hang out, such as [[Don't Fear the Roofer|Ray Magini]] or Principal Skinner before his marriage.
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*{{Chs|U2}} <ref>"[[Trash of the Titans]]"</ref>
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*{{Chs|Red Hot Chili Peppers}}<ref name="Krusty Gets Kancelled">"[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]"</ref>
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The two [[barfly|barflies]] usually seen are Sam and Larry. Sam always wears a cap and Larry has a balding head. Sam appeared to get shot by Moe in "[[Worst Episode Ever]]", but has appeared since. Virtually nothing is known about them, not unlike various barflies on the series ''[[Cheers]]''.  ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' #9 contains "Homer Simpson's Pathetic Pal Barney Gumble: Asleep at the Well", a story about a day in the life of Barney Gumble. In it, Larry is referred to as the ear bender and Sam is the wife dodger. However, the Simpsons comics are generally considered non-[[Canon (fiction)|canonical]].
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*{{Ch|Jay Leno}}<ref name="Last Temptation">"[[The Last Temptation of Krust]]"</ref>
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*{{Ch|Wade Boggs}} <ref>"[[Homer at the Bat]]"</ref>
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A small bit of information is revealed about Sam & Larry in ''[[The Simpsons library of wisdom|The Homer Book]]'' though. As it is Homer Simpson's point of view, he says quite a lot of good things about Sam but Larry is talked about being stupid, glum and weird.
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*{{Ch|Johnny Carson}}<ref name="Krusty Gets Kancelled"/>
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*[[Joe Frazier]]<ref>"[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]"</ref>
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*Jamie Farr<ref>"[[Fear of Flying]]"</ref> (An autographed photo with the Legend: 'To Moe, the Inspiration for Corporal Klinger...now where's my beer?')
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*{{ap|R.E.M.|characters}} <ref name="Homer the Moe"/>
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In the ''[[The Simpsons: Hit and Run|Simpsons: Hit and Run]]'' video game, [[Kearney Zzyzwicz]] is seen in Moe's drinking beer. He is seen in two different t-shirts. His classic white, and a new orange one.
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*The owner of [[King Toots]]
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*A man with glasses that are out of focus
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==Celebrity patrons==
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*[[Hugh Jass]] (a man who coincidentally has the same name that Bart uses for a prank call)
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* [[Aerosmith]] — "[[Flaming Moe's]]"
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*An unnamed person who has a cowlick and easily passes out
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* [[Stephen Hawking]] — "[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]" and "[[Don't Fear the Roofer]]"
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*A gay man who was under the impression that Moe's Tavern was a gay bar
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* [[U2]] — "[[Trash of the Titans]]"
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*[[Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo]] <ref>"[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]"</ref> whose name Homer uses as an alias. When Moe insults the name, Shabadoo bursts into tears and runs out of the bar; Barney calls out sympathetically after him, "Hey! Joey Joe Joe!")
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* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] — "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]"
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*A potential patron was [[Guy Incognito]], a man who looked like Homer and talked in a voice similar to his but had a mustache and wore a top hat and tails. Guy wanted to order a drink one time, but Moe thought it was Homer (Homer was temporarily banned from Moe's at the time) in disguise and kicked him out not realizing his error. Homer sees this man lying in the gutter out the front of Moe's and realizes he looks just like him but instead of investigating this further, Homer chases after a dog with a puffy tail.
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* [[Jay Leno]] — "[[The Last Temptation of Krust]]"
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*An unknown character who thinks Homer's name is Bill.
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* [[Wade Boggs]] — "[[Homer at the Bat]]"
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*Barney's dog [[Shaggy]] was seen joining the regulars. When Moe commented that he was sick of hearing "shaggy dog stories", Shaggy left in a huff.
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* [[Johnny Carson]] — "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]"
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*{{ap|Benjamin|nerd}}, {{ap|Doug|nerd}} and {{ap|Gary|nerd}} <ref>"[[MoneyBart]]"</ref>
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* [[Joe Frazier]] —  "[[Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]"
 
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* [[Jamie Farr]] — "[[Fear of Flying (Simpsons)|Fear of Flying]]" (An autographed photo with the Legend: 'To Moe, the Inspiration for [[Corporal Klinger]]...now where's my beer?')
 
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* [[R.E.M (band)|R.E.M]] - "[[Homer the Moe]]"
 
  
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=== Performances ===
 
A small stage stands at one end and has been host to a few performances
 
A small stage stands at one end and has been host to a few performances
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* [[Aerosmith]] — "[[Flaming Moe's]]"
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*{{chs|Aerosmith}}<ref name="Flaming Moe's"/>
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* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] — "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]"
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*{{chs|Red Hot Chilli Peppers}}<ref name="Krusty Gets Kancelled"/>
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* [[The Be Sharps]] — "[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]"
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*[[The Be Sharps]]<ref name="Quartet">"[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]"</ref>
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* [[Krusty the Clown]] — during his "rebel comic" phase in "[[The Last Temptation of Krust]]"
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*[[Krusty the Clown]] (during his "rebel comic" phase)<ref name="Last Temptation"/>
  
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==Other Moe's Tavern patrons==
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=== Location, address and phone number ===
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*The owner of [[King Toots]]
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Moe's Tavern is located on [[Walnut Street]], next to [[King Toot's Music Store]]. Across the street is the Moeview Hotel and factory once owned by [[Bart Simpson]].
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*All the characters in the show voiced by [[Jon Lovitz]] drinking together
 
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*A man with glasses that are out of focus
 
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*[[Hugh Jass]] (a man who coincidentally has the same name that Bart uses for a [[prank call]])
 
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*An unnamed person who has a [[cowlick]] and easily passes out
 
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*A [[homosexual|gay]] man who was under the impression that Moe's Tavern was a [[gay bar]]
 
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*[[Ruth Powers]]
 
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*[[Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo]] (a man seen in "[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]" whose name Homer uses as an alias. When Moe insults the name, Shabadoo bursting into tears and running out of the bar; Barney calls out sympathetically after him, "Come back, Joey Joe Joe!")
 
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*A potential patron was [[Guy Incognito]], a man who looked like Homer and talked in a voice similar to his but had a mustache and wore a top hat and tails. Guy wanted to order a drink one time, but Moe thought it was Homer (Homer was banned from Moe's in that episode) in disguise and kicked him out not realizing his error. Homer sees this man lying in the gutter out the front of Moe's and realises he looks just like him but instead of investigating this further, Homer chases after a dog with a puffy tail.
 
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*An unknown character who thinks Homer's name is Bill.
 
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*Barney's dog Shaggy was seen joining the regulars in one episode. When Moe commented that he was sick of hearing "shaggy dog stories", Shaggy left in a huff.
 
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*Many Homer Simpson clones created from the magic hammock in [[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]. They cause the bar to reach record business and end up charging the tab to Lenny.
 
  
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==Address and phone number==
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The phone number varies from time to time. Mr. Burns once tried to call [[Smithers]] but did not know his phone number. He tried the buttons marked with the letters for Smithers (764-8437(7)) and called Moe's.<ref>"[[Homer the Smithers]]"</ref> Bart is asked to call Homer by [[Principal Skinner]], the number visible on the card is WORK: KLondike 5-6832 HOME: KLondike 5-6754 MOE'S TAVERN: KLondike 5-1239, Moe answers the phone and Bart asks for Homer Sexual.<ref>"[[Principal Charming]]"</ref> However, in another occasion, Homer phones the bar at 355-1337.<ref>"[[The Bonfire of the Manatees]]"</ref>
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It was stated in the "[[Flaming Moe's]]" episode that Moe's Tavern was on Walnut Street. The phone number would be 764-8437(7), since in "[[Homer the Smithers]]," Mr. Burns tried to call [[Waylon Smithers|Smithers]] but did not know his phone number. He tried the buttons marked with the letters for Smithers and called Moe's. In "[[Principal Charming]]" Bart is asked to call Homer by [[Principal Skinner]], the number visible on the card is WORK: KLondike 5-6832 HOME: KLondike 5-6754 MOE'S TAVERN: KLondike 5-1239, Moe answers the phone and Bart asks for Homer Sexual. In "[[Bonfire of the Manatees]]", however, Homer phones the bar at 355-1337.
 
  
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== Behind the Laughter ==
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Moe's Tavern is located on a street corner, neighboring [[King Toot's Music Store]]. Across the street was a factory formerly owned by [[Bart Simpson]], until it collapsed. The inside of the bar has a few pool tables and a dartboard.(These items dissapeared later) It is very dank and "smells like tinkle." A small stage stands at one end; Aerosmith, R.E.M, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The [[Be Sharps]] and [[Krusty the Clown]] (during his "rebel comic" phase) have all performed there. Because female customers are so rare, Moe frequently uses the women's restroom as an office. Moe claimed that there haven't been any ladies at Moe's since 1979 (though earlier episodes show otherwise). A jar of pickled eggs perpetually stands on the bar. In [[Homer Simpson| Homer]]'s Barbershop Quartet, a flashback shows the bar with the name Moe's Cavern in reference to the Cavern Club where the Beatles got their start. Moe's was briefly converted into a family restaurant called [[Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag]]. Moe also once revamped his tavern for yuppie hipsters, renaming the bar "M." When Homer's cocktail drink was popular, Moe renamed his tavern "[[Flaming Moe's]]." During this time, at least, he had many customers, including females. In "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns]]", Moe's Tavern was forced to close down because Mr. Burns slant-drilling operation near the tavern caused pollution that was unsafe. Moe's was also revamped as British pub in partnership with [[Marge Simpson]] due to a bank loan for Moe, foolishly secured by Homer by a mortgage on the Simpson's house. As revealed in [[Homer Loves Flanders]], Moe's Tavern is closed on Wednesday when Moe goes to read stories at the homeless shelter.
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Moe's Tavern is based on a real bar called Moe's by Loyola Marymount in Playa Del Rey, CA on Culver Street. The owner of Moe's actually bears a striking resemblance to the Simpson's Moe.
  
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A bar called Moe's Tavern can be seen opposite the bank in the film ''Dog Day Afternoon''. [[Hank Azaria]] stated that Moe's voice was based on that of Al Pacino's character in the same film.
  
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On the Middle East Broadcasting Center on the Arab version of the show, where ''The Simpsons'' is known as ''[[Al-Shamshoon]]'', the characters drink soda at Moe's Tavern because alcoholic beer is forbidden in Islam.
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Moe is frequently the victim of prank telephone calls from Bart Simpson, often followed by a violent threat of vengeance from Moe. Bart's calls to Moe have asked for:
 
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* Maya Buttreeks (my-a butt reeks)
 
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* Anita Bath (I need a bath) (Both this and Maya Buttreeks were used by Bart as fictious children's names when Moe was applying as a Substitute for Bart's Class in "[[The PTA Disbands]]")
 
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* I.P. Freely (I pee freely)
 
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* Oliver Clothesoff (all of her clothes off)
 
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* Ollie Tabooger (I'll eat a booger) (backfired; Homer was running the bar at the time and didn't understand the joke)
 
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* Jacques Strap (jockstrap)
 
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* Seymour Butts (see more butts)
 
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* Homer Sexual (homosexual)
 
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* Mike Rotch (my crotch)
 
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* Amanda Huggenkiss (a man to hug and kiss)
 
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* Ivana Tinkle (I want to tinkle)
 
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* Heywood U. Cuddleme (hey, would you cuddle me?) (This prank call was done on a telegraph, as the Simpsons were living in a house from 1895 when Bart did this one)
 
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* I'm a stupid moron, with an ugly face, and a big butt, and my butt smells, and I like to kiss my own butt. (When, in a Halloween episode, Bart had a Twilight Zone-esque power to transform people effectively blackmailing Moe into saying it despite the obviousness of the prank)
 
  
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[[Image:Moes outside.jpg|left|200px|thumb|nail|Moe's Tavern]]
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A DVD featurette on [[The Complete Tenth Season]] features a clip collection of these prank calls from Seasons 1 through 7.
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Homer once called and asked for "Eura Snotball", the gag intentionally backfiring so Homer can threaten Moe. Mr. Burns once tried to call Smithers when he was on vacation and typed in SMITHERS on his "telephone machine". Asking for [[Waylon Smithers]], Moe presumed it was a prank and threatened him. Even though moes number is unkown it is persumed that it is 76484377 which is SMITHERS on a phone.
 
  
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A DVD featurette on [[The Complete Tenth Season]] features a clip collection of these crank calls from Seasons 1 through 7.
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In ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' it is called Moe's Bar instead of Moe's Tavern.
  
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Latest revision as of 18:38, October 30, 2024


Moe's Tavern
Moe's Tavern.png
Location Information
Town: Springfield
Use: Bar
Owner: Moe Szyslak
First appearance: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"

Moe's Tavern, once known as Moe's Bar,[1] formerly known as Moe's Cavern,[2] is the local tavern in Springfield. The bar is named after its owner, Moe Szyslak. It is the only known tavern in Springfield (maybe because, like Krusty and Krusty Burger, Moe pays Fat Tony money to make sure there is no competition), though there is a Joe's Tavern in Shelbyville. Moe's Tavern is located right next to King Toot's.

Profile[edit]

Interior[edit]

The bar was described by Dr. Hibbert's daughter as smelling "like tinkle". The inside of the bar is dank and scant with red and green diamond windows. The bar serves Duff Beer, Henry K. Duff's Private Reserve, Tuborg; "The Beer Of Danish Kings", and Red Tick Beer, a beer flavored with dogs. It is also shown that they serve a drink to lose the memory, which Homer uses in order to forget that we was going to have a secret party.

The bar may actually be an illegal speakeasy, as the bar's liquor license expired in 1973, was valid only in Rhode Island and was signed by Moe himself (although Moe had intended to get it updated to the current year, the correct state, and real).[3]
Inside Moe's Tavern

His bar features a few pool tables (to which Barney Gumble once "made sweet love" and then "befouled," in that order), a dartboard, the occasional rat, a love tester machine, a bull-riding machine, a racing washing machine and dryer sold to him by Herb Powell, a cigarette vending machine, and a jukebox. A jar of pickled eggs perpetually sits on the bar counter.

As female customers are so rare, Moe uses the women's restroom as an office. Moe claims that there "haven't been any ladies at Moe's since 1979"

Moe's back room has often been the site of numerous illegal operations. Among these are: smuggling Pandas,[4] Kidnapping Shamu,[5] and running a Deer Hunter-style Russian Roulette game.

It is also shown that there is a back room in the bar which is apparently Moe's bedroom. It's implied later in the same scene that Moe lives in the bar, saying "I bet if I didn't sell booze, they wouldn't even come here"

Moe's Tavern always closes on Wednesdays, as Moe performs charity work by reading to the homeless at the same refuge where Ned Flanders serves soup.[6]

Incarnations[edit]

Moe's Tavern has been reinvented a few times over the years. During these times, at least, he had many more customers, including women:

Moe's Ice Cream Carnival[edit]

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Moe said that when he first opened, the tavern was actually "Moe's Ice Cream Carnival", and still, no one was happy there.[7]

Meaux's Tavern[edit]

When Homer thinks back to when Moe opened his tavern as an actual tavern, it was called Meaux's.

Flaming Moe's[edit]

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Main article: Flaming Moe's (location)

Flaming Moe's is the incarnation of Moe's after Moe stole Homer's idea for a drink. The bar was very popular. Celebrities, like Krusty the Clown and Aerosmith, went regularly to the bar. The bar went back to its old self after Homer revealed the secret ingredient, which was cough syrup.[8]

Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag[edit]

Main article: Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag
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Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag is a family restaurant Moe renovated from his tavern. When the Hibberts are on a day out, they stop by Moe's Tavern to get something to eat. Their disappointment with the place together with Julius Hibbert's comment "I thought this was a family restaurant" drives Moe into changing the bar. The restaurant is popular at first with Moe giving away "Million Dollar" Birthday Fries and his guarantee that the food is free if he doesn't smile when the check comes. Marge's first comment to the newly decorated bar is: "An alligator wearing sunglasses? Now I've seen everything." Unfortunately, when Moe, out of irritation of the stresses of running a family restaurant, says bad words in front of the children, the customers leave. The Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag commercial's song is "Come to Uncle Moe's for family fun, it's good good good good, good good good!"[9]

Moe's Pet Shop[edit]

Moe's Pet Shop was the incarnation the tavern became when alcohol was outlawed in Springfield. It looked like a normal tavern until Moe pulled a lever, changing it into a pet shop whenever the police came looking.[10]

M[edit]

M was another incarnation of Moe's. It was transformed into a bar for younger, more hipper people. Features included a big eyeball looking around, rabbits and an oxygen bar. The bar didn't serve Duff Beer, instead he served a Malaysian beer made entirely of soy sauce. In protest to this new type of bar, Homer created his own garage bar. Moe switched the bar back after he realized the customers were snobs.[11]

The Nag and Weasel[edit]

Main article: The Nag and Weasel
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The Nag and Weasel was another incarnation of Moe's. When Homer took a mortgage on his house to save Moe's, Marge partnered up with Moe to revamp the bar as an English pub called The Nag and Weasel. The pub's sign indicated that Marge is the nag and Moe is the weasel.[12]

Mo's[edit]

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Mo's was another incarnation of Moe's. Mo's started when Waylon Smithers, Jr. wasn't allowed in The League of Extra-Horny Gentlemen and he went into Moe's and notices how slow business is. As Moe serves him a drink, Smithers laments that Springfield needs a bar for the average-looking gay man. Then an idea dawns on Smithers, and he proposes to Moe that they refurbish the bar and make it into a more accepting gay bar. Moe is first reluctant about the idea, because he doesn't feel like being around so many gays, but he soon realizes that with Smithers' plan he can make money. Moe thus decides to turn Moe's into an ultra-trendy gay bar, renaming it to change the name to "Mo's". Smithers revisits the sidewalk in front of The League of Extra-Horny Gentlemen and tells the gays who were denied entrance (among them Grady and Mr. Largo) that they will be welcome in Mo's. Grady and Largo come to Mo's and have a good time, and as word of Mo's spreads in the gay community, Mo's soon becomes a success amongst gays. Mo's went back to its regular self after Moe declared he wasn't gay.[13]

Drunken Donuts[edit]

Drunken Donuts was another incarnation of Moe's. Homer and Barney were at Moe's and watchíng TV where Professor Frink demonstrated his new invention, time-travelling roller skates and got $1 million in the price of his invention. Moe, Homer and Barney decide to try to think of a similar idea. Moe gets one off of Homer, Barney and himself after Barney says Beer, Homer says D'oh and Moe says Nuts. Moe asks Homer and Barney: What is the one thing that every man wants when they wake up?, and both Homer and Barney say Marge. When asked again, they say beer-flavoured donuts. Moe then renamed his bar Drunken Donuts and sold beer-flavoured donuts.[14]

Regular customers[edit]

It appears that Moe's tavern has only six regular patrons, Homer, Barney, Lenny, Carl, Sam and Larry. Moe pointed out that due to their frequent habit of drunk-driving, "91% of all traffic accidents in this city are caused by you six guys."[15] Many other customers used to go the bar, although most never spoke or were even recognized by the other patrons.

Barney's bar tab was so large that Moe had to send it to NASA to get it calculated. It totaled to $14 billion. Initially, it was believed to be $70 billion, but that was revealed to be the cost of the Voyager space craft.[16]

When the Flaming Homer became a success, Homer implied that there used to be other regulars that used Food Stamps before the government told Moe to stop accepting them.[8]

Other regulars[edit]

Charlie, one of Homer's colleagues at the nuclear power plant, can be occasionally seen. Moe's is usually the place where Homer takes new found friends to hang out, such as Principal Skinner before his marriage. Ruth Powers is the only girl regular in the bar and is usually a background character. The two barflies usually seen are Sam and Larry. Sam always wears a cap and Larry has a balding head.

Other Patrons[edit]

  • Aerosmith[8]
  • Stephen Hawking [17][18]
  • U2 [19]
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers[20]
  • Jay Leno[21]
  • Wade Boggs [22]
  • Johnny Carson[20]
  • Joe Frazier[23]
  • Jamie Farr[24] (An autographed photo with the Legend: 'To Moe, the Inspiration for Corporal Klinger...now where's my beer?')
  • R.E.M. [11]
  • The owner of King Toots
  • A man with glasses that are out of focus
  • Hugh Jass (a man who coincidentally has the same name that Bart uses for a prank call)
  • An unnamed person who has a cowlick and easily passes out
  • A gay man who was under the impression that Moe's Tavern was a gay bar
  • Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo [25] whose name Homer uses as an alias. When Moe insults the name, Shabadoo bursts into tears and runs out of the bar; Barney calls out sympathetically after him, "Hey! Joey Joe Joe!")
  • A potential patron was Guy Incognito, a man who looked like Homer and talked in a voice similar to his but had a mustache and wore a top hat and tails. Guy wanted to order a drink one time, but Moe thought it was Homer (Homer was temporarily banned from Moe's at the time) in disguise and kicked him out not realizing his error. Homer sees this man lying in the gutter out the front of Moe's and realizes he looks just like him but instead of investigating this further, Homer chases after a dog with a puffy tail.
  • An unknown character who thinks Homer's name is Bill.
  • Barney's dog Shaggy was seen joining the regulars. When Moe commented that he was sick of hearing "shaggy dog stories", Shaggy left in a huff.
  • Benjamin, Doug and Gary [26]

Performances[edit]

A small stage stands at one end and has been host to a few performances

Location, address and phone number[edit]

Moe's Tavern is located on Walnut Street, next to King Toot's Music Store. Across the street is the Moeview Hotel and factory once owned by Bart Simpson.

The phone number varies from time to time. Mr. Burns once tried to call Smithers but did not know his phone number. He tried the buttons marked with the letters for Smithers (764-8437(7)) and called Moe's.[27] Bart is asked to call Homer by Principal Skinner, the number visible on the card is WORK: KLondike 5-6832 HOME: KLondike 5-6754 MOE'S TAVERN: KLondike 5-1239, Moe answers the phone and Bart asks for Homer Sexual.[28] However, in another occasion, Homer phones the bar at 355-1337.[29]

Non-canon[edit]

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The Simpsons: Tapped Out[edit]

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Moe's Tavern
Image Cost Build time Reward Sell price Conformity increase Availability Unique? Dimensions - D x W
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Moe
Marge 		Cash1,875 Gluttony +10 Level 15
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Behind the Laughter[edit]

Moe's Tavern is based on a real bar called Moe's by Loyola Marymount in Playa Del Rey, CA on Culver Street. The owner of Moe's actually bears a striking resemblance to the Simpson's Moe.

A bar called Moe's Tavern can be seen opposite the bank in the film Dog Day Afternoon. Hank Azaria stated that Moe's voice was based on that of Al Pacino's character in the same film.

On the Middle East Broadcasting Center on the Arab version of the show, where The Simpsons is known as Al-Shamshoon, the characters drink soda at Moe's Tavern because alcoholic beer is forbidden in Islam.

A DVD featurette on The Complete Tenth Season features a clip collection of these prank calls from Seasons 1 through 7.

In The Simpsons Movie it is called Moe's Bar instead of Moe's Tavern.

Appearances[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ The Simpsons Movie
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Homer's Barbershop Quartet"
  3. ↑ "Pygmoelian"
  4. ↑ "Cape Feare"
  5. ↑ "The Springfield Files"
  6. ↑ "Homer Loves Flanders"
  7. ↑ "A Tree Grows in Springfield"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Flaming Moe's"
  9. ↑ "Bart Sells His Soul"
  10. ↑ "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Homer the Moe"
  12. ↑ "Mommie Beerest"
  13. ↑ "Flaming Moe"
  14. ↑ D'oh, Nuts!
  15. ↑ "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson"
  16. ↑ "22 Short Films About Springfield"
  17. ↑ "They Saved Lisa's Brain"
  18. ↑ "Don't Fear the Roofer"
  19. ↑ "Trash of the Titans"
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "The Last Temptation of Krust"
  22. ↑ "Homer at the Bat"
  23. ↑ "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?"
  24. ↑ "Fear of Flying"
  25. ↑ "The Last Temptation of Homer"
  26. ↑ "MoneyBart"
  27. ↑ "Homer the Smithers"
  28. ↑ "Principal Charming"
  29. ↑ "The Bonfire of the Manatees"


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