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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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== Profile ==
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=== Interior ===
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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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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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Moe's is the local tavern in [[Springfield]]. It is named for its owner, [[Moe Szyslak]].
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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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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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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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== Interior ==
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=== Incarnations ===
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The bar was described by [[Julius Hibbert|Dr. Hibbert]]'s daughter as smelling "like tinkle". The inside of the bar is dank and scant. The bar serves Duff Beer, Henry K. Duff's Private Reserve, Red Tick Beer, Tuborg, and a beer flavored with dogs.
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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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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 (this can be attributed to the episode "Homer's Enemy" in which [[Bart's]] factory collapses, and the rats are then shown to find a new home at Moe's), 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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==== 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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[[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. <ref>[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]</ref>
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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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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. <ref>[[Homer Loves Flanders]]</ref>
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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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The Tavern was forced to close down due to pollution caused by [[Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]]' drilling operation near the tavern. <ref>[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]</ref>
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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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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"
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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 <ref>[[Cape Feare]]</ref>, Kidnapping Shamu <ref>[[The Springfield Files]]</ref> 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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==== The Nag and Weasel ====
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[[File:The Nag and Weasel.png|thumb|200px|left]]
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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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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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==== 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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* The tavern was originally called '''Meaux's Tavern'''. <ref>[[Three Gays of the Condo]]</ref>.
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==== Drunken Donuts ====
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* Moe renamed his tavern '''Flaming Moe's''' when Homer's cocktail drink became popular.<ref>[[Flaming Moe's]]</ref>
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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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* The bar was onced named '''Moe's Cavern''' in the past. <ref>[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]</ref>
 
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* Moe's was briefly converted into a family restaurant called '''Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag''' but it was reverted it when he was unable to tolerate the family atmosphere.<ref>[[Bart Sells His Soul]]</ref>
 
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* It appeared 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 tab."<ref>[[My Sister, My Sitter]]</ref>
 
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* During a brief period of Prohibition in Springfield, Moe's Tavern was converted into a speakeasy. The sign on the front read '''Moe's Pet Shop''', and the bar and booths flipped over to display pet cages whenever federal agents show up to bust the speakeasy. <ref>[[Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment]]</ref>
 
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* Moe revamped his tavern for yuppie hipsters, renaming the bar '''M'''. <ref>[[Homer the Moe]]</ref>
 
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* When Homer took a mortgage on his house to save Moe's, [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] partnered up with Moe to revamp the bar as an English pub called '''The Nag & Weasel'''. The pub's sign indicated that Marge is the nag and Moe is the weasel.<ref>[[Mommie Beerest]]</ref>
 
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* When Homer convinced the town that the Rapture was coming, Moe sold his bar to Japanese businessmen who converted it into a sushi restaurant named '''Tokyo Roe's'''. <ref>[[Thank God It's Doomsday]]</ref>.
 
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* During the 90's, Moe's Tavern was allegedly turned into a Cigar bar. At one point, after Barney expelled tons of smoke, Moe tried to use the opportunity to steal a fellow patron's watch, but the smoke dissipated before he could successfully steal it. He then tried to make an alibi that he was just "coming on to him", but the alibi backfired when the patron invites him to his apartment (implying that he was gay.).
 
  
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== Regular customers ==
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=== Regular customers ===
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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>
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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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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 space craft.
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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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=== Other regulars ===
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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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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 new found friends to hang out, such as Principal Skinner before his marriage.
 
  
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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.
 
The two barflies usually seen are Sam and Larry. Sam always wears a cap and Larry has a balding head.
 
The two barflies usually seen are Sam and Larry. Sam always wears a cap and Larry has a balding head.
  
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=== Other Patrons ===
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*{{Chs|Aerosmith}}<ref name="Flaming Moe's"/>
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== Other Patrons ==
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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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* [[Aerosmith]] <ref>[[Flaming Moe's]]</ref>
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*{{Chs|U2}} <ref>"[[Trash of the Titans]]"</ref>
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* [[Stephen Hawking]] <ref>[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]</ref><ref>[[Don't Fear the Roofer]]</ref>
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*{{Chs|Red Hot Chili Peppers}}<ref name="Krusty Gets Kancelled">"[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]"</ref>
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*{{Ch|Jay Leno}}<ref name="Last Temptation">"[[The Last Temptation of Krust]]"</ref>
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* [[wikipedia:Red Hot Chili Peppers|Red Hot Chili Peppers]] <ref>[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]</ref>
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*{{Ch|Wade Boggs}} <ref>"[[Homer at the Bat]]"</ref>
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* [[wikipedia:Jay Leno|Jay Leno]] <ref>[[The Last Temptation of Krust]]</ref>
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*{{Ch|Johnny Carson}}<ref name="Krusty Gets Kancelled"/>
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* [[wikipedia:Wade Boggs|Wade Boggs]] <ref>[[Homer at the Bat]]</ref>
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*[[Joe Frazier]]<ref>"[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]"</ref>
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* [[wikipedia:Johnny Carson|Johnny Carson]] <ref>[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]</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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* [[wikipedia:Joe Frazier|Joe Frazier]] <ref>[[Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]</ref>
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*{{ap|R.E.M.|characters}} <ref name="Homer the Moe"/>
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* [[wikipedia:Jamie Farr|Jamie Farr]] <ref>[[Fear of Flying (Simpsons)|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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* [[R.E.M (band)|R.E.M]] <ref>[[Homer the Moe]]</ref>
 
 
*The owner of [[King Toots]]
 
*The owner of [[King Toots]]
 
*A man with glasses that are out of focus
 
*A man with glasses that are out of focus
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*An unnamed person who has a cowlick and easily passes out
 
*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
 
*A 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 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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*[[Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo]] <ref>[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]</ref> 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 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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*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.
 
 
*An unknown character who thinks Homer's name is Bill.
 
*An unknown character who thinks Homer's name is Bill.
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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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*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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*{{ap|Benjamin|nerd}}, {{ap|Doug|nerd}} and {{ap|Gary|nerd}} <ref>"[[MoneyBart]]"</ref>
  
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== Performances ==
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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]] <ref>[[Flaming Moe's]]</ref>
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*{{chs|Aerosmith}}<ref name="Flaming Moe's"/>
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers]&nbsp; <ref>[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]</ref>
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* [[The Be Sharps]] <ref>[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]</ref>
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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)<ref>[[The Last Temptation of Krust]]</ref>
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*[[Krusty the Clown]] (during his "rebel comic" phase)<ref name="Last Temptation"/>
  
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== Location, Address and phone number ==
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=== Location, address and phone number ===
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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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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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The phone number varies from time to time. Mr. Burns once tried to call [[Waylon Smithers|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>[[Bonfire of the Manatees]]</ref>
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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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== Prank calls ==
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== Non-canon ==
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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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=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
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{{TranscludeSection|The Simpsons: Tapped Out buildings/Bars|MoeTavern}}
  
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* Maya Buttreeks (my-a butt reeks)
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== Behind the Laughter ==
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* Anita Bath (I need a bath)
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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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* Al Coholic (alcoholic)
 
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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)(the prank call was re-utilized in Futurama as "Seymour Butts")
 
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* Homer Sexual (homosexual)
 
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* Mike Rotch (my crotch)
 
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* Bea O'Problem (B.O. problem)
 
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* Amanda Huggenkiss (a man to hug and kiss)
 
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* Hugh Jass (huge ass) (backfired; there was a Hugh Jass present)
 
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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. <ref>[[Treehouse of Horror II]]</ref>
 
  
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==Behind the Scenes==
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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 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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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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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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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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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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In ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' it is called Moe's Bar instead of Moe's Tavern.
  
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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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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
Uncle moe's family feedbag.png

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]

This section is transcluded from The Simpsons: Tapped Out buildings/Bars. To edit it, please edit the transcluded page.
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
Is There an Al Coholic Here Pt. 1 		Tapped Out Tick.png 6 x 5
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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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