Difference between revisions of "DC Comics"

{{Realworld}}

{{Incomplete}}

'''''DC Comics''''' is a comic book franchise famous for superheroes such as ''[[Superman]]'', ''[[Batman]]'', ''[[Wonder Woman]]'', ''[[Aquaman]]'', ''[[The Flash]]'', ''The Green Arrow'', ''Plastic Man'' and ''Watchmen''. These have been adapted in various media over the years, including TV series and films, and have been referenced on ''The Simpsons'' numerous times.

{{TB|During the Christmas program at [[Springfield Elementary School]], [[Bart]]'s class sings "[[Jingle Bells (Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire)|Jingle Bells]]". When it comes time for the chorus, Bart pulls a prank and loudly sings the "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells" {{w|Jingle_Bells#Parodies_and_homages|parody lyrics}} and is swiftly yanked off of the stage by [[Principal Skinner]].}}

{{TBT|}}

{{TRs|[[Season 2|2]]|2}}

{{TBT|}}

{{TB| When The Simpsons decide to rescue [[Selma Bouvier]] from being murdered by [[Sideshow Bob]] Homer yells: "To the Simpsons mobile!", in reference to the phrase: "To the Bat mobile!"}}

{{TRs|[[Season 4|4]]|2}}

{{TB|{{Ch|Adam West}}, the actor of [[Batman]] in the 1960s ''{{W|Batman (TV series)|Batman}}'' TV series, is guest star. Homer introduces him to Bart and Lisa as "Batman", but they claim it's not him. This prompts West to start bickering how they probably only know [[Michael Keaton]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] (who played Batman and [[Catwoman]] in Tim Burton's film versions). He claims that [[Lee Meriwether]], [[Julie Newmar]] and [[Eartha Kitt]] are the only real Catwoman and tries to show off by doing the Batdance. This creeps out Homer too and he leads his children away. Later in the episode West hired both {{ap|Mr. Plow|business}} and [[Plow King]], but since the Plow King was first West took his services instead. With the snow on his driveaway out of the way West quickly gets in his car while the music from the ''Batman'' TV series plays, to mimick similar scenes whenever Batman jumped into his Batmobile. Here, however, West's car just slowly chugs away at not-all-that-spectacular speed. As he drives away Barney yells: "Your secret is safe with me, Superman!"}}

{{TBT|}}

{{TB| When [[Lyle Lanley]] promotes the Monorail during a visit to Lisa's class a kid asks him if the [[Springfield Monorail]] could outrun [[The Flash]], which Lanley confirms. Then, out of nowhere, another kid wonders whether [[Superman]] could outrun The Flash, which baffles Lanley, since it has nothing to do with his monorail project. So he just confirms it to move on to another question.}}

{{TBT|}}

{{TRs|[[Season 5|5]]|2}}

{{TB|082}}

{{TB|"[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]"}}

{{TB| Homer tries to think up a rhyme for the song ''[[Baby on Board]]'' and comes up with ''something, something, [[Burt Ward]]'', then claims: "It practically writes itself.".}}

{{TB|In revenge for being kicked out of [[Mr. Burns' Casino]], [[Bart]] tricks {{ch|Robert Goulet}} (who had been booked into Burns' casino) into coming to his [[Bart's treehouse|treehouse]] instead. Goulet performs a jazz version of "[[Jingle Bells ($pringfield)|Jingle Bells, Batman Smells]]".}}

{{TBT|}}

{{TB|[[Season 6|6]]}}

{{TB| When the two beekeepers decide to find out why all their bees have left, one of them yells: "To the bee mobile!", whereupon his colleague asks: "You mean: your Chevy?" and he mutters: "Yes." This is again a reference to the phrase: "To the Bat mobile!" [[Hank Azaria]], who voiced the beekeeper, deliberately patterned his speech pattern after [[Adam West]].}}

{{TBT|[[File:The Scout Master.jpg|250px]]}}

{{TB|[[Season 7|7]]}}

{{TB|[[Season 8|8]]}}

{{TBT|}}

{{TRs|[[Season 9|9]]|2}}

{{TBT|}}

{{TB|[[Season 10|10]]}}

{{TBT|}}

{{TRs|[[Season 11|11]]|2}}

{{TB| [[Comic Book Guy]] participates in the [[Springfield Marathon]] dressed as [[The Flash]]. After boasting, nobody can outrun The Flash, until he falls into an open manhole.}}

{{TB|[[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] watch an episode of ''{{w|Batman (TV series)|Batman}}'' where [[Krusty]] plays the part of the guest villain, [[ClownFace]].}}

{{TRs|[[Season 15|15]]|2}}

{{TB|[[Season 16|16]]}}

{{TB|When the scene changes to the family eating vegetables, the transition is a parody of the transitions from the TV show ''{{W|Batman (TV series)|Batman}}''.}}

{{TB|When [[Homer]] waited for the [[Student of the Millennium Award]] to start he started to write a Superman novel.}}

{{TBT|[[File:Death of Superman.png|250px]][[File:Death of Aquaman.png|250px]][[File:Watchmen Babies in V for Vacation.png|250px]] }}

{{TB|When looking through comics at the [[Android's Dungeon]], Bart came across ''[[Death of Superman]]'' and ''[[Death of Aquaman]]''. The first comic book is a real-life ''Superman'' title. As Comic Book Guy discovers there's another comics store across the street he exclaims: "This cannot be. It's as if [[Superman]] would move to Gotham City". [[Martin Prince, Jr.]] then points out this comic book actually exists, but Comic Book Guy replies it was just a dream sequence which never happened. When Bart points out that "none of these things ever really happened" Comic Book Guy tells him to leave his store. When Lisa talks with [[Daniel Clowes (character)|Daniel Clowes]] how much she liked ''Ghost World'' he tells her that he would rather draw ''Batman'' comics and starts talking about his utility belt, much to Lisa's disinterest. [[Milhouse]] shows [[Alan Moore (character)|Alan Moore]] a copy of ''[[Watchmen Babies in V for Vacation]]'' - a juvenile spin-off of ''Watchmen'' and ''V for Vendetta'' - and asks him to sign it, which outrages him, in reference to his real-life dissatisfaction about media adaptations of his own work. Later when [[Art Spiegelman]], [[Daniel Clowes]] and [[Alan Moore]] fight onomatopeia flash at the screen, just like in the ''[[Batman]]'' TV series.}}

{{TRs|[[Season 21|21]]|3}}

{{TB|"[[Homer the Whopper]]"}}

{{TB|[[Everyman]] used an issue of [[Captain America]] to have the patriotism to want to save the President's life and an issue of [[Wonder Woman]] to give him the boobs to distract the guards.}}

{{TB|[[Comic Book Guy]] bought the Batmobile from the [[Museum of TV and Television]].}}

{{TB|[[Strawberry]] is dressed as the {{W|Mad Hatter (comics)|Mad Hatter}}. Strawberry and Milo's child is dressed as [[Catwoman]].}}

*[[Patty]] as {{W|Poison Ivy (comics)|Poison Ivy}}.

*Unnamed person as {{W|Rorschach (comics)|Rorschach}}.}}

{{TB|Several DC shows are seen on the TV screens including: ''{{W|Arrow (TV series)|Arrow}}'', ''{{W|The Flash (2014 TV series)|Flash}}'', ''{{W|Legends of Tomorrow}}'' and ''{{W|iZombie (TV series)|iZombie}}''.}}

{{TB|{{Ch|Jason Momoa}}, who played [[Aquaman]] in ''{{W|Aquaman (film)|Aquaman}}'', was a guest at the [[San Castellaneta Festival]]. When he came on stage, [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] referred to him as Aquaman. Momoa also had a trident and conch shell in reference to his role.}}

{{TB|The scene transition when the Lovejoys go to [[Michigan]] is a parody of the scene transitions from the 1960s ''{{W|Batman (TV series)|Batman}}'' TV series.}}

{{TB|[[Comic Book Guy]] is in his [[The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop|shop]] reading the news of [[Springfield]]'s having abolished daylight savings time. Visible on the wall behind him is a poster for ''Infinite Christmas Crisis'', a reference to the ''{{w|Crisis on Infinite Earths}}'' story arc published by DC in 1985 and 1986.}}

{{TB|[[Homer]] and [[Bart]] open their own [[The Graphic Hovel|comic book store]] and one of the vintage comics they have in stock is [[Adrenaline Comics|''Adrenaline Comics #1'']], which features the first appearance of {{ch|Radioactive Man}}. The comic is a sight gag on ''{{w|Action Comics 1|Action Comics #1}}'', which featured the first appearance of [[Superman]].}}  

{{TBT|}}

{{TB|[[Cloris Clane]] mentioned that she cosplays as [[Power Girl]].}}

{{TB|When [[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] pooh-pooh [[Lisa]]'s mention of the {{w|Donner Party}} as an example of the pioneers enduring hardship, Lisa tells [[Martin]] to ignore them, as "They think 'The Old West' is an actor who played [[Batman]] on TV".}}

{{TB|[[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] abduct [[Bart]]. When Bart appears on their ship, he asks if this is Comic-Con. Kang tells him he's on their ship, and Kodos says that if it were Comic-Con, Kang would be dressed as {{w|Deadpool}} and she would be dressed as {{w|Harley Quinn}}.}}

{{TB|[[Li'l Homer 1|Li'l Homer #1]]}}

{{TB|{{OSW|M}}}}

{{TBT|[[File:Green Lantern Comic Book Guy.png|200px]]}}

{{TRs|''[[The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha]]''|5}}

{{TB|''[[Comic Book Guy's Best Costumes Ever - Part 1]]''}}

{{TB|[[Comic Book Guy]] dressed up as [[Green Lantern]] for Halloween in 2003.}}

{{TBT|[[File:Klingon Batman.png|200px]]}}

{{TB|''[[Comic Book Guy's Best Costumes Ever - Part 2]]''}}

{{TB|Comic Book Guy dressed up as "Klingon [[Batman]]" for the [[Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con]] in 2001.}}

{{TBT|[[File:Golden Age Flash CBG.png|200px]]}}

{{TB|''[[Comic Book Guy's Best Costumes Ever - Part 3]]''}}

{{TB|Comic Book Guy dressed up as {{w|Flash (Jay Garrick)|Golden Age Flash}} for the [[San Diego Comic-Con|San Diego Comic Con]] in 1980.}}

{{TB|Comic Book Guy dressed up as "Bizarro World CBG" for the Close Encounters of the Comic Book Kind Comic Book Convention in 2000.}}

{{TBT|[[File:Wonder Woman CBG.png|200 px]]}}

{{TB|Comic Book Guy dressed up as [[Wonder Woman]] for Halloween in 1970. He described it as the "worst Halloween ever".}}

{{TBT|[[File:Geeks Versus Nerds.jpg|150px]]}}

{{TB|''[[The Death of Comic Book Guy! (Part Two)]]''

{{TB|When the geeks and nerds of [[Springfield]] take up sides against each other following the shutdown of the Internet, one of the geeks is dressed up as Batman.}}}}

{{TB|Two of the items on [[Mr. Burns]]' [[Burns' Bucket List|bucket list]] are to acquire every existing copy of ''{{w|Action Comics 1|Action Comics #1}}'' (the issue which featured the debut of [[Superman]]) and then burn them all in front of an audience at {{w|Comic-con}}.}}

{{TB|[[Comic Book Guy]]'s list of the greatest quotes of all time includes two from the ''Superman'' movie series: "I like pink very much, [[Lois Lane|Lois]]" by [[Superman]] in ''[[Superman: The Movie]]'' and "Why do you say this to me, when you know I will kill you for it?" by [[General Zod]] (to [[Lex Luthor]]) in ''[[Superman II]]''.}}

{{TBT|[[File:Little Women comic book.png|125px]][[File:A Farewell to Arms Comic book.png|125px]]<br>[[File:The Scarlet Letter comic book.png|125px]]}}

{{TB|In his reviews of [[Comic Book Guy's Comic Book Adaptations of Books You'll Never Take the Time to Read|comic book adaptations]] of works of classic literature, [[Comic Book Guy]] makes multiple references to the DC universe:<br><br>Regarding the [[Little Women (comic book)|adaptation]] of ''Little Women'', CBG says he envisions a Team-Up issue with the Little Men, including the {{w|Atom (character)|Atom}} and {{w|Doll Man}}.<br><br>The cover of the [[A Farewell to Arms (comic book)|adaptation]] of ''A Farewell to Arms'' shows the main character having lost his arms, which doesn't happen in the novel. CBG justifies the depiction as artistic license, and as a supporting example cites a storyline where [[Superman]] is depicted murdering [[Lois Lane]] in outer space.<br><br>In his review of the [[The Scarlet Letter|adaptation]] of ''The Scarlet Letter'', CBG says, "Hester Prynne, you have replaced [[Power Girl]] in my dreams!" Also, the cover shows Hester Prynne opening the front of her dress to reveal the red "A" on her underclothes, in a pose similar to [[Clark Kent]] changing to Superman.}}

==Common cast members in DC film or TV adaptations==

{{TBT|[[File:Adam West.jpg|100px]]}}

{{TB|[[Adam West]]}}

{{TB| Played Batman in the TV series ''Batman''.}}

{{TB|Voiced {{ch|Adam West|himself}} in "[[Mr. Plow]]", [[Batman]] in "[[Large Marge]]", and [[Quahog]] Mayor Adam West in the ''[[Family Guy]]'' crossover episode "[[The Simpsons Guy]]".}}

{{TBT|[[File:Michelle Pfeiffer.jpg|100px]]}}

{{TB|[[Michelle Pfeiffer]]}}

{{TB|Played [[Catwoman]] in ''Batman Returns'' (1992).}}

{{TB|Voiced [[Mindy Simmons]] in "[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]".}}

{{TBT|[[File:Mark Hamill.jpg|100px]]}}

{{TBT|[[File:Michael Keaton.jpg|100px]]}}

{{TB|Voiced [[Jack Crowley]] in "[[Pokey Mom]]".}}

{{TBT|[[File:Burt Ward.jpg|100px]]}}