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Difference between revisions of "Nantucket"

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{{Quote|I'm Cyrus Manley, and I'm new to the island. Perhaps you could show me around?|[[Cyrus Manley]]}}
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{{Quote|Nantucket is an island?|[[Temperance Barrow]]}}
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{{Quote|[Looking at an atlas] It is.|[[Marge Simpson]]|Diatribe of a Mad Housewife}}
 
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'''Nantucket''' is a town in [[Massachusetts]].  
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'''Nantucket''' is an island 30 miles (48 km) south from Cape Cod, [[Massachusetts]]. From mid-1700s until its decline in the 1850s, Nantucket was the whaling capital of the world.
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
[[Homer]] mentions Nantucket in a {{W2|limerick|poetry}}, which he never finishes.<ref>"[[Deep Space Homer]]"</ref>
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More than once [[Homer]] starts off the {{W2|limerick|poetry}} "{{W|There once was a man from Nantucket}}," but never finishes.<ref>"[[Deep Space Homer]]"</ref><ref name="Tokyo">"[[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]"</ref>
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When the [[Simpson family]] are seated at a table in the shape of a map of [[Massachusetts]] at the [[Americatown]] theme restaurant in [[Tokyo]], Nantucket is the tray of [[Maggie]]'s highchair.<ref name="Tokyo"/>
  
 
Marge sets her book "[[The Harpooned Heart]]" in Nantucket.<ref>"[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]"</ref>
 
Marge sets her book "[[The Harpooned Heart]]" in Nantucket.<ref>"[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]"</ref>
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== Appearances ==
 
== Appearances ==
 
*{{ep|Deep Space Homer|(mentioned)}}
 
*{{ep|Deep Space Homer|(mentioned)}}
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*{{ep|Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo|(mentioned)}}
 
*{{ep|Diatribe of a Mad Housewife}}
 
*{{ep|Diatribe of a Mad Housewife}}
 
*{{bon|Call Me Homer}}
 
*{{bon|Call Me Homer}}

Revision as of 14:26, January 16, 2024

"I'm Cyrus Manley, and I'm new to the island. Perhaps you could show me around?"
Cyrus Manley
"Nantucket is an island?"
Temperance Barrow
"[Looking at an atlas] It is."
Marge Simpson[src]
Nantucket
Town/City Information
Country: USA
State/Province: Massachusetts
First mentioned: "Deep Space Homer"


Nantucket is an island 30 miles (48 km) south from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. From mid-1700s until its decline in the 1850s, Nantucket was the whaling capital of the world.

History

More than once Homer starts off the limerick "There once was a man from Nantucket," but never finishes.[1][2]

When the Simpson family are seated at a table in the shape of a map of Massachusetts at the Americatown theme restaurant in Tokyo, Nantucket is the tray of Maggie's highchair.[2]

Marge sets her book "The Harpooned Heart" in Nantucket.[3]

Appearances

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