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"Think differently."

―Mapple's slogan^[src]

Mapple Company logo.

Company Information

Mapple is a company founded by Steve Mobbs. It sells Mapple computers and related products and services. Lisa owns several Mapple devices, including a MyPod and a Mapple computer.^[1] The company also produces video games.^[2]

Description

Mapple's headquarters are located under the sea. To visit it, a submarine from the mainland in the shape of a flash drive travels to the bottom of the ocean and is inserted into the side of the HQ. The cost of the travel is added to the user's MyBill. From the HQ, Steve Mobbs broadcasts an announcement to Mapple customers, which was fed into a video feed at the Mapple Store at the Springfield Mall. The Springfield Mall feed was possibly later destroyed due to a side of the Springfield Mall Mapple store shattering. It is unknown whether there are video feeds in other Mapple stores.

The company logo is an apple that has two bites missing from it. The company slogan, as seen on its posters, is "Think Differently". However, when Lisa Simpson visited Steve Mobbs to ask for a reduced payment plan on her MyBill, Mobbs informed her that the real slogan was "No Refunds".^[3] In some advertising signage, the slogan reads "Think different".^[4]

Mapple owns and operates the Mapple Stores, which are retail shops that sell Mapple's products and services. The stores can be found in a wide variety of locations, including the Springfield Mall and the Towne Centre at Springfielde Glenne.

Products and services

Mapple's products and services include the following:

Products

To download songs, 99 cents must be paid.^[5]

Image Product Features MyPod Music and video downloads MyPhone Music, video, and app downloads MyPhonies None. MyCube Music downloads. MyPad Music, video, and app downloads. Computers (such as touchscreens and Mapple Lisa) Laptops (such as Mapple Void) Mapple Radio Radio and internet access Mapple TV

Services

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  The Brainiac Bar - in-store technical support

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  MyTunes

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  MappleCare

Controversy

The Springfield store was destroyed by fellow customer Comic Book Guy after Bart Simpson dubbed over Steve Mobbs' video feed, making the customers believe that the company was selling the MyPhones for $500 even though it cost a few bucks to make and that he peed on every MyPhone. This eventually caused an uproar in the crowd. Comic Book Guy then got a sledgehammer and smashed the glass wall. This controversy was quickly resolved however, when Lisa Simpson, Bart's brother, ratted him out, which made everyone chase him out of the mall.^[6]

Adverts

Mapple advertises itself in many ways, one being posters. On a poster on the street where Moe's Tavern is located, Bart Simpson and Milhouse Van Houten have subjected it to vandalism.

At the Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo, Mapple had a stall. On the stall were touch-screen gadgets, and underneath the company motto. It is unknown if Mapple had any games at the convention; the company's name was not seen on any game stalls. However, there was some games that did not have the company's name seen; they could have been Mapple's. The stall at the E4 convention may have been a way for Mapple to advertise itself.

Behind the Laughter

• Mapple, its logo, its CEO and its product line are a parody of Apple. All appear to have minor differences from their real-life counterparts, presumably for legal reasons.

Appearances

This list includes Mapple's products.

Gallery

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  Alternate Mapple logo.

References