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CSI: Miami redirects here. For the character, see C.S.I. Miami.

CSI is an American crime drama franchise. The franchise originally started with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and went off with two spin-off series, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY. It has been referenced on The Simpsons a few times.

References to the CSI franchise in The Simpsons

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
16	349	"The Seven-Beer Snitch"	When arresting Homer, Clancy Wiggum makes a reference to CSI.
23	494	"The Ten-Per-Cent Solution"	Annie Dubinsky asks Homer if he would play a bloated corpse on CSI.
Picture	Comic series	Comic story	Reference
	Simpsons Comics	The Simpson Family Circus	CSI: Hollywood is a reference to the CSI franchise.
Book		Reference
Chief Wiggum's Book of Crime and Punishment	CSI: Springfield is a reference to the CSI franchise.

References to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in The Simpsons

Picture	Comic series	Comic story	Reference
	The Simpsons Winter Wingding	VSI: Valentive Scene Investigators	The name of the comic story is a reference to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
	The Simpsons Summer Shindig	I. C. S. I. (Ice Cream Scene Investigators!)	The name of the comic story is a reference to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

References to CSI: Miami in The Simpsons

Picture	Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
	17	371	"Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife"	Verity Heathbar asks Homer for his synopsis to an episode of CSI: Miami.
	18	380	"Jazzy and the Pussycats"	The character C.S.I. Miami is a reference to CSI: Miami.
	19	415	"Smoke on the Daughter"	The family watches CSI: Miami on TV.
Picture	Comic series	Comic story	Reference
	The Simpsons Summer Shindig	I. C. S. I. (Ice Cream Scene Investigators!)	Throughout the story Lisa acts like Horatio Caine, a major character on CSI: Miami. Most notably, she puts on a pair of sunglasses and makes puns during the childrens' investigation.

Common cast and crew

Picture	Name	Role in CSI	Role on The Simpsons
	Diedrich Bader	Guest starred as Bud Parker in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Two and a Half Deaths" and as Myles Martini in the CSI: Miami episode "Dead on Arrival".	Voiced the sheriff in "Kill the Alligator and Run".
	Tim Conway	Guest starred as Knuckles Pratt in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Take My Life, Please".	Voiced himself in "The Simpsons Spin-Off Show Case".
	Ted Danson	Stars as D.B. Russell in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.	Voiced Sam Malone in "Fear of Flying".
	Andy Dick	Guest starred as an armory dealer in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Blood Moon".	Voiced himself in the episode "Yokel Chords"
	Bobcat Goldthwait	Guest starred as Michael Borland in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Last Laugh".	Voiced himself in "The Last Temptation of Krust".
	Elliott Gould	Guest starred as Earnest Boozell in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Pool Shark".	Voiced himself in "The Dad Who Knew Too Little". He was also interviewed in The Simpsons: Celebrity Friends, The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem, and The Simpsons: Access All Areas.
150px	John Kassir	Guest starred as a hotel guest in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Assume Nothing" and as Farley Wheeler in the CSI: Miami episode "Crime Wave".	Voiced a possum in "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"", a donkey in "Jaws Wired Shut" and Duff McShark in "Old Yeller-Belly".
	Jane Lynch	Guest starred as a ranger in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Unbearable".	Voiced Roz Davis in "Replaceable You"
	Pamela Reed	Guest starred as Donna Hoppe in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Genetic Disorder".	Voiced Ruth Powers in "New Kid on the Block", "Marge on the Lam" and "The Strong Arms of the Ma".
	Jennifer Tilly	Guest starred as Terpsie Pratt in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode " Take My Life, Please".	Voiced herself in "Gone Abie Gone".

External links

CSI (franchise) at Wikipedia
[[wikipedia:CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ({{{2}}})|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]] at Wikipedia
[[wikipedia:CSI: Miami ({{{2}}})|CSI: Miami]] at Wikipedia

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