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| − | |name = Mapple
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| − | |image = [[File:Mapple.png]]<br/><small>Company logo.</small>
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| − | |Founder = [[Steve Mobbs]]
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| − | |Purpose = Computer hardware, electronics and software.
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| − | |Owner = [[Steve Mobbs]]
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| − | |first appearance = "[[Mypods and Boomsticks]]"
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| − | '''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.<ref name="Loan-a-Lisa">"[[Loan-a-Lisa]]"</ref> The company also produces video games.<ref>"[[The Food Wife]]"</ref>
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| − | == Description ==
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| − | Mapple's headquarters are located under the sea. 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".<ref name="Mypods and Boomsticks">"[[Mypods and Boomsticks]]"</ref> In some advertising signage, the slogan reads "Think different".<ref>"[[Flaming Moe]]"</ref>
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| − | Mapple owns and operates the [[Mapple Store]]s, which are retail shops that sell Mapple's products and services. The stores can be found in a wide variety of locations, including [[Springfield Mall]].
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| − | == Product line ==
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| − | [[File:MappleHQ.JPG|thumb|Mapple's undersea headquarters]]
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| − | Mapple's products and services include the following:
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| − | *[[MyPods]]
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| − | *[[MyPhones]]
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| − | *[[MyPhonies]]
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| − | *[[MyCube]]s
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| − | *The Brainiac Bar ([[Mapple Store|in-store]] technical support)
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| − | *[[MyTunes]] (users are charged by sending them a [[MyBill]])
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| − | *Laptops<ref name="[[Thursdays with Abie]]">"[[Thursdays with Abie]]"</ref>, such as the [[Mapple Void]].
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| − | *[[MyPad]]
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| − | *Headphones
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| − | == Behind the Laughter ==
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| − | *Mapple, its logo, its CEO and its product line are a parody of [[wikipedia:Apple Inc.|Apple]]. All appear to have minor differences from their real-life counterparts, presumably for legal reasons.
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| − | == Appearances ==
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| − | :''This list includes Mapple's products.''
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| − | *{{ep|MyPods and Boomsticks}}
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| − | *{{ep|Lisa the Drama Queen}}
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| − | *{{ep|Father Knows Worst}}
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| − | *{{ep|Thursdays with Abie}}
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| − | *{{ep|MoneyBART}}
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| − | *{{ep|Flaming Moe|(advertisement)}}
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| − | *{{ep|Homer the Father}}
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| − | *{{ep|Angry Dad: The Movie}}
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| − | *{{ep|The Food Wife}}
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| − | *{{ep|The D'oh-cial Network}}
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| − | *{{ep|Ned 'N Edna's Blend}}
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| − | *{{ep|Lisa Goes Gaga}}
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| − | *{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}}
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| − | == Gallery ==
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| − | <gallery>
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| − | File:Think different mapple.png|Bart and Milhouse vandalizing a Mapple advertisement.
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | == References ==
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| − | {{Mapple}}
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| − | [[Category:Businesses]]
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| − | [[Category:Parodies]]
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