Scene from Moby Dick

Scene from Moby Dick

A recreation of Scene from Moby Dick.

Object Information

Object:	Painting
Manufacturer:	Marge
Owner:	Simpson family
First Appearance:	"Bart Gets an "F""

Scene from Moby Dick is a painting that hangs behind the Simpsons Couch. According to Marge, it has a resemblance to Moby Dick.^[1]

Apparently, Marge drew it herself, as she mused about her wasted talent in front of a disturbed Bart and Lisa.^[2] However, in "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" Marge thanks the painting and looks at its name, because she didn't know it, so it seems like she didn't really draw the painting.

The family has a cupboard full of spare paintings. After Homer smashed one over his head, Marge got a new one out.^[3]

Lisa's pet guinea pig Pokey destroyed the painting by poking through it after running out of its built habitat, leading Homer and Marge to take it down and replace it.^[4] It is suggested that she has run out of spare paintings, as Homer later gets it replaced with a copy.

Scene from Moby-Dick from "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife".

The same painting hangs on the wall at the home of Marge's Aunt Edith on Martha's Vineyard.^[5]

Appearances

Couch gag

Episode – "Bart Gets an "F""
Episode – "Simpson and Delilah"

Episode – "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"
Episode – "Dancin' Homer"

Episode – "Bart vs. Thanksgiving"

Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"

Episode – "The Way We Was"
Episode – "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"
Episode – "Principal Charming"
Episode – "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Episode – "Bart's Dog Gets an "F""
Episode – "Old Money"
Episode – "Brush with Greatness"
Episode – "Lisa's Substitute"
Episode – "The War of the Simpsons"
Episode – "Three Men and a Comic Book"
Episode – "Blood Feud"

Episode – "Stark Raving Dad"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror II"
Episode – "Lisa's Pony"
Episode – "Saturdays of Thunder"
Episode – "Flaming Moe's"
Episode – "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk"
Episode – "I Married Marge"
Episode – "Radio Bart"
Episode – "Lisa the Greek"

Episode – "Black Widower"
Episode – "The Otto Show"
Episode – "Bart's Friend Falls in Love"
Episode – "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?"

Episode – "A Streetcar Named Marge"
Episode – "Homer the Heretic"
Episode – "Lisa the Beauty Queen"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror III"
Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"
Episode – "Marge Gets a Job"
Episode – "New Kid on the Block"
Episode – "Mr. Plow"
Episode – "Lisa's First Word"
Episode – "Homer's Triple Bypass"
Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail"

Episode – "Selma's Choice"
Episode – "Brother from the Same Planet"
Episode – "I Love Lisa"
Episode – "Duffless"
Episode – "Last Exit to Springfield"
Episode – "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show"
Episode – "The Front"
Episode – "Whacking Day"
Episode – "Marge in Chains"
Episode – "Krusty Gets Kancelled"

Episode – "Cape Feare"
Episode – "Homer Goes to College"

Episode – "The Trouble with Trillions"
Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife"
Episode – "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass"
Episode – "The War of Art"
Episode – "That '90s Show"
Couch gag – "Labor Pains"
Couch gag – "Fatzcarraldo"
Couch gag – "The Cad and the Hat"
Episode – "The Tell-Tale Pants" (dream)

Trivia

According to one episode, a safe is behind the painting, although absent in later episodes. In the couch gag for the episode "Fatzcarraldo" it is present. In the episode "Barthood" you can see a young Lisa painting it and then it gets put up above the couch.

References

[1] "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife"

[2] "The Trouble with Trillions"

[3] "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass"

[4] "The War of Art"

[5] "The 7 Beer Itch"

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