Wikipedia
- "Don't you worry about Wikipedia... we'll change it when we get home."
- ―Homer Simpson[src]
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia.
History
Snake once told Gloria that someone had been editing his page on Wikipedia and that he wanted her to kill them.[1] Sideshow Bob went on Wikipedia to look up a Shakespeare quote on a computer that he had set up to explode. The website took too long to load, however, and the computer blew up in his face rendering him unconscious.[2] When Bart and Homer were talking about Dean Martin, Bart states that Wikipedia says that Martin is passionate about rehearsal, to which Homer replies that they'll change Wikipedia when they get home.[3] When Joey Kramer was at Moe's Tavern, Homer asked if it was accurate that Wikipedia says "Walk This Way" was inspired by Young Frankenstein.[4] Channel 6 network executives told Krusty that they were firing him. One of the reasons was that many of his joke references meant that kids had to look it up on Wikipedia to understand what he meant.[5]
When Lisa met Hank Scorpio in the Turkish prison, he said she was adorable, and that they were all about to be shot as escaped prisoners, while she reciting his Wikipedia entry.[6]
In Lisa's first chatter she wrote that she has seen the best minds of her generation destroyed by Wikipedia, dragging themselves through the unsourced pages until dawn.[7]
When Waylon Smithers, Jr. employeed some Huli Tribesmen at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant Mr. Burns asked if they were practicing cannibals. Smithers told Mr. Burns that they might be and he'll check it out on Wikipedia.[8]
When Carl said that Marge was prettier than a surface hoar, Homer angrily told him off. Carl was surpised that Homer misunderstood his use of "surface hoar". He showed Homer a Wikipedia article on the topic and told him it meant a sublimation of ice crystals that is colder than a frost point.[9]
Non-canon
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When Ms. Hoover asked Hollis Hurlbut how he verified the stories for the Springfield Historical Society, he said he used Wikipedia.[10]
Kent Brockman has a task that is Check Wikipedia Page.[11]
Behind the Laughter
Wikipedia is a real-life website with over 4 million articles.
Appearances
Episode – "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (mentioned)- Episode – "Funeral for a Fiend" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Apocalypse Cow" (mentioned)
- Episode – "The Ned-liest Catch" (mentioned)
- Episode – "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Changing of the Guardian"
Comic story – Sandwiches are Forever (mentioned)- Comic story – Poop My Baby Says (mentioned)
- Comic story – He Who Controls the Donuts, Controls the World (mentioned)
- Comic story – Mass Historia! (mentioned)
Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out (mentioned)
External links
References
- ↑ "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
- ↑ "Funeral for a Fiend"
- ↑ "Apocalypse Cow"
- ↑ "The Ned-liest Catch"
- ↑ "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution"
- ↑ Sandwiches are Forever
- ↑ Poop My Baby Says
- ↑ He Who Controls the Donuts, Controls the World
- ↑ "Changing of the Guardian"
- ↑ Mass Historia!
- ↑ The Simpsons: Tapped Out
