Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He is seen as responsible for the Second World War and the holocaust. He lives on in popular culture as the prime example of pure evil.
Matt Groening is not very fond of Hitler jokes in The Simpsons, but occasionely he lets a few good ones pass.
References
In Rosebud in a flashback to 1927 Charles Lindbergh throws Mr. Burns' teddy bear in the crowd where it is grabbed by Hitler. In 1945 when Hitler loses the Second World War he blames it on the bear and throws it away.
In Duffless while Barney congratulates a worker who has to check which Duff bottles are not fit for consumption, several disturbing bottles pass by during their chat, including one with the head of Hitler.
When Bart makes phone calls to countries below the equator in Bart vs. Australia he coincidentally phones Hitler, who seems to spending his old age days somewhere in South America. Hitler fails to take the call and is angry as a consequence. A man in lederhosen bicycles by and makes the Nazi salute to him.
In the episode Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie a cartoon from the 1940s is shown where Itchy and Scratchy beat, kick and decapitate him. Then Itchy chops of Scratchy's head and Franklin D. Roosevelt appears, kicking both Hitler and Scratchy in the butt.
In Homer vs. Patty and Selma Homer Simpson takes the blame for smoking while it were actually Patty and Selma 's cigarettes. Patty and Selma's superior shows her anger to Homer by calling him "worse than Hitler."
In Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish" Abraham Simpson remembers he was close to assassinating Hitler, but failed because of Mr. Burns pushing him while he aimed.
In Bart Carny Hitler's car is destroyed by Bart during a carnival. Nelson Muntz punches Bart and asks him: "That was Hitler's car.What did he ever do to you?"
Hitler is also referenced in New Kids on the Blecch. He also appears in a propaganda film starring Itchy and Scratchy in which they beat the crap out of him and decapitate him with an axe. Bart also destroys Hitler's car by accident in a carnival and Nelson punches him and asks "what did he ever do to you?"
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