The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

Book Information Author: J. D. Salinger Genre: Novel First appearance: Lisa the Clown‎

The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger about a disgruntled teenager: Holden Caulfield. It's often referenced in The Simpsons. Long before he created The Simpsons Matt Groening wrote a novel, I Was A Teenage Malcontent, later retitled Mean Kids, which was based on The Catcher in the Rye and whose main character was named Bart Simpson.

References to A Catcher in the Rye in The Simpsons

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference 1 12 "Krusty Gets Busted" Sideshow Bob gives Krusty the Clown a copy of The Catcher in the Rye from the Bucket o'Books, which Krusty holds upside down. 7 130 "Radioactive Man" A banner welcomes the Hollywood film crew with the line "We love phonies". In The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield holds long rants against anyone he perceives as "phonies." 8 108 "Lisa's Date with Density" Principal Skinner and Lisa Simpson refer to a group of bullies as “crumb bums”. This is what the prostitute famously calls Holden Cauldfield after she leaves his hotel room. 14 299 "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" Homer Simpson is surprised to find out that Lisa Simpson's pet peeve is phonies, because he thought she loved them. 18 399 "24 Minutes" When Lisa's personal profile appears on screen it reads: “Head hall monitor – loves ponies, hates phonies”. 22 480 "A Midsummer's Nice Dreams" Marge Simpson notices that the Crazy Cat Lady has the complete works of J.D. Salinger in her possession, "except for "The Catcher in the Rye"". 23 492 "The Book Job" Patty Bouvier has a book titled The Body Snatcher in the Rye standing on her shelf. 250px 25 542 "Diggs" An older mischievous and somewhat mentally unstable boy, Diggs befriends Bart. The plot is modelled after "The Catcher in the Rye".

References to The Catcher in the Rye in Simpsons comics

When Lisa was the host of The Krusty the Clown Show in the comic book story Lisa the Clown she read from The Catcher in the Rye for the audience. She adds that it is not the biography of retired baseball personality, Bob Uecker.

References to The Catcher in the Rye in Simpsons books

The novel is mentioned in Lisa's Made for the Shade Summertime Reading List, published in The Simpsons Ultra-Jumbo Rain-or-Shine Fun Book.

References to The Catcher in the Rye in Simpsons video games

In The Simpsons: Tapped Out, more specifically the section The Simpsons: Tapped Out "Mathlete's Feat" episode tie-in content update the novel is mentioned in Print is Dead Pt. 4, when Seymour Skinner says that a monthly book burning is mandatory in the school board: "It's something to distract the Huck Finn-haters and Catcher In The Rye-oters."

External links

• The Catcher in the Rye.