Springfield Shopper
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The Springfield Shopper is the most commonly recurring local newspaper in Springfield.
Contents
Features
It carries opinion, sports, food, world, arts, religion and leisure sections. It tends towards tabloid stories, with such headlines as 'Woman Weds Ape', 'Hippo promoted to detective' and 'Crazed Mom Goes Topless (Photos Pages 3-28)'.
Orgin
It was founded in the early 1900s by Johnny Newspaperseed, a small boy who travelled America founding newspapers.
Competitors and Partners
The Shopper merged with the Springfield Times, Post, Globe, Herald, Jewish News, and Hot Sex Weekly. There actually is a Springfield Shopper in Springfield, IL.
Price
The cost of the newspaper tends to vary between nothing and $1.00, with the average price being 25¢.
Homer the Food Critic
Homer Simpson has worked for the newspaper as a food critic. After initially being too kind (giving a slice of pizza he found under the sofa at least 8 out of 10, deducting a point for having a Hot Wheels car stuck on it), he switched to becoming a cruel critic, and was almost murdered by a disgruntled baker with a poisoned éclair.
Bosses
The newspaper was also bought briefly by Montgomery Burns, who was on a mission to control all the media of Springfield, and by the The Movementarians, an evil cult who were attempting to brainwash all Springfieldians.
Jokes
The lower headline will generally be a joke either about the upper headlines, or about journalism in general ("Second headline less important, studies show").
Clone
In one episode, it is revealed that Shelbyville has a newspaper called The Shelbyville Daily, whose slogan is "Once a week, every week".
Fake Headlines
In the episode where Homer goes to live in an apartment with two gay men, one of them is seen reading New York Times. Homer is surprised and asks why is he reading the NYT even though he doesn't live in New York. He replies its because all the headlines are a joke in the Springfield Shopper.
Real Life
An 8-paged Springfield Shopper has been published, written by Simpsons creator Matt Groening himself. It was found inside a newspaper as an feature to advertise The Simpsons Movie.
Headlines
- Simpson Says Safe!
- Dozens Cheer Homer Simpson
- Homer Simpson Strikes Again!
- Watch Out, Here Comes Homer
- Enough Already Homer Simpson!
- Mutation Caught at Ol' Fishin' Hole; Is Power Plant Responsible? Boy Was Using Five Pound Test And Ordinary Worms; Sister Was Just There For The Tranquility
- Vandal Decapitates Town Statue; Who is El Barto; Police Puzzled
- Fishin' Hole or Fisson Hole?;Burns Denies Responsibility in Fish Flap;Count The Eyes,Mr Burns!
- Governer Calls for Power Plant Ivestigation
- Burns Enters Gubernatorial Race; 2 Eyed Fish in Every Pot?
- Burns Skyrockets to Seven Percent in Latest Polls
- Burns Band Wagon Rolls On; Latest Poll Puts Him at 22 Percent
- Burns Nukes Bailey in Latest Poll; Forty-Two Percent And Climbing
- Art Treasure to Visit Springfield; Michelangelo's David in 1958
- Burns Fires Ungrateful Employee
- Another Smart Move by Burns
- Hooray for Burns
- President Declares World Peace
- President Homer Declares World Peace
- President Simpson Wins Super Bowl
- Micheal Jackson Hoax; Everyone Mad at Local Boy
- World Peace Declared
- Monster Okay Slavery Plan
- Principal Skinner Missing: Police Search for Body
- Psychic Joins Skinner Hunt
- Principal Murder Trail Begins Today
- Sentencing Today For Dinky Don
- Wizard of Walnut Street
- Squirrel Resembling Abraham Lincoln Found
- Prez Sez: School is For Losers
- Lottery Drawing Today; President, Rock Star to Swap Wives
- Lisa Kicks Butt
- Queen to Mayor: You're Next; Nerds Pummeled in Football
- Womans Weds Ape; Dick Cavett Born
- Mondale to Hart: Where's the Beef
- Burns Pay City 3 Mil!
- You Need a Heart to Live
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