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Germany is a country in central Europe. Its capital is Berlin.
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History
During the 1930s, Adolf Hitler and his Nazi movement took control of Germany and started invading several areas, leading to World War II. As the war drew to a close in the European Theatre, the Allied Forces discovered that the Nazis had been exterminating the Jewish population in Europe, and the Flying Hellfish stole paintings from a captured German castle and then made a Tontine to settle the issue of their future ownership.[1]
In the aftermath of the war, Germany was split into eastern and western partitions which corresponded to the Allied occupation zones. The eastern portion, which had been occupied by the Soviet Union, became East Germany and had a Communist government. The western portion was composed of the occupation zones of the USA, the UK, and France, and became West Germany, with a democratic government. The capital, Berlin, was also split into eastern and western portions. Because West Berlin was entirely surrounded by East Germany, the Communist regime built the Berlin Wall around it, ostensibly to prevent East Germany from being "contaminated" by western culture, but in reality to prevent people from escaping from East Germany into West Berlin.
In 1989, as the power of Communism began to diminish in Europe, the Berlin Wall came down. Germany was reunited the next year, in 1990.
Characters from Germany
- Two German businessmen, Hans and Fritz, took over the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and brought in German workers like Horst.[2]
- Springfield Elementary School exchange student Üter Zörker is from Düsseldorf, where his uncle owns a bubblegum factory.[3]
- Gymnastics coach Lugash says he escaped East Germany by cartwheeling over the Berlin Wall.[4] However, others have said that he defected into East Germany.[5]
- Baron von Herzenberger, the rightful owner of the paintings stolen by the Flying Hellfish, came to the USA to recover them.[1]
- When Homer was abducted and imprisoned on The Island, a man from Germany was sent to the Simpson home in his place. He called Marge "honey-fräulein" as soon as he walked in the door, and told her that to make up for his unexplained two-week absence, they would have a night of "efficient German sex".[6]
- When the Simpsons converted their house into a youth hostel, it was quickly filled with German backpackers.[7]
Implied to be from Germany
- Homer's former assistant Karl is at least of Germanic origin, and obviously has some European cultural influence in his background.[8]
- Monorail builder Sebastian Cobb speaks with a German accent.[9]
- The Nuclear Physics Professor (whose class Homer takes at Springfield University) speaks with a German accent.[10]
- Homer takes a shortcut to avoid a construction-related traffic backup, ends up on a narrow road on a cliff and makes way for two bicyclists. As they pass each other, Homer hollers, "Morning!" and one of the cyclists replies, "Guten Tag."[11]
- President Arnold Schwarzenegger shouts in German, implying he may have German roots.[12]
Non-canon
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Germany was also one of the levels in Around the World in 80 Bites, the third level in The Simpsons Game.
Appearances
Episode – "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" - Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish""
- Episode – "A Tale of Two Springfields" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Children of a Lesser Clod" (mentioned)
Comic story – Lisa Goes To Camp (country's representative seen)
Video game – The Simpsons Game 
Book – The Book of Moe (mentioned)
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish""
- ↑ "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk"
- ↑ "22 Short Films About Springfield"
- ↑ "Children of a Lesser Clod"
- ↑ "Little Girl in the Big Ten"
- ↑ "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"
- ↑ "The Heartbroke Kid"
- ↑ "Simpson and Delilah"
- ↑ "Marge vs. the Monorail"
- ↑ "Homer Goes to College"
- ↑ "500 Keys"
- ↑ The Simpsons Movie
