TheSimpsons.com
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TheSimpsons.com
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TheSimpsons.com is the official website for The Simpsons. The website contains various information for the series, including episode recaps, character biographies, and episode clips. In September 2011, the website revamped its content and now has an interactive "Springfield Career Day", where readers can switch between booths to find out different information.
Contents
Character Biographies
The website has the biographies of only the main and side characters. Characters are sorted by their last name and each has a few paragraphs for a biography as well as at least one user interactive object with each character's biography, and a photo.
List of characters with biographies
- Comic Book Guy
- Page features a clickable mouse which upon being clicked shows a clip of a nude woman being slowly loaded, and a popup ad for Homer's Internet King business appearing. A reference to the same clip in "Das Bus".
- Carl Carlson
- Page features a clickable green splotch of goo that bubbles when clicked and a radioactive rod which falls through the paper when clicked.
- Charles Montgomery Burns
- Page has a knees-to-head sized portrait of Burns which, when clicked, causes the three dots on his head to fall off one at a time. Burns then bends over and reaches out of the portrait to pick them up, putting them back on his head.
- Selma Bouvier
- Page has Jub-Jub, Selma's pet iguana sitting on it. When clicked the iguana pokes out its tongue and Selma's voice says "Jub-Jub" in the background.
- Patty Bouvier
- Page features Homer's failed chauffeur's driving test. Clicking a place on the test will cause Patty's hand to stamp a "FAILED" stamp onto it. Clicking on different places will have the stamp stamped onto a different place.
- Julius Hibbert
- The page features 3 interactive objects: a light reflecting mirror band that doctors wear on their heads, which when clicked, plays Hibbert's catchphrase laugh; a stethoscope that plays the sound of a beating heart when clicked. A syringe with green fluid, when clicked causes the syringe to squirt out all its fluid, causing Dr. Hibbert to complain that the viewer is wasting thousands of dollars' worth of Interferon, as heard in "Little Big Mom."
- Barney Gumble
- When the page is opened there is a full coffee cup, and an empty beer cup. Clicking on the coffee cup will cause it to empty and fill the beer cup. When clicking on the beer cup, it empties and the coffee cup fills up.
- Todd Flanders
- Clicking on the golf-ball on the page causes it to pop out of its hole, a golf club then knocks it back into its whole, making Rodd and Todd to shout "Yay".
- Rod Flanders
- Clicking on Billy Graham's Bible Blaster opens up the actual game as seen in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily".
- Ned Flanders
- A video camera can play a short section from his dating video (as in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily") and some more pictures when clicked.
- Krusty
- There are 2 interactive pieces of Krusty the Clown merchandise, each of which, when clicked, attempts to function then breaks down.
- Edna Krabappel
- Page features a fold out heart, clicking on it once opens up the left, showing Edna on the left and Principal Skinner in the middle, clicking on it again shows Agnes Skinner on the right, pulling on Principal Skinner's ear.
- Itchy
- Page has a target board and a picture of Scratchy's face attached. Clicking will throw a variety of objects at it, including knives and axes.
- Martin Prince
- Page features an interactive Plasma globe.
- Nelson Muntz
- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
- Clicking on a Kwik-E-Mart coupon will play an animation of Apu serving a Squishee.
- Lenny Leonard
- Clicking on Lenny's wallet opens it up, showing two pictures of Carl and one of Mount Carlmore (as seen in "Half-Decent Proposal").
- Otto Mann
- Clicking on a tape plays Otto's children's bus songs, as in "Das Bus."
- Snowball II
- Opening the biography will cause a fur ball to hit the page, then a fur ball can be shot at the page by further clicking.
- Moe Szyslak
- A glass of Flaming Homer will erupt in flames when clicked; an interactive Duff calendar has stickers that cover Moe's face which are peeled off one at a time after clicking, as in "Pygmoelian."
- Waylon Smithers
- When a computer mouse is clicked a black-and-white video of a naked Mr. Burns uttering "hello Smithers, you're quite good at turning me on!" plays (as seen in "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy").
- Marge Simpson
- Clicking on the page shows Marge's hand cleaning up food crumbs and other things on the page.
- Seymour Skinner
- When a red marker is clicked, the hand of El Barto graffitis stereotypically demonic features onto a photo of Skinner's face and signs his name onto the page.
- Homer Simpson
- The page has a memory game, a remote that when some buttons are clicked makes a photo of Homer experience different television effects. Clicking on a donut squishes it, squirting out pink liquid.
- Lisa Simpson
- Clicking on a cover for Sax on the Beach shows a saxophone on the page, which has flashing buttons to teach the opening theme music for The Simpsons (saxophone buttons and sounds do not match those of a saxophone in reality).
- Maggie Simpson
- Clicking on the edges of the page makes Maggie's pacifier appear and plays Maggie's catchphrase: the "suck" sound.
- Abe Simpson
- Clicking on his pair of fake teeth make them shut then open again. Clicking on a bag with two pennies inside plays a different Abe Simpson quote every time.
- Bart Simpson
- Clicking on his slingshot opens up a target-shooting minigame.
- Santa's Little Helper
- Clicking on a new shoe shows it getting ripped up, a reference to Santa's Little Helper's constant destruction of items and general behavioral problems as first explored in "Bart's Dog Gets an "F"."
- Scratchy
- Clicking on a remote plays an Itchy and Scratchy episode based on an existing Itchy and Scratchy episode.
While browsing the character bios, sometimes a red light starts flashing while disco music plays, Disco Stu then walks past dancing.
So you think you know The Simpsons? Quiz
There is a quiz on the website which asks a set of multi-choice questions (3 choices) and has a picture of Comic Book Guy.
Designs
The site has had many various changes to its design throughout its time online. The main design is the family looking behind the couch at us.
Those include:
- St. Patrick's Day design 2011 - While Marge looks on, Bart blows a horn into Homer's ear while he is asleep, wearing a hat and holding a beer mug; Santa's Little Helper drinks the beer; Lisa holds a four-leafed clover; A leprechaun shakes his fists at Maggie, who is playing in a mug of gold while a rainbow shines above her.
- Easter design 2011 - Bart is dressed as the Easter Bunny while a group of chicks follow him.
- Mother's Day design 2011 - Bart, Lisa and Maggie hold up their present to Marge for Mother's Day.
- Father's Day designs 2011 - (1) On Father's Day, Bart, Lisa and Maggie use up all of Homer's Krusty-O's; (2) Bart, Lisa and Maggie are holding card with the letters on that make "DAD", but Maggie's is upside down.
- July 4 design 2011 - The family is watching fireworks.
- Summer design 2011 - The Simpsons swimming in a river.
