Springfield Shopper

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Springfield Shopper

Newspaper Information

Springfield Shopper is the most popular and most dominant local newspaper in Springfield.

History

The paper was founded in 1883 by Johnny Newspaperseed, a small boy who travelled around America founding newspapers. The Shopper merged with the Springfield Times, Post, Globe, Herald, Jewish News, and Hot Sex Weekly, becoming Springfield's biggest paper.

The newspaper was also bought briefly by Charles Montgomery Burns, who was on a mission to control all the media in Springfield, and by the Movementarians, an evil cult who were attempting to brainwash all Springfieldians.

The newspaper started printing in color once, which caused outrage amongst Springfield's women. Marge didn't like the newspaper in color either; she didn't want to know what color the Statue of Liberty was.

Features

The paper 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)'. The cost of the newspaper tends to vary between nothing and $1.00, with the average price being 25¢.

When Homer goes to live in an apartment with two gay men, one of them is seen reading The 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.

Behind the Laughter

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. The Springfield Shopper has been published in Springfield, IL since 1975.

Headlines

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Season 1

Image Episode Title "Homer's Odyssey" Simpson Says Safe! Dozens Cheer Homer Simpson Homer Simpson Strikes Again! Watch Out, Here Comes Homer Enough Already Homer Simpson!

Season 2

Image Episode Title "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" 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 Fishin' Hole or Fisson Hole?;Burns Denies Responsibility in Fish Flap;Count The Eyes,Mr Burns! Governor Calls for Power Plant Investigation Burns Enters Gubernatorial Race; 3 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 "Itchy and Scratchy and Marge" Art Treasure to Visit Springfield; Michelangelo's David in 1958 "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" Burns Fires Ungrateful Employee Another Smart Move by Burns Hooray for Burns!

Season 3

Image Episode Title "Stark Raving Dad" Michael Jackson Hoax; Everyone Mad at Local Boy "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" Never Too Busy... "When Flanders Failed" President Declares World Peace President Homer Declares World Peace President Simpson Wins Super Bowl "Bart the Murderer" Principal Still Missing: Police Search for Body 200px Principal Murder Trail Begins Today Psychic Joins Skinner Hunt Sentencing Today For Dinky Don "Treehouse of Horror II" World Peace Declared Monster Okay Slavery Plan 200px "Flaming Moe's" Wizard of Walnut Street 200px "Radio Bart" Squirrel Resembling Abraham Lincoln Found "Dog of Death" Lottery Drawing Today; President, Rock Star to Swap Wives

Season 4

Image Episode Title "Lisa the Beauty Queen" Lisa Kicks Butt 200px Queen to Mayor: You're Next; Nerds Pummeled in Football Melee "Treehouse of Horror III" Woman Weds Ape; "Woody Allen" Born "Lisa's First Word" Mondale to Hart: Where's the Beef "Marge vs. the Monorail" Burns Pays City 3 Mil! "Krusty Gets Kancelled" Who is Gabbo? Five Days 'til Gabbo 200px Gabbo Here Today 200px Quimby Re-elected by Landslide; Two More Bodies Surface in Springfield Harbor Gabbo Still #1 in Springfield; Brockman Fired Krusty Special Airs Today; Gabbo to Have Real Boy Operation

Season 5

Image Episode Title 200px "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" Snow Storm Hits the Midwest 200px "Rosebud" Burns' Birthday Today; Credits Long Life to Satan 200px "Homer the Vigilante" Cat Burglar Strikes 15 Homes; Man Marries Woman in Wedding Ceremony Burglar Strikes Again; Is Nothing Safe? 200px Zirconia Ztolen!!!; Simpson Asleep at Switch "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" Local Gays Show Their Pride 200px "Homer Loves Flanders" Big Fat Man Has Big Fat Heart; Little Thin Man Accused in Robbery "Bart Gets an Elephant" KBBL Cheats Straight A Student !!! "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" Quimby Nephew Charged in Beating; Chowder said Wrong

Season 6

Image Episode Title 200px "Sideshow Bob Roberts" Bob Pardon #1 Local Issue; Edges Out No Fat Chicks Ordinance Call For Probe in Bob Flap; Editorial: Why Not Let Dead Pets Vote? Toddlers Topple Mayor; Expressway Halt Rankes Elderly "Bart's Comet" Prez Sez: School is For Losers Boy Discovers Comet Rocket to Kick Comet's Tail; Mayor Visits City 200px "A Star Is Burns" Incontinent Old Man Wins Miss Teen America "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" Awful School is Awful Rich Burns Plans Sunshine Halt; Special Edition: Your Guide to Perpetual Darkness

Season 7

Image Episode Title "Radioactive Man" Who Will Be Fallout Boy? Who Will Be Fallout Boy? Milhouse Disappears; Movie On Hold Spinning Newspaper Injures Printer "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" America Loves Ted Kennedy 40 Trampled at Poco Concert "Mother Simpson" Local Man Loses Pants, Life; Beaver Rescue Falls Short "Lisa the Iconoclast" Parade to Distract Joyless Citizenry "The Day the Violence Died" Bum Sues Cartoon King; Got Legal Fee From Some Family "A Fish Called Selma" Page Ten: Troy a Little Tenderness; Look Who's Drunk Troy Weds "22 Short Films About Springfield" Helms Calls for Donut Tax; Deadbeat Dad Beat Dead "Much Apu About Nothing" Quimby's Proposition 24 on Ballot, Quimby Propositions 24 at Ballet Police Prepare for Deportations; Bear Patrol Steps up Bombing Campaign

Season 8

Image Episode Title "You Only Move Twice" Supervillain Seizes the East Coast "The Homer They Fall" Champ to Whale on Local Man "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer" Kickin' Back; Fifty Ways to Waste Your Weekend "The Springfield Files" Human Blimp sees Flying Saucer 200px "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" Funny Dog to Make Life Worth While "Brother from Another Series" Maniac to Live at Brother's Apartment "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" Alcohol Prohibited in Springfield; Bums Threaten To Leave Town City Goes Dry Today Bums Extend Deadline Banner Bars Booze; Booze Barred by Banner Beer Baron Beats Banner; Family Sedan Outruns Cops "The Old Man and the Lisa" Burns to Open Recycling Plant; Makes Other Bums Look Bad

Season 9

Image Episode Title "Treehouse of Horror VIII" Neutron Bomb Headed for Springfield - Hippo Promoted to Detective "Realty Bites" Gruesome murders at Socialite's House; Mrs. Astor Safe "The Joy of Sect" Springfield Shopper Purchased by Evil Cult; Check Out Our New Adult Lifestyle Section "The Last Temptation of Krust" Dog kills cat, Self No Photo Available ... "Trash of the Titans" New Face in Trash Race - Local Nut at it Again Simpson wins in landslide; Says "Crazy Promises" the Key "Natural Born Kissers" Local couple Bares all; Police Dog clings to life

Season 10

Image Episode Title "Homer to the Max" It's War No Photo Available ... Tax Hire Approved "The Old Man and the "C" Student" Town Prepares for Olympics; Pickpockets Call Up Reserves

Season 11

Image Episode Title No Photo Available ... "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" Unusually Large, Ugly Baby Born 200px "Eight Misbehavin'" Nahasapeemapetilan-tastic! "Behind the Laughter" Feds to Simps: Pay up! That's All, Folks!

Season 12

Image Episode Title No Photo Available ... "Lisa the Tree Hugger" Lisa Alive! Hemp City reduced to Stems and Seeds No Photo Available ... "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" Web Snoops Exposes Pool Hustle No Photo Available ... "Simpson Safari" Food Supply Cut Short Off - Even Pies "Trilogy of Error" First Day of Spring - Ants, Picnickers Reach Last-Minute Accord

Season 13

Image Episode Title "The Parent Rap" Pair Sinks Judge's House Quilt Ruined "Brawl in the Family" Simpsons Arrested in Family Riot - Even Maggie "Half-Decent Proposal" Sleep Important, Say Experts - Slow News Day Grips Springfield No Photo Available ... "Weekend at Burnsie's" Medical Marijuana Outlawed "The Frying Game" HO. J. SIMPSON Trial Starts Today "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge" Heat Wave Continues

Season 14

Image Episode Title "Large Marge" Crazed Mom Goes Topless Photos Pages 3–28 TV Clown Saves Day "Special Edna" Teacher Nominated for Award: Will She Leave Old Life Behind? ... Closed Pistachio Stymies Fatso "A Star Is Born Again" Lonely Men Die Early "Three Gays of the Condo" Bumblebee Man Caught in Sting "Old Yeller-Belly" LIFEWAYS Weekend Edition: Ale of the Pup "The Bart of War" Cavalry Kids Lead Charge in Cleanup; President Shoots Wife "Moe Baby Blues" Baby Saved by Local Hero, Not Father; Man's Dress Slacks At Low Prices! Costington's

Season 15

Image Episode Title "My Mother the Carjacker" Mayor Unveils Erection to Cheering Crowd Cranford Man Missing Drought Threatens to Turn West into Desert Peace Talks Break Down Iowa Home to World's Biggest Pizza No Photo Available ... "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays" "Families Come First" On Ballot - Second Headline Less Important, Studies Show No Photo Available ... "Families Come First" Wrong for Springfield No Photo Available ... Costs Too Much, Does Too Little No Photo Available ... "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" Simpsons Found Guilty, Sentenced to 10 Years; Local Bully to Homer "Haw Haw" No Photo Available ... "Bart-Mangled Banner" U-ASS-A No Photo Available ... "Fraudcast News" Beloved Hero Cheats Death No Photo Available ... Lisa's a Total Whacko, Implies Father No Photo Available ... Lisa Loves Milhouse

Season 16

Image Episode Title No Photo Available ... "All's Fair in Oven War" Father of Eight Missing No Photo Available ... "Mommie Beerest" Triple Murder at Moe's No Photo Available ... "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" Massachusetts Okays Gay Marriage No Photo Available ... Stem Cells Cure Alzheimers No Photo Available ... "Pranksta Rap" Wiggum Sleeps Through Riot No Photo Available ... Top Cop Surrenders to Backfiring Car No Photo Available ... Firemen Rescue Police Chief From Tree No Photo Available ... Commission: Wiggum Sucks No Photo Available ... Hail Drought Continues; Tin Roofs Undented No Photo Available ... "The Seven-Beer Snitch" God Steals Sun - Mayor Offers Sacrifices No Photo Available ... "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star" Local Father,Son May Switch Religions

Season 17

Image Episode Title No Photo Available ... "A Star Is Torn" L'il Starmaker Fever Sweeps Springfield! No Photo Available ... 10-Year-Old Boy Disqualified - Is Actually Paul Simon No Photo Available ... L'il Starmaker Down To Three Finalists

Season 18

Image Episode Title No Photo Available ... "Marge Gamer" Couch Gag Thrills Nation No Photo Available ... "Million Dollar Abie" Old Man Beats Meat No Photo Available ... "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" Local Man Thinks Wrestling is Real No Photo Available ... "Treehouse of Horror XVII" Bullies Hospitalized: Nerds, Dorks Cautiously Rejoice No Photo Available ...200px Broadcast Fools Nation, Springfield No Photo Available ... "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" Today We Remember Martin Luther King - Tomorrow We Don't

Season 20

Image Episode Title No Photo Available ... "Treehouse of Horror XIX" Christmas Occurs No Photo Available ... "The Burns and the Bees" Honey Famine Continues

Season 21

Image Episode Title No Photo Available ... "Rednecks and Broomsticks" Wiccan Curse Blinds Half The Town; Newspaper Sales Plunge 50 Percent No Photo Available ... "Thursdays with Abie" Out of the Mouth of Abe No Photo Available ... Curly to Shemp: You're Out No Photo Available ... Bike Wheels Now Same Size No Photo Available ... "The Squirt and the Whale" Storm Batters Town; Meterologists Suspect Child's Prayer

Season 22

Image Episode Title No Photo Available ... "The Fight Before Christmas" Allied Armies Advance No Photo Available ... "Treehouse of Horror XXII" Latest Victims No Photo Available ... "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" 2½ Stars - For Fans Only

Season 26

Image Episode Title "Walking Big & Tall" Library Demolished Sinkhole Swallows Minor League All-Star Game Blimp Disaster! Historic Theater Red-Tagged "My Fare Lady" War In Mideast Peace In Midwest "The Kids Are All Fight" Cop Surrenders To Scarecrow

Specials

Image Episode Title "The Simpsons Guy" Pawtucket Brewery To Shut Down Thousands To Lose Jobs Families Need Jobs To Eat And Live Newspaper Headlines Can Stir Feelings Of Pity

Comics

Image Story Title No Photo Available ... How the Vest Was Won! Heroic Local Boy Bert Stimpson Saves Playmate Wilson Mumps No Photo Available ... Dial "M" for Milhouse Campfire Kid Ruins Scout Jamboree No Photo Available ... Batboy Robs Ballgame No Photo Available ... Rubber Lad Bounces Mayor No Photo Available ... A Brand New Smithers Local Buffoon To Head Nuke Plant Dolls Well That Ends Well Classic spit-take revealed as secret to longevity

Appearances

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• Episode – "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
• Episode – "Homer's Odyssey"
• Episode – "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"
• Episode – "Homer to the Max"
• Episode – "Covercraft"
• Episode – "Walking Big & Tall"
• Episode – "My Fare Lady"
• Episode – "The Princess Guide"
• – "The Simpsons Guy"

References

Newspapers

Beijing Daily Worker • The Boston Bugle • The Boston Daily • Bridal Times Gazette • Chateau d'if Times • Chicago Turbine • The Chippewa Bugle • Current' Events: The Springfield Power Plant Employee Newsletter • Daily 2nd Gradian • Daily Fourth Gradian • The Daily Mail • Daily Variety • Evening Standard • First Church of Springfield Weekly Bulletin • The Flanders Press • The Globe • Gotham Herald • Grit • Herald • The Hollywood Reporter • Hot Sex Weekly • Jewish News • La Stampa • Los Angeles Post • The Mirror • National Informer • The New Delhi Daily • The New Springfieldsman • The New York News • New York Post • The New York Times • The New Yorker Times • The Onion • The Post • Principals Weekly • The Red Dress Press • The Sentinel • Shelbyville Daily • The Springfield Bugle • Springfield Shopper • Springfield Times • Springfield Variety • The Sun • The Times of London • Toon Times • US of A Today • Washington Beacon • Washingtonian Star • Weekly Global Gazette • Zenith City Times • Zenith Observer • Zenith Post