Avatar

Avatar is a 2009 American science fiction film written, directed and produced by James Cameron. It has been referenced in The Simpsons multiple times.

References

Episodes

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference 22 470 "The Fool Monty" The couch gag is a parody of Avatar. 474 "Moms I'd Like to Forget" When Comic Book Guy is asked to tell the story of how Bart got the scar on his hand, he initially refuses: "The answer is no! And I can say it in Na'vi or Klingon." 477 "The Blue and the Gray" Homer Simpson imagines a female Na'vi. 23 489 "Treehouse of Horror XXII" The "In the Na'vi" segment is a parody of Avatar. 507 "Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda" The Avatar parody couch gag appears again. 25 548 "Days of Future Future" In the future, one of the women's pictures in Bart's "Little Black eBook" is of Neytiri. 32 695 "The Dad-Feelings Limited" As Comic Book Guy and Kumiko leave their apartment for a leisurely outing, CBG says, "Let us wander as aimlessly as the plots of the four upcoming Avatar sequels", then adds "I can only assume." The quote is a reference to four sequels having been planned as of the episode's original airdate, but little being known about their intended plotlines. 33 726 "Marge the Meanie" Marge says she's been waiting to have a connection to Bart for longer than she's been waiting for the new Avatar movie. When Homer tells her that it's coming and she needs to have faith, Marge tells him he sounds like James Cameron. She then laments, "What if we never see Pandora again? The real unobtanium is the sequel", referring to the mineral from the first movie. 35 759 "Murder, She Boat" A volleyball game of people dressed as Na'vi from James Cameron's Avatar vs. people dressed as characters from Avatar: The Last Airbender is seen on the Pacific Princess Leia. Database, Database's father, and E-mail are dressed as Na'vi.

Comic stories

Picture Comic issue Story name Reference Chief Wiggum's Felonious Funnies 1 Future Cop! Chief Wiggum has a dream where he is a cop in the future and is putting down a riot at a space jail. In reality, however, he's attacking costumed attendees at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con. One of the convention-goers seen fleeing in panic is costumed as Neytiri.

Books

Picture Book Reference Lisa Simpson's Guide to Geek Chic One of the elements on Lisa's Table of Geeky Delights is Nv for the Na'vi.

Twitter

Account Date Tweet HomerJSimpson March 6, 2010 I wish the technology in "Avatar" was real. That way, I could make a ten-foot blue version of myself sit through that stupid movie. #oscars ComicBookGuy July 26, 2014 The laundry bleached my "Dr. Manhattan" thong white, so now I'm forced to go to the Masquerade as "Na'vi Baby Huey". #SDCC #FOXSDCC

Common cast and crew

Crew

Picture Name Role in Avatar Role on The Simpsons Gary Burritt Negative cutter. Negative cutter for The Simpsons Movie. Elin Carlson Chorus (uncredited). Featured singer in The Simpsons Movie (sang in the love scene with Homer and Marge). Derek Casari Stage sound engineer (uncredited). Dialogue engineer for The Simpsons Movie; facilities engineer for The Simpsons Game. Sandy De Crescent Music contractor. Music contractor for The Simpsons Movie and for the album The Simpsons Movie: The Music. Sean England Foley recordist; foley mixer (uncredited). Foley recordist for The Simpsons Movie; worked with Skywalker Sound for The Simpsons Game. Luke Dunn Geilmuda Supervising foley editor. Sound effects editor for The Simpsons Movie. Kevin Globerman Digital score recordist. Digital recordist for The Simpsons Movie and the album The Simpsons Movie: The Music; ProTools operator for The Simpsons Game. Tom Lalley Re-recording engineer. Re-recording engineer for The Simpsons Movie. Tim Lauber Recordist. Sound recordist from Season 16 to present; dialogue recordist for The Simpsons Movie. Stuart McCowan ADR editor. Sound effects editor for The Simpsons Movie. Shannon Mills Sound effects editor. Sound effects editor for The Simpsons Movie. Cheryl Nardi Dialogue editor. Dialogue editor for The Simpsons Movie. Andy Nelson Re-recording mixer. Sound mixer for The Simpsons Movie. Eric Oliver Virtual cinema artist. Character layout artist in Season 16 and Season 17. Jim Passon Lab color timer. Lab color timer for The Simpsons Movie. Frank Rinella Foley mixer. Foley mixer for The Simpsons Movie; worked with Skywalker Sound for The Simpsons Game. Peter Rotter Music contractor. Music contractor for The Simpsons Movie and for the album The Simpsons Movie: The Music; conductor and contractor for Seasons 29 and 30 of the show. Denis St. Amand Music engineer. Music engineer for The Simpsons Movie. Christopher Scarabosio Sound effects editor. Additional re-recording mixer for The Simpsons Movie. John Soukup Sound transfer (uncredited). Sound engineer for the Season 28 episode "Dogtown". Tom Steel Stage manager. Stage manager for The Simpsons Movie and for the album The Simpsons Movie: The Music. Dennie Thorpe Foley artist. Foley artist for The Simpsons Movie; worked with Skywalker Sound for The Simpsons Game. Jana Vance Foley artist. Foley artist for The Simpsons Movie; worked with Skywalker Sound for The Simpsons Game. Gwendolyn Yates Whittle Supervising sound editor. Supervising sound editor for The Simpsons Movie.

External links

• Avatar at Wikipedia

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