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| + | {{Quote|I'm Cyrus Manley, and I'm new to the island. Perhaps you could show me around?|[[Cyrus Manley]]}} | ||
| + | {{Quote|Nantucket is an island?|[[Temperance Barrows]]}} | ||
| + | {{Quote|[Looking in an atlas] What do you know? It is!|[[Marge Simpson]]|Diatribe of a Mad Housewife}} | ||
{{Town | {{Town | ||
|name = Nantucket | |name = Nantucket | ||
| − | |image = | + | |image = [[File:Nantucket.png|250px]] |
|country = [[USA]] | |country = [[USA]] | ||
|state = [[Massachusetts]] | |state = [[Massachusetts]] | ||
|mentioned = "[[Deep Space Homer]]" | |mentioned = "[[Deep Space Homer]]" | ||
| + | |appearance = "[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]" | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | '''Nantucket''' is | + | '''Nantucket''' is an island 30 miles (48 km) south from Cape Cod, [[Massachusetts]]. From mid-1700s until its decline in the 1850s, Nantucket was the whaling capital of the world. |
== History == | == History == | ||
| − | [[Homer]] | + | More than once [[Homer]] starts off the {{W2|limerick|poetry}} "{{W|There once was a man from Nantucket}}," but never finishes.<ref>"[[Deep Space Homer]]"</ref><ref name="Tokyo">"[[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]"</ref> |
| − | Marge | + | When the [[Simpson family]] are seated at a table in the shape of a map of [[Massachusetts]] at the [[Americatown]] theme restaurant in [[Tokyo]], Nantucket is the tray of [[Maggie]]'s highchair.<ref name="Tokyo"/> |
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| + | Inspired by [[Scene from Moby Dick|the painting of a ship]] above the couch, Marge set her romance novel ''[[The Harpooned Heart]]'' in Nantucket during {{W|History of whaling#New England|whaling times}}.<ref>"[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]"</ref> | ||
== Appearances == | == Appearances == | ||
*{{ep|Deep Space Homer|(mentioned)}} | *{{ep|Deep Space Homer|(mentioned)}} | ||
| + | *{{ep|Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo|(mentioned)}} | ||
*{{ep|Diatribe of a Mad Housewife}} | *{{ep|Diatribe of a Mad Housewife}} | ||
*{{bon|Call Me Homer}} | *{{bon|Call Me Homer}} | ||
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{{Towns and cities|USA=yes}} | {{Towns and cities|USA=yes}} | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Islands]] |
| + | [[Category:Recurring locations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:07, March 1, 2024
- "I'm Cyrus Manley, and I'm new to the island. Perhaps you could show me around?"
- ―Cyrus Manley
- "Nantucket is an island?"
- ―Temperance Barrows
- "[Looking in an atlas] What do you know? It is!"
- ―Marge Simpson[src]
Nantucket
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Nantucket is an island 30 miles (48 km) south from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. From mid-1700s until its decline in the 1850s, Nantucket was the whaling capital of the world.
History[edit]
More than once Homer starts off the limerick "There once was a man from Nantucket," but never finishes.[1][2]
When the Simpson family are seated at a table in the shape of a map of Massachusetts at the Americatown theme restaurant in Tokyo, Nantucket is the tray of Maggie's highchair.[2]
Inspired by the painting of a ship above the couch, Marge set her romance novel The Harpooned Heart in Nantucket during whaling times.[3]
Appearances[edit]
Episode – "Deep Space Homer" (mentioned)- Episode – "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife"
Comic story – Call Me Homer
References[edit]
External links[edit]
