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The popularity and impact of The Simpsons has led to the show being referenced in various other media.

Movies

Movie name Picture Reference
Basic Instinct Basic Instinct Bart Simpson keyring.jpg A secondary character owns a keyring with a Bart Simpson figurine attached to it. It is shown several times throughout the movie and becomes a key element to explain a murder.
Bulworth A short clip showing Lionel Hutz is edited in the opening credits.
Catch That Kid A security guard is seen watching the episode "Homer's Night Out" on a television.
The Dark Wind The child who found the body is wearing a Bart Simpson T-shirt when he's interviewed by Officer Chee.
Dead On: Relentless II Bart can be seen on a magazine at a news stand.
F.A.R.T. the Movie One of the jokes in the film: "Fart Simpson".
Flubber Flubber.png For about three seconds, Bart and Lisa laughing on a couch on the yellow robot can be seen.
Garfield the Movie Garfield the Movie - Dog of Death.png Garfield flips the channel of the TV to the episode "Dog of Death".
Hop Carlos, a chick (voiced by Hank Azaria) says the line "Everything's coming up Carlos!", a reference to Milhouse's line "Everything's coming up Milhouse!" from "Mom and Pop Art".
Inspector Gadget A scene shows Sykes sleeping in front of a control panel, mirroring a TV in the background showing Homer Simpson sleeping at his workstation.
The Lego Movie Milhouse Lego Movie.png Milhouse makes a cameo appearance.
Look Who's Talking Too A decal of Bart appears on the wall at the doctor's office, along with the line "don't have a cow".
Serenity Fruity Oaty Bar Serenity.jpg The "Fruity Oaty Bar" commercial within the film was partially inspired by the Mr. Sparkle commercial from the episode "In Marge We Trust".
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze Tmnt29-1361165951.jpg A cup with Bart Simpson on it can be seen.
We're the Millers We're the Millers.png While David is sitting outside his apartment trying to devise a plan to smuggle marijuana out of Mexico, a man and his family drive up in a RV. The driver explains that he's lost and cheerfully asks David for directions, to which David responds with "Fuck off, real-life Flanders."
Zebrahead Bart Simpson is mentioned.
Keeping Up with the Steins Homer Simpson rule as seen.

TV Shows

 
TV series Episode name Episode number Picture Reference
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius "The Trouble With Clones" 54 In Space, Jimmy's Evil Clone makes a prank call to the U.N. Security Council asking for Ivanna Shakemabooty. This is a reference to Bart's prank calls to Moe's Tavern.
American Dad! "100 A.D." 97 Roger tells the audience that "tonight [they] shall find out who killed Mr. Burns." He is then told that that happened 15 years ago, and the culprit was Maggie.
"Faking Bad" 159 American Dad Bart Simpson fake ID.png Steve is making fake IDs and then asks for "Mike Rotch" and then asks if anyone has seen "Mike Rotch", parodying one of Bart's prank calls. Bart then appears and laughs at Steve.
Animaniacs "Hooray for North Hollywood Part 1" 96 Bart makes a cameo appearance when Dot Warner sings "And in The Simpsons they just had to name that kid "Bart". Only Bart's hair was seen in the episode to avoid copyright claims.
Avatar: The Last Airbender "Lake Laogai" 37   Toph Says "We're Finally Leaving Ba Sing Se, Worst City Ever!" A reference to Comic Book Guy's catchphrase.
The Big Bang Theory "The Grasshopper Experiment" 8 After Howard imitates Raj's voice to set up a blind date for him, Howard tells Raj that he should thank him. Raj incredulously asks "For what? Making me sound like a Simpsons character?".
"The Griffin Equivalency" 21 Howard refers to Raj as "Dr. Apu from the Kwik-E-Mart". When Leonard objects that that's racist, Howard tells him that it can't be because he's a lovable character on The Simpsons.
"The Space Probe Disintegration" 171 In a scene, Raj and Howard talk about Hinduism and Raj asks Howard "Does everything you know about Hinduism come from Indiana Jones?" and Howard answers "No, there's also Apu from The Simpsons".
Sesame Street Big Bird's Birthday Celebration TV special Bart and Homer have a speaking appearance in the special.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures "Never the Twain Shall Meet" 11 Bill mentions Bart Simpson.
Bob's Burgers "Bad Tina" 21 250px In the episode "Bad Tina", one of the erotic fan fiction novels, written by Tina, seen on her shelf is titled "Sexy Simpsons".
The Boondocks "Early Bird Special" 49 When an African-American woman hugs Robert Freeman in her living room and flipping the channel on the TV till she stop, "And what about her?" she ask, then Robert said, "No, Marge Simpson's not prettier than you, either".
BrainRush Questions were asked that were related to The Simpsons such as:

"How many fingers does Homer Simpson have?"

Clarissa Explains It All "No T.V." 2 Clarissa asks Sam to watch The Simpsons for her when she can't watch TV.
The Cleveland Show "Ain't Nothin' But Mutton Bustin'" 31 Cleveland Show Simpsons.png Several Bart Simpson dolls are seen at a fair.
"Hot Cocoa Bang Bang" 43 Comic Book Guy Cleveland Show.png Comic Book Guy (voiced by Hank Azaria) criticizes Cleveland's comic book then says "Worst cameo ever".
Codename: Kids Next Door "Operation: M.A.T.A.D.O.R." 86 Numbuh 4 says "D'oh".
Comedy Central Roast "The Roast of Charlie Sheen" 11 After mentioning that he found inspiration from the Iliad during a dark period in his life, Mike Tyson tells Seth MacFarlane that he's not the only person who's "gotten by by taking ideas from Homer".
Community "Debate 109" 9 Simmons uses Apu as an example that people are good.
"Modern Warfare" 23 Jeff refers to Disco Stu when talking about a student who is trying to bring disco back.
Corner Gas "World's Biggest Thing" 6 Brent put Marge Simpson on a list of who not to accept checks from in order to mess with Oscar. When Oscar came in he read the list and, not recognizing any of the names, got very angry and told Brent not to accept any checks from Marge Simpson.
Coronation Street Episode 8407 (11th June 2014) Gary said that Faye should be out with her friends at the ice-rink, not stuck at home with [watching] Homer and Marge.
The Cosby Show "Same Time Next Year" 152 As a reference to Fox's decision to move The Simpsons to air against The Cosby Show, at the start of the episode Olivia enters Cliff's bedroom wearing a Bart Simpson mask.
CSI: Cyber "The Evil Twin" 6 CSI Cyber Bart and Homer Simpson.png A list of aliases used by clients when they check in shows up. Listed among them is Homer and Bart Simpson.
Dan Vs. "The Barber" 14 Dan Vs. - Season 1, episode 14.png After setting up a date with a woman, Dan exits the cookie shop and says "Everything's coming up Dan!" in a sing-song voice.
Dead Ringers Unknown Unknown Dead Ringers - The Stimpsons title screen.png

Dead Ringers - The Stimpsons Homer, Marge and Bart Simpson.png Dead Ringers - The Stimpsons Lisa Simpson.png

A parody of The Simpsons entitled "The Stimpsons", in which Homer (with Bart's hair) is really Captain Pugwash, Marge Simpson (with Lisa's hair) is Mr Benn in disguise, Bart Simpson (with Homer's hair) is actually Charley the Cat and the sofa is Bagpuss under a blanket. It is also revealed that Lisa Simpson (with Marge's hair) is actually the robotic number 2 from the previous BBC television idents.
Designing Women "The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita" 126 Bernice calls Senator Alan Simpson "Bart Simpson".
Drawn Together "A Tale of Two Cows" 17 Drawn Together floorboard gag.png

Drawn Together Simpsons.png

A reference to the floorboard gag is made when as the camera moves up between the floorboards two skeletons that resemble Bart and Lisa Simpson can be seen. In the same episode, a house resembling the Simpsons' house is seen with Bart hanging out the window dead.
Duckman "I, Duckman" 1 Duckman Simpsons.png Duckman watches a number of old home movies, one of them depicting the Simpsons living room. His eldest son, Ajax, is also seen, dressed like Bart. Duckman is listening to the TV, on which the announcer lists the winning lottery numbers. When he realizes he won the lottery, Duckman shouts "Woo-hoo!" His younger sons, being only babies, then crawl over and eat the lottery ticket, to which Duckman cries "D'oh!" His wife is also seen, dressed like Marge.
"Ride the High School" 6 Duckman Simpsons 2.png A boy whose appearance is similar to that of Bart's is seen at the boarding school for gifted children.
"It's the Thing of the Principal" 9 Duckman shouts "D'oh!" at the end.
"Duckman and Cornfed in 'Haunted Society Plumbers'" 56 HomerDuck.jpg Homer appeared at the end of the episode. In the episode, Duckman and Cornfed try to recover a stolen jewel. They believe there is a ghost involved, who at the end happens to be Homer. While the credits roll, Homer fails several times trying to repeat his line. Dan Castellaneta was the guest star voice for this episode.
Edge of Heaven N/A 1 Alfie said that Carly was the Marge to her Homer.
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera "Eye Caramba" 13a The episode's title is a parody of Bart's catchphrase, "Ay Carumba!"
The Fairly OddParents "Channel Chasers" 54-56 Fairly OddParents Simpsons chalkboard.jpg

Fairly OddParents Simpsons house.jpg

When Timmy Turner, Adult Timmy Turner, Cosmo and Wanda go inside their TV, one TV show they travel into is a parody of The Simpsons, entitled "The Feldmans". It features a chalkboard gag parody, parodies of Krusty, Ned Flanders and Barney Gumble, Blinky (the parodied version of Barney Gumble gains a third eye, like Blinky, while swimming in radioactive water), the opening sequence (without the title screen), the theme song and a couch gag. Vicky is seen dressed like Bumblebee Man (with Mr. Burns' face), writing "Vicky Was Here" on the "Wintergreen" Nuclear Power Plant. In the parodied opening sequence, shows a graffiti that says "El Vicko", a parody of El Barto. Moe's Tavern is also parodied as "Mike's Tavern". The town of "Wintergreen", is a parody of Springfield (the parody name is seen on the parodied version of the Elementary School). In the parodied version of the chalkboard gag, Timmy Turner writes: "This is the sincerest form of flattery", with right hand, unlike Bart Simpson, who writes with left hand. In the parody, Timmy has a Bart's shoes, but with a different color and without a white circle and Adult Timmy has a Homer's beard.
"Fairly OddBaby" 76-77 When Cosmo was pregnant with Baby Poof, he vomits and thinks about naming his child "Barfolomew", a reference to Bart's full name. When Cosmo thinks about Barfolomew, the child he imagines is a parody of Bart Simpson.
"Cheese & Crockers / Land Before Timmy" 84-85 Mr. Turner invents his own toilet seat, which is similar to Homer's Lazy Man Toilet Seat from The Simpsons episode, "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace."
Farscape "What Was Lost: Part 2 - Resurrection" 69 John Crichton refers to Braca as Smithers, referencing his habits of sucking up to his superior.
"Mental as Anything" 81 John Crichton says to a person who is teaching them "Not going to happen Miss Krabappel".
"We're So Screwed (Part 2): Hot to Katratzi" 86 After Braca (who in a previous episode, John referred to as Smithers) shot and killed someone trying to kill Scorpius, John says to Scorpius "Feel the love, Mr. Burns".
Full House "Working Girl" 82 Becky compares Priscilla's hairstyle to that of Marge Simpson.
"Joey Goes Hollywood" 91 A press release about Joey's new show cites the success of The Simpsons in reference to its decision to make the series animated.
Garfield and Friends "The Automated, Animated Adventure" 73 Garfield.jpg While in the computer, Mr. Sprocket changes Garfield's image into Bart Simpson.
Golden Girls "If at Last You Do Succeed" 131 The Simpsons is mentioned by name.
Gravity Falls "Bottomless Pit!" 14 Dipper says, "How you diddly-doing, Soos?" which is a reference to Ned Flanders.
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Unknown Unknown The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy - Home of the Ancients.jpg The hair of the bride of Frankenstein, looks similar to Marge Simpson.
Growing Pains "Meet the Seavers" 139 Ben mentions Bart Simpson.
Herman's Head Unknown Unknown Louise (played by Yeardley Smith) angrily snaps "I do not!" into the phone, slams the receiver back into the cradle, and then asks Herman if she sounds like Lisa Simpson.
Hillside "The Party" 10 Olaf has a theory that Bart is Finnish.
Histeria Unknown Unknown The theme song is a parody of The Itchy & Scratchy Show theme song.
Kirstie Unknown Unknown I love your hair. You look just like Marge Simpson
House "Known Unknowns" 117 Dr. Gregory House goes to see Dr. Lisa Cuddy with a medical reason, which he says was a ruse to just check up on her boobs, which House refers to as Patty and Selma. When Cuddy questions why House named her boobs after "someone's aunts", House says that it is a "compliment as they are always smokin'".
House Marge Simpson.png As Dr. House and Dr. Cuddy are dancing at an '80s dance, a woman dressed as Marge Simpson is seen in the background.
How I Met Your Mother Unknown Unknown In one episode, Ted says "Let's teach Bart Simpsons how to drive!"
"The Stinsons" 79 The title is a reference to the Simpsons
Keeping Up Appearances "Seaside Fun" 34 SimpsonsKeepingUpAppearances.jpg Hyacinth and the Italian are riding bumper cars in a place where The Simpsons billboards are on the wall, signaling rules of not what to do in the bumper cars at the Pleasure Beach theme park in Great Yarmouth.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "Episode 7" 7 Stephen Hawking is mentioned as a "popular guest on The Simpsons" and footage of him in "They Saved Lisa's Brain" is shown.
Mad "Avaturd / CSI Carly" 1 Bart Simpson appears wearing glasses.
"Pirates of the Neverland: At Wit's End / Batman Family Feud" 6 Once the pirate saw Neverland, the Simpson's opening is parodied with the same music, and the factory to the top left.
"Ko-Bee Movie / Law and Ogre" 20 Homer Simpson appeared in a picture at the Wolfgang Bucks store.
"ArThor / The Big Fang Theory" 24 Bart Simpson appeared writing on the chalkboard.
"Dances With Wolverine / Tater Tots & Tiaras" 36 Dr. Hibbert appears as a judge in a segment titled "America's Next Top Surgeon".
The Middle "Halloween" 30 Brick Heck goes trick-or-treating dressed as Sgt. MacKenzie, and one of the neighbors thinks he is dressed as Groundskeeper Willie. When he goes to the door of another neighbor, he mentions that he's not dressed as him, and some other characters neighbors thought he was dressed as.
Mock the Week July 1, 2010 episode 73 In the News Reel segment, Hugh Dennis, who is doing a voice over suggesting things the people in the video are saying, does a voice over of Nick Clegg, saying that he is just Smithers to David Cameron.
Mr. Bean "Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean" 10 A Bart Simpson balloon can be seen
Mystery Science Theater 3000 "Rocketship X-M" 201 Quote from the episode: "Wow. This Bart Simpson stuff is everywhere."
"Rocket Attack U.S.A." 205 Joel comments that Tom Servo looks like Bart Simpson with his "haircut".
"Gamera" 302 One of the characters says "D'oh!"
"Gamera vs. Guiron" 312 Joel: "I'm Itchy!" Crow: "I'm Scratchy!"
"Master Ninja II" 324 Tom shouts "Mendoza!" in a McBain-esque voice.
NCIS "Trojan Horse" 93 Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo was talking to a person over the phone, asking if he knew some people. The guy over the phone misheard him and thought he said Adam West, which then led to them discussing Burt Ward and his appearance on The Simpsons. Tony asked which episode he appeared in before his boss, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, walked into the room, causing Tony to stop.
"Shell Shock (Part II)" 217 NCIS were looking for a woman with blue hair. Anthony DiNozzo got a statement from a convenience store manager and found out that "Marge Simpson was a regular".
Outnumbered "The Night Out" 11 Karen says she woke up and had four fingers like the Simpsons.
Paddy's Show and Telly "Paddy's 2012 Show and Telly" 2 The Simpsons was one of the programs in Paddy's Planner. Denise van Outen and Nicky Byrne took part in Paddy's Planner, and in their round they chose The Simpsons as one of the programs they would receive a question related to. The question was "What is Bart and Lisa's baby sister called?" Nicky Byrne said "Lisa"; the correct answer is "Maggie".
Parker Lewis Can't Lose "Parker Lewis Must Lose" 4 Jerry mentions that Bart Simpson and "that genie on 'Pee-wee's Playhouse'" received votes in the student election.
"Heather the Class" 15 During a game of Pictionary, Jerry draws Bart Simpson.
"Citizen Kube" 19 The sweepstakes officer, presenting the cow to Larry, tells him to "have a cow".
Portlandia "Fashion" 43 Portlandia Simpsons Matt Groening.jpg Matt Groening sues Spike for making an unlicensed Bart Simpson, called Bart Ska-mpson, T-Shirt.
The Powerpuff Girls "Collect Her / Supper Villain" 15 Powerpuff Girls - Lenny Baxter.png The villain Lenny Baxter was based in the Comic Book Guy.
The Real Ghostbusters "Guess What's Coming To Dinner" 7 Ghostbusters.jpg A monster family that resembles the Simpsons, moves to live at the Ghostbusters Headquarters.
Sam & Cat "#BrainCrush" 25 Cat acts in a play titled Baberaham Lincoln (where she portrays a British, female version of Abraham Lincoln). At the start of the play, she says that she lived in Springfield long before The Simpsons.
Saturday Night Live Unknown Unknown A Britney Spears imitator says that her sisters show Zoey 101 is better than animated shows like The Simpsons.
Saved by the Bell "Driver's Education" 33 In the final scene in the classroom, Screech wears a Simpsons T-shirt.
"The Last Dance" 48 Screech debates between dressing as Bart Simpson or Al Bundy for the costume ball.
"No Hope With Dope" 68 Screech wonders aloud whether the Simpsons will be at Johnny's party.
"Rockumentary" 69 Brian asks if Bart has animated zits.
"Mystery Weekend" 73 Zack refers to Bartholomew as "Bartman."
Shear Genius "In the Dark" The contestants tried to make hair cuts that resemble cartoon characters, and two tried making Marge's hair do.
Supernatural "Something Wicked" 18 Sam Winchester mentions the cities of Ogdenville, North Haverbrook, and Brockway, as being locations of past Shtriga activity.
Tiny Toon Adventures Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation Tinytoonsc.jpg Elmyra Duff cuts a lions hair making him look like Bart.
"It's All Relatives" 66 Tinytoonsb1.jpg Babs Bunny does impressions of Marge, Bart, and Maggie.
"Toon TV" 90 Tinytoons.jpg Babs mentions Bart in the music video "Toon Out, Toon In".
"Weekday Afternoon Live" 95 There is a spoof character of Bart named Blard Simpleton.
Two and a Half Men "Avoid the Chinese Mustard" 208 Walden Schmidt tells the person he is paying to be his girlfriend that they will not have sex and lists a place where they will not have sex, including the windmill in the mini golf course, a reference to "Natural Born Kissers" where Marge and Homer had sex in the windmill at Sir Putt-A-Lot's Merrie Olde Fun Centre.
Under the Dome "Manhunt" 3 Joe's Friend (Ben Drake) says there are a few guys seeing The Simpson's Movie.

*Note: Under the Dome has a similar plot to the Simpson's Movie.
Whose Line Is It Anyway? - 105 Whose Line Is It Anyway.png After the performers improvise a brief scene using the prompt "America's Funniest Lethal Home Videos", Drew comments that the result was "like Itchy and Scratchy".
- 131 Whose Line Is it Anyway - Ep 131.png During a game of "Props" Ryan, pretending to be Bart, asks  Kathy, pretending to be Lisa, if she's seen Homer.
- 135 Whose Line Is it Anyway - Ep 135.png When Drew puts on a large red wig, Ryan tells him that he looks like Sideshow Bob.
- 170 Whose Line Is it Anyway - Ep 170.png Wayne, during a game of "Props": "We are gathered here to mourn Sideshow Bob."
The X-Files "Revelations" 60 Fox Mulder remarked that Owen Lee Jarvis looked like Homer Simpson's evil twin.
"The End" 117 Gibson Praise watched a scene from The Simpsons involving Homer from "The Cartridge Family".
"The Beginning" 118 The character of Homer is loosely based on Homer Simpson. He is lazy and works at a nuclear power plant.

See also

Video Games

Game Level Picture Reference
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag An in-game email, entitled "CONFIDENTIAL - Subject - RE: Potential time periods?" listed interesting time periods and locations and said "Twentieth Century - 'Summer of Love' American Pacific Coast", referencing Assassin's Creed: Summer of Love from season 23's "The Food Wife".
Call of Duty: Black Ops II "Multiplayer Map - Meltdown" Call of Duty Multiplayer Map - The Simpsons Reference.png A box of pink-frosted donuts and a construction hat can be found in a worker's office in the nuclear power plant.
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero: Deleted Scenes "Hankagai" CS CZ Deleted Scenes - Mr. Sparkle.jpg A poster with 2 Mr. Sparkle's fishes, can be seen.
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies The "Disco Stew" ability is a reference to Disco Stu.
Duke Nukem 3D "Stadium" The zeppelin hovering overhead reads "Duf Beer".
"Going Postal" Duke Nukem Pick Up Bart.jpg In the bathroom there is wrote something backwards in the wall. Looking in the mirror it reads "Pick Up Bart". This is a reference to the episode "Brother from the Same Planet", in which Milhouse wrote that on the wall written (which itself is a reference to The Shining).
"Critical Mass" Duke Nukem Sector 7-G.jpg There is a secret place which has wrote on the wall "Sector 7-G" and a large computer with a lot of donuts in it.
Fable III "Missing Play" After The Ham Sandwich is performed, one of the audience says "Worst play ever", Comic Book Guy's catchphrase.
"The Game" After completing the game, one of the people who set it up stated "Worst game ever", again a reference to Comic Book Guy's catchphrase.
Icomania 200px One of the icons is the Simpsons couch. The answer is Simpsons.
Team Fortress 2 Team Fortress 2 Ze Goggles.png A hat is available to the Medic entitled "Ze Goggles" with the description stating that it does "nothing", a reference to a line from Ranier Wolfcastle in the episode "Radioactive Man", which has become a popular internet meme.
In a blog post on the TF2 website explaining the development of the class "Demoman" (a black Scottish cyclops), the developers mentioned that they made the character black because at the time it looked too much like a "Groundskeeper in Springfield".
Quake III Arena Q3arenasmap.jpeg In one game maps that can be downloaded or are unlockable, is the map of Springfield, similar to the series without characters and tidy.

Books

Series Book Reference
CHERUB Class A Two female agents, Kerry Chang and Gabrielle, were watching an episode of The Simpsons in Spanish.
The Sleepwalker James Adams compares the situation of Kerry Chang breaking the rules frequently to The Simpsons episode "Smoke on the Daughter" where Lisa goes bad, starts smoking and tells Miss Hoover to "shove it".
- The History of the World According to Facebook One of the "posts" in the book, on page 143, reads "Dick Cheney is now friends with Darth Sidious and Mr. Burns".
The Onion Our Dumb World One of the images on the back cover shows a guy walking from a 7-Eleven with a "super big gulp" cup. In the background there is a banner running above the store's front door advertising Squishees and donuts. Homer also appears on the banner. This same image appears on page 10 of the book.
The Power of Five Nightrise Jamie, Alicia and Danny accidentally barged into a family. The father was wearing a Homer Simpson T-Shirt.
The Saga of Darren Shan Tunnels of Blood Darren and Evra decided to get a television when they got back to the Cirque du Freak, if only for reruns of The Simpsons.

Magazines

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Image Magazine Date published Reference
Mad Kids May, 2006 On page 12 Bart, Homer, Marge and Maggie can be seen, with Bart yelling "Eat my shorts!" at his parents.

On page 52, in the top cartoon, the boy has a lamp in his bedroom shaped like Bart's head.


Also on page 52, in the bottom cartoon a street vendor has a sign on his cart that says "Kakalosh", a reference to Khlav Kalash.


Both Barney and Uter are among the faces in the collage on pages 60 and 61, and can be seen again in the answer key on page 64.

August 2007 On page 18, during the interview with Emma Roberts, the interviewer asks her "which Ned is the coolest", with one of the options being Ned Flanders.
TV Guide March 1990.png TV Guide March 1990
for March 17-23, 1990
The cover features a drawing of the Simpsons on the couch and above, the text "TV: The good, the bad and the ugly By The Simpsons,TV's hot new prime-time family". There presumably was a review of the show on Page 4.
September 1990
for September 22-28, 1990
The cover features Bill Cosby and Bart sitting on his shoulder, with the text "Bart Simpson and Bill Cosby face off on Thursdays" below.
1991 Bart is featured on the cover of the 2000th issue; in the issue there is also a "Where's Bart?" section on page 62 asking readers to try to find Bart in a quilt of TV Guide covers.
November 1992
for November 28, 1992-December 4, 1992
The cover features a section saying "MAGGIE SPEAKS! We Ask Famous Fans What She'll Say".
January 1998 Four different covers were released; each side by side would form a couch scene with Bart, Homer, Grandpa, Selma, Patty, Marge, Maggie, Santa's Little Helper, and Snowball II.
October 1998
for October 17-23, 1998
The cover shows the family in costumes next to information about what will be included in that issue's Halloween preview, one of the series covered being The Simpsons.
October 2000
for October 21-27, 2004
There were twenty-four special covers, each showing the face of a different character, part of the "The 24 Secret Stars of The Simpsons" series. The characters were Mr. Burns, Captain McAllister, Krusty, Apu, Milhouse, Chief Wiggum, Sideshow Bob, Ned, Abe.
December 2004
for December 12-18, 2004
Four different covers were released, each containing a special-effects ornament.
TV Guide The Simpsons December 2009 cover 1.pngTV Guide The Simpsons December 2009 cover 2.pngTV Guide The Simpsons December 2009 cover 3.pngTV Guide The Simpsons December 2009 cover 4.pngTV Guide The Simpsons December 2009 cover 5.png December 2009
December 7-20, 2009
Five different covers were released: one shows an image of Homer wearing his Mr. Plow jacket and underpants, one shows an image of "Hulk Homer", one shows an obese homer wearing a muumuu from "King-Size Homer", one shows an image of "Colonel Homer", and one shows Homer wearing the Stonecutters' Stone of Shame. All of them have bolded text, stating "D'oh! The Simpsons Turns 20".
TV Guide The Simpsons October 2011.png October 2011
October 24-November 6, 2011
The cover shows a promotional image of that year's "Treehouse of Horror" episode.
TV Guide The Simpsons 60th Anniversary Cover.jpg April 4, 2013
for April 8-21, 2013
The cover is one of six special 60th anniversary cover for TV Guide. The image on the cover is a collage put together to show Homer saying "D'oh!" in the Simpsons' backyard.
April 2014 TV Guide.jpg April 2014
for April 21-May 4, 2014
The cover advertises the LEGO episode "Brick Like Me" and features LEGO Marge and Homer Simpson in his original form.

Comic Books

Series Image Issue Page Reference
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic MLP Comic - Issue 15, page 3.png 15 3 Twilight attempts to blast a bookworm with magic, exclaiming "D'oh" when she misses.
MLP Micro Comic - Issue 2.png Micro Series - 2 ? One of the gremlins shouts "the goggles, they do nothing".

Music

Band/Singer Album Song Reference
The Bloodhound Gang Hefty Fine "Ralph Wiggum" The entire song is comprised of quotes from The Simpsons, mainly from Ralph Wiggum.
Dan Castellaneta I Am Not Homer "So Dumb (Homer's Lament)" While not specifically The Simpsons media, "So Dumb (Homer's Lament)" is a song by Dan Castellaneta featuring the voices of many of his more popular The Simpsons characters from an otherwise The Simpsons-free album.
"Weird Al" Yankovic Bad Hair Day "Phony Calls" The song contains the entirety of Bart's prank call to Moe, asking for "Mike Rotch", from the episode "Blood Feud".

Comic Strips

Strip Date Image
The Argyle Sweater December 2, 2012 The Argyle Sweater - December 2, 2012.png
January 26, 2014 The Argyle Sweater - January 26, 2014.png
Bizarro December 11, 2011 Bizarro - December 11, 2011.png
Dilbert March 30, 1991 Dilbert - March 30, 1991.png
December 17, 2010 Dilbert - December 17, 2010.png
The Family Circus July 19, 2009 The Family Circus - July 19, 2009.gif

Miscellaneous

Name Image Reference
The Angry Video Game Nerd In Episode 30, The Nerd reviews many classic Simpsons games.
The Annoying Orange In the episode, Trollin', a dog biscuit claims to Orange that he is a dog biscuit, and says that the thing next to him is a dog biscuit. The trolls think that the joke was ripped off. One of the trolls names The Simpsons as the show the joke was ripped off from.
Epic Rap Battles of History In the Stephen King vs. Edgar Allan Poe battle, Poe references the episode "Insane Clown Poppy" where King guest starred.
Evergreen Terrace The band is named after Evergreen Terrace, the street on which the Simpsons live.
Fall Out Boy Fall Out Boy.jpg The name of the band is a reference to Fallout Boy, the sidekick of Radioactive Man.
FL Studio The software includes 2 .speech files named "Barty1" and "Barty2", which includes 2 of Bart Simpson's catchprases: "Eat My Shorts!" and "Don't Have a Cow!", with the voice personality of Muchkin.
GoAnimate The Simpsons videos are made on the website, and were released on YouTube by Simpsons Fans and Haters.
Slash Slash - World on Fire.png Slightly distorted figures of both Bart and Barney can be seen on the album's cover.
Smosh On a Video of The If____Were Real Series, "If Cartoons Were Real" one of the segments is The Simpsons.