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Springfield Shopper

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Springfield Shopper
Newspaper Information
Type: Daily Local Newspaper
Founded: 1883 by Johnny Newspaperseed



The Springfield Shopper is the most commonly recurring local newspaper in Springfield. It's appeared for the first time in Homer's Odyssey.

Features

It 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)'.

Orgin

It was founded in the early 1900s by Johnny Newspaperseed, a small boy who travelled America founding newspapers. The Shopper merged with the Springfield Times, Post, Globe, Herald, Jewish News, and Hot Sex Weekly.

Price

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

Homer the Food Critic

Homer Simpson has worked for the newspaper as a food critic. After initially being too kind (giving a slice of pizza he found under the sofa at least 8 out of 10, deducting a point for having a Hot Wheels car stuck on it), he switched to becoming a cruel critic, and was almost murdered by a disgruntled baker with a poisoned éclair.

Owner

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

Jokes

The lower headline will generally be a joke either about the upper headlines, or about journalism in general ("Second headline less important, studies show").

Clone

In one episode, it is revealed that Shelbyville has a newspaper called The Shelbyville Daily, whose slogan is "Once a week, every week".

Fake Headlines

In the episode where Homer goes to live in an apartment with two gay men, one of them is seen reading 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.

Real Life

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

Stem Cells Cure Alzheimers

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  • Firemen Rescue Police Cheif From Tree
  • Commision: Wiggums Sucks
  • Hail Drought Continues Tin Roofs Undented
  • Wiggum Rescues Boy No, Really
  • God Steals Sun - Mayor Offers Sacrifices
  • Local Father,Son May Switch Religions
  • L'il Starmaker Fever Sweeps Springfield!
  • 10-Year-Old Boy Disqualified - Is Actually Paul Simon
  • L'il Starmaker Down To Three Finalists
  • Couch Gag Thrills Nation
  • Old Man Beats Meat
  • Local Man Thinks Wrestling is Real
  • Bulls Hospitalized: Nerds, Dorks Cautiously Rejoice
  • Broadcast Fools Nation, Springfield
  • Today We Remember Martin Luther King - Tommorow We Don't
  • Christmas Occurs (The Saga of Carl - title screen.png Episode – "Treehouse of Horror XIX" )
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