Springfield Drive-In

Springfield Drive-In

Location Information

Town:	Springfield
Use:	Drive-in theater
First appearance:	"Homer's Triple Bypass"

The Springfield Drive-In is a drive-in movie theater in Springfield.

The theater can be seen from the rooftop garden of the Kwik-E-Mart, where Apu told Lisa he watches movies for free.^[1] Homer was once distracted from committing insurance fraud for Moe by the film Hail to the Chimp!, which was showing at the drive-in.^[2] The children of Springfield broke curfew to see the classic British horror film The Bloodening at the drive-in, which in turn, inspired them to get revenge on their parents.^[3] Abe and Zelda once went on a date to the drive-in.^[4]

Showings[edit]

I Spit on Your Grave^[1]
I Thumb Through Your Magazines^[1]
Hail to the Chimp!^[2]
The Bloodening^[3]
Dude, Where's My Virginity?^[4]

Non-canon[edit]

The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed.

In The Simpsons Road Rage, the drive-in is located Downtown, where it is playing a black-and-white The Itchy & Scratchy Show cartoon. Other movies advertised as playing are Steamboat Itchy and Hail to the Chimp!.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out[edit]

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Drive-In Theater
Image	Cost	Build time	Reward	Sell price	Conformity increase	Availability	Unique?	Dimensions - D x W	Yearbook
	150	6s	150 Space Mutant		Consumerism +10	Treehouse of Horror XXV, 2015, XXVII, XXXI, Hell on Wheels and A Hard Play's Night Premium		8 x 10	30
65	Treehouse of Horror XXVIII Premium (Magical Mystery Box)
50	Treehouse of Horror XXIX and XXX Premium (Treehouse of Horror Mystery Box)
1	Showbiz Showdown Showbiz Showdown Mystery Box
1	Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Entertainment
Internal Name		Groups			Tiles			ID
`DriveInTheater`	Misc Cash	Grass, Pavement	`38003`

Taps Final Update
Wave	Cost	Release
1	80	September 26, 2024

[show]Shows

Icon	Name	Duration	Cost	Reward
	Happy Little Elves: The TREE-quel	45m	10	75, 20
	Untitled Robot Parody	60m	10	90, 22
	Space Mutants XVII	1h 30m	10	125, 30
	Bored of the Things: Extended Cut	3h	10	175, 40

Trivia[edit]

Prerelease footage of The Simpsons Road Rage shows that at some point in the game's development, the film showing at the drive-in was going to be Steamboat Itchy, but it was replaced with a generic Itchy & Scratchy cartoon for the final game.

Appearances[edit]

Episode – "Homer's Triple Bypass"
Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian"
Episode – "Dumbbell Indemnity"
Episode – "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken"
Episode – "The Old Man and the Key"
Video game – The Simpsons Road Rage
Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Gallery[edit]

Apu and Lisa viewing the drive-in from the roof of the Kwik-E-Mart
The Springfield Drive-In, as seen in The Simpsons Road Rage.
A prerelease screenshot of the drive-in in The Simpsons Road Rage, showing Steamboat Itchy playing.