Wikipedia
- "Don't you worry about Wikipedia... we'll change it when we get home."
- ―Homer Simpson[src]
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia.
History[edit]
Snake once told Gloria that someone had been editing his page on Wikipedia and that he wanted her to kill them.[1] Sideshow Bob went on Wikipedia to look up a Shakespeare quote on a computer that he had set up to explode. The website took too long to load, however, and the computer blew up in his face, rendering him unconscious.[2] When Bart and Homer were talking about Dean Martin, Bart stated that Wikipedia said Martin was passionate about rehearsal, to which Homer replied that they’d change Wikipedia when they got home.[3] When Joey Kramer was at Moe's Tavern, Homer asked if it was accurate that Wikipedia said "Walk This Way" was inspired by Young Frankenstein.[4] Channel 6 network executives told Krusty they were firing him. One of the reasons was that many of his joke references required kids to look it up on Wikipedia to understand what he meant.[5]
When Lisa met Hank Scorpio in the Turkish prison, he said she was adorable and that they were all about to be shot as escaped prisoners while she recited his Wikipedia entry.[6]
In Lisa's first chatter she wrote that she had seen the best minds of her generation destroyed by Wikipedia, dragging themselves through the unsourced pages until dawn.[7]
When Waylon Smithers employed some Huli Tribesmen at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Mr. Burns asked if they were practicing cannibals. Smithers told Mr. Burns they might be and that he’d check it out on Wikipedia.[8]
Non-canon[edit]
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When Ms. Hoover asked Hollis Hurlbut how he verified the stories for the Springfield Historical Society, he said he used Wikipedia.[9]
Kent Brockman had a task that was Check Wikipedia Page.[10]
Behind the Laughter[edit]
Wikipedia is a real-life website with at least 6 million 620 thousand 240 articles.
Wiccapedia, an encyclopedia about Wiccans, is a parody of Wikipedia.
Appearances[edit]
Episode – "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (mentioned)- Episode – "Funeral for a Fiend" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Apocalypse Cow" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Gone Maggie Gone" (mentioned)
- Episode – "The Ned-liest Catch" (mentioned)
- Episode – "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Daddicus Finch" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story" (mentioned)
Comic story – Sandwiches Are Forever (mentioned)- Comic story – Poop My Baby Says (mentioned)
- Comic story – He Who Controls the Donuts, Controls the World (mentioned)
- Comic story – Mass Historia! (mentioned)
Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out (mentioned)
