40 Random Bits of ‘Simpsons’ Trivia That Can Handle the Heat at This Year’s Chili Cook-Off

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40 Random Bits of ‘Simpsons’ Trivia That Can Handle the Heat at This Year’s Chili Cook-Off

You might want to coat your brain in melted wax, because this Simpsons trivia is way too hot to handle. We saw you coming with your fact spoon that they say you carved yourself from a bigger fact spoon, and we just had to bring these five alarm facts. 

Bring that “fireproof” brain of yours on over here. We’ll have you conversing with a Johnny Cash-voiced fox in no time!

Simpsons Linguistics

The Simpsons changed how we talk. In 2005, University of Pennsylvania linguistic professor Mark Liberman wrote that the Simpsons took over both Shakes

The Simpsons’ Silhouettes

GRAGKED.COM The Simpsons have their iconic looks because Matt Groening believes that cartoon characters should be recognizable from a silhouette.

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Simpsons Tattoos

Australian Michael Baxter loves The Simpsons SO much, he devoted his entire back to it! He's got over 200 Simpsons characters tattooed on himself. ROS

Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys

A famous SIMPSONS line was CO- co-opted by American right-wing media during the 2003 Iraq war. CHEESE-EATING MONKEY became a go-to insult towards the

COVID

THE SIMPSONS DIDN'T PREDICT COVID-19. VIRUS aan CORONA The Simpsons scares me. This episode aired 27 years ago in 1993 #CoronaVirus While The Simpsons

Santa’s Little Helper

Homer Simpson THE SIMPSONS CRACKED COM Greyhounds need a lot of exercise, even ones that finished their last few dog races dead last. Despite the needs of the breed, Santa's Little Helper is cared for by a man so lazy he intentionally gained a comedic amount of weight to be able to work remotely.

Sideshow Bob & Cecil

CRACKED.COM Frasier The cranes are family even across universes. David Hyde Pierce and John Mahoney played Kelsey Grammer's brother and father in both Frasier and The Simpsons.

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Hans Moleman

Hans Moleman is an old man, nearly blind from cataracts, who ften getS Into crashes or other slapstick accidents due to his impaired vision and it's a

Grover Cleveland

In the Simpsons episode Two Bad Neighbours, Grandpa Simpson says Grover Cleveland spanked me on two nonconsecutive occasions! It's a reference to

Nancy Cartwright

Bart Simpson has roots in the real world. CRACKEDCO Nancy Cartwright's most notable role by far is Bart Simpson. But a few years earlier, she got a tiny little part in 1983's Twilight Zone: The Movie, where she's very appropriately banished to a cartoon universe.

Lisa’s Influence

Lisa Simpson made young girls crazy for CRACKED.COM saxophones. ENRIELO ILEVATARY When The Simpsons started airing, lots of pre-teen girls started pla

Homer As Krusty

Homer Simpson works at the nuclear power plant. And he nearly was also Krusty the Clown. Simpsons creator Matt Groening originally planned for it to b

Homer’s Jobs

Number of Jobs held by Homer Simpson: 188 in the first 400 episodes

The MLB HoF

MLB ALL-STARS LITY CHAMPS THE SIMPSONS CRACKED COM Mr. Burns assembles a pantheon of all-time baseball greats for the company softball team. See Ken G

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The Way Mr. Burns Answers His Phone

The way Mr. Burns answers hís telephone is a callback to the original invention. CRACKED.COM Of course Mr. Burns is so old that he would an- swer his phone the way Alexander Graham Bell thought people should when he first invented it: Ahoy, hoy!

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Mr. Burns

CRACKED CON Mr. Burns' look was inspired by Barry Diller, former chief executive of Fox Broadcasting. Meanwhile, his body language especially the famo

Principal Skinner

Principal Skinner was named after a psychologist rumored to have used his own kids as lab rats. CRACKED CO

Nelson Muntz

Nelson Muntz CRACKED COM The perennial haw-hawer is based on John Bender from The Breakfast Club, played by Judd Nelson. Both are tough-guy jerks who

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