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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!

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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

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Michael Jackson

THE SIMPSONS Michael Jackson CRACKED.CO Jackson voiced this character (a pop star named Michael Jackson) under the condition that an impersonator do all the singing. — 22 Surprising Celebrity Appearances Everybody Forgets About

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The Simpsons: Road Rage

SIMPSONS DID IT... JUST NOT FIRST. TOTAL EARNED 846 45 $ 708.3 ARE game time MITERV'HIN RECORD STORE CAR WASH TAXI - 6 Record Store 1.05km CRACKED The Simpsons: Road Rage was just Crazy Taxi set in Springfield. The only differences are a yellow hand pointer instead of an arrow, and the Simpsons characters (obviously). It's been called the most shameless rip-off in gaming history. — What Culture / Google Play

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The Simpsons’ Silhouettes

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

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Lee Carvallo

CRACKED LEE CARVALLO: NOT A REAL PERSON, JUST A SIMPSONS JOKE. In the Simpsons episode Marge Be Not Proud, they made fun of a Nintendo game called Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf with the in-universe Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge. Anyway, Lee Carvallo doesn't exist, they invented him for the show. — 20th Century Animation
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Steamed Hams

Steamed hams are a real food item that predate the Simpsons episode. Ted's Restaurant in Meridian, Connecticut, claims to be the original home of the steamed cheeseburger and celebrates steaming hams since 1959. Ted Oakley, who wrote the now immortal sketch, had no idea that steamed hamburgers were a real thing. CRACKED.COM — The Real Story Of 'Simpsons' Steamed Hams

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The Theme Song

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM DANNY ELFMAN SAYS THE SIMPSONS THEME WAS THE EASIEST THING НЕ EVER DID. THE SIMPSONS I literally wrote the piece in the car on my way home from the meeting, in my head, he says. — Source

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The Simpsons Game

The Simpsons Game (The Simpsons Movie) CRACKED.COM It may not be the almighty Simpsons: Hit and Run, but this co-op platformer, released the same year as The Simpsons Movie, is well worth playing, especially for its bevy of levels parodying other gaming classics such as Medal of Honor and Grand Theft Auto. — Source: Gamespot

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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

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Simpsons 101

NAME: Denise Duvernay FAN OF: The Simpsons THE SIMPSONS IN THE CLASSROOM RESULT: A college seminar based on Springfield. Dr. DuVernay teaches a course — Source: DNA Info

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Groundskeeper Willie

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

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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

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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.

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Bloodhound Gang

CRACKED A BUNCH OF SONGS ARE BASED ON THE SIMPSONS. VERIE Bloodhound Gang has one called Ralph Wiggum that mostly contains lines straight from the character himself. — Source

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Vanessa Bayer

VANESSA BAYER wants to give YOUR kid a trophy YOUR CHILD'S NAME Your Chil YOUR CHIL Your Child's Name YOUR CHILD'S NAME CRACKED.c Bayer plays Dr. Clarity Hoffman- Roth, a parenting expert who believes in trophies for any kind of participation. Chief Wiggum is in: If Ralphie's shelf says he's a winner, then he'll be one! — Bubbleblabber

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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. — Source: IMDb

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Meh

This word is just kinda MEH THE SIMPSONS CRACKED.COM The sound of a disinterested shoulder shrug. We heard it first in Sideshow Bob Roberts from an indifferent librarian answering Lisa's questions about voting records. The BBC named meh one of the 20 words that defined the 2000s decade. — Cracked, BBC

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Larry King

LARRY KING starred as Larry King -twice GRAGKEDCOM The second Simpsons celeb to appear as himself, King moderated a fierce mayoral debate between Mayor Quimby and Sideshow Bob. On another episode, Homer believes he's dying and falls asleep to a recording of King reading the Bible. — Channel 3000

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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

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Stan Lee

STAN LEE is king of the cameos ESTAM SPACE book X-MEN CRACKED.COM Bart's attempt at a new comic book hero sets off Stan's stinky sense. The boy is crestfallen, but the Marvel icon encourages Bart to keep trying. If you fail, you can always open a comic book store. — Time

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Comic Book Guy’s Name

Comic Book Guy has a name Love you It's Jeffrey Jeff Albertson. Worst name ever? CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About The Simpsons (In Case You Run Out Of Episodes To Watch)

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Easter Eggs

DO NOT ACCEPT CHECKS FROM: CHIEF WIGGUM REVEREND LOVEJOY HOMER J. SIMPSON HOMER S. SIMPSON H.J. SIMPSON CRACKED.COM HOMOR SIMPSON HOMER J. FONG SIMPSONS tHe In the episode Homer and Apu, this sign in the Kwik- E-Mart is a treat for observant viewers. — Source

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The Simpsons

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

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The Homer Simpson Gene

The Homer Simpson gene is making your brain not think good. The RGS14 gene serves some social functions but mostly shuts off the CA2 region of the brain, but full function can return to the brain when it's deleted. Scientists informally dubbed it the Homer Simpson gene, because not only does Homer have a limited intellect, but also because it's caused by an errant crayon stuck in his brain. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Homer Simpson Gene Shuts Down Part Of The Brain

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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.

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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

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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

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Brooke Shields

BROOKE SHIELDS had to hand it to Grandpa Simpson It's the Annual Cartoon Awards and Abe Simpson (taking credit for Bart and Lisa's work) wins for Outstanding Writing in a Cartoon Series. Brooke presents the award to Grandpa, planting a victory kiss on his cheek. — CBS News

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Homer’s Jobs

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

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The Origins of ‘D’oh’!

HOMER SIMPSON d'oh The 1940s BBC radio comedy It's That Man Again was really popular for its catchphrases like Don't mind if I do, and D'oh!, which was used decades before Homer Simpson made it famous. GRACKED — 20th Television,
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Bart

CRACKED BART SIMPSON Jingle Bells/Batman smells/Robin laid an egg/The Batmobile broke its wheel/The Joker got away. THE SIMPSONS If you were a kid in the late '80s and early '90s, you were 100% singing this song. — Mental Floss / IMDB

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Mr. Burns’ All-Star Baseball Team

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 — MLB

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Howard Stern

HOWARD STERN got Rude When Stern turned down the chance to appear on the show, producers invented the Sternesque radio program Jerry Rude and the Bathroom Bunch. An interview with Mr. Burns was followed by lesbian gladiators. — DVD commentary, The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season

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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! — Yahoo

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Who Shot Mr. Burns?

THE SIMPSONS CRACKED.COM The big mystery at the heart of Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) was hinted at before the first shot was even fired. When Mr. Burns tells the angry crowd of Springfield citizens, Oh, you all talk big, but who here has the guts to stop me, everyone looks down, except for Maggie (the shooter), who maintains a menacing glare. — More: 30 Ace Instances Of Movie And TV Foreshadowing

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Bret Hart

Wrestling Comic and Cartoon Characters The Simpsons Bret Hart buys Mr. Burns' Mansion The Hitman got to take advantage of Mr. Burns' misfortunes and buy his home. No word on whether or not he got rid of the old man stink. CRACKED.COM — Fox
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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

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Neil Patrick Harris

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS played himself playing Bart Young NPH portrayed Bart in the mostly inaccurate, made-for-TV potboiler Blood on the Blackboard: The Bart Simpson Story. When Principal Skinner spits in made-for-TV Bart's face? Not smart. BLAMMO! — WhatCulture

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Principal Skinner

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

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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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