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December 08, 2024

At what point do you think The Simpsons transitioned from a TV show to a cultural touchstone? It had to be sometime in the ‘90s, right?

That isn’t just a blanket “everything was better in the ‘90s” statement either, we promise. We’re just trying to remember if one specific episode put it over the top, or if we all just looked at each other one day and collectively agreed that it became a big enough part of pop culture to warrant that label.

Let us know what you think. As long as it’s in the ‘90s, there are no wrong answers.

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The Critic

40 Chocotastic ‘Simpsons’ Facts Embiggened by Jebus Himself

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The Olympics

A classic Simpsons Olympics episode is based on something that really happened. MILKS In Lisa's First Word, Krusty Burger offers free burgers if the US team wins, and that comes back to bite him. This really happened to McD's in 1984. CRACKED.COM — 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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Michael Jackson

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE SIMPSONS PULLED AN EPISODE INVOLVING MICHAEL JACKSON. BAD It's called Stark Raving Dad, and it had a character voiced by MJ - after renewed child sexual abuse allegations were levelled against him in 2019, it got pulled from syndication, streaming, and future DVDs. — Source

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Celebrity Guest Voices

tHE CRACKEDco SIMPSONS SEASON TWENTY NINE EVERY EPISODE FEATURING CELEBRITY GUEST VOICES

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The Simpsons’ Color

The characters' yellow was designed to be eye-catching An animator showed the color to Matt Groening who approved because when you're flicking through channels with your remote control, and a flash of yellow goes by, you'll know you're watching The Simpsons. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About The Simpsons (In Case You Run Out Of Episodes To Watch)

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Paul and Linda McCartney

CRACKED COM IN THE ePISODe OF THE SIMPSONS WHeRe LISA Becomes A veGeTARIAN AND meets PAUL MCCARtdey, МАуве I'M AMAZeD PLAYS over THE CLOSING SCREDITS. THE SIMPSONS STAFF RemixeD IT to INCLUDe A BACKWARDS TRACK OF MCCARTNEY READING A Recipe FOR LENTIL SOUP. нат — Source

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The Expanse Easter Eggs

easter eggstra meanings and references THE The Simpsons EXPANSE $6X 00 There are a couple of references to the popular American sitcom, with a notable one in season 5 when Amos passes a vendor that is clearly selling some Khlav Kalash cuisine in the background. CRACKED.COM — Source: Collider

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McBain

Easter Eggs The Simpsons There's an entire McBain film (think Rambo meets Beverly Hills Cop) playing in the background of The Simpsons episodes through the years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Saving Lives

When TV saves lives (or destroys them) The Simpsons A 12-year-old from West Yorkshire was saved from choking on a sandwich by his best friend, who had seen the Heimlich Maneuver on The Simpsons. These cartoons are really life-saving PSAs in disguise, apparently. CRACKED — 20th Television
The Telegraph

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King of the Hill

King of the Hill's ratings were higher than The Simpsons' (for a year). CRACKED.COM The show hit its stride quickly, already outperforming its lead-in, The Simpsons, in its 2nd season. — Source

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Farmville

CRACKED.COM YARD WORK SIMULATOR The Simpsons made a FarmVille joke years before Farm Ville. Wouldn't it be silly if people pretended to tend to plants in a computer? The Simpsons thought so in 1998, a full decade before the real thing. — Source

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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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Donald Trump

Stupid plots that became reality On The Simpsons In 2000's Bart to the Future, newly elected U.S. President Lisa Simpson replaces former President Donald Trump. In reality In 2020, newly elected U.S. President Joe Biden replaced former President Donald Trump. CRACKED.COM — 20th Television, Adam Schultz/Wiki Commons, Evan El-Amin/Shutterstock
Slate

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Fred Armisen

FRED ARMISEN got Groening back to his Portland roots DEVIL деняте CRACKED.COM After Fred and Carrie Brownstein guested on the Simpsons, Matt Groening returned the favor by appearing on Portlandia. The Simpsons creator sued Armisen's character for his line of bootleg Bart Ska-mson t-shirts. — Source: Live From Springfield, It’s the Simpsons/Saturday Night Live Nexus

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The Simpsons Movie (Yet Again)

CRACKED.COM The Simpsons Movie Over 320 characters make cameo appearances. The film dug deep into the show's multi-decade run to not only feature as many side characters as possible, but give 98 of them speaking roles! — Source: Screen Rant

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Laurel and Hardy

CRACKED.COM The Simpsons D'oh! comes from a Laurel and Hardy actor. Homer Simpson's voice actor Dan Castellaneta based the now-iconic uttering on Jimmy Finlayson , but shortened it from d'oooohhhhh for pacing. — Source: Flavorwire

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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 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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George Meyer

GeoRGE Meyer HAS CREDIT AS A PRODUCER, creative CONSULTANT, WRITER, OR Story eDITOR ON A STAGGERING 350 erisodes of tHe SIMPSONS, IF you HAVE AFAVORITE simpsons Line OR MOMENT SPRING It WAS OBABLY WRITTEN By GeoRGe, MOE'S! CRACKED.COM http://www.snpp.com/other/interviews/meveroo html — Source: 23 Amazing People Who Were Screwed Out of History Books

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John Swartzwelder

The weirdest and most reclusive Simpsons writer is a patient at Calmwood Mental Hospital. John Swartzwelder, the writer responsible for some of the greatest and strangest Simpsons episodes, pops up in Hurricane Neddy. When the Simpsons go to meet Ned Flanders in the psychiatric ward, Swartzwelder is shown as they walk by. FREE *When Flanders comes JOHN back home, SWARTZWELDER a Free John Swartzwelder sign can be seen in the crowd. CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Creators Who Had Brilliant Cameos in Their Own Work

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Reservoir Dogs

QUENTIN TARANTINO gave a yes-and-no response CRACKED.COM Yes: Tarantino agreed to his likeness being used for an Itchy and Scratchy Reservoir Dogs takeoff. No: He wouldn't voice his cartoon likeness because he didn't want to say what have him saying. — Source: 15 Potential Simpsons Cameos That Didn’t Become Reality

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Don Rickles

DON RICKLES didn't want to be a mean guy CRACKED.co The script called for Homer to disrupt Rickles' comedy act, leading to a fight that ends up in court. Rickles, notorious for carving up his audience, hated the script because he wanted to be known as a sweetheart. — Source: 15 Potential Simpsons Cameos That Didn’t Become Reality

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God

God always has five fingers Unlike everyone else in the Simpsons universe, God (and sometimes Jesus) has five fingers. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Krusty’s Live Action Show

THE SIMPSONS The Krusty The Clown Show Matt Groening & CO. wrote a pilot for a live action series where Krusty, played by his voice actor, Dan Castell — Source: ScreenRant

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Maude Flanders

MAUDE FLANDERS THE SIMPSONS CRACKED COM Voice artist Maggie Roswell asked for more cash back in 1998, then quit the show when Fox said no dice. Simpso — ScreenRant

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Marcia Wallace

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Harlan Ellison

cartoon celebrities Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated The Simpsons Harlan Ellison The abrasive yet acclaimed science fiction writer appeared as himself on The Simpsons in Married to the Blob, and as a recurring character in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, working as a college teacher. CRACKED.COM — Sources: IMDb, Scoobypedia
Photo Credit: Pip R. Lagenta/Flickr

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The Cheap Imitators

Georgia ripped off The Simpsons and barely bothered to disguise it. The Samsonadzes pretty much swiped the core of The Simpsons and put a new name on.

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The Simpsons Movie

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Rick and Morty

RICK AND MORTY ONCE KILLED THE SIMPSONS. In a crossover promo for Rick and Morty, Morty accidentally crashes Rick's spaceship into the Simpsons family

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Their Iconic Look

CRAGKEDOON The Simpsons have their iconic looks because matt Groening believes that cartoon characters Should be recognizable from a Silhouette.

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Blond Barney

CRACKED Ce COM a Originally, The Simpsons' Barney Gumble was blond.

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The Rashomon Effect

The Simpsons: Season 10, episode 23, Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo Marge: Come on, Homer. Japan will be fun. You liked Rashomon. Homer: That's not ho

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Balenciaga Collaboration

CRACKED tHe SIMPSONS TM THe SUMPSONS THE SIMPSONS' BALENCIAGA COLLAB Balenciaga's Simpsons collaboration has tees, hats, hoodies, keychains and more, from $260 to $2,450. Really, something for everyone, if you have $260+ for everyday accessories - but hey, if you think that's too much, you could get the t-shirt for $650. — Variety

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The Opening Credits

The original opening sequence of THE SIMPSONS- which didn't appear in the series pilot -- was made unusually long to cut the amount of animation work

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Its Near Cancellation

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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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Front Facing Simpsons

There's something oddly fun and unsettling about seeing Simpsons characters facing forward. The Tumblr page Front Facing Simpsons is the place to fi — Link: Front Facing Simpsons' Tumblr Account

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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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