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</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #DEDEE2;">Springfield</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i><a href="The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> location</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">A panoramic view of Springfield, as seen in <i><a href="The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i> (2007)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="Good_Night_(The_Simpsons)" title="Good Night (The Simpsons)">Good Night</a>" (1987)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Springfield%2C_Oregon" title="Springfield, Oregon">Springfield, Oregon</a> (name) <br><a href="Portland%2C_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a> (design)<br><a href="Springfield%2C_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield, Massachusetts</a> (design)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data">Animated sitcom</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DEDEE2;">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ruled by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Mayor_Quimby" title="Mayor Quimby">Joe Quimby</a> (Mayor)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">Springfield County, United States (fictional)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="The_Simpsons_house" title="The Simpsons house">742 Evergreen Terrace</a><br><a href="Kwik-E-Mart" title="Kwik-E-Mart">Kwik-E-Mart</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Demonym</th><td class="infobox-data">Springfieldianite</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Springfield</b> is the primary fictional setting of the American <a href="Animation" title="Animation">animated</a> <a href="Sitcom" title="Sitcom">sitcom</a> <i><a href="The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> and <a href="The_Simpsons_(franchise)" title="The Simpsons (franchise)">related media</a>. It is an average-sized, fictional city within an unknown <a href="U.S._state" title="U.S. state">state</a> in the <a href="United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. The fictional city's geography, surroundings, and layout are flexible, often changing to accommodate the plot of any given episode.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner200430_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner200430-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Springfield was inspired by a number of real-life locations, including creator <a href="Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a>'s hometown of <a href="Portland%2C_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>, the nearby town of <a href="Springfield%2C_Oregon" title="Springfield, Oregon">Springfield, Oregon</a>, and producer <a href="Mike_Scully" title="Mike Scully">Mike Scully</a>'s hometown of <a href="Springfield%2C_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield, Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-delaroca_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-delaroca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in order to emphasize it as an example of "<a href="Placeholder_name#Geographical_locations" title="Placeholder name">Anytown, USA</a>", the location of the fictional Springfield remains a mystery.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-delaroca_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-delaroca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Clues" regarding Springfield's climate, geology, history, distance from real cities, or political alignment, which are found in numerous episodes of the series, are intentionally contradictory.<sup id="cite_ref-delaroca_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-delaroca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Creation">Creation</h2></div>
<p>The fictional city of Springfield was intended to represent "Anytown, USA", and not be derived from any specific real-life location.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner200430_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner200430-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-potts20120416_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-potts20120416-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the producers acknowledge deriving inspiration from numerous locations, including <i>The Simpsons</i> creator Matt Groening's hometown of <a href="Portland%2C_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>, and Mike Scully's hometown, Springfield, Massachusetts.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Springfield was named after Springfield, Oregon, which, as a child, Groening had believed to be the fictitious Springfield featured in the 1950s sitcom <i><a href="Father_Knows_Best" title="Father Knows Best">Father Knows Best</a></i>. Groening did not intend to place the fictional Springfield in Oregon, contrary to a 2012 interview with him in <a href="Smithsonian_(magazine)" title="Smithsonian (magazine)"><i>Smithsonian</i> magazine</a>; he instead adopted the name for the setting of <i>The Simpsons</i> in the hope that "everyone will think it's their Springfield."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a> explained that the magazine "misinterpreted something I've heard him say for at least 10 or 20 years. He was inspired by growing up in <a href="Portland%2C_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a>, but it's really an every town".<sup id="cite_ref-potts20120416_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-potts20120416-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Groening liked <i><a href="Second_City_Television" title="Second City Television">Second City Television</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> setting of Melonville, a town with a large cast of recurring characters, and used it as inspiration for <i>The Simpsons</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Groening_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Groening-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said, "I also figured out that Springfield was one of the most common names for a city in the U.S. In anticipation of the show's success, I thought, 'This will be cool; everyone will think it's their Springfield.' And they do".<sup id="cite_ref-delaroca_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-delaroca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>"The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours"
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<p>Because of the many contradictory statements made regarding Springfield in the show, the town cannot exist in a specific state. In <i><a href="The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i>, <a href="Ned_Flanders" title="Ned Flanders">Ned Flanders</a> tells <a href="Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart</a> that the state where Springfield is located is bordered by the states of <a href="Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, <a href="Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>, <a href="Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, and <a href="Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> – only Ohio and Kentucky are neighboring states in reality, and Nevada and Maine are at opposite sides of the US.<sup id="cite_ref-potts20120416_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-potts20120416-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The fictional city's unknown geography is a <a href="Recurring_jokes_in_The_Simpsons" class="mw-redirect" title="Recurring jokes in The Simpsons">recurring joke</a> in the series; the <i><a href="Dayton_Daily_News" title="Dayton Daily News">Dayton Daily News</a></i> called it the "riddle wrapped in an enigma that is Springfield's location."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Episodes frequently make fun of the fact that Springfield's state is unidentifiable, by adding further conflicting descriptions, obscuring onscreen map representations, and interrupting conversational references.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>notes 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p><a href="David_Silverman_(animator)" title="David Silverman (animator)">David Silverman</a>, who directed the movie and various episodes of the series, joked that Springfield is located in the fictional state of "North Takoma".<sup id="cite_ref-NT_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NT-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Silverman_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silverman-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is substantiated by the state abbreviations NT and TA used within the show.<sup id="cite_ref-Silverman_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silverman-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of <i><a href="A_Tale_of_Two_Springfields" title="A Tale of Two Springfields">A Tale of Two Springfields</a></i> (season 12, episode 2), the telephone <a href="Area_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="Area codes">area codes</a> for Springfield are <a href="Area_code_636" title="Area code 636">636</a> (<a href="St._Charles_County%2C_Missouri" title="St. Charles County, Missouri">St. Charles County</a> and Western <a href="St._Louis_County%2C_Missouri" title="St. Louis County, Missouri">St. Louis County, Missouri</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="Area_code_939" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 939">939</a> (<a href="Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>).
</p><p>To promote <i>The Simpsons Movie</i>, various actual <a href="Springfield_(toponym)" title="Springfield (toponym)">towns and cities across the U.S. called Springfield</a> competed to hold the <a href="Premiere" title="Premiere">premiere</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The promotion was, whichever state sent in the most votes would be the winner and would officially be which state <a href="The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a> takes place in. Despite the smaller size of Vermont compared to other states, the town of <a href="Springfield%2C_Vermont" title="Springfield, Vermont">Springfield, Vermont</a> was chosen.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, a <i><a href="New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i> study of the 50 TV shows with the most <a href="Facebook_Like" class="mw-redirect" title="Facebook Like">Facebook Likes</a> found that "of all the Springfields in America, [<i>The Simpsons</i>] is most popular in Springfields in <a href="Springfield%2C_Virginia" title="Springfield, Virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="Springfield%2C_Minnesota" title="Springfield, Minnesota">Minnesota</a> and <a href="Springfield%2C_New_Jersey_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Springfield, New Jersey (disambiguation)">New Jersey</a>, and least popular in Springfields in <a href="Springfield%2C_Louisiana" title="Springfield, Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, <a href="Springfield%2C_Arkansas" title="Springfield, Arkansas">Arkansas</a> and <a href="Springfield%2C_Georgia" title="Springfield, Georgia">Georgia</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-katz20161227_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-katz20161227-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>The episode "<a href="Lisa_the_Iconoclast" title="Lisa the Iconoclast">Lisa the Iconoclast</a>" revealed that Springfield was founded by a group led by <a href="List_of_recurring_The_Simpsons_characters#Jebediah_Springfield" title="List of recurring The Simpsons characters">Jebediah Springfield</a> (a cover identity for notorious pirate Hans Sprungfeld) who, after misinterpreting a passage in the Bible, left Maryland trying to find "New <a href="Sodom_and_Gomorrah" title="Sodom and Gomorrah">Sodom</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-lisatheiconoclast_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lisatheiconoclast-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After he refuses to found a town where <a href="Cousin_marriage" title="Cousin marriage">men are free to marry their cousins</a>, half of the group leave. The dissenters found the nearby town of <a href="#Shelbyville">Shelbyville</a>, named after fellow pioneer Shelbyville Manhattan, and the two cities have remained rivals ever since.<sup id="cite_ref-lemonoftroy_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lemonoftroy-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Springfield reached its pinnacle in the mid-20th century when it became the home of the world's first <a href="Amphicar" title="Amphicar">Aquacar</a> factory; one-half of the U.S. was said to wear Springfield galoshes, and the city's streets were literally paved with gold.<sup id="cite_ref-$pringfield_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-$pringfield-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the town's prosperity was short-lived. In a 1992 episode, a fictional <i><a href="Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> cover story on Springfield is titled "America's Worst City",<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in a 1996 episode, <i><a href="Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i> called the town "America's Crud Bucket".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Springfield's fictional geography is shown to be comically varied and includes <a href="Forest" title="Forest">forests</a>, <a href="Meadow" title="Meadow">meadows</a>, <a href="Mountain_range" title="Mountain range">mountain ranges</a>, a <a href="Desert" title="Desert">desert</a>, a <a href="Glacier" title="Glacier">glacier</a>, <a href="Beach" title="Beach">beaches</a>, <a href="Badlands" title="Badlands">badlands</a>, <a href="Canyon" title="Canyon">canyons</a>, <a href="Swamp" title="Swamp">swamps</a>, a <a href="Harbor" title="Harbor">harbor</a>, <a href="Depression_(geology)" title="Depression (geology)">waterholes</a>, and <a href="Waterway" title="Waterway">waterways</a>. Major named geographical features include the Springfield Gorge, Springfield National Forest, the volcanic Mt. Springfield, the West Springfield Desert, which is claimed to be "three times the size of <a href="Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Springfield Badlands,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the gigantic Murderhorn Mountain, Springfield Glacier, Mt. Useful National Park, Springfield Mesa, Springfield Monument Park, and Springfield National Park.
</p><p>The town's climate is usually depicted as dry and sunny, with a bright blue sky. However, in various episodes, it has been subject to many natural disasters, including heatwaves, blizzards, avalanches, earthquakes, <a href="Acid_rain" title="Acid rain">acid rain</a>, floods, hurricanes, lightning strikes, tornadoes, and volcanic eruptions.
</p><p>Springfield's environment is shown as unusually polluted. Overflowing garbage forces the whole town – population and structures — to move five miles (8.0 km) away from the massive dump that the old town of Springfield had become.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Springfield is also home to the state's largest self-sustaining <a href="Tire_fire" title="Tire fire">tire fire</a>, which has been burning continuously for many decades.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lake Springfield's <a href="Pollution" title="Pollution">pollution</a> almost leads to the town's destruction by an <a href="United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</a> bomb in <i><a href="The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and pollution from the <a href="#Springfield_Nuclear_Power_Plant">nuclear power plant</a> has mutated the fish in the river, causing some to grow an extra eye.<sup id="cite_ref-blinky_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blinky-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its atmosphere is so polluted that, in one 1995 episode, it reduces a <a href="Comet" title="Comet">comet</a>, that was large enough that it was assumed that it would completely destroy the town, to a rock the size of a <a href="Chihuahua_(dog_breed)" title="Chihuahua (dog breed)">chihuahua</a>'s head in just a few seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Springfield is shown to feature a large numbered <a href="Grid_plan" title="Grid plan">grid plan</a>, ranging from streets at least as low as 3rd Street and at least as high as 257th Street.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3></div>
<p>The fictional mayor of Springfield is <a href="Joe_Quimby" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Quimby">Joe Quimby</a>, a <a href="Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>. In the episode "<a href="Sideshow_Bob_Roberts" title="Sideshow Bob Roberts">Sideshow Bob Roberts</a>", <a href="Sideshow_Bob" title="Sideshow Bob">Sideshow Bob</a> runs for mayor as a <a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> and defeats Quimby, but Bob is later discovered to have committed <a href="Electoral_fraud" title="Electoral fraud">electoral fraud</a>.
</p><p><a href="Krusty_the_Clown" title="Krusty the Clown">Krusty the Clown</a> represents Springfield in Congress as a Republican. Previous representatives include Horace Wilcox, who dies of a heart attack while in office in "<a href="Mr._Spritz_Goes_to_Washington" title="Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington">Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington</a>", and Bob Arnold, who is forced to resign after Lisa exposes his corruption in "<a href="Mr._Lisa_Goes_to_Washington" title="Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington">Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington</a>".
</p><p><a href="Mary_Bailey_(The_Simpsons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Bailey (The Simpsons)">Mary Bailey</a> is the fictional governor of Springfield's state.<sup id="cite_ref-blinky_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blinky-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3></div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Religion_in_The_Simpsons" title="Religion in The Simpsons">Religion in The Simpsons</a></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3></div>
<p>The town is home to a number of fictional sporting teams, including the Springfield Isotopes, a <a href="Minor_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor league baseball">minor league baseball</a> team which plays its home games at <a href="Duff_Beer" title="Duff Beer">Duff</a> Stadium;<sup id="cite_ref-hungryhungryhomer_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hungryhungryhomer-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Springfield Atoms <a href="American_football" title="American football">football</a> team at Springfield Stadium;<sup id="cite_ref-strangled_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-strangled-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>'s Springfield Excitement (formerly the Austin Celtics);<sup id="cite_ref-bees_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bees-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Springfield Ice-O-Topes <a href="Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">hockey</a> team. Springfield resident <a href="Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Simpson</a> is also the owner of the <a href="Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-twice_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twice-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Businesses">Businesses</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kwik-E-Mart">Kwik-E-Mart</h3></div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Kwik-E-Mart" title="Kwik-E-Mart">Kwik-E-Mart</a></div>
<p><a href="Kwik-E-Mart" title="Kwik-E-Mart">Kwik-E-Mart</a> is a fictional convenience store run by <a href="Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon" title="Apu Nahasapeemapetilon">Apu Nahasapeemapetilon</a>. The Kwik-E-Mart first appeared in the first-season episode "<a href="The_Telltale_Head" title="The Telltale Head">The Telltale Head</a>" (although mentioned in "<a href="Bart_the_General" title="Bart the General">Bart the General</a>" as the "Quick-e-Mart"). In "<a href="Stark_Raving_Dad" title="Stark Raving Dad">Stark Raving Dad</a>", a street sign reading "Highland" is seen outside one of the front windows, in the same blue color as is used for signs for <a href="Highland_Avenue_(Los_Angeles)" title="Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)">Highland Avenue</a> in <a href="Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>. Likewise, three buildings are visible that are similar to some of those that might be seen on that street: two low buildings with bars over the windows, and a third, also with barred windows, which has a mission-style roof and a sign reading "Smog Center".<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The episode "<a href="Homer_and_Apu" title="Homer and Apu">Homer and Apu</a>" suggests that Apu is an employee of the Kwik-E-Mart and shows him travelling to the <a href="Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>, where the Kwik-E-Mart head office is located, to ask for his job back after being fired. However, Apu mentions at a bachelor auction that he runs his own business in "<a href="The_Two_Mrs._Nahasapeemapetilons" title="The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons">The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons</a>".
</p><p>In July 2007, convenience store chain <a href="7-Eleven" title="7-Eleven">7-Eleven</a> converted 11 of its stores in the United States and one in Canada into Kwik-E-Marts to promote the release of <i><a href="The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-E!_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-E!-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The locations of the renovated Kwik-E-Marts were: <a href="Bladensburg%2C_Maryland" title="Bladensburg, Maryland">Bladensburg, Maryland</a>/Washington, D.C.; <a href="Burbank%2C_California" title="Burbank, California">Burbank, California</a>; <a href="Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>; <a href="Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>; <a href="Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>; <a href="Henderson%2C_Nevada" title="Henderson, Nevada">Henderson</a>/<a href="Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a>; <a href="Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>; <a href="Mountain_View%2C_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View</a>/<a href="San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>; New York City; <a href="Orlando%2C_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a>/<a href="Lake_Buena_Vista%2C_Florida" title="Lake Buena Vista, Florida">Lake Buena Vista, Florida</a>; <a href="Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-FOX_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOX-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>/<a href="Coquitlam%2C_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Coquitlam, British Columbia">Coquitlam, British Columbia</a>, Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These 12 locations, as well as the majority of other North American 7-Elevens, sold products found in <i>The Simpsons</i>, such as "<a href="Products_produced_from_The_Simpsons#Buzz_Cola" title="Products produced from The Simpsons">Buzz Cola</a>", "<a href="Products_produced_from_The_Simpsons#Krusty-O's" title="Products produced from The Simpsons">Krusty-O's</a>", "<a href="Products_produced_from_The_Simpsons#Squishee" title="Products produced from The Simpsons">Squishees</a>", pink frosted "Sprinklicious doughnuts", and other <i>Simpsons</i>-themed merchandise. The Squishes were <a href="Slurpee" title="Slurpee">Slurpees</a> that are sold in special collector cups, and the Krusty-O's were made by <a href="MOM_Brands" title="MOM Brands">Malt-O-Meal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOX_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOX-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The promotion resulted in a 30% increase in profits for the changed 7-Eleven stores. This can be seen during the opening of <i>The Simpsons Movie</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-tieins_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tieins-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Moe's_Tavern">Moe's Tavern</h3></div>
<p>Moe's Tavern, or often simply referred to as "Moe's", is a fictional bar operated and named after the owner, <a href="Moe_Szyslak" title="Moe Szyslak">Moe Szyslak</a>. Moe's Tavern first appeared in the first episode of the series "<a href="Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire" title="Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire">Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire</a>". <a href="Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Simpson</a>, <a href="Lenny_Leonard" class="mw-redirect" title="Lenny Leonard">Lenny Leonard</a>, and <a href="Carl_Carlson" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Carlson">Carl Carlson</a> often visit the bar after a day of work at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Other frequent patrons of Moe's Tavern are <a href="Barney_Gumble" title="Barney Gumble">Barney Gumble</a>, <a href="List_of_recurring_The_Simpsons_characters" title="List of recurring The Simpsons characters">Sam</a>, and <a href="List_of_recurring_Simpsons_characters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of recurring Simpsons characters">Larry Dalrymple</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Springfield_Nuclear_Power_Plant">Springfield Nuclear Power Plant</h3></div>
<p>The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is a fictional two-unit <a href="Pressurized_water_reactor" title="Pressurized water reactor">pressurized water reactor</a> <a href="Nuclear_power_plant" title="Nuclear power plant">nuclear power plant</a> in Springfield owned by <a href="Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Charles Montgomery Burns</a>. Among the plant's employees are <a href="Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Simpson</a>, <a href="Lenny_and_Carl" class="mw-redirect" title="Lenny and Carl">Lenny Leonard</a>, and <a href="Lenny_and_Carl" class="mw-redirect" title="Lenny and Carl">Carl Carlson</a>, and Burns' assistant <a href="Waylon_Smithers" title="Waylon Smithers">Waylon Smithers</a>. The plant is shown to be the key supplier of the city of Springfield's energy, and the carelessness of Mr. Burns and the plant's employees often endangers the residents and natural environment of Springfield. <a href="List_of_recurring_The_Simpsons_characters#Blinky" title="List of recurring The Simpsons characters">Mutated fish</a> with more than two eyes are often shown in the lake behind the power plant, which has a large pipe pumping nuclear waste into it. There is a <a href="Crow" title="Crow">crow</a> or <a href="Raven" title="Raven">raven</a> shown living near the Power Plant, which caws whenever an <a href="Establishing_shot" title="Establishing shot">establishing shot</a> of the Power Plant is on screen. A running gag in earlier seasons was the poor security of the plant, with the outside security booth often going unmanned.
</p><p>The design of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is often rumored to be based on the troubled <a href="Trojan_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Trojan Nuclear Power Plant">Trojan Nuclear Power Plant</a> (closed in 1993 due to defects) near <a href="Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a>'s hometown of <a href="Portland%2C_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>, or the <a href="Hanford_Site" title="Hanford Site">Hanford Site</a> in southeastern <a href="Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a>. However, Antonia Coffman, Groening's publicist, has said that the Springfield plant's design is generic and that "the Springfield Nuclear Power plant was not based on the Trojan Plant or any other power plant in the country."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Android's_Dungeon_&_Baseball_Card_Shop">The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop</h3></div>
<p>The Android's Dungeon is a fictional comic book store owned by <a href="Comic_Book_Guy" title="Comic Book Guy">Comic Book Guy</a>. The comic book store and its owner first appeared in the episode "<a href="Three_Men_and_a_Comic_Book" title="Three Men and a Comic Book">Three Men and a Comic Book</a>" when Bart sees a copy of the first issue of the <a href="List_of_recurring_The_Simpsons_characters#Radioactive_Man" title="List of recurring The Simpsons characters">Radioactive Man</a> comic on sale for $100.
</p><p>In the episode "<a href="Worst_Episode_Ever" title="Worst Episode Ever">Worst Episode Ever</a>", Bart and <a href="Milhouse_Van_Houten" title="Milhouse Van Houten">Milhouse</a> are given the job of running the comic book store after Comic Book Guy suffers from a stress-induced heart attack and is instructed to try and gain a social life. During their brief tenure at the store, Bart and Milhouse discover a secret room filled with bootleg videotapes of extremely rare or illegal subjects. These tapes are later confiscated during a police raid on the store.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Barney's_Bowl-A-Rama">Barney's Bowl-A-Rama</h3></div>
<p>Barney's Bowl-A-Rama is a fictional <a href="Bowling" title="Bowling">bowling alley</a> in Springfield. It is owned by <a href="Barney_Gumble" title="Barney Gumble">Barney Gumble</a>'s Uncle Al. In the episode "<a href="And_Maggie_Makes_Three" title="And Maggie Makes Three">And Maggie Makes Three</a>", Homer tells the family the story of <a href="Maggie_Simpson" title="Maggie Simpson">Maggie</a>'s birth. In this story, <a href="Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a> explains how he quit his job at <a href="#Springfield_Nuclear_Power_Plant">Springfield Nuclear Power Plant</a> to work at the Bowl-A-Rama, which was Homer's dream job, before returning to the plant when Maggie was born so that he could afford to care for her.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Leftorium">The Leftorium</h3></div>
<p>The Leftorium is a fictional store in the Springfield Mall specializing in products for <a href="Handedness#Types" title="Handedness">left-handed</a> people. The store is owned by <a href="Ned_Flanders" title="Ned Flanders">Ned Flanders</a>, who first started the Leftorium in the episode "<a href="When_Flanders_Failed" title="When Flanders Failed">When Flanders Failed</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-JeanWFF_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JeanWFF-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although business at the store initially went very poorly, it became significantly more successful when Homer recommended it to many of his left-handed friends.
</p><p>The Leftorium had challenges in subsequent years, with Flanders discussing the business in several episodes. In the season 10 episode "<a href="Thirty_Minutes_over_Tokyo" title="Thirty Minutes over Tokyo">Thirty Minutes over Tokyo</a>", Ned mentions the competitor business "Leftopolis" next door. In the episode "<a href="Home_Away_from_Homer" title="Home Away from Homer">Home Away from Homer</a>", in a parody of <a href="Wal-Mart" class="mw-redirect" title="Wal-Mart">Wal-Mart</a>, Ned mentions the new megastore "Left-Mart" is threatening his business. The season 25 episode "<a href="White_Christmas_Blues" title="White Christmas Blues">White Christmas Blues</a>" reveals that competition from the Southpaw Superstore forced Flanders to downsize to a mall cart, the "Leftorium Express", which he splits with a cosmetic saleswoman. In the season 29 episode "<a href="Left_Behind_(The_Simpsons)" title="Left Behind (The Simpsons)">Left Behind</a>", the Leftorium closes for good, leaving Flanders unemployed until he finds a new job as <a href="Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart Simpson</a>'s new teacher.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-denofgeek.com_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denofgeek.com-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The writers had wanted to have Flanders own a failing business and the idea for the store was suggested by <a href="George_Meyer" title="George Meyer">George Meyer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ReissWFF_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReissWFF-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He got the idea from a friend whose family had owned a left-handed specialty store which had failed.<sup id="cite_ref-VittiWFF_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VittiWFF-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Springfield_Mall">Springfield Mall</h3></div>
<p>The Springfield Mall is a fictional shopping mall that features comical fictional stores and pastiches, such as the Happy Market, Cost-Mo, Girdles N' Such, Eye Caramba, The Ear Piercery, Happy Sailor Tattoo Parlor, Love Your Computer, Gum4Less, Popular Books, the <a href="#The_Leftorium">Leftorium</a>, Nick's Bowling Shop, Stoner's Pot Palace, Bookacchino's, Moe's Express (a mini version of <a href="#Moe's_Tavern">Moe's Tavern</a>), a Mapple Store (a parody of the <a href="Apple_Store" title="Apple Store">Apple Store</a>), numerous knockoff <a href="Starbucks" title="Starbucks">Starbucks</a> coffee shops, and several Krusty Burgers.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lard_Lad_Donuts">Lard Lad Donuts</h3></div>
<p>Lard Lad Donuts is a fictional donut shop in the town of Springfield, the store can be found in the Fast-Food Boulevard district.The Mascot Lard Lad can be seen as a statue in the car park of business.The statue is generally guessed among the community to be eight meters tall of a boy holding up a donut.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schools">Schools</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Springfield_Elementary_School">Springfield Elementary School</h3></div>
<p>Springfield Elementary School is a fictional local school attended by <a href="Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart Simpson</a>, <a href="Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa Simpson</a>, and most other Springfield children. It teaches children from kindergarten through to sixth grade. Springfield Elementary is depicted as a grossly underfunded school that suffers from the incompetence and apathy of its administration, teachers, staff, and students. It is portrayed within the show as a satire of publicly funded schools and education in the United States, an illustrative example and parody of the lengths taken by some schools to overcome the burden of underfunding.
</p><p>Bart's class was taught by <a href="Edna_Krabappel" title="Edna Krabappel">Edna Krabappel</a> until her death in season 25. In "<a href="Left_Behind_(The_Simpsons)" title="Left Behind (The Simpsons)">Left Behind</a>", the <a href="#The_Leftorium">Leftorium</a> closes, leaving Flanders unemployed, and he returns to Springfield Elementary School, where he becomes Bart's new teacher, filling the void left by Krabappel's death.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-denofgeek.com_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denofgeek.com-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He holds that role until season 33, when Rayshelle Peyton (voiced by <a href="Kerry_Washington" title="Kerry Washington">Kerry Washington</a>) takes the job.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other students in this class include <a href="Milhouse_van_Houten" class="mw-redirect" title="Milhouse van Houten">Milhouse van Houten</a>, <a href="Nelson_Muntz" title="Nelson Muntz">Nelson Muntz</a>, <a href="Martin_Prince" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Prince">Martin Prince</a>, and <a href="Sherri_and_Terri" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherri and Terri">Sherri and Terri</a>. Lisa's class is taught by <a href="Elizabeth_Hoover" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth Hoover">Elizabeth Hoover</a>. Notable students in this class include Lisa's best friend, Janie Powell, and <a href="Ralph_Wiggum" title="Ralph Wiggum">Ralph Wiggum</a>.
</p><p>The school's principal is <a href="Principal_Skinner" title="Principal Skinner">Seymour Skinner</a>. Other staff members include janitor <a href="Groundskeeper_Willie" title="Groundskeeper Willie">Groundskeeper Willie</a>, music teacher <a href="Dewey_Largo" class="mw-redirect" title="Dewey Largo">Dewey Largo</a>, bus driver <a href="Otto_Mann" class="mw-redirect" title="Otto Mann">Otto Mann</a>, and cafeteria chef <a href="Lunchlady_Doris" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunchlady Doris">Lunchlady Doris</a>. The school district is overseen by Superintendent <a href="Superintendent_Chalmers" class="mw-redirect" title="Superintendent Chalmers">Gary Chalmers</a>.
</p><p>In 1994, the naming of a new, real-life elementary school in <a href="Greenwood%2C_South_Carolina" title="Greenwood, South Carolina">Greenwood, South Carolina</a>, was left up to the students, and the name <i>Springfield Elementary</i> was chosen. The school board was unaware of the connection to <i><a href="The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> until a protest by one group of parents, who argued that the character of Bart Simpson was a poor role model. The name stood, and the school opened in August 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colleges/universities">Colleges/universities</h3></div>
<p>The fictional Springfield University is a large college which Homer attended in "<a href="Homer_Goes_to_College" title="Homer Goes to College">Homer Goes to College</a>". It teaches several different courses, including nuclear physics, arts management, and the meaning of cartoons. Springfield University also has a <a href="Sports_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports rivalry">fierce rivalry</a> with Springfield A&M University. In the episode "<a href="Faith_Off" title="Faith Off">Faith Off</a>", the nickname of the Springfield University football team is revealed to be the Nittany Tide—a reference to the <a href="Penn_State_Nittany_Lions" title="Penn State Nittany Lions">Penn State Nittany Lions</a> and <a href="Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="Alabama Crimson Tide">Alabama Crimson Tide</a>.
</p><p>Springfield Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) University is a rival institution of Springfield University. <a href="Carl_Carlson" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Carlson">Carl Carlson</a> is an A&M alumnus. Springfield A&M's <a href="Sports_mascot" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports mascot">mascot</a> is a pig named Sir Oinks-A-Lot, who was kidnapped by Homer and his three student tutors as a prank in "<a href="Homer_Goes_to_College" title="Homer Goes to College">Homer Goes to College</a>".
</p><p>Springfield Heights Institute of Technology focuses on the engineering sciences. <a href="Professor_Frink" title="Professor Frink">Professor Frink</a> is a college professor at the university, and it is from where <a href="Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon" title="Apu Nahasapeemapetilon">Apu Nahasapeemapetilon</a> earned his doctorate.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spinster_City_Apartments">Spinster City Apartments</h3></div>
<p>Spinster City Apartments, sometimes referred to as Spinster Arms Apartments, is a fictional apartment building. <a href="Patty_and_Selma_Bouvier" class="mw-redirect" title="Patty and Selma Bouvier">Patty and Selma Bouvier</a>, along with Selma's daughter <a href="Ling_Bouvier" class="mw-redirect" title="Ling Bouvier">Ling</a> and their pet iguana <a href="Jub-Jub" class="mw-redirect" title="Jub-Jub">Jub-Jub</a>, live at number 1599.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Springfield_Retirement_Castle">Springfield Retirement Castle</h3></div>
<p>The fictional Springfield Retirement Castle is Springfield's retirement home for the elderly. Some noted residents of the Castle include <a href="Grampa_Simpson" title="Grampa Simpson">Abraham "Grampa" J. Simpson</a>, <a href="List_of_recurring_The_Simpsons_characters#Jasper_Beardly" title="List of recurring The Simpsons characters">Jasper Beardley</a>, and <a href="List_of_recurring_The_Simpsons_characters#Old_Jewish_Man" title="List of recurring The Simpsons characters">Old Jewish Man</a>.
</p><p>For Grampa Simpson, the Retirement Castle is a lonely place to be. He often gets mad when <a href="Simpson_family" title="Simpson family">his family</a> does not come and visit him. The door features a sign reading 'Thank you for not discussing the outside world'. The most interesting way to pass time at the home is to "stake yourself out a good spot at the starin' window",<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which overlooks nothing but a barren tree, and <a href="Bingo_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bingo (U.S.)">bingo</a> (the prize being a <a href="Banana" title="Banana">banana</a>). The staff of the home has little to no respect for the residents, doing things like vacuuming their hair during "nap time", or switching their <a href="Intravenous_therapy" title="Intravenous therapy">IV bags</a> with their <a href="Catheter" title="Catheter">catheter</a> bags when the former is empty, and the latter is full. In the episode "<a href="Old_Money_(The_Simpsons)" title="Old Money (The Simpsons)">Old Money</a>", Grampa inherits $106,000 from his girlfriend Beatrice "Bea" Simmons. He uses both this money and his winnings from a gambling junket to refurbish and redecorate the home and has the dining hall renamed in Bea's honor.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Springfield_City_Hall">Springfield City Hall</h3></div>
<p>The fictional City Hall of Springfield serves as the workplace of <a href="Mayor_Quimby" title="Mayor Quimby">Mayor Quimby</a> and the City Government. It is often the site of <a href="Town_meeting" title="Town meeting">town meetings</a>, where the citizens hold a vote to approve proposals in an attempt to fix an issue facing the city. These proposals generally cause havoc and create even more problems for the town to later deal with. The building is based on the <a href="Chelmsford%2C_Massachusetts" title="Chelmsford, Massachusetts">Chelmsford, Massachusetts</a> public library due to longtime <i>The Simpsons</i> background designer Lance Wilder, being a former Chelmsford resident.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Five_Corners">Five Corners</h3></div>
<p>Five Corners is a fictional location, imagined as "the only geographic location in the US where five states meet". A <a href="Boundary_marker" title="Boundary marker">boundary marker</a> indicates the exact spot. In reality, no such place exists in the US; the location is a spoof of <a href="Four_Corners" title="Four Corners">Four Corners</a>. While on their road trip to <a href="Itchy_%26_Scratchy_Land" title="Itchy & Scratchy Land">Itchy & Scratchy Land</a>, the Simpsons visit Five Corners, where they each "stand in five different states while holding hands". The location is visited again in "<a href="The_Bob_Next_Door" title="The Bob Next Door">The Bob Next Door</a>", where <a href="Sideshow_Bob" title="Sideshow Bob">Sideshow Bob</a> plots to kill Bart at the marker where the location's unique property would result in a lack of <a href="Extraterritorial_jurisdiction" title="Extraterritorial jurisdiction">extraterritorial jurisdiction</a>, explaining it as: "I can stand in one state, fire a gun in a second state, the bullet will travel through the third, hitting you in the fourth, so you fall dead in the fifth. No single act is against any law, but their sum total is the greatest murder..."<sup id="cite_ref-bob_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bob-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_towns">Other towns</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shelbyville">Shelbyville</h3></div>
<p>The fictional city of Shelbyville is Springfield's rival. It was founded in 1796 by Shelbyville Manhattan, who advocated <a href="Cousin_marriage" title="Cousin marriage">cousin marriage</a> among his followers, causing a split between himself and Jebediah Springfield. An intense <a href="Rivalry" title="Rivalry">rivalry</a> between the two cities continues today, especially in the sixth-season episode "<a href="Lemon_of_Troy" title="Lemon of Troy">Lemon of Troy</a>", in which Shelbyville residents steal a prized lemon tree from Springfield. In several episodes, "Lemon of Troy" in particular, it is suggested that Shelbyville is to an extent a parallel version of Springfield. Shelbyville is also the city where Luann van Houten grew up. It also has at least one <a href="McDonald's" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a> restaurant, a Speed-E-Mart, Joe's Tavern, and a school. Per "<a href="Last_Exit_to_Springfield" title="Last Exit to Springfield">Last Exit to Springfield</a>", Shelbyville was at least briefly called "Morganville" during Abe Simpson's youth. According to <i><a href="The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i>, Shelbyville is west of Springfield. It is the home of the button fly.
</p><p>Shelbyville was ranked 10th in "The 10 Best <a href="Dystopia" title="Dystopia">Dystopias</a>" in the December 2005 issue of <i><a href="Wired_(magazine)" title="Wired (magazine)">Wired</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capital_City">Capital City</h3></div>
<p>Capital City (often spelled Capitol City in early episodes) is the fictional capital and largest city in the state in which the show is set. It is represented as a major urban center, hosting major sports events, conventions, and <a href="United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> conferences. Its nickname is <i>The Windy Apple</i> (a joke by the show's writers, combining the nicknames of New York City's "The Big Apple" and <a href="Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>'s "The Windy City"). Landmarks include a <a href="Duff_Beer" title="Duff Beer">Duff</a> brewery, possibly mimicking the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis, the Cross-town <a href="Suspension_bridge" title="Suspension bridge">suspension bridge</a> resembling San Francisco's <a href="Golden_Gate_Bridge" title="Golden Gate Bridge">Golden Gate Bridge</a>, the Capital City Stadium, the Capital City Amphitheatre (featuring <a href="Krusty_the_Clown" title="Krusty the Clown">Krusty the Clown</a>), and the intersection of 4th Street and Avenue D. <i><a href="The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i> places Capital City just to the north of Springfield.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brockway">Brockway</h3></div>
<p>The fictional town of Brockway is mentioned by <a href="Lyle_Lanley" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyle Lanley">Lyle Lanley</a> (voiced by <a href="Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a>) as the municipality to which he has sold <a href="Monorail" title="Monorail">monorail</a> systems ("<a href="Marge_vs._the_Monorail" title="Marge vs. the Monorail">Marge vs. the Monorail</a>").
</p><p>Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook are also mentioned in episode 18 of the TV series <i><a href="Supernatural_(American_TV_series)" title="Supernatural (American TV series)">Supernatural</a></i> by <a href="Sam_Winchester" title="Sam Winchester">Sam Winchester</a>, as locations of past <a href="Shtriga" title="Shtriga">Shtriga</a> activity.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ogdenville">Ogdenville</h3></div>
<p>The fictional city of Ogdenville was first mentioned in "<a href="Marge_vs._the_Monorail" title="Marge vs. the Monorail">Marge vs. the Monorail</a>", when Lyle Lanley claimed to have sold a monorail to Ogdenville. Ogdenville has also been mentioned in other episodes such as "<a href="Saddlesore_Galactica" title="Saddlesore Galactica">Saddlesore Galactica</a>", "<a href="Scenes_from_the_Class_Struggle_in_Springfield" title="Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield">Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield</a>" and "<a href="To_Surveil_with_Love" title="To Surveil with Love">To Surveil with Love</a>". In "<a href="Eeny_Teeny_Maya_Moe" title="Eeny Teeny Maya Moe">Eeny Teeny Maya Moe</a>", Maya is from Ogdenville. Ogdenville has an outlet mall and is separated from Springfield by a rocky desert. In "<a href="Coming_to_Homerica" title="Coming to Homerica">Coming to Homerica</a>", Ogdenville is a town of barley producing farms that are shut down due to tainted barley being used in a new, vegetarian <a href="#Krusty_Burger">Krusty Burger</a>. Ogdenvillians are composed of <a href="Norwegians" title="Norwegians">Norwegian</a> immigrants with thick Norwegian accents. They also are big fans of the <a href="Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a> due to the heavy incidence of Norwegian immigrants in the state of Minnesota. As a small <a href="Easter_egg_(media)" title="Easter egg (media)">easter egg</a>, during a <a href="Influenza" title="Influenza">flu</a> outbreak in Springfield, the hospital only received schemas in Norwegian, which was later confirmed via close-up. Series creator <a href="Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a>'s background is Norwegian and German, which he has described as "two of the unfunniest ethnic groups in the history of the world".
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_Haverbrook">North Haverbrook</h3></div>
<p>The fictional town of North Haverbrook was first mentioned by <a href="Lyle_Lanley" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyle Lanley">Lyle Lanley</a> in "<a href="Marge_vs._the_Monorail" title="Marge vs. the Monorail">Marge vs. the Monorail</a>". <a href="Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge</a> arrives in North Haverbrook and finds a desolate <a href="Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">ghost town</a>, where the faulty monorail derailed, causing a disaster, chasing away most of their residents and scaring away investors. The remaining North Haverbrook locals have since denied the monorail's existence, presumably blaming Lanley for the whole thing that ruined their town's reputation. Marge is met with hostility by the locals, including a woman who works at the 'Monorail Cafe'. She orders Marge to leave her town at once and never speak of the monorail anymore. A resident scientist from Germany, Sebastian Cobb, was the only one willing to help Marge out and save the passengers on the Springfield Monorail from suffering the same fate as North Haverbrook. Lanley is later attacked by the citizens of the town after his plane makes an unscheduled stop there.
</p><p>North Haverbrook also appeared in "<a href="Little_Big_Girl" title="Little Big Girl">Little Big Girl</a>". After <a href="Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart</a> is awarded a <a href="Driver's_license" title="Driver's license">driver's license</a>, he gets sick of countless errands and goes for a drive and eventually finds North Haverbrook, and falls in love with a girl named Darcy. In this episode, the town appears to have recovered well from the monorail disaster, as it is now changed from a <a href="Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">ghost town</a> to a thriving community with multiple businesses that Bart enjoys. It has a romantic reputation. All signs of the monorail have also disappeared.
</p><p>It also appears on a road sign as Snake drives towards Mexico with the Kwik-E-Mart on a flatbed trailer during "<a href="Marge_in_Chains" title="Marge in Chains">Marge in Chains</a>".
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cypress_Creek">Cypress Creek</h3></div>
<p>In the world of the Simpsons, Cypress Creek is a <a href="Model_village" title="Model village">model town</a> created for the workers of the Globex Corporation. It appears in the episode "<a href="You_Only_Move_Twice" title="You Only Move Twice">You Only Move Twice</a>". It is an affluent town and is home to many <a href="Wildflower" title="Wildflower">wildflowers</a> (to which <a href="Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa</a> is allergic). The city is an obvious parody of <a href="Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a> or the master-planned communities often built by major corporations.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guidopolis">Guidopolis</h3></div>
<p>In the episode "<a href="Midnight_Towboy" title="Midnight Towboy">Midnight Towboy</a>", Homer initially goes for a bottle of milk in a little town near Springfield named Guidopolis, where he then subsequently becomes a <a href="Tow_truck" title="Tow truck">tow truck</a> driver and is introduced to the <a href="Vehicle_recovery" title="Vehicle recovery">vehicle recovery</a> sector. The town is primarily inhabited by <a href="Italian_Americans" title="Italian Americans">Italian-American</a> <a href="Greaser_(subculture)" title="Greaser (subculture)">greasers</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Little_Pwagmattasquarmsettport">Little Pwagmattasquarmsettport</h3></div>
<p>Little Pwagmattasquarmsettport is a fictional seaside town close to Springfield's State, where the Simpsons went for the Fourth of July in the Flanders's beach house; the town appears in the episode "<a href="Summer_of_4_Ft._2" title="Summer of 4 Ft. 2">Summer of 4 Ft. 2</a>". Nicknamed "Little Pwag", the town contains many beaches and a large boardwalk section, and a fun fair open every summer.
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<p><b>Informational notes</b>
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<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">One of the contradictory identifications takes place in <i><a href="Lisa_the_Iconoclast" title="Lisa the Iconoclast">Lisa the Iconoclast</a></i> (season 7, episode 16) in which the grave of Democratic Presidential candidate and later UN ambassador under President <a href="John_Fitzgerald_Kennedy" class="mw-redirect" title="John Fitzgerald Kennedy">John Fitzgerald Kennedy</a>, <a href="Adlai_Stevenson_II" title="Adlai Stevenson II">Adlai Stevenson II</a>, is shown to be located in Springfield's cemetery. The actual grave is in <a href="Evergreen_Cemetery_(Bloomington%2C_Illinois)" title="Evergreen Cemetery (Bloomington, Illinois)">Evergreen Cemetery</a> in <a href="Bloomington%2C_Illinois" title="Bloomington, Illinois">Bloomington, Illinois</a>. Like his father, Vice President <a href="Adlai_Stevenson_I" title="Adlai Stevenson I">Adlai Stevenson I</a>, and his son, Senator <a href="Adlai_Stevenson_III" title="Adlai Stevenson III">Adlai Stevenson III</a>, Stevenson was strongly connected to <a href="Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, having been Governor of the state from 1949 to 1953. The Stevenson grave is thus a "clue" pointing to Springfield being in Illinois.</span>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://simpsonsarchive.com/guides/springfield.list.html">Where Is The Simpsons' Springfield?</a> from the fan-maintained "The Simpsons Archive"</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="The_Simpsons_(franchise)" title="The Simpsons (franchise)"><i>The Simpsons</i> franchise</a></li>
<li><a href="History_of_The_Simpsons" title="History of The Simpsons">History</a></li>
<li><a href="Reception_of_The_Simpsons" title="Reception of The Simpsons">Reception</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_episodes" title="List of The Simpsons episodes">Episodes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_episodes_(seasons_1%E2%80%9320)" title="List of The Simpsons episodes (seasons 1–20)">Seasons 1–20</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_episodes_(season_21%E2%80%93present)" title="List of The Simpsons episodes (season 21–present)">Season 21–present</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_1" title="The Simpsons season 1">1</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_2" title="The Simpsons season 2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_3" title="The Simpsons season 3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_4" title="The Simpsons season 4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_5" title="The Simpsons season 5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_6" title="The Simpsons season 6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_7" title="The Simpsons season 7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_8" title="The Simpsons season 8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_9" title="The Simpsons season 9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_10" title="The Simpsons season 10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_11" title="The Simpsons season 11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_12" title="The Simpsons season 12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_13" title="The Simpsons season 13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_14" title="The Simpsons season 14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_15" title="The Simpsons season 15">15</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_16" title="The Simpsons season 16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_17" title="The Simpsons season 17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_18" title="The Simpsons season 18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_19" title="The Simpsons season 19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_20" title="The Simpsons season 20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_21" title="The Simpsons season 21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_22" title="The Simpsons season 22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_23" title="The Simpsons season 23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_24" title="The Simpsons season 24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_25" title="The Simpsons season 25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_26" title="The Simpsons season 26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_27" title="The Simpsons season 27">27</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_28" title="The Simpsons season 28">28</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_29" title="The Simpsons season 29">29</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_30" title="The Simpsons season 30">30</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_31" title="The Simpsons season 31">31</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_32" title="The Simpsons season 32">32</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_33" title="The Simpsons season 33">33</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_34" title="The Simpsons season 34">34</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_35" title="The Simpsons season 35">35</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_36" title="The Simpsons season 36">36</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_season_37" title="The Simpsons season 37">37</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shorts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="The_Simpsons_shorts" title="The Simpsons shorts">1980s shorts</a> from <i><a href="The_Tracey_Ullman_Show" title="The Tracey Ullman Show">The Tracey Ullman Show</a></i>
<ul><li>"<a href="Good_Night_(The_Simpsons)" title="Good Night (The Simpsons)">Good Night</a>"</li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="The_Longest_Daycare" title="The Longest Daycare">The Longest Daycare</a></i> (2012)</li>
<li><i><a href="Playdate_with_Destiny" title="Playdate with Destiny">Playdate with Destiny</a></i> (2020)</li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_Balenciaga" title="The Simpsons Balenciaga"><i>The Simpsons</i> | <i>Balenciaga</i></a> (2021)</li>
<li><i><a href="Te_Deseo_Lo_Mejor" title="Te Deseo Lo Mejor">Te Deseo Lo Mejor</a></i> (2021)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="The_Simpsons_Disney%2B_shorts" title="The Simpsons Disney+ shorts">Disney+<br>shorts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="The_Force_Awakens_from_Its_Nap" title="The Force Awakens from Its Nap">The Force Awakens from Its Nap</a></i> (2021)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Good%2C_the_Bart%2C_and_the_Loki" title="The Good, the Bart, and the Loki">The Good, the Bart, and the Loki</a></i> (2021)</li>
<li><i><a href="Plusaversary" title="Plusaversary">Plusaversary</a></i> (2021)</li>
<li><i><a href="When_Billie_Met_Lisa" title="When Billie Met Lisa">When Billie Met Lisa</a></i> (2022)</li>
<li><i><a href="Welcome_to_the_Club_(2022_film)" title="Welcome to the Club (2022 film)">Welcome to the Club</a></i> (2022)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Simpsons_Meet_the_Bocellis_in_%22Feliz_Navidad%22" title="The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad"">The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad"</a></i> (2022)</li>
<li><i><a href="Rogue_Not_Quite_One" title="Rogue Not Quite One">Rogue Not Quite One</a></i> (2023)</li>
<li><i><a href="May_the_12th_Be_with_You" title="May the 12th Be with You">May the 12th Be with You</a></i> (2024)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Most_Wonderful_Time_of_the_Year_(2024_film)" title="The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2024 film)">The Most Wonderful Time of the Year</a></i> (2024)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Springfield_(Universal_Studios)" title="Springfield (Universal Studios)">Springfield</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_Ride" title="The Simpsons Ride"><i>The Simpsons</i> Ride</a></li>
<li><a href="Kang_%26_Kodos'_Twirl_'n'_Hurl" title="Kang & Kodos' Twirl 'n' Hurl">Kang & Kodos' Twirl 'n' Hurl</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i> (2007)</li>
<li><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_video_games" title="List of The Simpsons video games">Video games</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_books" title="List of The Simpsons books">Books</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_comics" title="List of The Simpsons comics">Comics</a>
<ul><li><i><a href="Comic_Book_Guy%3A_The_Comic_Book" title="Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book">The Death of Comic Book Guy!</a></i></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_discography" title="The Simpsons discography">Discography</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Simpsons_Illustrated" title="Simpsons Illustrated">Simpsons Illustrated</a></i></li>
<li><a href="World_of_Springfield" title="World of Springfield">World of Springfield</a>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_World_of_Springfield_figures_and_playsets" title="List of World of Springfield figures and playsets">List of figures and playsets</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_characters" title="List of The Simpsons characters">Characters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Simpson_family" title="Simpson family">Simpson family</a><br>and relatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="Maggie_Simpson" title="Maggie Simpson">Maggie Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="Grampa_Simpson" title="Grampa Simpson">Grampa Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="Patty_and_Selma" title="Patty and Selma">Patty and Selma Bouvier</a></li>
<li><a href="Santa's_Little_Helper" title="Santa's Little Helper">Santa's Little Helper</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_recurring_The_Simpsons_characters" title="List of recurring The Simpsons characters">Recurring</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Sideshow_Bob" title="Sideshow Bob">Sideshow Bob</a></li>
<li><a href="Kent_Brockman" title="Kent Brockman">Kent Brockman</a></li>
<li><a href="Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a></li>
<li><a href="Comic_Book_Guy" title="Comic Book Guy">Comic Book Guy</a></li>
<li><a href="Duffman" title="Duffman">Duffman</a></li>
<li><a href="Fat_Tony_(The_Simpsons)" title="Fat Tony (The Simpsons)">Fat Tony</a></li>
<li><a href="Ned_Flanders" title="Ned Flanders">Ned Flanders</a></li>
<li><a href="Professor_Frink" title="Professor Frink">Professor Frink</a></li>
<li><a href="Barney_Gumble" title="Barney Gumble">Barney Gumble</a></li>
<li><a href="Dr._Hibbert" title="Dr. Hibbert">Dr. Hibbert</a></li>
<li><a href="Lionel_Hutz" title="Lionel Hutz">Lionel Hutz</a></li>
<li><a href="Kang_and_Kodos" title="Kang and Kodos">Kang and Kodos</a></li>
<li><a href="Edna_Krabappel" title="Edna Krabappel">Edna Krabappel</a></li>
<li><a href="Krusty_the_Clown" title="Krusty the Clown">Krusty the Clown</a></li>
<li><a href="Reverend_Lovejoy" title="Reverend Lovejoy">Reverend Lovejoy</a></li>
<li><a href="Troy_McClure" title="Troy McClure">Troy McClure</a></li>
<li><a href="Nelson_Muntz" title="Nelson Muntz">Nelson Muntz</a></li>
<li><a href="Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon" title="Apu Nahasapeemapetilon">Apu Nahasapeemapetilon</a></li>
<li><a href="Mayor_Quimby" title="Mayor Quimby">Mayor Quimby</a></li>
<li><a href="Principal_Skinner" title="Principal Skinner">Principal Skinner</a></li>
<li><a href="Waylon_Smithers" title="Waylon Smithers">Waylon Smithers</a></li>
<li><a href="Moe_Szyslak" title="Moe Szyslak">Moe Szyslak</a></li>
<li><a href="Milhouse_Van_Houten" title="Milhouse Van Houten">Milhouse Van Houten</a></li>
<li><a href="Chief_Wiggum" title="Chief Wiggum">Chief Wiggum</a></li>
<li><a href="Ralph_Wiggum" title="Ralph Wiggum">Ralph Wiggum</a></li>
<li><a href="Groundskeeper_Willie" title="Groundskeeper Willie">Groundskeeper Willie</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_cast_members" title="List of The Simpsons cast members">Cast members</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_directors_of_The_Simpsons" title="List of directors of The Simpsons">Directors</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_writers" title="List of The Simpsons writers">Writers</a></li>
<li>Guest stars
<ul><li><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_guest_stars_(seasons_1%E2%80%9320)" title="List of The Simpsons guest stars (seasons 1–20)">Seasons 1–20</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_guest_stars_(seasons_21%E2%80%93present)" title="List of The Simpsons guest stars (seasons 21–present)">Seasons 21–present</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Non-English_versions_of_The_Simpsons" title="Non-English versions of The Simpsons">Non-English versions</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hallmarks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="The_Simpsons_opening_sequence" title="The Simpsons opening sequence">Opening sequence</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_Theme" title="The Simpsons Theme">Main title theme</a></li>
<li><i><a href="The_Itchy_%26_Scratchy_Show" title="The Itchy & Scratchy Show">The Itchy & Scratchy Show</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Products_produced_from_The_Simpsons" title="Products produced from The Simpsons">Products</a>
<ul><li><a href="Duff_Beer" title="Duff Beer">Duff Beer</a></li></ul></li>
<li>"<a href="D'oh!" title="D'oh!">D'oh!</a>"</li>
<li>"<i><a href="%C2%A1Ay%2C_caramba!" title="¡Ay, caramba!">¡Ay, caramba!</a></i>"</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_house" title="The Simpsons house">The Simpsons house</a></li>
<li><a href="Kwik-E-Mart" title="Kwik-E-Mart">Kwik-E-Mart</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Themes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Media_in_The_Simpsons" title="Media in The Simpsons">Media</a></li>
<li><a href="Politics_in_The_Simpsons" title="Politics in The Simpsons">Politics</a></li>
<li><a href="Religion_in_The_Simpsons" title="Religion in The Simpsons">Religion</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inspired<br>works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Bibliography_of_works_on_The_Simpsons" title="Bibliography of works on The Simpsons">Bibliography</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Mr._Burns%2C_a_Post-Electric_Play" title="Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play">Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="MacHomer" title="MacHomer">MacHomer</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="The_Problem_with_Apu" title="The Problem with Apu">The Problem with Apu</a></i></li>
<li>"<a href="The_Problem_with_a_Poo" title="The Problem with a Poo">The Problem with a Poo</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Simpsons_Already_Did_It" title="Simpsons Already Did It">Simpsons Already Did It</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Cartoon_Wars_Part_II" title="Cartoon Wars Part II">Cartoon Wars Part II</a>"</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Samsonadzes" title="The Samsonadzes">The Samsonadzes</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="The_Simpsons_20th_Anniversary_Special_%E2%80%93_In_3-D!_On_Ice!" title="The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!">20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Alt.tv.simpsons" title="Alt.tv.simpsons">alt.tv.simpsons</a></li>
<li><a href="Animation_Domination" title="Animation Domination">Animation Domination</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_The_Simpsons" title="List of awards and nominations received by The Simpsons">Awards and nominations</a></li>
<li>"<a href="Black_or_White" title="Black or White">Black or White</a>"</li>
<li><a href="Butterfinger#Advertising_campaigns" title="Butterfinger">Butterfinger advertisements</a></li>
<li>"<a href="Cheese-eating_surrender_monkeys" title="Cheese-eating surrender monkeys">Cheese-eating surrender monkeys</a>"</li>
<li><i><a href="CyberWorld" title="CyberWorld">CyberWorld</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Flanderization" title="Flanderization">Flanderization</a></li>
<li><a href="Frinkiac" title="Frinkiac">Frinkiac</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_future_predictions" title="The Simpsons future predictions">Future predictions</a></li>
<li><a href="Graggle_Simpson" title="Graggle Simpson">Graggle Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_The_Simpsons_home_video_releases" title="List of The Simpsons home video releases">Home video releases</a></li>
<li><a href="Lego_The_Simpsons" title="Lego The Simpsons">Lego <i>The Simpsons</i></a></li>
<li><a href="LGBTQ_representation_in_The_Simpsons" title="LGBTQ representation in The Simpsons">LGBTQ representation</a></li>
<li>"<a href="Monster_in_the_Mirror" title="Monster in the Mirror">Monster in the Mirror</a>"</li>
<li><a href="Ned_Flanders_Crossing" title="Ned Flanders Crossing">Ned Flanders Crossing</a></li>
<li><a href="Okilly_Dokilly" title="Okilly Dokilly">Okilly Dokilly</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Simpsons_and_Portland%2C_Oregon" title="The Simpsons and Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a></li>
<li><a href="Springfield_Doughnut" title="Springfield Doughnut">Springfield Doughnut</a></li></ul>
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