100 Facts about The Simpsons Every fan Should Know!
Could only 10 or 20 little facts really be enough for the most legendary animated series of all time? of course not. This series goes back so far has so many characters you couldn't even begin to scratch the surface with 100 facts about The Simpsons.
The Simpsons is one of the most popular animated shows ever created.In this post we're talking about The Simpsons facts.For our reader we're gonna be listing 100 Simpsons facts that you should know if you are a big fan of the show.
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Fact number one :
Matt Groening actually created the simpson characters just minutes before the meeting where he pitched the idea originally he had planned to pitch an animated version of his comic strip "Life in HELL" while waiting to go into the meeting he realized that if the studio buy his pitch he would lose the
rights to his property so he quickly drew a cartoon family that was loosely based on his own and called them The Simpsons.
Fact number 2 :
Each episode has 20 writers at any given time according to showrunner Al Jean a writer has four to six weeks to complete rewrite usually scripts are revised six to seven times before the table read.
Fact number 3 :
Despite the yellow family debuting in shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show tracey ullman disliked them and actively tried to have are now beloved simpson's removed from the program however Wallace Wolodarsky writer producer for both the Tracey Ullman Show and eventually The Simpsons revealed that the writing staff on The Tracey Ullman Show secretly thought The Simpsons where
the funniest part of the show.
Fact number 4 :
Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kavner were already regular actors on The Tracey Ullman Show when they were casted as Homer and Marge Castellaneta is also the voice of the robot devil and grumpy snail in Futurama and Arnold grandpa in Hey Arnold.
Fact number 5 :
In an interview Groening admitted that the words meant to be ambiguous in the show : Springfield was named after Springfield Oregon he was inspired by the show "Father Knows Best" which takes place in a town called Springfield as a kid Groening like to imagine that the show took place in the town next to where he grew up he wanted people to feel the same way about the Springfield in his show.
Fact number 6 :
the episode "Homer's Phobia" was originally considered unsuitable to air by the network censors because it dealt with themes of homosexuality and the misconceptions surrounding it, the episode focuses on homers homophobia toward a local collectibles store owner and an all-round cool guide named John.
Fact number 7 :
John was voiced by filmmaker John Waters. Waters claimed that he was delighted and surprised how well the writers had crafted his character his only objection was a joke about John not getting along with his dad telling the idea too stereotypical.
Fact number 8 :
Soon after the network appointed a new president and new sensors the episode went up the episode has been widely praised and went on to win an Emmy Award from glad for outstanding television.
Fact number 9 :
The show has received criticism on more than one occasion for its negative representations of certain
locations including Brazil in the episode "Blame it on Lisa", Australia in "Bart vs Australia" and New Orleans in the episode "A Streetcar Named Marge".
Fact number 10 :
The Simpsons was never popular in Japan either due to its vulgar themes and filthy humor, however when japanese media switched focus on Lisa as opposed to Homer and Bart the show found a new fan base and higher ratings.
Fact number 11 :
The ToMacco plant made popular in the episode "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" was actually based off an actual tomato grafted with ToMacco in revealed in 1959 a fan of the show later engineered and grew a ToMacco plant in 2003.
Fact number 12 :
Fans have noticed that homers hair and ear make a shape similar to M-G something is believed that this is
an Easter egg as their the initials of Matt Groening.
Fact number 13 :
Bart's prank calls to Moe were actually inspired by the Tube Bar recordings tapes recorded prank callers to bar tender Lewis red deutsch who is famous for his short temper.
Fact number 14 :
Moe's voice was based off of voice actor Hank Azaria impression of Al Pacino.
Fact number 15 :
According to the episode "Moe Letter Blues" Springfield zip code is 800850. Squint your eyes and you'll see it spells boobs. This area code is not assigned to any area in the United States but it is a number that has been punched into every calculator ever in existence.
Fact number 16 :
In 2009 the United States Postal Service released a commemorative set of Simpsons stamps and Maggie's was voted the most favorite by consumers.
Fact number 17 :
The University of California, Berkeley has actually offered a four credit course involving The Simpsons called "Simpsons and Philosophy,".
Fact number 18 :
Despite the way they act both Lenny and Carl have master's degrees in nuclear physics.
Fact number 19 :
According to the show The Simpsons house address is 742 Evergreen Terrace.
Fact number 20 :
The episode "The Itchy and Scratchy in Pucci show" was meant as a joke response to the writers
receiving pressure from the network to add a new main character in an attempt to liven up the show.
Fact number 21 :
TIL that Matt Groening was once subjected to a strip-search by airport security who considered him a suspicious character. As he was led away, a little boy said, "Ha, ha!" just like Nelson on The Simpsons. Groening found the boy's mockery the most irritating thing about the entire incident and didn't appreciate the irony.
Fact number 22 :
While The Simpsons is known for popularizing phrases like "Don't have a cow, man" "D'oh", many sources report another word made popular by the series : "Meh".
Fact number 23 :
Many fans suspected the character millhouse to be a caricature of the character "Paul Pfeifer" from the show "The Wonder Years". However simpson's veteran David Silverman shot down this theory over Twitter by saying : "Wonder Years Schmonder Years. Nerdy kid with glasses, big nose, and severe hair = a common stereotype." and he wasn't ripped off from The Wonder Years he was ripped off from collective culture
Fact number 24 :
Millhouse is actually the middle name of US' President Richard Nixon.
Fact number 25 :
Matt Groening choose Millhouse name because it was the most unfortunate name he could think of for a kid.
Fact number 26 :
Millhouse his first appearance was actually during a Butterfinger ad in 1990 and was used just to someone for bart two talk two in the cafeteria. Groening reuse the character from an unsuccessful pitch for a Saturday morning cartoon show.
Fact number 27 :
According to the episode "Lisa's rival" Bart got millhouse added to the FBI's Americas most wanted list.
Fact number 28 :
In the episode "Homer to the max" which aired in 1999, the show made a joke referencing the network threatening to replace voice actors by having net flanders show up with a completely different Voice.
Fact number 29 :
The fox network is contractually prohibited from censoring any of the shows jokes.
Fact number 30 :
harry shearer didn't want to do an animated series but producer Sam Simon told him it would be fun and
only work one hour a week according to harry the one hour a week was a lie.
Fact number 31 :
Of the roughly 12 voices that harry shearer does Mr Burns is the hardest and requires a lot of tea and honey.
Fact number 32 :
According to harry shearer there is a group of Christians in England dress up as Ned Flanders and convene on a regular basis.
Fact number 33 :
Speaking of Ned Flanders, despite how he looks he's actually sixty years old.
Fact number 34 :
Homer has died the most often in the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes with a total of twenty times.
Fact number 35 :
The band Green Day actually recorded a cover to the theme song for the movie.
Fact number 36 :
This side character Üter is supposedly from germany, however the name isn't actually a German name.
Fact number 37 :
In the German version of the show Üter is actually a Swiss foreign exchange student.
Fact number 38 :
Last time we mentioned the official crossover between The Simpsons and Futurama, however there is an ongoing joke on The Simpsons that Futurama is actually a cartoon The Simpsons universe, likewise The Simpsons
often appear as a fictional show in the Futurama universe.
Fact number 39 :
1 episode shows the character Üter wearing a Futurama t-shirt and a sci-fi
convention. This episode is "Married to the Mob" episode 212
Fact number 40 :
A model of the Planet Express ship from Futurama can sometimes be seen on the shelf and Comic Book Guy store.
Fact number 41 :
Matt Groening appeared as himself in The Simpsons at a comic book convention billed as the creator of Futurama.
Fact number 42 :
However the "Simpsorama" episode is definitely cannon as bender can be seen later in the series in the basement waiting to return to the 31st century
Fact number 43 :
The show had another crossover earlier in the series. The season 6 episode a star is burns featured a crossover with the enemy to show the critic when the show's main character jay sherman comes to Springfield.
Fact number 44 :
Matt Groening was reportedly furious about the forced crossover so much so that he tried to get the episode polled
eventually had his name scrubbed from the credits.
Fact number 45 :
The episode "The principal and the Pauper" from Season nine is another episode publicly criticized by Groening and other creators of the show, some of them even calling it a
mistake. The episode was infamous for the way it rewrote the continuity of certain characters, however ken keeler who worked on the episode claims the episode is the best thing for TV he's ever written.
Fact number 46 :
Springfield has an abnormally high percentage of left-handed citizens, some have thought that this might be
because Matt Groening himself is left-handed.
Fact number 47 :
The character Lou was actually shown as Caucasian for his first few appearances on the show.
Fact number 48 :
Apu full name is Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. Apu is voiced by Hank Azaria. Apu's surname, Nahasapeemapetilon, is a spoonerism of the name Pahasanee Mapetilon, combining the first and last names of a schoolmate of Simpsons writer Jeff Martin. Jeff Martin is the only name that easy to say in that entire fact.
Fact number 49 :
If you think one of seven is a pretty ridiculous number brace yourself because Homer Simpson has had 188 different jobs within the first
hundred episodes alone.
Fact number 50 :
In almost every shot at the Springfield
power plant acro can be heard calling this tradition was carried over in the
episode kiss kiss bang Bangalore were account can be heard moving during the
establishing shot of the Indian power plant.
Fact number 51 :
Ricky Gervais is the first guest star on The Simpsons to receive a writing credit. Conan O'Brien
has written for the show and appeared as a guest star but never both in the same episode.
Fact number 52 :
In earlier episodes of the serie Springfield Elementary can be seen with the bell tower, however later in the series it disappears with no explanation
Fact number 53 :
In 2012 former Simpson writer bill Oakley tweeted out his top 10 never produced Simpsons episodes the list contained only the working title of the episode and no description of the content, however some of the fans have linked the titles to other lead content from the show and audio commentaries on other episodes.
Fact number 54 :
The unproduced episode "Homer the Narcoleptic" is actually brought up a few times during audio commentaries on the show, at the end of the commentary for much of Apu about nothing writers bill Oakley and David X comin discuss the unproduced episode saying it was pitched multiple times but never picked up.
Fact number 55 :
The episode "Bart gets an Elephant" was actually based off a real prices right incident in 1956 when a contestant on the show actually won an elephant which is about the best Big K showdown we've ever seen.
Fact number 56 :
Nancy Cartwright the voice of Bart is actually a Scientologist.
Fact number 57 :
The unproduced episode "Prince comes to Springfield" could be the plan sequel episode talked about in the audio commentary for the episode stark raving dad, the producers talked about bringing back Leon kompowsky the mental patient who thought he was Michael Jackson accept this new episode he would think he was Prince instead.
Fact number 58 :
The show has actually received a
blessing from the Vatican, a Vatican newspaper stated the characters are
Catholics who raised questions regarding christian faith, the same paper even encourages parents to let their children watch the show.
Fact number 59 :
Finally the unproduced episode "Homer vs. Dr. Hibbert on the Issue of Race" could have been a response to the show satirizing almost everything except race, in the audio commentary for "Bart sells his soul" Oakley mentions a pitched story addressing race in Springfield which never made it into production. ultimately the team felt the show probably wasn't the best forum for dealing with racism.
Fact number 60 :
The character Lionel Hutz claims to have gotten his law degree from Princeton, Princeton is actually one of the few Ivy League colleges that doesn't offer a law degree.
Fact number 61 :
While trying to come up with the voices of Patty and Selma julie kavner as creator james L brooks what he wanted, he responded : they suck the joy out of everything.
Fact number 62 :
Duff man is inspired by Budweiser's former mascot bud man, his catch-phrase "oh yeah" comes from the song oh yeah by yellow which was a popular song for advertisements at the time.
Fact number 63 :
Duffman has dyslexia.
Fact number 64 :
Matt Groening based Comic Book Guy after himself and his stated it's how he imagines other people see him.
Fact number 65 :
Hank Azaria based the voice of Comic Book Guy of a neighbor he had during college.
Fact number 66 :
Dan Castellaneta based the voice of desperate businessman kell off
a famous actor Jack Lemmon.
Fact number 67 :
Marge's hair was originally going to
conceal rabbit ears, Matt Groening wanted Marge to secretly be a rabbit from his comic series "Life in Hell".
Fact number 68 :
While this idea was finally abandoned
for the show it did make its way to the official Simpsons arcade game, which shows spreads of Marge's hair being pulled off her head and revealing rabbit ears, it can also be seen in her silhouette when she shot in the game.
Fact number 69 :
During an interview, Matt Groening mention that he felt they were close to wrapping up The Simpsons that interview was back in 2002, more than half of the entire series has been produced since then.
Fact number 70 :
After hearing this the media started circulating stories of the
show being cancelled to the point that the writers had to quell the rumours with an official statement saying they had no current plans of stopping, the writers poke fun at this incident in the episode 288 "Chalkboard Gag" by having Bart write "I will never lie about being cancelled again."
Fact number 71 :
Several of the writers on the show are actually very talented mathematicians, a few of them even having PHD's in the subject, consequently the show contains several math jokes littered throughout including one involving Homer almost disproving the infamous Fermat's Last Theorem.
Fact number 72 :
The Simpsons predicted a number of future technologies throughout its run, in the episode "Lisa's Wedding" which was written in 1995 the show accurately portrays the use of both video chats and smart watches.
Fact number 73 :
They also predicted auto correct in the episode "Lisa on ice" a bully character attempts to write "beat-up Martin" into his PDA, which the machine auto corrects to "Eat up Martha" according to a former employee of Apple this job could be heard several times in the hallways during the development of the iPhone as engineers struggle to get the keyboard to work properly.
Fact number 74 :
The show has shown several different back stories for Homer being bald including him losing it in high school tearing it out and army experimentation.
Fact number 75 :
Bart is allergic to Butterscotch imitation Butterscotch,Glow-in-the-dark monster make-up, Cauliflower and Shrimp.
Fact number 76 :
Mr Burns answering the phone with a "Hoy..Hoy" is a reference to the preferred greeting of Alexander Graham Bell the inventor of the telephone.
Fact number 77 :
The hack Dr character dr. Nick is based off of real-life doctor George Nichopolos who was indicted for prescribing narcotics to numerous celebrities including Elvis Presley.
Fact number 78 :
In the episode "Itchy and Scratchy the movie" Lisa talks about the
celebrity cameos by Michael Jackson and Dustin Hoffman in the Itchy and Scratchy movie and then goes on to talk about how the actors didn't use their real names but you could still tell it was them, this is of course a joke about how both of the actors did voices for The Simpsons but chose to remain uncredited.
Fact number 79 :
Another joke you might have missed was at the end of "Lisa the
vegetarian", during the credits Paul McCartney played his song "Maybe I'm
Amazed". if you reverse the audio you'll hear a hidden recipe for lentil soup.
Fact number 80 :
Bart Simpson first appeared in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1990 and continue to appear in the parade for the next five years.
Fact number 81 :
At various parts throughout the series a designation "A-113" has been
used for inmate numbers as well as other places this is a reference to room a 113 at the California Institute of Arts to reach many animators have passed and is considered a signature for animator Brad Bird, if the number looks familiar it may be because it's been used in every single Pixar movie as well.
Fact number 82 :
The official motto for Springfield is "Corruptus In Extremis" which translate to : extremely corrupt.
Fact number 83 :
When Dan Castellaneta was coming up with the voice of a groundskeeper character he experiments with both Spanish and Swedish voice before finally deciding on the ever famous Scottish accent at Willie.
Fact number 84 :
According to the executive producer The Simpsons movie
script was started in 2003 and over 166 draft of the script were made before the final version.
Fact number 85 :
The choral version of the song "Spider-pig" that was
used in the movie was actually composed by famous film composer Hans Zimmer known for soundtracks to films such as interstellar and inception, he originally wrote it as a joke but it was eventually used in the final version of the film.
Fact number 86 :
When The Simpsons Movie was being put together the team used the working title "yellow harvest", this is a reference to blue harvest which was the working title for the film Return of the Jedi. Blue harvest was also used as the title for the Family Guy parody of Star Wars.
Fact number 87 :
The script for the movie was kept so secret that executive producers personally shredded every script after a voicing session.
Fact number 88 :
Marge's middle name Bouvier is also the middle name of first lady 'Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis'.
Fact number 89 :
marge's middle name "Jacqueline" another nod to the first lady.
Fact number 90 :
Homer's half brother Robert Powell invents a machine in the show that can translate baby talk into understandable speech, this was eventually made into an actual app that claims to be able to tell whether a baby is hungry bored or tired based on the cry.
Fact number 91 :
The character Mayor Quimby is based on us' President John F. Kennedy. Quimby's wife is even designed after
first lady Jackie Kennedy.
Fact number 92 :
Professor Frink was inspired by jerry lewis's character from The Nutty Professor
Fact number 93 :
Frink's signature nonsensical utterances are simply written into scripts as frank noise.
Fact number 94 :
The writers originally wanted Otto "the bus driver" full name to be Otto mechanic, a pun that never made it to air, ultimately they decided to just call him Otto Mann, still The Simpsons creative team is a fun loving bunch.
Fact number 95 :
bumblebee man is a caricature of chapulin Colorado - the Crimson grasshopper a character made for Mexican television he was a goofy superhero who used his intent to detect dangerous hank Azaria voices him.
Fact number 96 :
Yeardley Smith the voice actor for Lisa originally auditioned for the role of Bart and Nancy Cartwright tried out for Lisa, when they switched roles Cartwright attempted a version of a voice used on "My little pony and the Snorks" this was
how Bart's voice came to life.
Fact number 97 :
Maggie has been voiced by nine different people including Matt Groening.
Fact number 98 :
The total number of recurring characters in The Simpsons is
161, so far there have been 275 one off characters and 126 of The Simpsons
characters are played by just 12 voice actors.
Fact number 99 :
The first full episode to air was actually the seventh one made the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" which was to air later in the series ended up being the series premiere after a miscommunication with the animation studio about how the first episode should be created.
Fact number 100 :
The show debute to the highest ratings in the fox network at the time, six weeks in, the show is featured in newsweek after the completion of its first season in nineteen ninety the show hit the top 10
,The Simpsons was the only fuck show to make it that year.
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