21 Things You Saw On The Simpsons Before Learning About Them In Real Life

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MARATHON MANIA: 21 Stuff WE Initial Thinker On all sides of FROM THE SIMPSONS

FREEMASONRY

The Stonecutters, the secret depend on Homer joins in "Homer the Great," is of path a parody of Freemasonry. "The Simpsons"' parody of the Freemasons courteous on the forcible conspiracy theory that the group possesses some sort of unbecoming domination over supporting, monetary and flat as a pancake cultural matters of the world, as is expressed in the Stonecutters theme:

"Who circle the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down? We do, we do!"

"Who keeps Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps? We do, we do!"

"Who holds back the exciting car? Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star? We do, we do!"

"Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night? We do, we do, we do!"

As a side note, I was for certain equally introduced to Steve Guttenberg, of "Police School" and "Mollycoddle" call (and come to think of that, possibly the object of an exciting car), ended this song.

"The Simpsons" equally references this conspiracy theory about the Freemasons in the experience "pringfield (Or, How I Thinker to Burning Tormenting and Pet Permissible Gambling)" (whose title is a hint to the record "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Thinker to Burning Tormenting and Pet the Pump up" -- so many references!) to the same degree Mr. Burns is put down his mind Howard Hughes-style and thinks he hears the bacteria on Smithers' swathe yelling in unison "Freemasons run the country!"

I swallow to exempt, this hint had me a period dazed back in addition to, and for a to the same degree I strife by chance "Freemasons" were equally the name for some type of creepy-crawly

"The Simpsons "writers were equally sooner keen of making fun of Shriners (who fall under the sunshade of freemasonry). Acquaint with are references to Grandpa Simpson being a shriner and individuals period fezzes and cars show up in all sort of creature places on the show.

I can't say for destined whether the real Freemasons swallow a secret parchment, hazing rituals or a "Stone of Disappointment" (or a "Stone of Wow" -- which is tubby than the "Stone of Disappointment"), but I do blab that I knew way too by a long way about them former I ever flat as a pancake encountered a real-life trace of the Freemasons in the form of the Masonic Temple in the town I grew up in.

VENUS DE MILO

This one comes from a friend of stool pigeon who humorously told me that he for certain knew of the "Tacky Venus de Milo" long former he ever knew about the physical Venus de Milo (the lifeless Greek image on which the Tacky version Homer eats is based).

This is a droll strife to me, to the same degree I consider him seeing the real Venus de Milo and thinking, "Hey look, social gathering made a image of the Tacky Venus de Milo!"

And in mask you were wondering, yes, award are now real Tacky Venus de Milos in the world. Many, in fact.

MONORAILS

Unless you happened to grow up in one of the few cities that extremely had a monorail (hint: none of them are Brockway, Ogdenville or North Haverbrook), the experience "Marge vs. the Monorail" was possibly your first exposure to this strange, infrastructurally unmanageable form of population moving.

The same as of this experience, you possibly strife of monorails as exorbitantly swanky, in poor health constructed, possum-filled disasters that had everything to with Leonard Nimoy... Acquaint with swallow been a few monorail accidents, amid a fatal one at Disney Design in 2009, but the conspiracy of the experience has less to do with monorails and improved to do with parodying the dulcet "The Music Man" in which a traveling salesman tries to dupe some smalltown people. Regardless, it seems that the experience didn't do too by a long way fall off to their respect, as monorails are still being built today and, according to Wikipedia, swallow informed vaguely of an upswing as of the 1980s (by chance "Marge vs. The Monorail" extremely helped their case!).

Disapprove

I think many feel sorry for yourself, in my opinion included, who grew up in '80s and '90s first pedantic about interdict from "the experience "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Rectification." The experience included a lot of real elements from interdict amid speak-easies and lifting and a few not-so-real ones: the authority for infringement interdict laws being "hurt by catapult" and a little-known modification to the configure that "requires fowl to attire long slacks."

A squalid Basic Wiggum trying to smooth objects over with a bit of the "ol' Wiggum charm."

It equally ends with an infamous "Simpsons" line: "Alcohol: the go of, and ruling to, all of life's problems."

THE AYATOLLAH

If you grew up watching "The Simpsons, "this chemise was possibly your first introduction to the title "Ayatollah."

And this conversation possibly gave you your first terse peep into the history of Iranian politics:

MARGE: "Can we get rid of this Ayatollah T-shirt? Khomeini died time ago."

HOMER:"But Marge, it works on any Ayatollah! Ayatollah Nakhbadeh, Ayatollah Zahedi Flatten as we speak, Ayatollah Razmara and his cadre of fanatics are consolidating their power."
MARGE: "I don't care who's consolidating their power."

AL Baton

Yearn former "An At the wrong time Resolution" and the 2000 U.S. presidential make your choice, award was Al Baton on The Simpsons.

Depending on your age, this parody of Al Baton possibly gave you the liking that he was a very towel man long former that fad was proved true to you in real life.

THE Come to Basis OF 'A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE'

If you grew up watching "The Simpsons A Streetcar Named Marge" was genuine your first introduction to Tennessee Williams' 1947 play.

You may equally swallow been under the false impression that the play was a dulcet and included a song with the line: "Can't you difficulty me yella? You're putting me ended hella! Stella!" It does not.

THE Come to Basis OF 'PLANET OF THE APES'

The same, you may swallow strife that "Dirt of the Apes" was a dulcet featuring break-dancing monkeys if your first introduction to it was the Broadway version starring Troy McClure in "A Fish Called Selma."

And Homer may swallow contaminated the adjacent of the conceive of for you to the same degree he says, to the same degree interviewing with the press former his respite send off in "Grave Bit Homer, The only danger is if they hustle us to that appalling Dirt of the Apes. Cling to a not enough... Image of Objectivity... that was our lair. You maniacs, you blew it up. Damn you! Damn you all to hell!"

You may swallow flat as a pancake first seen this infamous cinematic moment:

or this:

"Simpsons"-style former you flat as a pancake knew what "Dirt of the Apes "was.

LAWYERS

You may not swallow reasonably been introduced to lawyers ended "The Simpsons", but if you were a kid watching the show in the '90s, your impression of them was possibly immensely highlighted by "The Simpsons" -- the best example being Mr. Burns' resonate of merciless, steep lawyers.

In the experience, "Marge Gets A Job," Marge is sexually harassed by Mr. Burns and threatens to sue him, however to the same degree confronted with his resonate of lawyers, she says one of the show's saddest and maximum incredulous lines: "Flimsy, I distrust that's it. Zip like us can't afford truth."

Mr. Burns' boss lawyer, who is never named, but is generally referred to as "The Blue-Haired Lawyer" is habitually used to parody cease-and-desist information, usually adulteration some sort of emotional moment. For example, Grandpa Simpson's "unauthorized simulation" of Charlie Chaplin:

"Sir, I represent the estate of Charles Chaplin. I swallow a court order backbreaking an reactive stopover of this unauthorized simulation."

And of path award is the abhorrently derisory and thriving ghastly Lionel Hutz, who usually represents the Simpson family. And despite the fact that he is not a representation of the nuisance of the 1% like Mr. Burns' lawyers, he still represents the stereotype that lawyers will gladly capitalize off the gloom of others:

You've genuine as of met lawyers who defy this stereotype, or maybe swallow flat as a pancake become one yourself, but regardless, the image of lawyers " The Simpsons " highlighted is possibly still rigidly implanted in your brain.

THE USSR AND THE SOVIET BOYCOTT OF THE 1984 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS

As a consequence the crumbling of the USSR, the end of the Heartless War and the fall of the Berlin Barrier all up roughly not far off from the tim"e "The Simpsons "debuted on the air, it's not out of this world that the Soviet Blend and Marxism are popular topics of mock on the show."

And simply, the 2014 Sochi Olympics or the pour obstruction in the Ukraine may swallow recalled this sequence to mind:

As it did for this redditor who edited in the Olympic appearance to struggle the point home:

"The Simpsons "equally improved truly parodied Russia's boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

In the experience, "Lisa's Initial Poise," it's the summer of 1984, Marge is expectant with Lisa and Homer is cashing in on Krusty Burger's devastating sponsorship for the 1984 Summer Olympic Athletics.

Krusty offers cut down cards that demonstrate Olympic events, and if the U.S. wins a gold citation in that genius, the issue of the card is entitled to a free Krusty burger. Other than, to the same degree of the Soviet boycott, without Russian wage war, the U.S. naturally dominates every genius and Krusty's accountant tells him he stands to lose 44 million from the sponsorship.

The entire sponsorship is a parody of a similar sponsorship McDonald's did for the 1984 summer Olympics, which equally purposeless them millions of dollars.

WOODROW WILSON

Unless you had a dry pursuit about former American presidents, it's suggest that you would swallow stumbled upon Woodrow Wilson as a kid in the '80s/'90s had it not been for the experience, "Bart the Enthusiast" in which Bart chooses "Woodrow" as the pen name he uses to hustle imitation love letters to Ms. Krabappel. Wilson was the 28th Come first of the Cooperative States from 1913 to 1921, and now he will be remembered in popular history as the man who motivated the line "any time I difficulty the entwine blow, it will clue the name Edna."

CAT Pickpocket

Yes, the term "cat interloper" exists reserved of "The Simpsons". As the experience "Homer the Vigilante" was possibly the only time you've ever heard it used (it just device a particularly secret interloper, you blab the attentive who wears sneakers, for sneaking).

Lisa provision Homer with some "thinking music" to the same degree he ponders what to do about the cat interloper.

THE Come to Basis OF 'THE SHINING'

Blood forceful out of the pull, "All work and no play makes Jack a affected boy," and "Heeere's Johnny!" -- "The Simpsons "coated it all in their not-so-subtly high-minded sequence "The Shinning" from "Treehouse of Horrors V."

THE 1996 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL Show of hands

"The Simpsons" coated the 1996 presidential make your choice in" Treehouse of Severity VII". Arranged, moreover the bodies of Bob Dole and Rate Clinton are housing by aliens Kang and Kodos in the experience, but the supporting history is still award.

GEORGE Plant SR.

The experience "Two Bad Neighbors" which confront former chief George H.W. Plant affecting in corner to corner the street from the Simpsons was extremely the concluding marble cast in a long, real-life dispute together with the Rub and "The Simpsons".

In 1992, in vogue his doling out, Come first Plant magnificently designed in vogue a jargon, "we are leave-taking to keep on trying to financial assistance the American family, to make American families a lot improved like the Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons." In a sole mask of "The Simpsons" referencing social gathering extremely referencing them, the family watches the end of the jargon in the experience "Frugal Raving Dad" and Bart replies, "Hey, we're just like the Waltons. We're praying for an end of the depression, too."

The experience "Two Bad Neighbors" references loads of real-life information about George Plant Sr. For example, to the same degree Plant and Homer are warfare down in the sewer, he pulls out a length of grand piano connection from his watch and says "Here's a period everything we pedantic in the CIA," a hint to the see Plant served as Higher of Prime View.

THE 1960 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL Show of hands

"Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy are referenced loads of times all through "The Simpsons, "but are located in droll juxtaposition to each other in the experience "Duffless" to the same degree they take a break from the 1960 presidential make your choice debates to authorize Duff Lap up.

Kennedy says "I would like to take this risk to special my feel affection for for, uh, Duff Lap up," and the orchestra approval. Nixon follows by saying, "I would equally like to special my feel affection for for that certain juice," and the orchestra hisses. Homer, who is watching the cut back, says, "The man never drank a Duff in his life."

As a kid watching "The Simpsons", it just took this one immediate cut back to explain that everybody loved Kennedy and strife Richard Nixon was brutal.

You may swallow equally first pedantic the characterize "Ich bin ein Berliner" to the same degree Grandpa Simpson swears he heard JFK say it aboard the PT 109 (the hew Kennedy commanded in WWII).

2001: A Bit ODYSSEY

Flush to "Dirt of the Apes, "you may swallow seen all of the maximum iconic scenes from "2001: A Bit Odyssey "on "The Simpsons "former ever watching the record.

The maximum maximum everyday being in the experience "Grave Bit Homer," to the same degree Homer eats the diaphanous disheveled chips to the look of "The Sad Danube," a parody of the docking fight from the record. Fun fact: there's a copy of "Grave Bit Homer" on the Large-scale Bit Station!

The experience equally parodies the "The Plus of Man" sequence from the record to the same degree Bart throws a breakthrough in the air and it turns into the Fox satellite (a hint to the new, where an ape throws a prepare in the air and it turns into a satellite).

Homer equally dreams he's in the "Plus of Man" sequence in the experience "Lisa's Pony":

And in "Brother Can You Bare Two Dimes," Homer's swathe to the same degree he's serving on the arrange keep order is yet newborn hint to the record.

System EXECUTIVES

Flush to their treatment of lawyers, "The Simpsons "writers habitually vent their frustrations about forward fit together executives.

The interactions on the show together with writers and fit together execs shows the have a go together with writers, who see a show from a fruitful and literary sentry and fit together execs, who generally see it from a biologically financial scout about.

For example, in "Day of the Jackanapes" fit together execs struggle Krusty to quitting his show just the once they try to give him "notes" in the underlying of a taping.

And in "The Tickly and Coarse and despite the fact that you may swallow been innocuous to the same degree you were first improbable to these references, you're a period less innocuous now for it.

(Editor's note: And of path, this list only includes episodes participating in the "fair-haired era" of the show, which is roughly seasons 3-9, depending on who you're asking).