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  The Simpsons
All episodes (with the exception of one) list only the voice actors (not the characters they voice) in keeping with the mystique of having the audience not associate any one character with an actor — this is to discourage the audience from easily identifying exactly which Voice Actor did what.
This was the first and one of the few times ''The Simpsons'' have strayed from their traditional 2D animation, and the longest, as other moments consisted of live action couch gags or short Claymation or CGI television and film parodies.
The Simpsons has perhaps most entered the public consciousness in the form of the numerous catch phrases that are repeated by characters of the show.
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  the simpsons - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
The Simpsons is the longest-running animated television series in television history, with 16 seasons and 349 episodes since its debut on December 17, 1989 on the Fox Network.
Bart, the oldest sibling, is a troublemaker and classroom terror ("a vile burlesque of irrepressible youth" is how Lisa once described him) who thinks of himself as a rebel while Lisa is a brainy student and jazz music fan who dreams of a better future (she is referred to as "the future of the family").
List Groundskeeper Willy's phrase, "cheese-eating surrender monkeys", used to describe the French, was picked up by US politicians and publications in 2003, after European and especially French opposition to the proposed invasion of Iraq.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Fictional character
The opposite of a fictional character is a nonfictional character.
The protagonist (main character, sometimes known as the "hero" or the "heroine") of a traditional novel is almost always a round character; a minor, supporting character in the same novel may be a flat character.
Some fictional characters are referenced outside of the work from which they came, because they concisely express some archetype or ideal.
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 List_of_recurring_characters_from_The_Simpsons
List of recurring characters from The Simpsons From Sterwiki This article contains a list of recurring characters from The Simpsons with descriptions.
The character of Jeff Albertson is said to be mocking of certain Simpsons fans who would race to the Internet to criticize the producers and writers of an episode and declare such episode to be the 'Worst Episode Ever'.
Lisa Simpson later proved that 'Jebediah Springfield' was a bloodthirsty pirate and enemy of George Washington named Hans Sprungfeld, who had changed his name to hide and who hated the town of Springfield.
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 Simpsons Characters
The story takes place in the American city of Springfield, and centers on one special family: The Simpsons, which is composed by five members, with a grandpa, two sisters in law, a dog and a cat completing the picture, each one with different personalities and ways of understanding life.
In all these places, other characters appear to make their lives even more humoristic and showing the audience that ridiculousness and bureaucracy is everywhere.
All in all, this is the most famous animated American family that TV has ever created and due to their big success they will continue to be so for ages and for generations to come.
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 Wikipedia the Simpsons   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire - "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", also known as "The Simpsons Christmas Special" was the first episode of the half-hour length Simpsons series to air, though it was the eighth episode produced in season one.
List of fictional characters within The Simpsons - Although The Simpsons is itself a show populated by fictional characters (see: List of characters from The Simpsons), there are also several characters within the show's universe who are fictional to the Simpsons characters themselves (see also: Show-within-a-show).
In "Outrage, the famed prosecutor of Charles Manson wikipedia the simpsons and bestselling author of "Helter Skelter goes to the heart of the trial that divided the country wikipedia the simpsons and made a mockery of justice.
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 Homer Simpson
Homer Jay Simpson is one of the main characters in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
It has been indicated in the series that Homer is 36 or 38 years old, but characters do age within the series; in another episode he takes a quiz that indicates he will die at 42 and wails that he has only three years to live.
In some episodes Homer is allowed to be a bit smarter: for example it is revealed that he not only was a member of a tremendously successful barbershop quartet, the B-Sharps, but he also wrote their one major hit song, "Baby on Board".
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/je/Jebus_(The_Simpsons).html   (557 words)

  
 The Simpsons Archive: FAQs, Guides & Lists
Complete list of songs that have been sung, played, parodied and referenced on the show.
Simpsons references to the states, commonwealths and territories of the United States.
List of writers and directors of each episode.
www.snpp.com /lists.html   (553 words)

  
 ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Exploring Satire with The Simpsons
Once students have written their lists, set up the clip by explaining that you will show the opening sequence from The Simpsons and ask them to pay attention to the things that happen to this family during the sequence.
As you work through the information for the character, ask students to look for and identify satirical details that reveal the comment or criticism of society that the cartoon is making through the character.
Answer any questions that students have about the sample character you’ve explored then pass out the Character Analysis Chart that students will use to record their findings on the characters that they choose from the Analyzing Characters from The Simpsons sheet.
www.readwritethink.org /lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=811   (2653 words)

  
 Your Artie Ziff Guide | Information About Artie Ziff
In "Lisa the Iconoclast", Lisa Simpson proved that "Jebediah Springfield" was a bloodthirsty pirate and enemy of George Washington, whom he fought with and lost after Washington crushed Springfield's genitals in a set of iron false teeth, and Springfield hobbled from the scene.
The character is a parody of Judge Judy.
In the latter, he can not bring the Simpsons their food for numerous reasons like the "chef having problems with tonight's special", which was a squid and later offers to bring them food from another restaurant, Marge asks if he could bring food from Red Lobster but he says "yar, not that good'a restaurant".
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 The Simpsons - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
The Simpsons is the longest-running animated television series and sitcom series in U.S. television history, with 16 seasons and 338 episodes since its debut on December 17, 1989.
Bart, the older sibling, is a troublemaker and classroom terror ("a vile burlesque of irrepressible youth" is how Lisa once described him) who thinks of himself as a rebel, while Lisa is a brainy student and jazz music fan who dreams of a better future (she is referred to as "the future of the family").
Regular Simpsons characters play humorous special roles, and the two space aliens Kang and Kodos, featured in the original Treehouse episode, always make an appearance, albeit sometimes at the last minute and for no reason but simply to continue the tradition of their appearances.
www.indopedia.org /The_Simpsons.html   (3183 words)

  
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List of writers and directors of each episode.
List of American and Canadian stations showing episodes in syndication.
Detailed description of the opening sequence, with listing of the various types of openings used.
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 The Simpsons - Don Markstein's Toonopedia
The Simpsons started in 1987, as a set of animated interstitial clips — that is, as dividers between individual sketches — on The Tracey Ullman Show.
They proved more popular than the live-action portions of the show, and in 1989, were spun off into a series of their own — one that has long outlasted the show where it was born.
Groening also says Homer Simpson's middle initial, J, was chosen as an homage to Rocky and Bullwinkle, both of whom have J as their middle initial (as, incidentally, do Elmer Fudd, the frog in One Froggy Evening, and any number of other cartoon characters).
www.toonopedia.com /simpsons.htm   (530 words)

  
 Who turned The Simpsons into a cartoon? - By Chris Suellentrop - Slate Magazine
To celebrate the milestone, Entertainment Weekly picked the top 25 episodes in Simpsons history: Twenty-four of them come from 1997 or before, meaning that only one comes from the past five seasons (which, not coincidentally, is the time period from which EW selected its "Worst Episode Ever").
The newspaper also asked Simpsons staff members to select their 15 favorite moments and episodes, and only one person (Al Jean, the show's executive producer) chose something that happened within the past five years.
An incredible anxiety of influence hovers over Simpsons writers, who realize that they are judged not by the standards of network television, but by the standards of their own show's golden age.
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 "The Simpsons" (1989) - Episode list
The Simpsons discover they were sent by Sideshow Bob who, when released from prison, harasses the Simpsons and then attempts to kill Bart with a machete.
The Simpsons are in chaos after Stampy wrecks the house and eats all the food.
Grandpa Simpson reveals to Bart that he and Montgomery Burns were part of a World War 2 unit known as the Flying Hellfish, which stole priceless art from a German castle during the war, of which the last surviving member would inherit the fortune.
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 alt.tv.simpsons - List of Inquiries and Substantive Answers
It is intended to serve as a general guide to the series and pointer to other sources with more detailed information on specific aspects of the series and newsgroup.
In "Behind the Laughter", the Simpsons are revealed to be a Northern Kentucky family.
The City of New York Vs. Homer Simpson was pulled from syndication after September 11.
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 Bongo Comics
The first character to cross the gap between them was Barry Allen, the Flash of Earth-One, who accidentally vibrated at just the right speed to appear on Earth-Two, where he met Jay Garrick, his Earth-Two counterpart.
The main characters were originally created by Matt Groening as part of a series of original animated segments for The Tracey Ullman Show.
Bartman makes a short appearance in the Simpsons episode "Three Men and a Comic Book." This alter ego is the basis for the short-lived Bongo Comics series (1993-1995), which saw the young Bart adopt the mantle of crimefighti...
www.experiencefestival.com /bongo_comics   (2051 words)

  
 TV.com Forums - Give editors the ability to edit the list of recurring characters
As it stands, the cast lists are incorrect in many guides and there is no way to fix it.
I've been trying to add characters that need to be listed as reoccuring and it hasn't worked on the show cast page, but lists them in their profile.
The problem is that the submission form for episode cast still has the incorrect names/character names, and those names still show up on the list of characters for the show under the Cast tab.
www.tv.com /tv.com-ideas/give-editors-the-ability-to-edit-the-list-of-recurring-characters/topic/100-544288/msgs.html   (1083 words)

  
 Simpsons Channel | News Archive | November 2004
Meanwhile, Lisa lets schoolyard teasing get to her physically when she starts to think the Simpsons weight problem is making its mark on her." As usual you can discuss the episode at its conclusion at No Homers Club and we'll bring you the ratings tomorrow.
Mike Reiss, a producer on the long-running hit television show "The Simpsons," was the keynote speaker last Sunday morning, Oct. 31, at the annual event sponsored by the Young Adult Division of the Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore.
The event was a “table read,” when the cast of “The Simpsons” gathered with a roomful of writers, producers and guests, using their imaginations to conjure up the animated family with the distinctive mustard hue.
www.simpsonschannel.com /news/monthly-archive-11-2004.html   (3258 words)

  
 Simpsons Characters
These improved pages contain an cross-referenced A-Z list of all the main characters in the Simpsons and a few short notes on each one.
The list is comprehensive (274 entries) and contains most of those which have appeared in the first ten seasons (only those which the UK's BBC have shown).
Click on one of the 45 most well-known characters to bring up their description or use the links above to go to the required letter.
tim.rawle.org /simpsons/chars.htm   (76 words)

  
 The Simpsons and Philosophy
From the editor of and contributors to the widely-praised Seinfeld and Philosophy, The Simpsons and Philosophy is an insightful and humorous look at the philosophical tenets of America's favorite animated family that will delight Simpsons fans and philosophy aficionados alike.
The volume also includes an episode guide and a chronology of philosophers which lists the names and dates of the major thinkers in the history of philosophy, accompanied by a representative quote from each.
These 18 essays go deeper, connecting characters and conflicts from the show's first decade with the thinking of Socrates, Nietzsche and many others.
www.opencourtbooks.com /books_n/simpsons.htm   (468 words)

  
 C. Montgomery Burns
Many of the characters in the Simpsons take their names from important people and places in Groening's life: Lisa – Lisa Groening (Matt Groening's sister) Marge – Margery (commonly called Marge) Groening (his mother) Homer ;– Homer Groening (his father and one of his sons).
Abraham Simpson is estranged husband to Mona Simpson, father to Homer Jay Simpson and Herbert Powell, father-in-law to Marjorie Bouvier Simpson and grandfather to siblings Bartholomew Jo-Jo Simpson, Lisa Marie Simpson and Margaret Simpson.
Springfield adopts Marge Simpson's proposal to launch a film festival, and she is placed on a panel to judge each short film produced by the townspeople.
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 CNN.com - Bugs Bunny tops greatest cartoon characters list - July 30, 2002
Bugs is also the only character from the pre-television animated-short golden age to make the magazine's top 10.
The TV Guide list includes characters from the movies, television, comic strips and comic books, and features both creations very old (Popeye and Felix the Cat, both of which date to the 1920s) and very new (the Powerpuffs and SpongeBob).
Several characters, including Superman and Wonder Woman, have saved the world, and at least one -- Alvin from the Chipmunks -- has sung on a No. 1 hit ("The Chipmunk Song").
archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters/index.html   (642 words)

  
 List of characters from The Simpsons - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Characters are only listed once, normally under the first applicable subsection in the list; very minor characters are listed with a more regular character they are associated with.
Characters who are fictional even within the context of The Simpsons
Characters that have died during the course of the series
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/List_of_characters_from_The_Simpsons   (710 words)

  
 Favorite Simpsons Characters - Top Ten List
A list of the top ten most popular characters from the Simpsons television series, the longest-running American sitcom and longest-running American animated program of all time.
“Flanders is an awesome addition character to the Simpsons, I mean you have Homer, who is just a joker, then smart Lisa, Trouble Maker Bart, Baby Maggie, Great Mother Marge, and all the other characters have their own special personality.
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