History WhereTheHellIsSpringfield / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': * WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Many cities in the US are called Brighton, but just where is the Brighton in which the show takes place? It's downright {{parodied|Trope}} in the first episode by having the pin representing Brighton have a super close-up, so much that no other cities can be seen. However, future episodes lessen the ambiguity. In "The Greatest Concert Ever", Kenny Star's tour bus starts out somewhere in eastern Nebraska, and given an estimated arrival time of 30 minutes later, is scheduled to arrive in Brighton. The highway map Molly uses displays Interstate 80, and Iowa is about 30 minutes east of eastern Nebraska. "The Turnip Twist" confirms Brighton is somewhere in the Midwest, and "Saving Christmas" shows Brighton's position relative to the Great Lakes, being west of the southern edge of Lake Michigan, placing Brighton either in Illinois or on the eastern edge of Iowa.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' takes its sweet time getting around to telling you that the Tennysons are originally from the town of Bellwood. But neither it nor its sequels ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'', or ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse]]'' (which actually stays close to home instead of [[WalkingTheEarth driving all over the US]]) ever bothers to mention [[http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Bellwood which of the ten possible Bellwoods it is]]. We've never seen it snowing there, and there is a desert within fifty miles; WildMassGuessing usually puts it somewhere in California or Nevada. Although in ''Film/Ben10AlienSwarm'', a map on a computer showed Bellwood to be in the upper Midwest near the Minnesota-Wisconsin area. However, in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'', it is revealed that Kevin ran away to New York City when he was a child and the now abandoned Total Zone arcade appears which is the same one where Ben and Gwen met Kevin and In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10GeneratorRexHeroesUnited'' While Ben is Rex's Universe that takes place in New York, He believes he is in Bellwood, this seems to indicate Bellwood is in New York.
** According to [[WordofGod Matt Wayne]] for the production of ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'', Bellwood was supposed to be in the Southwest. However, [[WordofGod Dwayne McDuffie]] believed Bellwood was in the state as Springfield from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': While the [[TitleCharacter Title Character's]] hometown of Middleton is confirmed to be in the United States, it's exact geographical location is never explicitly stated. But based on what little available canonical evidence there is, many fans assume that it's located somewhere in Colorado--and assuming that Middleton really is in Colorado, it appears to be near either Silverton (a small town in the southwestern part of the state) or Denver (which is both the state capital and the largest populated city in Colorado).
** Assuming that Middleton is near Denver, it's possible that Middleton's a suburb of Denver.
* Amity Park from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has been hinted at to be anywhere from states like Louisiana to the northwest states like Oregon and Washington. General consensus is that it's located in the central U.S., but that doesn't explain why Casper High has "Northwestern Standardized Testing".
** David Kaufman stated Amity Park is in Minnesota, but due to it never being mentioned by Butch Hartman or in any episodes, it's not really canon.

* The city where ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' takes place is never even named, let alone given a location. Various zoom-ins from orbit, and some supplemental material of questionable canonicity, place it anywhere from Ohio to Ontario to Quebec -- the consensus is that it's somewhere in northern North America, but that's as far as it goes.
** A throwaway line in Issue 33 of the [[ComicBook/InvaderZimOni continuation comics]] confirms that the setting is in America (as opposed to Canada), but that doesn't really narrow things down much.

* Averted by the central town in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', which is located in Park County, Colorado (nearby Middle Park and North Park are rarely mentioned) and is nearby Fairplay, Fort Collins, Greeley, and most notably, Denver. WordOfGod has both stated it is based on Fairplay as well as childhood rumors and gossip about the real-life town of South Park. The in-universe town does suffer from GeographicFlexibility however.
* Also averted in ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'', where "Made In Japan: Part 2", via an email between Squishington and Little Robot, reveals that the show takes place in San Francisco, California.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "Tourist Trapped", the map of Oregon shows Gravity Falls to be dead-center in Oregon, somewhere between Crook and Deshutes county. But in "Scary-Oke", a doppler map places it closer to Baker City, almost on the border with Idaho. It is off both interstates that pass through Oregon and far from the coast and Portland, so it’s almost certainly in the middle of the state or in eastern Oregon. Given the landscape, it’s likely the former. Dipper even lampshades this trope in the GrandFinale by saying that the town isn’t on any maps.

** ''WesternAnimation/ElinorWondersWhy'': We don't know where Animal Town is located. Most fans think that it's in California. The map in the online "Elinor's Nature Adventure" game shows that the series takes place on Sandford Lake Trail, which ''is'' in California (it's in the Tahoe National Forest). Even so, Animal Town doesn't seem to be near a lake, and it does get a lot of snow in winter.

** The Autobots' crashed ship is also not given a specific location in the cartoon (although it did in [[ComicBook/TheTransformers the Marvel Comics]], which put it near Portland, Oregon on the side of "Mount St. Hilary"). In "Cosmic Rust", though, Perceptor is left in Fox Creek Canyon, just three miles from Autobot Headquarters.

* In WesternAnimation/DocMcstuffins, it's never stated where the title character and her family reside. All that we know is that they're known to get snowfall in the winter, and the location is far enough from Washington, D.C. that they have to fly on an airplane to get there.

* O-Town from ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''. It's never [[IncrediblyLamePun stated]] which state the show is set in. However, one clue from "I Have No Son!" shows it may take place in either Ohio or Michigan. Then again, Ed Bighead has said that it hasn't snowed there in years (suggesting it's further south, while Ohio and Michigan are relatively close to Canada, which would means it would logically get plenty of snow).

* The city where ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' takes place doesn't have a clearly defined location; in fact, it appears to be named "City". It's most likely in Texas, though; radio callsigns start with "K", it seems to be close to the Mexican border, and it gets hit by a tornado at one point. Then again, "Skips v. Technology" states that the park was once a battleground during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution, putting it further east.

** ''WesternAnimation/ElinorWondersWhy'': We don't know where Animal Town is located. It doesn't help that the series has cheetahs co-existing with moles.

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'', itself a co-production between the United States and Canada, can't decide whether Porkbelly is in the States or Canada, and even then, it can't even decide ''where'' in those countries it's in. On one hand, there are hints dropped here and there that Ontario is the setting, as the province's flag is visible outside Johnny's school in a few episodes, but its also been implied to British Columbia or Newfoundland. However, this is directly contradicted by Johnny visiting Canada in a few episodes and even trying to pass Dukey off as his cousin from Canada on a few occasions. Also consider the fact that the flag of California also appears around Porkbelly in a few episodes, while [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of the CIA and Area 51 are recurring parts of the show. Even then, one episode implies Porkbelly is in Minnesota, which is supported by the apparent closeness to the US-Canada border that pops up a few times and the characters' fondness for hockey (although the latter could also be a strong argument for the show being set in Canada).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'': It's never confirmed whether Peaceville is located in Canada (where the series is produced) or the United States. In fact, when the creators were asked about this, they jokingly said Peaceville was in the same region as [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Springfield]].

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' can't decide whether Porkbelly is in an unspecified American state or in Ontario.

* Owing to ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'''s status as a production of what was then a [[Creator/DiC multi-national company]], it's not clear what country Metro City is in. The only clues given are that it's in the middle of an area made up of farmland and that it snows there in the winter, and that it might be near [[WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats Westfinster]]. (The [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget2015 reboot]], produced by a [[Creator/DHXMedia solely Canadian firm]], places it in Canada.)

** The show takes place in a small town called Peach Creek. [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddyBigPictureShow The finale movie]] has Jonny onboard a bus driven by Plank (somehow), racing through highways, and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/edwikia/images/5/50/Peach_Creek.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170329174020 a distant city can be seen]]. It seems to resemble UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, which is where AKA Cartoon was based.

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' takes place in a small town called Peach Creek. The finale movie has Jonny onboard a bus driven by Plank (somehow), racing through highways, and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/edwikia/images/5/50/Peach_Creek.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170329174020 a distant city can be seen]]. It seems to resemble UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, which is where AKA Cartoon was based.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Just where do you think Brighton is?"]]

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield/TheSimpsons

** A couple of the later episodes indicate that Peach Creak is located in the United States--in one episode (one that takes place in October), Jonny throws an Arbor Day Party and invites the Eds, but Double-D points out that Arbor Day isn't for another six months[[note]]In the United States, Arbor Day is always celebrated on the last Friday in April, which can be anywhere from April 24th to April 30th. In Canada, where the show is produced, the date of Arbor Day varies between provinces, with no national date set--there is, however, National Forest Week, which is set during the last full week of September and the Wednesday of that particular week is known as National Tree Day[[/note]]. And in another episode, Eddy discovers that his ancestors founded Peach Creek, and as shown in the book where he discovered this, Eddy's ancestor look just like him, but in Puritan-style clothing[[note]]This indicates that Peach Creek is probably somewhere in the New England-region of the American Northeast--and to go off of that, Peach Creek could be located in Massachusetts, since that's where the pilgrims (and later, the puritans) ultimately settled[[/note]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' sharply subverts this. Quahog is a suburb of Rhode Island capital Providence. The Providence skyline can be seen behind the Griffin's house, Brian can casually commute from home to Brown University, and the airport Quagmire works at is T. F. Green Airport. The exact location of Quahog in Rhode Island, however, has been inconsistent. The location of the skyline behind the house and the size of Quahog would make it an analogue for Cranston (due south of Providence) or Johnston (due west of Providence), but some episodes include maps that put Quahog in Tiverton (in the far southeast of the state near Newport and bordering Fall River, MA) or Lincoln (on the northeast side of Providence), and the skyline of Providence can't be seen from either of those towns.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' sharply subverts this. Quahog is a suburb of Rhode Island capital Providence. The Providence skyline can be seen behind the Griffin's house, Brian can casually commute from home to Brown University, and the airport Quagmire works at is T. F. Green Airport. The exact location of Quahog in Rhode Island, however, has been inconsistent. The location of the skyline behind the house and the size of Quahog would make it an analogue for Cranston (due south of Providence) or Johnston (due west of Providence), but some episodes include maps that put Quahog in Tiverton (in the far southeast of the state near Newport, and closer to Cape Cod than to Providence) or Lincoln (on the northeast side of Providence and from which the city's skyline can't be seen at all).

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' sharply subverts this. Quahog is a suburb of Rhode Island capital Providence. The Providence skyline can be seen behind the Griffin's house, Brian can casually commute from home to Brown University, and the airport Quagmire works at is T. F. Green Airport.

* ''WesternAnimation/PuppyInMyPocketAdventuresInPocketville'' has the Big City as one of its major settings, besides Pocketville of course. Since the Big City is such a generic name for, well, a city, and many of its landmarks make it very vague on where exactly it would be located in, some have speculated that the Big City is New York City because of some of its views looking similar to Central Park and Times Square, while others think it could possibly be San Francisco or somewhere in Italy (where the show comes from). However, many of the plant life designed in the Big City backgrounds and English text (though often misspelled) on certain signs suggest that it's most likely in the United States.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pelswick}}'': It's hard to tell where Bayview is, with varying clues placing it anywhere from near Portland, Oregon (where creator John Callahan hails from) to near San Francisco, California.

* Seymour's Bay in ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' isn't in a given state, but it closely resembles San Francisco with all its old-fashioned architecture and steeply-sloped roads. Other clues, including people's accents and certain maps, would suggest it might be on the New Jersey coast. The town's name wasn't even revealed until season 9 (it came from the show's editor and his editing bay that the cast and crew spend a lot of time in).

* ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' is set in Hazelnut, a suburban community with the vaguely defined "Tri-Nut Area". Philbert is the setting's nearest major "Nutropolis", and all the nearby towns also have nut-themed names.

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' takes place in a small town called Peach Creek and gives no hints as to where the town actually is. The environment itself resembles Indiana or Iowa.
** The finale movie has Jonny onboard a bus driven by Plank (somehow), racing through highways, and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/edwikia/images/5/50/Peach_Creek.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170329174020 a distant city can be seen]]. It seems to resemble UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, which is where AKA Cartoon was based.