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References to The Simpsons in other media.

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    Advertising 
  • An advert for Beechams Powders Capsules from 1990 features a parody of The Simpsons called "The Symptoms".
  • A 2022 advert for McCain's Superfries contains the slogan "You don't win crowds with salad", a play on the chant "You don't win friends with salad" from "Lisa the Vegetarian".

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    Comic Books 
  • The Flash: In DCU Holiday Bash #2, "The Present", Wally West gets his then girlfriend Linda Park a microwave as a gift. He then overhears Linda talking to her mom on the phone, saying she told Wally exactly what she wanted for Christmas and figures she won't be getting any "high speed blenders" this time. Wally looks back at the microwave and for a moment he imagines it's a bowling ball with "HOMER" engraved on it.
  • Ms. Marvel: In Ms. Marvel (2014), when Kamala Khan first got her Sizeshifter powers, she developed a habit of vocalizing what she wanted her powers to do. Since that point, "EMBIGGEN!" has become her semi-official Catchphrase.
    Ms. Marvel: "Embiggen" is not a magic word. It's just a thing I say.
    Spider-Man: No, I get it. It's a perfectly cromulent word.
  • Urbanus:
    • In "De Geforceerde Urbanus" mother Eufrazie has a dream where her son has different kind of heads. The first head is that of Bart Simpson.
    • In "De Zabberlipgekte" the story is told from different points of view, clearly inspired by the Simpsons episode "Worst Episode Forever" in the way it is set up. This is lampshaded by the characters to, who watch "The Simpsons" on TV at one point and say that the Halloween episodes are the very best.

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    Films — Animation 
  • The LEGO Movie: Milhouse makes a cameo appearance as a Master Builder.
  • Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam: When Dan Castellaneta appears in the talent-stealing scene in Space Jam, Cyborg asks in a pop quiz which "famous TV dummy" is voiced by Castellaneta. When he says "If you guessed Robin, you'd be... WRONG! Robin isn't famous at all.", Robin is drawn like Homer Simpson.
  • Turning Red: Meilin gives the nicknames "Bart" and "Lisa" to the two red panda statues outside her family's temple.

    Films — Live-Action 
  • Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022):
    • In the prologue, one of the kids at Dale's school is drawn in the Simpsons style.
    • While Chip, Dale and Ellie explore Sweet Pete's bootlegging facility, there is a photo of a "bootlegged" Toon that looks like Sideshow Bob crossed with Incrediboy.
    • When the chipmunks are scanned in the bootlegging machine, they are shown on a computer monitor in different art styles, including the Simpsons style.
    • One of the bootleg movie sets seen in the climax is for a Simpsons knockoff with "bootlegged" versions of Homer and Bart.
  • My Own Private Idaho: The characters watch a scene from the first "Treehouse Of Horror" episode on TV, more specifically the moment where the family is being beamed up by Kang and Kodos.
  • Three Kings: In one scene a Bart Simpson doll is seen attached to their jeep. Special attention is brought towards it when the car drives up close to the camera.
  • Basic Instinct: A secondary character owns a keyring with a Bart Simpson figurine attached to it. It is shown several times throughout the movie and becomes a key element to explain a murder.
  • We're the Millers: While David is sitting outside his apartment trying to devise a plan to smuggle marijuana out of Mexico, a man and his family drive up in an RV. The moustached driver explains that he's lost and cheerfully asks David for directions, to which David responds with "Fuck off, real-life Flanders."
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The glass the Professor uses to mix the mutagen antidote has a picture of Bart Simpson on it.
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul: A clip from “Krusty Gets Kancelled” is shown on a hotel TV.
  • The scene in Spider-Man: Homecoming where Betty Brant turns down Jason Ionello in front of cameras broadcast for the whole school complete with close-ups of reaction shots on the boy's face recalls the episode "I Love Lisa", particularly when Lisa breaks up with Ralph during an episode of "The Krusty The Clown Show".
  • In Zebrahead (1992), Nut calls Zack a "Bart Simpson head-ass bitch" because of his blond hair.
  • In Die Hard 2, the episode "There's No Disgrace Like Home" is being shown as an "in-flight movie" on Holly's plane.

    Literature 
  • In A Boy Made of Blocks, Alex watches fifteen episodes of The Simpsons in one sitting to kill time after he's laid off. Later, he thinks of his friend Matt as "like a sort of intelligent Homer Simpson."
  • Ryan from Harmony (2016) is an eleven-year-old autistic boy obsessed with The Simpsons who has a quote for every conceivable situation.
  • In the Doctor Who New Adventures novel Godengine, two settlements on Mars in Roz and Chris's time are Springfield and Shelbyville.
  • There's More Than One Way Home has Science Matt, a children's party entertainer who dresses like Professor Frink.
  • In I Think I Love You, Carrie tells Petra that Marge had a crush on Bobby Sherman, to Petra's disbelief.
  • In My Dark Vanessa, Henry Plough makes Simpsons references in his emails to Vanessa.
  • In The Vampyre Apostles, the vampire Mason Frogg says his plan to break into a house needs to be "delightfully devilish" and "fiendishly clever in its intricacies"
  • In The Boy Who Drew Monsters, Holly parks Jack Peter in front of The Simpsons so he won't disturb her during her bath.
  • Viking Britain by Thomas Williams: The main text describes an incident at the historical site now known as "Wayland's Smithy." In the end notes, the author remarks on the similar names and contrasting personalities of Waylon Smithers and Wayland the Smith, a figure from English and Norse mythology. He wonders if this was a deliberate choice by the creators of The Simpsons.
  • In Nickel Plated, Nickel remembers watching The Simpsons with his foster siblings, shortly before his foster parents tried to force him to star in child porn.
  • In Small as an Elephant, Jack hides in an L.L. Bean until after it closes, then watches The Simpsons on the break room TV.
  • In El Último Trabajo del Señor Luna (a Spanish-language novel by Cesar Mallorquí), one scene mentions that Gabriel is watching an episode of The Simpsons.

    Live-Action TV 
  • 1000 Ways to Die:
    • The victims in the death "Choke-A-Lot" are named Carl and Lenny.
    • Two deaths are titled "Dill D'oh!" and "Dough!!!", referencing Homer's catchphrase.
  • The Big Bang Theory:
    • In "The Grasshopper Experiment", Howard calls Raj's date and imitates his voice, after he hangs up, Howard says Raj can thank him, Raj responds with "For what? Making me sound like a Simpsons character?".
    • In "The Griffin Equalivancy", Howard calls Raj "Dr. Apu from the Kwik-E Mart", Leonard thinks it's racist because Raj is Indian, Howard disagrees because of the fact that Apu is a popular Simpsons character.
    • In "The Viewing Party Combustion", Sheldon dislikes the idea of a generation raised on Bart Simpson, Leonard reminds him that Sheldon is a fan of the show, Sheldon points out that he is a fan of Lisa Simpson.
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: At the beginning of the third season episode "Lover's Walk", Willow is despondent over the fact she scored only 740 on her verbal SAT's, and calls herself "Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel".
  • The Cosby Show: The episode "Same Time, Next Year" opens with Olivia greeting Cliff while wearing a Bart Simpson mask, to which Cliff responds "Now cut that out." This was a jab at FOX scheduling The Simpsons opposite The Cosby Show on Thursday nights, and was a way of Cosby accepting the ratings challenge.
  • The Expanse: In a crowd scene of season five episode "Churn" a man can be heard selling Khlav Kalash with a cart displaying a picture of crab in another shot.
  • Full House:
    • In "Silence is Not Golden", Jessie breaks up a fight between DJ and Stephanie, calling them Itchy and Scratchy.
    • Jesse tells his girlfriend he wants to marry her in an Elvis-themed wedding. Cue to a dream sequence where they both look like Elvis and Priscilla Beaulieu on the day of their wedding. Back to reality Jesse's girlfriend protests: "I don't want to marry with hair like Marge Simpson!"
  • FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman: Marge Simpson is mentioned by Ruff when he is baffled over Rosario's wacky impression of him as he and Bridget host a puppet show at a hospital.
    Rosario (as a Ruff Puppet): [loud, scratchy, melodramatic voice] I BROKE MY LEG!
    Ruff: [voice-over] Is that Ruff Ruffman or Marge Simpson?
  • In Living Color!: One sketch had a woman ended up getting her hair accidentally dyed blue by an incompetent hairdresser trainee and she quips, "When I said I wanted a new hairdo, I didn't mean like Marge Simpson's!"
  • Married... with Children: In the "Mr. Empty Pants" episode, Al is annoyed that Peg has made a pathetic cartoon character about him that has led to international fame and wants her to discontinue it. She doesn't agree.
    Peg: So come on, Al. Be like Homer Simpson and say "D'Oh".
    Al: Hey, I am not a cartoon character! I am almost a human being, dammit!
  • On Martin, one of Martin's many insults for baldheaded Tommy is "Domer Simpson".
  • Muñeca Brava:
    • One time Luisa is shown watching The Simpsons on TV.
    • Milagros says that she can't watch Ivo receive his award on TV because she usually watches The Simpsons at that time.
  • Mythbusters did an entire episode dedicated to The Simpsons, specifically testing Bart's cherry bomb toilet prank from "The Crepes of Wrath" and Homer clinging to a wrecking ball to save the home from being demolished in "Sideshow Bob Roberts".
  • Portlandia: Matt Groening sues Spike for making an unlicensed Bart Simpson, called Bart Ska-mpson, T-Shirt.
  • Saved by the Bell:
    • In "The Break Up", Screech is undecided on who to go as at a school costume party:
      Screech: Now should I go as Bart Simpson and shave my head, or as Al Bundy and shave my back?
      Lisa: Why don't you go as Barf Bundy and put your head in a paper bag?
    • In "No Hope With Dope", when famous movie star Johnny Dakota invites the gang to a Hollywood party, Screech questions if the Simpsons will be there.
    • In "Rockumentary" after a music producer, Brian Fate, discovers the Zack Attack playing a song in their garage and wants to sign them to his label, Zack is skeptical:
      Kelly: Are you really interested in us?
      Brian Fate: Does Bart Simpson have animated zits?
    • In "The Fight" when Zack and Slater are comparing the same girl they both unwittingly like to her hotness, the former says that "she makes Madonna look like Bart Simpson".
  • Saved by the Bell: The College Years: In an episode where Leslie has Screech pretend to be her annoying boyfriend to aggravate her parents, he suggests that they should name their children Itchy and Scratchy.
  • Smallville: In "Exile", Clark Kent, who has turned evil due to red kryptonite exposure, goes to rob a bank. He arrives to find some men dressed like Monster Clowns already robbing it. He beats them up and takes their money, nicknaming one of them "Krusty" in the process.
  • Spitting Image: One sketch of the early 1990s had a cartoon segment where Prince Philip was portrayed as Homer and Prince Charles as Bart.
  • In the Ted (2024) episode "Subways, Bicycles, and Automobiles" John watches "The Devil And Homer Simpson" segment of "Treehouse Of Horror IV" on TV.
  • Veronica Mars: On more than one occasion, when Veronica accomplishes something, she'll imitate Mr. Burns saying "Excellent."
    • In the second season episode "One Angry Veronica", Veronica has to serve on a jury, and one of the other jurors is simply known as "Ned Flanders Type".
    • In the third season episode "My Big Fat Greek Rush Week", Logan and Wallace are in a sociology class taught by Dr. Kinny, played by Dan Castellaneta, and they do a version of the Stanford Prison Experiment. When one of the "guards" claims to have gotten the information needed to win, and Dr. Kinny tells him he's wrong, as Dr. Kinny leaves, someone yells out, "D'oh!" It's unclear if it was Dr. Kinny (which would make it an Actor Allusion) or someone else.
  • Young Sheldon:
    • In "A Pager, a Club and a Cranky Bag of Wrinkles", Mary started a club at church, they write letters asking for the animated show about Homer Simpson and his family to be canceled (the show originally focused more on Homer's son Bart). Mary feels success is imminent.
    • In "A Romantic Getaway And A Germanic Meat-Based Diet", Missy and her friend Tonya are mentioning the hottest guys on TV. Tonya mentions Bart Simpson, with Missy pointing out he isn't real.

    Magazines 
  • MAD Magazine: Naturally the magazine has taken potshots at the series many times.
    • A 1990 cover features Alfred E. Neuman mowing down Bart's spiky hair with a lawnmower. In the same issue a "behind the scenes" peek is taken in the Simpsons studios. One of the better jokes is the crew receiving a plaque from the Hanna-Barbera studios. When Matt Groening asks whether it is to honor them for being the first succesful sitcom since "The Flintstones?" the man answers: "No, because ever since we came along "Hanna Barbera" no longer has the worst animation on television." note  It should be noted that several writers on The Simpsons are fans of MAD and have made references to the magazine on the series.

    Music 
  • George Michael: In the music video of "Shoot the Dog", clones of George Michael appear at one point dressed up like the Simpsons family.
  • Bloodhound Gang: Their song "Ralph Wiggum" from "Hefty Fine" is comprised entirely of quotes from the show, mostly from Ralph.
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic: The song "Phony Calls" has a sample from Bart making a prank call to Moe in the episode "Blood Feud".
    • In "How Could This Happen To Me?" Al is disappointed because a new episode of The Simpsons was pre-empted by a news report about an earthquake.
  • Fall Out Boy: Their band name is a reference to the character Fallout Boy, the sidekick of Radioactive Man.
  • Bad Bunny's video for "Te Deseo Lo Mejor" takes place in Springfield with "Homero" lamenting that Marge has left him. Fortunately, they get back together at a Bad Bunny concert.
  • There's actually a heavy metal band called "Okilly Dokilly" where all the members are dressed like Ned Flanders.
  • Mitski: Her third album "Bury Me At Makeout Creek" is titled after a quote from Milhouse in the episode "Faith Off".
  • Wolf Alice: Their song "Moaning Lisa Smile" is told from the perspective of Lisa Simpson.

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    Video Games 
  • In Banjo-Tooie, when Banjo gives the Oogle Boogles junk food, one of them rewards him with a Jiggy. Banjo asks the Oogle Boogle why there are teeth marks on it, and the Oogle Boogle tells him that he thought chocolate was inside, referencing a similar scene in "Mr. Plow" when Homer is forced to hand the key to the city back to Mayor Quimby.
  • Cragne Manor:
    • A painting of meat in the manor's gallery is captioned "steamed meats" (using an old-timey letter S that looks like an F). The narration mentions that, despite this, they're obviously grilled.
    • The church chapel has two Simpsons references: the lockbox says "The Al-ighty Ollar", which is the MAD fold-in that Homer messes up in "Team Homer". One of the limericks you can read is described as "filthy, but genuinely arousing", which is a line from Mrs. Glick while watching TV in "Three Men and a Comic Book".
  • The Darkside Detective: McQueen describes the leaves of a potted plant as resembling "sideshow clown hair".
  • Team Fortress 2:
  • Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle has Beep-0 say this to Madame Bwashtrella: "We'll let you get back to separating the slack-jawed yokels from the money they saved to buy pickled pigs' feet." The phrase "Slack-jawed Yokels" clearly a possible reference to Cletus and his incestuous relationship.

    Webcomics 
  • My Impossible Soulmate: Jocelyn Samara opens The Rant to "Unbound" by making a reference to "I Love Lisa":
    "Watch this, friends. You can actually pinpoint the second when [Chiaki's] mind rips in half."
  • In Arthur, King of Time and Space, one of Space!Merlin's time travel friends is Homer, who resembles that other Homer apart from having a beard and being blind. He even has noticeably sallow skin.
  • Sabrina Online: In a November 1999 strip, as Amy goes into labor, she and Thomas realize the baby's going to be born out of wedlock since they're not married. The scene then cuts to a dog resembling Flanders reacting to their loud profanity from afar, referencing a gag from "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)".
  • Many in El Goonish Shive:
    • The title to the strip was apparently loosely inspired by a line in The Simpsons about "hired goons".
    • When George is complaining about midichlorians, he says they are "to quote Flanders, an 'answer to a question no-one asked.'"
    • Noah's social isolation is illustrated when Elliot suggests they talk about TV shows, and he's not sure if The Simpsons is something other people have heard of or not.
    • In The Rant to this strip, Dan says he put too much thought into designing one-shot characters who have to go now because their planet needs them.
  • Shot and Chaser: Olly says "Wow, you just straight up Grandpa Simpsoned out of there." when Tre steps into a convenience store, then turns around and walks straight back out after seeing the people inside.

    Web Original 
  • The Angry Video Game Nerd
    • The Nerd has reviewed three video games based on the TV show; Bart Vs. the Space Mutants, Bart Vs. the World, and Bartman Meets Radioactive Man.
    • In his review of Action 52, while playing Robbie Robot, the Nerd calls the titular character "Robbie the sunglass-wearing Bart Simpson lookalike in a blue dress".
    • In his review of Super Hydlide and Virtual Hydlide, after beating the final boss of Virtual Hydlide, the Nerd notes how Jim floats away like Poochie. The Nerd later uses this gag on himself to close the episode, saying he forgot to prepare a proper ending.
      Jim: I have to go now, my planet needs me. (floats up with slide whistle)
      Note: Jim the Knight died on his way back to his home planet.
  • Medlife Crisis: In "Space Doctor Analyses Medicine In THE EXPANSE" while the show most discussed is The Expanse the Simpsons gets a brief mention when discussing the real life study of sperm aboard the International Space station, as the mission patch was designed by Matt Groening and depicts Homer riding a giant sperm like a bull.
  • Mickey Mouse Reacts: Mickey reacts to a clip from the movie where Bart mimicks him, calling him "the mascot of an evil corporation". Mickey denies his company being evil; he would say they're very evil.
  • The Nostalgia Critic
    • The review of Doug's 1st Movie has Critic calling the characters "jellybean-colored Simpson rejects''.
    • The review of Total Recall (1990) makes use of the "hired goons" bit from "Last Exit to Springfield".
    • The review of The Cat in the Hat has Critic gets scared of the designs of Thing One and Thing Two, calling them "Marge Simpson if she was mutated with Alfred E. Neuman".
    • The review of Monkeybone has Critic complaining that he's paying more attention to a Krusty cel in the background than on the main characters before briefly pondering when The Simpsons started to dip in quality. A bit later, he deduces the cel was from "Homie the Clown".
    • In the review of Fox Kids, Malcolm describes Bobby's World as "Calvin and Hobbes if they were made by Ned Flanders".
    • In his review of the Sonic the Hedgehog OVA, Critic gives this exchange in the scene where Sonic and Tails confront Dr. Robotnik in the President's office;
      Critic!!Dr. Robotnik: Hi, everybody!
      Critic!!Sonic and Tails: Hi, Robotnik!
      • In the same review, during his impression of Dr. Robotnik, Critic says that Tails sounds like "A constipated Simpson child".
    • His review of The Happening has him give his own interpretation of the movie's events started after noticing a nuclear power plant nearby a plant nursery.
      Homer Simpson: D'oh! Mr. Burns, I'm afraid I caused The Happening!
      Mr. Burns: Simpson, you idiot! Now we're trapped in an M. Night Shyamalan film! And not one of the good ones! Either of them!
  • PhantomStrider has made several countdown videos relating the The Simpsons, including best and worst episode lists, a worst character list, and a list of episodes that were censored or banned for various reasons.
  • Console Wars:
  • RemyRaccoon: In "Everything Wrong With Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One", when Ratchet says he didn't vote for Captain Qwark to be Galactic President, Vale claims he voted for Kodos.
  • In the Brain Dump review of Moana, the side character, Goofball, gets the host, Max G, to sing along on "No Girl's Toy". When Max realizes what Goofball has done, he starts strangling him in manner very similar to how Homer strangles Bart.
    Max: Why you little...! Gah! Argh! (strangles Goofball) I'll teach you to make me sing showtunes in public!
  • Korri of Dubbed By Strangers has nicknamed the fake Indian accent coming from a non-Indian voice actor seen in some shows (she specifically cites Mr. Bounce) "The Apu Accent", after Apu, whose voice has been criticized for similar reasons.
  • The SCP Foundation labels the mobile task force assigned to SCP-3077, Kappa-14, by the codename "AH! Sideshow Bob!"

    Western Animation 
  • 101 Dalmatians: The Series: "The Making of..." has several shout-outs to other shows, movies, and cartoons. One of them is a The Simpsons-styled couch gag, with Lucky in the role of Bart, Cadpig in the role of Lisa, and Rolly in the role of Maggie. When the other dalmatians climb onto the couch with them, the couch collapses from their combined weight.
  • In the 100th episode of American Dad!, Roger announces they will finally reveal "Who Shot Mr. Burns", but an unheard voice informs him that it was already revealed 15 years ago that the baby did it.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987): In one episode the Turtles have to fight a gigantic bull. One of them jokes: "Don't have a cow, man", whereupon another one corrects him: "Eh... wrong show.".
  • The Fairly Oddparents: The movie Channel Chasers has Timmy entering a Simpsons parody. He writes on the chalkboard "This is the sincerest form of flattery."
  • Family Guy has made many, many jabs at the show, given that they share a night and networknote .
    • In "Peterotica", Peter recalls how his family started as crude sketches on The Tracey Ullman Show.
    • Stewie's Villain Song in "Lois Kills Stewie" has him naming the kinds of people he hates; one of them is "That guy who watched The Simpsons back in 1994, and won't admit the damn thing isn't funny anymore."
    • "Movin Out (Brian's Song)" features a scene where Marge appears in a miniature promo for the show at the bottom of the screen, where she gets raped by Quagmire. They are then shown (offscreen) having sex in the Simpson house, where the family walks in on them and Quagmire kills them all.
    • In "The Juice is Loose", an angry mob is confronting O.J. Simpson, and Mayor West says "Get out of town, Simpson! We don't love you like we did back in 1993!" As a Bait-and-Switch, the scene them cuts to Homer Simpson, who says "D'oh!"
    • In "New Kidney in Town", Peter skips out on dialysis treatment, resulting in his skin turning yellow. He remarks that he could "go on for another 20 years".
    • In "Ratings Guy", when Peter goes to the TV network to help him fix television, Homer comes in asking them to help him with the same problem. Peter then taunt that his show finally did a plot The Simpsons hasn't done.
    • When Peter loses his memory in "Big Man on Hippocampus", he tries to remember what his catchphrase is. He then exclaims "D'oh!" before deciding that it doesn't seem right.
    • "Cool Hand Peter" has Peter and his friends jailed on phony charges, and Peter notes that he should have known this would happen when he saw their jury. The resulting Cutaway Gag shows several Simpsons characters making up the jury.
      Peter: At least it's a jury of our peers.
      Joe: I don't think they see it that way.
    • This all cultivated in the crossover special "The Simpsons Guy".
    • In "Guy Robot", when Peter drunkenly stumbles into bed, he mutters, "We act like we don't take a lot from The Simpsons, but we took a lot from The Simpsons."
    • In "The Movement", when Carter's baseball team loses two of its coaches, Carter asks where he would get another coach. We then suddenly cut to Homer in the audience eating popcorn, who says, "I'm on vacation!", and Carter states how funny that would have been.
    • In "Coma Guy", during Peter's coma-induced dream, Homer appears from the hedges, in reference to the scene from "Homer Loves Flanders" and says, "Meme", and then Peter emerges from the same hedges and says, "Not a meme."
    • In "Save the Clam", a drunken Peter misremembers some of his most memorable adventures, such as Maggie's first word, Mr. Plow and Bart jumping Springfield Gorge.
  • Comic Book Guy cameos in The Cleveland Show, in which he tears apart Cleveland's superhero comic at a convention before leaving and remarking "Worst! Cameo! Ever!".
  • Mona the Vampire: In the episode "The Sounds of Sirens", when her teacher, Miss Gotto, asks her who Homer was, Mona replies "Isn't he that funny cartoon dad in that cartoon show?"
  • Futurama
    • Blinky the three-eyed fish makes a cameo appearance in "Space Pilot 3000".
    • In "A Big Piece of Garbage", Fry finds a bunch of Bart Simpson dolls in the garbage ball. Bender complies with the doll's order to eat its shorts and mutters "Mmm...shorts."
    • In "Mars University", a flashback shows Fry attending Coney Island University, and one carny game has dolls of Homer and Bart.
    • In "Jurassic Bark", Seymour, Fry's dog, in a flashback, searches for Fry, stopping at a miniature golf course. The gate has a sign reading, "Because someone inconsiderate created an unsanitary condition, the windmill green is closed until further notice", in reference to "Natural Born Kissers" in which Homer and Marge are caught doing it in the windmill where they conceived Bart.
    • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" has Fry afflicted with Simpson's Jaundice, which turns his skin yellow.
      Fry: ¡Ay, caramba!
  • Garfield and Friends: The episode "The Automated, Animated Adventure" has Garfield's design being altered Duck Amuck-style when he's scanned into a cartoon computer.
    Garfield: This is about as as bad as I could possible look. (his design becomes that of Bart Simpson) I was wrong. This is worse.
  • Goof Troop: In the Christmas Special, Pistol says "Don't have a cowbell, man." This doubles as an Actor Allusion, as she's voiced by Nancy Cartwright, who also voices Bart.
  • One of the theme songs of Histeria! parodies the opening theme of The Simspons with Loud Kiddington as Bart, Father Time as Homer, World's Oldest Woman as Marge, a female Big Fat Baby as Maggie, and Charity Bazar as Lisa.
  • South Park
    • In "Ike's Wee Wee", Mr. Mackey is fired for allegedly possessing marijuana, and is taunted by a man who says "Hey, what does Homer Simpson say? Dope!"
    • The episode, "The Simpsons Already Did It" is a satirization of The Simpsons using so many plots in its long run, that's become difficult to come up with original ideas. This culminates in Butters having a mental breakdown causing him to see everyone as Simpsons characters.
    • The "Cartoon Wars" two-parter has Cartman teaming with a Bart Simpson expy in helping him get Family Guy off the air. (This was added after a letter from The Simpsons thanked South Park for taking down Family Guy.)
  • Tiny Toon Adventures:
    • In the short, "It's All Relatives" (from the episode, "Pledge Week"), Babs does a rapid-fire series of imitations for her grandmother, among them Marge, Bart and Maggie.
    • The episode, "Weekday Afternoon Live" features a purple-skinned guest host called "Blard Simpleton". He would later cameo in the Spring Break special as one of Elmyra's pets.
    • In the Direct to Video movie, "How I Spent My Vacation", Elmyra gives a lion a haircut resembling Bart Simpson's.
  • SpongeBob SquarePants:
    • The title card for "The Sponge Who Could Fly" is a parody of the title screen of The Simpsons opening sequence.
    • Possibly coincidental. In "SpongeBob's Last Stand", Patrick says that his great-uncle is Cletus Spuckler, the Slack-Jawed Yokel.
  • Transformers: BotBots: 24k-Bit's mannerisms are, by the the writers' admission, very clearly inspired by Duffman.
  • Duckman:
    • In the pilot episode, "I Duckman" Duckman watches old movies of his past life, where all the scenes are done in an old cartoon style. The first being Mickey Mouse, the second Popeye, the third Yogi Bear and the fourth The Simpsons. Duckman watches a number of old home movies, one of them depicting the Simpsons living room. His eldest son, Ajax, is also seen, dressed like Bart Simpson. Duckman is listening to the TV, on which the announcer lists the winning lottery numbers. When he realizes he won the lottery, Duckman shouts "Woo-hoo!" His younger sons, being only babies, then crawl over and eat the lottery ticket, to which Duckman cries "D'oh!" His wife is also seen, dressed like Marge Simpson.
    • In another episode, "Duckman and Cornfed in Haunted Society Plumbers" Homer Simpson has a special cameo near the end, done with permission of the Simpsons studios and Dan Castellaneta actually performing the role.
  • Space Ghost Coast to Coast:
    • In the pilot episode, "Spanish Translation", Space Ghost at one point yells "D'oh!", after Zorak yells at him "YOU EEDIOT!".
    • In another episode, "Glen Campbell", Space Ghost and Zorak watch the show. Said episode also features Matt Groening as special guest.
  • The Real Ghostbusters:
    • In "Guess What's Coming to Dinner", the Grungy family resembles Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa, though with their names and personalities based on The Bundys.
    • In "Stay Tooned", the front cover of the TV Guide that Winston looks through says, Slimsons.
  • The Critic
    • During an interview with Geraldo Rivera, Jay Sherman is asked about talking over the heads of his audience and does just that in his answer. An annoyed family watching changes the channel to The Simpsons, where Homer — after stepping on a rake — exclaims, "D'oh!" and Bart replies, "Ay caramba!" The family's father comments, "Now, this I understand."
    • In "Dukerella", Jay and Alice go to a costume ball dresses up as Homer and Marge. When Jay informs Alice that he left his car with the valet, only for her to say that there aren't any valets hired, he cries out, "D'oh!"
    • A Fox network executive calls Jay and asks him to emulate Bart, Homer, Marge and Maggie in "From Chunk to Hunk".
    • In "A Song for Margo", the children at the Oliver Twist preschool are making Simpsons merchandise.
  • The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "My Shiny Friend" has Stimpy flipping through TV channels, and one of which is of a snippet of Homer from the end of "Treehouse of Horror II" whining, "Ohhh, I hate having two heads!"
  • An episode of The Oblongs has the family dressed up as the Simpsons for their family portrait. The photographer remarks "I hope I don't get sued for this."
  • Molly of Denali: In "Spring Carnival," Tooey says "You'll have to speak up. I'm wearing a towel," which is Homer's famous quote from "Bart Gets Famous."

    Real Life 
  • The most famous instance was President George H. W. Bush's speech at the 1992 Republican Party Convention where he claimed American families should be "a lot more like The Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons." The same week the show replied by having the Simpsons watch this clip on their TV and Bart saying: "Hey, we're just like the Waltons. We're praying for an end to the depression too."

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