what state do the Simpsons live?
01-01-05 | 03:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Crazy Aoshi
Well there is a statue on the Univeristy of Oregon campus that looks exactly like Jebediah Springfield.
01-01-05 | 04:03 PM
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also, one of the more recent episodes had a local volcano erupting... pretty sure there are no volcanos that close to any of the springfields in the US. closest one to a volcano would probably be Oregon.
01-01-05 | 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Salty
It's near the mountains, dense forest, desert and ocean.
In other words, they have gone out of their to make it a place that doesn't exist.
In other words, they have gone out of their to make it a place that doesn't exist.
01-01-05 | 08:17 PM
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Sure there are lots of crazy kooky things made so Springfield cannot be in any state, but if you disregard such on-the-spot plot devices like a volcano you can narrow it down on Kentucky, or Missouri.
01-03-05 | 02:34 AM
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I just watched Marge in Chains on Simpsons Season 4 and on the part when Snake steals the Kwik-E-Mart driving toward New Mexico, the freeway sign has Shelbyville, North Haverbrook (the delapitated town in Marge vs. the Monorail- victim to the fraud!)and New Mexico City reading 678 miles. So Springfield is anywhere 678 miles off the radius of New Mexico City.
Well it's definitely in the South somewhere.
Well it's definitely in the South somewhere.
01-03-05 | 11:11 AM
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At the San Diego Comic Con last year, during the Simpson's panel with Matt and everyone else, they would not say.
01-03-05 | 12:39 PM
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It's Kentucky. I've rarely watched the Simpsons over the years but my college roommate was a huge fan. I remember watching an episode with him where I heard them mention Springfield was in Kentucky. I asked him if it's really in Kentucky and he said that was the first time he's ever heard them say it. I made a thread on here about it asking the same thing several years ago. I doubt it's even still available.
01-03-05 | 12:45 PM
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It isn't Kentucky, Misssouri, or ANY real state. Read these two posts in this very thread:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showpos...0&postcount=23
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showpos...0&postcount=24
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showpos...0&postcount=23
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showpos...0&postcount=24
01-04-05 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by duff beer
I know that it never was revealed on the show (or was it?) and that Springfield can be in any state but i do remember that there was revealed info on the actual state the Simpsons really lived in, i forgot the state but it is in the South, and touches the ocean.
01-04-05 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeremy517
It isn't Kentucky, Misssouri, or ANY real state. Read these two posts in this very thread:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showpos...0&postcount=23
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showpos...0&postcount=24
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showpos...0&postcount=23
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showpos...0&postcount=24
=[ "Behind The Laughter", and why it doesn't count ]========
In the first airing of [BABF19], "Behind The Laughter", the
narrator gave Springfield's location as northern Kentucky.
For the second and some later airings, this changed to
southern Missouri. But neither of these are admissible
locations for Springfield, for the many reasons listed later
in this document.
What's the explanation? This episode is not canon.
It portrays the show not as a cartoon created by Matt
Groening, but as a live-action sitcom originally written by
Homer and starring his own family. None of what happens is
part of the main Simpsons continuity... just like any
Halloween Special.
In the first airing of [BABF19], "Behind The Laughter", the
narrator gave Springfield's location as northern Kentucky.
For the second and some later airings, this changed to
southern Missouri. But neither of these are admissible
locations for Springfield, for the many reasons listed later
in this document.
What's the explanation? This episode is not canon.
It portrays the show not as a cartoon created by Matt
Groening, but as a live-action sitcom originally written by
Homer and starring his own family. None of what happens is
part of the main Simpsons continuity... just like any
Halloween Special.
01-04-05 | 02:33 PM
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i thought on the ep were they showed a driver's liscence it showed the state a "Springfield NT"
someone somewere said NT was short for north Tacoma.
someone somewere said NT was short for north Tacoma.
01-05-05 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Breakfast with Girls
Now we just have to figure out where New Mexico City is.
01-05-05 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by whotony
i thought on the ep were they showed a driver's liscence it showed the state a "Springfield NT"
someone somewere said NT was short for north Tacoma.
someone somewere said NT was short for north Tacoma.
No, NT is Matt Groening and James L. Brooks' way of saying: "NOT TELLING"
