Film Theory: We FOUND The SIMPSONS!

Most of the tavern now speaks Hello. I was hoping you could tell me what state Springfield is in session. Go when he contacts you. I will use your head as a bucket and collect my house with your brain. That escalated quickly. Hello Internet, welcome. to Film Theory, the show that proves you can turn Netflix reruns into a job, and while reruns are the only way to enjoy most of our favorite '90s shows, unless you know someone is Eager to make money quickly based on brand awareness, there is a program. That thing on The Simpsons came out in a simpler time when cell phones were the size of bricks and the word flek hadn't earned a place in the dictionary, speaking of the dictionary, although Homer's mass catchphrase was added ago some years.

It does and is where the common use of the word Mac comes from. Crazy since the kwik-e-mart, the prototype of Internet trolls. The Simpsons are truly a cultural icon, and yet, after nearly three decades, one major mystery about the series remains unanswered. The Simpsons live, we all know they live in Springfield. That part is obvious, but status has always been a question and it's no coincidence that the show has teased viewers for years by giving out information that would make it virtually impossible for anyone to determine exactly where. However, Springfield realizes I said practically impossible because after examining the evidence there is more than enough evidence to deduce where the Simpsons actually reside today, we are closing the books on one of the longest running puzzles in prime time.

Now wait for your comment. Hand on all the walking Simpsons encyclopedias, I'm sure you're waiting to point out that there are tons of jokes and references in The Simpsons that contradict each other. What about that time in the Simpsons movie, for example, when Flanders says that the four states that border Springfield are Ohio, Nevada, Maine and Kentucky, no state like that exists or could exist, well, the stupid sexy one Flanders, that's a good point, but here's what the brokers joke about is that Springfield is there mainly to throw off potential theorists, so if we want to determine where Springfield really is, we need to look for evidence that is provided when the program He doesn't joke about the impossibility of his location.

The reference also applies to episodes that are older, because they are less likely to present Springfield as a place that couldn't. It doesn't exist and because many die-hard Simpsons fans consider the episodes after season 9 to be non-canonical because the show changed. The executive producers understood each other very well because we have a mystery to solve since the Simpsons take a lot of pride and never reveal their big mystery. The best tactic to show where Springfield is is to work backwards and eliminate the 50 states that aren't there, there's a lot to cover so let's eliminate a bunch right away in season 5.

Bart wins a call-in contest at the local radio station of Springfield. and he can choose between a grand prize of $10,000 or an elephant. Bart chooses the elephant. Great shenanigans ensue and Homer gets trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits. So what does this have to do with the Springfield location? Well, the radio station that Bart calls is called kbbl and is referenced in several other Simpsons episodes from the early seasons, so we can say that it is, in fact, a permanent fixture in Springfield and not just someone who jokes A random writer came up with why this matters so much.

In the early 1920s, the Federal Communications Commission established a system for radio station call letters. All states east of the Mississippi River would have letters starting with W, like NBC's WNYC radio station in New York, and stations west of the mighty Mississip would begin with the letter K. Therefore, Springfield's kbbl would not It could be in any of the 26 states that are completely east of the Mississippi River, Minnesota and Louisiana are the exceptions with stations starting with both K and W, so they will stay for now, but still half the country goes in one go, of course?

You realize this, but seriously, people investigate, but maybe I spoke too soon because from here it is much more complicated. We get some good geographical clues from the season 7 episode, Bart on the Road. Bart manages to obtain a fake ID. He drives for spring break and ends up stranded with his friends in Knoxville Tennessee on the Springfield-Knoxville highway. The group drives through Branson Missouri stopping to listen to the soft croon of Andy Williams if you're wondering who Andy Williams is. Don't worry, people who watched that episode at the time it aired probably didn't know who Andy Williams was.

Anyway, such a random old reference, let's take a look at the map. Branson is in the southwest corner of Missouri and Knoxville is in eastern Tennessee. Bart would do it. They've had to take a pretty big detour to get to Branson if their point of origin was Louisiana, Arkansas, or Texas, so we can eliminate them all and, unless the rental car is one of those boats that go from water to land, they are heading towards them. Tennessee from Hawaii is not a big surprise Hawaii is off the table in this episode we see a map of all the nuclear reactors in the United States above Homer's workstations when the camera zooms in we can see California Nevada and Utah completely and none of their reactors are labeled Springfield three other states bite the dust now we have to think about the topography of Springfield, we know Springfield has mountains from episodes like Mountain of Madness Mr.

Plow and King of the Hill should not be confused with this damn Be Hungry Bobby I swear my New Year's resolution is to stop doing impressions in the Simpsons episode King of the Hill Homer gets in shape and is hired by a protein bar company to climb Murder Horn the highest mountain high in Springfield in one scene we see Homer sucking on oxygen tanks witches packed guides to prevent altitude sickness according to WebMD altitude sickness is extremely rare below 8,000 feet above sea level Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota North Dakota South Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma all have higher points that are shorter than the 8,000 foot mark, 2.4 kilometers, so they are all out, which means we are on our last 9 Alaska Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Wyoming Colorado New Mexico and Arizona this is not a surprise, but it is definitely not Alaska in the Simpsons movie, the whole family uproots from Springfield and moves to Alaska, we even see them enter the state for the first time, so Alaska is left out, We have a couple of clues that help us eliminate some southwestern states also the season. 5 episodes Boy Scouts in the neighborhood clearly I myself live the life of bully Bart and his son.

The group of campers gets lost when they go whitewater rafting. Homer tries to navigate using a map of krustyburger locations and says the following: Hey, there's New Mexico and in the process leaves the state out of the running. now let's jump to season two, season seven, king size. Homer in him Homer arrives at his desk at 8:58 in the morning and points out that it is the first time he has arrived early for work. look at daylight saving time, geez, Arizona is very different, at least it's simpler than Australia's daylight saving time system. I mean, seriously, did you know this?

They have half hour time zones and the continent is divided into how does this make sense anyway? Another big geographic clue is Springfield's proximity to the water, plus the fact that one of Springfield's strange residences is a grizzled old sea captain. We see in numerous episodes that Springfield is near the ocean. Homer and Marge take a romantic walk on the beach and Maggie takes three of the season. 6 Bart and Lisa track down Krusty the Clown disguised as a longshoreman and Bart the Fink and Marge and Homer meet and declare themselves soul mates in a lighthouse in lva hey old lva hey mysterious they didn't row west Homer yes, that's an episode that appeared in season 8, well we don't have a solid indication that Springfield is a coastal city, it's necessarily safe to say that it must be a short distance from the coast, as a result all the remaining landlocked states are outside of Sayonara a Idaho, Montana, Colorado and Wyoming, and that My friends leave us with the state of Washington and Oregon, these two states are very similar, their geography, climate, topography and demographics are quite similar, but there is one incredibly minor detail that helps us to remove Springfield from one of them and it's so small I can guarantee it. that even the most die-hard Simpsons fans might have missed which one it is, place your bets in the comments from time to time, let me know if you won ready in season 7 episode, much of puh about nothing, a bear walks into Springfield Leaving an angry mob to demand protection from the Bears, Mayor Quimby establishes a bear patrol and when Homer opens his paycheck, he is outraged to see a five dollar tax for this new government service, but if we get close to that check The paycheck on the left side, three rows down from that paycheck indicates that ten dollars and forty-five cents were withheld in state tax.

Why does this matter? Because there are nine states in the US that do not have state-level income taxes. Alaska Florida Nevada New Hampshire South Dakota Tennessee Texas Wyoming and last but not least Washington State Heck, we have a winner. The Simpsons' hometown is Springfield, Oregon. It's true that no small town could have all of the characteristics that the Simpsons have attributed to the fictional Springfield over the years, but geographically and according to hidden clues throughout the series, Oregon is indeed it. the best combination with a little bit of everything coast forests deserts high mountains and gorges man I'm starting to feel like the Oregon Tourism Board Oregon is more than just a trail, but you're still angry about the results, there's one more piece of There is evidence to consider and comes from the creator of the series himself, Matt Grading.

Some die-hard Simpsons fans may remember that before The Simpsons got its own show, it was a series of short cartoons on The Tracey Ullman Show. Matt Grading was a cartoonist whose most popular cartoon. By this time, Life in Hell had caught the attention of that show's creators, who then asked him to submit cartoons for the series. It raining he wanted to make sure that he would retain all ownership over life in hell, so he pitched a caricature to The Tracey Ullman. He shows as he progressed through this release, he named the patriarch after his own father, Homer, and said that the family would live on Evergreen Terrace, the same street on which that he grew up as a child.

I want to guess where Matt Graining is. Of itself, Portland Oregon in an interview with Smithsonian magazine Graining said that he initially wanted to name each character after a street in Portland and for a time he managed to turn Portland's Flanders Street Lovejoy Street and Quimby Street into recurring characters in the series and in real life. Springfield Oregon is just a short trip south on Interstate 5 from Portland, although the Simpsons Springfield is meant to be an unnamed all-American town, it was set in Oregon from the first release, but hey, that's just a

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That's pretty impressive, but I admit I'm not the first Simpsons theorist. In fact, did you know that many members of The Simpsons writing team have advanced degrees in mathematics and physics? It is true that one author, Simon Singh, actually tracked down all the mathematical references in the program. Discovering the surprising truth that The Simpsons loli introduces number theory into the minds of her viewers is no joke, and if you're interested, it's worth mentioning that the book is available for download at audible.com. Audible has been a regular sponsor for us on this video. included and for good reason it's a service I believe in, for example I didn't have time to read Simon's book myself, but I did have time to listen to it in the car, chapter by chapter, driving between meetings and it was fantastic.

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Movie now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find some books on the origin, maybe someone knows what that movie is about.