About This Quiz
As an animated sitcom with a 26-year history, "The Simpsons" offers a wealth of memorable quips and maxims. Take this quiz to see if you can match the one-liner with the quirky character.Despite Homer's veneer as the oafish father of the Simpson clan, he cares deeply for his family.
Selma and Patty Bouvier, Marge Simpson's older twin sisters, have had mixed success with their love lives. Both have one thing in common, though: a strong dislike for Marge's husband, Homer Simpson.
Springfield Elementary teacher Edna Krabappel gives Bart gets an "F" in season 2 of "The Simpsons." Marcia Wallace, who voiced Krabappel, won an Emmy for her work on the show in 1992.
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Jimmy Finlayson, the antagonist in many Laurel and Hardy films, used a similar expression, which inspired Homer's famous catchphrase.
Bart Simpson may be looking forward to attaining his sister's eventual riches, but he's already lucrative enough: Nancy Cartwright, who voices Bart, makes $300,000 per episode.
In the 2014 episode "Opposites A-Frack," radio host Robert Siegel appears as himself opposite Mr. Burns, the owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
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Bart Simpson says this line in the "Monorail Song" when Marge expresses her hesitation about Springfield's purchase of a new monorail.
Marge Simpson utters this line as clever homage to bad boy Charlie Sheen, giving another nod to "The Simpsons" penchant for capturing current events. In 2011, at the time of the episode's debut, Sheen had just been canned from the sitcom "Two and a Half Men" after a public meltdown.
Milhouse Van Houten, Bart Simpson's best friend, offers this take on surprising one's parents in the "Haw-Hawed Couple" episode that originally aired on Dec. 10, 2006.
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Although, it was actually Homer Simpson who said it, though his coworker Carl might have had similar thoughts.
In a long-running gag, other characters only referred to this recurring character as Comic Book Guy. The gag ended in the 2005 episode "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass," when the character told Ned Flanders, "My name is Jeff Albertson, but everyone calls me Comic Book Guy."
Luann Van Houten, Milhouse's mother, said this kind phrase to Bart. Moments later, Milhouse wrestled Bart to the floor in a stranglehold.
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In the "Kamp Krusty" episode that originally aired on Sept. 24, 1992, a perpetually tipsy Barney Gumble tries to convince Bart that he's actually Krusty the Clown.
When Lisa Simpson asks her dad to attempt something new, he counters by saying, "Oh Lisa, trying is just the first step toward failure." Dan Castellaneta is the voice actor behind Homer's trademark voice.
In the 2007 feature-length "The Simpsons Movie," little Maggie plucks out her pacifier and says her first word: "sequel." Alas, that has not happened yet.
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In "Bart vs. Australia," which aired on Feb. 19, 1995, Bart Simpson confesses to his father that a little trouble might be brewing in the Land Down Under — and we're not referring to Men At Work lyrics.
Homer and Apu trek the Himalayas in an attempt to regain Apu's job and eventually reach the world's first convenience store. "This isn't very convenient," Homer aptly points out when they arrive.
Bar owner Moe Szyslak consoles Homer in the 1991 Episode "Principal Charming," in which Marge forces Homer to help her sister Selma find a husband.
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Bart Simpson is, of course, referring to his father in "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire," the premiere full-length episode of the series. "The Simpsons" originally appeared as 48 roughly one-minute shorts on "The Tracey Ullman Show."
In "Homer the Smithers," Mr. Burns' personal assistant Waylon Smithers goes on vacation, and Homer stands in for Smithers. According to a family tree designed by Matt Groening, Mr. Burns is a distant relative of Homer.
While this might sound like Homer, Bart uttered this phrase in "Homerpalooza." Trying to prove he is still cool, Homer takes Bart and Lisa to the Hullabalooza music festival, a parody of the real Lollapalooza music festival.
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When Krusty the Clown has dinner with the Simpsons, he recalls his difficult relationship with his father. Bart and Lisa set out to reunite them in the 1991 episode "Like Father, Like Clown."
In the season 8 episode "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson," Marge becomes depressed when her pretzel business fails, so Homer brings in the mob to help boost business.
Sideshow Bob is released from prison and elected mayor in "Sideshow Bob Roberts." Five-time Emmy Award winner Kelsey Grammer is the voice of Sideshow Bob.
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In "Marge Be Not Proud," Springfield Elementary bully Nelson Muntz goads Bart into shoplifting. The voices of both Bart and Nelson are performed by Nancy Cartwright.
In France as an exchange student, Bart is forced to work for two evil French winemakers, Cesar and Ugolin. The two are named after villains in the classic French novels "Jean de Florette" and "Manon of the Spring."
Edna falls for Ned in the season 22 finale, "The Ned-Liest Catch." In the series, Ned and Edna stay together until Edna is retired as a character in season 25 following the death of Marcia Wallace, the voice of Edna Krabappel.
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After growing tired of Bart getting all of Homer's attention, Lisa reveals her competitive spirit by playing hockey in the 1994 episode "Lisa on Ice."
Tired of Homer being the fun parent, Marge becomes a foodie with Bart and Lisa in "The Food Wife." Celebrity chefs Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsay guest star as themselves in this season 23 episode.
Bart desperately wants to ride in a submarine on a school trip, but only the most well-behaved students can go in "Yellow Subterfuge." The episode was named after The Beatles' song "Yellow Submarine." On another musical note, the show's 30,000th musical cue was recorded for this episode.
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