• @robocall
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    1352 months ago

    I thought the Simpsons were vague about Springfields location as it was supposed to be anywhere, USA. I wouldn’t have guessed Oregon.

    • @wetsoggybread
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      972 months ago

      “From up here you can see the four states that boarder Springfield. Ohio, Nevada, Maine and Kentucky”

    • @[email protected]
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      692 months ago

      Canonically Simpsons isn’t set anywhere real. In reality Groening is from OR and a lot of the names in the show are from places from where he grew up.

      • @Crackhappy
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        Yep. I literally lived in the shadow of Skinner Butte in Eugene (Shelbyville)

    • @johannesvanderwhales
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      222 months ago

      Yes, Oregon is Matt Groening’s home state so there’s some similarities, but it’s pretty explicitly not set in any real state.

    • @Lime66
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      32 months ago

      Matt part did an explanation of it that ruled it down to Oregon I think

    • @Mango
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      142 months ago

      I’m pretty certain it’s mostly garbage.

  • Th4tGuyII
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    I’ll be honest that I first thought it said “longest running cartoon in each state” and spent way too long wondering why no states had any in common…

    Kinda cool that almost every state has a cartoon associated with it, some more obvious than others

    • @BoxOfFeet
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      42 months ago

      Same! I’m sitting here thinking “What the hell is Loud House, and how have I never seen it if it’s been on so long?”

  • @UtMan1988
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    162 months ago

    Hey Arnold is set in Washington? I always thought it was New York?

      • @AEsheron
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        92 months ago

        The city is, but the state is Washington. There’s an episode they were out of state and it ends with them returning home with a Welcome to Washington sign visible.

        • @cm0002
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          12 months ago

          OMG I had no idea lmao

    • @[email protected]
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      172 months ago

      It’s about a disembodied human ass who is a grizzled police detective that plays by his own rules.

  • @[email protected]
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    132 months ago

    Someone needs to commission a cartoon series of The Book Of Mormon to fill the Utah-shaped gap.

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    Is The Simpsons set in Oregon canon? I know Matt Groening has said that he’s from there and a lot of the characters are inspired by his real life family.

    I haven’t seen The Simpsons in ages since it stopped being good so I don’t know if this is a new thing or the OP took some liberties.

    • @Agrivar
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      Simpsons is specifically not from a specific state. Too many contradictory “clues” to the location. Honestly, I’ve always thought Massachusetts was the most likely - given the nearby ocean and the parody of the Kennedy family, but I do recall an old Reddit thread that had it worked out to be West Virginia!

      Found the old Reddit thread, FWIW.

  • @[email protected]
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    92 months ago

    Something happened in the Alabama/Tennessee/Mississippi area that caused a cultural sinkhole?

  • @Arrkk
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    52 months ago

    Not sure I would really count Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman! As a cartoon. It’s a PBS edu-game show hosted by a cartoon dog, the majority of the show is following the contestants doing science challenges, there’s maybe 5 minutes of cartoon storyline per episode.

  • @cm0002
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    32 months ago

    Stupid dog state! I’m gettin me mallet!

  • @Thrawne
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    22 months ago

    Early Cuyler BABY!

    • @CptInsane0
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      32 months ago

      DON’T YOU TOUCH MY TRUCK BOAT TRUCK!

  • @[email protected]
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    12 months ago

    Life was missing its mystique. My squeaky toys had lost their squeak. And then, out of the blue, I saw the phone and BAM! My destiny is calling me! Pitched my vision for a show. They loved it! Thought I was a pro. They got my contract back to find to their alarm a dog had signed.

    Fetch!

    Oh, I like that name!

    With Ruff Ruffman!

    • @TexasDrunk
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      262 months ago

      The Bikini Atoll is northeast of Australia and southeast of Japan. I always thought that’s where it’s supposed to be set.

      • @[email protected]
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        72 months ago

        Correct. That is the bikini atoll

        But this is the bikini bottom! What’s more Florida than a pair of lost bikini bottoms!