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A Complete Map To Springfield
neelm writes "If you even needed to know the names of the roads Homer Simpson takes to work, you can find out at
Guide to Springfield, USA. On the site you'll find a complete map and guide to all springfield location. The map was put together mostly by watching (and rewatching) Simpson's episodes. The map is even listed in Harvard Map Collection!"
There was a cdrom years ago called "virtual springfield" in which you could wander the streets and see the sites.
Simpson's Hit'n'Run has a pretty realistic layout of the town as well, from Squidport to Moes, in fact this map looks like it was lifted more from that game than from 'watching episodes'.
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That's a great answer to a stupid question.
Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart) visited my university a while back and someone asked about the state... her answer was something to the effect of, "Springfield is supposed to be a city that could be in any state in the country. If you look at the episodes, and track the cluest, you will see that they've pretty much all been ruled out. There is no secret answer." </paraphrase>
This is definitely cool, but I thought that one of the running jokes of the series was that the town always seems to suddenly have new major geological features that don't fit with ones they've shown before. It seems like making a map of the place kinda misses the point.
But, then again, someone must have made a map of it for The Simpsons Hit & Run, right? Speaking of which, does this map match the one used in that game? Hmm...
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While this is fun, if they did watch all the episodes multiple times they had to have noticed that something as common as the simpon's home address has had 6 different values, although they have mostly been on Evergreen Terrace.
Still a fun diversion on a rainy thursday
I also found this link the other day.
Somebody has actually built a full scale replica of The Simpsons' house.
We only saw that in one episode. Homer was driving to work, and had to get through a huge traffic jam. Eventually Homer gets there and Bart at home, which is neighboring the power plant parking lot says hi to Homer. Funny joke, but I think that was just a one off.
I wonder if there's also a web page describing every episode their cars have been wrecked. The earliest I can think of is when the station wagon(not the pink sedan with the crumpled fender) gets eaten by Truckasaurus.
I would love this as a poster in my home office/cube at work. Anyone know any resources for printing out the digital version WELL? I use Ofoto.com for most of my digital camera pics, but they only go up to 20x30...I'd really like full blown poster size. I've sent an email to Jerry asking permission, assuming he says "Go for it", does anyone know a good place online to go?
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I don't see it. Wasn't it across the street from Moe's?
The rats didn't seem to have to to travel very far to get there...
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Of some of the old classic threads in alt.tv.simpsons, like "Where is Springfield?" and "What's the layout of the Simpson house?"
In those two cases, it turns out that when you take in all the data from all shows, Springfield can literally be nowhere in the US, and the Simpson's house defies the laws of physics. This map is cool and all, but I suspect that a true map of Springfield is impossible to draw. Heck, off the top of my head I can mention the "Meteorite coming to crush Springfield) episode, where it's mentioned that Springfield has only one bridge going out of town.
Actually, my first thought was "Wow, this looks a lot like Portland."
Which makes sense, since Matt Groening is from Portland.
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Were the writers of The Simpsons always consistant?
Considering that the entire town has been lifted and relocated, it could've had multiple completely different layouts at times.
And considering that even TIME isn't consistent there (Bart has been 13 for 15 straight years)... you couldn't expect geography to make sense either.
But with anything Springfield, there are too many insconsistencies to make a definitive map. For example, in one episode Homer walks home from Moes and is exhausted, then the "Camera" pulls back and we see that Moes is just a few doors down from his house. So, Moes should be on Evergreen Terrace, but on the map it isn't. Same for the long-running joke over which State Springfield is located in (if you took all the facts from eposide together, the result is an impossiblity). Still, it looks like they did a great job with what they had to work with!
I'm still looking for the Escalator to Nowhere, the 50 ft. Magnifying Glass, and the burned ruins of the Popsicle Stick Skyscraper.
Can't you see that everyone is buying station wagons?