The 50 Greatest Simpsons Movie References
Smart and funny riffs on classic cinema moments...
1. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
Episode: Bart’s Friend Falls In Love (Season 3)
The original moment: Action adventure like only Steven Spielberg can deliver: Indiana Jones braves a cave of traps and spiders and swipes a golden idol, only to trigger the coolest trap of all time as a giant ball chases him down a tunnel and out into the open jungle.
The Simpsons moment: A stupendous, shot-for-shot, mannerism-by-mannerism remake that follows Bart as he weighs up a cookie jar before swiping it and escaping the rolling menace of a stair-tumbling Homer.
Homer shouting garbled fury as Bart hops on the schoolbus – as per the nude tribesmen – is classic.
(Sources: some of these riffs are noted on various fansites around the web, the most comprehensive of which is the Spanish language Actualidad Simpson).
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12 Comments
mattburgess
Jun 15th 2009, 22:11
#16 - Treehouse of Horror III (Season 4), while the photo is from The Simpsons Movie.
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mattburgess
Jun 15th 2009, 22:15
Are all the movie references you've highlighted from the first 11 seasons and the movie because that's all that has been released on dvd so far? And *someone* in Total Film has been watching them too much? Maybe *everyone* in Total Film? :-P
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theirishgrover
Jun 16th 2009, 16:02
Well the first one's from Season 14 but I assume they are mostly from the first few seasons since they were cr*p after season 8
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leecrocker
Jun 19th 2009, 8:13
Missed my favorite...though probably because it's not at all visual: In the episode where they vacation in Japan, Marge says "We saw that movie 'Rashomon', you liked that.", to which Homer replies "That's not the way I remember it."
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aaweeble2
Jun 19th 2009, 12:07
OMG dude the Simpsons like totally ROCK!
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durden
Jun 19th 2009, 12:26
absolutely awesome article!!!although i don't agree upon number one...still,the simpsons rock!!!
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seanjohntx
Jun 19th 2009, 14:12
Are you kidding me? You expect me to click through 18 pages? No thanks. Next time, cut down on the click throughs. Buried on digg.
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somewhatfrail
Jun 19th 2009, 15:05
Great number one choice.
Although I must say that the Terminator one should be omitted in favour of the far greater T-2 homage in the one episode when Homer befriends Flanders. Walking through the hedge like the T-1000 through the prison bars and then chasing the car with the golf clubs? Priceless.
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adman
Jun 19th 2009, 15:06
Cookie jar? Um, isn't that Homer's penny jar?
No doubt about it though; this is hands-down the number one. Top stuff guys.
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somewhatfrail
Jun 19th 2009, 15:07
Also, here's a whole compendium of Simpsons Terminator references:
http://www.duffzone.org/content.php?title=reft2
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avoidz
Jun 21st 2009, 15:19
#20 - Mrs Krabappel puts her leg up in the classroom, not "waggling her leg from the bed".
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avoidz
Jun 21st 2009, 15:24
Notice how most of the clever, inventive references are all from the early seasons? What does that tell you about the quality of the show later on...
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