The cult animated series "The Simpsons" by the end of the 29th season, which will end this year, will have 640 episodes. What kind of guests and events were not in these episodes, but the cars of Homer and his family practically changed. Is it even possible to find their original and ride it at least every day? We tried to figure it out.
Homer's car
The lilac sedan of the head of the family has an extremely featureless appearance, and it is distinguished only by a dent on the front left fender, to which Homer does not react in any way - and despite the fact that several times during the series the car was completely destroyed. Although mechanic Frank Grimes Jr. mentions in one of the episodes that Homer's car "was made in Croatia from old Soviet tanks", fans of the franchise agree that the 1973 Plymouth Valiant served as the prototype for the lilac sedan. The connection with the domestic auto industry, however, also slips in the series: in the opening screensaver of the 15th episode of the 17th season, Homer drives a VAZ-2105.
Marge car
According to the same introductory intro in episode 15 of season 17, Marge drives a Volvo 200 series - but this option can hardly be applied only to the early episodes of the series, when Homer's wife actually drove a sedan. These days, the head of hair drives a station wagon that fans tend to believe is a slightly impersonal but still 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Station Wagon. So the Simpsons do not have unanimity regarding cars: Homer prefers Chrysler, and Marge prefers General Motors.
The car created by Homer in episode 15 of the second season does not have a real prototype. The Homer was meant to be the average American's car, but odd styling, odd options, and an exorbitant $82,000 price tag killed the project at the concept stage. The release of the car was supposed to be set up in Detroit, at the facilities of Powell Motors (a parody of Edsel, known for cars of strange appearance). The real incarnation of The Homer appeared much later and debuted at the 2013 24 Hours of Lemon races. The basis for The Homer was the BMW 3 Series in the back of the E30.
The large SUV Canyonero, personally approved by Krusty the Clown, is a simplified Jeep Wagoneer with elements of a gigantic Ford Excursion. The car first appeared in episode 15 of season 9, and exactly a year later (in episode 15 of season 10) Marge became the owner of the Canyonero women's series, with lipstick instead of a cigarette lighter - Homer gave her the car. Initially, the father of the family wanted to buy an SUV for himself, but after discovering that the car belongs to the female specification, he gave it to his wife.
One of Homer's most successful business ventures was the purchase of a pickup truck with a snow plow, thanks to which Simpson became a hero in his city. It happened in episode 9 of season 4. An unequivocal point of view about which car served as the prototype for Mr. Plow doesn't exist, but Ford pickup fans insist that Homer was driving the blue oval, theoretically a Ford F-250. As for the car of Homer's competitor, Barney Gumble's Plow King, it's probably a Ford F-650.
In early episodes, Lil' Bandit's car, owned by Springfield thug Albert "Snake" Jailbird, is a 1969 Dodge Charger convertible (or coupe), but in later episodes, including the one where the car becomes the property of Homer (season 9 episode 9 ), - Lil' Bandit is a copy of a 1968 Pontiac Firebird 400 Convertible that has been turned into a hot rod. Distinctive features of the car, in addition to snakes on the sidewalls, are the supercharger air intake and license plate with sexual overtones.
While the real 1912 Stutz Bearcat doesn't have rear seats, multi-billionaire Mr. Burns could certainly afford a special version of this rare car, which fetches $400,000 at Sotheby's. You can see Bearcat in The Simpsons in episode 20 of season 9. In addition to the Stutz, Montgomery Burns' garage has other classic cars such as the Duesenberg Model J, Ford Model T and Ford Quadricycle.
The benevolent and devout Flanders, along with his family, drives a compact GEO Metro hatchback, as can be seen in episode 10 of season 10. On the territory of our country, this car is better known as Suzuki Swift. In any case, the subcompact car suits the Flanders family perfectly. In addition to GEO, the Simpsons' neighbors drove a Honda Civic sedan - this is evidenced by episode 5 of season 20.
The most paradoxical thinker of our time lives in the animated series "The Simpsons", loves donuts, beer and never takes a steam bath for any reason. We, in Titre, believe that this Homer Simpson is not so simple, there is something ingenious in him:
It takes two to lie. One lies, the other listens.
Oh my God! Space aliens! Don't eat me. I have a wife, children. Eat them!
I'm not really a religious person, but if you're up there, save me, Superman!
Do not worry, we do not have money. After all, there are things that cannot be bought for any money. Take, for example, a dinosaur.
Frame: 20th Century Fox
I see no reason to leave the house. We still come back every time.
You help me, and I will accept your help for it!
How many interesting things you say! It's a pity that it doesn't interest me much.
You shouldn't grieve. People are constantly dying. Who knows, maybe you will wake up dead tomorrow.
Sometimes I lie in bed and think that nothing will make me get up. And then I feel how it becomes wet under me, and I understand that I was mistaken.
frame: 20th Century Fox
Education won't help me. Every time I remember something, it takes up space, pushing something else out of my brain. Like the time I took a winemaking class and forgot how to drive.
I see the smiles of my children. And I understand that they started something bad.
For alcohol! The cause and solution of all problems.
If you get mad at me every time I do something stupid, I will have to stop doing stupid things.
frame: 20th Century Fox
We don't need a psychiatrist. We already know that our child has a shift.
Marge, I don't want to scare you, but I think I love you...
Children, you have tried your best and failed. Hence the conclusion: never try.
I'll do anything for you... as long as it's not too hard.
Fool and money part quickly. I would pay a lot of money to someone who would explain this pattern to me.
Release date: April 21, 2002
Screenwriter: Dan Castellaneta and Deb Lacusta
Directed by: Mark Kirkland
Guest Stars: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, N Sync and U2, Stephen Hawking, Ron Howard, Elton John, Deb Lacusta, Lucy Lawless, Larry Mullen Jr. and Joe Namez as themselves, Elizabeth Taylor in the role of Maggie Simpson.
Description
Homer is sitting in the park with a box of chocolates (just like Forrest Gump). Chief Wiggum comes up to him and warns Homer about the ban on portraying movie characters (for which Mo Sizlak and Dr. Hibbert in the costume of Darth Vader have already paid). In response, Homer invites the policeman to sit down and listen to his life story. Homer talks about his birth and childhood spent with his father Abe, and later reminisces about the first time he met Marge ("The Way We Was") and his adventures with her (dance competition from "Take My Wife, Sleaze", their journey through the city completely naked from "Natural Born Kissers", the case of the elephant that was given to Bart in "Bart Gets an Elephant"). After that, Marge calls in for Homer with the children who prepared a surprise for Homer. While riding in the car, Homer remembers the events associated with it: traveling around New York with a penalty cap on the wheel in The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson, riding with a bucket on his head in Faith Off, staging Moe's car theft in Dumbbell Indemnity. After all the memories, Homer is brought to the Springfield Club, where Krusty the Clown puts on a show called Hero of the Day for him, where the main character is Homer Simpson!
The evening begins with a performance by Homer's children Bart and Lisa. They reminisce about their most bizarre adventures with their father: stealing the "Chuckles" toys produced by the temporary owners of Springfield Elementary School by worming their ideas for the perfect toy out of the kids ("Grift of the Magi"); the children's nonstop requests for Homer to take them to the water park ("Brush with Greatness"); an epileptic seizure of the entire Simpson family due to watching a Japanese cartoon ("Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"). Later, the children remember how well their father sings (in particular, they show fragments from "Homer to the Max" and "Hungry, Hungry Homer"). After that, to the sounds of the "Imperial March", Mr. Burns enters the stage and recalls how Homer did many things at work that were dangerous for the station and the whole city (in particular, how Homer spilled liquid on the station control panel in "Homer to the Max" , locked all his colleagues at the station during the drill, etc.). After that, the oldest residents of Springfield, Agyness Skinner and Grandpa Simpson, perform. After the latter falls asleep, fragments of Homer's other adventures are shown: the incident on the ski slope, when Homer saw Flanders in a tight suit and then could not forget about him ("Little Big Mom"); an incident on the beach when Homer was riding a parachute tied to a boat and due to the boat's too powerful operation, the rope caught fire and Homer "got rid" ("When You Dish Upon a Star").
This is followed by Ned Flanders and Reverend Lovejoy. They sing the song, with Lovejoy changing the words all the time, repeating "Homer stinks." But then the aliens Kang and Kodos burst into the holiday. They decide to test humanity, whether it is worthy to live on. To do this, they attach Homer to a special apparatus and begin to view fragments of his memory: the construction of a barbecue set by him, which ended in failure (“Mom and Pop Art”), as well as scenes of Bart being strangled by Homer. This greatly angers Kang and Kodos and they decide to destroy all of humanity. But Lisa asks them to review the recordings from the head of Maggie, an innocent baby. There, the aliens see the following: the scene of the christening of the Simpsons children by the Flanders, when Maggie initially leaves Homer, Bart and Lisa and goes to the Flanders, but then, seeing Marge, hurries to her ("Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"); the scene where Maggie says her first word "Daddy" ("Lisa's First Word"). Tears come to Kang and Kodos from what they see, but it turns out that this is how they vomit and that these scenes angered them even more. But then they notice that Maggie also thinks of many celebrities who have appeared on the show, including: Elton John, Stephen Hawking, Ron Howard, Alec Baldwin, Lucy Lawless, Joe Namez and Justin Timberlake. Seeing this, the aliens remember their favorite celebrities, whom they love so much and who live on the Earth, which they were just about to destroy. Kang and Kodos decide to leave the Earthlings alone, but on one condition: they will be given the right to attend the Man of the Year and Emmy awards, where they will have the opportunity to meet their favorite celebrities.
The series ends with a cut of the most memorable scenes from the first thirteen seasons of the series, after which we are also shown possible new plots for the adventures of The Simpsons ...
The humor of Herr Borgvard was also not clear to everyone. Why would you name your tiny, chair-sized invention after a biblical character, the Goliath Pionier? Pious people probably saw this as a mockery, and not an attempt by an industrialist to make life easier for his compatriots. In addition, the content of the Goliath turned out to be extremely stingy: even the headlights were not included in its standard package and were paid extra!
The only advantage of this "limousine" was that it was not considered a car - its engine was too weak. Therefore, the rights to the Goliath were not needed, which means that there was nothing to tear off the tax on the ownership of it. About four thousand Germans considered all this a sufficient reason for the purchase. Although the “car” was restyled and even a sports version was released, Herr Borgward failed to achieve big sales. Having existed in the assembly shop for a little more than three years (1932-1935), this model has sunk into oblivion.
Peculiarities: Lack of comfort, nasty appearance and children as luggage traveling outside. But pathos-ironic name from the Bible. So I see Simpson in a retro perspective!
Homeric phrase-symbol: Trying is the first step to failure.
Colander. Experienced. self propelled
Luigi Colani, a German industrial designer, was born into a wealthy family, received an excellent art education and a complete understanding of what “aesthetic ecstasy” is. He became seriously interested in automotive design in 1947, studying aerodynamics at the Sorbonne. A little later, in 1954, he received the main prize of the Geneva Motor Show, the Golden Rose, for the author's design of the Fiat 1100 car. This victory was one of his first serious achievements, and far from the last.
Enough "haha": your life needs a little melancholy. Therefore, stock up on handkerchiefs and do not hold back your emotions: catch a selection collected through tears and with a lump in your throat. An incredible level of drama and a sad soundtrack are included. It's time for amazing stories!
5. The Simpsons and Delilah Season 2 Episode 2
Homer is a bald, stupid, fat loser in life. But in the episode "The Simpsons and Delilah" everything changes: thanks to the "Dimoxynil", the price of which is similar to a phone number, Homer's hair grows, and now he is the king of life. Burns gives a promotion, people listen to his opinion, and Marge loves like never before and forgives everything in general.But one morning Homer wakes up and sees that the beautiful world has been destroyed: Bart has destroyed the stocks of funds, and the hair has gone into oblivion, and with them - the respect of others, the dream job and the recognition of the boss. But the main thing is that Homer sincerely worries that now Marge will stop loving him - a hopeless, bald and ugly nuclear power plant worker.
In response, Marge sings the Joe Cocker song "You are so beautiful" (You are so beautiful to me). And it's 146% likely one of the most touching moments on The Simpsons.
4. Bart gets an F, 1 episode 2 season
Yes, yes, Bart gets a deuce in almost every episode. But what makes this episode so damn sad is that this time the guy really tried not to get it. Bart here is a desperate boy who hopes for a miracle and does everything to achieve his goal - not fail the test and move to the next class.
Bart gives up fun in order to study, suffers while sitting at his textbooks and kicking himself for not doing it before. This episode is just must was to end well and actually ended, but it still catches and catches up with sadness: because a sincerely worried Bart is a rarity.
P.S. If you didn't like this episode, check your school diary: maybe someone recently got an F.
3. Replacement for Lisa, 19 episode 2 season
A temporary teacher is sent to Lisa's school - a cheerful, well-read, intelligent and generally ideal Mr. Bergstorm. For Lisa, he becomes more than just a substitute teacher: in him she sees the ideal of a father. Mr. Bergstorm is able to understand her subtle spiritual organization and cheer her up (but in general, against the background of Homer, who has about nothing in common with his daughter, anyone looks like an ideal).
In general, for Lisa, Bergstorm is the one and only, for Bergstorm, Lisa is one of an infinite number of students. This is a drama that everyone has experienced without exception. In the end, Bergstorm leaves, leaving Lisa alone with a waterfall of tears, a broken heart and a note: "You are Lisa Simpson."
2. Maggie becomes third, episode 13 of season 6
One of the best flashback episodes. Homer's happy life collapses when a third child appears on the horizon. Simpson has to step over himself: he crawls to Burns on his knees and asks to take him to the station again - after he quit with his head held high. Burns agrees, but on the condition that Homer stays here for the rest of his life, and hangs a sign in front of his nose: "Don" t forget: you "re here forever" (Don't forget: you're here forever).
Everything ends in the most suitable way for this post: Homer sticks a sign at work with photos of the baby, turning "Don" t forget: you "re here forever" into "Do it for her" (Do it for her). Plus, the first meeting between Homer and Maggie is a worthy nominee for the Most Touching Mimimi in the History of History award.
An ordinary 2x2 employee only needs a frame with this sign to shed a tear.
1. Simpson and Mona's mother leaves, episode 8 of season 7 and episode 19 of season 19
No matter how tearful all the other episodes of The Simpsons on this list were, in the end they all ended with a happy end "ohm (well, more or less). Everything except the episodes with Homer's mom. Believe me, this is an absolutely heartbreaking story. Quite by accident Homer discovers that his mother is alive and well, but her past is rather dark and she is wanted by the FBI.
A touching meeting between a son and his mother, a lot of Homer's mimicry, a tragic parting that draws a couple of pools of tears, and the most beautiful soundtrack from the entire series. Mona walks off into the sunset, while Homer silently looks up at the starry sky. Fin, credits, bring handkerchiefs and hug your mom.
