For example, the ongoing continuity contradictions on episodic TV series such as The Simpsons ( in which the timeline of the family's history must be continually shifted forward to explain them not getting any older.

The Simpsons must therefore send the dog away to live with officer Lou.

David Chatterton of British Theatre Guide described the show as " interesting and entertaining, but not really a ' must see ' even for Simpsons fans ".

Krupa was mentioned in the Simpsons episode " Hurricane Neddy ", when Ned Flanders parents are being told they must control Ned, Ned's father responds " We can't do it man!

Every Treehouse of Horror episode since this one must have Kang and Kodos as characters, states an unofficial Simpsons rule.

* After the Simpsons ' kitchen is renovated, Marge says: " When Virginia Woolf wrote every woman needs a room of one's own, she must have been talking about the kitchen.

As the Simpsons search through Rio de Janeiro, Homer is kidnapped and in order to free him the family must pay a ransom of 50, 000 dollars, which they do not have.

" MSNBC, who listed the episode as their favorite, stated, " This is the episode that every self-respecting Simpsons geek must be able to recite verbatim.

At Moe's Tavern, Barney and Carl inform the Simpsons about a reality show, where a family is put in a Victorian house in which they must live as if it was the year 1895.

He confesses to the family what he has done, and, realising the truth would humiliate her, The Simpsons then write a poetic and loving letter to tell her why Woodrow must leave which makes Mrs. Krabappel feel better.

The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, called the episode a " skilful demonstration of a moral dilemma that must have plagued millions since the inception of cable TV.

The Simpsons therefore give Santa's Little Helper away to an ostrich farm.

During the first season of The Simpsons, Fox ordered Cartwright not to give interviews, because they did not want to publicize the fact that Bart was voiced by a woman.

Groening explains, " When they tried to give me notes on Futurama, I just said: ' No, we're going to do this just the way we did Simpsons.

Groening explains, " When they tried to give me notes on Futurama, I just said: ' No, we're going to do this just the way we did Simpsons.

" Though Groening had previously stated that he would never give up the comic strip, in 2009 he indicated that due to troubling times for print newspapers and constant involvement with The Simpsons and Futurama, he would likely one day drop the strip.

Ned, The Simpsons, and their garage ( which Homer was assigned to clean, leading Marge to believe he blew up the town specifically to get out of doing so ) go to Heaven as angels and meet God ( again ), who proceeds to give Homer " what he deserves " – his Frisbee.

* In The Simpsons episode Bart Sells His Soul, Sherri and Terri chant, " Bart sold his soul, and that's just swell / Now he's going straight to / Hello operator / give me number nine " in Bart's nightmare.

" Todd VanDerWerff of Slant Magazine named it the show's best episode, stating " It's the one you think of when you think of a Simpsons episode ," and is " maybe the show's funniest, and it most perfectly encapsulates what may be the show's overriding theme: People are really stupid and self-serving, but if you give them long enough, they'll eventually bumble toward the right answer.

Whenever we do a last episode, we just hope that it would be sweet, true to the characters, funny, and give you a nice feeling for where the Simpsons would be headed.

Inspired by an event in Simpsons writer Mike Reiss ' childhood, young Bart does not want to give up sleeping in the crib to make way for his newborn sister.

The other Simpsons also appear to give hints on where the souvenirs are.

Kang and Kodos demand that the Simpsons give Maggie to them, and Kang and Homer start to fight over Maggie until Bart stops them and tells them there's only one place where something this bizarre can be resolved: The Jerry Springer Show, where Kang gives Marge a bouquet of flowers and Homer attacks him.

Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide called it a " superb episode ", especially "' s suggestion for punishing Bart's misbehaviour is to give him a present, and his trick for avoiding jury duty is ' to say you're prejudiced against all races.

" They wrote that Wiggum telling Moses and Lisa to give his regards to the British Museum as he seals them inside a tomb and Marge asking Bart if he is wearing clean underwear as they face the apocalypse were some of the episode's " best moments ," and concluded by writing that the episode is " The Simpsons at its very best: inventive, irreverent and very, very funny.

* When the Simpsons family are talking about keeping the money Bart stole and using it to get rid of the German backpackers, Marge uses the phrase "... give them Das Boot.

When the designers were working on the 3D-visualizations of Springfield at Fox Interactive for the game, they conceived of the project to construct a real-life replica of the Simpsons ' house and give it away in a contest.

Karly Young, director of Fox Interactive, said that the company had received an " overwhelming " response to their previous Simpsons games, so they wanted to give the fans " another dose of Bart and Homer — this time for PlayStation gamers ".

Fearing that Burns will not give up, Grampa takes shelter with the Simpsons.

The main purpose of Bart Simpson's Guide to Life is to give supposedly helpful tips and advice on how to cope with life ( including parents, peers, school, romance, health, and manners ) as experienced by the fictional character Bart Simpson from the animated television series The Simpsons.

One of the first sets to include this type of chase card insert was the 1993 Simpsons set by SkyBox International that had 400 redemptions for an " Art DeBart Card.

Karma Waltonen and Denise Du Vernay analysed the episode and wrote in the book The Simpsons in the Classroom: Embiggening the Learning Experience with the Wisdom of Springfield that " the episode is able to critique the practice of test screening, violence in film, and one of movies ' favorite standards – the car chase ", calling it " a ridiculous parody of an action-film violence orgy ".

The show's admitted liberal slant has been joked about in episodes such as " The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular ", in which a reference is made to " hundreds of radical right-wing messages inserted into every show by creator Matt Groening.

Steve has had his original songs in hundreds of TV shows like " Beverly Hills 90210 ", Melrose Place ", " Sex and the City " and " The Simpsons.

" In " Thirty Minutes over Tokyo ", another episode of The Simpsons, money management guru Chuck Garabedian explains that he got his suit cheap " because Roy Cohn died in it.

* Hurtubise's armored suit was parodied in The Simpsons episode " The Fat and the Furriest ", when Homer is attacked by a bear, and then constructs a bear attack proof suit.

The set, featuring Homer in his white suit and Lurleen with her guitar, is part of the World of Springfield series of The Simpsons action figures created by Playmate Toys.

In The Simpsons Movie, she can be seen at the Green Day concert on top of Seymour's shoulders wearing a T-Shirt saying " Not my boyfriend " with an arrow pointing down at Skinner.

* He appears in the FBI lineup in " The Springfield Files ", an episode of The Simpsons ( wearing purple helmet and skirt, instead of the usual green for both ) in which he utters his famous catchphrase " This makes me very angry "; with other

Finally, in an episode of the Simpsons, Homer yells, " Go back to Grosse Pointe " to a bunch of deer that he thinks are fur coat wearing tourists.

( He also appears in animated form in the Simpsons episode " The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show " wearing the squid shirt.