The Simpsons (franchise)
The Simpsons | |
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Created by | Matt Groening |
Original work | The Simpsons shorts from The Tracey Ullman Show |
Owner | 20th Century Studios[a] |
Years | 1987–present |
Print publications | |
Book(s) | List of books |
Comics | List of comics |
Magazine(s) | Simpsons Illustrated |
Films and television | |
Film(s) | The Simpsons Movie |
Short film(s) | |
Animated series |
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Games | |
Traditional | Simpsons Jeopardy! |
Video game(s) | List of video games |
Audio | |
Soundtrack(s) | Discography |
Original music | The Simpsons Theme |
Miscellaneous | |
Toy(s) | World of Springfield Lego The Simpsons |
Theme park attraction(s) | The Simpsons Ride Kang & Kodos' Twirl 'n' Hurl |
Official website | |
www.thesimpsons.com |
The Simpsons is an American animated comedy franchise whose eponymous family consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The Simpsons were created by cartoonist Matt Groening for a series of animated shorts that debuted on The Tracey Ullman Show on Fox on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into The Simpsons, a half-hour prime time show that was an early hit for Fox, becoming the first Fox series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–1990). The popularity of The Simpsons has made it a billion-dollar merchandising and media franchise. Alongside the television series, the characters of the show have been featured in a variety of media, including books, comic books, a magazine, musical releases, and video games.
Background
Creation
Matt Groening conceived of the idea for the Simpsons in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office. Brooks, the producer of the sketch comedy program The Tracey Ullman Show, wanted to use a series of animated cartoons as bumpers between sketches. Groening had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts, and had intended to present his Life in Hell series. When he realized that animating Life in Hell would require him to rescind publication rights for his life's work, Groening decided to go in another direction.[2] He hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family, and named the characters after his own family.[2][3]
Themes
The Simpsons takes place in the fictional American town of
Main characters
The main characters of the show are the
- Homer Simpson, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is the father of the Simpson family. He embodies several American working class stereotypes: he is crude, overweight, incompetent, clumsy, thoughtless and a borderline alcoholic.[13] His voice started out as an impression of Walter Matthau but eventually evolved into a more robust voice during the second and third season of the half-hour show, allowing Homer to cover a fuller range of emotions.[14] Homer has since become one of the most influential fictional characters.[15] He has inspired an entire line of merchandise and his catchphrase, the annoyed grunt "D'oh!", has been included in the Oxford English Dictionary.[16]
- beehive hairstyle which was inspired by Bride of Frankenstein and the style that Matt Groening's mother wore during the 1960s, although her hair was never blue.[18][19]
- Time magazine selected Bart as 46th of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century, and the only fictional character to make the list.[21] He had previously appeared on the cover the December 31, 1990 edition.[22] During the early episodes, Bart was rebellious and frequently escaped without punishment, which led some parents' groups and conservative spokespeople to believe he provided a poor role model for children. This prompted George H. W. Bush to rally, "We're going to keep trying to strengthen the American family. To make them more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons."[23]
- the seventh season, won both an Environmental Media Award for "Best Television Episodic Comedy"[27] and a Genesis Award for "Best Television Comedy Series, Ongoing Commitment".[28]
The five family members were given simple designs so that their facial emotions could easily be changed with little effort
Television
Series | Season | Episodes | Originally aired | 34 | 22 | September 25, 2022 | May 21, 2023 |
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Shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show
The actors who voiced the characters would later reprise their roles in The Simpsons.
The Simpsons
In 1989, a team of production companies adapted The Simpsons into a half-hour series for the
The Simpsons was the Fox network's first TV series to rank among a season's top 30 highest-rated shows.
The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 24
In September 1994, 20th Television began syndicating reruns of The Simpsons to local stations throughout the US.[73] As of 2003, syndication reruns of The Simpsons have generated an estimated one billion dollars in revenue for Fox.[1] In 2008, advertisers spent $314.8 million to advertise during the primetime show and subsequent reruns, down 16.8% from 2007.[74] Since August 2014, every episode of the show has aired on FXX. From 2014 until 2019, all episodes were available on-demand via the Simpsons World website. All of the episodes have since been moved to the Disney+ streaming service since November 12, 2019.[75][76][77]
Crossovers
Throughout its run, The Simpsons has
Further episodes with crossovers include
Fellow
Disney+ shorts
Following the addition of The Simpsons to the Disney+ streaming service, co-creator and executive producer James L. Brooks suggested the creation of a series of short films in which the Simpsons would "invade the rest of Disney+" as a way to promote The Simpsons and reach viewers who may not have been familiar with the series.[78] So far, six shorts have been released, the most recent being Rogue Not Quite One on May 4, 2023.
Films
The Simpsons Movie
The Simpsons Movie grossed a combined total of $74 million in its opening weekend in the United States, taking it to the top of the box office,[83] and set the record for highest grossing opening weekend for a film based on a television series, surpassing Mission: Impossible 2.[84] It opened at the top of the international box office, taking $96 million from seventy-one overseas territories—including $27.8 million in the United Kingdom, making it Fox's second highest opening ever in that country.[85] In Australia, it grossed A$13.2 million, the biggest opening for an animated film and third largest opening weekend in the country.[86] The film closed on December 20, 2007, with a worldwide gross of $527,068,706, making it the eighth highest-grossing film of 2007.[87]
The Longest Daycare
A 3D short-film entitled
Playdate with Destiny
On February 27, 2020, it was announced that a new short-film titled Playdate with Destiny would be screened in theaters with Pixar's Onward. The short-film starred Maggie Simpson. Onward was released on March 6, 2020,[91][92] with a release on Disney+ on April 10, 2020.[93][94][95]
In other films
Milhouse makes a cameo appearance in the 2014 film The Lego Movie as a Master Builder in Cloud Cuckoo Land.[96]
Bootleg versions of Homer and Bart, as well as background characters based on the series' animation style, have cameo appearances in the 2022 film Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.[97]
Print publications
Books
Dozens of books featuring or about the Simpsons have been released by Fox. The Simpsons Library of Wisdom series each relate to a character from the show and two per year are released.
Episode guides
A series of episode guides has been published, starting with The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family. The guides feature quotes, trivia, and cultural references for each episode.[98]
Comic books
The final issue of Simpsons Illustrated was a one-shot comic edition titled
Numerous Simpson-related comic books have been released over the years. So far, nine
Simpsons Illustrated
Theme park attractions
Universal Studios
In July 2007, shortly before the release of
Broadway at the Beach
In August 2018, The Simpsons in 4D opened at
Merchandise
The popularity of The Simpsons has made it a billion-dollar merchandising industry.[23] The Simpsons merchandise sold well and generated $2 billion in revenue during the first 14 months of sales.[23] In 2008, $750 million worth of The Simpsons merchandise was purchased worldwide.[74] In 2003, about 500 companies around the world were licensed to use Simpsons characters in their advertising.[1] In 2003, Peter Byrne, Fox executive vice president of licensing and merchandising, called The Simpsons "without doubt the biggest licensing entity that Fox has had, full stop, I would say from either TV or film."[1]
Video games
The
Home releases
Many episodes of the show have been released on DVD and VHS over the years. When the first season DVD was released in 2001, it quickly became the best-selling television DVD in history, although it was later overtaken by the first season of Chappelle's Show.[125] In particular, seasons one through seventeen and twenty have been released on DVD in the U.S. (Region 1), Europe (Region 2) and Australia/New Zealand/Latin America (Region 4).[126] In 2015 it was announced that Fox was discontinuing home video releases of The Simpsons.[127] Two years later, however, on July 22, 2017, it was announced that Season 18 would be released on December 5, 2017, on DVD.[128] Another two years later, on July 20, 2019, it was announced that Season 19 would be released on December 3, 2019, on DVD.[129]
Music
Collections of original music featured in the series have been released on the albums Songs in the Key of Springfield, Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons and The Simpsons: Testify.[130] Several songs have been recorded with the purpose of a single or album release and have not been featured on the show. The album The Simpsons Sing the Blues was released in September 1990 and was a success, peaking at #3 on the Billboard 200[131] and becoming certified 2× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[132] The first single from the album was the pop rap song "Do the Bartman", performed by Nancy Cartwright and released on November 20, 1990. The song was written by Michael Jackson, although he did not receive any credit.[133] While the song was never officially released as a single in the United States, it was successful in the United Kingdom. In 1991 it was the number one song in the UK for three weeks from February 16 to March 9 and was the seventh best-selling song of the year.[134] It sold half a million copies and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry on February 1, 1991.[135]
T-shirts
In the early 1990s, millions of T-shirts featuring Bart were sold;[136] as many as one million were sold on some days.[137] Believing Bart to be a bad role model, several American public schools banned T-shirts featuring Bart next to captions such as "I'm Bart Simpson. Who the hell are you?" and "Underachiever ('And proud of it, man!')".[23][138][139]
Action figures
McFarlane Toys released a line of action figures based on the film.[140]
Lego
According to Bricklink, The Lego Group released a total of 2 Lego sets as part of Lego The Simpsons theme.[141] The product line was eventually discontinued by the end of 2015.[142][143]
In 2014 and 2015, Lego sets based on The Simpsons were produced, including The Simpsons House[144] and a set of Collectible Lego Minifigures.[145] In 2015 a Simpsons level and fun pack were released under the Lego Dimensions line[146][147]
Reference | Name | Released | Pieces/Note |
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71005 | Minifigures – The Simpsons™ Series 1 | 2014 | 16 different minifigures including Scratchy, Chief Wiggum, and Mr. Burns .
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71006 | The Simpsons™ House | 2014 | 2523 |
71009 | Minifigures – The Simpsons™ Series 2 | 2015 | 16 different minifigures including Date Night Homer, Date Night Marge, Pajamas Lisa with . |
71016 | The Kwik-E-Mart | 2015 | 2179 |
71211 | Bart Fun Pack | 2015 | Lego Dimensions fun pack |
71202 | The Simpsons™ Level Pack | 2015 | Lego Dimensions level pack based on "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)" |
71227 | Krusty the Clown Fun Pack | 2015 | Lego Dimensions fun pack |
Board and card games
The Simpsons has inspired special editions of well-known board games, including
Other
As a promotion for
On April 9, 2009, the United States Postal Service unveiled a series of five 44 cent stamps featuring Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, to commemorate the show's twentieth anniversary.[155] "The Simpsons" is the first television series to receive this recognition while the show is still in production.[156][157] The stamps, designed by Matt Groening, were made available for purchase on May 7, 2009.[158] Approximately one billion will be printed.[159]
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