In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that "of all the Springfields in America, is most popular in Springfields in Virginia, Minnesota and New Jersey, and least popular in Springfields in Louisiana, Arkansas and Georgia". The town of Springfield, Vermont, was chosen. called Springfield competed to hold the premiere. To promote The Simpsons Movie, various actual towns and cities across the U.S. Louis County, Missouri) and 939 ( Puerto Rico). The telephone area codes for Springfield are 636 ( St. This is substantiated by the state abbreviations NT and TA used within the show.
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The 2012 episode " Beware My Cheating Bart" played upon the unidentifiability of the state in its opening chalkboard gag, which stated that "The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours".ĭavid Silverman, who directed the movie and various episodes of the series, joked that Springfield is located in the fictional state of "North Takoma". But if you look at the clues, you can figure it out." Episodes frequently make fun of the fact that Springfield's state is unidentifiable by adding further conflicting descriptions, obscuring onscreen map representations, and interrupting conversational references.
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The city's unknown and unknowable geography is a recurring joke in the series the Dayton Daily News called it the "riddle wrapped in an enigma that is Springfield's location", but Lisa Simpson states that "it's a bit of a mystery, yes. In The Simpsons Movie, Ned Flanders tells Bart that the state where Springfield is located is bordered by the states of Ohio, Nevada, Maine, and Kentucky – of which only Ohio and Kentucky are real neighboring states. Location īecause of the many contradictory statements regarding Springfield, it is impossible for the town to exist in a specific state. In anticipation of the success of the show, I thought, 'This will be cool everyone will think it's their Springfield.' And they do." Groening liked Second City Television 's use of Melonville, a town with a large cast of recurring characters that serves as a mini-universe for the show, and partially based The Simpsons on it. He said, "I also figured out that Springfield was one of the most common names for a city in the U.S. Groening named Springfield after Springfield, Oregon, and also took inspiration from Springfield being the fictitious setting of the series Father Knows Best. Springfield is intended to represent "anytown, USA" and not be a specific real town, although the producers acknowledge basing the town on numerous locations including The Simpsons creator Matt Groening's hometown of Portland, Oregon, and Mike Scully's hometown, Springfield, Massachusetts.
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