h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Next to Shelbyville of course!

two theories:

1) at the end of the "behind the laughter" episode, the troy mcclure voiceover says they they are from southwestern missouri, where there is, indeed, a springfield, but no shelbyville; a red herring?

2) there is one state in the union with both a shelbyville and a springfield: tennessee. however, the towns are not next to each other, and the capital of tennessee is not capital city.

incidentally, in the "burns for governor" episode, the state flag is visible behind burns at the end of his campaign commercial, displaying the state motto: "not just another state".

Apologies for being a pedant but the conversation quoted in the main article where the name of the State is obscured by a train whistle did not feature Herb Powell (Homer's long lost brother) but was between a Train Conductor and Larry Burns (Mr Burns' long lost son) voiced by Rodney Dangerfield.

1. When I saw the "Behind the Laughter" episode when it first aired, the voice-over said the Simpsons were from Missouri. When it was aired locally in syndication, the voice-over said Kentucky. They're toying with us here.

2. In the NYC episode, Homer instructs his family to tell the city-folk that they are "Ozark millionaires". The Springfield in Missouri is in the Ozarks.

3. My grandparents used to live in Springfield, MO, so that town has my vote for where the Simpson's live. (Plus, when I visited them, I swear to god I saw Cletus the slack-jawed yokel about 5 times a day.)

today i was watching the simpsons, it was the episode where.... well jeez i don't really remember (it's late and i've been studying) but marge is calling to order replacement "feet" for an art project that she and lisa are doing, and when saying the address on the phone, it goes something like "springfield, oh, hi maude, come on in." (ohio)

Interesting theories, but Springfield has been shown several times to lie on a coast. And it's close to a desert. I think you will find the all the features of Springfield not only incompatible with existing states but with them selves. Springfield obviously lies in a constantly morphing ghost state.

There is both a Springfield and a Shelbyville in Illinois.

Not that that means anything.

But I just ran across a fellow in a thread who believed "The Simpsons" was a Canadian show...

Actually, there was (will be?) a live taping of the show in Canada, I think in Ontario... and there was one episode of The Simpsons where Bart went to Toronto in pursuit of Rainer Wolfcastle's daughter, who was dating Milhouse to get back at him... Bart and Milhouse found themselves in a curling match. I like Canadia!

And who beat Canada in the mens curling final in the Salt Lake Olympics? Norway! Yay.
Sorry, that was completely off topic. When you're from a tiny insignificant country you have to exaggerate the importance of even something like an olympic gold in curling.

Well... it's not so much that it's insignificant, it just may not have such an inflated self-image... *cough*

I'm from the world infamous county of Essex, England. There is a little known town just outside of the county town of Chelmsford called Springfield.... Of course this would insinuate that all the Simpsons carefully put on humour is another English ruse to take Philadelphia.... Maybe not!!

Or the Korean animator's bid to take over Essex!

Now i'm afraid.... very afraid.... I have seen several korean animators over here.... obviously they are just decoy ones to fool me into thinking that they are commonplace and therefore not suspect the real ones.... Not that i believe in Conspiracy theories anyway! Why just the other night a spaceship was sighted over my house and uncle fred disapeared, nothing unusual there!

Springfield is definitly on a coast, my vote is Maine, because in season 13, episode 22 "Papas got a Brand New Badge" you can see a sign on the side of the road right in front of the power plant "INTERSTATE 95" during a montoge of Fat Tony driving to kill homer simpsons. I 95 is an interstate that runs along the eastern coast. Its not Florida, they got kicked out of there. And also, the only east coast state that has allowed medical marijuana, or Texas THC, is Maine.

Which is very interesting because I believe Matt Groening is from Seattle...
heave it over to the other coast, boys!

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The question is, Who would want to take over Essex???? It may have a springfield, with its neighbour being Melbourne - Surely a place like shelbville where cousins marry each other - Looking at some people in Melbourne, it wouldnt suprise me. So who knows