The Simpsons: Hit & Run/References

Cultural references

 * Hit & Run, inspired by the, shares some similarities with the game, including the radar, and a strong focus on its driving aspect.

Trivia

 * The game includes a lot of characters, places and vehicles from the series.
 * In the scripts folder in the game files, there are level folders going up to level 9 (although level 8's and level 9's are empty). It is unknown what levels 8 and 9 were like.
 * In the fifth level, the popsicle stick sky scraper is no longer there, it has been burnt down.
 * The game includes collector cards and character outfits from the series.

References to other episodes

 * The sign "Don't Eat Beef, Eat Deer" is from the episode, Lisa the Vegetarian
 * The gold house and the rocket car (owned by Chester) from the episode The Day the Violence Died is in the first level.
 * The seventh level, which is full of ghosts and zombies, is turned into a Halloween ambient, with lots of places from the Treehouse of Horror Series.
 * Lisa states that she is a vegetarian.
 * Chief Wiggum attempts to nail Snake through the "Three Strikes Law", which was earlier used as the reason for Snake's execution in Treehouse of Horror IX. However, unlike the episode that the Three Strikes Law was used in, the consequence under the three strikes law was not execution, as Snake reappeared in Apu's level under "community service."
 * The Monorail, the Popsicle Stick Skyscraper, the 50 foot magnifying glass and the escaltor to knowhere in the second level is from the episode Marge vs. the Monorail.
 * The large catapult in the second level is from the episode Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment.
 * The hamburger ear muffs from the episode The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace can be seen in the observatory in level three.
 * The fourth level, In the Kwik E Mart, Hans Moleman gets hit in the groin by a football. This is a reference from the episode A Star is Burns.
 * In the third level, Homer's shadow can be seen in the sky from the light house this is a reference from the episode El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer).
 * The fourth level, in the Simpson's house, Homer is in the kitchen eating slices of cheese. This is from the episode Rosebud.
 * The seventh level, in the school, Grounds keeper Willie is on fire. This is from the episode Treehouse of Horror VI.
 * The "Cops never sleep" sign is from the episode Wild Barts Can't Be Broken.
 * In the Kiwik E Mart, "frostillicus" (jasper) is from the episode Lisa the Simpson.
 * In the kiwik E Mart, the "silent alarm" gag is from the episode Bart Gets Famous.
 * The panda chow crates in Moe's Tavern is from the episdoe New Kid on the Block.
 * The human chess board at Mr Burn's Manor is from the episode Tennis the Menace.
 * In the Androids dungeon Otto is racing a school bus slot car just like in the episode Radioactive Man.
 * The "flaming drinks" gag in Moe's Tavern is a reference from the episode Flaming Moe's.
 * The rat milkers ontop of the Legitimate Businessman's Social Clubis from the episode Mayored to the Mob.
 * The oil pump on top of the school is from the episode Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One).
 * The secret car on level 6 is Hans Moleman's car from the episode My Sister, My Sitter.
 * The worlds largest toilet is from the episode Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble.
 * In the Androids Dungeon, there is a cardboard cut-out of Biclops from the episode Worst Episode Ever.
 * In the Androids Dungeon, on the wall is Bleeding Gums Murphy's album Sax on the Beach from the episode Round Springfield

Suburban level

 * There is a very big lack of road junctions.
 * In the game the trailer park is in Springfield's run down area but it is really over 100 miles away according to Homer.
 * Another distance error: you can see the world's largest toilet on top of a hill, yet it is really on a flat plain many miles from Springfield.
 * The Stonecutters hidden tunnel is hardly hidden and is not next to the highway but links with the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant instead.
 * Despite being in the 939 area of Springfield, in the game the Kwik-E-Mart is in the 636 area.
 * There is no sign of the farm house on the Tomacco field, also the power plant was right next to it when in the series Homer orders chemicals and the plant was miles away from the Tomacco fields.
 * Mr Burns could have bought the Tommaco franchise, or the cigarette makers could have figured out the recipe, and moved it closer to the Power Plant to save on plutonium.


 * 636 and 939 are switched.
 * Nelson's house is next to Moe's house.

Downtown level

 * Once again there is a lack of road junctions. There are more than in the previous level but for a downtown area it still doesn't have many.
 * Oddly the Springfield Mall is no where to be seen in this level.
 * When you select Bart's clothes the stripes in the shirt are blue and white instead of red and blue.
 * The Matlock Expressway stays in Downtown and does not appear to reach Evergreen Terrace at all.

Squidport level

 * The Android's Dungeon comic book store is on a corner but as shown many times in the show it is nowhere near a corner.
 * The only bridge out of town is no where near the Springfield Dam.
 * Kamp Krusty is far out of town.
 * The observatory and the Springfield Sign are close in the game, yet the series shows that they are on opposite sides of the town to each other, also the Springfield Sign is not anywhere near a bridge it is behind the power plant
 * The suicycle track was at Las Vegas, not at Monty Burns Casino.
 * Monty Burns casino was demolished in the series, but is intact in the game (although, in theory, the game could take place before the casino was demolished).
 * The Bowlarama is not by a slope of any kind nor is Wall E. Weasel's.
 * Yet another time there is a lack of road junctions.
 * Earl is at the top of the lighthouse but in the game it's at the bottom.