References in other media

The popularity and impact of The Simpsons has led to the show being references in various other media.

Flubber

 * For about three seconds, Bart and Lisa laughing on a couch on the yellow robot can be seen!

Garfield: The Movie

 * Garfield flips the channel of the TV to the episode Dog of Death.

Inspector Gadget

 * A scene shows Sykes sleeping in front of a control panel, mirroring a TV in the background showing Homer Simpson sleeping at his workstation.

King of the Hill
Bobby Hill has a Bart Simpson doll in his bedroom.

BrainRush
Questions were asked that were related to The Simpsons such as:

"How Many Fingers does Homer Simpson Have?"

Corner Gas

 * In one episode, Brent put Marge Simpson on the list of who to not accept checks from.

Drawn Together

 * In the episode "A Tale of Two Cows" a reference to the floorboard gag is made when as the camera moves up between the floorboards two skeletons that resemble Bart and Lisa Simpson can be seen.

The Fairly OddParents

 * Channel Chasers: When Timmy, Wanda and Cosmo go inside their TV, one TV show they travel into is a parody of The Simpsons called The Feldmans. It features a chalkboard gag parody, parodies of Krusty, Ned Flanders, Barney, Nuclear Power Plant, Moe's Tavern (entitled "Mike's Tavern") and Blinky (Barney transforms to Blinky, while swimming under radioactive sea), and a couch gag.

The Office
In one episode, Michael lists off famous people from India; he mentions Apu.

Family Guy

 * See Family Guy for details.

Futurama

 * In one episode, when Fry, Leela and Bender land on a giant ball of trash that's heading towards a collision course on Earth, Fry spots a pile of Bart Simpson dolls. Bender pulls a string behind one of them, which causes the doll to utter Bart's catchphrase "Eat my shorts.", which Bender promptly follows (also uttering "Mmmmm...shorts.")

How I Met Your Mother

 * In one episode, Ted says "Let's teach Bart Simpsons how to drive!"
 * Homer tells the kids how he met Marge.

Saturday Night Live

 * A Britney Spears imitator says that her sisters show Zoey 101 is better than animated shows like The Simpsons.

Scrubs

 * In an episode, they make a reference to Apu.

Shear Genius

 * In Season 2, Episode 1: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, the contestants tried to make hair cuts that resemble cartoon characters, and two tried making Marge's hair do.

South Park

 * See Simpsons Already Did It
 * Cartoon Wars II: Bart writes "I Hate Family Guy"

SpongeBob SquarePants

 * In the episode "Hocus Pocus", SpongeBob says "turn a dadly didly back to squadly!". This could be a reference to Ned Flanders. In the same episode Spongebob also says Okely Dokely.
 * In the episode "Krabby Land", Mr. Krabs says "here's Krabby the Klown!". This could be a reference to Krusty the Klown.
 * In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, there is a scene in which SpongeBob and Patrick eat sundaes in an ice cream bar. After eating a large amount of ice cream, both act drunk and burp exactly like Barney Gumble. This could be a reference to Barney in Moe's Tavern.

TMNT

 * In one episode, The Simpsons appear on a TV screen.

Team Fortress 2

 * In the game, a hat is available to the Medic called "Ze Goggles" with the description stating that it does "nothing", a reference to a line from Rainier Wolfcastle in the episode Radioactive Man (which is also a popular internet meme).
 * In a blog post on the TF2 website explaining the development of the class "Demoman" (a black Scottish cyclops), the developers mentioned that they made the character black because at the time it looked too much like a "Groundskeeper in Springfield."