The Gypsy's Shop is a fortune-telling business located in Ethnictown, an immigrant neighborhood of Springfield. It is owned and operated by the Gypsy.
The Gypsy tells fortunes using a crystal ball, Tarot cards, and other, unspecified means. In addition to the fortune-telling equipment, her shop also has things such as a beaded doorway, shrunken heads, locked chests, a pentagram on the wall, candles on a stand, and all kinds of mysterious-looking books.
The Gypsy runs a very practical, street-smart business and operates under the following principles:
- If you are a police officer, you have to tell the Gypsy of that fact before she will read your fortune. (She will ask.)
- The Gypsy will not accept checks from people she deems to be irresponsible or unreliable (such as Homer Simpson).
- The Gypsy reserves the right to refuse service to people who offend or anger her, Homer again being an example.
- The Gypsy uses technology as well as magic in her business: The sign in her shop window says "Fortune Teller. After hours use automated teller."
History[]
The Simpsons patronize the Gypsy's Shop when Marge comes in to have her fortune read. Homer arrives moments later and the Gypsy immediately senses that she shouldn't accept a check from him. Homer offends her by accusing her of being a fraud, and the Gypsy orders him to leave. When he accidentally trashes her shop (by being freaked out by the doorway beads, knocking over a candle stand, and setting off the sprinklers which soak everything in the place), the Gypsy puts a curse on him.
By the time Homer returns seeking revenge for being cursed, the Gypsy has finished with making repairs to her shop.
Appearances[]
Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out