The Three Stooges are a popular trio of "knuckleheads" who have made several films and shorts. They have been parodied several times on The Simpsons.
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A constellation resembling the Three Stooges
Bart the Daredevil: Dr. Hibbert reveals that the hospital has an entire ward filled with children who got injured trying to imitate the Three Stooges.
Bart's Comet: As Principal Skinner looks in the night sky he sees a constellation resembling the Three Stooges.
Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One): Bart unsuccessfully suggests to the school they spend the oil money on a way to resurrect The Three Stooges.
The Secret War of Lisa Simpson: Abe Simpson tells one of his long-winded, incomprehensible war stories, in which the admiral apparently reached a pole hours before the Three Stooges did.
Nelson imagines himself weighing the Three Stooges' brains
This Little Wiggy: The robot from the Springfield science museum asks the kids if they've ever wondered which Stooge had the heaviest brain. Nelson imagines himself as a scientist weighing their three brains and deduces Larry's is the heaviest.
Sunday, Cruddy Sunday: Homer, Wally and Wiggum run out of the skybox in Three-Stooges fashion.
I'm Goin' to Praiseland: After he thinks he's seen Heaven, Seymour Skinner claims that isn't filled with clouds and angels like it is "at the end of so many Three Stooges shorts".
Large Marge: Bill Clinton, George Bush Sr. and Jimmy Carter portray the Stooges while building a home for the needy.
The "Brittle Boneheads" episode
Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington: A "very late episode" of the Three Stooges entitled "Brittle Boneheads" plays on the Simpsons' television. Within the episode, the Stooges are portrayed as elderly and only capable of inflicting mild pain on each other.
