The Town That Time Forgot

The Town That Time Forgot is a Simpsons comic story first appearing in issue 121 in America and 138 in the United Kingdom.

Plot

Homer is late for work again and blames it on Daylight Saving Time. After being docked pay for a week, Homer leads a complaint to City Hall about Daylight Saving Time. Mayor Quimby then declares a new Anti-Daylight saving law. However, it is worded so that anyone can set their clocks to what they want. Bart posts the news on his internet blog. This means Homer lies in bed all day, Barney making Happy Hour at Moe's Tavern repeat, prevents Bart and Lisa from having to go to bed and makes the church sermon go on continusly. It has many negative effects on Springfield, with prisoners being able to wind calender watches to the end of their sentence. To prevent misuse, Marge meanwhile removes all clocks and watches, bar the one Homer is sleeping with, from the house. Things are also chaotic at the Elementary School, with lessons being skipped past by the teachers. Apu and Lisa, relzieing the danger of the new law, go to the Mayor's office, but Quimby cannot reverse the law due to already using his five law changes and take backs. Lisa suggests that they just turn the clock back to before the law was made. The town goes back to normal, with the story being used as a case study for Mr. Solar to show to classes.

Appearances

Characters

• Jeff Albertson
• Bathroom employee
• Jasper Beardley
• Big Solar
• Big Tobacco
• Kent Brockman
• Bumblebee Man
• Charles Montgomery Burns
• Carl Carlson
• Chalmers
• Charlie
• Class Hamster
• Ned Flanders
• Rod Flanders
• Todd Flanders
• John Frink
• Groundhog (mentioned only)
• Injured worker
• Itchy (image only)
• Jimbo Jones
• Edna Krabappel
• Lenny Leonard
• Lou
• Timothy Lovejoy
• Otto Mann
• Hans Moleman
• Mousey
• Anoop Nahasapeemapetilon
• Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
• Nabendu Nahasapeemapetilon
• Gheet Nahasapeemapetilon
• Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon
• Poonam Nahasapeemapetilon
• Pria Nahasapeemapetilon
• Sandeep Nahasapeemapetilon
• Sashi Nahasapeemapetilon
• Uma Nahasapeemapetilon
• Newspaper Boy
• Old Jewish Man
• Janey Powell
• Martin Prince
• Joe Quimby
• Quimby's Assistant
• Radioactive Man (image only)
• Rich Texan
• Nick Riviera
• Santa Claus (image only)
• Mindy Simmons
• Abraham Simpson
• Bart Simpson
• Homer Simpson
• Lisa Simpson
• Maggie Simpson
• Marge Simpson
• Waylon Smithers
• Agnes Skinner
• Seymour Skinner
• Snake
• Sherri
• Cletus Spuckler (picture only)
• Sun
• Terri
• Transformacar admirer (Homer's imagination only)
• Unknown Statesman
• Milhouse Van Houten
• Clancy Wiggum
• Ralph Wiggum
• Willie
• Willie's relative
• Üter Zörker
• Vampires

Locations

• 742 Evergreen Terrace
• 744 Evergreen Terrace
• The Android's Dungeon
• First Church of Springfield
• Krusty Burger (mentioned only)
• Kwik-E-Mart
• Moe's Tavern
• Skinner's House
• Springfield City Hall
• Springfield Elementary School
• Springfield Freeway (Homer's imagination only)
• Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
• Springfield Prison
• Willie's Shack

Vehicles

• Pink Sedan (Homer's imagination only)
• School Bus
• Transformacar (Homer's imagination only)

Products

• Buzz Cola
• Chewin' Tobacco Jerky
• Duff Beer
• Giant Sugar-Filled Pixie Stick
• Krusty Burger
• Squishee
• Sugar Krusty O's

Media

• Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
• Bart's Blog
• Big Solar Cautionary Tale]
• Infinite Christmas Crisis
• Springfield Shopper
• The Da Vinci Code
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Sport Teams

• Springfield Isotopes (banner only)

Companies

• Big Solar

Laws

• Alternate Tuesday law
• Annual Budget Report law
• Anti-Daylight Saving law

Credits

Script - Ian Boothby Pencils - Phil Ortiz Inks - Mike Decarlo Colors - Art Villaneuva Letters - Karen Bates Editor - Bill Morrison