Citations:Simpsonian

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English citations of Simpsonian

Adjective: of or pertaining to The Simpsons series[edit]

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  • 1997, TV guide[1], volume 41, Triangle Publications:
    Think about all of the aspects of Simpsonian society [...]
  • 2001, Mark I. Pinsky, The Gospel according to the Simpsons: the spiritual life of the world's most animated family[2], Westminster John Knox Press, →ISBN, page 54:
    Stripped of its Simpsonian excess, it is the kind of solution familiar to many modern believers.
  • 2006, Steven Keslowitz, The World According to the Simpsons: What Our Favorite TV Family Says about Life, Love, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Donut[3], Sourcebooks, →ISBN:
    In classic Simpsonian fashion, Homer finds flaws in both ideologies, siding entirely with neither and subverting everything.
  • 2007, Ronald Jay Magill, Chic ironic bitterness, illustrated edition, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 1:
    I remember verbatim the above three lines from an episode of The Simpsons, that always calibrated cultural barometer.* Originally aired in 1996, this Simpsonian haiku remains just as telling today.
  • 2007, Paul Halpern, What's science ever done for us? What The Simpsons can teach us about physics, robots, life and the universe, commented edition, John Wiley and Sons, →ISBN, page 253:
    For more on the science behind The Simpsons, you may wish to visit the hallowed Simpsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., which some have nicknamed "The nation's Attic's Back Closet".
  • 2014, Robert Cushman, "The Simpsons has now officially been bad for longer than it was ever good", National Post, 22 October 2014:
    It’s true that the Halloween specials have always provided a concentrated dose of Simpsonian self-satire, and that the same element, in more discreet doses, used to crop up in regular episodes.