What short story is referenced in The Simpsons when the popular character voiced by Hank Azaria stars?
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Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is a cartoon character in the animated television series "The Simpsons". He is the Indian immigrant proprietor of the Kwik-E-Mart, a popular convenience store in Springfield, and is well known for his catchphrase, "Thank you, come again." He is voiced by Hank Azaria and first appeared in the episode "The Telltale Head".
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The Telltale Head "The Telltale Head" is the eighth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> first season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 25, 1990. It was written by Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Sam Simon and Matt Groening, and directed by Rich Moore. In the episode, Bart cuts the head off the statue of Jebediah Springfield in the center of town to impress Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph, three older kids he admires. The town's residents, including the three boys, are horrified and Bart regrets his actions. After telling his family, Homer and Bart head to the center of town, where they are met by an angry mob. After Bart tells the mob he has made a mistake, the townspeople forgive Bart and he places the head back on the statue. The episode's title is a reference to the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Azazel (Asimov) Azazel is a character created by Isaac Asimov and featured in a series of fantasy short stories. Azazel is a two-centimeter-tall demon (or extraterrestrial), named after the Biblical demon.
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List of The Simpsons guest stars In addition to the show's regular cast of voice actors, celebrity guest stars have been a staple of "The Simpsons", an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company, since its first season. "The Simpsons" focuses on the eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. The family was initially conceived by Groening for a series of animated shorts, which originally aired as a part of "The Tracey Ullman Show" between 1987 and 1989. The shorts were developed into a half-hour prime time series which began in December 1989. The series' 27th season began in September 2015 and episodes of "The Simpsons" have aired. A feature film adaptation of the series called "The Simpsons Movie", was released in 2007.
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Pageant Wagon (short story) "Pageant Wagon" is a short story by American writer Orson Scott Card. It first appeared his in his short story collection "The Folk of the Fringe" (April, 1989), and was followed by a release in "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine "(August, 1989)
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Alt.tv.simpsons alt.tv.simpsons (called "a.t.s." by regular readers) is a usenet newsgroup dedicated to discussing the American television program "The Simpsons". Created in 1990, the newsgroup became a popular community in the early 1990s, and continues to exist as of 2017. It is known for reviewing episodes and nitpicking minor details on the show.
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The Commuter "The Commuter" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick.
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Pokey Mom "Pokey Mom" is the tenth episode of the twelfth season of the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 14, 2001. In the episode, Marge befriends Jack Crowley, a convict who she believes has some artistic potential. With Marge's help, Jack is granted parole and finds a mural-painting job at Springfield Elementary School. Meanwhile, Homer suffers from a back injury and goes to see a chiropractor. Despite this his pain remains and it is not until he accidentally falls backwards onto a garbage can that his back injury disappears. Homer makes a successful business out of this injury-healing garbage can, much to the dismay of chiropractors in town.
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The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World is a side-scrolling platform game based on the "Simpsons" franchise and features many aspects from the television series. It was released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and then in 1993 for Amiga, Atari ST, Game Gear and Sega Master System. In the game, the player controls Bart as he travels around the world on a scavenger hunt while facing against Mr. Burns' family and agents. The game has received mixed reviews from critics since its release.
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Bartok the Magnificent Bartok the Magnificent, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, is a 1999 direct-to-video spin-off and sequel to the 1997 film "Anastasia", which features Hank Azaria as the voice of Bartok, Kelsey Grammer as the voice of Zozi, and Jennifer Tilly as Piloff. It is a "family adventure...animated comedy" film, according to Fort Oglethorpe Press.
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The Hood Maker The Hood Maker is a short story by Philip K. Dick, originally published in 1955 in the magazine "Imagination". It was adapted for television in 2017 as the first episode of "Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams".
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Chief of Hearts "Chief of Hearts" is the eighteenth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> twenty-first season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 18, 2010. In this episode, Homer and Chief Wiggum become friends after Homer shares a sandwich with Wiggum during his community service sentence. Meanwhile, Bart becomes addicted to a Japanese kids' game called Battle Ball, but Marge and Principal Skinner believe that Bart is dealing drugs. It is also the first episode in which Lisa Simpson does not deliver any dialogue.
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Homer Defined "Homer Defined" is the fifth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> third season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 17, 1991. In the episode, Homer accidentally saves the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant from meltdown by arbitrarily choosing the emergency override button via a counting rhyme. He is honored as a hero and receives praise from his daughter Lisa, but he starts to feel unworthy because he knows that his so-called heroism was just luck. Meanwhile, Bart is downhearted after learning that Milhouse's mother has forbidden him to spend time with Bart anymore.
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Treehouse of Horror XXIV "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" is the second episode of the 25th season of the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons", and the 532nd episode of the series. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 6, 2013. The episode was written by Jeff Westbrook and directed by Rob Oliver.
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Non-English versions of The Simpsons The animated TV show "The Simpsons" is an American English language animated sitcom which has been broadcast in the United States since 1989 on FOX. In other countries, the TV show started broadcasting later than 1989 either in its original version or in a dubbed version.
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Feathertop "Feathertop" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1852. The moral tale uses a metaphoric scarecrow named Feathertop and its adventure to offer the reader a conclusive lesson about human character. It has since been used and adapted in several other media forms, such as opera and theatre.
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List of The Simpsons episodes "The Simpsons" is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a satirical depiction of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society, and television, as well as many aspects of the human condition. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks. Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of the Fox series "The Tracey Ullman Show" on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime-time show that was an early hit for Fox.
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Waterclap "Waterclap" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story was written at the request of a movie company and was intended to serve as the basis of a film treatment. However, the author disliked the proposed characters and storyline and deliberately set out to write a story that he hoped would be rejected. The story was indeed rejected by the studio and was later published in the May 1970 issue of "If" and reprinted in the 1976 collection "The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories".
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Barney Gumble Barnard "Barney" Gumble is a fictional character on the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons". The character is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared in the series premiere episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". He is the town drunk of Springfield and Homer Simpson's best friend. His desperation for alcohol is a frequent butt of jokes on the show. Barney sobered up in the episode "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses", which was co-written by Castellaneta, and stayed sober for several seasons. Barney was inspired by the cartoon character Barney Rubble from "The Flintstones" and by several barflies from other television programs. In 2004, Castellaneta won an Emmy Award for voicing various characters, including Barney.
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Treehouse of Horror XXII "Treehouse of Horror XXII" is the third episode of the twenty-third season and the twenty-second Halloween episode of the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 30, 2011. The episode is part of the "Treehouse of Horror" series, which is an episode divided into three separate stories and an opening that is a parody of scary or Halloween themed stories. This episode's stories were primarily spoofs of the French film "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", the television series "Dexter", and the American film "Avatar". The opening was a parody of the autobiographical film "127 Hours", in which the subject Aron Ralston loses an arm.
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Eve's Diary "Eve's Diary" is a comic short story by Mark Twain.
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Extracts from Adam's Diary "Extracts from Adam's Diary" is a 1904 comic short story by American humorist and writer Mark Twain.