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The Simpsons and Philosophy
William Irwin, Mark Conard, Aeon Skoble, eds. Paperback edition Open Court, 2001 ISBN: 0-8126-9433-3 295 indexable pages 843 headings, subheadings 1915 locators, 35 cross references For more about this book, see Open Court |
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The Simpsons and Philosophy is not just for fans of the program; it's for anyone interested in how philosophic, literary and social issues are represented in American popular culture. It answers such questions as: Is Bart Simpson a Nietzschean hero? How does allusion work? Do intellectuals make good leaders? The book was published with an index containing long strings of undifferentiated references and lacking headings for episodes. As a result, my son had difficulty finding what he was looking for when searching for material for a school project. He asked me to write a new index for him and his friends. This is it. The episode numbers in the index are the episode number's in the book's "Episode List," which also includes the episode's official number, the season in which it was first broadcast and its first airdate. In the index, the names of characters are uninverted and enclosed in single quotes to distinguish them from the names of real people. Some cross-references are followed by the phrase "[on this page]," which indicates that the heading being cross-referenced is on the same Web page as the reference. The phrase is a reminder that clicking on the cross-reference may result in no visible feedback because the cross-reference is linked to a heading that is already displayed in the window in a manner that does not require re-drawing the window. Legal Notice: The Simpsons® are copyright of Fox and its related companies. All rights reserved. Any reproduction, duplication, or distribution in any form is expressly prohibited. Disclaimer: This web site, its operators, and any content contained on this site relating to The Simpsons® are not authorized by Fox. |
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Numbers "22 Short Films About Springfield" (Episode 149), 184 "30 Minutes Over Tokyo" (Episode 226), 42, 50 A 'Abe Simpson' ('Grampa Simpson') 'Bart Simpson' and, 222n5 checks in the mail, 161 'Marge Simpson' and, 50 'Mayor Quimby' and, 173 membership cards, 241-242 night watchman, 261 staff writer Itchy & Scratchy Show, 261 verification of own name, 261, 262 absurdity, 64, 268 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain), 189 aesthetics, 61-62, 84-85 'Agnes Skinner,' 50, 129 akrasia (weakness of will), 19 Allen, Woody, 103 allusions/parodies, 81-92, 101-107 authors/literary works, 81, 85, 86-89, 90, 111, 149, 168 films, 81, 82, 85, 86, 89-90, 97, 98-99, 103-107, 111-112, 152 individuals, groups, 74, 91, 174, 178, 242-243 prior episodes, 86-87, 264 songs, 82-83 TV shows, 81-82, 86, 87, 88, 89-90, 97, 177, 216 Anaximander, 290 Anaximenes, 290 "And Maggie Makes Three" (Episode 116), 15, 40, 83 Anselm, Saint, 291 anti-intellectualism, 24-34, 178 'Apu Nahasapeemapetilon' bowler, 195 characteristic minor character, 129 despair, 189 'Homer Simpson' and 11, 12, 134, 167, 235, 236-237 on Indian films, 97-98 vegetarianism, 137, 155 Aristotle character types, 8-9, 19 children and spouses, 12 quoted, 7, 291 virtue, 9-10, 17, 20, 46-58 art/artists, 62-63, 67-68, 89, 157 Auden, W. H., 250 Augustine, Saint, 291 'Aunt Patty.' See 'Patty Bouvier' ('Aunt Patty') 'Aunt Selma.' See 'Selma Bouvier' ('Aunt Selma') Aurelius, Marcus, 291 |
authority, 26-30, 73-75, 117-120, 261 autonomy, 209-213 Ayn Rand School for Tots, 85, 111 B Bacon, Francis, 291 Baldwin, Alec, 29 'Barney Gumble' alcoholic, 47, 129 beer expertise lacking, 27 'Homer Simpson' and, 12 self-indulgence, 48 "Bart, the Mother" (Episode 206), 151 "Bart After Dark" (Episode 158), 13, 50 "Bart Gets an F" (Episode 14), 141 "Bart Gets Hit By A Car" (Episode 23), 48, 87 "Bart of Darkness" (Episode 104), 89 'Bart Simpson' 'Abe Simpson' and, 222n5 authority and, 73-75 on cartoons, 259-260 compared to Harry Potter, 147, 157 compared to Rod and Todd Flanders, 169 duty vs. desire, 150-151 'Edna Krabappel' and, 12 Groening on, 166n9 haircut, 262 Heideggerian thinker, 269-270, 280, 281-282 'Homer Simpson' and, 12, 13, 14, 15, 87, 94, 95, 106, 120-121, 261 hypocrisy and, 184, 189 icon of American boyhood, 166 incontinent character, 8 Itchy & Scratchy episode written by, 259-260, 265-267 'Jebediah Springfield' and, 59, 121 'Jessica Lovejoy' and, 150-151 'Krusty the Klown' and, 141 'Lisa Simpson' and, 31, 74, 75, 114, 121, 136, 138, 141-142, 156-157, 240-241 'Marge Simpson' and, 54, 106, 151, 168 mob bartender, 94-95 'Mr. Burns' and, 73 Nietzschean ideals, 59, 73-77 nihilism and, 76-77 pen-pal lover, 12 'Principal Skinner' and, 74, 94, 95, 105, 168 right and wrong unknown, 46, 73 |
"Bart Star" (Episode 184), 17, 31n17 "Bart the Fink" (Episode 143), 50, 174n22 "Bart the Genius" (Episode 2), 189 "Bart the Lover" (Episode 51), 12 "Bart the Murderer" (Episode 39), 94-107 Barthes, Roland on images, 256-257, 258n10, 262 semiotics, 254, 263-264, 267, 268 structuralism, 254 "Bart's Comet" (Episode 117), 55 "Bart's Girlfriend" (Episode 110), 50, 59n2, 150-151, 170n16, 184 "Bart's Inner Child" (Episode 88), 75n29, 200 Bergson, Henri, 293 Berkeley, George, 292 Bhagavad-Gita, 41, 42 "Black Widower" (Episode 56), 130n12 'Bleeding Gums Murphy,' 121, 122, 158, 159 "Blood Feud" (Episode 35), 49, 84 'Bob Terwillerger' ('Sideshow Bob'), 124n11, 174, 182 Booth, Wayne, 223 Bosch, Hieronymous, 87 'Bouvier' family See 'Marge Simpson' (née 'Bouvier'); 'Mrs. Jacqueline Bouvier'; 'Patty Bouvier' ('Aunt Patty'); 'Selma Bouvier' ('Aunt Selma') "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood" (Episode 89), 242 "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" (Episode 101), 12, 54 'Brad Goodman,' 74 bravery, 48, 49 Brecht, Bertolt, 240 "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" (Episode 59), 37-38 "Brother From the Same Planet" (Episode 73), 13, 187, 241 "Brush with Greatness" (Episode 31), 50 Buddha, 290 Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 121, 122 'Burch Barlow,' 174 Burden, Robert, 102 "Burns, Baby Burns" (Episode 157), 40, 196 "Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk" (Episode 46), 161n2, 173n21 Bush, George W. H., 161 |
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