The Simpsons (tv)

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• Unnamed state in the United States Of America
  • Earlier flag
  • Latter flag
• Springfield
• "the Simpsons"'s version of the Australian national flag
• "the Simpsons"'s version of the English flag

• Fictional flags
• Fictional flags on tv

Earlier Flag

by Josh Fruhlinger

[ed note: though some refer to the state as North kentucky, this is a misconception. For more details, check this page (link found by nathan lamm)]

This is the flag of the US state that Springfield, the setting of the animated show "The Simpsons" is in. One of the show's running gags is that you never know precisely what state Springfield is in - often characters will be about to say the name when, say, a passing train obscures their words.

In one episode, evil nuclear power plant owner Monty Burns runs for governor, and in one of his campaign commercials we see the state flag. This is it. Except for the motto in the bottom stripe, I'd actually prefer this design to many seal-on-a-monocolored-background designs.
Josh Fruhlinger, 24 October 1996

The flag of Springfield, MO could very well be a major inspiration for this flag, by the way.
Ole Andersen, 2 april 2004

by Eugene Ipavec

In one episode, the Confederate imagery on the state flag (it looks like a Second Confederate Naval Jack sinking into the ocean) is declared to be a disgrace "especially as we're a Northern State." This sparks a state flag contest among the kids.
Nathan Lamm, 17 november 2002

The design looked like Arizona's flag with the CBF in place of the star. I guess Springfield is in southeren Arizona??
Al Kirsch, 17 november 2002

I found the way the Confederate jack was presented--a sunset-lit beauty shot, for (presumably) maximum objectionability--particularly amusing.
Eugene Ipavec, 13 march 2005

Officialy Adopted Flag	Lisa's Proposal
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán	by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán

In the same episode where we see the second state flag, the controversy encourages the governor to suggest the children of the visiting Springfield Elementary design a new flag. Lisa comes up with one, depicting people, and a rainbow I think, but Bart messes it up so that it shows a 'stink line' instead. Apparently it ends up being accepted as the new flag, for Homer remarks later that his state is 'the stinky state' as if that were the official state motto, much as California is 'the golden state'.
Andrew Cheatle, 1 july 2004

In Springfield was a revolution of babys, so Kabul rejected the city partnership with Springfield. In this screen capture, the representative of Kabul tear up the flag of Springfield. It is a typical American city flag, blue with the CoA and the words "CITY OF SPRINGFIELD". I do not know much about the symbolism, except of the lemon. There is a lemon tree, where the children of Springfield take the fruits to make lemonade for generations.
J. Patrick Fischer, 07 november 2004

The lemon tree also play a part in the city's history.
Nathan Lamm, 07 november 2004

The episode in which this flag was seen involved Bart being sent to Australia to apologise for a long distance phone bill--or he'll be given the boot! (The episode was a parody of the Michael Fay incident, in which an American was caned for a crime in Singapore.) It contains a Union Jack in the canton, a constellation, and a boot kicking a bare bottom. In the episode, it flew over the Australian Parliament.
Sean McKinniss, 2 april 2004

In one episode, Marge Simpson tells her children the story of Henry VIII of England. Henry VIII looks very much like Homer Simpson in this joke version of history, and the flags flying over his castle looks like the English flag but with other colours - they are blue with a white cross.
Elias Granqvist, 2 november 2004