VWs in Futurama & the Simpsons

65square Seriously Crusin Dubber

191 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 6 Nov 2003, 9:39 am

#108753

It seems the creators of the simpsons & Futurama have a bit of a thing for VWs. I just bought the Season 3 Futurama DVDs & one episode focuses pretty heavily on a VW Bus (its drawn as a split/bay hybrid!) Also in the same episode a green flying New Beetle is seen in several scenes. (Much like the bug seen 400 times in the chase in Bullitt!!)

In the Simpsons, Marge's sisters drive a Thing. Pretty cool! They must know something of VW's to put a pretty obscure model like this in! I can also remember an episode where Nelson puts crap on a really tall guy driving a bug.

Anyone else think of any VW related moments in these shows??

decked dubby Custom Title Time!

1,046 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 6 Nov 2003, 9:48 am

#108754

Every episode of the Simpsons has a vw in it.

One that comes to mind is when Homer is re-united with his mum, at the end she get's picked up in a hippy painted splitty.:thumb

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65square Seriously Crusin Dubber

191 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 6 Nov 2003, 10:32 am

#108767

That was the Homer J Simpson episode wasn't it?? You're right though, it seems a VW pops up somewhere! Anyhoo, here's the Kombi from Futurama😎

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HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 6 Nov 2003, 10:47 am

#108774

It's because Matt Groening is a huge VW nut!

Kai.A. Fahrvergnugen

915 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 6 Nov 2003, 11:49 am

#108785

yep, hotrodmatt got it in one there 😀

gotta love it tho havn't ya....

kai

p.s homer j simpson episode, is that the one where he tries to find out what the j stands for and it turns out it stands for jay?

Sky Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 6 Nov 2003, 11:54 am

#108786

And who can forget the episode when Nelson laughs at the tall guy in the beetle 🙂

Kai.A. Fahrvergnugen

915 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 6 Nov 2003, 1:11 pm

#108803

and the one on the schoolbus when the kids are playing punch bug (or whatever they call it???) and they go past a car yard full of beetles 😎

kai