Futurama and The Simpsons - 33 season together is that Yabloko gentlemen, are full of references to Apple! Surely, you have seen a few of them, but the author of TUAW, Yoni Heysler, I found them ALL... or almost everything. If you remember something that he missed - you are welcome in the comments... and continue our exciting journey!
Part 1.
14. Futurama - Clockwork Origin. Season 6, Episode 9.
A clear reference to the iPad - a tablet called iFad. Incidentally, the name of the newspaper - USB Today.
15. The Simpsons - Thursdays with Abie. Season 21, Episode 9.
And we learn in this series that Homer's brain is working on an older version of Mac OS.
16. Futurama - Fear of a Bot Planet. Season 1, episode 5.
On the planet of evil robots, Fry and Leela are accused that they are - people. The trial is headed by an old Mac 128k. Notice the load line Mac OS.
A situation that is painfully familiar to users of earlier Mac - system error and the icon with the bomb appear on the monitor.
17. The Simpsons - Mypods and Boomsticks. Season 20, Episode 7.
Before this series, The Simpsons limited to smooth hints of Apple, but in 2008 decided to deal a crushing blow to the satirical everything related to apples. Without jokes nobody remains: Apple Store, iPod, Steve Jobs, the legendary advertising in 1984, and much more.
The series introduces us to Mapple universe and can rightly be considered the biggest Apple reference in Futurama and The Simpsons. The story begins with the fact that Lisa visits the mall store Mapple and exclaims: "There's so sterile! Maypody, mayfony, stand with mozgolomami (Eng. braniac)! "
In the series there is public appeal of Steve Jobs... I'm sorry, Steve Mobbs, "founder and chief sumptuous creations Mapple". However, Bart intercepts broadcast and puts his words on the picture Mobbs:
You all - losers. You think that you are cool, if you spend $ 500 on a phone, on which painted fruit. But guess what? Its production costs 8 bucks and I'm personally pissed on every such phone. I have made a fortune on you, doodles, and put everything at Microsoft. Now, me and my guy kiss Bill Gates sitting in the mount out of your money!
Unable to tolerate such insults, the seller comic yells: "Traitor!! Your heart is blacker than your turtleneck "and throws a sledgehammer into a huge screen - and over 1984 commercials.
Suddenly, someone says, "How can we be accused of something boss who was fired 10 years ago, and now is back!"
Talking to David Silverman, I found out why so rare Mapple mention on The Simpsons:
We closely follow the order not to go too far in Mapple. I would not want it to look like an advertisement, because Mapple brand too similar to its existing prototype
18. Futurama - A Flight to Remember. Season 2, Series 1.
In this episode, Bender wants to heal the wounds in the bar of the cruise spaceship. Who mixes for his cocktail of engine oil and Jägermeister? Is this old iZac?
19. The Simpsons - Marge vs. The Monorail. Season 4, Episode 12.
See the original stolen Mac!
20. Futurama - Clockwork Origin. Season 6, Episode 9.
In this series, we meet with the Academy nerd Wozniak, named in honor of the beloved professor-taught Woz.
21. Futurama - A Bicyclops Built For 2. Season 2, Episode 13.
In this series, we see how Bender uses a menu-style Mac OS.
22. The Simpsons - Politically Inept with Homer Simpson. Season 23, Series 10.
News ticker: Steve Jobs is iGhost. Joke on the head of Apple's death was perceived by the public is ambiguous. Someone found it tasteless and tactless, while others praised the Simpsons for boldness.
23. Futurama - Attack of the Killer App. Season 6, Episode 3.
Two years after The Simpsons Mapple Store, the analogue appeared in Futurama. The series is called "Attack killer app." There is no shortage of references to Apple.
The plot twists around a new hit corporations Mom: eyePhone, a device that is inserted directly into the eye.
"With the new eyePhone you can watch, listen to, ignore friends argue with the former, download porn right in the crowded bus, or even check your mail while you're hit by a train! "- says advertising incredible gadget. Team Express goes to Mom's Store, where it turns into a huge queue of waving your money zombie customers.
Inside the shop, each element is directly related to Apple - from dancing silhouettes in the style iPod advertising and ending with the words Amy music in the store, "Oh, this is the one non-pop song that is now everywhere plays! "
When a seller begins to explain the shortcomings Fry eyePhone, he just shouts at him: "Shut up and take my money!"
24. The Simpsons - Bart has Two Mommies. Season 17, Series 14
In this series, we see FeMac - "computer designed for women." The similarity with the iMac G4 obvious. The computer voice of Susan Sarandon, whose voice alerts about new e-mail: "You've got mail, unlike Guantanamo! Enjoy reading"
25. Futurama - The Series Has Landed. Season 1, Episode 2.
One of his sisters-robots in this series bears the name of Daisy-Mae 128k. Probably, we have a distant relative of the Mac 128k.
26. The Simpsons - A Tree Grows in Springfield. Season 24, Episode 6.
Homer wins MyPad at a school auction and immediately became addicted. Include MyPad he sees Steve Mobbs, who "is broadcast from the dead" and says: "The thing that you hold in your hands - it dorogushchy giant smartphone that anyone can call. Is not that amazing? "
In this series, a lot of Apple references, ranging from communicating with Siri and ending with the Smart Cover. There are even referring to the Angry Birds - "Vengeful Pigs", which means "Vengeful pig." Moreover, in the universe Simson even God himself enjoys MyPad.
27. The Simpsons - Flaming Moe. Season 22, Episode 11.
Bart, Milhouse and plain old vandalism.
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