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A Foreign Affair

Version 3.0

Maintained by: Claus Rasmussen
Created: 1999-08-31
Last updated: 2004-06-10

This list includes all references made to the world outside the US, both to the countries themselves and to people, things and actions that originate from that particular country.

In order to prevent the list from growing out of hand, there are a few rules:
1. Foods are NOT considered references, unless only found in that particular country.
2. Foreign sounding names are NOT considered references, without further proof.
3. Songs are NOT considered references unless national anthems or foreign language versions.

"Homer, what's your least favorite country: Italy or France?"
Hank Scorpio, supervillain --- 3F23 "You Only Move Twice"


COUNTRIES

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Antarctica Argentina
Australia Austria Bahamas Belgium Bermuda
Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso
Burma Canada Chile China Congo
Croatia Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Egypt
El Salvador England Estonia Finland France
Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Haiti
Hong Kong Hungaria Iceland India Iran
Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast
Jamaica Japan Kampuchea Korea Lebanon
Libya Madagascar Malaysia Mexico Micronesia
Monaco Mongolia Morocco Netherlands Nepal
Norway Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru
Poland Polynesia Portugal Rumania Russia
Saudi Arabia Scotland Serbia South Africa Spain
Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tanzania
Thailand Tibet Trinidad & Tobago Tunesia Turkey
Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Vietnam Yemen

Afghanistan
8F24According to Kent Brockman, Kamp Krusty surpasses Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.
9F06The two guys from Kabul. {ds}

Albania
7G13Adil Hoxha leaves his family in Albania. {ds}
7G13Lisa says, "You know, in Albania, the unit of currency is called the lek." {ds}

Algeria
8F02The Moroccan vendor claims he was once president of Algeria.

Antarctica
DABF10Lisa points out the Bart has never been to Antarctica.

Argentina
8F02When world peace is declared, UN representatives of Argentina and England hug. "We kinda knew they were yours" says the Argentinian representative about the Falklands. {nc}
8F11Bart takes a tango lesson with a teacher that is obviously Argentinian because when Bart left she says "Adios Señor Bart". {rg}
1F08Captain McAllister plans to sail round the Cap Horn.
1F16A repeat of the Krusty the Klown show from the day the Falklands were invaded. {nc}
2F13Bart makes a call to Argentina.
2F13Bart points to Argentina and Rand McNally. {nc}
AABF16Buenos Aires is proposed as an Olympic Games host (in reality, the city came fifth in the election for 2004). {nc}

Australia
7F15"Space Mutants V" takes place in Australia.
1F01In order to cheer up mr. Burns, Smithers has arranged the Australian population to join hands, and spell out mr. Burns name with candles.
2F13Most of the episode.
AABF03"Dash Dingo" is Australian ("I'm gonna rule the Down Under-verse!")
EABF06There's Italian, Hungarian, French, and Australian judges at the monkey olympics figure skating event.

Austria
7F09Dr. Marvin Monroe is transmitted live from the home of Sigmund Freud, Vienna.
9F04Homer kills zombie Einstein.
2F13Inscription at the Australian Parliament, "Parliament-haus der Austr-al-ia".
3G03A very young Rainier Wolfcastle appears in an Austrian Bratwurst commercial.
BABF06Sigmund Freud is featured in the coach gag.
BABF19The musician at the fake "Awareness Awards" does a tribute to Falco. {an}

Bahamas
9F20Mayor Quimby cancels his vacation to the Bahamas. {bg}

Belgium
AABF16Olympic representative.

Bermuda
8F01Article in Reading Digest, "Can We Trust Bermuda?"

Bolivia
8F19An actor in "The Stockholm Affair" mentions "the Greeko-Bolivian alliance".

Bosnia-Herzegovina
AABF16Springfield is predicted the same promising future as Sarajevo after the Olympics.

Brazil
1F07A missing team of Brazilian soccer players, whose plane crashed on mr. Burns property is found working in the reactor core of SNPP.
2F03Homer claims to be the first non-Brazilian person to travel through time.
3F07In the opening scene, the guest of Krusty in his Christmas Special (Xoxchitla, something) is the brazilian singer, XUXA! {eas}
5F01Brazilian soccer star, Pele, is shown at the soccer game.
5F20Marge mentions "one of those superbabies from Brazil".
AABF19Pele stars in "Poke of Zorro" as Hiccuping Narrator.
BABF07Kent Brockman tells about the ozone hole that devasted Brazil.
DABF10Homer thinks boys from Brazil are little Hitlers.
DABF10The Simpson family goes to Brazil.

Bulgaria
8F21Spinal Tap members, "We're very big in Bulgaria. And what-his-name, the other -garia..." "Hungaria."

Burkina Faso
2F13Homer spots Burkina Faso on the phone bill, but keeps it quiet in case he did it and didn't remember. {art}
2F13New Ouagadougou is one the places on the phone bill.

Burma
1F07Homer watches a documentary about the Burmese Melon Fly.

Canada
7F23Homer watches the Canadian Football League draft. {ps}
8F01Trong Van Din mentions Canada as another possible land of opportunity. {ps}
8F12Lisa finds "Oddball, Canadian rules" in the library.
8F16The picture of Mrs Krabappel's boyfriend, Woodrow Wilson, is of Gordie Howe; Gordie is Canadian. {an}
8F22Samantha's school is run by French/Canadian nuns.
9F05Homer reads newspaper headline: "Canada to hold referendum".
9F09Homer "consoles" Marge that the US's health care system is second to "Japan, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain..." {ps}
9F13Corey Hotline: "[reading form newspaper] Canada stalls from trade agreement."
2F14Marge plans on making her most international coffee: Montreal Morn. {mh}
2F15Lisa and Hugh go to a film festival featuring the Canadian actor Jim Carrey. {mh}
2F19Kids can't locate Canada in the map. ("All tucked away down there") {ps}
3F04Paul Anka is Canadian. {mh}
3F17The boys told their parents they were going to the national grammar rodeo in Canada. {cr}
3F17An overly annoyed father tells his children, "That's it! We're going back to Winnipeg!" {jmk}
3F23Gordy, a kid in the leg-up program is from Canada. {am}
4F05Ned explaining the difference between juice and cider, "...And, of course, in Canada, the whole thing's flip-flopped."
4F17Bret "the Hitman" Hart is a Canadian. {mh}
4F22When Bart tells the immigrants to go home, the boat's captain suggests that they try to enter Canada. {mh}
5F07Marge participates in Jeopardy with the Canadian host Alex Trebek. {mh}
5F11Ralph is a representative of Canada in Model UN Club at the Springfield Elementary. {jp}
5F15Bart on the missing birds, "Some say the birds flew to Canada, others say Toronto." {ps}
AABF03Fake school grant presenter mentions Canada. {am}
AABF07Bart's quote at the baseball game, "But you gotta support the team, Dad! They're already threatening to move to Moosejaw." {mh}
AABF09Clinton's line: "Sorry,.... Quebec has got the bomb". {an}
AABF12Homer's sandwich (in Lisa's hallucination) contains Canadian as well as Mexican bacon.
AABF16Kent Brockman compares Homer's Springy with such notables as the "Montreal Vampire" and the "Atlanta Whatsit". {an}
AABF20Canadian contestants in the Japanese show have scorpions dropped on them.
AABF21Planet Springfield has the script for Jim Carrey's "The Cable Guy".
AABF19The producers of "Poke of Zorro" film thank Film Board of Canada.
BABF09According to Homer, BTO is Canada's answer to Emerson, Lake and Palmer {an}.
CABF06The Simpsons watches the French-Canadian cirkus "Cirque de Puree".
DABF06Rainier Wolfcastle's new moving is being shot in Toronto. Bart goes there to win back Greta.

Chile
7F08The mini-golf course features the Easter Island heads.
8F20Selma once took a vacation on Easter Island.
2F13One of the countries in the phone bill is Santiago, Chile. {jv}
3F02Lisa mentions Pablo Neruda (Chilean poet). {jv}
5F04Moe takes a vacation on Easter Island.
AABF16Olympic representative.

China
7F12Homer complains about his "cheap Chinese TV".
8F03Fat Tony mistakes Skinner for some Chinese guy.
1F07Homer, after reading a fortune cookie: "Aw, even the Chinese are against me."
2F02Chinese principals visit; Skinner says happy new year in chinese "gung hay fa choy[sp?]" {ds}
2F08Lisa tell Homer that the Chinese use the same word for "crisis" and "opportunity". ("Crisatunity!")
3F17Bart says, "Here are the eyes!" in Chinese {an}
4F05Larry says his relationship to his father is falling apart like a Chinese motorcycle.
4F08Chinese mafia. {ds}
4F10Mao Tse Tsung is one of Homer's imaginary political powers.
4F12Krusty treatens to replace Itchy & Scratchy with a Chinese cartoon.
4F11(Homer, after dropping their huge savings jar) "Hello? China? A little help?"
4F21Lisa compares the cadets to the Terra Cotta Warriors of Xi'an.
4F24The Troy McClure documentary about DNA solves the mystery of why Chinese parents have Chinese children.
AABF08Unlike Homer & co., people in China can watch the Super Bowl.
BABF13One of the many countries USA owe money in year 2030. They're still cool.
BABF14Barney, "...there's gonna be a planet for the French, a planet for the Chinese..."
DABF15Bart gets infected with panda virus by a Chinese mosquito.
EABF06Marge, "Bart, you're a little young to be groveling at 7' Chinese ladies."

Congo
1F08Mr. Burns claims his "Sproose Moose" is able to fly from New York to Belgian Congo in 17 minutes.

Croatia
EABF01Homer's car was built in Croatia from old Soviet tanks.

Cuba
2F13A slide shows "Cuban Plan B" with Fidel Castro in a crosshair.
5F14Mr. Burns wants to buy this land of "freedom", but Fidel Castro merely steals the one trillion dollar bill.
BABF08Fidel Castro is at the Mayo Clinic.
EABF02The Robin Williams-wannabe teacher lectures his class about the Cuban Missile Crisis.
EABF04Kent Brockman rides a rollercoaster with Fidel Castro.

Czechoslovakia
8F08Patty and Selma have their problems with a Czechoslovak electrical outlet.

Denmark
9F02Amber Dempsey, little miss Springfield, opens the Danish super chain "SHØP".
3G02The kindergarten teacher reads "The Ugly Duckling" by the Danish auther Hans Christian Andersen.
5F13Bart and Ralph build a giant LEGO brick out of...LEGO bricks.
BABF03OFF visit "SHØP"
BABF03LEGO bricks mentioned once again.
BABF08Moe suggests that Homer buys some Tuborg beer, "The Beer of Danish Kings".
DABF08Bart plays Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. He has a "Danes do it Melancholy" poster.
DABF13The FOX programme "When Dinosaurs get Drunk" is replaced by "The Boring World of Niels Bohr".

Egypt
7F13"Mt. Sinai 1220 BC" in the opening scene.
7F13Patty tells Skinner about Egypt.
1F04Chief Wiggum orders the Egyptian wing of the museum destoyed.
2F07One of the erotic rooms at the "Aphrodite Inn" is "Pharaoh's Chamber".
4F24Lisa dismisses the idea of brain-teaser being in Egyptian.
5F17Lisa and Homer discover the secret of the Isis esphere. {nc}
AABF14Story of Moses with Lisa and Milhouse takes place here; Skinner's a pharoah. {ds}

El Salvador
DABF22Homer sings "You test me like the water in El Salvador."

England
7F03Passage from Bart's history book, "...seperatists from Plymouth, England, some living in Holland..."
7F03Sherri and Terri make Bart believe that the Pilgrims left England due to giant rats.
7F12"Homer, you're late for English." "English? Who needs that. I'm never going to England." {ds}
7F12Homer's guidance counseller has a "Japan" poster.
7F18Marge sends a picture of Ringo Starr to: Ringo Starr, c/o The Beatles, Liverpool England.
8F13Barney and Wade Boggs argue which English Prime Minister was greater.
8F14Maggie went to "Buckingham Palace Quick Lube" in search of Marge.
8F21Spinal Tap World Tour goes to London.
8F24Krusty goes to Wimbledon. {ds}
9F04Homer wastes zombie Shakespeare.
9F09Homer "consoles" Marge that the US's health care system is second to "Japan, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain..." {ps}
9F13President Ralph refuses to give in to the British.
9F14Barney mistakes a pile of rags for Princess Di.
9F15The Big Book of British Smiles. {nc}
9F15The Beatles in their purple(!) submarine crash into a drawing of Queen Victoria.
9F16Bart's race around the world is set to begin at Leicester Square, with the Queen herself holding the flag.
9F22The Union Jack backdrop behind Sideshow Bob as he finishes singing.
9F22Bart want to be Gus, the loveable chimneysweep, "best in all Westminster."
1F01Mr. Burns has King Arthur's Excalibur.
1F04Homer kills zombie Shakespeare.
1F07Bart pretends to be a cockney boy. {ds}
1F08One of the casino suggestions is called Britania, with girls from the streets of Sussex.
2F07One of the erotic rooms at the "Aphrodite Inn" is "Camelot Room".
2F08Marge mentions the British Father Christmas.
2F12Legs after Homer claims to be Benedict Arnold, "The same Benedict Arnold who plotted to surrender West Point to the hated British?"
2F13Homer mistakes a US marine for "one of those English guards who can't laugh or smile or anything".
2F15Lisa and her British fiancee Hugh go there to visit his parents.
3F02Martin to his soul, "Hah! It's like punting on the Thames."
3F08Sideshow Bob builds a tiny model of Westminister Abbey.
3F12Krusty has a holding company on the Cayman Islands.
4F05Lisa jokes about her mother hairdo, "...Buckingham Palace called. They want their hat back.."
3G03Kearney yells out, "Extra, extra. Ripper strikes in White Chapel!"
3G03Shary Bobbins' last employer was Lord and Lady Huffington of Sussex.
4F15"John Bull's Fish and Chips" features the Union Jack.
5F01According to Homer, guns primary use are to keep the King of England out of your house.
5F17Bart and Milhouse visit the "Yuc-kingham Palace" joke shop.
5F17The Egyptian artifact have been let outside England for the first time.
5F18Homer on the prospect of he and Marge being discovered naked, "The British tabloids'll have a field day".
AABF11Elton John tells how he was "paddled silly" by Queen Elizabeth when he was knighted.
AABF14Wiggum after locking Lisa and Milhouse inside the pyramid, "Give my regards to the British Museum".
AABF19Zorro wants to return King Arthur to the trone.
BABF08Mr. Burns has a beefeater guarding has safe.
BABF08Homer calls the Queen of England to ask her how it's going.
BABF11Homer and Bart enjoy the English sitcom, "Do Shot Up".
BABF13One of the many countries USA owe money in year 2030.
BABF16The Simpsons temporarily live in a trailer, which "ain't Buckingham Palace".
BABF19Apparently, even Queen Elizabeth watches "The Simpsons".
BABF20The Who magazine cover features the Union Jack.
CABF08Restaurant "The London Broil".
DABF03Springfield claims to be the birthplace of the Beatles.
DABF08Lisa leads the French as Joan of Arc in their battle against England.
EABF01Homer mentions George III as one of America's kings.
EABF02Bart, reading from his history book, "Russia, Great Britain, and France had formed a non ton cordial..."

Estonia
1F16Mr. Burns hires an Estonian midget to play the role of Lisa.

Finland
5F11Martin is a representative of Finland in Model UN Club at the Springfield Elementary. He also dances a native dance. {jp}
AABF16Painter changes Lap Dancing to Lapland Dancing

France
7G05Herman modifies the war decleration from the Franco-Prussian war.
7G09French scientist thinks Homer "Bigfoot" Simpson is human.
7G11Bart gives Marge 10 litres of "French" perfume for her birthday.
7G11The bowling teacher, Jacques, is French.
7G13Bart goes there as an exchange student. Learns to speak French.
7F03Itchy & Scratchy cartoon has French revolutionary theme.
7F03Bart, "Now I know how George Washington felt when he surrendered Fort Necessity to the French in 1754!"
7F08The mini-golf course features a model of the Eiffel Tower.
7F12Marge teaches Homer to sing "Alluette".
7F17Herman tries to sell Grampa a hat, which he claims was worn by Napoleon.
8F05Krusty believes he is to meet president Mitterrand and recieve the French Legion of Honor.
8F07The soapbox derby commentator compares Bart's victory to when the French carried Lindberg.
8F12Cesar and Ugolin (from 7G13) watch, and dislikes the Super Bowl show.
8F16Bart to an actor an TV, "Slow down Frenchie, this stuff is gold!"
8F15Lisa, "I've got it all figured out. I'll be unappreciated in my own country, but my gutsy blues stylings will electrify the French".
8F18Llewelyn Sinclair asks, in French, the men auditioning for the part of Stanley to take of their shirts.
8F20Sideshow Bob says, "Son pied sent il beau", French for "Her foot smells lovely."
8F21Spinal Tap World Tour goes to Paris.
8F22Samantha's school is run by French/Canadian nuns. ("Ne pas des boys!")
8F22Homer defines a boudoir as "Where a French guy does it".
9F08Bart tries to sing "Alluette".
1F01Lindbergh flies Bobo to France.
1F11In a news report Kent Brockman changes Kuala Lumpur to France.
1F18Skinner's company sings, "I knew a woman in Paris, France..."
1F19The waiter is French. {nc}
2F01Euro Itchy & Scratchy land in France.
2F32Groundskeeper Willy teaches the kids French.
3F08Krusty's Paris backdrop is torn down.
3F19Lisa mentions Jacques Cousteau.
3F22One of Lisa's new friend's mother is French.
3F23France is Homer's least favourite country, when asked by Hank Scorpio.
4F13The Springfield Squidport is how Marge imagines Paris.
4F15The door to the laundry room has a sign reading "N'Entrez Pas" (Do Not Enter).
4F09Mrs. Krabappel has a Paris poster in her kitchen featuring the Eiffel Tower.
4F18Icthy visits a French nuclear explosion.
4F18Ned phones the Lovejoys on their holiday in Paris.
3G02Marge mentions Balzac, who lived without air conditioning.
5F02The president of France hits Springfield with a neutron bomb.
5F11Lisa is a representative of France at Model UN Club at Springfield Elemantary. {jp}
5F18One of the holes at "Sir-Putts-a-Lot" featured the Eiffel tower.
AABF11Sideshow Mel, "My Barbara will no longer pleasure me with the 'French arts'!"
AABF15Homer is forced to use the French instructions in order to assembly his grill.
AABF16Olympic representative.
AABF20Lisa wants to go to France.
BABF02Farm supply critic, Jamie Killday has just returned from the gopher poison show in Paris.
BABF02French chef tries to kill Homer with "La Bombe".
BABF13One of the many countries USA owe money in year 2030.
BABF14Homer claims "La Nuit de Pubelle" is the French word for his weekly Trash Night.
BABF14Barney, "...there's gonna be a planet for the French, a planet for the Chinese..."
BABF17Krusty apparently attended Jacques Cousteau's funeral.
BABF20Olde Springfield buys the Evian water factory.
CABF01Homer says, "The Simpsons are going to Paris".
CABF01Lisa is able to see the Eiffel Tower from the top of the tree.
CABF06The Simpsons watches the French-Canadian cirkus "Cirque de Puree".
CABF09Lisa gets an Eiffel Tower made out of "Blocko".
DABF08Lisa leads the French as Joan of Arc in their battle against England.
EABF01Marge: "I'm never gonna go to Paris"
EABF02Bart, reading from his history book, "Russia, Great Britain, and France had formed a non ton cordial..."
EABF06There's Italian, Hungarian, French, and Australian judges at the monkey olympics figure skating event.
EABF05Lisa sings at Bart, "Vous-etes l'enfant stink breath!".
EABF07According to Kent Brockman Paris is no more.

Germany
7G08A girl from Lisa's class presents the German Santa Claus.
7G05Herman tries to sell grampa some "authentic Nazi underpants".
7G05Herman modifies the war decleration from the Franco-Prussian war.
7G09German scientist believes Homer is the Bigfoot.
7F02Homer thinks Hitler is the capitol of North Dakota.
7F02Mr. Burns talk about General Rommel, "The Desert Fox".
7F23Lisa asks Homer, "Do you know what Schadenfreude is?" "Those Germans have a word for everything." {ds}
8F09Two Germans buy SNPP for $100 million. Homers dreams of the "Land of Chocolate".
8F17Homer says Hitler's dog is on the dogs in Doggy Hell.
8F17German sung in the dog propaganda film. {ds}
8F21Spinal Tap World Tour goes to Munich.
8F23Homer watches the demolition of the Berlin wall, but quickly changes channel.
8F24Krusty watches Boris Becker play at Wimbledon.
9F03Itchy & Scratchy beating Hitler in war time cartoon. {nc}
9F07Forth Reich Motors.
9F08East German "women" are mentioned during the 1984 summer olympics.
9F11Germany featured in "The little land of Duff".
9F14Hitler's head is in a jar at the Duff brewery.
9F18Hitler says, "Das ist nicht einen Booby!". {ds, da}
9F18Grampa says, "I got separated from my platoon when we parchuted into Düsseldorf, so I rode out the war posing as a German caberat singer." {ds}
9F22"No one who speaks German could be an evil man."
9F22The McBain presenter wears a German WWII uniform.
1F01Hitler picks up Bobo in Paris and takes it with him to his bunker.
1F04Uter says "Guten Tag" and "Ja, das ist gut" ("that's fine"). {bw}
1F05"Do as we say" festival was started in 1946 by Germans.
1F08Gunter and Ernst yell in German when attacked by their tiger.
1F12Kent Brockman to his daughter, "Well, your were right about the Berlin wall..."
1F19According to Dr. Hibbert, Hitler had the evil gene.
1F21Burns has a single German relative at the wedding.
2F01Roger Meyers was critizised for his film "Nazi Supermen are our Superiors" from 1938.
2F01The guards at "Itchy and Scratchy Land" speak with a German accent.
2F03"Oktoberfest" celebration at school cafeteria.
2F07Marge reads "Tanks of the Third Reich" in the bookstore.
2F13Among others, Bart calls Adolf Hitler in Chile.
2F14The superviser at the DMV thinks Homer is worse than Hitler.
2F31Mr. Burns sold shells to the Nazis during Wolrd War II.
2F20Grandpa tells he shot down a German plane.
2F20Among the names in the DNA computer are words like "Gutentag", "Schick", "Semmel", "Adler", and "Schiff". These are German words for "hello", "chic", "roll", "eagle" and "ship".{bw}
2F22Nelson says "When it comes to catching trout, nothing beats the German light infantry." {bw}
3F06Mr. Burns wants to send a letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam by aeromail
3F09Bush says to Bart "That's the Alpenhorn Helmut Kohl gave me". {cn}
3F13Hurlbut mentions the fake Hitler diaries.
3F19"The Flying Hellfish" stole art treasure from German castle during WWII, only 50 years later to have it taken away by the German government. Grandpa tried to assasinate Adolf Hitler.
3F20Nelson tells Uter, "Hey German boy, go back to Germania". {cr}
3F23According to the song, Hank Scorpio loves German beer.
4F05Mt. Swartzelder was built after German model.
4F08Frank Ormand says "Wherever a Bavarian is not quite full, you will be there." {bw}
4F10The army that Homer imagines behind Burns is a regiment of snowmen in German spiked helmets. {bw}
4F15The door to the laundry room has a few multi-lingual signs for "Do Not Enter". Among these ist a German sign saying "Eingang verboten". {bw}
4F16Lisa gets a German Verb Wheel. She and Homer say some sentences in German. {bw}
4F21The military school "Rommelwood" is named after General Rommel.
5F08Hitler's Limousine is on display at the carnival.
3G04Grampa severely misunderstood Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner"
3G04Sign, "Berlin Reunited - And It Feels so Good"
5F18Hitler makes his appearance in the alternate ending to "Casablanca".
AABF06Homer says Hitler's birthday is the same as Barney's.
AABF07Homer sings while sitting in the car, "Hitler is a jerk, Mussolini..."
AABF12In the belief he's travelled back in time, Homer wants to warn people about Hitler.
AABF15Homer is horrified to hear that Christo once covered the Reichstag.
AABF16Olympic representative.
AABF21Uter's disappearance is mentioned. Skinner speaks with Uter's parents.
AABF19German soldiers featured in Buzz commercial.
BABF01Clobber Girl uses the Statue of Liberty to puncture a German blimp.
BABF03One the octoblets, "The Baron", flies in a German WWI blimp.
BABF12"Ich Bin Ein Duff" sticker in the Duff Calender.
BABF13One of the many countries USA owe money in year 2030.
BABF14Homer claims "Krappenfest" is the German word for his weekly Trash Night.
BABF20Marge mentions the Berlin Wall.
BABF21When Homer accidently drops Agnes, he says he thought she was going to be the next Hitler.
CABF01Homer calls the Luftwaffe, "The Washington Generals of the History Channel".
CABF02"Homer Simpson" talks with a heavy German accent.
BABF22Moe says, "Power off, Einstein" to Homer.
DABF04Marge sends the bill for her cab ride to Baron von Kissalot, who seems to be of German descent.
DABF06Marge cooks German specialties for the McBains.
DABF09One of Grampa Simpson's retirement buddies yells "Ich wünsch euch Gesund!"
DABF10Homer thinks boys from Brazil are little Hitlers.
DABF15Lugash, the gymnastics coach, defected into East Germany.
DABF15Lise proclaims, "Ich bin ein Gymnast!".
DABF19Kaiser Wilhelm, "The Most Evil German of All", rises from his grave to terrorize Springfield.
DABF21Bart doesn't like being lectured by German backpackers.
EABF02Bart, on World War I, "Was that the war with Hitler or Merlin?"
EABF04Homer refers to Wolfcastle as a "Bavarian creampuff".

Ghana
4F13Bart calls a driver to pick up the ambasador of Ghana.

Greece
7G05The Greeks knew the key to Springfield.
7F16Herbert doesn't want his cars to named after hungry, old, Greek broads.
7F09Dr. Marvin Monroe is transmitted live from the Akropolis.
8F19An actor in "The Stockholm Affair" mentions "the Greeko-Bolivian alliance".
1F06Barney wakes up on a Greek ship.
3F06Wiggum thinks Uosdwis R. Dewoh is a Greek name.
DABF08Homer plays the role of Odysseus.
DABF13Homer: "I'm just passionate, like all us Greeks."

Guatemala
3F24Chief Wiggum got his chili pebbers from a Guatemalan insane asylum.
AABF19Homer's car was made here.

Haiti
3G01Mulder mentions the voodoo priests of Haiti. {bg}
3G04One of the veteran lost his eye in Haiti

Hong Kong (now China)
8F24The Campists make fake Gucci wallets to be sold in Hong Kong.
3F17Skinner goes to HK; Bart makes a delivery there. {ds}
BABF08Pirates set course for "Hidden Pirat Island" aka Hong Kong.

Hungary
8F21Spinal Tap members, "We're very big in Bulgaria. And what-his-name, the other -garia..." "Hungaria."
2F12Fat Tony wants to search for Krusty in Rome and Budapest.
3F17The Hungarians had built a giant motorized Rubik's cube at the 1982 Knoxwille World's Fair.
EABF06There's Italian, Hungarian, French, and Australian judges at the monkey olympics figure skating event.

Iceland
CABF08Restaurant "What they eat in Iceland".

India
7G05Homer sarcastically calls Marge "Mrs. Maharishi Gandhi".
7F04Mahatma Gandhi is buried in the Indian burial grund.
7F08The announcer compares the outfall of the minigolf game to when Mountbatten gave India back to the Punjabs.
8F05Krusty plays "The Concert form Bangladesh".
9F20Apu and Sanjay celebrates the capture of Marge by singing in Hindi.
9F21Apu denies being an Indian.
1F10Homer and Apu go to India. {jv}
3F20Apu tells about his past in India.
3F03Paul & Linda McCartney met Apu in India.
3F18"Apu in `The Jolly Bengali"
3F31[Outtake from 1F10] Apu shows Homer an Indian movie. {bjr}
4F10Mahatma Ghandi is one of Homer's imaginary political powers.
3G023 year old Lisa puts together a jigsaw of the Taj Mahal.
5F04Indian version of "Close to you" is played at Apu and Manjula's wedding.
5F19Apu builds a sand sculpture of the Taj Mahal.
AABF11Apu has a record named "Concert against Bangladesh".
AABF11Apu and Manjula argue in Hindi.
BABF03Marge mistakes Manjula's Hindi for baby talk.
BABF03Apu says, "Oh! Calcutta!"
BABF03The Nahasapeemapetilans have a picture of the Taj Mahal.
BABF13According to Krusty, India nuked Pakistan.
DABF14The Simpsons orders the "Fudge Mahal".
EABF04Apu, "That is the most pungent thing I have ever smelled and I'm from India.

Iran
3F01Bible bombardment question: "What Persian king exempted the Levites from taxation?"
3F17(Homer reply to his failed prank call:) What? How dare you! If I find out who this is, I'll staple a flag to your butt and mail you to Iran! {nk}

Iraq
8F24According to Kent Brockman, Kamp Krusty surpasses Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.
2F11An American jet identifies Willie as an Iraqie fighter jet.
BABF01"Clobber Girl" kicks Saddam Hussein's butt.
BABF11Burns finds out Homer sold plutonium to the Iraqies.
BABF17Krusty entertained the troops in Iraq during the Gulf War, where he met Sofies mother.

Ireland
Look under Irish References by Haynes Lee

Israel
8F12Kent Brockman welcomes the Tel Aviv affiliate (W Gimel Aleph Nun) to the Superbowl-watching fold. {bjr}
9F08Jericho and Jerusalem in Good Samaritan game. {ds}
9F18The religious school teacher mentions that beans were part of the Israelites food
9F21Reverend Lovejoy, "...but nobody's saying worship this, and Jericho that."
1F07The optometrist mentions Menachem Begin.
AABF12According to the Omnitouch lady, Israel is on the American budget.
AABF14Slavekeeper Willie, "Get back to slaven you wee Israelites!"
AABF14The story about Bart as King David takes place "Jerusalem, 970 BC."
BABF17Krusty mentions an Israeli flight attendant.

Italy
7G07Homer mentions the Leaning Tower of Pizza [sic].
7F02TV Host, "The colors of the Italian flag are red, white, and what?"
7F09Michelangelo's David comes to Springfield.
7F19Lisa thinks mr. Bergstrom is either Jewish or Italian.
9F05Kent Brockman compares the Simpson house to the leaning tower of Pisa.
9F15Springfield's lower east side is an Italian neigborhood. {ds}
1F05Moe's inner child speaks with an Italian accent.
1F05Mrs. Krabappel tells the class about Guglielmo Marconi.
2F12Homer is kidnapped by Italian mobsters.
2F12Fat Tony wants to search for Krusty in Rome and Budapest.
3F23Hank Scorpio, "Homer, what's your least favorite country: Italy or France?"
4F15"...the gays and the Italians" aren't Irish at St. Patrick's day.
3G02Homer beats Michelangelo's David at table football in his daydream.
5F21Homer want's to go to the Da Vinci museum.
AABF07Wiggum calls Fat Tony's gang "filthy Italian-Americans".
AABF07Homer sings while sitting in the car, "Hitler is a jerk, Mussolini..."
AABF15Homer, inspired by the canals of Venice, floods Springfield.
BABF14Bart finds some Italian barber hair in a trash can.
CABF02"Mr. X" claims that Spanish and Italian are the same language.
DABF15Presumably, Lisa had planned to bike through Italy with her two college student friends.
DABF17Marge thinks Fat Tony is perpetuating a negative Italian stereotype.
EABF06There's Italian, Hungarian, French, and Australian judges at the monkey olympics figure skating event.

Ivory Coast
3F31Ambassador Henry Mwabwetumba of the Ivory Coast writes to Troy McClure.

Jamaica
3F21One of the teens at Hullapalooza calls Homer a "fat Jamaican guy".
AABF20Homer, wearing reggae outfit and a Jamaican accent, wants to go to Jamaica.

Japan
7G08Japanese Santa featured in Springfield Elementary's "Santas of many lands".
7F08"Golf, Japanese obsession with..." in the Springfield Library.
7F11The chefs at "The Happy Sumo" yells at OFF in Japanese.
7F16Herbert Powell's company is taken over by Japanese.
8F23Herbert Powell's strategy was to give his cars Japanese names.
9F05A Japanese family takes a picture of themselves at The Simpsons house. {jp}
9F05Homer claims to be working harder than a Japanese beaver.
9F09Their health care system is better than the one of USA. {jp}
9F15In Mr. Burns flashback a worker predicts that the Japanese will eat them alive.
9F19Gabbo makes a prank call to Krusty, pretending to represent a Japanese camera company.
9F20Osaka flu hits Springfield. {jp}
9F21Barney dates a Japanese conceptual artist. {jp}
1F22Sign at the M*A*S*H exhibit, "Tokyo 259mi 414km".
2F31Japanese tourists buy a star map from Bart. {jp}
3F09George Bush says, "I'll ruin you like a Japanese banquet!"
3F11Sign: "Former Japanese Internment Camp 90 Miles"
3F12A Japanese phone bidder buys Krusty's pornography.
4F11John has an "Annual Gift Man" from Japan. {jp}
4F18Mr. Sparkle {jp}
5F11Nelson is a representative of Japan at Model UN Club at Springfield Elemantary. {jp}
5F11Otto is picked up by Japanese fishermen.
3G04Homer's submarine is intercepted by a Japanese battleship.
AABF16Olympic representative.
AABF20OFF goes to Japan. {ds}
AABF20Air Japan airline at Springfield Airport. {ds}
BABF04Homer bought his skis after the Nagano Olympics.
BABF14The Mr. Sparkle soap box is shown.
BABF22Bart watches "Japanimation".
DABF20Bart watches the Japanese version of "Friends".
EABF01Homer lists the emperor of Japan as one the people likely to try to murder him.

Kampuchea
8F16Lisa's suggestion for Woodrow's letter: "Though I will be innoculating babies in Kampuchea..."

Korea
8F17Skinner dreams of buying history books that know how the Korean War ended.
9F03Kent Brockman tells how American cartoon are made, in Korea.
9F08Korean gymnast. {ds}
4F04Marge regrets serving North Korean fortune cookies.
BABF05Homer wants to contact the "Korean Lovebrides" agency in case he doesn't find Marge.

Lebanon
BABF13President Lisa's advisor suggest her to sell the shores of Tripoli.

Libya
8F21CBG sells T-shirts featuring Spinal Tap kicking Khadafi in the butt.
5F11Bart is a representative of Libya at Model UN Club at Springfield Elemantary. {jp}

Madagascar
AABF10The sign at the lemur cage in the Zoo depicts this island.

Malaysia
1F11Kent Brockman can't pronounce Kuala Lumpur, so he changes it to France. {ps}

Mexico
7G12Patty and Selmam tell about their trip to the Yucatan.
7F03Sherri and Terri tell Bart the pilgrims landed in "Sunny Acapulco".
7F13Homer watches pro wrestling from Mexico ("down there, it's a real sport").
8F04Otto nearly drove the school bus with Bart in it to Mexico.
8F14The masseuse at Rancho Relaxo flunked out of a Mexican med school.
8F24Krusty takes the kids from his disastrous "Kamp Krusty" to Mexico.
9F01God says he has to appear at a tortilla in Mexico.
9F02Otto flees to Mexico after destroying "The Paralyzer".
9F03Bart suggest Homer sees "unpredictable Mexican sit-coms" (Bumblebee Man), rather than punishing him.
9F11Featured in "The Little Land of Duff".
9F18Skinner and Willie plan on riding the motorbikes "to Mexico and freedom". {dj}
9F20Snake plans to smuggle the Kwik-E-Mart into Mexico. {dj}
1F04Devil Flanders' collecting of souls is easier here. {dj}
2F33Mr. Burns hires Senor Spielbergo, Spielberg's non-union Mexican equivalent.
5F01"This match will determine once and for all which nation is the greatest on earth: Mexico or Portugal!" {cr}
5F10Marge & Lisa watch a Mexican soap opera, Lisa translates. {ds}
5F11Wendell is a representative of Mexico at Model UN Club at Springfield Elemantary. {jp}
3G04Homer's submarine is intercepted by a Mexican battleship.
5F09Homer, while campaigning for sanitation boss, talks about the dreariness of having to take out your own garbage: "Is this America? My friends, that isn't even Mexico!" {eds}
AABF12Homer's sandwich (in Lisa's hallucination) contains Canadian as well as Mexican bacon.
AABF22Bart's sombrero reads "Old Mexico".
BABF07"Donde Esta Justice" is in Spanish and features a Mexican flag.
BABF15Lisa and Marge watches "Tango de la Muerte".

Micronesia
BABF11Homer unvillingly becomes a missionary on one of the islands.

Monaco
8F02Homer confuses Morroco with Monaco ("Why would Princess Grace live in a place like this?")

Mongolia
9F10Lisa's virtual reality experience takes place in Mongolia, 1200 AD.
AABF16Mongolian olympic representative proposes Motown (home of the Motown-sound) to host the Olympic games.

Morocco
8F02The family goes to Marrakesh, Morocco. Homer buys a magic monkey paw here.
8F02Homer confuses Morroco with Monaco.

Netherlands
7F03Passage from Bart's history book, "...seperatists from Plymouth, England, some living in Holland..."
7F08Flanders offers Homer "a tasty little lager that came all the way from Holland", to which Homer responds "Well, buggers can't be choosy". {tr}
8F02Burns' head (on Homer's shoulder), "But Homer, tonight's our reception for Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands!" {tr}
9F06Restaurant "The Frying Dutchman" doesn't give Homer "all he can eat".
9F11Featured in "The Little Land of Duff".
1F16Bart, upon seeing Homer eat flowers, "So that explains his mysterious trip to Holland."
3F17The courier company wants Bart to deliver a human kidney to Amsterdam.
4F06Unfortunately it's not feasible to construct a supertrain between Springfield and Aruba.
DABF21The creator of the "1895 Challenge" stole the idea from Dutch television.

Nepal
5F16The 2 guys who were dragging Homer up the mountain. {ds}

Norway
8F12Barney's mother lives in Norway.
3G02The main character for Edvard Munch's "Skrig" is featured in Homer's daydream.

Pakistan
BABF13According to Krusty, India nuked Pakistan.
CABF08Restaurant "The Karachi Hibachi".

Panama
1F06Panamanian Strongman video game [he even speaks]. {ds}
3F09Barbera Bush mentions Noriega.

Paraguay
9F02Eyelash implants are legal here. {dj}
9F09This country has an extremely poor health care system, according to Homer. {jp}

Peru
AABF16Superintendant Chalmers takes a vacation at Lake Titicaca.

Poland
5F11Milhouse is a representative of Poland at Model UN Club at Springfield Elemantary. {jp}
AABF16Olympic representative.

Polynesia
9F10Lyle Lanley plans on going to Tahiti.

Portugal
5F01"This match will determine once and for all which nation is the greatest on earth: Mexico or Portugal!" {cr}

Rumania
7G12Kent's line, "[the viewers] hang onto each new development like so many Rumanian trapeze artists."

Russia
7G02OFF watch "Carmen" in Russian.
7F06Rasputin the Friendly (former Mad) Russian.
7F15Pictures of Patty and Selma's visit to Lenin's tomb.
8F02Homer suggests Kent Brockman moves to Russia.
9F05Bart thinks "Ivanhoe" is a story about "a Russian farmer and his tool".
1F08Krusty claims Mikhail Gorbachev has herpes.
2F12A student of Krusty's Klown college is from Russia. {nc}
3F03Barney ask Lisa to go back to Russia.
3F08One of Kent Brockman's memorable moments is the collapse of the Sovjet Union.
3F09Mikhail Gorbachev visit OFF's new neighbour, George Bush.
3F12Homer is convinced that Josef Stalin is in Heaven.
3F24Homer's phone call is tapped by the KGB.
3G01Moe's breathalyzer has a "Boris Yeltsin" level of drunkness.
5F24Marge calls Bart "A young Barisnykov" (sp?).
3G04Russian navy ship. {ds}
3G04Russia isn't as weak as they wanted people to think! (Insert evil laughter)
5F17Lisa ends up in the russian district of Springfield. {ds}
5F21Homer says he sabotaged Mir.
AABF05Leavelle to his students, "Not one of you are fit to guard a Russian rock band!"
AABF16Olympic representative. {am}
AABF21Planet Springfield is partially owned by the Russian mafia.
BABF15Little Vicky has something against Reds and communism.
BABF17Krusty mentions Barisnykov (sp?).
CABF03The Simpson family car is hit by a sturgeon from the Mir.
DABF09"In Soviet Russia, revue watches you!"
DABF21The Simpsons house is attacked by Russian termites.
EABF01Homer's car was built in Croatia from old Soviet tanks.
EABF02Bart, reading from his history book, "Russia, Great Britain, and France had formed a non ton cordial..."
EABF02The Robin Williams-wannabe teacher talks about Kruchev.

Saudi Arabia
BABF19Moe, "Homer was spending money like a teenage Arab..."

Scotland
2F04"Scotchtober" sting is used by Skinner to catch Bart.
2F06According to Willie, every single Scottish person secretly videotapes couples in cars.
4F05Larry, "...This place is emptier than a Scottish pay toilet."
3G03Willie calls himself the ugliest man in Glasgow.
5F20Homer tells Willie he and Bart are foreign exchange students from North Kilttown, Scotland.
AABF10Willie, "How many of you hail from the fair city of Edinburgh?"
AABF17Burns/Homer/Willie go to Scotland. {ds}
DABF19Speaking of Willie: "Now he may try to slobber on your crotch" "Heh, I've been around Scotsmen"

Serbia
CABF08Restaurant "A Taste of Serbia".

South Africa
2F02Mrs. Krabappel tells the class about free democratical elections in South Africa.

Spain
7G10Homer as he's questioned by Marge, "Hey, what is this! The Spanish Exposition?"
7F21On the way to Heaven, Bart hears messages in English and Spanish.
8F14Rancho Relaxo was started by Spanish conquerors.
8F20Sideshow Bob says, "Voy a matar a Usted", Spanish for "I'm going to kill you".
9F06Homer mentions "that Spanish guy" (Don Quixote).
9F07Linda Ronstadt makes Spanish version of the Plow King theme.
9F11Featured in "The Little Land of Duff".
2F05Edna questioning: Who can tell me the capital of Spain? Bart Simpson?. {jl}
2F20Tito Puento's revenge song is partially in Spanish.
3F24Episode title.
4F13Dr. Nick's ad reads "Se habla Espanol".
4F21Grandpa Simpson mentions the Spanish civil war.
AABF16Olympic representative. {am}
CABF02"Mr. X" claims that Spanish and Italian are the same language.
DABF06Bart thinks Toronto is in Spain.
DABF10Bart learns Spanish for his trip to Brazil.

Sweden
7G02Marge bought tickets to movie directed by "some Swedish meatball".
8F19Homer and Marge watch "The Stockholm Affair".
9F08Drederic Tatum knocks out a Swedish boxer during the 1984 olympics.
9F09Homer "consoles" Marge that the US's health care system is second to "Japan, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain..." {ps}
9F21"The Be Sharps" tours Sweden.
3G01Moe tries selling Homer a "Düff" which he claims is from Sweden.
AABF16Painter changes Lap Dancing to Lapland Dancing
BABF03Marge admires Swedish furniture design.

Switzerland
1F01Mr. Burns says Homer is attending a power convention in Geneva.
2F12Krusty goes there for plastic surgery.
4F02Homer thought he saw Hugo board a plane to Switzerland.
AABF16Olympic representative.

Syria
1F12Homer complains that Lisa won't let him watch Fox because they own chemical weapons plants in Syria.

Taiwan
2F21Skinner has to send his inflateable bath pillow to Taiwan for repairs.

Tanzania
8F06Homer tries to buy a horse, whose "likeness graces a stamp in Tanzania".
CABF13The Simpson family win a trip to Tanzania

Thailand
3F06Mr. Burns wants to sent a lette to the Prussian consulate in Siam by aeromail
BABF08Homer calls Thailand on Burns' expense.
CABF01The Thai Restaurant owner has picutures of Thailand in his Restaurant.

Tibet
3G01Mulder mentions the Tibetan numerologists of Appalachia. {bg}
AABF16Arthur Fortune went down Mount Everest on a boogie board.
EABF07Lisa yells "Free Tibet!" after winning the school spelling bee.

Trinidad & Tobago
5F11Sherri and Terri are representatives of this country at Model UN Club at Springfield Elemantary. {jp}

Tunesia
8F16Bart watches "Two for Tunesia" on the Colorization Theater.

Turkey
3F13Hans Sprungfeld's tungue was bit off by a Turk.

Uganda
AABF16Olympic representative.

Ukraine
1F07Somebody yells, "No more Chernobyl!"
3F05Mr. Burns after Homer has saved the power plant, "Homer, your bravery and quick thinking have turned a potential Chernobyl into a mere Three Mile Island."

Uruguay
2F13Homer says, "look at this country, u-r-gay". {ds}
CABF08Restaurant "Have it Uruguay".

Vietnam
7F21Apparently, Buddy "Fallout Boy" Hodges wasn't killed in Vietnam.
8F01Trong Van Dinh is probably Vietnamese because Dinh is a family name, and Trong and Van are first names meaning Respectful and Litterature. {an}
8F24According to Kent Brockman, Kamp Krusty surpasses Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.
1F05"Flamethrower Vietnam era" in the free colomn.
1F12Stacy Lavelle was forced out of her company in 1974 for funneling funds to the Viet Cong.
3F06Gannon, "Gee, Joe, you haven't been the same since your son went crazy in Vietnam".
3F06Bart, pretending to be a hippie, "Peace man, groovy! Bomb Vietnam! Four more years! Up with people!"
3F16Bart, on generation X: "We need another Vietnam to thin out their ranks a little."
3F21Homer was kicked out of the audio-visual club in high school for his views of Vietnam, and for stealing projectors.
3G02Skinner got a metal plate in his posterior in 'Nam.
5F14Homer: "Okay, Marge. If anyone asks, you require 24 hour nursing care, Maggie's seven people, Lisa's a clergyman and Bart was wounded in Vietnam." {mh}
AABF04The Bartender in "Ye Old Animatronic Saloon" got a metal plate in his ass in Vietnam.
BABF03In Homer's "play" Apu is going to be shipped to Vietnam.
BABF05Newspaper headline on the wall in Greaser's Cafe, "Vietnam situation resolved".
BABF09Homer claims to be a Vietnam veteran.
DABF19The army general accidentally refers to the Homer clones as the Vietcong.
EABF02Nelson thinks Merlin was involved in the Vietnam war.

Yemen
AABF11The newspaper has a section about investment opportunities in Yemen.


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