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A State of Confusion

Created and Maintained by: Bruce Gomes

This list (attempts to) include all references made to the states, commonwealths & territories of the United States, including references to cities and other landmarks within the states.

For the corresponding list of foreign countries please see the list that inspired this list, A Foreign Affair by Claus Rasmussen.

Some guidelines as to what we've included and excluded;
1. Only direct references to states and cities within the states are included. We do not include all the indirect and implied references, including all the implied states in the "Where is Springfield" discussions. Those can be found in the Where is Springfield list by Andrew A. Gill.
2. Animal names, such as the Alaskan Timber Wolf, are included.
3. People named after states are included.
4. Universities are included.
5. Sport teams are included, recorded under the place they're named after
6. Songs about a state (or city within a state) are included.

"I'm prepared to offer your family free tickets to anywhere in the United States. Excluding Alaska and Hawaii, the freak states."
Airline official --- [2F08] Fear of Flying
"Sex on prom night is as American as our fifty-first state, Saudi-Israelia."
Bart's future girlfriend Genda --- [GABF12] Future-Drama
"Dear Mr. President. There are too many states nowadays. Please eliminate three."
Grampa, composing a letter --- [9F16] The Front


States

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California
Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia
Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa
Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland
Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri
Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey
New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio
Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina
South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont
Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Territories and Commonwealths

Washington, D.C. American Samoa Micronesia Guam
Mariana Puerto Rico Virgin Islands

States

Alabama
7F22Sweet Home Alabama store at the Springfield Mall
8F01Map of the United States with AL Alabama has a banjo and shows Mobile
8F01Essay contest entry "The American Non-Voter" from Mobil, Alabama
8F10Other person applying for job at SNPP (competing with Homer} is from the Alabama chapter of Alpha Tau
3F17Alabamamania appears in Branson, Missouri
AABF18Dr. Hibbert: Maybe I should just move back to Alabama.
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Montgomery, Alabama
GABF20Marge and Homer sing "Sweet Home Alabama"

Alaska
MOVIE1The Simpsons runaway to Alaska to start a new life
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8F07"Panic in Alaska" videotape seen at VHS Village store
8F18Contestant from Alaska is seen in Miss American Girl Pageant
9F05Krusty's guest shows a parrot and an Alaskan Timber Wolf which escapes and attacks Bart
9F11One of the places in the Little Land of Duff
2F08Krazy Klown airlines offers Homer free tickets to anywhere except the freak states, Alaska and Hawaii
3F06Mona Simpson's (Homer's mother) fake license with Martha Stewart's name lists address as Gen Del, Nome, Alaska
EABF15(Homer sings..) I can walk from Springfield to Alaska
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Juneau, Alaska
GABF12[In the future] Marge: We just got a postcard from Maggie. She's really enjoying Alaska.
GABF15Craving Molly, Alaska - movie poster at Limited Appeal Theatre
MOVIE1Homer: Alaska! A place where you can't be too fat or too drunk. Where no one says things like "Let's see your high school equivalency certificate."
MOVIE1Toll Booth Clerk: Welcome to Alaska. Here's a thousand dollars. We pay every resident a thousand dollars to allow the oil companies to ravage our state's natural beauty.
MOVIE1(Bart clapping to bury Homer in snow avalanche) Homer: Aw. My boy loves Alaska so much he's applauding it.
MOVIE1Marge crochets Nome Sweet Nome
KABF11Lisa: My movie will probably never be seen. Jim Jarmusch: Oh, it will, on selected flights on Alaskan Airlines and its regional partners. OK, only its regional partners.

Arizona
7G02Bart's math problem; "The 7:30 AM express train traveling at 60 miles an hour leaves Santa Fe bound for Phoenix..."
7G02Bart's math problem dream; "Martin: Twice the fare from Tuscon to Flagstaff minus two thirds of the fare from Albuquerque to El Paso!"
9F01Conversation with God; God: Does Saint Louis still have a team? Homer: Naw, they moved to Phoenix.
3F17Listed as having a nuclear power plant.
AABF15Flanders: Look like heaven's easier to get into than Arizona State.
BABF16Marge: Well, we're still welcome in North Dakota, and Arizona. Homer: Arizona smells funny.
BABF20Man: I represent the Arizona Cardinals... Homer: Keep walking.
DABF10Lisa: It's really cheap if we change planes in Phoenix, Honolulu, Sun City and East St. Louis, spend the night in a Haunted House and.... leave right now.
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Phoenix, Arizona
MOVIE1Government announces replacement for Grand Canyon
JABF20Homer lies about his day at work: "..flew to Tulsa on the company jet.."

Arkansas
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Little Rock, Arkansas

California
Harry Julius Shearer was born Tom Lewis on December 23, 1943 in Los Angeles, California.
Maggie Roswell was born November 14, 1952 in Los Angeles, California.
Julie Deborah Kavner was born September 7, 1951 in Los Angeles, California.
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AABF23Episode "Beyond Blunderdome" largely takes place in Hollywood, California
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7F09Michelangelo's David to tour "..New York, Springfield, and if we have time, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles
8F03Homer: Oh, you know who the real crooks are? Those sleazy Hollywood producers!
8F08SPRINGFIELD letters on hillside mimic HOLLYWOOD sign
8F12Bets placed on Los Angeles Rams in Lisa the Greek
8F12Bets placed on Los Angeles (formerly Oakland) Raiders in Lisa the Greek
8F12Bets placed on San Francisco 49ers in Lisa the Greek
8F13Parody of song "Talkin' Baseball" has words "...From Maine to San Diego,..."
8F13Oakland Athletics/Texas Rangers player Jose Canseco guest stars.
8F13Los Angeles Dodgers player Mike Scioscia guest stars.
8F13Los Angeles Dodgers player (for the 1991-1993 seasons) Darryl Strawberry guest stars.
9F19SPRINGFIELD letters on hillside mimic HOLLYWOOD sign
9F22In Homer's John Elway fantasy the final score of Super Bowl XXX: Denver 7, San Francisco 56
1F03SPRINGFIELD letters on hillside mimic HOLLYWOOD sign
1F08News on Parade includes Graumann's Chinese Theater
1F10Kwik-E-Mart inspector reading James Wood's resume: "That sounds more like the resume of a Hollywood movie star."
1F12Telegram to Abe from Boris Karloff from Hollywood, California "..stop your calls and letters..."
1F22San Francisco, Burbank and Death Valley appear as three of the directional signs in the M*A*S*H exhibit at the museum
2F02The clocks behind Birch Barlow are for Los Angeles, Springfield, New York and Boston
2F10Homer: Don't worry Joey, we'll make it to California some day. (Homer marketing bowling with a shotgun)
2F12Krusty trains Homer to memorize funny place names including Cucamonga, California
2F17Radioactive Man episode filled with Hollywood references; Vine Yogart and Brown Derby at Hollywood and Vine, signs "Welcome Hollywood Money", "Will fawn over Hollywood types", "Hollywood Cafe"
2F22Homer: Nobody cared when Bogart defaced that sidewalk in Hollywood.
2F31Burns says he likes the idea of "a slick Hollywood picture to gloss over my evil rise to power"
2F31Burns says "I've got to win this one! (the Oscar) I bribed everyone in Hollywood."
3F04Homer falls from third dimension into Sherman Oaks, California
3F05Dr. Nick asks Bart: "Hey, did you go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College too?"
3F08Sideshow Bob: "My crusade against television has come to end so formulaic, it could have spewed from the PowerBook of the laziest Hollywood hack."
3F15After Selma lights up waiter says "..we don't serve contemporary Californian cuisine in your lungs"
3F15Buster Keaton's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is replaced by Troy McClure's
3F15Entire episode is largely a parody of the Hollywood mentality
3F17Arcata, Diablo County (it has two), Mojave and San Onofre are all listed as having a nuclear power plant.
3F23Smithers walks down street singing a song to the tune of "Hooray For Hollywood", a song from the movie "Hollywood Showcase"
4F03"...feature player in the Hollywood prostitution scandal: Rainer Wolfcastle!"
4F06Brockman: A clean-up effort is already underway, and as always, the first to pitch in are those unsung heroes, Hollywood movie stars."
4F11SPRINGFIELD letters on hillside mimic HOLLYWOOD sign
4F18On an Itchy & Scratchy cartoon we see weasel talking on the cellular phone at Hollywood
5F19Homer's "Museum of Hollywood Jerks"
5F19Another general parody of Hollywood types
AABF08"And that the wandering Oakland Raiders may someday find a home..."
AABF08Rosey Grier of the Los Angeles Rams guest stars
BABF02Hollywood Squares and Hollywood Access parody
BABF05Meathook: I'd kill for some waffles. Ramrod: He has. Remember the IHOP in Oakland?"
BABF12Duffman introduces Titania from Juggernauts, Hollywood, California
BABF16Evans: I said to myself, "Evans, you forgot Hollywood Rule #1: [turns to camera] Kill Homer Simpson."
BABF19Homer: Our favorite show was "Hollywood Hogwash"...
BABF19Road signs: "Hollywood 90 miles" and "Hollywood 500 miles"
CABF07Lou calls The Simpsons the L.A. Clippers of backyard tennis.
EABF04Hollywood sign seen behind double-decker bus pulled across stage in Women's Bodybuilding Finals
EABF07Ribwich fan T-shirt lists Ribwich Tour stops on back including San Francisco
EABF07Homer is in San Francisco. We see a cable car and the Golden Gate bridge.
EABF08Lisa: It happens every year, like the swallows returning to Capistrano.
EABF08Ned: We occupy that useless mass of land between Los Angeles and New York called America!
EABF08Sara Sloane: Ned, I know this is fast, but when I go back to Hollywood I want you to come back with me.
EABF09Krusty: (In front of San Francisco sign) Hello there, sailor! I here, and Fah-bulous. Now I'd like to make a motion. Woo!
EABF09Congressman: If they hear about this in Modesto I'm ruined.
EABF12Oprah's Puzzle Club - Concert in Golden Gate Park
EABF15Homer sings across maps of Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada
EABF15(Homer singing) ..Then hobnob with the stars in Malibu..
EABF20Bart: Lisa, you've made the school even worse. And it wasn't exactly San Diego State to begin with.
FABF09Milhouse: What are you now Lisa? An Oakland Raiders fan?
FABF09Phillipa, to Lisa about Maggie: Here you're telling her the answer is California Condor
FABF10Simpsons travel to Cosmic Wars Ranch in Northern California.
FABF17We see Prison of Alcatraz, San Francisco including Transamerica building and the Golden Gate Bridge, and Oakland is referenced
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Sacramento, California
FABF19Nelson (crying): My mom ditched me. She went to Hollywood to be an actress but her range is limited.
GABF02We see Warren Sapp of the Oakland Raiders tackle a ball carrier.
GABF02Chipper Jones of the Oakland A's shown on Jock Center commercial
GABF18Television announcer: "...and with 30 second starting players out with the flu the Oakland Raiders have turned to drunks conscripted from local bars.
GABF22We see broadcast of Has-Been Celebrity Poker in Vic Tayback Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas
HABF08Simpsons takes a tour of the Fox Network in Los Angeles
HABF09Pro-Football League Chairperson: Gentleman, I've narrowed our choice of expansion cities down to two. Springfield and Los Angeles.
JABF06Catch a Rising Krusty Doll: What the deal with California Pizza?
MOVIE1We see Hollywood type Springfield sign
JABF22Danish Van Houtens are from Solvang, CA - a little bit of Denmark on California's central coast
KABF11Principal Skinner: In fact, I'm no longer welcome on the Universal Studios Tour. Lisa: Orlando or Hollywood? Skinner: There's one in Hollywood?
KABF13Episodes opens with SPRINGFIELD sign with Horray for Hollywood song playing.
KABF13We see Krusty and his lawyer at Krusty's Lake Tahoe retreat
KABF13Sideshow Mel: He graced stages from London to Los Angeles. When he played Biff in Death of a Salesman every woman in the audience wished they were Hap.

Colorado
8F12Bets placed on Denver Broncos in Lisa the Greek
8F12TV screens behind Jimmy Apollo, show the Denver/New England game and the Cincinnati/Miami game
9F22In Homer's John Elway fantasy the final score of Super Bowl XXX: Denver 7, San Francisco 56
3F23Marge: I think owning the Denver Broncos is pretty good.
AABF08Homer: Yeah, they're good, but I wouldn't count out the Denver Broncos.
CABF02Homer: (On his web site) Let's see now. Bulletin: new race discovered, living six inches under Denver.
CABF06Pre-game football announcer Al: Pigskin Preview: Denver-Green Bay -- Who do you like?
DABF03Town that organized the worlds largest omelet - Denver
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Denver, Colorado
FABF22Marge, smelling Chloe's (Chloe Talbot, Global News Network) serving bowl: It's like Christmas in Aspen.
GABF18Episode opens with Homer watching football televised from Mile High Stadium - final score Denver Broncos 19, Seattle Seahawks 14.
JABF04Marge, to Homer: We can trace where the kids are by the charges they made on your card. In Colorado they charged $200 worth of bubblegum. (Homer ordered Rocky Mountain Chew)

Connecticut
7F10Lionel Hutz claims to have degrees from Harvard, Yale, MIT, Oxford, The Sorbonne and the Louvre
3F05Mr. Burns wears a Yale sweater
3F24Mr. Burns went to Yale
3F24Chili Cook Off has Old Man's Yale Style Saltpeter Chili
4F05Burns is a Yale 1914 graduate
4F05Larry Burns (aka Rodney Dangerfield) selling souvenirs in Waynesport, Connecticut
4F05Montgomery Burns appears in New Haven, Connecticut
4F16Mr. Burns went to Yale
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Hartford, Connecticut
JABF05Tex: Turns out we have a lot in common. We're both from Connecticut!

Delaware
CABF17Simpsons Tall Tales opens with; Marge: I can't believe it! We won another contest! Homer: The Simpsons are going to Delaware! Lisa: I want to see Wilmington!
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8F18Contestant from Delaware in Miss American Girl Pageant
3F09"Live, from the famous brown sands of Public Beach, Delaware, it's the Grand Nationals of Sand Castle Building preview"
5F14We see a painting of Burns crossing the Delaware River
BABF19Homer: The Simpsons are going to Delaware!
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Dover, Delaware

Florida
1F13Deep Space Homer takes OFF to Cape Canaveral
AABF08Homer leads a slew of Springfield denizens to Miami for the Super Bowl
BABF16Our favorite family heads to Florida for Spring Break and alligator killing
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7F07Lisa talking to Maggie: She (Marjorie Stoneman Douglas) worked her whole life to preserve the Florida everglades.
7F13"You're watching 'Top Hat Entertainment'. Adult programming all day, every day. Except in Florida and Utah.
7F16Blackboard reference: I will not sell land in Florida
8F12TV screens behind Jimmy Apollo, show the Denver/New England game and the Cincinnati/Miami game
9F06The Winfield's are moving to Florida
1F08Marge suggests Lisa dress as Florida for the geography pageant: "You enjoy orange juice..."
1F13Homer blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida
2F06Homer: Well, Lisa, remember that postcard Grampa sent us from Florida of that alligator biting that woman's bottom?
2F07Bart: And this guy's head of the Spaceology Department at the Correspondence College of Tampa!
2F13Homer suggests that next time Bart commits fraud in Orlando, Florida (so they can visit that place next!)
3F15Parker discusses baby names with Troy McClure: "You can't use Montana, Dakota or Florida, they're taken." Troy: Hmm... Oregon?
EABF10Milhouse: Oh yeah? Well, I'm Esteban Yan of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
FABF09Schoolmaster Henry: Your baby is brilliant. Why she could already teach at Florida State!
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Tallahassee, Florida
GABF12Frink: For years astrology was the Tampa Bay Devil Rays of the sciences.
HABF02Sideshow Bob says he needs a fresh start and stabs a spinning globe hitting Orlando, Florida; Sideshow Bob: Not in this lifetime!
JABF06Marge poses Lisa and Bart water skiing in front of a "Visit Sunny Florida" poster to replace photo in family album.
JABF08(Cletus children taping a Krusty affiliate promo) You're watching Krusty the Clown on WPPZ in Myrtle Beach, Florida home of the accugirl surf report!
JABF20Burns: Now lets enjoy the Miami of Canada: Chicago!
JABF22Kirk Van Houten, to Luann, in a glider: If we can catch the trade winds, we'll be in the Florida keys by tomorrow morning.
KABF11Principal Skinner: In fact, I'm no longer welcome on the Universal Studios Tour. Lisa: Orlando or Hollywood? Skinner: There's one in Hollywood?

Georgia
AABF13Homer drives to Atlanta, delivering Red Barclay's shipment of artichokes and migrant workers
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7F13To convince Homer to continue stealing cable Bart reminds him what they'll be missing: Tractor pulls. Atlanta Braves baseball. Joe Franklin!
8F01Map of the United States with GA - Georgia with a peanut, peaches and the Georgia state flag
8F12Bets placed on Atlanta Falcons in Lisa the Greek
2F12One of the students at Krusty's Clown College is from Georgia.
3F17Nelson says "I've always wanted to see Macon, Georgia."
4F15Homer says: Oh, honey, you're not the world's worst mother. What about that freezer lady in Georgia?
4F22On the trip to NYC, Bart asks: That took too long! How come we had to transfer in Atlanta twice?
AABF08Super Bowl episode with the Denver Broncos vs. Atlanta Falcons.
AABF16Kent Brockman: ... Channel 6 is sponsoring a contest to find a Springfield Olympic Mascot. The winner will join such other memorable mascots such as The Atlanta "Whatzit" and the Montreal "Vampire".
EABF07Ribwich fan T-shirt lists Ribwich Tour stops on back including Atlanta
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Atlanta, Georgia
HABF04Airport Check-in: He seems the last time he (Bart) flew unescorted... (Pilot voice on jet): Welcome to Atlanta. Please keep your seat belt fastened until we've come to a complete stop. (Bart unbuckles belt)
HABF09Mayor Quimby met Lloyd Bridges at Hartsfield airport in Atlanta, Georgia
JABF15Luda-Crest (On U.S. Dental Association video): (rapping)...I'll see you in Atlanta, G A

Hawaii
BABF04Homer and Bart end up in a leper colony in Molokai, Hawaii
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8F09German owners offer alcoholics at SNPP "...a six-week treatment at our drying-out facility in Hawaii..."
8F10A 1970's Homer watching 'Charlie's Angels' celebrates when they're sent on a mission to Hawaii.
9F07Troy McClure: Live, from Hawaii's beautiful Molokai Island, We're not just for lepers anymore, it's "Carnival of the Stars"!
9F11One of the places in the Little Land of Duff
9F17Homer: This calls for a celebration. We're all going to Hawaii! ....Gotcha! It's April Fool for two more minutes!
1F01In exchange for returning Bobo to Burns Homer demands "A million dollars and three Hawaiian islands. Good ones, not the leper one!
1F17Homer: It's clear now why God portions it out in those tiny packets, and why he lives on a plantation in Hawaii.
1F22Honolulu appears as one of the directional signs in the M*A*S*H exhibit at the museum
2F08Krazy Klown airlines offers Homer free tickets to anywhere except the freak states, Alaska and Hawaii
2F17Producers consider shooting in Hawaii before choosing Springfield
AABF18Contest to win a trip to Hawaii (Maui) - How Low Will You Go?
AABF20Marge: Hawaii here we come!
AABF20At airport destination of Honolulu seen (listed as an international departure.)
DABF10Lisa: It's really cheap if we change planes in Phoenix, Honolulu, Sun City and East St. Louis, spend the night in a Haunted House and.... leave right now.
FABF16Marge, Bart & Lisa: Aloha! Homer: This is just like Hawaii!
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Honolulu, Hawaii
JABF05Homer: This is it. It's taken all day (to chase down Tex) and we've missed our flight to Hawaii...
KABF05President Roosevelt: To deal with the menace of Bonnie and Clyde I am recalling all our air defense forces from Pearl Harbor.

Idaho
8F18Contestant from Idaho seen in Miss American Girl Pageant
3F17Twin Falls, Idaho listed as having a nuclear power plant.
EABF15Homer sings across maps of Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada
EABF18"Idaho brags about its potatoes" noted in article titled Iowa Home to World's Biggest Pizza in Springfield Shopper
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Boise, Idaho
JABF11Joe LeBoot of the St. Louis Cardinals talks of how he flubbed the 1943 World Series but bounced back and has a big home in Idaho.

Illinois
Dan Castellaneta was born September 10, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois.
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JABF20Burns and Homer Travel to Chicago
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7F09Michelangelo's David to tour "..New York, Springfield, and if we have time, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles
8F12Bets placed on Chicago Bears in Lisa the Greek
8F18Contestant from Illinois is seen in Miss American Girl Pageant
2F15Troy calls on someone at Springfield Elementary: You, the redhead in the Chicago school system?
3F20Teaching Apu U.S. history for the citizenship test Homer shows him a map where we see Illinois and the cities of Alton, Chicago, Decatur, Peoria, Rockford and Rock Island
3F31On the clip show, Troy notes a letter from a viewer: Professor Lawrence Pierce of the University of Chicago writes, "I think Homer gets stupider every year."
4F15Rex Banner receives a telegram that says "2NLPO-ALA CHICAGO 6 648A EST= REXY: DAISY HAD PUPPIES!= LOVE MOM=="
5F09New York and Chicago dump their garbage into the mine in Springfield
AABF06Homer and Ned marry Vegas waitresses; Minister: By the power vested in me by the Chicago Outfit, I now pronounce you husbands and wives.
AABF18The bottom five cities on the list of Top 300 Livable US Cities are Flint, Michigan; Ebola, Rhode Island; Dawson's Creek, North Carolina; "Springfield, USA"; East St. Louis, Illinois
BABF12Contestant for best bartender - Michael Finn from the Green Potato Pub at O'Hare International Airport
JABF17Milo (owner of Coolsville, CBG's competition): Thung gave a piggy back ride to the Chicago Bears.
JABF20Burns: So Simpson, I hear you like pizza pie. Homer: I do! My favorite is Chicago deep dish.
JABF20Burns: Now lets enjoy the Miami of Canada: Chicago! We see Ditka's, Wrigley Field, Second City Theatre

Indiana
8F18Contestant from Indiana is seen in Miss American Girl Pageant
1F22Indianapolis Island appears as one of the directional signs in the M*A*S*H exhibit at the museum
3F20Teaching Apu U.S. history for the citizenship test Homer shows him a map where we see Indiana and the cities of Fort Wayne, Gary, Indianapolis, Kokomo and Terre Haute
AABF16Chalmers: ...I was born in Queens, went to Ball state, then made the move to Intercourse, Pennsylvania.

Iowa
Marcia Wallace was born November 1, 1942 in Creston, Iowa.
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8F15CANT tests are flown to Iowa Non-International Airport on way to Proctorville, Iowa, Home of the National Testing Center
2F12Krusty tells Homer to memorize funny place names including Keokuk, Iowa
2F33Marge's book: The Bridges of Madison County
3F17Martin's suggestion for a road tour: Well, I realize it's trite, but we could tour the bridges of Madison County.
3F20Teaching Apu U.S. history for the citizenship test Homer shows him a map where we see Iowa and the cities of Ames, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Mason City, Sioux City and Waterloo
EABF18Iowa Home to World's Biggest Pizza, article in Springfield Shopper
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Des Moines, Iowa

Kansas
7F05Baseball players ex-wife at Capital City: And then I found out that all the while there was this bimbo in Kansas City (could be Kansas or Missouri)
8F05"Visit Beautiful Kansas" poster in bus depot where Krusty hangs out
8F18Contestant from Kansas is seen in Miss American Girl Pageant
3F20Teaching Apu U.S. history for the citizenship test Homer shows him a map where we see Kansas and the cities of Kansas City, Norton and Topeka
AABF20Wichita Lineman played as the citizens of Springfield drink Garden Blast Juice.
FABF06Moe: Alright, customers! And they said you couldn't open a bar in Kansas.
HABF20Book Title at Rock Bottom Remainders: The Kansas City Royals Forever Champions
KABF13Comic: Radioactive Man meets The Kansas City Royals

Kentucky
7F08Lisa notes that "Oats are what a champion thoroughbred eats before he or she wins the Kentucky Derby."
8F06Lady at pony farm: He was sired by Seattle Slew, and his mother won the Kentucky Derby.
8F18Contestant from Kentucky is seen in Miss American Girl Pageant
9F20Marge arrested for leaving store without paying for Colonel Kwik-E-Mart's Kentucky Bourbon
1F01In flashback Montgomery's brother George Burns sings "Oh the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home.."
AABF20Bart: Goodbye, Japan! I'll miss your Kentucky Fried Chicken and your sparkling whale-free seas.
BABF19Behind the Laughter Narrator: The Simpsons' bitter past was forgotten, and now the future looks brighter than ever for this northern Kentucky family. (subsequent airings change to "southern Missouri".)
CABF01Restaurant Kentucky Fried Panda
FABF19Test of state capitals includes Frankfort, Kentucky
HABF02Homer hands a woman in Italy a Kentucky cup in thanks
MOVIE1Ned: You can see the four states that border Springfield; Ohio, Nevada, Maine and Kentucky

Louisiana
8F18Marge stars in "A Streetcar Named Desire" featuring a song about New Orleans that wins accolades from that city.
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7F13Homer watches TV: Live, from New Orleans, this is the World Series of cock-fighting!
8F01When Lisa meditates by talking to Jefferson at the Jefferson memorial it responds; Jefferson: No one ever comes to see me. I don't blame them. I never did anything important. Just the Declaration of Independence, the Louisiana Purchase, the dumbwaiter...
8F11After Bart falls down the well, Chief Wiggum says they've located a piece of machinery in Shreveport, Louisiana, but there's no room in the budget to bring it to Springfield.
8F12In "Lisa the Greek" about football betting we see Smitty betting $12 on the New Orleans Saints in Moe's bet book
8F15Mrs. Krabappel reveals *she* doesn't know the answer by misreading the answer key saying "New Orleans" instead of "Andrew Jackson".
9F01Bart writes "I will not defame New Orleans" referring to the producers' apology issued after the above reference
9F18Superintendent Chalmers: When was the battle of New Orleans? Lisa: January 8, 1815. Two weeks after the war ended.
4F20First segment of The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase places "Chief Wiggum, P. I." in New Orleans
BABF19Marge asks to perform music "that swings, with the beat of New Orleans."
CABF01After getting knocked off the roof of Krusty Burger dressed like a cow protesting the eating of meat, Jesse Grass says "In New Orleans they hose us with Tabasco."

Maine
8F13Parody of song "Talkin' Baseball" has words "...From Maine to San Diego,..."
8F18Contestant from Maine is seen in Miss American Girl Pageant
AABF03Homer serves the main(e) course - Steamed Maine cabbage, since he is saving the life of the Maine lobster
MOVIE1Ned: You can see the four states that border Springfield; Ohio, Nevada, Maine and Kentucky

Maryland
1F03At the end of "Marge on the Lam" we hear the fate of the players; Homer Simpson was remanded to the custody of the United States Army Neurochemical Research Center at Fort Meade, Maryland, for extensive testing.
1F04From Krusty trading cards Bart reads "Krusty visits relatives in Annapolis, Maryland."
3F13In 1796, a fiercely determined band of pioneers (ancestors of the town of Springfield) leaves Maryland after misinterpreting a passage in the bible.
4F09Mrs. Skinner bores Bart with her collection of cake pictures: Now, this is called a Lady Baltimore cake.
4F13Eye on Springfield segment says "move over Baltimore"
4F17Mr. Burns requests that half his money be invested in the Baltimore Opera Hat company.
5F02As early as 1649, the Maryland town of Sprynge-Fielde was inhabited by obvious ancestors of the people of Springfield.

Massachusetts
7F09Michelangelo's David to tour "..New York, Springfield, and if we have time, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles
7F10Lionel Hutz claims to have degrees from Harvard, Yale, MIT, Oxford, The Sorbonne and the Louvre
8F12TV screens behind Jimmy Apollo, show the Denver/New England game and the Cincinnati/Miami game
8F13Boston Red Sox player Wade Boggs guest stars.
8F13Boston Red Sox player Roger Clemens guest stars.
9F07Barney hoped to get into Harvard until Homer hooked him on beer
9F16At Itchy and Scratchy Roger Meyers bawls out one of his Harvard-educated writers.
1F02Nerd indicates "Some guys at MIT are sending us reasons why Captain Picard is better than Captain Kirk."
1F13Homer starts but never finished a Limerick "There was a man from Nantucket"
1F16Marge imagines Bart walking across the stage at Harvard to receive his diploma.
2F02The clocks behind Birch Barlow are for Los Angeles, Springfield, New York and Boston
3F02Various Massachusetts license plates appear on the wall of Uncle Moe's
3F08Homer, in response to Sideshow Bob's proposal to abolish television: Go back to Massachusetts, pinko!
3F08Otto: I bet I'll get respect once I get that Harvard diploma.
3F13The antiquarian, Hollis Hurlbut, is named after two of the Harvard Yard dorms
4F05Burns: Honestly, Smithers, I don't know why Harvard even bothers to show up. They barely even won. Smithers: Their cheating was even more rampant than last year, sir.
4F15Various Boston references, including a Red Sox Shirt and a reference to the St. Patrick's Day parade in Boston
AABF03In Lisa's daydream the president of Harvard interviews her
AABF20OFF in Tokyo visits Americatown and sit at the Massachusetts table; Homer: I can't believe they stuck us at Taxachusetts! Hey, you know, I once knew a man from Nantucket. Bart: And? Homer: Let's just say the stories about him are greatly exaggerated.
DABF07Buck McCoy: (Choosing a string tie) Let's see... Texas or Massachusetts?
EABF07Ribwich fan T-shirt lists Ribwich Tour stops on back including Boston
FABF05"Nantucket" printed on life preserver in imagined scene in Marge's novel
GABF02We see Tom Brady of the New England Patriots score a touchdown.
GABF09Homer: Face it, Marge. Catholics Rule. We got Boston, South America, the *good* part of Ireland and we're making serious inroads in Mozambique, baby!
HABF04Father: Actually, Justin and I are going to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Sir Peter Hall himself is directing. Homer, to Bart: I bet they're from Massachusetts! You know its legal there for a guy to marry his son.
HABF19Homer: (Police car from Massachusetts pulls up) Wow, troopers from every state in New England. Trooper: Including Rhode Island. We're a small state but we give big tickets!
MOVIE1Cargill: There's a couple of things they don't teach you at Harvard Business School.
JABF15Grampa: Back in my day TV stars couldn't say booby, tushy, burp, fanny burp, water closet, underpants, dingle-dangle, Boston marriage, LBJ, Titicaca, hot dog or front lumps.
JABF17We see World Champions Red Sox banner in CBG's shop
KABF03Welcome to New Hampshire: Providing Cheap Liquor To Massachusetts Teens For 200 Years
KABF03Boston Red Sox banner in New Hampshire Diner next to Fisk 27 banner
KABF04Professor Stefan August, switching on television: Good God! The Patriots are deep in Redskin territory!

Michigan
7F16Episode takes place in Detroit, Michigan as Homer and family visit auto executive brother Herb Powell
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7F07Homer is watching the football game played in the Silverdome, home of the Detroit Lions.
7F11Bowling announcer: Actually, that was Pontiac, Michigan.
1F11Representative at box factory says the boxes are assembled in Flint, Michigan
3F20Teaching Apu U.S. history for the citizenship test Homer shows him a map where we see Michigan and the cities of Escanaba and Lansing
4F19At Gerald Ford's house we see a trophy from the University of Michigan, Ford's alma mater
5F21Homer exits at highway sign that says New Jersey, Michigan, Oregon, and Texas."
AABF10After unsuccessfully trying to fit through a car sunroof Homer exclaims "Oh, when will Detroit build a sunroof for the husky gentleman?"
AABF18The bottom five cities on the list of Top 300 Livable US Cities are Flint, Michigan; Ebola, Rhode Island; Dawson's Creek, North Carolina; "Springfield, USA"; East St. Louis, Illinois
BABF05Wiggum tells Homer that the Hell's Satan gang "..is wanted in eight other states.." and they should "Let Michigan handle it."
EABF11Kent Brockman: Springfield's pro-darkness policy has resulted in a spree of vandalism unmatched since the Detroit Tigers made the playoffs over two centuries ago.
KABF01Homer: We want to sit under a cool state license plate. Michigan or better!

Minnesota
8F01One of Lisa's contestant's (Essay: Recipe for a Free Country) is from Rosemount, MN
8F01Map of the United States with MN - Minnesota with evergreen trees, Rosemount and a snowman
8F12We hear sportscaster Brent announce "We're live from the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Home of the Minnesota Vikings), and Super Bowl XXVI"
9F08Homer notes that Walter Mondale won Minnesota
1F13When presented with Astronauts Homer and Barney news reporter Toby Hunter from the Minneapolis Star has to repeat the question: No really, is this a joke?
3F20Teaching Apu U.S. history for the citizenship test Homer shows him a map where we see Minnesota and the cities of Mankato, Minneapolis, Rochester, St. Cloud and St. Paul
4F07During flashback we see Ned's father under doctor's advice placing Ned under the "University of Minnesota Spankological Protocol"
BABF08Smithers tells Burns "I'm taking you to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota."
HABF04(Announcement on airline) Thanks a lot 33C. Now we all have to go back to Minneappolis, and I'm very tired.

Mississippi
7G12Kent Brockman: From his humble beginnings as a street mime in Tupelo, Mississippi, Krusty climbed to the top of a personal mini-empire, with dozens of endorsements including his line own line of pork products.
3G03Skinner: Boy for sale! Boy for sale! Jimbo: Is this legal, man? Skinner: Only here, and in Mississippi.
3G04Announcer: Daybreak: Tucawka. The proud men and women of the Navy are fighting for freedom. But you're in Lubba, Texas, hosing stains off a monument. You're in the Naval Reserve. America's seventeenth line of defense, between the Mississippi National Guard, and the League of Women Voters. After basic training, you'll only have to work one weekend a month. And most of that time, you're drunk off your ass.
CABF17Homer & Hobo cross the "mighty Mississip' in a freight car. Yes, that could be in many states, but where better to include this?

Missouri
DABF09Segment of this episode takes place in Branson, Missouri
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7F03On the school bus Bart asks "What was the name of the Pilgrims' boat?" to which Sherry replies "The Spirit of St. Louis"
7F05Baseball players ex-wife at Capital City: And then I found out that all the while there was this bimbo in Kansas City (could be Kansas or Missouri)
8F01At the National Air and Space Museum, Bart climbs into The Spirit of St. Louis
8F08Aerosmith's Steven: Hello St. Louis!
8F12Bets placed on Kansas City Chiefs
8F13St. Louis Cardinals player Ozzie Smith guest stars.
9F01God: Does Saint Louis still have a team? Homer: Naw, they (the Cardinals) moved to Phoenix. God: Oh. Right.
1F01Bobo travels on The Spirit of St. Louis
1F16At the Burns' heir auditions Martin sings Meet Me in St. Louis
2F06Grandpa: I'll be in my cold cold grave before I recognize Missouri.
3F02Moe's deep fryer is from the USS Missouri, "C" Deck Mess
3F06Mona Simpson's (Homer's mother) fake license for Mona Stevens lists address as 1123 Sission St., Sedalia, Missouri
3F17On trip to Nashville they stop in Branson, Missouri - like Vegas if it were run by Ned Flanders.
3F20Teaching Apu U.S. history for the citizenship test Homer shows him a map where we see Missouri and the city of St. Joseph
5F04At Air India airport the cabin crew tells tiger trainers "I am so terribly sorry sir, It appears that your tiger has been sent to St. Louis." Gunter: I'll send you to St. Louis!
AABF03Describing Springfield Elementary, Superintendent Chalmers says "Good lord, what a dump. It's not surprising this school was once classified =the= most dilapidated in all of Missouri. That's why it was shut down and moved here, brick by brick.
AABF12An advertisement for the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit appears featuring the "Mercury Space Capsule" and "The Spirit of St. Louis"
BABF19Behind the Laughter Narrator: The Simpsons' bitter past was forgotten, and now the future looks brighter than ever for this northern Kentucky family. (subsequent airings change to "southern Missouri".)
CABF01From the top of the giant tree Lisa can see the St. Louis Gateway Arch and the Statue of Liberty
DABF10Lisa: It's really cheap if we change planes in Phoenix, Honolulu, Sun City and East St. Louis, spend the night in a Haunted House and.... leave right now.
EABF16Homer narrates Kansas City Chiefs - Dallas Cowboys game.
JABF11Joe LeBoot (aka Mickey Owen) of the St. Louis Cardinals talks of how he flubbed the 1943 World Series

Montana
8F18Contestant from Montana in Miss American Girl Pageant; Homer: A beaut from Butte.
2F19Jimbo, watching TV: "I just can't believe Stark would stoop to that right in the middle of Montana and Dakota's wedding."
3F15Parker discusses baby names with Troy McClure: "You can't use Montana, Dakota or Florida, they're taken." Troy: Hmm... Oregon?
3F15Troy McClure film: Make-out King of Montana
EABF15"Welcome to Montana" sign seen as train flies by carrying Flanders away from Marge's party
EABF18"Montana boasts the biggest sky in the land" noted in article titled Iowa Home to World's Biggest Pizza in Springfield Shopper
KABF02Chalkboard gag: The Capital of Montana is not "Hannah"

Nebraska
3F20Teaching Apu U.S. history for the citizenship test Homer shows him a map where we see Nebraska and the cities of Ainsworth, Grand Island, Lincoln, Norfolk, North Platte and Omaha
4F02Dr. Hibbert mentions Boys Town
FABF20Bart: ...the Playdude advisor says this music will get a stewardess to give you a layover. Milhouse: I hope it's in Omaha. My granny lives there!

Nevada
The exact replica of The Simpsons house was built in Henderson, Nevada
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AABF06Much of this episodes takes place in Nevada, as Homer take Flanders to Las Vegas!.
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7G07Church activities list includes "Reno Retreat - SATURDAY"
8F10We see Shotgun Pete's, a parody of the original Whiskey Pete's on the Nevada border.
8F18Live from beautiful Laughlin, Nevada, it's the Miss American Girl Pageant!
1F08Marge suggests Lisa dress as Nevada for the geography pageant; Lisa: No, Nevada makes my butt look big
1F16Nevada appears on the Krusty Burger fun map with a dollar sign over it
2F14Homer dials Las Vegas to place a bet to win a mortgage payment
3F17Battle Mtn, Egan Range and Indian Springs are all listed as having a nuclear power plant.
3F17Bart describes Branson, Missouri as a Flanderized Las Vegas.
3G01Burns: A lifetime of working in a nuclear power plant has given me a healthy green glow... [to himself] and left me as impotent as a Nevada boxing commissioner.
4F03Episode opens at Springfield Mall where we witness a Bonanza nostalgia show - the curtain for which is a map of the Ponderosa of Nevada.
4F10When Burns and Homer are snowbound Homer thinks that "He's trying to hypnotize me, but not in the good Las Vegas way.
5F02THOH VIII credits include Maggie "Area 51" Roswell - Area 51 in Roswell, Nevada.
DABF01Marge: If I knew there were loose women in Las Vegas I wouldn't have let you go!
DABF01When Homer attempts to annul his marriage to Amber Judge Harm says Mr. Simpson, under Nevada law, bigamy, or "Mormon hold 'em," is perfectly legal.
EABF15Homer sings across maps of Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada
EABF17Moe: (Moe telling Godfather II story to Maggie) Little Anthony is having his first communion at Lake Tahoe.
HABF04Sign Homer drives past: Las Vegas 1151 Miles
HABF04Banners on bus: VEGAS OR BUST  VEGAS FOR BUSTS
HABF09Mayor Quimby seen holding sign "Welcome Vegas Trash"
MOVIE1Ned: You can see the four states that border Springfield; Ohio, Nevada, Maine and Kentucky
KABF13We see Krusty and his lawyer at Krusty's Lake Tahoe retreat

New Hampshire
MC11Simpsons Butterfinger commercial announces Nancy Fredholm from Hudson, New Hampshire as the $50,000 contest winner
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2F12One of the students at Krusty's Clown College is from New Hampshire.
3F02One of the license plates on the wall at Moe's is New Hampshire 100-767 (changes to 100-761 later in scene)
AABF02Burns lunch includes one Concord Grape - The Concord grape was developed in 1849 by Ephraim Wales Bull in Concord, Massachusetts.
FABF05Homer in Marge's novel says "I've returned from Portsmouth."
KABF03Welcome to New Hampshire: Providing Cheap Liquor To Massachusetts Teens For 200 Years
KABF03Restaurant in New Hampshire: The Live Free or Diner (State motto: Live Free or Die)

New Jersey
James L. Brooks was born May 9, 1940 in North Bergen, New Jersey.
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5F21Homer visits Thomas Edison Museum in Edison, NJ {mg}
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7F24Leon Kompowski, voiced by Micheal Jackson, reveals he's a bricklayer from Paterson, New Jersey.
8F01Map of the United States with NJ with a faucet (alluding to faucet on waterworks on Monopoly??)
1F09Homer imagines beatniks talking: "Radiant cool, crazy nightmare Zen New Jersey nowhere...
3G01In this X-files parody Scully comments "Well... gee, Mulder, there's also this report of a shipment of drugs and illegal weapons coming into New Jersey tonight.
5F21Homer exits at highway sign that says New Jersey, Michigan, Oregon, and Texas."
AABF10Marge yells out to another driver "Oh, for God's sake -- go back to New Jersey!"

New Mexico
7G02Bart's math problem; "The 7:30am express train traveling at 60 miles an hour leaves Santa Fe bound for Phoenix..."
7G02Bart's math problem dream; "Martin: Twice the fare from Tuscon to Flagstaff minus two thirds of the fare Albuquerque to El Paso!"
2F31Bart mentions the Lost Dutchman's mine in New Mexico
CABF04Smithers play is "booked in a small theatre in New Mexico" - The Albuquerque Theater
CABF09Secret plan to move Isotopes to Albuquerque
CABF19Dying Ultrahouse 3000 computer in THOH XII says "I coulda kicked your butt from here to Albuquerque,..."

New York
Hank Albert Azaria was born April 25, 1964 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
Doris Grau was born October 12, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York.
Marcia Mitzman Gaven was born February 28, 1959 in New York, New York.
David Silverman was born March 15, 1957 in New York, New York.
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4F22Episode "The City of New York Vs. Homer Simpson takes place in New York
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7G07When Bart says Jebediah was "just a statue" Homer responds: Just a statue? Is the Statue of Liberty just a statue? Is the Leaning Tower of Pizza [sic] just a statue?
7F09Michelangelo's David to tour "..New York, Springfield, and if we have time, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles
7F17Proposal to Grampa Simpson made to help finance a ray gun that could "could destroy an area the size of New York City.
7F21Mrs. Quick recounting war tale to Bart mentions Brooklyn Bob
7F75In the "Do the Bartman" music video we see New York harbour and the Statue of Liberty
8F01Essay contest includes entry "Ding, Dong" from Queens, NY
8F01Map of the United States with NY showing island of Long Island and Queens marked on map, evergreen trees
8F02United Nations General Assembly and Secretariat building shown
8F03Fat Tony has Bart make him a Manhattan (the drink)
8F05Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky and the future Krusty the Clown attend a Talmudic conference in the Catskills
8F09Burns: You'll see the Statue of Liberty wearing liederhosen before you'll see Germans running my plant!
8F12Bets placed on Buffalo Bills. New York Giants and New York Jets
8F13New York Yankees player Don Mattingly guest stars.
8F13New York Yankees player Steve Sax guest stars.
9F04Lisa is dressed as the Statue of Liberty at OFF's Hallowe'en party
9F04[THOH III] Burns: Smithers, this is a golden opportunity. If we get him alive, we can put him on Broadway! Dead, we'll sell monkey stew to the army!
9F04[THOH III] Ape Homer climbs Empire State Building.
9F04[THOH III] Burns: I remember when Al Jolson ran amok at the Winter Garden and climbed the Chrysler Building.
9F08Grampa: I was voted the handsomest boy in Albany, New York. {sbj}
9F10We see that the Springfield Monorail was recycled from the 1964 World's Fair in New York
9F11Statue of Liberty in Electrical Parade at Duff Gardens
9F12Krusty on Tuesday Night Live from New York
9F15Episode title "Last Exit to Springfield" parodies book title "Last Exit to Brooklyn"
9F21The Be Sharps disembark at JFK airport in New York City and parody The Beatles arrival.
1F01We see Bobo leave New York to fly with Lindbergh to Paris
1F06After an all syrup squishy Bart and Milhouse break out in dance; while singing of Springfield a sailor joins them singing New York, New York (the original words..)
1F08Eye on Springfield says "So watch out, Utica: Springfield is a City On the...Grow!"
1F13Homer, at Nasa space conference: Homer: The only danger is if they send us to that terrible Planet of the Apes. Wait a minute... Statue of Liberty...that was _our_ planet! You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! Damn you all to hell!
1F16New York appears on the Krusty Burger fun map as an apple with a knife in it
1F18Neds parents living in Greenwich Village
1F22Coney Island appears as one of the directional signs in the M*A*S*H exhibit at the museum
2F02The clocks behind Birch Barlow are for Los Angeles, Springfield, New York and Boston
2F07Cover of audtio book "Mr. and Mrs. Erotic American (by Paul Harvey) shows woman dressed as Statue of Liberty
2F12One of the students at Krusty's Clown College is from Brooklyn.
2F17When checking places to film Radioactive Man they see ads in Variety for New York, Texas, Utah and Springfield.
2F20Smithers says he tried to march in the New York St. Patrick's Day parade.
2F31We see Jay Sherman in New York reading Marge's letter inviting him to Springfield.
3F03Simpsons drive to Storytown Village - Lake George, NY
3F12Investigation of Krusty the tax cheat leads to a call to a New York bank.
3F15Statue of Liberty seen when Troy is singing "Dr. Zaius" Planet of the Apes song
3F18Principal Skinner indicates he's from upstate New York - Albany.
3F18Superintendent Chalmers indicates he's from Utica.
3F20To demonstrate he's an American Apu wears a New York Mets shirt.
3F20Statue of Liberty seen on picture from magazine and then when Abe lives there..
3G04We see Russian and American officials arguing at the UN building in New York.
4F07The Leftorium has a left-handed State of Liberty statue(which gets stolen)
4F08Whitey Ford of New York Yankee fame appears for a contest at Springfield War Memorial baseball Stadium.
4F11We see a TV Guide previously owned by Jackie O. with her New York address.
4F17Principal Skinner mentions a field trip to Albany.
4F23Tanzarian Armin gives Skinner a souveneir from his trip to upstate New York.
4F24Lisa says they come to the Jazz Hole just for the Buffalo wings
5F03Joe Namath of New York Jets fame does a cameo
5F09New York and Chicago dump their garbage into the mine in Springfield
5F10Two executives talking reference a visit to Boston
5F24(Clip show) Sailor sings (the original words) "New York, New York!" while Bart and Milhouse sing of Springfield
AABF02Grampa Simpson, Mrs. Mona Simpson (mom) and son Homer visited Woodstock
AABF04Homer considers himself the worlds luckiest man, given that Lou Gehrig has passed away (New York Yankees)
AABF04Homer wants to get home to see Inside the Actor's Studio
AABF09Lenny: There goes Albany! (After Homer spills his fondue on the console at SNPP)
AABF16Chalmers: ...I was born in Queens, went to Ball state, then made the move to Intercourse, Pennsylvania.
AABF16We see Niagra Falls
AABF20Statue of Liberty robot at Americatown restaurant in Tokyo
BABF01[THOH XI] We see Lisa (as superhero Clobber Girl) use the Statue of Liberty to poke a hole in an attacking Nazi zeppelin
BABF08Homer uses Burns address book to call the New York Yankees
BABF11PBS offers pledge bonus or a CD of museum noises "Now your music room can sound just like the Metropolitan Museum in New York."
CABF01Thai man wants to send his daughters to Swarthmore [College] or Sara Lawrence [College]. {mg}
CABF01Lisa can see the Statue of Liberty from her perch on the giant tree
CABF03Marge has a Long Island ice tea
CABF03Marge: I'd like to visit that Long Island place if only it was real
CABF03Bart mentions The Albany Ham Scam
CABF05Chief Wiggum references "Sex and the City"
CABF12Party Posse sails to New York where we see the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Citicorp and (sigh...) the World Trade Center towers.
CABF18(We see Woody Allen writing Chinese Fortune cookie fortunes: Woody: What am I doing here? I should be in New York writing riddles on Popsicle sticks. Then I'd be making a difference.
CABF20Statue of Liberty photo in Moe's bar
DABF04(In Sex and the City parody on television) Samantha: Since this morning, I've had sex with a New York Knick, two subway cops, and a guy who works on Wall Street.
DABF04Television show "Nookie in New York" (Sex and the City parody)
EABF03Couch opening parodies "Lunch atop a Skyscraper" photograph by Charles C. Ebbets with Central Park in the background
EABF07Movie: Frankenstein and the Harlem Globetrotters meet the Mummy and the Washington Generals
EABF08Ned: We occupy that useless mass of land between Los Angeles and New York called America!
EABF12Homer: Why are you reading the New York Times? You don't live in New York!
EABF12Luke: You're the kind of city slicker my family left Central Park West to avoid!
EABF14Couch opening (repeated from EABF03) parodies "Lunch atop a Skyscraper" photograph by Charles C. Ebbets with Central Park in the background
EABF14Kent Brockman: You must really love the Broadway musical Cats. Homer: God no, it sucks!
EABF15We see a New York World's Fair 1939 Admission Ticket
FABF05Buffalo Things (parody of Buffalo Wings) on Krusty Burger menu
FABF14Simpsons watch rental video of Love Story, showing skating rink from Central Park, New York
FABF15Dalai Lama: On to my next engagement: Buffalo, New York
FABF17We see the Statue of Liberty, then a view of downtown Manhattan from above
FABF20Carl: Marge Simpson's Wasabi Buffalo Wings (at Church Pot Luck) Lenny: An eastern twist on a western New York favorite!
FABF20Sideshow Mel: I agree with my fellow Cornell Alumnus (Thomas Pynchon)
FABF22Marge: (imagining an alternate life for herself) This is Marge Simpson reporting from Lake Placid where the miracle on ice never happened.
GABF02Joe Torre in NY Yankees uniform shown on Jock Center commercial (and we hear DiMaggio referenced)
HABF03Kent Brockman: The post office has promised to deliver every letter in this forty-year-old mailbag. (Takes and tears open envelope) So get ready , Mr. Largo, you were accepted to Julliard!
HABF17[THOH XVII] Golem: This is the voice I've got? Sounds like I should be selling egg creams on Brighton Beach.
HABF18[Couch opening] Homer Godzilla appears peering into the family on the couch, pulls back to shot of Godzilla hanging off the Empire State building, Chrysler building visible in background.
JABF05"Bartman Begins" segment is set in New York during WWII. We see the Empire State Building with King Kong wearing a New York Yankees hat and the Gotham City Opera House.
JABF08Grampa and Selma are sitting in front of a poster of Manhattan where their silhouettes appear in front of the Manhattan bridge
JABF11Joe LeBoot (aka Mickey Owen) of the St. Louis Cardinals talks of how he flubbed the 1943 World Series against the New York Yankees
JABF16Kudos: Go find out the secret locations of your countries missile defense facilities. Lisa: They were in yesterday's New York Times!
JABF18Chalkboard gag: The Wall Street Journal Is Better Than Ever
JABF20Brooklyn Dodgers is on Burns shopping list
JABF20Chicago native, to Homer and Burns: While you were here we felt like New York!
KABF03Republican commercial quotes New York Times twice
KABF08Marge: Well, the important thing is someday I'll be watching my little Marge dancing at Lincoln Center. Lisa: I'm Lisa mom, I'm Lisa.
KABF13Sideshow Mel, discussing where former Entertainer of The Year winners are now: He appears nightly on Broadway... selling combs and mints in the mens room.

North Carolina
8F18Contestant from North Carolina is seen in Miss American Girl Pageant
9F02Larson (President of Laramie): [takes a puff on a cigarette and holds up the box] Ah, that sweet Carolina smoke!
AABF18The bottom five cities on the list of Top 300 Livable US Cities are Flint, Michigan; Ebola, Rhode Island; Dawson's Creek, North Carolina; "Springfield, USA"; East St. Louis, Illinois
FABF17Mayor Quimby (looking to rename Springfield after a public relations disaster): Look what happened to Hitler City, North Carolina! If they hadn't changed their name to Charlotte they'd be sunk!
JABF20Life Coach: I went to the Harvard of the south. Homer: Duke? That's good! LC: Not Duke. Homer: Vanderbilt? LC: A little further South. Don't make me say it.

North Dakota
7F02TV host: Okay, the capital of North Dakota was named for what German ruler? Homer: Hitler!
8F01Map of the United States with ND - North Dakota with an Indian chief
2F19Jimbo, watching TV: "I just can't believe Stark would stoop to that right in the middle of Montana and Dakota's wedding."
3F08Sideshow Bob: Aah, for the days when aviation was a gentleman's pursuit -- back before every Joe Sweatsock could wedge himself behind a lunch tray and jet off to Raleigh-Durham.
3F15Parker discusses baby names with Troy McClure: "You can't use Montana, Dakota or Florida, they're taken." Troy: Hmm... Oregon?
3F21Sign at Hullabalooza: Raleigh-Durnam SKOAL BOWL
BABF16Marge: Well, we're still welcome in North Dakota, and Arizona.
BABF16Lisa: North Dakota, here we come! Bart: I always wanted to see Mount Rushmore! Marge: That's South Dakota.
BABF22Homer: Is the capital of North Dakota Bismarck?
EABF15In song "I Love to Walk" Homer says "The guy who got fed into the wood chipper In Fargo?"

Ohio
Nancy Campbell Cartwright was born October 25, 1959 in Kettering, Ohio.
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8F09Germans buying SNPP comment that "...don't vorry, we still enough left to buy the Cleveland Browns."
8F12Bets placed on Cincinnati Bengals
8F12TV screens behind Jimmy Apollo show the Denver/New England game and the Cincinnati/Miami game
9F10Football Announcer: ...Three visits from Morganna the Kissing Bandit and the astonishing return of Jim Brown.
1F10In Ohio Kwik-E-Mart is called Stop-O-Mart
3F06Mona Simpson's (Homer's mother) fake license for Penelope Olsen lists address as 610 Shawnee Dr., Lovelace, Ohio
3F21We see the Hullabalooza bus on a 3-way crossing turn left for Cleveland, then back and right for Cincinnati, then they change their minds and turn back home.
BABF17Krusty (entertaining troups during the Gulf War): Now, just when you thought the desert couldn't get any hotter, it's the Cincinnati Bengal cheerleaders!
FABF14Homer's Great Uncle Tyron's Birthday, at family reunion at the Dayton Arms Hotel in Dayton, Ohio
FABF20Playdude cover: June 1970 The Girls of Kent State: Four Nude in Ohio
GABF02Homer sports a Go Bengals logo on his abdomen.
GABF16Homer holds up tape of Milwaukee Bucks Cleveland Cavaliers Pre-Game.
HABF03Mr. Largo: Aaaa! I got into Julliard! I could have been second chair with the Cincinnati Pops!
HABF22Homer: I thought we were playing Cincinnati Time Waste? (we then see book: Cincinnati Time Waste: Rules and Regulations)
KABF03Burns: At least he won...the second time. Assuming they don't find those ballot boxes in Ohio.
MOVIE1Ned: You can see the four states that border Springfield; Ohio, Nevada, Maine and Kentucky

Oklahoma
4F08Edna Krabappel: Oh! Oh! How about Oklasoft? It's Oklahoma's fastest-growing software company.
KABF05Oklahoma Savings and Loan seen in 1939 flashback episode parody Bonnie and Clyde.

Oregon
Matt Groening was born February 15, 1954 in Beaverton, Oregon.
Flanders, Van Houten, Quimby, and Lovejoy are named after streets in Portland. For a complete list of Portland Oregon references see Who's Who? In Springfield
HABF04Principal Skinner orders Bart to Upward Bound: The toughest behavorial modification camp in Northwe