This is another one of those items that has barely a mention in an episode, yet makes it mark into our game. In the Episode: Selma’s Choice, Aunt Selma has taken the kids to the Duff Gardens amusement park. Lisa drinks the “water” in a ride I can say is attempting to resemble it’s a small world and goes nuts. Bart sneaks on to the Barrel Roll ride he isn’t tall enough for by using caramel apples as lifts.
The bar on the ride goes right over Bart instead of securing him.He is hanging on for dear life while shouting to the attendant to stop it.
He is then taken to security. The guard is very upset due to while he was dealing with Bart, hoodlums made off with 3 bumper cars (Dolph, Kearney, and Jimbo). That’s it.
A simple hint of an item and EA tosses it in the game. I do admit, I wanted them ever since Krustyland. Now here’s Wookiee cuz you know he HAS to have his say….
***Bunny***
Such a great addition to the game! I know a bunch of you may not like all the random additions EA comes up with to throw in the game, but I love any opportunity to revisit previous Simpsons episodes.
Bunny highlighted just exactly how the “stolen bumper car” applies to Dolph and Jimbo in Season 4, Episode 13.
I love this bit of dialogue…
Selma: Don’t blame these kids, it’s not their fault. I think their father is missing a chromosome.
Security Guard: Ms. Bouvier, while we were rescuing this boy… hoodlums made off with 3 bumper cars… and I don’t think George Washington will ever be the same.
I don’t want to spoil the episode but let’s just say Bart has something to do with poor GW’s condition.
Reader The Lizard King was real quick to point out another possible connection for the new decoration. I was completely on the same page with the King and initially thought EA found this idea in a different episode. Of course, Bunny is often one hop ahead of me.
In Season 17, Episode 5, Homer comes across a Bumper Car Ride on the boardwalk that is being dismantled by construction workers. I really would love to have Captain Dodge Ems added to Squidport.
Homer: OOH OOH… I wanna ride the bumper cars!
Construction Worker: Sir… we’re dismantling this ride… it’s not safe…
Homer: I call a red one!
Homer jumps in a red car and starts bumping away. In true Homer fashion, he takes the car out of the ride and goes offroading.
Marge: Homie NO! It’s not street legal.
Worker: Don’t worry ma’am. He’s not connected to the power supply so he can’t go far… uh hahahaha GULP.
Homer careens through traffic and finally collides with Chief Wiggum, Eddie and Lou in their police car.
Wiggum: Ah… he’s got us in a corner… I hate this ride.
But wait there’s more! The writers of The Simpsons must really love them some bumper cars. In Season 7, Episode 25, Lisa finally makes friends when the family goes on vacation. Bart is completely jealous (because he is unpopular for once) but of course finds a way to ruin Lisa’s popularity.
There’s a great bumper car scene towards the end of the episode. Lisa is furoius with Bart, but unfortunately got the bumper car that doesn’t work.
Her face in the showdown with Bart is priceless for a character that is usually so Zen. I guess she forgets that when it comes down to it, she is still a Simpson.
Wow… not one or two but THREE bumper car possibilities. Of course I’d be remiss not to mention the couch gag from Season 11, Episode 14.
Well… happy tapping every one. For the record… Bunny was absolutely correct with her association. You can tell by the paint scheme of the bumper car. Well.. I’m off to go have fun with Dolph and Jimbo. You stay classy Addicterinos… Wookiee out!
Haha, I’m late to the party, but thanks for the shout out Wookiee!
BEST. READERS. EVER. SO cool that TWO more bumper cars references were made in less than a day. Both are great and I enjoyed rewatching them so thank you! While I am no SImpsons expert… I do my best to show everything I can think of. Thanks for commenting!
How could you forget “Live from the Grand Ballroom of the Hapsburg Imperial Palace, it’s the World Series of Bumper Cars!” from season 4 episode 6 Bart after Dark 😉
Lol. So many good episodes. 😛
whoops season 8 episode 5 – oh the shame
What I still cannot get my head around: adding a bumper car and not make it available in Krustyland???
Probably due to all the broke down ones there. Also, the ongoing joke that they keep getting stolen from theme parks and brought back to Springfield by various characters. 🙂
The bumper car is a good size item – just small enough to put some everywhere in my town
I am still brainstorming ideas for them. So many possibilities. 🙂
Hi guys I remember one other bumper car appearance in a flashback to Mr. Burns’ youth it shows him riding one and smashing into someone’s leg over and over while laughing the whole time. No clue to which episode or season this was in.
You know…I thought I saw that one too. I am still trying to locate it. I couldn’t remember if it was a golf cart, a car, or a bumper car. Too many images smash together. Lol.
Video not working for me right now, so I will resume my search later. But in my eyes, I think with the level content release and tie in, EA was hinting it more to the bullies stealing them from Duff Gardens. So many lil tidbits of stuff hidden in each episode. Makes a Bunny’s mind go mad. Lol 😛
Aha I found it, if there’s one thing I can do, it’s find things.
http://neonmoderntimes.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/the-simpsons-top-25-episodes-of-all-time/
13. $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) – Season Five Episode Ten
That should make your video search easier. 🙂
Lol. Thanks. 🙂
See…so many possibilities. So many episodes. And they wonder why I am so crazy. Hehehehe. I will have to watch it again when I get my video feed back up.
Thanks Again 🙂
I’m totally going to pout now, my Springfield is level 36 but I am not far enough in the quest-lines to get Dolph. I just made the Adult Education Annex and Skinner’s house. Dangit…
Then again I don’t want to rush it, it’s like a book… I’m going to be really bummed out when the story ends, really frustrated waiting for the next installment, and REALLY mad at myself if I spend donuts to hasten my bummed-out frustrated-ness.
Oh, and that bumper car also found its way into Nelson’s collection. Disobedient whelp.
Awwww. Being behind is never a bad thing. Wait to get it cheaper. Wait and see what items are just not worth buying. Let someone else make all the mistakes and find all the hidden eggs. Not bad at all. 🙂
Your knowledge of the show is quite… knowledgeable. 🙂
LOL 😛
Thanks. Your comment is quite…commenty. 🙂
But in all seriousness. Thank you 🙂
I figure if it bugs me wanting to know where they come from…there has to be others. Lol
I’m with you Bunny! If you didn’t find out I’d probably have to, to satisfy my own curiosity. So thank you. 🙂
Welcome 🙂
It’s awesome to have that kind of connection to the show. I know a little bit from some of the more standout episodes, but there is a lot I’m sure I miss.
It’s a lil maddening at times due to I remember clips from episodes but not from which one exactly. So I have to go seek them out. It’s like a little investigative adventure.