It’s raining donuts, Hallelujah
It’s raining donuts, Amen
It’s raining donuts, Hallelujah
It’s raining donuts, Amen
Woo hoo! Doughnut day and TSTO literally dropped some donuts on all of us. I felt it necessary to turn to The Weather Girls to celebrate my enthusiasm. Alissa broke down all the sugary goodness in her post but I thought I’d pop in with some thoughts that started stewing in my fuzzy head as soon as I saw everything. I’m sure the free Krispy Crème I enjoyed had nothing to do with my antics.
So the biggest thing that a lot of people commented on was the donuts raining in our towns. How cool, right? I had to purchase the boatload of donuts to make sure this was a permanent addition to my town but what the heck does this have to do with the Best. Show. Ever.? Well, it’s as easy as going to “Treehouse of Horror V” (S6:E5). In the “Time and Punishment” segment, Homer fixes his own toaster and ends up creating a time machine. It’s a fun segment with a strong tie to Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder.” Homer keeps messing things up in prehistoric times effecting the future. In one of the cases, Homer sneezes and causes the extinction of dinosaurs. When he returns to the present, his family is decked out in riches and Patty and Selma are dead but Homer is horrified to discover that donuts don’t exist. He heads back to the past and then the reveal is hilariously that not only do donuts exist, they actually rain from the sky.
So cool. A simple origin a lot of us knew about. But why stop there. What about other donut origins? I had some fun previously with donut origins when the Model Donut joined our games as a prize in the 2015 Halloween Event. The mischievous part of me wants to point out the origins for the tray of donuts, donut truck, donut store, and boatload of donuts. They come from the game silly.
But seriously… I think it is so cool that these items are now physical representations in the game. I have certainly bought one of each in the course of playing this game so I like having actual versions of them in the game. I actually think it’d be cool if EA gave you these items when you bought the package as a freebie. Interestingly, there’s pseudo versions of these in the show too.
One of these items looks a lot like the Donut Truck in “I Married Marge” (S3:E12). The long and short is that Homer marries Marge but needs to find a good job to support the bun in Marge’s oven. A gig at the Gulp N’ Blow isn’t what Homer dreamed off. We find him standing at the gates of the Nuclear Power Plant dreaming of being a big shot with a steady paycheck. The workers get donuts there delivered by truck. “All the colors of the rainbow.”
When Homer becomes the president of the Nuclear Power Plant Union in “Last Exit to Springfield” (S4:E17), he’s welcomed in the streets of Italy like a proper Mafioso. Free donuts are his for the taking AND there’s a donut cart. Okay, maybe it was just a daydream about the delicious benefits of making lifelong connections with organized crime (“Mmmmmm… organized crime.”) but this makes me think of the donut tray.
I’m sure by now, a lot of regular readers know that “Marge vs. the Monorail” (S4:E12) is my favorite episode. Lest we forget, there’s a donut shop that figures prominently in this episode. There really isn’t anything they can’t do.
There’s also a generic donut shop in “Poppa’s Got a Brand New Badge” (S13:E22). It was one of the many buildings that was looted in the riot caused by a massive heat wave and a power outage caused by Homer’s dancing Santa. This image makes me think of what some tappers would do if they could guarantee free donuts.
We’d all be like the Homer clones in “Treehouse of Horror XIII” (S14:E1) chasing them into a gorge. I’d probably be leading the fray lol.
Donuts are good. There’s lots of options to earn them in the game for freemium players and lots of goodness to splurge them on. I know some folks wish they could earn them more frequently but premium currency is how EA makes money on this game and really the only way for it to continue. If none of us bought donuts, they’d just pile up like they did in “Brush with Greatness” (S2:E18) after Homer went on a diet.
They’d just grow stale and useless without us. Rolling Donut would go out of business. Who would pay for the botes (sic)? Someone has to eat them and WE CAN DONUT!!!
In case you’re wondering… this shirt is available for sale at Tee Public. No indorsement is implied but I think it’s awesome. Points to anyone who gets the classic American poster this is parodying and here’s the link if you’re interested.
https://www.teepublic.com/show/31433-we-can-donut
Well my friends… that’s really it for this diary entry. Some origin ideas, my strange thoughts, and whatever else you got from my ramblings. Donut day has come and gone and now it’s one more year before I get guaranteed free donuts from somewhere. I just wish the real life ones were usable for fun Simpsons stuff too. They’re certainly not doing anything for my blood cholesterol. As per usual, sound off with your thoughts and comments. Do you have a favorite donut moment or image you want to share? I hope you had great sprinkly day and weekend. Much love from the fuzzball.
TTFN… Wookiee out!