It was six years ago, just after the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs bracket was complete that I thought it might be cool to do a The Simpsons Tapped Out bracket. Here we are in the oddest of NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs of all times due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and it’s time for our sixth TSTO Addicts Bracket Battle!
How much longer EA can keep Tapped Out going is up for debate. But what isn’t debatable is that there have been A LOT of incredible guest stars appearing as themselves in the rich history of The Simpsons universe. A rare few of these (like Stephen Hawking and Weird Al) have made their way into our games. However, hundred are still not in our little game. There is so much in fact, that it was hard just to narrow it down to 64 entries to start with. I thought of making the Bracket Battle start with 128 entries, but we’d be battling well into fall. With that in mind, we present to you TSTO Addicts’ Most Desired Real Life Celebrity Bracket Battle.
For rules and regulations, check out the Week 1 post here.
First, for the results from last week, from over 4,800 votes cast (over 8,000 votes to date):
In the Singers (Female) category, Bette Midler (62%) defeated Linda Ronstadt (38%).
In the Actors (Female) category, Kim Basinger (64%) defeated Carmen Electra (36%).
In the Authors/Journalists category, Amy Tan (60%) upset Helen Fielding (40%).
In the Scientists/Activists/Entrepreneurs/Politicians category, Tony Blair (75%) defeated Muhammad Yunus (25%).
In the Singers (Male) category, Sting (53%) barely upset Mick Jagger (47%) by less than 50 votes.
In the Actors (Male) category, Mark Hamill (69%) upset Ron Howard (31%).
In the Athletes category, Tony Hawk (90%) decimated Chuck Liddell (10%) by over 500 votes.
In the Comedians category, Betty White (73%) upset Bob Hope (27%).
Here’s the updated Bracket unveiled (click on image to view enlarged version):
Now without further ado, our third set of head-to-head matchups featuring the 3 vs 6 matchups in all eight conferences:
SINGERS (Female)
Tale of the Tape: X-Factor judge versus American Idol judge!
Britney Spears appears in “The Mansion Family” (S11, E12). She is most remembered for being co-host at the Springfield Pride Awards and killing the oldest resident in Springfield, Cornelius Chapman; prompting the second oldest, Mr. Burns, to shun her “kiss of death”.
Kara DioGuardi appears in “Judge Me Tender” (S21, E23). She is most remembered for being one of the judges on the American Idol panel that Moe joins.
ACTORS (Female)
Tale of the Tape: Cleopatra versus Catwoman!
Elizabeth Taylor appears in “Krusty Gets Kancelled” (S04, E22). She is most remembered for resenting her agent when she refuses the Krusty comeback special.
Eartha Kitt appears in “Once Upon a Time in Springfield” (S21, E10). She is also mentioned by name in “Mr. Plow” (S04, E09). She is most remembered for providing insight into married life with Krusty the Clown.
AUTHORS/JOURNALISTS
Tale of the Tape: CNN versus Marvel!
Larry King appears in “Sideshow Bob Roberts” (S06, E05) and provides his voice in “One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish” (S02, E11). He is also mentioned in “Stark Raving Dad” (S03, E01), “Homer Defined” (S03, E05), and “How I Wet Your Mother” (S23, E16). He is most remembered for reading the Bible on tape that Homer listens to after eating fugu and for moderating the mayoral debate between Mayor Quimby and Sideshow Bob.
Stan Lee appears in “I Am Furious (Yellow)” (S13, E18) and “Married to the Blob” (S25, E10). He is also mentioned in “Treehouse of Horror X” (S11, E04) and “Springfield Splendor” (S29, E02) and has a couch gag cameo in “The Caper Chase” (S28, E18). He is most remembered for coming into the Android’s Dungeon and having a Hulk like tantrum:
SCIENTISTS/ACTIVISTS/ENTREPRENEURS/POLITICIANS
Tale of the Tape: Astronaut versus Astrophysicist!
Buzz Aldrin appears in “Deep Space Homer” (S05, E15). His scenes from that episode are again shown in “The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular” (S07, E10) and in “Behind the Laughter” (S11, E22); and he is also seen in the background at the funeral in “Funeral for a Fiend” (S19, E08). He is most remembered for going into space with Homer.
Neil deGrasse Tyson appears in “The Caper Chase” (S28, E18). He is most remembered as an educator for Homer when Homer becomes a university professor.
SINGERS (Male)
Tale of the Tape: Battle of the Pauls!
Paul McCartney appears in “Lisa the Vegetarian” (S07, E05). He is also seen in a non-speaking cameos in “Treehouse of Horror X” (S11, E04) and “Homerazzi” (S18, E16) and is mentioned in “Treehouse of Horror” (S02, E03), “Burns Heir” (S05, E18), and “Penny-Wiseguys” (S24, E05). He is most remembered for hanging out in Apu’s secret garden.
Paul Anka appears in “Treehouse of Horror VI” (S07, E06). He is most remembered for singing ‘Just don’t look’ with Lisa when the billboard advertisements come to life.
ACTORS (Male)
Tale of the Tape: Dominic Santini versus Spock!
Ernest Borgnine appears in “Boy-Scoutz ‘n the Hood” (S05, E08). He is most remembered for being a ‘celebrity dad’ to Warren on the Junior Campers Father-Son rafting trip.
Leonard Nimoy appears in “Marge vs. the Monorail” (S04, E12) and “The Springfield Files” (S08, E10). He is also seen in a non-speaking cameo in The Simpsons Movie, his name is on Comic Book Guy’s list of friends in “The D’oh-cial Network” (S23, E11), has an in memorium tribute in “The Princess Guide” (S26, E15), and his picture is seen in “Springfield Splendor (S29, E02). He is most remembered for ushering in the monorail in Springfield and then claiming credit for solving the Monorail mishap.
ATHLETES
Tale of the Tape: The First Lady of Racing versus King James!
Danica Patrick appears in “How Munched Is that Birdie in the Window?” (S22, E07). She is most remembered for getting into a fight with Marge over Homer – but only in Homer’s dream.
Lebron James appears in “Homer and Ned’s Hail Mary Pass” (S16, E08). He is most remembered for being one of Homer’s students when Homer teaches athletes how to celebrate.
COMEDIANS
Tale of the Tape: One of the nicest comedians versus one of the cruelest comedians!
Ellen DeGeneres appears in “Judge Me Tender” (S21, E23). As well, she is seen in a non-speaking cameo in “Beyond Blunderdome” (S11, E01). She is most remembered for being one of the judges on the American Idol panel that Moe joins.
Ricky Gervais appears in “Angry Dad: The Movie” (S22, E14). He also appeared as the character Charles Heathbar in the episode he wrote “Homer Simpson, This is Your Wife” (S17, E15). He is most remembered for trying to host the Oscars.
Reminder, voting is open until noon EDT Friday July 31st.
What are your thoughts on this weeks eight matchups? Of the eight matchups above, which was the easiest decision and which was the hardest? What do you think of the bracket? What do you think of last weeks results? How often did you select with the majority last week? Sound off below, you know we love hearing from you.
Stan “the man” Lee vs Larry King. Come on it is Stan all day long! “The King” James is way better choice that someone who has not won anything. Beam me up Mr. Spock. EA need to listen to TSTO. For the simple reason you “guests character “ is way better the Von Horton.
Nice picks. Let’s see if the majority agrees with you.
I’m definitely voting for Leonard Nimoy, plus I want him added as both himself and as his “Star Trek” character, Spock (in the form of a character skin), mainly as a tribute to both the actor and the character.
I don’t know if it has been asked but Under the Comedias:
Tale of the Tape: One of the nicest comedians versus one of the cruelest comedians!
who is supposed to be the nice one?
Ricky is the nice one of course.
Decisions, decisions 🙂
• Spears
• Kitt
• Lee
• Tyson
• McCartney
• Nimoy
• Patrick
• Gervais
Nice picks. Let’s see how often the majority votes with you.
Not Helen Fielding!
Any reason in particular?
Her Benny Hill exit!
Stan Lee never left….
As I said, he makes an appearance in everything, so I expect to see him in every round. It perfectly logical.
May the force be with you!
Totally wrong franchise, but OK, may the force be with you too.
Oops, wrong franchise. My bad. I meant:
It’s morphin’ time!
Singers (F) : Both
Actors (F) : Couldn’t decide again so voted for both
Authors & Journalists (M) : Larry King ( because I love that episode where he reads the bible ( on tape ) to homer when Homer thinks he’s dying )
Scientists, etc : Buzz Aldrin because he was a spaceman, literally!
Singers (M) : Paul Anka was my first choice as I love that episode with the giant walking billboard ads! But I felt guilty for not voting for Paul as he is a national treasure to us UKians. So voted for him also.
Actors (M) : Leonard Nimoy, of course cause he’s Spock.
Athletes : Not familiar with either celebrity so picked one randomly I forget which one.
Comedians : Ricky as he is another national treasure in the UK and rightly so, he’s brilliant as a comedian but possibly even better as an actor in “After Life”
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Thanks for sharing your reasoning.
I voted for:
Britany spears
Elizabeth Taylor
Stan Lee
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Paul Anka
Leonard Nimoy
Lebron James
Ellen DeGeneres
Nice picks. Let’s see how often the majority agrees with you.
I went with the Canadian too.
Next week will be tough as its Canadian versus Canadian. The greatest Canadian hockey player (arguably greatest hockey player ever) versus the greatest Canadian wrestler (arguably greatest wrestler ever).
Agree to disagree. I rank Bobby Orr ahead of Gretzky on both counts. Gretzky would not have been Gretzky if Bobby Orr had not come first.
Many do rank Orr ahead of Gretzky, which is why I said he’s arguably better. I say Gretzky was better than Orr. You say Orr was better than Gretzky. See, you and I are arguing. I was right! LOL!
Not arguing, debating.
Stan”the man” need to be in Springfield. “The king” LeBron James SPOCK NEEFD THE BE IN THE GA,ME!. Snap, snap make it happenn now.
Let’s see if EA listens.
SINGERS (Female)
Britney Spears 🔥
ACTORS (Female)
Eartha Kitt is a major personal fave & I always wish she had more classic Catwoman episodes in Batman😎🐾🌠🎬
AUTHORS / JOURNALISTS
Stan Lee!!! Absolute classic fave🏆🏅🏆
http://imgur.com/xBtoRK0
SCIENTISTS / ACTIVISTS / ENTREPRENEURS / POLITICIANS
Neil D Tyson is favorite fun intellect & should actually be a Chief of Science & Environment on the next presidential cabinet (let alone the current one)… Buzz was classic cool, but gotta go w/Neil.
SINGERS (Male)
Paul McCartney🎵 …Both he & Anka are classics, but Sir Paul is one of the major cornerstones of rock🤘
ACTORS (Male)
Leonard Nimoy🌠 Another all time classic fave of TV history… Ernest B was great, but Spock is ultimate nostalgia🏆🎬
http://imgur.com/gallery/xcp6F8p
ATHLETES
Danica is another favorite babe🔥 …Lebron is cool & fun but she’s got more charisma.
COMEDIANS
Ricky Gervais😈 …another favorite in sardonic intellect & definitely perfect MC for everything.
Ellen is great, but Ricky has more grooviness🤓
…All characters here would certainly be awesome in TSTO😎
Nice picks. Let’s see how often the majority agrees with you.
Sorry I am still upset about Pluto, can’t vote for Neil degras tyson
8 planets in the solar system. So sad. 🙁
I respect your opinion, but you’re painfully misguided.
Well, week 2 was a massive bust for me! I think I was in the minority for all, a bit bummed Jagger didn’t make it.
I hope this week is better! Couple tough ones in there
Sorry to hear some of your favourites are out. Better luck this week.
SINGERS (Female)
Britney Spears got my sympathy vote (and that was a funny Episode!)
ACTORS (Female)
Elizabeth Taylor (that was hard! I ❤️ Eartha Kitty!)
AUTHORS / JOURNALISTS
Stan Lee
SCIENTISTS / ACTIVISTS / ENTREPRENEURS / POLITICIANS
Buzz Aldrin
SINGERS (Male)
Paul McCartney
ACTORS (Male)
Leonard Nimoy (aaah! this is getting harder! Ernest Borgnine was a gem!)
ATHLETES
Lebron James
COMEDIANS
Ricky Gervais (lol! – he needs to MC every award show!)
Thanks Safi, this is fun (hard to choose at times) and whomever wins would be a welcome addition to TSTO!
Nice pics. Lets see how often the majority agrees with you.
My finalists are in your group. Stan Lee makes an appearance in everything, so why not in each round.
It’s only logical to see Leonard Nimoy in the final.
Let’s see if your prediction works out.