Film Theory: We FOUND The SIMPSONS!

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    Although it’s been the butt of many jokes throughout the series, one big question has always remained in the Simpsons universe: Where is Springfield? Today, the Film Theorists answer the question 27 years in the making.
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  • @FlyingWolfWings
    @FlyingWolfWings 7 лет назад +15714

    Matt, do you sleep?

  • @kasaen8332
    @kasaen8332 3 года назад +2700

    There's a place in Oregon called Springfield, There's a building there that has the Simpsons on it and it says "Home of the Simpsons"

    • @kawaiiattack8018
      @kawaiiattack8018 3 года назад +27

      En el episodio “Homero al maximo”, Cuando Homero tira su fondue sobre el tablero de control, se muestra claramente que la planta nuclear de springfield está en springfield NY.
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_New_York
      Aparte en “Homero contra NY” ellos viajan a NY en autobús.

    • @kasaen8332
      @kasaen8332 3 года назад +16

      @@kawaiiattack8018 Nunca me di cuenta de eso, ¡gracias por señalarlo!

    • @kawaiiattack8018
      @kawaiiattack8018 3 года назад +44

      @@kasaen8332 If that is your level of Spanish, let me congratulate you; If not, I will congratulate the google translation department.
      ¡Kisses from Argentina!

    • @kasaen8332
      @kasaen8332 3 года назад +26

      @@kawaiiattack8018 thank you, i have taken 3 years of spanish

    • @kawaiiattack8018
      @kawaiiattack8018 3 года назад +25

      @@kasaen8332
      3 years well spent, not all gringos articulate phrases well.
      I wish I could say the same about my English!
      Take care of yourself, fortunes for your family, bye!

  • @PlutozzFN
    @PlutozzFN 4 месяца назад +162

    This was SEVEN YEARS ago! I remember getting on RUclips and seeing “ Film Theory Uploaded - We found Springfield “ 4 minutes ago and yet now it was 7 years ago wow how time flies

  • @TheGriffinBrigade
    @TheGriffinBrigade Год назад +279

    Matpat: Pinpoints the exactly location of the Simpsons
    Also Matpat seeing Australia: How does this make any sense!?

    • @DinoRicky
      @DinoRicky 3 месяца назад +1

      What’s that a reference from?

    • @DivineChaos204
      @DivineChaos204 Месяц назад +2

      It shows in the theory where they're talking about timezones or daylight savings days

  • @meshaksharma7647
    @meshaksharma7647 4 года назад +657

    Damn, Bart drove quite a distance to Knoxville if Springfield is in Oregon...

    • @tompoessy
      @tompoessy 4 года назад +6

      Meshak Sharma i didn’t drove to Oregon

    • @Alpina-Corsa
      @Alpina-Corsa 4 года назад +6

      MinerMaster123 we need to change our profile pics don’t we

    • @meshaksharma7647
      @meshaksharma7647 4 года назад

      winning rock I probably should but I’m way too lazy too

    • @lmgnoob3180
      @lmgnoob3180 4 года назад +1

      Im ending all

    • @heyitshuttz3705
      @heyitshuttz3705 3 года назад +1

      I live in Knoxville

  • @Gamer-GuyGG64
    @Gamer-GuyGG64 4 года назад +5358

    Not gonna lie, it's kinda sad we can't consider homer a "Florida man"

    • @cucumberrick3064
      @cucumberrick3064 4 года назад +248

      Florida Man Caught After Strangling Son To Death

    • @memowl3663
      @memowl3663 4 года назад +98

      he doesn’t do 500 pounds of meth

    • @gabriels.1121
      @gabriels.1121 4 года назад +94

      I feel there are 3 types of people who live in Florida, Rich people, Old people, and real crackheads (not like your basic friend Emily)

    • @mold2228
      @mold2228 4 года назад +26

      gamer guy I always thought he was from freaking Illinois.

    • @BLUECOLLARWEAR
      @BLUECOLLARWEAR 4 года назад +7

      gamer guy you should have known that because of season 11

  • @Jack_is_A_fan
    @Jack_is_A_fan Год назад +82

    I knew they lived in Oregon already because in one episode Bart says “but mom this is the biggest thing in northwest Oregon” I have recently been binge watching it

    • @Cyantist12
      @Cyantist12 Год назад +2

      Which episode?

    • @Jack_is_A_fan
      @Jack_is_A_fan Год назад +3

      @@Cyantist12 I’m not sure buts it’s between season 11 and season 17

    • @Cyantist12
      @Cyantist12 Год назад +7

      @@Jack_is_A_fan Kind of a wide range...

    • @Jack_is_A_fan
      @Jack_is_A_fan Год назад +2

      @@Cyantist12 Ik… but it’s there somewhere

    • @MgambireBabako
      @MgambireBabako 8 месяцев назад +1

      I figured out from The Simpsons Movie cus their arrival in Alaska was short they didn’t drive through any states

  • @carsiccl
    @carsiccl 2 месяца назад +11

    5:52 "We're down to our final 9"
    Aw man. I thought I'd forget about the news.

  • @renamon5658
    @renamon5658 4 года назад +429

    Marge the lumberjill, s31e6 .
    guy in bar: where you from?
    Homer: Springfield
    guy: Springfield Oregon?
    Homer: i don't know?

    • @ui-scummy7385
      @ui-scummy7385 4 года назад +11

      Wtf lmaoo

    • @axef2946
      @axef2946 4 года назад +11

      This episode also sees them visit Portland. The episode is a goldmine for evidence!

    • @angie_vargas1017
      @angie_vargas1017 4 года назад +3

      Renamon 565 for real.

    • @patatas5715
      @patatas5715 4 года назад +16

      He said that only season 1-9 was allowed since they changed executive producers

    • @bayleejosabatine8496
      @bayleejosabatine8496 4 года назад +2

      Yasss

  • @CarterInosencio
    @CarterInosencio 4 года назад +2768

    Can you do an explanation as to why Bart and Lisa’s hair is just a continuation of their skin?

    • @DrexYiii
      @DrexYiii 4 года назад +69

      Oh God!

    • @Evosil
      @Evosil 4 года назад +108

      but it isnt at the same time bc in an episode it shows their so-so hair gets shaved

    • @batc4t.
      @batc4t. 4 года назад +135

      They live by a nuclear reactor and Hommer Simson is in charge of safety and their father soooooo answer that one your self

    • @DrexYiii
      @DrexYiii 4 года назад +35

      Their hair is dead skin growing off the top.

    • @oliviarosendo2501
      @oliviarosendo2501 4 года назад +62

      it was showed in a episode i don’t remember what it’s called that barts natural hair color is red but the sun makes it yellow

  • @saoirseterry9451
    @saoirseterry9451 Год назад +15

    "Mat, why don't you have a bed in your room?"
    Mat: "I did, but I never used it. So I gave it to Steph."

  • @Thatbendyfan_
    @Thatbendyfan_ 10 месяцев назад +21

    Decided to revisit a few old theories I watched back in elementary school, and I really don’t regret it

  • @tuesdaybandy63
    @tuesdaybandy63 4 года назад +768

    Fun fact: Oregon doesn’t have sales tax so when you see a price tag, it’s the actual price and you don’t need any more money than what the price says. It’s great.

    • @victorialavengood8716
      @victorialavengood8716 4 года назад +9

      トゥーズデイTuesday I love living in Oregon

    • @tuesdaybandy63
      @tuesdaybandy63 4 года назад +3

      Victoria Lavengood
      Me too

    • @yacinesenouci6680
      @yacinesenouci6680 4 года назад +7

      Yes, but you... orgonians?????? have to give us more money if you buy things over here in Washington. Washingtonians get the last laugh. GIVE US THAT SALES TAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least it goes to good things, like state highways that are really just ferry lines (really, ferry routes on Washington State Ferries literally have a state highway classification... another fun fact!) (also, why do I love parentheses)

    • @caseysmith544
      @caseysmith544 4 года назад +2

      Same of Minnesota.

    • @tuesdaybandy63
      @tuesdaybandy63 4 года назад +5

      yacine senouci
      A lot of Oregon just had a ton of streets redone so I think we’re doing pretty good right about now.

  • @hangngo168
    @hangngo168 4 года назад +286

    This is also true because in S6E24 Lemon of Troy Bart’s grandfather talks about how the settlers of Springfield stopped at the end of the Oregon trail

    • @v.7726
      @v.7726 4 года назад +1

      Springfield is in Iowa

    • @Theeduckie
      @Theeduckie 4 года назад

      SANESS 1 lol wut

    • @Ozzbim
      @Ozzbim Месяц назад

      There's a town in Iowa called Springfield is what he's saying.

  • @AIDK47735
    @AIDK47735 2 месяца назад +17

    Who got this recommended after MatPat Retired

  • @THATWEIRDO--
    @THATWEIRDO-- 21 день назад +13

    who's watching this in 2024?

  • @chillgamer6910
    @chillgamer6910 4 года назад +706

    I don’t think homer would even know that the state he is in existed

    • @javidproductions9353
      @javidproductions9353 4 года назад +16

      New Mexico is also landlocked so that clue isn't key.

    • @thepubgchicken1925
      @thepubgchicken1925 4 года назад +4

      um your English is on a different dimension then mine so I am unable to under stand

    • @AlbertFingernoodle959
      @AlbertFingernoodle959 4 года назад +5

      The PUBG chicken they just forgot an in between is and existed

    • @cookiemonsterproductions1413
      @cookiemonsterproductions1413 4 года назад +7

      In one episode, he goes to Portland and is talking to someone and says he lives in Springfield. The other person says “In Oregon?” He says “I dunno.” So yes, he doesn’t know.

    • @cookiemonsterproductions1413
      @cookiemonsterproductions1413 4 года назад +2

      That also implies there IS a Springfield, Oregon, which betters the chance of them living there.

  • @FilmTheory
    @FilmTheory  8 лет назад +8367

    Wait...Matt Groening confirmed this? Well then, THEORY CONFIRMED!
    (2 years ago apparently...but now we've done it with EVIDENCE!)

    • @saintcharlie3245
      @saintcharlie3245 8 лет назад +84

      HOLY cow

    • @MADSHOT36
      @MADSHOT36 8 лет назад +97

      side note. KDKA radio station is in Pittsburgh. east of the Mississippi (it was the first radio station so slightly cheating but ya)

    • @pikachuuzumaki7769
      @pikachuuzumaki7769 8 лет назад +20

      +TheFilmTheroists Dang

    • @ericklete1540
      @ericklete1540 8 лет назад +55

      Dont worry matt only a few years earlier next time ;)

    • @strawberryqueen0382
      @strawberryqueen0382 8 лет назад +25

      Notice me matpat senpia

  • @silygoose5334
    @silygoose5334 8 месяцев назад +5

    I’m from a town called chelmsford in Massachusetts, and a few of the original animators on the show were from here and they actually based multiple buildings off places in my home town. So that pretty cool

  • @kalkuttadrop6371
    @kalkuttadrop6371 6 месяцев назад +4

    As TheRealJims pointed out, there are a lot of issues with this theory.
    1. Springfield was a Battleground in the civil war, with neighboring Shelbyville being in a Confederate State. Oregon was barely a state at the time and was nowhere near the front lines.
    2. Several of the historical episodes around Jebidiah Springfield portray the town as being settled and founded in the late 1700s, way too early for Oregon.
    3. Springfield is in a state that allows the Electric Chair or at least DID at some point(every depiction of execution uses it), but Oregon never used the chair.
    4. The VERY same episode he got the tax info from to solve the Oregon-Washington issue also has a scene where they point to Springfield on a map. We don't see where it is exactly, but it's definitely not on either coast.

    • @kalkuttadrop6371
      @kalkuttadrop6371 6 месяцев назад +2

      (He believes the Illinois Theory, which fits all this quite well. It also fits the heavy winters depicted multiple times and the rust belt economic issues shown in a couple episodes)

    • @SandboxDude
      @SandboxDude 4 месяца назад

      Where is it then? Look, he prob tried really hard, and of course it can't be in any state.

    • @kalkuttadrop6371
      @kalkuttadrop6371 4 месяца назад

      @@SandboxDude Real Jims says Illinois

    • @RGC_animation
      @RGC_animation Месяц назад

      The creator of the show LITERALLY confirmed this, and there are way more evidence pointing toward Oregon than not Oregon...

  • @fcsthememe7987
    @fcsthememe7987 4 года назад +303

    So that means they're surprisingly close to the Mystery Shack.... odd

    • @fcsthememe7987
      @fcsthememe7987 3 года назад +3

      @BL - 04SA - Millers Grove PS (1566) Indeed, but how could we prove that. Yes in Gravity Falls there was an episode showing were it was. But alas how are they connected, it seems we hit a bump.

    • @justsomeunicornwithinterne6490
      @justsomeunicornwithinterne6490 3 года назад +8

      Fun fact the voice actor of Mabel on Gravity falls did an episode of the Simpsons voice acting Millhouse’s girlfriend Taffy.

    • @fcsthememe7987
      @fcsthememe7987 3 года назад +5

      @@justsomeunicornwithinterne6490 The Mystery Deepins indeed.

    • @sockdwellersstudios3642
      @sockdwellersstudios3642 3 года назад +1

      thats just a theory

    • @fcsthememe7987
      @fcsthememe7987 3 года назад +1

      @@sockdwellersstudios3642 Nahhh

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 года назад +2971

    You know your show is legendary when they put actual impressions of the characters in the dictionary like "D'oh".

  • @NothingComicsDotCom
    @NothingComicsDotCom 28 дней назад +15

    Anyone in 2024

  • @Walleyedwosaik
    @Walleyedwosaik Год назад +10

    As an Australian yes I did know about the time zones it’s ridiculous especially when you live on a border of a state Idk what they were thinking when they made this up

  • @FionnMacCool
    @FionnMacCool 4 года назад +211

    There’s even a “Moe’s Tavern” in Springfield, Oregon

    • @jamespickup3700
      @jamespickup3700 4 года назад +3

      They is

    • @melodiclogic9904
      @melodiclogic9904 4 года назад +8

      James Pickup 10/10 wording, beautiful

    • @pepper04dog
      @pepper04dog 4 года назад +2

      Oooommmmgggg tttthhhhaaaattttssss ssssssooooo tttttttttrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuueeeerere iiiiisssssseeeeennnnnnnttttttt iiiiiittttt??!!!!!

    • @melodiclogic9904
      @melodiclogic9904 4 года назад +1

      sal once again, impeccable pronunciations, amazing stuff in this thread right here :)

    • @pepper04dog
      @pepper04dog 4 года назад

      No I want James pickup to expand

  • @toriwhetzel2090
    @toriwhetzel2090 4 года назад +268

    *Washingtonians and Oregonians at the same time:* We're not that alike...
    *Washingtonian:* At least people visit us.

    • @alexstewart2897
      @alexstewart2897 4 года назад +10

      Tori Whetzel yea but Washington is also just vastly superior

    • @bigjet5889
      @bigjet5889 4 года назад +13

      Well I bet people visit the crap out of Oregon after Gravify Falls lol

    • @Ghost-ir3qj
      @Ghost-ir3qj 4 года назад +11

      As an Oregonian, our economy is based on tourism. I find it pretty funny that you think more people visit Washington XD

    • @alexstewart2897
      @alexstewart2897 4 года назад +8

      Ghost7729 people visit Washington more, about 40 million people visit Seattle alone and the surrounding counties from out of state not to mention people who only see the mountains of other places. Only about 30 million people visit all of Oregon in a year.

    • @Ghost-ir3qj
      @Ghost-ir3qj 4 года назад +8

      Noob Gaming 26.6 million single individuals visit Oregon and 13.3 million groups yearly, very few people go somewhere other than Seattle and if you had actually read that statistic correctly you would know that 39.9 million people per year visit Seattle and the surrounding country. Its estimated that Bend oregon alone receives 20,000 daily tourists and this is one of our smaller cities. If I average the total group statistic with 3 people per group (because at minimum it has to be two), then our total tourists per year is 66.5 million people.

  • @papasmurf02
    @papasmurf02 Год назад +3

    There’s actually a small hint in a newer episode (one that likely came out before this video was made), where Lisa, Bart, and Homer travel to PORTLAND, and a hipster asks them which Springfield they’re from. Wanna know the first one he asks? OREGON!

    • @shushigamesYT
      @shushigamesYT 7 месяцев назад

      Episode 1998 says Missouri

  • @boyzilla78productions
    @boyzilla78productions 2 месяца назад +3

    This was the first video that ever got me into matpat, the rest is history I'd never give up for the world.

  • @lacethefirebender2099
    @lacethefirebender2099 2 года назад +1353

    This is a classic film theory episode that I keep revisiting. The old intro, the different mic and editing. Brings back nostalgia

    • @Negative915
      @Negative915 2 года назад +17

      The intro is still the same to this day

    • @Anonymous_1827
      @Anonymous_1827 Год назад +11

      @@Negative915 yeah he just doesn’t use it that much

    • @Zak103tv
      @Zak103tv Год назад +2

      lol, i gotta start watching the newer stuff cuz ive only seen some of the older vidoes like this one

    • @krexar5717
      @krexar5717 11 месяцев назад +1

      Pommes joghurt

    • @geogalaxy475
      @geogalaxy475 11 месяцев назад +2

      Same

  • @joesby6453
    @joesby6453 6 лет назад +256

    Also, in the episode where the school sells recycling for money in "The Old Man and Lisa." I did some research and found that the only two states who would buy recycling in the 1990s were Mississippi and Oregon. That further proves the theory. Please read this matpat.

  • @Gacha_Got_Arsorned
    @Gacha_Got_Arsorned 11 месяцев назад +2

    I love looking at older video's and seeing just how much his video style has changed

  • @jakefran3919
    @jakefran3919 3 месяца назад +1

    Coming back years later this episode is still amazing

  • @lee_nc
    @lee_nc 4 года назад +697

    Me: lives in Australia
    Mat pat: **complains about our daylight savings**
    Me: *Dont question us...*

    • @snowyninja1149
      @snowyninja1149 4 года назад +9

      I was pretty offended when he said that. If it's so confusing, then how do we get it?

    • @boobalooba_
      @boobalooba_ 4 года назад +5

      @Clarissa Cao you both are upside down little weens

    • @sussybaka6850
      @sussybaka6850 4 года назад

      Yea same

    • @bushthefacer1237
      @bushthefacer1237 4 года назад +1

      SilentNinja216 btw you can’t spell Australia with out Alia

    • @user-wu7lv7oo5t
      @user-wu7lv7oo5t 4 года назад

      Siilent is everything upside down

  • @alleytheawkward309
    @alleytheawkward309 5 лет назад +535

    Me: I lived in Springfield Missouri when I was little
    Everyone: do you know the Simpsons
    Me: no

  • @SciEnce-mc7hr
    @SciEnce-mc7hr Год назад +2

    In season 28 episode 3 homer says "This is your hometown and the springfield Atoms are your hometown team since 2003, when we stole them in the middle of the night from portland." their probably talking about portland oregon which means that the simpsons can't be in portland. The quote is about 4 minutes and 28 seconds in.
    Also in season 27 episode 17 a map is drawn from springfield to cuba the map looks like it says that springfield is in missouri but there is another episode where a map is drawn from springfield and it is in a completely different place

  • @C.Ross_Faded
    @C.Ross_Faded Год назад +3

    I always thought it was in Illinois for some reason 😂😂 but yeah, I literally should’ve googled Gronening’s home state. Every single writer puts a little of themselves in their work, that’s what breathes life into it (I’m a writer myself). This is much sweeter though so cute and wholesome

  • @mikejohnstonbob935
    @mikejohnstonbob935 8 лет назад +241

    plot twist: homer just doesn't know which state he's in. it's new mexico

    • @werehornse
      @werehornse 8 лет назад +2

      +mike johnston Bob Well, there' also all his other facts, so..... :l

    • @werehornse
      @werehornse 8 лет назад +2

      Matthew Medina Neither, I'm stating due to evidence of climate and the lay of the land, it couldn't be New Mexico. No offense intended.

    • @clarehammant7404
      @clarehammant7404 7 лет назад +1

      ha love it so funny

    • @ZaccoOfficial
      @ZaccoOfficial 6 лет назад +1

      ye i thought that was a stupid point, I mean its homer

    • @snaekcat
      @snaekcat 6 лет назад

      mike johnston Bob Regardless New Mexico is still landlocked.

  • @Post_Stall_Maneuver
    @Post_Stall_Maneuver 3 года назад +472

    Imagine you lived in Springfield, Oregon and you saw the Simpsons.

    • @carllarsen
      @carllarsen 3 года назад +23

      i lived in springfield oregon as a kid until we moved to alaska in 1967. from the beginning i always assumed the simpsons lived in oregon

    • @Superk68
      @Superk68 3 года назад +2

      @@carllarsen wow what a coincidence

    • @purpleongray1615
      @purpleongray1615 3 года назад +5

      You just need to take the OR-99e.
      Its around 100 km south of Portland, and in the way you will find Salem and Albany.
      And yes, I saw this on Google Maps.

    • @mp5_Puppy
      @mp5_Puppy 3 года назад +6

      There is a a mural in Springfield of the simpsons.

    • @clutzicon8142
      @clutzicon8142 3 года назад +3

      @@carllarsen * Simpsons the movie flashbacks intensifies*

  • @lucaslengyel2567
    @lucaslengyel2567 Год назад +2

    this needed to be done. thank you

  • @Mantismal_makes_stuff
    @Mantismal_makes_stuff 2 месяца назад +5

    Well miss u matpat ❤❤😢

  • @pablomendez7996
    @pablomendez7996 4 года назад +322

    “El viaje mysterioso de nuestro Homer” is Spanish for “The mysterious voyage [or trip] of our Homer”.

    • @aoifehall1675
      @aoifehall1675 4 года назад +3

      Pablo Mendez I got “ The mysterious journey of our Homer

    • @annieayuwoki423
      @annieayuwoki423 4 года назад +6

      Aoife Hall it’s the same thing
      PS: I know it because I’m argentinian

    • @Subscriberswithnovideos-en3lw
      @Subscriberswithnovideos-en3lw 4 года назад

      Disney+ says “The Mysterious Voyage of Homer”

    • @josebeast4003
      @josebeast4003 4 года назад

      Pablo Mendez quieres subscribirte a mi pongo videos de Simpsons en español si quieres

    • @NathanBB2005
      @NathanBB2005 4 года назад +1

  • @VentingPoem
    @VentingPoem 3 года назад +487

    Shorter way of saying this:
    Springfield has redwood trees which are found in Oregon, Washington, and California
    California does not have a reactor named Springfield
    Washington does not have a state level income tax

    • @hutshelll
      @hutshelll 3 года назад +7

      well redwood trees could be a one of thing

    • @VentingPoem
      @VentingPoem 3 года назад +14

      @@hutshelll season 10 episode 13 "homer to the max" the party was a ploy to save redwood trees and given the fact that chief wiggum shows up it wouldlikely be that springfield is close to the redwood forest they are protesting at

    • @celam5761
      @celam5761 3 года назад +5

      I lived in Oregon when I was six, but we left mostly because of these brats next door. Also it’s kinda weird to think that people there ride their bikes naked every year.

    • @impastabowl2328
      @impastabowl2328 3 года назад +2

      I live near Springfield Oregon

    • @Jacksonfaustvalentine
      @Jacksonfaustvalentine 3 года назад +1

      @@celam5761 that’s disgusting. Just where in Oregon?

  • @Imalate8
    @Imalate8 Год назад +2

    Actually during a show, matt groening (creator) confirmed that the simpsons in fact lived in springfield oregon

  • @CarmenLetona
    @CarmenLetona 6 месяцев назад

    Yesss my favorite show is where I’m from I love it. It’s really cool to see the signs there’s soo many references!

  • @elise7279
    @elise7279 5 лет назад +393

    In New Zealand we have a town called Springfield and it has a giant donut sculpture

    • @JosephBallin320
      @JosephBallin320 5 лет назад +12

      Well they should know now that that's not the Simpson's Springfield

    • @BIuey
      @BIuey 5 лет назад +1

      I know that but I don't live there and I'm not from there

    • @fergsnz0155
      @fergsnz0155 5 лет назад

      I have been there

    • @lilslife7851
      @lilslife7851 5 лет назад

      BOOM 💣💥💨

    • @Athuwu
      @Athuwu 5 лет назад

      i was gonna come comment this lmao

  • @PyramidHeadsLacky
    @PyramidHeadsLacky 6 лет назад +356

    This man's ability to find this stuff is out of control. Matpat are you the leader of the illuminati?

    • @thegameingzoo9056
      @thegameingzoo9056 6 лет назад +27

      Isaac Kessinger No. Hes leader of the Mattimati

    • @searchingsession3773
      @searchingsession3773 6 лет назад +27

      Isaac Kessinger no but I bet he can find out who is

    • @saranwrap8271
      @saranwrap8271 6 лет назад +8

      Triangle theory

    • @haleyhemmelgarn8316
      @haleyhemmelgarn8316 6 лет назад +11

      Actually he will probably come out with a theory for that

    • @Fatalgamer55
      @Fatalgamer55 6 лет назад +5

      He probably is, and all his theories of the Illuminati are just diversions from himself.

  • @SalmanMentos
    @SalmanMentos 3 месяца назад +1

    Another note: In one of the episodes lisa said "the old union pacific doesn't come by here much anymore" and fun fact: the union pacific runs west of the missisippi river

  • @matthougland5701
    @matthougland5701 Год назад +1

    As someone from Springfield Oregon this is the best thing ever getting recognized

  • @MJ-kc9ic
    @MJ-kc9ic 6 лет назад +335

    So it's in Oregon?
    *GRAVITY FALLS CONSPIRACY THEORY*

  • @StricklandAssistantManager
    @StricklandAssistantManager 8 лет назад +2087

    You better stop doing impressions of me or I'm going to sue.

  • @JCtheirmom
    @JCtheirmom 8 месяцев назад +2

    Matt groening is from Eugene Oregon, the town next to Eugene, is Springfield…boom video over lol

  • @V_2077
    @V_2077 9 месяцев назад +2

    Just that last matt groening bit is literally proof enough

  • @matildastarr6548
    @matildastarr6548 5 лет назад +577

    Its ok even Australians are confused with our daylight saving times

    • @annonomus1439
      @annonomus1439 5 лет назад +8

      @@kroe5234 same why doesnt Arizona have daylight savings

    • @kroe5234
      @kroe5234 5 лет назад +12

      @@annonomus1439 I think it's because it's so sunny, also why do all the RUclips animators live in Arizona.

    • @groundz_604
      @groundz_604 5 лет назад +5

      Look I'm from arizona and everyone there believes they are a special snowflake

    • @kroe5234
      @kroe5234 5 лет назад +7

      @@groundz_604 look Australia my home country is the most special because if your not from there you die from the snow flake, also it gets really cold in winter because of the huge hole in the ozone layer.

    • @cynniethia
      @cynniethia 4 года назад

      Matilda Starr Good

  • @DawnKraken
    @DawnKraken 3 года назад +1019

    As a person with the last name ‘Simpson’, I can confirm this is where we all live.

  • @evaneverything101
    @evaneverything101 4 месяца назад +2

    It’s in Oregon, I literally live 30 minutes from there

  • @muratdemir82
    @muratdemir82 2 месяца назад +3

    why did this get recommended to me 8 years later?

  • @johnlarson4194
    @johnlarson4194 3 года назад +392

    Or you could just went to the episode when marge said she found the perfect purse in all of Oregan

  • @seonssissi
    @seonssissi 6 лет назад +297

    SO BART AND LISA SIMPSON LIVE IN THE EXACT SAME STATE AS STANLEY AND STANFORD PINES??????????? GODDAMMIT MATPAT. You done good. You done real good.

    • @sieshel_2557
      @sieshel_2557 6 лет назад +2

      XD My first thought too.

    • @absolutelyshmooie7086
      @absolutelyshmooie7086 6 лет назад +1

      No they don't. Stan lives in gravity falls

    • @darkblade8660
      @darkblade8660 6 лет назад +3

      Ruby Pearl gravity falls is in the same time line as rick and morty as he said in a video and Stanford knows rick

    • @pyromaniac034
      @pyromaniac034 6 лет назад +3

      Gudetama 101 gravity falls is in Oregon lol

    • @randomdonuts1015
      @randomdonuts1015 6 лет назад

      Ruby Pearl agreed #gravityfallsforlife

  • @bridgee6282
    @bridgee6282 Год назад +3

    There is actually no Springfield in Washington

  • @laylabee-666smile
    @laylabee-666smile 8 месяцев назад

    I don’t know if you made this video MatPat but I really do like your videos. I wanted to know if you could do like nightmare before Christmas or anything like Tim Burton corpse, bride, timeline or anything I love your channels 💕

  • @tuesdaybandy63
    @tuesdaybandy63 4 года назад +509

    There’s actually a simpsons mural in Springfield, Oregon.

    • @victorialavengood8716
      @victorialavengood8716 4 года назад +8

      トゥーズデイTuesday I saw that when I used to live there

    • @tuesdaybandy63
      @tuesdaybandy63 4 года назад +1

      Victoria Lavengood
      Cool

    • @Dj_lilfate
      @Dj_lilfate 4 года назад +5

      There is actually several of them

    • @noballs12345
      @noballs12345 4 года назад +5

      On main next to the police station and the library.

    • @87caloriesperserving88
      @87caloriesperserving88 4 года назад +5

      Yeah, I live in Springfield. Also, there’s a paper factory in the center of Springfield which constantly blows smoke, in resemblance to the nuclear plant from the TV show.

  • @Frazier16
    @Frazier16 3 года назад +427

    The simpsons live in Oregon
    The entire gravity falls series takes place in Oregon
    Both shows are connected to rick and Morty
    Both shows are owned by disney
    HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
    Hmmmmmmm

    • @huntermynatt7006
      @huntermynatt7006 3 года назад +5

      Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    • @rain_dropsss
      @rain_dropsss 3 года назад +10

      Looks like I’m going to move to Oregon

    • @boxingwolf696isaiahcervant7
      @boxingwolf696isaiahcervant7 3 года назад +4

      Coincidence i think not

    • @Pancakethesimp
      @Pancakethesimp 3 года назад +1

      HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

    • @justsomespartanwithinterne7301
      @justsomespartanwithinterne7301 3 года назад +1

      Waaaaaaait I live in Oregon

  • @Bananananerer
    @Bananananerer Год назад +24

    MatPat should make a theory on how the Simpsons predict the future

    • @LemonadeStand618
      @LemonadeStand618 Год назад +2

      But they never predicted the future...

    • @Bananananerer
      @Bananananerer Год назад +1

      @@LemonadeStand618 yes they have if you have Disney plus they have a few episodes of all the times the Simpson predicted the future

    • @LemonadeStand618
      @LemonadeStand618 Год назад +1

      @@Bananananerer okay name ONE time you think the Simpson's predicted the future, I have the proof right here that they didn't. (Also your going off of the idea that they predicted the future based on a Disney + collection of all things...)

    • @GoofyAhhCommissioner
      @GoofyAhhCommissioner Год назад

      @@LemonadeStand618 They predicted 9/11.

    • @Gir_doom_boom
      @Gir_doom_boom Год назад +1

      9/11 is my birthday

  • @tfinityofficial
    @tfinityofficial 3 месяца назад +2

    Just to say, the subtitle is completely different to what he’s saying.
    MatPat: that parts obvious
    Subtitles: thats obvious parties
    And yes, I use subtitles. Fight me.

  • @WitherLord888
    @WitherLord888 3 года назад +232

    This also makes sense because in the episode “Please Homer Don’t Hammer ‘Em”, the arcade game Polybius appears briefly, and was only found in Portland, Oregon in 1981

    • @brianlyon3783
      @brianlyon3783 3 года назад +7

      i always though polybis was just an urban legend.

    • @confuddledveryiam2703
      @confuddledveryiam2703 3 года назад +5

      @@brianlyon3783 It is

    • @tylerhattery6682
      @tylerhattery6682 3 года назад +2

      maybe it wasn't found

    • @confuddledveryiam2703
      @confuddledveryiam2703 3 года назад +2

      @@tylerhattery6682 there has been zero proff of it and only signs of a arcade machine named polybis were fakes

    • @tylerhattery6682
      @tylerhattery6682 3 года назад +1

      @@confuddledveryiam2703 ik i was saying like or did they find it

  • @potatomanlp4812
    @potatomanlp4812 4 года назад +305

    It is funny when Matpat tries to speak spanish in english
    "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer"
    Legit momento

  • @napoleon1289
    @napoleon1289 Год назад

    The fact that the picture he showed of a water fall when talking about Oregon, I’ve been there just two months ago, I’m so shocked

  • @user-nm4xe8zu8z
    @user-nm4xe8zu8z 29 дней назад

    I am glad to learn which state Simpsons live. Good work on the video.

  • @reesemunger7232
    @reesemunger7232 8 лет назад +316

    Hmm, I can think of another cartoon that recently ended and takes place in the same state. You should make a theory about it.

  • @Koffi880
    @Koffi880 4 года назад +340

    Why hasn’t Matt just started with the coastline clue that would wipe out so many states

    • @ozziecomedian1786
      @ozziecomedian1786 4 года назад +50

      Because the video would be over in like 5 minutes

    • @missicequeen2963
      @missicequeen2963 4 года назад +3

      Yeah

    • @almightyone3147
      @almightyone3147 4 года назад +5

      Revenue

    • @Koffi880
      @Koffi880 4 года назад +15

      almighty one Oh yeah I forgot Matt needs money to afford more Diet Coke

    • @Autumn-ko4pr
      @Autumn-ko4pr 4 года назад +4

      With the radio station, coastline, mountains, and aurora borealis, you are down to California, Oregon, and Washington.

  • @lazyhippie6139
    @lazyhippie6139 3 месяца назад

    I was a gigantic Simpsons fan as a kid, and 100% believed it was Springfield, Illinois, and they had a dock is because of Lake Michigan. Ofc this is kind of dumb, because even then, Springfield is pretty far away from the lake.
    I live in Central California, so we don't really get a real winter. Definitely no snow. Winter always seemed intense on the show in comparison to mine, so I guess that was another way I rationalized it. The drive to Knoxville also seemed reasonable to me (even stopping in Missouri, although Branson is pretty out of the way according to Google Maps). I loved that episode, it was one of my favorites.
    Oregon makes much more sense than Illinois, though, although I still kind of like my reasoning as a child lol (I really thought it through, or I thought I did!) Everything about Oregon checks out.

  • @AlexGamez7832
    @AlexGamez7832 Год назад +1

    The fact this was 6 YEARS AGO is just mindblowing

  • @curtiswetzel6412
    @curtiswetzel6412 3 года назад +158

    I don’t want to be that person but when homer claimed the murder horn he sucked down all those oxygen tanks as it being a joke that he is still out of shape. Though I’ll give Film theory there credit because they would have needed them.

    • @generalcodsworth4417
      @generalcodsworth4417 3 года назад +21

      To be fair, all of the states that were eliminated by that clue also would have been eliminated by the ocean proximity requirement. The radio station and that clue alone would have wiped just about every state out immediately, but he needed the runtime

    • @carrotman5
      @carrotman5 2 года назад +3

      he was only like 10 feet high when he used them

  • @jcaob
    @jcaob 3 года назад +188

    Also in the Simpsons book Matt Groening says that Springfield reminds him of a place he grew up near...
    Springfield Oregon

    • @ukkodoingyt6427
      @ukkodoingyt6427 3 года назад +3

      Who's watching in 2020

    • @jcaob
      @jcaob 3 года назад +3

      @@ukkodoingyt6427 bruh

    • @ukkodoingyt6427
      @ukkodoingyt6427 3 года назад +2

      @@jcaob what

    • @jcaob
      @jcaob 3 года назад +2

      @@ukkodoingyt6427 ?

    • @duhflame12
      @duhflame12 3 года назад +2

      theres a springfield illinois

  • @helloktty2426
    @helloktty2426 Год назад

    although you were only looking at pre season 9,in the episode were marge becomes a lumberjack in a picture u can see her and paula infront of cars with something like 0R3GON on the licence plats behind them

  • @zoewood5016
    @zoewood5016 Год назад

    I think it's in the actual Springfield, Missouri. Or the 2022 Halloween show that aired on tv where they did a cross show with death note and after the show there was a small section of the Simpson escaping Springfield where they broke out of a some that was the town itself and surrounding it was other adult cartoon shows like Rick and Morty, Family Guy and South Park.

  • @createtheaction5271
    @createtheaction5271 4 года назад +1754

    But the real question is..
    When will Diet Coke sponsor MatPat

  • @chubba2472
    @chubba2472 8 лет назад +169

    You trying to tell me Bart drove nearly the hole way across America?

    • @milkdot9971
      @milkdot9971 8 лет назад +5

      lol

    • @divineshadowguy
      @divineshadowguy 8 лет назад +4

      +Sam Rodmell It's not that hard... and this is the Simpsons we're talking about...

    • @SpikeKastleman
      @SpikeKastleman 8 лет назад

      +Sam Rodmell Sure. Why not? I've done it.

    • @SoCalChris
      @SoCalChris 8 лет назад +6

      +Spike Kastleman Were you 8?

    • @doabarrelroll1474
      @doabarrelroll1474 8 лет назад +16

      It's Bart, he did.

  • @ash7658
    @ash7658 9 месяцев назад +1

    Not me screaming “yes!!!!!” At the top of my lungs when I guessed it right 😅

  • @thepringlescrewyt5453
    @thepringlescrewyt5453 20 часов назад

    I guessed OR near the beginning and looked like some southern dad watching a football game when you said it was right !🤣

  • @disconnect344
    @disconnect344 2 года назад +602

    In the new Simpson’s episode “Marge The Lumberjill”, Homer goes to a bar and someone asks him where he is from. Homer replies with Springfield and then the man says “The one in Oregon?” And Homer replies with “I don’t know.” This is probably the biggest clue.

    • @adenmitchell7633
      @adenmitchell7633 Год назад +44

      That's probably a nod to this video

    • @HamPilgrimBL
      @HamPilgrimBL Год назад +40

      but if post-Season 9 Simpsons is non-canonical, and if the impossibility of Springfield's location is still a running gag, it wouldn't be a clue to anything

    • @mhlorenzo
      @mhlorenzo Год назад +24

      Or maybe the fact that the writer and creator of this series is from Oregon.... Just saying. Lol. This was a very good video though, I can see a lot of effort was put into it. I bet Simpsons fans would love this video because of the attention to detail.

    • @yourfriendrayzthor7606
      @yourfriendrayzthor7606 Год назад +4

      Also there is a scene where they drive by 742 Evergreen Terrace

    • @yerik6034
      @yerik6034 Год назад +4

      @@mhlorenzo the creator already said it’s not Springfield Oregon

  • @dontstayawakefortoolong9622
    @dontstayawakefortoolong9622 5 лет назад +239

    MatPat: "at least it's simpler than Australia's daylight savings."
    Me: "don't blame it on us, it was all the government's idea."

    • @DrRank
      @DrRank 5 лет назад +1

      Queensland and the NT don't need Daylight Saving, though; we don't have twilight up here, so we don't have much daylight to save. If WA were to start it, it would have to divide itself in two.

    • @holdenrodriguez9515
      @holdenrodriguez9515 5 лет назад

      Fuck you

    • @mikeuchiha5972
      @mikeuchiha5972 5 лет назад

      Emma Norton yeah don’t blame us

    • @thedynamicdoggo4155
      @thedynamicdoggo4155 5 лет назад +2

      Holden Rodriguez no u

    • @Riffsandgaming
      @Riffsandgaming 5 лет назад

      Lol

  • @henrybierman8431
    @henrybierman8431 Месяц назад +1

    Springfield could very easily just be next to a big lake

  • @The_ender_guy1
    @The_ender_guy1 3 месяца назад

    Watching his old videos to remember the old theorists they are so funny and more well going everywhere they don’t have much of a well they are everywhere to say

  • @rebeccaennis4631
    @rebeccaennis4631 5 лет назад +443

    Gravity Falls, Oregon....
    Springfield, Oregon....
    CROSSOVER CONFIRMED!
    (Go me.)

  • @isayuhlakersman8441
    @isayuhlakersman8441 4 года назад +393

    Me a Simpsos fan hearing this and made the whole family move to Oregon.

    • @amityvillegaming2629
      @amityvillegaming2629 4 года назад +5

      Isayuh /Lakers Man I’m sorry to say it’s wrong Bart and homer drove to Oregon I and this is my opinion Northern California

    • @isayuhlakersman8441
      @isayuhlakersman8441 4 года назад +9

      @@amityvillegaming2629 that's your opinion, so that means I'm not wrong

    • @cilliandaly3901
      @cilliandaly3901 4 года назад +5

      @@isayuhlakersman8441 How is that homer and bart drove to Oregon his opinion

    • @isayuhlakersman8441
      @isayuhlakersman8441 4 года назад +5

      @@cilliandaly3901 so true

    • @bup_up
      @bup_up 4 года назад +4

      I've lived in Oregon my whole life

  • @Herrrsheeeeesh
    @Herrrsheeeeesh 3 дня назад +1

    I have A theory.....
    How Come They Can Battle In The Civil War?

  • @TheDiteos
    @TheDiteos Год назад +3

    In S31 E6, it is said that there is a Springfield in Oregon

    • @barbiquearea
      @barbiquearea Год назад

      No Matt Groening said its based on Oregon.

  • @dalekinthewater4708
    @dalekinthewater4708 2 года назад +718

    Okay, so in the Family Guy crossover, they arrived at Springfield. The Griffins live in Rhode Island and the Simpsons live in Oregon. That means to escape some controversy they went across the entirety of the US.

  • @nikiglop-3637
    @nikiglop-3637 8 лет назад +255

    Wow....The Simpson's and Springfield , gravity falls. Oregon is crazy!

  • @user-jv2jk2du5k
    @user-jv2jk2du5k 3 месяца назад +1

    I watched this video a month ago believing it, one of the episodes has it zooming out of springfield and it shows its not in Oregon but actually closer to the middle left bottom

  • @craigsult3416
    @craigsult3416 7 месяцев назад

    I don't know what episode or season but I remember from way back in the day, The Simpsons did an episode that was structured around Behind the Music, towards the end of that episode the narrator says something something for this Kentucky family. I've never seen anyone mention this or bring it up in conversation, but it makes me wonder if this was possibly something that was overlooked and could possibly be the truth? I don't know, does anyone else recall this?

  • @iroh5708
    @iroh5708 6 лет назад +138

    Now find Danville/The Tri state area (Phineas and Ferb)

    • @Blocko_Boi
      @Blocko_Boi 6 лет назад +2

      Frosty Cat *OOOOOOOOOOOO YEEEEEASSSADSQSASAAADFEGFQT!!!*

    • @TheSteph2785
      @TheSteph2785 6 лет назад +2

      I’ve already found it I live near it

    • @phil6199
      @phil6199 6 лет назад +1

      That should be the tri cities in East Tennessee

    • @colaholisti6009
      @colaholisti6009 6 лет назад +1

      Frosty Cat also Milo Murphy

    • @ninjahhead11234
      @ninjahhead11234 6 лет назад

      new york

  • @yeeyeepardner8625
    @yeeyeepardner8625 3 года назад +457

    "Homer doesn't know New Mexico exists" That's okay neither does half the country :(

    • @Milky_mans
      @Milky_mans 3 года назад +21

      Tbh I actually kinda forgot about it

    • @yeeyeepardner8625
      @yeeyeepardner8625 3 года назад +7

      Corey Olson 😭😭😭

    • @myles3856
      @myles3856 3 года назад +1

      Yjp

    • @ObsTurdBucket
      @ObsTurdBucket 3 года назад +4

      Idaho stands with you :(

    • @extra_virgin_olive__oil9453
      @extra_virgin_olive__oil9453 3 года назад +5

      Yeah my grandpa was gonna buy a boat and the company said they don’t ship out of the country 🤦‍♂️

  • @kylebell9364
    @kylebell9364 11 месяцев назад

    My cousins live in a town in Oregon named Springfield. It’s just outside Eugene OR, a bigger area yet smaller than Portland.

  • @paulrowe1082
    @paulrowe1082 5 месяцев назад

    It should've been easy to knock out some states because there is an episode were they take a trip to another state,get kicked out, and then it reveals that Arizona,west-East Virginia are available for a trip,thus disproving that they live in those states

  • @sankalpdeshkar123
    @sankalpdeshkar123 6 лет назад +691

    Can you find the city, England?

    • @nemaaaaa.
      @nemaaaaa. 6 лет назад +13

      Sankalp Deshkar yes in Arkansas

    • @sankalpdeshkar123
      @sankalpdeshkar123 6 лет назад +12

      Damn...Nick Crompton was right all along

    • @charlottelouch2037
      @charlottelouch2037 6 лет назад +3

      Sankalp Deshkar England is a country not a city

    • @sankalpdeshkar123
      @sankalpdeshkar123 6 лет назад +8

      Charlotte Louch actually there is a city called England in Arkansas,US...u can google it..

    • @TheEgoist.
      @TheEgoist. 6 лет назад +6

      Sankalp Deshkar England is my city

  • @sunnydayz23
    @sunnydayz23 2 года назад +58

    Little thing I found out. Hank Hill once makes a cameo in The Simpsons. In his one line he complains about having to drive 2000 miles for a football game. Springfield Oregon is roughly 2,200 miles from Arlen, TX, so it checks out

  • @maibetts8847
    @maibetts8847 4 месяца назад +2

    THE BEST EPISODE MATPAT LEGACY!!!

  • @dumbmitchy
    @dumbmitchy 4 года назад +570

    me: lives in illinois
    patt: where is Springfield
    me: is this state a joke?

    • @gatman8738
      @gatman8738 4 года назад +5

      patt

    • @Mike-739
      @Mike-739 4 года назад +22

      It actually is in Illinois. This video is all wrong

    • @lillietracy8737
      @lillietracy8737 4 года назад +9

      Even I knew where Springfield is, and I live in Michigan 😂

    • @beanburrito7435
      @beanburrito7435 4 года назад +3

      I live in Illinois too

    • @kevinward550
      @kevinward550 4 года назад +30

      There is multiple towns called Springfield