Editing The Three Stooges

{{Realworld}}
:''For the in-universe TV show, see [[The Three Stooges (TV show)]].''
'''The Three Stooges''' were an American vaudeville and comedy act consisting of [[Moe Howard]], [[Curly Howard]] and [[Larry Fine]], as well as [[Shemp Howard]], Joe Besser, and Curly Joe DeRita. Between the 1930s and early 1960s they made numerous slapstick movies, which also proved popular in reruns on U.S. television. Numerous references to them have been made on ''[[The Simpsons]]''.

== References to ''The Three Stooges'' in ''The Simpsons'' ==
=== Episodes ===
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{{TB|[[Season 2|2]]}}
{{TB|21}}
{{TB|"[[Bart the Daredevil]]"}}
{{TB|[[Dr. Hibbert]] says "I won't even subject you to the horrors of our Three Stooges ward." meaning that the Hospital has an entire ward for children injured while imitating the slapstick injuries of ''The Three Stooges''.}}
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{{TRs|[[Season 4|4]]|3}}
{{TB|62}}
{{TB|"[[Homer the Heretic]]"}}
{{TB|[[Homer]] watches ''{{ap|The Three Stooges|TV show}}'' on TV, while staying home from church. He then giggles: "Moe is their leader."}}
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{{TB|75}}
{{TB|"[[Duffless]]"}}
{{TB|Bart tries to touch cupcakes to which Lisa attached electric shocks. As he keeps trying to touch it he says: "eeeh, certainly...nyak nyak nyak" (like Curly) and "...a wise guy eh...." (like Moe).}}
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{{TB|76}}
{{TB|"[[Last Exit to Springfield]]"}}
{{TB| Homer celebrates a fine deal with Mr. Burns by going "whoop whoop whoop..." while rolling around on the floor. This was Curly's catchphrase.}}
{{TBT|[[File:I've Seen Your Stupid Shemp.png|250px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 5|5]]|2}}
{{TB|86}}
{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror IV]]"}}
{{TB|As vampires advance on [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] in [[Mr. Burns]]'s basement, Bart tries to warn Lisa. However, he is too frightened to speak and makes noises which Lisa incorrectly interprets as impressions of Shemp and Curly Bart has demonstrated before.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Deep Space Homer Three Stooges.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|96}}
{{TB|"[[Deep Space Homer]]"}}
{{TB|After Bart writes "Insert Brain Here" on the back of Homer's head, Homer tries to read it by turning his body before eventually falling to the floor and rolling around, like the Three Stooges.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Three Stooges Bart's Comet.png|250px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 6|6]]|2}}
{{TB|117}}
{{TB|"[[Bart's Comet]]"}}
{{TB|As [[Principal Skinner]] looks at the starry night he tells Bart he sees the ''Three Wise Men'' constellation, which Bart interprets as the Three Stooges.}}
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{{TB|128}}
{{TB|"[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]"}}
{{TB|[[Bart]] unsuccessfully suggests spending the income made by drilling oil in school on a way to resurrect The Three Stooges.}}
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{{TRs|[[Season 7|7]]|2}}
{{TB|146}}
{{TB|"[[The Day the Violence Died]]"}}
{{TB|In the ''[[Amendment To Be]]'' song the bill with the bomb yells: "whoop whoop whoop" in the style of Curly.}}
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{{TB|152}}
{{TB|"[[Bart the Fink]]"}}
{{TB|[[Troy McClure]] mentions that he once appeared in a film called "Shemp Howard: Today We Mourn a Stooge".}}
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{{TB|[[Season 8|8]]}}
{{TB|178}}
{{TB|"[[The Secret War of Lisa Simpson]]"}}
{{TB|[[Abraham Simpson]] says ":...takes me back to 1934. Admiral Byrd had just reached the pole, only hours ahead of the Three Stooges..."}}
{{TBT|[[File:Three Stooges Brains.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 9|9]]}}
{{TB|196}}
{{TB|"[[This Little Wiggy]]"}}
{{TB|[[Robby the Automaton]] asks the kids if they've ever wondered which Stooge had the heaviest brain? [[Nelson]] imagines himself as a scientist weighing their three brains and deduces Larry's is the heaviest.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Sunday, Cruddy Sunday Three Stooges.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 10|10]]}}
{{TB|215}}
{{TB|"[[Sunday, Cruddy Sunday]]"}}
{{TB|[[Homer]], [[Wally Kogen|Wally]] and [[Chief Wiggum]] run out of the skybox in Three Stooges fashion, making similar noises.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Mayo Clinic doctor.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 11|11]]}}
{{TB|238}}
{{TB|"[[The Mansion Family]]"}}
{{TB| The Mayo Clinic diagnoses [[Mr. Burns]] with "Three Stooges Syndrome", meaning that he has a multitude of medical conditions, but because they all cancel each other out, they can't harm him. The [[Mayo Clinic doctor|doctor]] likens the situation to The Three Stooges all trying to go through a doorway at the same time.}}
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{{TB|[[Season 12|12]]}}
{{TB|267}}
{{TB|"[[I'm Goin' to Praiseland]]"}}
{{TB| Skinner inhales some gas that causes hallucinations and says, "Oh, it was incredible! I saw [[Heaven]]! But it wasn't clouds and angels playing harps, like at the end of so many ''Three Stooges'' shorts".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Presidents Three Stooges.png|250px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 14|14]]|2}}
{{TB|295}}
{{TB|"[[Large Marge]]"}}
{{TB| Former Presidents [[Bill Clinton]], [[George Bush Sr.]] and [[Jimmy Carter]] build a {{W|Habitat for Humanity}} home. As they bumble around their actions and sounds are strongly reminiscent of the Three Stooges.}}
{{TBT|[[File:The Three Stooges (Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington).png|250px]]}}
{{TB|305}}
{{TB|"[[Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington]]"}}
{{TB| Homer and Bart were watching a very late episode of ''{{ap|The Three Stooges|TV show}}'' entitled "Brittle Boneheads", in which the actors were very old. This is a reference to the very final episodes of the franchise, when the trio tried to continue, despite getting too old for it , and despite the death of one of main actors, who was replaced by another actor.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Homer Grabbed with Pliers.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 15|15]]}}
{{TB|321}}
{{TB|"[[Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays]]"}}
{{TB| When [[Maggie]] grabs [[Homer]] by the nose with a pair of long-handled pliers, Homer rolls over and screams like Curly.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Three Stooges Style Fight.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 17|17]]}}
{{TB|365}}
{{TB|"[[Simpsons Christmas Stories]]"}}
{{TB| To get baby [[Jesus]] to stop crying, the Three Wise Man act like the Three Stooges, making a pun on "Wise man, eh?" instead of "Wise guy, eh?".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Soldier Whoops Like Curly.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 20|20]]}}
{{TB|422}}
{{TB|"[[Lost Verizon]]"}}
{{TB|During the flashback scene at [[Machu Picchu]], the city's soldiers flee in panic from the ''conquistadores''. The last one to flee whoops like Curly as he runs away.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Thursdays with Abie Three Stooges.png|250px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 21|21]]|2}}
{{TB|449}}
{{TB|"[[Thursdays with Abie]]"}}
{{TB| In the [[Springfield Shopper]] the headline on August 1, 1933 supposedly read: "[[Curly Howard|Curly]] to [[Shemp Howard|Shemp]]: You're Out!"}}
{{TBT|[[File:National Curly Trials.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|453}}
{{TB|"[[Boy Meets Curl]]"}}
{{TB| The National Curly Trials are seen with everyone practicing to be [[Curly Howard]]. [[Moe Szyslak]] then says "wise guys, eh?" and slaps a long line of Curlies.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Three Stooges TTPCS.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 23|23]]}}
{{TB|494}}
{{TB|"[[The Ten-Per-Cent Solution]]"}}
{{TB| In the [[Museum of TV and Television]], there is a display of the Three Stooges' skeletons, with Curly's bones in a box.}}
{{TBT|[[File:The Three Scrooges.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 25|25]]}}
{{TB|538}}
{{TB|"[[White Christmas Blues]]"}}
{{TB|''[[The Three Scrooges]]'' is a parody of ''The Three Stooges''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Burns Cage Three Stooges.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 27|27]]}}
{{TB|591}}
{{TB|"[[The Burns Cage]]"}}
{{TB| [[Smithers]] refers to Homer, [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] as Larry, Moe and Curly, and then the three start acting like them.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Whistler's Father Three Stooges.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 29|29]]}}
{{TB|621}}
{{TB|"[[Whistler's Father]]"}}
{{TB| Three babies parody ''The Three Stooges'' in the auditions.}}
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=== Comics ===
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{{TB|''[[...Who Wants to Win a Pocketful of Quarters?]]''}}
{{TB|On the ''{{ap|...Who Wants to Win a Pocketful of Quarters?|game show}}'' game show, Lisa and [[Martin]] are asked the question "Which of these actors was not one of the Three Stooges?"<br>
a) [[Moe Howard]]
b) [[Larry Fine]]
c) [[Leslie Howard]]
d) [[Curly Howard]]
e) [[Shemp Howard]]

Martin incorrectly guesses Larry Fine, while Lisa correctly guesses Leslie Howard.}}
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=== Books ===
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{{TBT|[[File:Bart Simpson Guide to Life Three Stooges.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|''[[Bart Simpson's Guide to Life]]''}}
{{TB|In the diagram of what dads think of, one section of the brain is labelled "Larry, Curly 'n' Moe".}}
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