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Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, founded in 2001 and has over 7 million articles. It is one of the most viewed websites in the world. It has been referenced in the Simpsons both as itself and a parody, Wiccapedia.

References to Wikipedia in the Simpsons[edit]

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Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
19	409	"Funeral for a Fiend"	Sideshow Bob tries to search a verse of Macbeth on Wikipedia, but it takes too long to load, and explodes in his face.
417	"Apocalypse Cow"
20	443	"Gone Maggie Gone"
21	448	"Rednecks and Broomsticks"	Lisa visits Wiccapedia; the home page parodies the language selection page at wikipedia.org.
22	507	"The Ned-liest Catch"	Homer asks Joey Kramer if Wikipedia is right whether the Aerosmith song Walk This Way was inspired by Young Frankenstein.
24	519	"The Changing of the Guardian"	Carl shows Homer the Wiccapedia page for "surface hoar".
529	"The Saga of Carl"	Lisa looks up Strokkur Geyser on Wikipedia.
30	648	"Daddicus Finch"	Miss Hoover asks Lisa to read the Wikipedia page for To Kill a Mockingbird.
35	754	"Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story"	Persephone Odair's grandfather's hobby is fixing British spellings on Wikipedia.
762	"Lisa Gets an F1"	Bart mentiones to Paolo Paoletti that Lisa is a Wikipedia editor.
36	789	"Full Heart, Empty Pool"	Homer's Wiccapedia page is shown, describing him as a court-certified idiot.

Tapped Out[edit]

Update	Task	Reference
		Kent Brockman has the task "Check Wikipedia Page".
Level 29	There Are Winners And Skinners	Agnes locks down Seymour Skinner's computer with parental controls to prevent him from viewing "naughty pictures" on Wikipedia.
Destination Springfield	Dispirited Away	Comic Book Guy mentions being in a Wikipedia edit war over the spelling of 'yoghurt', an actual edit war on the website.
Simpsons Babies	Burns, Baby Burns	A young Mr. Burns mentions that Wikipedia is inconsistent on his birth year (which is not mentioned in the actual article on him)

External links[edit]

Wikipedia at Wikipedia
The Simpsons at Wikipedia

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