The Simpsons Road Rage/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- If the player picks up Captain McCallister and takes a long time to reach his intended destination, one of his possible comments is "Call me Ishmael. And late." This is a reference to the opening line of the novel Moby-Dick.
Trivia[edit]
- Although he appears very frequently driving Mr. Burns' limosine, Smithers does not speak at any point in the game.
- In printed ads for The Simpsons Road Rage, it depicted a drawn panel similar to a comic where the entire town is in calamity, with Marge, acting as a passenger to Homer in a convertible, tells him with fear that he's driving like a maniac, and Homer responding nonchalantly that "Driving's just a suggestion. Like pants."
- Mr. Plow is treated as a separate character from Homer.
- Due to the fact that the game is so similar to Sega's Crazy Taxi, Sega sued Fox. The two settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money.
- The game takes advantage of the date system incorporated into the games console by providing holiday-themed characters on certain dates.
- In the save game menu in the PS2 browser, "Dancin' Homer" represents the save file for this game.
- Early builds of the game suggest that Principal Skinner, Moleman and Jasper were going to be playable.
- The scene at the end involving Kang and Kodos is not present in the PS2 version. This may have been because of the PS2 version's earlier release date.
- Some characters have unique character conversations with other passengers. All drivers say "Hi" to Dr. Nick when he gets in the car. The pairings with unique conversations are:
- Homer and Bart
- Homer and Marge
- Homer and Lisa
- Homer and Grampa
- Homer and Apu
- Homer and Barney
- Homer and Moe
- Homer and Chief Wiggum
- Homer and Ned Flanders
- Homer and Rev. Lovejoy
- Homer and Milhouse
- Bart and Marge
- Bart and Lisa
- Bart and Grampa
- Bart and Groundskeeper Willie
- Bart and Krusty
- Bart and Apu
- Bart and Otto
- Bart and Rev. Lovejoy
- Bart and Milhouse
- Bart and Nelson
- Bart and Ralph
- Bart and Skinner
- Bart and Mrs. Krabappel
- Marge and Lisa
- Marge and Grampa
- Marge and Apu
- Marge and Barney
- Marge and Moe
- Marge and Rev. Lovejoy
- Marge and Milhouse
- Lisa and Grampa
- Lisa and Groundskeeper Willie
- Lisa and Krusty
- Lisa and Otto
- Lisa and Milhouse
- Lisa and Ralph
- Groundskeeper Willie and Skinner
- Groundskeeper Willie and Mrs. Krabappel
- Krusty and Apu
- Krusty and Chief Wiggum
- Barney and Moe
- Otto and Skinner
- Chief Wiggum and Snake
- Chief Wiggum and Ralph
- Chief Wiggum and Mayor Quimby
- Ned Flanders and Rev. Lovejoy
Continuity[edit]
- Several of the game's dialogue clips also went on to be used in The Simpsons Skateboarding and The Simpsons: Hit & Run.
- Billboards appear throughout the game advertising a skateboarding competition. This would become the main plot of the game The Simpsons Skateboarding, released a year after this game.
- Two Radioactive Man comic covers appear on the sandwich board outside of the Android's Dungeon. One is the cover of the real life issue #1 and the other is the fictional issue #25 originally seen on the front cover of the real life comic Radioactive Man #100. The second cover would also been seen outside the Android's Dungeon in The Simpsons: Hit & Run.
- In the character select screen, if one selects Moe's Sedan, pandas will hop out of the trunk, a reference to "Cape Feare", where Moe was smuggling pandas.
- Some of the statues in Mr. Burns' garden have surveillance cameras in place of heads. This was originally shown in "Bart vs. Thanksgiving".
- The game's cover art was parodied in the "Krusty's Stop & Go" trophy in The Simpsons Game.
