Some of the store and place names around town are parodies of real life chains: Air conditioner store: It Blows; Airport Bookstore: Just Crichton and King Books (Michael Crichton, Stephen King); Boys' Clothing Store: Wee Monsieur; Comic book store: Androids Dungeon; Cookware store: Stoner's Pot Palace; Discount Store: Try 'n' Save (parody of Shop N Save); Dog Obedience Schools: Eastside Ruff-Form School, Professor Von Bowser's Sanitarium For Dogs; Donut Shop: Lard Lad Donuts; Family Restaurant: Texas Cheesecake Depository; Financial Planning: Let's Get Fiscal (based on Olivia Newton-John's "Let's Get Physical") I Simpson: She of Little Faith (2001); Girls' Clothing Store: Saks Fifth Grade (parody of Saks Fifth Avenue) and Dingo Junction; Girls school: Saint Sebastian's School for Wicked Girls; Gourmet Food store: Eatie Gourmet's; Gun Shop: BloodBath and Beyond (parody of Bed, Bath and Beyond); Hair Stylist: Turn Your Head and Coif; Hair Stylist (where Julio works): Hairy Shears (a play on Harry Shearer); Healthcare Facility- HMO (Hibbert Moneymaking Organization); Indian restaurant: Taj Majal You Can Eat; Investing service: IPO Friday's; Jewelry store: The Family Jewels; Joke/Novelty Shop: Yuckingham Palace (parody of London's Buckingham Palace); Junkyard: Uriah's Heap (Uriah Heep, from the story of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens); Law Office: I Can't Believe It's A Law Firm!; Middle Eastern restaurant: Two Guys from Kabul; Museum: Louvre: American Style; Music shop: Suicide Notes, Tommy Toots and King Toots; New Age Shop: Karmaceuticals; Optometrist: Eye Carumba; Optometrist: Eye Care, Do You?; Outdoor Clothing Store: Malaria Zone; Pastry Shop: The French Confection (Il braccio violento della legge (1971)); Repo man: Repo Depot; Roach Motel: The Ritz Carlton Hotel for Vagrants; Seafood Restaurant: The Fryin' Dutchman; Soup Kitchen: Helter Shelter; Toy Store: La valle delle bambole (1967) Toy Store: J.R.R. Toykins (J.R.R. Tolkien); Toy store in Chinatown: Toys "L" Us (parody of Toys "R" Us) Many of the characters are named after major streets in Portland, Oregon, where Creator Matt Groening grew up. Examples: Flanders, Lovejoy, Terwilliger, Kearney.
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