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The Simpsons has been around long enough to have a bunch of plot holes and continuity mistakes, among those the address of the Simpsons’ house, which has changed many times through the years. Created by Matt Groening, The Simpsons started as a series of animated shorts in The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987, and after three seasons it was developed into a half-hour prime time show, making its official debut on Fox in 1989. The Simpsons has since become the longest-running American sitcom, with over 30 seasons and counting, and has successfully expanded to other media, most notably film and comic books.
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The Simpsons follows the daily adventures of the title family in the fictional town of Springfield, along with those of their closest friends and a couple of enemies, such as Mr. Burns and Sideshow Bob. With over 30 years of adventures and a lot of characters coming and going, The Simpsons has been building a long list of continuity mistakes and plot holes, that go from the ages of some characters constantly changing to others doing things that are out of character. Others are harmless plot holes that, while they don’t affect the arcs of the characters, they have created some confusion among fans, as is the case of the address of the Simpsons’ house.
The famous Simpsons house is located in 742 Evergreen Terrace, but that hasn’t always been the address. While it has been generally placed in Evergreen Terrace, the number of the house has changed throughout the series, and the family has lived in numbers 1094, 1092, 59, 94, 430, 723, 555, and 1024, and it was once in a completely different street – 430 Spalding Way, in the episode “Kamp Krusty”. The address “742 Evergreen Terrace” was once used for a completely different house, specifically in season 4’s episode “Homer’s Triple Bypass”, where it was given to a house where Snake was hiding from the police, and Reverend Lovejoy lived next door.
The address is not the only detail about the Simpsons’ house that has changed over the course of the series. Their phone number has also been inconsistent between episodes, though it always begins with 555, and its colors have also changed a lot. 742 Evergreen Terrace has also been the setting to other mistakes and plot holes in The Simpsons, as is a continuity mistake in the opening of the series, specifically in the scene where Marge drives into the garage and Homer runs away from her, though it’s most curious peculiarity might be the mysterious rumpus room, which has appeared less than 10 times during the entire series. The Simpsons’ house, just like its inhabitants, has appeared in all episodes of the show, as well as in the Family Guy episode “The Simpsons Guy” and the previously mentioned shorts shown in The Tracey Ullman Show.
As mentioned above, the many changes to the address of the Simpsons’ house is not a detail that drastically changes or affects the arcs of the characters nor the stories of the episodes, and it could be attributed to the writers and animators not keeping record of it. 742 Evergreen Terrace is now regarded as the official address as it has been the one that has been used more consistently, though those who are new to The Simpsons might be slightly confused with all the changes in the first seasons.
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