# When will The Simpsons end? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [August 6, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196 "2026-08-06T23:14:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/41 "2026-08-08T01:31:06Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > 80085 (not a real zip code, but Moe comments that it spells BOOBS on a calculator.) 800## ZIPs are in the Denver area. There is a Springfield in Colorado, though it’s a tiny town in the southeastern corner of the state. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/42 "2026-08-08T03:21:51Z")
Do any of them neighbor a Shelbyville? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/43 "2026-08-08T03:50:21Z")
Not to mention Capital City, Brockway, Ogdenville, North Haverbrook, Spittle County, Little Pwagmattasquaresmetport, Frigid Falls, Lake Flacid, Mt. Seldom… ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/44 "2026-08-08T04:10:00Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I mean, they have winter with snow and all that. One of the snowiest cities in the country is in AZ. Not near any port though. Clearly its a universe where Bill Hicks/Tool got their wishes, an earthquake took out most of CA, and it’s the Arizona Bay. But then West Springfield is bigger than Texas so maybe they skip the multi-day trip to locations in town. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/45 "2026-08-08T04:16:40Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > One of the snowiest cities in the country is in AZ. The biggest blizzard I ever experienced was in Flagstaff, AZ. Granted my experience with snow is minimal. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/46 "2026-08-08T07:59:54Z")
I’ve always just assumed it was Groening’s home state of Oregon. Coastal, big mountains, settled after the Revolutionary War, not Southern, not too hot, no too cold… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/47 "2026-08-08T12:10:01Z")
I’ve also seen the explanation that it’s one of those Soviet fake American towns used to train spies, and the titular family are the only ones who don’t know that. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/48 "2026-08-08T13:38:01Z")
I disagree. It will end when a new Associate Producer or Executive Vice President thinks _“I have a better idea”_, and said idea kills the series. BTW–I do not watch that mess. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/49 "2026-08-08T15:03:48Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > BTW–I do not watch that mess. I used to. I sympathize with my hypothetical mid level manager character. Who is not based on me at all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/50 "2026-08-08T15:08:52Z")
The Simpsons do live near saguaro cactus. So either they live in AZ, or the writers are as ignorant of the range of that cactus as every other Hollywood writer…ever. (or it’s all for fun. I used to laugh that The Simpsons made fun of everyone. And then I hated the Grimey episode, until I realized I was the target this time: People that take it too seriously. That burned!) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/51 "2026-08-08T15:19:36Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I used to laugh that The Simpsons made fun of everyone. They don’t care whose toes they step on! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/52 "2026-08-08T15:48:38Z")
The Grimes episode was Homer’s Enemy and it’s my favorite. Incidentally, I’ve heard the argument that all of the memorable, quotable episodes were from the first ten years or so and I think it’s true. Perhaps that’s because those were the episodes that were most widely watched, so they entered the national consciousness? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/53 "2026-08-08T15:49:08Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And then I hated the Grimey episode, You think you hated it, I have a friend whose actual name is Frank Grimes. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/54 "2026-08-08T16:24:22Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > I have a friend whose actual name is Frank Grimes. Do you all call him Grimey? He likes to be called that. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/55 "2026-08-08T18:19:00Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I’ve always just assumed it was Groening’s home state of Oregon I’m not American so I don’t have an informed opinion but that was always my guess too (and that’s without knowing Groening is from there). It just seems to fit with what I know about the state. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/56 "2026-08-08T19:45:50Z")
While it’s fun to speculate, the creators called it Springfield because of the old trope (which I think is false) that Springfield is the most common city name in the US ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/57 "2026-08-08T20:01:51Z")
I’ve never been to Portland, Oregon, but I’ve heard that many street names inspired Simpsons character names, like Lovejoy, Quimby, Flanders and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/58 "2026-08-08T20:16:05Z")
This is correct ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/59 "2026-08-08T20:35:15Z")
The answer to the OP’s question is “sometime between now and when the show becomes unprofitable.” But don’t take my word for it–here’s Troy McClure! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_tjl_sfx8TI/hqdefault.jpg "Who Knows What Adventures They'll Have (The Simpsons)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tjl_sfx8TI) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196/60 "2026-08-08T20:50:29Z")
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