The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It has been on the air since December 17, 1989, with over 700 episodes across 33 seasons. There was even a theatrical film in 2007. Disney, having bought 21st Century Fox in 2019, started streaming Simpsons specials from 2020.

The series follows the Simpson family: Homer, his wife Marge, and their three children, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, living in the fictional town of Springfield. They are known for their yellow skin, quirky supporting cast, and Homer's catchphrase of yelling "D'oh" when something goes wrong. The series was originally popular for Bart's Dennis the Menace-like antics, but soon shifted towards the stupidity of Homer, cementing the series as a household name for both adults and kids alike.

The Simpsons is no stranger to making Hanna-Barbera parodies. In 1997, the series even overtook The Flintstones in being the longest running animated prime time series. Some of the jokes are in the style of the series' infamous Couch Gags.

Banana Splits

 * "Day of the Jacknapes:" Kent Brockman reports that the Banana Splits were killed in a plane crash.

Capital Critters

 * "Treehouse of Horror III:" A grave for Capitol Critters is seen, which was created as a rival to The Simpsons but was short-lived.

Fish Police

 * "Treehouse of Horror III:" A grave for Fish Police is seen, which was created as a rival to The Simpsons but was short-lived.

Flintstones

 * "Homer's Night Out:" When Apu asks whether Homer is on TV, Homer responds that Apu has mistaken him for Fred Flintstone.
 * "Bart the Murderer:" Yabba-Dabba-Do, named after Fred's catchphrase, is one of the race horses Fat Tony bets against.
 * "Kamp Krusty:" The couch gag has the family running up to the couch, only to find the Flintstones occupying it.
 * "Marge in Chains:" Bart asks for "Flintstones chewable morphine."
 * "Marge vs. the Monorail:" The opening parodies the opening of The Flintstones, with Homer even singing a parody of the theme song.
 * "Lady Bouvier's Lover:" Skinner tries to sabotage Mr. Burns's chances with Marge's mother by telling him the names of Homer, Marge, and Maggie are Fred, Wilma, and Pebbles, respectively. Mr. Burns then hands over a box of chocolates, eliciting a "Yabba-dabba-do!" from Homer.
 * "Sideshow Bob Roberts:" When Sideshow Bob is elected the new mayor, he uses his power to send Bart to kindergarten, where he guesses correctly the shape of a triangle and is rewarded with first choice of a toy to play with, which is a talking Flintstones phone. Out of all the characters, he presses Fred's button, which says, "Yabba-dabba-do! I like talking to you!" Fred is voiced by Henry Corden.
 * "Treehouse of Horror V:" During the "Time and Punishment" segment, when Homer gets crazy from time travelling into the Stone Age, he crushes fauna and flora alike in anger, which shapeshifts his house in the present into various different forms including the Flintstones' house.
 * "A Star is Burns:" When The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones comes on TV, Bart complains about it being a cheap corporate crossover just before Jay Sherman from The Critic shows up for dinner.
 * "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular:" In a semi-serious behind the scenes look at the series, Troy McClure monologue references The Flintstones and the titular family by referring to the Simpsons as "America's favorite non-prehistoric cartoon family."
 * "The Day the Violence Died:" The Flintstones are brought up by Roger Myers Jr. when he explains that most animation is plagiarizing existing properties.
 * "Homerpalooza:" During Homer's last cannon stunt that Marge is afraid will kill him, there is a guy in the crowd wearing a t-shirt with Great Gazoo, although his skin is yellow, his helmet is red, and his clothes are blue.
 * "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase:" At the end of the episode, one of the new season 9 storylines that Troy McClure previews is about a character named Ozmodiar who only Homer can see, a parody of the Great Gazoo who only Fred and Barney can see.
 * "Beyond Blunderdome:" At the Hollywood Auto Museum, when Homer stammers to find a getaway car for him and Mel Gibson to escape the Hollywood executives, he sees the Flintmobile with mannequins of Fred, Wilma, and Dino with his head accurately poking through the roof.
 * "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder:" Nancy O'Dell calls Homer a "warmed-over Fred Flintstone" in her yesterday's news segment.
 * "Missionary: Impossible:" Homer says, "Now, if The Flintstones has taught us anything, it's that pelicans can be used to mix cement."
 * Simpsons Comics #52 - "A Springfield Christmas Carol:" Bart and Lisa write their own version of A Christmas Carol, in which Ozmodiar comes to Homer Cratchit who wants to rekindle the magic of Christmas for C. Montgomery Scrooge. Ozmodiar plans to take Scrooge on a trip to show Scrooge the error of his ways, but Scrooge is prepared for his arrival, and sends out his own companion in the form of Smilin' Joe Fission, which leads to a fight between the two, leading to the destruction of the world.
 * "HOMЯ:" When Lisa is confused from watching an anime, Bart says that cartoons don't have to make sense, with Gazoo popping up only for Bart to see him agree. He then pops up after Homer gets everybody fired while the plant is brought up to code and calls him a "dumb-dumb."
 * "Pokey Mom:" Principal Skinner makes a joke during his introduction of Jack Crowley, which is a miss. Skinner blames the writing on Bruce Vilanch, who guest starring as himself, is sitting in the audience and says Whoopi Goldberg would've delivered it better, which is an in-joke to Vilanch writing for and competing against each other on Hollywood Squares.
 * "Treehouse of Horror XII:" In the opening sequence, Homer and Marge are dressed as Fred and Wilma, respectively, for Halloween.
 * Simpsons Comics #112 - "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase: Quickly Cancelled Comic Book Cavalcade:" At the end of the comic, host Troy McClure ends things by saying that if they ever run the dry well of spin-off ideas, there's always Ozmodiar, which is followed by a fake advertisement for a special winter issue of an already monthly series called Always Ozmodiar.
 * "Mobile Homer:" While taking the RV by themselves, Bart and Lisa find a "Flintstones Fun Map" (which has the Flintstones, Rubbles, their pets, and Gazoo) instead of a real map. They find a note scribbled on the map by Homer wondering if Dino is short for dinosaur, with a reminder to "Ask Jeeves" (which incidentally closed down around the same year this episode ended).
 * "Rome-Old and Juli-Eh:" In cutting back, Homer is "Flintstone-ing his car" by using his feet to drive. As he starts his feet up, they make a cartoony running effect and as Homer proceeds to then struggle, he strains out a "Yabba-dabba-do."

Huckleberry Hound

 * "The Day The Violence Died:" Huckleberry is brought up by Roger Myers Jr. when he explains that most animation is plagiarizing existing properties.
 * "Behind the Laughter:" The next episode of Behind the Laughter will be about Huckleberry Hound. During a sneak peek, Huckleberry confesses that he was so gay, but he couldn't tell anyone.
 * "Treehouse of Horror XXVI:" In a special opening sequence animated by John K., Bart is wearing a Huckleberry mask and t-shirt.

Jetsons

 * Matt Groening was inspired by Hoyt Curtin's theme music for The Jetsons when creating the theme music for The Simpsons.
 * "Bart Gets Famous:" The set of Match Game 2034, the celebrity guests wear Jetsons-like clothing and are sent out of chutes into their seats.
 * "Lisa's Wedding": Homer's shirt looks exactly like George's.
 * A Star is Burns:" When The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones comes on TV, Bart complains about it being a cheap corporate crossover just before Jay Sherman from The Critic shows up for dinner.
 * "All Singing, All Dancing:" The couch gag has the floor turn into a treadmill. Homer yells for Marge to "Stop this crazy thing" ala George Jetson.
 * "Children of a Lesser Clod:" In Homer's basketball fantasy, he is hit in the leg by George Jetson's flying saucer, to which he yells, "JETSON!" in the same way his boss, Mr. Spacely, does.
 * "My Big Fat Geek Wedding:" Lenny dresses as George Jetson at the bi-mon-sci-fi convention.
 * "My Fare Lady:" At the beginning of the episode, Homer has a dream that references the opening theme song of The Jetsons.
 * "Postcards from the Wedge:" A film based on the futuristic setting of The Jetsons is seen in Bart's Class
 * "Replaceable You:" As the robopets are roaming through town, they stop to watch TVs on display, with The Jetsons playing on it. On it, Rosie and George Jetson are on the TV. Rosie explains to George that if she doesn't get her green card (implying that Rosie is an immigrant), she'll be turned back into a washing machine.
 * "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner:" One of the videos shown at Out-Of-Date Futureland is a parody of The Jetsons.
 * "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson:" Carl imagines a Jetsons-like future, with him taking the role as George Jetson.

Johnny Quest

 * "Deep Space Homer:" An astronaut is named Race Banyon, a play on Race Bannon, the Quest family bodyguard.

Josie and the Pussycats

 * "Jazzy and the Pussycats" the episode title is in reference to the series. Ironically, the episode is about a musical rock band.

Magilla Gorilla

 * "When You Dish Upon A Star:" Homer dreams he's Magilla Gorilla and mauls Mr. Peebles after he takes away his banana.

Powerpuff Girls

 * "The Dad Who Knew Too Little": Lisa says she looks like a Powerpuff girl after painting her hair black
 * "Bart VS Itchy & Stratchy": In Lisa's room, there is a wall of female cartoon character, with the Powerpuff Girls on it.
 * "Lisa's Belly": Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup were all crushed by the chunky sign.

Scooby-Doo

 * "The Girl Who Slept Too Little:" Lisa says, "If Scooby Doo has taught me anything, it's that the only thing to fear are crooked real estate developers."
 * "A Star Is Born-Again:" Upon hearing that Ned Flanders has a date with a movie star, a mall security guard sarcastically replies "Sure, and I'm going apple-picking with Scooby Doo!"
 * "A Star Is Burns:" Homer makes a joke, "Scooby-Doo can do-do, but Jimmy Carter is smarter."

Smurfs

 * "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire:" Bart mentions watching a Christmas special of The Smurfs on TV.
 * "Treehouse of Horror X:" The Collector says that Xena can call him "Big Papa Smurf" on their wedding night.
 * "Trilogy of Error:" During his drunken rambling, Homer mentions that The Blue Men Group are rip-offs of The Smurfs.
 * "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore:" Homer claims that Papa Smurf is "pretty cool."

Snagglepuss

 * "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song:" When Ralph sees Santa's Little Helper in the air ducts, Ms. Hoover claims that he also saw Snagglepuss
 * "Lady Bouvier's Lover:" Comic Book Guy shows Bart a cell of Snagglepuss to show a cell that is worth something, as opposed to the cell of Scratchy's arm Bart was trying to sell him.
 * "Treehouse of Horror XXXI:" During the Into The Homer-verse segment, Homer-Barbera turns into Snagglepuss and uses all of his catchphrases including "Heavens to Marge-atryod," "Even" and "Exit, stage left."

Tom and Jerry

 * "The Bart Simpson Show": Springfield's version of Tom and Jerry are Itchy and Scratchy. However, it's much more gruesome than Tom and Jerry.

Top Cat

 * "The Day The Violence Died:" Top Cat is brought up by Roger Myers Jr. when he explains that most animation is plagiarizing existing properties.

Wacky Races

 * "Children of a Lesser Clod:" Comic book Guy is shown wearing a Muttley T-shirt to a basketball match at the YMCA.
 * "Gone Abie Gone:" The couch gag is a parody of Wacky Races.

Quick Draw McGraw

 * "Million Dollar Abie:" Quick Draw, as El Kabong, joins the crowd of celebrity look-a-likes during the "Springfield Blows" song.
 * "Treehouse of Horror XXXI:" During the "Into the Homer-verse" segment, Homer-Barbera briefly turns into Quick Draw.

Yogi Bear

 * "Much Apu About Nothing:" Moe tells the mayor a bear stole his "pic-a-nic" basket.
 * "The Day The Violence Died:" Yogi Bear is brought up by Roger Myers Jr when he explains that most animation is plagiarizing existing properties or people; in Yogi's case it is Art Carney and possibly Yogi Berra.
 * "When You Dish Upon a Star:" Homer dreams he's Yogi, with Bart as "Bart-Bart" and Ned Flanders as the park ranger.
 * "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington:" Homer looks at a kid's menu featuring an activity where the goal is to help Yogi Bear find Washington.
 * "Don't Fear the Roofer:" In the hospital, Homer jokes that he can see Yogi Bear.
 * "Treehouse of Horror XXXI:" During the Into The Homer-verse segment, Homer Barbera turns into Yogi and tells Boo Boo that they should steal a "pic-a-nic meal."
 * "Treehouse of Horror XXI": During Lisa and Edmund's date in the park, Yogi passes by them with Ranger Smith's head in a picnic basket.

Other

 * "The Front:" Roger Meyer Jr.'s notes that animators reuse backgrounds to save cost as he, Bart and Lisa pass by the same door, water cooler and cleaning lady several times. This parodies the fact that Hannah-Barbera reuses their backgrounds many times.
 * "HOMЯ:" The voice actor who copies other characters' voices and celebrity voices at the animation festival references how many early Hanna-Barbera "funny animal" characters' voices were often based off popular celebrities of the time.
 * "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" and "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One):" The couch gag features the family in Hanna-Barbera poses running past the couch several times.