Traveling in The Simpsons

Travel is a common recurring theme in the television show The Simpsons. Many of the episodes feature trips to various real life cities or countries, and several episode plots revolve around this.

Europe
France
* In "The Crepes of Wrath", Bart is sent to France as part of the student exchange program.

* In "Bart-Mangled Banner", the entire family is forced to flee the United States and in the end moves to France, where they later immigrate back to America.

Italy
*In "The Italian Bob", Homer is sent to Italy to buy Mr. Burns a new Lamborgotti Fasterossa car and the rest of the family tags along.

The Netherlands
*In "Burns' Heir", when Bart finds out about Homer's addiction to eating flowers, he remarks that it explained his "mysterious trip to Holland".

Sweden
Stockholm
* In "Treehouse of Horror XIV", the family travel to Stockholm to watch Professor Frink receive the Nobel Prize for Physics. (Considered non-canonical.)

United Kingdom
England
* In "The Regina Monologues", the entire family, plus Grampa, travels to England after Bart earns 3,000 dollars and decides to take Marge on a nice trip.
Scotland
*In "Monty Can't Buy Me Love", Homer travels to Scotland with Mr. Burns to capture the Loch Ness Monster.

Asia
China
* In "Goo Goo Gai Pan", Selma travels to China to adopt a baby and is accompanied by the Simpson family.

India
* In "Homer and Apu", Homer and Apu travel to India in an effort to get Apu his job back at the Kwik-E-Mart.

* In "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore", Homer is sent to India to train new employees. The rest of the Simpson family, lead by Mr. Burns, later checks up on him.

Japan
* In "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo", the Simpson family travels to Tokyo after winning mega-saver tickets at the airport.

Hong Kong
* In Bart on the Road, Bart, while in the employ of a courier service, travels to Hong Kong to deliver eyes and is spotted by Skinner. Skinner was there to get "custom made suits at slave labor prices."

Africa
Tanzania (or: Pepsi Presents New Zanzibar)
*In "Simpson Safari", the Simpsons are awarded an African Safari vacation by a food company seeking to avoid a lawsuit.

Oceania
Australia
* In "Bart vs. Australia", the Simpson family travels to Australia (to either Sydney or Canberra, not fully stated) at the behest of the U.S. State Department so Bart can deliver an official apology to the people of Australia.

Micronesia
*In "Missionary: Impossible", Homer is sent to Micronesia after failing to donate a promised $10,000 to PBS.

South America
Brazil
* In "Blame It on Lisa", the Simpson family (minus Maggie) go to Rio de Janeiro in search of a missing Brazilian orphan boy that Lisa has been secretly sponsoring.

North America
Aruba
* In "Mommie Beerest", Marge, Homer, and Moe go to Aruba for a bartender convention.

Canada
* In "The Bart Wants What it Wants", the entire family goes to Toronto after Bart follows Rainier Wolfcastle's daughter Greta there.

* In "Midnight Rx", Homer and Grampa go to Winnipeg on drug smuggling trips. Mr. Burns, Flanders and Apu also tag along.

Cuba
* In "The Trouble with Trillions", Homer, Waylon Smithers, and Mr Burns flee to Cuba after absconding from the United States with a trillion-dollar bill.

Mexico
* In "Kamp Krusty", Krusty takes children attending his failed summer camp to Tijuana, Mexico.

Domestic
Alaska
*In The Simpsons Movie, the family travels to Alaska during their exile from Springfield.

California
Los Angeles
* In "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", a flashback shows the Be Sharps (the barbershop quartet comprising Homer, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Principal Skinner and Barney Gumble) attending the Grammy Awards in Hollywood.

* In "Beyond Blunderdome", Mel Gibson takes the Simpson family to Hollywood so that Homer can help edit one of Gibson's movies.

Delaware
* In "Simpsons Tall Tales", the family is finally on their way there by train. Apparently a follow-up to the premise from "Behind the Laughter" with some dialogue taken verbatim.

Florida
* In "Kill the Alligator and Run", the Simpson family travels to Florida to allow Homer time to relax after finding out his death is imminent.

Miami
* In "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" a multitude of Springfield residents travel on a chartered tour bus to Miami, Florida to watch the Super Bowl.

* In "Catch 'Em If You Can" Homer and Marge go to Miami, only to be followed by Grandpa, Bart and Lisa.

Hawaii
* In "Little Big Mom", Homer and Bart are sent to a leper colony in Hawaii after Lisa plays a prank on them.

Illinois
Chicago
* In He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's, Homer flys on Mr. Burn's private jet to Chicago, where he has deep dish pizza, dresses as , and attends a Second City show.

Missouri
Branson
* In "Bart on the Road", Bart, Milhouse Van Houten, Martin Prince, and Nelson Muntz stop in Branson to attend an Andy Williams concert en route to Knoxville, Tennessee.

* In "The Old Man and the Key", Grampa steals Marge's car and goes with Bart to Branson looking for his girlfriend, and the family chases after them.

Nevada
Las Vegas
* In "Viva Ned Flanders", Homer and Ned Flanders travel together to Las Vegas in an effort for Homer to help Ned live a more spontaneous and less-predictable life.

New York
New York City
* In "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", the Simpson family travels to New York City so Homer can retrieve his car, which Barney Gumble had parked and abandoned at the World Trade Center plaza.

Oregon
* In "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere", Homer drives Bart to an Upward Bound Camp. Oregon is also mentioned as the "spoiled forest birthplace of Matt Groening."

Pennsylvania
* In "Treehouse of Horror IV", when Lisa suspects Mr Burns is a vampire, Mr Burns invites the Simpson family to his country home in Pennsylvania (which is made to seem like Transylvania. (Considered non-canonical.)

Tennessee
Knoxville
* In "Bart on the Road", Bart, Milhouse, Martin, and Nelson travel to Knoxville on spring break.

Utah
* In "Little Big Girl", Bart and Darcy go there to get married.

Washington
Seattle
* In The Simpsons Movie, Marge and the kids are briefly in Seattle before being captured by the EPA.

Washington DC
* In "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington", the Simpson Family goes to Washington D.C. because Lisa wins a contest.

* In "Mr Spritz Goes to Washington", the family follows newly-elected Congressman Krusty the Clown to Washington D.C. to help him pass an air traffic bill.

Fictional
Barnacle Bay
* In "The Wife Aquatic", Homer takes a depressed Marge with the kids on a surprise vacation to the island resort town so that Marge can relive her childhood memories of her summers there.

Cypress Creek
* In "You Only Move Twice", Homer is hired by the Globex Corporation and the Simpson family moves to the company town.

Terror Lake
* In "Cape Feare", the Simpson family move to Terror Lake after joining the witness protection program.

Capital City
* In "The Last Temptation of Homer", Homer and Mindy Simmons represent the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant at the National Energy Convention in Capital City.

* In "Dancin' Homer", Homer becomes the mascot of a baseball team of Capital City and all the family goes with him.

* In "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore", Bart visits Milhouse in Capital City after the latter has moved there.

* In "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade", Bart and Lisa go missing during a school field trip to Capital City.

Humbleton, Pennsylvania
* In "Home Away from Homer", Ned Flanders and his sons escape Springfield, but Homer successfully pleads with Ned to return.

Shelbyville
* In "Lemon of Troy", the citizens of Springfield battle their counterparts in Shelbyville for a lemon tree.

* In "The Seven-Beer Snitch", the Simpson family visits Shelbyville on a day of sightseeing and shopping.

North Haverbrook
* In "Marge vs. the Monorail", it is one of the towns that Lyle Lanley sold a defective monorail system to. Marge goes there to check their monorail against her suspicions about Lanley, only to find a ruined town.

* In "Little Big Girl", Bart, after gaining a driver's license, flees to North Haverbrook to escape Homer's constant need of favors. The town appears to have recovered from its monorail debacle.

Guidopolis
* In "Midnight Towboy", it's depicted as a sleazy-looking town in which a tow-truck driver named Louie inspires Homer to become a tow-truck driver himself.

Little Pwagmattasquarmsettport
* In "Summer of 4 Ft. 2", the Simpson family go on summer vacation in Ned Flanders beach-house in Little Pwagmattasquarmsettport. The name parodies the awkward Algonquian placenames that are common on the coasts of Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Bronson, Missouri
* In "The Old Man and the Key", Grampa and Bart stop off in Bronson, Missouri, mistaking it for Branson, Missouri. All of the Bronson townspeople speak and act like Charles Bronson, including the women and children.

Other
International Waters
* In "The Trouble with Trillions", the military jets following the plane carrying Homer, Mr Burns and Smithers are forced to turn back when the plane enters international waters. As soon as the plane leaves U.S. airspace, Homer starts gambling.

* In "The Mansion Family", Homer and a multitude of characters sail to international waters so Moe can sell alcohol legally.

Space
* In "Deep Space Homer", Homer goes into outer space as part of a NASA space mission concocted to improve viewer ratings.

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