History VideoGame / TheSimpsons

* ChainReactionDestruction: The boss of Dreamland explodes in this manner.

** One of the most infamous examples, Sideshow Bob cameos in the Springfield Butte, but since he'd only had one appearance beforehand, he doesn't speak or even attack the Simpsons. Today, ''he'd'' be the logical choice for an antagonist of this sort of game, but his villainy wouldn't be established until the year ''after'' the game came out.

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!! Tropes present in this game:

-->'''Mr. Burns''': (''bursts through the wall of his office'') Welcome to your ''grave'', suckers!

--->'''Marge:''' This burns me up.\\

* StrawNihilist: Lisa's quote in the intro is "embrace nothingness" (which doesn't make sense, especially [[HilariousInHindsight long before she became a Buddhist]]). It's just another bit of that EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.

* HumiliationConga: Mr. Burns. All his presumably hired mooks and bosses were defeated, his presumably-very expensive battle machine was destroyed, he didn't get the diamond he had sent Smithers out to steal in the first place, and [[spoiler:[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking right after losing, he gets a baby pacifier stuck in his mouth as the icing on the cake.]] All in all? Really ''not'' a good day to be Mr. Burns.

* {{Acrofatic}}: Homer manages to kick a lot of butt and go through plenty of dangerous situations in spite of his obesity. He also is just as acrobatic and nimble as his much thinner wife.

* AssKicksYou: One of Marge’s attacks is to thrust her rear end forward. It has so much force it can actually knock down many boss enemies much bigger and heavier than her.

** From the show itself, Homer's scream when electrocuted is taken directly from [[https://youtu.be/_nYa13-lUPk?t=95 when he wakes up screaming]] from his ''Super Slugfest''-induced NightmareSequence -- when he and Bart are in the ring as characters from the game and he ends up being beaten and killed -- from "Moaning Lisa". Mr. Burns' [[CatchPhrase "Excellent."]] was also taken from [[https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/1f2c2d82-4c2f-4951-9856-90690c947ea2 when Homer agreed to become the plant's safety inspector]] in "Homer's Odyssey".
* StrongFleshWeakSteel: Sure, Mr. Burns's machine hits hard, but you can take it down with about as many punches/kicks/makeshift weapon strikes as you would a regular fleshy boss. In a variation however, Burns's machine has multiple forms; as evidenced by it going from legs to treads to a hovercraft skirt as each previous form of mobility is destroyed, then eventually its armour plating starts to break apart.

** Take for example, Lisa, an extreme vegetarian since the season seven episode "Lisa the Vegetarian", exclaiming, “All right!” as she devours a health-regenerating Krusty Burger.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For the franchise as a whole, though in all fairness the cartoon was still in its infancy (the show was only in its second season when this was released), so it's understandable that many aspects of the game are inconsistent with what has since been established in the cartoon.

** One of the most infamous examples, Sideshow Bob cameos in the Springfield Butte, but since he'd only had one appearance beforehand, he doesn't speak or even attack the Simpsons.
** The game's bosses all actually appeared in the show, but seeing as the show was only in its second season, most players won't recognize them. Even longtime fans would be hard-pressed to remember what episode the wrestler at the end of Level 1 is from...

* HopeSpot: In the fifth level, Smithers stops over near Springfield Butte for a little rest only to be chased by a bear, throwing Maggie into, oddly convenient, floatie, only seconds before the family arrive from Moe's secret elevator. After going through the level and beating the boss, the family spot Maggie floating past and jump in to grab her... only for Smithers to show up in a helicopter and nab her once again. If that wasn't bad enough, the stream leads right into a waterfall.
* HumiliationConga: Mr. Burns. All his presumably hired mooks and bosses were defeated, his presumably-very expensive battle machine was destroyed, he didn't get the diamond he had sent Smithers out to steal in the first place, and [[spoiler:[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking right after losing, he gets a baby pacifier stuck in his mouth as the icing on the cake.]] All in all? Really ''not'' a good day to be Mr. Burns.]]

* StrawNihilist: Lisa's quote in the intro is "embrace nothingness" (which doesn't make sense, especially [[HilariousInHindsight long before she became a Buddhist]]).

* AdaptationalBadass: Mr. Burns' [[CrackOhMyBack absolute lack of athleticism due to his age]] is often played for laughs in the show. Here, in his appearance as the game's FinalBoss, he's fully capable of throwing down against four people at once in a Plutonium-powered MiniMecha armed with [[FantasticNuke miniaturised Nuclear Bombs]], among other weapons.

* BeeAfraid: Hitting a tree with a beehive will cause it to break and release an angry swarm of bees that will attack anything indiscriminately.

** The rabbits from Matt Groening's ''ComicStrip/LifeInHell'' comic strip, appearing in the pre-level bumpers and even as enemies(well, mooks dressed as them at least)! And as a gag, Marge’s XRaySparks animation reveal her to be a rabbit in disguise.

** The rabbits from Matt Groening's ''ComicStrip/LifeInHell'' comic strip, appearing in the pre-level bumpers and even as enemies! And as a gag, Marge’s XRaySparks animation reveal her to be a rabbit in disguise.

Due to Acclaim's home console license for ''The Simpsons'' in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, it was not ported to any of the major consoles of the era. However, it was ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} and as a [=DOS=] title, but due to obvious technical limitations, they couldn’t live up to their bigger brother. Thanks to MAME technology, the game can be emulated in all its original glory on modern computers. Outside of MAME, an online-capable port of the game was released as a downloadable title for UsefulNotes/{{Xbox Live Arcade}} and UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Network}} in early February 2012, just ahead of the [[MilestoneCelebration 500th episode]] of the series.

A game inspired by it, ''The Simpsons Arcade'', was released by EA Games for the [=iPhone=]. This game had a different plot: Though Burns and Smithers are still the villains, they now have a scheme involving putting a chip in a donut and recruiting ten other recurring characters as bosses: [[BadCopIncompetentCop Chief Wiggum]], [[SleazyPolitician Mayor Quimby]], [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands the Squeaky Voiced Teen]], [[BadBoss Roger Meyers, Jr.]], [[FunnyForeigner the Bumblebee Man]], [[KentBrockmanNews Kent Brockman]], [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness Sideshow Mel]], [[DepravedKidsShowHost Krusty the Clown]], [[TheAhnold Rainer Wolfcastle]], and [[CorruptHick Rich Texan]]. Homer ends up bumping into Smithers as he is moving the donut, and, assuming it to be a normal donut, goes throughout six levels fighting the twelve members of the conspiracy to get it. Reception was decent, but it was criticized for having a name that might dupe people into thinking they’re buying ''this'' game. That's not to say they don't put nods to the original arcade though.

A game inspired by it, ''The Simpsons Arcade'', was released by EA Games for the [=iPhone=]. This game had a different plot: Though Burns and Smithers are still the villains, they now have a scheme involving putting a chip in a donut and recruiting ten other recurring characters as bosses: [[BadCopIncompetentCop Chief Wiggum]], [[SleazyPolitician Mayor Quimby]], [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands the Squeaky Voiced Teen]], [[WritersSuck Roger Meyers Jr.]], [[FunnyForeigner the Bumblebee Man]], [[KentBrockmanNews Kent Brockman]], [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness Sideshow Mel]], [[DepravedKidsShowHost Krusty the Clown]], [[TheAhnold Rainer Wolfcastle]], and [[CorruptHick Rich Texan]]. Homer ends up bumping into Smithers as he is moving the donut, and, assuming it to be a normal donut, goes throughout six levels fighting the twelve members of the conspiracy to get it. Reception was decent, but it was criticized for having a name that might dupe people into thinking they’re buying ''this'' game. That's not to say they don't put nods to the original arcade though.

A game inspired by it, ''The Simpsons Arcade'', was released by EA Games for the [=iPhone=]. Reception was decent, but it was criticized for having a name that might dupe people into thinking they’re buying ''this'' game. That's not to say they don't put nods to the original arcade though.