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"England? Dunno where that is, but at least you speak English."

Marge: It took the children forty minutes to locate Canada on the map.
Homer: Marge, anyone can miss Canada, all tucked away down there.

Calvin: Hmm... If I remember my atlas, we live in a big, purple country.
Hobbes: And our house is by the giant E in the word "States".

"I like them black, white, Puerto Rican, or Haitian Like Japanese, Chinese, or even Asian!"
Chingy, "Balla Baby"

Sam: Well, here we are in the Philippines.
Max: Drawn without reference material, apparently.

It was Easter Morning in the town that Calvin and Hobbes live in.
Is it Easter Morning where you are?
Probably not, but go ahead and watch the show anyway.
Calvin & Hobbes: The Series, "Eggs for Calvin!"

Father: Will you look at that snow? Never got that in California.
Rowdy: (frowns, cues a picture of a snowy landscape captioned "Fresno, California") That's Hollywood for you, thinking that California doesn't go any farther north than Bakersfield.

Bugs Bunny: Why are you coming?
Daffy Duck: Well, it's not every day a person gets to see the Grand Canyon!
Bugs: This is Central Park!
Daffy: I thought that was in Michigan.

Todd: It is jarring to hear foreigners talk about America the way we talk about other countries. Like, if I landed in Japan and was like, "Wow, Japan! The land of Speed Racer and the chopstick!", like, that's this song's approach to America. And you can tell it knows nothing about America because it has one of the most infamous factual errors in pop history.
Chris Morris: Daddy was a cop on the east side of Chicago
Todd: Yeah, in case you don't know this one already, there is no east side of Chicago. There's a north side, a south side, and a little part they call the west side. No east side; that's just Lake Michigan. So unless his dad was on boat patrol, this line is impossible.
Todd in the Shadows, One Hit Wonderland: The Night Chicago Died

"These guys are from England and who gives a shit?"
Casey Kasem, on U2, who are from Ireland.

"Paris? Wow. I've never been to Spain."

Ricky: You know what they speak in Franistan?
Fred: I don't know. Where is it?
Ricky: Where is it?
Fred: Yeah.
Ricky: Oh, Fred, don't you know anything?
Fred: No. Where is it?
Ricky: Franistan?
Fred: Yeah.
Ricky: It's right between Czechoslovakia and, uh ... below the border of Austria. Well, you know, it's tucked right in between Switzerland and Persia, right in there someplace!

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