There’s no denying that Game of Thrones has been a major influence on pop culture during its run — you wouldn’t expect anything less from the world’s most popular television show — and references have found their way into a variety of other shows, from Parks and Recreation to Family Guy, Louis, The Big Bang Theory and Doctor Who. For its 29th season premiere tonight, The Simpsons, the longest-running animated show in TV history, is getting in on the fun and even bringing Jaime Lannister along for the ride.
Although the show had a Thrones-themed opening way back in 2012 (complete with three-eyed ravens flying past the smokestacks of Springfield’s nuclear power plant) and there have been a sprinkling of other references since then, tonight’s episode, titled “The Serfsons,” is mostly Game of Thrones-influenced — even Bart’s trademark prank calls are sent via raven:
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will voice a character listed in the episode description as “Marge-like Man,” so we can’t wait to see what that means. The episode description also says that Marge’s mother is turned into an “ice-walker,” so expect references to the Night King or the army of the dead as well. From the clip available, the episode seems to have additional fantasy influences — Milhouse appears as an orc or goblin-like creature, so perhaps Lord of the Rings found its way in there too — but the guiding theme seems to be Thrones.
The Simpsons airs at 8 p.m. tonight on Fox, should you be so inclined to watch anything Thrones-related as we wait for Season 8 to grace our screens.
Well, it’s been awhile, but I guess I’ll be watching the Simpson’s tonight. 🙂
I never liked the Simpsons, but I might try watching this episode…
*cough* it’s Louie not Louis *cough*
That is all.
According to my cable TV preview guide’s summary for tonight’s “The Simpsons” episode (which I’ll cover with spoiler-coding for anyone who doesn’t want additional details):
All right! Plus a little Trump humor “Somebody grab M’Lady Parts!” Har!
Okay, he had one (1) line and one (1) appearance, far as I could tell. When Daniel Radcliffe has been on the Simpsons, he plays a character who has a major role in the story. Radcliffe rulez! Nikolaj … well, decide for yourself.
BigMac,
Lol. Sucks to be you.
Yep was just a line but there were plenty of GOT references including appearances from GRRM and the Night King ( he has more dialogue than NCW’s character)
What character (and dialogue line) was NCW anyway? I paid close attention and honestly couldn’t tell who it was!
That was one of the most boring episodes I’ve ever seen. They’re really phoning it in at this point.
The Simpsons is still going?
I’m not much of a fan of the modern Simpsons, but I’ll definitely look up the clip he ends up voicing.