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For some reason, TV producers seem to consider geography to be the most basic form of human knowledge. When they want to show that a person is an idiot, they almost inevitably show some geographic mistake, such as mistaking a continent for a country, or inability to find a given location on a map.
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** Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in "G.I. D'oh" when Homer asks "We're China, right?"
*** Well, they ''are'' [[Facial Profiling|yellow]]....
** In the episode introducing Mona Simpson, Mister Burns is seen in the post office trying to send a letter to "the Prussian consulate in Siam", exasperated as the clerk cannot find any mention of Prussia or Siam in his geographical index. This isn't a joke about ignorance so much as part of the [[Running Gag]] about how outdated Burns is - Siam became Thailand in 1939,<ref>though it changed ''back'' to Siam in 1945, but only for four years, and had always been known as "Muang Thai" domestically</ref>
** Two linked moments from Bart:
{{quote|'''Bart''': Some say the ducks went to Canada. Others say, Toronto.}}
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