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'''Comic Book Guy:''' Yes I suppose, but must we call it that? }}

 

 

A game notably filled to the brim with references to past episodes and the vehicles contained within, the creators of this game sure did their [[Shown Their Work|homework]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]''. The sheer amount of [[Continuity Porn]] and [[Easter Egg|Easter Eggs]] could fill a page in of itself, including an entire section devoted to the Halloween "[[Halloween Episode|Treehouse of Horror]]" episodes. If a vehicle appeared on the show when this game was put into production, it was in this game.

A Licensed Game that does ''[[The Problem with Licensed Games|not]]'' suck.

 

* [[Action Mom]]: Marge

* [[The Alleged Car]]: Comic Book Guy's Kremlin.

** If you destroy your vehicle, you can drive the chassis, rather hilariously. Drive it into a repair icon to avoid having to pay the repair fees!

* [[And I'm the Queen of Sheba]]: Krusty essentially says this about Bart's warning about the aliens planning to instigate a mass riot with laser guns via Buzz Cola.

'''Krusty:''' Yeah right, and I'm getting into the Country Western Hall of Fame. It just ain't gonna happen, kid. }}

* [[Anti Frustration Feature]]: Five times you fail, and the game allows you to skip. Except for the final mission.

* [[Big No]]: {{spoiler|Kang finding out he has to share heaven with the credits.}}

** One of Bart's quotes when he falls into a [[Bottomless Pit]] is one of these that continues for a second after you reappear.

* [[Big Word Shout]]: Comic Book Guy will scream "[[Star Trek|KHAAAN!]]" during jumps.

* [[Book Ends]]: Every 'map' gets at least two levels. The last level is the same map as the first one except with a Halloween makeover and a...

* [[Camera Screw]]: Some locations force the camera in a specific direction, even if it will mess up a jump. First example is the Duff truck near the Kwik-e-mart -- jump with the camera pointing towards the front of the truck and it turns to the side as soon as you hit the steam vent.

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]:

'''Apu:''' ([[Face Palm]]) I'll tell you what; you're a bad little boy. }}

* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: Simply put, the computer can drive any car faster than you can, ''better'' than you can, and is magically much heavier than the same car is under your control.

* [[Dead Character Walking]]: You can drive a wrecked chassis if your car explodes. Not surprisingly, It's [[Joke Character|VERY slow]], but if you drive it into a repair item, it'll be as good as new.

* [[Destructive Saviour]]: Thanks to the poor handling of some cars and the loads of destructible scenery, the Simpsons will be this at one point or another. This trope is so prevalent it was actually ''advertized as a selling point of the game''.

* [[Double Jump]]: Some walking sections require using this, while other sections didn't expect a double-jump (or other tactic) could be used to bypass the platform puzzle.

* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: Every vehicle in the game explodes when it's taken too much damage. Even the RC car. Then again, this is not exactly out of place in the Simpsons world.

* [[Holiday Mode]]: For Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Halloween (only the menu is changed, though).

* [[Hypocritical Humour]]: Comic Book Guy.

* [[I'm Standing Right Here]]

'''Milhouse''': I'm standing right here, Bart. }}

* [[Invulnerable Civilians]]: You run them over, but they don't die.

* [[Spies in a Van]]: See [[Van in Black]].

* [[Spinning Newspaper]]: One at the beginning of each level. The one for the first level, for example, includes this:

* [[Spring Jump]]: Steam vents are an extra powerful jump, and can be combined with a double jump. The vents are necessary in several foot-on quests and sidequests.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Milhouse. An early mission in Lisa's level consists of him offering her 'leads' on Bart's whereabouts, only to somehow beat her to each destination.

* [[Tempting Fate]]:

* [[This Loser Is You]]: The characters' road rage ("You're not a very good driver..." "What were you thinking?!" etc.) can be interpreted as [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] and telling the player that they can't drive.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Homer, but lucky for you, he's just extremely stupid in non-lethal situations.

** Something closer to the trope: {{spoiler|Grampa, who is too senile to bail out of his rigged Military Jeep when he and Homer blow up Kang and Kodos' ship.}}

* [[Truman Show Plot]]: Those robot wasp cameras are filming everyone so {{spoiler|Kang and Kodos can turn Springfield into an intergalactic reality show}}.

* [[Van in Black]]: {{spoiler|Except they're only pizza vans.}}

* [[Vent Physics]]

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