10 Hilarious Ripoffs of The Simpsons

10 Times Shows Ripped Off The Simpsons

The Simpsons is a pop cultural phenomenon, spanning over thirty years and nearly 700 episodes. It’s hard to overstate the show’s cultural impact, but with that impact naturally comes imitation.

In fairness, with the amount of episodes the Simpsons has, there are bound to be similarities in other media. A million monkeys on a million typewriters will eventually write King Lear, and by that same token, a dozen overworked Family Guy writers will inevitably write something close to “Deep Space Homer”.

Still, these ten examples go above and beyond. Coincidences are possible, but so is thievery, subconscious or not. How common is a plotline where the brain of a lazy worker is removed and put into a lazy robot? Or one where the government places a massive dome over a small town? And it’s not just shows either. The Simpsons has been ripped off in music, movies, and even, dare we say it, reality.

The writer who may have unintentionally ripped off his own work. The show that has been accused of ripping off the Simpsons for years. The classic kids cartoon that borrowed a plot line from an early Simpsons episode. The Horror author who may have lifted an entire book from The Simpsons Movie. A bizarre Georgian rip-off so strange it went viral. The family sit-com that the Simpsons called out during their Golden Age. The animated movie that ripped off it’s entire premise from a Simpsons’ episode. All of these and many more in the full video!

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[kenthekool]

So despite King clearly saying he wrote it first, you're spreading the misinformation that he ripped off Simpsons? Nice work.

[mattyjpg]

Next, do a “top times we ripped off creators because we’re a garbage company”. That’ll be a great one!

[FilmFinatic]

Wow almost like how you ripped off CZs World

[lg]

Okay but can we get a Simpsons pitch meeting?

[DSBac]

Some of these aren’t rip offs. The very first one (spongebob/Simpsons) is just them both doing the same homage to Frankenstein. They’re both using robots, but the idea of putting a human brain in a robot is a pretty old sci-fi idea that was done before the Simpsons or even Robocop.

[miqseri]

They're not ripoffs, it's called a reference

[onerandomguy]

You're one to talk about rip offs

[DadCanInJapan]

Actually the idea of a town being cut off like in "Under the Dome", was ripped off from the 1957 story, "The Midwich Cuckoos" by John Wyndham.

[eliothamilton]

During this entire video a line from South Park kept popping into my head. “Simpsons did it. “

[julesrules]

There are multiple King of the Hill episodes where Bobby clearly has a Bart Simpson doll in his room.

[CptLoco]

Simpsons “behind the laughter” episode vs family guy “inside family guy” episode

[princezzpuffypants]

1) Bugs Bunny did the brain swap first (in Water, Water Every Hare)

3) yeah, everyone has done spitting off the bridge - they were parodying Charlie Brown and Linus

4) Stephen King wrote it first, but i read stories with that plot way back in the 80s... not new stuff

5) Dinosaurs? You're kidding. The Simpsons literally has that family setup because it is so common

I've totally lost track but, c'mon...try a little

[spongeboiloud]

Althogh #1 is just an episode so it doesnt really mean spongebob is a total ripoff of the simpsons

[sinressfyodie]

It suddenly smells of hypocrisy in here

[Kitsaplorax]

1. All of Evergreen in Olympia, WA. The Kwikee Mart and it's owner are based on a real person. Many school tropes Bart and Lisa encounter are familiar to 'Greeners. 2. The plants Homer works at are based on the design of the never functional plants in WA state.

[kevinsmith]

There is also a Spongebob dialog that is nearly identical to the Simpsons.
Simpson's Episode:
Marge: Did you notice something different about Bart?
Homer: New glasses.
Marge: No, he seemed depressed.
Homer: Maybe he misses his old glasses.
Spongebob Episode:
Spongebob: Did you notice something different about Squidward?
Patrick: New glasses.
Spongebob: No, he seemed happy.
Patrick: Maybe he is happy about his new glasses.

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

I don’t mind SpongeBob did that, still a great show

[christopherlewis]

8:13 Conans talk show is on TBS, not CBS.

[wilnieves]

Was expecting family guy to be number 1

[cattywampus]

Hey, make a vid about screen rants ripoffs! Maybe start about CZ's World with the invisible man