Film Theory: We FOUND The SIMPSONS!

Start your 30 day free trial with Audible.com! ►► bit.ly/FilmTAudible2016
Special thanks to Audible for partnering with us for this episode!
How The Walking Dead will END! ►► bit.ly/1KqH6gq
Although it’s been the butt of many jokes throughout the series, one big question has always remained in the Simpsons universe: Where is Springfield? Today, the Film Theorists answer the question 27 years in the making.
Subscribe for more Film Theories! ►► bit.ly/1dI8VBH
MORE FILM THEORY!
What IS the DBZ Kamehameha Wave? ► bit.ly/1oqeDgq
The TRUTH about Jon Snow ► bit.ly/1dHmLUW
Breaking Bad Ending's HIDDEN Truth ► bit.ly/1Vo1MWG
Is LUKE SKYWALKER Really Evil?!? ► bit.ly/22l8VMy
Can Dr. Who's Doctor be a HUMAN? ► bit.ly/1AGes5S
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Twitter: @MatPatGT
Facebook: GameTheorists
Instagram: matpatgt
Like the theme song? Thanks to CARF!
/ carfmobile

[@FlyingWolfWings]

Matt, do you sleep?

[@dearrain5639]

IKR!!! Such *dedication!*, well, I'm speechless.

[@olivernielsen2211]

FlannelLemon no he doesn't

[@helteskeler1277]

sleep is for the weak .

[@dearrain5639]

I am only human.

[@KashRust]

Mr. Avox ha

[@kasaen8332]

There's a place in Oregon called Springfield, There's a building there that has the Simpsons on it and it says "Home of the Simpsons"

[@kawaiiattack8018]

En el episodio “Homero al maximo”, Cuando Homero tira su fondue sobre el tablero de control, se muestra claramente que la planta nuclear de springfield está en springfield NY. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_New_York Aparte en “Homero contra NY” ellos viajan a NY en autobús.

[@kasaen8332]

@@kawaiiattack8018 Nunca me di cuenta de eso, ¡gracias por señalarlo!

[@kawaiiattack8018]

@@kasaen8332 If that is your level of Spanish, let me congratulate you; If not, I will congratulate the google translation department. ¡Kisses from Argentina!

[@kasaen8332]

@@kawaiiattack8018 thank you, i have taken 3 years of spanish

[@kawaiiattack8018]

@@kasaen8332 3 years well spent, not all gringos articulate phrases well. I wish I could say the same about my English! Take care of yourself, fortunes for your family, bye!

[@PlutozzFN]

This was SEVEN YEARS ago! I remember getting on KZbin and seeing “ Film Theory Uploaded - We found Springfield “ 4 minutes ago and yet now it was 7 years ago wow how time flies

[@ttweIve]

Mann

[@gamenation1251]

Bro same

[@bishibibi]

Now it’s 8 yeara

[@Tomcat_Thursday]

Now 8 years

[@collincaldwell5585]

Literally same dawg 😅

[@TheGriffinBrigade]

Matpat: Pinpoints the exactly location of the Simpsons Also Matpat seeing Australia: How does this make any sense!?

[@DinoRicky]

What’s that a reference from?

[@DivineChaos204]

It shows in the theory where they're talking about timezones or daylight savings days

[@FilmTheory]

Wait...Matt Groening confirmed this? Well then, THEORY CONFIRMED! (2 years ago apparently...but now we've done it with EVIDENCE!)

[@saintcharlie3245]

HOLY cow

[@MADSHOT36]

side note. KDKA radio station is in Pittsburgh. east of the Mississippi (it was the first radio station so slightly cheating but ya)

[@pikachuuzumaki7769]

+TheFilmTheroists Dang

[@ericklete1540]

Dont worry matt only a few years earlier next time ;)

[@strawberryqueen0382]

Notice me matpat senpia

[@hangngo168]

This is also true because in S6E24 Lemon of Troy Bart’s grandfather talks about how the settlers of Springfield stopped at the end of the Oregon trail

[@v.7726]

Springfield is in Iowa

[@Theeduckie]

SANESS 1 lol wut

[@Ozzbim]

There's a town in Iowa called Springfield is what he's saying.

[@carsiccl]

5:52 "We're down to our final 9" Aw man. I thought I'd forget about the news.

[@Jack_is_A_fan]

I knew they lived in Oregon already because in one episode Bart says “but mom this is the biggest thing in northwest Oregon” I have recently been binge watching it

[@Cyantist12]

Which episode?

[@Jack_is_A_fan]

@@Cyantist12 I’m not sure buts it’s between season 11 and season 17

[@Cyantist12]

@@Jack_is_A_fan Kind of a wide range...

[@Jack_is_A_fan]

@@Cyantist12 Ik… but it’s there somewhere

[@MgambireBabako]

I figured out from The Simpsons Movie cus their arrival in Alaska was short they didn’t drive through any states

[@meshaksharma7647]

Damn, Bart drove quite a distance to Knoxville if Springfield is in Oregon...

[@tompoessy]

Meshak Sharma i didn’t drove to Oregon

[@Alpina-Corsa]

MinerMaster123 we need to change our profile pics don’t we

[@meshaksharma7647]

winning rock I probably should but I’m way too lazy too

[@lmgnoob3180]

Im ending all

[@heyitshuttz3705]

I live in Knoxville

[@Gamer-GuyGG64]

Not gonna lie, it's kinda sad we can't consider homer a "Florida man"

[@cucumberrick3064]

Florida Man Caught After Strangling Son To Death

[@memowl3663]

he doesn’t do 500 pounds of meth

[@gabriels.1121]

I feel there are 3 types of people who live in Florida, Rich people, Old people, and real crackheads (not like your basic friend Emily)

[@mold2228]

gamer guy I always thought he was from freaking Illinois.

[@BLUECOLLARWEAR]

gamer guy you should have known that because of season 11

[@Thatbendyfan_]

Decided to revisit a few old theories I watched back in elementary school, and I really don’t regret it

[@saoirseterry9451]

"Mat, why don't you have a bed in your room?" Mat: "I did, but I never used it. So I gave it to Steph."

[@chillgamer6910]

I don’t think homer would even know that the state he is in existed

[@javidproductions9353]

New Mexico is also landlocked so that clue isn't key.

[@thepubgchicken1925]

um your English is on a different dimension then mine so I am unable to under stand

[@AlbertFingernoodle959]

The PUBG chicken they just forgot an in between is and existed

[@cookiemonsterproductions1413]

In one episode, he goes to Portland and is talking to someone and says he lives in Springfield. The other person says “In Oregon?” He says “I dunno.” So yes, he doesn’t know.

[@cookiemonsterproductions1413]

That also implies there IS a Springfield, Oregon, which betters the chance of them living there.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

You know your show is legendary when they put actual impressions of the characters in the dictionary like "D'oh".

[@Mrbruh6000]

Bruh

[@idontknow_idkguineapigs]

hello again

[@crazykraken5757]

Only 29 likes?

[@LadyOnikara]

They'll put any random spattering of letters in the dictionary and call them words these days.

[@goldendirttheblobthing6509]

Before 100

[@silygoose5334]

I’m from a town called chelmsford in Massachusetts, and a few of the original animators on the show were from here and they actually based multiple buildings off places in my home town. So that pretty cool

[@Walleyedwosaik]

As an Australian yes I did know about the time zones it’s ridiculous especially when you live on a border of a state Idk what they were thinking when they made this up

[@tuesdaybandy63]

Fun fact: Oregon doesn’t have sales tax so when you see a price tag, it’s the actual price and you don’t need any more money than what the price says. It’s great.

[@victorialavengood8716]

トゥーズデイTuesday I love living in Oregon

[@tuesdaybandy63]

Victoria Lavengood Me too

[@yacinesenouci6680]

Yes, but you... orgonians?????? have to give us more money if you buy things over here in Washington. Washingtonians get the last laugh. GIVE US THAT SALES TAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least it goes to good things, like state highways that are really just ferry lines (really, ferry routes on Washington State Ferries literally have a state highway classification... another fun fact!) (also, why do I love parentheses)

[@caseysmith544]

Same of Minnesota.

[@tuesdaybandy63]

yacine senouci A lot of Oregon just had a ton of streets redone so I think we’re doing pretty good right about now.

[@fcsthememe7987]

So that means they're surprisingly close to the Mystery Shack.... odd

[@fcsthememe7987]

@BL - 04SA - Millers Grove PS (1566) Indeed, but how could we prove that. Yes in Gravity Falls there was an episode showing were it was. But alas how are they connected, it seems we hit a bump.

[@justsomeunicornwithinterne6490]

Fun fact the voice actor of Mabel on Gravity falls did an episode of the Simpsons voice acting Millhouse’s girlfriend Taffy.

[@fcsthememe7987]

@@justsomeunicornwithinterne6490 The Mystery Deepins indeed.

[@sockdwellersstudios3642]

thats just a theory

[@fcsthememe7987]

@@sockdwellersstudios3642 Nahhh

[@AIDK47735]

Who got this recommended after MatPat Retired

[@dayks168]

Me

[@raresstefangitui6189]

Me too

[@bretthunterduncan]

Me

[@user-ft6nd3qt1y]

Me

[@lunaLu1009]

Me

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

As TheRealJims pointed out, there are a lot of issues with this theory. 1. Springfield was a Battleground in the civil war, with neighboring Shelbyville being in a Confederate State. Oregon was barely a state at the time and was nowhere near the front lines. 2. Several of the historical episodes around Jebidiah Springfield portray the town as being settled and founded in the late 1700s, way too early for Oregon. 3. Springfield is in a state that allows the Electric Chair or at least DID at some point(every depiction of execution uses it), but Oregon never used the chair. 4. The VERY same episode he got the tax info from to solve the Oregon-Washington issue also has a scene where they point to Springfield on a map. We don't see where it is exactly, but it's definitely not on either coast.

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

(He believes the Illinois Theory, which fits all this quite well. It also fits the heavy winters depicted multiple times and the rust belt economic issues shown in a couple episodes)

[@SandboxDude]

Where is it then? Look, he prob tried really hard, and of course it can't be in any state.

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

@@SandboxDude Real Jims says Illinois

[@RGC_animation]

The creator of the show LITERALLY confirmed this, and there are way more evidence pointing toward Oregon than not Oregon...

[@renamon5658]

Marge the lumberjill, s31e6 . guy in bar: where you from? Homer: Springfield guy: Springfield Oregon? Homer: i don't know?

[@ui-scummy7385]

Wtf lmaoo

[@axef2946]

This episode also sees them visit Portland. The episode is a goldmine for evidence!

[@angie_vargas1017]

Renamon 565 for real.

[@patatas5715]

He said that only season 1-9 was allowed since they changed executive producers

[@bayleejosabatine8496]

Yasss

[@CarterInosencio]

Can you do an explanation as to why Bart and Lisa’s hair is just a continuation of their skin?

[@DrexYiii]

Oh God!

[@Evosil]

but it isnt at the same time bc in an episode it shows their so-so hair gets shaved

[@batc4t.]

They live by a nuclear reactor and Hommer Simson is in charge of safety and their father soooooo answer that one your self

[@DrexYiii]

Their hair is dead skin growing off the top.

[@oliviarosendo2501]

it was showed in a episode i don’t remember what it’s called that barts natural hair color is red but the sun makes it yellow

[@Gacha_Got_Arsorned]

I love looking at older video's and seeing just how much his video style has changed

[@V_2077]

Just that last matt groening bit is literally proof enough

[@toriwhetzel2090]

*Washingtonians and Oregonians at the same time:* We're not that alike... *Washingtonian:* At least people visit us.

[@alexstewart2897]

Tori Whetzel yea but Washington is also just vastly superior

[@bigjet5889]

Well I bet people visit the crap out of Oregon after Gravify Falls lol

[@Ghost-ir3qj]

As an Oregonian, our economy is based on tourism. I find it pretty funny that you think more people visit Washington XD

[@alexstewart2897]

Ghost7729 people visit Washington more, about 40 million people visit Seattle alone and the surrounding counties from out of state not to mention people who only see the mountains of other places. Only about 30 million people visit all of Oregon in a year.

[@Ghost-ir3qj]

Noob Gaming 26.6 million single individuals visit Oregon and 13.3 million groups yearly, very few people go somewhere other than Seattle and if you had actually read that statistic correctly you would know that 39.9 million people per year visit Seattle and the surrounding country. Its estimated that Bend oregon alone receives 20,000 daily tourists and this is one of our smaller cities. If I average the total group statistic with 3 people per group (because at minimum it has to be two), then our total tourists per year is 66.5 million people.

[@FionnMacCool]

There’s even a “Moe’s Tavern” in Springfield, Oregon

[@jamespickup3700]

They is

[@melodiclogic9904]

James Pickup 10/10 wording, beautiful

[@pepper04dog]

Oooommmmgggg tttthhhhaaaattttssss ssssssooooo tttttttttrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuueeeerere iiiiisssssseeeeennnnnnnttttttt iiiiiittttt??!!!!!

[@melodiclogic9904]

sal once again, impeccable pronunciations, amazing stuff in this thread right here :)

[@pepper04dog]

No I want James pickup to expand

[@lucaslengyel2567]

this needed to be done. thank you

[@jakefran3919]

Coming back years later this episode is still amazing

[@alleytheawkward309]

Me: I lived in Springfield Missouri when I was little Everyone: do you know the Simpsons Me: no

[@floodescapeguy8063]

I think Springfield Kentucky

[@chauncythekid9779]

Springfield IL

[@hudsonhendricks9550]

Same!!!

[@rmtgoat7766]

I thought it was springfield IL since I was little

[@2001dodgeram]

Yeah I thought they lived in Springfield

[@lacethefirebender2099]

This is a classic film theory episode that I keep revisiting. The old intro, the different mic and editing. Brings back nostalgia

[@Negative915]

The intro is still the same to this day

[@Anonymous_1827]

@@Negative915 yeah he just doesn’t use it that much

[@Zak103tv]

lol, i gotta start watching the newer stuff cuz ive only seen some of the older vidoes like this one

[@krexar5717]

Pommes joghurt

[@geogalaxy475]

Same

[@boyzilla78productions]

This was the first video that ever got me into matpat, the rest is history I'd never give up for the world.

[@Mantismal_makes_stuff]

Well miss u matpat ❤❤😢

[@lee_nc]

Me: lives in Australia Mat pat: **complains about our daylight savings** Me: *Dont question us...*

[@snowyninja1149]

I was pretty offended when he said that. If it's so confusing, then how do we get it?

[@boobalooba_]

@Clarissa Cao you both are upside down little weens

[@sussybaka6850]

Yea same

[@bushthefacer1237]

SilentNinja216 btw you can’t spell Australia with out Alia

[@user-wu7lv7oo5t]

Siilent is everything upside down

[@mikejohnstonbob935]

plot twist: homer just doesn't know which state he's in. it's new mexico

[@werehornse]

+mike johnston Bob Well, there' also all his other facts, so..... :l

[@werehornse]

Matthew Medina Neither, I'm stating due to evidence of climate and the lay of the land, it couldn't be New Mexico. No offense intended.

[@clarehammant7404]

ha love it so funny

[@ZaccoOfficial]

ye i thought that was a stupid point, I mean its homer

[@snaekcat]

mike johnston Bob Regardless New Mexico is still landlocked.

[@CarmenLetona]

Yesss my favorite show is where I’m from I love it. It’s really cool to see the signs there’s soo many references!

[@JCtheirmom]

Matt groening is from Eugene Oregon, the town next to Eugene, is Springfield…boom video over lol

[@matildastarr6548]

Its ok even Australians are confused with our daylight saving times

[@annonomus1439]

@@kroe5234 same why doesnt Arizona have daylight savings

[@kroe5234]

@@annonomus1439 I think it's because it's so sunny, also why do all the KZbin animators live in Arizona.

[@groundz_604]

Look I'm from arizona and everyone there believes they are a special snowflake

[@kroe5234]

@@groundz_604 look Australia my home country is the most special because if your not from there you die from the snow flake, also it gets really cold in winter because of the huge hole in the ozone layer.

[@cynniethia]

Matilda Starr Good

[@PyramidHeadsLacky]

This man's ability to find this stuff is out of control. Matpat are you the leader of the illuminati?

[@thegameingzoo9056]

Isaac Kessinger No. Hes leader of the Mattimati

[@searchingsession3773]

Isaac Kessinger no but I bet he can find out who is

[@saranwrap8271]

Triangle theory

[@haleyhemmelgarn8316]

Actually he will probably come out with a theory for that

[@Fatalgamer55]

He probably is, and all his theories of the Illuminati are just diversions from himself.

[@C.Ross_Faded]

I always thought it was in Illinois for some reason 😂😂 but yeah, I literally should’ve googled Gronening’s home state. Every single writer puts a little of themselves in their work, that’s what breathes life into it (I’m a writer myself). This is much sweeter though so cute and wholesome

[@SciEnce-mc7hr]

In season 28 episode 3 homer says "This is your hometown and the springfield Atoms are your hometown team since 2003, when we stole them in the middle of the night from portland." their probably talking about portland oregon which means that the simpsons can't be in portland. The quote is about 4 minutes and 28 seconds in. Also in season 27 episode 17 a map is drawn from springfield to cuba the map looks like it says that springfield is in missouri but there is another episode where a map is drawn from springfield and it is in a completely different place

[@DawnKraken]

As a person with the last name ‘Simpson’, I can confirm this is where we all live.

[@questionmark8059]

Are you yellow?

[@DawnKraken]

Perhaps.

[@questionmark8059]

@@DawnKraken Ladies and gentlemen we got him

[@ellzorel2ndaccount]

Theres a spring field in Scotland

[@SuperBootsthedog]

wait actually

[@Post_Stall_Maneuver]

Imagine you lived in Springfield, Oregon and you saw the Simpsons.

[@carllarsen]

i lived in springfield oregon as a kid until we moved to alaska in 1967. from the beginning i always assumed the simpsons lived in oregon

[@Superk68]

@@carllarsen wow what a coincidence

[@purpleongray1615]

You just need to take the OR-99e. Its around 100 km south of Portland, and in the way you will find Salem and Albany. And yes, I saw this on Google Maps.

[@mp5_Puppy]

There is a a mural in Springfield of the simpsons.

[@clutzicon8142]

@@carllarsen * Simpsons the movie flashbacks intensifies*

[@matthougland5701]

As someone from Springfield Oregon this is the best thing ever getting recognized

[@Imalate8]

Actually during a show, matt groening (creator) confirmed that the simpsons in fact lived in springfield oregon

[@joesby6453]

Also, in the episode where the school sells recycling for money in "The Old Man and Lisa." I did some research and found that the only two states who would buy recycling in the 1990s were Mississippi and Oregon. That further proves the theory. Please read this matpat.

[@rwhaleman4527]

Makes total sense

[@rwhaleman4527]

My cousins live in Oregon and they have recycling you can buy

[@angadkappor2028]

Joey's Classics lll

[@RynDummer]

Very true

[@elise7279]

In New Zealand we have a town called Springfield and it has a giant donut sculpture

[@JosephBallin320]

Well they should know now that that's not the Simpson's Springfield

[@BIuey]

I know that but I don't live there and I'm not from there

[@fergsnz0155]

I have been there

[@lilslife7851]

BOOM 💣💥💨

[@Athuwu]

i was gonna come comment this lmao

[@laylabee-666smile]

I don’t know if you made this video MatPat but I really do like your videos. I wanted to know if you could do like nightmare before Christmas or anything like Tim Burton corpse, bride, timeline or anything I love your channels 💕

[@Charlesemery-cx7ei]

How am I just now finding out that this channel has been around for over. 5 years

[@johnlarson4194]

Or you could just went to the episode when marge said she found the perfect purse in all of Oregan

[@V0Rtexty]

WOWWWWWWWWWW Thats all it would take

[@undergroundish3135]

There is no state called Oregan

[@V0Rtexty]

@@undergroundish3135 B R U H

[@PatrickMahomes15Chiefs]

@@undergroundish3135 are you joking or not

[@emanaretneesaelp8019]

He said it can’t be after season 9

[@jcaob]

Also in the Simpsons book Matt Groening says that Springfield reminds him of a place he grew up near... Springfield Oregon

[@ukkodoingyt6427]

Who's watching in 2020

[@jcaob]

@@ukkodoingyt6427 bruh

[@ukkodoingyt6427]

@@jcaob what

[@jcaob]

@@ukkodoingyt6427 ?

[@duhflame12]

theres a springfield illinois

[@papasmurf02]

There’s actually a small hint in a newer episode (one that likely came out before this video was made), where Lisa, Bart, and Homer travel to PORTLAND, and a hipster asks them which Springfield they’re from. Wanna know the first one he asks? OREGON!

[@shushigamesYT]

Episode 1998 says Missouri

[@Jenna_Xx]

I remember, one episode around season 12 or so, lisa said:'its almost impossible to know what state we live in, but all the hints are there now'

[@StricklandAssistantManager]

You better stop doing impressions of me or I'm going to sue.

[@StricklandAssistantManager]

Of course I would reconsider if you did a theory on MY show.

[@mel0_archive498]

+Hank Hill Get in Smash bros. first. I can see it now: Hank Hill Brings the ProPain.

[@Batkenpre]

+Melody Anonymous lol ya

[@emilydarksparks3546]

I need propane

[@alfiewilliams2940]

Who do you think you are, The fine brothers?

[@MJ-kc9ic]

So it's in Oregon? *GRAVITY FALLS CONSPIRACY THEORY*

[@freddienewton4632]

Yandory Chan that's what I was thinking

[@capalot_ray4855]

Yandory Chan

[@dumbcont4370]

Yandory Chan get a life

[@savannahpostma2305]

Yandory Chan get on it Matt patt

[@peterbelicak6885]

Yandory Chan i think Springfield is on Mars

[@ash7658]

Not me screaming “yes!!!!!” At the top of my lungs when I guessed it right 😅

[@CatNinja47]

Dang 7 years ago, time sure flies. Neighbours.

[@pablomendez7996]

“El viaje mysterioso de nuestro Homer” is Spanish for “The mysterious voyage [or trip] of our Homer”.

[@aoifehall1675]

Pablo Mendez I got “ The mysterious journey of our Homer

[@annieayuwoki423]

Aoife Hall it’s the same thing PS: I know it because I’m argentinian

[@Subscriberswithnovideos-en3lw]

Disney+ says “The Mysterious Voyage of Homer”

[@josebeast4003]

Pablo Mendez quieres subscribirte a mi pongo videos de Simpsons en español si quieres

[@NathanBB2005]

Sí

[@potatomanlp4812]

It is funny when Matpat tries to speak spanish in english "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer" Legit momento

[@user-uu1xy7ti8r]

equisde

[@noob_nub7711]

Ya se verdad es muy tonto

[@potatomanlp4812]

@@noob_nub7711 Tienes rason

[@noob_nub7711]

@@potatomanlp4812 si

[@nillond7249]

El vieijei

[@evaneverything101]

It’s in Oregon, I literally live 30 minutes from there

[@user-nm4xe8zu8z]

I am glad to learn which state Simpsons live. Good work on the video.

[@tennisgulfstream8442]

Yea

[@createtheaction5271]

But the real question is.. When will Diet Coke sponsor MatPat

[@creepboiblower2863]

Probably never

[@biggiecheese9482]

@Tsuyu Asui :0

[@obliteratordeathcon4456]

true

[@loulyakarime6402]

I wish I knew#pleasedietcokesponsermatpat

[@EarlierTitan19]

True XD

[@WitherLord888]

This also makes sense because in the episode “Please Homer Don’t Hammer ‘Em”, the arcade game Polybius appears briefly, and was only found in Portland, Oregon in 1981

[@brianlyon3783]

i always though polybis was just an urban legend.

[@confuddledveryiam2703]

@@brianlyon3783 It is

[@tylerhattery6682]

maybe it wasn't found

[@confuddledveryiam2703]

@@tylerhattery6682 there has been zero proff of it and only signs of a arcade machine named polybis were fakes

[@tylerhattery6682]

@@confuddledveryiam2703 ik i was saying like or did they find it

[@jacobflagg7126]

One thing to add the mention hardies which is in the east coast anywhere else s18-e1 15m- 18

[@user-jv2jk2du5k]

I watched this video a month ago believing it, one of the episodes has it zooming out of springfield and it shows its not in Oregon but actually closer to the middle left bottom

[@tuesdaybandy63]

There’s actually a simpsons mural in Springfield, Oregon.

[@victorialavengood8716]

トゥーズデイTuesday I saw that when I used to live there

[@tuesdaybandy63]

Victoria Lavengood Cool

[@Dj_lilfate]

There is actually several of them

[@noballs12345]

On main next to the police station and the library.

[@87caloriesperserving88]

Yeah, I live in Springfield. Also, there’s a paper factory in the center of Springfield which constantly blows smoke, in resemblance to the nuclear plant from the TV show.

[@nikiglop-3637]

Wow....The Simpson's and Springfield , gravity falls. Oregon is crazy!

[@nikiglop-3637]

I want to visit OREGON SO MUCH NOW!

[@petah9749]

+Nicole Carson it an awesome state

[@catherinezeigler3504]

DANN RIGHT IT IS!!

[@kenroberts5658]

+Nicole Carson don't, it's horrible

[@bigboyfresh6466]

Thank you for recognizing gravity falls

[@napoleon1289]

The fact that the picture he showed of a water fall when talking about Oregon, I’ve been there just two months ago, I’m so shocked

[@The_ender_guy1]

Watching his old videos to remember the old theorists they are so funny and more well going everywhere they don’t have much of a well they are everywhere to say

[@curtiswetzel6412]

I don’t want to be that person but when homer claimed the murder horn he sucked down all those oxygen tanks as it being a joke that he is still out of shape. Though I’ll give Film theory there credit because they would have needed them.

[@generalcodsworth4417]

To be fair, all of the states that were eliminated by that clue also would have been eliminated by the ocean proximity requirement. The radio station and that clue alone would have wiped just about every state out immediately, but he needed the runtime

[@carrotman5]

he was only like 10 feet high when he used them

[@reesemunger7232]

Hmm, I can think of another cartoon that recently ended and takes place in the same state. You should make a theory about it.

[@DuckGovernment]

Gravity Falls

[@reesemunger7232]

Duck government™ Yup.

[@input_name5892]

At the end the letter said "see you next year" season 3? Or maybe another episode? 0_o

[@bazookapenguinz3376]

It ended?

[@minamansour8523]

That ending made me cry

[@bridgee6282]

There is actually no Springfield in Washington

[@georgelatsos9506]

The video was wonderful if you manage to find Springfield, can you figure out how Edna died AKA, Flanders, second wife

[@Juan-bq6ux]

FBI: FBI OPEN UP! MatPat:What?! FBI:You Know Too Much

[@chubba2472]

You trying to tell me Bart drove nearly the hole way across America?

[@milkdot9971]

lol

[@divineshadowguy]

+Sam Rodmell It's not that hard... and this is the Simpsons we're talking about...

[@SpikeKastleman]

+Sam Rodmell Sure. Why not? I've done it.

[@SoCalChris]

+Spike Kastleman Were you 8?

[@doabarrelroll1474]

It's Bart, he did.

[@LIAMGAMEZ-no2vx]

This guys a legend now its already been revealed and you got it correct

[@SalmanMentos]

Another note: In one of the episodes lisa said "the old union pacific doesn't come by here much anymore" and fun fact: the union pacific runs west of the missisippi river

[@Koffi880]

Why hasn’t Matt just started with the coastline clue that would wipe out so many states

[@ozziecomedian1786]

Because the video would be over in like 5 minutes

[@missicequeen2963]

Yeah

[@almightyone3147]

Revenue

[@Koffi880]

almighty one Oh yeah I forgot Matt needs money to afford more Diet Coke

[@Autumn-ko4pr]

With the radio station, coastline, mountains, and aurora borealis, you are down to California, Oregon, and Washington.

[@dontstayawakefortoolong9622]

MatPat: "at least it's simpler than Australia's daylight savings." Me: "don't blame it on us, it was all the government's idea."

[@DrRank]

Queensland and the NT don't need Daylight Saving, though; we don't have twilight up here, so we don't have much daylight to save. If WA were to start it, it would have to divide itself in two.

[@holdenrodriguez9515]

Fuck you

[@mikeuchiha5972]

Emma Norton yeah don’t blame us

[@thedynamicdoggo4155]

Holden Rodriguez no u

[@Riffsandgaming]

Lol

[@helloktty2426]

although you were only looking at pre season 9,in the episode were marge becomes a lumberjack in a picture u can see her and paula infront of cars with something like 0R3GON on the licence plats behind them

[@bubblesthehappycat3665]

My favorite show shall get visited quite often

[@iroh5708]

Now find Danville/The Tri state area (Phineas and Ferb)

[@Blocko_Boi]

Frosty Cat *OOOOOOOOOOOO YEEEEEASSSADSQSASAAADFEGFQT!!!*

[@TheSteph2785]

I’ve already found it I live near it

[@phil6199]

That should be the tri cities in East Tennessee

[@colaholisti6009]

Frosty Cat also Milo Murphy

[@ninjahhead11234]

new york

[@Frazier16]

The simpsons live in Oregon The entire gravity falls series takes place in Oregon Both shows are connected to rick and Morty Both shows are owned by disney HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Hmmmmmmm

[@huntermynatt7006]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@rain_dropsss]

Looks like I’m going to move to Oregon

[@boxingwolf696isaiahcervant7]

Coincidence i think not

[@Pancakethesimp]

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[@justsomespartanwithinterne7301]

Waaaaaaait I live in Oregon

[@lazyhippie6139]

I was a gigantic Simpsons fan as a kid, and 100% believed it was Springfield, Illinois, and they had a dock is because of Lake Michigan. Ofc this is kind of dumb, because even then, Springfield is pretty far away from the lake. I live in Central California, so we don't really get a real winter. Definitely no snow. Winter always seemed intense on the show in comparison to mine, so I guess that was another way I rationalized it. The drive to Knoxville also seemed reasonable to me (even stopping in Missouri, although Branson is pretty out of the way according to Google Maps). I loved that episode, it was one of my favorites. Oregon makes much more sense than Illinois, though, although I still kind of like my reasoning as a child lol (I really thought it through, or I thought I did!) Everything about Oregon checks out.

[@createnewhandle_]

As an Arizona resident I would just like to point out one inconsistency: While the majority of Arizona does not observe daylight savings time, the Navajo Nation does. So, while it is highly unlikely that they live in the Navajo Nation, that fact can’t rule the state out entirely

[@seonssissi]

SO BART AND LISA SIMPSON LIVE IN THE EXACT SAME STATE AS STANLEY AND STANFORD PINES??????????? GODDAMMIT MATPAT. You done good. You done real good.

[@sieshel_2557]

XD My first thought too.

[@absolutelyshmooie7086]

No they don't. Stan lives in gravity falls

[@darkblade8660]

Ruby Pearl gravity falls is in the same time line as rick and morty as he said in a video and Stanford knows rick

[@pyromaniac034]

Gudetama 101 gravity falls is in Oregon lol

[@randomdonuts1015]

Ruby Pearl agreed #gravityfallsforlife

[@rebeccaennis4631]

Gravity Falls, Oregon.... Springfield, Oregon.... CROSSOVER CONFIRMED! (Go me.)

[@bigmacthelittlepuppydog3300]

Ohh my gosh

[@yex9069]

IF ONLY

[@cruzzito6466]

Oh oh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh OHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[@codycoxlol2708]

...

[@casual9549]

Nah

[@muratdemir82]

why did this get recommended to me 8 years later?

[@THATWEIRDO--]

who's watching this in 2024?

[@brittmorrison4678]

I am, on May 7, 2024

[@editzwlulu]

13/5/24

[@marievanhouten4183]

Me

[@usafx553]

Me

[@snipesi1261]

Me: Idaho isn’t landlocked. Also Me (and maybe possibly Homer): Oooh Canada exists.

[@fluffyplayery3017]

What's a Canada

[@bangchansbabygay4447]

Finally! The state that I live in is recognized! (Oregon is always forgotten ;-;)

[@bangchansbabygay4447]

AND HE LIVES IN PORTLAND OREGON, THE CITY I LIVE IN. YESSSSSSSSSS.

[@Cremecicle]

Sophia Biersack Boi I live in Wisconsin

[@ShadowX012]

Oregon has more than one city? NEWS TO ME! :D

[@RevRev1917]

Gravity Falls?

[@alyssstiel1323]

Pshh... At least you get recognized... I have yet to find anything in my state (I live in Georgia)... THERE ARE OTHER BIG CITIES COME ON PEOPLE!! lol

[@jcdagoat14]

maybye NT on homers drivers licence stands for nontana, as in, not montana

[@VentingPoem]

Shorter way of saying this: Springfield has redwood trees which are found in Oregon, Washington, and California California does not have a reactor named Springfield Washington does not have a state level income tax

[@hutshelll]

well redwood trees could be a one of thing

[@VentingPoem]

@@hutshelll season 10 episode 13 "homer to the max" the party was a ploy to save redwood trees and given the fact that chief wiggum shows up it wouldlikely be that springfield is close to the redwood forest they are protesting at

[@celam5761]

I lived in Oregon when I was six, but we left mostly because of these brats next door. Also it’s kinda weird to think that people there ride their bikes naked every year.

[@impastabowl2328]

I live near Springfield Oregon

[@Jacksonfaustvalentine]

@@celam5761 that’s disgusting. Just where in Oregon?

[@isayuhlakersman8441]

Me a Simpsos fan hearing this and made the whole family move to Oregon.

[@amityvillegaming2629]

Isayuh /Lakers Man I’m sorry to say it’s wrong Bart and homer drove to Oregon I and this is my opinion Northern California

[@isayuhlakersman8441]

@@amityvillegaming2629 that's your opinion, so that means I'm not wrong

[@cilliandaly3901]

@@isayuhlakersman8441 How is that homer and bart drove to Oregon his opinion

[@isayuhlakersman8441]

@@cilliandaly3901 so true

[@bup_up]

I've lived in Oregon my whole life

[@TheDiteos]

In S31 E6, it is said that there is a Springfield in Oregon

[@barbiquearea]

No Matt Groening said its based on Oregon.

[@craigsult3416]

I don't know what episode or season but I remember from way back in the day, The Simpsons did an episode that was structured around Behind the Music, towards the end of that episode the narrator says something something for this Kentucky family. I've never seen anyone mention this or bring it up in conversation, but it makes me wonder if this was possibly something that was overlooked and could possibly be the truth? I don't know, does anyone else recall this?

[@disconnect344]

In the new Simpson’s episode “Marge The Lumberjill”, Homer goes to a bar and someone asks him where he is from. Homer replies with Springfield and then the man says “The one in Oregon?” And Homer replies with “I don’t know.” This is probably the biggest clue.

[@adenmitchell7633]

That's probably a nod to this video

[@HamPilgrimBL]

but if post-Season 9 Simpsons is non-canonical, and if the impossibility of Springfield's location is still a running gag, it wouldn't be a clue to anything

[@mhlorenzo]

Or maybe the fact that the writer and creator of this series is from Oregon.... Just saying. Lol. This was a very good video though, I can see a lot of effort was put into it. I bet Simpsons fans would love this video because of the attention to detail.

[@yourfriendrayzthor7606]

Also there is a scene where they drive by 742 Evergreen Terrace

[@yerik6034]

@@mhlorenzo the creator already said it’s not Springfield Oregon

[@dumbmitchy]

me: lives in illinois patt: where is Springfield me: is this state a joke?

[@gatman8738]

patt

[@Mike-739]

It actually is in Illinois. This video is all wrong

[@lillietracy8737]

Even I knew where Springfield is, and I live in Michigan 😂

[@beanburrito7435]

I live in Illinois too

[@kevinward550]

There is multiple towns called Springfield

[@lauraschreiner5530]

I was looking at creator ink, and I had a thought that theory wear was your shop.

[@Gemini050788]

As a brotha, you took me all the way tf out at 8:09 lmao😂

[@_iso_553]

Matt already said it's in Oregon 4 years ago

[@mattmillsmpm]

okay so I'm not the only one who's been here since 2011 😂😂 noticed that too fham

[@scifislack]

Yeah I heard that aswell.

[@justanothercommercial]

Yah I thought he said it was Oregon

[@ImSkulBashen236]

+John Doe Hey said that some characters were based off street names in his hometown but he never actually confirmed that Springfield was in Oregon

[@7dutchapples266]

Glad I'm not the only one who remembers that xD