The Simpsons often draws inspiration from anything and everything. For the three-plus decades that it's been on the air, the animated sitcom has perfected the art of doing parodies. Movies, influential personalities, world events, video games, and music videos have all been immersed into the world of Springfield.

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Some of the most memorable parodies have been derived from Hollywood. From satirical superheroes to pop culture parodies and caustic riffs on current affairs, here are The Simpsons' 10 best cultural caricatures.

Homeland

Season 25 - Homerland

Season 25's premiere is creatively titled "Homerland." In it, Homer goes to Boise, Idaho for a few days to attend a nuclear power convention. When he comes back, his behavior has totally changed. He no longer strangles Bart or drinks beer, and he has also changed his religion. Lisa is worried that Homer may have been radicalized, so a female FBI agent is called to investigate.

The episode parodies the first and second seasons of the Showtime series Homeland. In the series, Seargent Nicholas Brody behaves suspiciously after coming back home from the Middle East where he was a POW. A CIA agent named Carrie thus begins to investigate him on suspicions that he might have been brainwashed.

The Flintstones

Season 4 - Marge vs. the Monorail

Mr. Burns is fined three million dollars for the illegal disposal of nuclear waste in season four's "Marge vs. the Monorail." A stranger then convinces Springfield residents to use the money to construct a monorail. Lisa is skeptical, but everyone else is on board.

Homer is then appointed to be the monorail conductor. During the ride, there are several scenes that are similar to the opening scene of The Flintstones. Homer even sings an altered version of the "Meet the Flintstones" theme. When the breaks fail, he tries to stop it using his legs like Fred Flintsone but crashes into a chestnut tree.

24

In season 18's "24 Minutes," Principal Skinner establishes a CTU (Counter Truancy Unit) at Springfield Elementary School to deal with unruly students. This is a spin on the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) from the FOX series 24. Lisa is also tasked with monitoring and analyzing data, just as senior intelligence analyst Chloe O'Brien does in 24.

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Bullies at Springfield Elementary School also try to stage a "terrorist" attack by making a stink bomb from burnt hair, expired yogurt, sweat, and six weeks of bottled farts. The team at the Counter Truancy Unit has 24 minutes to stop them. There is also a mole working for both the CTU and the bullies.

Tom And Jerry

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On the fictional Channel 6 and HBOWTIME show known as The Krusty the Clown Show, hosted by Krusty The Clown, there have been several segments involving a mouse and cat. The segments are dubbed "The Itchy & Scratchy Show." These hilarious segments have appeared in numerous seasons of The Simpsons.

The segments involve a mouse named Itchy and a cat named Scratchy. It's a bizarre take on Tom & Jerry with the violence dialed up to eleven. An odd thing to ridicule by today's standards, but hilarious, nonetheless.

MacGyver

Patty, Selma and Marge

Patty and Selma once abduct Anderson during a Stargate SG-1 convention and tie him to a chair. They then tell him to make use of his MacGyver skills to escape, just as undercover agent Angus "Mac" MacGyver is known to find a way out of any situation by improvising. Anderson manages to untie himself and escape.

Anderson realizes he likes improving and escaping like MacGyver, so he requests Selma and Patty to capture him and tie him up again. Each time he escapes, he asks them to do it again, which soon gets on their nerves.

Law And Order: Special Victims Unit

Helter Shelter - The Simpsons

In season 14's "Helter Shelter," the Simpsons family sits down to watch a new procedural crime show called Law And Order: Elevator Inspectors Unit. The show features a task force repeatedly failing to catch any elevator-related crimes.

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As one might imagine, this doesn't hold the attention of the Simpsons family members for too long. The specific scene is a parody of the long-running NBC series which involves New York City Police Department's 16th precinct.

The Real Housewives

The Real Housewives

In season 21's "Boy Meets Curl," Marge watches an episode of a reality TV series called The Real Housewives Of Shelbyville as she waits for Homer to come back home from work. The women in the series are portrayed as dramatic, talkative, carefree, and extremely fashion savvy. The series is a parody of the TV franchise The Real Housewives, where characters are also known to be flashy and dramatic. Shelbyville has been described as a fictional city next to Springfield.

The Twilight Zone

Terror at ​5 1⁄2 Feet - The Simpsons

While riding on a bus to school one morning, Bart notices a gremlin creature trying to remove the wheels. He tries to scare it with an emergency flare, and it flees. Since no one else saw the gremlin, Bart is sent to an asylum because everyone thinks he is insane. The incident happens in season 5's "Terror at ​5 1⁄2 Feet."

This is a parody of The Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" in which a passenger notices a strange creature lurking on the wing. He alerts everyone else, but the creature keeps hiding and only appears when only he is looking, leading everyone else to question his sanity.

Hill Street Blues

The Springfield Connection - The Simpsons

In Season six's "The Springfield Connection," Marge feels she has what it takes to be a police officer after she chases and captures the career criminal named Snake. She thus joins the Springfield police force. However, the constant unruly behavior of Springfield's citizens makes her consider quitting the job.

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The episode is modeled after the 80s police procedural Hill Street Blues, including the daily briefing routine at the police station and the end credits music. The police uniforms are also very similar.

Dallas

Who Shot Mr. Burns? - The Simpsons

The most popular episode of soap opera Dallas is the season 6 finale "Who shot J.R.?" In it, the main character, J. R. Ewing, was mysteriously shot by an unnamed person, leaving the viewers guessing till the next season.

The Simpsons parodied this with "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" Fans also had to wait until the next season to find out who did it. Despite Homer and Waylon Smither being the main suspects, it was revealed that Maggie was responsible.

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