Jun 17, 2015 Book Burning Mobile - Lovejoy - Evergreen Terrace (The Simpsons Road Rage Gameplay Part 16). Let's Play The Simpsons: Road Rage - Reverend Lovejoy - Duration. Lovejoy - Downtown (The. Images of the voice actors who play the voice of Reverend Timothy Lovejoy in The Simpsons Road Rage (Video Game). Episode References Gags Appearances Gallery Quotes Credits Nuclear Power Plant (Simpsons Road Rage) Downtown (Simpsons Road Rage) Springfield Mountains (Simpsons Road Rage) Reverend Lovejoy: Cathedral of the Downtown, please. You've always got to keep one eye on the competition. Ned Flanders: Cathedral of the Downtown, please! They're all heathens, but God tells us to hate the sin, and love.
| Reverend Lovejoy | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons character | |
| First appearance | 'The Telltale Head' (1990) |
| Created by | Matt Groening |
| Voiced by | Harry Shearer |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Minister of the First Church of Springfield |
| Spouse | Helen Lovejoy (wife) |
| Children | Jessica (daughter) |
ReverendTimothy Lovejoy, Jr. is a recurring character in the animated television seriesThe Simpsons. He is voiced by Harry Shearer, and first appeared in the episode 'The Telltale Head'.
Rev. Lovejoy is the minister at The First Church of Springfield—the Protestant church in Springfield. Initially kind-hearted and ambitious, Lovejoy has become somewhat apathetic towards others because of Ned Flanders's constant asinine scrupulosity.
Role in The Simpsons[edit]
Profile[edit]
Lovejoy is the pastor of the Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism First Church of Springfield, which most of the show's characters regularly attend.[1] He attended Texas Christian University.[2] He initially came to Springfield in the 1970s as an eager, enthusiastic, young man,[3][4] only to become cynical and disillusioned about his ministry, mostly due to Ned Flanders, who constantly pesters him with minor issues such as 'coveting his own wife' or thinking that he 'swallowed a toothpick'.[3]
Lovejoy would deal with Flanders' concerns very briefly, so that he could return to playing with his model trains. At one point, Lovejoy 'just stopped caring',[3] but rediscovered the joy of helping others, though Ned still irritates him.[3] Lovejoy even suggests Ned join another religion, as 'they are all pretty much the same'. In the season two episode 'Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment', Lovejoy helps Lisa with her family's illegal cable hookup.
His sermons vary between dreary recitations of more opaque parts of the Old Testament,[5] to the occasional 'fire and brimstone' about Hell.[6]
Tolerance[edit]
His tolerant side is demonstrated when he performs a Hindu marriage ceremony for Kwik-E-Mart shopkeeper Apu[7] (though Lovejoy does not know much about the faith, referring to it in an earlier episode as 'Miscellaneous'), co-hosts a religious radio program with Krusty the Klown's rabbi father,[8] and admits evolution may be true. However, Lovejoy can also be intolerant. When Lisa Simpson converted to Buddhism, he referred to her as 'Marge Simpson's devil-daughter'.[9] He appears bitter about the tall Episcopal church across the street, wanting to build a larger steeple, and when mentioning the other church, placing the emphasis on 'pis'.[10] He maintains two rolodexes – one for Christians, and one for non-Christians.[11] While he seems to have originally accepted evolution, he later takes up the creationist cause to bolster his church's membership.[12]
He is especially intolerant of the Roman Catholic Church as he is shown brawling with a priest.[13] He tells Marge that he might as well do a Voodoo dance for Abe Simpson when asked to give him the last rites.[14] He also helps kidnap Bart to keep him from converting to Catholicism.[1] Lovejoy also claims in There's Something About Marrying[15] to various same-sex couple who arrive at his church to get married that 'while I have no opinion for or against your sinful lifestyle, I cannot marry two people of the same sex anymore than I could put a hamburger on a hot dog bun' and tells them to 'go back to behind the scenes of every facade of entertainment.' When Marge objects, Lovejoy tells her the Bible forbids same-sex relationships, but when Marge asks which book in Bible forbids it, he merely claims 'The Bible' and then continuously rings the church bell after Marge continues to press him on the matter.
Negative qualities[edit]
Lovejoy has been shown to do things that would be considered sinful. Lovejoy has been known to exploit his congregation for money, brawl with a Roman Catholic priest,[13] encourage his pet Old English Sheepdog to foul Ned Flanders's lawn,[16] and implied that he once burned down his church for insurance money.[17] In 'Whacking Day', he made up a passage in the Bible to attempt to convince Lisa that 'even God himself endorses Whacking Day'. In 'The Joy of Sect', the episode in which the whole town of Springfield is deceived into joining a cult, Lovejoy kidnaps Homer with Groundskeeper Willie from the cult and hits him across the head numerous times hoping to knock him out. Also, when Lovejoy sees the spaceship emerge from the 'forbidden barn' he throws his religious collar on the ground. After it is revealed that the spaceship is fake, Ned Flanders notices his collar on the ground and informs Lovejoy, who picks it up and puts it back on.
Lovejoy is not always enthusiastic about the Bible, calling it a '2000-page sleeping pill'.[9] It is unsure if he even owns a Bible, as it was once said he borrows one from the library every week. However, he can exactly quote even obscure passages from memory. In 'Secrets of a Successful Marriage,' an episode that dealt with marriage counseling, Lovejoy and his gossipy wife, Helen, both recommend that Marge should divorce Homer. Marge objects to this, pointing out how the Bible has strict guidelines against things like divorce, but Lovejoy says, 'Marge, everything is a sin. (holds up the Bible) Have you ever sat down and read this thing? Technically we're not allowed to go to the bathroom.'
Family[edit]
Lovejoy's wife Helen was originally portrayed as a moralistic, judgmental gossip, but in voice actress Maggie Roswell's long absence, her character was seen but not heard. The Lovejoys' manipulative daughter Jessica was the focus of the episode 'Bart's Girlfriend' where she was voiced by guest star Meryl Streep, but is otherwise rarely seen.[18]Lovejoy's father is briefly shown in the episode 'Bart After Dark' as an older version of Lovejoy (including clerical collar) who visits the Maison Derrière.
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Creation and Reception[edit]
Matt Groening has indicated that Lovejoy is named after Lovejoy Street (which in turn is named for Portland co-founder Asa Lovejoy)[19] in Portland, Oregon, the city where Groening grew up.[20][21][22] When the character was created, producer Sam Simon did not want Lovejoy to be a 'cartoony hypocritical preacher' but rather 'a realistic person who just happened to work as a minister,' as recalled by writer Al Jean.[23] By season eight, the show had begun to explore secondary characters with Lovejoy being the central character in the episode 'In Marge We Trust' because, aside from being noted as 'the priest who didn't care', he had not had much character development.[24] Author Mark I. Pinsky writes of Lovejoy as 'a foil in the series, personifying many of the failings of organized religion and Christian conservatism,' and yet still a real human with faults and not simply evil.[25]
References[edit]
- ^ abWarburton, Matt; Polcino, Michael (May 15, 2005). 'The Father, The Son & The Holy Guest Star'. The Simpsons. Season 16. Fox.
- ^'Wedding for Disaster'
- ^ abcd'In Marge We Trust'
- ^In 'Faith Off' he uses an electric guitar in the church to compete against Bart's faith healing musical show.
- ^Long, Tim; Doyle, Larry; Selman, Matt; Kruse, Nancy (April 4, 1999). 'Simpsons Bible Stories'. The Simpsons. Season 10. Fox.
- ^Daniels, Greg; Archer, Wesley (October 8, 1998). 'Bart Sells His Soul'. The Simpsons. Season 7. Fox.
- ^Appel, Richard; Moore, Steven Dean (November 16, 1997). 'The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons'. The Simpsons. Season 9. Fox.
- ^Kogen, Jay;Wolodarsky, Wallace; Lynch, Jeffrey; Bird, Brad (October 24, 1991). 'Like Father, Like Clown'. The Simpsons. Season 3. Fox.
- ^ abFrielberger, Bill; Moore, Steven Dean (December 16, 2001). 'She of Little Faith'. The Simpsons. Season 13. Fox.
- ^Gould, Dana; Mercantel, Michael (March 19, 2006). 'Bart Has Two Mommies'. The Simpsons. Season 17. Fox.
- ^Episode #8F05 Like Father Like Clown, Airdate October 24, 1991
- ^Burns, J. Stewart; Persi, Raymond S. (May 14, 2006). 'The Monkey Suit'. The Simpsons. Season 17. Fox.
- ^ abSwartzwelder, John; Polcino, Michael (May 19, 2002). 'The Frying Game'. The Simpsons. Season 13. Fox.
- ^Swartzwelder, John; Anderson, Mike B. (December 6, 1998). 'Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble''. The Simpsons. Season 10. Fox.
- ^Burns, Stewart J.; Kruse, Nancy (February 20, 2005). 'There's Something About Marrying'. The Simpsons. Season 16. Fox.
- ^Daniels, Greg; Reardon, Jim (April 14, 1996). '22 Short Films About Springfield'. The Simpsons. Season 7. Fox.
- ^O'Donnell, Steve; Moore, Steven Dean (February 8, 1998). 'The Joy of Sect'. The Simpsons. Season 9. Fox.
- ^Collier, Jonathan; Dietter, Susie (November 6, 1994). 'Bart's Girlfriend'. The Simpsons. Season 6. Fox.
- ^Corning, Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.
- ^Turnquist, Kristi. Cover Story: D'oh! The Oregonian, July 27, 2007.
- ^Carlin, Peter Ames. 'The Simpsons' Cleaverly captures an even bigger slice of Portland life. The Oregonian, November 4, 2000.
- ^Levy, Shawn. Matt Groening: On what's so funny about Portland. The Oregonian, September 3, 1999.
- ^Pinsky, Mark I. (2001). The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of America's Most Animated Family. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press. p. 69-70. ISBN9780664224196.
- ^Weinstein, Josh (2006). The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season DVD Video Collector's Edition commentary for the episode 'In Marge We Trust' (DVD). Twentieth Century Fox.
- ^Pinsky, Mark I. (2001). The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of America's Most Animated Family. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press. p. 69-70. ISBN9780664224196.
External links[edit]
- Reverend Lovejoy on IMDb
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage
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The Simpsons: Road Rage is a 2001 video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. It is one of a series of games based on the animated television series The Simpsons.Advertisement:
The game has many similarities to Sega's Crazy Taxi, to the extent that Sega sued the developer and publisher in 2003 for patent infringement.
Mr. Burns has bought all transit systems in Springfield and has begun to overcharge everyone for the transportation services. Even worse, the buses are nuclear powered, thus irradiating whoever rides it.
The citizens of the city (managed by the game player) must earn money by driving cars around town in order to regain control of the transit systems. The game contains 17 different drivable/collectible vehicles, six starting locations (five of which are unlockable), and 10 different missions. In order to collect the vehicles and unlock starting locations, players must earn progressively more money for each vehicle or starting location they want to get. In order to complete missions, players must do certain things (such as knocking down 12 baseball team mascots in 45 seconds or running into Gils within a time limit).
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To earn money, players must drive around a vehicle for a given amount of time, picking up passengers and taking them to their destinations. Any of the vehicles that the player has collected can be used as taxis. Players have to avoid certain hurdles, such as other vehicles that spin out of control, rocks, flying street objects, Smithers's car, Mr. Burns' nuclear transit buses, and houses on difficult curves.
The game features six locations familiar to Simpsons fans, which have varying levels of difficulty for completing tasks.
- Evergreen Terrace: Is the location of the Simpsons' house, the Flanders' house, Gerald Ford's (formerly George H. W. Bush's) house, the Maison Derriere, Milhouse's house, the Kwik-E-Mart, Smithers's apartment, Principal Skinner's house, Chief Wiggum's house, Springfield Elementary School, Willie's shack, the First Church of Springfield, Reverend Lovejoy's house, Edna Krabappel's house, Apu's apartment, Hans Moleman's house, the grocery store, the Springfield Retirement Castle, Barney's apartment, a Krusty Burger restaurant, Spinser City Apartments and a gas station.
- Entertainment District: Is the location of Moe's Tavern, the King Toot's Music Store, the She-She Lounge, the Duff Brewery, the Rusty Barnacle, the Guilded Truffle, Planet Hype, a milkshake shop, Sir Putt-A-Lot's, the Aztec Theatre, the Gogolplex, the Frying Dutchman, the Noiseland Arcade, the Girlesque, the Springfield Mini Mall, Barney's Bowl-O-Rama, Circus of Values, the Try-N-Save, Moe's house, Fiesta Terrace, Candy Most Dandy, the Box Factory, a dating building, a pet shop, the Duff Center, the office of an insurance company, three Krusty Burger restaurants, five gas stations, a 24-Seven, a Pineas Q. Butterfat's Ice Cream Parlor and a Lard Lad Donuts restaurant.
- Springfield Dam: Is the location of the Springfield Dam, Mayor Quimby's Mansion, Kamp Krusty, the Stonecutters Lodge, Jittery Joe's Coffee Shop, the office of K Radio, Rancho Relaxo, an interesting home, a builder's shack and a trailer park.
- Nuclear Power Plant: Is the location of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, the Springfield Mall, the Springfield War Memorial Stadium, the Springfield Community Center, a run-off stream, a Lard Lad Donuts restaurant and two gas stations.
- Downtown: Is the location of Herman's Military Antiques, Helter Shelter, the Springfield Plasma Center, the Veterans of Popular Wars, the office of Burns Transit, the Springfield Observatory, the Android's Dungeon, the Springfield Stadium, a cathedral, Saint Sebastian's School for Wicked Girls, the Springfield Airport, Area 51A, the Little Black Box, the Legitimate Businessman's Social Club, the DMV, Professor Frink's apartment, Snake's hideout, Krusty's house, the Springfield Drive-in, Springfield Park, Whacking Day Park, the Happy Sumo, the Singing Sirloin, Chez Pierre, Clown College, the Springfield General Hospital, Channel 6 Studios, the Popsicle Stick Skyscraper, the 50-Foot Magnifying Glass, the Escalator to Nowhere, the Springfield Revolving Restaurant, the Monty Burns Casino, two car parks, a convention center, the Springfield Natural History Museum, Springfield City Hall, the Springfield Court House, the Springfield Public Library, the Springfield Police Station, Copy Jalopy, the Springfield post office, a savings and loan, three Krusty Burger restaurants, two Lard Lad Donuts restaurants, two 24-Sevens, two Big T's, a Phineas Q. Butterfat's Ice Cream Parlor and four gas stations.
- Springfield Mountains: Is the location of Mr. Burns' Mansion, the Springfield Pet Cemetery, the Gold House, the Tire Fire, the office of KBBL, the Springfield Gorge, a gas station, the world's largest toilet and an inspiration point
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The Simpsons: Road Rage contains the following tropes:
- Artificial Stupidity: The buses in the game crash into things themselves, and crash into you all the time. The introduction in the game's manual attempts to justify this by claiming Mr. Burns gave the drivers 'free reign to wreak havoc' all over Springfield.
- Big Bad: Mr. Burns. He usually appears in his limo (driven by his partner Smithers) to stop you from progressing.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Near the end of the introductory cutscene, Bart says to just start the game already.
- Continuity Nod: Arguably the strongest source of praise for this game is the various winks and nudges to the Simpsons universe, such as various sight gags and the vehicles the playable characters drive (including the unlockable Mr. Plow truck).
- A lot of the characters have specific interactions with each other that you would expect based on their relationship in the show and everyone says 'hi' back to Dr. Nick after his Catchphrase. Try to find all of the special interactions!
- Drives Like Crazy: The point of the game, just like Crazy Taxi, is to drive your charge to their destination quickly. Some passengers will specifically ask for a destructive ride and give you a huge bonus if you destroy a certain number of objects before you arrive at the destination. Other passengers, however, will offer a bonus if you arrive before hitting less than three vehicles.
- Holiday Mode: If you play the game on Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day or New Year's Day (Or just set the system clock to those dates), you'll get access seasonal variants of Bart, Marge, Apu and Krusty respectively:
- For Halloween, Bart is wearing a Frankenstein's Monster costume and his Honor Roller is painted like a jack o’lantern.
- For Thanksgiving, Marge is dressed like a pilgrim and her Canyonero is painted in autumnal colors.
- For Christmas, Apu is dressed as Santa Claus and his car is painted a festive green and red.
- For New Years, Krusty is wearing a tuxedo and conical party hat, and his car is decorated with confetti and champagne bottle decals.
- Kids Driving Cars: Bart and Lisa are able to drive vehicles despite only being ten and eight years old, respectively, though they're limited to just driving the Honor Roller and the Electaurus.
- Loads and Loads of Loading: Another major criticism among critics, other than its clone-status mentioned above. We're talking 50 seconds of loading for a task that only lasts for 20 seconds.
- Self-Deprecation: In Simpsons tradition. The game opens with a cutscene of Bart playing a game in the living room, to which Homer tells him that the game is just a waste of time. The music from the game is also music from Road Rage, and the tiny parts of the screen visible seem to indicate it is, indeed, Road Rage.
- Shout-Out:
- If you do a good job bringing Krusty the Clown to a destination, he'll remark 'Boy, that was over faster than Chevy Chase's Talk Show.' Krusty will also criticize a bad ride by negatively comparing your driving skills to Mickey Rooney's.
- In the Entertainment District, one of Bart's reasons for heading to the Ice Cream Parlor is to look for Betty and Veronica.
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