7. Several Characters Are Actually Named After Real Life Landmarks
Matt Groening is a native of Portland, so when it came time for the cartoonist to name the random denizens of his fictional nowhere town, he looked at a map of his hometown and went to work. That’s why the surnames of several characters such as Homer’s neighbor Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, and Mayor Quimby are all named after streets in Portland.
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