Belgium

Belgium

Country Information Continent: Europe Capital city: Brussels First appearance: "Lisa the Drama Queen"

Belgium is a country in Europe.

History

Chief Wiggum asks Lou and Eddie if they feel like getting some Belgian waffles.

When Lisa Simpsons visits the new comic book store, Coolsville, she discovers a shelf with Astérix and Tintin comics. As she reads a comic book, Tintin mentions that they have to save the Belgian ambassador.

When the Simpsons traveled to Ireland, Lisa mentioned that Ireland is on the forefront of Europe's "tech-boom". Bart mockingly added "In your face, Belgium!", whereupon Marge threatened Bart by saying "If you hate Belgium so much, maybe I should take your Tintins away!" This scared Bart, who clutched a copy of the book The Crab with the Golden Claws, promising he'll be good.

Martin Prince, Jr. once represented Belgium in the Model U.N. Club at Springfield Elementary School.

It is one of the many countries that competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Fat Tony and his fellow mobsters once planned to collect a shipment of guns from Belgium, but the plan went sour when the police showed up and Fat Tony had a fatal heart atttack.

Behind the Laughter

During World War II, Grandpa and The Flying Hellfish were dropped into the Ardennes, so they would've been in either France, Belgium, or Luxembourg.

Appearances

• Episode – "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" (mentioned)

• Episode – "Husbands and Knives" (mentioned)

• Episode – "In the Name of the Grandfather" (mentioned)

• Episode – "Lisa the Drama Queen" (Martin represents Belgium at the Model U.N. Club)

• Episode – "Boy Meets Curl" (Olympic team)

• Episode – "Donnie Fatso" (mentioned)

External links

• Belgium at Wikipedia

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