The Tesla Building
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The Tesla Building | |
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Location | New New York |
Status | Damaged |
First appearance | "Simpsorama" |
The Tesla Building is a skyscraper in New New York. [SABF16] Disputed canon It is not far from what looks like Old New York's Chrysler Building, which it appears to be taller than, and from Planet Express. It bears a symbol similar to the logo of the 21st-century electric-car manufacturer Tesla Motors.
In 3014, the building was damaged by a group of creatures with Bart Simpson's D.N.A..
Production
The Tesla Building was first seen in a preview clip screened at the Simpsons Comic-Con panel, which was cut from the episode, on 26 July 2014. [1]
Additional information
Trivia
- The Tesla Building is a reference to the Chrysler Building, in Manhattan, and Tesla Motors.
- Tesla Motors' headquarters are in Palo Alto, California. (Chrysler's are in Auburn Hills, Michigan.)
- The building appears twice in the episode, but the shots used are the same.
- In "That Darn Katz!", Amy says that the core magnetic field in the Planet Express sub-basement's lava pit is 31 microteslas.
- Serbian American engineer Nikola Tesla, whom Tesla Motors is named after, is said to have invented an electric car that ran on cosmic energy. [2]
Appearances
- "Simpsorama" Disputed canon
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "steelesaunders" (26 July 2014). Video by steelesaunders. (Instagram.) Retrieved on 17 November 2014.
- ^ See also Category:Farnsworth's creations.