{"id":226228,"date":"2023-04-28T09:09:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T13:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=286222"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:22:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:22:03","slug":"telephone-company-murcia-appears-episode-the-simpsons-discovers-curious-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/telephone-company-murcia-appears-episode-the-simpsons-discovers-curious-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the telephone of a Murcian company appear in an episode of The Simpsons? Discover its curious history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Simpsons<\/strong> is a series that changed our lives forever, with no turning back. With more than three decades behind them, the Simpson family has left us a huge list of episodes in which we can find <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/best-chapters-the-simpsons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">authentic pearls<\/a> and that built, without wanting it, <strong>a universe of memes and references<\/strong> that are still used today (&#8220;I want my sandwich!&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Disney+\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/246b1fd4-6164-4c6f-9318-27e1cb587dc6\/3237066594\/disney-plus-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Disney+<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/disney-plus.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/disney-plus.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the series includes a thousand &#8220;predictions&#8221; about our current world (its creator, <strong>Matt Groening<\/strong>, is considered by many as the Nostradamus of our time), such as <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> becoming president of the United States. But, what we would never have expected, is that the American series would include a &#8220;reference&#8221; to a real company. And Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed-Youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Empresa murciana recibe llamadas porque su n\u00famero aparece en Los Simpson\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kFwHHLaW2eo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/efe.com\/cultura\/2023-04-26\/telefono-empresa-murcia-capitulo-los-simpson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">EFE<\/a><\/strong>, a telecommunications consulting company in Murcia called <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inatic.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">InnaTic<\/a><\/strong> has &#8220;suffered&#8221; in first person the consequences of <strong>appearing, in a completely involuntary and casual way, in an episode of The Simpsons<\/strong>. For a couple of years now, the company has received a multitude of messages in which people, always joking, ask about a <strong>&#8220;Spring Escudo&#8221;<\/strong>. But what exactly is Spring Escudo?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To understand this reference, as well as the origin of such a singular occurrence, we must go back to episode 22 of season 13 of The Simpsons, entitled <strong>&#8220;Papa&#8217;s Got a Brand New Badge&#8221;<\/strong>. In this episode. Our beloved Homer Simpson creates <strong>a citizen security patrol<\/strong> called &#8220;Spring Escudo&#8221; (lose the pun in English, where it is called &#8220;Spring Shield&#8221;, which sounds like &#8220;Springfield&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While this company that Homer sets up after a scandal by Police Chief Wiggum bears no apparent relation to a real-world telecommunications company, the patrol&#8217;s ad that airs on Springfield TV makes it clear what&#8217;s going on: the fake phone number that comes up on screen for Springfielders to contact Spring Shield <strong>is the same as that of InnaTic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed-Youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Los Simpson - Anuncio Spring Escudo\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5WsTAkk5TKk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, not exactly the same, since the number we can see, <strong>636-555-3472<\/strong> includes, as you can see, an extra number (which Homer highlights, coincidentally, in a humorous tone). But that has not discouraged many people who, upon discovering this phone number in <strong>an episode that already has 21 years<\/strong> behind it (which is soon to say), proceeded to contact the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although, at first, InnaTic employees did not know what the people asking about this &#8220;Spring Escudo&#8221; were referring to, months later, an unknown phone number <strong>informed them via WhatsApp of this fortuitous coincidence<\/strong>. The company keeps the phone number for the time being, something that was recommended to them by one of the many people who contacted them, who told them to &#8220;<strong>keep it as if it were gold<\/strong>, because it appears in the best TV series ever&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Disney+\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/246b1fd4-6164-4c6f-9318-27e1cb587dc6\/3237066594\/disney-plus-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Disney+<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/disney-plus.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener 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