--- title: The Simpsons Search Engine: Frinkiac description: It pairs any Simpsons quote with its matching still canonical: https://time.com/4207828/simpsons-search-engine/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-04T17:38:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:41.685Z og:title: This Simpsons Search Engine Will Help You Relive Every Moment of the Show og:description: It pairs any Simpsons quote with its matching still og:url: https://time.com/4207828/simpsons-search-engine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3c0851db229a413/69887c250a4a2243e69c839a/the-simpsons-cartoon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: the-simpsons-cartoon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Simpsons Search Engine Will Help You Relive Every Moment of the Show twitter:description: It pairs any Simpsons quote with its matching still twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3c0851db229a413/69887c250a4a2243e69c839a/the-simpsons-cartoon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This _Simpsons_ Search Engine Will Help You Relive Every Moment of the Show by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 4, 2016 5:38 PM UTC  THE SIMPSONS: The Simpsons get more than they bargained for when they replace their old couch with a new one in the all-new "Pulpit Friction" episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, April 28 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. THE SIMPSONS ™ and © 2013 TCFFC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THE SIMPSONS: The Simpsons get more than they bargained for when they replace their old couch with a new one in the all-new "Pulpit Friction" episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, April 28 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. THE SIMPSONS ™ and © 2013 TCFFC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.FOX/Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 4, 2016 5:38 PM UTC _The Simpsons_ fans got an exciting surprise with the launch of a search engine called Frinkiac that matches any of the show’s quotes with the corresponding still from the long-running animated series. Created by [Paul Kehre](https://twitter.com/reaperhulk), [Sean Schulte](https://twitter.com/sirsean), and [Allie Young](https://twitter.com/seriousallie), Frinkiac has fans poring over the comprehensive database named after Springfield’s favorite mad scientists, Professor Frink. “We had the idea several years ago when we were quoting _The Simpsons_ at each other all day long, and it was surprisingly difficult to find an image of the scenes we were quoting on Google,” said Schulte in an interview with [Wired](http://www.wired.com/2016/02/ultimate-simpsons-search-engine-pairs-quotes-with-stills/). The site contains nearly three million screenshots, culled from every episode of the show from season 1 through 15\. Type in a quote or even just a keyword and the search engine will spit out possible corresponding stills from the series. For example, if you want to find the moment where Otto realizes [he’s wasted his life](https://frinkiac.com/?p=caption&q=i%27ve+wasted+my+life&e=S05E06&t=696061) or Homer Simpson is showing off the features of the Monorail saying, “This is the snack holder where I can put my beverage, or if you will, cupcake.” Simply type “[snack holder](https://frinkiac.com/?p=search&q=snack+holder+)” into Frinkiac and possible stills pop up. Find the right one, click “Meme It”, and the quote becomes a shareable meme perfect for adding a little Simpsons into every group text, Tinder encounter, or chat with mom. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4207828/simpsons-search-engine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4207828/simpsons-search-engine/"},"headline":"This Simpsons Search Engine Will Help You Relive Every Moment of the Show","datePublished":"2016-02-04T17:38:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:41.685Z","description":"It pairs any Simpsons quote with its matching still","url":"https://time.com/4207828/simpsons-search-engine/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Internet","The Simpsons"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3c0851db229a413/69887c250a4a2243e69c839a/the-simpsons-cartoon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3c0851db229a413/69887c250a4a2243e69c839a/the-simpsons-cartoon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"the-simpsons-cartoon","caption":"THE SIMPSONS","creditText":"FOX/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4207828/simpsons-search-engine/","name":"This Simpsons Search Engine Will Help You Relive Every Moment of the Show"}}]}] ```