Talk:Hail to the Chimp

Release date
dang it people, write "(expected)" next to the release date in the infobox if the game hasn't come out yet. Today is 5/27/08, the day this article said the game would be released, and the game's not out yet. Why? because the release date is from last year, which is too ancient and outdated (in the software industry). so i had to update the date and tag it with "(expected)". if no one changed it, then people would have thought that the game came out already, or worse, the article would have had the wrong release date forever. we gotta make this more accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.140.205.228 (talk) 18:25, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Inspiration
Is this based off of that fictional movie in that one Simpsons episode? Brutannica (talk) 00:30, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

No, it is not.Minusman (talk) 09:14, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

The similarity is too much to be coincidence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.6.163.131 (talk) 18:14, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

I agree, the simpsons episode in question showed a group of men in the white house talking to a president (who was a chimp) which proceeds to jump on the mans face and attack him with Homer retorting "That's what you get for not hailing to the chimp!". It's debatable, but I think the reference is quite clear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexFili (talk • contribs) 19:47, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Homer also mentioned the title of the movie as Hail to the Chimp before pulling into the drive-in theatre, "they're showing Hail to the Chimp!" To be honest though, I think this is most likely a reference to Obama's candidacy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.6.163.131 (talk) 02:14, 1 February 2009 (UTC)   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.180.29.195 (talk)

Since I work at Wideload and was present for the naming of the game, I'd like to think my words carry a little more weight than those of anonymous commenters guessing about what happened.

The initial working title for the game was Happy Happy Animal Fun Party because the political aspect had not been added to the backstory. When that became part of the mix, we wanted a name that alluded to animals and electoral politics. Hail to the Chimp was an early suggestion on a very long list, and the one that ended up sticking. A few of us were aware that it had been used on the Simpsons, but thought the phrase pre-dated the show.

In any case, none of the actual gameplay or characters in the game Hail to the Chimp are based on the movie depicted on The Simpsons.

And for what it's worth, none of the characters in the game are intended to represent or parody any human politician, living or dead. Anyone who claims otherwise is wrong.Minusman (talk) 22:48, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

I remember a very old Simpsons episode that said "thats what you get for not Hailing to the Chimp". So I guess they did steal the name. Hopefully Matt Groening sues them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.168.235.48 (talk) 10:07, 27 July 2009 (UTC)