Czech-built tram makes an appearance on The Simpsons

Eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed a familiar Czech vehicle in a recent episode of the long-running American TV series The Simpsons: a Czech-built tram, specifically the Škoda 10T, built by the famed carmaker for the U.S. city of Portland.

Marge the Lumberjill, the fourth episode of the 31st season of the show, includes a brief second-long shot of the tram, depicted after the family travels to Portland from their Springfield home.

Aired in the U.S. last November, the tram was spotted by local fans after the episode aired on Prima COOL last week:

In the third-season episode Flaming Moe’s, Aunt Selma complains about “ungodly Czechoslovakian sockets” during a travelogue slideshow. This was not a goof: Czechoslovakia was still a country when the episode first aired (the sockets shown, though, are wildly inaccurate.)

In Treehouse of Horror XVII, Bart resurrects the Golem of Prague.

Treehouse of Horror XXVII: Lenny: “So, how did things go in Prague?” Carl: “Oh, quite well. I… cancelled a few Czechs.”

I’m Dancing as Fat as I Can: Marge: “I made a welcome wagon basket for our new neighbors from Eastern Europe.” Homer (with checklist): “Check.” Marge: “No, Slovenian.”

And in the season 20 episode In the Name of the Grandfather, Czech singer and actress Markéta Irglová appears alongside Glen Hansard, with whom she won an Oscar for the original song Falling Slowly from the movie Once: