“The Simpsons” debuted on FOX on December 17, 1989, two years after the dysfunctional family began to be featured during short sketches on the “Tracy Ullman Show.”

The critically-acclaimed and at times controversial show has become the longest-running sitcom of all-time in the U.S. and has garnered several honors, including 34 Primetime Emmys.

Along the way, the show has managed to sprinkle in some New Jersey references. Here are some of the best, courtesy of Frinkiac.com, a “Simpsons” meme generator.

Mocking “The Sopranos”

This is one of the more recent New Jersey references in “The Simpsons.” This episode, “The Fat Blue Line" (Season 31, Episode 3), which aired in October, pays tribute to “The Sopranos,” and Jersey’s favorite fictional mobster, Tony Soprano. One scene is set in a restaurant that resembles Holsten’s in Bloomfield, which is where “The Sopranos'” controversial finale was shot.

Mocking New Jersey drivers

In Season 10, Episode 15 “Screaming Yellow Honkers" a frustrated Marge yells “Go back to Jersey” while driving behind slow commuters. In real life, New Jerseyans are definitely the hecklers in this situation.

Over its unprecedented 30-year-run, "The Simpsons" has referenced New Jersey multiple times.

Mocking “skanky” Atlantic City

In “Missionary: Impossible” (Season 11, Episode 15) “The Simpsons” insinuates Atlantic City is merely a poor man’s Las Vegas.

Over its unprecedented 30-year-run, "The Simpsons" has referenced New Jersey multiple times.

Mocking Princeton

There was also the time, in “Brother From Another Series” (Season 8, Episode 16) when “The Simpsons” dissed New Jersey’s Ivy League university.

Over its unprecedented 30-year-run, "The Simpsons" has referenced New Jersey multiple times.

Mocking bricklayers from Paterson via Michael Jackson (you read that right)

In “Stark Raving Dad” (Season 3, Episode 1), Michael Jackson voiced Leon Kompowsky, a character who believes he is actually Michael Jackson. But Kompowsky is a bricklayer from Paterson.

Over its unprecedented 30-year-run, "The Simpsons" has referenced New Jersey multiple times.

Mocking the Battleship New Jersey

In “Old Money” (Season 2, Episode 17), Grandpa Simpson reveals to Herman, owner of a military antiques store, that his girlfriend has a birthday. Herman thinks the old man is referring to the Battleship New Jersey in Camden.

Over its unprecedented 30-year-run, "The Simpsons" has referenced New Jersey multiple times.

Mocking law enforcement

In “The Springfield Files” (Season 8, Episode 10), FBI Agent Fox Mulder shrugs off news that illegal weapons are being smuggled into the Garden State.

Over its unprecedented 30-year-run, "The Simpsons" has referenced New Jersey multiple times.

Mocking New Jersey malls

In “Catch 'Em If You Can” (Season 15, Episode 18), Homer tries to fool around with his wife, Marge in a glass elevator. A reluctant Marge, mentions that people can see them, to which Homer snidely responds: “like people in New Jersey have never seen a fat man making out.”

Touché.

Over its unprecedented 30-year-run, "The Simpsons" has referenced New Jersey multiple times.

Mocking famous New Jerseyans

New Jersey stars like John Travolta, Joe Piscopo and Shaquille O’Neal have all been referred to as running gags.

Over its unprecedented 30-year-run, "The Simpsons" has referenced New Jersey multiple times.

Over its unprecedented 30-year-run, "The Simpsons" has referenced New Jersey multiple times.

Over its unprecedented 30-year-run, "The Simpsons" has referenced New Jersey multiple times.

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