Have your ghostbusters romp through the merry town of Springfield, USA.

The Setting
The setting is of course Springfield, USA. There's the nuclear powerplant, Moe's tavern, the Kwik-E-Mart, and of course Springfield Elementary School. If you need more information, you may want to start watching the animated series or read the comic books.

The Main Characters
The Simpsons has more well developed characters than any other animated series, and probably more than any live-action television show except maybe soap operas. You may disagree that these are the main characters. Feel free to create your own.

Homer Simpson
Can life get any better for Homer J. Simpson? He juggles the roles of husband, father, safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, bowler, beer drinker, astronaut, small business owner and dreamer, and makes it all look easy. Homer is fond of Duff Beer, donuts, Marge's pork chops and watching the Bee Guy on the Spanish channel. His dislikes include his boss, Mr. Burns, yard work and his neighbor, Ned Flanders.

Goal:   A Full Refrigerator
Distinctive Mannerism:   Doh! Why you....
  

Bart Simpson
At age 10, Bart has managed to live out a number of dreams: He has starred in his own short-lived TV series (with his idol, Krusty the Clown), spotted and named a deadly comet that nearly destroyed his town, and almost snagged the role of Fallout Boy in the Radioactive Man movie.

Goal:   Annoy Grownups
Distinctive Mannerism:   Quick, one-liner insults and comebacks
  

Lisa Simpson
Lisa Simpson can't wait for college. She's only 8 and already reads at a 14th grade level, and has written a number of application-quality essays, one of which won her family a free trip to Washington, D.C. Her favorite activities include playing her saxophone, attending school and reading Non-Threatening Boys Magazine.

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Apu seems to work at the Kwik-E-Mart 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Apu peddles the usual Kwik-E-Mart fare (at remarkably high prices): luscious heat-lamp dogs, chewy frozen microwave burritos, and the ever popular squishee.

Monty Burns
C. Montgomery Burns, Springfield's richest man, built his atomic energy fortune from the ground up after inheriting his father's atom-splitting factory. After a near-fatal shooting by Maggie Simpson and a brief bankruptcy almost ended his empire, Mr. Burns returned to the seat of power where he resides to this day.

Waylon Smithers
As the personal assistant to C. Montgomery Burns, Smithers enjoys an intimacy with power that most people will never experience. Outside of work, Smithers spends his time collecting Malibu Stacy dolls, using his computer (with its Mr. Burns screensaver) and going on vacation at men's singles resorts.

Ned Flanders
Ned lives in one of the best-kept houses in Evergreen Terrace, and the Leftorium, his left-handed-only retail business, is booming. There isn't much for Ned to complain about. Except for his neighbor, Homer Simpson, and all of his swearing on the other side of the fence. Other than that, Ned can't really complain. Everything is pretty okilly-dokilly.

Principal Seymour Skinner
Principal Skinner rules the hallowed halls of Springfield Elementary with an iron fist, if only in his mind. In reality, he is the frequent butt of jokes in the teachers' lounge, a constant target for Bart Simpson's schoolyard pranks. Though he still lives at home with overly-protective mother, and purportedly wears a toupee, Seymour has managed to eke out a meager romantic life with teacher, Edna Krabappel.

Adventure Ideas

• Homer drops a box of doughnuts into heavy water contaminated with radiation spawning a bakers dozen of supernatural pastries, from a vicious bear claw to an eclair spewing ectoplasmic filling.
     

• A nuclear reaction gone awry causes an Average Joe and his son to turn into Radioactive Man and his sidekick, Fallout Boy. This adventure would work really well with the Superpower addon rules.
     

• Lightning strikes the statue of Jebediah Springfield causing his spirit to rise up. Since he was an original pioneer of the area, he views all of Springfield's current residents as Indians or squatters to be chased away.
     

• Apu's ancient ancestors were Guardians of the Sacred Monkey. When Apu came to America, he left his monkey guarding days behind him -- until the Monkey Man comes to visit. Strange things happen in the Quick-E-Mart.

Lisa: It looks like a vortex. A gateway into another dimension.
Homer: Oooh, a vortex. Catch!
Message from Vortex: "Quit throwing your garbage into our dimension."