Talk:Van Houten family

message: Doesn't Luann state she's from Shelbyville, indicating her parents are from there also?
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replies: text: cobalt blue is the correct link; I fixed the article. Owen× ☎ 19:11, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Grandma Van Houten

message: Is Pyro important enough to have his own section in this article? He isn't (as I see it) a part of the Van Houten family. --Fred Bradstadt 03:24, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No. Pyro isn't, he should just be mentioned in passing in Luann's section of the article. 82.39.52.202 18:01, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pyro 

message: Time for me to play Comic Book Guy: Milhouse actually appeared in a November 1989 Butterfinger commercial, which would have preceded Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire.  See . Zagalejo 03:53, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: First appearance

message: --> What the hell happened to the info boxes Kirk and LUann used to have? Why did they get rid of them? I want some answers!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.133.107 (talk) 03:15, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Info box

message: Should be updated with the Danish Van Houten from the relatively recent episode... AnonMoos (talk) 18:48, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I added him. 76.189.126.249 (talk) 19:36, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. AnonMoos (talk) 03:30, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I added the note that Norbert must be a relative of Luann, which would imply that her maiden name is Van Houten, the same as her married name. I thought this was a significant bit of information, but my edits were reverted. At the risk of starting a reversion war, I'm going to put it back in until someone can explain why it should be taken out. ShawnVW (talk) 17:19, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe I'm missing something, but what makes you think he's Luann's relative? faithless (speak) 21:46, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Wait, I think I understand where you're coming from; since he fights with Kirk at the end of the episode? Makes sense, but it's still a little WP:OR-ish in my opinion. faithless (speak) 21:49, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for seeing it from my side.  Basically, Kirk calls Norbert a "wimpy Dane", who then calls him a "Dutchman", as if that were insult enough. If they're not of the same national origin, I doubt that they're blood relatives, which means he must be related to Luanne. I realize that's more than a one-step line of reasoning, and I don't know what WP:OR means, but it think its strong enough that I can add it to the article using qualifiers like "evidently".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by ShawnVW (talk • contribs) 06:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with your reasoning; I won't remove it again. :) faithless (speak) 07:35, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thank you, sir.  ShawnVW (talk) 08:53, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Danish

message: Is certain that his wife's father works at the Cracker Factory. All Luann said was that his father-in-law set him up with a sweet job at the cracker factory? Quite possible that his father-in-law has a cousin, army buddy, golf partner, etc... who ran the cracker factory and used his connections to get his son-in-law the job? Cladeal832 (talk) 20:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Father-in-law at Cracker Factory 

message: I have heard that name of the family is an allusion to Leslie van Houten - can somebody confirm or deny this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.96.74.70 (talk) 15:41, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  van Houten