Simpsonize Me!

To promote the Simpson's Movie, there is a site that will read your uploaded photo and turn you into a Simpson's character. It features a shameless Burger King tie-in where the creepy King is changed to an equally creepy Simpson character.

Here is the result for me: !()

So Simpsonize me!

Note:

I did NOT create the Simpsonize me site.
I cannot upload your photo and Simpsonize it for you.
It really works best with a picture that is 640x480 that has good contrast

According to, the Simpsonize site had 153 million hits since Monday and only 4 million could successfully upload and process their pictures into a Simpson character. It is sponsored by Burger King and they had to increase servers from 18 to 38 and it still is not enough.

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