Santa's Little Helper Duff Beer that has been spilled on the floor. In another board game published by USAopoly called "The Simpsons Monopoly", based on "Monopoly" and released in 2001, the dog is featured as one of the six pewter playing pieces. Santa's Little Helper has also appeared in issues of "Simpsons Comics", in the 2007 film "The Simpsons Movie", and in video games based on "The Simpsons" such as "Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror" and "The Simpsons Game". In addition, the dog has been made into action figures by McFarlane Toys, action figures by Playmates Toys in the World of
Media in The Simpsons let the users of the Internet vote over what direction "The Simpsons" should take. In the twenty-second season finale "The Ned-Liest Catch", the characters Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel started dating. The episode ends with Homer and Marge Simpson giving the viewers a link to the official "The Simpsons" website, TheSimpsons.com, and encouraging them to go on the website and vote over the summer of 2011 on whether Ned and Edna should stay together. Showrunner Al Jean said in an interview that the writers decided it would not be interesting for them to do another episode where a relationship ended,