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'''Dollarydoos''' are the [[fiction|fictional]] currency used in [[Australia]] in the 1995 [[Simpsons]] episode [[Bart Vs. Australia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Aussies get behind proposal to change currency to dollarydoos|url=http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/10/16/15/39/aussies-get-behind-proposal-to-change-currency-to-dollarydoos|accessdate=20 December 2015|work=news}}</ref>
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A petition was started on [[Change.org]] in October of 2015 by an Australian named Thomas Probst to change the national currency of Australia from the [[Australian Dollar]] to the Dollarydoo, receiving tens of thousands of signatures and garnering world wide media attention.<ref>{{cite web|title=7News Yahoo7 on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/Y7News/status/655598985852272641|website=Twitter|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rishi|first1=Iyengar|title=A Petition Wants to Call Australia's Currency 'Dollarydoos'|url=http://time.com/4076122/dollarydoos-petition-australia-simpsons-economy/|accessdate=20 December 2015|work=TIME.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Dollarydoos' petition close to 40,000 signatures|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/29841330/dollarydoo-petition-close-to-40-000-signatures/?cmp=twitter|accessdate=20 December 2015|work=au.news.yahoo.com}}</ref>

For the Australian currency, see, [[Australian Dollar]].

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Revision as of 02:10, 20 December 2015

Dollarydoos are the fictional currency used in Australia in the 1995 Simpsons episode Bart Vs. Australia.[1]

A petition was started on Change.org in October of 2015 by an Australian named Thomas Probst to change the national currency of Australia from the Australian Dollar to the Dollarydoo, receiving tens of thousands of signatures and garnering world wide media attention.[2][3][4]

For the Australian currency, see, Australian Dollar.

  1. ^ "Aussies get behind proposal to change currency to dollarydoos". news. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. ^ "7News Yahoo7 on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  3. ^ Rishi, Iyengar. "A Petition Wants to Call Australia's Currency 'Dollarydoos'". TIME.com. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  4. ^ "'Dollarydoos' petition close to 40,000 signatures". au.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 20 December 2015.