In the episode, "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star", Springfield's only known pastor, Reverend Timothy Lovejoy, states that his church (and that of the majority of Springfielders) is actually part of "The Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism". This episode also makes a Unitarian reference when Homer Simpson asks if he needs to "wail on a few Unitarians" to become Catholic. Many of the characters in the show are negatively neutral to openly hostile toward Unitarianism. Another example of this would include Reverend Lovejoy offering the Simpson kids a bowl of Unitarian ice cream at a church social function. When Lisa remarks that the bowl is empty, Reverend Lovejoy indicates that that is the point.