| Takes place in Maine |
Takes place in Springfield, anystate USA |
| The dome crashes down one day, unexpectedly |
The dome gets carefully placed down on the city, lowered
by helicoptors |
| The dome is thin, unseen, and permeable, allowing some
air, little water, condensation in |
Dome is thick. They can see it. Nothing gets in. |
| The townfolk and government have no idea who, why, or
how the dome came to be. |
The government did it, town knows it. |
| One person in town tries to take charge and run his
dictatorship |
Multiple people try to take charge with various degrees
of success |
| Birds smack into dome and die |
Birds smack into dome and townfolk laugh |
| No one escapes |
Simpson family manages to escape |
| "Aliens" remove dome |
Simpsons help explode dome |
| Only 25 survive |
Everyone but guy in the beginning (who gets
crushed by he dome) and Dr. Nick (who's alive later in the series)
survive |
| (Somewhat) happy~ish ending |
Happy ending for most all |
