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===The Leftorium===
The Leftorium is a fictional store in the Springfield Mall specializing in products for [[Handedness#Types|left-handed]] people. The store is owned by [[Ned Flanders]], who first started the Leftorium in the episode "[[When Flanders Failed]]".<ref name="JeanWFF">{{cite video |people=Jean, Al |date=2003 |title=The Simpsons season 3 DVD commentary for the episode "When Flanders Failed" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> Although business at the store initially went very poorly, it became significantly more successful when Homer recommended it to many of his left-handed friends.

The Leftorium had challenges in subsequent years, with Flanders discussing the business in several episodes. In the season 10 episode "[[Thirty Minutes over Tokyo]]", Ned mentions the competitor business "Leftopolis" next door. In the episode "[[Home Away from Homer]]", in a parody of [[Wal-Mart]], Ned mentions the new megastore "Left-Mart" is threatening his business. The season 25 episode "[[White Christmas Blues]]" reveals that competition from the Southpaw Superstore forced Flanders to downsize to a mall cart, the "Leftorium Express", which he splits with a cosmetic saleswoman. In the season 29 episode "[[Left Behind (The Simpsons)|Left Behind]]", the Leftorium closes for good, leaving Flanders unemployed until he finds a new job as [[Bart Simpson]]'s new teacher.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/flanders-loses-his-faith-and-an-inconsequential-simpson-1825814494|title=Flanders loses his faith and an inconsequential Simpsons tests ours|first=Dennis|last=Perkins|website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=May 7, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="denofgeek.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/the-simpsons/273252/the-simpsons-season-29-episode-19-review-left-behind|title=The Simpsons Season 29 Episode 19 Review: Left Behind|date=May 7, 2018}}</ref>

The writers had wanted to have Flanders own a failing business and the idea for the store was suggested by [[George Meyer]].<ref name="ReissWFF">{{cite video |people=Reiss, Mike |date=2003 |title=The Simpsons season 3 DVD commentary for the episode "When Flanders Failed" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> He got the idea from a friend whose family had owned a left-handed specialty store which had failed.<ref name="VittiWFF">{{cite video |people=Vitti, Jon |date=2003 |title=The Simpsons season 3 DVD commentary for the episode "When Flanders Failed" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>