# get to the fireworks factory

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/get-to-the-fireworks-factory
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To reach the most interesting, eventful or important part of a storyline.

## Examples

- Stop talking about the details and get to the fireworks factory.
- I hope this video game gets to the fireworks factory soon.
- The show gets to the fireworks factory in the second season.
- The movie was slow for an hour, but finally we got to the fireworks factory.
- The first three chapters of this mystery novel are boring, but you finally get to the fireworks factory once the detective finds the secret map.
- We spent all morning discussing the budget, so I was relieved when the meeting finally got to the fireworks factory regarding our new project.
- After a long period of tedious setup, the plot finally accelerated as the characters got to the fireworks factory.

## Origin

From the 1997 Simpsons episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", which shows an episode of the fictional Itchy & Scratchy Show in which the characters' journey to a fireworks factory is interrupted by the anticlimactic arrival of a new character, Poochie; while watching the episode, Milhouse Van Houten wails, "When are they going to get to the fireworks factory?!".

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