The next accommodates spoilers for season 37, episode 14 of “The Simpsons.”
In case you might be unaware, “The Simpsons” is sweet once more. That is an iconic cultural establishment, the longest-running American sitcom of all time, and essentially the most influential animated present of the previous 50 years. Although the present has had a few tough seasons, the previous few years have produced some really excellent half-hours of tv. With the good thing about 36 years’ price of tales and viewers familiarity with the characters, “The Simpsons” has lately been experimenting with tales, character dynamics, and even format and canon. Past simply the same old future-set episodes, “The Simpsons” has achieved horror-themed episodes exterior of “Treehouse of Horror,” in addition to a parody of “Fargo” the place a bunch of characters die horrible deaths.
We have additionally acquired some sudden lore reveals in latest seasons. There was the time “The Simpsons” casually revealed simply how Homer hasn’t been fired for incompetence, or the time we acquired an origin story for Bumblebee Man. To commemorate the present’s 800th episode to air on Fox, “The Simpsons” simply dropped a brand new reveal, exhibiting the aftermath of the long-lasting sofa gag that begins most episodes.
The brand new episode begins with the standard prolonged sofa gag, that includes Bart in detention, Lisa kicked out of music class, and Marge driving residence. Besides issues are totally different this time.
After Homer is run over by Marge and the household gathers on the sofa, Homer hobbles into the lounge lined in splinters and blood. The remainder of the household tries to look away and ignore his pleas, whereas Homer complains that Marge simply ran him over by means of a thick oak storage door, and nobody appears to care. Worse, he asks Marge why Maggie was sitting within the entrance passenger seat.
Getting run over by a automobile isn’t any joke, Simpsons
Is that this a groundbreaking reveal that may influence the present going ahead? Completely not, so cease writing your indignant feedback proper now. That is however a neat little technique to hold the sofa gag contemporary after 800 episodes. These days, the sofa gag is usually lower to make room for the precise story, which is a pity contemplating how uncommon TV intros are lately. The sofa gag is a major a part of the historical past of “The Simpsons,” so to see it play out in full, and even with this enjoyable little epilogue, is a deal with.
It is also only a little bit of enjoyable on the expense of the present’s extraordinarily lengthy historical past, that audiences have not actually stopped to consider the implications of Homer being run over and pushed by means of a door.
Nonetheless, this is sufficient to make us surprise what different tidbits “The Simpsons” would possibly handle down the road. There is a non-zero likelihood we’ll sooner or later get a throwaway gag exhibiting the long-lasting impact of radiation on Homer (Dan Castellaneta). In any case, we do see Homer get a radiation rod caught on his shirt in each sofa gag — there is no method that will be good for his well being. That is the good thing about “The Simpsons” having an elastic continuity the place nothing will get retconned; you possibly can’t actually contradict something if nothing issues. Sure, Homer has by some means been an astronaut, a boxer, a trucker, a plow driver, a mayor, a meals critic, a beer baron, a voice-over actor, a navy reservist, and a lot extra regardless of solely being 39. Does it make sense? Completely not, but it additionally 100% does make sense.
