History Fridge / THESIMPSONS

** Also, what if he did '''worse'''?

* The purpose of "Homer's Enemy" was to show what would happen if a RealLife person would live in Springfield. The fate of Frank Grimes gives us the chilling implication that anyone from/with the mindset of Real Life would be driven insane by the people in Springfield. If we, people from RealLife, would spend a day in Springfield we would be driven insane by antics of Springfield's citizens. "Homer's Enemy" is proof that, beneath it's humorous exterior, is a dystopia. No wonder it's considered America's Worst City.

* How citizens of Springfield treated Bart in "The Boys Of Bummer" was terrible and cruel. The fact that they abused and humilliated Bart just because over a [[Disproportionate Retribution lousy baseball game]] makes you wonder: what kind of mindset would allow that?

* In earlier episodes bully Jimbo Jones had a full head of hair. In several recent episodes he's bald on top when he takes his hat. This is due to years of wearing a tight wool hat.

* At the end of the future Christmas episode, the pets have evolved into humanoids with giant craniums. This seemed like a stupid gag, but earlier in the episode Marge and Homer have a Martian animal as a pet in their Christmas card. It could've speed up the process of had super powers it transferred to the pets.

* We find out in "The Fool Monty" that the thing that keeps Mr Burns alive [[spoiler:is bile and hate.]] That's right, not only is [[CorruptCorportateExecutive Mr Burns]] ''immortal'', but in order to do so he has to be a heartless billionaire. We've seen the damage to Springfield and the world that Burns has caused. Unless someone can bankrupt/kill him ([[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney which probably]] [[StatusQuoIsGod won't work]]), Springfield is going to have to put up with him ''[[ImmortalityImmorality For]][[KarmaHoudini ever.]]''

* [[WordOfGod Matt Groening]] has confirmed that Springfield really is a CrapsackWorld, and the only person with any hope of escaping it is [[CreatorsPet Lisa]]. That comes across as a ''massive'' KickTheDog to all the genuinely good Springfieldians we've met.

* In ''The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", [[ThePoochie Poochie]] leaves the show when his home planet needs him. However, he [[BusCrash dies on the way back]] - what became of his planet?

* The Simpsons page quote for ReverseWhoDunnit works as a straight out joke with a bonus for ''{{Columbo}}'' fans. Y'see, in the episode Wiggum refers to, the victim was a pianist (with big honkin' piano that was key to the scene), not a cellist. So obviously, he ''couldn't'' remember the beginning of the episode!

** In "The Prime Of Miss Lisa Simpson" (Simpsons Comics) Martin is driven to insanity by the class he was delegated to teach. This seems like RuleOfFunny, but hold on a second, they enjoy it, ''the whole class was working together to piss off Martin''!!
** In ''TheSimpsonsMovie'', when the titular family is walking into church and Homer is venting his usual complaints, one of the things he says is "Oh, Marge, please, it's not like these people have better things to do with their lives than praying to their phony-baloney God." At first, it might seem like a standard jab at the usual [[AcceptableTargets acceptable target,]] but, in "HOMR", after undergoing a procedure to remove a [[ItMakesSenseInContext crayon from his brain, which then greatly increased his mental capacity,]] the man was writing a flat tax proposal that accidentally [[AchievementsInIgnorance proved that God did not exist.]] Since it disturbed Ned greatly due to the fact that the data was airtight (he immediately burned his copy), and that Homer was placing the results of his findings on every single windshield in his neighborhood, we could assume that no one bothered to read what was on the report, or that Ned managed to burn every single sheet of paper. So it would make sense that Homer would have to remind someone of one of the greatest achievements that he reached during his short span of being intelligent.

** Many people say that Homer has become dumber and dumber over the years. A slow descent at first, but eventually reaching the point where the only rule was 'Homer cannot forget his own name.' The brilliance is that in season 4 Homer received a coronary bypass graft. 51% of patients who have a bypass graft suffer severe brain damage as the years pass. The cure we all saw him get... is the cure that made him so very, very dumb. - @/Crusader1089
** Another Simpsons example: I must have seen the episode "A Streetcar Named Marge" a couple of dozen times, before I realized that the totalitarian daycare that the family enrolled Maggie into is named "''AynRand's School For Tiny Tots''". Oh how I laughed - @/TheRealCJ
** In another Simpsons episode, "Treehouse of Horror XIII", in the second part, one of the zombies is the "most evil German": Kaiser Wilhelm. The joke is, of course, they don't say Hitler. But then I realised that ''Hitler was actually Austrian.''
*** That and Hitler's shown to be alive in the episode where Bart calls Australia
** The Simpsons page quote for ReverseWhoDunnit works as a straight out joke with a bonus for ''{{Columbo}}'' fans. Y'see, in the episode Wiggum refers to, the victim was a pianist (with big honkin' piano that was key to the scene), not a cellist. So obviously, he ''couldn't'' remember the beginning of the episode!
** The episode "The Great Wife Hope" features yet another attempt by Marge to stop everyone's fun. Nelson inadvertently gives her great advice on how to get together other pissy moms, clergymen, etc. He claims this is because he secretly enjoys event planning, but the ''real'' more subtle joke is that what Marge wants to do is essentially bullying.
** In the episode where Homer is escaping the plant and he's attacked by a GiantSpider, he's told that the spider will be defeated if he says a Bible verse. Of course, he can't remember any, so he simply kills the spider by throwing a rock at it. The FridgeBrilliance comes in when you realize that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic Homer just killed a gigantic enemy by throwing a small rock and hitting it between the eyes]].
*** David... Goliath... Holy Shit! It all makes sense!
** Between a rock... and a hard place....
** In the episode with the teacher's strike, substitute teacher Marge complains that it took the kids 45 minutes to find Canada on a map. It then occurred to me that this is BART's class, where erudite wunderkin Martin Prince is attending... ''the whole class was working together to piss off Marge!!!''
*** Alternatively, they were doing what children with substitutes are known to do: Feigning ignorance to waste time and avoid doing more work than they had to (It's what I would have done, to be honest.)
*** Early in TheSimpsons, Lenny is seen living in a furniture-less, run down house, however later on, he's shown to have a very expensive and clean home with art pieces everywhere, there doesn't seem to be a reason for the change, until you remember that Mr.Burns bought the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant from him when he was briefly put in charge...

** "Simpsons Animal Stories" in Simpsons Comics issue #160 has a particularly horrible implication. Lisa, who will become the grandmother of one of the Abes, ends up in prison after the end of "Lisa's Web". This implies Lisa, who probably spent most of her teenage years in prison, was ''raped'' by a male inmate!!
** The subplot to "Sleeping With The Enemy". Lisa, an ''eight-year-old girl'', has ''an eating disorder''. And if the ending is any indication ''she still has it''. That's dark, even for The Simpsons.
** Professor Frink allegedly made an "8-month-after pill". Oh god, the implications of that...
*** Those are not implications. [[DeadBabyComedy That was the joke.]]

** "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind." First, prior to losing his memory, Homer Simpson accurately predicts when and how he'll [[DrivenToSuicide off himself.]] Right before he does, Patty and Selma help push him off. Considering previous suicide attempts on Homer's half, the FridgeHorror that he's borderline suicidal isn't that surprising. What's disturbing is the realisation that Patty and Selma are quite willing to ''[[MoralEventHorizon murder]]'' Homer.
** We find out in "The Fool Monty" that the thing that keeps Mr Burns alive [[spoiler:is bile and hate.]] That's right, not only is [[CorruptCorportateExecutive Mr Burns]] ''immortal'', but in order to do so he has to be a heartless billionaire. We've seen the damage to Springfield and the world that Burns has caused. Unless someone can bankrupt/kill him ([[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney which probably]] [[StatusQuoIsGod won't work]]), Springfield is going to have to put up with him ''[[ImmortalityImmorality For]][[KarmaHoudini ever.]]''
** Principal Skinner's mother is named Agnes, which she herself explains angrily to Marge that it means ''lamb.'' It seems innocuous until you put her first and last name together. Think about it for a minute. Her name literally means ''lamb skinner.''
*** [[MeaningfulName It fits her, though]].

** At the end of "Homer Loves Flanders!", ''what the hell were the Simpsons screaming at''?
** What happened to Uter, anyway?
*** He probably went back home to Germany. Bart and Lisa may remain in 4th and 2nd grade forever, but we still hear about how years pass by

** Homer has attempted suicide multiple times (when he couldn't find a job, when he tried to stop Bart from jumping Springfield Gorge, when he couldn't grow crops on his father's farm, when his fifteen minutes of fame over bowling a perfect game were up -- to name a few, and that's not counting the foolish things he does that would get a real person killed or injured, like boxing a professional heavyweight, eating an extremely rotten hoagie, driving his bartender buddy's car off a cliff, getting electrocuted [several times by everything from lightning to [[MyLittlePanzer dangerous toys]]], or trying to escape a riptide while teaching his baby daughter how to swim). In "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind," he predicts that he will do so again after losing his memory, and knows exactly how, when, and where he is likely to do so. He has been thinking about it a lot. Maybe all of his innocent buffoonery (and alcoholism) is actually an expression of deep-seated self-destructive tendencies.

** In the episode where [[spoiler:Mona Simpson]] dies, her final request raises questions: A) Did she actually plan to die to stop the missile launch occurring later when Homer spread her ashes? and B) You can't help but feel that she manipulated her extended family every time she appeared on the show...
*** Not just that, she died at the exact time to stop the missile launch. Given this and she was sitting at death, [[DrivenToSuicide she probably killed herself]] [[ThanatosGambit to stop]] [[WhatTheHellHero the missile launch.]]
** In "Lisa The Simpson" every male born in the Simpson family will apparently slowly lose their intelligence as kids and grow up to be borderline retarded. [[TearJerker What if Bart, Lisa, or Maggie have a son in their future?]]
*** [[YouFailBiologyForever Lisa and Maggie's hypothetical sons would be unnaffected]]. It only affects males because it appears on the y-chromosome, which is passed unchanged from father to son but not passed on to daughters at all. Since Lisa and Maggie did not inherent Homer's y-chromosome, they would be unable to pass it on to their sons who would be as intelligent as their mothers as a result. As for Bart's descendents, let's just hope he only has daughters.
**** Or at least nobody shoves a crayon up their nose.
***** Terrible at genetics, sorry.