History Memes / TheSimpsons

* "I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't "it", and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you." [[labelnote:Explanation]]From "Homerpalooza," when (in flashback) a teenaged Homer tells Grampa that he's not "with it". The whole sequence, or sometimes just a still of Grandpa pointing accusingly with "It'll happen to you.'' imposed over it, is often used as a rebuttal towards snooty commentators who shame people for not being up-to-date on current trends.[[/labelnote]]

* I used to be with "it", but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't "it", and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/itll-happen-to-you It'll happen to you!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Abe Simpson tells this to Homer in a flashback in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E24Homerpalooza Homerpalooza]]", often used to highlight how everything will eventually go out of style or grow obsolete and be replaced by something new. [[/labelnote]]

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_children_(politics) Won't somebody PLEASE]] ThinkOfTheChildren!?[[labelnote:Explanation]]Helen Lovejoy's usual response to outlandish, political and/or religious situations. It's used, sometimes in an ironic sense, to show concern for children's well-being.[[/labelnote]]

** "Scaredy cat!" ''(sees his reflection)'' "AAAH!!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the same sequence, Homer looks at his reflection in a mirror and screams. Said scream has often been used to replace other character's screams in videos.[[/labelnote]]

* Steamed hams.[[labelnote:Explanation]]In "22 Short Films About Springfield", after accidentally burning his roast, Principal Skinner salvages his [[DinnerWithTheBoss luncheon with Superintendent Chalmers]] by serving Krusty Burgers presented as his own making. However, he claimed beforehand that they were having steamed clams, leading to this slang term he made up on the spot. It inexplicably gained popularity as a word-replacement meme, and quite a few [=YouTubers=] have taken to remix the short, either by recreating it in programs such as UsefulNotes/MSPaint or Website/GoAnimate, or by editing it, doing things such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pefj_3tQ5rI having Skinner and Chalmers go on a road trip to upstate New York]], making Skinner only exist [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness as a figment of the Superintendent's imagination]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFVSdlBray8 making it play out as an episode of]] ''Anime/DragonBallZ''; perhaps most infamously someone got ''Creator/JeffGoldblum'' to read Skinner's dialogue and redubbed the short accordingly.[[/labelnote]]

* "Hi, I'm Troy [=McClure=]! [[YouMightRememberMeFrom You may remember me from]] such videos as ''The Tropes of Wrath'' and ''Narm with the Wind!''"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Actor Troy [=McClure=]'s introduction in videos, on-camera and in-person throughout the series.[[/labelnote]]

* '''Marge:''' "Hmmmmmm..." [[note]]One of many catchphrases immortalized with its character, this time said by Marge, of course.[[/labelnote]]

* "Hi, I'm Troy [=McClure=]! [[YouMightRememberMeFrom You may remember me from]] such videos as ''The Tropes of Wrath'' and ''Narm with the Wind!'"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Actor Troy [=McClure=]'s introduction in videos, on-camera and in-person throughout the series.[[/labelnote]]

* "Hi, I'm Troy [=McClure=]! [[YouMightRememberMeFrom You may remember me from]] such videos as ''Tropey Potter And The Alchemic Troper'' and ''Tropey Learns About Bad Touching!''"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Actor Troy [=McClure=]'s introduction in videos, on-camera and in-person throughout the series.[[/labelnote]]

** -DING DONG!- ''Who is it?'' '''Goons.''' ''Who?'' '''Hired Goons.''' ''Hired Goons?'' [[labelnote:Explanation]] later on in "Last Exit to Springfield", following Lisa receiving her new cheap braces, Homer answers the door to a pair of goons sent by Mr. Burns. The above exchange made beteen Homer and the goons serves as a FiveSecondForeshadowing gag of Homer mistaking the goons' description for an individual's name and surname before [[ThisIsGonnaSuck they yank him away by his collar so he can meet Mr Burns in person for some "negotiatons".]] He repeats the same query when talking to Burns about how "[He] Could have just called [him]."[[/labelnote]]

* 27! [[labelnote:Explanation]]An ImagineSpot gives Lisa good advice from the greater-than sign, the infinity symbol, and the number twenty-seven.[[/labelnote]]

** [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} The Sneedclave]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]After the developers for the ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' mod ''VideoGame/TheFrontier'' told off fans for not having a Enclave option, [[Website/FourChan /v/]] would use this name to identify themselves, being a portmanteau of "Sneed" and "Enclave", to dig up dirt on the developers.[[/labelnote]]

** "... I had an onion on my belt, because that was the style at the time..." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Grandpa's RamblingOldManMonologue from "Last Exit", which has since been edited as an image macro to describe things that were once popular.[[/labelnote]]

* Hi-diddily ho, neighbor-ino![[labelnote:Explanation]]Ned Flanders' {{Catchphrase}}[[/labelnote]]

* D'OH! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Homer's primary {{Catchphrase}}, though the scripts keep calling it "annoyed grunt". It's become one of the most recognized lines from the show and has been frequently used whenever someone experiences a misfortune of some sort.[[/labelnote]]

** Strangely enough, while all of the above are Bart's {{Catchphrase}}s, he has only said "[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Cowabunga!]]" twice in the entire series, [[NeverLiveItDown yet that is still associated with him]]. Lampshaded when Bart complains when Lisa uses it. Marge points out that Bart hasn't said it in four years.

** "... I had an onion on my belt, because that was the style at the time..." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Grandpa's RamblingOldManMonologue from "Last Exit"[[/labelnote]]

* And Kent Brockman, for one, [[TheQuisling welcomes our new insect overlords]]. He'd like to remind them as a trusted TV personality, he can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves. [[labelnote:Explanation]]From the season five episode "Deep Space Homer", after Homer accidentally unleashes ants into the fuselage of the space shuttle, with an ant captured on the live television feed, scaring viewers on Earth because of its close proximity to the camera. Kent Brockman's dialogue is the origin of the "Overlord" meme.[[/labelnote]]

* D'OH! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Homer's primary {{Catchphrase}}, though the scripts keep calling it "annoyed grunt".[[/labelnote]]

* EAT MY SHORTS!
** Don't have a cow, man!
** Aye carumba!
** Strangely enough, while all of the above are Bart's {{Catchphrase}}s, he has only said "[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Cowabunga!]]" twice in the entire series, [[NeverLiveItDown yet that is still associated with him]]. Lampshaded when Bart complains when Lisa uses it. Marge points out that Bart hasn't said it in four years.
** [[YouNoTakeCandle eat pant]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A [[http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/233/994/fd3.jpg birthday cake]] decorated in an almost bootlegged image of Bart with a butchered version of his catch phrase "Eat my shorts!" paraphrased into "eat pant". The image has been very popular among social media sites and [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct bootleg merchandise]] enthusiasts.[[/labelnote]]
* "[[OverlyLongGag DENTAL PLAN!]]" "Lisa needs [[BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill braces]]!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the episode "Last Exit to Springfield" of season four, Homer plays back Lenny's "So long, dental plan!" cheer, along with Marge's warning that Lisa needs braces, over and over in his head until he realizes that if Burns takes away his dental plan, he'll have to front the money for an expensive set of braces to fix Lisa's teeth.[[/labelnote]]

* Talking out of turn? That's a paddlin'. Looking out the window? That's a paddlin'. Posting memes on the internet? That's a paddlin'. Making "That's a paddlin'" an internet meme? Oh, you'd better believe that's a paddlin'. [[labelnote:Explanation]]From season six episode "The PTA Disbands": Jasper becomes a substitute teacher at Springfield Elementary School, and decides to lay down the law in his own way, [[AllCrimesAreEqual punishing anything and everything by paddling]].[[/labelnote]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_children_(politics) Won't somebody PLEASE]] ThinkOfTheChildren!?[[labelnote:Explanation]]Helen Lovejoy's usual response to outlandish, political and/or religious situations.[[/labelnote]]

* "Can't sleep... clown will eat me..." Glam rocker Music/AliceCooper actually turned this into one of his songs.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Bart's MadnessMantra in season four episode "Lisa's First Word", after Homer builds him a NightmareFuel-inducing bed made to portray Krusty the Klown.[[/labelnote]]

* [[Creator/BillCosby Now my good man, what do you like to play?]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A clip of Bill Cosby (voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta) interviewing a child on ''Series/KidsSayTheDarndestThings''. It became popular, especially on Website/{{YTMND}}, to remix the clip and combine it with other Cosby impersonations, not only from other ''Simpsons'' episodes, but also other animated sitcoms (such as ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''), to make Cosby seem weirdly obsessed with Pokémon, jazz, and bicycles.[[/labelnote]]

** You see? The kids, they listen to the rap music, which gives them the brain damage! With their hippin' and the hoppin' and the bippin' and the boppin', so they don't ''know'' what the ''jazz'' is all about! You see, jazz is like a Jell-O pudding pop -- no, actually it's more like Kodak film -- no! Actually, jazz is like the [[AnyoneRememberPogs New Coke — it'll be around forever!]] HEH HEH HEH.

* [[http://www.globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/grandpa_simpson_yelling_at_cloud.jpg "Old Man Yells At Cloud"]][[labelnote:Explanation]]From season thirteen episode "The Old Man and the Key", where "Grandpa" Abraham Simpson wants his photo for his driver's license to be a picture from a newspaper article regarding him yelling at a cloud. Often used as a response to angry, pointless rants. Also: "[[Creator/GaryOldman Oldman]] yells at [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]]"[[/labelnote]]

* HA HA![[labelnote:Explanation]]Nelson Muntz's {{Catchphrase}}[[/labelnote]]

* Bonjouurrrrrrrrrr, ya CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys![[labelnote:Explanation]]In "Round Springfield", Bart goes to the school nurse, discovering Lunchlady Doris is the nurse, [[SuckySchool who tells him she's the nurse thanks to budget cuts, adding how Groundskeeper Willie's the school's French teacher for the same reason]].[[/labelnote]]
* Excellent... *[[PsychoticSmirk evil smirk]]*[[labelnote:Explanation]]Mr. Burns' {{Catchphrase}}[[/labelnote]]

* AWizardDidIt![[labelnote:Explanation]]"Treehouse of Horror X" - When Prof. Frink points out continuity errors in ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', Creator/LucyLawless (dressed in her Xena costume) responds by telling him "A wizard did it".[[/labelnote]]
* These are all [[PerfectlyCromulentWord perfectly cromulent memes]].
** I've embiggened this page![[labelnote:Explanation]]From "Lisa the Iconoclast"[[/labelnote]]

* '''Marge:''' "Hmmmmmm..."

* [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]] [[ParanoiaFuel knows where you live!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A line from "Missionary: Impossible" when the PBS representatives are chasing Homer for not following through on his monetary pledge.[[/labelnote]]
* You, sir, are an idiot.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Said by Krusty in "The Last Temptation of Krust" when, after being given a bad stand-up comedy review in the paper, Sideshow Mel tried to console him by saying: "They say ANY publicity is GOOD publicity."[[/labelnote]]

* Oh, and by the way, [[SarcasmMode I was BEING SARCASTIC]]![[labelnote:Explanation]]Episode "Flaming Moe's": When Moe makes a fortune after stealing Homer's new cocktail recipe, Marge tries to console Homer by letting him know that his drink is making so many people happy, but he isn't all that impressed. "Ooh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Laa-aa-aane!"[[/labelnote]]
** Well, ''duh!''
* I am so smart! S-M-R-T! [[ThrowItIn I mean S-M-A-R-T!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Homer sets his high school diploma on fire, unknowingly burning the house down in "Homer Goes to College."[[/labelnote]]
** NEEEEERRRRRRDDDDD![[labelnote:Explanation]]From the same episode as the above, Homer takes TV college stereotypes too seriously.[[/labelnote]]
* ''"Two plus two is four! [[BrokenRecord Two plus two is four!]] [[RuleOfThree Two plus two is four!]]"'' [[labelnote:Explanation]] From the Episode ''Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E4Rosebud'' Said by a pastiche of Series/BarneyTheDinosaur on television. Homer, while watching with Maggie responds with a chuckle, and a comment that he can see how that show is so popular. This directly proceeds -[[AnythingButThat to Homer's Horror]]- an interuption on the TV by Mr. Burns demanding that Homer hands his his lost teddy Bobo over.[[/labelnote]]

* [[ImMelting NOW HOW 'BOUT A HUG?!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Season 4's "Brother from the Same Planet": Homer forgets to pick up Bart. While in the car, Homer tries to make up, but Bart makes an ImagineSpot of Homer's face melting à la ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' quoting said line. One of the most creepy scenes in the show and heavily associated with the infamous ''Fanfic/DeadBart'' creepypasta.[[/labelnote]]

* KWYJIBO: A dumb, fat, balding North American ape with no chin. (And a short temper!) [[labelnote:Explanation]]Bart tries to [[ScrabbleBabble cheat at Scrabble]] in "Bart the Genius" ({{Kwyjibo}} is in fact ScrabbleBabble's [[Administrivia/RenamedTropes former name]])[[/labelnote]]

** Go crazy?
*** DON'T MIND IF I DO!!!

* [[BlandNameProduct "Mapple" and "[=MyPod=]"]] (used in an ironic sense)

* ...with sexy results.[[labelnote:Explanation]]In "Pygmoelian", Homer spoils the plots of future episodes of "It Never Ends" during a live episode, adding this on at the end of two descriptions, used often to comment on lewd situations online or in TV shows. It also became a hit in Spanish-speaking countries ("Con Resultados sexuales / Con Eróticos Resultados").[[/labelnote]]
* I choo-choo-choose you![[labelnote:Explanation]]The Valentine's Day card that Lisa gives to Ralph in "I Love Lisa".[[/labelnote]]

** Note: Character died on the way to his home planet.

* "Not today, old friend." [[labelnote:Explanation]]At the end of Season 24's "Whiskey Business", it seemed like Moe is going to the back room of his bar to hang himself again, only to come back out holding a dust pan and broom to clean. He then looks back at the noose and says, "Not today, old friend. But don't worry -- holidays are just around the corner."[[/labelnote]]

* "(giggling) I'm in danger!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From the second half of "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS13E1TheSimpsonsGuy The Simpsons Guy]]", during which Homer and [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Peter Griffin]] hijack the school bus during their big fight, and Ralph just happened to be the only kid sitting in it, uttering a typical naïve exclamation of his. This is frequently used to express ThisIsGonnaSuck sentiments.[[/labelnote]]

* "Get ready everybody. He's about to do something stupid."[[labelnote:explanation]] From the episode "Homer to the Max," Lenny says this while he and his coworkers watch Homer heat up a fondue pot after a buffoonish character in a TV show has the same name as him.[[/labelnote]]

* "I don't like the idea of Milhouse having two spaghetti meals in one day." [[labelnote:explanation]] From the "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace" segment. At the parent-teacher meeting, Kirk asks to see the lunch menus in advance to plan dinner.[[/labelnote]]

* "Say some gangster is dissin' your fly girl. Ya just give 'em one o' ''these''." [[labelnote:Explanation]] In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E22SecretsOfASuccessfulMarriage Secrets of a Successful Marriage]], during a visit to the Adult Education Annex, Homer notices that Patty, Moe, and even Lenny are teaching classes, inspiring him to teach a class of his own. Moe in particular is teaching his class on [[DanceBattler "Funk Dancing For Self-Defense"]], opening his lecture by saying, "All right, here's the 411, folks. Say some gangsta is dissin' your fly girl. Ya just give 'em one of these..." He then does a dance routine which culminates with him grabbing a shotgun from the back of the room and firing it recklessly.[[/labelnote]]

* X's non-union Mexican counterpart.[[labelnote:Explanation]]In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns A Star is Burns]]", when Mr. Burns can't get hold of Creator/StevenSpielberg to direct his film, he demands that Smithers locate his "non-union Mexican counterpart", which turns out to be Señor Spielbergo. Since that episode aired, "non-union Mexican counterpart" has become shorthand for the human equivalent of a ShoddyKnockoffProduct.[[/labelnote]]

* "Get ready everyone. He's about to do something stupid."[[labelnote:explanation]] From the episode "Homer to the Max," Lenny says this while he and his coworkers watch Homer heat up a fondue pot after a buffoonish character in a TV show has the same name as him.[[/labelnote]]

* "My eyes! The goggles do nothing." Commonly used by posters to indicate they've seen something [[{{Squick}} they really wish]] [[BrainBleach they hadn't]] (not too dissimilar to "do not want" from ''WebVideo/BackstrokeOfTheWest''), from season seven's "Radioactive Man". It is sometimes rendered as a C++ function:

* '''Worst. Meme. Ever.''' Comic Book Guy's most well-known catch phrase, "[[WorstWhateverEver Worst. (Noun). Ever.]]" (usually [[PunctuatedForEmphasis punctuated that way]] on the Internet) has become a meme of epic proportions. The TV show even used it as one of its episode titles (appropriately "Worst Episode EVER", though it actually refers to a ''cardiac'' episode).

* The page image caption, of course, commonly used by posters to indicate they've seen something [[{{Squick}} they really wish]] [[BrainBleach they hadn't]] (not too dissimilar to "do not want" from ''WebVideo/BackstrokeOfTheWest''), from season seven's "Radioactive Man". It is sometimes rendered as a C++ function:

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* Front-facing ''Simpsons'' characters. [[labelnote:Explanation]]While somewhat common in the first few seasons, the sight of a ''Simpsons'' character looking towards the camera face on is generally limited to a single frame of them turning their head (unless it's Kent Brockman doing a newcast, or Krusty the Klown filming his show). Screenshots like [[http://gobblechopstv.tumblr.com/tagged/face-on/ these]] and [[http://frontfacingsimpsons.tumblr.com/ these]] are infamous for either having odd facial expressions or just being OffModel.[[/labelnote]]