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* SchoolRivalry: Springfield University and Springfield A&M hate each other. Homer professes to hate Springfield U until Lisa reminds him that was his ''alma mater''.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** Frequently in the subtitles -- "Crusty the Clown" instead of "Krusty the Klown", "Mo" instead of "Moe", and most egregiously, "Crabapple" instead of "Krabappel".
** This also happens in the show itself with Itchy & Scratchy CEO Roger Meyers, whose surname has been inconsistently spelled as both "Meyers" and "Myers" over the course of the series.
** Frequently in the subtitles -- "Crusty the Clown" instead of "Krusty the Klown", "Mo" instead of "Moe", and most egregiously, "Crabapple" instead of "Krabappel".
** This also happens in the show itself with Itchy & Scratchy CEO Roger Meyers, whose surname has been inconsistently spelled as both "Meyers" and "Myers" over the course of the series.
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* SmokingIsEdgy: Krusty the Clown regularly smokes off stage to show that he is a DepravedKidsShowHost who HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight. The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E15TheLastTemptationOfKrust The Last Temptation of Krust]]" shows him smoking on stage as well after reinventing himself as an edgier, anti-establishment stand up comedian.
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** Ms. Cantwell to Lisa on "Black Eyed, Please," though, unlike Bart's kindergarten teacher, she doesn't get away with what she did (as Bart let the classroom go to hell and captured footage of Ms. Cantwell in the bathroom, complaining about Lisa) and does get fired.
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** Ms. Cantwell to Lisa on "Black Eyed, Please," though, unlike Bart's kindergarten teacher, she doesn't get away with what she did (as Bart let the classroom go to hell and captured footage of Ms. Cantwell in the bathroom, complaining about Lisa) and does get fired.she quits rather than apologize.
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* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame:
** PlayedForLaughs in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E11FearOfFlying Fear of Flying]]" with a GayBarReveal; Homer, having been banned from Moe's and looking for a new watering hole, is the only man in She-She Lounge, a very obviously lesbian bar, muttering "There's something bothering me about this place...I know! ''[[DiscriminateAndSwitch This lesbian bar doesn't have a fire exit!]] Enjoy your deathtrap, ladies!''", which is followed by a woman asking "What was her problem?" as he leaves.
** Also, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E15HomersPhobia Homer's Phobia]]". Homer makes friends with a kitschy antique store owner who looks like ([[InkSuitActor and is voiced by]]) Creator/JohnWaters but breaks off the friendship when he finds out that John is gay and Bart may be being influenced by him (the episode ends with Homer learning his lesson, naturally). In an effort to [[{{Pun}} straighten]] him out, Homer accidentally takes Bart to a steel mill that turns into a gay dance club/bar after the workday is over. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjElZ-O9EpM We work hard, and we play hard.]]
--->'''Moe:''' Wake up, Homer. The entire steel ''industry'' is gay.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E11FlamingMoe Flaming Moe]]", Smithers gets Moe to redesign his bar to cater to Springfield's resident gay population that doesn't fit in with the very trendy, upscale gay bar that opened literally across the street. Moe's (now redubbed Mo's) looks a lot more like a ''real'' gay bar would, a little class and a mixed but average clientele, while the competition is the loud, thumping, laser-and-fog-filled night club stocked (very intentionally) with a bevy of hunks that look like they just stepped off the catwalk.
** PlayedForLaughs in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E11FearOfFlying Fear of Flying]]" with a GayBarReveal; Homer, having been banned from Moe's and looking for a new watering hole, is the only man in She-She Lounge, a very obviously lesbian bar, muttering "There's something bothering me about this place...I know! ''[[DiscriminateAndSwitch This lesbian bar doesn't have a fire exit!]] Enjoy your deathtrap, ladies!''", which is followed by a woman asking "What was her problem?" as he leaves.
** Also, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E15HomersPhobia Homer's Phobia]]". Homer makes friends with a kitschy antique store owner who looks like ([[InkSuitActor and is voiced by]]) Creator/JohnWaters but breaks off the friendship when he finds out that John is gay and Bart may be being influenced by him (the episode ends with Homer learning his lesson, naturally). In an effort to [[{{Pun}} straighten]] him out, Homer accidentally takes Bart to a steel mill that turns into a gay dance club/bar after the workday is over. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjElZ-O9EpM We work hard, and we play hard.]]
--->'''Moe:''' Wake up, Homer. The entire steel ''industry'' is gay.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E11FlamingMoe Flaming Moe]]", Smithers gets Moe to redesign his bar to cater to Springfield's resident gay population that doesn't fit in with the very trendy, upscale gay bar that opened literally across the street. Moe's (now redubbed Mo's) looks a lot more like a ''real'' gay bar would, a little class and a mixed but average clientele, while the competition is the loud, thumping, laser-and-fog-filled night club stocked (very intentionally) with a bevy of hunks that look like they just stepped off the catwalk.
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* TheTroublemaker: Bart is a natural troublemaker infamous amongst his family and the town for causing mischief, with many episode conflicts tracing back to him. This long list includes hiding the head of the Town Founder's statue, ramming his school's superintendent with a tractor, burning down the family's Christmas tree and spinning a tale about a burglar to cover his tracks, and ''causing a sonic boom'' that rattles the whole town with ''megaphones''.
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** They're not too fond of the UsefulNotes/{{Grammy|Award}}s, either. In one episode, Homer compliments Music/EltonJohn, and Elton John gives him a Grammy for it. Homer throws it into a trash can almost immediately.
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** They're not too fond of the UsefulNotes/{{Grammy|Award}}s, MediaNotes/{{Grammy|Award}}s, either. In one episode, Homer compliments Music/EltonJohn, and Elton John gives him a Grammy for it. Homer throws it into a trash can almost immediately.
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* [[StrawCharacter Strawman Political]]: On both sides, though Republicans get the brunt of it.
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* TokenGoodCop:
** Springfield is up there for having some of the least competent cops in fiction, no thanks to none other than [[TheDitz Chief Wiggum]]. He is stupid, lazy, corrupt, and often causes a lot more damage than the criminals ever do, and everyone else isn't much better. Officer Lou, however, actually has some competence at his job, usually being the one to point out Wiggum's mistakes, and is the first to understand when something is wrong and tries to acknowledge it. Unfortunately, since this is Springfield, a place [[AdultsAreUseless where almost nobody is allowed to be competent]], Lou gets ignored more often than not, while Wiggum continues to cause chaos and destruction.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E23TheSpringfieldConnection The Springfield Connection]]", Marge joins the Springfield police force when she [[GoodFeelsGood gets a rush]] from thwarting Snake's three-card monte scam, and she is shown to be far more competent than most of the other cops. During target practice, she only shoots criminals (Chief Wiggum even berates her for missing targets of a baby and a blind man), and she arrests Homer when he [[StealingTheHandicappedSpot parks his car across three handicapped spaces]], refuses to move it, and takes her hat. Near the end of the episode, Marge exposes Herman's scheme to sell counterfeit jeans, but the rest of the police force can't arrest him due to a lack of evidence. That lack of evidence of course, being that the cops decide to take all the counterfeit jeans for themselves. Unable to stomach its corruption, [[StatusQuoIsGod Marge quits the force]].
** Springfield is up there for having some of the least competent cops in fiction, no thanks to none other than [[TheDitz Chief Wiggum]]. He is stupid, lazy, corrupt, and often causes a lot more damage than the criminals ever do, and everyone else isn't much better. Officer Lou, however, actually has some competence at his job, usually being the one to point out Wiggum's mistakes, and is the first to understand when something is wrong and tries to acknowledge it. Unfortunately, since this is Springfield, a place [[AdultsAreUseless where almost nobody is allowed to be competent]], Lou gets ignored more often than not, while Wiggum continues to cause chaos and destruction.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E23TheSpringfieldConnection The Springfield Connection]]", Marge joins the Springfield police force when she [[GoodFeelsGood gets a rush]] from thwarting Snake's three-card monte scam, and she is shown to be far more competent than most of the other cops. During target practice, she only shoots criminals (Chief Wiggum even berates her for missing targets of a baby and a blind man), and she arrests Homer when he [[StealingTheHandicappedSpot parks his car across three handicapped spaces]], refuses to move it, and takes her hat. Near the end of the episode, Marge exposes Herman's scheme to sell counterfeit jeans, but the rest of the police force can't arrest him due to a lack of evidence. That lack of evidence of course, being that the cops decide to take all the counterfeit jeans for themselves. Unable to stomach its corruption, [[StatusQuoIsGod Marge quits the force]].
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* SodaCandySplosion:
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E9HomerBadman Homer Badman]]" has Homer improvising a grenade out of a can of cola and a bag of pop-rocks to cover his escape after he steals the Gummi Venus di Milo.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E3MidnightTowboy Midnight Towboy]]" has an odd variant. When Homer rushes to the Kwik-E-Mart to purchase more milk for Maggie, he discovers that all the milk has been purchased. Apu tells him that he sold it all to the teenagers, as there is a rumor that mixing milk, Mentos, and lottery ticket scrapings to [[ImprovisedJetPack make jet pack fuel]].
--->'''Homer:''' Does it work?\\
'''Jimbo:''' ''[floating a foot off the ground with a jetpack strapped to his back]'' Kinda.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E13TheDebarted The Debarted]]", after learning their new friend Donny is an accomplice of Skinner, Bart and Nelson intend to punish him by giving him crates of Diet Coke and Mentos. Skinner stops them before they can do so, however Donny ultimately pushes the crates together and creates a foamy explosion to help the boys escape.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E9HomerBadman Homer Badman]]" has Homer improvising a grenade out of a can of cola and a bag of pop-rocks to cover his escape after he steals the Gummi Venus di Milo.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E3MidnightTowboy Midnight Towboy]]" has an odd variant. When Homer rushes to the Kwik-E-Mart to purchase more milk for Maggie, he discovers that all the milk has been purchased. Apu tells him that he sold it all to the teenagers, as there is a rumor that mixing milk, Mentos, and lottery ticket scrapings to [[ImprovisedJetPack make jet pack fuel]].
--->'''Homer:''' Does it work?\\
'''Jimbo:''' ''[floating a foot off the ground with a jetpack strapped to his back]'' Kinda.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E13TheDebarted The Debarted]]", after learning their new friend Donny is an accomplice of Skinner, Bart and Nelson intend to punish him by giving him crates of Diet Coke and Mentos. Skinner stops them before they can do so, however Donny ultimately pushes the crates together and creates a foamy explosion to help the boys escape.
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* SoapboxSquare: The park with [[OurFounder the statue]] of Jebediah Springfield is a common location for big speeches.
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* WolverinePublicity: "Bartmania" dominated so much of the early advertising, focus, and controversy arround the show that one would easily assume that the rest of the Simpson family were merely tertairy to Bart. When in reality, not did the rest of the family get plenty of focus, but if anyone was the main character, it was Homer. As a result, episode promos would often find any excuse to promote Bart's role in an episode, [[https://twitter.com/dailysimpsons/status/1194112629977108484 even if it was a minor B-plot.]]
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* WhamLine:
** "Who Shot Mr Burns: Part Two":
--> '''Mr Burns''': The one who shot me was...[[spoiler: Maggie Simpson!]]
** "Mother Simpson":
--> '''Mona''': You awful man! Get out of my son's grave!
** "Hurricane Neddy":
--> '''Flanders''': Now calm down, Nedilly-diddly-diddly-diddly-doodly, they did their best, shodilly-iddly-iddly-diddly. Gotta be nice, hostiddly-iddly-diddly-diddly...[[RageBreakingPoint AW, HELL-DIDDLY-DING-DONG-CRAP! CAN'T YOU MORONS DO ANYTHING RIGHT?!]]
** "Who Shot Mr Burns: Part Two":
--> '''Mr Burns''': The one who shot me was...[[spoiler: Maggie Simpson!]]
** "Mother Simpson":
--> '''Mona''': You awful man! Get out of my son's grave!
** "Hurricane Neddy":
--> '''Flanders''': Now calm down, Nedilly-diddly-diddly-diddly-doodly, they did their best, shodilly-iddly-iddly-diddly. Gotta be nice, hostiddly-iddly-diddly-diddly...[[RageBreakingPoint AW, HELL-DIDDLY-DING-DONG-CRAP! CAN'T YOU MORONS DO ANYTHING RIGHT?!]]
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* TormentedTeacher: Mrs. Krabapple had to deal with Bart's disruptive antics, and apparently his misbehavior is so unruly that the teacher's union had to include a clause in their contract that no teacher who has Bart in their classroom will be held legally responsible if he dies while under their supervision.
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** Nelson's laugh, originating from "Lisa's Rival" has been re-used on occasion. (Such as "Bart Gets Famous")
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* StockAudioClip: Several of them.
** Bart's catchphrase "Ay carumba!" One that was used in the early 1990s (mostly in seasons 2 and 3), and one that has been used since the late 2000s.
** A version of Homer's annoyed grunt, originally debuted in the revised version of the pilot "Some Enchanted Evening", and was used sparingly in a few episodes (such as, for a example: "Marge in Chains" by his brain after he introduces himself as Mr. Burns.
** Sideshow Bob's distinct shudder has been in use since its debut in "Cape Feare"
** Nelson's laugh, originating from "Lisa's Rival" has been re-used on occasion. (Such as "Bart Gets Famous")
** Barney's belch (However, this is a much older sound effect that dates all the way back to the Tracey Ullman short "Burping Contest", by Bart).
** Bart's catchphrase "Ay carumba!" One that was used in the early 1990s (mostly in seasons 2 and 3), and one that has been used since the late 2000s.
** A version of Homer's annoyed grunt, originally debuted in the revised version of the pilot "Some Enchanted Evening", and was used sparingly in a few episodes (such as, for a example: "Marge in Chains" by his brain after he introduces himself as Mr. Burns.
** Sideshow Bob's distinct shudder has been in use since its debut in "Cape Feare"
** Nelson's laugh, originating from "Lisa's Rival" has been re-used on occasion. (Such as "Bart Gets Famous")
** Barney's belch (However, this is a much older sound effect that dates all the way back to the Tracey Ullman short "Burping Contest", by Bart).
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** Creator/HarryShearer's Mr. Burns in Seasons 1 and 2 was ''much'' more deep and ominous than his current over-the-top performance.
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** Creator/HarryShearer's Mr. Burns in Seasons 1 and 2 was ''much'' more deep and ominous than his current over-the-top performance.performance, which became less nasal in season 34.
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** When Lisa became a crossword puzzle addict, she started to see crosswords in everything.
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* TelecomTree: In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E5GIAnnoyedGrunt "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)"]], Marge Simpson rallies everyone in Springfield for her plan to get rid of the U.S. army's occupation of Springfield. She even has a diagram of this, which starts with her calling Ned Flanders and Helen Lovejoy, who call two more people[[note]]Selma and Lenny for Ned, Patty and Carl for Helen[[/note]], who each call two more people[[note]]identities unknown[[/note]], and from that point forward it's eight solid chains, which includes Nelson Muntz calling Mr. Burns, and Krusty the Clown calling Ralph Wiggum and telling him to call Lindsay Naegle, who didn't get the message as Ralph had put the phone down and she wasn't present at the reservoir to put [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink Marge's plan]] into action.
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* SecurityBlindspot: In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E20ToSurveilWithLove To Surveil, with Love]]", surveillance cameras are installed all over Springfield. Bart discovers that the only spot the cameras can't see is in the Simpsons' backyard, leading to him and Homer starting charging people to come there and do illegal activities.
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* WidowMistreatment: [[SitcomArchNemesis Homer has always hated Ned]], but ever since Ned's wife, Maude, died in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E14AloneAgainNaturaDiddily Alone Again Natura Diddily]]," her death has given Homer just another reason to pick on Ned (it gets even worse since he's indirectly responsible for her death in the first place). He'll often tease him about it, and one time, he even ''gloated about it in song.'' Thankfully, being ThePollyanna that he is, Ned will usually just laugh off Homer's insults.
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** In "Homie The Clown" Homer is being held at gunpoint by the local LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub, who believe him to be Krusty the Klown, when the real Krusty bursts in.
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** In "Homie The Clown" Homer is being held at gunpoint by the local LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub, crime ring [[TotallyNotACriminalFront with a legitimate business façade]], who believe him to be Krusty the Klown, when the real Krusty bursts in.
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* SymbolicDistance:
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E14ScenesFromTheClassStruggleInSpringfield Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield]]", Marge, at her last straw, snaps at her family and storms away from them up the hill towards the elite club she so desperately wants to join. The camera pans to show the others staying behind as she looks back at them, symbolising the divide that has grown between them throughout the episode. Soon after, she runs back and takes Maggie in her arms, choosing her family over superficial status.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E16MakeRoomForLisa Make Room For Lisa]]", Homer and Lisa's relationship with each other goes through a rough patch, and Lisa tells Homer that she knows they love each other, but they're also two very different people and she expects them to drift further apart as time passes. Homer tells her he'll never let that happen... before the shot pans back to show [[PlayedForLaughs he's standing on a down-escalator that is literally moving him further away from her.]]
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E14ScenesFromTheClassStruggleInSpringfield Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield]]", Marge, at her last straw, snaps at her family and storms away from them up the hill towards the elite club she so desperately wants to join. The camera pans to show the others staying behind as she looks back at them, symbolising the divide that has grown between them throughout the episode. Soon after, she runs back and takes Maggie in her arms, choosing her family over superficial status.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E16MakeRoomForLisa Make Room For Lisa]]", Homer and Lisa's relationship with each other goes through a rough patch, and Lisa tells Homer that she knows they love each other, but they're also two very different people and she expects them to drift further apart as time passes. Homer tells her he'll never let that happen... before the shot pans back to show [[PlayedForLaughs he's standing on a down-escalator that is literally moving him further away from her.]]
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* StoppedDeadInTheirTracks:
** Marge, who throughout "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E14ScenesFromTheClassStruggleInSpringfield Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield]]" was obsessed with hiding her family's "lower-class" nature in order to get in with the elite of Springfield, [[RuleOfSymbolism almost leaves her family behind her in an act of choosing class over them]]. However, she soon stops, hearing Homer say that now she's a better person, the family can see how awful they really are. She turns around and runs back to take her baby in her arms, choosing her family.
** In "Hurricane Neddy", the people of Springfield volunteer to rebuild the Flanders' home after it got destroyed by a hurricane. However, [[TheAllegedHouse they do such a terrible job that it immediately collapses from a slight touch]]. As Ned tries to step away and wipe his glasses, one lens slips out and shatters, and Ned stops in his tracks and says:
--->'''Ned:''' Now, calm down, Neddly-diddly-diddly-diddly-diddly. They did their best, shoddily-iddly-iddly-diddly. Gotta be nice, hostiddly-diddly-diddly-diddly-ah-[[PrecisionFStrike HELL]]-[[SuddenlyShouting diddly ding-dong-CRAP]]! [[RageBreakingPoint Can't you morons do anything RIGHT?!]]
** Marge, who throughout "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E14ScenesFromTheClassStruggleInSpringfield Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield]]" was obsessed with hiding her family's "lower-class" nature in order to get in with the elite of Springfield, [[RuleOfSymbolism almost leaves her family behind her in an act of choosing class over them]]. However, she soon stops, hearing Homer say that now she's a better person, the family can see how awful they really are. She turns around and runs back to take her baby in her arms, choosing her family.
** In "Hurricane Neddy", the people of Springfield volunteer to rebuild the Flanders' home after it got destroyed by a hurricane. However, [[TheAllegedHouse they do such a terrible job that it immediately collapses from a slight touch]]. As Ned tries to step away and wipe his glasses, one lens slips out and shatters, and Ned stops in his tracks and says:
--->'''Ned:''' Now, calm down, Neddly-diddly-diddly-diddly-diddly. They did their best, shoddily-iddly-iddly-diddly. Gotta be nice, hostiddly-diddly-diddly-diddly-ah-[[PrecisionFStrike HELL]]-[[SuddenlyShouting diddly ding-dong-CRAP]]! [[RageBreakingPoint Can't you morons do anything RIGHT?!]]
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** In the episode where Homer gets a new assistant who turns on him and takes his job, he uses a secret Flanders told him to turn the tables. When asked where he learnt the secret, he declines to say, but states the initials are S.F. She immediately recognizes this as Stupid Flanders.
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** In the episode "Replaceable You", where Homer gets a new assistant who turns on him and takes his job, he uses a secret Flanders told him to turn the tables. When asked where he learnt the secret, he declines to say, but states the initials are S.F. She immediately recognizes this as Stupid Flanders.
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** Homer in the Scully-era episodes, especially during the ninth, tenth, and 11th seasons, which wore on fans' nerves and is cited as one of the reasons why the show's quality is in the toilet. The show is meant to have an ensemble cast, but more than '''half''' the episodes from season 10 focus on Homer finding a new job or hobby.
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** Homer in the Scully-era episodes, especially during the ninth, tenth, 9th, 10th, and 11th seasons, which wore on fans' nerves and is cited as one of the reasons why the show's quality is in the toilet. The show is meant to have an ensemble cast, but more than '''half''' the episodes from season Season 10 focus on Homer finding a new job or hobby.
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** Aside from that, the earlier seasons had a few scenes reused. For instance, footage of Homer comforting a concerned Marge from the end of "Lisa's Substitute" was later reused in "Bart the Murderer". And "Marge on the Lam" has a brief scene of Bart saying "We don't need a babysitter." that is clearly from season 2. A list of reused animation can be found [[http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/lists/recycled here.]]
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** Aside from that, the earlier seasons had a few scenes reused. For instance, footage of Homer comforting a concerned Marge from the end of "Lisa's Substitute" was later reused in "Bart the Murderer". And "Marge on the Lam" has a brief scene of Bart saying "We don't need a babysitter." that is clearly from season Season 2. A list of reused animation can be found [[http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/lists/recycled here.]]
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** "Four Great Women and a Manicure" (this one is actually four stories, due to the new commercial formatting for season 20 and beyond. This aspect is also lampshaded)
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** "Four Great Women and a Manicure" (this one is actually four stories, due to the new commercial formatting for season Season 20 and beyond. This aspect is also lampshaded)
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** This also applies to Cletus and Brandine Spuckler, who have far more children, even before season 8.
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** Season 9 episode 1, The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson, replaced the usual closing theme with "New York, New York" sung by Music/FrankSinatra.
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* VocalEvolution: Natural, given the series' [[LongRunners 27-plus-year]] run. Some prominent examples:
** During the entirety of the Tracey Ullman shorts and the first season Creator/DanCastellaneta used a Creator/WalterMatthau impression for Homer, which was tonally deeper and had a marble mouth slurring. By season 3 Homer's voice had moved a bit higher and a bit of a lisp, conveying childish energy albeit with more authority. The change was because the original voice was centered around the tonsils and so he had a hard time putting any sort of variation in his lines, the newer voice came more from the chest and gave the character more variety and a stronger presence. Dan says on the commentaries that he just tried to match the voice he'd been using when they were recording, and changing it little by little to make it easier to show a wider range of emotion. He eventually wound up with the voice we all know simply by trial and error. Past season 10 or so, Homer's voice has become a little bit deeper and slightly more gravelly, but otherwise unchanged since the 4th season.
** Bart spoke in a nasal, monotone voice with a noticeable lisp in the early shorts, and it sounded much quieter. As the shorts go on, despite only being a slight change, his speech gets pronounced slightly clearer, as well as getting less slow and a bit less quiet. Starting with "Moaning Lisa", Bart's lisp starts to completely go away, and his voice gets higher and much more expressive. By season 6, his voice is completely expressive. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5CLnCJlydY Just compare this]] to a later episode.
** [[invoked]] Creator/JulieKavner had the distinctive hoarse, gravely tone with her performances as [[ActingForTwo Marge, Patty, Selma and Mrs. Bouvier,]] but was significantly higher pitched and softer in intonation. Due to the stress of the performances on her vocal chords, all of Kavner's characters have become deeper, and, by season 27, sounding like they've lost their voices.
** Creator/HarryShearer's Mr. Burns in seasons 1 and 2 was ''much'' more deep and ominous than his current over-the-top performance.
** During the entirety of the Tracey Ullman shorts and the first season Creator/DanCastellaneta used a Creator/WalterMatthau impression for Homer, which was tonally deeper and had a marble mouth slurring. By season 3 Homer's voice had moved a bit higher and a bit of a lisp, conveying childish energy albeit with more authority. The change was because the original voice was centered around the tonsils and so he had a hard time putting any sort of variation in his lines, the newer voice came more from the chest and gave the character more variety and a stronger presence. Dan says on the commentaries that he just tried to match the voice he'd been using when they were recording, and changing it little by little to make it easier to show a wider range of emotion. He eventually wound up with the voice we all know simply by trial and error. Past season 10 or so, Homer's voice has become a little bit deeper and slightly more gravelly, but otherwise unchanged since the 4th season.
** Bart spoke in a nasal, monotone voice with a noticeable lisp in the early shorts, and it sounded much quieter. As the shorts go on, despite only being a slight change, his speech gets pronounced slightly clearer, as well as getting less slow and a bit less quiet. Starting with "Moaning Lisa", Bart's lisp starts to completely go away, and his voice gets higher and much more expressive. By season 6, his voice is completely expressive. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5CLnCJlydY Just compare this]] to a later episode.
** [[invoked]] Creator/JulieKavner had the distinctive hoarse, gravely tone with her performances as [[ActingForTwo Marge, Patty, Selma and Mrs. Bouvier,]] but was significantly higher pitched and softer in intonation. Due to the stress of the performances on her vocal chords, all of Kavner's characters have become deeper, and, by season 27, sounding like they've lost their voices.
** Creator/HarryShearer's Mr. Burns in seasons 1 and 2 was ''much'' more deep and ominous than his current over-the-top performance.
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* VocalEvolution: Natural, given the series' run since [[LongRunners 27-plus-year]] run.1989]]. Some prominent examples:
** During the entirety of the Tracey Ullman shorts and the first season Creator/DanCastellaneta used a Creator/WalterMatthau impression for Homer, which was tonally deeper and had a marble mouth slurring. Byseason Season 3 Homer's voice had moved a bit higher and a bit of a lisp, conveying childish energy albeit with more authority. The change was because the original voice was centered around the tonsils and so he had a hard time putting any sort of variation in his lines, the newer voice came more from the chest and gave the character more variety and a stronger presence. Dan says on the commentaries that he just tried to match the voice he'd been using when they were recording, and changing it little by little to make it easier to show a wider range of emotion. He eventually wound up with the voice we all know simply by trial and error. Past season Season 10 or so, Homer's voice has become a little bit deeper and slightly more gravelly, but otherwise unchanged since the 4th season.
** Bart spoke in a nasal, monotone voice with a noticeable lisp in the early shorts, and it sounded much quieter. As the shorts go on, despite only being a slight change, his speech gets pronounced slightly clearer, as well as getting less slow and a bit less quiet. Starting with "Moaning Lisa", Bart's lisp starts to completely go away, and his voice gets higher and much more expressive. Byseason Season 6, his voice is completely expressive. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5CLnCJlydY Just compare this]] to a later episode.
** [[invoked]] Creator/JulieKavner had the distinctive hoarse, gravely tone with her performances as [[ActingForTwo Marge, Patty, Selma and Mrs. Bouvier,]] but was significantly higher pitched and softer in intonation. Due to the stress of the performances on her vocal chords, all of Kavner's characters have become deeper, and, byseason Season 27, sounding like they've lost their voices.
** Creator/HarryShearer's Mr. Burns inseasons Seasons 1 and 2 was ''much'' more deep and ominous than his current over-the-top performance.
** During the entirety of the Tracey Ullman shorts and the first season Creator/DanCastellaneta used a Creator/WalterMatthau impression for Homer, which was tonally deeper and had a marble mouth slurring. By
** Bart spoke in a nasal, monotone voice with a noticeable lisp in the early shorts, and it sounded much quieter. As the shorts go on, despite only being a slight change, his speech gets pronounced slightly clearer, as well as getting less slow and a bit less quiet. Starting with "Moaning Lisa", Bart's lisp starts to completely go away, and his voice gets higher and much more expressive. By
** [[invoked]] Creator/JulieKavner had the distinctive hoarse, gravely tone with her performances as [[ActingForTwo Marge, Patty, Selma and Mrs. Bouvier,]] but was significantly higher pitched and softer in intonation. Due to the stress of the performances on her vocal chords, all of Kavner's characters have become deeper, and, by
** Creator/HarryShearer's Mr. Burns in
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** Creator/NancyCartwright also uses a deeper, more teenaged sounding voice for both Nelson Muntz and Kearney Zzyzwicz compared to before season 6 or so. Nelson's "HA HA!" is pretty much the same, though. FridgeLogic applies here, as Nelson and Kearney have been shown to be smokers in several episodes, including when their voices were still higher.
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** Creator/NancyCartwright also uses a deeper, more teenaged sounding voice for both Nelson Muntz and Kearney Zzyzwicz compared to before season Season 6 or so. Nelson's "HA HA!" is pretty much the same, though. FridgeLogic applies here, as Nelson and Kearney have been shown to be smokers in several episodes, including when their voices were still higher.
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** Homer Simpson: In season four's "Lisa the Beauty Queen," Homer tries his luck at the school carnival's "Guess Your Age and Weight" booth. The fortuneteller guesses that Homer is 53 years old and 420 pounds. Homer laughs at the man and reveals that he's 36 years old and 239 pounds. Later episodes would have Homer as 38 or 39, depending on writer.
** Hans Moleman: During the Alc-Anon meeting in season four's "Duffless," Hans reveals that he's 31 years old (which is true, according to his driver's license on "Selma's Choice" that shows he was born in August of 1961. It would make him around 31 at the time of the episode's premiere -- 1991), implying that Hans Moleman's alcohol addiction has rapidly aged him. As usual, NegativeContinuity has discredited this, as Hans was seen at the Springfield Retirement Home in "The Old Man and the C Student" and in "Little Girl in the Big Ten," a character pointed out that Hans was 80. Though given Moleman's [[ButtMonkey status]], and how incompetent just about ''every'' laborer in Springfield seems to be...
** Hans Moleman: During the Alc-Anon meeting in season four's "Duffless," Hans reveals that he's 31 years old (which is true, according to his driver's license on "Selma's Choice" that shows he was born in August of 1961. It would make him around 31 at the time of the episode's premiere -- 1991), implying that Hans Moleman's alcohol addiction has rapidly aged him. As usual, NegativeContinuity has discredited this, as Hans was seen at the Springfield Retirement Home in "The Old Man and the C Student" and in "Little Girl in the Big Ten," a character pointed out that Hans was 80. Though given Moleman's [[ButtMonkey status]], and how incompetent just about ''every'' laborer in Springfield seems to be...
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** Homer Simpson: In season four's Season 4's "Lisa the Beauty Queen," Homer tries his luck at the school carnival's "Guess Your Age and Weight" booth. The fortuneteller guesses that Homer is 53 years old and 420 pounds. Homer laughs at the man and reveals that he's 36 years old and 239 pounds. Later episodes would have Homer as 38 or 39, depending on writer.
** Hans Moleman: During the Alc-Anon meeting inseason four's Season 4's "Duffless," Hans reveals that he's 31 years old (which is true, according to his driver's license on "Selma's Choice" that shows he was born in August of 1961. It would make him around 31 at the time of the episode's premiere -- 1991), implying that Hans Moleman's alcohol addiction has rapidly aged him. As usual, NegativeContinuity has discredited this, as Hans was seen at the Springfield Retirement Home in "The Old Man and the C Student" and in "Little Girl in the Big Ten," a character pointed out that Hans was 80. Though given Moleman's [[ButtMonkey status]], and how incompetent just about ''every'' laborer in Springfield seems to be...
** Hans Moleman: During the Alc-Anon meeting in
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* TemporaryScrappy: In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E14TheItchyAndScratchyAndPoochieShow "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"]], ''[[ShowWithinAShow Itchy & Scratchy]]'' introduces a dog named Poochie, who is hated by the InUniverse audience of that cartoon. This leads the producers to ShooOutTheNewGuy. Later in the episode, a {{parody}} of Scrappys everywhere appears --a teenager named Roy who is inexplicably shown to be living with the Simpson family. However, all Roy does is [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] the concept of a Scrappy.
