History WMG / TheSimpsons

Plot gets kicked off by Mr. Burns and Smithers having some sort of squabble? Check. Smithers gets Moe to help him get what he wants from Mr. Burns? Check. [[CrackPairing Moe/Smithers]] ShipTease despite Moe being fully aware that he is straight due to feeling down? Checkity check. I wrote it two seasons ago, plenty of time for them to find it.
* I wrote a fanfic in which the Simpsons were walking to a mall. They stole my idea too!
** Are you serious or just facetious?

We know it isn't as simple as NegativeContinuity, because they refer to previous events. The reason for this is because Springfield(and Shelbyville) is stuck in a time loop, where every year it resets at most two years. However, there's a certain extent of RippleEffectProofMemory, so each version of the year is different from the last. Certain events, such as Maude's death, are constants that can't be negated. Different origin stories are the result of conflicting memories, which causes Flanderization. The rest of the planet is immune from this, hence why it hasn't stayed 1990. This is likely due to the above theory of Frink messing around with time travel, creating the Time Loop. Certain individuals such as [[ArchEnemy Sideshow Bob]] and [[KilledOffForReal Frank Grimes]] are constants who cannot be altered. Certain events are also resistant against this, such as Milhouse's parents divorcing. The Simpsons family is inherently tied to this.

Remember that episode where he somehow sets breakfast cereal on fire? Or that episode where he lightly strokes a christmas tree and it bursts into flames? Or that episode where he and a bunch of his drunk buddies drive carelessly in his car in the school, causing a soccer goal to explode for no apparent reason? Rule of funny aside, this is the best possible explaination.

Homer and Krusty have all of the same physical characteristics.

** This WMG is so wrong in so many levels.

*** More bonus points if Russ Cargill also double-crosses the other villains and commit one of [[TheSameButMore the biggest]] [[InvertedTrope Anti-]][[MoralEventHorizon Moral Event Horizons]] in TheSimpsons history to [=prove/remind=] the characters and audience that despite all of his DisproportionateRetribution, he is still a genuine hero at heart and [[KnightTemplar he only does bad deeds to benefit ''and'' protect the environment.]]

That was just a piece of paper with the words "Bart Simpson's Soul" written on it, and the whole business with Bart thinking he really did sell his soul was all in his head.

The episode, at one point, implies Springfield to be in Illinois, and yet most fans still don't know WhereTheHellIsSpringfield.

In typical new Simpsons fashion, it comes in a few years, long after it was new and relevant.

The episode, at one point, implies Springfield to be in Illinois, and yet most fans still don't know WhereTheHellIsSpringfield.

In typical new Simpsons fashion, it comes in a few years, long after it was new and relevant.

The episode, at one point, implies Springfield to be in Illinois, and yet most fans still don't know WhereTheHellIsSpringfield.

In typical new Simpsons fashion, it comes in a few years, long after it was new and relevant.

The episode, at one point, implies Springfield to be in Illinois, and yet most fans still don't know WhereTheHellIsSpringfield.

In typical new Simpsons fashion, it comes in a few years, long after it was new and relevant.

The episode, at one point, implies Springfield to be in Illinois, and yet most fans still don't know WhereTheHellIsSpringfield.

In typical new Simpsons fashion, it comes in a few years, long after it was new and relevant.

The episode, at one point, implies Springfield to be in Illinois, and yet most fans still don't know WhereTheHellIsSpringfield.

In typical new Simpsons fashion, it comes in a few years, long after it was new and relevant.

* Alternatively the Simpsons have plenty of money. Being THE safety inspector for a nuclear power plant he could easily pull 6 figures. Their money problems come from all the foolish things Homer spends money on. He buys eleven hundred dollars of itchy and scratchy money and suddenly even with his salary it is hard to pay the electric bill

Alright before you start running to my door with pitchforks and torches, watch Curse of the Flying Hellfish again, do you see how similar Sheldon Skinner looks to Armin Tamzarian? so here we go, at some point before joining the Flying Hellfish, Sheldon Skinner had spent some time in Capital City, and had an affair with a Prostitute, this resulted in the concieving of Armin Tamzarian, which would techically make both Tamzarian and the real Seymour Skinner Half Brothers

** He also once beat up a ghost. While the commentary talks about the power of Nelson
[[WMG:The episode "Time and Punishment" is canon]]
At the end, our ''original'' Homer is in a timeline where literally everyone had lizard tongues. Poor Homer FROM that timeline wound up in the original timeline- we've now been watching the false ''Lizard-Tongue'' Homer and his own ''crazy'' escapades many seasons later... This is further supported by the movie when he grabs a shrimp out of the grill with his own long tongue! Makes total sense yet?
** What about when Mr Burns was 'trapped' under rocks with the moles and he had to live off insects with his long red tongue in ''Fraudcast News''? Am I the ''only one'' who noticed that? or is that just me?

Professor Frink has already invented a time machine, and his messing around leads to {{Flanderization}} and [[NegativeContinuity no continuity]]. This is also why Springfield [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield can't be found]]; Frink's time-traveling is changing where Jebediah settled in America

** Except Bart, Lisa and Maggie were all accidents. And Lisa seemed healthy when we saw her as a bably/toddler.

[[WMG: The Simpsons is in the same universe as St. Elsewhere, Cheers, Frasier, and Wings.]]

Why, because Homer walked into a bar that had the cast of Cheers in it. The rest were in crossovers with Cheers.
* Except that Sideshow Bob is voiced by Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Cecil Terwilliger is voiced by David Hyde Pierce (Niles) and the Terwilliger father is voiced by John Mahoney (Martin Crane).
** I don't think that would matter in a world populated by dozens of characters using the same ten or so actors over and over again.

In Season Three, Bart and Lisa turned 10 and 8 respectively. At that point the show was in its third season. Since there have been 22 seasons, if the show operated on a three season per year timetable, and Bart and Lisa started out as 9 and 7 respectively than at the current time Bart would be 16 and Lisa would be 14. There have been complaints that Lisa's activism and persona don't work if she's still 8, but if she's really 14 her persona may make more sense. As to why there still in a public school run by "Seymour Skinner" Springfield is a terrible town that Houses it's entire public school program within the confines of what was once simply Springfield Elementary back when the Simpson family first welcomed Santa's Little Helper into their midst. All of the direct mentions of age are part of some kind of skewed perspective, exactly who's skewed perspective it is that makes us think Bart is still ten in universe is open to interpretation. But it might be the parents in the family, unwilling to admit their children are growing up. The main problem with this theory is of course Maggie, though of course, the skewed perspective might be at work there too. Perhaps Maggie is actually seven, and Homer and Marge continue to see her as a baby because they won't accept their children gradually growing up. Given Maggie's demonstrated intelligence, I can't think of another explanation for her behavior according to this theory. I'll admit this is a entirely unlikely theory, but if the show may actually be a matter of alternate universes or Truman Show shenanigans, is a show with the false perspective impossible?

[[WMG: The writer(s) of ''Boys of Bummer'' and ''Million Dollar Abie'' has/have serious issues]]

They are all easy to answer. One, they're kids. The episode told us that the story took place when the kids where fairly young, so it's only natural that it's not an easy thing to remeber off hand. Not to mention that TV has kind of messed up the kid's ability to recall stuff, especially Bart. Two, the money was burned off the same way the Simpsons usally burn off cash: Homer falling for scams, blowing it away on stuff like beer, going towards taxes, and stuff like that. Any of that money that is left, Marge must have put in a bank account that Homer can't access. Three, knowing that kids will be kids and would end up braking it, Homer put the gold records in the attic where Bart wouldn't try and smash it with a hammer or something. Plus, he probably doesn't want people constantly asking about it where telling the story becomes a chore. Four, one hit wonders happen all the time: Disco Duck, Mambo Number 5, Whoomp there it is, the list goes on. Plus, they wouldn't have even had a hit song in the first place if the "Baby on Board" sticker had not inspired Homer to write the song. Talent can sometimes be very inconsistent that way.

The first time we saw Homer suffer major injuries was falling off the gorge in "Bart the Daredevil". Before that, Homer was [[TooDumbToLive less stupid]] and more somewhat [[TheDitz clueless and bumbling]], and significantly less violent. However that and a number of blows to the head have led to Homer getting "stupider every year"(as for why the gorge didn't just leave him brain-dead, thank his natural resistance to head-blows). [[FridgeHorror With every blow to the head, Homer becomes less aware of the risks that he's taking, which just creates the lovable buffoon we see him as.]] [[FreudianExcuse The reason why he becomes more of a Jerkass is]] [[JerkassWoobie a result of both lashing out at the world and because of Bart.]] Had Bart not decided to try and jump off the gorge, Homer wouldn't have fallen off it. Thus Homer strangles Bart primarily out of anger for the head blow that's started his downwards spiral, even when he isn't aware of this. The MultipleChoicePast? Its Homer remembering it incorrectly, and his family humouring him-they happened much differently, or not at all. The NegativeContinuity of all this? UnreliableNarrator in full effect-Grandpa Simpson is senile and the other male Simpsons are stupid for a multitude of other reasons, and/or the Simpsons Gene doesn't cause such a severe effect. The "crayon in brain" happened to be lodged in at some later time, or it just screwed up his sinuses. Of course, the crayon and Simpsons Gene may have caused a lot of damage, but Homer was initially ''super-intelligent'' and it took all this to bring him down.

* And in the episode were Lisa enters the Sundance movie festival we learn Skinner has written a screen play called "killing Seymore's Mother".

We know it isn't as simple as NegativeContinuity, because they refer to previous events. The reason for this is because Springfield(and Shelbyville) is stuck in a time loop, where every year it resets at most two years. However, there's a certain extent of RippleEffectProofMemory, so each version of the year is different from the last. Certain events, such as Maude's death, are constants that can't be negated. Different origin stories are the result of conflicting memories, which causes Flanderization. The rest of the planet is immune from this, hence why it hasn't stayed 1987. This is likely due to the above theory of Frink messing around with time travel, creating the Time Loop. Certain individuals such as [[ArchEnemy Sideshow Bob]] and [[KilledOffForReal Frank Grimes]] are constants who cannot be altered. Certain events are also resistant against this, such as Milhouse's parents divorcing. The Simpsons family is inherently tied to this.

[[WMG: Kang and Kodos control Springfield]]
Kang and Kodos have actually been killing all of the citizens of Springfield and replacing them with clones each year. This explains both why they never age and why they've all turned into shadows of their former selves. The cloning process damages the brain and removes basic personality traits.

Also, each citizen in Springfield is given a false memory (based on the current year and their current age) of their past. That's why ten years ago Homer was in a Barbershop Quartet in the early 80's, but now he was in a grunge band in the 90's.

It was all a social experiment done by a couple of aliens to see how much any one person could grow and develop in a single year. You know that phrase, "If I could do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing."? They were looking to prove if that were true or not.

[[WMG: The entire show is a cartoon made by aliens.]]
Specifically, by Kang and Kodos. TheSimpsons is actually their attempt to document and understand human civilization: why is unknown. They've chosen America because, due to it being the richest country, they think [[AmericaIsTheCentreOfTheUniverse it's the planet's capital.]] They don't consider the location of their documentary or [[NegativeContinuity continuity]] important, so we never find out WhereTheHellIsSpringfield. Flanderization is due to Kang and Kodos deciding to change it into a TV show, and they only appear in Halloween episodes because they're non-canon. Futurama is a spin-off series.

[[WMG: WebOriginal/DeadBart will be the eventual series finale]]
Or at least a version of it.

[[WMG: Homer died 6 months after "Homer the Heretic" and went to Purgatory]]
God states at the end of the episode that Homer will die in six months, and he did. Everything that has occurred in the series since then has been a chance to improve himself enough to qualify for Heaven. This is why nothing really changes and no-one grows up, and why the show has been on for so long - as close as he gets, he's ''still'' not cleaned up his act.
* Alternatively,that's the punishment in Purgatory.Homer has to experience his inner demons,which is what the show [[{{Flanderization}} became.]]Once The Simpsons is finally canceled, Homer will have completed his punishment and ascend to Heaven.

[[WMG: Homer really did die in the episode Mother Simpson]]
He did really get chopped to pieces, and the rest of the series are bedtime stories told to Bart and Lisa's children. Yup the movie as well.

[[WMG: Homer died from Fugu poisoning, and is in hell.]]

Homer suffer physical pain constantly, repeatedly makes up with his family only to go right back to the same friction and marital problems, and can never escape the nuclear plant no matter how bizarre or outlandish his career moves are. If anything positive happens to him, it immediately goes sour, and any success he experiences will be erased, bringing him right back to square one. Ned Flanders is the Devil, ironically offering him redemption that he will never seek out.

[[WMG: Homer died 6 months after "Homer the Heretic" and went to Purgatory]]
God states at the end of the episode that Homer will die in six months, and he did. Everything that has occurred in the series since then has been a chance to improve himself enough to qualify for Heaven. This is why nothing really changes and no-one grows up, and why the show has been on for so long - as close as he gets, he's ''still'' not cleaned up his act.
* Alternatively,that's the punishment in Purgatory.Homer has to experience his inner demons,which is what the show [[{{Flanderization}} became.]]Once The Simpsons is finally canceled, Homer will have completed his punishment and ascend to Heaven.

[[WMG: Homer really did die in the episode Mother Simpson]]
He did really get chopped to pieces, and the rest of the series are bedtime stories told to Bart and Lisa's children. Yup the movie as well.

[[WMG: Homer died from Fugu poisoning, and is in hell.]]

Homer suffer physical pain constantly, repeatedly makes up with his family only to go right back to the same friction and marital problems, and can never escape the nuclear plant no matter how bizarre or outlandish his career moves are. If anything positive happens to him, it immediately goes sour, and any success he experiences will be erased, bringing him right back to square one. Ned Flanders is the Devil, ironically offering him redemption that he will never seek out.

[[WMG: Homer died 6 months after "Homer the Heretic" and went to Purgatory]]
God states at the end of the episode that Homer will die in six months, and he did. Everything that has occurred in the series since then has been a chance to improve himself enough to qualify for Heaven. This is why nothing really changes and no-one grows up, and why the show has been on for so long - as close as he gets, he's ''still'' not cleaned up his act.
* Alternatively,that's the punishment in Purgatory.Homer has to experience his inner demons,which is what the show [[{{Flanderization}} became.]]Once The Simpsons is finally canceled, Homer will have completed his punishment and ascend to Heaven.

[[WMG: Homer really did die in the episode Mother Simpson]]
He did really get chopped to pieces, and the rest of the series are bedtime stories told to Bart and Lisa's children. Yup the movie as well.

[[WMG: Homer died from Fugu poisoning, and is in hell.]]

Homer suffer physical pain constantly, repeatedly makes up with his family only to go right back to the same friction and marital problems, and can never escape the nuclear plant no matter how bizarre or outlandish his career moves are. If anything positive happens to him, it immediately goes sour, and any success he experiences will be erased, bringing him right back to square one. Ned Flanders is the Devil, ironically offering him redemption that he will never seek out.

* You mean a version that's an ''actual episode''?

The first time we saw Homer suffer major injuries was falling off the gorge in "Bart the Daredevil". Before that, Homer was [[TooDumbToLive less stupid]] and more somewhat [[TheDitz clueless and bumbling]], and significantly less violent. However that and a number of blows to the head have led to Homer getting "stupider every year"(as for why the gorge didn't just leave him brain-dead, thank his natural resistance to head-blows). [[FridgeHorror With every blow to the head, Homer becomes less aware of the risks that he's taking, which just creates the lovable buffoon we see him as.]] [[FreudianExcuse The reason why he becomes more of a Jerkass is]] [[JerkassWoobie a result of both lashing out at the world and because of Bart.]] Had Bart not decided to try and jump off the gorge, Homer wouldn't have fallen off it. Thus Homer strangles Bart primarily out of anger for the head blow that's started his downwards spiral, even when he isn't aware of this. The MultipleChoicePast? Its Homer remembering it incorrectly, and his family humouring him-they happened much differently, or not at all. The NegativeContinuity of all this? UnreliableNarrator in full effect-Grandpa Simpson is senile and the other male Simpsons are stupid for a multitude of other reasons, and/or the Simpsons Gene doesn't cause such a severe effect. The "crayon in brain" happened to be lodged in at some later time, or it just screwed up his sinuses. Of course, the crayon and Simpsons Gene may have caused a lot of damage, but Homer was initially ''super-intelligent'' and it took all this to bring him down.

In the movie Homer messes up big time to the point where he almost destroys Springfield, the town wants him dead, Bart finds a new father figure, and Marge tapes over their wedding video. In the end, he saves the day, Bart and Homer finally bond, Homer learns that other people are more important than him, a minor character is KilledOffForReal, and Lisa meets her first real boyfriend so far. Unlike other future episodes, Holiday of Future Passed isn't told by a fortune teller or a look into the future. The main plot is set up by Bart and Lisa whining about having to get their Christmas pictures taken, then fast forward. Unlike other flashfowards, this one seems to be canon.

* Frank Grimes Jr.! [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie Russ Cargill!]] The unibrow baby! And, in the final act, Kang and Kodos!

[[WMG:Springfield and everything associated with it is a fantasy world created by LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya.]]
Think about it. It would explain so many things. Nobody seems to know what state it's in. There's the constant Main/{{Flanderization}} and idiocy of so many of its residents. Most of them are yellow, and all of them have four fingers. The StatusQuoIsGod. The whole messy SeparateSimpsonsGeographyThing.
* Why Haruhi Suzumiya in particular?
## She's exactly the sort of person who would do such a thing.
## [[Main/HandWave Why the hell not?]]
* Springfield's universe might be a universe she discarded before arriving at her current one, which she was subconsciously kind enough to leave intact. Well, as intact as it gets, anyway.
** She's [[StupidSexyFlanders Flanders]]. There's no other person she could be.
*** Look below.

[[WMG: The Simpsons is a Main/FutureImperfect or otherwise [[UnreliableNarrator unreliable retelling]] of WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy]]
...because it would be the ultimate subversion of ItsBeenDone.

[[WMG: Springfield is in a parallel universe]]
Why else do you think we can never find it?

[[WMG:The entire series exists in a warped reality.]]
The earliest sign? During the episode where Bart becomes a scout [[DanBrowned he points out the inaccurate tenting technique used in an Itchy and Scratchy episode]], where Lisa points out that cartoons don't have to be realistic. At which point Homer walks by the living room window '''even though he's sitting behind them on the couch.''' This is how we know that no matter what happens in continuity, it won't be constant! The Simpsons live in a world were physics do not exist!

[[WMG:The city of Springfield was built by [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Bloody Stupid Johnson]].]]
This explains the rapidly shifting geography and impossibility to locate.

[[WMG:Bart is strawberry blond.]]
In one episode he has been shown to have natural red hair. He said he dyed it blond. Even when he was little it was blond. So he probably has very dark strawberry blond. Ignore the impossibilities of this theory. TheSimpsons isn't sensible.

[[WMG: Homer died 6 months after "Homer the Heretic" and went to Purgatory]]
God states at the end of the episode that Homer will die in six months, and he did. Everything that has occurred in the series since then has been a chance to improve himself enough to qualify for Heaven. This is why nothing really changes and no-one grows up, and why the show has been on for so long - as close as he gets, he's ''still'' not cleaned up his act.
* Alternatively,that's the punishment in Purgatory.Homer has to experience his inner demons,which is what the show [[{{Flanderization}} became.]]Once The Simpsons is finally canceled, Homer will have completed his punishment and ascend to Heaven.

He never had Moe put the crayon back in his brain - he worried that he would have died and left his family [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei in despair.]] This would account for several outbursts of higher intelligence (such as having a high grasp on the concept of a think tank, sarcastically pointing out little-known facts about European history); his masquerade is slipping. [[WMG: "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" is the final episode out of order.]] Somebody (I forget who) made this suggestion on the DVD commentary for the episode.

[[WMG: They are all suffering from jaundice.]]
* And [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7U7t3IAcT4 this]] proves it.
** That video also proves that Homer is Bill from WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill's twin.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' proves that [[http://theinfosphere.org/File:Simpsons_jaundice.jpg a strain of body-encompassing jaundice does indeed exist]], and The Simpsons is simply placed in a world where everyone suffers from it.

We know it isn't as simple as NegativeContinuity, because they refer to previous events. The reason for this is because Springfield(and Shelbyville) is stuck in a time loop, where every year it resets at most two years. However, there's a certain extent of RippleEffectProofMemory, so each version of the year is different from the last. Certain events, such as Maude's death, are constants that can't be negated. Different origin stories are the result of conflicting memories, which causes Flanderization. The rest of the planet is immune from this, hence why it hasn't stayed 1987. This is likely due to the above theory of Frink messing around with time travel, creating the Time Loop. Certain individuals such as [[ArchEnemy Sideshow Bob]] and [[KilledOffForReal Frank Grimes]] are constants who cannot be altered. Certain events are also resistant against this, such as Milhouse's parents divorcing. The Simpsons family is inherently tied to this.

[[WMG: Moleman is Kenny [=McCormick=]'s grandfather of Kenny in about 60/70 years]]
This would explain how many times he's died
* Alternatively, [[spoiler:the Cthulhu cultists]] were at least 26 years early in their actions.

[[WMG: Homer really did die in the episode Mother Simpson]]
He did really get chopped to pieces, and the rest of the series are bedtime stories told to Bart and Lisa's children. Yup the movie as well.

[[WMG: The Simpsons takes place in The Sims 1 universe]]
That's why they never age, and why Homer can quit and get his job back so easily.

** Except Bart, Lisa and Maggie were all accidents. And Lisa seemed healthy when we saw her as a bably/toddler.

* Didnt Lisa have a bear in 18x2 Jazzy and the Pussycats?

[[WMG:A Gypsy cursed Jebadiah Springfield.]]
I always theorized that sometimes in the past, Jebadiah Springfield (under his original name Hans Sprungfeld the Pirate) must've angered a Gypsy who put him under the curse of "You will be founder of a town of idiots and fools" and so years later he did and this can explain why 90% of Springfield's citizens are total idiots, how Lisa and a handful of others escaped this curse is beyond me.

[[WMG: Kang and Kodos control Springfield]]
Kang and Kodos have actually been killing all of the citizens of Springfield and replacing them with clones each year. This explains both why they never age and why they've all turned into shadows of their former selves. The cloning process damages the brain and removes basic personality traits.

Also, each citizen in Springfield is given a false memory (based on the current year and their current age) of their past. That's why ten years ago Homer was in a Barbershop Quartet in the early 80's, but now he was in a grunge band in the 90's.

It was all a social experiment done by a couple of aliens to see how much any one person could grow and develop in a single year. You know that phrase, "If I could do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing."? They were looking to prove if that were true or not.

[[WMG: Homer died from Fugu poisoning, and is in hell.]]

Homer suffer physical pain constantly, repeatedly makes up with his family only to go right back to the same friction and marital problems, and can never escape the nuclear plant no matter how bizarre or outlandish his career moves are. If anything positive happens to him, it immediately goes sour, and any success he experiences will be erased, bringing him right back to square one. Ned Flanders is the Devil, ironically offering him redemption that he will never seek out.

[[WMG: The entire show is a cartoon made by aliens.]]
Specifically, by Kang and Kodos. TheSimpsons is actually their attempt to document and understand human civilization: why is unknown. They've chosen America because, due to it being the richest country, they think [[AmericaIsTheCentreOfTheUniverse it's the planet's capital.]] They don't consider the location of their documentary or [[NegativeContinuity continuity]] important, so we never find out WhereTheHellIsSpringfield. Flanderization is due to Kang and Kodos deciding to change it into a TV show, and they only appear in Halloween episodes because they're non-canon. Futurama is a spin-off series.

* Lisa and Bart finally moving up a year and how they cope with that. Likewise, Maggie could start talking, but her speech could remain not heard by the viewer (similar to episodes set in the future.


[[WMG: Bart is TheAntichrist]]
At the end of ''Gone Maggie Gone,'' he does end up turning everything into a living hell.

They are all easy to answer. One, they're kids. The episode told us that the story took place when the kids where fairly young, so it's only natural that it's not an easy thing to remeber off hand. Not to mention that TV has kind of messed up the kid's ability to recall stuff, especially Bart. Two, the money was burned off the same way the Simpsons usally burn off cash: Homer falling for scams, blowing it away on stuff like beer, going towards taxes, and stuff like that. Any of that money that is left, Marge must have put in a bank account that Homer can't access. Three, knowing that kids will be kids and would end up braking it, Homer put the gold records in the attic where Bart wouldn't try and smash it with a hammer or something. Plus, he probably doesn't want people constantly asking about it where telling the story becomes a chore. Four, one hit wonders happen all the time: Disco Duck, Mambo Number 5, Whoomp there it is, the list goes on. Plus, they wouldn't have even had a hit song in the first place if the "Baby on Board" sticker had not inspired Homer to write the song. Talent can sometimes be very inconsistent that way.

** Mr. Burns does have a game called "Angry Burns" on his MyPad. It wouldn't surprise me if that was the focus of the episode.

Several years after the popularity was actually news.

* The main characters of the show never age, but time seems to pass (Bill Clinton appearing in an older episode but things like Ipads (Or [[Expy "Mypads]]) appearing in later episodes). This could be explained as ComicBookTime, but you have to admit, the symptoms of Folsense Gas are there. Perhaps Mr. Burns discovered the gas first, which is why he seems to be immortal even though he is ridiculously fragile and dependant on Smithers. That's why Homer is getting dumber and dumber (He's actually sixty, and is going senile like his father) and Lisa is becoming increasingly intelligent (She's in her twenties, and should be going to university), among other things. The reason [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Springfield isn't in any state]] is because it has been isolated from society (because of the gas) to the point where it could be in ANY state. The events of the movie weren't just caused by overpolluting, the EPA wanted to isolate Springfield because of the dangerous gas that permeated the town, which hadn't been studied enough to be considered safe. People in Shelbyville don't look like people from Springfield, they too are affected by the gas, and the people from Springfield expect the town to look similar to theirs, so it does.

The first time we saw Homer suffer major injuries was falling off the gorge in "Bart the Daredevil". Before that, Homer was [[TooDumbToLive less stupid]] and more somewhat [[TheDitz clueless and bumbling]], and significantly less violent. However that and a number of blows to the head have led to Homer getting "stupider every year"(as for why the gorge didn't just leave him brain-dead, thank his natural resistance to head-blows). [[FridgeHorror With every blow to the head, Homer becomes less aware of the risks that he's taking, which just creates the lovable buffoon we see him as.]] [[FreudianExcuse The reason why he becomes more of a Jerkass is]] [[JerkassWoobie a result of both lashing out at the world and because of Bart.]] Had Bart not decided to try and jump off the gorge, Homer wouldn't have fallen off it. Thus Homer strangles Bart primarily out of anger for the head blow that's started his downwards spiral, even when he isn't aware of this. The MultipleChoicePast? Its Homer remembering it incorrectly, and his family humouring him-they happened much differently, or not at all. The NegativeContinuity of all this? UnreliableNarrator in full effect-Grandpa Simpson is senile and the other male Simpsons are stupid for a multitude of other reasons, and/or the Simpsons Gene doesn't cause such a severe effect. The "crayon in brain" happened to be lodged in at some later time, or it just screwed up his sinuses. Of course, the crayon and Simpsons Gene may have caused a lot of damage, but Homer was initially ''super-intelligent'' and it took all this to bring him down.