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[[folder: What Happened to the Pig?]]
* In the movie, whatever became of the pig?
** I assumed it was killed and eaten by the mob.
** In a deleted scene, it shows the pig, Santa's Little Helper, and the mutated chipmunk helping rebuild the Simpsons' home, and the pig shows up in one of the couch gags at the beginning of the next TV season. So it's probably still alive.
*** It does appear in the next Halloween episode, so it's probably alive somehow. Not that it counts as ''solid'' evidence, but still...
*** In one of the comics, Krusty tries to find the pig as his commercials were popular. He gets disguised as Ploptimus Prime and escapes with the family. I forget where he ended up. I think Cletus's farm?
** It still makes cameo appearances every now and then, usually for a quick visual gag.
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[[folder: What Happened to the Pig?]]
* In the movie, whatever became of the pig?
** I assumed it was killed and eaten by the mob.
** In a deleted scene, it shows the pig, Santa's Little Helper, and the mutated chipmunk helping rebuild the Simpsons' home, and the pig shows up in one of the couch gags at the beginning of the next TV season. So it's probably still alive.
*** It does appear in the next Halloween episode, so it's probably alive somehow. Not that it counts as ''solid'' evidence, but still...
*** In one of the comics, Krusty tries to find the pig as his commercials were popular. He gets disguised as Ploptimus Prime and escapes with the family. I forget where he ended up. I think Cletus's farm?
** It still makes cameo appearances every now and then, usually for a quick visual gag.
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*** Also, there was Apu's nephew, Jamshed who first appears as a toddler in his debut but later a teen/young adult.
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[[folder: Bus Driver Name]]
* Why does the bus use the driver's name instead of the ID? At least in Boston, they use ID.
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[[folder: Moe's Preference To The Clinic]]
* Why does Moe decide to change for a cab to the clinic from the bus because Lisa would be on board?
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[[folder: Why School On Snow Day]]
* Why did Springfield Elementary School decide to not have the day off?
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[[folder: Doesn't Lisa Ever Get Tired Of Being Wrong]]

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[[folder: Doesn't Lisa Ever Get Tired Of Being Wrong]]Wrong?]]
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[[folder: Couldn't Lisa Stay On?]]
* In "Lost Out Lisa", couldn't Lisa just stay on the 22 bus and not get off at the End Of The Line and take the bus the other way until Crackton? Maybe Crackton has a bus connection that goes to the museum? Of course it was Lisa's choice but she wanted to go to the museum.
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[[folder: What Happened To The Cherry Picker?]]
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What happened to the cherry picker]] that Homer was in after he was caught by the draw bridge?
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[[folder: Doesn't Lisa Ever Get Tired Of Being Wrong]]
* When Lisa scolds her brother from using a remote control with plutonium as a battery, Bart says to her "Don't you ever get tired of being wrong?" Does Lisa really?
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** Questions 3 is supposed to be a [[{{ShoutOut}} Shout Out]] to [[Film/{{MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail}} Monty Python And The Holy Grail]].
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[[folder: Snowball II Doesn't Want "To Be The Baby"]]
* Why didn't Snowball want to climb into the baby carriage in "Lisa's Date With Destiny".
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[[folder: Do Sherri & Terri Hate Rock And/Or Roll?]]
* When everyone is holding up torches in "Bart Sells His Soul", Sherri & Terri seem scared from singing "In The Gadda Da Vida". Why are they?
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[[folder: 3 Questions 3 Question 1]]

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[[folder: 3 Questions 3 & Question 1]]
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[[folder: 3 Questions 3 Question 1]]
* Shouldn't Comic Book Guy say those respectively instead of "Questions 3" and "Question the first" in "Lost Our Lisa"?

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** Laura never dated Bart because he was too young for her. He broke it off with Jessica, she didn't reject him, so dating her wouldn't go against Lisa's claim that all his girlfriends left him. Shauna, I had to look up, but from what I remember she had loose morality like Jessica and is also Laura's age, something he could have realized when thinking about his old girlfriends as a whole. I can't think of an in-universe reason to skip Greta.

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** Laura never dated Bart because he was too young for her. He broke it off with Jessica, she didn't reject him, so dating her wouldn't go against Lisa's claim that all his girlfriends left him. Shauna, I someone had to look up, but from what I remember is remembered, she had loose morality like Jessica and is also Laura's age, something he could have realized when thinking about his old girlfriends as a whole. I can't think of an in-universe reason to skip Greta.Greta.
*** Jessica was also like Nikki. She got Bart seriously injured and covered in glue and she framed him for stealing the donated church money.
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[[folder: Kicked Off Skateboards]]
* How come the kids on the swings be aware to not kick Bart and Nikki off their skateboards in "Stealing First Base"?

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[[folder: Why The Hershey's Bar]]
* As a follow up to the fire, why did Santa's Little Helper just go for the Hershey's bar Homer had instead of dragging him out? Why didn't he even drag Snowball II out?

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[[folder: Why The Hershey's Hershey Bar]]
* As a follow up to the fire, why did Santa's Little Helper just go for the Hershey's Hershey bar Homer had instead of dragging him out? Why didn't he even drag Snowball II out?


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[[folder: Duck Crossing]]
* When the firefighters rush to the Simpsons' house on their fire truck in "Homer the Hertic", why did they stop to let a mother duck and her numerous ducklings cross. Firefighters never stop at crossings or red lights. Couldn't they have honked the horns or turn the siren very loud. Couldn't they have taken an alternative way?
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[[folder: Why Put Child In Charge Of Store]]
* Isn't Jamshed [[WesternAnimation/{{PhineasAndFerb}} too young to be manning the Kwik-E-Mart while Apu is on volunteer firefighting duty?]] Then again, he is probably [[YoungerThanTheyLook Younger Than He Looks]] and eventually is fixed to his actual age.
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[[folder: The Police Weren't Aware]]
* How come the police don't notice the baby driving the car is Maggie driving Homer's sedan in "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"? Surely, at least Wiggum would've recognized that it was Homer's sedan especially since Ralph is close to both Bart and Lisa and they have interacted in previous episodes.
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[[folder: Ralph In 4th Grade]]
* It maybe a [[SeriesContinuityError Series Continuity Error]], but in "Team Homer", why is Ralph in the 4th Grade in-universe?

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* Quimby would have her sniped.

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* ** Quimby would have her sniped.sniped.
*** But it's great to tell the truth.
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[[folder: The Truth About Screws]]
* What would happen if Milhouse snitched on Bart for unscrewing the screws in "The Good, The Sad, and The Drugly"? Will Bart be facing the suspension instead? What happened if Bart came out clean?
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* Quimby would have her sniped.


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** Plus, he's been known to love his job so much he'll put it before his family. He might not want to take a leave.

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Refrain from second person and answering.


* In the episode ''"Funeral For A Fiend"'', why is it in that episode when Sideshow Bob creates his fake restaurant, "Wes Doobner's World Famous Family Style Rib Huts", as part of his plot to murder the Simpson Family, how come no one else came to his fake restaurant except for The Simpson Family considering he had a whole TV commercial/advertisement that broadcasted on cable TV to get people to come to his fake restaurant? It makes no sense considering other people in the city of Springfield and surrounding regions most likely would've seen the commercial too, so why did none of Springfield's other residents, or even residents from other nearby cities and locations, come to his fake restaurant? And I honestly don't believe this was ever explained in the episode, so it makes no sense. I find it hard to believe that even if the target was ''just'' the Simpson Family, that no one else who saw the commercial or anyone else who even just drove by the restaurant wouldn't have tried to stop in and see what it was all about.

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* In the episode ''"Funeral For A Fiend"'', why is it in that episode when Sideshow Bob creates his fake restaurant, "Wes Doobner's World Famous Family Style Rib Huts", as part of his plot to murder the Simpson Family, how come no one else came to his fake restaurant except for The Simpson Family considering he had a whole TV commercial/advertisement that broadcasted on cable TV to get people to come to his fake restaurant? It makes no sense considering other people in the city of Springfield and surrounding regions most likely would've seen the commercial too, so why did none of Springfield's other residents, or even residents from other nearby cities and locations, come to his fake restaurant? And I honestly don't no one probably believe this was ever explained in the episode, so it makes no sense. I find it hard to believe that even if the target was ''just'' the Simpson Family, that no one else who saw the commercial or anyone else who even just drove by the restaurant wouldn't have tried to stop in and see what it was all about.about.
** The guy who probably gave the Simpsons the remote probably was working for Bob. Bob even made the [=TiVo=] cable and hypnotized Marge into a lot of ads. As Lisa says "Cartoons don't make any sense."
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*** That was Homer especially after getting rid of the roasted pig everyone was going to eat. Though while Lisa was shoving the pig away with the lawn mower she did say, "Lisa, no!"
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*** There was no big crisis except just Homer making a BBQ. Unless, figuring out donating money to orphanage and the duo is trying figure out how much to donate?


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[[folder: Bart and Homer Catching Up]]
* After Homer and Bart chase the roasted pig through the bushes, how were they able to go down the torrent past the Interstate? Is there a walkway under the bridge?
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* Who was the dog driving a bus in "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"? Was it Santa's Little Helper driving the school bus.

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* Who was the dog driving a bus in "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"? Was it Santa's Little Helper driving the school bus.bus?



* Shouldn't Mr. Burns & Smithers be at home because Homer was at home in "Lisa the Vegetarian". But they still are at the Power Plant when seeing the roasted pig fly from being blasted out of the dam.

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* Shouldn't Mr. Burns & Smithers be at home because Homer was at home in "Lisa the Vegetarian". But they Vegetarian"? They still are at the Power Plant when seeing the roasted pig fly from being blasted out of the dam.

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* As a follow up to the fire, why did Santa's Little Helper just go for the Hershey's bar Homer had instead of dragging him out?

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* As a follow up to the fire, why did Santa's Little Helper just go for the Hershey's bar Homer had instead of dragging him out?out? Why didn't he even drag Snowball II out?
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[[folder: Cat Wipe]]
* Was there anything else Willie could've used as a wipe that wasn't Snowball?
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*** Or maybe it's a mix.
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[[folder: Why The Hershey's Bar]]
* As a follow up to the fire, why did Santa's Little Helper just go for the Hershey's bar Homer had instead of dragging him out?
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** High-ranking executives and company owners sometimes have to work all kinds of odd hours, especially when they need to react to some major crisis right away. The episode "Two Cars In Every Garage And Three Eyes On Every Fish" features Burns leaving the plant late in the evening after he's been working most of the night. As for Smithers, he actually enjoys going to work, since he's close to Burns.
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** Apu didn't need to call the fire department because he ''was'' the fire department. Specifically, he was head of Springfield's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_fire_department volunteer fire department.]] When he learned the Simpson house was on fire, he alerted his fellow firefighters and they raced to the scene. Springfield may have decided to go to a full-time paid fire department in later seasons.

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* Shouldn't Apu have taken a paternity leave for his children? A lot of parents and do.

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* Shouldn't Apu have taken a paternity leave for his children? A lot of parents do.
** It probably simply isn't an option available to him. The Kwik-E-Mart may not have any paternity leave policies in place,
and do.perhaps he and Manjula decided that he should work and earn a living while she takes care of their kids.
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[[folder: Apu Calling The Fire Department]]
* In "Homer the Hertic", Apu decides to form a fire department to put out the fire but couldn't he have just called the actual fire department? Were they all injured and this episode takes place after "Crook & Ladder"?

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*** Marge is the one hosting the dinner at her house, so it makes sense she would invite her own blood relatives.



*** Her relationship with Bart ended poorly so she might not want to spend any more time near him than necessary and their sons are grown adults by this point, so they can probably handle their parents not being in the same place.



** Probably a grandson

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** Probably a grandsongrandson.
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** An error but in universe, maybe Marge lied or someone fixed it offscreen.


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[[folder: Using Last Couch Gag]]
* In the [[MilestoneCelebration 500th episode]], why did they have to make a collage to the previous [[CouchGag Couch Gag]]?
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[[folder: Maternity/Paternity Leaves]]
* Shouldn't Apu have taken a paternity leave for his children? A lot of parents and do.

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[[folder: So Do They Just Want Homer or Not?]]
* In the Movie, when Homer worries that the angry mob will kill Marge too, Carl responds, "No we won't, we just want Homer!" But then, a few minutes later, the mob is preparing five nooses for the entire family anyway?
** The other four are "helping" Homer by way of not joining the mob at that point.
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[[folder: So Do They Just Want Homer or Not?]]
* In the Movie, when Homer worries that the angry mob will kill Marge too, Carl responds, "No we won't, we just want Homer!" But then, a few minutes later, the mob is preparing five nooses for the entire family anyway?
** The other four are "helping" Homer by way of not joining the mob at that point.
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