History NoodleIncident / TheSimpsons

* We may never know why the Simpsons family is [[PersonaNonGrata banned from 47 US states]] (which causes FridgeLogic: If the Simpsons have been banned from nearly all of the U.S., exactly where do they live and where the heck is Springfield? Are we to believe that Springfield is in another English-speaking country [possibly an American territory, like Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands] or do they live in one of the only three states that haven't thrown them out yet?), though, considering the chaos Homer caused in "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" and what happened in "Kill the Alligator and Run" (which is the episode that revealed that the Simpsons have been banned in nearly all of America), it's not much of a surprise.

* On the 200th episode, "Trash of the Titans," when Homer announces his candidacy for sanitation commissioner, the courthouse clerk points out that Homer is in a line for people who have to register as sex offenders. In that line are Patty and Selma, Jimmy the Scumbag [[note]]the telemarketing scammer[[/note]] from "Lisa's Date with Density," Mayor Quimby's nephew from "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" [[note]]the one who was accused of beating up a French waiter when he refused to say, "Chowder," but was found innocent when Bart told the court that he saw the waiter trip and fall on himself in such a way that it looked like he was assaulted[[/note]], and Moe Szyslak, who complains that the lines for registering sex offenders are always long. The viewer can understand why Moe, the mayor's nephew, and possibly Jimmy the Scumbag would be sex offenders (Moe's a creeper [or at least that's what he's become in later episodes, especially with the running gag about hitting on Marge], Mayor Quimby and his entire male family members are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of the Kennedys (whose legacy is mired in sex scandals in which no one knows what exactly happened -- or someone knows, but he or she doesn't want to talk about it), and Jimmy the Scumbag is...[[ShapedLikeItself a scumbag]]), but what's the story with Patty and Selma? Why are they in the registered sex offenders line, and why didn't they leave when the clerk revealed what the line is for? Either they did something so bad that it can never be mentioned or -- like Homer in that scene -- they too suck at picking lines.[[note]]The "sex offenses" line regarding Patty and Selma is probably a reference to "The Cartridge Family" where Patty and Selma lured a TV repairman over to their apartment with the false claim that their TV was broken and then force him to "spend the night" with them during the sequence of Marge leaving Homer after being lied to again about Homer getting rid of his gun.[[/note]]

In "Simpson Tide", when Kent Brockman announces that Homer has (seemingly) gone rogue with a submarine full of missiles, he brings up an old photo of a drunken Homer in a fur hat and coat, doing [[ThatRussianSquatDance]]. Marge is horrified; Lisa's only response is "I knew that photo would come back to haunt him".

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** The entire waiting room in that episode was full of people bizarrely injured in Noodle Incidents.

* In ''[[/Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E17KissKissBangBangalore Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore]]'', before Mr. Burns started showing a movie about outsourcing, he asked for a minute of silence for the workers who died in some heroic, well, whatever it was, we never got to know because "heroic" was the last word Mr. Burns said before Homer chanted for the movie and the subject of the heroic deaths was never brought up again.

'''Burns:''' Yes, that was unpleasant for all concerned.

* In ''Burns Baby Burns'', at the dinner table, Homer says, "It's not like anything interesting happened to anyone else today." We then pan to Bart studying a diamond under a microscope, Lisa with a broken arm, and Maggie wearing a "Cutest Baby" sash.

* In ''Monty Can't Buy Me Love'', when Mr. Burns captures the Loch Ness Monster during a popularity-increasing scheme:
--> '''Groundskeeper Willie''': That was amazing, Mr. Burns.
--> '''Mr. Burns''': I was most worried when he swallowed me, but then, well, you know the rest.

--> '''Peter Lorre-esque character''': And when Mr. Dinkley saw what I had done, I was banned from the car wash forever!

* There's an in-episode one for Treehouse of Horror XI: Homer gets through the day without dying, even though his death was predicted by his horoscope. He tells Marge to stop worrying, as the only threats to his life that day were a nasty paper-cut, a tree felled by lightning, a giant globe rolling down the street, a [[LeonTrotsky pickaxe to the forehead]], a snake bite, and "the testicle thing" (which was never shown).

* In ''Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore'', before Mr. Burns started showing a movie about outsourcing, he asked for a minute of silence for the workers who died in some heroic, well, whatever it was, we never got to know because "heroic" was the last word Mr. Burns said before Homer chanted for the movie and the subject of the heroic deaths was never brought up again.

-->'''Legs:''' That's actually a very interesting story! See, President Kennedy's father... [[note]] Who is thought to have made a fortune, among other ventures, by bootlegging alcohol during prohibition.[[/note]]

-->'''Homer''': Let's see, this'll make three Christmases I [[SavingChristmas saved]], versus eight I ruined...two were kind of a draw. [[note]]The latter two can be inferred to be "Marge Be Not Proud" and "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace", in which Homer's actions had little to no impact on the success/failure of Christmas.[[/note]]

** Similarly, in ''The Old Man and the Lisa'', Kent Brockman reminded his viewers who Mr. Burns is with two ContinuityNods, and a noodle incident:
--'''Brockman''': Remember millionaire C. Montgomery Burns? The man who [[Recap/TheSimpsonsWhoShotMrBurns blocked out our sun]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar ran over a local boy]], and stole Christmas from 1981 to 1985?

* In season 25's "Steal This Episode", Marge is annoyed that Homer is illegally downloading movies and screening them to the neighbourhood in the backyard. Bart says that it's "not even the worst kind of pirate Dad's been".
* In "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy", Lisa is offended by the sexist Malibu Stacy dolls and asks Marge to take her to the doll factory to complain in person.

* In the first segment of "Treehouse of Horror VIII", what exactly ''was'' the "frog's legs" joke Mayor Wuimby made that pissed off the French enough to make them nuke Springfield?. We don't know, but Kent Brockman thought it was hilarious.

* In ''The Canine Mutiny'', Santa's Little Helper runs away, and Bart is looking for him; Bart has followed the trail to the church, where Rev. Lovejoy and the organist admit he'd been there but had to be turned out because of some mischief. The church organist snaps, "He UN-HOLY'ED the HOLY water!"[[note]]Most likely, Santa's Little Helper peed in the Holy Water[[/note]]

* "Eight Misbehavin'" features a scene that skips ahead nine months to the Simpson Family riding in the car, and they all discuss events that happened during that year. Marge became "Sideshow Marge", Bart learned the true meaning of Columbus Day, and winter, while Lisa became the most popular girl in school [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism but blew it by being conceited]].

-->'''Homer''': Let's see, this'll make three Christmases I [[SavingChristmas saved]], versus eight I ruined...two were kind of a draw.

** Selma was also married to Lionel Hutz for a brief period off camera (sometime between her marriages with Sideshow Bob and Troy [=McClure=] and this was only mentioned when she rejected Homer's idea of marrying Apu Nahasapeemapetilon to avoid him getting deported.

* In season 17's "See Homer Run", Dr. Pryor explains to Homer and Marge that Lisa now hates men because of a lack of a positive male role model in her life, illustrating this by showing them pictures she drew herself showing several mishaps involving Homer that Lisa was there to see and traumatized by. One of them is titled "The Day The Policeman Came To My [[TheBeautifulGame Soccer]] Game" and shows Homer being carted off by police screaming "I'LL SUE YOU ALL!" while an annoyed referee looks on.

* In season 25's "Steal This Episode", Marge is annoyed that Homer is illegally downloading movies and screening them to the neighbourhood in the backyard. Lisa says that it's "not even the worst kind of pirate Dad's been".

As a series that operates thrives on RuleOfFunny while it revels in its NegativeContinuity, that really can't be helped. Happily, the show's extensive experience with the trope, along with its masterful use of RapidFireComedy and {{breathless non sequitur}}s, has elevated the comic NoodleIncident to an art form; many are among the funniest, most quotable, and most remembered jokes in given episodes.

[[caption-width-right:300: "I'll be in the tub."]]

''Go Back to the [[Main/NoodleIncident main page here]], or find examples from other [[NoodleIncident/WesternAnimation western animation here]]''.
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Being a LongRunner, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has been a rich source of {{noodle incident}}s since 1989. Contributing to this are the show's NegativeContinuity and a FloatingTimeline.