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* [[SeasonalRot/TheSimpsons Seasonal Rot]]
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* SeasonalRot:
** The general consensus is that the show stopped being good after either seasons eight, nine or ten. The tipping point is usually contingent on what season that one started watching the show, and what style of humor you enjoyed from it.
*** There is a very small, somewhat VocalMinority that believe the show stopped being good after Season ''5'', and that the show should have ended around that point. While such a claim is absolutely insane to many fans, the style of humor and focus of the show did change somewhat noticeably around that time. Most of the original writing staff left after Season 4 ended, and the new showrunner for Seasons 5 and 6, David Mirkin, was far more focused on more outrageous jokes and situations. If one watched the show from the very beginning, and enjoyed the show for its more subtle comedy and down-to-earth relatability, such a shift might turn off said viewers. However, even THESE viewers will almost always claim Season 6-10 were far superior in quality to those afterward.
*** Season 8 is often cited as the last time ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' created consistently good episodes, although a lot of people feel that this season is where the cracks started to show, due to the series taking on a DenserAndWackier tone and exaggerating characters' personality traits, such as [[TookALevelInDumbass Homer's stupidity.]] Despite this, almost NOBODY claims that this season should not be part of the classic era. Part of this was from the showrunners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein experimenting with various ideas, as they (wrongly but understandably) believed the show was on its way out.
*** Season 9 is usually cited as the last good season, because, despite Mike Scully running the show and featuring the infamous episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E2ThePrincipalAndThePauper Principal and the Pauper]]" ([[{{Misblamed}} which actually was a leftover Season 8 episode]]), Season 9 did have some good episodes like "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E1TheCityOfNewYorkVsHomerSimpson The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E5TheCartridgeFamily The Cartridge Family]]".
*** Season 10 is cited by some as the beginning of the SeasonalRot, with others calling it the last good season (classic examples include "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E23ThirtyMinutesOverTokyo Thirty Minutes over Tokyo]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E7LisaGetsAnA Lisa Gets an "A"]]"), as it was during the time Creator/PhilHartman died (meaning no more [[EnsembleDarkhorse Lionel Hutz or Troy McClure]]) and when it became obvious the writers were running out of ideas, in part due to Matt Groening working on ''Futurama'', which debuted midway that season.
** Many fans feel that Seasons 11 and 12 were the show's worst, with heavy reliance on [[BizarroEpisode bizarre plots]], [[GainaxEnding nonsensical twist endings]], and [[CelebrityStar tons of special guest stars]]. The Season 11 finale, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E22BehindTheLaughter Behind the Laughter]]", is considered the era's bright spot, but Season 11 also featured three commonly-cited "worst episode ever" candidates: "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E13SaddlesoreGalactica Saddlesore Galactica]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E19KillTheAlligatorAndRun Kill the Alligator and Run]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E21ItsAMadMadMadMadMarge It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge]]".
*** Despite this, there are some people who, despite admitting their lower quality, will STILL include the entire Scully era in the "classic era".
** Seasons 13 to 20, when Al Jean (who previously held the position with Mike Reiss) succeeded Mike Scully as showrunner, are considered the era when the show turned into a FranchiseZombie. The common complaints are that it started imitating the humor styles of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' and ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and [[RecycledPremise recycled plotlines from older episodes]].
** Season 21 onwards, with Matt Selman becoming Jean's assistant, have become controversial for following a similar path to the Scully years. Some observers felt there was an uptick in the show's quality in Seasons 19 & 20, with the writers seemingly re-energized by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' to try out new ideas and polish up the scripts. This made the DenserAndWackier turn in Season 21 quite jarring.
** Parodied in Creator/DonHertzfeldt's CouchGag, which depicts the characters in the year 10,535 as hideous, incoherent mutants capable only of voicing catchphrases, demands that you buy merchandise, and the occasional bit of SurrealHorror.
** The foreign dubs went downhill in different seasons, depending on the language.
*** French viewers tend to see the rot only occurring around Seasons 19-20, considering Season 12 to 16 to be classic, regular Simpsons. This is due to 1) these seasons being aired a lot in french TV and 2) SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing, as after Season 19 and the movie, a major cast member Michel Modo (who voiced Seymour Skinner, Mr. Burns and Krusty the Clown notably) died and his replacement(s) never stood up to his incredible performance, allowing the French viewers to actually start seeing, in their eyes, the show declining in quality. Bart's actress recast was more a subject of Broken Base because of the replacement's very similar voice.
*** The European Spanish dub went downhill after Season 11, when Carlos Revilla (who voiced Homer and directed, produced and translated the dub) died. In later seasons, many of the actors either died, retired or left the studio (Abaira, which has since evolved into Iyuno SDI Group).
*** The Latin Spanish dub went downhill after Season 15, when the entire cast went on strike. This compounded with the quality decline of the show itself, as the original cast added several beloved jokes that were not part of the original version (such as "a la grande le puse Cuca" and "El parque de diversiones del futuro, en donde nada puede malir sal"). Most of the original actors would return in Season 32, along with the local jokes, a decision that was widely praised.
*** The Italian dub went downhill after Seasons 22 and 23. First, Bart and Marge were recast, then Tonino Accola (Homer's voice actor) died.
*** The Hungarian dub went downhill after Episode 29.14, when Jozsef Szekhelyi (Homer's voice actor) died and Balazs Simonyi (Bart) quit the series.
** The general consensus is that the show stopped being good after either seasons eight, nine or ten. The tipping point is usually contingent on what season that one started watching the show, and what style of humor you enjoyed from it.
*** There is a very small, somewhat VocalMinority that believe the show stopped being good after Season ''5'', and that the show should have ended around that point. While such a claim is absolutely insane to many fans, the style of humor and focus of the show did change somewhat noticeably around that time. Most of the original writing staff left after Season 4 ended, and the new showrunner for Seasons 5 and 6, David Mirkin, was far more focused on more outrageous jokes and situations. If one watched the show from the very beginning, and enjoyed the show for its more subtle comedy and down-to-earth relatability, such a shift might turn off said viewers. However, even THESE viewers will almost always claim Season 6-10 were far superior in quality to those afterward.
*** Season 8 is often cited as the last time ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' created consistently good episodes, although a lot of people feel that this season is where the cracks started to show, due to the series taking on a DenserAndWackier tone and exaggerating characters' personality traits, such as [[TookALevelInDumbass Homer's stupidity.]] Despite this, almost NOBODY claims that this season should not be part of the classic era. Part of this was from the showrunners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein experimenting with various ideas, as they (wrongly but understandably) believed the show was on its way out.
*** Season 9 is usually cited as the last good season, because, despite Mike Scully running the show and featuring the infamous episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E2ThePrincipalAndThePauper Principal and the Pauper]]" ([[{{Misblamed}} which actually was a leftover Season 8 episode]]), Season 9 did have some good episodes like "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E1TheCityOfNewYorkVsHomerSimpson The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E5TheCartridgeFamily The Cartridge Family]]".
*** Season 10 is cited by some as the beginning of the SeasonalRot, with others calling it the last good season (classic examples include "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E23ThirtyMinutesOverTokyo Thirty Minutes over Tokyo]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E7LisaGetsAnA Lisa Gets an "A"]]"), as it was during the time Creator/PhilHartman died (meaning no more [[EnsembleDarkhorse Lionel Hutz or Troy McClure]]) and when it became obvious the writers were running out of ideas, in part due to Matt Groening working on ''Futurama'', which debuted midway that season.
** Many fans feel that Seasons 11 and 12 were the show's worst, with heavy reliance on [[BizarroEpisode bizarre plots]], [[GainaxEnding nonsensical twist endings]], and [[CelebrityStar tons of special guest stars]]. The Season 11 finale, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E22BehindTheLaughter Behind the Laughter]]", is considered the era's bright spot, but Season 11 also featured three commonly-cited "worst episode ever" candidates: "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E13SaddlesoreGalactica Saddlesore Galactica]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E19KillTheAlligatorAndRun Kill the Alligator and Run]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E21ItsAMadMadMadMadMarge It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge]]".
*** Despite this, there are some people who, despite admitting their lower quality, will STILL include the entire Scully era in the "classic era".
** Seasons 13 to 20, when Al Jean (who previously held the position with Mike Reiss) succeeded Mike Scully as showrunner, are considered the era when the show turned into a FranchiseZombie. The common complaints are that it started imitating the humor styles of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' and ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and [[RecycledPremise recycled plotlines from older episodes]].
** Season 21 onwards, with Matt Selman becoming Jean's assistant, have become controversial for following a similar path to the Scully years. Some observers felt there was an uptick in the show's quality in Seasons 19 & 20, with the writers seemingly re-energized by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' to try out new ideas and polish up the scripts. This made the DenserAndWackier turn in Season 21 quite jarring.
** Parodied in Creator/DonHertzfeldt's CouchGag, which depicts the characters in the year 10,535 as hideous, incoherent mutants capable only of voicing catchphrases, demands that you buy merchandise, and the occasional bit of SurrealHorror.
** The foreign dubs went downhill in different seasons, depending on the language.
*** French viewers tend to see the rot only occurring around Seasons 19-20, considering Season 12 to 16 to be classic, regular Simpsons. This is due to 1) these seasons being aired a lot in french TV and 2) SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing, as after Season 19 and the movie, a major cast member Michel Modo (who voiced Seymour Skinner, Mr. Burns and Krusty the Clown notably) died and his replacement(s) never stood up to his incredible performance, allowing the French viewers to actually start seeing, in their eyes, the show declining in quality. Bart's actress recast was more a subject of Broken Base because of the replacement's very similar voice.
*** The European Spanish dub went downhill after Season 11, when Carlos Revilla (who voiced Homer and directed, produced and translated the dub) died. In later seasons, many of the actors either died, retired or left the studio (Abaira, which has since evolved into Iyuno SDI Group).
*** The Latin Spanish dub went downhill after Season 15, when the entire cast went on strike. This compounded with the quality decline of the show itself, as the original cast added several beloved jokes that were not part of the original version (such as "a la grande le puse Cuca" and "El parque de diversiones del futuro, en donde nada puede malir sal"). Most of the original actors would return in Season 32, along with the local jokes, a decision that was widely praised.
*** The Italian dub went downhill after Seasons 22 and 23. First, Bart and Marge were recast, then Tonino Accola (Homer's voice actor) died.
*** The Hungarian dub went downhill after Episode 29.14, when Jozsef Szekhelyi (Homer's voice actor) died and Balazs Simonyi (Bart) quit the series.
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* [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece/TheSimpsons Unintentional Period Piece]]
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** Homer is legendary for [[NewJobsAsThePlotDemands being continually fired or quitting his job at the Nuclear Plant to take on random new professions.]] Except, throughout the Classic Era, Homer only actually is fired fired once, in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E3HomersOdyssey Homer's Odessey]]", the third episode of the series (and first written), and he never quits outside of a flashback story [[note]]He's laid off in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E11BurnsVerkaufenDerKraftwerk Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk]]" after the plant comes under new management, but never gets a new job before he is rehired.[[/note]]. The majority of NewJobPlot's are either implicitly or explicitly side-hustles he is doing atop his regular job at the plant ([[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E20ColonelHomer acting as Lurleen Lumpkin's manager]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E9MrPlow running a snow plow business]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E15HomieTheClown Krusty impersonator]]) or are related directly to Burns' business in some manner ([[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E10Springfield working as a dealer at the casino Burns runs]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E17HomerTheSmithers filling in for Smithers as Burns' assistant on the former's request]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E2YouOnlyMoveTwice being given a better offer at a rival company]]). It's only in the DenserAndWackier Scully era that Homer's propensity for new occupations becomes a series fixture.
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** Homer is legendary for [[NewJobsAsThePlotDemands being continually fired or quitting his job at the Nuclear Plant to take on random new professions.]] Except, throughout the Classic Era, Homer is only actually is fired fired once, in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E3HomersOdyssey Homer's Odessey]]", the third episode of the series (and first written), and he never quits outside of a flashback story [[note]]He's laid off in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E11BurnsVerkaufenDerKraftwerk Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk]]" after the plant comes under new management, but never gets a new job before he is rehired.[[/note]]. The majority of NewJobPlot's are either implicitly or explicitly side-hustles he is doing atop his regular job at the plant ([[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E20ColonelHomer acting as Lurleen Lumpkin's manager]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E9MrPlow running a snow plow business]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E15HomieTheClown Krusty impersonator]]) or are related directly to Burns' business in some manner ([[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E10Springfield working as a dealer at the casino Burns runs]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E17HomerTheSmithers filling in for Smithers as Burns' assistant on the former's request]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E2YouOnlyMoveTwice being given a better offer at a rival company]]). It's only in the DenserAndWackier Scully era that Homer's propensity for new occupations becomes a series fixture.
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* FanNickname:
** "{{Jerkass}} Homer" is the nickname that fans of the classic episodes give to post-{{Flanderization}} Homer. Lampshaded in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E7MommieBeerest Mommie Beerest]]" when Homer says, "Duh, that's me! Jerkass Homer!" and again in "E. Pluribus Wiggum" with "Jerkass Homer brand cigars."
** Similarly, "Zombie Simpsons" for the post-classic seasons.
** Due to Ralph Wiggum's famous comment in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E7LisaGetsAnA Lisa Gets An 'A']]", Superintendent Chalmers is often referred to as "[[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]] Chalmers", or occasionally "SNES".
** "{{Jerkass}} Homer" is the nickname that fans of the classic episodes give to post-{{Flanderization}} Homer. Lampshaded in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E7MommieBeerest Mommie Beerest]]" when Homer says, "Duh, that's me! Jerkass Homer!" and again in "E. Pluribus Wiggum" with "Jerkass Homer brand cigars."
** Similarly, "Zombie Simpsons" for the post-classic seasons.
** Due to Ralph Wiggum's famous comment in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E7LisaGetsAnA Lisa Gets An 'A']]", Superintendent Chalmers is often referred to as "[[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]] Chalmers", or occasionally "SNES".
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* FanNickname:
** "{{Jerkass}} Homer" is the nickname that fans of the classic episodes give to post-{{Flanderization}} Homer. Lampshaded in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E7MommieBeerest Mommie Beerest]]" when Homer says, "Duh, that's me! Jerkass Homer!" and again in "E. Pluribus Wiggum" with "Jerkass Homer brand cigars."
** Similarly, "Zombie Simpsons" for the post-classic seasons.
**FanNickname: Due to Ralph Wiggum's famous comment in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E7LisaGetsAnA Lisa Gets An 'A']]", Superintendent Chalmers is often referred to as "[[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]] Chalmers", or occasionally "SNES".
** "{{Jerkass}} Homer" is the nickname that fans of the classic episodes give to post-{{Flanderization}} Homer. Lampshaded in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E7MommieBeerest Mommie Beerest]]" when Homer says, "Duh, that's me! Jerkass Homer!" and again in "E. Pluribus Wiggum" with "Jerkass Homer brand cigars."
** Similarly, "Zombie Simpsons" for the post-classic seasons.
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