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* In ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', when the titular family is walking into church and Homer is venting his usual complaints, one of the things he says is "Oh, Marge, please, it's not like these people have better things to do with their lives than praying to their phony-baloney God." At first, it might seem like a standard jab at the usual [[Acceptable Targets|acceptable target,]] but, in "HOMR", after undergoing a procedure to remove a [[It Makes Sense in Context|crayon from his brain, which then greatly increased his mental capacity,]] the man was writing a flat tax proposal that accidentally [[Achievements in Ignorance|proved that God did not exist.]] Since it disturbed Ned greatly due to the fact that the data was airtight (he immediately burned his copy), and that Homer was placing the results of his findings on every single windshield in his neighborhood, we could assume that no one bothered to read what was on the report, or that Ned managed to burn every single sheet of paper. So it would make sense that Homer would have to remind someone of one of the greatest achievements that

he reached during his short span of being intelligent.

* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Krusty says he owns a racehorse with Bette Midler called Krudler. For a long time I just thought the joke was that it was a horrible-sounding amalgam of the names "Krusty" and "Midler", and that was funny enough. Only later did I realize that if they'd taken the ''other'' part of each name, the horse would have been called Misty. - [[User:Whogus The Whatsler]]

* We used to think Flanders was Homer's age until he revealed he 60 in a season 10 episode. That made him [[Older Than They Look]]. A couple classic era episodes show that he grew up in the 50s with beatnik parents. It's the 2010s now so that makes this instance of [[Comic Book Time]] more believable and [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]. This also throws some [[Negative Continuity]] and [[Series Continuity Error]] out the window.

** Or, you know, [[Early Installment Weirdness]].

** Krusty is clearly not an observant Jew, and has always assumed he was a self-hating one. Also, it's not *that* obvious that God exists, since Homer developed a proof of his nonexistence that even convinces Flanders.

* Nelson's talked about huckleberry picking in a couple of later episodes. When the boys were in Branson, Missouri in season seven Nelson wanted to see Andy Williams and was excited to hear Moon River. This song contains a line involving two friends picking huckleberries in their youth. Probably unintended on the writer's part and was supposed to be an [[Out of Character]] moment, but the whole thing is made funnier.

* Many people say that Homer has become dumber and dumber over the years. A slow descent at first, but eventually reaching the point where the only rule was 'Homer cannot forget his own name.' The brilliance is that in season 4 Homer received a coronary bypass graft. 51% of patients who have a bypass graft suffer severe brain damage as the years pass. The cure we all saw him get... is the cure that made him so very, very dumb. - @/Crusader1089

* Early in [[The Simpsons]], Lenny is seen living in a furniture-less, run down house, however later on, he's shown to have a very expensive and clean home with art pieces everywhere, there doesn't seem to be a reason for the change, until you remember that Mr.Burns bought the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant from him when he was briefly put in charge...

* In the early episodes Smithers was in love with Mr. Burns and [[Word of God]] said his orientation was Burnsexual, meaning he was attracted to his boss regardless of gender. Anymore Smithers is gay without any hints of subtlety. Look at the way Mr. Burns holds his hands when he walks. It's stereotypical of gay people to hold their hands out like that so Smithers thinks Mr. Burns may be gay.

* In 'Lard of the Dance', the first thing new transfer student Alex says is, "Your name's Lisa? Shut up, I love that name!" I thought it was just a stock teenage saying until I remembered who she was voiced by.

* At the end of the future Christmas episode, the pets have evolved into humanoids with giant craniums. This seemed like a stupid gag, but earlier in the episode Marge and Homer have a Martian animal as a pet in their Christmas card. It could've speed up the process or had super powers it transferred to the pets.

*** It was a party being held for ''him'' and he'd arranged for it to be under the bridge, so the implication that he's really thought about suicide was still there. And when Patty and Selma showed up once everything was OK, Homer assumed they'd pushed him off the bridge because they knew it was safe, and their reactions indicated otherwise. So... yeah, they were trying to kill him.

* We find out in "The Fool Monty" that the thing that keeps Mr Burns alive {{spoiler|is bile and hate.}} That's right, not only is [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Mr Burns]] ''immortal'', but in order to do so he has to be a heartless billionaire. We've seen the damage to Springfield and the world that Burns has caused. Unless someone can bankrupt/kill him ([[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|which probably]] [[Status Quo Is God|won't work]]), Springfield is going to have to put up with him ''[[Immortality Immorality|For]][[Karma Houdini|ever.]]''

*** Way I see it, they made them even more meaningful. He was willing to put his life at risk just for those fleeting moments of humanity.

* Principal Skinner's mother is named Agnes, which she herself explains angrily to Marge that it means ''lamb.'' It seems innocuous until you put her first and last name together. Think about it for a minute. Her name literally means ''lamb skinner.''

* What happened to Uter, anyway?

** He probably went back home to Germany. Bart and Lisa may remain in 4th and 2nd grade forever, but we still hear about how years pass by

* Homer has attempted suicide multiple times (when he couldn't find a job, when he tried to stop Bart from jumping Springfield Gorge, when he couldn't grow crops on his father's farm, when his fifteen minutes of fame over bowling a perfect game were up -- to name a few, and that's not counting the foolish things he does that would get a real person killed or injured, like boxing a professional heavyweight, eating an extremely rotten hoagie, driving his bartender buddy's car off a cliff, getting electrocuted [several times by everything from lightning to [[My Little Panzer|dangerous toys]]], or trying to escape a riptide while teaching his baby daughter how to swim). In "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind," he predicts that he will do so again after losing his memory, and knows exactly how, when, and where he is likely to do so. He has been thinking about it a lot. Maybe all of his innocent buffoonery (and alcoholism) is actually an expression of deep-seated self-destructive tendencies.

** It's worth noting that Homer's first suicide attempt (when he chained a rock to himself and walked off to throw himself off a bridge after failing to find a new job for his family) happened in the ''first season'', a season ostensibly lauded as one of ''[[The Simpsons]]'''s best (though there are those who aren't impressed with it due to the slow pacing and [[Off-Model]] animation).

* In ''The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", [[Shoo Out the New Guy|Poochie]] leaves the show when his home planet needs him. However, he [[Bus Crash|dies on the way back]] - what became of his planet?

* [[Word of God|Matt Groening]] has confirmed that Springfield really is a [[Crapsack World]], and the only person with any hope of escaping it is [[Creator's Pet|Lisa]]. That comes across as a ''massive'' [[Kick the Dog]] to all the genuinely good Springfieldians we've met.

** She also ''never has the same job''.

* In "Hungry Hungry Homer", Homer claims that Duff won't let him waste away; pan to a skeleton with a sign saying "clean the ladies' room". So, they let her die because she didn't do an entertaining dance?

** Maybe it works in reverse. Here, their treatment of Bart was worse than for what he did in "The Telltale Head". And Bart's done worser things and barely anybody cared.

** Also, what if he did '''worse'''?

* The purpose of "Homer's Enemy" was to show what would happen if a [[Real Life]] person would live in Springfield. The fate of Frank Grimes gives us the chilling implication that anyone from/with the mindset of Real Life would be driven insane by the people in Springfield. If we, people from [[Real Life]], would spend a day in Springfield we would be driven insane by antics of Springfield's citizens. "Homer's Enemy" is proof that, beneath it's humorous exterior, is a dystopia. No wonder it's considered America's Worst City. Also remember the funeral scene where citizens of Springfield forget Frank Grimes at his own funeral and instead laugh at Homer. This is disgusting enough. But considering their apathy when someone died makes you wonder: ''what if there were more people like Frank Grimes and suffered the same fate like he did''...? Considering their apathy towards his death, it may seem to be the case...Also remember that episode where we find out that Frank Grimes has the son. His son said that Frank liked ''hookers'' (''prostitutes''). May seem like [[Out-of-Character Moment]] for Mr. Perfect Frank Grimes. But what if Frank Grimes's life was so hard and he was so stressed that he saw no other way to relieve his stress than having sex with a prostitute?

* In "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes," when Homer is taken to The Island, a German doppelganger takes his place. When the doppelganger first arrives at the Simpson's house, he propositions Marge for sex and she says that it'll give her something else to do besides cleaning the house. We don't see any hints that the deed was not done. In other words, the doppelganger performed a [[Bed Trick]], or as it also know by '''Rape by Deception.'''

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