>episodes have to maintain the status quo
>whatever a character gains, they will lose
>whatever a character learns, they unlearn by the next episode
>whatever mistakes a character makes, they'll make all over again
Episodes have to maintain the status quo
Liam Foster
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Jeremiah Barnes
>Love interest exists so they can be shown breaking up/dying dramatically
Camden Lewis
>character gains a new love interest
>they break up with them over the most trivial, insignificant thing
Elijah Johnson
Not everything has to be an overarching story.
Robert Johnson
Not saying that, but if a character does something that causes them to grow and mature, don't have to go completely forgotten by the next episode.
It's like, how many times is Homer going to learn to treat Marge better only for him to fall back into the same old routine?
Ian Lee
>Glunk got mad for life
>He took all the diamond like pieces and tossed them to the sky
>So all the stars we see today are Glunk's tears
Andrew Fisher
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Ryder Gomez
>please keep making episodes and reusing the characters, I want to support the corporation more!
Eli Campbell
Interesting how in the simpsons it originally DID evolve based on previous plots, such as santa's little helper becoming a fixture, homer's job as safety inspector (literally the result of a plot point of an early episode), and obviously sideshow bob was recurring precisely because of a previous plot point.
Connor Gutierrez
What's especially funny about this is that even though you have to maintain a status quo, you obviously can't keep doing things EXACTLY as it was, or things feel stale. This is how flanderization sets in; you're technically advancing a character whilst keeping them rigidly within the same space. It's like pushing them forward and holding them back at the same time.
Adrian Fisher
>flanderization
I had to look this up lol
Do you think they jumped the shark with Ned and all the Nedna shit as kind of a tongue-in-cheek joke about the term 'flanderization'?
Also lets not forget the weirdest moment in the whole show: his original wife's death.
Justin Foster
>Also lets not forget the weirdest moment in the whole show: his original wife's death.
jesus christ it was so fucked up.
who the fuck thought of that?
must have been that disgusting, disturbing, weird-ass ian maxtone graham guy
Kevin White
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Supposedly they did it due to her voice actress threatening to quit over a contract dispute, but I find that quite odd.
Ryder Gray
no matter why, it is a messed up thing to do.
it was just so bizarre and out of place.
Andrew Reyes
>episodes have to maintain sneed
Blake Thomas
>Real Homer dies and is replaced by a clone
>never mentioned again
Jordan Wood
>it's a "will they or won't they" drama between A nd B
>A starts having a romance with C, then dumps C, even though C is objectively the best choice
Jaxson White
I feel it would have been less offensive if they did just directly 'play it for laughs' somehow, they really fucked it up by putting it in a comedic setting (homer trolling some cheerleaders with t-shirt cannons) and then instantly making it super serious once she gets hit.
I've never seen the episode all the way through, only a few clips and written descriptions, because it is a hard episode to find. I've never seen it aired on TV and I think the reason is they are basically ashamed of it. I could watch it right now since I have more access to this stuff than when I was younger but I'm honestly kind of grossed-out by the concept.
Carter Jackson
>whatever a character learns, they unlearn by the next episode
Reminds me of Hitler's thoughts on debating Jews.
Logan Garcia
I don't mind that episode too much, just because it let us see Homer's big smelly yellow butt.
Jonathan Harris
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Lincoln Butler
>Its a politically charged and condescending episode that might as well just be a PSA
Matthew Flores
Remember when Bart could speak fluent French? Guess the writers forgot about that.
Ayden Wood
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James Evans
>It's a "Bart's friends start a boys rights activist group to protest Krusty's all-female reboot of Itchy and Scratchy. When they catch Bart enjoying it, they kick him out, so he joins Bossy Riot, a militant feminist gang of sixth-grade girls." episode.
Christian Garcia
>whatever mistakes a character makes, they'll make all over again
That's really more true to life than you imply.
Henry Reed
That was so massively disliked that they stopped making those political charged shorts.
John Wood
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Cameron King
For a lot of cartoons, that's way better than the alternative. Look what they did to South Park.
Ayden Parker
>character spends his life in status quo
haha... that would really suck wouldn't it... any shows with this crazy premise...
Elijah Long
>homer's job as safety inspector (literally the result of a plot point of an early episode)
Kind of funny how Family Guy did the same thing. He worked at a toy company but they figured it was more fitting to switch that to a brewery. RIP Mr. Weed.
Jordan Wright
I just realized that formula is kino of the highest order. It's just like the cosmic comedy of our lives.
Like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jackson Johnson
>Do you think they jumped the shark with Ned and all the Nedna shit as kind of a tongue-in-cheek joke about the term 'flanderization'?
I mean, no? The term started to describe a phenomenon and used Ned Flanders as a prime example. He was already "Flanderized" before the word existed.