The Simpsons



The Simpsons is an American cartoon about a family of yellow people, the Simpsons, who live in Springfield, America. The show follows each family member through their day-to-day lives and how they interact with their neighbors, friends, family, coworkers, and other fellow Springfielders. On the air ever since the early 90s, The Simpsons has been called out for having Lost Its Magic many years ago, and some people go as far as to accuse its creator, Matt Groening, of trying to Beat Every Dime Out Of It even long after its audience had moved on to other things.

Real-Life Influence
The Simpsons has been noted for being one of the greatest (both in criticism and size) TV shows in American history (and some even say the world). It's affected culture, lifestyles, and even the English lexicon.

On the negative side, it has also been used as a reference mark for comparison of another franchise's (or even human being's) age as The Simpsons has been active for over three decades.

Internet Presence
Despite The Simpsons not pushing out any recent episodes worth memeing, Internet people have still found new ways to meme old episodes. Steamed Hams is a very good example of an old Simpsons episode being memed as it lived for much longer than most people would have expected. This is, of course, because of YouTube who wouldn't leave the poor scene alone until some time in mid-late 2018.

The Simpsons and Reference Making
The Simpsons is very well-known for its never-out-of-place Pop Culture References and, being the largest and oldest airing show on television, had references made to it in turn. The Simpsons is so obsessed with references, even whole episodes had their titles be references to TV shows, movies, books, albums, and more. Some references are in-your-face obvious, while others are subtle or hidden mostly from view, but still visible. Oddly enough, The Simpsons has barely ever made references to memes despite being memed many times.

1989
Dec 17 - First episode, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" (S1E1), airs. This is the only episode of The Simpsons to ever air outside the 90s or 21st century.

1994
April 28 - 100th episode, "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" (S5E91), airs.

2012
Feb 19 - 500th episode, "At Long Last Leave" (S23E14), airs.

2017
Oct 16 - 600th episode, "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" (S28E4), airs.

Characters
A Boy, A Girl, And A Baby - Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson respectively. Oddly enough, although they live under the same roof, they barely interact with each other all at once. Maybe because Maggie's too young to do much...

The Dumbass [ Justified] - Homer Simpson. Unlike many of the characters that fit this UnTrash role's description, Homer isn't necessarily stupid all the time. He's had many moments of doing things that would take other Dumbasses dozens of years to even get around fathoming thinking about considering deciding on doing. This is why he counts as a Justified Dumbass.

 

The Horn Dog - Moe Szyslak. Just... Moe Szyslak. If you know anything about Moe, you need no more information.

The Main - Homer or Bart Simpson. Although Homer can be thought of as the main character of the show as he is the man of the house, Bart gained much more popularity than he did. Bart's face (and sometimes butt) featured on many pieces of merchandise during the era of "Bartmanina" while Homer maintained his popularity mainly through his two main catchphrases "D'oh!" and "Woo-hoo!" he utters when something unfortunate, painful, or embarrassing happens to him and when something of the opposite nature occurs respectively.

The Rejected Artist - Lisa Simpson. Although many other Rejected Artists would be shunned by society for their art, Lisa isn't (well, not all the time). But that doesn't stop her from being a Rejected Artist. There were some times when Lisa thought she couldn't become a jazz musician with her saxophone and fell into a great depression because of it. A couple of these occasions was due to how fate rejected her dreams. So, there you go.

The Selective Haters - Patty and Selma Bouvier. These two sisters hate their sister's husband since they perceive him to be a good-for-nothing bumbling Dumbass whose father is just as bad if not worse. From the beginning, they didn't want Homer to marry Marge since they thought their relationship was a doomed Downward Spiral that would end with Marge leaving Homer. Homer's moronic antics have earned Patty and Selma's disapproval to more of an extent than when they first laid eyes on him, making him hate them in turn. Seeing Homer "trying" to get along with Patty and Selma or the other way around would be like baking soda and battery acid "trying" to having a successful marriage.

Misc.
There Are Only Three Seasons - Many people are split on when The Simpsons stopped being fun to watch. Some say it's like SpongeBob SquarePants because of how the first three seasons where the only ones that mattered; others argue that the first five were the time The Simpsons was worth staying on the air; and some would even say the first season is the only one that really matters in Simpsons history. But all parties can rest on the compromise that, as of The Simpsons' 30th season, the show no longer retains its original entertainment value.

The Title Warned Us - Go ahead, name a single episode of the show in which no Simpsons appear. Give up? Good.