Homer has stopped strangling Bart in The Simpsons and it’s about time
Homer has stopped strangling Bart in The Simpsons and it’s about time
A new episode of the long-running animated comedy sees a declaration down to ‘changed’ times, a decision that has led to an absurd backlash
Nothing lasts forever. In time, the continents will crash into each other once more, the sun will swallow the planet and, at some point long after that, The Simpsons will end. But that isn’t to say that it’s incapable of moving with the times before then. Because, in yet another nod to shifting tastes, Homer Simpson has revealed that he will no longer attempt to strangle his son to death.
In the third episode of the current 35th season, Homer greets his new neighbour by shaking his hand. When the neighbour comments that he wasn’t expecting such a firm grip, Homer replies: “See Marge, strangling the boy paid off,” before acknowledging that he doesn’t actually do that any more. “Times have changed,” he adds.
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This is just one of the Simpsons tropes to me. Obviously it shouldn't be done in real life, but pretty much nothing they do should be done in real life. IT'S A FUCKING CARTOON PEOPLE!!!
Wait, are you telling me I shouldn't keep throwing these anvils to that damned roadrunner? Because I frigging despise him.