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[[WMG: Springfield's state is really...]]
[[spoiler: [[IncrediblyLamePun ...the State of Existence.]] ]]
* I thought it was in [[spoiler: the State of Confusion.]]

[[WMG: Nelson and Lisa Simpson still have feelings for each other, or in the future will have a romance.]]
Nelson always shows his "good side" when with Lisa, and the new episode Loan-a-Lisa they ''hold hands'' (for *support*) and rollerskate together. Their past relationship is one of the few things referenced often. Some of the writers have admitted to liking the pairing as well.
* This is practically confirmed in "Barthood".

[[WMG: Troy [=McClure=] and Lionel Hutz will [[BackForTheFinale make one final appearance at the very last episode of the Simpsons, just so the fans can see them one last time before the show's ultimate conclusion]] ]]
* They may or may not be [[TheOtherDarrin voiced by]] Creator/BillyWest, using his [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Zapp Brannigan]] voice. Also, in a PetTheDog gesture, Troy starred in several more good movies and Hutz became a better lawyer.

[[WMG: Doing DVD commentaries for older seasons inspired the writers and show runners to remember what made the show work in the first place.]]
This explains a lot of the callbacks in later seasons, the uptick in quality in recent seasons after long ago JumpingTheShark, and return appearances of long-forgotten characters. If you listen to the commentaries, they repeatedly talk about how they haven't used such-and-such for a long time, and sit watching and laughing at things they had done years ago and had forgotten about.

[[WMG: Springfield is sitting on a giant deposit of [[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheDiabolicalBox Folsense Gas]]]]
The main characters of the show never age, but time seems to pass (Bill Clinton appearing in an older episode but things like [=iPads=] (or [[{{Expy}} "Mypads"]], appearing in later episodes). This could be explained as ComicBookTime, but you have to admit, the symptoms of Folsense Gas are there. Perhaps Mr. Burns discovered the gas first, which is why he seems to be immortal even though he is ridiculously fragile and dependant on Smithers. That's why Homer is getting dumber and dumber (He's actually sixty, and is going senile like his father) and Lisa is becoming increasingly intelligent (She's in her twenties, and should be going to university), among other things. The reason [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Springfield isn't in any state]] is because it has been isolated from society (because of the gas) to the point where it could be in ANY state. The events of the movie weren't just caused by overpolluting, the EPA wanted to isolate Springfield because of the dangerous gas that permeated the town, which hadn't been studied enough to be considered safe. People in Shelbyville don't look like people from Springfield, they too are affected by the gas, and the people from Springfield expect the town to look similar to theirs, so it does.

[[WMG: Tress [=MacNeille=] will voice Bart's new teacher]]
She voiced every other divisive character on the show, and the series is starting to see the end, if its lifespan is as good as the longevity of its core voice actors.

[[WMG: Other potential anime-themed possibilities]]
We have already had a Manga/DeathNote parody, An Anime Among Us, and Smithers dressed up as Anime/CaptainHarlock in the Futurama Crossover Comic so these are some other thoughts that I got Treehouse of Horror or otherwise.
* ''Manga/BlackButler''-Smithers being in the role of Sebastian.

[[WMG: W and S "clue" was actually Mr. Burns subconsciously calling for Smithers]]
He was reaching out for the only person who would help him.

Just humour me here...\\
She is extremely strong, and when she's revealed to be left-handed, you notice how her right hand has slightly above average coordination, while her left is extremely skilled. She rarely (if ever?) is out of breath. She is usually the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Person]], but is occasionally over-organised, for instance her obsession with cleaning before the cleaners arrived. Maybe her suburban existance is Marge in hiding. Hell, she could be an escaped Stepford Wife. Or a forgotten Cylon.

[[WMG: The shows floteing timeline is a result of Mr. Burns DealWithTheDevil]]

[[WMG: Homer's {{Flanderization}} is the result of head injury.]]
When Homer crashed down the Springfield Chasm, he suffered brain damage that is causing him to be more of a {{Jerkass}}, and more injuries make him even less intelligent. Marge puts up with him because he's become mentally ill, which is why he gets away with a lot.

[[WMG: Flander's bad luck from "When Flanders Failed" never went away.]]

In a very [[FridgeHorror Fridge Horror]] way, Flanders' life has become increasingly worse since then. Instead of Homer fixing the problem, it only made it slightly better. Homer's wish caused the hurricane to destroy Flanders' house and make him go mad, get married to a Vegas hooker, get Maude accidentally killed, have his Bible-based park get closed down, have said hooker return for a short while and undoubtedly confuse his kids, have trouble finding another lover, his Flanderization of getting angrier in each season, and so on. Most of the above events, by the way, were mostly caused by Homer. Homer inadvertently caused misery for the rest of Flanders' life (or at least until it's fixed).

[[WMG: Mr. Burns is undead.]]
In the early seasons, he seemed pretty normal for his age. But now,he's a pathetically weak old man, incapable of simple tasks. The reasons for this is simple-Mr Burns isn't actually alive. At some point, he ended up dying, but he made a DealWithTheDevil so he'd stay alive. The result is a body only able to function due to the powers of Satan. Any character incosistencies are the result of having a dead brain. The reason Burns harvests organs is to find a way of being truly alive.

[[WMG: Maggie grows up to be a either a LittleMissBadass or an BadassNormal superheroine]]

Already she has shown proficiency with firearms, and she is barely past one, She easily knocked Homer out with a mallet, and you know how hard it is to take down Homer, and multiple times she awesomely saved members of her family from trouble. so imagine Maggie as a teenager or as an adult.

[[WMG: Lisa is a powerful reality warper who has the whole town under her thumb.]]
Which explains why all the recent episodes give her the most focus, and she is able to get away with some incredibly dickish things (IE: Million Dollar Abie.)

[[WMG: Certain episodes aren't canon, and certain are.]]
To reiterate, here's a guide:
* Any episode refered to in a future episode is likely canon. Any episode important to the Simpsons mythos is definitely canon.
* Any episode with mention of the year is non-canon. The exception being episodes which are essential to the mythos: in this case, they may be canon, but mention of the year is not.
* The maximum duration of the canon is about 2 years, based on Maggie being a baby. Any episode where Springfield Elementary is included logically takes place during her 1st year.
* The series is in an AnachronismStew.
* "The Principal and the Pauper" certainly [[CanonDiscontinuity isn't]].

[[WMG: Bart secretly has a crush on Krabappel]]
He passed the fourth grade, despite that he still stays in school. She always turns to him whenever she has an emotional problem and he is happy to help her out. She even remarked in one episode that Bart is the closest thing to a man in her life. Last but not least, in one of the fortune telling episodes where Bart is a teen she tries unsuccessfully to seduce him while being Homer's wingman.
** I can't remember what episode this was in, but in one when Bart was daydreaming about getting high grades, ''he smacks her butt'' to thank her for giving him a good grade.

[[WMG: The last season will involve revoking the StatusQuoIsGod.]]
It's only fitting that, if it's the end, they might as well do something they've never done before (and they've done a lot). Examples of what they could do can be posted below, as well as a scenario.
* Abe Simpson's death. Considering Homer's "daddy issues", it would be quite interesting to see what emotions he might go through, and how the family will react to one another. I see it as this: the family ends up forgetting/ignoring a routine visit to the retirement place, unaware that Abe suffered a heart attack due to Jasper cutting in line to his meds. As Abe spends his last days in a hospital bed, there will be massive tension between Homer and Abe. Homer will end up using this time to [[CallingTheOldManOut call the old man out]] for his poor and [[AbusiveParents abusive]] parenting skills, [[FreudianExcuse and letting this contribute to the way he is]]. Marge and the kids will [[WhatTheHellHero call Homer out]], but Homer will stand by his words. Pissed off, he'll leave the family to "think about things". At Moe's bar, he'll start talking about it. Moe, being the JerkWithAHeartOfGold we love, will point out that he's being a Jerkass, and should really think if Abe deserved those words. Homer will think about it, and then realise that, while mean, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Abe really tried to/does love his son]], and is much like himself in that regard. Cue Homer bawling his eyes out, feeling that his dad will die with sadness and hate for what he said. Surprisingly, Grandpa appears in the bar, apologizing for what he's done. Homer will smile hard, saying "it's okay dad, you don't need to apologize." They'll have a last beer together, and Abe will die in peace, with [[GoOutWithASmile a grin on his face.]] [[TearJerker Commence crying.]]
** Season 24 has thus far had two Grandpa centric episodes that [[TookALevelInKindness show him in a more positive light.]] This could very well happen.
* Lisa and Bart finally moving up a year and how they cope with that. Likewise, Maggie could start talking, but her speech could remain not heard by the viewer (similar to episodes set in the future).

[[WMG: Homer Simpson is immortal, or at the very least has superhuman endurance.]]
Think about it: not only has he gotten over injuries that would maim or kill an average human being, but he has actually "died" on rare occasion (for example, his heart stopping in "Homer's Triple Bypass", causing his spirit to leave his body but later to return to it for cake). Despite a horrendous diet, he's only overweight. He even was punished by eating ''toxic nuclear waste'' and it didn't seem to affect him at all. My guess is that Homer Simpson somehow gained immortality, or at least an enormous HealingFactor from all the radioactivity he deals with. Hey, it mutated Lego Land, so mutating Homer isn't too much of a stress.

[[WMG: Lisa's eating disorder will return in a future episode and seriously debilitate her.]]
Being the outcast + the constant pressure on herself to make perfect grades + dealing with her ever-slipping-deeper-into-insanity family...what the heck else COULD happen?

[[WMG:The finale episode will have Bart leaving school]]

[[WMG:Homer can actually read perfect French.]]
It is the author of the BBQ’s instructions that can’t write in French.
“Le grille – WHAT THE HELL IS THAT‼”
It’s ‘la grille’ – it’s feminine – [[Series/{{QI}} minus five.]]

[[WMG: The "fair weather" assessment of Lisa's "friends" is actually backwards]]
While a lot of episodes about Lisa having no friends tends to try and paint Lisa's occasional buddies (Janey, Sherri, Terri, Allison, ect) in a bad light there's something to consider. While the fact that she'll make a friend and then suddenly never see them again half the time can be chalked up to guest stars, there's a few things to suggest Lisa doesn't give the other girls any better treatment. Main thing that triggered this thought was Sherri and Terri in "Mypods and Boomsticks" complaining about how Lisa's ignoring them, her supposed "best friends" while they do immediately declare they hate Lisa so they might just be flighty, it does bring some suspicious points. After all, Lisa became "Best friends" with Allison Taylor in the latter's episode and even when she got a speaking role again in "Lard of the Dance" Lisa didn't directly talk to her at all focusing on the new kid, Alex, instead. Then there's Sherri and Terri being oddly friendly to Lisa in "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas" only to be blown off and ditched without so much as a "see ya" or letting Lisa sit between them in "The Mook, The Chef, The Wife and Her Homer" only for Lisa to just sit there acting above it all. This and the fact that Lisa will sometimes be hanging out with the girls one moment and acting like she doesn't know them the next paint Lisa herself as the negligent friend, by the time we get to episodes like "The Doh-cial Network" and "Father knows worst" the girls (even [[NiceGirl Allison]]) have gotten sick of Lisa messing them about. Interestingly, in "The Doh-cial Network" is Sherri and Terri's attitude to Lisa, while they typically mock and tease people with a gleeful smile while reserving the coldness for behind people's backs, in that episode they act openly cold and even get mad at Lisa for asking if she can hang out with them.
* I wouldn't be surprised if Lisa's preachy tendencies wouldn't also have to do with it. A lot of characters have already expressed annoyance with how Lisa will go off into a tirade about her beliefs. I wouldn't be surprised if her friends often just ditch her when she starts bringing up social/moral/political issues they don't understand when they just want to have fun and be kids.

[[WMG: Bart has a crush on Mrs Krabappel.]]
He's enemies with her on school related manners. However, when it's other issues, like her dating woes, Bart is always the one to either give her helpful advice or simply listen to her problems. She even at one point depressingly remarks that Bart is the closest thing to a man in her life in Bart The Lover.

[[WMG: Lisa became a Buddhist because Richard Gere, a famous celebrity, did]]
She didn't ''need'' to convert to another religion; she only had to change to another church or parish. Lisa is prone to jump on trendy intellectual bandwagons - think how she embraced vegetarianism - and it's no stretch to assume she became a Buddhist because it was a trend among the Hollywood elite prior to Scientology.
* She wouldn't go for Scientology because she probably accesses 4chan. ''A lot''.
** I feel the need to note Lisa became a vegetarian because eating animals (and dissecting them) became disturbing to her. The fact she was shunned by pretty much everyone shows she didn't do it because it was trendy.
** If there's any subgroup more hated than vegetarians, it's [[ChildProdigy children more intelligent than the average adult]]. Bear that in mind, when reading these sorts of comments.

[[WMG: Kirk and Luanne Van Houten (Milhouse's parents) are first cousins about a dozen generations removed.]]
Anyone can see that they look almost identical, even without eyeglasses. Plus, it's been established that Luanne was born in Shelbyville, and Shelbyville was established by a settler partner of Jebediah Springfield's who wanted to legalize incest. The Van Houtens are one of the original Shelbyville settler families who later repudiated incest; they consciously split the family up in about 1890, with different relatives relocating to different communities, so they wouldn't be tempted to "experiment" anymore. Kirk's great-grandparents moved to Springfield and renamed themselves "Van Houten"; they never told any of their descendants about their shameful past, which is why Kirk believes that he and his wife have roots in separate towns. The fact that Luanne looks so much like him never made him suspicious because Kirk is mildly mentally retarded and as a child was told by his mother that "every boy wants a girl who reminds him of his mother" - and Kirk took it literally.
** In a new episode someone taunts Bart and Lisa for bickering like they are together, and both of them act appropriatly disgusted, in Lisa's words [[{{Squick}} "He's my brother!"]]. But Milhouse then says "But I thought my parents were siblings?". Bart once asked them if they were related but they denied it.
*** I don't think that Shelbyville was founded by a guy who was ACTUALLY an incest advocate, just that Grandpa was telling the story, and he was biased towards Springfield. If you watch the episode, a lot of things he said about Shelbyville were very odd, ever for The Simpsons Universe. That said, I agree with you that Milhouse's parents actually are closely related.
* Seems confirmed; in "Let's Go Fly a Coot", Milhouse reveals his parents are [[KissingCousins first cousins]], and has an interest in his own cousin. Luanne has an Italian mother, Nana Sophie, and her last name is Mussolini. So I'm assuming she's the immigrant sister of Kirk's father.

[[WMG: Hans Moleman is a [[TabletopGame/PrometheanTheCreated Promethean]].]]
Everyone hates him for no reason whatsoever, he's rather hideous (so that just rules out Galateans), and he's literally died and come back to life several times.

[[WMG: Ralph Wiggum is smarter than he appears.]]
In fact, he's above-average in intelligence. One episode, where he was a presidential candidate (don't ask) and the left- and right-wings were hounding him to be on their side, Lisa tries to comfort him. She said that he shouldn't let them use him. Ralph says, "well maybe ''I'' want to use ''them.''" He then tells her (in a childish way) how he would improve the country.
If the comics are to be believed (and they're probably not), Ralph was shown to have an eidetic memory. Lisa took advantage of this and helped him get a B+ on a history test. (He would've gotten a better mark if he didn't write about Lincoln's head melting.) Perhaps he is smart, but lacks the confidence to display it.

[[WMG: Homer is ObfuscatingStupidity.]]
He never had Moe put the crayon back in his brain - he worried that he would have died and left his family [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei in despair.]] This would account for several outbursts of higher intelligence (such as having a high grasp on the concept of a think tank, sarcastically pointing out little-known facts about European history); his masquerade is slipping.

[[WMG: Homer is a pyrokinetic, and doesn't know it.]]
Remember that episode where he somehow sets breakfast cereal on fire? Or that episode where he lightly strokes a Christmas tree and it bursts into flames? Or that episode where he and a bunch of his drunk buddies drive carelessly in his car in the school, causing a soccer goal to explode for no apparent reason? Rule of funny aside, this is the best possible explanation.
* Homer isn't just a pyrokinetic, but can manipulate any kind of radiation. This would explain why in "Homer Goes To College", he causes a radioactive meltdown without any nuclear material.

[[WMG: Krusty married Princess Penelope.]]
He mentioned being married in the newest season. Why not?

[[WMG: Grandpa Simpson was making up the story of the Simpsons being descendants of black people.]]
He just made all that up to make Lisa feel better. Seriously, he even says so himself that most of his stories are total bull. He's a doddering, senile old man.

[[WMG: Milhouse is in love with Bart.]]
We know that Milhouse has been madly infatuated with Lisa for years on the show, right? But in "Double, Double Boy in Trouble", he falls in love with Bart's fake sister Quenley immediately after he sees her and with nary a thought to Lisa. When Bart points this out, Milhouse confidently answers, "Yeah, but that [with Lisa] was never gonna happen." What's really going on is that Milhouse is actually in love with Bart, but being only a ten-year-old boy he can't cope with the emotional strain of realizing that he's gay (remember how the school psychiatrist had him classified as "flamboyantly homosexual"?) so he transfers his feelings to the nearest thing he can ever have to Bart -- Bart's sister. It doesn't matter who she actually is, Milhouse will always have unrequited feelings for some female relative of his best friend because she represents the person he can never have.
* B: Do you think my mom is cool? M: No, I think she's HOT! Hmmm... perhaps.
* In "Large Marge", when Milhouse sleeps over at the Simpsons' place, he tried to tell Bart why he was crying at recess. But Bart, probably realizing that Milhouse's gay, cuts him off by watching TV.

[[WMG: Bart will get a bear at some point.]]
Remember 'They'll Never Stop the Simpsons'? "Marge becomes a robot" was done as a cutaway gag in "The Heartbroke Kid", "how bout a crazy wedding" happened in 'Rome-old and Juli-eh'... it's only a matter of time before he gets that bear.
* Didnt Lisa have a bear in 18x2 Jazzy and the Pussycats?
* Bart already has a bear and it's living in the basement.\\
They keep it locked up so that he won't kill again.

[[WMG: The Simpson family are [[HumanoidAbomination cosmic horrors]].]]
They just have no clue about it. First off is Abraham Simpson, whose LovecraftianSuperpower allows him and Mr Burns to remain the same age during WWII, despite ComicBookTime making them younger and younger during then. Homer Simpson, being his son, is next. He has the capabilities of surviving every injury thrown at him, however this causes stupidity. As mentioned above, Lisa and Bart have a StatusQuoIsGod effect. All members of the Simpson family have the inherent ability to randomly alter history during their lifespans. All Simpsons have this ability, originating from their common EldritchAbomination ancestor, Jebediah Simpson.

[[WMG: Marge is a robot]]
Just humour me here...\\
She is extremely strong, and when she's revealed to be left-handed, you notice how her right hand has slightly above average coordination, while her left is extremely skilled. She rarely (if ever?) is out of breath. She is usually the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Person]], but is occasionally over-organised, for instance her obsession with cleaning before the cleaners arrived. Maybe her suburban existance is Marge in hiding. Hell, she could be an escaped Stepford Wife. Or a forgotten Cylon.

[[WMG: Ralph Wiggum isn't stupid, he just has severe mental health disorders.]]
Earlier episodes such as ''This little Wiggy'' show Ralph as being more strange and immature for his age than stupid, and also imply he has an incredibly overactive imgination and possibly is schizophrenic (he imagined an elf telling him to ''burn things'' at one point).

Ralph's increasing stupidity over the seasons isn't to do with {{Flanderization}}, it's that his mental health is worsening as he grows older, not allowing him to function properly.

[[WMG:A Gypsy cursed Jebadiah Springfield.]]
I always theorized that sometimes in the past, Jebadiah Springfield (under his original name Hans Sprungfeld the Pirate) must've angered a Gypsy who put him under the curse of "You will be founder of a town of idiots and fools" and so years later he did and this can explain why 90% of Springfield's citizens are total idiots, how Lisa and a handful of others escaped this curse is beyond me.

[[WMG: The final episode will make it clear we'll never see the Simpsons again]]
While at the same time making a point of all the many secondary characters Springfield still has to offer for potential new stories. Of course, a spin-off series will follow and receive very mixed reviews.
* They already kind of did that in "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase". But because StatusQuoIsGod, the Simpsons came back.

[[WMG: The gradual Flanderization of Homer Simpson is a result of countless head trauma incidents.]]
The first time we saw Homer suffer major injuries was falling off the gorge in "Bart the Daredevil". Before that, Homer was [[TooDumbToLive less stupid]] and more somewhat [[TheDitz clueless and bumbling]], and significantly less violent. However that and a number of blows to the head have led to Homer getting "stupider every year"(as for why the gorge didn't just leave him brain-dead, thank his natural resistance to head-blows). [[FridgeHorror With every blow to the head, Homer becomes less aware of the risks that he's taking, which just creates the lovable buffoon we see him as.]] [[FreudianExcuse The reason why he becomes more of a Jerkass is]] [[JerkassWoobie a result of both lashing out at the world and because of Bart.]] Had Bart not decided to try and jump off the gorge, Homer wouldn't have fallen off it. Thus Homer strangles Bart primarily out of anger for the head blow that's started his downwards spiral, even when he isn't aware of this. The MultipleChoicePast? Its Homer remembering it incorrectly, and his family humouring him-they happened much differently, or not at all. The NegativeContinuity of all this? UnreliableNarrator in full effect-Grandpa Simpson is senile and the other male Simpsons are stupid for a multitude of other reasons, and/or the Simpsons Gene doesn't cause such a severe effect. The "crayon in brain" may have just screwed up his sinuses. Of course, the crayon and Simpsons Gene may have caused a lot of damage, but Homer was initially ''super-intelligent'' and it took all this to bring him down.

[[WMG: They'll bring back Troy [=McClure=] and Lionel Hutz]]
Even though they retired Lunchlady Doris due to Doris Grau's death, they've brought her back voiced by Tress [=MacNeille=]. If they bring Lionel Hutz and Troy [=McClure=], they'll be voiced by Creator/BillyWest. Creator/PhilHartman was supposed to voice [[{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}} Zapp Brannigan]] until his death and Creator/BillyWest took over.
** I doubt they'd bring back Hutz at the very least; his role is already covered by Gill, who's a lot more popular than him.

[[WMG: Ned Flanders is secretly Bill Gates in disguise]]
Look at a picture of both of them. The only difference is that Ned Flanders has a Stalin moustache and yellow skin. He is hiding out in Springfield, disguised as a fanatical Christian family man to throw any suspicious people off. He's doing this because an angry mob is after him because of his company's perceived poor customer service.

[[WMG: Kearney's son is adopted.]]
In one episode, Kearney refers to himself as "a teenager, and the parent of a teenager". At most, that gives him and his son the ages of nineteen and thirteen - six years apart. Rule of Funny aside, it's pretty much impossible for him to have a biological son that young: logically, his son would have to be adopted, or else a stepson.
* We've seen he has a biological son. He ended up marrying a much older woman so he can better raise his son, and she herself had a son.
* Kearney and Otto Mann are both 26 years old.

[[WMG: It's all in Marge's head]]
In the episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" everything that happens after Marge is admitted into the insane asylum (and every episode since) is just a deluded fantasy in Marge's mind. The way she effortlessly escapes the asylum; the way the Krusty the Clown show goes from being a children's show to a late-night talk show that talks exclusively about her; and especially the moment that Becky just happens to admit to plotting all the things Marge expected her to (before disappearing from existence).

[[WMG: Grandpa Simpson once had feelings for Mr. Burns' mother.]]
In "New Kid on the Block", Grandpa Simpson reveals he fell for "the oldest woman", who was 120. Later on, it would be revealed that Mr Burns' mother is still alive, at the staggering old age of 122. Two years ago Abraham fell for Mr. Burns' mom, who ended up with the Guinness Book of World Records (the actual record holder, Jeanne Calment, was 117 when this episode aired). Mr. Burns didn't know this though, since he and his mom don't have much contact.

[[WMG: The whole series is just Lisa making RPF of her childhood]]
I may like the "Armin Tamzarian" idea all I want, but I also like my old headcanon about this story: in-universe it's just Lisa writing RPF fanfiction about her principal. Heck, if you said that "The Simpsons" is just Lisa writing RPF fanfiction about her childhood, it would'nt be far from the Doylist truth. Maybe the 1000th episode is a more realistic looking adult Lisa finishing to write the 999th episode and sending the 999 episodes to Fox to become a TV series. It turns out that although Maggie did'nt exist (and possibly neither did the pets) Homer, Marge, and Bart had pretty much the same personalities as the show. And for the others:

- Homer's boss wasn't a supervillain, just a regular rich guy with more than one Smithers-like lackey.

- Homer went to more than one bar with his friends. Moe is just a caricature. Bart never actually prank called the same place twice. Lenny, Carl, and Barney are just workplace friends of Homer that he tends to hang out with a lot in several bars and discoteques and whatever.

- Bart and Lisa never really did meet the school staff in their free time. They were never more than acquaintances to them, although Bart did get taken to the principal's office a lot, said principal was just a principal to them, just as entrenched in their lives as any other principal was to the kids they were a principal of. Lisa probably never even saw his (her?) face in person.

- Milhouse is Lisa's husband, who actually she met when they were both adults. He's actually the one who made Itchy & Scratchy. They do indeed have Zia van Houten together, and she does indeed look just like Lisa.

- The Flanders were a mishmash of various religious/dowdy elderly couples in Lisa's various places she lived in.

- Homer's dad Abraham was indeed the grandparent that Lisa and Bart saw of the most, and he was just like in the show, but Penelope "Mona" Olsen wasn't actually a runaway hippie, she was a regular motherly woman that died of cancer when Bart and Lisa were little.

- Patty and Selma are just like in the show but actually the reason why they were single is that they happened to never have found true love until they were middle-aged. Patty was either aroace or lesbian and never married, while Selma got married as an elder and adopted Ling-Ling, who was closer in age to Zia than to Lisa.

- Herschel Krustowski, Robert Terwiliger, and Melvin Van Horne just were and are Lisa's and Bart's favorite celebrities. Lisa and Bart never met them in person.

- Pretty much all the other characters are just amalgamates of people in Lisa's life.

- Season 1 is loosely based on real events. The rest are the fruit of Lisa's imagination. They did accidentally get a dog as a Christmas present, Bart did cheat by copying a classmate, Homer did get fired and return to then have a new promotion, they did go to a picnic at Homer's boss' place, Bart did rally his classmates - including the one he did copy from - against a bully, Lisa did get inspired to play sax by Bleeding Gums Murphy (but never met him in person), they did go camping on a RV, Bart did try to steal the statue of the town founder, Homer did buy Marge a bowling ball as a birthday gift, Bart did buy a camera and snap pictures of strip clubs, Bart and Lisa were sent to France as an exchange program, Bob Terwiliger did actually steal stuff pretending to be Hercschel Krustowski and it went as a famous parodied celebrity event but nobody Lisa knew was there and it happened in another town, and Marge did call a radio terapist for her marriage to Homer and have Bart and Lisa babysat by someone.

- Season 2 is literally full of RPF plots.

- Season 3 is when Lisa decided to tackle real life issues.

- Season 4 is when Lisa tried to do dramatic.

- Season 5 is when Lisa tried to flesh out the side characters and make episodes about them. Hence why the 100th episode is all about Skinner. Lisa is trying to make him into a sort-of 5th main character of the RPF thing.

- Season 6/7 is pretty much still full of RPF plots.

- Season 8 is also full of RPF plots.

- Season 9 is also trying to tackle real life issues.

- Season 10 became more comedic.

[[WMG: Most of the episodes are true events. But "Principal and the Pauper" was a RPF fic by Lisa Simpson about Seymour.]]
This is why it is mostly ignored except for one time where Lisa calls him Principal Tamzarian.

"Saddlesore Galactica" hinted to a possible episode idea.

Lisa seems a [[AgeInappropriateDress little too young to wear a strapless dress]], yet Marge buys them because they're similar to the dress she used to wear herself as a kid. The female clerk was too eager to show the clothesline because she thought Lisa was a "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E15BlackEyedPlease pretty blonde party-girl]]" with her red dress and pearls. Also, [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E11PorkAndBurns Lisa is aware]] her dress is "[[DangerouslyShortSkirt mighty short]]", because it was made to [[ShesGotLegs show off her legs more]], but also more prone to {{Panty Shot}}s.

** This also means that TheSimpsons are not [=1/64=] black.

In one episode he has been shown to have natural red hair. He said he dyed it blond. Even when he was little it was blond. So he probably has very dark strawberry blond. Ignore the impossibilities of this theory. TheSimpsons isn't sensible.

[[WMG: The Simpsons is a FutureImperfect or otherwise [[UnreliableNarrator unreliable retelling]] of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'']]
... because it would be the ultimate subversion of ItsBeenDone.
* Mind... needs... birth control.

[[WMG: The show's seemingly never-ending run is really SpringtimeForHitler by Matt Groening.]]
Think about it: by the time Season 9 was coming to a close, Groening decided he had enough. He felt the show had a nice run and that it was time to move on. Unfortunately, the show was still a [[CashCowFranchise cash cow]] and Groening knew damn well that the cash-mongering executives at {{Creator/FOX}} wouldn't can the show just yet. So what better way to abandon your fanbase than to make your show JumpTheShark? Going into season 10, Groening did everything he could to make the show as bad as possible (the [[{{Jerkass}} jerkassination]] of Homer, {{Flanderization}}, crappy jokes, the works). This plan would've worked...if the show still didn't get [[CashCowFranchise substantial ratings.]] Groening now suffers the consequences and has been forced to create 10+ seasons (and counting!) ever since, [[ExecutiveMeddling thanks to Fox.]] When will Groening's ingenious plan finally work? Only time will tell...
* Not unprecedented; ''[[Film/TheProducers Springtime For Hitler]]'' was a hit.

[[WMG: Seymour/Armin is the reincarnation/human incarnation of Hayk and thus, the rightful heir to the throne of Armenia]]

[[WMG: The show isn't as good because [[MediumAwareness Homer knows he's in a cartoon]] and can therefore do what he wants]]
We know the show isn't as good as the Golden Era, and lots of people point to Homer's increasingly {{Jerkass}} behaviour. But why would he care less and less about his actions? ''Because he knows he faces almost no repercussions for his actions.''\\
In "Homer the Heretic", Homer meets God, God tells him the meaning of life. ''And this is when God tells him that he lives in a cartoon.'' [[MediumAwareness Homer begins to use this knowledge to his advantage.]] This power can't undo any death, which is why his old mum stays dead shortly after passing away in the episode ''Mona Leaves-a''. Other changes stay because A) he doesn't care, such as Luann splitting up with Kirk, B) or Homer doesn't mind, such as Lisa's vegetarianism.
* Wait, are you saying that ''Homer'' now [[DivideByZero controls the universe?!]]

[[WMG: [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail Lyle Lanley]] is a SerialKiller.]]
He shows himself not just amoral, but sadistic given his drawings of the "suckers". While the money is one thing, like H.H Holmes he's using his constructions to get people intentionally killed [[ForTheEvulz for his sick kicks]]. Making his eventual beatdown [[LaserGuidedKarma even more karmic]].

[[WMG: ''Everything'' will soon hit the fan]]
Alright, this might need some explanation, possible crossovers between The Simpsons, Family Guy (with ''possibly'' American Dad thrown in the mix) and/or South Park will, probably, be [[CrisisCrossover Crisis Crossovers]] with one underlying threat continuing through seasons of both shows, with special comic one-shot tie-ins.

As for possible threats:
* [[AbusivePrecursors Precursors]]: Possibly [[LizardFolk reptillian humanoids]] or highly-evolved apes. These precursors could emerge in one of two ways:
** A genetic plague, possibly embedded in human mtDNA (due to experiments conducted on the mitochondrial Eve) emerges and begins making humans extinct. A character ends up sent back in time 102,000 years to a time when Paleolithic humans were locked in a battle for the future of the planet with these precursor creatures, one of whom plans to defeat the humans with the plague that will ensure his (or her) race's dominance over Earth. The character (or characters) find the mitochondrial Eve (possibly with the help of a TokenGoodTeammate precursor) and save her from the virus, thus ensuring the survival of the human race 102,000 years hence.
** The precursors are discovered cryogenically frozen and hold the secret numeric codes to the Bible that foretell the end of civilization. It would be revealed that there is a code inscribed in the Bible that predicts all historical events. The precursors were there at the beginning and influenced human religion over thousands of years, putting the code in to either foreshadow their return or ensure their discovery so they can emerge again.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': The Transformers came to Earth for some reason and are currently infiltrating Springfield, Quahog and South Park simultaneously. Something will happen to make them reveal themselves, with some characters (i.e. the Simpson family, Stan, Kyle) siding with the Autobots and others (e.g. Sideshow Bob, Stewie, Cartman) with the Decepticons. The story will end with Stan Smith talking to Avery Bullock over the phone about the Autobot/Decepticon battle and (possibly) the events of the one-shots. Bullock will say something like "Well, it's time to fight fire with fire" and the camera pans up to reveal deactivated Transformers (possibly beast-formers like the Dinobots, Maximals or Predacons or Seekers e.g. Jetfire, Ransack). This will set up a sequel.
** There was already a "Treehouse of Horror" episode which features expies of the Transformers.
* {{Kaiju}}: A ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' crossover in which giant monsters (initially Godzilla, Rodan and Anguirus, with possibly others appearing later on)begin appearing and wreaking havoc across Earth. It will focus on characters who survived the destruction that the monsters initially created and their struggle to live amongst these giants.
** Not out of the question in the comics, but there's one problem in regards to TV: ''Simpsons Guy'', the crossover between ''Family Guy'' and ''The Simpsons'' is a bit of a BrokenBase; if the humor in ''Family Guy'' potentially leaking through to ''The Simpsons'' is divisive, the brand of humor from ''South Park'' possibly doing the same would be FromBadToWorse.

[[WMG: Homer Dies All The Time Ever]]

Whenever some event happens that should logically result in Homer's death, he does in fact die, and the rest of the episode takes place in a new reality created by his brain, which he is then brought back to life in. Because Homer would have remained dead in the time it takes his brain to create a new reality, brain cells start dying, making him stupider. Every continuity error or instance of Flanderization is a result of Homer's decaying mind not able to completely recreate the previous reality. The series will end when the last of his brain cells finally die.
* That would explain how someone as stupid as Homer could be a nuclear engineer- he used to be smart (even with the crayon in his brain).
** Alternatively: Homer is suffering the same fate as the Bikura in the ''Literature/HyperionCantos''--at some point he ran across the Shrike which implanted a cruciform in him which guaranteed a sort of immortality and, like the Bikura, each regeneration diminishes his intelligence

[[WMG: Homer is a literal example of quantum immortality]]
Every time Homer does something stupid that should result in his death or maiming the show switches to an alternate reality where he somehow survives. With time Homer, who started off with sub-par intelligence, comes to ignore everyone around him who warns him about danger because they've been wrong literally every time in the past. Hence his {{Flanderization}} as the series has progressed.

With some adjustments this could explain why there's so little change in the town and why all the characters become more and more extremely caricatured with time - the idea behind quantum suicide is applied not just to death but also to major negative consequences to all actions for most of the town's inhabitants most of the time. Because none of the town's natives ever suffer any real negative reinforcement due to their actions, they never learn to temper their behaviour to make themselves more acceptable to the world at large.

[[WMG: Homer really did sleep with Mindy, he just imagined she was Marge]]

"Marge" is wearing the exact same dress and it's in the exact same hotel room. Homer just imagines she was Marge to relive his guilt.

[[WMG:Bart is strawberry blond.]]
In one episode he has been shown to have natural red hair. He said he dyed it blond. Even when he was little it was blond. So he probably has very dark strawberry blond. Ignore the impossibilities of this theory. TheSimpsons isn't sensible.
* I'd call that hair color either yellow or Venetian Blond, which is a dyed hair color but can be a variant of strawberry blond in a cartoony universe.

[[WMG: Barney Gumble is related to Otto the Bus Driver]]
The two kind of look alike in the face. The two are both addicts of some type, meaning it's genetic. Barney could very well be a maternal uncle.

[[WMG: Flanders has become both more religious and less likeable due to changes in attitude towards religion.]]
When the Simpsons first came out, Flanders' base concept was "better American than Homer", which is why he was both a more sincere Christian and a nicer guy all around. At the time, America had a pretty strong tendency to associate "adherence to Christian faith" with "moral superiority". However, as time has gone by, Christianity and religiosity have stopped being quite as synonymous with being a good person as they were. Combine this with the creator's own antitheistic tendencies (as evidenced somewhat in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'') Flanders being so religious has stopped being a reason as to why he's a good guy and more a way for him to be not so different to Homer.

[[WMG: Bart has a crush on Mrs Krabappel.]]
He's enemies with her on school related manners. However, when it's other issues, like her dating woes, Bart is always the one to either give her helpful advice or simply listen to her problems. She even at one point depressingly remarks that Bart is the closest thing to a man in her life in Bart The Lover.

[[WMG: They're going to kill off Edna Krabappel]]
In the most respectful way, of course. Unlike what they did with Maude, it would be a more realistic and respectable end. It would feature Ned coming to terms with the death of another wife, the impact of the kids, and how he'll pick up the pieces. Or, alternately, the episode will be ''Bart''-centric as we see him cope with Krabappel's death, possibly being the last person to speak to her before her death, with it ending with Bart accepting her death and saying that he will never forget her.

As for causes of death:
* Brain Aneurysm: Appropriately sudden and would fit the DarkerAndEdgier tone most tropers seem to be looking for.
* Breast Cancer: Since Maria Wallace fought breast cancer and became an activist for the subject.
* Car Accident: Would be sudden and lead to plotlines about Ned coming to terms with the fact her death was an accident.
* Childbirth: [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy Someone to represent the love Ned and Edna had together,]] add storylines about Ned raising a baby, or give Maggie another friend.
* Heart Attack: The easiest way to kill her.
* Terminal illness: Gives the death some drama and will cause a complete TearJerker ending.
** Or quite alternately, the Flanders family will simply leave Springfield.
* Or Homer, at an outside sports game, wants a t-shirt, the girl with the t-shirt cannon shoots one at him but he ducks and the shirt hits Edna and she falls to her death.
** The Holidays of Future Past episode confirms this if that episode is canon. Ha, canon.

[[WMG: Squeaky Voiced Teen is not a real teen]]
He is shown to be operating the train during Marge and Homer's first anniversary-he is a teenager at this point-in the episode "Dangers on a Train." Ten years later, he would be in his twenties, at least. He may just have a squeaky voice and have adult acne...
** If you take supplementary info like Tapped Out, he can do quests designated for children and teens.
** The teen on that episode could just be a [[LegacyCharacter different but identical teen]]

[[WMG: After the finale's end credits, Fox will show a short of The Simpsons family sing "My Way".]]
Marge will sing the first verse, with the line "and so I face the final curtain" referencing the earlier Treehouse of Horror openings
Homer will sing the second verse. Regrets, he's had a few.
Lisa will sing the first part of the first chorus and then Marge and Homer will chime in.
Bart will sing the third and final verse, with the line "If find it all so amusing" alluding to his prankster personality, and because he is the most popular character.
Then they all sing the second chorus, and after that, it will show us the family living room. The family run to the couch and...nothing happens. [[Main/EarnYourHappyEnding They've earned their happy ending]].
It then pans out to show Matt Groening having drawn the final frame, before saying "Yes, I did it my way." before turning off the desk light next to him. Then a Thank You message will pop up thanking the audience for watching this whole time.

[[WMG: The North Haverbrook people bribed the airline to make a stop there so they could get at Lyle Langley.]]
It would explain how they knew when he was arriving and which seat he was on.

[[WMG: If Bart had Tried to get his revenge on Don Brodka,]]
It would have backfired on Bart. Don would have beaten Bart up, and had him ended up in court. Bart would have ended up in court and be found guilty for not only shoplifting at Try-and-Save, but for attempted murder as well. Don Brodka would have convinced Judge Roy Snyder to sentence Bart Simpson either to life in the adult prison, deported to another country, or worse (sentence to death). Afterwards, Don Brodka would have sent the Simpsons family away forever.
* Alternatively, Bart would halved either shoot up Try-and-Save or bombed it killing hundreds of people (including children) for his revenge. But Don would have survived and not only would he stopped Bart, but would beat him up senslessly for committing high treason and terrorism. Don would have bart sentence to death to the electric chair. Afterwards, he would have beaten up Marge for poor parenting, and still went the Simpsons away for good. Don would have been celebrated as a hero of America, and Bart would have been known as the traitor who ruined Christmas.
** Kinda dark, isn't it?

[[WMG: The Burns family fortune was originally in steel manufacturing]]
In 'Last Exit To Springfield', we see a flashback to Burns with his grandfather at his "atom mill". It is likely that the atom mill was formerly a steel mill. We see men using sledgehammers and anvils, and there is apparently an abandoned coke oven. Steel was a huge industry in the 19th century "robber baron" era, which is certainly the era seen in the flashback. It is likely that the Burns family made their fortune in steel and later expanded into energy production- which became the nuclear power plant by at least the 1960s. The "atom mill" seen in this episode is a silly joke, but gives a realistic clue into the history of how the Burns dynasty began.

[[WMG: There'll be an episode where Marge starts gambling again and uses Lisa to help her win.]]
"Saddlesore Galactica" hinted to a possible episode idea.

[[WMG: Burns' mother gave him up for adoption, then took him back]]
Burns' mother got pregnant out of wedlock, probably at a young age, since Mr. Burns himself is so old, and she's still alive, so he was put up for adoption. As seen in the episode "Rosebud", his adoptive parents were kind and loving, but his mother, now married to the much-older Colonel burns, paid them off to get the kid back. That explains why they look so similar, and how his father could've been old enough to be a slaveowner.

[[WMG: Krusty's death would have horrific consequences]]
In "Marge Vs. The Monorail", Krusty is getting ready to jump out of the directionless monorail, when Creator/LeonardNimoy saves him. Had Krusty jumped, he'd have died. Without Krusty to keep his childlike innocence alive, Bart would've become evil and, possibly taking advantage of Lisa's presidency, destroyed the world. [[Franchise/StarTrek Spock]] managed to go back to the past and prevent this BadFuture, taking advantage of the fact that he looks like an actor of the time. That's why he says "My job here is done" and teleports away, once the monorail is stopped.

** Alternative theory: he isn't illiterate; just quite nearsighted and too vain to wear glasses. Krusty [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E12KrustyGetsBusted is seen to have trouble in reading a page of text] that may have been in very tiny print--something that causes many, This Troper included, no end of trouble. Cue cards are printed in quite large letters, easy to see from at least ten feet away, and scripts can be often [[HarpoDoesSOmethingFunny quite simple]]. If you're a performer and your writers have worked a long time with you and understand your penchant for, say, ad-libs and broad physical comedy. Krusty's been at this for decades; he's got his routines down to a ''science''.

Instead of obvious stupidity like Homer, it affects him in making stupid decisions like picking someone with no experience to help him compete with the Japanese car manufactures. [[FeigningIntelligence He can come off as smart]], but he and Homer are NotSoDifferent in the end. Powell Motors also proves to be a case of IncompetenceInc. The difference between them is that Herb isn't lazy and can compensate for his lack of intelligence.

* Abe Simpson's death. Considering Homer's "daddy issues", it would be quite interesting to see what emotions he might go through, and how the family will react to one another. I see it as this: the family ends up forgetting/ignoring a routine visit to the retirement place, unaware that Abe suffered a heart attack due to Jasper cutting in line to his meds. As Abe spends his last days in a hospital bed, there will be massive tension between Homer and Abe. Homer will end up using this time to [[CallingTheOldManOut call the old man out]] for his poor and [[AbusiveParents abusive]] parenting skills, [[FreudianExcuse and letting this contribute to the way he is]]. Marge and the kids will [[WhatTheHellHero call Homer out]], but Homer will stand by his words. Pissed off, he'll leave the family to "think about things". At Moe's bar, he'll start talking about it. Moe, being the JerkWithAHeartOfGold we love, will point out that he's being a Jerkass, and should really think if Abe deserved those words. Homer will think about it, and then realise that, while mean, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Abe really tried to/does love his son]], and is [[NotSoDifferent much like himself in that regard.]] Cue Homer bawling his eyes out, feeling that his dad will die with sadness and hate for what he said. Surprisingly, Grandpa appears in the bar, apologizing for what he's done. Homer will smile hard, saying "it's okay dad, you don't need to apologize." They'll have a last beer together, and Abe will die in peace, with [[GoOutWithASmile a grin on his face.]] [[TearJerker Commence crying.]]

We all know how horrible the Townspeople can be ever since ''Boys Of Bummer,'' how about someone like [[TheDitz Ralph]] or even [[EvenEvilHasStandards Sideshow Bob]] of all people give Springfield TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. The latter may however may [[EvilGloating just gloat]] on how he and the whole town are NotSoDifferent and [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame compliments them.]]

When the Simpsons first came out, Flanders' base concept was "better American than Homer", which is why he was both a more sincere Christian and a nicer guy all around. At the time, America had a pretty strong tendency to associate "adherence to Christian faith" with "moral superiority". However, as time has gone by, Christianity and religiosity have stopped being quite as synonymous with being a good person as they were. Combine this with the creator's own antitheistic tendencies (as evidenced somewhat in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'') Flanders being so religious has stopped being a reason as to why he's a good guy and more a way for him to be NotSoDifferent to Homer.

* Bart's quasi-sociopathic tendencies are [[FreudianExcuse a consequence of all the abuse he's suffered.]] His dad has little self-control yet [[IdiotHoudini gets away with it]], so Bart thinks the same can apply to him. His teachers care less and less about their role, so why should he listen to them? [[RealityEnsues Stupidity ensues.]]

[[WMG: Lyle Lanley is a SerialKiller.]]
He's not just an amoral scam artist; his personal notes have creepy doodlings where he laughs at the people in the monorail dying. Lyle is an H.H Holmes-styled serial killer who tries to get money [[{{Sadist}} and his kicks]] at the same time, making the eventual beatdown he gets [[LaserGuidedKarma all the more fitting]].

[[WMG: In the (non-canon) "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E6Simpsorama Simpsorama]]" episode, Springfield is a suburb located in or near New York City.]]

[[WMG: There will eventually be a Simpsons/South Park crossover episode]]

[[WMG: Springfield is under the effects of [[Franchise/TheElderScrolls the Dragon Break]]]]

[[WMG: Why after episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E16ByeByeNerdie Bye Bye Nerdie]]" we never again saw Dr. Hibbert's newborn baby son.]]
SIDS death aka crib death. Kind of explains why three seasons later his room has a view to a children cemetery.

He's not just an amoral scam artist; his personal notes have creepy doodlings where he laughs at the people in the monorail doodling. Lyle is an H.H Holmes-styled serial killer who tries to get money [[{{Sadist}} and his kicks]] at the same time, making the eventual beatdown he gets [[LaserGuidedKarma all the more fitting]].

We have seen from both Homer and Bart occasional flashes of brilliance through rapid acquisition of skills and displays of talent that run contrary their acalmided stupidity. Also we see that Abraham Simpson had been a small unit commander who was successfull in keeping in leading his unit through some of the hardest fighting of the European the European theater in ww2 without any recored case of fatalities in his unit and in his post war civillian life he had been president of the gay lesbian alliance for some reason

In another universe (ours,) she was a socialite who married President Kennedy and then Ari Onassis. In this universe, she lost her money and all of her friends went insane (she knew Zelda Fitzgerald, Frances Farmer and Sylvia Plath), so she ended up marrying a young man who was so enamored of her that he changed his name to match hers, rather than vice versa.

* [[EveryoneHasStandards He wasn't willing to harm someone that young]]

[[WMG: Why after episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E16ByeByeNerdie Bye Bye Nerdie]]" we never again saw Dr Hibbert's newborn baby.]]