SKIP THE INTRODUCTION WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER TODAY.
There are a lot of random baseball players in this episode and I'm going to level with you: the earlier they appear, the more likely they are going to get a coveted "bonus" slot. Here's the first:
In a similar vein, this kid from the base...
2024-01-19 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
These stereotypical loud figures from America's favourite pastime must be fun for the voice actors - you can tell Azaria is putting all his showmanship and gusto into this old fella who barely appears:
And look at the oddness of this camera angle - this is a choice that modern animation would st...
2024-01-18 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A weird little detail of this episode is that we're going to see a fair few characters that are given full names, but only appear once. You've met the legendary Flash Baylor, now here's Dan Horde.
The interesting thing about Dan here is that he is voiced by Ken Levine, who also wrote this episod...
2024-01-15 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This guy is the Carl to Flash Baylor's Lenny.
I believe this episode marks the first appearance pf the Springfield Isotopes, consistently the Springfield baseball team, although it comes up less often than you think. They are mentioned in passing a lot, but their next major plot significance is ...
2024-01-11 09:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
These guys actually appear before Flash in the chronology of the episode, but he was scheduled in for Monday and what was I supposed to do, create a magical day of the week that comes before Monday? M-inus-one-day? That's the stupidest name for a day I've ever heard.
It's hard for this pair not ...
2024-01-09 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's four minutes into "Dancin' Homer" that we encounter our first new character. If you're thinking I missed out the Gammels: they were in Homer's Odyssey, one million years ago. The first chara...
2024-01-08 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Definitely one of those episode titles that I'm glad I don't have to write out in full again.
I think the most significant thing about this episode is the fact that they are willing to focus on a subject outside of the core family. This is arguably the first episode to not be about a Simpson primarily. Yes, there is an emotional sub-plot based around Homer and Marge's political difference...
2024-01-05 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We end this episode as we began, with Dave Shutton, although now he has an unremarkable peer to hang out with.
This gent is very confident that Burns not eating Blinky has ended his political career permanently, which speaks to the naivety of politics in 1990. The idea that a politician would be...
2024-01-04 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The pattern that I've fallen into the past three years is that I reserve one day of Moevember for a n art parody - first year was the Moe-na Lisa, second year was 2024-01-03 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy new year! Let's bring this episode in for a landing with one of the cartooniest moments we've seen so far.
Yes, he has a "line", if you count a gutteral shocked noise as a line. It's recognisable enough to be identified as Dan Castellaneta, and we've given characters numbers for less, so h...
2024-01-01 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
DO NOT WORRY FRIENDS. This guy is NOT here to assassinate the 291 characters we've met prior to this point. Although as with all of Burns' campaign team, we will never see him again, so perhaps he does become some paid killer in the future. Look at him, he'd look right at home with a sniper rifle three blocks away in some 90s post-Tarantino thriller. A purple suit is a bold choice unless you're...
2023-12-28 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I already had this guy pegged as a "bonus" from his appearance getting Burns ready for his TV spot:
But later he even gets a somewhat camp-voiced line as he gets Homer ready. I'm glad they were consistent as to who the make-up guy was! It would have needlessly bothered me if it had been someone ...
2023-12-25 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It has almost become a sub-challenge of this project to find the most obscure and insignificant characters and give them a spotlight. Sure, there are less featured characters than this (in the back rows of crowd scenes and whatnot) but most Simpsons fans would barely remember Mary Bailey, never the mind the fact that her high school boyfriend is briefly mentioned:
2023-12-22 09:00:01 +0000 UTC
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You know, like the 1979 James Bond film. Here he is:
Look, cut me some slack here. It's the festive period, we're winding down, no-one gets any work done the week before Christmas. Ignore the fact that I'm writing this over a month in advance and accept that this week just isn't gonna be a barn-...
2023-12-21 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Slings a mud! Any size!
We're given a few lines from a few of Burns' campaign team in quick succession (three if you include last week's garbologist) and I'm afraid there's nothing noteworthy about any of them. The best thing I can say about this guy is that he looks a little bit like Hans Molem...
2023-12-18 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
If you were wondering where the rest of Burns' team was a couple of weeks ago then you're in luck! Here's the first guy, providing information on Mary Bailey's high school boyfriend. Strap yourself in, because surprisingly a few of these guys get to talk.
I looked up if "garbologist" was a real ...
2023-12-14 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Not just the wonderful Patrons that I post for several times a week, but EVERYONE.
Happy holidays! In the spirit of the season, I've made the first 50 numbered entries of my "Every Simpsons Character Ever" project FREE for the rest of December! If you've ever been curious about all the weird research I've doen on the first 50 characters from The Simpsons, now you can check...
2023-12-13 14:09:20 +0000 UTC View Post
As Burns hits the campaign trail, we see a brief montage of his escapades, and these moments stuck out:
The piñata could have gotten his own post I'm sure, but for today he'll be lumped in with these ...
2023-12-12 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post(HEY IF YOU DON’T WANNA READ A BUNCH OF MUSHY HEARTFELT WORDS, THERE’S A BRAND NEW COMIC A FEW PARAGRAPHS DOWN! WOOOOW!)
Hey various assorted Patrons.
It’s been a year! Almost! We’ve been chipping away at every Simpsons character ever pretty consistently, to the point where we even finished season 1, and that’s absurd and cool. I wanted to thank you all for keeping this we...
2023-12-11 13:45:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Add this fella to the growing pile of media reporters that barely appear. Will we see more in this very episode? I'll never tell! This guy is at Mary Bailey's press conference.
He says "Interesting strategy. Good luck." and I think each sentence is said by a different actor, but his mouth moves ...
2023-12-11 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The governor of Springfield's fair state, whichever state that is.
She's a fairly bland presence in this episode, the focus is on Burns' campaign, so we see very little of Bailey and her policies or personality. As the show explores political satire further in the future, characters like this wi...
2023-12-07 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a strange and fun one! I'm including him here because of the little "blub" noise he makes in his bowl, this is the closest thing he'll ever have to a "line" so it qualifies him for inclusion.
Blinky is a symbol almost synonymous with the show, or with Springfield as a town at least, but ...
2023-12-04 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
As has become tradition (twice is a tradition, right?) we will mark the Moe-cassion of Moevember with an A5 print.
If you'd like this piece as an A5 print delivered directly to you, please be a £10 or higher member for this month! Make sure your address is available there and it'll be sent out once you're charged at the end of the month. Thank you for your support!
If you have any ...
2023-12-01 09:27:17 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a lovely joke about politicians bending the truth to support their agenda - Burns straight up admits that this is not actually the father of evolution Charles Darwin, but just someone playing him, but Burns knows the people of Springfield are too dim witted to actually internalise that. There's no science being shown here, merely media-savvy spin wrapped in a scientific bow. 2023-11-30 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Yeah, you'd better believe we're covering everyone in this room.
You'll notice that most of the team that are introduced by Burns' campaign manager are absent from this post but DO NOT WORRY, fans of "Muckraker" and "Garbologist" - we'll get to them. These are the ones that do not get a line. 2023-11-28 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This guy seems familiar, even though he's not that familiar.
He certainly has a fairly prominent role in this episode, but is never seen again. I think I am getting a sense of deja vu from him because his voice is very similar to a certain blue-haired lawyer (whose name escapes me right now), bu...
2023-11-27 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
And now the end is near,
And so I face the final curtain,
My friend, I'll say it clear,
I'll state my case of which I'm certain,
I've lived a life that's full,
I travelled each and every highway,
And more, much more than this,
I did it Moe way.
Moevember draws to a close for the third year with Magnet-Moe, Moe-gue, Moe-verine, Mr Moe-tato Head, Moe-niature, Black ...
2023-11-25 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The first person who inspects the plant. He has a full team, but none of them speak, so it's just this guy for now.
He is actually not one of the inspectors seen in the probably better known inspection of season 5's "Homer Goes To College":
2023-11-23 09:00:01 +0000 UTC
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A strange sub-obsession to this regular obsession of mine has been documenting seemingly every single person who has ever worked at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Homer has amassed a variety of colleagues in the 30+ years he has worked there, it seems only right that we should meet them all eventually.
2023-11-21 09:00:01 +0000 UTC
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It's been a while since we've had one of this very specific type of character - someone who was designed for bigger and better things but kind of fizzled out and disappeared. I think our last person to fit this criteria was Miss Phipps, although we had a bunch in season one. I think if the show had m...
2023-11-20 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post