The Official Simpsons Griefing Thread

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SteelPlatedHeart said:
EDIT: oh my god, this episode is only a month old, are they seriously that petty?!
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I said this in the Sonic Movie thread, but the joke absolutely doesn't work because Sonic was really successful at the box office. As in one of the top grossing movies of 2020 successful, which suggests that the people who bitched about the design put their money where their mouth was and saw it. Had the movie bombed even after changing Sonic's design, the joke would have had a leg to stand on, but it doesn't.

What is it about offering goodwill towards your audience that makes Current Year writers so mad anyway?
 
Duncan Hills Coffee said:
I said this in the Sonic Movie thread, but the joke absolutely doesn't work because Sonic was really successful at the box office. As in one of the top grossing movies of 2020 successful, which suggests that the people who bitched about the design put their money where their mouth was and saw it. Had the movie bombed even after changing Sonic's design, the joke would have had a leg to stand on, but it doesn't.

What is it about offering goodwill towards your audience that makes Current Year writers so mad anyway?
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Because you are not satiating the ego of those poor wealthy writers

MarvinTheParanoidAndroid said:
Moviebob would put in more effort.
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Moviebob would've just made the hillbillies Sonic fans while Comic Book Guy is seen as rational
 
SteelPlatedHeart said:
Today I learned that at some point, Corpse Simpsons tried to make fun of Sonic fans being mad about the original movie design.
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EDIT: oh my god, this episode is only a month old, are they seriously that petty?!
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The same episode that retconned Homer as a teenager in the 90s and acted as a fluff piece for JJ Abrams.

Oh, and Sideshow Mel bought an animatronic fox to use as a sex robot. I'm not even fucking kidding.
 
ToroidalBoat said:
an animatronic wat to use as a wat

yeah zombie simps is definitely a different show
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The pizza place that Homer worked at as a teen got shut down when the cops busted Gil (he was the owner) for trafficking cocaine there, and all the animatronic animals got auctioned off. Sideshow Mel bought the female fox, and Moe was able to deduce that he was using it as a sex robot.

That actually happened in that episode. That episode was truly... interesting.
 
Vault Boy said:
The pizza place that Homer worked at as a teen got shut down when the cops busted Gil (he was the owner) for trafficking cocaine there, and all the animatronic animals got auctioned off. Sideshow Mel bought the female fox, and Moe was able to deduce that he was using it as a sex robot.

That actually happened in that episode. That episode was truly... interesting.
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"Uhhh you can keep that one mel...there'_ not enough disinfectant in the world to clean out that robot. "

Or alternatively "I hope you cleaned the fox robot out good, its last owner had sex with it on a daily basis. "


Also a pizza place shut down after a scandal...minus the animatronics going haywire did they seriously try to rip off five nights at Freddy's in 2021?!
 
TopCat said:
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Morrissey's manager attacks 'hurtful and racist' Simpsons parody

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Morrissey appears to have taken offence at The Simpsons after being sent up in the animation's latest episode.

In the show, titled Panic On The Streets of Springfield, Lisa Simpson becomes obsessed with the militantly vegan singer of a 1980s indie band.

But her dreams are shattered when it transpires her idol, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, had become a bitter, overweight, anti-immigrant meat-eater.

A statement on Morrissey's Facebook called the show "hurtful and racist".

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"Surprising what a 'turn for the worst' the writing for The Simpson's TV show has taken in recent years," said the statement, which was posted by the star's manager, Peter Katsis.

"Poking fun at subjects is one thing," it continued, "but when a show stoops so low to use harshly hateful tactics like showing the Morrissey character with his belly hanging out of his shirt (when he has never looked like that at any point in his career) makes you wonder who the real hurtful, racist group is here.

"Even worse - calling the Morrissey character out for being a racist, without pointing out any specific instances, offers nothing. It only serves to insult the artist."

The statement went on to accuse The Simpsons of hypocrisy, noting that white actor Hank Azaria had recently bowed to criticism and agreed to stop voicing the Indian character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.

"Hank Azaria's recent apology to the whole country of India for his role in upholding 'structural racism' says it all," the message said.

Prior to the episode airing, Morrisey's official Facebook page had promoted the show by posting a still image from the animation.

The show said it would not be commenting on the star's latest statement.

However, the episode's writer previously insisted that the character was not solely based on Morrissey.

"I'm sticking by that," Tim Long told Variety magazine, adding: "The character is definitely Morrissey-esque, with maybe a small dash of Robert Smith from the Cure, Ian Curtis from Joy Division, and a bunch of other people".

Called Quilloughby, the character was said to be the lead singer of a band called The Snuffs - a stand-in for The Smiths.

The episode also featured music by Flight Of The Conchords and The Muppets' songwriter, Bret McKenzie; and included parodies of The Smiths song titles, such as How Late Is Then, Hamburger Is Homicide, and Everyone Is Horrid Except Me (And Possibly You).

Long said the episode had been inspired by his love of British indie bands during the 1980s, recalling how seeing The Smiths on their The Queen Is Dead tour had "changed my life".

"I've seen Moz [Morrissey] many times since then, most recently at the Hollywood Bowl in 2018," he explained to Variety.

"Executive producer Matt Selman was also at that show, and we got to talking about how much music meant to us as weird, alienated teenagers - and also how being a big fan of someone is like having a lifelong relationship with them, with all the ups and down that implies. This show grew out of that discussion."

In recent years, Morrissey has been criticised for his outspoken and controversial views.

He has called halal meat "evil", accused London Mayor Sadiq Khan of being unable to "talk properly" and appeared to defend actor Kevin Spacey over allegations of sexual abuse.

The singer has also expressed support for the far-right For Britain party, wearing a badge with its logo on during a US TV performance.

He has consistently denied being a racist.

Panic On The Streets Of Springfield has yet to be broadcast in the UK, but is expected to premiere on Sky One next month.

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Morrissey's manager attacks 'hurtful and racist' Simpsons parody

The show has taken "a turn for the worst" says Morrissey's manager after an episode poked fun at him.
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Oh fucking please.

They once had Krusty outright call out "them chinese cartoons about robots that fire blingwads" on live TV, and anime had the last laugh by picking up the other parts of the ball The Simpsons dropped and shattered by the 2000s.

Even the shitty idea of hitching a Japanese mail order wife for Comic Book Guy and making amerime Simpsons characters barely did a dent other than show how outdated and desperate for relevance The Simpsons is these days.

Grow a pair, Morrissey.
 
I can’t stand what the show has become, but I was still able to find humor in it up till about 2007. After that, it’s been a slide down into absolute gorilla shit.

if you look back, John Swartzwelder carried the show for the best of the best episodes.
 
horrorfan89 said:
Also a pizza place shut down after a scandal...minus the animatronics going haywire did they seriously try to rip off five nights at Freddy's in 2021?!
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I wish, all that happens is them finding the animatronics, JJ Abrams barging in, and swiping at internet fanbases.

The episode was so all over the place that I'd rather them rip off FNAF, if only so it had an ounce of consistency.
 
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