Homer will stop strangling Bart in new Simpsons episodes

[Canada Goose]

New episodes of The Simpsons will no longer make one of the show’s most famous jokes

Simpson patriarch simply acknowledged that ‘times have changed’ in recent episode

www.independent.co.uk

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

But it's OK for Bart to wear a dress

 

[Canada Goose]

You little...

Never gets old

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

You little...

Never gets old

Ay caramba

 

[patscorpio]

Soft!!! ...word to Kobe B

 

[Phantum]

Bart finally wised up and called the police. Imagine the horrors of dealing with a father who's clearly suffering from the worst case of CTE ever.

 

[Deltron]

Meh.

They haven't even done that joke since maybe 2015, if that

 

[Elim Garak]

Haven't watched since the mid 2000s lol.

 

[Canada Goose]

Bart finally wised up and called the police. Imagine the horrors of dealing with a father who's clearly suffering from the worst case of CTE ever.

 

[Billy Ocean]

Simpsons been trash for years now. Time to hang it up.

 

[The Pledge]

Been a Simpsons Stan since forever, even got a Simpsons tattoo.

This shyt needs to die like yesterday. Guess they’ll ride until Bart or Homer voice actor dies?

 

[br82186]

If you doing that, not to mention that some of cast of legendary characters died and other characters have been relegated to the back, then it's time to end.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Homer Simpson is done strangling his son, Bart, and it all has to do with modern sentiments, it seems -- a decision by showrunners that's strongly dividing fans.

The pivot away from child abuse (albeit, in animated form) is just now making the rounds -- coming to in the 3rd episode of Season 35, titled 'McMansion & Wife,' in which HS meets his new neighbor ... and declares that he won't be choking his cartoon son anymore.

The way this becomes revealed is through a handshake, which the neighbor points out as firm -- and then Homer responds ... "See, Marge, strangling the boy paid off." He then follows up and says ... "Just kidding, I don’t do that anymore. Times have changed."

Fans took this to be a not-so-subtle hint from Disney -- which owns the 'Simpsons' IP now -- that they were retiring the long-running gag ... which has been a staple joke for years.

Before this episode ... the new masters of 'The Simpsons' had actually already toyed with the idea of Homer evolving and refraining from strangling Bart ... with Season 22 featuring Homer going to therapy and learning the harm he was causing by attacking his son.

However, in the seasons since ... HS has choked Bart on and off, and the last time he did it in the show was back in 2019/2020. Now, however, it seems like the creators are acknowledging ... it's over for good.

Of course, with Homer hanging up his strangling ways ... there's some pushback, with a handful of folks saying 'The Simpsons' has "gone woke." Others, meanwhile, are praising it.

 

[GOAT]

This show was washed 30 years ago

 

[hood b. goode]