As much as Lionel Hutz gets repeat appearances and a lasting legacy, his seemingly long-suffering secretary does not get as much of a chance to shine after this. At least she gets a name, which is ...
2024-07-22 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
There must be balance in the universe. We covered two major characters this week, so we must even things out with two characters you never knew existed:
2024-07-19 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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It feels pretty set in stone that Miguel Sanchez here is one of the all time great Simpsons characters. I'd probably put him in my personal top ten, alongside classics like 2024-07-18 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hmm, this might be a tricky one to define.
This is the first appearance of "Devil Classic", as I...
2024-07-15 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A few bits and bobs from the opening two minutes and twenty five seconds of this episode.
This l...
2024-07-12 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
One of those characters where it's debatable how much he "counts" for our little project. But if you listen closely, you can hear his grumbling as he strangles his (presumed) son. That counts as a ...
2024-07-11 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode is FULL of major characters! More significance per capita than perhaps ever before.
But not this guy.
2024-07-08 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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I know that Roger Myers Jr is the most "important" new addition to the Springfield cast, but I'm pulling rank here and giving MVP to the Marge Squirrel.
I didn't cover it with any specific ch...
2024-07-05 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Another day, another reporter! I wonder if we'll ever stop the tradition of meeting new reporters for a single scene.
2024-07-04 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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This protestor is one of those fun designs that stuck out to me.
And while I checked the episode...
2024-07-03 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Another two print month! It would have seemed unfair to separate these two.
Lenny was a kind of self-indulgent piece celebrating the fictional character who has probably had most impact on my...
2024-07-02 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm noticing the further we get with these single-appearance nobodies, the less documentation they have in the online fandom. This gentleman appears in two scenes but has no dedicated page on the S...
2024-07-01 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Firstly, we needed to cover the rest of the writers/board room members.
2024-06-28 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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The main event! The character you have all been waiting for from this episode.
You can just hear her al...
The last of the maybe-writers to speak at this table is this lady.
The script refers to her and the pre...
I've categorised all these guys as "writers", even though we all know writers don't dress like that.
I ...
This is a strange one! If you were to ask me to list every Simpsons character before I started this project, I absolutely would have remembered Corporal Punishment eventually, but I'm not sure he e...
2024-06-18 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This gent shows up early in the episode, reading Marge's angry letter:
But it is not until the boardroo...
This one might be controversial? This guy raises his hand in Marge's SNUH protest and possibly says "YEAH!" in Dan's voice.
2024-06-13 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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I don't really enjoy drawing Itchy and Scratchy, for some reason, I never feel like I get them "right". But nevertheless, my compulsive dedication requires me to document their alternate appearance...
2024-06-11 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Is it Myers or is it Meyers? This episode gives us both options. Sometimes names are multiple choice, baby!
2024-06-10 08:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The last two minutes of this episode make it one of the most important ones we've covered yet in terms of the show finding its footing. Looking ahead, I can only see one other episode this season w...
2024-06-07 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We have covered every speaking character in this episode, but let's skip back a bit for a bonus-o-rama.
My favourite joke in the episode is not Homer falling down Springfield Gorge, but is La...
2024-06-06 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The final character of "Bart the Daredevil" is an extremely minor one, with only one line: "Hello children, and welcome to Springfield Gorge".
2024-06-05 08:00:02 +0000 UTC
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The most significant introduction of this episode, by far! Suffice to say, I will not be doing that thing where I track down and list every single one of this character's appearances.
2024-06-04 08:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Lance has a very big debut here, being Bart's inspiration for the episode and then later getting a full scene with our main characters.
2024-06-03 08:00:02 +0000 UTC
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There were a few potential prints vying for people's attention last month, so in June/July I'll be sending out two prints to people! It's two print Summer!
This month the prints will be Legen...
2024-06-02 08:00:44 +0000 UTC View Post
We're seeing more and more stadium crowds in the show, it feels like. Bad for the animators perhaps but good for me, a weirdo archiving strange Simpsons background characters.
2024-05-31 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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It's Leo G Clark, inventor, owner and operator of Truckasaurus!
He's so specifically named, and even des...
He's like, an insurance claims inspector or something. I don't know. The production script refers to him as "Jack Scraper", I can't tell if that name is super cool or super lame (apologies to any J...
2024-05-27 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post