Talk:Recurring jokes in The Simpsons
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[edit] AAAAA!
If you're going to mention recurring gags like "Ay, caramba!" you should really have the chorused shriek of "Aaaa!" Bart and Lisa make when they're scared (and together -- neither of them seems to shriek if they're not with their sibling).CarlFink 21:40, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Willie?
It is an error to link to groundskeeper willie when talking about the red daired green clad irishman. Willie is scottish the Irishman the article refers to is an old man seen in the whacking day episode. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.41.166.4 (talk • contribs).
[edit] List
We should make this page into a list.--Taida 18:56, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- why? there is already a list for everything, this is the overview article regarding the recurring jokes... - Adolphus79 19:00, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- No. We don't need any more lists. --Maitch 12:33, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Misc
after watching the entire series nonstop for a couple of months, here are some other (some harder to notice) things:
- melon ballers. for some reason they are mentioned as 'neat' or 'cool' in 3-4 eps, including the hilarious action hero one where the balls come out of...well, you know.
- another one is maggie saving homer's or all the simpsons' lives, sometimes with guns, and always while no one is looking, e.g. the pretzel episode where the mob comes to kill homer.
- another is the things that go on in moe's back room--killer whales, russian roulette.
- another you NEED to mention is Mole-Man--he's like the Kenny from South Park--he is on the verge of death in more than a dozen eps.
- sideshow bob repeatedly tries to kill bart but for some reason can never quite do it
- dr. nick's very UN-doctorly lines: 'that's what we look like on the inside?! it's disgusting!'
- nelson often is found talking about huckleberries and crying about his absent father
- cletus and brandine apparently have several dozen kids that they transport in bags and wheelbarrows
- reverend lovejoy apparently doesn't even believe in god
- monkeys (and ants, once) speaking in subtitles
- shots or audio of what homer is thinking about: cartoons, food, food-related insights to the situation
- lenny and carl: are they gay? do they even like each other?
- various recurring characs (is this on another page?)
- milhouse getting knocked down/unconscious
hopes this helps, Irayna 08:34, 4 August 2006 (UTC)irayna
An additional suggestion:
- It is very subtle, but the Old Springfield Library always has an establishing shot. There is almost always a tree on the left side that covers up the extreme end of the sign to suggest that something else may be written: _____ Old Springfield Library.
[Fatcharlie] 6 November 2006.
Another suggestion:
- Things thrown away sometimes explode or catch fire without apparent reason or in a highly exaggerated way. 84.161.225.48 13:15, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
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- This is not "Recurring EVENTS in The Simpsons", so concentrate on jokes. --Jestix 13:51, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] reformating this
I am reformating this page to fit within Wikipedia quidelines, and eventually I will remove the stamp at the top of the page. So far I have organized the famous catchlines into a list that is easy to read (don't worry I have kept as much writing and information about the catchlines as possible below)
If you want to see it go to user:-superman-/drafts. Beware, though, it is a work in progress, it may not be finished or even make coherent sence yet. I should have in done by tommorrow.---Superman- 01:26, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Question about page as of 8 December
"A popular means of transition between scenes, mainly in flashbacks or imagined scenes, is to take two scenes, similar in the position of the character or the camera move, and then using a cut or a dissolve, make a seamless transition between the two. It may have been done for years, but still remains fresh even today. At its most complex, it would require the animation of the same character for two shots, and then use a transition between the two." Is that really a recurring joke?
CarlFink 16:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
No objection being heard, I'm removing the unjoke.
CarlFink 21:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] This definitely needs a lot of work
see title.--ANDY+MCI=Andy Mci 16:05, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Complete Rewrite
It is unbelievably unorganized. Tamajared 02:26, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- Wasn't the first version actually better than the current one. The article seems to have degraded over time. --Maitch 21:31, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
- I have now reverted back to the first version. --Maitch 22:10, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Last sentence
The last sentence (Homer Simpson has achieved many lifelong dreams. Among these dreams are running onto the field during a baseball game and eating the world's biggest hoagie. There are others which should be noted here.) does not really seem like a recurring gag, at least not in its current phrasing.
[edit] A few nitpicky things...
"Lisa is perhaps the only speaking member of the core family with no 'catchphrase' vocalization. Finally, Abraham Simpson's frailty is demonstrated by the ease and speed at which he falls asleep."
- Why is Lisa only "perhaps" the one with no catchphrase? Unless anyone can point out a reasonable candidate, I think "perhaps" weakens the statement too much.
- Why is this comment on Grandpa in the catchphrase section? It would seem to make more sense to add a new part describing the running jokes about old people, the solid gold of Conan O'Brien's writing.
``Recurring jokes
- Why is the next section simply a shortened title of the article? This shows a wider weakness in the structure of the article, not just a nomenclature problem.
- The discussion of the prank calls is the only section that cromulently discusses its subject, detailing not simply the on-screen antics but the source of the reference. Everything else reads like a list, only it is harder to decipher because it is in paragraph form.
- The discussion of the various presidents, like everything, should be in more detail, but also should mention the many other presidents lampooned on the show.
``Nixon also appears frequently on Futurama where he (or more specifically his head) is the President of Earth. - Why is this statement even in the article?
``In later episodes, meta-references have become a theme in running gags. For example, for many years, the show refused to reveal the location of Springfield. In finally breaking this rule, the writers maintained the confusion by stating two alternate locations in the original and syndicated version of an episode. Adding to the confusion, the trailer for the upcoming The Simpsons Movie reveals a scene in which Ned Flanders points out the four states that border Springfield, namely Ohio, Nevada, Maine, and Kentucky, all of which are too far apart geographically to be considered "bordering," save for Kentucky and Ohio.
- What other examples of meta-references do you have?
- What exactly is a meta-reference, why is there no wikilink there?
- What is that first sentance saying anyway?
- It should be noted that no one considers behind the music continuous to most of the episodes, so the varying mentions of the state should be treated for what they are: A straight up joke on the audience and those who try to place Springfield, nothing more. It is in no way "revealing" anything. Except perhaps that the Simpsons writers are quite clever.
- I appreciate the added information from the Simpsons movie trailer. Anyone with a passing knowledge of U.S. geography should understand that Maine and Nevada are on opposite sides of the country. This statement could be significantly more meaningful if it discussed how this movie played in to the writers attempts to throw off those trying to pick a realistic location for Springfield.
Doesn't everybody already know that there is enough conflicting evidence to put Springfield just about anywhere you like? The Simpsons geography textbook is much like the Bible. So we should recognize the true recurring joke in this situation: that the writers have always wanted to obfuscate.
I will start working on some material to beef up this article, but for the time being my rant must assist others alone.
Couch 17:22, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- This article needs a lot of work. Feel free to work on the changes you have proposed. --Maitch 12:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Only XXX days from retirement
can someone please add the running gag where a character would say "this [insert person/object/animal] was only 1 day from retirement74.116.186.213 00:40, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
