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Yahoo
15 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Marge lives! Here are 3 other ‘Simpsons' characters that returned from the grave — and 3 who stayed dead
You can't keep a good Simpsons matriarch down... or up in heaven for that matter. The Simpsons recently ended its 36th season on Fox with a flash-forward episode revealing that Marge Simpson (voiced by Julie Kavner) has gone to her great reward — in this case an afterlife where she's married to Ringo Starr. Far from being thrilled for her eternal soul, fans freaked out about Marge's future fate. And their fury forced executive producer, Matt Selman, to go on the record reminding everyone that death is an elastic concept in the show's animated universe. More from Gold Derby Fast cars vs. killer dolls: 'F1,' 'M3GAN 2.0' gear up for box-office showdown 'Squid Game' Season 3: Reviews warn of a divisive WTF sprint to the finish line "The Simpsons doesn't even have canon," Selman told Variety on Thursday. "Since the The Simpsons future episodes are all speculative fantasies, they're all different every time. Marge will probably never be dead ever again. The only place Marge is dead is in one future episode that aired six weeks ago." As longtime viewers know, Springfield is regularly littered in corpses after every "Treehouse of Horror" installment, only to see those characters walking around again in non-zombie form immediately afterwards. And like Selman said, trips to the future don't come with permanent death sentences. Even in the present day, some characters have seemingly shuffled off their mortal coil only to return without missing a beat. But there have also been several instances where Springfield's Grim Reaper has refused to allow characters a return trip. Here are three Simpsons that have famously stayed dead — and three that have followed in Marge's sainted footsteps back to the land of the living. Larry Dalrymple Nearly one year before Marge's supposed death, the series really did kill off Moe's Tavern regular Larry the Barfly. And he died like he lived — quietly over a pint of beer. "We really wanted to use Larry's death as a way to show that even the most peripheral people in our lives have dignity and worth, and that we really shouldn't take anyone for granted,' co-executive producer Tim Long told Variety after the episode aired. Maude Flanders Ned's better half was knocked over a Springfield Speedway railing by a T-shirt cannon way back in Season 11. And even though she's popped back up in the frame from time to time in the decades since, her sudden passing has stayed canon. Edna Krabappel Springfield Elementary's best teacher was retired from the cast following the 2013 death of Marcia Wallace, who won an Outstanding Voice-Over Performance Emmy award alongside five of her costars in 1992. The Season 32 episode "Diary Queen" officially closed the book on the character, using archival recordings featuring Wallace to craft her exit. That's par for the course for how the creative team has handled real-life passings. Two of Phil Hartman's notable characters — Z-list actor Troy McClure and fly-by-night lawyer Lionel Hutz — were benched after his 1998 death. Dr. Nick Riviera Despite being apparently crushed to a pulp during the course of The Simpsons Movie, the not-at-all-reputable doctor is still selling his snake oil treatments to Springfield residents. He does seem to know the cure for death, though... Fat Tony The Joe Mantegna-voiced mob boss suffered a heart attack in Season 22's "Donnie Fatso," seemingly leaving the town free of crime. But his place was quickly taken by his in-shape cousin "Fit Tony," also voiced by the Criminal Minds star. In the years since, though, Fit Tony lost all that muscle tone and morphed back into Fat Tony as if the latter never left. Moe Szyslak Following a close encounter with Lady Gaga in the Season 23 finale "Lisa Goes Gaga," the surly bartender ends up beneath the wheels of a train. But the lights are back on again at Moe's in Season 24, indicating that any fatal injuries he sustained were just mere flesh wounds. Best of Gold Derby Cristin Milioti, Amanda Seyfried, Michelle Williams, and the best of our Emmy Limited Series/Movie Actress interviews Paul Giamatti, Stephen Graham, Cooper Koch, and the best of our Emmy Limited Series/Movie Actor interviews Lee Jung-jae, Adam Scott, Noah Wyle, and the best of our Emmy Drama Actor interviews Click here to read the full article.
National Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- National Post
Marge Simpson lives to die another day
Marge Simpson is dead. Kind of. Well, technically she kind of died a month ago — but fans of The Simpsons are still outraged at the prospect. In the Season 36 finale of The Simpsons, titled 'Estranger Things,' a sequence set 35 years into the future reveals that the blue-haired matriarch has died. A funeral scene shows the family at Marge's grave, and we hear a parody song from Sarah McLachlan reveal that Bart and Lisa have grown apart — despite their mother's efforts. Article content Article content Lisa is the NBA commissioner, and Bart is running an unlicensed retirement home, where his father lives. Marge, meanwhile, is in heaven and married to her longtime crush, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, who evidently has a fondness for a buffet with a shrimp tower. Article content Article content The flash-forward sequence, which aired in May on Fox and continues to stream on Disney+, went viral again on social media this past week. Article content 'OMG THEY KILLED MARGE it's a sad day for us Simpsons lovers,' one person, who goes by @DecruzJemma, posted on X. Article content 'I haven't even watched The Simpsons in 10+ years but they really killed MARGE?!' another person, who uses the handle @jenniferx30, wrote on the platform. Article content A third person raged, 'WHY DIDN'T SOMEBODY TELL ME THAT MARGE WAS DEAD?!?!?' Article content It was apparently all quite distressing. Article content But since Marge's death happens in a storyline set 35 years from now, upcoming episodes — and seasons — won't likely be affected. Marge and her towering blue beehive will probably be around for plenty more Springfield-based hijinks. Article content Article content Julie Kavner, who has voiced the character since the show debuted in 1989, remains very much alive. And Fox has renewed The Simpsons for four more years, bringing the animated series up to its 40th season. Article content In an interview with People magazine, showrunner and executive producer Matt Selman addressed the 'Estranger Things' episode and what would happen to the show if any of the main cast members were to die. Article content 'That I'm in super denial about,' he said. Article content He added: 'I just hope it's just a regular episode with no winky-winky stuff at all. Just a great family story, just like a classic story that's just funny and involves the whole family and doesn't feel like it needs to wrap up anything or change anything or tie anything up or be magic or talk to the audience directly.'
CTV News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
A glimpse of Marge Simpson's death in a flash-forward episode still sending shockwaves through the fandom
Marge feels an overwhelming dread of the empty nest in the "A Mid-Childhood Night's Dream" episode of "The Simpsons." (FOX via CNN Newsource) If you aren't yet caught up with the latest episodes of The Simpsons, be warned: there are spoilers ahead. It's been more than a month since the death of a beloved cartoon character was foretold by the series. But fans still say they're in shock that Marge Simpson, the beloved, blue-haired matriarch, will die before her husband. The episode begins by showing that Lisa and Bart Simpson (voiced by Yeardley Smith and Nancy Cartwright) have drifted apart. In the season finale episode titled 'Estranger Things,' the oldest children of Homer and Marge (Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kavner) suggests the siblings no longer spend time together at this point in the future.' This sets in motion the events that lead to the revelation in a flash-forward sequence that Marge eventually dies before Homer. Few details are revealed about what happened, or when the show might catch up to this point. The episode reveals a future in which a now-adult Lisa is the commissioner of the WNBA. Bart, however, remains in Springfield and a widowed Homer lives in a retirement lookahead shows the late Marge spending time with Beatles musician Ringo Starr (who is still alive in real life) in heaven. 'I'm just so glad we're allowed to marry different people in heaven,' Marge says as the episode ends. Even if this reveal is accurate to the show's eventual storyline and not a dream sequence or alternate future, there is nothing to suggest that Marge won't be featured in the next season. Still, the death was emotional for fans whose mourning has continued a month after the episode aired. 'OMG THEY KILLED MARGE it's a sad day for us Simpsons lovers,' one person posted on social media. This is not the first death in the show since it first aired in 1989, but it is the first time the showrunners have shown the death of one of the main family members. The Simpsons have killed off many characters through the years, including Frank Grimes, Maude Flanders, Edna Krabappel and Larry Dalrymple ( has kept a track of them all). But you can breathe easy: Marge is not going anywhere just yet. It was announced in April that the show has been renewed for four more seasons. Kavner will likely return, since Marge's death happens later in the show's timeline. Matt Groening, the creator of the series, told Variety that The Simpsons fandom is 'as intense as ever,' despite being the longest-running animation series in North America. The death of the Marge character represents a break from how things played out in the Groening family. Matt Groening named Homer and Marge for his parents, and his mother outlived his father.
CTV News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Marge Simpson isn't dead yet, so everyone can calm down
Marge feels an overwhelming dread of the empty nest in the "A Mid-Childhood Night's Dream" episode of "The Simpsons." (FOX via CNN Newsource) There was a death of a beloved character on the Season 36 finale of 'The Simpsons' last month that people are still grieving. But in the colorfully animated world of Springfield, it's probably safe to save our tears for now. In an episode titled 'Estranger Things,' the fate of matriarch Marge Simpson is foreshadowed. A flash-forward 35 years in the future shows a successful Lisa working as the commissioner of the NBA. Bart is running an unlicensed retirement home, where their father Homer lives, paid for by Lisa. The siblings have drifted apart after they stop watching 'The Itchy & Scratchy Show' together. A funeral scene reveals that Marge has passed away. The now-adult Simpson kids stand by her grave site with a tombstone that reads, 'Beloved wife, mother and pork-chop seasoner.' After Lisa finds a video from the past in which her mother advises her children to remain close to each other. Lisa and Bart reunite and their mother looks on from heaven. 'I'm so happy my kids are close again,' Marge says in her afterlife, where it is revealed that she has married her longtime crush, Beatle Ringo Starr. 'Love, we'll be late for the Heaven Buffett,' Starr tells her. 'There's a shrimp tower.' 'Okay, Ringo,' Marge tells him. 'I'm just so glad that we're allowed to marry different people in Heaven.' The internet was not happy. 'OMG THEY KILLED MARGE 😭 it's a sad day for us Simpsons lovers,' one person posted on X. The show - and Marge - aren't going anywhere anytime soon. 'The Simpsons,' the longest running animated series in television history, has been renewed for four more years. By Lisa Respers France.
CNN
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
Marge Simpson isn't dead yet, so everyone can calm down
There was a death of a beloved character on the Season 36 finale of 'The Simpsons' last month that people are still grieving. But in the colorfully animated world of Springfield, it's probably safe to save our tears for now. In an episode titled 'Estranger Things,' the fate of matriarch Marge Simpson is foreshadowed. A flash-forward 35 years in the future shows a successful Lisa working as the commissioner of the NBA. Bart is running an unlicensed retirement home, where their father Homer lives, paid for by Lisa. The siblings have drifted apart after they stop watching 'The Itchy & Scratchy Show' together. A funeral scene reveals that Marge has passed away. The now-adult Simpson kids stand by her grave site with a tombstone that reads, 'Beloved wife, mother and pork-chop seasoner.' After Lisa finds a video from the past in which her mother advises her children to remain close to each other. Lisa and Bart reunite and their mother looks on from heaven. 'I'm so happy my kids are close again,' Marge says in her afterlife, where it is revealed that she has married her longtime crush, Beatle Ringo Starr. 'Love, we'll be late for the Heaven Buffett,' Starr tells her. 'There's a shrimp tower.' 'Okay, Ringo,' Marge tells him. 'I'm just so glad that we're allowed to marry different people in Heaven.' The internet was not happy. 'OMG THEY KILLED MARGE 😭 it's a sad day for us Simpsons lovers,' one person posted on X. The show - and Marge - aren't going anywhere anytime soon. 'The Simpsons,' the longest running animated series in television history, has been renewed for four more years.
