Another day another Fan theory: This one is about the simpsons

The simpsons....... that one show with those yellow people who have done EVERYTHING imaginable (SIMPSONS DID IT!)

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I GOT A NEW ONE

It involves the aforementioned Simpsons family....... continue reading for the scoop.



HERE'S WHERE IT BEGINS:


According to an article about this particular theory (via this link)and a redditor named Hardtopickaname this whole shibangaboodle started in the 1992 episode "Homer the Heretic." During a conversation with God (btw...sidenote: EVER notice that GOD is the only character in the simpsons with 5 fingers.....just sayin):

(5 fingers)

Homer: God, I gotta ask you something. What's the meaning of life? God: Homer, I can't tell you that.Homer: C'mon! God: You'll find out when you die. Homer: I can't wait that long!God: You can't wait six months? Homer: No, tell me now! God: Well, ok. The meaning of life is…

ANYWAYS............

We are just going to fast forward the clocks to Six months later to the April 1993 episode "So It’s Come To This: A Simpsons Clip Show," Where we see Bart's April Fools' Day prank ends with Homer having to go to the hospital::

"Homer goes into a coma, waking up later and choking Bart. However, the theory proposes that Homer never actually woke up from the coma, and everything from that point on is occurring in his head. But could this really be the case?" -huffingtonpost

 "I propose that Homer didn’t actually wake up from his coma. He is still in a vegetative state and every single Simpsons episode afterwards is in Homer’s imagination.
This is why the characters don’t age. Homer remembers Bart, Lisa, and Maggie as 10, 8, and 1 year old, so they will always appear that way in his dreams. He is subconsciously aware of time passing, so his mind will often “update” his memories so that the year they occurred matches up with the age he thinks he is (eg. That 90’s Show contradicting other flashback episodes).
While the characters’ ages don’t change, the events happening to the Simpsons definitely did. The plots of episodes following the April Fools show are far zanier than beforehand. Let’s compare, shall we?

"Plot Examples Before April 1993-Bart cheats on an IQ test Homer tries to give up drinking Marge considers cheating on Homer Lisa has a crush on her teacher Yes, there were some wacky plots, but overall fairly mundane stuff. Nothing out of the ordinary for most people.
Plot Examples After April 1993- Homer goes into outer space Principal Skinner is revealed as an imposter Mr. Burns captures the Loch Ness Monster Homer works for a supervillain who takes over the eastern US Bart and Homer buy a racehorse and discover the secret land of jockeys Also, celebrity after celebrity after celebrity" --hardtopickaname

"Simpsons" did have some zany plots before Homer went in a coma. For instance, this theory all stems from an episode where Homer is talking with God. In addition, other "Simpsons" theories, such as one that claims Springfield operates outside of time and space, could explain things like the characters staying the same age. HuffPost Entertainment reached out to "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening for his thoughts and will update this post if and when a response is received". --Huffingtonpost