Slobs Versus Snobs: Difference between revisions

** This trope was [[Canon Dis ContinuityDiscontinuity|portrayed inconsistently]] in the case of the "Springfield versus Shelbyville" ongoing town rivalry. In a relatively early episode, it is revealed that the current inhabitants of Springfield are descended from wholesome, all-American frontier stock (well, by the show's standards, anyway) while the Shelbyvillians are descended from a renegade band of pioneers who broke off from Jebediah Springfield's party because he would not allow them to practice incest; the "inevitable" result is that the modern-day Springfieldians are normal (again, by the show's standards) and the Shelbyvillians are inbred hillbillies who view the Springfieldians as over-civilized weaklings. But in a much later episode, the stereotypes are reversed and now the suddenly "sophisticated" Shelbyvillians scorn the Springfieldians for being "uncultured" and stupid. (The fact that all of the show's stereotypes had been ratcheted [[Up to Eleven]] by that point certainly didn't help the confusion.)