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== [[Fridge Horror]] ==
* In the end of "Boy Scoutz N Da Hood", the rest of the campers are seen being attacked by an unknown monster. None of them are ''ever seen again, ever.''
** Not just any monster. Judging by the music, it is implied they were attacked by [[Friday the
*** So yeah, they probably died.
*** Selma mentions earlier in the episode that "it's cougar season", so they could have been mauled by wild animals... but yeah, they're all dead.
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** Jossed-Homer falls onto a cruise liner where everyone in town is celebrating something,if my memory is right.And aformentioned in-laws were also in on it.
*** It was a party being held for ''him'' and he'd arranged for it to be under the bridge, so the implication that he's really thought about suicide was still there. And when Patty and Selma showed up once everything was OK, Homer assumed they'd pushed him off the bridge because they knew it was safe, and their reactions indicated otherwise. So... yeah, they were trying to kill him.
* We find out in "The Fool Monty" that the thing that keeps Mr Burns alive {{spoiler|is bile and hate.}} That's right, not only is [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Mr Burns]] ''immortal'', but in order to do so he has to be a heartless billionaire. We've seen the damage to Springfield and the world that Burns has caused. Unless someone can bankrupt/kill him ([[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|which probably]] [[Status Quo Is God|won't work]]), Springfield is going to have to put up with him ''[[Immortality Immorality|For]][[Karma Houdini|ever.]]''
** Nice going, Simpsons writers. You just made Mr. Burns' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns,_Baby_Burns genuinely] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Can%27t_Buy_Me_Love nice] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hunka_Hunka_Burns_in_Love moments] meaningless.
*** Way I see it, they made them even more meaningful. He was willing to put his life at risk just for those fleeting moments of humanity.
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*** But we see what appears to be his skull in a recent episode...
* Homer has attempted suicide multiple times (when he couldn't find a job, when he tried to stop Bart from jumping Springfield Gorge, when he couldn't grow crops on his father's farm, when his fifteen minutes of fame over bowling a perfect game were up -- to name a few, and that's not counting the foolish things he does that would get a real person killed or injured, like boxing a professional heavyweight, eating an extremely rotten hoagie, driving his bartender buddy's car off a cliff, getting electrocuted [several times by everything from lightning to [[My Little Panzer|dangerous toys]]], or trying to escape a riptide while teaching his baby daughter how to swim). In "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind," he predicts that he will do so again after losing his memory, and knows exactly how, when, and where he is likely to do so. He has been thinking about it a lot. Maybe all of his innocent buffoonery (and alcoholism) is actually an expression of deep-seated self-destructive tendencies.
** It's worth noting that Homer's first suicide attempt (when he chained a rock to himself and walked off to throw himself off a bridge after failing to find a new job for his family) happened in the ''first season'', a season ostensibly lauded as one of ''[[The Simpsons]]'''s best (though there are those who aren't impressed with it due to the slow pacing and [[Off
** Another suicide attempt reveals that he thinks he'll be going to Hell when he dies. The fact that he's sucidal is one thing, but that he thinks he'll be condemned into 'the' [[Fate Worse Than Death]] afterwards? [[Jerkass Woobie|No wonder he's such a jerkass.]]
* In the episode where {{spoiler|Mona Simpson}} dies, her final request raises questions: A) Did she actually plan to die to stop the missile launch occurring later when Homer spread her ashes? and B) You can't help but feel that she manipulated her extended family every time she appeared on the show...
** Not just that, she died at the exact time to stop the missile launch. Given this and she was sitting at death, [[Driven to Suicide|she probably killed herself]] [[Thanatos Gambit|to stop]] [[What the Hell, Hero?|the missile launch.]]
* In "Lisa The Simpson" every male born in the Simpson family will apparently slowly lose their intelligence as kids and grow up to be borderline retarded. [[Tear Jerker|What if Bart, Lisa, or Maggie have a son in their future?]]
** [[You Fail Biology Forever|Lisa and Maggie's hypothetical sons would be unnaffected]]. It only affects males because it appears on the y-chromosome, which is passed unchanged from father to son but not passed on to daughters at all. Since Lisa and Maggie did not inherent Homer's y-chromosome, they would be unable to pass it on to their sons who would be as intelligent as their mothers as a result. As for Bart's descendents, let's just hope he only has daughters.
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** No wonder Homer was so desperate to get out of being president.
* In ''The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", [[Shoo Out the New Guy|Poochie]] leaves the show when his home planet needs him. However, he [[Bus Crash|dies on the way back]] - what became of his planet?
* [[Word of God|Matt Groening]] has confirmed that Springfield really is a [[Crapsack World]], and the only person with any hope of escaping it is [[
* Lindsay Naegle said she's a sexual predator and that's why she keeps changing jobs. Think about that for a good long moment.
** She also ''never has the same job''.
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** Also, what if he did '''worse'''?
** And what if [[Mama Bear|Marge]] ''didn't'' stop the madness before it got any worse?
* The purpose of "Homer's Enemy" was to show what would happen if a [[Real Life]] person would live in Springfield. The fate of Frank Grimes gives us the chilling implication that anyone from/with the mindset of Real Life would be driven insane by the people in Springfield. If we, people from [[Real Life]], would spend a day in Springfield we would be driven insane by antics of Springfield's citizens. "Homer's Enemy" is proof that, beneath it's humorous exterior, is a dystopia. No wonder it's considered America's Worst City. Also remember the funeral scene where citizens of Springfield forget Frank Grimes at his own funeral and instead laugh at Homer. This is disgusting enough. But considering their apathy when someone died makes you wonder: ''what if there were more people like Frank Grimes and suffered the same fate like he did''...? Considering their apathy towards his death, it may seem to be the case...Also remember that episode where we find out that Frank Grimes has the son. His son said that Frank liked ''hookers'' (''prostitutes''). May seem like [[Out
* In "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes," when Homer is taken to The Island, a German doppelganger takes his place. When the doppelganger first arrives at the Simpson's house, he propositions Marge for sex and she says that it'll give her something else to do besides cleaning the house. We don't see any hints that the deed was not done. In other words, the doppelganger performed a [[Bed Trick]], or as it also know by '''Rape by Deception.'''
* In, "How I Wet Your Mother", Professor Frink reveals that "hell is real, and everybody goes there." Combine that with Homer proving there is no God, and you have pretty hefty [[Fridge Horror]]. One can only hope [[A Hell of a Time|this is the same hell as]] [[South Park]].
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