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** Also notable is the completely different, more gruff voice Dan Castellaneta uses for Homer during the shorts and first part of the first season. The original voice of Homer was based rather closely on Walter Matthau. As well, after the first three or four seasons (after the initial craze died down) the writers realized that Homer was a much better character for generating plots, as long as they kept him fairly unpredictable and dumb. This was lampshaded with a "viewer's letter" saying that "I think Homer gets stupider every year." Dan Castellaneta actually says on several commentaries that he never really made a decision to change the voice; he just kept trying his best to match the voice he used in the previous episode, and it slowly changed to one that fit the writing better. |
** Also notable is the completely different, more gruff voice Dan Castellaneta uses for Homer during the shorts and first part of the first season. The original voice of Homer was based rather closely on Walter Matthau. As well, after the first three or four seasons (after the initial craze died down) the writers realized that Homer was a much better character for generating plots, as long as they kept him fairly unpredictable and dumb. This was lampshaded with a "viewer's letter" saying that "I think Homer gets stupider every year." Dan Castellaneta actually says on several commentaries that he never really made a decision to change the voice; he just kept trying his best to match the voice he used in the previous episode, and it slowly changed to one that fit the writing better. |
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** Noteworthy are the early appearances of black Smithers with blue hair(though that was only due to an inking error, he was never actually intended to be black) and Lou the cop (who switched from being black to being yellow). |
** Noteworthy are the early appearances of black Smithers with blue hair(though that was only due to an inking error, he was never actually intended to be black) and Lou the cop (who switched from being black to being yellow). |
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** In the first few episodes of season 1 such as Bart the Genius, Homer's Odyssey and Some Enchanted Evening, many of the background drawings are gradient. Here's a few examples: [ |
** In the first few episodes of season 1 such as Bart the Genius, Homer's Odyssey and Some Enchanted Evening, many of the background drawings are gradient. Here's a few examples: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140902230746/http://duffzone.org/framegrabs/index.php/7g02/01042004111253.jpg?action=big&size=original&fromthumbnail=true&preferredsize=resize From "Bart the Genius"], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140903000225/http://duffzone.org/framegrabs/index.php/7g03/06172002180217.jpg?action=big&size=original&fromthumbnail=true&preferredsize=resize From "Homer's Odyssey"], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140903013402/http://duffzone.org/framegrabs/index.php/7g01/06132002181414.jpg?action=big&size=original&fromthumbnail=true&preferredsize=resize and this one from "Some Enchanted Evening".] The gradients are probably mistakes caused by inconsistent thickness in the cell paint. |
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** Season 2 made heavy use of overlapping dialog. This was more or less abandoned starting in season 3. |
** Season 2 made heavy use of overlapping dialog. This was more or less abandoned starting in season 3. |
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* [[Earpiece Conversation]]: There's a gag where Kent Brockman gets fed lines this way even when he's socialising |
* [[Earpiece Conversation]]: There's a gag where Kent Brockman gets fed lines this way even when he's socialising |
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