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and today we’ll be counting down our
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went too far before we begin we publish
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this list we’ll be looking at the
moments in the long-running adult
animation that have been considered to
be an extreme bad taste undermined a
developed character or is just
questionable all around we won’t be
addressing story based controversies
that were mere disappointments to fans
or episodes of shows where the Simpsons
had a cameo though number 10 Homer the
suicide bomber a tale of two
Springfield’s the town of Springfield is
divided when they discover that the
poorer folks in town have been given new
telephone area codes while the wealthy
get to keep the old one the citizens
gather in the town hall for a meeting in
the site gig that runs throughout the
scene culminating in an angry mob we see
that Homer has arrived to the meeting
strapped with dynamite while the episode
aired pre 911 given that so many public
places have been the target of terrorist
attacks in the early 21st century the
joke is not aged well
number 9 jockeys are murderous elf-like
creatures saddle-sore Galactica the
episode begins like classic Simpsons
fare the family comes into possession of
a pet they cannot afford and try to come
up with a creative means of supporting
it this time it’s a horse and Bart
becomes a jockey things take a turn when
the horse starts winning it’s not the
Mafia or corrupt bookies that insist
Homer throw a race however it’s singing
murderous Alvin jockeys it’s one thing
to canonize that there are brain eating
elves living by a chocolate stream under
Springfield Downs racetrack but to
literally dehumanize people of small
stature a cruel stereotype against which
the little people grapple daily is much
worse
number eight Lisa gets addicted to
secondhand cigarette smoke smoke on the
daughter when a ballet academy sets up
in Springfield March decides to fulfill
a lifelong dream to become a ballerina
while she has skill she’s too old
however the instructor notices Lisa’s
naturally perfect posture and wants her
to join to lisa’s frustration she
discovers she’s bad at it until she
hangs out with the other girls on their
smoke break after inhaling the
secondhand smoke she feels like she does
better and becomes addicted to it well
the episode is good overall in
reminiscent of a classic era Simpsons
morality play having level-headed Lisa
pick up cigarettes and contemplate
something so harmful is decidedly
uncomfortable number 7 Bart and Lisa
cover up the murder of Martin Prince
dial and for nerd er the sleuthing of
Bart and Lisa is a beloved plot arc
stand by and throughout the show they
foiled nefarious schemes together and
brought corrupt men to justice the
tables are turned when a prank goes
wrong and they think they’ve killed
classmate and goody two-shoes Martin
prints rather than do what you’d expect
until an adult that Martin fell off a
cliff and attempt his recovery they
cover the whole thing up this naturally
causes them a lot of mental anguish and
while it turns out okay you spend the
episode thinking the kids might not be
all right after all
number six Frank Grimes is death homers
enemy Frank Grimes has had it rough and
just wants to get his life going when he
moves to Springfield
however he immediately notices how
insanely messed up Homer is a somewhat
meta episode many people regard homers
enemy as the end of the golden era of
Simpsons when homers buffoonery itself
becomes the joke stupid Frank eventually
goes nuts as any sane person might when
he realizes he’s living in a crazy world
where no one else notices the insanity
and accidentally kills himself in grisly
fashion because I’m home
and life for everyone else carries on as
normal number five Marge’s breast
implants large March well out in Manjula
Marg the sweet beloved matriarch of the
family is talked into getting
liposuction when she wakes up from
surgery she discovers that there has
been a mix-up and her tummy tuck turned
into breast implants not only was it a
terrible departure for the character but
it’s also just cranky as hell to see her
so overtly sexualized and what felt like
very obvious fanservice at the end of
the episode putting a cherry on this
cringe cheesecake she flashes a crowd of
people so to save Homer Bart and
Milhouse from being eaten by an elephant
number for the death of Maude Flanders
alone again naturally when Homer
antagonizes the racetrack t-shirt cannon
cheerleaders Maude Flanders is struck
with the clothing barrage knocked off
the bleachers and into the parking lot
dying on impact
the shocking scene was highly
anticipated
although viewers were unsure which
Springfield citizen would kick the
bucket it was the first time a regular
character was actively killed off and it
changed the dynamic of not just the show
but also the character of Ned Flanders
and it showed that like so many others
resets at the end of each episode this
seems like an awfully drastic step to
spice things up number three
Homer dreams of killing his father Papa
don’t leech Aben homers rocky dynamic
has produced some of the series best
moments in the opening of this season 19
episode we see them arguing during a
drive home and it seems there is nothing
out of the ordinary however when the car
goes off the road Abe is too injured to
get out rather than dial nine-one-one
Homer kills him the dream sequence of
Homer smothering his father as he
struggles to breathe has no bearing on
the rest of the episode but somehow it
makes the unnecessarily shocking scene
worse I always wake up just before the
good part it might be a Sopranos
reference but it is still odd and
disturbing number two Moe hangs himself
whiskey business Moe Szyslak suicide
attempts have been an off-color gag
throughout the show’s run suicide again
for me with ill-fated attempts including
his annual Christmas suicide and
accidentally saving Maggie while
preparing to jump from a bridge
but things got especially dark in this
episode as most slowly walks up to a
prepared noose in his bar while Homer
Lenny and Carl are in the other room
none the wiser this time there’s no one
that’s gonna save me slipping the noose
around his neck he calls the helpline
accidentally kicking the chair out the
booze hounds rushed to the noise and
find him on the floor which is all
played out for Laughs yo you guys save
me number 1 Marge rapes Homer strong
arms of the mom what the hell Simpsons
the setup here is that Marge has been
lifting weights and juicing up as a way
to feel back in control of herself after
she was mugged and develops agoraphobia
as a result she becomes more aggressive
in one scene she wants a little action
in bed and when Homer says he’s not up
to it she tells him she wasn’t asking
the next morning Homer is limping around
the kitchen this is not the first time
the Simpsons made light of sexual
assault as two seasons earlier it was
implied that Homer was raped by a panda
seriously what the hell just ask him
soon to marry him and I think she just
said yes do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
you
cross the line welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be counting down our
picks for the top 10 times the Simpsons
went too far before we begin we publish
new videos every day so be sure to
subscribe for more great content for
this list we’ll be looking at the
moments in the long-running adult
animation that have been considered to
be an extreme bad taste undermined a
developed character or is just
questionable all around we won’t be
addressing story based controversies
that were mere disappointments to fans
or episodes of shows where the Simpsons
had a cameo though number 10 Homer the
suicide bomber a tale of two
Springfield’s the town of Springfield is
divided when they discover that the
poorer folks in town have been given new
telephone area codes while the wealthy
get to keep the old one the citizens
gather in the town hall for a meeting in
the site gig that runs throughout the
scene culminating in an angry mob we see
that Homer has arrived to the meeting
strapped with dynamite while the episode
aired pre 911 given that so many public
places have been the target of terrorist
attacks in the early 21st century the
joke is not aged well
number 9 jockeys are murderous elf-like
creatures saddle-sore Galactica the
episode begins like classic Simpsons
fare the family comes into possession of
a pet they cannot afford and try to come
up with a creative means of supporting
it this time it’s a horse and Bart
becomes a jockey things take a turn when
the horse starts winning it’s not the
Mafia or corrupt bookies that insist
Homer throw a race however it’s singing
murderous Alvin jockeys it’s one thing
to canonize that there are brain eating
elves living by a chocolate stream under
Springfield Downs racetrack but to
literally dehumanize people of small
stature a cruel stereotype against which
the little people grapple daily is much
worse
number eight Lisa gets addicted to
secondhand cigarette smoke smoke on the
daughter when a ballet academy sets up
in Springfield March decides to fulfill
a lifelong dream to become a ballerina
while she has skill she’s too old
however the instructor notices Lisa’s
naturally perfect posture and wants her
to join to lisa’s frustration she
discovers she’s bad at it until she
hangs out with the other girls on their
smoke break after inhaling the
secondhand smoke she feels like she does
better and becomes addicted to it well
the episode is good overall in
reminiscent of a classic era Simpsons
morality play having level-headed Lisa
pick up cigarettes and contemplate
something so harmful is decidedly
uncomfortable number 7 Bart and Lisa
cover up the murder of Martin Prince
dial and for nerd er the sleuthing of
Bart and Lisa is a beloved plot arc
stand by and throughout the show they
foiled nefarious schemes together and
brought corrupt men to justice the
tables are turned when a prank goes
wrong and they think they’ve killed
classmate and goody two-shoes Martin
prints rather than do what you’d expect
until an adult that Martin fell off a
cliff and attempt his recovery they
cover the whole thing up this naturally
causes them a lot of mental anguish and
while it turns out okay you spend the
episode thinking the kids might not be
all right after all
number six Frank Grimes is death homers
enemy Frank Grimes has had it rough and
just wants to get his life going when he
moves to Springfield
however he immediately notices how
insanely messed up Homer is a somewhat
meta episode many people regard homers
enemy as the end of the golden era of
Simpsons when homers buffoonery itself
becomes the joke stupid Frank eventually
goes nuts as any sane person might when
he realizes he’s living in a crazy world
where no one else notices the insanity
and accidentally kills himself in grisly
fashion because I’m home
and life for everyone else carries on as
normal number five Marge’s breast
implants large March well out in Manjula
Marg the sweet beloved matriarch of the
family is talked into getting
liposuction when she wakes up from
surgery she discovers that there has
been a mix-up and her tummy tuck turned
into breast implants not only was it a
terrible departure for the character but
it’s also just cranky as hell to see her
so overtly sexualized and what felt like
very obvious fanservice at the end of
the episode putting a cherry on this
cringe cheesecake she flashes a crowd of
people so to save Homer Bart and
Milhouse from being eaten by an elephant
number for the death of Maude Flanders
alone again naturally when Homer
antagonizes the racetrack t-shirt cannon
cheerleaders Maude Flanders is struck
with the clothing barrage knocked off
the bleachers and into the parking lot
dying on impact
the shocking scene was highly
anticipated
although viewers were unsure which
Springfield citizen would kick the
bucket it was the first time a regular
character was actively killed off and it
changed the dynamic of not just the show
but also the character of Ned Flanders
and it showed that like so many others
resets at the end of each episode this
seems like an awfully drastic step to
spice things up number three
Homer dreams of killing his father Papa
don’t leech Aben homers rocky dynamic
has produced some of the series best
moments in the opening of this season 19
episode we see them arguing during a
drive home and it seems there is nothing
out of the ordinary however when the car
goes off the road Abe is too injured to
get out rather than dial nine-one-one
Homer kills him the dream sequence of
Homer smothering his father as he
struggles to breathe has no bearing on
the rest of the episode but somehow it
makes the unnecessarily shocking scene
worse I always wake up just before the
good part it might be a Sopranos
reference but it is still odd and
disturbing number two Moe hangs himself
whiskey business Moe Szyslak suicide
attempts have been an off-color gag
throughout the show’s run suicide again
for me with ill-fated attempts including
his annual Christmas suicide and
accidentally saving Maggie while
preparing to jump from a bridge
but things got especially dark in this
episode as most slowly walks up to a
prepared noose in his bar while Homer
Lenny and Carl are in the other room
none the wiser this time there’s no one
that’s gonna save me slipping the noose
around his neck he calls the helpline
accidentally kicking the chair out the
booze hounds rushed to the noise and
find him on the floor which is all
played out for Laughs yo you guys save
me number 1 Marge rapes Homer strong
arms of the mom what the hell Simpsons
the setup here is that Marge has been
lifting weights and juicing up as a way
to feel back in control of herself after
she was mugged and develops agoraphobia
as a result she becomes more aggressive
in one scene she wants a little action
in bed and when Homer says he’s not up
to it she tells him she wasn’t asking
the next morning Homer is limping around
the kitchen this is not the first time
the Simpsons made light of sexual
assault as two seasons earlier it was
implied that Homer was raped by a panda
seriously what the hell just ask him
soon to marry him and I think she just
said yes do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
you
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