Short answer: The Simpsons are clones. They get periodically replaced, and given updated memories. Hence why Homer can be an adult in the 80's and a teen in the 90's. And the more characters get "xeroxed" the more they start to degrade.
And this is only conjecture, but I think Kang and Kodos are the ones cloning all the Springfieldians, perhaps as a galactic version of The Truman Show.
i really like how this theory gives an in universe explanation for stuff like the main family getting so flanderized over the years and marges voice changing so much
Here's my thought. When itchy and scratchy gets cancelled due to lack of funds there are 2 characters who get it back into production Chester and Eliza who look exactly like the old Simpsons. Perhaps they both exist in the cannon and our Simpsons family killed them eventually and buried them in Springfield keeping a family secret
I think that there are 3 versions of the Simpsons. The ones alive, under the house and under the power plant. This would explain why ghost marge didn't have flowers on her dress and Bart Was wearing a red shirt instead of a blue one.
Just a little detail I noticed while watching one of the later seasons of the Simpsons: In one episode (I don’t remember which one) Homer goes to a building and does a voice authentication by saying his name in his regular modern voice. The box tells him his voice did not match how it was from the 1980’s. Homer then did his old Tracy Olman voice (sorry if I misspelled that) and he is let in.
Flanders killed Homer in a fit of rage when Homer stole one of his things. Seeing the Simpsons seemingly come back to life, he's frightened into being a kindly pushover towards Homer from then on. It's kind of the reverse of what happened with George McFly.
Matt was originally going to do life is hell, but changed it to the Simpsons. The Simpsons are all named after his family, except Abe who he claimed on a DVD commentary was left to a poll to name and they chose Abe which was his Grandfather's name. Bart was an anagram of Brat and was meant to be him. However he said later he associate himself with Homer more.
I bet Monty burns overworked the old Simpsons and when they died he buried them under the plant then the newest Simpsons came from an alternate universe to take place and every time the Simpsons die in treehouse of horror etc. they bring in new ones from that universe
But Springfield and even the whole world gets destroyed in multiply episodes (+ the people of Springfield die or get turned into Zombies etc).How do you explain, that?
Or what if the couch gags are just glimpses into the other time lines or maybe prof. Frink had made clones of the family if something happen like he he did in one the episodes iñvolving the future
Wasn't it shown that while house shopping, there was a murder that happened in the house in one episode? Anyways, many characters have changed over the years. Look at Moe. His hair used to have more color, now it's grey. I wonder if it could be the stress of dealing with something that might have inspired Hotline Miami.
I think they existed in the main canon and were killed by a natural disaster or something along those lines, the house was rebuilt but the original family remained missing because they were buried underneath Springfield due to the tragic event. The new family move into the rebuilt house without knowing about the original family.
Wait.... If there were alternate realitys in the Simpsons would each couch gag just be a different universe?, due to things being very odd and different in couch gags, some people even die in them :/
In Rick and Morty, when they 'Cronenberged' their timeline Rick just drove himself and Morty to a timeline where they fixed it and killed the originals...maybe that's what happened to the original Simpsons...? The Simpsons did something so heinous (worse than in the film) that they couldn't live in their timeline so they stole a Dimension Bending Reality Device from Professor Frink and went into the reality we know and killed the original family and assumed their lives...that's probably why they have been getting progressively stranger as they get more comfortable in their assumed lives...
In the same episode we see their animal versions that also apeared in another treehouse horror episode. That could mean each one of them is from a diferent universe makeing them all canon in a multiverse perspective
There is a couch gag where the 2 versions of the family run in to each other the newer version likely killed the old during the panic of this encounter
my thought is that the new Simpsons were in a troubled situation and one day in Springfield the old and new Simpsons cross paths and soon later the new Simpsons killed the old one's and pretended that they was them
How about Lester and Eliza (from the day violence died) who looks like the originals? Could they be the originals who had to get renamed, possible witness protection.
I think you should do a video talking about how The Simpsons may very well be taking place of a weird 2-D version of our world. Here is my evidence: There are many guest stars that appear in the show that are also from here on earth, so it must be a replica of our world. I mean, all of us must be in the Simpsons world somewhere as well. Or, maybe, the weird universe of The Simpsons will only replicate people who are well-known. The Simpsons family must have been put into the world of The Simpsons because of their growing fame in the earlier skits from the Tracey Ullman show. Springfield as a town is not mentioned immediately, so maybe they knew they were cartoons, which is why they were so crudely drawn originally. Now, they probably look different because they were brought into an alternate universe. The reason we never see anyone who immediately resembles anyone in real life is because everyone in Springfield is well-known. Ned Flanders was probably a world-renowned Sunday School teacher, or Otto was sent to jail for stealing drugs. This is something I have been thinking about for a while, and I will continue to update this comment as I learn more. It is just something I like to work on.
Thanks so much for your detailed, and well thought out theory! It makes alot of sense. I'm currently writing something very similar, where Homer knows he is a cartoon ✌️
Old Homer murdered his family and than committed suicide. Someone like Barney came upon the scene, called up Moe and they two of them buried the bodies under the house.
The fox network did it the network thought that the old Simpson family weren't that marketable because of there sound quality and exaggerated movement so they replaced them with the new one's by force and putting them under the house as a grim reminder for the new family if they step out of line or drop in viewers There plan worked but it worked too well makeing the new family way more popular than they could have predicted and loosing control of them explaining why the Simpsons can mock the fox network without any punishment and the more over the top stories that fox would never alow the old family to do like go to space This Idea also explains why the Simpsons were happy to be owned by Disney because the risk of being replaced by fox (eliminated by them) wouldn't be an issue anymore and they can live there lives without fear of replacement
The original bart and lisa look like lester and eliza. Could the original Simpsons be in the witness protection program? Lester and Eliza are the first bart and lisa? The original simpsons were discovered by the people they were being protected by hence how they died? It would explain a lot.
I think that there is also a great accidental similarity to Rick and Morty with those dead Simpsons sight-gags, as Rick and Morty buried the bodies of their universal counterparts in the backyard and just took over their lives. Who's to say that the same thing didn't happen here...?
And I'm back catching up on all your latest videos 😁 really enjoyed this one. Definitely loving the multi verse theory. Maybe the new Simpsons are from a different universe and found them selfs in a different universe and killed the originals🤔 the possibilities. Great video Lydia x
There's a mass cloning theory out there because of a episode where the cast goes to a town has copies of everyone with small changes. And there is Bronson Missouri from the episode where grandpa gets a drivers licence where everyone is like the same Springfield man. So what if it's cloning and the original simpsons are the ones from the "behind the laughter" episode where they are rich and famous and their are clones that think they are real ready for when a Simpson dies with the original tracey ullman Simpson being the first clone.
One of my favorite Marge origin theories was that she was a "Life in Hell" rabbit. The arcade game actually makes reference to this; If Marge is struck by lightning, a rabbit is shown with her hair over bunny ears!
Just discovered your channel and late to the party, but i remember an old episode. At some point bart is looking out of the windows toward the street and a kid on a skateboard is passing by, it was an old version of Bart from the original sketch. Always find that odd it didn't have anything to do with the rest of the episode.
With the paradox theory this makes perfect sense. A paradox can't exist within a current universe or time line. So one has to die for the other to exist within said universe or time line.
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Interesting theory. Although I do think the chances of Rick and Morty being in the same multiverse as the Simpsons is unlikely, I do think there probably is more than one Simpson out there however, I have another theory! They are doubles a bit like Guy Incognito or Lester and Eliza!
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So...Gravity Falls, Rick and Morty, The Simpsons, Futurama and Family Guy all crossed over with each other (or, at least, some have crossed over with others) at some point. Are they...all taking place in alternate dimensions?
WAIT. In both Shots of the Ulman Corpses. They’re in the same poses. Lisa’s hand is even slightly detached in both. The only one who’s different is marge.
I think it was Grandpa Simpson, he suffered from anger issues and in who shot mr burns his revolver only have a single bullet. He killed them panicked buried them and when the real family shows up thinks it’s his dementia. Flying hellfish grandpa has the skills and ptsd to do this????
Thanks for the idea Jack. I'd like to look into the Simpsons Gene sometime, as Homer is actually intelligent, but is dumb due to the crayon in his brain.
Mr Burns made Homer bury old barrels with radioactive waste in the garden. When Maggy died and Marge wanted to get Burns arrested he erased their memories...with a revolver and let Smithers bury them, before he also erased Smither´s memory and cloned them all to cover his tracks. The mix with the Simpson family DNA is also the reason, why Smithers doesn´t look like his old self anymore as well.
You know what, it's good that it changed. I'm not an artist (I'm a musician), but my brother (who is an animator) always gives me credit for having an eye for art. Technically, anything is art, but that doesn't mean that it's the most appealing. The art style for the old Simpsons skits are dingy. I haven't seen the Simpsons in years. Frankly, I stopped watching it for a long time (I'm getting back into it soon), but if I first started watching the Simpsons, and they had that art style, I would have just never watched it again (because it's not appealing to my eyes). So (at least to me) it's good that the style changed. This has nothing to do with the theory, carry on.
that one person on the internet: OMG why did you bring up something as violent as rick and morty on a video about a childs show like the simpsons. me: where the hell did you hear simpsons is for kids, WHERE THE HELL DID YOU HEAR RU-vid WAS FOR KIDS.
you know, I didn't notice the simpsons families were from previous episode, some of them. Such as the Lego simpsons from the lego episode, the french animated simpsons from a couch gag, and the island of dr merox simpsons from a treehouse of horror.
I like this version of the Simpsons. If I was reading a comic book I'd like the original Simpsons. It's just a different perspective on whatever thing your reading or watching off of
It makes sense, sort of like every iteration of the turtles staying within their own version of reality (turtleverse) only it's a simpsonverse and contained within those two universes.
3:25 That’s probably a reference to one ulman shirt where Bart was in the closet and the rest of the family pulled off as Bart read the note “went to get fudge shakes” or whatever they’re called
They are still around in my : headcannon as it is set in the 70’s and 80’s - making manny connections to tiny things in the series - and expanding on things seen once.. i have had hellen love joy have a older son in the 70’s, and comicbook guy has a daughter in the 80’s, some things come together even from the multiple decades .. sometimes i will see background characters that look like my characters!!. Or my parent characters in the show walking a dog that looks like the one my character has!. In my cannon the sun blocker is still around and maude is still alive at this point in time..
It's probably similar to the episode of Rick and Morty where they ruin their universe so they travel to a different one where that universe's version of them had just died. Either that or the Simpsons actually killed the other Simpsons
Sideshow Bob. He is deemed the smartest and most evil character in the history of The Simpsons. The original family could not escape him. The new ones could.
What of the Simpsons are in a loop and anytime they die they will just be brought back as a new person but with the same memories and looks of there previous counterparts
I, personally, can't get into multiverse stories. Like, if there are infinite copies of people, then there are no stakes. I.e. if a character dies, then they'll just be alive in another universe, thus all tension is ruined. It's the reason I could never get into Rick and Morty. Again, this is just me personally.
hey you know the episode where homer hires a detective to spy on Lisa to get to know her he mentions he looks like a murderer from one of his cases after willy asks him what he's doing in Lisa's locker.
Without Floating Timeline the Simpsons 1987 The Tracey Ullman Show Homer and Marge born 1953 age 34 Bart born 1977 age 10 Lisa born 1979 age 8 Maggie born 1986 age 1 Abraham Simpson II born 1904 age 83
Theory: there is 3 simpsons 1: the ones barried under the power plant that look very close to the current design with the older designs mixed in 2: the very first simpsons with the suit and Bart with a blue shirt , and you know the rest 3: current simpsons
mine is what if the old ones polluted the lake like in the movie, Springfield kills them, Homer Buried them, unpolluted it after, then went back to normal.
Personally I think Homer killed the original family in order to get the house. However, there was an appearance by OG Bart and Lisa in one episode (i forget which one but it involves Itchy and Scratchy being ripoffs). So I'm not sure who's buried under the house.
You know I think I know the answer to your question it's really that the Tracey Ullman Simpsons were old or old and somehow got killed and they also got killed by some sort of person that is also a known in the show maybe so maybe a ghost maybe not
