After decades spent trying to write to some official Simpsons voice, these producers are now encouraged to push the tone of their episodes to fit their own creative perspective, fostering an energy of constant reinvention that mirrors what happened during the golden age, when the showrunner and st...
2: The Principal and the Pauper Unmasked as an impostor, Principal Skinner flees to Capital City to reclaim his former life as a shiftless good-for-nothing. The people of Springfield gain a newfound appreciation for him and form a plan to bring him back. Sunday, October 19th, 1997 3: ...
For the non-canon "real" Seymour Skinner who appeared in "The Principal and the Pauper", see: Seymour Skinner (The Principal and the Pauper). For other characters named Skinner, see Skinner family. "Young man, I'm going to be on you like a numerator on a denominator." ―Seymour ...
Season 10 is perhaps the last truly great season of the show — while Season 9 showed some signs of problems emerging with the controversial episode “The Principal and the Pauper,” which rewrote the backstory of Principal Skinner,Season 10 still retained the same quality as the earlier seasons...
Episode –"The Principal and the Pauper" Episode –"Lisa's Sax" THOH –"Treehouse of Horror VIII" Episode –"The Cartridge Family" Episode –"Bart Star" Episode –"The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" Episode –"Lisa the Skeptic" Episode –"Realty Bites" Episode –"Miracle on ...
Episode –"The Principal and the Pauper" Episode –"Lisa's Sax" THOH –"Treehouse of Horror VIII" Episode –"The Cartridge Family" Episode –"Bart Star" Episode –"The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" Episode –"Lisa the Skeptic" Episode –"Realty Bites" Episode –"Miracle on ...
The episode 'Saddlesore Galactica', like 'The Principal and the Pauper', is often called out as an instance of 'jumping the shark'. Is Ralph Wiggum autistic? Although it has never been explicitly stated in any Simpsons-related media that Ralph is intellectually disabled and/or brain damaged,...
"The Principal and the Pauper" 4F23 181 October 19, 1997 Homer runs in alone and stands in front of the couch. The top half of him pops off and on to the couch, revealing a smaller Marge standing inside the lower half of Homer, like a Russian nesting doll. The top half of Marge...
"The Principal and the Pauper" is one of the most discussed and debated episodes in Simpsons history, cited by critics as one of the first visible signs of the show's creative decline, which most agree occurred some time around the 9th and 10th seasons. It's controversial mainly because of...
When does The Simpsons get bad? The signs of trouble startin season 9. A lot of people point towards The Simpsons episode 'The Principal and the Pauper' as a 'jump the shark' moment. Are Carl and Lenny married? Although some believe Carl is not gay but Lenny is. Others believe the op...