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Post by Steamed Hams on Jun 23, 2017 21:03:11 GMT
 Every now and then The Simpsons often have some very emotional bonding scenes, whether it's Lisa in 'Lisa's Substitute' or Bart in 'Bart Gets An F' there has been many bonding or emotional moments over the years when it comes to The Simpsons. So with that in mind, what are some of your favourite bonding or emotional scenes? I felt like this was a good one. Doesn't take Homer long to get mad though haha. Some more that come to mind is Homer in the first episode 'Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire' getting Santa's Little Helper, Bart with Skinner after he loses his job, the episode where Bart gets Lisa's the Bleeding Gums record and of course Homer about to commit suicide I think is one for everyone, however what moments for you do you feel were very emotional or great when it comes to seeing the characters bonding? Try share some clips if you can  |
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Post by Financial Panther on Jun 23, 2017 21:17:43 GMT
The suicide scene in Homer's Odyssey actually doesn't work that well for me. It's not as bad as the one in Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder where he attempts to kill himself simply because he wasn't in the spotlight anymore, but I still don't find it very characteristic of Homer. However, it is only the third episode of the series, and I could be looking at it from the perspective of someone who has seen every episode since then. If I had watched it live, it may have hit me a lot harder and been more believable.
Anyway, I love the emotional moments in Bart Gets an F. It's the most relatable episode to me because I have a learning disability, and no matter how much I study, the information just falls out of my head, just like it does with Bart. So I know exactly what he's going through. It's pretty powerful stuff.
One of my favorite post-classic episodes is HOMR, and I love Homer and Lisa's bonding in it because of their shared intelligence. Homer/Lisa has rarely been done better, and it was executed in the Scully era of all things. Weird.
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Post by Steamed Hams on Jun 23, 2017 21:25:02 GMT
Ah yeah, that makes a lot of sense, I can see where you're coming from with that . Bart Gets An F definitely is great and I think that is what is good about The Simpsons what some people don't always see is that they do go much deeper than a lot of people realise and touch on things such as with the learning disability for example (much love to you in regards to that!!) . But yeah, that's what I do feel The Simpsons are good at and that's connecting to people and relating to them whether in the situation you mentioned here or even something like how they often have family values like going to church and things like that, people relate and that's what also makes them good I think What did you think about the scene where Moe is trying to do this? Moe seems quite an in depth character where it's like to the point where when good things happen for him you kinda feel it cause it's what you want for him kinda thing. I'm pretty sure Al Jean said HOMR was one of his favourite episodes. I think Lisa's Sax was the other as it was the first ever episode Al had completely written I think. |
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Post by Financial Panther on Jun 23, 2017 21:32:47 GMT
The scene where Moe is trying to do what? Commit suicide? If that's what you mean, I don't care for those scenes much nowadays because they're mainly played for humor when suicide is a very serious subject. And like you said, Moe is a very deep character, which makes it more disturbing. If it was a one-time, flat character, I probably wouldn't care much, but the way they do Moe suicide jokes now just doesn't work for me.
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Post by Steamed Hams on Jun 23, 2017 21:37:14 GMT
Yeah, I don't know if people would class it as an emotional scene or character as such but Barney can often have these moments I think too.  When you think about it, a lot of the characters have a lot of depth really don't they |
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Post by Financial Panther on Jun 23, 2017 21:39:54 GMT
The depth of the secondary characters is one of the reasons the show is so great. A lot of shows just use secondary characters for jokes, but The Simpsons has really fleshed out a lot of characters and given them many sides to their personalities.
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Post by Steamed Hams on Jun 23, 2017 21:42:28 GMT
I agree. I was saying this actually recently about how The Simpsons seem to be the only show that has such an extended cast and each character is an individual character that has so much depth and work put into them. That's probably also why the show is so great and why so many people like it as there is so many characters people can relate to. There's someone for everyone. Don't get me wrong, I think some of the shows that don't have this are great but this is definitely something that makes The Simpsons special in my opinion. Even the one off characters have so much depth and often become very memorable which says a lot about the characters and the work that has gone into them |
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Post by Financial Panther on Jun 23, 2017 21:46:28 GMT
It's impressive how they were able to cram so much depth into the one-time characters back in the earlier seasons. You rarely see that nowadays. Jacques and Scorpio and Lanley and others may have had one or two defining traits, but there were other traits under there that showed as well. Now the main trait IS the character for the most part these days.
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Post by spankologicalprofile on Jun 23, 2017 22:17:28 GMT
I've always liked the scene at the end of "Eeny Teeny Maya Moe" where Moe folds the napkin into a rose and sticks it to the photograph of him and Maya while saying, "who would've thought that a little woman could make me feel so big?" and the scene in the "Seemingly Never-Ending Story" episode where Mr. Burns hugs Lisa after she gives him a photo of himself with a child smiling for his scavenger hunt. Scenes like those ones always show that there really are no truly evil characters on The Simpsons; each character has been shaped by events in life and each one of them is always more complex than meets the eye.
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Post by Steamed Hams on Jun 23, 2017 22:32:41 GMT
I've always liked the scene at the end of "Eeny Teeny Maya Moe" where Moe folds the napkin into a rose and sticks it to the photograph of him and Maya while saying, "who would've thought that a little woman could make me feel so big?" and the scene in the "Seemingly Never-Ending Story" episode where Mr. Burns hugs Lisa after she gives him a photo of himself with a child smiling for his scavenger hunt. Scenes like those ones always show that there really are no truly evil characters on The Simpsons; each character has been shaped by events in life and each one of them is always more complex than meets the eye. I think it's really great when you see these things with Mr Burns for example cause he's the kinda character you don't think you'd see have a heart but he does, the scene where he takes all the puppies and is bathing that one is one that sticks in mind for me You really hit the nail on the head there with that character thing you mentioned |
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Post by spankologicalprofile on Jun 23, 2017 22:45:53 GMT
I think it's really great when you see these things with Mr Burns for example cause he's the kinda character you don't think you'd see have a heart but he does, the scene where he takes all the puppies and is bathing that one is one that sticks in mind for me You really hit the nail on the head there with that character thing you mentioned Absolutely. Burns is one of my favourite characters on the show because sometimes he's downright mean, but other times he can have moments of kindness. The ending of "The Burns Cage" was great when he finally seemed to realize that he needed Smithers around whether he wanted to admit it or not, and the puppy episode is amazing. |
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Post by Financial Panther on Jun 23, 2017 22:49:10 GMT
Yes, I like the puppy-bathing scene as well. It's nice that he's not characterized as a heartless, evil monster all the time and has a human side to him. Burns was really featured a lot in the latest season, and I do think they did a decent job expanding on his character.
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Post by spankologicalprofile on Jun 23, 2017 23:00:36 GMT
Yes, I like the puppy-bathing scene as well. It's nice that he's not characterized as a heartless, evil monster all the time and has a human side to him. Burns was really featured a lot in the latest season, and I do think they did a decent job expanding on his character. There was an episode that I recall as well where he adopted Smithers as a baby after Smithers' father died from radiation poisoning during the 1970's. It seems like since Burns is an older character, he always has a long history of good moments and bad moments in his past. |
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Post by Steamed Hams on Jun 23, 2017 23:24:26 GMT
Yes, I like the puppy-bathing scene as well. It's nice that he's not characterized as a heartless, evil monster all the time and has a human side to him. Burns was really featured a lot in the latest season, and I do think they did a decent job expanding on his character. That's what I think too, he's not as one dimensional as people think as he does have these sides to him quite often really. Yes, I like the puppy-bathing scene as well. It's nice that he's not characterized as a heartless, evil monster all the time and has a human side to him. Burns was really featured a lot in the latest season, and I do think they did a decent job expanding on his character. There was an episode that I recall as well where he adopted Smithers as a baby after Smithers' father died from radiation poisoning during the 1970's. It seems like since Burns is an older character, he always has a long history of good moments and bad moments in his past. Yeah I remember that. I forget which one it was but I know the one you're talking about. I'd actually forgot about that to be honest but that's definitely also a good example of this too |
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Post by spankologicalprofile on Jun 23, 2017 23:58:28 GMT
Yes, I like the puppy-bathing scene as well. It's nice that he's not characterized as a heartless, evil monster all the time and has a human side to him. Burns was really featured a lot in the latest season, and I do think they did a decent job expanding on his character. That's what I think too, he's not as one dimensional as people think as he does have these sides to him quite often really. There was an episode that I recall as well where he adopted Smithers as a baby after Smithers' father died from radiation poisoning during the 1970's. It seems like since Burns is an older character, he always has a long history of good moments and bad moments in his past. Yeah I remember that. I forget which one it was but I know the one you're talking about. I'd actually forgot about that to be honest but that's definitely also a good example of this too I think it was called "The Blunder Years". |
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