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SEASON 1 - round up!
🕑 Added 2023-07-28 08:00:05 +0000 UTCPHEW!
I thought when we finished covering the Tracey Ullman shorts how ridiculous this was, and that doing an actual episode - never mind a full season - would be a battle. But here we are!
There are a lot of familiar faces here, and perhaps notably a lot of absent faces. Season 1 has established Springfield as a town, and defined the type of people that live there, but The Simpsons has a long way to go to find its identity. Stories focused mainly on the core family ensure that the audiences field of view is somewhat limited - we see Skinner and Krabappel, but not much of the school life beyond that, for example. We'll get there.
The most important character introduced in season 1 is clearly Lenny. If I could make him the MVP of every season, I would. A close second would probably be...let's say...Uranium Rod #2.
I wonder if covering future seasons will seem shorter, despite them being almost double the length. We've established a lot of the bigger characters, and as we tick more of them off the characters I'll be drawing will be more specific and esoteric. Not to mention that a lot of the random citizen roles will be filled by familiar faces as time goes on.
We have met 241 characters so far, 220 of them are from season 1. That doesn't include the 50+ bonus entries, of course.
Let's move onto season 2! It's gonna feel WEIRD.
This post is part of my "Every Simpsons Character Ever" series. For a list of my rules in this project, click here.
Comments
Jeremy Davis
Having watched the episodes with along with your posts I must say as an adult I am connecting with Marge and Lisa more than I ever did as a kid (I blame the propaganda of Bartmania!!!!!). Moaning Lisa hit me in a way that as a kid first seeing it I would have found it boring. So thanks for letting me rewatch something that was so fundamental to me growing up and getting a kick out of your drawings and write ups!
David Cooper
Thanks for joining us! I hope you continue to have a blast - I know I am!
iloveyoucatra
Yippee! Had to subscribe for this project alone. It’s been a really fun time spending the last day or two going through all these posts. Hope it’s just as much fun for you!
David Cooper
Keep an eye out next week…!
David Cooper
Details coming soon!
David Cooper
Couldn’t have find it without you!
Dusk
woo-hoo! I may be new here, but I can't help but feel like we've come a long way!
Rowan Bradbury-Eason
^ I have just joined your patreon hoping for a link to buy a print! :D
Max Flower
You 100% need to make this a print.
Max Flower
Remember, most of the characters here are citizens of Springfield.
