David Cooper
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0093 - Man With Gun
🕑 Added 2022-04-28 08:01:00 +0000 UTCBecause of his extremely limited appearance, this man gets defined only by the fact that he owns a firearm.
You'll notice that as we've gone on, we have less and less information about these one-time nobodies. While it is possible this character design appears elsewhere in the show, it is extremely difficult to research where it could be!
I've been trying to figure out how often characters get reused for the sake of convenience. From an animator's point of view, it is much easier to pick out a character that has been used before for a minor role than to create a completely new design. The thing is though, this is more noticeable if the pre-existing character has a significant role or an unusual design.
Anyhoo, if Man With Gun ever shows up again, I'll be sure to make note of it.
This post is part of my "Every Simpsons Character Ever" series. For a list of my rules in this project, click here.
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David Cooper
I appreciate your research Alexander! (If you're reading this well after the fact, go back and see Alexander's recent comments on recent posts for all the characters that show up at this "When Flanders Failed" BBQ. "When Flanders Failed" is a season 3 episode, but was part of season 2's production, so has a weird holdover look to it - I'm guessing all these characters were in the old model pack so we probably won't see them much in "actual" season 3.
Alexander Hale
Sorry for inundating old posts with screenshots today, but here he is at Flanders BBQ: https://frinkiac.com/img/S03E03/279541.jpg
