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In this scene Marge is pregnant with Maggie... Wait a minute! x/post from r/thesimpsons (i.imgur.com)

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[–]case_sensitive 315 points316 points ago

In episode 2F09 when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes the same rib twice in succession, yet he produces two clearly different tones. I mean, what are we to believe, that this is some sort of a magic xylophone or something? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

[–]Bradburn777 43 points44 points ago

Let me ask you a question. Why would a man whose shirt says "Genius at Work" spend all of his time watching a children's cartoon show?

[–]gtfo-atheist-douches 15 points16 points ago

...question withdrawn.

[–]flumpis 8 points9 points ago

On the Itchy and Scratchy CD-ROM, is there a way to get out of the dungeon without using the wizard's key?

[–]tits-mchenry 20 points21 points ago

Obviously that's just bad writing from Itchy and Scratchy and not The Simpsons.

[–]drummererb -4 points-3 points ago

Mega-Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

[–]tits-mchenry -1 points0 points ago

Yes. I didn't get the joke at all, and wasn't responding with a joke of my own.

[–]frankoftank 0 points1 point ago

He whooshed on the whoosh.

[–]mastermayhem 1 point2 points ago

I was going to post the video for this exact quote! Good job ;)

[–]ironyRing 0 points1 point ago

A wizard did it.

[–]mtg3037 71 points72 points ago

A wizard did it.

[–]Grahambert 179 points180 points ago

No, It's baby Lisa.

[–]C-16 21 points22 points ago

That actually makes a lot of sense...

[–]thatwaffleskid 3 points4 points ago

Came here to suggest this.

[–]nesai11 1 point2 points ago

same

[–]Thakgor 0 points1 point ago

That's what I was gonna say. Although it's probably just an oversight.

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[–]BubbleLove95 5 points6 points ago

In the picture.

[–]TortusW 6 points7 points ago

It's not Maggie, it's Lucy Lawless

[–][deleted] ago

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[–]tnargsnave 0 points1 point ago

Don't understand why I got down voted. The quote is from the Halloween episode at the comic con panel where to explain inconsistencies in Xena they say a wizard did it. I was just saying I liked the reference. Don't know if people thought I was being sarcastic but or are just jerks.

[–]NAMBA-ABMAN 319 points320 points ago

Most likely that is a picture of Lisa Simpson as her and Maggie would probably look very similar as babies.

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 111 points112 points ago

Maybe, they do look alike, but her signature item is pearls.

Maggie's is that bow. So I think it's still just a Maggie picture and a mistake. :/

[–]PersonalStalker 47 points48 points ago

Wasn't there an episode where young lisa found one of her moms pearl necklaces and they basically became hers?

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 35 points36 points ago

Right, and at no time did she have the bow.

[–]JarlofDenmark 44 points45 points ago

Maybe she did.

After a while she stopped wearing it, and when Maggie was born they gave it to her.

[–]Switche 11 points12 points ago

Yours sounds like a fine story to fill the gap, but it's still made up unless you have some specific Simpsons moments to show as evidence.

It's just not really necessary to invent plausible histories of fictional characters in a TV show to explain a photo on a wall, when "oops" fits just fine.

[–]palubalis 2 points3 points ago

Sure, but if you seek a logical explanation, you might as well use the occam's razor.

[–]Switche -2 points-1 points ago

I prefer not to use the term, but explain it as though I did.

It usually doesn't take long to explain its invocation, but the term is so misunderstood, misused, and abused I find it more effective to describe it being used rather than say it like a magic word.

[–]jp07 2 points3 points ago

Yes, because it is... in fact impossible to take a bow off once you wear it.

[–]slick8086 0 points1 point ago

In that picture she does.

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 1 point2 points ago

Or it's just a mistake, is it that big a deal that it's a mistake?

[–]slick8086 0 points1 point ago

No, in reality it isn't a big deal if it is a mistake, it is only a cartoon. BUt it is still nice to have the Simpsons universe make sense.

It is also better to give the benefit of the doubt to the creator until they call it a mistake themselves in situations where it is ambiguous like this.

[–]TragicOne -1 points0 points ago

Man, you are stretching.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

In one episode they say that there are a present from the second grade for winning a contest.

[–]makeitrainmore 7 points8 points ago

There was an episode where homer was walking with a studio producer. But they were talking about how instead of drawing the same background over and over. They use the same stock background as episodes before it. That is most likely the reason for the maggie photo.

[–]TheCraterProject 4 points5 points ago

My guess is that they just put bows on all of their babies

[–]EpicusMaximus 1 point2 points ago

Bart with a bow.

[–]keozen 2 points3 points ago

and arrows!

[–]NotSoGoodAtPhotoshop 1 point2 points ago

Easier for Homer to keep track of who is the youngest.

[–]zoomdaddy -1 points0 points ago

I'm certain it's a mistake... but I'll believe that it's Lisa as a baby instead.

[–]savutano 0 points1 point ago

BOOM

[–]LotsOfTime 1 point2 points ago

Lisa never wore a bow as a baby. She did wear pearls though.

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 5 points6 points ago

Right, that's what I pointed out in the comment you replied to... :/

[–]LotsOfTime 0 points1 point ago

Right, I was reinforcing your statement...

[–]RudyBagels -2 points-1 points ago

Good save.

[–]notmyproblembro 46 points47 points ago

Maggie lives in a time warp. Everyone knows that

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 40 points41 points ago

They all live in a time warp.

[–]whopoopedthebed 39 points40 points ago

Let's do that again.

[–]morzinbo 15 points16 points ago

Maggie lives in a time warp. Everyone knows that

[–]d_kism 10 points11 points ago

They all live in a time warp.

[–]Tasgall 12 points13 points ago

Let's do that again.

[–]downvotes_are_great 8 points9 points ago

Letss do the time warp againnnnn

[–]lydocia 5 points6 points ago

Maggie lives in a time warp. Everyone knows that

[–]aender13 3 points4 points ago

They all live in a time warp.

[–]keozen 3 points4 points ago

Let's do that again.

[–]Revoluzzer 2 points3 points ago

It's just a jump to the left...

[–]BrianBoyko 1 point2 points ago

Maggie lives in a time warp. Everyone knows that

[–]racistpuffs 4 points5 points ago

Let's do that again.

[–]Mofrosho 4 points5 points ago

Maggie lives in a time warp. Everyone knows that

[–]Yoloswaggerhound 7 points8 points ago

They all live in a time warp.

[–]tamponlollypops 2 points3 points ago

any of you know how to do the Madison?

[–]racistpuffs 0 points1 point ago

Sorry, I can show you how to make a fire though! I just learned, I think I'm the first.

[–]me-tan 0 points1 point ago

I've never seen one before, noone has, but I'm guessing its a white hole...

[–]i_am_jargon 3 points4 points ago

They all live in a time warp.

[–]Speakingmymindyakno 2 points3 points ago

Let's do that again.

[–]Yoloswaggerhound 0 points1 point ago

Maggie lives in a time warp. Everyone knows that

[–]podobuzz 0 points1 point ago

Lisa needs braces.

[–]workaccount3 1 point2 points ago

That would explain why they haven't aged in 20+ years

[–]PhtoJoe 1 point2 points ago

Probably spends too much time behind the bookcase...

[–]Loggie 5 points6 points ago

Oh that's easy, they just took the ultrasound of maggie and used aging software to see what she'd look like.

[–]hazleapricot 3 points4 points ago

Fallout 4: The Simpsons

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points ago

They probably just reused a standard background for the scene and forgot to change the picture.

Or Maggie is a Time Lord

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 0 points1 point ago

With me being the last of the Time Lords, I would know if she was or not. ;)

[–]fate_torn 5 points6 points ago

... you banged marge

[–]bvanman 2 points3 points ago

You wouldn't? I'd go for Marge over Lois any day. It would also answer a very important question I've often wondered about, if you have the perverted mind to catch my drift.

[–]DiscordianStooge 5 points6 points ago

She was once caught buying blue hair dye.

[–]bvanman 2 points3 points ago

Because she's naturally a different color, or because she was going grey?

[–]DiscordianStooge 1 point2 points ago

I don't believe the episode explicitly said why. She was embarrassed, so I would guess graying, but some people who dye their hair for other reasons could be embarrassed by it.

Thinking about this made me realize that there is more than one person with blue hair in the Simpsons' universe, and it has to be a naturally occurring hair color, or Marge wouldn't be embarrassed that people know she dyes her hair at all.

Man, I haven't over-analyzed The Simpsons in at least 15 years.

[–]bvanman 1 point2 points ago

I'd have to say it's naturally blue, since her sisters have greyish blue hair, and her mother's hair is an even closer shade of blue. Had to research it, but Marge's father has both blue and brown hair at different points in the show.

[–]DiscordianStooge 0 points1 point ago

That's the more likely possibility.

See, you found this out and you didn't even have to sleep with her.

[–]abithozak 0 points1 point ago

It was originally blue, and she dyes it blue to cover the fact she's "been gray as a mule since 17." Homer said it in an early season when he's revealing secrets. If you want to know more google it.

[–]4LostSoulsinaBowl 1 point2 points ago

The Van Houtens all have blue hair.

[–]DiscordianStooge 2 points3 points ago

Yep. It's a surprisingly common color.

[–]violetwaterfall 1 point2 points ago

Definitely naturally blue, in the episode of her and Homer's first kiss at camp her hair is blue but then turns brown when she burns it with the iron. It's also blue whenever there are flashbacks to high school.

[–]supafly_ 0 points1 point ago

Homer also says "she's been grey as a mule since she turned 18"

[–]violetwaterfall 0 points1 point ago

Oh, I know, I just meant that it was originally blue and she's just covering grays, not dying it a whole different color.

[–]doctorwhore 1 point2 points ago

Unless she was conceived while traveling through the time vortex...

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 0 points1 point ago

If I had enough time I'd somehow link Maggie Simpson to River Song... I'm too lazy to do so at the moment, also, nice name.. :/

[–]BlueJayAggie 0 points1 point ago

... "if I had enough time"...

Username The-Doctor_00

mfw

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 0 points1 point ago

Aye, there's the rub, but time gets away from us all. Even those who wade through know for certain moments time is fixed and can not be altered. The moment I was fighting was sleep time. Much like right now.

"mfw"?

[–]BlueJayAggie 0 points1 point ago

"my face when"

Oft accompanied by a picture of a face, indicating disbelief, rage, puzzlement, etc. I had no such photo, so sometimes simply indicating "mfw" expresses this confusion, etc.

But it's a habit from another scary website. Don't pick it up.

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 0 points1 point ago

The only Internet acronyms that have stuck with me through all my years on these internets and even before there really was Internet is TTFN and BTW, not sure why only those too, heh, and that "scary" website description for some reason makes me think your a refugee from a certain chan.

Also, aggie? Texas or some other state A&M?

[–]therealjuion 0 points1 point ago

You Are Not Alone.

[–]kahbn 0 points1 point ago

spoilers...

[–]funkme1ster 0 points1 point ago

Are you the last, or first?

I can never tell with these things...

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 1 point2 points ago

Well that is depended if you squint your eyes or not. ;)

Originally I was The_Doctor (infinity symbol) see the double zeros was the closest I could get, (as reddit does not allow symbols in user names) and of you squint you can see it. So I was all past, present and future regenerations.

Now I'm Doctor Zero, th doctor before he stole ttr TARDIS or it ails him, it gets rather wibbly wobbly when I premember other events throughout my regenetations to come.

Or if you like just doctor, doc, hey you, as the_Doctor was taken.

[–]funkme1ster 0 points1 point ago

Well, I now believe beyond a doubt you are A doctor because your explanation has brought me no closer to understanding anything.

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 0 points1 point ago

Heh. See revised edited less drunk version, but now hungover, not sure if it's better ? I need a cold shower.

[–]supermonkey1313 4 points5 points ago

How do you know it's not Lisa?

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 0 points1 point ago

The bow. No pearls.

[–]supermonkey1313 4 points5 points ago

Maybe Marge made all her female babies wear bows. People generally don't develop their own personal sense of style until they're a bit older.

[–]hazleapricot 1 point2 points ago

Theres an episode when Lisa becomes identifiable as a baby with pearls.

[–]supermonkey1313 0 points1 point ago

Sorry, didn't see that :/

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 0 points1 point ago

Scroll up.

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, someone else and I posted two different references of it further up in the thread.

[–]nicxus 1 point2 points ago

Bow ties are cool.

[–]DropTheDeadDonkey 19 points20 points ago

Maybe it's like this...

[–]thatguysammo 5 points6 points ago

Baby Lisa?

[–]MKSLAYER97 7 points8 points ago

Maybe it was Lisa?

[–]KHTDR 9 points10 points ago

Cartoons don't have to be 100% realistic.

[–]necromundus 2 points3 points ago

Wasn't this the episode where they were asking "where are all the pictures of Maggie?"

[–]Evilriax 1 point2 points ago

This should prolly be posted in r/Conspiracy lol

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 5 points6 points ago

With the replies I'm getting from fans that can't accept it as a mistake, probably so.

[–]darkpaladin -1 points0 points ago

I don't think that it's a mistake. They put a lot of effort into the kinda thing they put into their backgrounds (or so I gather from the directors commentary). I'd assume this was more of an easter egg.

[–]char920 12 points13 points ago

It's Lisa.

[–]Ringmasta 7 points8 points ago

Only 17 comments so far and everything I wanted to say is already here. Penis?

[–]Hosfac 1 point2 points ago

D'oh!

[–]judehoffman 0 points1 point ago

Clearly, Maggie is a time traveling home decorator.

[–]TribalTribesman 0 points1 point ago

Baby bump conspiracy, like Mariah Carey.

[–]vulpes_occulta 0 points1 point ago

It's a drawing. :o

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 0 points1 point ago

The whole show is all a drawing.

[–]vulpes_occulta 2 points3 points ago

I should have specified. It's a drawing of what they though their child would look like in the future...

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 1 point2 points ago

A good plausible answer, though I'm stocking to the most obvious one, that it's simply just a mistake.

[–]vulpes_occulta 1 point2 points ago

Mostly, I was making an ugly stab at humor... Yes, I too believe it to be a mistake.

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 2 points3 points ago

Good. As I'm having a serious "not sure Fry" moment here with the majority of the commenters, basically,

"not sure if just having fun and making up fanswers to fit in plot holes, or can't accept that the show they love made a mistake".*

*fanswers... That would be a portmanteau of mine of fan and answers, the kind of answers made by fans to cover up mistakes and plot holes... Overly rambled explanation short, I'm trying to make fanswers a thing. So go forth and spread it abroad in these tubes! Heh :/ ...

and that's my cue fir my last bit of drinks and sleep, goodnight sir or madam whom makes ugly stabs at humour that go over my head.

[–]vulpes_occulta 0 points1 point ago

Fanswers is a good one. I'll use it in the future. Drink on, and I bid thee farewell and a good nights rest.

[–]Wolf_Man92 0 points1 point ago

Artist interpretation?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Its obviously an error done on purpose to see who was paying attention. Congratulations, that episode only came out over 10 years ago.

[–]herp_derpenstein -1 points0 points ago

That's baby Lisa.

[–]sweetsweetcoffee -1 points0 points ago

Simpception.

[–]putulio2 -1 points0 points ago

It could be Lisa, they have the same head....

[–]immaturewalrus -1 points0 points ago

Its Lisa?

[–]18-24-61-B-17-17-4 0 points1 point ago

Tom!

[–]Mogura -1 points0 points ago

abortion, or is actually lisa

[–]scoobydoo182 1 point2 points ago

I'm sure this was actually left on purpose. Matt loves to keep little secrets in his shows, I'm sure this was one of them. Ex. NRA 4EVR on the cash register, The Lost parody being translated with Futurama and all sorts of stuff he's done in the past.

[–]HayHaxor 0 points1 point ago

Wow these new hd ultra sounds are reallly something

[–]josieisabunny 0 points1 point ago

Could be Lisa, and they gave maggie hand me downs.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Cartoon pregnancy, an existentialartists dilemma.

[–]Bugs_Nixon -1 points0 points ago

Could be Lisa...

[–]MrKrinkle151 -1 points0 points ago

It's Lisa...

[–]Guacamole_Soldier 0 points1 point ago

If this was a goof, it's the only one I have seen or heard of and I've probably seen almost every episode 3-10 times but for seasons 14-17...

If you think about it, that's pretty damn impressive.

Also, the last season was great! I'm glad they are finding themselves again.

[–]toohardtothink -1 points0 points ago

http://inception.davepedu.com/

[–]flo73557 0 points1 point ago

Fallout 4: The Simpsons.

[–]EmFi 0 points1 point ago

This isn't the only goof from this episode. The baby shower scene includes Ruth, the neighbour who moved in two seasons earlier. She's the one from the Thelma and Louise episode.

It's probably a case of "we need another woman got this scene." And already used every one else in town.

[–]WillehBeans 0 points1 point ago

its a baby picture of lisa

[–]Beanzii 0 points1 point ago

I think you'll find that that would be lisa ;)

[–]thetoecutter10 0 points1 point ago

could just be a picture of lisa when she was younger

[–]beau669479 0 points1 point ago

Yep. It's a surprisingly common color.

[–]clckwrks 0 points1 point ago

Lisa.

[–]jordanloewen 0 points1 point ago

Could it not be a picture of Lisa as a baby? Could two sisters not look the same as babies?

[–]carrot0101 0 points1 point ago

Maybe it was a picture of Lisa.

[–]Kyle_Crafty 0 points1 point ago

Yeah I noticed this too. I think it's the same episode but it flashes back to each pregnancy with homer running up the stairs to show portraits of the children before they were born. And then bart's pregnancy, he ran up the stairs when in other episodes they weren't married or living together yet.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

could be a picture of a young lisa?

[–]Kalanth 0 points1 point ago

After being on the air for as long as the Simpsons have been it is more a miracle they come up with anything funny much less catch their own mistakes.

[–]CosmicBard 0 points1 point ago

This is a running gag from the simpsons, you could only find this one particular instance?

[–]habit100 0 points1 point ago

It's probably Lisa when she was a baby

[–]am_i_will 0 points1 point ago

"Cartoons don't have to make sense"

[–]mrmtso 1 point2 points ago

It's Lisa dumb fuck!

[–]alragusa 0 points1 point ago

Maggie was already born. Marge is pregnant with a fourth child.

You dont see the child in later episodes because Marge had something that starts with A and ends in bortion.

[–]ehenning1537 0 points1 point ago

I'm pretty sure you just Incepted me.

[–]kungfuman104 0 points1 point ago

Anyone else think that it could be Lisa on the wall??? No one else wore their siblings baby clothes?

[–]OnusDefacto 0 points1 point ago

Lisa hand me downs, I'm not even going to scroll down to see the other 100 of the same.

[–]GeneralChankers 0 points1 point ago

I thought Lisa was essentially a carbon copy of maggie when they were both babies no?

[–]AxeheaveR 0 points1 point ago

Baby Lisa

[–]remierk 1 point2 points ago

That's Lisa :/

[–]blaurum -1 points0 points ago

It's a picture of Lisa....

[–]Jackal_6 -2 points-1 points ago

Let me ask you a question. Why would a man whose shirt says "Genius at Work" spend all of his time watching a children's cartoon show?

[–]QuesoSc2 -2 points-1 points ago

It's Lisa. Can't believe this is getting upvotes

[–]Nebz604 -2 points-1 points ago

I love the argument about how it couldn't be Lisa because Lisa wears pearls.

It's a fucking cartoon where an alcoholic father runs a nuclear power plant while drunk, spends all the family savings on booze and somehow manages to pay his mortgage and feed his children even while he's in the hospital for having fell into the grand canyon for the third or fourth time.

But no, Lisa wears pearls.

[–]blaurum 0 points1 point ago

ONe would imagine they didn't put pearls on a baby...

[–]Nebz604 0 points1 point ago

The same baby that has shot several people dead?

[–]blaurum 0 points1 point ago

Baby meaning Lisa, in this case.

Who probably has not shot anyone dead.

[–]rickster907 -2 points-1 points ago

could have been lisa as a baby. you people are stupid. S-T-O-O-P-I-D.

[–]revrend_ -1 points0 points ago

inb4 Lisa and Maggie have the same hairstyles

inb4 it could be Lisa's baby pic

inb4 OP is a giant twat

[–]yyx9 -1 points0 points ago

There's quite a few of these in the Simpsons, easy to see for a show that's be on the air for over 2 decades. The other one I know about is the episode where Homer is talking about Maggie being born (I think and Maggie makes 3) where they show him pulling all his hair and going bald when Bart is born. Then again when Lisa is born.

[–]ConfusedVirtuoso 2 points3 points ago

It showed him pulling out more hair with each child. Probably meant to show how stressful his life was with more children.

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