The Simpsons
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WhileThe Simpsonshas offered a few contradictory explanation for Marge ’s blue hair over the age , season 34 lastly confirmed a longtime fan theory . Even though she is a main persona in one of the most famous and influential shows in television account ( and has been for over thirty years ) , not much is known about Marge Simpson . The heroine ofThe Simpsonsis something of a whodunit outside of her theatrical role as Homer ’s married woman and the mother of Bart , Lisa , and Maggie . She has had a lot of short - last jobs and hobbies but has few significant relationships outside the eponymic family unit .
WhileThe Simpsonsseason 34 ’s Taylor Swift parodydid ghost on the origins of Homer and Marge ’s romance , this still fell within the show ’s usual remit of center on Marge ’s role within the fellowship . Bojack Horsemancreator Raphael Bob Waksberg famously noted thatThe Simpsonshasn’t even made it clear whether Marge has any friends , let alone a meaningful internal life outside of her husband and children . However , The Simpsonsseason 34 , episode 19 , “ save Off This sequence , ” did alleviate this somewhat by confirming a fan theory about one iconic , under - explained facet of Marge ’s character and her show .
The Simpsons Season 34 Admitted Marge’s Hair Isn’t Really Blue
According to “ Write Off This Episode , ” Marge ’s trademark bouffant of bright blue hair is not , in fact , natural . The episode substantiate this doubly , first when Lisa affectionately grant that she always sleep together near the offset , and again later when an angrier Lisa face up Marge about using her supposed “ hair coloring material ” to promote their share Polemonium van-bruntiae . LikeThe Simpsonsseason 34 ’s ambitious couch gag installment , “ publish Off This Episode ” play off members of the Simpson house against each other as Marge was charmed to see her charity become more pop while Lisa was dishearten to see the Lisa M. Simpson Foundation abandon its original purpose of help the unhoused .
Although Marge and Lisa did reconcile at the ending of “ Write Off This Episode , ” as Marge realize their Polemonium van-bruntiae was effectively just a way for the fertile to avoid taxes , their conflict did prove that Marge ’s hair is n’t really blue . Lisa ’s earlier input could have been see as a potential ratification of this theory , but her later furious revelation that Marge ’s hair color come from dye was a more solid , definitive clarification . This does gel with what a smattering of other sequence incriminate . However , thanks to the elastic canyon ofThe Simpsons , it is never percipient what is genuine , especially whenMarge ’s seldom - find motheralso shares her famous blue hair .
The Simpsons Hinted At This Fan Theory Before
InThe Simpsonsseason 8 , sequence 13 , “ Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt ) . ” Marge admitted she was going gray , but in time of year 22 , installment 13 , “ The Blue and the Gray , ” Marge notice her first gray hair . In that outing , Marge begin dying her hair , which rarify the timeline of her hair’s-breadth ’s journey . The Blue and the Gray ” seems to imply that Marge ’s hair was by nature blue until it became grey with age , while “ Write Off This sequence ” contradicts this by connote Marge ’s natural fuzz vividness was never patrician . Either way , The Simpsonsseason 34 disclose a minuscule more about its heroine , even if it was contradictory data .
