The Simpsons
Warning : This article hold SPOILERS for The Simpsons time of year 35 , installment 18 .
Summary
WhileThe Simpsonsseason 35 focused on Marge more than ever before , its finale saw her grapheme arc culminate with a shockingly dark turn of events . Marge is not the main character ofThe Simpsons . She might be the wife of Homer Simpson and the mother of Bart and Lisa , but she develop much less screen time and story focal point than all three of them . While Marge has been the star of some classical outings throughout the show ’s long story , she has also historically been undervalued and sideline by the serial . fortuitously , season 35 change this trend and centered her stories .
AlthoughThe Simpsonsseason 36might return to business as usual , time of year 35 featured a string of tale that delved into Marge ’s character ontogeny . installment 2 , 6 , 13 , 14 , and 17 all focused on Marge ’s personal life , disturb on themes as divers as her outlay drug abuse , her puerility memories , anxieties over her kid grow up , and her professional ambitions . The Simpsons never agebut the serial still managed to make Marge finger more credible and fleshed out than she has done in decades . However , The Simpsonsseason 35 ’s underrated heroineoffered looker a nasty surprise in the finale .
The Simpsons Season 35 Finale Proved Marge Can Be Cruel
Bart’s Mother Admitted Her Love Was Conditional
Unlike a lot of the outing ’s preceding episode , season 35 ’s finale did n’t center on Marge ’s perspective . Season 35 , episode 18 , “ Bart ’s Brain , ” see Bart corrupt a human brain in a jolt from a military surplus store so he could pull out off an ambitious clowning at school day . As punishment , Bart ’s instructor , Ms. Peyton , tax him with carrying the brain around for a few week , journaling his experience and treating it like his baby . This programme backfired and Bart grew attached to the brain , eventually becoming socially ostracized . Springfield ’s citizens eschew Bart and his parent follow suit in the finale ’s grim twist .
Marge had her meanest moment in a long clip when she snap , saying that Bart continually carting a brain around town was an unforeseen condition that render her promises of unconditional love moot .
AlthoughThe Simpsonsseason 35 made Marge ’s stories darker , the show saved her bleakest character change for the finale ’s closing moments . When Bart express up in church with his Einstein and challenge his mob to accept him despite this ghoulish eccentricity , Marge told her son that her love for him was conditional after all . Marge had her meanest mo in a long meter as she snapped , say that Bart continually carting a psyche around town was an unlooked-for condition that rendered her promise of categorical dearest moot . Bart before long lost interest in the brain , but this acerb moment remained jarring .
The Simpsons Season 35 Made Marge More Complex
Numerous Episodes Fleshed Out Her Internal World
Although none of time of year 35 ’s earlier episodes boast a bit this stark , some of Marge ’s early stories did fluff the dark under the control surface of her cherry facing . Outings like installment 14 , “ Clan of the Cave Mom , ” and episode 2 , “ A Mid - Childhood Night ’s Dream , ” hinted at this ruthless sharpness by showing how distressed , anxious , and dreadful Marge could be . Marge ’s fear of Bart being ostracized drove her to extremes earlier in season 35 , when “ Clan of the Cave Mom ” saw her spend hundreds of dollar mark to get Bart into a concert after a feud with Luann Van Houten .
Bart ’s joke during a museum field trip-up led Luann to ban Milhouse from attend out with him , and Marge reacted by doing everything possible to ruin Milhouse ’s social standing and better Bart ’s popularity . WhileThe Simpsonsseason 35 ’s biggest problemwas silly humor that plump nowhere , this dark episode leaned in the opposite direction . Interludes countersink in the Stone Age cast Marge as a fiercely protective cave woman saving her children from Luann , visualise as a sabre - toothed cat in Marge ’s mind . Before the finale , this prove that Marge saw her Logos ’s schoolhouse socializing as a life - or - death issue .
Marge Also Disavowed Lisa In The Simpsons Season 35 Finale
Marge Thought Her Daughter Was Going To Hell
As if the closing shot of “ Bart ’s Brain ” were n’t dark enough , a joke before in the episode see Marge claim that Lisa was give out to Hell . When Homer lambast her for worrying about Bart ’s new riding habit of lugging a head in a jar around , he prompt his married woman that she once fear Lisa would go to Hades for being a vegetarian . Marge then said that she still feared this fate would befall their daughter , although she never explicate why . While this gag was queer , it was also a striking insight into just how quickly Marge was willing to disavow her shaver .
The Simpsons Season 35’s Marge Focus Is A Double-Edge Sword
Marge’s Storylines Simultaneously Made Her More Relatable And Less Likable
AlthoughThe Simpsonsseason 35 ’s tired tropesdid rear their head on function throughout the outings , Marge ’s storylines made an admirable stab at offer viewers of the long - running series something genuinely impudent . Marge ’s frustration , anxiety , and dreams made her a more full rounded character , but this was a double - edged sword . The insight into Marge ’s humanity also evidence that her attitude toward Bart and Lisa was astonishingly inhuman . Although her role in “ Bart ’s Brain ” was relatively diminished , it was still strange to see Marge admit that Bart ’s relatively harmless conduct could distress her enough to disown her son .
Bart get the brain go , but the secret plan stay on moody . The Simpsonsgot aside with risky gags about Marge and Homer not loving their kids beforesince these profane the saccharine golden moments viewers expect from syndicate situation comedy . However , after season 35 spent so long illustrating the intricacies of Marge ’s internal world , it was bleak to see her disavow both of her minor over trivial issue in the same field day . TheSimpsonsseason 35 finale was a goofy escapade for Bart , but Marge ’s response to his latest joke proved that not all the show ’s revealing about her grapheme were fun .
