simpson née fictional character american animated sitcom simpsons eponymous family voiced appeared television short good night april created designed cartoonist waiting lobby office called pitch series shorts based life hell instead decided create new set characters named character mother appearing seasons simpson family received series fox debuted december simpson family husband homer children lisa force family provides grounding voice midst family antics trying maintain order simpson household portrayed stereotypical television mother included lists appeared media relating simpsons including video games simpsons ride commercials comic books inspired entire line merchandise distinctive blue inspired combination bride bride style wore 1960s member original cast asked voice voice actors needed won awards voicing including primetime emmy award outstanding voice performance nominated annie award best voice acting animated feature performance rest family awarded star role simpsons simpsons uses floating timeline characters physically age generally assumed set current year episodes events linked specific time periods timeline contradicted subsequent episodes wife homer mother lisa raised parents pair sisters vocally homer way season revealed flashback attended final year met wary homer agreed ended going regretted going ended homer dating years discovered pregnant homer married small wedding chapel state line born soon couple bought house episode 90s season contradicted established story example revealed homer childless early 1990s past episodes suggested lisa born 1980s simpsons characters age birthday changes serve story season episodes life fast lane enchanted evening said homer season states born months later placing birthday february season homer mentioned age meaning season eighteen episode states actor share october series choosing care family held episode jobs course series include working nuclear technician alongside homer springfield nuclear power plant gets job season selling houses bites season owning business twisted world simpson season working erotic sex season expressed discontent role bored springfield connection season decided needed excitement life police officer end episode upset corruption force quit course work house mother far job course series earned spot mom hall fame character creation conceived rest simpson family lobby producer office called pitch series animated shorts intended present adaptation life hell comic strip realized life hell require publication rights decided direction version dysfunctional family naming characters members family named mother said bears little similarity character stating weird people think cartoon inspired titular bride bride style wore 1960s hair blue debuted rest simpson family april short good night shorts adapted simpsons half hour series airing simpson family remained main characters new believes episodes featuring difficult episodes write believes junior writers usually given episodes writing partner given write season season writers focused homer decided write episode homer season felt achieve deeper vein comedy episode nervous breakdown quickly approved design entire simpson family designed recognizable silhouette family drawn submitted basic sketches animators assuming clean instead traced drawings draw animators generally start sphere similar way lisa drawn eyes drawn roughly middle sphere head nose lip drawn hair drawn long tube coming sphere original idea animators walked hair forced walked clear door spring forth original plan hair conceal large life hell esque rabbit ears gag intended revealed final episode series scrapped early inconsistencies fact rabbit ears fictitious simpsons voice voice performed voices mother sisters regular cast voices needed shorts producers decided ask fellow cast member voice homer hire actors contract says promote simpsons video rarely performs voice public believes destroys illusion people feel real people takes recording sessions seriously feels voice acting little limiting live acting character movement voice slightly different gravel voice says bump vocal famous character favorite characters voice funny sad time simpsons movie scenes video message homer recorded times leaving exhausted paid episode pay dispute fox threatened replace main voice actors new actors going far preparing cast new voices dispute soon resolved received episode voice actors demanded paid episode issue resolved month later earned episode salary negotiations voice actors receive approximately episode years later fox threatening cancel series production costs cut cast members accepted percent pay cut episode personality generally stereotypical sitcom mother plays long suffering wife puts antics children husband usually takes family problems good humor homer season workload resultant stress caused mental breakdown spending time family barely absence returned promised help provides grounding opinion homer marriage admits lot marriage left homer thrown house occasions episodes depict secrets successful marriage season homer starts teaching adult education class build successful marriage unsuccessful gains interest class starts giving away family secrets concern finding throws house day homer dirty begs saying thing offer complete utter dependence benefit eventually admits gal feel needed episodes depict marital problems frequent recent seasons remained faithful homer despite contrary life fast lane season charming instead chooses remain homer caring understanding parent refers handful embarrassed antics proud season seven felt started acting distant caught beginning episode protested started acting distant felt guilty expressed understanding special little guy defended occasions said know handful know like inside got spark bad thing course makes bad things good relationship lisa shown mothers causes dependent midnight season hires expert help independent independent rarely needs begins miss end episode starts need maintains good relationship mother sisters homer vocal tolerated criticism occasionally lost patience referring late father rarely referred series speaking parts episodes revealed fear flying season pilot reality flight attendant discovered day developed season homer mentions attended funeral believes higher morals characters leading family values crusade violent prominent member citizens committee moral provides voice reason town townspeople frustrated frequent failure recognize react correctly social norms member family encourages occasionally forces church attendance homer season homer starts church tells don choose man god win episodes stereotypical attitude affect relationship daughter lisa feminist season angel skeleton discovered skepticism lisa lisa people believe angel informs believes angel tells lisa life needs believe spite highly moral struggles gambling addiction learned cope addiction completely disappeared remains underlying problem referenced occasionally politically generally democratic_party having supported candidacy state progressive governor voting presidential elections reception 44th primetime emmy awards received primetime emmy award outstanding voice performance voicing season episode married voice homer won young artist award popular mom dad series performance nominated best voice acting animated feature annie awards lost emotional performance movie got positive reviews critic said gave heartfelt performance episodes prominently featured nominated emmy awards outstanding animated program including way weren life fast lane won award rest simpson family awarded star located hollywood boulevard ranked highly lists television mothers time ranked entertainment_weekly list list eighth list included time list best poll united_kingdom named respected mother respondents ranked poll conducted chosen users list love aol named 24th memorable female character relationship homer included guide list best couples time religious writer written candidate lives real world lives crises flawed people makes mistakes loving person absolutely cultural influence october edition people included interview lady united_states article included following passage loves america remains sampling simpsons thing seen says family thing guess clean writers decided respond privately sending letter september bush posed october bush sent reply dear kind write glad spoke mind didn know looking picture depicted plastic cup blue hair filled pink birds evidently charming family lisa homer camping nice family scene clearly setting good example rest country forgive loose tongue opponents planned showing episode protest event following complaints 20th century fox sent letter event organizers ordering episode shown copyright laws appeared channel_4 united_kingdom alternative christmas message annually broadcast time queen elizabeth_ii gives christmas message april unveiled series cent stamps featuring members simpson family characters television series receive recognition production stamps designed available purchase merchandising depicted simpsons related merchandise including shirts baseball caps cardboard stand ups key rings buttons dolls posters appeared simpsons video games including simpsons game released television series regularly appears issues simpsons comics published november issued monthly plays role simpsons ride launched universal_studios florida hollywood appeared advertisement normal hair exchanged stylish look series ads featuring popular cartoon women october announced featured cover november issue playboy cartoon character appear cover magazine edition published october cover page picture spread story inside entitled devil simpson celebration 20th anniversary simpsons plan appeal younger readers chief executive said cover somewhat tongue cheek picture october cover served inspiration playboy november cover
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