Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a viking!

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Poll of the Day » Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a viking!
papercup
09/25/2023
07:39 PM
#1
In season 7 episode 5 of The Simpsons, Lisa the Vegetarian, Miss Hoover instructs Ralph Wiggum to take a nap while the other children finish dissecting their worms. Ralph proudly proclaims "Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a viking!". Now, most people view this as Ralph saying he dreams about being a viking, the humor comes from the fact that Ralph is a kind, mostly harmless sweet little boy, but he dreams about being a violent viking. But, some people view this line differently! Others interpret this line as Ralph's attempt at metaphor, he's saying that even though he's bad at dissecting worms(he ate his), he's good at sleeping, that he's a viking at sleep, he slays or conquers at the act of sleeping.

Where does PotD fall on this debate?
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Metalsonic66
09/25/2023
07:40 PM
#2
Literally
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Lokarin
09/25/2023
08:20 PM
#3
Could be both, that was season 7 when they still had clever writing
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LinkPizza
09/25/2023
09:42 PM
#4
Probably both. I did watch a video about this once
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Nade_Duck
09/25/2023
10:35 PM
#5
yes
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darkknight109
09/26/2023
10:16 AM
#6
Does Ralph Wiggum really strike you as the sort of kid intelligent enough to use metaphor?
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papercup
09/26/2023
10:19 AM
#7
darkknight109 posted...
Does Ralph Wiggum really strike you as the sort of kid intelligent enough to use metaphor?

No, but that's not how everyone viewed that scene, which is really interesting to me.
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JOExHIGASHI
09/26/2023
10:22 AM
#8
Has anyone ever used viking as a metaphor being good at something?

Oh boy, math! That's where I'm a viking!
Oh boy, soccer! That's where I'm a viking!

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Revelation34
09/26/2023
10:26 AM
#9
How many weirdos actually think it's a metaphor?
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papercup
09/26/2023
10:45 AM
#10
Revelation34 posted...
How many weirdos actually think it's a metaphor?

Well, Mike Scully, who ran the show from Season 9 to Season 12

https://twitter.com/scullymike/status/1341132696869773312

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JOExHIGASHI
09/26/2023
10:49 AM
#11
papercup posted...
Well, Mike Scully, who ran the show from Season 9 to Season 12
Does he ever refer to himself as a viking running the show or the writers were vikings at writing?
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papercup
09/26/2023
11:06 AM
#12
JOExHIGASHI posted...
Does he ever refer to himself as a viking running the show or the writers were vikings at writing?

idk, I hope not.
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Poll of the Day » Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a viking!