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I used to love The Simpsons when I was little but it wasnt until I recently bought the DVDs that I realized just how hateful and fatphobic the show could be. Off the top of my head, here are a few examples:

- Homer, who is a large man himself, often says No fat chicks!

- In The Springfield Files, Scully makes Homer run on a treadmill in the guise of it being an important test, but she really just thinks he should lose some weight. She then says that his flab jiggles like a lava lamp.

- In Homers Triple-Bypass, Dr Hibbert gives Homer a fat analysis test by making his belly flab jiggle and seeing how long it takes to stop. It doesnt stop jiggling at all, and Dr Hibbert tells his nurse to cancel his 2:00 appointment.

- In the episode The Last Exit to Springfield, Lisa notices Bart is putting on weight and says, Hey tubby, want another pop-tart, tubby?

- In the episode Treehouse of Horror I, the aliens Kang and Kodos abduct the Simpson family, but Homer is so fat that the tractor beam cannot carry him up to the spaceship, so the aliens turn on multiple tractor beams just to get him up there.

In the episode Treehouse of Horror VI, Homer disappears into an alternate universe and Patty and Selma joke that he disappeared into fat air.

- In the episode Love Is A Many Strangled Thing, Homer boards a boat and there is a sign at the door that says, Weight limit: One Precious

- In the episode Donny Fatso, Fat Tony dies of a heart-attack and is replaced by his cousin Fit Tony.who then becomes Fat Tony when he stops exercising and starts eating lots of junk food.

- In the episode Bart After Dark, Mr Burns reveals that he hates being outdoors because there are too many fat children.

- In the episode Lisa On Ice, Homer makes fun of an 8 year old boy for having breasts, then chases him around the locker room while laughing. The boy then says, Dont make me run, Im full of chocolate!

In the episode The Homer They Call, a man says to Comic Book Guy, A fat, sarcastic Star Trek fanyou must be a devil with the ladies. This isnt the first time Comic Book Guy has been mocked for his weight.

- In the episode Brother Can You Spare A Dime, a doctor is confused when it is revealed that Homer has 104% body fat. The extra 4% is then revealed to be the fatty foods that Homer smuggled into the doctors office.

- In the episode Lisa The Simpson, Lisa is terrified that she will lose her intelligence and envisions what her life will be like if she was dumb. In her vision she is as an obese redneck who needs a prying bar just to get off the couch.

In the episode Springfield Up, Homer insists he is fat because he has a glandular problem. The tone of this scene implies we are meant to laugh at Homer here.

- In the episode Sweets and Sour Marge, the town attempts to create the biggest human pyramid in the world but they fail when everybody falls down due to their immense weight. It is then learned that Springfield is the fattest town in the ENTIRE WORLD, which leads Marge to sue the local sugar company for making people fat. (Because obviously the only way people can be fat is due to sugar, right? Ugh)

- In the same episode, we are introduced the Cletus cousin Dia-Betty (get it? Diabetes!) who is morbidly obese and a parody of Bonnie Grape from Whats Eating Gilbert Grape.

- The episode King Size Homer is probably the worst. Homer strives to gain lots of weight so that he can claim disability and work from home (which is a problematic concept to begin with). When Homer goes to the cinema, they wont allow him inside because hes too big for the seats.

- In the same episode, Bart fantasizes about becoming so fat he has to wash himself with a rag on a stick.

Those are just a handful of gross examples of The Simpsons joking about or flat-out mocking fatness.
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Another day on CE

Another "Remember when something was good because I'm an old man" topic lmao
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Post 3

nope.
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inb4steamedhams
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Hey, fatty! I got a movie for ya! A Fridge too far!
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The Simpsons still are hilarious and I look forward to watching it with my future children.
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Philoktetes posted...

- In the episode Brother Can You Spare A Dime, a doctor is confused when it is revealed that Homer has 104% body fat. The extra 4% is then revealed to be the fatty foods that Homer smuggled into the doctors office.

lmao
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Philoktetes posted...

- In Homers Triple-Bypass, Dr Hibbert gives Homer a fat analysis test by making his belly flab jiggle and seeing how long it takes to stop. It doesnt stop jiggling at all, and Dr Hibbert tells his nurse to cancel his 2:00 appointment.

"WOOHOO, LOOK AT THAT BLUBBER FLY!!"
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did you find this on /tv/
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https://frinkiac.com/video/S04E11/GttJ51M2uZcYrUNZTD0W_gRM_aI=.gif
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Can someone link where he got this from, I'm too lazy to do it this time

Reis posted...

Can someone link where he got this from, I'm too lazy to do it this time

don't doxx me

and don't implore other people to doxx me when you don't want to do it yourself
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Let me guess, you're also fat so the show offends you? It's almost 30 years old, it was a different time.
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yes I'm fat

you don't have to be ____ to be offended by _____ shaming tho

lots of non-blacks are offended by racism

it's called basic human empathy
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The Simpsons was amazing from seasons 2-8, okay during 9 and 10, then it really started to decline. Season 13 or 14 are really the last watchable ones.
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black people can't stop being black

fat people can stop being fat
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Bob was the best :3

Simpsons: AAAAH! Sideshow Bob!
Bob: Doctor-- Sideshow Bob.
Homer: Real doctor of PhD?
Bob: PhD...

Simpsons, I beg of you! Please don't destroy the new life I've created here. Surely even the most heinous criminal deserves a seventh chance...
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DavidWong posted...

black people can't stop being black

fat people can stop being fat

this is fatphobic thinking
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Philoktetes posted...

DavidWong posted...

black people can't stop being black

fat people can stop being fat

this is fatphobic thinking

It is true though
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Yeah, TC? You do understand youre judging an ANIMATED SERIES?
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