Current Events > Did you like Frank Grimes in the Simpsons?

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Was he a sympathetic character to you?

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I felt bad because he lived above a bowling alley and below another bowling alley

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I felt envious because he lived above a bowling alley and below another bowling alley

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No. He threw sulfuric acid at Burns wall and destroyed it. If he were a real sympathetic character, he would have saved a toddler from the path of a speeding car, and pushed a criminal in front of it.

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He said what everyone watching was thinking about homer for ten years.

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DD Divine posted...

He said what everyone watching was thinking about homer for ten years.

That they were in fact Homer Simpson?

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Great character and the exact polar opposite of Homer. Much needed. Not sure I cared much for him dying and ultimately the very weird end note of the episode that almost betrays the entire point they were making just to make a bigger note about the state of t.v.

It honestly feels like the series lightbulb episode that promptly ends with it shattering instead of lighting up the room permanently. Whether or not that was intentional is debatable. However, I think it is hard to not see this episode as THE pivotal turning point for everything the show was to what it became (still good, imo, but it will never match the first 10 years...or arguably, first 8).

As for Frank himself, he was a golden character killed off for laughs and further sullied by the "sequel" episode with his son that felt like them trying to make a ratings play based on a popular episode (though to be fair, I remember that episode when it originally aired and it wasn't as horrible the first time, but rewatching it, yes...Side show Bob is the ONLY reason to watch).

Otherwise, firmly of the belief they could have made him a reoccurring character and maybe should have. Then again, they do have Flanders...

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zzzz.... change the channel marge.
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at my job I switch between Frank Grimes and Homer Simpson

I dont know who hecis I never seen an episode all the way through

Lunar_Savage posted...

As for Frank himself, he was a golden character killed off for laughs and further sullied by the "sequel" episode with his son that felt like them trying to make a ratings play based on a popular episode (though to be fair, I remember that episode when it originally aired and it wasn't as horrible the first time, but rewatching it, yes...Side show Bob is the ONLY reason to watch).

One thing that always stood out to me about the son episode is it shows a change in how Homer is perceived by the people in Springfield now. In the original episode, Grimes goes crazy because everyone loves Homer despite his stupidity. In the second episode, the family has trouble narrowing down who is trying to kill Homer because everyone dislikes him now.

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Not as much as I like inanimate carbon rod

Golden_Key33 posted...

One thing that always stood out to me about the son episode is it shows a change in how Homer is perceived by the people in Springfield now. In the original episode, Grimes goes crazy because everyone loves Homer despite his stupidity. In the second episode, the family has trouble narrowing down who is trying to kill Homer because everyone dislikes him now.

Heh, you know, that most definitely is an undertone in that episode. Maybe a few of the writers did still know what they were doing. lol

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"Homer's Enemy" is such an odd episode

On one hand, Grimes is right that Homer is an incompetent buffoon who doesn't really deserve a cushy job, nice home, and loving family.

On the other hand, Grimes' obsession with bringing Homer down and rebuffing any attempt by Homer to become his friend makes him an unlikable douchebag.

EDIT: oh yeah, and the 'sequel' where it's revealed Grimes had a kid (who appears middle-aged himself) with the justification being "my dad liked hookers" is just... no

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