The Simpsons
Warning : This article contains spoiler for The Simpsons season 36 ’s exceptional “ O C’Mon All Ye Faithful . "
WhileThe Simpsonsseason 36 ’s vacation special sees a pair of Springfield occupier finally join forces for a shared mission , this plot will have looker wondering how the show never rely on the duo until now . The Simpsonsseason 37 ’s renewalhas not yet been announced , but viewers hoping to see the show exposit its horizons need not look to melodic line in . FromVulturetoYouTubecreator SuperEyePatchWolf , critics across the Internet have spent 2023 and 2024 drawing attention to the long - lead show ’s originative renaissance . As surprising as it may fathom , The Simpsonsis commodity again .
The Simpsons time of year 36 episode 8 was a lighthearted , cartoony field day , but the installment on the Q.T. referenced a tragic turn of events in Marge ’s family .
Althoughthe Simpsons never mature , the show ’s style and tint have changed over the years . From its darker , more cynical early seasons , to its peerless Golden Age , to the show ’s overbearingly zany later days , The Simpsonshas been through numerous trenchant stages . While the show is now nowhere near as grounded asThe Simpson ’ first vacation episodes , time of year 36 ’s Christmas special “ O C’Mon All Ye close ” provesThe Simpsonsis firing on all cylinders creatively . This challenging two-fold - sized holiday expedition meat on British mentalist Derren Brown ’s endeavour to spread Christmas sunshine throughout the persistent populace of Springfield .
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Through convoluted plot mechanics , Brown end up incidentally convincing Homer that he is secretly Santa Claus when he seek to prove that Homer is n’t a hopeless gift - giver . Homer ’s adventure as Santa see him pair up with Ralph Wiggum , who tells him that he feel a vocation to become Homer ’s elf helper . In retrospect , it is hard to think that earlier episode ofThe Simpsonshaven’t rely on this duo more often . Ralph and Homer prove a match made in Heaven as Chief Wiggum ’s impressionable son follows Homer ’s dim - witted but well - meaning effort to save Springfield ’s Christmas .
Homer ’s stupidity seems downright ingenious compare to Ralph ’s haplessness , but the two characters are so unfermented that it is hard not to root for them .
Although there are many callbacks to the show ’s earlier Christmas episodes inThe Simpsonsseason 36 ’s vacation special , this pairing ’s dynamic proves to be one of the best things about “ O C’Mon All Ye close . ” Homer ’s stupidity seems downright ingenious compared to Ralph ’s haplessness , but the two characters are so seraphic that it is hard not to root for them to come through . Homer and Ralph genuinely want to reignite the town ’s love of Christmas , although their attempt see them crash a sleigh full of presents into Moe ’s Tavern and get Homer arrest for trespassing on Rainier Wolfcastle ’s home .
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The span complement each other utterly , with Homer finally arrest to bring the smart square man to someone else ’s dull - witted suspicious humanity instead of frailty versa . This create their proportional lack of squad - ups over the class all the more surprising , as learn Homer act as a comedic foil is always compelling . The Simpsonsseason 36 ’s big changesto the show ’s condition quo mean that this should n’t come as a unadulterated surprise , but it is a fun reinvention of the show ’s antihero and one that forces him to act as an confidence for once .
alternatively of Homer acting out and Marge rein in him in , viewers see Homer strain to clip Ralph ’s cockamamie actions while his own plans prove scarcely less silly . Ralph stealing Homer ’s car to escape the constabulary and springing Homer from prison by sticking his brain through the bar are the sort of cockamamy , cartoonish scraping thatThe Simpsonsrarely pamper in . Ralph and Homer ’s partnership allowsThe Simpsonsto focus on pure slapstick fatuousness during their subplot , which contrasts dead with the soft , surprisingly emotional main plot line of the special concerning Ned Flander ’s crisis of trust .
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More than anything , the want of a significant Ralph / Homer team - up before this could be argued to stem from Ralph ’s comparative deficiency of importance in recent season ofThe Simpsons . Ralph headlined a few episodes of his own back in the show ’s Golden Age , from time of year 4 , sequence 15 , “ I have it off Lisa , ” to time of year 9 , installment 18 , “ This Little Wiggy . ” These pleasure trip never changed Ralph ’s worryingly duskiness , but they did treat him as a fully rounded character with unique emotions and motivations .
The tough episodes of The Simpsons demonstrate that the series stopped focusing as much on character and began to prioritize unmixed zaniness .
lamentably , the serial publication sidelined Ralph over the decades , and he became more of a punchline as the series entered its teen seasons . Some of theworst episodes ofThe Simpsonsproved that the series stop focalise as much on theatrical role and began to prioritize sheer zaniness over emotion . This could explain how Ralph end up drinking so much water that he exploded in time of year 30 , episode 17 , “ east My Sports , ” only forThe Simpsonsto never call this incident again . luckily , The Simpsonsseason 36 toned down this fatuity and improved Ralph ’s purpose as a result .
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