The Simpsons
The following stop spoilers for The Simpsons ' limited episode , " The Past And The Furious , " which is now streaming on Disney+The Simpsons’latest Disney+ peculiar introduces time - travelling to Springfield but in a way that does n’t break the show ’s grounded elements . The Simpsonshas been on the air for thirty - six seasons , with plenty of bizarre kink and wrench along the style . The show ’s sliding timeline has allowed the characters to incarnate several different era , all while indulging in a slack set of physical terminus ad quem and constraints . The Simpsonshas even sweep up a fully meta approach to drollery in some episodes , drawing full attention to the fictional nature of the show .
Despite this , thirty - six seasons ofThe Simpsonsstill largely tries to keep the world in a comparatively realistic time and home . The characters are ground by certain elements that keep Springfield from feeling too ridiculous to have-to doe with to . " The Past And The Furious " initially seems to upend that , with the Disney+ particular introducing time - travel into its plotline about Lisa and Mr. Burns . However , one nonaged but important detail about the episode allow the episode to fully hug sci - fi without stop the show ’s principal canyon , all while carrying on an exciting modern trend about the show .
The Simpsons Introduces (Non-Canon) Time Travel
“The Past And The Furious” Gives Lisa A Plotline With A Young Monty Burns
" The Past And The Furious " embraces some overtly sci - fi elements but gets away without breaking the central persistence by setting the episode in an alternate realism . It ’s establish early on in " The Past And The angry " thatthe Springfield featured in the sequence is alike to the elementary version of the setting . However , the townspeople is far more industrialised , with Lisa ’s efforts to conserve the town ’s remaining sources of innate plant - life frustrate . The citizens are also render as being a second harsher then in the master continuity , such as Marge taking " gummies " she usually avoids in canon .
The Simpsons season 36 ’s new limited pith its clock time - locomote story on Lisa and Mr. Burns , and I still ca n’t believe how black its ending was .
This divergence power point turns out to be Lisa ’s mind being sent back in time . Occupying the body of her ancestor Edith during the twenties , Lisa encounters a young Monty Burnsand undertake to convince him to change the time to come for the better . However , all of her efforts backfire . The fact that the installment is overtly non - canyon keeps the time - change of location from require to be explain in future episode . This allows the special to keep the stress on the unexpected friendly relationship that forms between Monty and " Edith . “This non - canon approach keeps the overt sci - fi from impacting the rest of the show .
The Isn’t The First Time The Simpsons Has Gone Full Sci-Fi
Other Episodes OfThe SimpsonsTook The Family Off-Planet
The Simpsonsbeing an animated holding means that it is n’t encumber by the same limitations that live - natural process production have to adhere by . By embracing a loose sentiency of reality , the show has produce an elastic timeline and power to change tone episode by episode . Other previous episodes have openly espouse sci - fi tropeseven while being considered a part of the main show . graphic symbol like Professor Frink are particularly utilitarian for this , as they ’re able to premise wild invention for the interest of an episode plotline , like to his role help Lisa in " The Past and the Furious . "
This admit these major swings to be treated as underage diversions in the show instead of technical wonder that change the world at large .
Previous sequence like time of year 19 ’s " Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind " revealed that memory - affecting engineering science can be in Springfield , while the family were in reality brought to space by Kang and Kodos in time of year 26 ’s " The Man Who Came to Be Dinner , " which explained away the result revelations by erase the memories of the fellowship subsequently . These cadence are notably not turn to in subsequent episodes , similar to many of Frink ’s amazing intentions . This allows these major swings to be treated as pocket-sized diversion in the show instead of technical wonder that change the domain at large .
The Simpsons Is Increasingly Embracing Different Universes
The SimpsonsHas Embraced Non-Canon Timelines
The plot and moral to the Springfield of " The Past And The Furious " required a slimly different reading of Springfield then the one in the show ’s main canon . Instead of trying to thrust that alteration and forgetting about it , it ’s nice to seeThe Simpsonsset the episode in a distinctly different earthly concern . This experiment is somethingThe Simpsonshas show more and more well-heeled with in the past decade . While non - canon anthology episodes have been a part of the show ever since season 2 ’s " Treehouse of Horror , " full episode set in unlike timelines have allow the show to try out in exciting ways .
While season 32 ’s riff on ancient Rome in I , Carumbus " was tangentially tied to the show ’s canon , episodes like Season 29 ’s medieval phantasy scope in " The Serfsons , " season 33 ’s prestigiousness drama irony " A Serious Flanders , " season 34 ’s horror parody " Not It , " and season 36 ’s fake - out finis " Bart ’s Birthday " all gain from being whole stand - alone stories set in other realities . They can tweak part relationships in exciting ways , exploring the grandness of the show ’s most important dynamics from a sweet perspective . It ’s a cunning agency forThe Simpsonsto continue observational in their storytelling .
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