Terrifying Simpsons theory uncovers the darkest secret in Springfield’s 36-year history

The Simpsons has remained a defining show of modern-day entertainment for over thirty years due to its humor, boldness, and peculiar talent in forecasting real-world happenings. However, a sinister fan theory suggests how everything changed in 1993.

In So It’s Come to This: A Simpsons Clipshow, Bart scams Homer, resulting in Homer getting launched into a drunk-fueled rage that ends with a beer can violently exploding. Homer goes into a coma for the rest of the episode. While he awakens by the end of the episode, theorists argue that the convenience around him awakening has deeper meaning. In truth, Homer never woke up.

The Springfield we have known since that moment may, or may not, be real. The reality is, it’s a world envisioned by a man who is imagining the world of a dying man.

The Coma theory: A world unraveling

The Simpsons began to change after that episode. Older seasons maintained a quasi-realistic, albeit exaggerated, take on suburban life. But after 1993, the show became increasingly surrealistic in nature.

Homer becomes an astronaut; a celebrity, god, alien, and even time travelers meet him, as do events completely out of the realm of possibility. The entire family grapples with timelines that are straight-up impossible.

In the coma theory, this is not carelessness but rather an intention - an attempt to innovate. Homer’s mental state and attempts to survive when trapped in unconscious processes while trying to navigate a livable reality.

These absurdities are so surreal as to represent a mental breakdown. His imagination manifests a stagnant Springfield that he just cannot change. Everywhere and everyone around him is perpetually young. Time, space, and logic cease to exist.

A dark lens on a beloved comedy

The Simpsons animates the havoc within Homer Simpson’s head. With regard to “A Star Is Burns,” interpretations rest upon layers of metaphysical subconsciousness representing Homer Simpson’s jam-packed head, ballistics, insomnia, repressed desires, reality, and memories.

Blurring the lines between dreams and what's tangible, viewers might assert they come across bits and pieces of passages from classic novels as Homer sleeps. Overhearing sudden bursts of stimulation from the outer world, like blaring and inappropriate noises, serves as inspiration.

Seemingly mindless antics of characters' animation address shards of Lovecraftian fear from outside, unfamiliar realities. In contrast, Homer blacking out in and out while driving also represents dormant, potently clever bits stimulating his slumbering regions. Beyond the borders of conventional absurdity, voice snippets like news anchors or recurring show scenes become pieces that fill the void and drift freely until snagged by a hawk.

Are we witnesses to a slow death?

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Is it possible that for the last three decades, we have been staring at not a sitcom, but a man's death replayed in an eternal loop? If it is the case, it shifts everything regarding the most popular American sitcom in history. This brings a grueling twist to the adored ‘The Simpsons’ - one of the darkest tales ever illustrated.

Whether this theory holds true or not, it is unquestionable that after listening to these theories, one can never look at The Simpsons the same way again.

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