Let’s not beat around the bush here, we all love a good fan theory and there is nothing better than those clever-clog types pointing something out from your favourite TV show to give you a whole new perspective on the stories.
Now a Reddit user by the name of Senor_Schnarf has shocked The Simpsons’ fans with an interesting theory on a running joke from the popular cartoon that sees Bart Simpson prank call bartender Moe.
Senor insists that Moe has always known that it is Bart who is calling him, but plays along in a bid to make the little boy’s day.
He reasons: “Moe is shown to know what Bart’s voice sounds like in some random episode whose exact spot in the series I can’t remember, where Bart goes to Moe’s with Homer, full of fear that Moe will recognize him and make good on his threats and flay him alive.
“Upon entering, Moe says ‘I know that voice… It’s little bitty Bart Simpson!’ and picks him up to give him a hug. While people’s real life/phone voices aren’t EXACTLY the same, they’re generally similar enough that you can easily make out who’s who.”
Clarifying why Moe always falls for the prank, Senor adds: “Because he’s a sad, lonely guy who loves children and always wanted a family of his own. He’s even shown to be particularly drawn towards Homer’s family, as evidenced by his first name basis with all family members, and the special, uncharacteristically kind treatment he gives the children.
“He’s shown to be kind to Lisa, and in one episode developed an extremely strong attachment to Maggie. It is not out to left field to think he may harbour similar sentiment towards Bart as well.
“Allowing Bart to make a fool of him is done in the same way parents will let their children play petty pranks on them, because Moe loves Bart and takes joy in his joy.
"Moe has plenty of ways to easily foil Bart, but never does. He could *69 the number, he could go to the police, or he could just not honour any requests by the caller with Bart’s voice which he gets ALL THE TIME. But he chooses not to out of love for Bart, and possibly a loneliness so crippling he’s just happy to get a phone call of any sort.”
No we’re not crying, you are.
Commenters on the thread seemed to agree with Senor’s theory, with one writing: “He also plays right into the prank name. Eg instead of calling out ‘is Mr. Jacques Strap here??’ He’ll say something like ‘hey I need a Jacques Strap!! Is there a Jacques Strap in this bar??’
"Instead of ‘Is Seymour Butts here?’ He would shout ‘I wanna SEE. MORE. BUTTS.’ ETC. [sic]”
Another replied: “Also the fact that the bar only ever has a handful of customers who are regulars and moe would know the names of. Why then if not for the sake of the prank would he call out repeatedly for someone he knows isn’t there? [sic]”
We don’t know about you, but we’re going to watch The Simpsons in a whole new light now.
The customers know too, and they play along by not busting Moe’s chops about it.
the jewish student is named anthony goldstein like i guess i can’t say anything because my last name is horowitz but that’s like saying “hogwarts had one hispanic student: juan carlos”
if there weren’t already a black student i’d guess his name would be Leroy Freeman
you guys are forgetting she already had the token asian student be named “cho chang” this isn’t really something we need to come up with hypotheticals for
If I were Harry Potter I would have addressed Voldemort as “Tim Riddle.” He’d be like “IT’S TOM RIDDLE. ALSO, IT’S NOT TOM RIDDLE, IT’S VOLDEMORT.” Ahahaha classic Tim.
#harry potter #antisemitism #racism #heteronormativity #media erasure #long post
i don’t think it’s a coincidence. my parents noticed that too. my mom was especially interested in a line from rita skeeter that insulted hermione’s hair with some specific phrase that my mom investigated and found to be a slur degrading jews’ stereotypically thick, curly hair. still, as far as i can remember (i’m not into harry potter so i don’t really know, sorry) there is no canonical reference to hermione being jewish.
thissss is one of the things that really irks me – hermione’s heritage didn’t have to be ambiguous. she could have been explicitly, canonically jewish or smth?? but even more than that, hermione didn’t have to be white. none of the characters did, but rowling makes a point of depicting hermione as a character against whom others are prejudiced, and black people (women, especially) get just as much, probably more, flak for having thick, curly hair than jewish people do. there’s just???? no excuse???? this is something i’ve been talking to my parents about a lot lately (specifically erasure in harry potter) because i was trying to explain to them that dumbledore’s unmentioned sexuality doesn’t contribute anything to the fight against heteronormativity. i kind of went on a pointless tangent there lmfao sorry but basically
i don’t think it’s a coincidence
i think she’s supposed to be at least ethnically jewish
if rowling wanted to make a point about prejudice then she should have considered /not/ making hermione white
even more than that she should have considered /not/ making other characters white, no matter what point she was or was not trying to make with them
any of the significant protagonists could have been and imo should have been poc
thanks 4 making dumbledore gay and never ever mentioning in canon anything except straightness
would it rly have been too hard to just have /one/ canonically queer character? not even a main character, just a throwaway line to acknowledge that they exist?
also: if rowling wanted to make a point about prejudice maybe she shouldn’t have depicted muggles as Lesser Beings lmfao
even the wizards who are nice to muggles do so in a frankly condescending way??
and the wizards could easily overpower the muggles if they were so inclined???? and they canonically have significant influence on muggle politics???????? that distribution of power makes me rly uncomfortable
Cheloneuniverse 