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What Episode made you stop watcing the Simpsons

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Poorly attempted retcons are fun no?
 
I think the Homer's Enemy episode is ace. Frank Grimes was a brilliant one-off character and the episode was all around good.

Season 13 was the last straw for me. It was declining for a few years before but it got so bad in s13 that I stopped watching. I was a jr in hs so it was kind of sad to end the tradition of watching it every week with my family that started when I was in 1st or 2nd grade.
 
HP_Wuvcraft said:
Eh, it would have fallen flat seeing how Seinfeld did the concept in such a great execution.
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But the episode is so meta and addresses so many complaints people had with the Simpsons all throughout its run in funny, clever ways rather than the eventual middle finger to the audience the show's continuity/logic would become.

The episode is basically an acknowledgement of what an inconsistent character Homer had become over the series by that point, due to the nature of the sitcom reset button. It would have been a hilarious note to go out on.
 
Simpson Safari

The first act (which has nothing to do with the premise), the premise, the conclusion, and everything in-between are trash. One of the worst episodes in the vein of Saddlesore Galactica, and one of the main reasons I stopped watching. I'll still catch an episode or two a season for nostalgia's sake, but they never convince me to return full time.
 
I still watched the occasional episode of the Simpsons well into 2008. But the final straw for me wasn't any particular episode, but rather when they decided to change the animation to follow more closely with the movie. Sorry, but as bad as the show had gotten, it still "felt" like you were watching The Simpsons. Now it doesn't feel the same at all, and it's a change for the worse.
 
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Odd I was just thinking about this the other day.

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It's this one. So awful.
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Whaaaa

I loved that one!

For me (and I can't believe nobodys mentioned this before) its the one that Skinner is revealed to be a fraud. Its called Sweet Skinners Badass Song or something like that.

edit: I guess people did mention that, but that episode is commonly thought of as the worst Simpsons episode of all time.
 
XANDER CAGE said:
But the episode is so meta and addresses so many complaints people had with the Simpsons all throughout its run in funny, clever ways rather than the eventual middle finger to the audience the show's continuity/logic would become.

The episode is basically an acknowledgement of what an inconsistent character Homer had become over the series by that point, due to the nature of the sitcom reset button. It would have been a hilarious note to go out on.
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I loved that they acknowledged was a stupid, nonsensical plot the Armin Tamzarian episode was.

Actually, I really like that episode. It's fucking retarded in terms of plot, but it's got tons of great moments. Possibly the best worst episode for me.

edit: wait, we were talking about two completely different episodes lol
 
Shaanyboi said:
I stopped watching regularly around season 11 or 12. Still caught occasional episodes over the years but it definitely became less interesting. I mean the earlier seasons occasionally had a stinker episode, but I remember that one where they go to Florida with Kid Rock being a really fucking shitty episode. But acouple years after I stopped watching regularly, I'd occasionally catch one that made me just angry at how shit it was becoming. The one where Homer becomes a grunge rocker especially pissed me off.
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Yep that one was fucking awful. That was the episode that made me think "wow, the Simpsons really is a pretty shitty show."
 
When Homer changed from loving but dopey father to borderline special needs. No particular episode.

All of the characters went from relatively complex individuals to one personality trait taken to the extreme.
 
Still watch it but I can't remember the exact episode but when Homer became knowingly hurtful to people rather accidently putting his foot in it.
 
I think the last simpson episode I saw was Simpson's go to Japan....it was actually for a course in East Asian Studies in 2000, and I don't even know what year the episode was made in because I had stopped watching the Simpsons around the time they killed off Ned's Wife.
 
Sometime during season 13. I had only been watching out of habit for a while by then, that was the year I graduated high school, and I just didn't feel like continuing to work it into my daily routine after that.
 
I was actually a Simpsons apologist for a long time... i really didn't think the post-Season 8 stuff was that bad at all (with a few glaring exceptions) and I like that it went in a different direction. it wasn't a "better" direction, but the writers knew what the show was, what it had been, and how to be self aware without devolving into self parody

but then circa Season 20 rolled around and it was absolutely terrible. terrible writing, terribly unfunny, and flat out unwatchable for the most part. that said, they still pull off a good episode now and then
 
I forget when I stopped tuning into first-run episodes but I watched in syndication regularly until some lousy ep where they go to Brazil. After that I just stuck to the DVDs, which I'm still buying mostly out of pure curiosity at this point.
 
I think it was when Maude died, or around that time. It's been a long time.

Course I own seasons 1-9 and watch them regularly, so technically I never stopped watching. Just stopped watching new ones.
 
Can't remember which episode but probably around season 11 or so. It just wasn't as funny anymore and I just would either forget to watch it or be watching something else.
 
Probably the jockey episode or the tomacco one. They were all awful by that point - every now and then i'll catch a new one and watch it just to see how bad it is. The old ones still make me laugh.

This thread has dug up some of the most painful ones -it just shifted in tone and now it's completely devoid of warmth and humour. It also looks weirdly sterile.
 
Looking at lists of episodes on wikipedia, season 12 is the last season where I remember watching most of these. I watched a couple of season 13 episodes, and nothing after that.
 
Lost interest since Season 16, mostly because they replaced the whole original cast for the latin american dub.
 
I remember watching an episode inspired by Family Guy's liberal use of flashbacks. Can't recall the episode title, but I've yet to watch the show since. Maybe I just grew out of it - I don't know. Kind of sad, though. I loved the show as a kid.
 
I think the last one I watched, or attempted to watch, wad the one when they go to London, and it had Tony Blair and JK Rowling or some rubbish. It'd been crap for a while before then though.

Was there an episode around that time, or maybe just in general, where they were in a zoo and one of them was trapped in a tiger (I think) enclosure or have I just made that up?
 
Kill the Alligator and Run, or Homer Vs Dignity.

Sadly, the former is remembered rather well by a lot of people, in spite of it being one of the worst episodes of the show.

Also, Homer's Enemy is fantastically memorable, and is surprisingly dark, in a weird way. Imagine if they ended the show right there, right then.
 
I never really stopped watching The Simpsons, but I do know the episode that broke my heart as a shameless waste of my time.

Missionary Impossible.

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I've seen every Simpsons episode sans the Lady Gaga one. I cannot bring myself to watch it. Ever.
 
The show stopped being consistently great after season 8. The show stopped having good episodes at all after season 12. I stopped watching after season 13.

Season 13's what made me go "man, I don't love this anywhere near as much as I used to." 14, on the other hand, was what made me go "man, fuck this"
 
At least we got some good one liners from the Tamzarian episode.

Up yours, children!

Capital City's nakedest ladies! They aren't even wearing a smile!

Can I see your copy of Swank, Armin?
 
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