First appearances of recurring characters in The Simpsons

This is ordered chronologically by the production order, which is why it differs a little from the order the episodes were originally broadcast.
0:00 Homer Simpson, Bart Simpson
0:24 Marge Simpson, Lisa Simpson
0:40 Maggie Simpson
1:14 Abe Simpson (Grampa)
1:44 Itchy, Scratchy
2:06 Krusty the Clown
2:40 Marvin Monroe
3:14 Moe Szyslak, Barney Gumble, Larry, Sam
3:36 Barney Gumble (speaking)
3:50 Seymour Skinner, Milhouse Van Houten, Martin Prince, Lewis Clark, Richard
4:47 Edna Krabappel
5:25 The School Psychologist
6:06 Radioactive Man
6:22 Otto Mann
6:49 Sherri, Terri, Wendell
7:00 Wendell (speaking)
7:20 Sherri (speaking), Terri (speaking)
7:43 Waylon Smithers
7:58 Clancy Wiggum, Jasper
8:22 Montgomery Burns
9:01 Eddie, Lou
9:32 Nelson Muntz
10:18 Old Jewish Man
10:29 Herman Hermann
11:13 Snowball II
11:30 Dewey Largo, Janey Powell
12:06 Janey Powell (speaking)
12:21 Bleeding Gums Murphy
12:37 Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Timothy Lovejoy
12:49 Timothy Lovejoy (speaking)
13:03 Jimbo, Kearney, Dolph
13:53 Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
14:16 Ralph Wiggum
14:35 Ned Flanders
14:57 Todd Flanders
15:25 Patty Bouvier (speaking), Selma Bouvier (speaking)
15:59 Santa's Little Helper
16:38 Rod Flanders
16:50 Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson
17:32 Lenny Leonard (speaking)
17:41 Helen Lovejoy
18:23 Sideshow Bob
18:48 Sideshow Bob (speaking) (in disguise)
19:03 Kent Brockman
19:25 Roy Snyder (Judge)
19:41 Sideshow Bob (speaking) (not in disguise)
20:09 Agnes Skinner
20:56 Joe Quimby (Mayor)
21:09 Kang, Kodos
21:39 Dr. Julius Hibbert
22:52 Jacqueline Bouvier
23:15 Maude Flanders
23:41 Roger Meyers, Jr.
24:15 Sideshow Mel
24:29 Lionel Hutz
25:48 Blue-Haired Lawyer
23:53 Nick Riviera
27:12 Blue-Haired Lawyer (speaking)
27:26 Akira
27:57 Rainier Wolfcastle / McBain
28:34 Harlan Dondelinger
28:50 Artie Ziff
29:07 Clancy Bouvier
29:18 Raphael (Sarcastic Guy)
29:35 Troy McClure
30:13 Drederick Tatum
30:42 Bernice Hibbert
30:51 Hans Moleman
31:32 Groundskeeper Willie
32:12 Herbert Powell (baby), Mona Simpson
32:42 Herbert Powell (adult)
33:53 Professor Frink
34:21 Old Jewish Man (speaking)
34:34 Squeaky-Voiced Teen
35:06 Elizabeth Hoover
35:13 Snake Jailbird
35:29 Comic Book Guy
35:33 Comic Book Guy (speaking)
36:18 Alice Glick
36:58 Just Stamp the Ticket Man
37:17 Fat Tony, Louie, Legs
39:01 Luann Van Houten
39:38 Hyman Krustofsky (Rabbi)
40:34 Lunchlady Doris
40:43 Sideshow Mel (speak...singing)
41:00 Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon
41:10 Arnie Pye
41:24 Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon (speaking)
41:34 Kirk Van Houten
41:50 Bumblebee Man
42:12 Horatio McCallister (Sea Captain)
42:46 Ruth Powers
43:15 Sarah Wiggum
43:22 Gary Chalmers
43:56 Üter Zörker
44:02 Üter Zörker (speaking)
44:23 Rich Texan
44:45 Cletus Spuckler
44:59 Leopold
45:27 Luigi Risotto
45:53 Gerald Samson (The Unibrow Baby)
46:10 Mrs. Carlson
46:15 Mrs. Carlson (speaking)
46:22 Ham, Database, Cosine, Email, Report Card
47:08 Disco Stu
47:18 Brandine Spuckler
47:33 Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon (child)
47:43 Bernice Hibbert (speaking), Sarah Wiggum (speaking)
47:57 Lindsey Naegle
49:00 Duffman
50:11 Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon (adult)
50:27 Gil Gunderson, Cookie Kwan
50:57 Crazy Cat Lady
51:43 The Yes Guy
52:00 Mrs. Muntz (voice only)
52:04 Julio Franco
52:47 Mrs. Muntz (in person)
53:02 Shauna

[@bombabombom3603]

Some corrections. -Ralph's original appearance was in Moaning Lisa. The kid with the buzzcut and the purple sweater at the end of the episode was confirmed to be an early design of him on the DVD commentary (and on the Wiki page). -Millhouse's first appearance was in a 1990 Butterfinger commercial (based off of the character from Matt Groening's failed 1988 pitch for a NBC Saturday morning cartoon) -You also forgot Bill and Marty who appeared in Bart vs. Thanksgiving, the two reporter guys at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade who appear in 3 more episodes as far as I know.

[@Teemu_V]

Nicely done. I couldn't tell that this kid is indeed Ralph.

[@bombabombom3603]

@@Teemu_V Yeah I can't blame you. You should check out the early concept designs for other characters like Martin Prince, it's bizarre how different some of these characters looked before appearing on the show.

[@alvexok5523]

@@bombabombom3603 I agree with you with the points you made. It is true how different many of the familiar characters looked early on, i.e. Lou was white, Barney had blonde hair instead of brown, Wiggum had brown hair instead of blue, etc. And voices were different, listening to Grampa's or Otto's in their season 1 appearances, and Lenny and Carl's voices were actually reversed in their first appearances in "Homer's night out". And the way random characters looked were downright weird sometimes, see the guy at 8:14 (next to Lisa), and some of the guys in the crowd outside the plant (not shown in this video though), and both were in "Homer's Odyssey". Alot of changes since season 1

[@asiea2179]

Wrong relph firstm scene was Simpsons roasting on a open fire

[@bombabombom3603]

@@asiea2179 In production order the Christmas Special was the last episode produced for the season, originally intended to air at the end of the year. Some Enchanted Evening was going to be the series premiere and was going to air in 1989 but the show had to undergo an emergency reworking and got pushed back almost an entire year where they had to air the Christmas show as the series premiere to make the '89 deadline. A lot of the show's recognizable character designs and elements didn't take shape until late in the season. And like I said, all you have to do is to do the simple research. I even mentioned the Wiki and DVD commentary as references so instead of blindly trying to correct me on face value, please do not make yourself look any further idiotic by not actually doing the research.

[@RoboJules]

I love how the Simpson's house was originally an endless liminal maze of pink hallways that seemed like it took place in purgatory.

[@joaquinalvareztopatigh1973]

I never noticed that. Now I'll remember this comment each time I watch a really old episode (:

[@CamTheWarlock]

I think they brought this up a couple times with that mysterious rec room that cannot physically exist.

[@thecollector4332]

@@CamTheWarlock It actually can exist. It’s location makes perfect sense within the layout of the house. It’s just that sometimes the door to it disappears. The room that cannot exist in the house is the basement. It makes no sense location-wise

[@fishdorito852]

If your talking about the beginning, it’s exact same layout just drawn without shadows

[@masterfarr8265]

anyone remember the one time the house had a sauna?

[@JuicyBlueWill]

It's weird that Homer talks differently but laughs the exact same way.

[@MaxOakland]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@Something_dumb]

Kinda creepy to me

[@crazisaturn2274]

Yeah. It caught me off guard!

[@christianpech795]

I love the way Homer talks

[@jane1975]

Apparently Dan was trying to parody, actor Walter Mathau’s voice in the shorts, but he decided to change it later for the main series as the shorts version didn’t sit well with him.

[@johncase1353]

I forgot how Bart use to be the "cool kid" and had quite a few friends before just having one friend. Lisa while still being shown as smart was still just one of the girls before they decided that her being smart was a good reason for all the other girls to bully her and her to not have any friends.

[@KBzDvSt]

Apparently according to the commentary tracks, the toy manufacturers wanted more bullies for Bart and tried to deemphasize his friends

[@johncase1353]

Yeah he had to many friends that had no overall value to plots. They were just random friend #1, random friend #2, Milhouse, random friend #3 and so on.

[@KBzDvSt]

@@johncase1353 that being said South Park proved that Simpsons was lazy in that respect, there was never a reason to keep Jimbo and Nelson mean especially after they’re shown to have sympathetic backgrounds

[@BierBart12]

@@KBzDvSt Whenever something bad happens to a franchise, it's always toy manufacturers or advertisers faults

[@Dean.....]

@@BierBart12 Don't forget corporate meddling.

[@MaxOakland]

Notable things 0:00 - It’s funny how Homer’s first appearance voice sounds kind of off except for the laugh which sounds exactly right 1:43 - The infinite doorway in this scene is trippy 17:24 - You can tell Carl is voiced by the same voice actor as Flanders in this clip

[@GrooveScorpion]

OMG IT IS FLANDERS!

[@Nova-vk5qb]

Lmfao the fifteen minute jump

[@GrooveScorpion]

@@Nova-vk5qb Max didnt rlly care about the rest.

[@CsmcLate]

12:31 has an animations error with Bleeding Gums Murphy

[@darrendays4489]

You didn't notice how some of the characters were blackwashed?

[@thekingskid]

2:01 It's kind of odd hearing Bart call Homer dad, and Lisa calling him Homer.

[@Cup0fTea44]

Ye

[@alvexok5523]

Yeah. So many characters seemed to have reversed roles early on. In season 1 "No disgrace like home", Marge gets drunk and acts up while Homer struggles to keep everyone in order behaving. But most seasons after 1, we've come to know their roles reversed, Homer is the one who gets drunk and acts up while Marge tries to be orderly, such as at the party in "The war of the Simpsons", and also "The mysterious voyage of Homer". In season 1 "Homer's night out", Lenny and Carl's voices were switched from what we came to know. As for Bart and Lisa, their roles weren't switched where Bart was the moral one while Lisa was mischievous, Lisa was just mischievous too along with Bart.

[@RyneMcKinney]

Lisa literally never calls him by his real name. Except in Lisa's first word

[@JTCPingas]

Nope! It's too wiolent! Go do something else!

[@BlockGameEnjoyer]

yeah

[@Kj16V]

1:54 That time when the Simpson's home had infinite rooms

[@Pot-head_VR]

i just noticed that lol

[@JohnnyRico118]

Looks very Dr. Seuss.

[@masterfarr8265]

or the backrooms

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Oh god it’s cavernous lol

[@5roundsrapid263]

That room just has huge mirrors on both walls! 😂

[@ChuckRHG]

13:56 that door simply disappeared lmao

[@ChuckRHG]

@@EugeneOneguine bring it on.

[@EugeneOneguine]

And in the next shot it's here again, but closed.

[@EugeneOneguine]

@@ChuckRHG Oh, I didn't even see you were named FBI agent hahaha, okay then, you're clear.

[@TheKluxi1]

it went to the back rooms

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Hahahahhaha

[@JETZcorp]

I like how it's almost just playing season 1 in whole. Every character is a recurring character.

[@johncase1353]

Even Lady Gaga?

[@zachstamps6272]

@John Case from season 1 he means

[@itwontcomeout5678]

@@johncase1353 yes

[@kadi5419]

​@@johncase1353 She's from the season 23 finale

[@Mikelaxo]

And then speed run of the later seasons

[@misteryA555]

If I remember correctly, Crusty was originally going be Homer in disguise. In that case, its sweet how the "random" audience kids he talks to are secretly his own kids

[@a.champagne6238]

If you watch the short in its entirety, it does set up the (abandoned) plotline that Homer is Krusty. Bart spots the fake Krusty and it ends with Homer watching it on TV. Homers reaction is disappointment and not anger as if his ploy failed.

[@geraldgottesman5931]

@@a.champagne6238 The problem is that, in this short, Homer is watching it happen on live tv, so it literally *cannot* be Homer.

[@a.champagne6238]

@@geraldgottesman5931 which is why someone else is Krusty at the taping when Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are at the taping. It was supposed to be that Homer was secretly Krusty and that the kids weren't supposed to find out.

[@a.champagne6238]

The abandoned Homer/Krusty arch was going to be that while Bart does not respect his father, his hero is actually his father in disguise. Homer and Krusty are drawn alike and are both voiced by Dan Castanaleta. This was put to use in the episode "Homie the Clown."

[@Tyway]

Also that Marge had rabbit ears under her beehive hair

[@wessexfox5197]

4:10 I love that his first introduction is the most iconic meme of him too

[@EugeneOneguine]

Yeah, was an unpathetic appearance !

[@jojomayard7233]

@@EugeneOneguine That girl on the right looks a lot like Lisa Simpson, Did lisa clone herself? 34:37

[@ChunkyPhattz]

>most iconic meme of him steamed hams would like to have a work with you

[@wessexfox5197]

@@ChunkyPhattz I mean it’s subjective I think both are iconic.

[@ChunkyPhattz]

@@wessexfox5197both are very iconic i do agree, i wasn't being super serious

[@Penultimeat]

I had no idea this iconic shot of Skinner was from his first appearance 4:10

[@RyanCauvain-vg9ul]

Pathetic

[@ZiggyMandarr]

Pathetic.

[@Arkiasis]

And he never says "pathetic" either

[@Teikoell2571]

The original was a Evangelion meme

[@lowhp_comic]

It's such a power move on his part 😂

[@gooderambles]

I think it's neat how perfect Helen Lovejoy's first scene introduces her character. Unlike most of the cast, Helen is fully formed and all her famous traits are laid out front and center. The 30 year rivalry between her and Marge always amuses me.

[@csurname]

Introducing herself as the gossip is lampshading/intentionally hacky dialogue-as-exposition

[@jadenbogart]

I know right

[@RancorousSea]

@@csurname It's probably a joke that she's such a gossip she's even outing herself as a gossip

[@forssi1]

Black Smithers and yellow Lou are just something mind bending

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Early Installment Weirdness.

[@teogonzalez7957]

Black Smithers was actually a mistake rather than a redesign.

[@TheTop909_JB_official]

Also, Barney had yellow hair

[@uzm2589]

@@TheTop909_JB_official yeah, didn’t notice it until I realized I saw it the first time before..

[@LovelySoftSnow]

They traded pigments

[@574guy]

"He's a loser! He's pathetic! He's... a Simpson." Surprisingly wholesome.

[@Izanagi-Arsene]

it's nice to see how abe simpson retained his appearance from the shorts. The rest of the characters had their body size, shape, design and proportions altered drastically in some manner or another.

[@Glasses10]

Hello yuki.

[@zerir.3726]

6:24 I kind of miss Otto’s old voice, it’s very clearly him but not cigarette chewing. I like how he has the same accent as Snake too lol

[@ApetureTestSubject]

Black Smithers, Yellow Lou, Patty and Selma first appearing in a random crowd shot, Dolph and Jimbo have their voices sorta switched, Ralph who is actually competent, the fluctuating ethnicity of Judge Snyder, Dr Hibert before he laughed after every sentence. I do love seeing them using the characters, even before they had them fleshed out. Seeing the characters grow and eventually fit into the moulds we all know them for.

[@DJL3G3ND]

yeah like I think disco stu was originally made just as a joke for that scene but they made him into a character

[@BasedRanger]

Waylon Smithers. Dude, what?

[@AckzaTV]

its mold not mould

[@ApetureTestSubject]

@@AckzaTV I'm British. That's how we spell Mould. It's one of many small, weird linguistic differences.

[@jimmym3352]

@@ApetureTestSubject British just like wasting ink with unnecessary letters. And a weird fascination with inserting the letter u everywhere. 🙂

[@ThefamousMrcroissant]

Watching the season one episodes is always like a sort of dream. The characters get refined to how we see them in their glory days, before going into the steep decline to where we are today. Especially Homer has a serious alteration in personality; starting off as a borderline depressed "average man" to a loveable oaf a season later. Bart's descent into deliquency gets toned down and Marge develops more of a personality instead of being a background character.

[@teogonzalez7957]

Ralph Wiggum actually acts like a regular kid.

[@Qoobon_]

It's also the only one of three episodes that have a dub in my language, later on we have an lector

[@amberwingtundrawing776]

Even the production aspects are different in s1. The ackground sets all have a weird gradient and the characters are more exaggerated(lots of wild take and they didn't figure out the skintones yet so some people are blue)

[@johncase1353]

Then Homer just becomes a idiot, Lisa became the most annoying Simpson, Bart became a boring character and Marge returned to being a background character.

[@randomdude189]

Yeah the show today is a dystopian fever dream

[@SCIFIguy64]

The first episodes had a really uncanny feel to them. Like yeah we’re used to them as we’ve seen them for 30 years, but the homer tucking Bart in is unfathomably creepy having not seen it often.

[@Veron-le3mg]

The beginning of the simpsons is kind of scary to look at, they all look a little weird

[@milkamoussse]

​@@Veron-le3mgvery scary

[@artsyvids2563]

18:50 THE WAY HIS EYES DILATE LMAO

[@retrobro5299]

2:03 Kind of weird to hear Bart call Homer "Dad" and Lisa call him by his first name when both would go on to do the opposite

[@NoName-hg6cc]

Yeah...

[@Pwilliams4000]

Tbf she was mad at him

[@Tony6Shot]

Interesting that Burns's first scene introduces the long-standing trend where he asks Smithers who that man is (Homer Simpson). That also makes it by far the longest-standing reason for a grudge anyone has against Burns when it came to potential motives for his attempted murder later on.

[@mr.mister3960]

What about Abe and the tonteen?

[@franciscocruzv3733]

@@mr.mister39601. It’s spelled tontine 2. They were referring to longest in the context of the show, not the Simpsons timeline

[@sbilldmilk]

Simpson, eh?

[@krekcabnow2910]

I like this older stuff. New cartoons are so overly polished and formalized. This is so expressive and warm.

[@npche9865]

The old Simpsons was genuinely incredible.

[@EugeneOneguine]

It's crazy how almost every scene here is a classic

[@Norsilca]

Uh, after the first couple seasons..

[@npche9865]

@@Norsilca The first couple of seasons were great as well.

[@Norsilca]

@@npche9865 Well that's where you and I differ, for sure. So interesting when people like the first couple seasons. Pretty hard for me to understand.

[@npche9865]

@@Norsilca Better than the shit they're putting out now but of course the first two aren't as good as some of the ones after.

[@greenio2011]

Homer’s voice was different back then, but somehow his laugh sounds EXACTLY the same.

[@GMANKOOL23]

Dan Castellaneta based homer's voice after Walter Matthau

[@Marbles471]

@@GMANKOOL23 I've always thought it was funny how the only reason Castellaneta even thought of Walter Matthau at all was seeing a sketch of Homer for the first time and noticing the huge upper lip. That's pretty much the only reason Matthau's voice occurred to him. 😄

[@GMANKOOL23]

@@Marbles471 Wow , that's interesting . I never would have thought

[@SanFran51]

@@GMANKOOL23 According to him he had to loosen that because it was VERY DIFFICULT TO YELL IN THAT ORIGINAL VOICE.

[@zacharypadron783]

2:34 I remember in the Simpsons: Road Rage game, when you were selecting Bart in the character menu, he would say this

[@elbarry7016]

9:42 Nelson's friend watched his nosebleed even when he's not facing him xD

[@Roge9]

season 1 is such a different vibe compared to later seasons.

[@puffin5864]

Facts

[@Izzy-dg5zv]

Tends to be a thing with most shows

[@Jack-tu5zf]

​@@Izzy-dg5zv It tends to be something people always bring up too.

[@Roge9]

@@Izzy-dg5zv yep

[@zacoman2225]

I personally enjoy it. Some of the episodes like "life on the fast lane" really hold up well even to this day

[@DBZLegends.SSJ4]

8:14 holy shit the extra that hands the paper to Lisa looks like he grew up in a nuclear waste dump

[@milesdodson3510]

He does

[@silverhand9965]

Yeah not all early backround characters were made equal

[@woooooooooooooooooooooooo]

That's season 1 for you lol

[@CMuyal]

The one behind him looks like an alien

[@GummitMan]

Trab Nospmis

[@HRIgnomious]

43:23 I didn't know Chalmers debuted so late

[@amyelnah8717]

He finally made it, despite Seymour's directions

[@DrCury448]

​​@@amyelnah8717 he better be ready for an unforgettable luncheon

[@BRowserFilms17]

Unfortunately Seymour’s roast is ruined!

[@galaxykid420]

​@@BRowserFilms17 But what if, he decided to purchase fast food and disguise it as his own cooking?

[@Pwilliams4000]

And he didn’t yell SKINNER!! 😔

[@JTCPingas]

43:31 Well Seymour, I made it. Despite your directions.

[@nousukas]

The children wrote the directions for you.

[@andymcclurg9916]

@@nousukas It's always the children's fault isn't it Seymour

[@DangStank]

1:53 homer in the most gangster pose of his life

[@Lisespieces68]

The way Homer stands in this picture is literally the most thug-gangster ass-shit like holy hell it's so badass

[@LarvaHeroes]

I love how smooth the sound effects are, it's really satisfying

[@Luwis1337]

5:35 Homer is a based father ngl

[@thefancydoge8668]

4:09 I didn't even know that meme frame was that old, I always thought it was from a newer season.

[@BreakMeBad5524]

27:45 That's one of my favorite jokes. The waiter basically said that the giant squid killed all the fishermen that would usually get it. The subtly is perfect!

[@user-ln2go4xp6d]

*zoidberg:* "bring me one of your young on a roll" *server:* "... we're outta rolls" just reminded me of that joke lol

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

You can just tell Kelsey Grammer absolutely loves performing Sideshow Bob. Right out the gate, he's an unending string of classic moments.

[@matiasagostinho4532]

I love how many super close ups on faces early Simpsons had

[@sillygostly]

That’s mostly due to the hideous cropping that they had done a few years ago to convert the episodes to “widescreen”.

[@The1SilverShadow]

8:21 what the hell is that thing sat next to Lisa ?

[@HarambaeXelonmuskfans]

A mirror.

[@camilorodriguez5602]

Thats graggle's first apperance, he did look weird back then

[@HellSpoonArt]

something you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley

[@lukas3.051]

Chernobyl Hugo Simpson

[@omomori9214]

It's Barts long lost twin.

[@ChrisManley1994]

“What’s the password?” “LET ME IN YOU IDIOT!!!!” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Bf10MS]

I remember from S01 E05

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

Right you are.

[@georgemccartney8906]

2:04, wow I didn't know their home used to be the backrooms

[@TheDarkFable]

The personality shifts and character focuses are so surreal. I never remember wendel getting any lines of screentime outside small gags like vomiting in background or hurting arm on the trampoline episode. Like the characters who in my memory of "modern" (circa late 90's) simpsons were mostly background characters or filler actually had roles in the early episodes. Its weird after decades they never really bothered to revisit them. When has Wendel or the Twin girls ever actually been used for more than a short gag

[@johncase1353]

Matt Groening said there were to many characters and everyone more so the kids just blended together so he wanted to focus on certain ones. That's why Bart went from having several close friends to him just being best friends with Milhouse because Milhouse was the more interesting character.

[@vshekar]

Same thing happened with Peanuts after the 1950s/60s. What happened to Sherman, Patty, Violet, etc.

[@nycot107]

Bart: Aaaw, dad! Lisa: Come on, Homer! Anyone else find it weird to hear Lisa call Homer by his name and Bart call Homer "Dad"?

[@asiea2179]

Nope it how itwas back then

[@skaladarrellgodeater1070]

Yeah That was a twist Lisa never calls Homer by Homer, except this time XDD

[@omegaflowey9932]

2:01

[@ChaosRocket]

It’s weirder that in Bart’s first appearance he’s asking Homer philosophical questions about the mind when that seems way more like something Lisa would think about, Bart really isn’t intellectual enough to have interest in those types of questions

[@ggt47]

​@@ChaosRocket Yes,it was so off.

[@Dracovenatrix]

Technically burns made his first appearance in the first episode also anybody notice how different he sounds

[@YRFKDM8]

Well it was a different actor who did the voice.

[@Dracovenatrix]

@@YRFKDM8 no it was always hank azaria

[@YRFKDM8]

@@Dracovenatrix en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Collins

[@Dracovenatrix]

@@YRFKDM8 now that i think about it that makes sense a lot of Characters in the first and early seasons sound different

[@bombabombom3603]

@@Dracovenatrix Chris Latta (Cobra Commander from G.I. Joe/Starscream from Transformers) did the voice of Mr. Burns and Moe for Season 1, but Hank Azaria dubbed over Moe's lines when he joined the show mid production, making Chris Latta's performance for Moe essentially lost media because his Moe voice never resurfaced over the 30 years these episodes has been out. Also Harry Shearer was the long-running replacement for Mr. Burns after Latta left, not Azaria.

[@annabjorgman_]

Is so sad that Ruth and Laura Powers didn't become more recurrent characters, they had potencial, the same with Jessica Lovejoy and Allison Taylor

[@Tonatiub]

The producers seemed to be very against giving Marge and Lisa any friends or rivals. Its a miracle that Helen Lovejoy survived.

[@elesobrad1926]

Actually Ruth is more recurrent than his daughter

[@tiang5132]

Those first shorts. Incredible. “Umm dad? What is the mind? Is it just a system of impulses or is it something more tangible?” 😂 I love that Bart was so articulate!

[@matthewbartlett3442]

Much more similar to Groening’s original “___ is hell” comic series

[@Marbles471]

@@matthewbartlett3442 Yeah, Bart is basically Bongo the rabbit there. 😆

[@bobcatthesandwing2403]

They should have done more with Lewis and Richard, they used to be Bart’s best friends, especially Lewis.

[@johncase1353]

It was because Matt Groening said there was starting to be to many characters and it was becoming a challenge for the voice actors to remember how they all sounded. They went with Milhouse being Barts best friend because his personal was opposite of Bart and overall a more interesting character.

[@bobcatthesandwing2403]

@@johncase1353 but Lewis has a new permanent voice actor so I don’t see why Matt Groening could not add him back in. But I guess he kind of did with the one where Bart becomes a caddy. Edit: in the second most recent episode that recently came out, his grandfather had a line.

[@nykcarnsew2238]

@@bobcatthesandwing2403 Matt Groening hasn’t worked on the show in any serious capacity in decades, and they haven’t done anything with him because there’s nothing worth doing with him that they couldn’t do with one of the other kids

[@gdawgs101]

​@@bobcatthesandwing2403Holy shit you actually watch the new seasons? Why???

[@bobcatthesandwing2403]

@@gdawgs101 because I am hoping one day that the new set of directors will be at least decent and the episodes will become fresh once again.

[@Quawnaime]

Millhouse made his first appearance in a butterfingers commercial

[@FinalGamerJames]

28:50 I never realised til now the exact same introduction between Bart and Seymour with Homer and Dondelinger, that's a cute callback to the Simpson family's inherent problems with authority.

[@getajobmate1281]

there's something incredibly offputting about this, like we're seeing these iconic characters shrivelled down to their most primordial and undefined states

[@SteelBallRun1890]

It's very interesting to see that they managed to get 3 seasons of shorts with the Tracy Ullman show without any introduction of side characters (besides Grandpa) sticking until they actually had a full show.

[@wigwagstudios2474]

3:41 why could've they NOT used that burp??? sounds so much more grotesque i like it

[@wigwagstudios2474]

14:33 UH! UH! UH! UH! UH!

[@WiFi-qj5kr]

Idk why I always loved the line "you made me bleed my own blood"

[@JoeContext]

I love how the doorway in the Itchy and Scratchy one is just a bizarre maze

[@charizardoreo]

47:44 Sarahs first speaking appearance was in Homers barbershop quartet when she says Clancay use the remote

[@strider_hiryu850]

3:57 "one of my fellow children" okay yeah. he was definitely always a 40 something y/o undercover cop. "one of my fellow children".

[@gasujuhusg9514]

1:55 I like how there’s just an endless hallway of doorways

[@RatBabyGenius]

Ugh the endless archways in the simpsons house and the weird gradients on the walls in season 1

[@benb9151]

Old school Simpsons had to make do with putting up something as a background. It was cheaply and quickly done, and it worked fine because everything was framed with the attention right in front. Then they decided the backgrounds need tons of detail. A classic version would be some green clumps with a couple power plant towers sticking out of them for the city. A new version would have all the buildings with windows and shadows for no reason

[@RatBabyGenius]

@@benb9151 Yes all of this!! Aesthetically it makes no sense. I’ve always thought the old style blends the main characters and the background characters together much better than the modern episodes, too. Especially when they bring on guests. The Matt groening style just works best with fast, loose shapes and colors. When it gets too clean and technical, it looses its charm.

[@Bug0221]

I never realized how it took 20 seasons for Shauna to first appear, but it also makes sense because i can't imagine her in earlier seasons

[@nathanmantle377]

Homer's line about "what is mind?" made me black out.

[@pepperedhorv92]

Sarah Wiggum's first speaking line was in season 5 ep 1: Homer's Barbershop Quartet and Sideshow Bob's first appearance was in season 1: The Telltale Head

[@lunartheeye]

Thank you for making this video! I see way too many people simply reposting clips from the show, while this is really interesting and unique!

[@IAsimov]

Seeing how Santa's Little Helper came to the Simpson's family hits differently.

[@TitusRedwind]

I love how exaggerated the mouths are in early episodes

[@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883]

that first homer line is Zen Buddhism. Even the laugh

[@birdwatching_u_back]

This is excellently put together, thanks 😊

[@willpoweramv]

I'm surprised Duffman and Crazy cat lady appeared so late in the golden age of simpsons considering how iconic they are.

[@willismcgillis6094]

S1 E3 had not yet introduced the recurring Waylon Smithers but rather a guest, Black Smithers. E4 did something similar where White Lou was a guest before Lou himself became the recurring role.

[@user-hu3iy9gz5j]

"Hey it's Duffman.. a guy in a costume that creates awareness of Duff"

[@hi-viz]

It's surprising how long it takes Flanders to appear production wise. Making the Christmas episode the opener was by far the best choice they made, that episode establishes so many of the most important secondary characters. Another surprise is how long it takes Duffman to appear

[@adrianburvall1495]

I find it interesting how Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney were somewhat nice to Bart in the beginning before they started to bully him

[@luigimanbrunoknuckles5953]

51:47 finally I know where SMG4 has the sound effect

[@gloriana13]

I honestly thought Mario did that sound for real 😂😭

[@Monster-Dude102]

I got a bad feeling he might get so many copyrights

[@toganium4175]

Though "Whacking Day" isn't a top-tier episode or anything, it's incredible how well they got the Skinner/Chalmers dynamic in Chalmers' first appearance.

[@77NaCl]

What a nice job man, congratulations this is fantastic!

[@NightShade1218]

Season 1 - 3 Simpsons had a strange comfort to it. It was genuinely harmless television.

[@steve.s8495]

It wasn't considered harmless at the time

[@Journey_Awaits]

It was more like koth and less competing with family guy to be moronic. If they tried to make Homer off himself now it would definitely be pushed hard as a crude joke like they do with Moe.

[@stardusst]

harmless by today's standards; the simpsons was very controversial when it came out. but i get what you say, the episodes felt cozier and the humor was lowkey.

[@Stack-12]

There's something comforting about watching the good old days of The Simpsons. Its refreshing.

[@timothymayo5833]

In addition to introducing Luigi, Leopold, and Gerald the One-Eyebrowed Baby, Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badass Song also introduces Ned's beatnik parents.

[@DJ_Mr_Rodge]

even after all these years i still find these episodes to be awesome

[@eightcoins4401]

I like the remote in the itchy & scratchy short consisting of only 2 buttons

[@andyghkfilm2287]

I know it’s super old and basic but I got really caught off-guard with “…bedbugs??” joke lol

[@ThatBluDude]

It's weirdly sweet that the first glimpse of the simpsons was just the main five, with Marge singing Maggie to sleep.

[@dugarii007]

I forgot how good the old episodes were, so many memories, these were super funny and unique back then!

[@GWKTM]

Just a kind of rundown we needed

[@MartyrLoserKing]

Herman Hermann’s advice to keep your hand inside the bus window has stuck with me my whole childhood and subsequent adulthood.

[@Mikelaxo]

Me too, I've never forgotten that scene since the first time I saw it as a child

[@seanwhitehall4652]

0:45 Love the way they show Maggie's anxiety through faster sucking and her eyes. edits: 15:30 haha 25:25 this hits different in the 2020s...

[@KermitArchive]

​@@vceisdeadpeople making money with stuff like the Sssniperwolf and Jacksfilms thing

[@bradpotts1747]

"his lap was aweful slippery" then dumping bart on the floor old series abe cracks me up

[@tay2229]

Characteristics of the Tracy Ullman shorts arguably remained in the show for about the first four seasons, albeit gradually fading out. Homer still has very vague traces of his Walter Matthau voice a few seasons in, the animation style remains somewhat goofy, there's generally more focus on the immediate Simpson family etc.

[@jordantrapo3069]

Marvin Monroe made his first appearance at episode 4 season 1

[@Teemu_V]

Please note that this compilation is ordered by production, not by broadcast.

[@movielover9532]

( Production Order) 0:00 S0E01 Good Night 1:14 S0E19 Grandpa And The Kids 1:44 S0E32 The Bart Simpson Show 2:06 S0E35 The Krusty The Clown Show 2:40 S01E01 Some Enchanted Evening 3:50 S01E02 Bart The Genius 6:22 S01E03 Homer's Odyssey 9:01 S01E04 There's No Disgrace Like Home 9:33 S01E05 Bart The General 11:12 S0106 Moaning Lisa 12:36 S01E07 The Telltale Head 14:15 S01E08 Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire 16:38 S01E09 The Call Of The Simpsons 16:50 S01E10 Homer's Night Out 17:38 S01E11 Life On The Fast Lane 18:22 S01E12 Krusty Gets Busted 20:09 S01E13 The Crepes Of Wrath 20:57 S02E03 Bart Gets An F 21:09 S02E04 Treehouse Of Horror 21:39 S02E06 Bart The Daredevil 22:52 S02E07 Bart Vs. Thanksgiving 23:15 S02E08 Dead Putting Soceity 23:41 S02E09 Itchy & Scratchy & Marge 24:29 S02E10 Bart Gets Hit By A Car 27:22 S02E11 One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Bluefish 27:57 S02E12 The Way We Was 29:35 S02E13 Homer Vs. Lisa And The 8th Commandment 30:42 S02E14 Bart's Dog Gets An F 30:51 S02E15 Principal Charming 32:12 S02E16 Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? 33:53 S02E17 Old Money 34:34 S02E18 Brush With Greatness 35:13 S02E20 The War Of The Simpsons 35:30 S02E21 Three Men And A Comic Book 36:59 S02E23 When Flanders Failed 37:18 S03E03 Bart The Murderer 39:01 S03E04 Homer Defined 39:38 S03E05 Like Father, Like Clown 40:34 S03E06 Lisa's Pony 40:43 S03E11 Radio Bart 41:01 S03E13 Homer At The Bat 41:10 S03E14 Homer Alone 41:24 S03E17 Dog Of Death 41:34 S03E22 Bart's Friend Falls In Love 41:50 S04E03 Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie 42:12 S04E06 New Kid On The Block 43:15 S04E13 I Love Lisa 43:22 S04E18 Whacking Day 43:57 S05E04 Treehouse Of Horror IV 44:22 S05E08 $pringfield 44:46 S05E15 Bart Gets An Elephant 45:00 S05E18 Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badasssss Song 46:10 S05E20 Secrets Of A Sucsessful Marriage 46:22 S06E11 Bart's Comet 47:08 S07E09 Two Bad Neighbours 47:19 S07E11 Scenes From The Class Struggle Of Springfield 47:33 S07E20 Much Apu About Nothing 47:44 S08E08 Bart After Dark 47:57 S08E12 The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show 49:00 S08E22 The City Of New York Vs. Homer Simpson 50:11 S09E04 The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetillions 50:27 S09E06 Reality Bites 50:58 S09E15 Girly Edition 51:43 S10E05 Mayored To The Mob 52:00 S10E07 Wild Barts Can't Be Broken 52:04 S14E12 Three Gays Of The Condo 52:47 S15E02 Tis' The Fifteenth Season 53:02 S20E07 The Good, The Sad And The Drugly

[@notsure1969]

First season Simpsons is the stuff of nightmares.

[@skarmachild]

Dreams more like. It’s a nightmare now

[@lukas3.051]

Lou and Smithers switched their races in the first season

[@mysteriousman762]

This deserves its own series

[@shrimpspaghetti]

I feel like character designs in the Simpsons became very uniform over time, with the strict style guides and such. I appreciate the way more freeform character designs of this era.

[@angrybread478]

Lisa calling her dad Homer and the fact that theres a frame of marge with her mouth open qnd theres another small frame that only shows the piece of her hair that was cut off is what season 1 is all about

[@ExtravagantEthan]

I love seeing this before any possible flanderization

[@terryechoes3192]

You really get a sense for just how difficult Bart's life is that his only recourse is to spray paint effigies on other people's properties.

[@user-ol1ge1us2b]

14:10 4,52 ? Damn, nowadays that's the price he would have payed for his cup alone.

[@kingp260]

My favourite one is where Moe says 2 beers are 2 bucks. More like 14 lol

[@shamarhamer6207]

Love the evolution! 🤩

[@suspense_comix3237]

3:33 Actually the first appearance of Barney is in Season 1 Episode 1, "Roasting on an Open Fire", where Barney goes to Moe's Tavern to tell Homer that he got a job at the mall to be Santa.

[@thecedarriversnag]

Whirlwind, money in the bank.

[@megametallimaiden8516]

This is by production order not release order. The episose with the evil babysitter was the first one made