Grampa Simpson in the war

[@jamescollinge5043]

I love that while every major franchise is striving to put out a cohesive continuity, The Simpsons is still fully committed to Abe having served in both world wars

[@neighbourhoodmusician]

Where was it implied he was in the Great War?

[@jamescollinge5043]

@@neighbourhoodmusician s14e07 - he was a child soldier

[@MediumRareOpinions]

And in multiple service branches, somehow he was Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine corps *and* the US Coast Guard.

[@Numbabu]

Mr Burns is also completely immune to continuity

[@rosesske2551]

@@Numbabu Well one of the few things that's consistent about burns' is he went to Yale.

[@mackspowah3281]

Love this episode, reminds you that your rambling grandfather wasn't always an old man. Abe being a WW2 veteran explains a lot about how he was as a husband, father and a human being, this is definitely one of the best Abe Simpson stories

[@SamuelBlack84]

My grandmother was a sailor at the D-day landings

[@kanegarvey848]

@@SamuelBlack84 what a hooer

[@SamuelBlack84]

@@kanegarvey848 Grandfather, stupid auto correct

[@purplerain6260]

@@SamuelBlack84 lmao

[@ssianxjanxianxinxasw8474]

WHAT EPISODE IS THIS!?

[@TKLFG]

Abe's so baddass he had short sleeves on during the Battle of the Bulge

[@twilightjester5672]

that, and he jump on a bomb to save a a$$hat of his team.

[@rustincohle2135]

Well, they're not short sleeves, they're long sleeves rolled up.

[@waseemchoudhry4465]

@@rustincohle2135 still, he looks like a badass

[@ვ3ვ3ვ]

Yeas those are tough generations 🐯🐯

[@hobomike6935]

and then they took a picture of his bad@$$ @$$ for stars and stripes!

[@savagesavannah8478]

Let’s be honest grandpa is definitely at least in our top 3 favorites

[@owenogletree6374]

And this episode is undoubtedly his best performance.

[@karlagiguere2768]

Uh more like the worst fathers ever in fact a terrible person he abused his own wife and let him ruined his sons dreams and he called him an accident

[@ryankz1177]

And this episode definitely at least in our top 3 favourites.

[@jongon0848]

Favorite what? Side characters? Cuz I think I'd put Flanders, Sideshow Bob, Krusty, Apu, and a few others before Grandpa. He's still a good character though

[@BL-mf3jp]

@@jongon0848 don’t forget Moe, chief wiggum and Skinner, the best side characters.

[@Ashguy733]

Commander Flander lol I can just imagine him now- "Hiddlely Ho there Naziserinos!"

[@owenogletree6374]

Damn it, I could hear it in my head as I read that!

[@SuperGamewarrior101]

@@owenogletree6374 Me too.

[@Neogears1312]

Doubly impressive in that it’s be Flanders grandfather, because no way In hell was it Neds father. Ned is already 60 so the man was probably serving well into that age.

[@OneGaurdian]

@@Neogears1312 Yeah, plus Ned's dad is a stoner hippie who would never care to serve his country.

[@Cole_Sanchez]

@@OneGaurdian was he a hippie or a beatnik? I don't remember.

[@liebestitch689]

Grandpa nearly killed Hitler lol

[@oisinlynch8427]

Doesn’t make up for the fact he saved his life in a different episode

[@amandacorley4089]

so you are laughing out loud

[@WealthyIndustrialist]

@@oisinlynch8427 Or nearly seduced him while performing as a cabaret singer.

[@twilightjester5672]

@@WealthyIndustrialist I bet he was undercover (and other lady's clothing) at the time.

[@VideoSuperMaster]

Then there was that time Krusty prevented a woman he had a one-night stand with from killing Saddam Hussein, so that's twice that one of Springfield's residents botched assassinations of infamous dictators that could have ended wars early.

[@David-lu4gq]

"We'll all be rich, rich as Nazi's!!!"

[@NazriB]

Oil paintings are expensive

[@disneylover6408]

​@NazriB Yes, Only because of the stolen wealth they took from the Jews they killed 😔

[@Elbowbanditest2003]

​@@NazriB not if you steal them, like on the 27 09 2026.

[@whatthe138]

I like how he was called a Sergeant, when his insignia clearly shows him as the Master Sergeant

[@willam123ful]

You still can call a master sergeant a sergeant.

[@thebigflop3118]

You can adress almost every rank related to sergeant sergeant

[@shiggydiggy8308]

From my knowledge, it's only after first sergeant where you say the whole rank

[@justinchiang6969]

It’s a courtesy to address MSGs by full rank. Not required, but you’ll catch some bad side eye for not doing it.

[@kisbie]

Boy I hope someone got put in front of a firing squad for that blunder.

[@Yabuturtle]

I kind of wished there was a flying hellfish spinoff. That would be something fresh and new to see.

[@MRVAST-op7sg]

Yeah...be something like wolfenstein

[@benivinson3693]

Shit your right that would be interesting

[@ivandomeratzky3151]

Make it so

[@qwerty6383]

Not with current writers

[@hobomike6935]

everyone gangster till abe simpson revs up the browning M1919 and the doom music kicks in

[@bearok89]

Weird how so much time has passed that Abe can't be a WW2 veteran anymore

[@ryanh.3192]

Yeah if their ages are all frozen since the 1990s, he’d have to be a Vietnam vet now.

[@JTheFool]

The weirder part is that being a WW2 vet is still a consistent part of his history, even today they reference that era.

[@Gabo2oo]

@@JTheFool Yeah I think that's the right decision. The character's "present" can change but it'd be much weirder if their backstories move forward in time too.

[@hobomike6935]

Maggie simpson should actually have children of her own by now. it's like arthur, the show that ran for 20+ years and he's still a 10 year old with a 4 year old sister.

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

@@Gabo2oo You say that, but Homer and Marge's backstories keep shifting forward.

[@officialeuladegenerate4035]

Funfact: The "shoot me" paper on the back of the radioman is useless since they were already a choice target for enemy sharpshooters.

[@synthwavecat96]

Them and flamethrowers

[@UrFriendlySpetzMerin]

I think thats the subtle joke

[@sinctova]

Whos that guy?

[@punkrockmonke7185]

reckon its an iron hidden joke?

[@kevinthegamer4421]

@@sinctova skinners dad

[@DerNomade1871]

"If anyone find a grenade without a pin thats mine" makes me laugh every time

[@johnsmith60]

“ I Got a Jar of Dirt” 😏

[@tree_alone]

Ass blows out immediately after

[@masterzombie161]

Mr. Burns has really been through a lot with the entire Simpson family. -went to war with Abe -responsible for separating Homer from his mother -made Bart the Heir to his fortune -Been shot by Maggie -fell in love with Marge and had a painting made of him. -still has no idea who the hell Homer Simpson is despite the countless times Homer and him interacting and actually formed a friendship on several occasions.

[@savagesavannah8478]

-Took the sun out of Springfield (don’t know how to describe it :,)). -Tried To marry marges mom. -Let Smithers dad die. I Think that’s the whole list of what he did.Mr Burns is definitely my favorite.

[@masterzombie161]

Savage Savannah I finished season 8 and that’s where I pretty much think that’s where the series ends. Anyway there’s an episode where Burnes loses all his money and asks Lisa for help. She helps him and they recycle and mr Burnes becomes a monster by using a giant net in the sea to recycle whale and dolphin meat paste to sell it. So that completes his interaction with every member of the family.

[@savagesavannah8478]

Ok first off thanks for actually replying.Also yeah he went broke and begged Lisa to help.So she did and they collected cans and sold them for money.Then Mr Burns saved so much he made the “Lil Lisa Recycling Plant” and he remembered that Lisa told him to cut the can holders so fish wouldn’t get trapped.He thought it would be a good thing to wipe the sea clean and make slurry with the sea animals.Lisa freaked and went home.Mr Burns came and offered her over 12,000 dollars Homer got a heart attack because she didn’t accept it and that’s we’re the episode ended.Also yeah season 9 was probably the worse season.

[@ferghalicious1480]

Also hit Bart with his car and gave him a giant tiki head as compensation

[@fenrirgg]

He was in the bowling team with Homer, too.

[@givemysundaeback]

"Now they'll never save your brain, Hitler." Sick line dude

[@poppingrico1381]

2:00 Commander Flanders

[@kevinagustinsantiagojacobo698]

Wouldve loved to see that

[@Aivottaja]

If that's from Ned's family, it's either his beatnik father or his father.

[@poppingrico1381]

Remember Ned is also 60 years old...don-don-donnnnn! Tbh I think the writers were really inconsistent of episode history yet I won't fault for them for that, not only it's a comedy cartoon show but they're are so many episodes lol too many to remember

[@synthwavecat96]

@@poppingrico1381 I like to think that all of The Simpsons takes place in the late 90's, maybe early 2000's.

[@twilightjester5672]

@@Aivottaja maybe the beatnik dad saw too much of war and that was the reason he became a beatnik.

[@crimsondynamo615]

Sheldon Skinner just makes Principal and the Pauper that more insulting

[@KeithMcormack895]

Ya

[@LiamRichardson-o7q]

Maybe sheldon skinner is arming tamzarians real father having an affair on his wife which would explain why he was an orphan and looks and sounds just like him plus it would also explain why he and the real skinner got along so well because they actualy are brothers

[@suchiuomizu]

It's not like they ever acknowledged this episode later. That's the thing about Simpsons 'canon', something from one episode is irrelevant later, unless the writers want to acknowledge it. See all the other times Abe and Burns interact, with no hint any of this ever happened.

[@Usca1990Asis]

Pretty awesome Abe was a Master Sergeant during WW2.

[@Vishonov]

Well, to be consistent with the fact he was a toddler who already joined the ranks in WWI, that makes sense he was a MSG in WW2.

[@dakotastein9499]

"At least they told me it was for stars and stripes..." No idea why but the way he said that was hilarious.

[@FN_FAL_4_ever]

2:19 the fact that Private Iggy Wiggum is still using his shredded haversack is hilarious

[@dioarya6275]

01:13 The Simpsons predicts Sniper Elite 3 😂😂😂😂

[@qinshihuang8414]

0:36 the burping tank gets me every time😂

[@Rumble559]

I love Abe n Bart’s relationship reminds me of my grandpa and me. no one knew much about what he did in Vietnam but he told me a lot I know it wasn’t everything but it sure felt like it

[@JulesHinmon]

Irony: Abe was a far higher rank than Burns just to be fated into a home where nobody cares about or listens to him while Burns becomes the most financially powerful (But also most physically weak) individual in all of Springfield.

[@Afrologist]

Military ain't real life; a tough lesson that noone will prepare you for once you get out.

[@Unwittness]

@@Afrologist and it ain't something civilians will never know about either

[@Afrologist]

@@Unwittness The disconnect is insane, but like so many people seem to quote, you gotta "find a new mission".

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

@@Afrologist "military ain't real life" How fucking out of touch with reality can one be?

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

There is no irony. Burns wasn't supposed to be in the military except as an punishment for obstructing an FBI probe. He was already rich and powerful during WW2...

[@wubbo3675]

I love how ox is smart and his full name is Oxford

[@marcocivalerian9099]

''didnt you said you were tired?'' blud thinks dead people can talk

[@Apeksim]

Abe fought in the Bulge as if he's fighting in Guadalcanal.

[@khalebmonster2802]

The same in hot or cold battles some rolled up their sleeves and other did not.

[@upyoursdotcom]

Mr. Burns literally saved the life of Adolf Hitler

[@Ptrm594]

​@MyMediaArchive And to further you theory, there's this "Schindler and I are like peas in a pod. We're both factory owners. We both made shells for the Nazis. But mine worked damn it !" kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmPLiX-XrNFgkMU

[@Adam-ov5ie]

Love how Wiggums backpack is still trashed many scenes later. Great attention to detail.

[@coletrain583]

Instead of continuing the Simpsons, there should just be a Flying Hellfish Spin off, focusing on Grandpa Simpson and his old squad.

[@randomguy56789]

Exactly

[@diegomelendez9918]

The Flying Hellfish that's a bad ass name for a tough platoon of World War 2

[@StarWolf_88]

Abe is so hardcore...I respect him!

[@GRasputin91]

Arnie Gumble's belch was so powerful it shook the tank. Nazis ran in fear

[@Kas58223]

Would have loved a short series of this especially the exchange between Abe and commander Flanders

[@frankschannel3580]

1:29 I always go back to that scene he looks so young

[@McNuggs-]

And badass. 💪🏼😂

[@KeithMcormack895]

He also has blonde hair in that scene

[@ChrisManley1994]

“They took a photo of my keister for Stars and Stripes….at least they told me it was for Stars and Stripes.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@michaelmccall3234]

Ahhhhh....Classic Simpsons. I sure miss those days❣

[@osbaldohernandez9174]

Grandpa being that badass war hero

[@deant6361]

The simpsons without doubt my favourite cartoon when I need a laugh in this world. They really get it right 🤘🌌

[@TrophyThomas]

The fact that the commander was a flanders really lines up with the father being a rebel non violence hippie at the time

[@soko4710]

1:55 iggy wiggum's bag is still wrecked. that's some surprising attention to detail.

[@NihilisticSnake]

I like that Young Abe doesn't just sound like Homer.

[@djargus]

*confused* At least they told me it was for Stars and Stripes...

[@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883]

"blocked a probe from J Edgar Hoover" That's clever.

[@Taverens_Pull]

Well put Oxford. Now remember, we can't All sign with an X.

[@luckyexplorer1053]

Grampa kind of looks cool without the helmet when he is young.

[@Sanguine_Vampire_Lord]

0:36 when the Random finally uses their mic

[@solowingsjet]

The War could have ended sooner if Mr. private Burns didn't hit the tennis ball at Grandpa's direction

[@brittanyc.4540]

It does run in Barney’s family at 0:36 👏😂

[@masterfarr8265]

That and the military, Barney's mom is in the naval reserve

[@olivermoore7020]

I wonder if it's a hidden joke that it actually is Barney, not an older relative. I.e. Barney was actually Abe's age...

[@Legba85]

I want a ten hour version of that

[@crimsondynamo615]

“They took a picture of my keister for Stars and Stripes…at least they told me it was Stars and Stripes.”

[@q8tenchi]

Anyone else surprised that Ox is intelligent?

[@violentbryan21]

Such a underrated episode

[@malicant123]

This is one episode I always think of when I think of the Armand Tanzarian idea.

[@Dr_Norp]

Still could be valid. The real Seymour Skinner still served. Father and son also don't have to look exactly alike or have the same voice.

[@Gabo2oo]

They've shown this Skinner again in modern episodes so the Tanzarian thing seems to actually have been officially dropped (as opposed to the characters simply agreeing to not speak of it).

[@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883]

we dont speak of that episode

[@illegitimatefilm]

@@Dr_Norp Odd that "Armand Tanzarian" would happen to look and sound like his fake dad.

[@sunnex474]

I like how skinner, despite being the father of the real skinner, sounds like the imposter skinner

[@jeffreymodesitt3345]

That episode isn’t canon and you all know it

[@sunnex474]

@@jeffreymodesitt3345 I’m afraid it is and you’re going to have to suck it up

[@nativewood]

Don't forget. Bobo was on the other side of the enemy lines with the Germans.

[@thomasdrivas5317]

1:15 haha now they'll never save your brain Hitler . What a badass 😂.

[@TheSherriea1]

GOSH YOU IDIOTS OVERUSE THAT STUPID EMOJI! ALSO IT'S COOL YOU SWEARING IDIOT!

[@KneelB4Bacon]

It's also a reference to a terrible movie called, "They Saved Hitler's Brain" (1968).

[@ArcYT]

@@TheSherriea1 omg stop doing things I don't like!! 😳 😳 😂 🤡 🚲 👨

[@TheSherriea1]

@@ArcYT Ah shut up idiot...

[@Girard1020]

Both of my Grandfathers fought for the US in WW2. I wish I heard their stories about the war but they’ve both passed old Age. I got a lot of Vets in my Family but me, I’m not brave enough to take a life to preserve others while risking my own.

[@fireball9937]

You know they have jobs that don't involve shooting people right? Like human resources people, cooks, supply specialists. You also know that the vast majority of people in the Military are in non combat jobs right? Not everybody in the military is fucking rambo. If your capable of doing it I'd give it a shot. Did it a long time ago as a cook and came out of it with a degree and no debt to pay off for the rest of my life either.

[@jadedheartsz]

my grandfather was in WW2 in the Navy and he told me some stories one day totally umprompted and I just say there and listened not really knowing what to say afterwards, I just think he needed to get it off his chest.

[@markdpane]

0:31 Just as drunk as his descendent.

[@robertisham5279]

Probably his son

[@thomasdrivas5317]

I don’t think commander Flanders was very merciful if Abe was talking about him in that. Much regard lol

[@changvasejarik62]

The greatest generation (and Mr. Burns)in action.

[@DisapprovingPigeon]

Young, pre-Homer being born Abe Simpson is the classic Gigachad.

[@thomasdrivas5317]

😂 Is it just me or was Grandpa always showing his teeth during the war lol

[@nubreed13]

It's his aging mind trying to remember what it was like to have teeth

[@ls1davews6]

I wouldn’t mind a mini series of grandpa Simpson at war

[@xxSandt21xx]

I wanna know more about Ox! I bet his story is fascinating

[@jaysherman2615]

Are we just going to ignore that Arnie Gumbles burp shook a 30 ton tank?

[@Ptrm594]

Yeah but that's a Sherman M4A2, 75mm L/52. You could have probably heard him if he cracked a soft, delicate fart.

[@jackwei22]

Bart had his gun skills from Abe that's for sure.

[@deNNyTheWiseMAN1]

Least they told me it was for Stars and Stripes.

[@adamu6049]

ah yes, The Simpsons. My favourite anime.

[@Klavin]

The old animation was so entertaining

[@nigelsummers7949]

Seeing this flashback really makes you wonder who would win in a fight between Willy and Flying Hellfish Grandpa Simpson.

[@TimeLord675]

Truly a battle of the ages.

[@youvebeenmungaid1470]

I kind of want to know what net Flanders was like as a military commander lol

[@Real_Anchovy]

I love how accurate the Germans are, no show ever gets them right

[@patricktan624]

1:21 No Tennis Ball Here in Battlefield!

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

May Peace Prevail On Earth

[@scottmcintyre8081]

"..also Griff, Asa, Ox and Edge" has to be a reference to something

[@LiberalPeaceKeeper]

Etch. Not Edge.

[@oilybat3269]

Saving Private Szyslak

[@charlesburns7391]

I always wondered how Mr burns was younger than grandpa in the flying hellfish. He's supposed to be in his early hundreds and grandpa is in his 80s or 90s

[@SoldiesBC]

Continuity need not apply.

[@joeswanson733]

if we use simpsosn and delilah episode he was 81 years old as of 1990 so this makes burns born around 1909 so he's roughly in the same age range as abe simpson.

[@redjirachi1]

One of the few times where Grandpa Simpson has blonde hair in his youth. It explains where Bart and Lisa get it

[@mr.l4461]

Dude Abe stopping the grenade with his helmet was badass

[@Kr0nicDragon]

‘‘Twas an artillery shell

[@NJDJ30]

Where's the onion in Abe's belt? I thought it was the style at the time

[@nilsbergmann6197]

Als Soldat sieht Abe wirklich cool aus.😉👍

[@SegaMario]

I like how Ox was intelligent at the end.

[@boredstudent]

I loved this Simpsons episode cause we never get to see Abe Simpson be an action hero again. Later on it's just Grampa being Grampa. He had some fight in old age. Unfortunately he used it all up.

[@sneakez993]

"Commander Flanders" wow

[@beerrox711]

Then dude discovered weed and became a beatnik

[@MrSw3rls]

One thing i never noticed is that Grandpa says that burns was a higher rank, but he got demoted.

[@trunksvert8766]

Sheldon Skinner was in ww2 his son Seymour was in vietnam very fitting

[@JohnTecson05]

god i love that episode .

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

God The Father God The Son God The Holy Spirit

[@JohnTecson05]

No I meant the WW2 flashback .

[@JohnTecson05]

I meant the WW2 flashback .

[@beanik835]

Sheldon Skinner: WWII soldier Seymour Skinner: Vietnam soldier Man, the wars just run in this guys family

[@RicoOCHO85]

Just now realizing Abe was a Sgt.Maj

[@Sahilprakash1999]

2:22 Arnie: I could buy my way into High (Belches) Society

[@varunmehta5627]

That's Arnie Gumble, Barney's father.

[@agen335]

I wonder how many bees those paintings cost?

[@darulezlulez2625]

Army Men: Abe's Heroes

[@Sumschmuck]

I'm guessing this was after Abe earned the Iron Cross for sending a tank off a cliff and blowing up a troop transport

[@imtheoperatorttv637]

Grandpa got that dawg in him

[@Torandonerdd888]

FATHER, WELCOME MYSELF

[@tornadoalleyx71]

0:36

[@DM-lj2mn]

Funny how everyone from The same town ended up in the same unit lol

[@KenanVonKaiser]

Burns Being Burns!

[@punman5392]

Pvt. 5th class Arnie Gumble? That’s crazy

[@SaktiVS01]

*Burp!*

[@ghostviper8906]

If they had the simpsons age up and show new generations then Homer most likely would've served in Vietnam

[@EGGproduct718]

What episode is this?