# Evolution of Simpsons Characters...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-of-simpsons-characters/180562>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 9, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-of-simpsons-characters/180562 "2003-06-09T01:21:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-of-simpsons-characters/180562/21 "2003-06-09T18:25:15Z")

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> \*Originally posted by DKW \*  
> \*\*And of course…
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> Dolph, Jimbo, & Kearney  
> Originally: Disgusting reprobates who get away with murder and never face any kind of comeuppance for anything.  
> Later: Disgusting reprobates who get away with murder and never face any kind of comeuppance for anything.  
> Now: Disgusting reprobates who get away with murder and never face any kind of comeuppance for anything.  
> Next season, and the season after that, and the next thousand million billion years: Disgusting reprobates who get away with murder and never face any kind of comeuppance for anything.
> 
> Some things really do never change. \*\*

Oh, I dunno, Kearny turned out to be an adult male (“Those tall ships were a real morale rasier after the Watergate scandal”) who had his own kid (“I sleep in a drawer!”)

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-of-simpsons-characters/180562/22 "2003-06-09T19:13:46Z")

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And don’t forget Jimbo’s weakness for the afternoon soaps.

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**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-of-simpsons-characters/180562/23 "2003-06-09T20:30:10Z")

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You mean Corkey?

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-of-simpsons-characters/180562/24 "2003-06-09T23:35:39Z")

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Otto-man hasn’t changed too much. Or maybe he has. I don’t watch the show anymore.

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Fagjunk Theology: Not just for sodomite propagandists anymore.

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**Author:** ![big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_yellow_kingswood)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-of-simpsons-characters/180562/25 "2003-06-10T01:13:24Z")

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Comic Book Guy and Skinner’s mother. 'Nuff said.

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**Author:** ![big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_yellow_kingswood)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-of-simpsons-characters/180562/26 "2003-06-10T01:19:01Z")

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Comic Book Guy and Skinner’s mother. 'Nuff said.

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**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-of-simpsons-characters/180562/27 "2003-06-10T01:45:21Z")

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I don’t think the characters have changed as drastically as you might think. Its more like your looking at different sides of the characters because the situation demands a certain change outside the role you usually see them play. Like Moe, we all knew there was something dark about him but since he was always the bartender and nothing more, we never found out what it was about him. Now that he has more lines and more episodes ( 3 now right?) we can see his other layers.

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