# Favorite Simpsons running gag? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085 "2007-08-10T00:09:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/1 "2007-08-10T00:09:55Z")
Or any similar show- I couldn’t find a previous thread on this. Anyhoo, mine would be that Burns thinks he’s never met Homer- “Excuse me, sir, we’ve never met” 🙂 Or at least until a few years ago. That’s sort of why I detest the Simpsons orienteering episode where Burns and Homer become pals- ugh. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/2 "2007-08-10T00:15:23Z")
“Midge.” ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/3 "2007-08-10T01:32:58Z")
I think for me it would have be Homer’s bizarre lifelong dreams, and the even more bizarre lifelong dreams Marge always reminds him he’s fulfilled. “We got more gongs than that breakdancing robot that caught on fire.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/4 "2007-08-10T06:12:23Z")
Rakes! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/5 "2007-08-10T06:57:31Z")
One I miss from the early seasons is when Quimby and Wiggum go into intense film noir speak about who actually runs the town. Such a power struggle. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/6 "2007-08-10T07:42:41Z")
Most overused catchphrase, ever. ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/7 "2007-08-10T10:04:32Z")
I love that Marge’s maiden name was Bouvier. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/8 "2007-08-10T14:29:11Z")
“Yoink!” still makes me laugh for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/9 "2007-08-10T14:58:49Z")
[QUOTE=bathsheba] I love that Marge’s maiden name was Bouvier. [/QUOTE] I love all the Quimbys as Kennedys parodys. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/10 "2007-08-10T15:02:03Z")
Ralphie Wiggum. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/11 "2007-08-10T15:06:41Z")
The lowly life of Hans Moleman. “Nobody’s gay for Moleman.” Heh. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/12 "2007-08-10T15:31:00Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] \Burns thinks he’s never met Homer [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > **Smithers** : Uh, Homer Simpson, sir. One of your organ banks from sector > 7-G. All the recent events of your life have revolved around > him in some way. > **Burns** : Simpson, eh? Hard for me to pick a favorite though. Maggie has a few. The pacifier and the fact that she falls on her face every two feet are good. Also, Homer tends to forget her as one of his children: > [@](#): > > **Homer** : But we love Bart and Lisa! > **Judge** : And Margaret? > **Homer** : Margaret? Lady you got the wrong file … > \*\*Marge \*\*[Whispering] : She means Maggie. > **Homer** : Oh yeah, I don’t have anything against her. ---
**Author:** ![Potato\_Pancakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Potato\_Pancakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potato_Pancakes)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/13 "2007-08-10T16:11:36Z")
I do enjoy surprise appearances by Crazy Cat Lady. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/14 "2007-08-10T16:29:29Z")
That pretty much anything that crashes or falls will blow up. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/15 "2007-08-10T17:56:18Z")
I love duffman appearances Duffman cannot die, only the actors who play him. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dumbest_Guy_in_the_Room)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/16 "2007-08-10T18:02:11Z")
My favourite running gag ever was Trigger calling Rodney “Dave” in _Only Fools and Horses_ . Pretty much perfect timing whenever it was done. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/17 "2007-08-10T18:06:35Z")
Not a running gag per se, but I like that Milhouse Van Houten has Nixon’s middle name for a first name, and the name of one of the Manson killers for a last name. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/18 "2007-08-10T18:13:05Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] Not a running gag per se, but I like that Milhouse Van Houten has Nixon’s middle name for a first name, and the name of one of the Manson killers for a last name. [/QUOTE] Also Mussolini as a middle name. My vote is 'ol Gil. Guy can’t catch a break! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/19 "2007-08-10T18:13:34Z")
Disco Stu, who was supposed to be a one-shot character. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085/20 "2007-08-10T18:14:30Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] Not a running gag per se, but I like that Milhouse Van Houten has Nixon’s middle name for a first name, and the name of one of the Manson killers for a last name. [/QUOTE] And according to Wikipedia, his middle man is Mussolini- was this ever mentioned in an episode? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-simpsons-running-gag/415085.md?page=2)