# Individual Episodes of shows you like but most fans hate

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 18, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individual-episodes-of-shows-you-like-but-most-fans-hate/589391 "2011-07-18T00:02:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individual-episodes-of-shows-you-like-but-most-fans-hate/589391/61 "2011-07-21T13:37:05Z")

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> [@Odesio](#):
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> Fans of a show have a lot invested in the canon. So when writers mess with that canon in ways that fundamentally alter what has been established it tends to upset the fans. One of the reasons Harry Shearer dislikes the episode is because he feels as though it was an insult to fans.

But the Simpsons doesn’t have a canon.

Is Homer stupid because of the Simpsons gene, or because of the screw in his nose? Is Moe ugly because of genetics, because of an accident or because of his boxing career? _How many times has Bart graduated from the 4th grade?_

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**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:** [July 21, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individual-episodes-of-shows-you-like-but-most-fans-hate/589391/62 "2011-07-21T13:40:12Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> But the Simpsons doesn’t have a canon.

This is so true, an angelic choir should sing every time someone reads it.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individual-episodes-of-shows-you-like-but-most-fans-hate/589391/63 "2011-07-21T13:50:16Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> But the Simpsons doesn’t have a canon.

This post is so true, I’m going to cannonize it.

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