# Why do the Simpsons wear the same clothes every episode? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2002, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-simpsons-wear-the-same-clothes-every-episode/107196 "2002-05-04T01:38:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-simpsons-wear-the-same-clothes-every-episode/107196/21 "2002-05-05T12:00:15Z")
Another joke about wearing the same clothes: Lisa: “It feels like I’ve been wearing this same red dress for years!”. (When Marge is in jail and no-one else can wash clothes. Think Homer in a wedding dress.) ---
**Author:** ![Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeremy_s_Evil_Twin)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-simpsons-wear-the-same-clothes-every-episode/107196/22 "2002-05-05T12:58:12Z")
Bart wears a blue jacket to church. Maybe that’s what Homer meant? ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-simpsons-wear-the-same-clothes-every-episode/107196/23 "2002-05-05T13:25:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Bart wears a blue jacket to church. Maybe that’s what Homer meant? No!!! He meant what I said! THAT was the joke! ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-simpsons-wear-the-same-clothes-every-episode/107196/24 "2002-05-05T14:20:28Z")
Well we all saw what hapened to Homer when he wore a pink shirt to work one day. Poor guy, can’t blame him for not wanting to try out new things anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-simpsons-wear-the-same-clothes-every-episode/107196/25 "2002-05-05T17:33:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Big Cheese \* > \*\*Luckily for Bart’s sake, it doesn’t seem to get too cold for his shorts in Springfield. \*\* He and the family just change into their winter clothes, which are the same winter clothes they’ve been wearing for 11 years too. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-simpsons-wear-the-same-clothes-every-episode/107196/26 "2002-05-05T18:20:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeremy’s Evil Twin \* > \*\*Bart wears a blue jacket to church. Maybe that’s what Homer meant? \*\* Yeah, maybe. Remember Lisa’s little black cocktail dress in the episode with the new girl, Alex? And the episode where she becomes cool, and looks like “Blossom.” Oh, and a reference to how they all dress the same, even (mostly) in cold weather. “It was an unusually warm Valentine’s Day, so the children all walked home without jackets.” ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-simpsons-wear-the-same-clothes-every-episode/107196/27 "2002-05-05T23:00:01Z")
> [@](#): > > ## quote: > > ## Originally posted by Jeremy’s Evil Twin Bart wears a blue jacket to church. Maybe that’s what Homer meant? > > Yeah, maybe. WTF?!?! I already said the correct answer! He was referring to the blue shirt Bart wears on Simpsons merchandise! Why are you people ignoring me!? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-simpsons-wear-the-same-clothes-every-episode/107196/28 "2002-05-11T09:43:19Z")
Also, the animators have enough to do without having to update the characters’ clothes to fit current styles. As far as the clothes themselves, Marge and Lisa are a tad easier to animate this way. Marge’s legs are hidden by the long tube, and Lisa’s arms move independent of sleeves. Maggie, of course, is happy crawling around in her little bag. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-simpsons-wear-the-same-clothes-every-episode/107196.md?page=1)