I think this thread has run before, but I was just wondering. . .
What is your list of the saddest scenes in the Simpsons? I can think of two:
1. Homer watching the stars after seeing his mother off (the background music is perfect). (Homer's Mother)
2. The Reverend playing with his train set after a devastating conversation with the stain-glass images in church. (In Marge We Trust)
<What is your list of the saddest scenes in the Simpsons?>
Though I list the episode as a campy pleasure now, the saddest scene was definately Kid Rock's appearance in "Kill The Alligator And Run". I felt betrayed.
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On 21 Jul 2001 03:28:51 GMT, [email] (Darth Arada) wrote:
Could've been worse... despite the fact that I don't like his music, it was actually kinda* funny (compared to other, more lame celebrity appearances... who am I thinking of... ?).
*weakened memory makes me feel more forgiving, I guess.
As for the actual thread, for me it was without a doubt the time Homer's mom had to run away from him, and he just sat there on the hood of his car, looking at the stars.
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A really sad scene is when Abe is dating Marge's mother, and he goes into the nursing home to get her and comes out with the wrong old lady, and she says "Can I come too?" and then marge rolls the window up on her face! Makes me sad everytime I see it
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I had tears in my eyes during that scene! Even with reruns, it gives me tingles.
That's one of the saddest scenes in my opinion.. another one for me is in "Summer of 4 ft 2", when Lisa's bumper car doesn't work, and then crashes through the wall and into the tree.
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The saddest scene was Bart praying for his soul. -Phil
Another very moving line from 7F19 is maybe Lisa�s reply when Ms Hoover asks what Mr Bergstrom had taught her "That life is worth living" and then she leaves crying.
I just re-watched most of season 2 and there are many many sad scenes. Really deep sad scenes are maybe only in seasons 1 - 3 and 7 and a very few in other seasons but none above season 9
Chris.
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"Well, what a wonderful 15 years on the air. Uh oh, I'm having a heart attack, Marge! AAAAH, I'm in pain! <Runs around crazily, falls onto the stove causing it to explode, resulting in Homer screaming even more, then burning to a crisp.> Bart: Bet ya didn't see that coming! <Laugh-In snippet plays, credits roll>
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I have 2 involving Ralph:
When Lisa breaks Ralph's heart on the Krusty Anniversary Special
When Bart hands over Chief Wiggums skeleton key, and Ralph starts to tear up after seeing Bart's betrayal of their friend ship.
Damn you Bart and Lisa, for ripping this poor kid's heart out just like that! Shame on you!!!!!
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How can you betray a boat?
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ROFL!
Smart ass!
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You can betray Knight Boat, the crime-solving boat!
Says you, woman.
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A few more:
"Lisa the Greek" -- Lisa's feelings when Homer tells her that Daddy-Daughter Days are now over until the next football season begins.
"Bart the Lover" -- when Bart passes the window of the Gilded Truffle and sees Mrs. Krabapple still waiting for "Woodrow".
There are quite a few in "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish".
Slightly by way of guilty secrets:
"Round Springfield" -- when Lisa retuns from her triumphant concert to hear that Bleeding Gums is dead.
"A Star Is Burns" -- Barney's documentary about himself and then, when it seems his life might finally turn around, you see what the prize consists of...
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I always thought the end of "Lisa on Ice" was depressing. Sue me.
I found that more of a touching scene rather than depressing.. but you gotta love the shot of Maggie all evil when the crowd chants 'Kill Bart'. Definitely one of my favourites eps.
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I thought it was pretty sad when Homer didn't believe that Abe had a date and forced him to go to the animal sanctuary with him and the date died. ________________________________________________________________
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Yes, that was sad. Hilariously sad.
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=v= Yes, though the title was "Mother Simpson," wasn't it?
=v= That scene was so remarkably executed that the pyrotechnics outshone the pathos, at least for me. I was more touched by the part where Ralph was crying, "You cho- *sob* cho- *sob* chose me!" I didna cry when me own father was hung for stealin' a pig, but, well, you know.
=v= Another sad moment is near the end of "Bart of Darkness,"
when Martin is felled by his own hubris. He stands there,
naked, looking at the horizon, and "Summer Wind" starts to play.
Then he ruins it by singing along. :^)
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That is a really moving scene. I remember shedding a tear when I first saw that scene.
The saddest of them all: Lisa listening to Marge's tape in the military school episode.
Just out of curiosity, how long have you been watching The Simpsons?
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Toves,
Homer's Mother without a doubt...makes me tear up everytime.
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The scene where he's eating the pet lobster (Pinchy IIRC) is full of pathos. "He would have wanted it this way".
1) One Fish, Two Fish, Blow Fish, when Homer is saying goodbye to Bart and Lisa while they are sleeping was quite sad. And when Marge finds him slumped in the chair the next morning, before she realises he is still alive.
2) The one where Homer has hair (2nd Season, cant think of the Episode name, is it Simpson and Delilah?), when at the end Marge sings "You are so beautiful to me", to Homer after he has gone bald again.
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When the one-armed man murdered Marge in the first episode.
When Dr. Hibbard was killed in the plane crash when he was returning home from Korea.
When Elmo found out where I live.
Aaron Hirshberg
Yep, it�s 7F02 "Simpson and Deliah"
I wouldn�t call the scene "sad" but more "emotionally touching" and finally uplifting. The sad scenes in season 2 are often in the middle of episodes (e.g. 7F17 when Grampas girlfriend died) while the endings are always uplifting and touching ("Dignity is on me")
I just wonder that some people consider certain scenes from episodes past season 9 as "saddest scenes". The final scene of HOMR is maybe better and more emotional than the usual superficial crap from season 12 but really sad and/or emotionally touching? I guess you haven�t seen much of the older seasons if you think seasons 9 - 12 have real sad moments. Just my humble opinion though.
Chris
There were a few scenes, from seasons 9-12 actually, that were pretty sad.
At the church picnic, all the kids throw eggs at Homer, he just rolls around, unable to do anything because he's so fat, and Bart is ashamed.
Lisa, realizing she has the Simspon gene, tells Homer and Bart she doesn't want to turn out like them.
Already mentioned, Bart gives the master key to the bullies, and Ralph says, "I thought we were friends."
Bart returns home from his first day of kindergarten.
Lisa tellls Homer that they'll probably just drift farther and farther apart.
Homer and Ned on the swings, after Maude's funeral.
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For me, the most poignant moment in the series comes at the end of "Separate Vocations," when Bart gives up his own future to put his sister's back on track. Bart's not the kind of guy who is given many shots at a decent future, which makes it especially moving that he gave it up for someone he spends most of the time pretending to hate.
As for the saddest moment in terms of bad writing--which I know is off topic, but quite fits one meaning of the word "sad"--is in "Lisa's First Word," when, in a flashback, Grampa sells his house to help Homer pay for a home for his own, growing family. Homer, duly moved, invites him to come live with them. Back in the present, Bart asks Homer how long it took to ship Granpa to the old folks' home, and Homer replies "About three weeks." That was the most tasteless joke I ever saw on The Simpsons. In the latest seasons, we get jokes like that all the time, but back in the day it made for an awful contrast with the show's usual excellence.
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One Fish, Two Fish, Blow Fish, when Homer is saying goodbye to Bart and Lisa while they are sleeping was quite sad. And when Marge finds him slumped in the chair the next morning, before she realises he is still alive
No thanks to the plane.
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I cannot believe nobody has mentioned my saddest/touching moment! Four words:
"Do It For Her"
that was definatly the best
As for the saddest moment in terms of bad writing--which I know is off
It may be tasteless for Homer to say somethin like that: bootin out his pop after 21 days. If you sit back and think about that though, in today's society, the elderly are often carted off in bushels to 'retirement communities'. It's immoral and tasteless, yeah, but so is our society today. I thought it was a very punctual, very necessary comment for a show billed as a social satire/commentary. That is, however, only my opinion.
-Chris
On 26 Jul 2001 04:23:38 GMT, [email] (NathanielThoreau) wrote:
I think that's what was intended. They're being a little shocking by being upfront about something that happens more quietly all the time. Also, see "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds":
Lisa: [about giving away the puppies] Is that what we do in this
family? When someone becomes an inconvenience, we just get rid of
them?
[camera pans rapidly to the Springfield Retirement Castle]
Abe: [picking up phone] Hello? Is anybody there? Aw...[hangs
up]Many moments in "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" were quite touching, such as Homer saying goodbye to the kids, recording the tape for Maggie, and sitting in the chair lifelessly.
It was sad in "Homer's Triple Bypass" when the kids are dressed smart as Homer goes in for his operation. Some emotional tension there.
In "I Married Marge" when Homer leaves his family and get's a job so he can send Marge the money he earns.
The closing minutes of "Lisa's Substitute".
I used to find the end of "Bart Get's Hit By A Car" quite sad, when Homer and Marge are in Moes and Marge looks (and sounds) really desparate when it seems like Homer has finished with her. Her facial expression is sad when she is telling Homer to look at her.
Of course, the end of "Mother Simpson". Not only when Homer is sat on the car watching the stars, but also when he says goodbye to his mother.
These make me sad just writing about them.
I also think that the part where Homer is afraid that his mother left because he was a bad child was sad- the fear is resurfacing due to something that he's obviously felt guilty about for years.
four words: Do it for her.
My god. I'm choking up just thinking about it. It was awesome.
Definitely. I was just about to post that. Not exactly sad, but definitely very touching.
-Rob
in article [email], Dylan H. at [email] wrote on 28/7/01 7:12 PM:
How is that SAD?
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[email] (Sydney Assbasket ) wrote in message news:...
I should have cleared that up. It wasnt "sad" per-say, it was just so touching and such a great moment in the simpsons I felt I needed to post it here. Sorry for the off-topic-ness.
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I would have to pick when Lisa said goodbye to Mr. Bergstrom.
And also when Bart actually studied for his history test and still failed. I just thought it was sad to see him cry and tell his teacher that he actually TRIED and did the best he could and still failed.
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