User blog:Grust/Grust's Top 11 Dumbest Moments From the Simpsons

You know the drill. My top 11 dumbest moments from the Simpsons. Some of these moments are nitpicks while some advance the story, either way, these moments I find just stupid, cruel or simply not very funny. These will be ranked not by how dumb they are but by when my brain was forced to remember them. I had to suffer so you must suffer with me, just don't go crazy from this stupidity cuz that's my job.

The Dumbest Moments
11. Homer putting a screwdriver at the end of Lisa's restraining order stick: From the episode On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister: In the episode, Homer makes a restraining order stick for Lisa to use on her brother and puts a screwdriver in the end, hurting Bart. According to Homer it was to show Bart what's it like in the real world. This was incredibly mean spirited even for Homer and will not show what life is like in the real world. Yes life is hard and will knock you down, but this action will only show that life sucks and is not worth living.

10. Lisa saying that as a feminist anything a woman does is empowering: From the episode The Blue and the Gray. So Lisa whatever a woman does is empowering according to feminists huh? Was it empowering when Elizabeth Bathory killed innocent people? Was it empowering when Lena Dunham said you don't need a father? Was it empowering when Emma Sulkowicz (Mattress Girl) accused an innocent man of raping her and ruined his life? Nice try, you worthless little brat. Idiocy like this only hurts what many great women like Amelia Earhart or Susan B. Anthony worked so hard to achieve for women.

9. Marge turning off Homer and Bart's game: From the episode, Moaning Lisa. When Homer who had been losing nonstop to Bart over a wrestling game finally has the chance to beat Bart, Marge switches off the game. Homer went through humiliation and several quarters to finally beat Bart and now thanks to Marge it went to waste. I know Marge isn't a gamer, but she could have seen that what was going to happen would have taken two frickin seconds to do. I think this is why I chose the life of celibacy.

8. The prisoner setting his bed on fire and sleeping on it: From the episode, American History X-Cellent. A prisoner sets his bed on fire, laughs evilly then goes to sleep in it. Was I supposed to be intimidated or laugh cuz it did neither it was just stupid. I know it's a nitpick but this really shows the writers can't come up with a good joke even a brief one.

7. Marge telling Homer to look into the eyes of the prisoners he made suffer with his ratting: From the episode, The Seven-Beer Snitch. Homer rats on prisoners and Marge calls him out on it trying to make the prisoners into victims. Do I even need to explain? They were PRISONERS, people who did wrong and committed acts of evil. They deserve to suffer. Marge even suggested that the thugs and murderers be pardoned and yes she outright acknowledged they were thugs and murderers. Here's the actual quote from when Marge meets the Governor of the state, "Governor, I think the only fair solution is to pardon all these thugs and murderers."

6. Lisa's Hippie Friends cutting the chain link fence: From the episode, Apocalypse Cow. Lisa's hippie friends Compost and Solar Panel ask for forgiven by the chain link fence they cut, even claiming to honor its chain link spirit. I know they are hippies, but even the dumbest hippies know that chain links have no spirit or life force. It's just really stupid and not funny.

5. Lisa putting police tape on a Christmas Tree: From the episode, The Fight Before Christmas. Lisa puts police tape on the Christmas Tree to mark a "crime scene." Marge even asks her if she'd complain about her gingerbread house which Lisa then refers to as a gingerbread mcMansion. Lisa, I just have to ask this, "What's it like to be eight years old and have no sense of just wanting to be a kid? What's it like to be so young and have no sense of fun or joy in your entire body?" And you wonder why you're my most hated character in all of television?

4. Marge's reaction to mean comments on the internet: From the episode, The Wreck of the Relationship. While I enjoy the main plot involving Homer and Bart's relationship, Marge's subplot is godawful. Marge is put in charge of Homer's fantasy football team and receives trash talk from the town. Marge reacts so negatively towards it she actually removes the wi-fi from the church in front of everyone. Newsflash, Marge, people talk shit on the internet all the time. I've even seen stuff playing World of Warcraft that makes what she receives tame and calm. I've even been in losing PvP maps and have heard players telling others to kill themselves. Marge however reacted poorly to this. The best course of action is to simply ignore it. That's it. Plus it's still better than having the internet censored.

3. The Tic-Tac-To trailer: From the episode, The Squirt and the Whale. It's basically a sci-fi trailer based off the game Tic-Tac-To. To be honest even though I find it very stupid, it's worth taking a look at. I would even go so far as to call it "The Room" of these dumb moments. Basically it's a war between X's and O's and a romance between an X and an O.

2. Marge handing Homer some tissues after throwing him out: From my most hated episode, Homer's Night Out. After throwing out Homer for the serious crime of dancing next to another woman even though he's the breadwinner, she hands him some tissues saying, "Here. If you have any soul left, you'll need these." I've already talked about this episode but seriously Marge, what the hell? All he did was dance next to another woman. He never even touched her, you humorless sack of blue haired vomit. And you wonder why I really hate this episode?

And the number 1 dumbest for me in The Simpsons is:

Actually this one is a twofer since they are both extremely similar with the only real difference is that one advanced the story and the other is a nitpick. Both these moments stuck into my brain because of how stupid they were and just won't fucking leave.

1. Marge returning an extra paper towel and writing a check to Hollywood: From the episodes A Test Before Trying and Steal This Episode respectively. In ATBT, there's a scene where Marge writes a letter to Burly stating his rolls came with 102 rolls and she got 103 so she sends the extra one back, unused. In STE, she writes a check to Hollywood after watching like two minutes of a pirated movie, which gets Homer arrested. By god, these little moments prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that it is literally impossible for Marge to be likable. She can either be a killjoy, a nag, or a moral guardian, but with this she's written as so goody goody, she's practically a retard about it. In fact I came with a name for moments like these, Goodytard. While I admit this list isn't truly ranked, I do consider both of these the dumbest moments in The Simpsons.