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Mr. Burns: Who's that man?

Smithers: Homer Simpson, sir.

Mr. Burns: Simpson, eh? New man?

Smithers: Actually sir, he thwarted your campaign for governor, you ran over his son, he saved the plant from meltdown, his wife painted you in the nude...

Mr. Burns: Ehh...doesn't ring a bell.

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During the opening, the tombstones the camera passes by read 'Bambi's Mom,' 'Jim Morrison,' 'Cajun Cooking,' 'Walt Disney,' and one that says 'Lose Weight Now, Ask Me How.' See more...

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The Simpsons (1989) - 30 plot holes in entire show

Directed by Matt Groening, starring Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Kelsey Grammer, Nancy Cartwright, Phil Hartman, Yeardley Smith (add more)

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Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington (season 3, episode 2)

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The Simpsons take a flight to Washington D.C. for Lisa's speech. But it is revealed in a later episode that Marge has a fear of flying. This was before it was discovered that she had a fear of flying.

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New Kid on the Block (season 4, episode 8)

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When Bart prank-calls Moe and tells him his name is Jimbo Jones, Bart says that he lives at 1094 Evergreen Terrace instead of 742 Evergreen Terrace, where Jimbo and Bart are. If Moe had taken those directions, he wouldn't have arrived at the house, instead he would have gone somewhere different.

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Marge vs. the Monorail (season 4, episode 12)

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When Homer is trying to stop the Monorail, he grabs the big M from the side of the train and uses it as an anchor. However, when the M cuts through 'Springfield's Oldest Tree', there is no visible monorail track or supporting pole in the background.

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Marge on the Lam (season 5, episode 6)

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In the car chase, Chief Wiggum says that one of the suspects (Marge) "is wearing a green dress, pearls, and a lot of blue hair." However when we see Marge from the police car all we can see is her hair, so how would he have known about the pearls and dress?

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And Maggie Makes Three (season 6, episode 13)

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Bart comments on Homer's extreme reaction when he realised Marge was pregnant with Maggie. In the next flashbacks, when Homer reacts in the same way to hearing about Bart and Lisa, they are shown in the house at Evergreen Terrace both times. In Series 4, in the episode Lisa's First Word, they show that the Simpsons did not move to Evergreen Terrace until just before Lisa was born. Other episodes have also shown that Homer was with Marge at Doctor Hibbert's when she found out about her other pregnancies.

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When Homer is seen at work in the flashbacks (before Maggie was born), he is at his usual control panel in sector 7-G, but he only began working here when Burns made him safety supervisor in season 1, "Homer's Odyssey". Before Maggie was born he should have been working at the conveyor belt with the carbon rods, where we saw him in the first couple of episodes.

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Bart's Comet (season 6, episode 14)

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If there were too many people in the shelter when Homer was trying to shut the door, how could Ned easily walk up to his family and then outside?

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The PTA Disbands (season 6, episode 21)

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When Bart locks Principal Skinner and Mrs Krabappel in Skinner's office, and tells them that they can't come out until they've reached an agreement, why didn't Skinner and Krabappel just climb out Skinner's office window instead of spending hours pounding on the door yelling to be let out?

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Lemon of Troy (season 6, episode 24)

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In the scene where Bart has to choose the right Roman numeral door in order to avoid the tigers; right as the Shelbyville kids come bursting through the outer door, Bart picks the right door through humorous deduction and escapes. However, the Shelbyville kids are unable to open the door which doesn't make sense, since there is no lock on the door and there wasn't any mention of Bart blocking or sabotaging the door because only a few seconds later we see him on the street continuing to fret about the lemon tree.

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Who Shot Mr. Burns? (2) (season 7, episode 1)

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When Smithers realises that he shot Jasper, instead of Mr. Burns, he mentions that he left the meeting early in order to watch Pardon My Zinger. However, in the previous episode, you see him walk out of the meeting with everyone else, very slowly.

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Burns' sunblocker was meant to always block out the sun above Springfield. Yet when the Townspeople go to rip the sunblocker down, it is perfect daylight.

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Radioactive Man (season 7, episode 2)

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The director of Radioactive Man says to Bart "we found our new Fall Out Boy. That's what I would say if you weren't an inch too short. NEXT!" But Milhouse is the new Fall Out Boy, and he's blatantly smaller than Bart. Bart was standing right next to Milhouse, so the director could see the difference.

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Much Apu About Nothing (season 7, episode 23)

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At the end Apu finds out he's been chosen for jury duty for the first time. However, in 'The Boy Who Knew Too Much' he was on the jury.

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Tree House of Horror IX (season 10, episode 4)

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In "Starship Poopers," Kang always wears a glass thing on his head, but whenever Homer beats him up, it's gone.

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Tree House of Horror X (season 11, episode 4)

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In "Life's a Glitch", Lisa finds out that she has a seat on the spacecraft going to Mars as the proofreader. How, though, was she not informed of this before going to the rocket? The family only finds out about the rocket after finding Krusty's letter/invitation and the fact that she was on the list there would be no reason why she wouldn't have been informed of this. It was still New Year's Day so if it had been by mail then it would have to arrive before the New Year so as to make the plan work, being as it was a public holiday and no mail would be delivered. Therefore it would have to be delivered personally or someone would need to contact her. There were also many well known celebrities and figures ready to board the rocket. I can't imagine they were all home in time to gather their mail and were all somehow contacted, yet Lisa was simply walking around town and at church and they couldn't find her? There was also no evidence to suggest anything would have stopped her from either receiving the invitation in time or being informed of the mission.

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E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt) (season 11, episode 5)

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When the Simpsons run away from the duel, they go to Homer's childhood farmhouse. But Homer and Grandpa burned the farmhouse down in the episode "Grandpa vs. Sexual Inadequacy".

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Homer vs. Dignity (season 12, episode 5)

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In the last part of the episode, when Mr Burns is trying to convince Homer on his float to play a big prank, the timing is totally wrong. Firstly, Lisa sees the writing 'Happy Pranksgiving' on the side of Mr Burns' float way before it reaches her, and it takes Mr Burns ages to change into the Father Christmas outfit.

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The Parent Rap (season 13, episode 2)

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Homer and Bart can still change their clothes despite being tethered together.

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The Blunder Years (season 13, episode 5)

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When they are sitting around the campfire, Lenny says that the nuclear plant has only just opened. But in another episode where Homer is in high school, the guidance counsellor tells him that the power plant will soon be opening.

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The Bart Wants What It Wants (season 13, episode 11)

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Ned Flanders wins the $100 bill, but on the side it says $50.

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