In 1995, Lisa Simpson went to see a fortune teller who foresaw a day in the future when she would get married. What the fortune teller did not add is that continuity in The Simpsons is a little stuck in one place.
When the series first began in 1987, Bart was ten, Lisa eight, and Maggie a baby. Even though the series has remained topical, and has always referenced the ‘real world’, the ages have always remained. We are shown pre-1987 flashbacks to when the kids are born, and the Lisa’s wedding episode was not the only future episode to depict the kids as adults. But to set a date in the future was a risk, because when The Simpsons returns, everyone will be the same age.
Setting a date way back in 1995 when the Internet wasn’t as big as it is now probably wasn’t seen as such a big deal. Today, the occasion of Lisa Simpson’s wedding was the top trending topic on twitter, as people knew that today was the date on the wedding invite.
In a real life sitcom, the characters would have aged so why should not animated characters? Of course, the problem with real actors, particularly child actors is that they grow up. When child actors grow up they cease to be cute. Maggie Simpson is depicted, as being sixteen, so would have already been subjected to ‘Rudy from The Cosby Show syndrome’. This is where a cute young child star grows up and loses the cuteness and is replaced by a long lost cousin or something to keep the show’s cute quota up.
When the series first began in 1987, Bart was ten, Lisa eight, and Maggie a baby. Even though the series has remained topical, and has always referenced the ‘real world’, the ages have always remained. We are shown pre-1987 flashbacks to when the kids are born, and the Lisa’s wedding episode was not the only future episode to depict the kids as adults. But to set a date in the future was a risk, because when The Simpsons returns, everyone will be the same age.
Setting a date way back in 1995 when the Internet wasn’t as big as it is now probably wasn’t seen as such a big deal. Today, the occasion of Lisa Simpson’s wedding was the top trending topic on twitter, as people knew that today was the date on the wedding invite.
In a real life sitcom, the characters would have aged so why should not animated characters? Of course, the problem with real actors, particularly child actors is that they grow up. When child actors grow up they cease to be cute. Maggie Simpson is depicted, as being sixteen, so would have already been subjected to ‘Rudy from The Cosby Show syndrome’. This is where a cute young child star grows up and loses the cuteness and is replaced by a long lost cousin or something to keep the show’s cute quota up.
