The Simpsons
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Although he is often blamed for heralding the end of the show ’s Golden Age , The Simpsonsseason 36 , installment 1 brought back one of its most controversial supporting characters ever . The Simpsonshas been on the melody for over 35 years and , in this time , its decisive fall has been well documented . It is generally fit that the so - called Golden Age ofThe Simpsonsbegan around time of year 3 and stop before season 12 , meaning 23 of the show ’s seasons arrived after its peak . Despite this , recent years have seenYouTubecreators and critics likeVulture ’s Jesse David Fox alike question whetherThe Simpsonsis good again .
season 34 and 35 ofThe Simpsonsreceived markedly skillful review than the much - maligned seasons 30 - 33 , so it was a surprise whenThe Simpsonsseason 36 , instalment 1 announce itselfas the serial finale . In world , “ Bart ’s Birthday ” was the season premiere , but its elaborate self - parodic redact machine presented the outing as an AI - sire finale for the long - running show . To this end , heap of supporting mavin from to begin with in the show ’s account returned forBart ’s birthday in season 36 episode 1 , include a controversial character whose original arrival is closely linked to the declivity ofThe Simpsons .
How The Real Seymour Skinner Started The Simpsons' Decline Back In Season 9
The Principal And The Pauper Heralded Future Simpsons Problems
Martin Sheen ’s Principal Skinner first appeared in time of year 9 , episode 2 , “ The Principal and The Pauper,”where the Vietnam veteran soldier riposte to his hometown of Springfield and revealed that Principal Skinner was a imposter . This episode ’s off-the-wall taradiddle saw Sheen ’s no - falderol old stager examine that the principal , whose real name was Armin Tanzarian , had assumed his identity when he think that Skinner had perish in the war . This divine revelation was almost as laughable as many ofThe Simsponsseason 36 episode 1 ’s gonzo twistsbut , surprisingly , it was n’t retconned by the episode ’s ending . Instead , the show found a novel root .
The pointlessness of the sequence ’s circular plot and its unpaired tone left many long - time fans dusty .
To maintain the show ’s condition quo , the eccentric ofThe Simpsonsdecided en masse that they would transport the real Skinner out of townsfolk , reinstate Armin Tanzanian as “ Principal Skinner , ” and never mention the episode ’s events again . This audacious gag mock the ways that sitcoms ferment around awkward patch twists , but not everyone was bequeath laughing . The senselessness of the episode ’s circular secret plan and its uneven tone left many foresighted - fourth dimension fans cold , and the picnic ’s zanier , more pointedly far - fetched piece of writing gather literary criticism . Many fan online still highlight this episode as the rootage of theend of the Golden Age ofThe Simpsons .
Why The Simpsons Brought Back The Real Skinner In Season 36
Skinner’s Return Proved Something Was Wrong In Springfield
It is no surprisal that “ Bart ’s Birthday ” wreak back the tangible Seymour Skinner , as the intact instalment was designed to mock the show ’s unchanging status quo . present as a potential series finale , “ Bart ’s Birthday ” saw Principal Skinner and Police Chief Wiggum leave behind Springfield , Milhouse move to Atlanta , Lisa get a scholarship to Juilliard , and Moe shut his famous tap house . These result , along with Bart in the end turning eleven , proved the humanity of the series was finally , inescapably changing . This turned out to be a fakeout and normality was reinstated , but Skinner ’s return toThe Simpsonsreinforced the episode ’s status quo disruption .
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