Bart and Lisa being written as a couple

No I'm not asking for fanfic ideas here.

What I'm saying is that I notice trend in more recent Simpsons episodes (and some older ones as well). Namely that the writers have this thing with making Bart and Lisa like this kind of bickering married couple or otherwise jokingly suggest that they're an item. Naturally this is done purely for comedy's sake, but it's being done to an almost disturbing level.

For example, I can think of at least two episodes where B&L's entire plot was an excuse to make as many bickering married couple jokes as possible. The first was in that episode where they drive around in a peddling car with Maggie in the backseat and the second one was in the episode where they took care of an ant (the latter episode already containing the infamous "Bart licking Lisa's face" scene.

Also there was that episode where Lisa fakes being a college student and when the college girls ask her if she has any cute guys as roommates, she says "Well, Bart is..." and then goes "No."

Surely there have to be people other than me who've noticed this disturbing trope in the show.

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wasn't a story about writers and storyborders making porn of bart and lisa?

You're talking about the episode Dangerous Curves, right? Yeah that was weird af. It's as if the writers are trying to b8 DeviantArt/Paheal.

>the latter episode already containing the infamous "Bart licking Lisa's face" scene
Wait what!?

It's just Lisa's way to deal with the departure of Juliet.

I don't really take these kinds of jokes as seriously as others do. The jokes are supposed to be funny-in-a-weird-way. Although, given the joke writing on the show as late, the funny part is up in the air. But to go as far as to say it's "disturbing" is going too far.

It's not as if they're making jokes about Bart and Lisa fucking.

what part of my post gave you the impression that i go to Sup Forums?
was it the word class? the reference to the news?

I saw that episode and I never want to see it again.

EHHHHHHHHH

I consider it more of a lazy device than anything, much like the relationship between Wiggum and Homer in Chief of Hearts. They didn't make it funny and instead opted for pretty much generic back and forths supposedly made humorous by the fact the characters are not an actual couple. I rarely get disturbed by these, just annoyed.

They did the same sort of thing with Flanders and Homer for a while. Those were pretty funny though. Now that I think of it, they've sort of dropped that element of Lenny and Carl, haven't they?

As for the Bart and Lisa thing, it's not at all a regular occurrence, so I hardly think about it at all. Anyway, it's only perverted if you read into it too much.

>but it's being done to an almost disturbing level.
>disturbing

There's nothing disturbing about love OP.

Glad someone is bringing this up. It's disgusting as fuck. It's never been obvious, but you know when it's implied. It's so disturbing and incest-y. I could deal with the bit in Kill the Alligator and Run where Homer talks about B&L getting married, and I'm glad the joke in Make Room For Lisa ("Mom and Dad must never know!") was cut from the finished script. But since the HD switch, this is getting ridiculous. It's like the writers know about all the R34 and smutfics and have decided to egg it on. These gags are disturbing and creepy as fuck. Their relationship in Dangerous Curves was not funny at all. It was annoying, but that's the least concern as it was also sick. Worse than that was the subplot in American History X-Cellent. Them acting like a married couple and raising their ants (kids) was more disturbing than Homer getting raped by a panda and all other Homer torture gags combined, plus all other B&L incest jokes (excluding the one in KTAAR). As soon as they make a more obvious incest joke about Bart/Lisa liking each other, that episode will automatically become my least favorite episode of all time.

I forgot about the KTAAR joke, but I assumed that was just Homer being an idiot.

>There's nothing disturbing about love OP.
But this is so wrong!

This is a good point actually, not even gonna lie

Right. A lot of people hate that gag, but I never understood why. It's just a typical garden variety Homer says something retarded joke.

wait wtf is this picture
who is lisa kissing and who is bart kissing? because this is photoshop right?

I thought Bart licking Lisa was pretty funny. You have to admit, Bart and Lisa raising an ant is a pretty unique plot.

just watch some older episodes, bart and lisa were written so well that you could tell they were siblings even if the show never said so just because how they acted
nowdays how many people even have siblings anymore? remember the show is based on mat groenings family, back in the day 3 kids was the norm
this is also why sitcoms died and got replaced by reality tv and then that got replaced by youtube, nobody can relate

People, people. It's just an old sitcom cliche joke about characters being written like an old married couple. There's no lewd stuff implied here except in your heads.

>I'm glad the joke in Make Room For Lisa ("Mom and Dad must never know!") was cut from the finished script
Huh? In what context was that line intended to be said?

I agree that the writers probably aren't intentionally inserting incest jokes into episodes, however it seems to be happening more and more often now.

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Bart and Lisa open a dresser drawer which contains a baby inside, followed by that line.

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Fucking nasty. Thank Allah I didn't see that deleted scene.

It wasn't a deleted scene to my knowledge, it was just a gag the writers passed around the room. I'm not sure if they ever actually storyboarded/animated it. I can't imagine Fox would have been ok with it.

Because it doesn't fit into The Simpsons.

Remember that, on some level, The Simpsons *are* supposed to be an average dysfunctional American family. Dumb dad, nagging mum, one kid's a brat, another's a smart alec. That's your tone.

Homer talking about incest breaks the illusion of these moving lines being an actual family because it doesn't fit the tone of the show at all. It'd be like making a Simpsons episode about racism.

All the same, thank God I have never heard of that scene's existence before now.

If it's a bad Bart/Lisa incest joke, then yes. A few years back, there was a period in which I became very sensitive to stuff like that and I when I was watching the episodes, I was getting paranoid that some sort of joke like that would come up. I'm serious.

I don't mind the ones involving Cletus (I actually find them funny) as he is a smaller character and it fits his hillbilly characterization. However, Bart and Lisa seem too innocent and (comparatively) normal to go through something like that. That's why it bothers me. Plus, they are only 10 and 8 and I think it would be very out of character for both of them. Bart because he would get grossed out and Lisa because it would go against her morals.

the thing about bart and lisa being written as a couple, people only see this because they want to, wasn't there something like that in lisa the drama queen about lisa and juliet's friendship having a lesbian tone

I thought that had to do with the movie the episode was based on.

Bridge to Terabitha? But that was a boy and a girl.

>It'd be like making a Simpsons episode about racism.

I think you're reading too much into it user. The not couple acts like a couple joke has been around forever. The only reason they use Bart and Lisa is because they're the only prominent kids. They've made incest related jokes before. The scene where Bart essentially comes home from work at the plant and Marge nags him and he reacts like a stereotypical husband promising to take her out to dinner. It's a common gag.

If you haven't had an on-and-off relationship with a friend or a sibling that acted like a shrewd marriage, you're not a human. People argue, people make up. This isn't anything new. The people who make it to be anymore than what it is are the ones who need to be addressed.

Short version: It's fiction, nigga.

Lisa The Drama Queen was based on the 1994 movie Heavenly Creatures, directed by Peter Jackson and starring Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet. The protagonists murder someone's mother or something and initially bond over their ailments. As time goes on, they start becoming closer and acting out their fantasies.

youtube happen because of streaming demand. Watch what you want when you want.
The rest is just part of the cycle of entertainment, we will swing back to sitcom once people get sick of the other stuff. That's what happen last time that made the second sitcom boom happen.

You do know the highest rated sitcoms had nothing to do with the family nucleus right?

Heavenly Creatures really didn't have any overt lesbian stuff in it.

Either way, the episode was completely /u/-tastic.

'Kay. I honestly thought it was based on BTT. Sure was /u/-tastic though. I was expecting Lisa and Juliet to start torching each other's rugs any minute.

Wait, so the show's doing episode length parodies of Peter Jackson movies now?

As long as there aren't actually jokes about B&L being in love/kissing/dating etc, then who gaf? They're brother and sister, they should be able to do bondage stuff, spend time with each other without people going "OMG they're incestuous fucking gross dude."

Once upon a time, it was widely considered "sick" to have any reference to sex in a TV show. I'm not exactly a supporter of a Bart and Lisa incest storyline though.

>8 year olds
>rugs
Dude...

>They're brother and sister, they should be able to do bondage stuff

From what you say, you sound like you want to see a Bart-and-Lisa-incest storyline.

Al Jean already did that. Whatever that man touches turbs into shit.

Reminder that Bart emotionally cucked his Dad.

This, pretty much.
You guys are inferring more than what is implied by a couple of lazy jokes from a notoriously lazy show.

Forbidden love is always worth more than conventional love: Conventional love faces less challenges than forbidden love.
It's easy to be a normal couple, it's hard to be a homosexual couple and it's even harder to be an incest couple.

>It's not as if they're making jokes about Bart and Lisa fucking.
For nów
IT was the 'j' word

Did your sister rape you or something?

yeah I think he should have proofread that post a little better

>It is a Sup Forumsmblr episode

>Anyone has watched enough newer Simpsons episodes to notice a trend
Please stop.
You're only making sure the corpse becomes even more tainted

They still average 3 million viewers per episode so someone or something is watching this shit.

whats wrong with jews?

So? It's still shit.

yes

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>Bart calling Lisa cutesy names in MoneyBART
Stuff like that.

Only Sup Forums is allowed to be racist now, and you're allowed to be racist on Sup Forums everyone else will be deported.

>It's disgusting as fuck

You've just been on Sup Forums for way too long, you sick fuck.

Nah, if he still finds the concept repulsive then he can't have been here long enough.

Some of the Simpsons comics also...ah...oh boy.

>Brother raping sister
>Not sister raping brother
Shit taste senpai

Also two panels after this one, Lisa says "Admit it, Bart. You cherish our relationship."

Isn't it racist to treat them as a protected class?

Doesn't that imply there not capable in of themselves to function in society and need the help of others? Essentially another version of the white man's burden?

This thread is mental.

You're all nuts. Your siblings never hugged or kissed you on the cheek?

or sleep in the same bed

So your siblings have? Also, hug on the cheek? Please tell me how that's possible

it's not uncommon at all. siblings kiss the other on the cheek from time to time as a means of embarrassing or just expressing their emotion. notice how Bart says "Knock it off!" he doesn't want Lisa to be on him, but she is, she's showing her affection. it's not meant to be incest, it's meant to be a younger sister showing her love of an older brother and probably embarrassing him in the process. so yes, i do think you're looking too far into this.

Gotta be honest, I never hug and kiss my family half as much as the Simpsons do.

But if it's so wrong, why does it feel so right?

You tell me

Yeah good point earlier about American History X-Cellent and Dangerous Curves. Those episodes don't have hugging/kissing, but they do have pretty blatant incest jokes in them.

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I think you're digging too deep into this, OP.

or sucked your dick

there is nothing wrong with this at all

Yeah, people who draw and jerk off to (any)cartoon porn are weirdos and sick fucks.

But whatever, there's way worst stuff out there, and it's not hurting anybody.

No. I wish I had a bro tier sister so we could do stuff toghether.

shows that came after family sitcoms in a new decade and where inspired by family sitcoms but targeted at a new culture are different?
dude you blew my mind

youtube happenned because facebook, high speed internet, computer phones and tablets
most youtube videos are 20 minutes long and can be consumed whenever you want
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>Sup Forums
>disturbed by anything
Something ain't right here

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>. Plus, they are only 10 and 8 and I think it would be very out of character for both of them.
As if you need to be pubescent to have sexual desire...

BART GET OUT IM PISS

Mine neither

From MoneyBART.

Nelson: Get a room, you two.
B+L: We're brother and sister.
Milhouse: So are my parents. I think.

So no, they aren't incestuous. Milhouse's mom and dad might be, and you're an idiot.

Quiet, don't Think about it and be a good Goy.
Remember six million.

The only well written sibiling relationship on the show was Sideshow Bob and Cecil's. Thank god this one is still pretty pure and untouched by the writers sick jokes.

It was a hillbilly's joke,, I really don't see any read too much into that.
No, siblings grew close and imitate their parents, later in adolescence theym grew apart, it's kinda normal, most people remember thoae interactions and it's awkward but eventually when old it's funny.

so mentioning jews in any srth of context is racist?
how can someone be racist against jews when they are not a race or xenophobe when they live all across the world
most jewish people arent even religious so i cant discriminate them on religious basis either

isnt every trump supporter racist tho?
how can only pol is racist but half of american voters picked trump?