Ouch !, but also that what happened when most of the creative team from a sitcom gets replaced, they tend to lose track of details that's why in the last 2 examples outside treehouse of horrors and dream sequences Bart has spiked skull, in conclusion the writers are baboons!
In one episode you can clearly see that the Simpson children have spiked skulls, but then in other episodes they clearly have rounded skulls. Are we supposed to believe that they actually have some sort of magical shape-shifting skull? Boy, I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder.
@@soursimpsons Their hair and skulls are stylized. Not everything in a cartoon should be taken as canon. I mean there are other examples of style getting in the way of what is really happening, in hello kitty, for example, Hello Kitty look like a white cat, however the author commented that hello kitty is not really a cat, but a human british girl, she only appear as a cat in the cartoon but its not canon. Meanwhile, we do have a example of style affecting the simpsons, the creator of the Simpson's said that he made then yellow so that he would trick the people watching the cartoon. Make then think that the colors of the tv where wrong and needed adjustments. Cartoons follow rules, like for example, the rule of funny, that say that anything can happen as long as it funny. That is also without counting that the Simpsons have multiple writers, and each author has its own interpretation. Thats why characters go throught things like flandarization, different authors dont get what the characters are about or dont care, and do their own spins on said characters. Now to the skulls, had you perceived how marge skull still has hair? The weird skulls are for the skelletons to get easilly recognized.
Jake the barber is one of those characters I constantly forget about until he appears. He dates all the way back to the Tracy Ulman shorts, and yet his appearances are all so minor.
I propose this theory: Bart has a naturally spiky skull. Every time his hair is visibly cut, he doesn't just cut his hair off, he removes a chunk of his own skull! Fortunately, the spikes regenerate and the brain remains hermetically sealed within its cranium, so the damage is never serious or life-threatening.
I think the spiked skulls are just a way of identifying the characters even post decomposition, same as Marge still having hair as a skeleton. When you know it’s the character like in an X-Ray image, then they just have a rounded skull. But this fur topic, now THAT has my attention. Do Bart and Lisa have the same color hair as their skin color? Or do they actually have lighter skin and yellow fur?
than again the older idea from Marge she's was ether a mutated or a rabbit. because she did have ears under that long hair. that was before they just say it's only a hair style she uses.
5:50 Marge has definitelly the weirdest shape of skull. Since x-ray sees right through the hair, there's no possibility to be her skull covered by hair, that means Marge suffers from microcephaly. Oh and it seems her ear has ossified, as it is a bone too apparently.
If you also factor The Simpsons Arcade game, an electrocuted Marge shows she has rabbit ears hiding behind her tall hair. This Marge plot twist was originally Matt Groening's idea for as early as season 1, but the creatives felt this idea was too ridiculous.
One episode, Homer puts his beer on Barts head, which was flat enough to keep the can from tipping. Another episode, Lisa was trying out for a physical fitness class. She was playing dodgeball but when the ball hit her head, the ball covering was pierced by her spiky head. So they probably do have skulls in the shapes of their heads as depicted in the Treehouse of Horror episodes.
Whereas Frink would never do that - he's thrilled to run all sorts of tests and make calculations that direct the vector of his finger to point THAT WAY!
If we take this theory a notch forward, Marge actually has bunny ears, so with that in mind, it probably affected the birth of Bart and Lisa and even Maggie. Kind of sad to think about. I hope they don't have mutated bodies like Marge does yikes.
@@InAnimateGamer hear me out, but that's because The Simpsons crew never referenced it again in the show. I guess the only way we would ever find out, is if in a Treehouse of Horror, Marge gets electrocuted. These Fan Theories are interesting to debate!
I always took it as the spiky skulls just being for comedic effect. Like when we see Spongebob's square skeleton. It catches you off guard because logic would dictate he wouldn't have one.
You know, I guess there's can be another exhibit in favour of spike skull theory: in S03E12 "I married Marge" Dr. Hibbert provides ultrasonography for pregnant Marge and we can see that Bart already had his spike "haircut" being an embryo. But embryos are usually bold while they in utero. Something like that.
Having not watch the episode yet I'm going to theorize that the skulls have only been shown in dream sequences and non-canon episodes and therefore are open to interpretation and styling for ease of identification
The very first appearance of Bart's spiky skull was in the 'Do The Bartman' video. About 4 mins 26 seconds in. But again it's part of his imaginary pop video. And funnily enough the follow up music video for Deep Deep Trouble in 1991 ends with a reveal that Bart had been punished by having his head shaved and no spiky skull. :P So this whole thing has been going on since almost the very start. :P
MY THEORY: Bart and Lisa have spikey hair, but Bart's head skull in season 21 was starting to become a bit spikey (and they didn't even bother calling a doctor). In this theory, Bart's skull became normal again after let's say Bart needed a check at Dr. Hibbert's. And then his skull became normal again. Oh... and what about Marge Simpson's secret bunny ears? That... we'll figure out another day.
Ive subscribed! Love your stuff... this is a question I've always wondered, too😁 though most of the "skull" incidents do seem to be treehouse or horror or characters' own fantasies...💀
Perhaps the spikes are...cartilage?? GOOD observation about the ToH/couch gags/non-canon nature of the spiked skulls, how they perceive it and not an anatomical reality! But to add to that, the radioactive TV clip is shown from the viewer's perspective, and NOT from an official X-ray scan, which might medically confirm the theory! Just another example of driving without an artistic license!
This is so stupid but as a kid, I put off watching the Simpsons because I thought Bart’s scalp was pointy, not knowing it was meant to be spiky hair. The thought of a real person with a pointy skull disturbed me so much I didn’t want to watch.
What I want to know is, why does Lisa have a "normal" scalp, whereas her hair and the rest of her skin is yellow? Maybe the yellowness is like a tan, and her scalp is pale due to lack of exposure? Yet we also see that Bart's scalp is yellow...
Here's one to analyze. How old is Hans Moleman? Several episodes say he's a senior, but one says he's thirty. Also, how many times has Hans Moleman died? Is it a case where there's multiple Molemen, or is he like Kenny from South Park?
I always thought it was hair but this was an interesting mystery indeed. I kind of forgot that they were episodes where you actually see them have spiky skulls
Personally I believe their hair is made of a flexible bone-like material with a skin/hair texture on it. The white patches are the bones layers underneath, and the material sometimes does or does not show up.
I counter your X-Ray Smooth-skull (sounds like an insult when I put it that way) argument with this - X-Rays don't show hair but Bart's X-Rays still show his outline. That is good ol fashioned skin and cartilage
So from our real world perspective it would be to differentiate between the two since Bart and Lisa are about the same height and build it would be hard to tell the two apart skeletal wise without spikes. From a Simpsons universe perspective, they’re inbred, in fact most of the White (or yellow) Springfeildians are descended from a handful of pioneers, some of who were probably related already, that could mean the Springfield gene pool is very small, leading to a lot of genetic duplications and deletions which results in deformities, which explains the spiked skulls, along with Prof Frink having a tick tak shaped head and most of the population having no chins.
Oh this was so good. I appreciate these video essays. Have we ever really and truly understood how Barney Gumble, notorious alcoholic, makes his money to buy so much booze?
the skeletons in treehouse of horror 11 don't belong to Bart and Lisa, they belong their unnamed siblings (presumably the one that looks like Bart is Hugo.) Not that this matters since TOH isn't canon, just thought i'd mention it.
I can answer your question with two words. "Animation humour." And art perfection. It's just all for a laugh, after all all of the Simpson stunts and gags are supposed to be ridiculous in real life.
@@soursimpsons the other problem is because it comes run for so long they tend to forget the old stuff therefore by twisting the backstories. Like House Skinner isn't really Skinner, and the real skinner is forgoten and considered fictional
@@soursimpsons the season with Armin Tamzarian was the first "well, that's enough." That season and a couple after had some good episodes, but I call it the beginning of the "good fan fic" era, followed by the "nope" era. 🤣
I just pass this off as a joke most of the time for comic exaggeration, but I guess it makes more sense for them to have a normal skulls. What did it for me was an episode in which Bart wore a wig but held his spiky hair with clips. I'm 80% convinced it's just their hair.
Cute video. What i would really like to know is why the animators chose to not give the 3 kids hairlines at all. I presume they are all supposed to be blonde, but why not make their hair a different shade of yellow? Plenty of other characters have contrasting hair colors. I'm pretty sure there have been blonde-headed characters with actual blonde hair, too. Was it a cost-cutting measure in the beginning, that just stuck? On Tracy Ullman, Bart's hair was spikey, but more filled in, looking black. Thoughts?
My theory is beside it's just an animation style or choice maybe the spiky skulls are used to tell who's who and the normal skulls are used to to make the skulls more normal
Lugash the gymnast trainer also comments on Lisa's big head, but squishes her hair spikes when knocking on her head. (from episode "Little Girl in the Big Ten", S13E20)
@@soursimpsons Obviously, I've been streaming these in succession lately, but S16E19 also has Bart and Lisa getting their haircut at Da Buzz Club when they get in a trimmer fight cutting their hair points off to the scalp and showing round-shaped heads.
Marge's hair is the most unpredictable. I heard originally they gave her rabbit ears. But who knows? Also if you notice in some of your frames, Marge hair is inconsistent. The hair epidemic sure is interesting indeed.
The clear answer is, whatever is more convenient for the gag. If they just showed a random skull the viewers wouldn’t know who it is supposed to be. Or is it!?… Yes. Probably.
In the Simpsons episode "Lisa on Ice" Lisa joins a volleyball team and pops the volleyball when it hit here spikey head. Just to add to the information that is "Pro Spikey skull"
Yes man, very good video! Very good idea for a series indeed! I too always wondered the hair thing too. Maybe another idea could be Smithers Race Change, although not sure how much that could be stretched out for a video… Edit: guess you already touched on that with your previous video about Apu. Nevermind…
Marge:” Here’s an adorable wig for Lisa, and a stylish toupee for Bart. Now, aren’t you glad I keepi keep your hair clippings?” Bart and Lisa:”Yes, Mom.” Marge:”Great! Back into the freezer these go!”
Would you have felt Bart or Lisa (Maggie) would have been themselves in those skeleton forms without their iconic spikes? I think Bart and Lisa would still be themselves without their iconic spikes. Their personalities are so strong that they would shine through even without their physical features. Bart would still be mischievous and rebellious, and Lisa would still be intelligent and compassionate. Of course, their spikes are a part of their identity, and they would probably feel a little bit lost without them. But I think they would still be able to be themselves, even if they were just regular skeletons. Maggie, on the other hand, might be a little bit different without her spikes. Her spikes are a symbol of her innocence and vulnerability. Without them, she might seem a little bit more hardened or even aggressive. But I think she would still be the same sweet and loving Maggie at heart. Ultimately, I think the iconic spikes are just a part of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie's personalities. They would still be themselves without them, but they would be a little bit different.
I don't know, this is a weird scenario based on which episodes you watch. Sometimes you see the children's skeletons with spiky skulls which should have been their hair. Find other episodes you see them with a shaved head, or Lisa has long hair. I don't know the true answer to this mystery. It's like the writers are inconsistent.
In "Double Double, Boy in Trouble", that drop of alcohol that ends up in Marge's stomach in that flashback where she is pregnant with Bart causes the spikes to grow on his head.
Bart has an advanced form of Homer's abnormally thick skull. It doesn't just protect more, it's also got spikes for added defense.
Haha imagine punching those spikes...
But don't take his word for it - let's ask an actor portraying Charles Darwin what he thinks!
Nice analysis on all accounts even if we go in a circle lol good edits too.
Ouch !, but also that what happened when most of the creative team from a sitcom gets replaced, they tend to lose track of details that's why in the last 2 examples outside treehouse of horrors and dream sequences Bart has spiked skull, in conclusion the writers are baboons!
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In one episode you can clearly see that the Simpson children have spiked skulls, but then in other episodes they clearly have rounded skulls. Are we supposed to believe that they actually have some sort of magical shape-shifting skull? Boy, I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder.
A wizard did it
Why would grown men spend all their time watching a childrens cartoon show? Lol
@@soursimpsons.
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I withdraw my question.
(munches on chocolate bar.)
@@soursimpsons because we weren't grown men when we started watching it?
@@soursimpsons Their hair and skulls are stylized.
Not everything in a cartoon should be taken as canon. I mean there are other examples of style getting in the way of what is really happening, in hello kitty, for example, Hello Kitty look like a white cat, however the author commented that hello kitty is not really a cat, but a human british girl, she only appear as a cat in the cartoon but its not canon.
Meanwhile, we do have a example of style affecting the simpsons, the creator of the Simpson's said that he made then yellow so that he would trick the people watching the cartoon. Make then think that the colors of the tv where wrong and needed adjustments.
Cartoons follow rules, like for example, the rule of funny, that say that anything can happen as long as it funny.
That is also without counting that the Simpsons have multiple writers, and each author has its own interpretation.
Thats why characters go throught things like flandarization, different authors dont get what the characters are about or dont care, and do their own spins on said characters.
Now to the skulls, had you perceived how marge skull still has hair? The weird skulls are for the skelletons to get easilly recognized.
Jake the barber is one of those characters I constantly forget about until he appears. He dates all the way back to the Tracy Ulman shorts, and yet his appearances are all so minor.
Haha yeah, my favorite appearance was when he paid bart in hair lol
I propose this theory: Bart has a naturally spiky skull. Every time his hair is visibly cut, he doesn't just cut his hair off, he removes a chunk of his own skull! Fortunately, the spikes regenerate and the brain remains hermetically sealed within its cranium, so the damage is never serious or life-threatening.
Haha jeez thats disturbing lol!
This is a question in The Simpsons that hardly nobody talks about. Thanks for bringing light to it!
Haha thanks! I was hoping there would be a definitive answer but no lol
I think the spiked skulls are just a way of identifying the characters even post decomposition, same as Marge still having hair as a skeleton. When you know it’s the character like in an X-Ray image, then they just have a rounded skull.
But this fur topic, now THAT has my attention. Do Bart and Lisa have the same color hair as their skin color? Or do they actually have lighter skin and yellow fur?
Maybe they have a spiked skull but rounded scalp?
Lol yeah, much easier to identify but its more fun to start diving into the conspiracy theories lol
than again the older idea from Marge she's was ether a mutated or a rabbit. because she did have ears under that long hair. that was before they just say it's only a hair style she uses.
I am impressed with the detail of animation on your avatar instead of the "Still picture with the mouth hanging open" most other youtubers use.
I appreciate it! And its only gonna get better from here!
The Bart and Lisa (and Maggie) skull or hair mystery is as nebulous as the Simpsons' Rumpus Room.
Haha that damn mysterious rumpus room! I love therealjims video about that
We’re through the looking glass here, people…
"I'm going to be honest with you, Dark Simpsons. I never did the tests."
Haha i love that doctor... wish they used him more.
He should have asked a scientician instead.
I don’t remeber the exact episode, but I think the kids had a brief existential crisis about their hair in one of the later seasons.
I know just what you're talking about
Yeah haha, they were panicking about their hairlines lol
You mean this (“The Blue and the Gray”):
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5:50 Marge has definitelly the weirdest shape of skull. Since x-ray sees right through the hair, there's no possibility to be her skull covered by hair, that means Marge suffers from microcephaly. Oh and it seems her ear has ossified, as it is a bone too apparently.
If you also factor The Simpsons Arcade game, an electrocuted Marge shows she has rabbit ears hiding behind her tall hair. This Marge plot twist was originally Matt Groening's idea for as early as season 1, but the creatives felt this idea was too ridiculous.
@@InAnimateGamer Thx. Yep, I knew that. She had big bony bunny ears. :D
Hahaha jeez the mystery continues!
Omg lol that's disturbing
Ugh... so wrong... Did you forget that Marge started wearing her hair up for her prom?
One episode, Homer puts his beer on Barts head, which was flat enough to keep the can from tipping.
Another episode, Lisa was trying out for a physical fitness class. She was playing dodgeball but when the ball hit her head, the ball covering was pierced by her spiky head.
So they probably do have skulls in the shapes of their heads as depicted in the Treehouse of Horror episodes.
Lol i considered that volleyball clip too... but maybe lisa just uses a lot of hairspray like her mother.
Poor Marge...
Lol, imagine that skull...
Love how the opening shot looks like Lisa is holding two nachos.
Mmmm nachos lol
It's possible that instead of being covered in fur, the barber just shaved to Lisa's skull. That'd explain her scream...
Hahahah oh jee, thats dark!!! She got scalped!
It's also shocking that Marge's hair is perfectly preserved no matter what
Lol well said! Thats a mystery itself
@@soursimpsons Johnson's Water Seal! (bang bang)
That's a LOT of hairspray!
The hair-or-skull issue also applies to Maggie as well...
...Homer's just boring! lol
I mean at one time it was suggested that she had bunny ears under her hair.
I've always wondered this and until season 21 it was only non-canonical instances where they had spikey skulls. That's amazing.
Yeah lol, it almost wrapped up nicely...
He's gonna be honest with you. He didn't run the tests.
Apparently he did not pay whatever little money he had.
Haha i wish they used him more...
Whereas Frink would never do that - he's thrilled to run all sorts of tests and make calculations that direct the vector of his finger to point THAT WAY!
If we take this theory a notch forward, Marge actually has bunny ears, so with that in mind, it probably affected the birth of Bart and Lisa and even Maggie. Kind of sad to think about. I hope they don't have mutated bodies like Marge does yikes.
To my knowledge, the only solid appearance of Bunny Marge was in The Simpsons Arcade game when Marge gets electrocuted.
Yeah, i dont think it appeared anywhere else...
@@InAnimateGamer hear me out, but that's because The Simpsons crew never referenced it again in the show. I guess the only way we would ever find out, is if in a Treehouse of Horror, Marge gets electrocuted. These Fan Theories are interesting to debate!
Marge has no bunny ears in some episodes, so this is definitely worth a Dark Simpsons mystery video.
Was there ever evidence of bunny ears on Marge in the Tracy Ullman shorts?
I always took it as the spiky skulls just being for comedic effect. Like when we see Spongebob's square skeleton. It catches you off guard because logic would dictate he wouldn't have one.
Absolutely lol, but its more fun to really dive into it
@@metrowater2819 that was fact .. but changed .
came here from dark simpsons, nice segway into this channel lmao
im only like 30 secs in but i can tell i'll like this already
Thanks for coming onboard buddy!
You know, I guess there's can be another exhibit in favour of spike skull theory: in S03E12 "I married Marge" Dr. Hibbert provides ultrasonography for pregnant Marge and we can see that Bart already had his spike "haircut" being an embryo. But embryos are usually bold while they in utero. Something like that.
He's America's womb badass!
Bart was mooning dr hibbert there lol
Another case for hair and not a skull, is bart combs his hair when he goes to church
Yes! Lol, i like his split hair
Having not watch the episode yet I'm going to theorize that the skulls have only been shown in dream sequences and non-canon episodes and therefore are open to interpretation and styling for ease of identification
Haha pretty bang on! Minus the final clip
1:40 I love how Marge still keeps her blue hair when when turned into a skelenton
Haha must be all that hairspray.
The very first appearance of Bart's spiky skull was in the 'Do The Bartman' video. About 4 mins 26 seconds in. But again it's part of his imaginary pop video. And funnily enough the follow up music video for Deep Deep Trouble in 1991 ends with a reveal that Bart had been punished by having his head shaved and no spiky skull. :P So this whole thing has been going on since almost the very start. :P
Hahaha brilliant!!
I love your new channel. 😀
Thanks for coming along for the fun!!
God this is amazing! Asking the real questions!
Yes! The people must know!!
Mr dark simpsons, you make good simpsons content. I hope you get the subscribers you deserve!
I appreciate that! I will work hard
3:54 NO WAY MAN, in the top left corner, you can see the simpsons predicted the typical Karen sidecut hairstyle
Simpsons crystal ball at it again!
MY THEORY: Bart and Lisa have spikey hair, but Bart's head skull in season 21 was starting to become a bit spikey (and they didn't even bother calling a doctor). In this theory, Bart's skull became normal again after let's say Bart needed a check at Dr. Hibbert's. And then his skull became normal again.
Oh... and what about Marge Simpson's secret bunny ears? That... we'll figure out another day.
Lol lisa too?
Lisa's skull might've gone spikey at one point too.
2:18 took me a while to find him
Hahahaha bam!!!
Consider the alternative
Their bones are made out of a plasticine type material, allowing them to be morphed into all sorts of wacky shapes
Hahaha i like it! Claymation simpsons!
I was thinking all the skull ones were, of course, non-canon
Bingo!
In the last 2 examples it looks like bary does indeed have hair but his skull is also mishapen
It looks like the shape of a bar of deodorant
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Ive subscribed! Love your stuff... this is a question I've always wondered, too😁 though most of the "skull" incidents do seem to be treehouse or horror or characters' own fantasies...💀
Glad yiu enjoyed it buddy! Thanks for the sub
Amazing, This should call Detective Dark Simpson
Haha jeez that wouldve been a great title too!
@@soursimpsons yeah.
Bart also has his hair combed to the sides every time they go to church
Yeah lol, i should've added that in too!
Perhaps the spikes are...cartilage??
GOOD observation about the ToH/couch gags/non-canon nature of the spiked skulls, how they perceive it and not an anatomical reality! But to add to that, the radioactive TV clip is shown from the viewer's perspective, and NOT from an official X-ray scan, which might medically confirm the theory! Just another example of driving without an artistic license!
Or maybe their hairs just instantaneously fossilize after death
Haha great observations! And the confusion continues!
I got stuck on a rabbit hole .... no idea how I got here but this is a thing I'm watching now. LOL :D
Thanks for watching! Lol
This is so stupid but as a kid, I put off watching the Simpsons because I thought Bart’s scalp was pointy, not knowing it was meant to be spiky hair. The thought of a real person with a pointy skull disturbed me so much I didn’t want to watch.
Haha i can see that! That was ren and stimpy for me.
Great video!👍 (although could use some background music of some sort lol)
Thanks! There is background music, I'll have to make it a touch louder
What I want to know is, why does Lisa have a "normal" scalp, whereas her hair and the rest of her skin is yellow?
Maybe the yellowness is like a tan, and her scalp is pale due to lack of exposure?
Yet we also see that Bart's scalp is yellow...
Haha yes! So many more questions +
Bart:”My hair’s turning red! I don’t want to be known as Rusty! I don’t!”
Hard-hitting report ✨👌
Nothing but journalistic integrity here! Hahaha
Here's one to analyze. How old is Hans Moleman? Several episodes say he's a senior, but one says he's thirty.
Also, how many times has Hans Moleman died? Is it a case where there's multiple Molemen, or is he like Kenny from South Park?
Haha i like the idea of an immortal hans moleman! I'll add it to the list
There's also the briefly seen "Kingdom of the Moles" populated by Hans Molemen
6:20 But if he was being honest with you, he would have admitted that he never did the tests 🤣
Haha i love that doctor
@Sour Simpsons Me as well haha, the way he just shrugs and walks away afterwards is hilarious 😂
One thing is for certain. Continuity and The Simpsons have a non-existent relationship.
🤣 haha I'd like to explain around the continuity errors... makes it fun
I always thought it was hair but this was an interesting mystery indeed. I kind of forgot that they were episodes where you actually see them have spiky skulls
Yeah haha, its quite an interesting mystery
Please do an analysis on whether Lord Palmerston was Englands greatest Prime Minister next.
Haha that doesnt feel like a simpsons video, more of a history video
id love to see your take on the tesseract theory
Haha thats a pretty giant one! Might be able to break that up and focus on parts of it... like moving buildings.
@@soursimpsons yeah now that i think about it it would be a big topic to cover lol but whatever you do next i'm looking foward to it!
Personally I believe their hair is made of a flexible bone-like material with a skin/hair texture on it. The white patches are the bones layers underneath, and the material sometimes does or does not show up.
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Thank you for following me over!!
Schrodingers spikey skull
Haha i like that
I counter your X-Ray Smooth-skull (sounds like an insult when I put it that way) argument with this - X-Rays don't show hair but Bart's X-Rays still show his outline. That is good ol fashioned skin and cartilage
Hahaha you're right!! Oh man it just got more disturbing
The touch upon this in an episode
Oh? Which episode?
@@soursimpsons "The Blue and Gray" from Season 22
I think Homer imagines Bart having a skull instead of hair because he’s frustrated at the fact he barely has any
Hahaha, he shouldnt have ripped it out when he heard of marge's pregnancy lol
So from our real world perspective it would be to differentiate between the two since Bart and Lisa are about the same height and build it would be hard to tell the two apart skeletal wise without spikes. From a Simpsons universe perspective, they’re inbred, in fact most of the White (or yellow) Springfeildians are descended from a handful of pioneers, some of who were probably related already, that could mean the Springfield gene pool is very small, leading to a lot of genetic duplications and deletions which results in deformities, which explains the spiked skulls, along with Prof Frink having a tick tak shaped head and most of the population having no chins.
Absolutely lol. This video was just to mock the inconsistencies
next mystery - Moe's origins. Moemar? Italian Moe? Snake handler Moe?
Little moe szyslak?
Oh this was so good. I appreciate these video essays. Have we ever really and truly understood how Barney Gumble, notorious alcoholic, makes his money to buy so much booze?
Haha thats a good questions. I've always assumed he went back to work at the bowlerama after homer quit.
@@soursimpsons - that is possible! I would also say his frequent one-time jobs probably help too!
He's probably on government assistance
Them having hair is only used for plots and it seems any other time they have spikey skulls best explanation
Or is it a mutation?!
6:22 To be honest he never really did the test
But i paid him what little money i had!
Perhaps the spiked skulls and the smooth skulls do alternating shifts.
Lol that reminds me of wile e coyote snd the sheep dog
the skeletons in treehouse of horror 11 don't belong to Bart and Lisa, they belong their unnamed siblings (presumably the one that looks like Bart is Hugo.) Not that this matters since TOH isn't canon, just thought i'd mention it.
Haha yeah, but i think it's pretty safe to assume that if their siblings had them, then they would too?
I can answer your question with two words. "Animation humour." And art perfection. It's just all for a laugh, after all all of the Simpson stunts and gags are supposed to be ridiculous in real life.
Lol thats the right answer but is it the fun answer?!
@@soursimpsons the other problem is because it comes run for so long they tend to forget the old stuff therefore by twisting the backstories. Like House Skinner isn't really Skinner, and the real skinner is forgoten and considered fictional
Yeah absolutely lol. I once heard that the show creators competed in a simpsons trivia against fans and got destroyed lol.
How often do we see Bart part his hair in the middle for church and other occasions?
Haha great point! Lol
Obviously his skull can protrude spikes as a defense mechanism. This ability was gifted to him due to his natural red hair.
Haha imagine punching that
5:28 Only one problem, we don't count those later seasons as canon 🤣
They make good Dark Simpsons clip material, though.
Hahaha what is your cutoff season for cannon? Lol
@@soursimpsons the season with Armin Tamzarian was the first "well, that's enough." That season and a couple after had some good episodes, but I call it the beginning of the "good fan fic" era, followed by the "nope" era. 🤣
I just pass this off as a joke most of the time for comic exaggeration, but I guess it makes more sense for them to have a normal skulls. What did it for me was an episode in which Bart wore a wig but held his spiky hair with clips. I'm 80% convinced it's just their hair.
Haha yeah, dont think theres a real answer
It's a gag, how can ya tell them apart if you didn't see the spikes.
this is just when Daffy duck pulled his fur like a sleeve
Haha thats really disturbing if you think about it.
Cute video. What i would really like to know is why the animators chose to not give the 3 kids hairlines at all. I presume they are all supposed to be blonde, but why not make their hair a different shade of yellow? Plenty of other characters have contrasting hair colors. I'm pretty sure there have been blonde-headed characters with actual blonde hair, too. Was it a cost-cutting measure in the beginning, that just stuck? On Tracy Ullman, Bart's hair was spikey, but more filled in, looking black. Thoughts?
Haha the real reason? Just because Matt Groening quickly drew up some characters on a napkin... and they turned out to be the simpsons.
2:18 how old is graggle
Haha you found him!
i cant tell is graggles a teen kid or adult also i have a theory that lhes a person that got mutated in the nuclear powerplant
There is just one possible answer to this: EVIL TWIN.
Evil twin is always the answer!! Lol
Hey, I couldn’t forget the background character again. He’s in there in 2:18
He's always around lol
My theory is beside it's just an animation style or choice maybe the spiky skulls are used to tell who's who and the normal skulls are used to to make the skulls more normal
Yeah haha, that makes too much sense to be true, it must be the nuclear plant!
I wonder what is really hidden in the walls of the Simpson home.
Haha interesting, you just gave me an idea for a video, thanks!!
Well even Bart and Lisa ask in the episode "The Blue and the Gray","what are we?" They don't even know 😂
Haha, its a total mystery
A more intriguing question to me, is does Marge have a long skull holding additional brains in her hair? And would that make her extra smart?
Lol, what about all the time when she lets her hair down?
Were going down dark rabbit hole and i lv it cheers
Lol it's going to get a lot weirder!
Lugash the gymnast trainer also comments on Lisa's big head, but squishes her hair spikes when knocking on her head. (from episode "Little Girl in the Big Ten", S13E20)
Haha you're right! Cat for you.
@@soursimpsons Obviously, I've been streaming these in succession lately, but S16E19 also has Bart and Lisa getting their haircut at Da Buzz Club when they get in a trimmer fight cutting their hair points off to the scalp and showing round-shaped heads.
Whenever I look at the scene with the TV becoming an X-Ray machine. They all look like they have Comic Book Guy's facial hair. lol
Yeah lol, that teeth drawing looks so weird.
Marge's hair is the most unpredictable. I heard originally they gave her rabbit ears. But who knows? Also if you notice in some of your frames, Marge hair is inconsistent. The hair epidemic sure is interesting indeed.
Haha yeah, i would like to do something about marges hair in the future
Yes, it had often appeared Bart had a dome just like his dad!
The clear answer is, whatever is more convenient for the gag. If they just showed a random skull the viewers wouldn’t know who it is supposed to be.
Or is it!?…
Yes. Probably.
Haha the mystery continues
In the Simpsons episode "Lisa on Ice" Lisa joins a volleyball team and pops the volleyball when it hit here spikey head. Just to add to the information that is "Pro Spikey skull"
Yes! I thought about that to! Lol
Halloween episodes are canonically non-canonical.
Haha well said
Wouldn't have thought Dark Simpson's bloak would sound like this..... he doesn't anywhere near sound as twisted as his shows
Gotta pretend to be normal so that people dont look at you funny!
Now we need an explanation why the simpsons kids all have blond hair while their parents (and their parents' relatives!) don't.
Lol yeah its odd, grampa use to have brown hair but now he's like the kids... weird
Yes man, very good video! Very good idea for a series indeed! I too always wondered the hair thing too. Maybe another idea could be Smithers Race Change, although not sure how much that could be stretched out for a video…
Edit: guess you already touched on that with your previous video about Apu. Nevermind…
Lol yeah theres a few race changes that i could tackle!
5:59 you can see Bart has hair too.
Yeah lol, but spikes beneath it
Liking the new series 😊
Thank you! Working on lots more
Marge:” Here’s an adorable wig for Lisa, and a stylish toupee for Bart. Now, aren’t you glad I keepi keep your hair clippings?”
Bart and Lisa:”Yes, Mom.”
Marge:”Great! Back into the freezer these go!”
Haha that was so creepy and odd!
Would you have felt Bart or Lisa (Maggie) would have been themselves in those skeleton forms without their iconic spikes?
I think Bart and Lisa would still be themselves without their iconic spikes. Their personalities are so strong that they would shine through even without their physical features. Bart would still be mischievous and rebellious, and Lisa would still be intelligent and compassionate. Of course, their spikes are a part of their identity, and they would probably feel a little bit lost without them. But I think they would still be able to be themselves, even if they were just regular skeletons.
Maggie, on the other hand, might be a little bit different without her spikes. Her spikes are a symbol of her innocence and vulnerability. Without them, she might seem a little bit more hardened or even aggressive. But I think she would still be the same sweet and loving Maggie at heart.
Ultimately, I think the iconic spikes are just a part of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie's personalities. They would still be themselves without them, but they would be a little bit different.
Thats an interesting theory. Would definitely see them differently if they had normal hair.
Would love the believe it was there skull because the image of marge being the only one with hair! Homers gens runs through the family!!
Lol yeah, and what about grampa? He use to have normal brown hair then turned put like bart and lisa
But what about Marge because when they showed her with her skeleton it still shows her with her hair on her skeleton even though it shouldn't
It must be all that hairspray 🤣
Ah but how do we know thats not just hair left on there skull after all marges always stays on
I don't know, this is a weird scenario based on which episodes you watch. Sometimes you see the children's skeletons with spiky skulls which should have been their hair. Find other episodes you see them with a shaved head, or Lisa has long hair. I don't know the true answer to this mystery. It's like the writers are inconsistent.
Right on the money!
6:18 plot twist: he never did the test
But i gave him what little money i had! Lol
I'm starting to think the doctor didn't do the test, you should check with his other clients!
But i gave him what little money i had!
In "Double Double, Boy in Trouble", that drop of alcohol that ends up in Marge's stomach in that flashback where she is pregnant with Bart causes the spikes to grow on his head.
Haha yeah, but was that hair or skull growing?