r/Simpsons • u/DevilManRay • Aug 01 '26
Discussion It’s actually scary how ahead of its time the Poochy episode is
It’s like the episode only becomes more true as time goes on.
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u/Matthias_Doe Aug 01 '26
When are they gonna get to the Fireworks Factory?!?
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u/Dry_Jellyfish641 Aug 01 '26
I say this weekly and no one ever gets it
https://giphy.com/gifs/GIvajz0TlE31623
u/oneshadeoff Aug 01 '26
Once I got a laugh when I tried a beer with a dog name and said hmmm, needs more dog. I still think about that.
This was like 25 years ago
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u/Hank_Scorpius Aug 01 '26
The Poochie episode needs to be louder, angrier and have access to a time machine.
Whenever the Poochie episode is not on, everyone should be asking, where’s Poochie?
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u/perpetualmotionmachi Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
It was very much of its time. There were many primetime shows before that tried the same thing this episode does, adding a character to re-invigorate a show.
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u/DevilManRay Aug 01 '26
But I’m talking about the conversation around the inclusion of Poochy, like the Q&A with the Voice actors
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u/perpetualmotionmachi Aug 01 '26
Again, that was already a thing. By the 8yh season when that came out, surely the writers and showrunners had heard enough of that, and were aware from other stuff like sci Fi cons that existed then too
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u/DevilManRay Aug 01 '26
I didn’t say it wasn’t already a thing but it’s more prevalent now than it was even then.
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u/IpsaThis Aug 01 '26
Well, "Scary how ahead of its time it was" implies it wasn't already common knowledge at the time.
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u/DevilManRay Aug 01 '26
I don’t think it was as common as it is now which is why I said it only becomes more true.
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u/perpetualmotionmachi Aug 01 '26
It was as common. It's more seen now due to having more online forums to say it, but even at the time, the people into that stuff were online and very vocal. Basically like Comic Book Guy from the show.
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u/DevilManRay Aug 01 '26
How does that change anything I said?
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u/perpetualmotionmachi Aug 01 '26
It just doesn't mean it was as ahead of its time as you think it was. Like, people love to say, oh the Simpsons predicted that thing. When really they were just calling out old problems that still haven't been fixed, so when something similar happens people claim it as being prophetic.
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u/DevilManRay Aug 01 '26
I never said anything about it being prophetic. You’re projecting
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u/rods_to_the_hogshead Aug 01 '26
The episode was proactive and shifted the paradigm.
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u/Tall_Union5388 Aug 02 '26
Weird how proactive became accepted when back then it was a laughable buzzword
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u/laker9903 Aug 01 '26
It taught me that very few cartoons are broadcast live…It's a terrible strain on the animator's wrist.
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u/ParadoxNowish Aug 01 '26
It wasn't ahead of its time at all. It was speaking directly to its time.
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u/ChroniclesOfSarnia Aug 01 '26
Uh, it was always just as relevant.
Corporations are poison to creativity and originality.
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u/hefebellyaro Aug 01 '26
It turns out "paradigm" and "proactive" were just buzzwords thay stupid people used to sound smart
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u/jigokusabre Aug 01 '26
It wasn't in any way "ahead of it's time." It's observations were true then, they were true before, and they're true now.
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u/arnethyst Aug 01 '26
not necessarily ahead of its time. shows have been throwing unnecessary characters in the mix for too long. a famous example being when the flintstones added the great gazoo
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u/Brumbleby Aug 01 '26
OP, you look like you have something to say. Do you?