Early Homer Simpson: potential domestic abuser?

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Early Homer Simpson: potential domestic abuser?

View Poll Results: Was the initial model of Homer partially of latent domestic abuse?

No, it was just them figuring out personalities/stabilising the show’s tone

87.50%

No, it was just them figuring out personalities/stabilising the show’s tone
	7	87.50%

Maybe very early on (e.g., the Tracy-Ullman shorts) but that menace dies early

12.50%

Maybe very early on (e.g., the Tracy-Ullman shorts) but that menace dies early
	1	12.50%

Yh, no, I do feel like there was something there, before we was eventually PG-sanitised

Yh, no, I do feel like there was something there, before we was eventually PG-sanitised
	0	0%

Yes but only intermittently and more out of impulsivity than true malice

Yes but only intermittently and more out of impulsivity than true malice
	0	0%

Not sure/mixed

Not sure/mixed
	0	0%

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18-12-2025, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Cragou

That’s true, but I guess what I’m referring to is a relic of before Homer was Homer and they were still toying around with his personality and trying to figure out what worked and what didn’t. Without that comedic bounding off, some episodes in that era really do feel like we’re just not capable of knowing what Homer’s capable of, and it feels uncanny. He’s not comedically softened quite as far back as season 1.

Tbh it has been a very long time since I saw any of the Season 1 episodes.

So I can't really add much tbh.

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