The Simpsons
Summary
AlthoughThe Simpsonshas many classic Christmas episode , two of the long - pass show ’s worst festive outings shared the same unlikely baddie trouble . The Simpsonshas no shortfall of cracking villain to choose from in a give episode . After over 34 season and 750 episodes , the anarchic animated situation comedy has build up a considerable rogue ’s veranda of recur resister like Snake , Mr. Burns , and Sideshow Bob . However , not everySimpsonsvillain is every bit well suitable to all of the show ’s plot line . This is a major issue for some of the show ’s more critically divisive excursion .
WhileThe Simpsonsseason 36might be able to reinvent him as a serious baddie , Kelsey Grammar ’s Sideshow Bob has been limited when it total to his potential drop as an adversary . As a former clown , Sideshow Bob was never all that threateningin the first topographic point , but his early appearing onThe Simpsonsdid see him seek to kill Bart and his kin . Even absurdly sappy outings like time of year 5 , episode 2 , “ Cape Feare , ” eked some tension out of this threat to one of the show ’s youngest role . However , as the days hold out by and Bob got no closer to his goal , any veneration of him harming Bart dissipated .
The Simpsons Christmas Episodes Prove Sideshow Bob Is A Bad Hero
Sideshow Bob becoming more or less of a harmless baddie was n’t of necessity a problem forThe Simpsonsas the series continued to utilize his character in progressively zany , goofy plots . The fact that Bob posture piffling real threat to Bart did n’t matter when he was engaged trying to genetically alter himself into a superhuman in season 25 , episode 13 , “ The Man Who Grew Too Much . ” However , two of the worstChristmas episodes inThe Simpsonshistorytook this approaching too far by turning Sideshow Bob into a full - blown Italian sandwich . What made this twist excessively saccharine was the festive setting of these expedition .
Both time of year 29 , episode 9 , “ Gone Boy ” and season 31 , episode 10 , “ Bobby It ’s Cold Outside ” made Sideshow Bob their main character , and a amazingly heroical one at that . Since he was already a silly fictitious character when he played the show ’s villain , turn him into a sub only rendered him more toothless and made the plots of these two pleasure trip find painfully predictable . By this degree in the series , it was clear thatThe Simpsonswas never last to leave Bob to kill Bart or invest any similarly shameful criminal offence . As such , seeing Bob redeem and turned into a hero not once , but twice , was too sentimental .
The Best Simpsons Christmas Episodes Focus On Family
Even if Bob ’s character spark had n’t been schmaltzy and to a fault telegraphed in these merry outing , they would still never have been among the best Christmas episodes ofThe Simpsons . The show’sbest Treehouse of Horror storiescan draw off obscure plots like Bob drink down Bart and Lisa retaliate his slaying , but the show ’s best gay episodes focus on fresh stories that concentrate on the eponymous family . Both time of year 23 , episode 9 , “ Holidays of Future Passed ” and season 7 , episode 11 , “ Marge Be Not Proud , ” establish this by keeping the Simpson family themselves at the core of the episode ’s issue . This leave in the greatest Christmas episodes ofThe Simpsonsever .
