#SIMPSON APOCALYPSE COW SERIES#

#SIMPSON APOCALYPSE COW SERIES#

Thankfully, the episode manages to achieve a measure of focus on this front, an increasing rarity in the series these days.

But itвЂ™s still a bit odd to watch Bart reminisce about his collection of old flames as a wee fourth-grader.ДЄ collection Bart's girlfriends over the years.

Granted, the blink and you miss it cameos from Sarah Michelle Gellar (Gina from вЂњThe Wandering JuvieвЂќ), Natalie Portman (Darcy from вЂњLittle Big GirlвЂќ), Anne Hathaway (Jenny from вЂњThe Good, the Sad, and the DruglyвЂќ), and Sarah Silverman (Nikki from вЂњStealing First BaseвЂќ) portend that this episode was not meant to be a particularly deep look back at BartвЂ™s nascent yet prolific love life. Yet the status quo is supposed to be roughly the same as when the series started. WeвЂ™ve seen the characters on The Simpsons have a sizable number of adventures and go through a healthy dose of character development in the 500+ episodes the show has aired so far. ThatвЂ™s why itвЂ™s a little strange that the premise of The Simpsons Season 24 premiere, вЂњMoonshine River,вЂќ is a wistful look back at BartвЂ™s halcyon, prepubescent loves. But when the audience has been watching a showвЂ™s adventures for more than two decades and yet the characters technically havenвЂ™t aged a day, a certain disconnect develops.

Very few cartoon characters age, and for most animated shows, thatвЂ™s not much of a problem. IвЂ™m not anything yet.вЂќ Bart SimpsonвЂ™s nerdly friend Martin said those words in a Season 16 episode and reminded us that the children of Springfield have had a surprisingly robust romantic life for a pack of eight-to-ten year olds.

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