Watching the Simpsons as a kid, I honestly always assumed Rod and Todd were homeschooled, both because of the whole "you almost never see them interacting with the other kids at Springfield Elementary" thing, and from personal bias because we grew up with neighbors who we always jokingly referred to as the Flanders because they were both very nice and Super-Christian, and they home-schooled their kids.
My assumption was that their mom was homeschooling them and Ned put them in a private christian school when she died, I can't ever remember seeing them at Bart and Lisa's school
THIS GOES ALONG WITH MY THEORY ABOUT NED BEING ACTUALLY A SATANIST! Suuure he keeps putting on the act that he's a humble Christian man, BUT there are a few clues to contradict that! 1. He was the football coach in "Bart the Star" and yet he gave his two sons football uniforms that combines to 666?! 2. He admitted that he allowed his children to buy candy to that had the cartoon DEVIL on the box. How does that correlate with all his other moments of being an overly paranoid Christian?! You expect me to believe that!? 3. NED BEING LEFTHANDED. You've heard how people who uses left hands are deemed EVIL 4. Treehouse of Horror 4 was meant to be used as a warning! "It's always the one you least suspect" 5. Maggie was influenced by the Flanders in when they were her temporary parents and yet she spun her head around like she was possessed! And it's NOT a THOH. Coincidence? I think not! *We're through the looking glass here, people-* -Or maybe I have too much spare time on my hands-
@@CMW1995 don't forget ned shows the behavior of a psychopath when Homer throws soda at him and when he literally goes off on everyone who tried to help and then pretended to act normal when being evaluated at a asylum. NED IS NOT THE D EVIL HE'S A FULLBLOWN PSYCHOPATH
I knew Rod Flanders personally. He was my supervisor at work. We called him Rod &Todd. He always giggled, and said, " I don't like The Simpsons. They're a bad influence."
Speaking of how isolated rod and Todd are from the other kids.... there’s the season 12 episode ‘skinner’s sense of snow’ in which the kids are snowed into the school, whilst Homer and Ned attempt to save the kids from the outside. What’s weird is that whilst Ned has a major role in the episode, his sons are barely seen in the episode at all, despite being snowed in with all the other children.
I do remember rod and todd getting into the car at the end of the episode. If they hadn't shown up, I would have thought Homer just took Ned's car and Ned was just dragged along for the ride. Also i loved how Ned pointed out that Homer used to be Mr.Plow and he forgot.
being a younger sibling myself, I always assumed Rod was the older/taller one and Todd the younger/shorter one. just because it's "Rod and Todd", not "Todd and Rod", so the older one is mentioned first
Well, there could be an exception to this rule. like my younger sister, Mahnoor and me, Eshal they would call us "Eshal and Mahnoor" and also "Mahnoor and Eshal" both of them work alright.
Tsuki Condor now I'm picturing a mario bros rom hack that features rod and Todd dressed as the mario bros. somebody should make this happen. Where my rom hack people at???
hey jim i was watching an older Simpsons episode at the gym earlier and thought that if you need a video idea, a Simpsons histories or even a Simpsons mysteries on Dr. Nick would make a great video to do next
@@ZhangtheGreat I go by their hair. Patty has round hair that makes her look like a "P", whereas Selma's hair is more in the shape of an "S" on its side.
"I got the joy joy joy joy down in my heart , down in my heart to staay and if the devil doesn't like it he can sit on a tack! Ouch, sit on a tack ouch!"
Speaking about Rod and Todd's sexuality reminded me of an old Simpson's Comic issue. It was a flash forward issue, don't really remember the plot, but in it Rod and Todd had grown up to be cross-dressing singers at a night club
The way I differentiate the two has always been that Rod is tall like a long rod, and Todd is small like a toddler. "Long Rod" and "The Toddler" you might call them.
My theory is that Ned is moulding Rod to be the next Springfield Pastor or take some higher role in their church or school, so he has to give more stricter attention, while Tod is more laid back and has more opportunity to be a kid. Yes, he'll participate in his family's church dealings, but he's not strictly bound to them like Rod is.
You know how if you say a word long enough, it loses all meaning? That's what see this much condensed footage of Rod and Todd feels like. They were already barely characters, but now they just seem even more generic to me.
I've been watching the Simpsons for literally as long as I can remember, but I've never made an attempt to figure out which one's which. I have no intention of remembering it now.
I guessed it right because intuitively, I would've said that Todd was the tall one, and I figured that because apparently so many people get it wrong (or at least TheRealJims did) it would actually be the unintuitive option.
I don't know why people get them mixed up. When people list siblings like "Rod and Todd", they almost always list the eldest first. Rod is the taller of the two because he's older. They are never referred to as "Todd and Rod".
My favorite Rod and Todd moment was when Flanders was talking about not believing in vaccinations. Then you see one of the boys sick and shivering and reaching up while saying "mommy?"
I've always liked Todd more too, but maybe that's just because he was the focus a little more. I especially like that apparently he and Bart are close enough friends that they can see into each other's bedroom windows and Todd casually greets him "Hi Bart!" (even if that is a throwaway joke that doesn't make sense with the geography of their houses).
I can't believe this video got to 200k views. Almost didn't even make this video because I thought no one really cared about Rod and Todd (or their differences). I will never understand why the CZcams algorithm latches onto the things it does.
Rod and Todd would make for a good treehouse of horror mini short where them being secluded from other kids would eventually lead them to go crazy. Something about the overly quiet reserved ones going psycho is a played out cliche but would work well with them.
It was always clear who was Rod and who was Todd, based off of appearances. Also, it could just be me, but it felt like Flanders (especially Rod & Todd) got weirder and weirder after Maude's death. Like some of Ned's most exaggerated "nagging Christian man" scenes were in later seasons, as well as Rod & Todd appearing more and more sheltered & out of touch with the real world. Perhaps that's just me. Also, Simpsons Histories on Inanimate Carbon Rod when???
They did get kind of weird in the later seasons. Like playing games where they freeze in place for a long time or playing with pretend presents. It's hard to tell since they were always kind of weird, but they did seem a little more space-y in the later years.
I guess it's that before Maude died they were largely a well knit family that Homer envied, those weak spots existed here and there but a wife/mother to unite them all prevented that vulnerability showing too often besides minor comic relief, while as mentioned in the video, we get more moments of proper limelight with the boys and Marge or Edna trying to bond with them after that tragedy, so those quirks work as a conflict to that.
There is an episode where I think Ned is watching tv shows and marking down if there is anything offensive. Rod and Todd walk in and look concerned. One of them comments along the lines of "we think you need a new mommy."
There was also that time where Lenny spent an entire summer carving Mount Carl for him. And then after showing it to Carl, they never spoke about it afterwards. I think Lenny scared Carl away.
Its funny how an episode put out last sunday finally answers the difference: Todd actually has doubts about God and feels deep sorrow a lot, also he apparently has superhuman hearing.
57 Year Old James Bond you’re thinking of the baby shower for Maggie, which was only 2 years before she moved there. My guess is she’s some kind of time traveler
I remember an episode where marge met up with ruth and she was a bodybuilder who was in prison. I guess she got arrested for the high speed chase she was in.
Don't forget, this is the episode where a photo of Maggie is on the wall before Maggie is even born... Ruth Powers must be time travelling with Maggie hahaha 🤣
It is kinda weird how little Rod and Todd are in the show despite living next to the Simpson's and Ned being such a major character. Dead Putting Society is probably the most either of them are in an episode and that is like in the first 20 episodes. Also with Lemon of Troy and Skinner's Sense of Snow it really feels like they were involved just so Ned can come get them later in the episode with Homer.
No mention on how ‘Rock Bottom’ had to make the correction “The older Flanders boy is Todd, not Rod”? I think the real mystery is why ‘Rock Bottom’ was reporting on the Flanders in the first place. Either way, something doesn’t line up if you’re now saying Rod is the elder, I mean all the rest of the ‘Rock Bottom’ corrections were accurate: Styrofoam isn’t made from kittens, salt water doesn’t chase the thirsties away, and I did slow it down to read them all so yes I do not have a life.
I am absolutely speechless. I have listened to supposed "Simpsons Fans" podcasts, fans that project their intellect of the show beyond fanaticism, and they couldn't build a video like this. Bravo my friend. Again you prove why your channel is tops when I look for Simpson's fan videos. By the way, great gag in the middle of the video!
I can't help but notice in earlier seasons they were more pale than a lot of other characters. They were literally sheltered, in that they must have stayed inside way more than everyone else.
I always thought Rod was about 12 just because he's pretty lanky, like he's on the cusp of an adolescent growth spurt, but it's hard to tell their ages because they both ACT younger than Bart and Lisa.
You're giving us a lot of credit knowing the differences between those characters. I still need to write on my hand Lenny = White and Carl = Black to tell the difference.
It could also be that the game is very vanilla and boring as it was based off of Mystery Date, which was an actual board game by Milton Bradley in the 1960s. I like to think Josh Weinstein also took a jab at Mystery Date with Bart's boredom at playing the game the family is playing while Lisa gets to go off and have fun, saying that Mystery Date was "a very disappointing game to play as a little boy"
The beauty of earlier Simpsons is that none, literally none, of these continuity issues mattered. It was only as the show dragged on with the characters not aging but the continuity clearly changing that any of these issues emerged. Basically when the show become worse I started getting hung up on details. It's weird to me when you compare things that happened in season 29 with something like Bart Sells His Soul as they're practically different shows.
Love your videos but one thing I want to point out. Early on the Flanders family seemed to represent the "grass is greener" on the otherside. Rather than be a cautionary tale (which is what it evolved too) we always see Flanders having a great successful life. The leftorium episode breaks away from this, but as we see in earlier episodes Homer is quite jealous of Flander's success with everything. Only really after the death of Maude do we see Rod and Todd get much more sheltered...possibly because of Ned's overprotection?
These characters are definitely odd. Despite appearing quite often, I feel there isn't much in them. They feel like empty characters at times, although they're not unlikable or anything. Btw, I do like the Mario and Luigi comparison. My favorite gaming franchise and one of my favorite cartoons in one video!
Rod and Todd are, in my opinion, a representation of kids who have overprotective parents and how their parent's overprotectiveness has an impact on the way their child grows up. Like literally in every episode the Flanders appear Rod and Todd experience relentless sheltering by their parents from nearly everything that doesn't connect to religion or any other pious things that their family enjoys. As a result, they have strange personalities.
It's a fair point to make, I have to look up which one is Rod and which one is Todd. They ARE very similar in personality, and I think the show tends to emphasize how sheltered they are due to how Ned (and Maude before she died) raised them than creating any distinguishing characteristics between them, other than that one of them is technically older than the other.
Something to note about Rod being introverted is in season 5 episode Homer Loves Flanders, when the Flanders and the Simpsons go on their trip and Homer plays his rap tape, Rod is sat in the boat by himself while everyone else is in the car
I wish the later seasons of Simpsons did what the later seasons of Arthur did and explore side characters, their personalities, families, traits and thought just as much, if not more than the main character. I would love to see episodes exploring Rod and Todd's character. The fact that Todd actually does something really cool and brave in that Season 17 episode really makes me want to watch it now.
I wish the later seasons of The Simpsons did what Arthur did and disappeared rather than keep going and sucking lol. The Simpsons is the Slayer of network television.
2:19 it was alway hilarious to me that the hyper- religious Rodd &Todd Flanders, when standing side by side in their football uniforms spell out 66-6. Back when the Simpsons had gags all over in every episode.
The reason I think I always remembered (or more accurately guessed correctly) was that a rod is something that is tall and thin, and if also inanimate and made of carbon, a true American hero
The moment they're free from their parents. One of three things: 1) They'll completely rebel against their dad, doing everything destructive to the point of their lives getting ruined 2) They'll start/join a religious cult and do very, very disturbing things in the name of the cult 3) They rebel against their dad and become atheists activist against the dangers of their dad's shielding.
I know they're basically disappeared from the show over the past few years, but I'd like to see one done for Nelson's bully friends. Not Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney, the much shorter guys who were really just background characters (not sure they even have names). They were part of the plot in Bart the General, I believe, when Bart was fighting against Nelson's continued bullying.
6:12 pastor at church when I was a kid had two sons. Just like Rod and Todd. Older one was quieter and easier going, younger one still a good kid but more prone to being the center of attention or getting in trouble. Parents when they have their first kid, they spend all their attention on them. The kid can learn to be calm and listen. Second kid, parents are worn out by that point and the kid has to fight for attention from birth.
As someone who grew up going to private school and having a deeply religious family they always struck me as the cookie cutter sheltered Christian kiddos. Ik that's what the show was going for but I had classes with kids like them and when we all got to highschool and they were still incredibly sheltered their entire world was shattered by the reality of real life. It was scary how oblivious kids were to things because of their families. I think one kid wasn't allowed to watch any movies rated above G until she was like..17. She got kn trouble once for going to a sleepover where they watched a PG movie
You just reminded me of why I checked out during season 17, that is one of the GOOD episodes! I had these two completely backwards, so thanks for this well researched video.
Nice video, but you forgot one thing. At the end of Homer Badman one of the Rock Bottom corections said: "The older Flanders boy is Todd, not Rod". I'm not sure if this actually says something, but it's worth mentioning in my opinion.
Todd is the more developed character and has had several episodes in which he is a main character, mainly because he is about the same age of Bart and Lisa ans thus can interact with them outside his family. Rodd is only really around when the Flanders have a group scene, so he doesn't get as much of a chance for the writers to focus on him, thus he is less developed. Really it's just that the Flanders have one too many members for the purposes of the writers of the show (hell even Maude was deemed disposable enough to kill off), so Rodd feels like a superfluous third nipple.
Todd's mom: Todd would you like some vegetables? Todd: hell no. Family gasp: Todd's mom: what do you just say?! Todd: I said I don't want any damn vegetables. Ned: that's it young man no Bible stories for you tonight Todd cries:
A recent episode had Todd briefly stop believing in God after he becomes depressed because he can no longer remember what his mother looks like.
That's actually believable and sad.
Jesus Christ that’s dark, is this true?
Season, episode? (Format: S1E1, for example.)
@@angelinebejaran2906 looked for it and its real, "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" S31 E9
This year
I always liked how Rod, Todd and Maude all rhyme with God.
Was that intentional though? The Flanderses weren't even religious in their first few appearances.
Maude rhymes more closely with "Lord"
@@ajnode what the fuck are you smoking pal
@blackkey1976 “Mord” lol
“ Rod, Todd, this is God!” 😂
Most people I know say siblings names in age order: older and younger. So I always assumed Rod was the older/taller one. Guess I was right.
I always thought Todd was the younger one because of the word "Toddler"
Holy shot you're right. I just listed every sibling pair I could think of and it holds true for all of them.
Robert Brookes Cain was older than Abel, though
Same
@@SurnameName as special case, where the moral of the story is not to do as Cain did.
*Looks at hand*
Lenny = White
Carl = Black
Yep I know the difference
Is that right?
Lenny is yellow not white
@Windows 7 and a half Carl is brown not black
I'm Lenny
This is Carl and Homer
I'm Lenny
Me too man
So sad to hear about the public execution of Todd on March 31st
simpsons update in hk when ?
That what?!?!
It feels appropriate that mossbag watched the real jims, they essentially make the same types of videos
@Mar345 man i wish i lived in the reality where simpsons is about a family of bugs and hollow knight is populated with yellow people
Watching the Simpsons as a kid, I honestly always assumed Rod and Todd were homeschooled, both because of the whole "you almost never see them interacting with the other kids at Springfield Elementary" thing, and from personal bias because we grew up with neighbors who we always jokingly referred to as the Flanders because they were both very nice and Super-Christian, and they home-schooled their kids.
My assumption was that their mom was homeschooling them and Ned put them in a private christian school when she died, I can't ever remember seeing them at Bart and Lisa's school
I don’t WANT any DAMN vegetables.
Ow, my freakin' ears!
@@QuarrelsomeLocalOaf I expected that kind of language at Denny's but not here!
Alright, that's it, young man! No RealJim's videos for you tonight!
Rod is that the n word?
Hell no!
Holy shit.
I never noticed when Rodd and Todd's football uniforms are put together they spelled 666.
:O
Here ya go @ 4:41 😊😊
@@RookieFrnndz holy fuc-
THIS GOES ALONG WITH MY THEORY ABOUT NED BEING ACTUALLY A SATANIST! Suuure he keeps putting on the act that he's a humble Christian man, BUT there are a few clues to contradict that!
1. He was the football coach in "Bart the Star" and yet he gave his two sons football uniforms that combines to 666?!
2. He admitted that he allowed his children to buy candy to that had the cartoon DEVIL on the box. How does that correlate with all his other moments of being an overly paranoid Christian?! You expect me to believe that!?
3. NED BEING LEFTHANDED. You've heard how people who uses left hands are deemed EVIL
4. Treehouse of Horror 4 was meant to be used as a warning! "It's always the one you least suspect"
5. Maggie was influenced by the Flanders in when they were her temporary parents and yet she spun her head around like she was possessed! And it's NOT a THOH. Coincidence? I think not!
*We're through the looking glass here, people-*
-Or maybe I have too much spare time on my hands-
@@CMW1995 don't forget ned shows the behavior of a psychopath when Homer throws soda at him and when he literally goes off on everyone who tried to help and then pretended to act normal when being evaluated at a asylum. NED IS NOT THE D EVIL HE'S A FULLBLOWN PSYCHOPATH
I knew Rod Flanders personally. He was my supervisor at work.
We called him Rod &Todd. He always giggled, and said,
" I don't like The Simpsons. They're a bad influence."
Did he say it in Rod's voice?
@@ericstoverink6579 Actually he spoke in a low monotone come to think of it.
Speaking of how isolated rod and Todd are from the other kids.... there’s the season 12 episode ‘skinner’s sense of snow’ in which the kids are snowed into the school, whilst Homer and Ned attempt to save the kids from the outside. What’s weird is that whilst Ned has a major role in the episode, his sons are barely seen in the episode at all, despite being snowed in with all the other children.
Mac Monkeyhat maybe they were moved into the Christian school before that point?
Martin Fawkes no you could see them in the school
I do remember rod and todd getting into the car at the end of the episode. If they hadn't shown up, I would have thought Homer just took Ned's car and Ned was just dragged along for the ride. Also i loved how Ned pointed out that Homer used to be Mr.Plow and he forgot.
Oh that was such a good episode
Pretty sure in a life or death situation you’d rather stay near family than with others
being a younger sibling myself, I always assumed Rod was the older/taller one and Todd the younger/shorter one. just because it's "Rod and Todd", not "Todd and Rod", so the older one is mentioned first
That’s how my family usually refers to me, my older sister, and younger (step) brother
so true
@Mariana Frusciante TIL the word abecedary
Well, there could be an exception to this rule. like my younger sister, Mahnoor and me, Eshal
they would call us "Eshal and Mahnoor" and also "Mahnoor and Eshal" both of them work alright.
Mario vs Luigi analogy were perfect
Great now Im picturing fan art of them dressed like the Mario brothers 😅
They're the super religious Flanders brothers
@@unstoppableExodia *Plays a religious Mario bros remix*
Tsuki Condor now I'm picturing a mario bros rom hack that features rod and Todd dressed as the mario bros. somebody should make this happen.
Where my rom hack people at???
It would be even more perfect if Todd was the older brother. They’d be perfectly comparable lol.
So you're telling me Rod saved someone from an ape on a building?
Shouldn't Rod be Mario?!?
Oh yeah, you're right. Maybe Rod is the Mario of Season 17.
@@TheRealJims And Mario and Luigi are fraternal twin brothers. They're the same age, but different heights. Maybe that is the case with Rod & Todd?
Rod = white
Todd = black
(hair)
damn you beat me to it
Technically rod is yellow
Reference to how Homer keeps Carl's and Lenny's names in the right order - with a written note.
@KanadianSpaceProgram right 😅
"I'm gay Daddy I'm gay! Mrs Simpson made me gay!" 😂😂😂
"I believe he's saying he's okay!"
you have to be Brave to come out Gay. so Bart told him the word for brave was ''Gay''.
Bart only told him that because he was just messing with him.
@@melissacooper4482 He means that he's brave.
But is he gay for Moleman?
All I need to know about Rod and Todd: iron helps us play.
Daddy says dice are wicked!
HELLO JOE
@@Clouditivity From now on the baby sleeps in the crib!
Can't sleep... clown will eat me... can't sleep... clown will eat me.
Heh heh like that bit
A bigger mystery is how Todd got so badass, he was welcoming the Simpsons to the neighbourhood around three years before he was even born 🤣
I should have called this video "Simpsons Mysteries History Showdown - Rod vs Todd". Oh well.
hi
We'll get em next time
I think there's an edit button so you can change the title. Nobody will complain seeing a difference.
hey jim i was watching an older Simpsons episode at the gym earlier and thought that if you need a video idea, a Simpsons histories or even a Simpsons mysteries on Dr. Nick would make a great video to do next
That would have been huge! Just as more showdowns next videos!
"patty and selma, you know the difference"
uh, i do?
One is gay 👍
You can also tell by their earrings sometimes. Selma's earrings are the letter "S."
@@ZhangtheGreat I go by their hair. Patty has round hair that makes her look like a "P", whereas Selma's hair is more in the shape of an "S" on its side.
One of them is a real looker.
The other... kind of plain.
"I got the joy joy joy joy down in my heart , down in my heart to staay and if the devil doesn't like it he can sit on a tack! Ouch, sit on a tack ouch!"
be careful of that moth!
I don't think the Devil would consider sitting on a tac to be a way of solving his problem of joy joy joy being down in your heart.
Speaking about Rod and Todd's sexuality reminded me of an old Simpson's Comic issue. It was a flash forward issue, don't really remember the plot, but in it Rod and Todd had grown up to be cross-dressing singers at a night club
I remember this too. I would love to see Jim talk about the comics more
I guess tiny Todd gets more attention simply because he is same size as Bart and Lisa... so more natural for him to interact.
Also Todd plays baby Moses because he is smaller
What I found hilarious was when Ned was trying to find
out where Todd learned to swear, Ned looks at his list
and "Grandma" made the list. ☺️
That's where I learned all my swears. At least at grandma's house listening to all my uncles. 😂
Damn beatniks!
The way I differentiate the two has always been that Rod is tall like a long rod, and Todd is small like a toddler. "Long Rod" and "The Toddler" you might call them.
I call something else "the long rod"
That's the nicknames they give each other when they're older
My theory is that Ned is moulding Rod to be the next Springfield Pastor or take some higher role in their church or school, so he has to give more stricter attention, while Tod is more laid back and has more opportunity to be a kid. Yes, he'll participate in his family's church dealings, but he's not strictly bound to them like Rod is.
The Springfield Church Mafia
Todd had two (?) years less of adoctrination, so he's prone to be more curious and inquisitive about the world, perhaps. Like Bart and Lisa.
Not a bad theory. I grew up in a religious community and absolutely saw scenarios like this.
You know how if you say a word long enough, it loses all meaning? That's what see this much condensed footage of Rod and Todd feels like. They were already barely characters, but now they just seem even more generic to me.
Oh, I hate that stupid Flanders
and his creepy little offspring Rodd and Todd!
"That's us!"
"Hooray!"
I've been watching the Simpsons for literally as long as I can remember, but I've never made an attempt to figure out which one's which. I have no intention of remembering it now.
Just think of them as a single character called Ron-n-todd.
Long Rodd and Tiny Todd.
I guessed it right because intuitively, I would've said that Todd was the tall one, and I figured that because apparently so many people get it wrong (or at least TheRealJims did) it would actually be the unintuitive option.
Marcia Wallace needs to be revive.
I don't know why people get them mixed up. When people list siblings like "Rod and Todd", they almost always list the eldest first. Rod is the taller of the two because he's older. They are never referred to as "Todd and Rod".
"we're heading back, Todd's got zesty Italian in his eyes"
My favorite Rod and Todd moment was when Flanders was talking about not believing in vaccinations. Then you see one of the boys sick and shivering and reaching up while saying "mommy?"
😂what episode is that?
@@Oliviagarry69420 The computer wore menace shoes
That intro always gives me the chills so eerie
I've always liked Todd more too, but maybe that's just because he was the focus a little more. I especially like that apparently he and Bart are close enough friends that they can see into each other's bedroom windows and Todd casually greets him "Hi Bart!" (even if that is a throwaway joke that doesn't make sense with the geography of their houses).
Nothing like being bored and seeing a new Real Jim’s video popping up!
Seriously!!
I can't believe this video got to 200k views. Almost didn't even make this video because I thought no one really cared about Rod and Todd (or their differences). I will never understand why the CZcams algorithm latches onto the things it does.
April 1st: 2019
" Here's who really shot Mr burns"
I always forget to plan an April Fools video until it's too late, that is a good reminder to start thinking about doing one.
@@TheRealJims with less than a month less I can only agree
@@TheRealJims Well, it turned out great
Who shot who in the what now?
Rod and Todd would make for a good treehouse of horror mini short where them being secluded from other kids would eventually lead them to go crazy. Something about the overly quiet reserved ones going psycho is a played out cliche but would work well with them.
It was always clear who was Rod and who was Todd, based off of appearances. Also, it could just be me, but it felt like Flanders (especially Rod & Todd) got weirder and weirder after Maude's death. Like some of Ned's most exaggerated "nagging Christian man" scenes were in later seasons, as well as Rod & Todd appearing more and more sheltered & out of touch with the real world. Perhaps that's just me.
Also, Simpsons Histories on Inanimate Carbon Rod when???
They did get kind of weird in the later seasons. Like playing games where they freeze in place for a long time or playing with pretend presents. It's hard to tell since they were always kind of weird, but they did seem a little more space-y in the later years.
Flanderization at work! :D
I guess it's that before Maude died they were largely a well knit family that Homer envied, those weak spots existed here and there but a wife/mother to unite them all prevented that vulnerability showing too often besides minor comic relief, while as mentioned in the video, we get more moments of proper limelight with the boys and Marge or Edna trying to bond with them after that tragedy, so those quirks work as a conflict to that.
There is an episode where I think Ned is watching tv shows and marking down if there is anything offensive. Rod and Todd walk in and look concerned. One of them comments along the lines of "we think you need a new mommy."
@@robertholston4708 that was one of the episodes I had in mind when I thought of my theory
Rod is the tall one because rods are tall.
Simpsons mysteries on Lenny and Carl’s relationship? Idk bout you but I’m always like will they, or won’t they
"Don't you push them! They have to work that out for themselves."
"It's a secret." "Shut up."
Lenny: "Bart paid us a thousand bucks to kiss each other."
Carl: "Hey, did we ever get that money?"
*awkward pause*
It's a tragic one sided love tale. Lenny once looked to the stars and saw Carl's face yet when Carl did the same it was not Lenny he saw.
There was also that time where Lenny spent an entire summer carving Mount Carl for him. And then after showing it to Carl, they never spoke about it afterwards. I think Lenny scared Carl away.
Its funny how an episode put out last sunday finally answers the difference: Todd actually has doubts about God and feels deep sorrow a lot, also he apparently has superhuman hearing.
I’d love a simpsons histories/ mystery on what happened to Ruth Powers
And how did she attend Marge's surprise baby shower years before moving to Springfield?
57 Year Old James Bond you’re thinking of the baby shower for Maggie, which was only 2 years before she moved there. My guess is she’s some kind of time traveler
Oops, my mind was elsewhere.
I remember an episode where marge met up with ruth and she was a bodybuilder who was in prison. I guess she got arrested for the high speed chase she was in.
Don't forget, this is the episode where a photo of Maggie is on the wall before Maggie is even born...
Ruth Powers must be time travelling with Maggie hahaha 🤣
It is kinda weird how little Rod and Todd are in the show despite living next to the Simpson's and Ned being such a major character. Dead Putting Society is probably the most either of them are in an episode and that is like in the first 20 episodes.
Also with Lemon of Troy and Skinner's Sense of Snow it really feels like they were involved just so Ned can come get them later in the episode with Homer.
No mention on how ‘Rock Bottom’ had to make the correction “The older Flanders boy is Todd, not Rod”?
I think the real mystery is why ‘Rock Bottom’ was reporting on the Flanders in the first place. Either way, something doesn’t line up if you’re now saying Rod is the elder, I mean all the rest of the ‘Rock Bottom’ corrections were accurate: Styrofoam isn’t made from kittens, salt water doesn’t chase the thirsties away, and I did slow it down to read them all so yes I do not have a life.
And Ted Koppel _is_ a robot!
I am absolutely speechless. I have listened to supposed "Simpsons Fans" podcasts, fans that project their intellect of the show beyond fanaticism, and they couldn't build a video like this. Bravo my friend. Again you prove why your channel is tops when I look for Simpson's fan videos. By the way, great gag in the middle of the video!
THEY ARE AS OLD AS THEIR FATHER SAYS THEY ARE
I can't help but notice in earlier seasons they were more pale than a lot of other characters. They were literally sheltered, in that they must have stayed inside way more than everyone else.
I always thought Rod was about 12 just because he's pretty lanky, like he's on the cusp of an adolescent growth spurt, but it's hard to tell their ages because they both ACT younger than Bart and Lisa.
You're giving us a lot of credit knowing the differences between those characters. I still need to write on my hand Lenny = White and Carl = Black to tell the difference.
The biggest mystery is why they had that game about dating boys in Summer of 4 Ft. 2.
it could have belonged to Maude, something that she kept from when she was a child/teenager.
They could of brought it with them.
Because they got the Dud.
It could also be that the game is very vanilla and boring as it was based off of Mystery Date, which was an actual board game by Milton Bradley in the 1960s.
I like to think Josh Weinstein also took a jab at Mystery Date with Bart's boredom at playing the game the family is playing while Lisa gets to go off and have fun, saying that Mystery Date was "a very disappointing game to play as a little boy"
@@Super_Mario128 suggesting Maude may have grown up in the 1960s?🤔🤔🤔
The beauty of earlier Simpsons is that none, literally none, of these continuity issues mattered. It was only as the show dragged on with the characters not aging but the continuity clearly changing that any of these issues emerged. Basically when the show become worse I started getting hung up on details. It's weird to me when you compare things that happened in season 29 with something like Bart Sells His Soul as they're practically different shows.
Season 14 was the last good season.
Love your videos but one thing I want to point out.
Early on the Flanders family seemed to represent the "grass is greener" on the otherside. Rather than be a cautionary tale (which is what it evolved too) we always see Flanders having a great successful life. The leftorium episode breaks away from this, but as we see in earlier episodes Homer is quite jealous of Flander's success with everything.
Only really after the death of Maude do we see Rod and Todd get much more sheltered...possibly because of Ned's overprotection?
“Some people prefer Luigi over Mario”
Me, an intellectual: WALUIGI TIME
Daddy says dice are wicked
Fat Pie Moth Moth!!!
Lol their football uniforms are 66 , 6
These characters are definitely odd. Despite appearing quite often, I feel there isn't much in them. They feel like empty characters at times, although they're not unlikable or anything. Btw, I do like the Mario and Luigi comparison. My favorite gaming franchise and one of my favorite cartoons in one video!
Can't wait for the mystery of Sneed's Seed and Feed (formerly Chuck's)
Chuck's Seed and Feed just doesn't have the same ring as
Oh......
Rod and Todd are, in my opinion, a representation of kids who have overprotective parents and how their parent's overprotectiveness has an impact on the way their child grows up. Like literally in every episode the Flanders appear Rod and Todd experience relentless sheltering by their parents from nearly everything that doesn't connect to religion or any other pious things that their family enjoys. As a result, they have strange personalities.
It's a fair point to make, I have to look up which one is Rod and which one is Todd. They ARE very similar in personality, and I think the show tends to emphasize how sheltered they are due to how Ned (and Maude before she died) raised them than creating any distinguishing characteristics between them, other than that one of them is technically older than the other.
For me Rod: Mrs Simpson made me gay.
Todd: I don't want to eat my damn vegetables
I actually would love if the series ended with Lisa and Todd ending up together. Homer and Ned would be family lol
Omg same
Homer would probably have a heart attack if that happened
That's right, Mr Burns was actually shot by Rod and Todd.
*no.*
I still say Smingers did it!
Dominic Hoffard
I think you mean Smithers
*gunshot*
"YAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!"
That's a good pfp.
You should do a Family Guy mysteries for April Fool's Day
Y E S
Naw. That show sucks lemons
Mr Burns was actually shot by Stewie Griffin.
I'd prefer South Park but I like this idea
thats the joke
you suck mcbain
Something to note about Rod being introverted is in season 5 episode Homer Loves Flanders, when the Flanders and the Simpsons go on their trip and Homer plays his rap tape, Rod is sat in the boat by himself while everyone else is in the car
Simpsons mystery on Lenny and Carl? You know what I'm talking about...
Lenny is in his early fortie-
Oh wait
Now I’m a Rod fan. I always cheer for the Luigi of a pair. Cause they deserve more attention than they get.
I like how in one of the episodes in the recent seasons have Todd the main focus with him finally dealing with the passing of his mother.
Tall like a Rod, Tiny Tod was my way of remembering. Glad to see this is a shared device.
I wish the later seasons of Simpsons did what the later seasons of Arthur did and explore side characters, their personalities, families, traits and thought just as much, if not more than the main character. I would love to see episodes exploring Rod and Todd's character.
The fact that Todd actually does something really cool and brave in that Season 17 episode really makes me want to watch it now.
That was Rod and not Todd
I wish the later seasons of The Simpsons did what Arthur did and disappeared rather than keep going and sucking lol. The Simpsons is the Slayer of network television.
It's funny that Lisa is the well-behaved Simpson kid and even she is weirded out by their innocence and naiveté.
Extra extra! Todd smells
We already knew that
I don't know if this should be an extra, Mac Monkeyhat.
Is your source on this reliable?
Rod: "Lets play Who can sit still longest!"
Todd: "Arms Folded!"
2:19 it was alway hilarious to me that the hyper- religious Rodd &Todd Flanders, when standing side by side in their football uniforms spell out 66-6. Back when the Simpsons had gags all over in every episode.
The reason I think I always remembered (or more accurately guessed correctly) was that a rod is something that is tall and thin, and if also inanimate and made of carbon, a true American hero
The moment they're free from their parents. One of three things:
1) They'll completely rebel against their dad, doing everything destructive to the point of their lives getting ruined
2) They'll start/join a religious cult and do very, very disturbing things in the name of the cult
3) They rebel against their dad and become atheists activist against the dangers of their dad's shielding.
yes this actually happens in real life.
It sounds like ex-mormons
Quantum Proton they will meet joe
3 is the best option
3 is the best outcome
I know they're basically disappeared from the show over the past few years, but I'd like to see one done for Nelson's bully friends. Not Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney, the much shorter guys who were really just background characters (not sure they even have names). They were part of the plot in Bart the General, I believe, when Bart was fighting against Nelson's continued bullying.
"Rod, Todd, this is God"
*gasp* How did _you_ get on the radio?
6:12 pastor at church when I was a kid had two sons. Just like Rod and Todd. Older one was quieter and easier going, younger one still a good kid but more prone to being the center of attention or getting in trouble. Parents when they have their first kid, they spend all their attention on them. The kid can learn to be calm and listen. Second kid, parents are worn out by that point and the kid has to fight for attention from birth.
Lenny next please
Oh no, not Lenny! Not *_LENNY_*
Kids, turn off the TV, I have some bad news about Lenny!
Ow! My eye!
A little late for Lenny.
As someone who grew up going to private school and having a deeply religious family they always struck me as the cookie cutter sheltered Christian kiddos. Ik that's what the show was going for but I had classes with kids like them and when we all got to highschool and they were still incredibly sheltered their entire world was shattered by the reality of real life. It was scary how oblivious kids were to things because of their families. I think one kid wasn't allowed to watch any movies rated above G until she was like..17. She got kn trouble once for going to a sleepover where they watched a PG movie
i actually got it right because "rod" made me thing of tall, long things, so uh...
...yeah
You just reminded me of why I checked out during season 17, that is one of the GOOD episodes!
I had these two completely backwards, so thanks for this well researched video.
Everybody remembers a Rod and Tod or Sherri and Terri from school.
I knew a Wendell, Martin, and Database.
I was Martin. My friends were Wendell and Database
2:35 Wow, that 'possible bad influences' joke with 'Grandma' crossed off is preety dark for the Simpsons
Todd was in Lemon of troy because they needed to have Ned looking for him so all the parents could use his motor-home lol
Loving the Final Fantasy 9 music at 6:03. My two favourite things together!
@0:08 "They are weirder than both the Salami and the Bologna COMBINED!"
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No matter how much I learned about Rod and Tod as individuals from each other today, I am sure I'll forget it next week
Nice video, but you forgot one thing. At the end of Homer Badman one of the Rock Bottom corections said: "The older Flanders boy is Todd, not Rod". I'm not sure if this actually says something, but it's worth mentioning in my opinion.
“Todd, would you like some mixed vegetables?”
"Hell no :D"
@LunaTime "that's it, no Bible stories tonight!"
I missed Simpsons Mysteries. I didn't think there were any mysteries left. Maybe we can still find out how old Mr Burns is.
Rod's the tall one, y'know... like a rod
Rod, Todd, who's who? All I have for you is a shrug.
Rewatching these mysteries gives off more nostalgia than newer generation simpsons
"They'll get eaten alive in middle school!"
the way i remembered it was todd for toddler as hes younger
Lol, all these years and I still remember that Rod is the diabetic one.
Todd is the more developed character and has had several episodes in which he is a main character, mainly because he is about the same age of Bart and Lisa ans thus can interact with them outside his family. Rodd is only really around when the Flanders have a group scene, so he doesn't get as much of a chance for the writers to focus on him, thus he is less developed. Really it's just that the Flanders have one too many members for the purposes of the writers of the show (hell even Maude was deemed disposable enough to kill off), so Rodd feels like a superfluous third nipple.
Me when I hear anyone slander Rod and Todd Flanders: *Ow, my freaking ears!*
Todd's mom: Todd would you like some vegetables?
Todd: hell no.
Family gasp:
Todd's mom: what do you just say?!
Todd: I said I don't want any damn vegetables.
Ned: that's it young man no Bible stories for you tonight
Todd cries: