The Simpsons: Maude Flanders Death Scene + Funeral
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- The Simpsons: Maude Flanders Death Scene + Funeral
"Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" is the fourteenth episode of Season 11.
All rights belong to FOX. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Maude dies from a fall from a stadium and yet Homer survived falling down the Springfield Gorge not once but twice in one day.
Brayden McCallum but why would the main character die?
And also homer is addicted to painkillers
Simple answer: Plot Armor
Homer has a thick skull
The voice actor quit, so they needed a reason for her to die. Ironically she came back years later he was not able to be Maude
Wow. When you think of it, how horrible must it have been to see Ned see his wife die like that.
Superman and now Edna his second wife is dead as well
I agree how horrible it had to be for Ned to see that, and to deal with losing her. One thing though, at least she was killed instantly and didn't suffer.
I'm surprised Ned didn't try to get Homer arrested
Alex WAllar, I really don't think that Ned was going to have him arrested because he knew that it wasn't intentional and he knew Homer well enough that he did stupid things without thinking. Also, Ned has always been too meek to want to raise hell over things, and Ned has always believed strongly in being very forgiving (with the exception of "Hurricane Neddy").
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A dark joke no one noticed: All the dead characters' tombstones look to be in pristine condition, with something on them to remember them by... except for Frank Grimes. His stone is slanted, falling apart, and has a nickname given to him by Homer on it. Even in death he's still getting crapped on.
It doesn't help that his gravestone is almost always the one that shows up in cemetery scenes and it's always dilapidated.
I noticed, and was heartbroken to see that, the first time.
He was a crazy maniac
And in the updated intro Ralph uses it as a sandbox
I noticed it too
Many say it's Homer's fault. However, legally, it's the fault of whoever runs the stadium by not installing a safety rail to prevent this from happening.
Even though she died instantly, If I recall later in the episode Homer admitted to Flanders that his parked car obstructed the ambulance.
In the unlikely scenario that she could've been saved, Homer is guilty for that at least.
@@Darkstar263
Wasn’t she already dead? Dr Hibbert stated she was dead on impact.
That was just an accidint
And as mentioned by another person, letting people fire t-shirt cannons with enough force to push or knock over people from the stadium.
Everyone is at fault.
The cheerleaders for firing the T-shirts that knocked Maude off the bleachers, whoever's in charge of the staudium for not installing a safety barrier that could prevent anyone from falling to their death (something that is actually illegal), and Homer from bending down at the very last second to pick up a bobby pin (although to be fair, how could he have known that Maude was returning with her family's food?)
Dr Hibbert has definitely teleporting abilities...
Maître Renard as apposed to the maybe teleporting abilities
"Za World, Ah heh heh heh!!!"
Hey, nothing personal kid
No, he probably ran so fast
He just hated the shirt so much he had to get out of there.
The voice of Maude Flanders requested a $4000 raise to cover increasing commute costs, but FOX only offered $150 instead. This dispute is what led to Maude being killed off.
It was a ridiculous ask. Voice actress Maggie Roswell (Maude Flanders) moved to Denver with her husband to raise their daughter. She asked for the raise because her decision made it necessary for her to commute twice a week to LA to record clips for the show. Emphasis on 'her' decision.
The Best Boy okay but at that point she was only receiving $2,000 per episode where as the six main voice actors were receiving $125,000 per episode. Her requested raise of $6,000 per episode would have been no where near what the others were making and still wouldn’t have made a dent in Fox’s funding. You can argue that she didn’t deserve to make as much as the main six as she didn’t do as much voice acting as them but she still voiced multiple characters and appeared in most episodes, and she only requested the money to cover travel costs, so it was a pretty reasonable ask.
@@macmonkeyhat Well, keep in mind that she made $2000 per episode, so she was making thousands of dollars every single week while working on the show for voicing a single character who didn't have many lines. Yes, she had to take a plane from Denver to LA, but she made $2000 for possibly saying only 2-5 lines into a microphone. It's hard to feel sorry for her, especially when the other 6 voice actors were voicing many different characters while she might have been the only regular voice actor on the show who only voiced one.
It's also entirely her fault that she was paid the wage she was. She made the decision to move to a right to work state when she moved to Denver. That meant that she sacrificed her ability to earn as much as the other voice actors.
Plus, she didn't even need to commute. It's not like she couldn't have recorded what few lines she had remotely. She could have negotiated to record her lines in a studio somewhere in Denver, but she didn't. She wanted more money, which wouldn't be unreasonable if she did nearly as much work as the other voice actors, but she didn't. In this clip, they actually point out how unnecessary her character was to the show, how unpopular she was with fans, and how few lines she actually had in an average episode.
So, to recap, she made a decision to move somewhere so far away from where she worked that she had to commute by plane which also happened to be a right to work state. Then she asked for a $4000 raise to cover her 'travel costs' ($4000 an episode, $8000 a week extra, minimum) and denied the raise that Fox offered her to cover the 'travel costs' ($150 per episode, $300 a week minimum).
Gerald Weir She didn’t voice one single character, she voiced Maude, Helen Lovejoy, Luanne van Houten, Ms Hoover and provided additional voices as well.
Also keep in mind that she traveled back and forth from Denver for like 5 years before asking for a raise, and the only reason she asked for it was to cover the increasing prices of plane tickets. The 150 raise would not have covered this. And the reason she did that traveling was because the studio asked her to do it.
She did eventually reach an agreement to record her lines from Denver and started voicing all her characters again from season 14 onwards.
@@macmonkeyhat Ah, my mistake, sorry about that. Still, I don't see why she couldn't have reached that deal beforehand. She was still only voicing minor characters, and still getting paid $2000 for only a half-hour worth of work. Also, she was replaced very quickly.
She was still voicing far less characters than the other cast members, and according to Nancy her voice roles weren't ever as challenging as any of the other cast members (Nancy was a girl who voiced a male character, Dan voiced a ton of unique-sounding characters, by comparison, Maggie really only voiced normal sounding women). Hence why she was able to get replaced so quickly.
Still, it's very hard to feel sorry for her. Again, they couldn't pay her as much as the other voice actors because of where she decided to live. Also, she was still receiving money in royalties so she wasn't exactly poor. It's very hard to feel sorry for a woman who made more than 3 times what the average person makes in a year for what amounts to an hour of work once a week. What you won't hear her tell you is that she was making hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties and other fees for voicing those minor characters, as well as the fact that the main reason she returned to The Simpsons is that she couldn't get meaningful work elsewhere. She refused to take a role where she had to raise her voice (apparently) which limited the roles that she could take on.
It says a lot about her that she didn't work at all during the years where she wasn't working on The Simpsons, and only had a minor role in a 2004 movie when she started working on The Simpsons again.
Actress: Isn't paid enough
Matt Groening: Oh boy, here I go killing again!
Krompompulous Groening, is that you?
DeD
Groening had left at that point i think
Matt: so you chose death...
@Zenman Alex lol
"But whether you noticed her or not, Maude was always there. And we thought she always would be." That's actually a really kind thing to say
Yet Lenny survives that big ass wheel..
The hit didn’t kill her, it was the fall.
Qemexy lol
And a tank one time
The writers listened too their own advice: "Not Lenny!"
Lenny is a supersoldier
Surprised that Rodd and Todd BARELY REACT to the FREAKING DEATH OF THEIR OWN MOTHER.
Robertium G. B. Their mommy is with God now.
I think Ned probably told them to sit back, it would be awful for a child to hear straight away that a parent died in my opinion.
Robertium G.B. I'm sure they did react to it, it's just it was Ned's story not theirs.
So does it mean this was an inside Job? Who knows.
JESUS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
That honestly was the saddest thing I’ve ever seen. The look on Ned’s face and the way he said “Maude” was heartbreaking.
Ned is my favorite character. He didn’t deserve to go through that.
bruh
I agree; I get that the writers were mad the actress wanted more money but this wasn’t right at all
Lies again? MILF DIVISION Balls Of Steel
@@SydneyScream it’s an animated cartoon…
It's the price you pay to be a stupid-sexy-flanders
I like that this was one of those moments that Lovejoy was genuinely kind and empathetic to Ned. Usually he can barely stand him, but he knows that he's going through one of the worst things he can right now and is doing his job as a Reverend by providing comfort to someone suffering loss.
Note that he calls Ned his friend during the eulogy. Ned might annoy the crap out of Lovejoy, but I think he does care about him deep down.
@@MURPHYCHACHO He, Helen, Ned, and Maude were all on the Holy Rollers bowling team together. I think it's safe to say that Ned and Lovejoy are friends.
"But whether you noticed her or not, Maude was always there. And we thought she always would be." That was possibly the nicest thing Reverand Lovejoy said to Ned.
Why Maude?!
It should've been Helena Lovejoy!!!
axelrayne69 Helen not helena
a guy WHATEVER!!!
axelrayne69 oh I wasn't trying to be mean or anything but if you want to reference a character get the name right
They had legal issues with the person who was doing Maude's voice so they decided to kill her off the show. And of all ways to do that they did it by shooting her with a tshirt cannon lol.
a guy I was devastated back then. I would've love to see some other Springfield Mom get Axed. Hell, at the time, Van Houten should've been Shot.
Can we just give a moment for the others that have died as well? I love how they went over everyone's tombstones before panning to Maude's funeral. It was really sad seeing Beatrice's one cause of the rose that was left ... it's nice to know that Grampa still visits her :)
Still, I wished Frank Grimes would've survived. He would've been better off being placed in the mental ward for his extreme antics than be killed off by the high voltage wiring.
Grimes' is the only shabby one LOL
This was the first cartoon death I saw when I was little. I was shocked because it was so unexpected. Ned didn’t deserve to lose someone so kind.
I hated her character she had mean moments I didn't like
For those of you saying this is Homer's Fault, it's not.
This kind of an accident *has* happened in real life.
In this case the Racing venue would be held responsible for:
1. Having poor railing protection on the rear of the bleacher
2. Having a half-time show that involved the firing of a projectile moving with enough force to knock someone off the bleachers.
3. Having the performers poorly trained in recognizing the danger of firing a projectile so high.
In fact, sadly, all of the women firing the shirt guns would pobably be charged with involuntary Manslaughter.
Lowe's Motor Speedway president Jerry Gappens expressed his concern over the episode, as it appeared to parody an actual incident. During the aborted Indy Racing League IndyCar Series Visionaire 500k event, on May 1, 1999, flying tires in a Lap 62 crash killed three spectators, forcing the track to abandon the race before the halfway point. WCCB, the Fox affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina, home to Lowe's Motor Speedway, refused to show the promotional advertising for this episode.
It was Homer's fault. He got those women to fire those T-shirts and he bend down to pick up a bobby pin and look what happened.
Daniel Williamson How was he supposed to predict the outcome would be Maude’s death? He just bended over to pick something up.
He shouldn't had bent down.
I'm not the only one. Other people do too.
I cant imagine what Ned is going through. Losing your spouse is very hard, especially when youve created such a loving life together and had children too. Sometimes i wonder if he went through lots of grief counseling. I know hes only a cartoon character but still, its such a sad moment.
Matthew Jay Evans it’s definitely enough to shake his faith.
I feel the same way about Chaz Finster on Rugrats, especially when you realize his wife died only a year before the show began.
He not real
He's not going thru anything - he's a cartoon character
@@allanmoncrieff5579 oh really? You must be so smart
I just realized that Grimey's grave is the only one unkept. He is alone even in death.
Poor guy just can't catch a break.
I'm giving your comment thumbs down for not trashing Grimey!
@@steelionx9255 To be fair, you can't trash a trash.
The way Homer makes the mechanical team fixing his car for free always gets me. One of the few smart moves he made in his life.
How did Dr. Hibbert get down there so fast
Teleportation
RandomMexicanDubb good question
RandomMexicanDubb he was most likely already down getting snacks or drinks.
Kevin Doherty Maybe your right
He is fast af.
Maude got out in time before the show went completely south.
I like the way I ended up here... Although I never knew how she died
This was Season 11, it was already garbage and this episode was definitely garbage
@I forgot to add a name Somebody mad that I talked shit about arguably the worst season?
@@PeruvianPotato not the worst season
@@bongodongo9229 Season 11 had the highest amount of bad episodes per 1 season
I like how Dr. Hibbert cries out in a shocked voice, "Oh my lord, she's DEAD!" Because he apparently knows how much Ned Flanders loved her. If it were some other woman, Dr. Hibbert may just say "Well, look at that. She's dead," and do his usual chuckle.
Hibbert knows when to be serious.
I doubt he would chuckle in such a situation. He knows his limits. Personally I think it would also be a distasteful joke of the writer's part
@@operation1968 That's likely. And like I said, Dr. Hibbert knows Ned Flanders too well to just chuckle at the death of his wife.
@@ZakWolf uhh u dont need to know someone in and out to assume that
Woah, Dr. Hibbert may chuckle like a lot but he has limits. I mean why would he laugh at a women whos died from fallling off a stadium? Not to mention a friend of his wife.
We all need a Ned Flanders in our lives, he didn’t deserve this
@Rad Raspberry Razmin Fox you're a furry,your opinion doesn't matter
"If everyone here were like Ned Flanders, there'd be no need for heaven: we'd already be there." -Homer Simpson
well we all deserve Hell biblically but yeah it was quite debaclic
Ned is a religious nutcase in all, but he was never ill intentioned.
I feel sorry for Ned Flanders. It's probably hard to cope without Maude.
This was the one episode which you actually felt bad for Ned. He didn't deserve to lose Maude.
Joseph Harrington Yeah in one episode (I think when he let someone sleep in his bed; I forgot the episode) he had kept Maude's indentation or whatever it's called on the bed by spraying it with something and told whoever was spending the night not to lie on that side 'cause he didn't want them to ruin the indent that was left by her. 😃 I think it's the episode where the girl who sings country music (I think she has brown hair; I don't remember her name if it was mentioned) met Ned or something and they hung out together(?). I don't remember much from that episode 'cause I've only seen it once. 😕 And it was about a week ago when I saw it. 😃
That woman who slept with Ned Flanders and was his brief lover was
Rachel Jordan, lead singer of Kovenant.
It's been almost ten years and I STILL haven't gotten completely over my dad's death.
Heh, I'm pathetic, aren't I?
It is just a cartoon
This episode was sad! :'-(
*funny
1f5sda1991 It was sad
1f5sda1991 yet the funeral still had humor in it
You're telling me
One of the saddest episodes next to Mother Simpson. Lisa's Substitute. I Love Lisa. And Maggie Makes Three and Round Springfield.
A cruel episode. Marked the start of The Simpson’s being mean spirited.
Season 10 had a few mean spirited episodes. I think Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble' was the first episode that had a true hostile vibe. Homer was very unlikeable there.
@@ItsHailee7 Hated that one.
Imagine how rodd and Todd felt with their dad coming home but not their mother... Poor kids...
Wdym they were there.
If homer didn't bend down, would have those t-shirts knocked him into Maude and she fall off the bleachers anyway? Just a thought.
Oh definitely, it was garunteed to happen regardless
Yeah but homer would have survived
I thought his big fat ass would shield her?
nah its homer, he would taken those and not move a inch. you could drop a helicopter on him and he still wont die. only time can kill him.
The cheerleaders are lucky they weren't charged with manslaughter.
2:32 Notice how all the tombstones are for characters who have died in past episodes.
How did Dr. Marvin Monroe die? He was never killed off in an episode a far as I know.
Subspace King he’s also in an episode in season 15
Subspace King The creators killed him off as Harry Shearer had trouble doing the voice as it does a number on his vocal chords.
@@doomdemon1205 Marvin Monroe is still alive, though.
Chi oh crap, you’re right.
This episode was bad, but Harry Shearer(Ned, Julius, Lenny) should’ve won an Emmy for his performance. He made me cry every time I even tried watching it. God, losing a wife really sucks.
I agree, honestly Seasons 2-6 for me was the true golden age of the show, and i felt like from Season 2 to 6 there was an actual growth, particularly with Bart and Lisa starting in season 2 when Bart ruined Lisa’s Thanksgiving centerpiece to season 6 when Bart and Lisa end their hockey game by hugging each other. That to me really brought their sibling rivalry to full circle. And afterwards, there were still good episodes with Bart caring for Lisa and visa versa when Bart and Lisa go to military camp and Willem Dafoe is the instructor, but as the show kept going, that character growth just stopped and now the characters are still doing the same old schtick.
While I’m not a fan of this episode, there is one moment that really makes me laugh when Moe reveals to Ned how he feels about Maude and Moe gets the shit beaten out of him while he’s smiling and saying “Send me to Maude! Here I come, baby!” That’s classic Moe being an asshole at the wrong time and getting his comeuppance. Nobody can do Moe’s voice as hilarious as Hank Azaria 😂
More like a somber episode than bad.
It's not bad you dumbass !!
@@TheSodorFilms This episode is not bad ! You're rotten or what ?!
This was actually done because Maude’s voice actor quit. One specific reason why was because she wasn’t being paid enough to cover travel expenses as promised in the job description. So, being fed up with the false claims, she filmed one last voice acting and left
And yet returned later on for few flashback episodes that altered the non-consistent canon of the series.
Makes you wonder why they didn’t just get a new voice actress did they had to go this far
@@17jacoynewell then they’d have to worry about them asking for money to cover travel expenses
*OOH, A BOBBY PIN*
*HIT* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! *dead*
Maude?
Oh my lord she's dead !!!!!!
It’s hard to believe we’re never gonna see Maude again
And poor Ned didn't get a chance to say goodbye.
I was still 2 years old when Maude Flanders passed away.
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She may be just a cartoon character, but I'm really sad that Maude was killed off. Even though they might come across as overly religious for many people, the Flanders are such a kind-hearted family. I especially remember the episode when they took in Homer's long-lost brother and took care of him.
Really cruel on part of the show runners to put this family through such suffering, especially when the reason why is because Maude's voice actress asked for a pay raise!
"That's a damn lie and you know it! Give me a shirt!"
Hahahahhahah
Heereee t shirt t shirt t shirt
XD
You heard him girls.
@Manuel Torres FIRE!
Can we just acknowledge that Ned was completely motionless for a full second and a half when Maude was knocked over the side of the bleachers
u n d e r s c o r e _ he was more than likely in a state of shock or disbelief.
@@lopezfan24 Or
Hear me out
Just lazy animating
@@kurumi394 why don't you fix it?
I love how it took Ned a while to react to Maude dying
Don't forget the Simpsons family too. They didn't move at all.
@@hammerbro1947 And Literally everyone else in the camera pan
01:47 I love how it takes everyone a few seconds to react to what happened
This was around when the Simpsons started to go downhill.
@Get Ass Lies.
Nah.
This was in season 11.
I've done a watch through of the Simpsons starting from season 1. Seasons 1 through to 9 were really fantastic. Clever jokes, unexpected twists and turns, and just really well thought out writing.
Then came season 10 where the jokes became more crass and sexual and the story writing felt rushed and purposeless. I don't have a problem with sexual jokes, but when they keep jamming them in and putting in pointless nudity, it gets really annoying. Even this episode where maude dies, it's kind of annoying how disconnected all the characters feel from the scene. No one gives a shit. They're just trying to push jokes in that are antithetical to what the characters are supposed to be. This seemed to continue on until season 18 where good and memorable episodes were rather rare.
Then season 19 is when the story-telling becomes good once again and drops all the forced sexual shit. But instead of the legendary season 1-9, u can tell that it's come under some new influence. I think that the content is equally as good as the golden years. The jokes feel more explosive than nuanced which is a welcomed change. Not better not worse.
Currently on season 20. It's good... but not hitting as well as season 19 did.
@@amrit5872 Yeah, I can actually agree with you. Season 10 was when the slow decline started.
@@amrit5872 Thanks for the recommendation I'll give Season 19 a watch. I can't stand modern Simpsons tbh
There are many characters in fiction that affect us so much that we love them like friends. For me, that was pretty much every character on The Simpsons except for Helen Lovejoy and Manjula. Every character has had a great joke or a background gag and they all played a huge part in the heart and world building of the show I love so much. I came here after the death of Russi Taylor, the voice of Martin. Losing Troy Mclure, Lionel Hutz, Maude, Ms. Krabapel, and now Martin and Uter. It feels like I've lost a part of my entertainment.
Grey Griffin voices Russi's characters now. As for Wendell, it's anonymous. 'Cause even though Russi's credited for Wendell, Pamela actually voices him.
Honestly this episode makes the episode “Lisa’s Wedding” quite unsettling since it shows Maude is still alive in the future. I know the episode came out four years before this episode, and the future in Lisa’s Wedding shrug off as non-canon. But still during the episode, it acts as it’s quite canon. I’m probably rambling but my other point is episodes like the ones that involves to future is quite sad since the characters(that killed later by creators) originally revealed they’re originally intended to always be in the show. I do agree that Maude should never been killed in the first place. I know there’s a payment issue between her voice actress and the producers, but they easily could replace voice actor. And the way they killed her off is honestly forced and ended up being tasteless. And made Homer have bad reputation among fans because of this. As new seasons gone by, lot of iconic characters keep being taken off because of voice actors leaving or passed away, or because a character is “stereotypical” like the Apu controversy. I’ll say the Simpsons should just end and not continue in Seasons. The show has been long dead especially since a lot of these great characters are not here anymore. The writing, the humor, and everything else in the show does not have much what made the old seasons of the Simpsons so great. This show is on life support.
This episode serves as a conclusion to a period of the series I call "The Era of Change". Between Seasons 6 to 11, there would be a series of episodes that would permanently shake up the status quo of the show. These would serve as the abandonment of a mantra the original creative team established in its early years, of striving for a timelessness between episodes. In other words, the Status Quo was God.
The episode that started the Era of Change was 'Round Springfield, with the death of Bleeding Gums Murphy. This marked the first time a major reoccurring character was killed off, and was not a one off or inconsequential character.
The episode that truly made good of the promise of permanently changing a character, that was not a death, was Lisa the Vegetarian, in which Lisa went from a meat eating regular, to a vegetarian outcast, ostracized by everyone because of her difference. Even though Lisa's vegetarianism was part of an agreement to get Paul and Linda McCarthy onto the episode, it established a new mantra, of constantly making reference to Lisa's Vegetarianism for the rest of the series, whenever, and wherever possible, with the character permanently changed. Thus setting the gold standard towards changing the status quo.
In the years that followed, further permanent character changes were established. The divorce of Milhouse's parents (which may or may not have led to Milhouse developing a crush on Lisa), Apu becoming a husband and father, the romance between Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabopple, all of these changes further established a linear continuity into the series, and further jettisoned the creative team's original mantra.
Alone Again Natura-Diddily brought this era to an end. In fact, the point where Maude was knocked back by the T-Shirts, was the exact moment the Era of Change ended. It began with the death of Bleeding Gums Murphy, and it ended full circle with the death of Maude Flanders. The rest of the episode was a eulogy and tribute to the Era of Change as a whole, with every major change from the past five seasons referred to. The deaths of Bleeding Gums Murphy and Marvin Monroe, the divorce of the Van-Houtens, the romance between Skinner and Krabopple, Apu becoming a husband and a father, even Lisa's vegetarianism is referred to if you count her disgust after her father states, "Why have hamburger, when you can have steak?".
In all, it brought a new era into being, and the tidal wave of permanent character changes had only begun.
You forgot Barney sobering up while you were mentioning all those character changes.
@@ReveiwKing999 That episode was first shown after the Death of Maude Flanders, so that doesn't count as part of that period. Granted it was the first character change after that episode.
That was the saddest scene and the saddest episode in the whole Simpsons franchise. Maude is the first supporting character in the series to be killed. She was dead in Season 11 because... uhhh... just because. But Ned and his kids will remember her, and so will the citizens of Springfield, and so will we. R.I.P. Maude Flanders.
2:39 Frank grime grave
JOHNNY Walker best character
JOHNNY Walker And you can see nobody cared about him after his death.
JOHNNY Walker IM HOMER SIMPSON
Homer's Enemy
who is he?
Maude dies from a T-shirt canon, gets a 21 T-shirt canon salute.
The one episode no one in the history of the series will ever forget.
This episode and "Behind the Laughter" are the reason I consider Season 11 to be the true "final season" of the Simpsons
For me Season 8 is the true final season. 9 would've been it if it wasn't for the Principal episode.
Maybe, but Season 12's Day of the Jackanapes should be included in that since it ends up providing something of a conclusion to the Sideshow Bob arc.
Thanks for uploading this as I like the callbacks on the headstones from 2:31 to 2:41 as it reminds us of the Simpsons cannon's fallen characters except for Marvin Monroe as he was brought back to life later but this is a primary source of his supposed death/ absence.
2:06 Homer has point, neither Ned or the boys ever had a chance to say goodbye to Maude😢
Excerpt from Springfield Confidential by Mike Reiss:
_I left The Simpsons for 2 years to pursue my own projects. When I returned, in 2000, we were working on a Ned Flanders scene and I pitched a line for his wife, Maude. Everyone looked around guiltily, and wrote Ian Maxitone-Graham finally admitted, "We killed her." Why? Because the actress who played her asked for a raise._
_Maude died in the 1999 episode "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" -she was shot in the face with a T-shirt cannon and knocked over the back wall of an auto speedway. Some critics liked the episode, but it received the full spectrum of knocks, from "harsh and cynical" to "sappy and lame." One critic even said, "Killing Maude was a sin." I have to agree with that: we killed the nice wife of a nice guy, leaving his two nice but annoying kids motherless._
_When we make a big change like this- Apu having octuplets, Patty and Selma adopting a baby- we always think we'll get some great episodes out of it. We rarely do._
So TLDR even the writers think killing off Maude was a mistake
1:45 Homer has the flexibility of a sofa bed.
I noticed that too. I wish I could be that flexible
HOMER DID NOT KILL MAUDE HE JUST BENDED OVER AND MAUDE WAS THERE CAUSING HER TO GET HIT AND PLUMMET TO HER DEATH HOW WOULD THAT BE HOMER SIMPSON'S FAULT
Manny Villar if this is not his fault then why did he picked up the Bobby pin? He is bald so it is useless for him. His mother never told him to not to pick up things on the floor before she abandons him
You think had homer never ducked, he would get pushed by the force of the shirts and the same result would happen?
That's exactly what i think, bro! i wrote your same opinion!!! Everyone here are blind to do not watch closely what happened in the stadium!
Arnaldo Makanju what?
I blame the architect
Maude was such a good mother. I really miss her. 😢😢😢😢
Disagree. She is two-faced and judgmental. I know the majority hated Helen Lovejoy and yes I can’t stand her but Maude masked her real feelings.
Those sponsors on the casket killed me🤣🤣
Homer didn’t kill Maude.
Whoever dropped the Bobby pin did.
3:33 "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound"
@ 2:28 - 2:30 I could tell that Homer felt pretty bad for Ned and his sons.
funshine97 It was his fault to begin with.
funshine97 w
funshine97 w
No he just felt bad he couldn't be a jerk
I don't think so. if you watch closely the part where homer was bending down to take bobby pin, accidentally maude was hit by three pairs of t-shirts, she fell off and died. In short, it wasn't homer who killed maude! Sometimes people die by accidents not always by killing!
I was only 8 when this episode first aired. As a kid, I had no idea it was that sad as I only saw the comedy side of the show.
Re-watching the episode as an adult nearing middle age, it starts all making sense to me.
To those that say that Homer is at fault for Maude’s death, here’s some facts to point out:
1. The Flanders chose to sit in the back row of the stadium with no protective backing ON THEIR OWN FREE WILL.
2. The Flanders were well aware The Simpsons were sitting in front of them.
3. Maude knew the t-shirt guns were going off and that Homer wanted one.
4. Maude also knew they were going off when she went to get the food and would’ve seen them going off when she returned.
5. Maude also knows that Homer is an idiot.
6. Maude ignored her surroundings (ie. Ignorance is No Defense)
And to quote the contractor from Clerks regarding the uncompleted Death Star from Return of the Jedi “Any contractor, working on that Death Star, knew the risk involved. They get killed, it’s their own fault.”
Homer Simpson didn’t kill Maude Flanders, Maude Flanders killed Maude Flanders.
I want a 21 T-shirt salute and Amazing Grace on bagpipes at my funeral!
PhoenixAngel429 Me too!
You guys do realize they're the people who murdered her along with the murder weapon itself?
@@tinyturtlegaming9994 It was very tasteless that they were present at Maude's funeral and above all, shot t-shirts as the coffin was buried. I'm sure Ned would not had approved that.
One of the funniest things in that episode was the actual T Shirt itself(at her funeral) and what it said after the 21 T shirt gun salute..."Let 'er R. I. P."
2:29 When Homer was in touch with his emotions. I'M CRYING! 😢😭😔
Think he's just crying because he can't be a jerk to Flanders anymore.
I like how Grime's grave is both unkempt with a busted tomb stone.
1:47 everyone’s face including Flander’s looks so normal here, even though Maude has just been hit and has fallen
Probably lazy animating
@@kurumi394 yh lol
Poor little Neddy :'(
Who throught that the arena was safe
Not me
They should have sued the people responsible the safety of the Arena, Homer Simpson (although it would require him having the necessary Mens Rea or awareness of his actions), stupidity in this case may be a defence! They could sue the building engineers or contractors for constructing a building in clear violation of safety regulations
Viktor Nacorski at 3:24 Reverend Lovejoy mentions there was a settlement out of court to pay for the funeral expenses. I guess Flanders didn't want to go through a trial.
Final destination, by some shirts
for those saying it was barts fault it was the bobby pins
1:46 Goodbye Maude Flanders!!!! See you in heaven!!!
Homer: I'm the one who drove her out of her seat. I was the one who brought on a barrage of t-shirt cannons. I was the one who parked in the ambulance zone preventing any quick access...., but there's no point playing the blame game.
Circumstantial facts. Homer is not a fortune teller to know what would happen and the impact of the fired t-shirts It shouldn't be strong enough to throw a person from the stadium. They are t-shirts not bricks.
@@Threeleebird This is a cartoon not reality.
This was the turning point of the show. It was never the same after this.
I still have to give it up for the Simpsons back in the day. They landed a heartfelt moment, even through a sea of riffing and under a lamp shade big enough to blot out the sun.
I remember watching this episode when it aired. It was so sad!!!😞😞😞😞
R.I.P Maude Flanders. She was a great mother and woman. 😢🙏
2:53 I lost it at the reactions of Willie, Sea Captain and Professor Frink at Reverend Lovejoy's comical accents quote.
Sad. She was kind and cute character, loving mother and wife
2:29 Legends say that Dark Simpsons is still using this.
from season 11 episode "alone again, Natura diddly"
So Homer didn't kill Maude, it was just dumb luck. Welp, life's like that.
It was accidental. But he did cause it.
Daniel Williamson Hardly, it was more the fault of the stadium for such appalling safety regulations.
Zero Saber why did he picked up the Bobby pin even know he is bald so its useless. His stupidity caused all of this
The stadium caused it for having no safety railings,which would lower the risk of falling off the building
@@SeyaDiakite7 lockpicking makeshift can opener lisa's hair
"Here, t-shirt, t-shirt, t-shirt!"
THIS IS SO AWESOME
2:29 I sure hope that was a tear of sympathy because knowing Homer, he could be crying about something stupid at a moment like this.
Why would Homer wanted a stupid bobby pin for?
This episode always was kind haunting to me as a kid, this was the only slightly adult cartoon or show I was allowed to watch and I think this was a bit early for me when I saw it but it probably helped
R.I.P. Maude Flanders
This whole situation is depressing as hell, both the real life context and the actual death of the character.
Considering that Ned is his church’s best customer, Lovejoy _really_ phoned in that sermon.
Just watched this now- when they played the music with the tombstones of various past characters being shown- I cried. Never felt so bad for characters in a beloved animated TV show in my life.
I don't know what hurts more, Ned's face or him crying in anguish at finding out the love of his life is dead.
There were production issues that led to the tragic death of Maude Flanders involving the voice actress threatening to leave the show. Later, she came back and Maude was seen in heaven. RIP
Why couldn't they just hire another actress?
Because execs wanted to be petty.
The actress who was a (temporary) replacement for Maggie Roswell was a disappointment. Roswell returned, but Maude Flanders never returned as a regular character (except in a couple of episodes that had flashbacks).
I love how the casket has flowers on it one second, then advertising decals all over it a second later, with the flowers suddenly gone as it's being lowered into the ground. 😂😂😂😂
I couldn't believe it when I saw it the first time; it was hard and quite a massive plot to explore and keep watching the show for a while
And since then, Flanders was Flanderized.
I would react a LOT differently than Ned did if my partner died.
For me this was the moment the Simpsons died, not just Maude
Even though most of the funeral scenes/episodes in this show are sad, they always manage to make me laugh. The whole reason Maude died is because Homer went full ADHD over a freaking bobby pin lmao.
Actually Homer is not at fault.
The stadium is at fault for not having f safety measures In place first and foremost. As that likely would have prevented the entire incident
Ya know it’s literally impossible to find a specific Simpsons episode let alone this one, but out of sheer luck, when I was watching FOX they passed this episode
We all miss this Simpsons!
1:46 Ouch! That has gotta hurt! 😢
Oh yeah it's not like it f###ing killed her or anything
This is so Fantastic
Rip maude Flanders gone but never forgotten ever by her family and friends