Days ago, the internet was deeply saddened to learn that “The Simpsons” matriarch Marge Simpson had passed away during the recent season finale.
The Season 36 finale episode “Estranger Things” actually aired on May 18, but people took notice this week.
Shocked social media memes and posts honored the beloved tall, slender, blue-haired, raspy-voiced fictional mother of three who has blessed our television screens for nearly four decades.
However, we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief.
Marge is very much alive.
Executive producer Matt Selman confirmed to Variety that the ending is not canon because the with a long-running animated series, “there is no canon,” he explained to the outlet. “‘The Simpsons’ doesn’t even have canon!”
“Since ‘The Simpsons’ future episodes are all speculative fantasies, they’re all different every time,” Selman continued. “Marge will probably never be dead ever again. The only place Marge is dead is in one future episode that aired six weeks ago.”
The episode shows a grown-up Bart and Lisa Simpson. Lisa is the commissioner of the NBA, while Bart is running an unlicensed retirement home that Homer lives in, which Lisa pays for. The siblings grew apart after they stopped watching their favorite cartoon, “Itchy & Scratchy.”
The episode shows a funeral scene revealing that Marge had passed away. The tombstone reads, “Beloved wife, mother and pork-chop seasoner.”
The brother and sister reunite when Lisa comes back home to make a speech at Springfield Elementary. During her visit, she finds an old video her mom made where she advised her children to look after each other. From there, the siblings reestablish their bond as Marge watches from heaven.
She is now in love with her childhood crush, Ringo Starr of The Beatles.
“I’m so happy my kids are close again,” she said to the famous drummer.
Starr then alerted her that they should go or they’ll be late for the heavenly buffet because there will be a “shrimp tower.”
“Okay, Ringo,” she said. “I’m just so glad that we’re allowed to marry different people in Heaven.”
Meanwhile, Selman chalked up the headlines of Marge’s death to websites needing “clicks” and “traffic.”
“Then you can explain that the headline was misleading at the very end of the article. Every single media outlet that ran this story knew that in no way was Marge dead. They all knew it, but they ran the headline anyway,” he continued. “I guess this speaks to the fact that people care about Marge. At the end of the day, it’s probably good for business even when these ridiculous, misleading stories go viral!”
In the meantime, Marge isn’t going anywhere and will probably outlive us all. “The Simpsons” is the longest-running American animated series, and it’s been renewed for four more seasons.
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