0005 - Maggie Simpson (Patreon)

I'm not gonna lie: I thought I was gonna have to break a rule to squeeze famously mute Maggie in this week.

As part of the sacred rules, I established that a character needs a line to be included in the official count. And as we all know, Maggie's first words aren't until season 4, episode 10's "Lisa's First Word", voiced by Elizabeth Taylor.

BUT NO! If you watch "Good Night", you'll find the last noise as everyone falls asleep is Maggie babbling something resembling a word. So she gets in just under the wire in our first week here.

Anyway, what's to be said about Maggie? Not much, I suppose, of the main five she is less of a "character" and more of a gag machine. As the father of a toddler myself, it's remarkable that 90% of the family's lifestyle isn't centred around her in some way, she should be constantly scheduled around and ensuring no one in the house gets any sleep.

But then again, maybe that's the joke (said like Ranier Wolfcastle.)

It's usually shown that Maggie is exceptional. That she's capable of amazing things - even attempted murder! - and is ignored completely. It's dark to think of Homer and Marge as especially neglectful parents, but scratch a little beneath the surface and that's how Maggie is used in the show, as a forgotten child doomed to live her life in obscurity as her chaotic family race through life around her.

Best to not think about it too much.

SO! It's been a whole week and we're finally at the end of the 2-minute-long first short. I am getting the impression this might take a while. Thanks for joining me on this journey! On Monday we'll get to see who the first non-Simpsons character to appear will be! Who do you think it is? And will they be popular and/or memorable? The answer will SHOCK AND AMAZE you.

This post is part of my "Every Simpsons Character Ever" series. For a list of my rules in this project, click here.

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