The Simpsons Season 35 Finally Addressed One Of The Show’s Biggest Mysteries

While The Simpsons season 35 didn’t necessarily commit to changing one of the show’s strangest patterns, episode 2 did at least address this odd mystery. The Simpsons has a so-called “Elastic canon.” This means that any given character’s backstory, age, country of origin, or name can change without warning solely for the sake of a gag. This is great for writers coming up with one-off jokes but can spell trouble for viewers trying to make sense of the show’s universe. For example, various episodes of The Simpsons depict Marge and Homer attending high school in either the early 1970s or the late 1990s.