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Semi-protected edit request on 19 December 2025

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The main characters are the dysfunctional Simpson family ~2025-36142-19 (talk) 22:07, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. PianoDan (talk) 22:30, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unknown

There is an unknown person in the picture!!! Thesuperpotato (talk) 04:00, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Please also include more detail as to what picture you're referencing. Pistongrinder (talk) 20:34, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Abe Simpson

Guys, can we all agree that we need more info about Abe Simpson/Grampa? Theeeggplant (talk) 02:04, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I can agree that we need more WP:DUE, reliably sourced, non-WP:OR info on Abe Simpson if it exists. BE BOLD! Pistongrinder (talk) 20:21, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 March 2026

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Add Category:GLAAD Media Award–winning shows. ~2026-14641-66 (talk) 23:03, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Reason: No source provided. signed, A Random Hylian (Parry)(swing) 16:44, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Neurodiversity

Suggestion to add to the section "Themes":

The series has also used questions of intelligence, behavioural difference and diagnosis as subjects of satire. In the episode "Brother's Little Helper", Bart is diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and prescribed an experimental drug, allowing the episode to parody educational and parental responses to disruptive behaviour. Later episodes have also explored the social position of highly intelligent or socially awkward characters, including Professor Frink and Bart's underestimated abilities in "Bart 'N' Frink". Such portrayals are usually presented through comedy rather than as sustained clinical character studies. ~2026-30835-76 (talk) 06:18, 23 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]