Just thinking, is the art style only symbolic of the universe or is everything actually like that in-universe?

  • lemmyng
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    1430 days ago

    In “Treehouse of Horror VI” Homer becomes 3D and comments how he’s “so bulky”.

    • @[email protected]
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      30 days ago

      The other characters are quite perplexed about the idea of 3D, too, not just the stupid Homer. A scientist gives a brief lecture, similar to how scientists IRL introduce 4D.

      Anyway, that answers the good old question “Is the gruesome cartoon Itchy & Scratchy photorealistic from the Simpson’s POV?”

      • lemmyng
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        530 days ago

        Photorealistic: yes. However, it could be debatable whether it’s gruesome. We see situations that characters survive with short term damage but no long term consequences (example: Homer skating into the canyon). So while it would be gruesome to us, it’s probably closer to slapstick to them.

        • @Shapillon
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          330 days ago

          I never thought about its gruesomness this way.

        • @[email protected]
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          130 days ago

          It would be abhorrent for us to see photorealistic cat organs but I guess kids in The Simpsons’ universe are raised differently.

    • Edgarallenpwn [they/them]
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      230 days ago

      And the first thing he did in the 3D world was go to an erotic bakery. I always thought it was a dumb throwaway joke but after thinking about it, that would be a fun first experience in the 3D world