{"id":83607,"date":"2025-07-01T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=83607"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:36:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:36:40","slug":"the-simpsons-have-killed-off-one-of-the-main-characters-of-the-show-in-the-finale-of-the-36th-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/the-simpsons-have-killed-off-one-of-the-main-characters-of-the-show-in-the-finale-of-the-36th-season\/83607\/","title":{"rendered":"The Simpsons have killed off one of the main characters of the show in the finale of the 36th season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Season 36 finale of <em>The Simpsons<\/em> left fans in shock with a poignant flash-forward that shows Marge Simpson\u2019s death. In the episode titled <em>Estranger Things<\/em>, Marge is seen in a future timeline where she has passed away, reunited with Ringo Starr in heaven, and remembered lovingly by her family. Her tombstone reads, <em>\u201cBeloved wife, mother, pork-chop seasoner,\u201d<\/em> and the final moments include a touching message to Lisa and Bart encouraging them to stay close.<\/p>\n<p>While the scene is emotionally impactful, it doesn\u2019t mean Marge is permanently gone from the show. Her death is portrayed in a speculative future\u2014an artistic flash-forward that <em>The Simpsons<\/em> occasionally uses to explore different what-if scenarios. The current timeline, where the characters never truly age, remains intact. This means Marge will continue to be a central character in future episodes and is not written out of the series.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the finale is more of a narrative experiment than a canonical farewell, designed to stir emotion without altering the timeless structure of the show. Marge Simpson isn\u2019t really gone\u2014she\u2019ll be back in Season 37 like always.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Season 36 finale of The Simpsons left fans in shock with a poignant flash-forward that shows Marge Simpson\u2019s death\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":83608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[2557],"class_list":["post-83607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-the-simpsons"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}