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= April 30 =

Where can a person find what Simpsons characters appeared in a scene for no reason?
I have this memory of a book or web site telling us all the things we might have missed in episodes of The Simpsons. With the ability to record and freeze, we can see a lot more than we used to. For example, many scenes have characters from the show who don't have any reason for being there. They don't have lines but they're just there. I have no idea how to do a search for such a thing.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  22:04, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The Simpsons Wiki over at Fandom perhaps? --Ouro (blah blah) 06:16, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Your criteria "for no reason" makes this impossible to answer. As an example, Larry showed up in many scenes in Moes bar with no obvious reason. No lines. Just sitting at the bar and drinking beer. But, it wasn't for NO reason. In a recent episode, the entire point of his character is that he was always in the bar, but was not interacted with. Then, he died and the remaining bar regulars pondered their relationship with him. So, it was all a build-up for that episode. 75.136.148.8 (talk) 16:19, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
 * When I say "for no reason" the big example that comes to mind is when the family is in church. Nearly everyone on the show is shown in that church at the Sunday service. Even people we wouldn't think of as religious. Dr. Hibbert has a different and more lively church, and yet he is sometimes shown at the Simpsons' church. There are numerous examples. Before there was the Internet as we know it, I recall someone listing all the stuff we might not have noticed if we didn't record and freeze. I was hopping someone still did that.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  20:49, 2 May 2024 (UTC)