I say Simpsons
Simpsons has had about a decade more to develop so its not really a fair fight
Simpsons hands-down.
Hey everyone knows that simpsons characters are more developed then family guys characters.
Neither. Both cartoon have no developement. Lisa being a budist, that's about it. Simpsons = Unfunny shit. Family Guy = Funny, unPC stuff.
Well I still find the Simpsons funny from time to time but we're too inundated with repeats down here so I hardly ever sift through them for an episode I haven't already seen 100 times.
And Family Guy relies too much on "Remember that time...[insert pop culture reference]". Still bloody funny though.
But otherwise no, neither have any development. The characters never change - barring the very rare birth, death, or marriage, they're same at the end of episode as they were at the start. I saw an ep of Family Guy last night where Peter had liposuction. If he was STILL thin and obnoxious at the end of the episode, THAT'S development. Instead he conveniently fell into a vat of lard.
Lisa became a Buddhist and vegetarian; Sideshow Bob gave up his homicidal tendencies; We found out Patty or Selma was gay (can't remember which) and one of them adopted a baby, which they still have; Millhouse's parents divorced; Bleeding Gums Murphy died.
That's all I can think of. Considering the show's been on 10 years give or take, that's not a whole lot. But more than Family Guy, which is, however, still much fresher than the Simpsons, which is just getting stale.
QuoteLisa became a Buddhist and vegetarian; Sideshow Bob gave up his homicidal tendencies; We found out Patty or Selma was gay (can't remember which) and one of them adopted a baby, which they still have; Millhouse's parents divorced; Bleeding Gums Murphy died.
Remember Maude Flanders died also most Simpsons characters have origins like how marge and homer first met and how Seymour Skinner became a principal.
Sil that was Patty that was gay, Most Simpsons characters have Origins Family Guy lacks that. The list is so big its hard to complete Simpsons has so many characters.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jun 07, 2007, 10:26:48 PM
Family Guy = Funny, unPC stuff.
Or at least it used to be, back when they actually bothered to write jokes.
All it is now is painfully unfunny shock tactics sandwiched between scenes from movies with no actual gag or point other than to simply do a re-enactment because Seth is a big nerd.
But on the other hand, The Simpsons is shit too now. There's been maybe four great epsiodes in the last 7 years. The rest have been somewhere between mediocre and vomit-inducing.
Quote from: yautja99 on Jun 08, 2007, 04:27:51 PM
Remember Maude Flanders died also most Simpsons characters have origins like how marge and homer first met and how Seymour Skinner became a principal.
...we've seen many different versions of how Marge and Homer met and got married and all that.
Quote from: SiL on Jun 08, 2007, 01:47:46 AM
That's all I can think of. Considering the show's been on 10 years give or take, that's not a whole lot. But more than Family Guy, which is, however, still much fresher than the Simpsons, which is just getting stale.
Broadcast
Original channel Fox
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Original run December 17 1989 – present
(renewed through 2007–2008)
Simpsons started in 1989, so nearly 20 years not 10. Whereas Family Guy had a 99 to 2002 stint, and then restarted in 2005
The Simpsons....no damn contest whatsoever! NONE! Family Guy...more developed...no freakin way!
I guess there'll be some sort of development in The Simpsons movie.
Family guy is ........... well.............. The Simpsons arent even funny so family Guy defiantly Wins! ;D
Family Guy all the way ;D
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...we've seen many different versions of how Marge and Homer met and got married and all that.
And yet with the exception of the Halloween specials, all the episodes are still tied together in ridiculous continuity XD.
The Simpsons have gotten stale lately, but then again, let Family Guy run for the same amount of time and it would be no different. As far as characters and plots go, Simpsons have had more time to ripen in development.
I find it fun to watch Simpsons every now and then.
Which is more than I could say for FG.
Quote from: Noir-Gojira on Jun 18, 2007, 03:15:35 AM
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...we've seen many different versions of how Marge and Homer met and got married and all that.
And yet with the exception of the Halloween specials, all the episodes are still tied together in ridiculous continuity XD.
The Simpsons have gotten stale lately, but then again, let Family Guy run for the same amount of time and it would be no different. As far as characters and plots go, Simpsons have had more time to ripen in development.
Sure there are plotholes for the origins of characters in Simpsons but all the episodes are still tied together (Halloween episodes are not in continuity).
I'm gonna guess Corporal Hicks that you have never actually seen The Simpsons. After 400 episodes, I know many of the characters that had an episode based entirely around them. almost Every character has a background and at least one big event happen to them throughout the series. Whoever you heard that from has no idea what they are talking about. For many of the characters yes. Lisa is a perfect example. She started out as Bart's sidekick then turned into the only smart one in the family. Then she got episodes like Lisa the Vegitarian and She of little faith.
For some of the ones that just got listed no
Sideshow Mel
Sherri
Terri
Bumblebee Man
Frink
Lenny
Carl
Mr. Teenie
Rod
Todd
Mr. Largo
Mrs. Hoover
Dr. Hibbert
Dr. Nick
Maude (even though she's dead)
Martin (never really about HIM)
Duffman
Quimby
Helen Lovejoy
Those are just SOME of the characters that've never had their own episodes
Helen Lovejoy and Duffman had the their own episode. the others I'am not sure about.
QuoteI'm gonna guess Corporal Hicks that you have never actually seen The Simpsons.
What a moronic thing to say.
There are tribes in the highlands of New Guinea as yet untouched by western civilisation and even they've seen The Simpsons. ::)
It's apples and oranges. The Simpsons have a thin thread of continuity whereas Family Guy doesn't, and even makes references to it (Peter's comment on Bonnie's being pregnant for several years) and has AFAIK, never intended or implied to have continuity though it still does sometimes.
Peter has gone through a few jobs ranging from the toy factory to a fisherman to his current job at the beer factory. His father has died. Cleveland got divorced, Meg had/has a relationsihp with the Mayor, Stewie's "sperm" brother was born. The girl Stewie fell in love with made a reappearence. I can go on and on but most of the time the continuity is left at the expense of the gags.
Exactly. The kids never seem to get older either.
They're both sitcoms. They don't need deep character arcs or overly technical continuity.
Quote from: SM on Jul 15, 2007, 11:59:46 PM
There are tribes in the highlands of New Guinea as yet untouched by western civilisation and even they've seen The Simpsons. ::)
Quoted (for the most part) from Blackadder?
No quoted from me.
Though it does sound like something Black Adder would say. ;D
I stand by what I said. Lisa is the only character to have gotten serious developement. Beyond that, Simpsons sucks and it's now stale. Family Guy is the way of the future.
Quote from: SM on Jul 16, 2007, 12:48:27 AM
Though it does sound like something Black Adder would say. ;D
It pretty much is, except the people were simians, the location was different, and he was talking about Mathematics, not having seen the Simpsons ;D
Well there you go. Musta been channeling.
Quotewe've seen many different versions of how Marge and Homer met and got married and all that.
Corporal Hicks there were only two stories of how they met. They met in high school, but it turned out later that they had actually met at summer camp as children, they just didn't realize it because Marge had brown hair at the time and Homer was using a fake name.
The fact that in one episode each time Marge found out she was pregnant and Homer ripped his hair out, they were already in the house they live in now. And then there's the episode where they move to that house because Marge is preggers?
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 16, 2007, 04:23:15 PM
The fact that in one episode each time Marge found out she was pregnant and Homer ripped his hair out, they were already in the house they live in now. And then there's the episode where they move to that house because Marge is preggers?
Yes there some are plotholes for the origins of characters in The Simpsons but all the episodes are still tied together (Halloween episodes are not in continuity).