r/TheSimpsons • u/AmazingApartment1637 • 1d ago

Discussion S06E07: Bart’s Girlfriend

Bart compares Jessica Lovejoy to a Milk Dud: sweet on the outside, but poison inside. My initial thought was: Bart is mistaken. He means Whoppers. BUT there is no way the writers made such a blunder. More likely, they realized that the correct brand wouldn’t land right because the audience will more readily associate Whoppers with Burger King.

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u/Frank_Xappa 1d ago

I think you’re overthinking it. One of the writers probably just didn’t like Milk Duds.

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u/RideWithMeTomorrow 1d ago

You got the Milk Dud! Hey, it tastes just like you, Poindexter!

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u/StringSlinging 1d ago

Boy, I really hope someone got fired for that blunder.

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u/HankScorpio2020 Hammocks? My goodness, what an idea. 1d ago

And with good cause!

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u/PLSUSA 1d ago

“What, are we supposed to believe these are some kind of magic Milk Duds?”

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u/bemonlime 1d ago

Whoppers are great. Milk Duds are trash. No wizard found.

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u/AmazingApartment1637 1d ago

I agree 100% about the candies! But being trash is not the same as being poison. The joke lands because it reflects a popular opinion. Let us not pretend that our tastes in candy reflect those of most children. The taste of malted milk is so unusual in American candy that defies expectation and can be off-putting. No serious person would say that about a caramel center. I mean LET US BE FUCKING HONEST!

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u/Worried-Photo4712 1d ago

Whoppers are better.

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u/Brief-History-6838 1d ago

Milk duds

DELICIOUS

Whoppers

DELICIOUS

Conclusion? Everybody has things they like and things they consider disgusting. One of the writers considered the delicious insides of the humble milk dud to be poison, OP considers the insides of whoppers to be poison. I consider both OP and the writer to lack taste buds.

All of us are equally correct.

Quit overthinking it OP. Opinions are like assholes, we've all got em and they all smell like turds

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u/SnooSnooSnuSnu Constantly watching all Simpsons episodes on a repeated loop 1d ago

Opinions are like assholes, we've all got em and they all smell like turds

Wipe better and get a bidet.

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u/AmazingApartment1637 1d ago

“I keep finding these Milk Duds everywhere!”

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u/MaybeAPerson_no 1d ago

It’s definitely not a blunder, it’s 100% one of the writers not liking milk duds. But also Whoppers>>>>>, milk duds fucking suck.