Introduction

It is incredible how we are used to turn on the television and watch day after day “The Simpsons”. This feeling can be motivated because of the length of time that this series has been on air. After more than 3 decades, they are still making laugh families from all around the world. Moreover, this TV series affects us in our daily life directly or indirectly.

  Part of their success is that they can be enjoyed by children and adults. It has been criticized many times the way in which the series creates humour since it seems to be too violent or explicit in some cases. Due to that criticism, it is not clear if the target audience of this series is suitable for all audiences or just adults.

  Indeed, this TV series deals with the daily problems of a stereotypical North-American family like when they are at job, school or the supermarket. In addition, the characters of the series are archetypes in order to criticize Occidental society. The characters are not perfect at all but have the typical human faults such as greed, gluttony, envy, laziness and many others. In addition, these cartoons are an accurate depiction of the United States way of life, architecture, society roles and more. Thanks to this, Spaniards, especially the young ones, have been able to get to know American stereotypical society by watching these entertaining cartoons at lunchtime, learning many aspects of a so far country. Many people like them so much that they acquire diverse merchandising like clothes, board games, videogames and diverse accessories.

  So, it is undeniable that the influence of these cartoons is wide and that people have grown fond of them becoming fans and consumers of this phenomenon. Although, one must wonder how much society has been affected by the Simpsons.

To test your knowledge about "The Simpsons", try to answer the following questionary. You are going to find some of the most difficult questions about this family and their friends.  

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