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Sep 11, 2026
Chris LovettHOST
So, um, a lot of people, you've probably all heard of this, where basically, uh, a bunch of Simpsons, disgruntled Simpsons fans made a website called the Dead Homer Society when they started noticing Homer...
Chris LovettHOST
Basically, it's where, th- this is where this word comes from, Flanders, Flanderization.
Jamie LovettHOST
Yeah.
Chris LovettHOST
It happened to Flanders, where they basically, um, become a more exaggerated version of themselves as the w- more the...
ChadHOST
I don't know if it's only animation, but...
ChadHOST
But Flanderization is the process through which a fictional character's essential traits are oversimplified and exaggerated over a serial work based on Ned Flanders being a one-note Christian.
ChadHOST
And this...
ChadHOST
The other layer here that I kind of never really had kind of distilled down to the idea is that the Teen Titans are one personality trait.
Kevin ImpellizzeriGUEST
[laughs]
Jay BrandstetterHOST
Like, you can kinda see that Flanderization happening to BioWare in real time, where it's like Dragon Age is the dating one, so that's why all the characters are now love interests.
Jay BrandstetterHOST
Mass Effect is the, is the, uh, you know, the cop one.
Jay BrandstetterHOST
That's why you do this.
DrewHOST
Yeah, anyways, that is my first dislike.
DrewHOST
What's yours? My second dislike is the Flanderization of Twilight Sparkle.
DrewHOST
The
JacobHOST
what? Flanderization.
JacobHOST
Okay, what is a Flanderization?
DrewHOST
Flanderization is a term that comes from the Simpsons fandom.
JacobHOST
Okay.
DrewHOST
It refers to characters in a long-running series that...
Danny MottaHOST
[laughs] Yeah.
Nick ConnerHOST
Like, I, I wrote that this, the hotdog machine had a bigger role in this movie than Team Rocket, who is truly in front of us just being Flanderized.
Danny MottaHOST
Yeah.
Danny MottaHOST
I agree.
MalzbergHOST
You know, before we jump into this, there's a concept I wanna describe that's gonna be relevant to this answer.
MalzbergHOST
Now, there's a concept of what's called Flanderization.
MalzbergHOST
So what this concept is, is when a television show has a character, and the seasons progress, what we see is a single element of their personality that's usually just, like, a little mild quirk or thing about them, uh, over seasons becomes their defining character trait and becomes essentially who they are.
MalzbergHOST
I, I didn't watch, uh, I haven't watched, um, The Simpsons, so I don't know Flanders particularly well, but I, my under-
Tom SeagramHOST
Gets a bit silly after that, but yeah, um, first few seasons are very, very good.
Damon AdamsHOST
The, what, the Flanderization of all the characters.
Damon AdamsHOST
Every- everyone gets a bit insane.
Damon AdamsHOST
Uh, Heinzy-