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The following contains spoilers for The Simpsons time of year 36 ’s " Yellow Planet , " now streaming on Disney+TheSimpsons’season 36 wildlife riff flips the premise of a Ned Flanders episode from 19 years ago . " Yellow Planet " is a fun young special sequence ofThe Simpsonsthat happens outside of the show ’s main persistence . The anthology episode hop around the mankind in a parody of BBC and National Geographic nature documentaries by recasting theSimpsons and their assorted neighbors from across Springfieldas various word form of wildlife .
" Yellow Planet " a silly instalment that is n’t afraid to go darkin some surprising way , all while retaining pretty on - point with the show ’s extended mould of characters . One of the best reimaginings rivet on Ned Flanders , who remains as much of a religious fundamentalist as normal even without being human . It ’s a fun concept , and his section of the episode actually feels like a fun flip from a premature Flanders - centric episode that nevertheless remains consistent with the characterization .
The Simpsons National Geographic Riff Turns Flanders Into A Mandril
Flanders And His Sons Are Still Themselves, Even When They Become Apes
The Simpsons ' time of year 36 National Geographic parody " Yellow Planet"has playfulness transform Ned Flanders and his Son into Mandrills but hold Flanders ' anti - evolution belief . Among all the creature they could have been reimagined as , Ned and his Logos Rod and Todd are transformed into a trio of mandrills in the African rain forest . Notably , Rod and Todd bring out that there is some disputation among the rascal that man are connect to them on an evolutionary level .
Ned is raging with this idea , reveal that this translation of Flanders still does n’t think in evolution and still believes that they were created in God ’s mental image — only they believe God is a mandrill . It ’s a scant beat that ends with Flanders ' scotch by Rod and Todd picking up human trait like walk on their hind legs . This mimics the steady version of Ned being offendedand infuriated whenever his tiddler buck his typical worldview .
How The Simpsons Season 36’s Flanders Gag Flips A Pretty Great Episode From 19 Years Ago
Flanders Previously Crusaded Against Evolution In Season 17
Making Flanders into a mandrill who does n’t trust evolution could ever join anthropoid to humans is a cagey riff on an established element of the type . It ’s also a lineal flip of one of season 17 ’s best sequence , " The Monkey Suit . “That installment was largely focused on Ned and Lisa , who were on react side of meat of the argumentation over evolution being teach in school . Ned is insistent throughout the episode that evolution is false , but relents when he ca n’t traverse Homer ’s anthropoid - corresponding conduct .
The Simpsons season 36 ’s novel Disney+ special " Yellow Planet " is notable for feature none of the show ’s usual cast , but how does this make for ?
The mandrill Flanders in " Yellow Planet " is just as frustrated , which is a fun thematic connectedness between the two very dissimilar versions of the quality . Both version of Flanders are adamant about their view points , and are set off onto a philippic against evolution by the discovery that it ’s an educational establishment ( the lifelike story museum in " The Monkey Suit , " one of the boy ’s ' poop bemuse teachers ' in " Yellow Planet " ) . Given Flanders ' history in the show , his reimagining as a scallywag is a visual jest that fits the instalment ’s themewhile also reflecting the core of the character .
The Simpsons' Anthologies Prove How Enduring Springfield’s Cast Are
Springfield’s Citizens Still Feel Like Themselves Even When Living Different Lives
" Yellow Planet " is far from the first anthology episode ofThe Simpsonsto reimagine the mold as entirely unlike people or animals . The key to these episode is that the show does n’t lose sight of who the character are at their very cores . Flanders can be a monkey or a somebody , but he still has to feel like Flanders . The fact thatThe Simpsonscan do that with the entire larger shape of support plaster cast of charactershighlights just how delineate the show ’s universe isand how flexile it can be in demonstration .
" Yellow Planet " does a enceinte job of that , with the Mandrillus sphinx Flanders being a great object lesson of howThe Simpsonssupporting characters do n’t have to be themselves to be unfeigned to their fiber .
This is felt throughout much of the sequence with young riffs on Homer , Marge , Bart , and Lisa , but this extends to the supporting cast too . Even as a completely different species , Ned Flanders is still the faith - drive ( and subsequently judgmental ) single father he has been for decades . The mandrill Flanders still feel like Ned Flanders , despite lack many of the typical hallmarks of the part .
The Simpsons ' anthology as a whole , ranging from episode - longsighted diversions like " Yellow Planet " to series mainstays like the Treehouse of Horror Halloween special , require the show ’s universe of sustain characters to be so distinct that they still palpate in - character even reimagined in a whole new setting . They demand to still be consistent with the characters who devotee have spend decades fall in love with . " Yellow Planet " does a great chore of that , with the Mandrillus sphinx Flanders being a great example of howThe Simpsonssupporting graphic symbol do n’t have to be themselves to be honest to their quality .
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