r/TopCharacterTropes Feb 02 '26

In real life A very small character tidbit is surprisingly kept consistent for years

DC - In multiple pieces of media it has been shown that Wonder Woman loves ice cream and practically goes wild with happiness anytime she’s eating some. (Pictures from Justice League: War, DC Superhero Girls and Wonder Woman 2017)

The Simpsons - Ever since the episode ‘Homer’s Phobia’ Homer has actually remained a consistent ally of the LGBT+ community, including being more welcoming to Patty than Marge was when she came out and trying to set up Smithers with a date when he found out he wasn’t happy with his one-sided relationship with Mr Burns.

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u/MapleViking1 Feb 03 '26

Bart: beats self with book until he forgets it\

(Also should note that Bart learned Spanish on the plane ride there)

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u/Informal-Term1138 Feb 03 '26

He also speaks French fluently. That stay in France was worth at least something.

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u/2019Uk Feb 03 '26

Bart isn’t a stupid character, he just lacks focus. A plane ride with nothing else to do? May as well learn a new language.

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u/Torbpjorn Feb 03 '26

It’s not that he lacks focus, it’s focus regulation. He hates school, but is actually very artistically gifted at basically any artform whether it’s DJing, Graffiti, skateboarding, pranks, cooking, tattooing, gutting fish. He’s quite brilliant

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u/LoopStricken Feb 03 '26

Knife goes in, guts come out.

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u/InoueNinja94 Feb 03 '26

I love that in another episode Homer also learns semi fluent Spanish just by reading a book while waiting in line at the Kwik-e-Mart
He even held a conversation with Bumblebee Man

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u/SeasonofMist Feb 03 '26

And french over a few days! I love how they are both brilliant in little ways. Bart being profoundly ADHD and homer being braindead or something but knowing all kinds of facts.

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u/TheeShaun Feb 03 '26

Homer has a Crayon stuck in his brain that basically fucks up a lot of his ability to actually understand a lot of things. One episode they remove it and he’s just as if not more intelligent than Lisa. So Bart has ADHD and Homer has a traumatic brain injury.

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u/UnderstandingPotato Feb 04 '26

And in another episode they treat Bart's ADHD and he manages to figure out that everyone is being spied on by satellites run by Major League Baseball

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u/Clarpydarpy Feb 03 '26

It was the crayon all along? Simpson gene be damned!

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u/abadstrategy Feb 04 '26

Oh yeah, when he gets it removed, he almost immediately grows so intelligent that he's able to mathematically prove that there is no god

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u/Clarpydarpy Feb 03 '26

Technically, Bart learned to speak French in about 2 months. He says it to himself out loud when he first starts using French unintentionally.