When “Simpsons” fans pick their favorite character, the top of the list is usually Bart or Homer. These are the troublemakers of the show – whose hijinks drive the plot and draw the most attention. For the show’s creator Matt Groening, however, his favorite is eight-year-old Lisa (Yeardley Smith). As explained in a 2018 interview“I like Lisa Simpson a lot, because she seems like the one character who will change and finally escape from Springfield. The rest of them seem indifferent and like they’re stuck there.”

Groening also gave a list of his favorite people: “Ralph Wiggum, Milhouse van Houten, Principal Skinner and Apu (…) I forgot Principal Skinner’s mother, Agnes. Tress MacNeille speaks, and every time she speaks, I forget. laugh.”

He also talked about his favorite episodes in the show’s history: “Over the years, (there’s been) a similar story. Frank Grimes (aka Grimey)a man who (employer) at a nuclear power plant and is driven insane by Homer. That’s the part Homer skateboards over Springfield Gorge – almost (…) Our motto is: More pain, more fun.”

Groening’s choice may come as a surprise to some “Simpsons” fans, many of whom find Lisa to be petty or omniscient. It’s common to randomly go through the “Simpsons” comment section and see people trashing Lisa for some reason. Some of that is just an internet phenomenon, where the most popular woman on any show is the most hated. But it doesn’t help that Lisa is sometimes relegated to the thankless field of wise words. The show’s slowest show, he’s there to politely highlight every point the writers make, a part that always rubs some viewers the wrong way.

However, Lisa still reigned in the old era, which I consider to be those first eight seasons. Her character with Homer is one of the funniest (and often sweetest) relationships in the entire series; the two mesh perfectly, although it seems it took the writers until season three’s “Lisa the Greek” to figure this out. He also makes a great partner-in-crime with Bart when the episodes allow him, and his love for humanity leads him to fight the good fight against villains like Mr. Burns and sleazeball politician Bob Arnold. Probably the best gag with Lisa is how she is the smartest person on the show and is eight years old. He may lead a demonstration of sea damage at the town hall, but he also gets into a childish conflict with his brother:

But the main attraction of Lisa is that, in addition to being the only “Simpsons” with a bright future ahead of her, she is. and a very lonely character and has undoubtedly gone through a lot of turmoil on the show. “Moaning Lisa,” “Lisa’s Successor,” “Round Springfield,” and “Summer of 4’2” are some of the most emotional parts of the series, mostly because Lisa’s passion allows the show to go places it couldn’t go. other characters. Lisa is not just the brain of the series; it is also his heart.