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This article is from the The Simpsons FAQ, by Ondre Lombard wakkojr@nospam.wcat.com and Andrew Gill superluser@mail.rit.edu with numerous contributions by others.

05 Series Timeline (Simpsons)

  Year        Event
  ----        -------------------------------------------------
  1955        Homer born (05/10/1955)
  1956        Marge born (Within 1 year of Homer.)
  1974-1975   Homer & Marge graduate High School
  1980        Homer & Marge wed; Homer gets job at SNPP; Bart is born
  1983        The Simpsons move into Evergreen Terrace; Lisa is born
  1989        Maggie is born
              Homer & Marge's 10th Anniversary
              Snowball II becomes family cat after death of Snowball I
              Santa's Little Helper becomes family dog

According to the 1993 "Simpsons Fun Calendar" Maggie was actually born on
19th August 1985, and Bart was born on 17th December 1979. These Calendars are
MG's productions, and thus can not follow the continual updating the writers
impose upon the series. However, from MG's view, these dates are approximately
correct, considering the first airings of "The Tracey Ullman Show" bumpers and
the fact that MG has plainly stated the characters do not age.

This is however, a little inconsistent with the UFA, another MG production
which unfortunately is inconsistent with the series. In this, it is said that
Bart was born on the April 1st, 1980. However, this production appears to have
been written before Season Three season was completed, and thus has great
inconsistencies with Season Three episodes like "I Married Marge". And
according to the Olympic events scheduled on her birthday in "Lisa's First
Word", Lisa was born on August 2, 1984. However, Homer also held up a
newspaper on her birthday which puts the date closer to March.

More trickiness: Bart says he is two years and thirty eight days older
than Lisa in "My Sister, My Sitter," which would make Bart's birthday June
25th, 1982.

-> At this time, it appears that the production staff has chosen to ignore
certain established continuity references beginning with Season Five,
and as such the LISA has chosen to reciprocate and ignore subsequent
continuity where it interferes with previously established events.

 

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