Help make Marie Flanders the Newest Character on the Simpsons
So Fox Broadcasting and The Simpsons television show are having a contest for the next few weeks looking for submissions to create the newest character in Springfield. I entered some basic information for my character assuming that when I hit next, I would be able to flesh out the character. Much to my dismay, I was not and unfortunately you are only allowed to enter once.
So I need your help promoting Marie Flanders on Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon etc etc. so hopefully the powers that be at the Simpsons Production Office will take notice and make sure to give Marie a second look.
While not part of the submission I took the liberty of drawing Marie so you have a visual.
Here is the info requested by the Site:
Name: Marie Flanders
Known Aliases: Mary Jane
Age: 76 (now you may be wondering why the woman in the picture above doesn’t look 76. Remember that Ned is actually 60 but looks 40 so it is perfectly OK for his 76 year old mother to look 50.)
Occupation, if Any: Retired VW Car Dealer
Sex, if any: Female (of course I resisted saying ‘Yes Please’ to respond to this.)
Hair Color: Gray (or Grey for all my overseas friends)
Body Type: Voluptuous (more like a Jayne Mansfield type rather than heavy)
Blood Type: A- (she used to be an A+ but has been slipping in her old age a bit)
Distinguishing Features: Chest, Hips and Long Hair
Last Seen: Boarding a bus to a monastery to have her child Ned
Last Heard: Yelling “you’ll never see me again” to her parents
Known Catchphrase: Stuff It!, Peachy-Keen
Now after this they tell you to click next and I assume that I will be taken to a second page that allows me to input a more detailed description of who Marie Flanders is and why she would be a great addition. However all it had was the typical name, email entry info.
Background:
First a little background on who Ned Flanders believes are his parents. According to Wikia (not wikipedia)
Mona Flanders is the mother of Ned Flanders and the wife of Nedward Flanders Sr. She is a beatnik. She is seen in the episodes “Lisa’s First Word” when Ned introduces “Grandma Flanders”, where she is visibly aged and senile. A much younger Mona Flanders is seen in “Sweet Seymour Skinner’s Badasssss Song” when Ned has a flashback about his parents and Hurricane Neddy when she and her husband bring Ned to Dr. Foster. She is also referred to in “Lisa’s Date With Density”. It is assumed that by the normal Simpsons timeline that Mona Flanders, along with her husband Ned Flanders Senior, is deceased, likely due to her extreme old age.
Now the real story is that Mona is Ned’s Maternal Grandmother. Nedward and Mona brought up their daughter Marie in a strict household. Marie was a rebel and fought back at her parents the only way she knew how – she got knocked up at 16. Furious and to escape ridicule of the neighbors, her parents sent her to a monastery until Ned was born. Marie swore that if her parents put her on the bus, her parents would never see her again and after Ned’s birth he was returned to Mona and Nedward sans Marie.
Upset with losing their daughter, Mona and Nedward swore off their strict ways and turned into the most liberal of parents of young Ned (thus leading to the description above).
Marie lived up to her oath that her parents would never see her again. Only after their death does she turn up in Springfield to surprise Ned that his mother is indeed alive and she moves in with Ned and his family.
More on Marie.
Marie is an agnostic libertarian. She abhors any authority figure whether it be a boss, the government or the church. A direct reflection of the rebelling that happened as a teenager. However she is not against using her brains (and her body) to get what she needs. Mr Burns, Moe, Grandpa Simpson, and Duff Man all become potential love interests but only as much as Marie needs them for something. Even Bart falls for Marie seeing an older kindred spirit who would just assume tell authority figures to “Stuff It” rather than do what they want.
I see big things for Marie in Springfield for a long time. So help me out. Hit one of the buttons (or several below) Twitter, Stumble Upon, Facebook and spread the word about Marie. Maybe the executives at The Simpsons or Fox will be inclined to visit.
Follow me via TWITTER updates. or help spread the word…
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Bearman I was just waltzing over to your site to tell you about the Simpson comp.
http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/10/simpsons-contest-lets-fans-create-new-character.html SEE!!!!
Hmm, only enter once. Come on Bearman you must have more than one alias?
Yes but only one legal name.
Leroy Malik Bearman, right?
shhhhh
OK Bearman get everyone following you on Twitter to change their gravatar to your character then bombard all the popular tweeters like Kutcher !
Obviously you are much more advanced in the social marketing. Get on it and I’ll include your name in my memoir
that’s brilliant frigginloon!
Wow Loon, how are you at selling books? We should talk…
I am pretty good, I have helped several authors
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. . . and you can find their books in the paperback section of dollar general
Jammer I think I found it.
“Walking on my Fingers through Life”
The one I found was, “How to cabbage rutabaga from your neighbors yard.”
Blahahahaha it was really “How to Make Chicken Noodle Soup Without Really Trying”
bearman i luv ur humour normally u know this. i would never have put u on my blog roll if i didnt. but i must take the role of simpsons pseudo expert.. i am doing this because i like u… i really am…as a hardcore simpsons fan since their inception I must sadly admit that this initial character doesnt fit the simpson cast. I would not be amenable to the name, I think there is potential for this character to develop into something great.. I can invision another flanders perhaps more on a younger sister ..maybe a flanders that homer actually likes and gets along with because she is more simpson than flanders perhaps? but i will support ur submission. the drawing is actually very good
hugs
Fair enough…what if we called her Susi Flanders?
Get on the bus and submit a character. I would love for you to win as well.
Now shut up and hit the tweet this button
done and done
Muah
whoo-hoo, good luck bearman! i really think youre on to something here…
I encourage all my faithful readers to submit their own character. If you win I get to see your picture in USA Today and the words “I was inspired by Bearman”
That’s what my tombstone is gonna say anyway.
Tombstone. Funny I am craving pizza.
Good luck Bear! I think Marie’s great.
Thanks CC
I like Marie! I think she would be a welcome addition to The Simpsons (just like your cheesecake Marge).
shhh…don’t want them to find out about that…unless they scroll 2 posts down.
Oh, there will be scrolling.
Is there gold in them thar chests?
No by she might have a gold digging shovel.
I am all for good looking, active seniors. Nice work Bearman
The eyes, Don, look em in the eyes
Donald you need to get out more.
After seeing the sites Mr Mills frequents Bearman….there’s no need
Does that alias, Mary Jane, refer to her stint in California as a
dealerdispenser of medical pot?You noticed.
I thought I
bought fromheard of her.You had better be careful, Bearman – you might just get recruited by Matt Groening!
I don’t think there is any threat of that.
wow
i think you did an excellent job on this.
lovely
Thanks Corve!
Excellent… I tweeted and stumbled it ..:-)
TY!!!!!
Hey Bearman, you know after thinking about this a bit, you should have submitted yourself
. Bearman the cartoonist on the Simpsons, now there is a storyline from hell. And I pretty sure your gravatar would fit in just dandy with the cast! Temperament…not so much! Kidding, gosh!
I would need my own show. haha
Got some silver material? Just make yourself a balloon and …. ah never mind!
Well, looks good. All the best!
Danke
This is fantastic Bearman! (not that I expected any less, mind you)
I love this part:
“…However she is not against using her brains (and her body) to get what she needs”
I never thought I’d have so much in common with a cartoon character…
Who do you think was my inspiration.
Cool! She’s a perfect character. I will tweet about her right away.
Вообще я конечно люблю написать какую-нибудь едкую критику, но тут ни к чему не придраться!