10 Times The Simpsons Broke Its Own Rules

One of the most well-executed character episodes of The Simpsons is Hurricane Neddy from the show's eighth season.

After his home and possessions are destroyed in a storm, Ned Flanders loses his faith and suffers a breakdown, committing himself to an asylum in the process. This leads him to discover about his childhood, which was dominated by his uncontrollable anger.

As a method of dealing with said rage (with a little help from The University of Minnesota Spankalogical Protocol), Ned develops his trademark Flanderisms, i.e. when he adds nonsense phrases like "diddly" and "oodly" to regular words.

This makes sense for Ned's character, but what about the other Flandereseses?

In Lisa The Vegetarian, we meet some of the extended Flanders family. One member, Jose Flanders, greets Homer with "Buenos Ding-Dong-Diddly-Dias" and the entire clan can be heard uttering Ned's trademark greeting of Hi-Dilly-Ho".

This would imply that the Flanderisms are inherited, passed down from generation to generation, which completely contradicts the events of Hurricane Neddy.

Is it possible that every single member of the family had the same treatment as Ned did when he was a boy? Yes. Is it likely? Absolutely Not-Diddly-Ot.