Homer's baldness has been put down to a number of causes over the course of the show's history, from the suggestion in "Homer Scissorhands," that the hair loss began in high school, thanks to over-loving it, to the revelation that he pulled more of his hair out each time one of his children was conceived, with Maggie leaving him as bald as he is now. But then in "Marge on the Lam," it was revealed that Homer once volunteered for an army experiment just to get out of dinner with his sisters-in-law, which involved being injected with a serum whose side effects were hair loss, loss of balance and giddiness, explaining not only his baldness, but apparently also his stupidity. Another hair issue relates to Grandpa Simpson, who had a thick head of hair in his younger years, but then went bald, revealing, somehow, three pointed growths on the top of his head, much like his grandchildren's hair. Clearly, this is not his hair, since that was brown, so what the hell is up with his head?!
2. Maggie's First Word Is Any Number Of Things
Non-Canon episodes and shorts have had the Simpsons' quietest member speak a number of times, but those don't legitimately count as her first word, so you have to turn to real episodes for the answer to what her first word was. Canon says that Maggie's first word was "Daddy" in "Lisa's First Word," though only viewers witnessed that, so her family believe her first word to have been "Ja" (Norwegian for "Yes") in "Coming to Homerica." But in "Gump Roast" everyone watched a clip of Maggie saying her first word, which contradicts that, and the Simpsons movie suggests in a gag that her first word is "Sequel." And the single most annoying recurring mistake/continuity error in the entire Simpsons' history...?
1. Mr Burns' Age
The oldest man in Springfield title would presumably indicate that the Simpsons writers have a grasp of how long Mr Burns has been around the place, but his biography changes so wildly, that it's almost impossible to pinpoint how old he actually is. At times he has been presented as being both 81 and 104 in different episodes, but it has also been implied that he is anywhere from 118 to 123, with one joke suggesting that his age is the same as his pin-number, implying that he is at least 1000 years old. Which other Simpsons continuity errors do you think deserve to be on this list? Share your own picks below in the comments thread.
