The Simpsons: 10 Important Details That Are Almost Never Mentioned

Few one-off Simpsons characters have made as much of an impact as the legendary, Bond villain-esque megalomaniac Hank Scorpio, who appeared in season eight's "You Only Move Twice."

The last time we physically saw Scorpio, he donned a flamethrower while fleeing the impending U.S. Army, and at episode's end a newspaper revealed that he'd managed to seize America's East Coast.

While this is obviously meant to be a throwaway gag, we've never canonically seen Scorpio since nor has this plot thread ever been resolved either way.

Despite abandoning his Globex HQ, Scorpio evidently still had the resources to take control of a major chunk of the U.S. land mass, which is home to around 120 million people.

Much like Herb's baby translator, the implications of Scorpio facing off against the U.S. government are just too messy for the show to address in any major way, so fans are basically left to assume whatever they want. Maybe Scorpio still holds the East Coast, or perhaps the Army took it back.