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'''''The Simpsons''''' is a [[Satire|satirical]] [[animation|animated]] [[comedy]] [[series]] created by ''Life in [[Hell]]'' cartoonist [[Matt Groening]]. ''The Simpsons'' started as part of ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' in 1987. On December 17, 1989 the show debuted on the [[Fox Network]]. The show was also made into a feature-length [[The Simpsons Movie|movie]], which was released on July 27, 2007.

''The Simpsons'' is the longest-running [[sitcom]] in the [[United States]], as well as the longest-running animated television series, and is viewed all over the world. It has won 27 [[Emmy Awards]]. On October 16, 2016 the 600th episode, the Halloween episode "Treehouse of Horror XXVII", was broadcast.<ref>http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/simpsons-evil-scheme-reach-600-episodes-lands-tree-244271</ref> With its 636th episode, "Forgive and Regret", broadcast during its 29th season on April 29, 2018, ''The Simpsons'' surpassed ''Gunsmoke'' (which produced 635 episodes between 1955 and 1975) for the most episodes of a scripted primetime American TV series;<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/news/the-simpsons-renewed-season-29-season-30-most-scripted-tv-episodes-ever-record/ The Simpsons Will Break the Record for Most Scripted TV Episodes, Ever] at TV Guide.com</ref> this episode was landmarked in the opening sequence with a parody of the ''Gunsmoke'' opening credits, which featured Maggie Simpson facing Marshall Matt Dillon in a gunfight in the streets of Dodge City.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ODTAhD8rOo Gunsmoke Opening Parody | THE SIMPSONS] at YouTube</ref>

In [[Iran]], [[China]] and [[Venezuela]], ''The Simpsons'' is banned by the regimes in those countries.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7338131.stm</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/06/iran-simpsons-ban-idUSL5E8D61X320120206</ref> Although the show was among the most controversial of its day, it now pales in comparison to Family Guy and South Park, to name a few. Whether this is a good or bad thing depends on your point of view, but for your average Conservapedia reader, it would be bad. The show is considered to have a considerable Democratic bias.

==Family==
The show revolves around the fictional Simpson family.

===Homer Jay Simpson===
The overweight, balding father of the family. Homer "works" as a safety inspector in the local nuclear power plant, where he usually sleeps, which gets him into trouble with his boss, Mr. Burns. However, many episodes have shown him performing a wide range of other jobs. Homer enjoys a diet mostly centered around donuts and "Duff" beer. Homer is by choice quite lazy, but does get pushed into occasionally performing heroic acts for his family.

===Marjorie "Marge" Bouvier Simpson===
Marge is the mother of the family. Instantly recognizable thanks to her unfeasibly large blue beehive hairdo, Marge provides the foundation for the family. Her relationship with Homer is portrayed as a loving one, but frequently exasperating due mostly to Homer's buffoonery. Marge is in many respects the prototypical suburban American mother, as she stays at home and takes care of the family while Homer works. On a few occasions Marge has gotten a job, which has sometimes met with horrible results, but sometimes with more pleasant ones.

===Bartholomew "Bart" Simpson===
Their son Bart, the eldest child, is a troublemaker and self-proclaimed underachiever. Bart has a mixed relationship with his father. While sometimes harboring a very close relationship with his father, Bart's opinion of Homer is all over the radar, ranging from very affectionate love to deep frustration.

===Lisa Simpson===
The older daughter. Lisak is mostly concerned with being a good student, protecting the environment (although she is involved in activism with other [[liberal]] causes at different points in the show's history, such as [[recycling]]), and playing the [[saxophone]]. Her high intelligence relative to the rest of her family often makes her feel isolated.

===Margaret "Maggie" Simpson===
A baby who hardly ever talks, instead sucking her [[pacifier]] twice. On a couple of occasions she has proven to have exceptionally high intelligence. For example, when her pacifier was taken away during a trip to a daycare center, she staged an elaborate plot to get it back.

==Extended Simpson Family==

===Abe Simpson===
Homer's dad. Is quite cankerous and acerbic.

==Other Characters==
However, the show has a vast gallery of supporting characters, who often steal the show.
===Krusty the Clown===
A local clown with his own television show, who is one of the most famous residents of Springfield. Bart idolizes him.

===Chief Wiggum===
Springfield's police chief, whose performance is quite poor.

===Ralph Wiggum===
Chief Wiggum's son, who is displays bizzare unexplainable behavior.
===Moe===
The proprietor of Moe's Tavern, Springfield's bar, and a friend of Homer.

==Episodes==
Currently, there are 639 episodes in 29 seasons.

===Conservative Episodes===
*''The Crepes of Wrath'': Lisa discusses with Adil, an [[Albania]]n Communist spy. Adil wants to know: "How can you defend a country where five percent of the people control 95 percent of the wealth?", whereupon Lisa answers: "I'm defending a country where people can think, and act, and worship any way they want!"
*''Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington'': Lisa becomes a [[Patriotism|Patriot]].
*''Bart Gets an "F"'': Bart prays to [[God]] to pass a school test.
*''Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment'': Lisa is concerned about her father, who breaks the Eighth Commandment: Thou shalt not steal.
*''Homer the Heretic'': Homer quits going to church and is chastized for it by God in a dream.
*''Duffless'': Homer fights [[Alcoholism]].
*''Bart Sells His Soul'': Bart recognizes the existence of the [[soul]].
*''Homer Loves Flanders'': Ned Flanders and his Bible group help Stan Taylor overcome his sexual addiction.
*''Bart's Comet'': Contains a humorous condemnation towards liberal attempts to withdraw funds from defense and place them into healthcare at the beginning of the episode, as two fighter craft, shortly after Groundskeeper Willie's failed attempt at shooting down a defaced weather balloon down the sky, attempts to find out who was firing at them, and misidentifies him as an Iraqi fighter jet and has Sidewinder missiles shoot themselves down, with one of the pilots then pinning the blame on their shooting themselves down on faulty equipment due to funding for the military being cut in favor of healthcare, and the other pilot begging for him to give it a chance only for their parachutes to fail, and then proceeding to fight in the desert.
*''The Trouble With Trillions'': Ned Flanders makes an Conservative quote about the [[Nanny state]]. His son asks: "Daddy, what do taxes pay for?", whereupon his father answers: "Why, everything! Policemen, trees, sunshine- and let's not forget the folks who just don't feel like working, God bless 'em.". Also depicts Fidel Castro and Communist Cuba in a negative light, as he was shown taking the trillion dollar bill from Mr. Burns in a very underhanded manner via distraction and deceit, and Castro also admitting that their system simply does not work (as well as deeply considering renouncing it). Also has a mocking of homosexuality, as immediately beforehand, he admitted he liked that America had "a street named after [Castro]" only to react with shock at who occupied it (a reference to The Castro, a notorious homosexual neighborhood in [[San Francisco]]).
*''Simpsons Bible Stories'': The Simpsons dream Bible Stories (although it partially mocks the Bible Characters).
*''Alone Again, Natura-diddily'': Ned Flanders keeps his faith in God, even after his wife Maude died.
*''Weekend at Burnsie's'': Marge is worried about Homer's [[Medical marijuana|drug use]].
*''The Father, The Son, and the Holy Guest Star'': Bart and Homer convert to Catholicism.
*''Treehouse of Horror XIII'': Springfield becomes a [[Gun-free zone]] thanks to Lisa's anti-gun activism. As a result of it, Springfield gets terrorized by Wild West outlaws and [[Kaiser Wilhelm II]], who have all risen from the dead. Homer gets back into the past to prevent [[Gun control]] and defeat the villains in the present.
*''Pray Anything'': Homer starts to pray, but later he sues the church. He gets punished by a weather disaster.
*'''Tis the Fifteenth Season'': Homer wants to become a good Christian.
*''Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays'': Marge fights an Anti-family campaign.
*''The Simpsons Movie'': Environmentalist [[EPA]] wants to destroy Springfield.
*''That '90s Show'': Marge is romanticized by her radical feminist/elitist Anti-American university professor, which leads Homer (who's paying for her tuition) into a deep depression and leads him to become a grunge rock star (parody of Kurt Cobain). Marge later learns the error of her ways and abandons her professor and returns to Homer, who Marge thinks has become a drug addict, only to learn he actually became a diabetic, which she helps him to recover from. There's also a condemnation against Bill Clinton, as Homer and Marge (while the former is recovering at the hospital) end up speaking badly about Bill Clinton.
*''I Married Marge'': Was pro-family values, as after accidentally getting Marge pregnant, Homer proceeded to make every effort to provide for his family, including marrying Marge and proposing to her on his own volition, and when Marge was about to go into labor, he immediately attempts to head over to the hospital to watch her deliver the baby.
*''Lisa's First Word'': Like above, it was pro-family values, as after Lisa was conceived, Homer, like before, made several efforts to better his family and provide for his then-upcoming daughter, even moving to a bigger house with his father's help.
*''Million Dollar Abie'': Has a condemnation of anti-life concepts such as assisted suicide, to the extent that Chief Wiggum arrested Dr. Erogan the very second the voters explicitly overturned Springfield's assisted suicide law.

===Liberal Episodes===
*''Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish'': Supports Environmentalism and criticizes nuclear power. Also, the title of the episode was a reference to [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s talking point for his infamous [[Great Society]] social welfare programs.
*''Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy'': Lisa, after getting a talking Malibu Stacy doll and getting outraged by some of her statements (a reference to the "Math Class is Tough" talking Teen Barbie doll controversy), makes a pro-feminist crusade against the company and eventually creates a Lisa Lionheart doll that pushes the agenda, with the doll's cited inspirations being "the wisdom of [[Gertrude Stein]], the wit of [[Cathy Guisewite]], the tenacity of [[Nina Totenberg]], the common sense of [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], and the down-to-earth good looks of [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]." It's also implied that she forced her family to do other left-wing causes she adopted such as making them march in a "gay pride" parade and boycott Fox News over owning a Syrian Chemical Weapons Plant. There was also a brief exchange that implied that Marge had been unknowingly brainwashed by Malibu Stacy as a child. In addition, Stacey Lovell, the doll's creator and her ally, is implied to have committed treason against the United States during the Vietnam War by funneling funds to the Viet Cong and is treated positively for it. There was also a brief homosexual joke with Smithers, and Abe's complaint about how "the president is a Demmycrat" (presumably a reference to [[Bill Clinton]], who was the president at the time the episode aired) is mocked due to it being from a list of complaints that drove the family to flee from him as soon as they got back to the house.
*''Sideshow Bob Roberts'': Takes jabs at the [[Republican Party]] as attempted murderer Sideshow Bob becomes a Republican mayor (although that being said, there was also some jabs at the [[Democrat Party]] in the form of Mayor Quimby, himself a parody of members of the notoriously liberal Kennedy clan), there's also right-wing talk show host named Birch Barlow (parody of [[Rush Limbaugh]]) who defends him whether it's right or wrong. Later in the episode, in a similar manner to the [[Watergate Scandal]], it was revealed that Bob committed voter fraud (though ironically, an earlier scene had Homer and Krusty, both of whom Bob had antagonized earlier, throwing their votes for Bob, strongly implying that Bob would have won against Quimby even without the fraud). The episode had been written as a result of the Republican Revolution of 1994.
*''Homer's Phobia'': Homer criticizes the practice of homosexuality, but in the end he changes his mind. There's also a slight jab at hunting in the episode as well, as Bart, when Homer attempted to have him partake in the activity in an attempt to make him more "manly", referred to the activity as "gay".
*''The Old Man and the Lisa'': Promotes [[Environmentalism]].
*''Mother Simpson'': Treats the [[hippie]] movement and the decadence of the late-1960s in a positive and sympathetic manner relating to the titular character, Mona Simpson.
*''D'oh-in' in the Wind'': Again, promotes the hippie movement in a positive manner.
*''Smart and Smarter'': When Maggie gets a high score on an IQ test, Philippa says "That's amazing for a Christian!"; implying that most Christians are dumb.
*''There's Something About Marrying'': Marge supports [[same-sex marriage|same-sex "marriage"]].
*''G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)'': Mocks and villainizes the United States Army, and even went as far as to condemn Army recruiters and enlistees.<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2006/11/13/the-simpsons-pull-a-john-kerry/ "The Simpsons pull a John Kerry"], [[Michelle Malkin]], November 13, 2006, ''MichelleMalkin.com''</ref> Also has a brief joke referring to the [[Abu Ghraib]] scandal that occurred at the time. It is also to be noted that the mockery and demonization was done to such an extent that even otherwise very liberal publications such as IGN thought the episode went too far in this action and was tasteless instead of genuinely funny.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/796/796072p1.html |title=The Simpsons: Season 18 Review |accessdate=2007-06-15 |date=2007-06-14 |first=Robert |last=Canning |publisher=IGN.com |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622003447/http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/796/796072p1.html |archivedate=June 22, 2007 }}</ref>
*''The Monkey Suit'': Promotes [[Evolutionism]] and mocks [[Creationism]] in a similar manner to the Worst Liberal film ''Inherit the Wind'', and to a certain extent the propagandized version of the [[Scopes Monkey Trial]].
*''Lisa the Skeptic'': Reinforces the misconception that science and religion are irreconcilable opposites, and has a scene where Lisa mocks Christians as believing in "imaginary angels" for refusing science, and the Christians organizing a riot against science centers, including, ironically enough, a Christian Science Reading Center. It also has a brief homosexual joke where Smithers, believing the end was near, proceeds to kiss Mr. Burns firmly in the mouth.
*''You Kent Always Say What You Want'': Kent Brockman says a blasphemous word (the episode never says what word it is), mocks the [[Parents Television Council]] and then has Brockman and Lisa expose the "Fox News conspiracy"
*''Mypods and Boomsticks'': Promotes [[Islam]].
*''Loan-a Lisa'': Bart makes an atheist statement: "We've already heard stories from thousands of years ago about stuff that didn't happen."
*''Opposites A-Frack'': Against [[Fracking]].
*A few episodes feature a group of "evil Republicans".

===Other Political Episodes===
*''Brother from the Same Planet'': Although ambiguous as to whether it's pro-family, the episode does have a condemnation of the Communist Party, as a scene where Bart and his "Bigger Brother" Tom from the Bigger Brother program attend a Baseball Game has a Communist Party recruiter trying to gather recruits at the stadium, only for the audience to unanimously jeer him and pelt him with tomatoes (hence why that day was called "tomato day"), with the recruiter also implying that there was a "dart day" that has something similar occur, only with darts in place of tomatoes.
*''Two Bad Neighbors'': Homer becomes an enemy of his new neighbor [[George H.W. Bush]] (RINO). In the end [[Gerald Ford]] (Conservative) is the new neighbor of the Simpsons, who becomes a friend of Homer. The episode had been created largely as a response to some negative criticism towards the show from both George and Barbara Bush (in particular, the former's stump speech stating regarding family values that America needs to be "more like ''the Watsons'' and less like ''the Simpsons''."). Also has a condemnation towards Ayatollah Khomeini as well as his theocratic Iranian regime, as during a rummage sale at the beginning, Homer and Marge are planning to sell a novelty T-shirt that says "Ayatollah [censored]aholla" with it prominently displaying Khomeini's face on it, with Marge insisting they sell it due to his already being long dead, while Homer insists on keeping it because the shirt technically applies to all the Ayatollahs, citing Ayatollah Nakhbadeh, Ayatollah Zahedi, and Ayatollah Razmada as examples.
*''Bart Gets an Elephant'': There are two political conventions that are used as site gags when the titular elephant, Stampy, proceeds to go on a rampage. On the one hand, the Republican Party is demonized with the slogans "We Want what's worst for people" and "We're Just Plain Evil". But on the other, the Democrat Party Convention didn't fare well, either, with its slogans highlighting their incompetence and contempt for life with the slogans "We hate life and ourselves" and "We Can't Govern".
*''Treehouse of Horror II'': Lisa's nightmare, an adaptation of the Monkey's Paw, has a subtle condemnation towards anti-Second Amendment beliefs, as after Lisa wishes for [[World Peace]], everyone destroys all of their weapons and guns, and proceed to sing "Kumbaya", only for Kang and Kodos (two drooling, tentacled, one-eyed aliens who laugh exceedingly) to proceed to invade the planet easily because of it. Bart's nightmare, based on ''The Twilight Zone'''s "It's a Good Life", however, has a slight anti-family message, due to the nightmare being Bart releasing Homer from his psychic-induced curse by bonding with him.
*''Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badassssss Song'': On the one hand, it gives a brief condemnation of the Public School System, as Superintendent Chalmers briefly mentions that the school system will collapse at a quick rate and suggests they let it ride out. On the other hand, it promotes the [[separation of church and state]] as the reason Chalmers has Skinner get his job as principal back was solely because his replacement, Ned Flanders, introduced prayer into school, and it also briefly implies that Flanders' Christian ideals are what led to the school becoming dysfunctional.
*''Much Apu About Nothing'': Homer is initially against immigration of [[Illegal aliens]] before deciding to support it, with any criticism against illegal immigration being depicted in a negative light. On the other hand, it also depicts the naturalization process to become a legal immigrant to the United States, as Apu decides to undergo the naturalization program to become a US Citizen, and showcases it in a positive light. It also depicts encroaching government in a negative light due to the whole illegal immigration criticisms in the episode being due to Mayor Quimby blaming the tax increases on illegal immigrants when in reality it was the result of his own policies, with Lisa asking why they do that.
*''Mountain of Madness'': The episode has a somewhat positive depiction of work ethics, as Mr. Burns had organized a team building exercise after a disastrous fire drill demonstration, and it portrays the Nazis in a negative light via Mr. Burns's cabin-fever induced hallucination. On the other hand, Homer's cabin-fever induced hallucination of "political powers" to oppose Mr. Burns' Nazi army lumps conservatives Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt alongside leftists such as Communist dictator Mao Zedong.
*''The Cartridge Family'': Homer becomes a gun owner. It is controversial, whether this episode is pro-[[Gun Control]] or anti-gun control. The writer of this episode is John Swartzwelder, who is a Second Amendment supporter.
*''New Kids on the Blecch'': Mocks and villainizes the United States Navy by implicating them in a conspiracy of using boy bands to brainwash children into joining the Navy. On the other hand, it also mocks John Lennon's anti-war song "Give Peace a Chance" at one point, and it does accurately depict the Hippie movement as anti-American.
*''Coming to Homerica'': Another Pro-[[Illegal immigration]]-episode (as well as having a very poor metaphor for illegal immigration, not to mention immigration as a whole, largely because the town that moved to Springfield, Ogdenville, was also within American borders like Springfield was). On the other hand, the episode also mocks environmentalist elements, as the main reason why Ogdenville moved to Springfield was because they made a Mother Nature burger which had been touted as being environmentally friendly, only for the populace to suffer from a massive food poisoning outbreak due to the barley being contaminated by rats.
*''Bart-Mangled Banner'': The Simpsons get arrested for criticizing government. They leave America, but go back, because of homesickness.
*''Little Big Girl'': Bart willingly tries to marry Darcy to provide the child with a father figure after discovering she had been impregnated by a Norwegian exchange student.
*''E. Pluribus Wiggum'': When Springfield becomes the site of the first presidential primary, the townspeople plan to support their own write-in candidate: Ralph Wiggum.

==Themes==
[[File:MrBurnsExcellent.gif|thumb|The character ''Mr. Burns'']]
While The Simpsons has many [[liberal]] themes, the basis and morals of the show often portray family centered values in a warped sort of way and many episodes have a strong [[church]] focus. The show also has many episodes which focus on politics. The writers of the show come from both liberal and conservative backgrounds, and this is reflected through the portrayal of American politics on the show. The Springfield [[Republican Party]] is headed by the villainous Mr. Burns and meets in an old castle. Twice they have put forward candidates for elections: Burns himself ran for governor of the anonymous state Springfield is in, though he eventually lost; while in a later episode Sideshow Bob, though twice convicted for attempted murder, becomes Mayor of Springfield. He is removed from office when it is discovered that he personally and secretly committed large scale voting fraud. Meanwhile, the Springfield Democrat Party is led by Mayor "Diamond" Joe Quimby, who is portrayed as a promiscuous, pot-smoking, unfaithful and corrupt politician, once admitting openly that he murdered his opponents. Quimby and his family are clearly modeled on the Kennedy family, as Mayor Quimby's voice is identical to the one used when imitating [[John F. Kennedy]] on the show. Lisa Simpson was an ardent opponent of President [[Donald Trump]] and attempted to sway her father's vote (albeit in a dream), and the show itself went into a scroll of an extensive list of alleged transgressions, failures, and scandals of the Administration; the episode aired shortly before the Nov 3 2020 Presidential election, and no doubt that thousands of first time eligible voters were among those watching the broadcast. Justin Trudeau makes an appearance on the show, which is less than flattering, even including SNC Lavalan Scandal, which ought to be recognized as the Canadian version of the Watergate Scandal.

Public Education is satirized in the form of Springfield Elementary, which is portrayed as often taking extreme cost cutting measures at the expense of the children's education. When Bart gets Principal Skinner fired, Ned Flanders takes over as school principal and, as a result of his leniency towards trouble makers, the students run wild. In an attempt to get Skinner his job back, Bart takes Superintendent Chalmers to inspect the school. Despite the chaos he witnesses, Chalmers decides to let Ned remain Principal saying: "...the way America's public schools are sliding, they'll all be this way in a few months. I say, lay back and enjoy it! It's a hell of a toboggan ride". However, when he discovers that Flanders has brought prayer into the school, he fires him on the spot.

The show's portrayal of religion and [[Christianity]] in particular is often given in the form of Ned Flanders, the Simpsons' next door neighbor. A devout Christian, Ned is sometimes overbearing in his faith, but he is consistently shown to be compassionate and decent. In the series' first few seasons Ned was generally loathed by Homer for the perceived (and often real) superiority of Ned's quality of life. Later episodes have shown the two to be quite close at times, with more than a few featuring mutual adventures. Ned's reception among Christians has generally been positive due to his strong faith in God, even when faced with obstacles such as a failure of his business, The Leftorium, a hurricane destroying his house and most tragically, the death of his wife Maude.<ref>http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/february5/1.28.html</ref>

Well-known atheist [[Richard Dawkins]] had an appearance at ''The Simpsons'' as [[Satan|the Devil]].<ref>http://www.christianpost.com/news/richard-dawkins-appears-as-the-devil-on-the-simpsons-91641/</ref>

The series has crossed over with the animated show [[Rick and Morty]], where Rick expresses great admiration for the simpsons after Morty accidently kills the family while piloting the pair's spaceship. The pair manage to repair the situation, but Rick's poor sterilization habits come back to bite him.... <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ecYoSvGO60</ref>

==Controversy==
During the early years of the show Bart Simpson was criticized for being a poor role model for children. The Simpsons have used their talents as pitchmen to promote unhealthy snack food products such as Butterfingers and Whoppers, which is often seen by young viewers. Though ''The Simpsons'' is considerably less atheistic than other Fox shows such as ''[[Family Guy]]'', recently it has become quite controversial. Ironically, Marge Simpson, arguably the most wholesome character on the show, has been a highly controversial character, as she appeared on the cover and as a centerfold of ''[[Playboy]]'', a pornographic magazine.

In the 2009 Halloween Special, "Treehouse of Horror XX," the writers of the show took a jab at the Eucharist. In one story in this episode, the people of Springfield were zombified and Bart's DNA was a cure. When the Simpsons escaped Springfield, other survivors wanted to eat him, but Marge screams:

::“What kind of civilized people eat the body and blood of their savior?”

Catholic League President Bill Donahue criticized the writers for this line.<ref>http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/faith/2009/10/catholic_league_simpsons_donoh.html</ref>

Some Christian family groups such as the [[Parents Television Council]] criticized the episodes ''There's Something About Marrying'' of supporting same-sex "marriage".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4285287.stm Simpsons' gay character is Patty - BBC]</ref> One episode of the Treehouse of Horror had to move timeslots in New Zealand under the orders of the official censor for fears of its violent content impacting child viewers. The show has also dramatically expanded the market for adult animation, inspiring many much more vulgar programs; there is now an entire channel dedicated to such programs, [[Adult Swim]].

==Drinking Game==
Whenever one of the characters takes a drink, you take a drink

==Liberalism==
The Simpsons is one of the most liberal television shows around. The family routinely mocking religion and traditional values, while embracing a lifestyle that would make many conservatives cringe. Homer Simpson is the stereotypical blue-collar worker who is always getting into trouble. He's also quite lazy, often sleeping on the job or watching TV instead of working. His wife Marge is a stay-at-home mom who constantly nags him about his shortcomings. Their kids are nothing to write home about either - Bart is a rebellious young boy who gets into all sorts of mischief, while Lisa is an ultra-lefty schoolgirl with no respect for authority figures.

Then there are the show's supporting characters, most of whom are just as liberal as the Simpsons themselves. There's Barney, Homer's drinking buddy; Flanders, the annoying next door neighbor; Mr Burns, Springfield's resident rich guy; and Lenny & Carl, two more of Homer's work friends (who happen to be gay). Even Krusty the Clown - one of Bart & Lisa's favorite TV personalities - has leftwing leanings!

In recent years it seems like every episode contains some sort of social justice message or pro-"progressivism" agenda item being pushed by creator Matt Groening. The Simpsons has become less about entertaniment and more about indoctrination. If you're looking for a conservative-friendly show, look elsewhere - this is most certainly not it.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://thesimpsons.com/ The official ''Simpsons'' website]
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/ ''The Simpsons''] at IMDb
* [http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_15996/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=q38A4cHB Vatican gives its approval of the Simpsons]

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The Simpsons

2022-06-19T04:32:33Z

ChemMajor: added Liberalim to warn the unknowing of the danger of the SImpsons

'''''The Simpsons''''' is a [[Satire|satirical]] [[animation|animated]] [[comedy]] [[series]] created by ''Life in [[Hell]]'' cartoonist [[Matt Groening]]. ''The Simpsons'' started as part of ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' in 1987. On December 17, 1989 the show debuted on the [[Fox Network]]. The show was also made into a feature-length [[The Simpsons Movie|movie]], which was released on July 27, 2007.

''The Simpsons'' is the longest-running [[sitcom]] in the [[United States]], as well as the longest-running animated television series, and is viewed all over the world. It has won 27 [[Emmy Awards]]. On October 16, 2016 the 600th episode, the Halloween episode "Treehouse of Horror XXVII", was broadcast.<ref>http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/simpsons-evil-scheme-reach-600-episodes-lands-tree-244271</ref> With its 636th episode, "Forgive and Regret", broadcast during its 29th season on April 29, 2018, ''The Simpsons'' surpassed ''Gunsmoke'' (which produced 635 episodes between 1955 and 1975) for the most episodes of a scripted primetime American TV series;<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/news/the-simpsons-renewed-season-29-season-30-most-scripted-tv-episodes-ever-record/ The Simpsons Will Break the Record for Most Scripted TV Episodes, Ever] at TV Guide.com</ref> this episode was landmarked in the opening sequence with a parody of the ''Gunsmoke'' opening credits, which featured Maggie Simpson facing Marshall Matt Dillon in a gunfight in the streets of Dodge City.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ODTAhD8rOo Gunsmoke Opening Parody | THE SIMPSONS] at YouTube</ref>

In [[Iran]], [[China]] and [[Venezuela]], ''The Simpsons'' is banned by the regimes in those countries.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7338131.stm</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/06/iran-simpsons-ban-idUSL5E8D61X320120206</ref> Although the show was among the most controversial of its day, it now pales in comparison to Family Guy and South Park, to name a few. Whether this is a good or bad thing depends on your point of view, but for your average Conservapedia reader, it would be bad. The show is considered to have a considerable Democratic bias.

==Family==
The show revolves around the fictional Simpson family.

===Homer Jay Simpson===
The overweight, balding father of the family. Homer "works" as a safety inspector in the local nuclear power plant, where he usually sleeps, which gets him into trouble with his boss, Mr. Burns. However, many episodes have shown him performing a wide range of other jobs. Homer enjoys a diet mostly centered around donuts and "Duff" beer. Homer is by choice quite lazy, but does get pushed into occasionally performing heroic acts for his family.

===Marjorie "Marge" Bouvier Simpson===
Marge is the mother of the family. Instantly recognizable thanks to her unfeasibly large blue beehive hairdo, Marge provides the foundation for the family. Her relationship with Homer is portrayed as a loving one, but frequently exasperating due mostly to Homer's buffoonery. Marge is in many respects the prototypical suburban American mother, as she stays at home and takes care of the family while Homer works. On a few occasions Marge has gotten a job, which has sometimes met with horrible results, but sometimes with more pleasant ones.

===Bartholomew "Bart" Simpson===
Their son Bart, the eldest child, is a troublemaker and self-proclaimed underachiever. Bart has a mixed relationship with his father. While sometimes harboring a very close relationship with his father, Bart's opinion of Homer is all over the radar, ranging from very affectionate love to deep frustration.

===Lisa Simpson===
The older daughter. Lisak is mostly concerned with being a good student, protecting the environment (although she is involved in activism with other [[liberal]] causes at different points in the show's history, such as [[recycling]]), and playing the [[saxophone]]. Her high intelligence relative to the rest of her family often makes her feel isolated.

===Margaret "Maggie" Simpson===
A baby who hardly ever talks, instead sucking her [[pacifier]] twice. On a couple of occasions she has proven to have exceptionally high intelligence. For example, when her pacifier was taken away during a trip to a daycare center, she staged an elaborate plot to get it back.

==Extended Simpson Family==

===Abe Simpson===
Homer's dad. Is quite cankerous and acerbic.

==Other Characters==
However, the show has a vast gallery of supporting characters, who often steal the show.
===Krusty the Clown===
A local clown with his own television show, who is one of the most famous residents of Springfield. Bart idolizes him.

===Chief Wiggum===
Springfield's police chief, whose performance is quite poor.

===Ralph Wiggum===
Chief Wiggum's son, who is displays bizzare unexplainable behavior.
===Moe===
The proprietor of Moe's Tavern, Springfield's bar, and a friend of Homer.

==Episodes==
Currently, there are 639 episodes in 29 seasons.

===Conservative Episodes===
*''The Crepes of Wrath'': Lisa discusses with Adil, an [[Albania]]n Communist spy. Adil wants to know: "How can you defend a country where five percent of the people control 95 percent of the wealth?", whereupon Lisa answers: "I'm defending a country where people can think, and act, and worship any way they want!"
*''Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington'': Lisa becomes a [[Patriotism|Patriot]].
*''Bart Gets an "F"'': Bart prays to [[God]] to pass a school test.
*''Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment'': Lisa is concerned about her father, who breaks the Eighth Commandment: Thou shalt not steal.
*''Homer the Heretic'': Homer quits going to church and is chastized for it by God in a dream.
*''Duffless'': Homer fights [[Alcoholism]].
*''Bart Sells His Soul'': Bart recognizes the existence of the [[soul]].
*''Homer Loves Flanders'': Ned Flanders and his Bible group help Stan Taylor overcome his sexual addiction.
*''Bart's Comet'': Contains a humorous condemnation towards liberal attempts to withdraw funds from defense and place them into healthcare at the beginning of the episode, as two fighter craft, shortly after Groundskeeper Willie's failed attempt at shooting down a defaced weather balloon down the sky, attempts to find out who was firing at them, and misidentifies him as an Iraqi fighter jet and has Sidewinder missiles shoot themselves down, with one of the pilots then pinning the blame on their shooting themselves down on faulty equipment due to funding for the military being cut in favor of healthcare, and the other pilot begging for him to give it a chance only for their parachutes to fail, and then proceeding to fight in the desert.
*''The Trouble With Trillions'': Ned Flanders makes an Conservative quote about the [[Nanny state]]. His son asks: "Daddy, what do taxes pay for?", whereupon his father answers: "Why, everything! Policemen, trees, sunshine- and let's not forget the folks who just don't feel like working, God bless 'em.". Also depicts Fidel Castro and Communist Cuba in a negative light, as he was shown taking the trillion dollar bill from Mr. Burns in a very underhanded manner via distraction and deceit, and Castro also admitting that their system simply does not work (as well as deeply considering renouncing it). Also has a mocking of homosexuality, as immediately beforehand, he admitted he liked that America had "a street named after [Castro]" only to react with shock at who occupied it (a reference to The Castro, a notorious homosexual neighborhood in [[San Francisco]]).
*''Simpsons Bible Stories'': The Simpsons dream Bible Stories (although it partially mocks the Bible Characters).
*''Alone Again, Natura-diddily'': Ned Flanders keeps his faith in God, even after his wife Maude died.
*''Weekend at Burnsie's'': Marge is worried about Homer's [[Medical marijuana|drug use]].
*''The Father, The Son, and the Holy Guest Star'': Bart and Homer convert to Catholicism.
*''Treehouse of Horror XIII'': Springfield becomes a [[Gun-free zone]] thanks to Lisa's anti-gun activism. As a result of it, Springfield gets terrorized by Wild West outlaws and [[Kaiser Wilhelm II]], who have all risen from the dead. Homer gets back into the past to prevent [[Gun control]] and defeat the villains in the present.
*''Pray Anything'': Homer starts to pray, but later he sues the church. He gets punished by a weather disaster.
*'''Tis the Fifteenth Season'': Homer wants to become a good Christian.
*''Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays'': Marge fights an Anti-family campaign.
*''The Simpsons Movie'': Environmentalist [[EPA]] wants to destroy Springfield.
*''That '90s Show'': Marge is romanticized by her radical feminist/elitist Anti-American university professor, which leads Homer (who's paying for her tuition) into a deep depression and leads him to become a grunge rock star (parody of Kurt Cobain). Marge later learns the error of her ways and abandons her professor and returns to Homer, who Marge thinks has become a drug addict, only to learn he actually became a diabetic, which she helps him to recover from. There's also a condemnation against Bill Clinton, as Homer and Marge (while the former is recovering at the hospital) end up speaking badly about Bill Clinton.
*''I Married Marge'': Was pro-family values, as after accidentally getting Marge pregnant, Homer proceeded to make every effort to provide for his family, including marrying Marge and proposing to her on his own volition, and when Marge was about to go into labor, he immediately attempts to head over to the hospital to watch her deliver the baby.
*''Lisa's First Word'': Like above, it was pro-family values, as after Lisa was conceived, Homer, like before, made several efforts to better his family and provide for his then-upcoming daughter, even moving to a bigger house with his father's help.
*''Million Dollar Abie'': Has a condemnation of anti-life concepts such as assisted suicide, to the extent that Chief Wiggum arrested Dr. Erogan the very second the voters explicitly overturned Springfield's assisted suicide law.

===Liberal Episodes===
*''Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish'': Supports Environmentalism and criticizes nuclear power. Also, the title of the episode was a reference to [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s talking point for his infamous [[Great Society]] social welfare programs.
*''Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy'': Lisa, after getting a talking Malibu Stacy doll and getting outraged by some of her statements (a reference to the "Math Class is Tough" talking Teen Barbie doll controversy), makes a pro-feminist crusade against the company and eventually creates a Lisa Lionheart doll that pushes the agenda, with the doll's cited inspirations being "the wisdom of [[Gertrude Stein]], the wit of [[Cathy Guisewite]], the tenacity of [[Nina Totenberg]], the common sense of [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], and the down-to-earth good looks of [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]." It's also implied that she forced her family to do other left-wing causes she adopted such as making them march in a "gay pride" parade and boycott Fox News over owning a Syrian Chemical Weapons Plant. There was also a brief exchange that implied that Marge had been unknowingly brainwashed by Malibu Stacy as a child. In addition, Stacey Lovell, the doll's creator and her ally, is implied to have committed treason against the United States during the Vietnam War by funneling funds to the Viet Cong and is treated positively for it. There was also a brief homosexual joke with Smithers, and Abe's complaint about how "the president is a Demmycrat" (presumably a reference to [[Bill Clinton]], who was the president at the time the episode aired) is mocked due to it being from a list of complaints that drove the family to flee from him as soon as they got back to the house.
*''Sideshow Bob Roberts'': Takes jabs at the [[Republican Party]] as attempted murderer Sideshow Bob becomes a Republican mayor (although that being said, there was also some jabs at the [[Democrat Party]] in the form of Mayor Quimby, himself a parody of members of the notoriously liberal Kennedy clan), there's also right-wing talk show host named Birch Barlow (parody of [[Rush Limbaugh]]) who defends him whether it's right or wrong. Later in the episode, in a similar manner to the [[Watergate Scandal]], it was revealed that Bob committed voter fraud (though ironically, an earlier scene had Homer and Krusty, both of whom Bob had antagonized earlier, throwing their votes for Bob, strongly implying that Bob would have won against Quimby even without the fraud). The episode had been written as a result of the Republican Revolution of 1994.
*''Homer's Phobia'': Homer criticizes the practice of homosexuality, but in the end he changes his mind. There's also a slight jab at hunting in the episode as well, as Bart, when Homer attempted to have him partake in the activity in an attempt to make him more "manly", referred to the activity as "gay".
*''The Old Man and the Lisa'': Promotes [[Environmentalism]].
*''Mother Simpson'': Treats the [[hippie]] movement and the decadence of the late-1960s in a positive and sympathetic manner relating to the titular character, Mona Simpson.
*''D'oh-in' in the Wind'': Again, promotes the hippie movement in a positive manner.
*''Smart and Smarter'': When Maggie gets a high score on an IQ test, Philippa says "That's amazing for a Christian!"; implying that most Christians are dumb.
*''There's Something About Marrying'': Marge supports [[same-sex marriage|same-sex "marriage"]].
*''G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)'': Mocks and villainizes the United States Army, and even went as far as to condemn Army recruiters and enlistees.<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2006/11/13/the-simpsons-pull-a-john-kerry/ "The Simpsons pull a John Kerry"], [[Michelle Malkin]], November 13, 2006, ''MichelleMalkin.com''</ref> Also has a brief joke referring to the [[Abu Ghraib]] scandal that occurred at the time. It is also to be noted that the mockery and demonization was done to such an extent that even otherwise very liberal publications such as IGN thought the episode went too far in this action and was tasteless instead of genuinely funny.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/796/796072p1.html |title=The Simpsons: Season 18 Review |accessdate=2007-06-15 |date=2007-06-14 |first=Robert |last=Canning |publisher=IGN.com |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622003447/http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/796/796072p1.html |archivedate=June 22, 2007 }}</ref>
*''The Monkey Suit'': Promotes [[Evolutionism]] and mocks [[Creationism]] in a similar manner to the Worst Liberal film ''Inherit the Wind'', and to a certain extent the propagandized version of the [[Scopes Monkey Trial]].
*''Lisa the Skeptic'': Reinforces the misconception that science and religion are irreconcilable opposites, and has a scene where Lisa mocks Christians as believing in "imaginary angels" for refusing science, and the Christians organizing a riot against science centers, including, ironically enough, a Christian Science Reading Center. It also has a brief homosexual joke where Smithers, believing the end was near, proceeds to kiss Mr. Burns firmly in the mouth.
*''You Kent Always Say What You Want'': Kent Brockman says a blasphemous word (the episode never says what word it is), mocks the [[Parents Television Council]] and then has Brockman and Lisa expose the "Fox News conspiracy"
*''Mypods and Boomsticks'': Promotes [[Islam]].
*''Loan-a Lisa'': Bart makes an atheist statement: "We've already heard stories from thousands of years ago about stuff that didn't happen."
*''Opposites A-Frack'': Against [[Fracking]].
*A few episodes feature a group of "evil Republicans".

===Other Political Episodes===
*''Brother from the Same Planet'': Although ambiguous as to whether it's pro-family, the episode does have a condemnation of the Communist Party, as a scene where Bart and his "Bigger Brother" Tom from the Bigger Brother program attend a Baseball Game has a Communist Party recruiter trying to gather recruits at the stadium, only for the audience to unanimously jeer him and pelt him with tomatoes (hence why that day was called "tomato day"), with the recruiter also implying that there was a "dart day" that has something similar occur, only with darts in place of tomatoes.
*''Two Bad Neighbors'': Homer becomes an enemy of his new neighbor [[George H.W. Bush]] (RINO). In the end [[Gerald Ford]] (Conservative) is the new neighbor of the Simpsons, who becomes a friend of Homer. The episode had been created largely as a response to some negative criticism towards the show from both George and Barbara Bush (in particular, the former's stump speech stating regarding family values that America needs to be "more like ''the Watsons'' and less like ''the Simpsons''."). Also has a condemnation towards Ayatollah Khomeini as well as his theocratic Iranian regime, as during a rummage sale at the beginning, Homer and Marge are planning to sell a novelty T-shirt that says "Ayatollah [censored]aholla" with it prominently displaying Khomeini's face on it, with Marge insisting they sell it due to his already being long dead, while Homer insists on keeping it because the shirt technically applies to all the Ayatollahs, citing Ayatollah Nakhbadeh, Ayatollah Zahedi, and Ayatollah Razmada as examples.
*''Bart Gets an Elephant'': There are two political conventions that are used as site gags when the titular elephant, Stampy, proceeds to go on a rampage. On the one hand, the Republican Party is demonized with the slogans "We Want what's worst for people" and "We're Just Plain Evil". But on the other, the Democrat Party Convention didn't fare well, either, with its slogans highlighting their incompetence and contempt for life with the slogans "We hate life and ourselves" and "We Can't Govern".
*''Treehouse of Horror II'': Lisa's nightmare, an adaptation of the Monkey's Paw, has a subtle condemnation towards anti-Second Amendment beliefs, as after Lisa wishes for [[World Peace]], everyone destroys all of their weapons and guns, and proceed to sing "Kumbaya", only for Kang and Kodos (two drooling, tentacled, one-eyed aliens who laugh exceedingly) to proceed to invade the planet easily because of it. Bart's nightmare, based on ''The Twilight Zone'''s "It's a Good Life", however, has a slight anti-family message, due to the nightmare being Bart releasing Homer from his psychic-induced curse by bonding with him.
*''Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badassssss Song'': On the one hand, it gives a brief condemnation of the Public School System, as Superintendent Chalmers briefly mentions that the school system will collapse at a quick rate and suggests they let it ride out. On the other hand, it promotes the [[separation of church and state]] as the reason Chalmers has Skinner get his job as principal back was solely because his replacement, Ned Flanders, introduced prayer into school, and it also briefly implies that Flanders' Christian ideals are what led to the school becoming dysfunctional.
*''Much Apu About Nothing'': Homer is initially against immigration of [[Illegal aliens]] before deciding to support it, with any criticism against illegal immigration being depicted in a negative light. On the other hand, it also depicts the naturalization process to become a legal immigrant to the United States, as Apu decides to undergo the naturalization program to become a US Citizen, and showcases it in a positive light. It also depicts encroaching government in a negative light due to the whole illegal immigration criticisms in the episode being due to Mayor Quimby blaming the tax increases on illegal immigrants when in reality it was the result of his own policies, with Lisa asking why they do that.
*''Mountain of Madness'': The episode has a somewhat positive depiction of work ethics, as Mr. Burns had organized a team building exercise after a disastrous fire drill demonstration, and it portrays the Nazis in a negative light via Mr. Burns's cabin-fever induced hallucination. On the other hand, Homer's cabin-fever induced hallucination of "political powers" to oppose Mr. Burns' Nazi army lumps conservatives Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt alongside leftists such as Communist dictator Mao Zedong.
*''The Cartridge Family'': Homer becomes a gun owner. It is controversial, whether this episode is pro-[[Gun Control]] or anti-gun control. The writer of this episode is John Swartzwelder, who is a Second Amendment supporter.
*''New Kids on the Blecch'': Mocks and villainizes the United States Navy by implicating them in a conspiracy of using boy bands to brainwash children into joining the Navy. On the other hand, it also mocks John Lennon's anti-war song "Give Peace a Chance" at one point, and it does accurately depict the Hippie movement as anti-American.
*''Coming to Homerica'': Another Pro-[[Illegal immigration]]-episode (as well as having a very poor metaphor for illegal immigration, not to mention immigration as a whole, largely because the town that moved to Springfield, Ogdenville, was also within American borders like Springfield was). On the other hand, the episode also mocks environmentalist elements, as the main reason why Ogdenville moved to Springfield was because they made a Mother Nature burger which had been touted as being environmentally friendly, only for the populace to suffer from a massive food poisoning outbreak due to the barley being contaminated by rats.
*''Bart-Mangled Banner'': The Simpsons get arrested for criticizing government. They leave America, but go back, because of homesickness.
*''Little Big Girl'': Bart willingly tries to marry Darcy to provide the child with a father figure after discovering she had been impregnated by a Norwegian exchange student.
*''E. Pluribus Wiggum'': When Springfield becomes the site of the first presidential primary, the townspeople plan to support their own write-in candidate: Ralph Wiggum.

==Themes==
[[File:MrBurnsExcellent.gif|thumb|The character ''Mr. Burns'']]
While The Simpsons has many [[liberal]] themes, the basis and morals of the show often portray family centered values in a warped sort of way and many episodes have a strong [[church]] focus. The show also has many episodes which focus on politics. The writers of the show come from both liberal and conservative backgrounds, and this is reflected through the portrayal of American politics on the show. The Springfield [[Republican Party]] is headed by the villainous Mr. Burns and meets in an old castle. Twice they have put forward candidates for elections: Burns himself ran for governor of the anonymous state Springfield is in, though he eventually lost; while in a later episode Sideshow Bob, though twice convicted for attempted murder, becomes Mayor of Springfield. He is removed from office when it is discovered that he personally and secretly committed large scale voting fraud. Meanwhile, the Springfield Democrat Party is led by Mayor "Diamond" Joe Quimby, who is portrayed as a promiscuous, pot-smoking, unfaithful and corrupt politician, once admitting openly that he murdered his opponents. Quimby and his family are clearly modeled on the Kennedy family, as Mayor Quimby's voice is identical to the one used when imitating [[John F. Kennedy]] on the show. Lisa Simpson was an ardent opponent of President [[Donald Trump]] and attempted to sway her father's vote (albeit in a dream), and the show itself went into a scroll of an extensive list of alleged transgressions, failures, and scandals of the Administration; the episode aired shortly before the Nov 3 2020 Presidential election, and no doubt that thousands of first time eligible voters were among those watching the broadcast. Justin Trudeau makes an appearance on the show, which is less than flattering, even including SNC Lavalan Scandal, which ought to be recognized as the Canadian version of the Watergate Scandal.

Public Education is satirized in the form of Springfield Elementary, which is portrayed as often taking extreme cost cutting measures at the expense of the children's education. When Bart gets Principal Skinner fired, Ned Flanders takes over as school principal and, as a result of his leniency towards trouble makers, the students run wild. In an attempt to get Skinner his job back, Bart takes Superintendent Chalmers to inspect the school. Despite the chaos he witnesses, Chalmers decides to let Ned remain Principal saying: "...the way America's public schools are sliding, they'll all be this way in a few months. I say, lay back and enjoy it! It's a hell of a toboggan ride". However, when he discovers that Flanders has brought prayer into the school, he fires him on the spot.

The show's portrayal of religion and [[Christianity]] in particular is often given in the form of Ned Flanders, the Simpsons' next door neighbor. A devout Christian, Ned is sometimes overbearing in his faith, but he is consistently shown to be compassionate and decent. In the series' first few seasons Ned was generally loathed by Homer for the perceived (and often real) superiority of Ned's quality of life. Later episodes have shown the two to be quite close at times, with more than a few featuring mutual adventures. Ned's reception among Christians has generally been positive due to his strong faith in God, even when faced with obstacles such as a failure of his business, The Leftorium, a hurricane destroying his house and most tragically, the death of his wife Maude.<ref>http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/february5/1.28.html</ref>

Well-known atheist [[Richard Dawkins]] had an appearance at ''The Simpsons'' as [[Satan|the Devil]].<ref>http://www.christianpost.com/news/richard-dawkins-appears-as-the-devil-on-the-simpsons-91641/</ref>

The series has crossed over with the animated show [[Rick and Morty]], where Rick expresses great admiration for the simpsons after Morty accidently kills the family while piloting the pair's spaceship. The pair manage to repair the situation, but Rick's poor sterilization habits come back to bite him.... <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ecYoSvGO60</ref>

==Controversy==
During the early years of the show Bart Simpson was criticized for being a poor role model for children. The Simpsons have used their talents as pitchmen to promote unhealthy snack food products such as Butterfingers and Whoppers, which is often seen by young viewers. Though ''The Simpsons'' is considerably less atheistic than other Fox shows such as ''[[Family Guy]]'', recently it has become quite controversial. Ironically, Marge Simpson, arguably the most wholesome character on the show, has been a highly controversial character, as she appeared on the cover and as a centerfold of ''[[Playboy]]'', a pornographic magazine.

In the 2009 Halloween Special, "Treehouse of Horror XX," the writers of the show took a jab at the Eucharist. In one story in this episode, the people of Springfield were zombified and Bart's DNA was a cure. When the Simpsons escaped Springfield, other survivors wanted to eat him, but Marge screams:

::“What kind of civilized people eat the body and blood of their savior?”

Catholic League President Bill Donahue criticized the writers for this line.<ref>http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/faith/2009/10/catholic_league_simpsons_donoh.html</ref>

Some Christian family groups such as the [[Parents Television Council]] criticized the episodes ''There's Something About Marrying'' of supporting same-sex "marriage".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4285287.stm Simpsons' gay character is Patty - BBC]</ref> One episode of the Treehouse of Horror had to move timeslots in New Zealand under the orders of the official censor for fears of its violent content impacting child viewers. The show has also dramatically expanded the market for adult animation, inspiring many much more vulgar programs; there is now an entire channel dedicated to such programs, [[Adult Swim]].

==Drinking Game==
Whenever one of the characters takes a drink, you take a drink

==Liberalism==
The Simpsons is one of the most liberal television shows around. The family routinely mocking religion and traditional values, while embracing a lifestyle that would make many conservatives cringe.

Homer Simpson is the stereotypical blue-collar worker who is always getting into trouble. He's also quite lazy, often sleeping on the job or watching TV instead of working. His wife Marge is a stay-at-home mom who constantly nags him about his shortcomings. Their kids are nothing to write home about either - Bart is a rebellious young boy who gets into all sorts of mischief, while Lisa is an ultra-lefty schoolgirl with no respect for authority figures.

Then there are the show's supporting characters, most of whom are just as liberal as the Simpsons themselves. There's Barney, Homer's drinking buddy; Flanders, the annoying next door neighbor; Mr Burns, Springfield's resident rich guy; and Lenny & Carl, two more of Homer's work friends (who happen to be gay). Even Krusty the Clown - one of Bart & Lisa's favorite TV personalities - has leftwing leanings!

In recent years it seems like every episode contains some sort of social justice message or pro-"progressivism" agenda item being pushed by creator Matt Groening. The Simpsons has become less about entertaniment and more about indoctrination. If you're looking for a conservative-friendly show, look elsewhere - this is most certainly not it.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://thesimpsons.com/ The official ''Simpsons'' website]
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/ ''The Simpsons''] at IMDb
* [http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_15996/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=q38A4cHB Vatican gives its approval of the Simpsons]

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Essay:Greatest Conservative Video Games

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Although the video game industry by and large is liberal, there have been instances of video games promoting conservative values.

==Artifex Mundi==
This small studio mostly works on mobile games, but their PC title ''Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka With Love'' is a very funny take on young and naïve people fiercely promoting socialism/communism.

The point-and-click game takes place in 1951 during the Cold War and portrays a young journalist, Evan, who defends Matryoshka's communist regime and its dictator, a clear parallel with the USSR, in any opportunity. He is then sent to Matryoshka and gets involved in a tale of espionage while experiencing the communist regime and slowly coming to terms with reality. As an example, when he sees a bread line in the beginning of his adventure, he somehow spins that as a positive thing, in the sense of "how the supreme leader is feeding all his people". A must-play for young teenagers who are flirting with leftist ideologies.

==Axis Entertainment==
This India-based gaming studio produces child-friendly, free games (sponsored by ads which are targeted toward their audience's parents).

Their main offering is the '''[[Baby Hazel]]''' game series. The title character is a two-year-old female toddler, featured doing positive activities (taking care of her newborn brother Matt, fixing food in the kitchen with her mother) and learning positive traits (manners, hygiene). The family is portrayed as a traditional nuclear family (father, mother, Hazel, and baby brother Matt) along with extended family, various friends and pets. One offering features Earth Day, but portrayed in a neutral manner to show care for the environment without getting into liberal traits. Many of the offerings feature Hazel saying prayers, not usually seen in secular video games.

However, the graphics are very simplistic and the games are known to have glitches in them; if a level is frozen the entire game must be restarted from the beginning (though there are only four levels in each game). Also being a foreign company the games do not feature proper English grammar (either American or British).

==Ubisoft==
*Watchdogs: Despite coming from the ultra-liberal video game company Ubisoft, the game Watch Dogs has several Conservative messages, namely those of pro-family, anti-crime, and anti-big government. However, its sequel qualified as liberal.
*Assassin's Creed Unity: Despite it coming from the ultra-liberal video game company Ubisoft as well as the liberal ''Assassin's Creed'' video game franchise, the game's plot specifically condemned the French Revolution and its adherents, with various notable figures of the French Revolution and Reign of Terror being targets for assassination.
*''Rainbow Six'' series: Based on the Tom Clancy novel of the same name, it deals with a special forces unit dealing with terrorists worldwide.
*''Ghost Recon'' series: Like with Rainbow Six, it deals with a special forces unit combating terrorists.

==Koei-Tecmo==
*''Dead or Alive'' series: The fighting game franchise had several conservative messages. One of which was pro-family, as the main character, Kasumi, joined the Dead or Alive tournament specifically to avenge her brother when he ended up critically injured by her uncle, and Kasumi, despite being on the run from her clan due to her technically violating their laws to do so, ultimately wants to return to her clan and family someday throughout the series, and in Dead or Alive 4, 5, and Dimensions, Ayane eventually managed to put aside her murderous jealousy against her half-sister and try to aid her. Similarly, Hayate, her brother, is also reluctant to kill his sister, despite the law mandating it, and their mother, Ayame, also stops Ayane (who was an illegitimate child due to Raidou, the uncle of Hayate and Kasumi who was responsible for the former's injury, having previously raped Ayame) from committing suicide and specifically stated not to kill Kasumi specifically because she was family, which was stronger than any Shinobi code. Similarly, in Dead or Alive 5, the character of Helena Douglas attempts to honor her deceased father's memory by restoring DOATEC to what her father Fame envisioned, and her overall character arc had her trying to avenge her deceased mother when she was murdered during a performance. In addition, the reason Helena's mother had died was because she took the bullet to save her daughter, due to said assassin, Christie, actually aiming for Helena herself during the performance. In addition, the character Hitomi in Dead or Alive 4 took control of the dojo specifically because her father had succumbed to an illness and needed money to help him and his dojo, with the character Gen-Fu having a similar motive regarding his granddaughter Mei Lin in Dead or Alive 1 and 2, entering to gain money for an operation to save her, and in Dead or Alive 3 to pay the medical bills, retiring only after she was fully cured and he fully paid off the debt and spending time with her afterward. Helena Douglas is also depicted as a Christian as well as depicted in a more positive light. In addition, even though it was a Japanese-created game series, it is also notable as featuring a surprisingly pro-American message in the form of the Armstrongs, as their patriotism was depicted in a positive light, and the character Tina was depicted as also trying to follow through with the American Dream. Also has an anti-cloning message, as the villainous DOATEC (and later, MIST) created various clones of Kasumi, with all of them being depicted as either villains (Alpha Kasumi, later known as Alpha-152) or victims (Phase 4). There is also a slight condemnation against feminism in Dead or Alive 5, as Tina tells Mila that "pretty girls shouldn't fight." On a related note, similar to Isabelle in ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf'' below, one of the expansions for ''Dead or Alive 5'', ''Last Round'', featured the debut of the character Honoka, who is depicted as being very positive and eager, and is the antithesis of a modern feminist.

==Konami==
*Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater: Although it was part of the liberal ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' series, and also gave some hints at promoting the concept of [[Globalism]] and also relativism (and to a lesser extent nihilism) via The Boss's philosophy, the game's overall message was surprisingly conservative, emphasizing a promotion of patriotism in a (in comparison to the rest of the series at least) positive light throughout most of the game, and also featuring the Soviet Union and Communism in general in a more negative light, including depicting the main villain, Colonel Volgin, in a truly villainous and horrific light, as well as referencing several real-life [[war crimes]] conducted by the USSR such as the [[Katyn Massacre|massacre at Katyn Forest]] during World War II (including making clear that the Soviets, in particular Volgin, was responsible for the event, not the Nazis which was even referenced in-game, as well as making explicitly clear that [[Joseph Stalin]] had ordered for the massacre by the NKVD in the first place, as well as similar massacres within the Ukraine and [[Kurapaty|Western Belarus]] as well as it resulting in at least 24,000 deaths including the mass grave discovered by the Wehrmacht near Gnezdovo village), the massacres during the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian Revolution in 1956]] as well as the [[Uprising of East Germany in 1953|uprising in East Germany]] on June 17, 1953. It also to a certain extent attempts to promote American values (especially in comparison to most entries in the series prior to and after that game). In addition, the man trying to defect from the Soviet Union to America in the beginning of the game, Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov, is shown in a sympathetic light and was also shown to be a family man, as when defecting to the United States and trying to cross the Iron Curtain, he made clear that he won't leave without his family, and late in the game, when acknowledging he probably won't be able to go to America, he has Naked Snake swear to take care of his family for him. In addition, it has a slight anti-homosexual agenda message due to the character Major Raikov alongside the main villain Volgin being strongly implied to be in a homosexual relationship, and neither character being depicted in a positive or sympathetic light. Also, contrary to most Cold War-related storylines which usually downplays Soviet involvement in various third-world conflicts such as Vietnam, it is made explicitly clear that the Soviets played a huge role in various uprisings within the third world, with radio conversations dealing with various weapons making very clear that the Soviets had involvement in South Vietnam, in the Malaysia Emergency, and that they even devised various traps specifically to be adopted by any communist allies in third world regions and were researching various traps within the Soviet Union via one of the key locations in the game. Volgin's main plan for the Shagohod also involved mass-producing it for the Eastern Bloc and then using it as bait to ferment uprisings against "dictators, ethnic insurgents, and revolutionary groups" throughout the third world, which not only acts as further confirmation of Soviet communism's involvement in the third world uprisings, but also hints at Volgin planning on engineering revolts against the USSR while he is in control of it, alluding to how various Communist ideologues often tried to instigate revolts even when firmly in power (owing to Karl Marx's advocating that the communists upon assuming power be obliged to reenact Robespierre's Reign of Terror).
**Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops: Like ''Snake Eater'' above, it also attempts to invoke patriotism in a more positive light, and the main villains are explicitly shown to try and invoke nihilism, anti-American commentary as well as promoting class warfare at one point (citing a growing gap between the rich and poor during a speech midway through the game). It also has a condemnation against Soviet policies, as a large part of the reason why the personnel of a missile base in Colombia (who were of Soviet origin) ended up turning to Gene's cause was out of revenge for essentially being cut off from the Soviet brass due to the events of Détente in order for the Soviets to place the blame on "out-of-control soldiers" in the event the base was discovered, and when the Soviet personnel ultimately did aid Snake in stopping the possible nuclear launch against the Soviet Union, it is solely due to the Soviet Union being their homeland and not out of any love for its policies. Similar to ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', it makes clear that the Soviets were also heavily involved in the actions of various liberation fronts in the third world, as the reason the Soviets had the missile base in Colombia in the first place was because the Soviets had been aiding the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]] communist rebel group in the backstory, and the character Frank Jaegar, aka, Null, had formerly been a member of the communist-backed FREMILO, with Big Boss being implied to have aided the Portuguese Soldiers during the Mozambician Civil War.
*Contra series: Pro-military and Pro-American. American heroes fight against villainous organizations and alien invaders.
*Castlevania series: Various members of the Belmont Clan, implied to be Christian (in Castlevania II, Simon Belmont restores his HP by visiting a church, in Castlevania III, Trevor Belmont kneels before a Cross in the intro, and in the Nintendo 64 version of the game, the character Reinhardt Schneider is seen making the trinity prayer gesture ["in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit"] in the beginning of his scenario, and when comforting Rosa, offers her last rites.) fight against the occult forces of Count Dracula.

==Play Mechanix Inc.==
*[[Big Buck Hunter]] series: Pro-hunting arcade game series.

==Electronic Arts==
*Battlefield series: Similarly to the Call of Duty series, it tends to promote American values as well as being pro-military. However its recent title Battlfield V betrays its fanbase for the sake of being woke. Allowing for female soldiers even though it historicaly inacurate for non russian female soldiers in WW2. The game has also made "white men" a swear word.
*Medal of Honor series: Like above, it tends to promote American values as well as being pro-military. Although the series mostly deals with the events of [[World War II]], two of the more recent games deal with the [[War in Afghanistan]].
*Command And Conquer series: A military real-time strategy series divided into three sub-series: ''Tiberium, Red Alert'' and ''Generals''. The ''Tiberium'' series, however, promotes globalism but at the same time, condemns religious extremism. The latter two are more conservative and pro-American, with ''Red Alert'' fighting against Soviet communism and ''Generals'' fighting against Islamic extremism.

==Nintendo==
*''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' series: Similar in vein to stories such as ''Lord of the Rings'', ''Beowulf'', and ''The Chronicles of Narnia'', the games detail a classic message of good fighting evil, and also featured implicit Christian themes in the series (in fact, until the third game, the religion of the people in the games was supposed to be Christianity, hence the cross on Link's Shield in the first game). The main villain, Ganon, is revealed to have originally belonged to a group known as the Gerudo, who are depicted as a nearly all-female race (Ganon, or more accurately his human form Ganondorf, being the only exception) and having traits resembling Muslims, hinting at an anti-feminist/anti-Islam message. There was also a pro-family message in at least one game in the series, as one of the entries, ''Wind Waker'', featured Link trying to save his sister after she was abducted early on in the game, as well as their getting along amicably throughout.
*Radar Mission: Pro-military game based on the board game battleship, it teaches the player the art of strategy, with the story involving the player fighting against an enemy fleet and, later, an enemy airfield that is implied to be the main headquarters of the enemy. Also has an alternate game mode that deals with Submarine warfare.
*''[[Metroid]]'' series: Although largely being based on the liberal movie franchise ''Alien'', the game franchise has several conservative elements. Namely, it depicts piracy and terrorism in a negative manner in the form of the murderous Space Pirates who frequently act as the main antagonists of the franchise. The game ''Super Metroid'' also promotes parenthood in a positive light, as the main plotline of the game involved Samus Aran trying to rescue her "child", a Metroid hatchling she adopted after wiping out its race in the previous game due to it imprinting on her, from the Space Pirate forces. The Prime series also depicts the military in a positive manner in the form of the Galactic Federation Marines, and some of the Chozo Logs as well as the Luminoth also have some similarities to biblical accounts (i.e., the Worm, alluding to the titular antagonist Metroid Prime, alluding to Wormwood in the book of revelations). In addition, although the main protagonist, Samus Aran, is female, it does not promote the concept of feminism. The game ''Metroid Fusion'' also showcases the warnings of playing god and government corruption.
*''[[Punch-Out!!]]'' series: Pro-American dream, as the player, as Little Mac, a rookie boxer from New York, has to fight to the championship to acquire the title of world champion of boxing.
* ''Cooking Mama'' series: A charming cooking series that utilizes the mechanics of the games system's mechanics to teach cooking. Does favor traditional gender roles with the title character, Mama, an enthusiastic chef/stay-at-home mother. This series was "parodied" by [[PETA]] (The parody game is subtitled ''Mama Kills Animals''!) due to the series including meat-based recipes, but the developers, Majesco, exploited the frenetic attention that PETA was gaining with such gore. The series started in 2006 and has been steady releasing games, the most recent being a mobile app game called ''Cooking Mama: Let's Cook!''

==''Paranoid Productions''==
*''The Church In The Darkness'': The game's premise deals with a preacher infiltrating a cult to save their nephew. The antagonistic cult is heavily implied to be based on the cult led by the infamous [[Jim Jones]]. Aside from it condemning the socialist elements as well as being pro-traditional christianity and pro-family, it also has a condemnation of [[social justice warrior]] elements, as the game repeatedly refers to the antagonistic cult as "collective justice warriors."<ref>https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2019/08/the-church-in-the-darkness-gameplay-walkthrough/90218/</ref>

==Sega==
*''Streets of Rage'' series: An anti-crime and anti-gang series in which former police officers fight against a crime syndicate run by a "Mr. X."

==SNK==
*''Metal Slug'' series: Pro-military and pro-American, deals with the main characters trying to fight terrorists of various stripes.
*''Iron Tank'': Unlike its predecessor ''Guerilla War'', this involved an American tank commando trying to take down the Nazis, and is blatantly pro-American.

==Synergestic Software==
*''Super Battleship'': Pro-military strategy game based on the board game Battleship. In addition to the standard game, there is also a story-based mode that has you dealing with several military operations and fighting against enemy fleets (implied by the eagle on the flag to be the Nazis). Teaches the player about the art of strategy.

==Pterodon/Illusion Software==
*''Vietcong'': Promotes American forces in a positive light, and, despite the title of the game, the Vietcong are depicted as villains in this. Overall promotes the [[Vietnam War]].

==Square-Enix==
*''Final Fantasy:'' The first game in the franchise has a simple tale of Good vs. Evil.
*''Final Fantasy IV:'' Promotes the concept of redemption, and showcases a clear message of good vs. evil.

==Capcom==
*''194X'' series: Despite being made by the Japanese developer Capcom, this series of scrolling shooters has the player playing as and American Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighting in the Pacific War.
*''Devil May Cry'' Series: Has messages about stopping demonic forces of hell and protecting humanity/having a heart with pro-family themes throughout the 5 games.
*''Mega Man ZX'' series: Has a significant condemnation of [[Social Darwinism]] in the form of Serpent and Master Albert, and also has a condemnation of homosexuality in the form of Rospark the Floroid. Also depicts terrorism in a very negative light.
*Final Fight: Pro-family and anti-crime. Metro City's new mayor, Mike Haggar, vows to get tough on crime. In response, the city's infamous "Mad Gear" gang kidnaps Haggar's daughter, Jessica and demands that he "just let us do what we want to like the old mayor did," implying that the old mayor was in collusion with the Mad Gears. Mike Haggar, Jessica's boyfriend Cody, and Cody's friend Guy take to the streets and fight through the Mad Gear gang to rescue Jessica. The ending shows Mike embracing his daughter, comforting her after her traumatic experience with him saying "I thought I'd lose you the way I lost your mother" and Jessica responding "I love you, Daddy."

==Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.==
*''Ace Combat 04:Shattered Skies'': Pro-military and has the player fighting against a fictional fascist regime. The last mission has heavy Christian symbolism. Megalith, a superweapon designed to alter the course of asteroids to any target on Earth, has been activated by rogue military officers, and has the weapon direct asteroids to the continent. The falling of the asteroids images one of the events in the Book of Revelations. The mission to destroy Megalith symbolizes the sacrifice of Jesus: the superweapon itself is shaped like a crucifix (a symbol of death), Megalith is a stone used to sacrifice animals and to create tombs. To destroy Megalith, the player has to fly inside the superweapon and destroy the generators and missiles inside. This symbolizes Jesus sacrificing his life as the Lamb of God to save mankind from their sins as the player is "sacrificing" his life to stop the asteroids killing civilians. Indeed, the background music is a repeated Latin chorus which is translated as:

''Lamb of God,
''who take away the sins of the world
''Grant them rest.

The destruction of the superweapon by the player symbolizes the defeat of death by Christ, with the AWACS officer remarking, "Heroes really do exist. We've just seen one, and now he's coming home." As he says this, sunlight breaks through the clouds, and the player flies towards them as he returns to base, symbolizing Christ's Ascension.

==Rockstar==
*''L.A. Noir'': Despite being made by Rockstar, L.A. Noir places the character in the role of a detective rather than a criminal. The player investigates murders and collects evidence, interrogates witnesses and suspects while chasing down criminals. The player also has the option of stopping street crime during the game at random intervals. L.A. Noir stresses using intelligence and insight to solve crimes rather than commit them as done in other games. This is the only Rockstar game which doesn't use violence except in the furtherance of stopping a crime against an innocent party. The player is rewarded for capturing a suspect rather than appealing to violence as a first consideration.

==Paradox Interactive==
* ''Crusader Kings III'': This is a Role-playing game that takes place during the [[Medieval Age]] in Europe, North [[Africa]], and the [[Middle East]]. This period is famous for its piousness and devotion to the principles of God, as in opposition to the [[Islamic]] values of sin that first arose in the Early Modern period due to the invention of the printing press. It also promotes true conservative values like fighting [[Islam]] and converting the religion of heathens. The game also includes a complex marriage system that punishes characters that choose to be homosexual and promotes developments such as incest in order to create a pure bloodline, a goal accomplished by the conservative [[Habsburg]] dynasty in real history.
* ''Hearts of Iron 4'': This is a World War Two era strategy game that features very complex gameplay. The game was attacked by the [[CCP]] for it's accurate depiction of [[Tibet]], [[Manchuria]], and [[East Turkestan]] as independent countries before the Chinese invasions of each. The game's ''Man the Guns'' expansion was also heavily criticized for its accurate depiction of [[Democratic Socialism]] as a buzzword for [[communism]]. ''Hearts of Iron 4'' also features a positive depiction of [[Catholics]] and a negative depiction of [[Atheists]]. The game also recognizes Communism and Fascism as having the same inherent government form, [[Totalitarianism]]. ''Hearts of Iron 4'' was attacked by the leftist site [[Kotuku]] for allowing a player made modification that featured a positive depiction of [[Christianity]] and a negative depiction of [[Islamic Terrorism]].

==Mojang==
*''Minecraft'': [[Minecraft]] was created by a lone computer programmer, outside of any major studio (a [[best of the public]] approach to game development), and later sold to Microsoft for $1 Billion. The game could probably be best described as an electronic form of Lego but vastly more complex. Game play is very simple, the player is dropped into a randomly generated world and must mine resources and craft tools and other items. Despite the simplicity of play the game can be used to create extremely complex circuitry and other types of constructions. The game contains no violence (outside of occasionally battling cartoonish enemies during the night hours), no swearing or sex. The game is hugely popular and has a dedicated following proving games do not have to be violent to be popular. Minecraft also has an education pack which is used to teach children about science, history, biology and other subjects<ref>https://education.minecraft.net/class-resources/lessons/</ref>

==Rocksteady Studios==
*''Batman: Arkham'' series: In these games the player plays as Batman to defeat enemies like The Joker, Poison Ivy, Bane and other villains from the the Batman universe. The game stresses no violence and preferring players to use their wits to hide and stalk enemies rather than engaging in immediate violence. While you do need to defeat enemies physically in many circumstances Batman never kills anyone - preferring to knock enemies out and leave them to be captured by police. Also portrays capitalism in a positive light, due to Lucius Fox being a frequent ally in ''Arkham Knight'' and to a lesser extent ''Arkham City''.

==Debatable whether Conservative==
===Indie/Small Developers===
• Undertale: On one hand, it teaches the importance of core Christian values such as mercy and compassion by discouraging killing characters, and instead solving conflicts non-violently. On the other hand, it involves homosexual and bisexual relationships, some of which may involve the player character (who is 12 years of age) depending on what dialogue choices the player makes.
===Capcom===
*Resident Evil series: The games generally have a subtle anti-capitalist and anti-American agenda (with one of the protagonists in ''Resident Evil 3: Nemesis'', Carlos, being a communist rebel according to the game's Japanese version, and some versions of ''Resident Evil 5'' have a secret conversation between the game's protagonists, Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar, where the former denounces America due to it being capitalist.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA-aH1K_zBU</ref>). However, it also has a condemnation against social Darwinism and eugenics, as most of the main villains in the franchise tended to promote some form of eugenics as well as social Darwinism as their motives. In addition, one of the protagonists, Barry Burton, was implied in the English localization to be a member of the [[National Rifle Association]], and the games also to some extent featured pro-family messaging, as Barry Burton was shown to be very loyal to his family, and the character Claire Redfield is depicted as being loyal to her brother Chris, spending Resident Evil 2 trying to find him and in Code Veronica refuses to allow Albert Wesker to harm him. The games also showcase government corruption in a scarily realistic and negative light in the form of Albert Wesker (who was a former police officer in the first ''Resident Evil'') and Brian Irons (the police chief for the Raccoon City Police Department in ''Resident Evil 2''). Resident Evil 4 also has a condemnation against pagan religions in the form of the Los Illuminados (which is Spanish for "The Enlightened Ones", and may subtly condemn the Illuminati), and the game ''Umbrella Chronicles'' has a possible negative depiction of Communism, or at the very least Soviet-style communism, as one of the main antagonists of that game, Sergei Vladimir, is depicted as an unrepentant former Soviet soldier who in one of the in-game files is strongly implied to have ultimately desired the restoration of the Soviet state.
*''Dead Rising 2'' and ''Dead Rising 2: Off the Record'': Although it has largely the same plotline as in the first ''Dead Rising'', it also to some extent is pro-family, due to the main character trying to save his daughter from infection. In addition, unlike the first or third main entries to the series, the hidden antagonist is not a military person, but instead a former rapper and TV executive who orchestrated the entire outbreak to boost ratings as well as steal wealth, acting as a subtle condemntation to [[Hollywood values]].

===Electronic Arts===
*The Sims (and sequels): Promotes conservative values such as marriage, hard work, the raising of children, law and order, [[capitalism]], and private property ownership<ref>In the SimCity spinoff, the player is expected to build a city, which requires such.</ref>, but it also promotes other things that are anti-conservative, such as homosexual relationships and extramarital sexual relationships, and also has an implicit anti-military message due to there being negative aspects included with building military bases.<ref>In the SimCity spinoff, one option is a military base, but doing so comes with "higher crime" requiring increased police presence.</ref>. An afterlife exists in the game, but not in a Christian sense. The game was created by an [[atheist]].

===Frontier Developments===
*''Jurassic World Evolution'': A spiritual sequel to ''Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis'' from 2001, this game takes the player across the Muerto Archipelago - a chain of tropical islands off the coast of Costa Rica - as they build dinosaur parks for the public. In a way, it promotes capitalism, showing that the park cannot operate without money, requiring the player to build shops, complete contracts to earn rewards, and create fully-cloned dinosaurs to bring in more money and build up the parks. On the other hand, it also promotes the pro-cloning message from the films ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' and ''Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'', though Ian Malcolm from the movies does warn the player about the consequences of creating dinosaurs. Three DLCS include "The Secrets of Dr. Wu", "Claire's Sanctuary", and "Return to Jurassic Park", as well as having different upgrades and new dinosaurs added with them. A sequel called ''Jurassic World Evolution 2'' was released in November 2021, taking place after the events of ''Fallen Kingdom''.
*''Jurassic World Evolution 2'': The 2021 sequel to ''Jurassic World Evolution''- which itself is a spiritual sequel to 2001's ''Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis'' - takes the player to different biomes across the United States of America as they build dinosaur parks for the public. It takes place after the film ''Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'', which starts the age of dinosaurs living alongside mankind. Like its predecessor, it promotes capitalism, showing that the park cannot operate without money, requiring the player to build shops, complete contracts to earn rewards, and create fully-cloned dinosaurs to bring in more money and build up the parks. On the other hand, it also promotes the pro-cloning message from the films ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' and ''Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'', though Ian Malcolm from the movies does warn the player about the consequences of creating dinosaurs.

===Koei Tecmo===
*''Dead or Alive 6'': The game features some left wing elements (presumably due to some bullying by the higher-ups such as Tom Lee and Yohei Shimbori), including having Tina imply at one point that one of her goals as governor was to implement big government policies in a conversation with Zack, and the new character Diego is implied to be a socialist due to his bitterly inferring the tournament only exists to "entertain rich people". However, some of the more conservative elements from the games was still retained such as the pro-family messaging (Ryu Hayabusa while sparring with Hayate assures him that his sister Kasumi was safe, referring to an ambush by MIST on her life earlier that Hayabusa stopped, Helena making clear that Kokoro's the only family she has left when the latter was about to leave over the revelation that the two are half-sisters, and Diego's concern for his implied terminally ill mother. In addition, the final battle of the game has Kasumi, Ayane, and Hayate confronting their revived murderous uncle (and in Ayane's case, illegitimate father), Raidou, with Ayane's involvement being implied to be due to wanting to avenge her newly-discovered paternal half-sister, Honoka, who was left in critical condition due to her as well as Ayane being forcibly used by NiCO to revive him.). In addition, the game also has a condemnation of infidelity, as one of the lore bits implied that Helena's and Kokoro's father's womanizing habits is ultimately part of the reason he got killed. There's also a statement against the [[Idea of Progress]] philosophy, as the character NiCO embodies this philosophy regarding her use of unethical experiments, and Helena after NiCO was revealed to have attempted to revive her murdered mother Maria calls her out on it, even explicitly stating that even if science were to find a way to revive the dead, something like that should not ever be embraced.
*''Dead or Alive Xtreme'' series: A beach vacation spinoff for the ''Dead or Alive'' series. The ''Xtreme'' games include some softcore elements such as a pole dancing minigame as well as girls being implied to change in front of the player in ''Xtreme 3'', and it does feature some gambling. One of the characters, Kanna, also is a Japanese Oni and resembles a demon. However, series creator Tomonobu Itagaki indicated his primary intent for the game was merely to have the characters enjoying a vacation, not necessarily to promote softcore elements. In addition, regarding the game ''Xtreme Venus Vacation'', although the character Tamaki is heavily implied to be bisexual as well as an alcoholic, her more girl-obsessed and lewd elements were not treated in a particularly positive light based on the other girls being wary of her when interacting with her as well as Helena, her closest acquaintance, admitting that was a frequent problem of Tamaki's. The game also has a condemnation of feminism as well, as the character Nagisa was shown to initially have distaste for the Owner partly via feminist rhetoric, though she gradually changes her views on the Owner during her character arc. Three of the characters in that game, Fiona (who is heavily implied to be a Princess from Europe, presumably Great Britain due to comments made by her regarding schools having morning and noon tea times as well as modeling a swimsuit after the Christmas Tree Fairy.), Sayuri (a Japanese nurse), and Koharu (a Japanese girl who aspires to become an innkeeper due to her family background) are also depicted in a traditionally feminine manner. The games also retain the more pro-family elements from the original to a certain extent, as ''Xtreme 2'' had Ayane arriving at the island while going after Kasumi, with the implication being that she wished to patch things up with her half-sister, and both Kasumi and Ayane as well as Helena and Kokoro were shown to get along very well (with it also being heavily implied that Kokoro wished to have a long chat with Helena regarding their half-sibling status in one episode), and part of Nagisa's reasons for participating in the festival was in part to help her sister Misaki. In addition, the concept of chivalry is promoted, as you lose bonding points if you peek too soon during the aforementioned clothes changing element or gifting the girls any lewd outfits, and the owner of the island a few times refuses to take advantage of several girls even when he had the upper hand (for instance, not taking advantage of a drunken Tamaki in one episode, and forfeiting a poker game despite having the winning hand in order to avoid forcing Monica to strip per the pre-established rules of the game in another episode). The game ''Xtreme Venus Vacation'' also has an implicit promotion of capitalism, as Misaki when describing the objective of the owner of the island explicitly states that he needs to turn the island into the ultimate beach resort. The title of one of the Christmas events is also one of the few instances to explicitly reference the point of Christmas being to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ due to it being titled "Dreams of Holy Night."

===Konami===
*''Metal Gear Solid''/''Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes'': Although the first game does have condemnation towards Cloning and genetic engineering, and also has (albeit unintentionally) a pro-life/anti-abortion message due to Liquid Snake, when describing the process of the Les Enfants Terribles' creation, in particular its use of abortion to encourage fetal growth, explicitly labeling it as murder (although in that case, he attributed the act of murder more to himself and his brother Solid Snake, both byproducts of the project, than to the people actually responsible for the Super Baby Method), as well as promoting the concept of redemption to some extent, and also paints terrorism in an appropriately bad light, it at the same time is rife with anti-Americanism among both heroes and villains (although obviously not to the same extent as in later entries) as well as pushing an anti-nuclear and anti-war agenda, both of which seemed to focus more on America doing so than other countries, in particular Russia and China (specifically, the character Nastasha Romanenko, a member of NEST, spent most of her time condemning America for using nuclear weapons or even using nuclear power at all, and giving very little, if any criticism towards Russia and China for their having nukes, despite the fact that the event that caused her to hold a strong hatred for nukes, Chernobyl, having originated from within the Soviet bloc).
**''Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'': The game does have anti-American elements per the standard of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise, with the main villain being an American politician who intended to jumpstart a war to restore America, and Raiden and Courtney also give slight references to Occupy Wall Street and their 1% rhetoric. On the other hand, it also condemns far-left ideologies such as Communism, in particular the Khmer Rouge, as one of the villains, Monsoon, was a survivor of the Khmer Rouge's genocidal actions in Cambodia, with his more villainous and amoral nature being directly derived from that event, and it also condemns nihilism via Monsoon as well. It also has a slight promotion of Capitalism, as one of Raiden's allies, a former East German scientist by the name of Wilhelm Voigt, and better known as Doktor, at one point says "Ich Liebus Capitalismus", which translated to "I Love Capitalism."

===Radical Games===
*''The Simpsons Hit and Run'': Although there are some liberal themes, such as Marge's crusade against Bonestorm-an implied violent video game-being depicted in a negative light, some characters engaging in lawlessness in a similar manner to ''Grand Theft Auto'', and one of the later chapters for the game having the main antagonists supply the townspeople with ray guns as well as tainted cola in a way that could be interpreted as supporting gun control, it also had several conservative messages, namely pro-family, as two of the chapters dealt with Lisa and Marge trying to find Bart after he went missing and trying to find out the cause behind his addled behavior, and later attempting to stop the production of Buzz Cola due to its effects on Bart, respectively, the first chapter and most of the game features a condemnation towards mass surveillance due to the presence of surveillance vans and wasp cameras and their being treated in a clear negative light, especially in a matter that isn't essential to stopping a threat, and is also anti-Hollywood values due to the main antagonists, aliens by the name of Kang and Kodos, deliberately trying to cause a ruckus in Springfield, including the aforementioned distribution of ray guns and tainted Buzz Cola to cause a shootout and later reanimating the dead via Buzz Cola, plus using the wasp cameras and surveillance vans all in an attempt to boost ratings of their reality show "Foolish Earthlings," which as the title implies deals with depicting various people of Earth, in particular Springfield, doing various stupid actions. Also has a rarity in the franchise where nuclear power is actually depicted in a positive light due to it ultimately being the only thing that stopped Kang and Kodos's alien invasion. There is also a humorous condemnation towards gun-free school zones, as during the same level that Bart has to stop the distribution of ray guns to the populace at Squidport, Principal Skinner explicitly references the no-gun policy among students at Springfield Elementary when confiscating Bart's ray gun, despite Bart making clear he only needed the gun to supply evidence towards an evil plot.

===Activision===
*Call of Duty 2: Like most entries in the franchise, it ultimately promotes American values and the military, as well as the British during World War II as well. However, at least one of the main campaigns depicts the Soviets in a positive manner due to it focusing on the Battle of Stalingrad.
*Call of Duty World at War: Like Call of Duty 2, it promotes the American military, but also has a Soviet campaign. Unlike COD 2, though, it portrays the Russians more realistically as cruel, brutal and merciless towards the Nazis. It also depicts a Russian Commissar encouraging this brutality. This game is one of the few World War II games to depict the Pacific War against Japan and the first mission accurately portrays the Japanese cruelty towards POWs. The events are also historically inaccurate as the Marines are depicted taking Shuri Castle, which was done by the Army, not the Marines.

===Bethesda Software===
*''The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim'': Inspired by conservative novels such as ''Lord of the Rings'', ''Beowulf'', and ''The Chronicles of Narnia'', this game in the ''Elder Scrolls'' series tells about the player being prophesized as a "Dragonborn" (a being with the body of a mortal and the soul of a dragon) to do battle with the dark dragon Alduin and delay the end of the world. In the midst of the crisis is an ongoing civil war between the rebel Stormcloaks led by Ulfric Stormcloak and the Imperial Legion. Like the other games in the series, this game has conservative messages just like them. Such messages include redemption and striving to do good when the great white dragon Paarthurnax is revealed to have once been Alduin's second-in-command but has since tamed his more savage nature to be at peace with the mysterious Greybeards and other humans, asking "What is better: to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?" Both sides in the civil war have valid reasons for their actions: The Legion that is stationed in Skyrim wants a united empire to stand against the high elves, and the Stormcloaks want Skyrim to be more independent from the empire, similar to the colonists from the [[American Revolution]]. That said, however, it also engages in a few liberal themes, including an option for same-sex "marriages" and a promotion of feminism (including a high-ranking female "legates", the game's equivalent of a colonel, with the females being given a more masculine design).
*''Fallout 4'': Part of the apocalyptic ''Fallout'' series, the player (a soldier for a male character, a lawyer for a female character) is cryogenically frozen, witnessing his/her infant son being kidnapped. They awaken two hundred years later in post-apocalyptic Boston, Massachusetts (called the Commonwealth) and embark on a journey to find their son, joined by new friends and various factions. The game portrays friendship and other virtues like courage well, as shown with the well-meaning but harsh Brotherhood of Steel. The Minutemen - initially led by Preston Garvey - are shown to be altruistic patriots, ready to defend other people and preserve freedom for the Commonwealth; they even have a motto saying "Freedom at a minute's notice". Family is also promoted in several ways: The player is searching for their son who is kidnapped as a baby, reporter Piper Wright and her sister Nat work together as a team in journalism, and MacCready wanders the Commonwealth in search of a cure for his sick son. The player even has the choices of doing good, like defending settlements from attack or giving money or supplies to the needy, and several companions (including Piper and synth detective Nick Valentine) will praise the player for their good choices. However, the game does condemn nuclear weapons; even a companion named Deacon believes this about weapons of any kind: "Guns don't solve problems, they just create more". Players can even choose to be involved in a homosexual relationship with companions of the same sex, and a minor character and a Miss Nanny robot fall in love and marry. Like having the choice to do good, the player can also choose to do harmful things like murder or stealing, which other companions (like Courser X6-88 and super mutant Strong) will commend them for. The DLC called "Nuka World" (taking place in a soda-based amusement park) has the option of leading a violent band of raiders on a mission to subdue the Commonwealth; this, however, is also up to the player, who can wipe out the raiders instead.

===Nintendo===
*''Metroid: Other M:'' Although largely part of the Metroid series and retaining some of its more conservative elements (namely, the promotion of parenthood and condemning the concept of playing god), the game was rather infamous for several criticisms it experienced in the game, namely the characterization of Adam Malkovich and his relationship with Samus due to it coming across more as promoting an abusive relationship (such as Adam shooting Samus in the back before sacrificing himself). The game, unlike in the Prime series, also depicts the military in a more negative manner, as a flashback had Samus being restrained from turning her back on Adam despite her intention being to save Ian, his brother, from death, as well as one of the more controversial elements of the game being the authorization element which at one point has Adam failing to actually authorize the Varia Suit to allow Samus to traverse through a superheated area despite it nearly killing her until a long while afterward, and also had as its main plot a conspiracy to weaponized Metroids at the order of the Federation military (as well as having someone within Samus's group attempt to assassinate each of the members in order to silence them to any potential discoveries to the conspiracy in question via the character The Deleter).
*''Animal Crossing: New Leaf:'' Though it does replace holidays [[Christmas]] and [[Easter]] with the more politically correct "Toy Day" and "Bunny Day" respectfully, as well as some 'environmentally friendly' Public Works Projects (the latter of which are optional), the main ideals of ''Animal Crossing'' shine through, mainly the ideals of friendship, responsibility (since in this game, you become the mayor) and innocence are treated with respect. Shows [[capitalism]] in a positive light in Tom Nook, a kind-hearted (now-wealthy) raccoon (tanuki in original Japanese) who has opened Nook's Homes, leaving his store to his budding salesmen nephews, Timmy and Tommy (though some villagers theorise that they are not Tom Nook's nephews, instead believing them to be orphans that he adopted). Also shows [[marriage]] and family in a positive light, in characters Reese and Cyrus, a pair of married alpacas who run the Re-Tail recycling/refurbishing shop, and the Able Sisters clothing store, run by hedgehog sisters Mabel, Sable and Labelle, the latter of which has returned home after a bad fight with oldest sister Sable prior to the original game but has since come home, and the turtle (kappa in Japan) Kapp'n, a motorboat driver, who since the previous game married long-time sweetheart Leilani and they have a daughter named Leila. The mayor's secretary, Isabelle, an eager and positive shi-tsu, is also the antithesis to a modern [[feminist]], as well Lottie, a very feminine and sweet-natured otter employee of Nook's Homes (only shows up after the Welcome Amiibo update, however) That being said, however, in the Valentine's Day events, Isabelle can be depicted as having a crush on the player character regardless of gender (though said player is not allowed to pursue a relationship with her, or any other animal character for that matter), as well as the character of the fashionista giraffe Gracie, who while female in most translations of the game, is a effeminate male named Grace in the original Japanese. In addition, due to the options to create your own outfits and paintings, at least one person had created and showcased a T-shirt modeled after [[Che Guevara]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20141009074917/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/51860/features/thank-kk-its-friday/?page=2</ref>

===Pterodon/Illusion Software===
*''Vietcong 2'': Although like its predecessor, it ultimately portrays American involvement in Vietnam as a positive, and depicts the Vietcong in the main story as the bad guys, there is an additional mode that features the player playing as the Vietcong and them being portrayed in a more positive manner.

===Ubisoft===
*Assassins Creed 3: The Assassins help the American Revolution by killing the Templar leaders of the British. However, a DLC came out for the game that has you kill all of the [[Founding Fathers]].
*''Far Cry 5'': Set in the Montana countryside, a deputy is tasked with bringing a violent cult to justice with help from the locals. One of the characters helping the player is a Christian pastor named Jerome Jeffries, who encourages his fellow churchgoers to have faith and not give in to the cult. Richard "Dutch" Roosevelt, another supporting character who tasks the player of uniting the citizens of Hope County against the cult, has a distrust for big government. The game also occasionally pokes fun at liberals and the left-wing agenda, as well as painting the [[Second Amendment]] in a positive light through the locals arming themselves to fight the cult. However, the villainous cult is Christian (though they could be considered not true Christians due to doing the opposite of what Jesus Christ had taught), while the previous game villains were more politically neutral: a psychotic pirate, an atheistic dictator, and a sun-worshiping chieftain.

===Square-Enix===
*''Final Fantasy II:'' In initial releases for the game, the game had an undeniably pro-Christian element to the games, and also condemned Satanic worshippers and totalitarianism in the form of the game's main villain Emperor Mateus Palamecia, who explicitly goes to Hell when he dies and tries to take over the world with the powers he gained from Hell. However, the remakes starting with the GBA version added in a new mode called "Dawn of Souls" which has the killed party members fighting against the Emperor's light half who took over Heaven, which could be interpreted as an anti-Christian message.
*''Final Fantasy VI:'' Promotes parenthood due to Terra Branford becoming a mother figure for the Mobliz orphans late into the game, which also had her learning the concept of love, and also showcases the horrors of totalitarian ideologies in the form of the Gestahlian Empire, and also offers a condemnation of [[nihilism]] in the form of the game's main antagonist Kefka Palazzo (who is depicted in a similar manner to [[Joker (comics)|the Joker]] from the Batman franchise). However, Terra also makes a more relativistic remark when trying to refute Kefka regarding finding meanings in things.
*''Final Fantasy VII:'' Promotes the concept of redemption and condemns unethical science in the form of Professor Hojo as well as his creation Sephiroth (who ironically is voiced in the English versions by George Newbern, who portrayed [[Superman]]), but on the other hand, it also has a more anti-Capitalist view on things with Shin-Ra, the main antagonists, being a corporation, and is hinted to promote environmentalism due to the main protagonists being eco-terrorists.

===Rockstar North===
*''Bully:'' Despite coming from the same developers ultra-liberal series ''Grand Theft Auto'' and ''Midnight Club'', this game can be seen to show the dangers of high school cliques as well as bullies. However, the game's main protagonist, Jimmy Hopkins, can be quite a jerk himself and still gets involved in fights with bullies and high school cliques. The game has also been criticized by conservatives because it is possible for the player to engage the protagonist in homosexual relationships.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.neoseeker.com/news/6237-bully-under-spotlight-for-homosexual-content/|title=Bully Under Spotlight For "Homosexual" Content|author=Leo Chan|date=2006-10-24|accessdate=2019-03-08|work=Neoseeker|publisher=Neo Era Media, Inc.}}</ref>
*''Red Dead Redemption'': In the last days of the Old West in 1911, former outlaw John Marston is tasked by a corrupt government official to hunt down his former gang members (Bill Williamson, Javier Esquella, and Dutch Van der Linde) in exchange for getting his wife and son back. The game promotes the importance of family in the form of John trying to work hard to be with his family again, even trying to spend time with his son Jack and saving him from a [[brown bear]]; there is also traditional marriage being upheld, for John will refuse to sleep with prostitutes and remains loyal to his wife Abigail. It condemns government corruption through main villain Edgar Ross, who wants all of John's former gang destroyed to get all the glory for it, to the point where he has his army kill John in spite of promising to leave the latter alone once his job is done and is even rewarded for it. It also promotes doing good like donating to a nunnery, helping people (ranging from rescuing people from gangs or wild animals to just fetching items for them), and doing jobs for them; heroism is even portrayed positively, as legendary gunslinger Landon Ricketts singlehandedly keeps peace in Chuparosa while repelling its enemies. However, the player also has the option of doing bad things like murder, theft, and robbery. There is even a hint of [[bestiality]] when a minor character marries his horse Lucy, though the main character is rightfully flabbergasted at the reveal that the man's lost love is a horse.
*''Red Dead Redemption 2'': Set 12 years before the events of ''Red Dead Redemption'', this prequel game explores how the Dutch Van Der Linde gang had fallen, in the point of view of Arthur Morgan, one of Dutch's righthand men. Over the course of the game, the gang changes in so many ways that makes Arthur think over his past and future choices as well as question Dutch's increasingly reckless decisions. As the title of the two games suggests, it promotes redemption in the form of Arthur helping John Marston and his family escape the collapsing gang at the cost of his own life (whether from succumbing to tuberculosis or being murdered by main villain Micah Bell, which depends on whether the player has high or low honor). [[Hunting]] is portrayed positively while [[poaching]] is negatively shown, the latter showing half black/half [[Native American]] Charles Smith being angered at the sight of two poachers leaving intact [[bison]] carcasses to rot and killing one of the poachers. Like the previous game, the game shows doing good deeds, heroism, and family (whether it be with the Marston family or most of the Dutch Van Der Linde gang) in a good light. However, also like the first game, the player have a choice of doing bad things like murder, theft, and robbery, as well as the protagonist being in a gang of infamous bandits even if the player gets high honor. Dutch himself is portrayed as an early communist, believing in redistributing wealth as they steal from the rich and give to the poor, based on the [[Jacobin]] version of [[Robin Hood]] as portrayed by [[Joseph Ritson]]. Feminism is also promoted in a way by the character of the widow Sadie Adler, who insists of doing more work than helping with cooking; it's further shown when she later fights off and kills three men at once on her own in spite of a physical disadvantage.

===id Software===
*''Doom:'' The game casts satanic demons and monsters as the villains (although like most media, it depicts demons inaccurately). However, the game is controversial for its extreme violence and satanic imagery.

==Debatable Whether Great==
===Multiple Parties===
*''Home Alone'': A video game adaptation of the greatest conservative film of the same name, retaining many of its themes. However, the NES game has poor graphics and shallow gameplay.
*''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'': A video game adaptation of the greatest conservative film of the same name, and retains many of its themes. However, it takes many liberties with the source material and has very flawed game design.
==See also==
*[[Essay:Worst Liberal Video Games]]

==References==
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[[Category:Essays]]
[[Category:Video Games]]

Essay: Worst Liberal Books

2021-12-08T04:27:56Z

ChemMajor: added some bad liberal books

Book stores and libraries are home to books laden with [[liberal bias]] and [[falsehood]]s. Although all of the following contain at least some amount of fiction, we have divided them into those published as non-fiction and those published as fiction.

==Published as Non-fiction==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Title
!Author(s)
!Summary
|-
|''The Audacity of Hope''
|[[Barack Obama]]
|[[Barack Hussein Obama]], then a Senator of Illinois, wrote this autobiography to manipulate Americans into voting for him.
|-
|''The Authoritarian Personality''
|[[Theodor Adorno]]
|Written by leftist [[Theodor Adorno]] of the [[Frankfurt School]], the book was notorious for further falsely conflating [[fascism]] as being of the right, rather than being truly of the left.
|-
|''The Case Against Lyndon Johnson in the Assassination of President Kennedy''
|Joachim Joestein (attributed)
|As indicated by the title, the book was written to implicate then-President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in the assassination of [[John F. Kennedy]] via the CIA. The book was yet another addition to the ongoing KGB disinformation campaign to deflect any suspicions about JFK's assassination from themselves.
|-
|''A Citizen’s Dissent'' (1968)
|Mark Lane
|Like above, it implies that Lyndon Johnson and the CIA had been involved in Kennedy's assassination for the same reasons as above.
|-
|''Civilization and its Discontents'' (1930)
|[[Sigmund Freud]]
|This book by a staunchly atheist psychology author claims religion does not allow individual thinking, which is ironic considering how totalitarian atheist states like [[North Korea]] don't allow it.
|-
|''[[The Communist Manifesto]]''
|[[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]]
|Karl Marx's most notorious book inspired Communist atrocities that killed millions.
|-
|''Das Kapital''
|[[Karl Marx]]
|Karl Marx continues his attacks on capitalism and the free market.
|-
|''Disaster Capitalism''
|Naomi Klein
|Socialism and statist environmentalism are heralded, while capitalism is vilified
|-
|''Earth in the Balance''
|[[Al Gore]]
|Environmentalist Al Gore wrote this shortly before he was elected Vice President in June 1992.
|-
|''[[The End of Faith]]''
|[[Sam Harris]]
|It amounts to nothing more than hate speech and propaganda for [[New Atheism]].
|-
|''Fast Food Nation''
|Eric Schlosser
|The book dehumanizes fast food chains such as McDonald's, Taco Bell, etc. and accuses them of animal cruelty and environmental violations.
|-
|''Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House''
|Michael Wolff
|The book is nothing more than an attack piece on the Trump presidency, with not only Trump and his cabinet denouncing the book as "complete fiction" and a complete fabrication, but even various leftist reviewers dismissing it as tabloid material.
|-
|''[[The God Delusion]]''
|[[Richard Dawkins]]
|Richard Dawkins rambles incoherent thoughts about Creation.
|-
|''[[God Is Not Great]]''
|[[Christopher Hitchens]]
|The author goes off on yet another atheist tract denouncing God.
|-
|''The History of Sexuality''
|[[Michel Foucault]]
|Blatantly promotes the homosexual agenda, and also engages in obvious historical revisionism (in particular, his view of ''mores'' in Ancient Greece is widely inaccurate).
|-
|''Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media''
|[[Noam Chomsky]] and Edward S. Herman
|The authors claim that conservatives control the media, not realizing the reverse is true.
|-
|''[[Mein Kampf]]''
|[[Adolf Hitler]]
|This autobiography of the [[National Socialist]] chancellor of Germany inspired Nazi atrocities that lead to the [[Holocaust]] and the death of at least six million Jews. The leadership in Communist [[North Korea]] enjoys this book as well in spite of widespread denials<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/06/19/nkorea-leader-gives-hitler-mein-kampf-to-officials/ N.Korea leader gives Hitler's Mein Kampf to officials] at Fox News</ref>, and it has been published in the Islamic world under the name ''My Jihad''.<ref>[http://christianaction.org/news/http/pamelagellercom/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/screen-shot-2014-01-12-at-14520-pmpng Hitler's ''Mein Kampf'' Becomes Best Seller Again] - as reported by [[Pamela Geller]], "“Mein Kampf,” or “My Jihad” in Arabic (“my struggle’ in English), has been a number one bestseller in Muslim countries for years. It’s a bestseller in Turkey and Bangladesh."</ref><ref>[https://www.jihadwatch.org/2005/03/mein-kampf-becomes-bestseller-in-turkey ''Mein Kampf'' becomes bestseller in Turkey] at Jihad Watch</ref><ref>[http://www.crethiplethi.com/mein-kampf-best-seller-in-muslim-bangladesh/english/2009/ ''Mein Kampf'': Best seller in Muslim Bangladesh]</ref><ref>[http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/muslim-migrants-overrun-germany-hitlers-mein-kampf-rockets-1-bestseller-list/ As Muslim Migrants Overrun Germany, Hitler's ''Mein Kampf'' Rockets to #1 on Bestseller List]</ref><ref>[http://www.billionbibles.org/sharia/hitler-muslim-brotherhood.html Adolph Hitler & Muslim Brotherhood]</ref>
|-
|''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil''
|John Berendt
|This novel has multiple LGBT characters and contains hidden messages against capitalism and for environmentalism.
|-
|''Nuremberg and Vietnam: An American Tragedy''
|Telford Taylor
|This anti-American and anti-War novel, as implied by the title, was written by the author (who had himself previously participated in the [[Nuremberg Trials]]) in a deliberate attempt to connect the actions of American soldiers during the Vietnam War to that of German National Socialist war criminals and strongly implying that they should be tried as such. This is despite glaring errors and contradictions in his analysis, some of which ironically enough also relate to the Nuremberg Trials he himself had participated in.<ref>https://uakron.edu/dotAsset/ca5946e8-b2d6-43f9-a5ea-b6b98d73a461.pdf</ref>
|-
|''Of Life Before All Things''
|Pierre Simon
|Don't let the title fool you into thinking it promotes [[pro-life]] measures, the book was written as a tract specifically to promote the legalization of abortion, and there is also evidence to suggest that the author, Simon, had been involved in Simone Veil's infamous legalization of "loi Veil", the law legalizing abortion in France.<ref>https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/france-mourns-the-loss-of-a-politician-who-wrote-countrys-abortion-law</ref>
|-
|''On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life''
|[[Charles Darwin]]
|The book that started modern secular liberalism pushes an anti-religious, evolutionist view of life.
|-
|''Oswald: Assassin or Fall-Guy?''
|Joachim Joestein (Germany)<br />Carlo Aldo Marzani (USA)
|As implied by the title, this was written after the assassination of [[John F. Kennedy]]. The book was deliberately written to mask Soviet involvement with the assassination of JFK and in particular Oswald's Marxist ties, as part of a KGB-orchestrated disinformation campaign to conceal Communist involvement in JFK's assassination. Specifically, it stated without proof that [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] had been an FBI agent provocateur with a CIA background. Its author, Joachim Joestein, was a member of the German Communist Party, and its publishing was done by a KGB front company, Marzani and Munsell, and one of its founders, Carlo Aldo Marzani, was a former American Communist party member as well as a KGB agent, not to mention received subsidies of $672,000 in 1960s currency from the Central Committee of the Communist Party.
|-
|''Oswald: The Truth''
|Joachim Joestein (attributed)
|See ''The Case Against Lyndon Johnson in the Assassination of President Kennedy'' above, as well as similar works.
|-
|''[[A People's History of the United States]]''
|[[Howard Zinn]]
|This leftist tirade against all things traditionally American gives a completely exaggerated and historically revisionist account of the U.S. that implied that it has a history of being imperialistic and irredeemably evil.
|-
|''Plain Words''
|Andrea Salsedo and Roberto Elia
|This pamphlet advocates class warfare, terrorism, anarchy, and mass murder. It was infamously used as the calling card against various important figures and institutions during the 1919 anarchist bombings.
|-
|''Public Opinion''
|[[Walter Lippmann]]
|It suggests giving the university system extensive ties to the field of journalism, laying out the blueprint of manipulating the masses via news media (hence the term "manufacturing of consent", which interestingly originated in the book). Is considered one of the works most responsible for the significant presence of leftists within the news industry.
|-
|''Quotations from Chairman Mao''
|[[Mao Zedong]]
|Along with ''The Communist Manifesto'', it's one of the most beloved tracts of [[communism]].
|-
|''[[Rules for Radicals]]'' (1968)
|[[Saul Alinsky]]
|This is the blueprint for subversive community organizing activities by the Left. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are among those notable public figures who made the most use of this book for their insurrectionist actions and crimes against America and the West.
|-
|''Rush to Judgment''
|Mark Lane
|Like ''The Case Against Lyndon Johnson in the Assassination of President Kennedy'' and ''A Citizen's Dissent'' above, the book was written after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and was written for the same reason as above. It specifically pinned the blame on right-wingers and conservatives. The book's author, Mark Lane, was later revealed by the Mitrokhin archive to have received indirect financial aid from the KGB.
|-
|''The Social Contract''
|[[Jean Jacques Rousseau]]
|This directly inspired [[Maximilian Robespierre]] and [[Louis de Saint-Just]]'s [[Reign of Terror]] during the French Revolution, as well as to some extent the [[September Massacres]] by [[Jean-Paul Marat]] shortly beforehand. Plus, it laid the groundwork for totalitarian ideas such as Marxism. It was so notoriously unchristian that, alongside ''Emile, or On Education'', it resulted in not only the book being banned in France as well as Geneva until after the author's death, but also in Rousseau being forced to flee the country and live in exile until returning in 1763 incognito within southeast France. He officially returned in 1770 when the French government lifted his banishment from Paris under the condition that he not publish any more books.<ref>http://www.philosophybasics.com/philosophers_rousseau.html</ref>
|-
|''Steal this Book''
|[[Abbie Hoffman]]
|Aside from the title of the book essentially encouraging people to commit theft, the entire book dealt with promoting the counter-culture of the 1960s, as well as conducting various amoral and illegal behavior. Was also pro-terrorism and pro-drugs (one of the things included in one of the chapters, "Fight!" was growing cannabis). One part even advocated tricking the [[United States Department of the Interior]] into giving someone a free [[Bison|American buffalo]]. Overall, it promoted radical leftist causes. It was notably so controversial that most publishing firms were unwilling to even touch the book, with one editor specifically stating that he wouldn't even let his own son read the book.
|-
|''Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality''
|Sarah McBride
|A memoir written by a gender-confused activist who is the National Press Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign.
|-
|''Writings on an Ethical Life''
|[[Peter Singer]]
|The avowed [[Marxist]] [[atheist]] author pushes [[eugenics]] and [[Social Darwinism]] while hinting at his support for [[bestiality]].
|}

==Published as Fiction==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Title
!Author(s)
!Summary
|-
|''120 Nights of Sodom''
|[[Marquis de Sade]]
|This blasphemous novel glorifies depraved forms of sexual amorality. Its film adaptation resulted in a murder on opening day. Furthermore, the book was instrumental in the manner in which people's corpses were defiled after being guillotined during the French Revolution.
|-
|''A Day In the Life of Marlon Bundo''
|[[John Oliver]]
|The ''Last Week Tonight'' "comedian" John Oliver attacks Vice President [[Mike Pence]] by making a more obscene version of his daughter's children's book (''Marlon Bundo's Day in the Life of the Vice President''). His book is a homosexual parody of the Vice President's pet rabbit, Marlon Bundo; he then claimed he would send proceeds from the book's sales to the Trevor Project, a pro-homosexual "charity" which encourages the enabling of harmful and destructive sexual behavior.<ref>[https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/john-oliver-mocks-mike-pences-daughters-bunny-book-with-a-better-version-featuring-gay-marriage/ John Oliver Mocks Mike Pence's Daughter's Bunny Book With a "Better" Version Featuring "Gay Marriage"] at PJ Media</ref>
|-
|''The Awakening''
|[[Kate Chopin]]
|This novel promotes [[feminism]], [[suicide]], and overall values that liberals hold near and dear to their hearts.
|-
|''Catalyst''
|Laurie Halse Anderson
|The main character is an atheist as well as a feminist despite her father being a preacher. Her younger 14-year-old brother also watches porn and does drugs. It also contains incest.
|-
|''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]''
|J. D. Salinger
|This beatnik novel glorifies atheism and teenage rebellion, possibly inspiring countless subsequent liberal novels as well as Mark Chapman's assassination of [[John Lennon]].<ref>Whitehead, John W. "Mark David Chapman, The Catcher In The Rye, And The Killing of John Lennon." October 3, 2000. https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/mark_david_chapman_the_catcher_in_the_rye_and_the_killing_of_john_lennon>.</ref><ref>Stashower, Daniel. "On First Looking into Chapman's Holden: Speculations on a Murder." January 3, 2010. https://theamericanscholar.org/on-first-looking-into-chapmans-holden-speculations-on-a-murder/#</ref><ref>Young, Greg. "MARK DAVID CHAPMAN’S MACABRE CRUSADE TO PROMOTE THE CATCHER IN THE RYE." January 5, 2015. http://1981.nyc/mark-david-chapmans-macabre-crusade-promote-catcher-rye/</ref>
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|''Death of a Salesman''
|[[Arthur Miller]]
|Lack of success in a career means try a different one, and is hardly a credible indictment of [[capitalism]]; [[materialism|materialistic]] [[atheism]] is what should be avoided.
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|''The Dispossessed''
|[[Ursula K. Le Guin]]
|It insists that Communism will bring about a utopian society.
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|''Emile: Or On Education''
|[[Jean Jacques Rousseau]]
|This pamphlet cited as a model for our current leftist-based education system and by extension [[Professor Values]]. It was so un-Christian that, alongside ''The Social Contract'', it resulted in not only the book being banned in France as well as Geneva until after his death but also in Rousseau being forced to flee the country and live in exile until returning in 1763 incognito within Southeast France. He officially returned in 1770 when the French government lifted his banishment from Paris under the condition that he not publish any more books.<ref>http://www.philosophybasics.com/philosophers_rousseau.html</ref>
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|''The Good Earth''
|[[Pearl S. Buck]]
|The reasoning is similar to that listed for ''The Dispossessed''.
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|''Heather Has Two Mommies''
|Leslea Newman
|This children's book exposed many young minds to LGBT themes as the main character is raised by two lesbians. Ironically, author Leslea Newman would later end up speaking against same-sex "marriage" after her experience with her husband.
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|''A Lesson Before Dying''
|Ernest J. Gaines
|The death penalty is painted negatively, and the main character is an outspoken atheist. Not only that but it is also pro-public school in the way the main character also teaches his students.
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|''[[Philip Dru: Administrator]]''
|[[Edward M. House]]
|This futuristic political novel is filled with progressive dreams of revolution and bureaucratic administration.
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|''[[Oedipus the King]]''
|Sophocles
|The main character, initially assumed to be a virtuous man, refuses the word of a seer and pays dearly for it. However, this is blasphemous due to the fact that the seer is not [[Christian]] and thus his word is not the word of the true God.
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|''The Perks of Being a Wallflower''
|Stephen Chbosky
|The main character is a homosexual, and everyone against his lifestyle is vilified.
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|''[[Robin Hood]]''
|[[Joseph Ritson]]
|This version of the classic literary hero was notorious for rewriting the hero's motives from returning overtaxed income to the people who actually earned their income into blatant Jacobin propaganda (as the French Revolution was occurring at the time Ritson wrote the book), including promoting wealth redistribution with the claim that Robin Hood "stole from the rich to give to the poor."
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|''Seekers'' (or ''Seeker Bears'')
|Erin Hunter
|A companion of the more popular ''Warriors'' series, this book series containing two arcs of six books tells of three North American bears ([[polar bear]] Kallik, [[American black bear]] Lusa, and [[grizzly bear]] Toklo) as they journey with a shapeshifting grizzly bear cub named Ujurak as they try to save the wild from being ruined. The series portrays a more heavy environmental message than ''Warriors'', with heavy emphasis on how humans are causing the animals to suffer such as the typical arc of polar bears suffering from melting ice. ''The Last Wilderness'' - the fourth book of the first arc - seems to condemn capitalism by portraying most of the people in favor of drilling oil in the arctic as either evil or at least naïve, and the sixth and final book in the same arc - ''Spirits in the Stars'' - also has a moment of [[ecoterrorism]] near the end, the animals destroying an oil drill and portraying it at the right thing to do. The second and final arc - ''Return to the Wild'' - is tamer in condemning humans compared to the first arc (such as when Lusa ends up being briefly cared for in an animal sanctuary in ''The Burning Horizon''), though some of it still comes up.
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|''Shift''
|Jennifer Bradbury
|The wealthy parents are bad, the poor parents are caring, the wealthy family's son blows away his opportunity to go to Harvard, and FBI agents are depicted as evil henchmen. Additionally, there are brief parts that poke fun at the great conservative novel, ''[[Lord of the Rings]]''.
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|''The Turner Diaries''
|William Luther Pierce (as Andrew Macdonald)
|A violent revolution leads to the overthrow of the American government, a nuclear war, and finally, a race war perpetrated by white supremacists. The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] calls it the "bible of the racist right", while failing to realize that racism is a historical and current problem of the political Left, not the right. It inspired [[Timothy McVeigh]]'s Oklahoma City Bombing due to it resembling the book's bombing of the FBI headquarters (contrary to liberal reports, however, the racist elements in the book played no role in the bombing).
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|''Wings of Fire''
|Tui Sutherland
|''Wings of Fire'' is a book series containing 14 books and counting, chronicling the lives, prophecies, and wars of seven [[dragon]] kingdoms on the continent of Pyrrhia. The first five books tells of five young dragons prophesized to stop a civil war among three desert-dwelling SandWing sisters. The next five tell of a school of dragons formed after the SandWing civil war as they prepare for a prophecy about an ancient evil dragon named Darkstalker, who had been frozen in time for two-thousand years. The next four books after that take place on a different continent - Pantala - where insect-like dragons and plant dragons plan a rebellion against the HiveWing queen. Four novellas, two stand-alone books, and four graphic novels have been released as well.

While family and friendship are portrayed mostly well, the series has taken a more left-leaning turn in its later books. Homosexuality is sprinkled here and there in the second arc (with a female SeaWing named Anemone liking another female for no reason at all), until the thirteenth book: ''The Poison Jungle'', where Sundew the LeafWing falls in love with another female dragon and doesn't stop thinking about it. Another instance is when Moonwatcher the mind-reading NightWing, hears a male MudWing dragon swooning over Qibli the male SandWing along with the females. Moral relativism is portrayed as right in the series; an example of that in ''Winter Turning'' has Moonwatcher justifying Icicle's terrorist attack on Jade Mountain Academy by saying that no dragon is really evil and that she was feeling unloved. There is also a feeling of feminism throughout the series, where queens and princesses hold a lot of power in their kingdoms with the kings being only second-in-command.
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==References==
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==See also==
* [[Essay:Greatest Conservative Non-fiction Books]]
* [[Essay:Greatest Conservative Novels]]

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