Characters on "The Simpsons" who have undergone long-range changes in lifestyle or personality:
- Kirk and Luann van Houten got divorced in "A Milhouse Divided."
- Barney is sober now (and less funny).
- Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krababel started dating in "Grade School Confidential," then got engaged and then finally broke off the engagement on their wedding day.
- Skinner also was revealed to be Armin Tanzerian, which Lisa brought up again in a later episode despite Judge Snyder's decree that no one in Springfield could ever do so.
- Apu married Manjula, they had octuplets and Apu cheated with the Squishee Lady. Now they go to marriage counseling.
- Lisa became a vegetarian and then a Buddhist (though I can't actually recall her Buddhism being mentioned after the episode dealing with her conversion).
- Maude Flanders died, making Ned a widower.
- Bleeding Gums Murphy died, which is fairly life-altering.
- Dr. Marvin Monroe died off screen, then re-appeared inexplicably.
- Lenny and Carl developed this gay-vague affection for each other (like so many male-male pairs on "The Simpsons" do).
And then, I've read that this season will see a prominent regular character come out of the closet. And it's not Smithers, though it's still pretty obvious once you hear it.Characters that have become regulars in the past few years:
- Lindsay Naegle, the blonde, professional-seeming but apparently alcoholic businesslady
- Cookie Kwan, the shrewd realtor
- Gil, the only guy in Springfield with worse luck than Hans Moleman
- Judge Constance Harm
Characters who don't show up anymore because the actors who provided their voices either left or died:
- Troy McClure
- Lionel Hutz
- Lunchlady Doris
- Helen Lovejoy — haven't heard her near-catchphrase, "Won't somebody please think of the children?" in a while.
- Maude Flanders
- Does Miss Hoover ever talk anymore?
- Princess Kashmir
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