Fans of The Simpsons were in for a shock this 週末 when the long-running series killed off a supporting character.
The supporting 人物／姿／数字 made their debut on the show in December of 1989 ― almost 35 years ago ― in the series 首相 episode, the Christmas-主題d Simpsons Roasting On An Open 解雇する／砲火／射撃.?
In the 最新の episode ― featuring the punny 肩書を与える Cremains Of The Day ― テレビ視聴者s learned that Larry the Barfly had died.
Larry had been a member of the intoxicated ensemble たびたび（訪れる）ing Moe's Tavern, and he was 発言する／表明するd by Spinal Tap 星／主役にする Harry Shearer, who is known for bringing to life a bevy of characters, 含むing Ned Flanders, Mr. 燃やすs, his assistant Smithers, 主要な／長／主犯 Skinner and the Reverend Lovejoy, の中で many others.
The show, which （機の）カム under 解雇する／砲火／射撃 from 極端に 極度の慎重さを要する テレビ視聴者s last year over scenes in which ホームラン comically strangles his son Bart, often featured Larry と一緒に the much more 目だつ Barney Gumble, the comical drunk whose slurred 配達／演説／出産 often steals scenes 始める，決める in the 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業.
Fans of The Simpsons were in for a shock this 週末 when the long-running series killed off a supporting character; still from 2021
The supporting 人物／姿／数字 made their debut on the show in December of 1989 ― almost 35 years ago ― in the series 首相 episode, the Christmas-主題d Simpsons Roasting On An Open 解雇する／砲火／射撃; pictured in season nine
Although Larry had been around for １０年間s, he never took a 目だつ 役割 in any episode, and almost nothing was known about the character's backstory.
That changed with Sunday's episode, as he was posthumously 明らかにする／漏らすd to be 指名するd Lawrence Dalrym ple.
In Cremains Of The Day, ホームラン and his other drinking buddies 調査するd Larry's surprising history while realizing that they barely knew him.
Simpsons fans 反応するd on social マスコミ with a mixture of surprise and mock shock at the news of the minor character's death.
'Not Larry!' joked one fan who also 地位，任命するd a gif of Marge and the children looking looking stunned.?
'Just learned they are 殺人，大当り off Larry on The Simpsons tomorrow. I need a minute,' joked another person.
Others poked fun at the late character's 欠如（する） of 審査する presence.?
'Whenever Larry isn't onscreen, everybody should be asking, "Where's Larry?"' one fan wrote.?
Another 追加するd, 'I hope we learn something about Larry if we aren't going to see him again.'
But others 設立する his life in the 利ざやs 'really f***ing sad and 悲劇の.'
Simpsons writer Matt Selman, who serves as co-showrunner with Al ジーンズ, poked fun at how his own series was playing up the death of a minor character.
'Who will die this Sunday on @TheSimpsons?' he wrote on X (以前は Twitter) while 含むing 含むing images of ホームラン, Marge, Bart and Larry, which made it （疑いを）晴らす that the three leads weren't going anywhere.?
In the 最新の episode ― featuring the punny 肩書を与える Cremains Of The Day ― テレビ視聴者s learned that Larry the Barfly (second to left) had died
In Cremains Of The Day, ホームラン and his other drinking buddies 調査するd Larry's surprising history while realizing that they barely knew him
Simpsons fans 反応するd on social マスコミ with a mixture of surprise and mock shock at the news of the minor character's death
?Others poked fun at the late character's 欠如（する） of 審査する presence
Simpsons writer Matt Selman, who serves as co-showrunner with Al ジーンズ, poked fun at how his own series was playing up the death of a minor character
One テレビ視聴者 joked about Larry's 原因（となる） of death: 'Spoiler: autoerotic asphyxiation.'
Even the Simpsons' account got in on the fun by 地位，任命するing an image of ホームラン and Larry chowing 負かす／撃墜する on 'Angel Wings' at a sports 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 in heaven
One テレビ視聴者 joked about Larry's 原因（となる） of death: 'Spoiler: autoerotic asphyxiation.'?
Even the Simpsons' account got in on the fun by 地位，任命するing an image of ホームラン and Larry chowing 負かす／撃墜する on 'Angel Wings' at a sports 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 in heaven.
にもかかわらず the publicity over the death, many fans also 認める that they never even knew Larry's 指名する.
Even as The Simpsons has moved to cull some of its いっそう少なく-popular characters, it has also brought 支援する iconic 直面するs in 最近の years, 含むing the Albert Brooks?発言する／表明するd Jacques, a French bowler who tried to 得点する／非難する／２０ a strike with Marge.?
