Help make Marie Flanders the Newest Character on the Simpsons
So Fox Broadcasting and The Simpsons television show are having a contest for the next few weeks looking for submissions to create the newest character in Springfield. I entered some basic information for my character assuming that when I hit next, I would be able to flesh out the character. Much to my dismay, I was not and unfortunately you are only allowed to enter once.
So I need your help promoting Marie Flanders on Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon etc etc. so hopefully the powers that be at the Simpsons Production Office will take notice and make sure to give Marie a second look.
While not part of the submission I took the liberty of drawing Marie so you have a visual.
Here is the info requested by the Site:
Name: Marie Flanders
Known Aliases: Mary Jane
Age: 76 (now you may be wondering why the woman in the picture above doesn’t look 76. Remember that Ned is actually 60 but looks 40 so it is perfectly OK for his 76 year old mother to look 50.)
Occupation, if Any: Retired VW Car Dealer
Sex, if any: Female (of course I resisted saying ‘Yes Please’ to respond to this.)
Hair Color: Gray (or Grey for all my overseas friends)
Body Type: Voluptuous (more like a Jayne Mansfield type rather than heavy)
Blood Type: A- (she used to be an A+ but has been slipping in her old age a bit)
Distinguishing Features: Chest, Hips and Long Hair
Last Seen: Boarding a bus to a monastery to have her child Ned
Last Heard: Yelling “you’ll never see me again” to her parents
Known Catchphrase: Stuff It!, Peachy-Keen
Now after this they tell you to click next and I assume that I will be taken to a second page that allows me to input a more detailed description of who Marie Flanders is and why she would be a great addition. However all it had was the typical name, email entry info.
Background:
First a little background on who Ned Flanders believes are his parents. According to Wikia (not wikipedia)
Mona Flanders is the mother of Ned Flanders and the wife of Nedward Flanders Sr. She is a beatnik. She is seen in the episodes “Lisa’s First Word” when Ned introduces “Grandma Flanders”, where she is visibly aged and senile. A much younger Mona Flanders is seen in “Sweet Seymour Skinner’s Badasssss Song” when Ned has a flashback about his parents and Hurricane Neddy when she and her husband bring Ned to Dr. Foster. She is also referred to in “Lisa’s Date With Density”. It is assumed that by the normal Simpsons timeline that Mona Flanders, along with her husband Ned Flanders Senior, is deceased, likely due to her extreme old age.
Now the real story is that Mona is Ned’s Maternal Grandmother. Nedward and Mona brought up their daughter Marie in a strict household. Marie was a rebel and fought back at her parents the only way she knew how – she got knocked up at 16. Furious and to escape ridicule of the neighbors, her parents sent her to a monastery until Ned was born. Marie swore that if her parents put her on the bus, her parents would never see her again and after Ned’s birth he was returned to Mona and Nedward sans Marie.
Upset with losing their daughter, Mona and Nedward swore off their strict ways and turned into the most liberal of parents of young Ned (thus leading to the description above).
Marie lived up to her oath that her parents would never see her again. Only after their death does she turn up in Springfield to surprise Ned that his mother is indeed alive and she moves in with Ned and his family.
More on Marie.
Marie is an agnostic libertarian. She abhors any authority figure whether it be a boss, the government or the church. A direct reflection of the rebelling that happened as a teenager. However she is not against using her brains (and her body) to get what she needs. Mr Burns, Moe, Grandpa Simpson, and Duff Man all become potential love interests but only as much as Marie needs them for something. Even Bart falls for Marie seeing an older kindred spirit who would just assume tell authority figures to “Stuff It” rather than do what they want.
I see big things for Marie in Springfield for a long time. So help me out. Hit one of the buttons (or several below) Twitter, Stumble Upon, Facebook and spread the word about Marie. Maybe the executives at The Simpsons or Fox will be inclined to visit.
Follow me via TWITTER updates. or help spread the word…
October 17, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Bearman I was just waltzing over to your site to tell you about the Simpson comp.
http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/10/simpsons-contest-lets-fans-create-new-character.html SEE!!!!
Hmm, only enter once. Come on Bearman you must have more than one alias?
October 17, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Yes but only one legal name.
October 18, 2009 at 1:16 am
Leroy Malik Bearman, right?
October 18, 2009 at 6:28 am
shhhhh
October 17, 2009 at 6:12 pm
OK Bearman get everyone following you on Twitter to change their gravatar to your character then bombard all the popular tweeters like Kutcher !
October 17, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Obviously you are much more advanced in the social marketing. Get on it and I’ll include your name in my memoir
October 17, 2009 at 9:56 pm
that’s brilliant frigginloon!
October 18, 2009 at 12:20 am
Wow Loon, how are you at selling books? We should talk…
October 18, 2009 at 1:54 am
I am pretty good, I have helped several authors 🙂 .
October 18, 2009 at 11:50 am
. . . and you can find their books in the paperback section of dollar general 🙂
October 18, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Jammer I think I found it.
“Walking on my Fingers through Life”
October 18, 2009 at 5:51 pm
The one I found was, “How to cabbage rutabaga from your neighbors yard.”
October 18, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Blahahahaha it was really “How to Make Chicken Noodle Soup Without Really Trying”
October 17, 2009 at 8:32 pm
bearman i luv ur humour normally u know this. i would never have put u on my blog roll if i didnt. but i must take the role of simpsons pseudo expert.. i am doing this because i like u… i really am…as a hardcore simpsons fan since their inception I must sadly admit that this initial character doesnt fit the simpson cast. I would not be amenable to the name, I think there is potential for this character to develop into something great.. I can invision another flanders perhaps more on a younger sister ..maybe a flanders that homer actually likes and gets along with because she is more simpson than flanders perhaps? but i will support ur submission. the drawing is actually very good 🙂
hugs
October 17, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Fair enough…what if we called her Susi Flanders?
Get on the bus and submit a character. I would love for you to win as well.
Now shut up and hit the tweet this button
October 18, 2009 at 12:49 am
done and done
October 18, 2009 at 6:29 am
Muah
October 17, 2009 at 9:57 pm
whoo-hoo, good luck bearman! i really think youre on to something here…
October 18, 2009 at 6:30 am
I encourage all my faithful readers to submit their own character. If you win I get to see your picture in USA Today and the words “I was inspired by Bearman”
October 18, 2009 at 2:01 pm
That’s what my tombstone is gonna say anyway.
October 18, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Tombstone. Funny I am craving pizza.
October 18, 2009 at 12:21 am
Good luck Bear! I think Marie’s great.
October 18, 2009 at 6:30 am
Thanks CC
October 18, 2009 at 1:17 am
I like Marie! I think she would be a welcome addition to The Simpsons (just like your cheesecake Marge). 🙂
October 18, 2009 at 6:31 am
shhh…don’t want them to find out about that…unless they scroll 2 posts down.
October 18, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Oh, there will be scrolling.
October 18, 2009 at 6:08 am
Is there gold in them thar chests?
October 18, 2009 at 6:31 am
No by she might have a gold digging shovel.
October 18, 2009 at 9:48 am
I am all for good looking, active seniors. Nice work Bearman
October 18, 2009 at 11:54 am
The eyes, Don, look em in the eyes 🙂
October 18, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Donald you need to get out more.
October 18, 2009 at 8:57 pm
After seeing the sites Mr Mills frequents Bearman….there’s no need 🙂
October 18, 2009 at 11:53 am
Does that alias, Mary Jane, refer to her stint in California as a
dealerdispenser of medical pot?October 18, 2009 at 4:51 pm
You noticed.
October 18, 2009 at 5:48 pm
I thought I
bought fromheard of her.October 18, 2009 at 6:24 pm
You had better be careful, Bearman – you might just get recruited by Matt Groening! 🙂
October 18, 2009 at 10:00 pm
I don’t think there is any threat of that.
October 18, 2009 at 7:39 pm
wow
i think you did an excellent job on this.
lovely
October 18, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Thanks Corve!
October 18, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Excellent… I tweeted and stumbled it ..:-)
October 18, 2009 at 10:01 pm
TY!!!!!
October 18, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Hey Bearman, you know after thinking about this a bit, you should have submitted yourself 🙂 . Bearman the cartoonist on the Simpsons, now there is a storyline from hell. And I pretty sure your gravatar would fit in just dandy with the cast! Temperament…not so much! Kidding, gosh!
October 19, 2009 at 6:20 am
I would need my own show. haha
October 19, 2009 at 8:11 am
Got some silver material? Just make yourself a balloon and …. ah never mind!
October 19, 2009 at 5:37 am
Well, looks good. All the best!
October 19, 2009 at 6:20 am
Danke
October 19, 2009 at 12:18 pm
This is fantastic Bearman! (not that I expected any less, mind you)
I love this part:
“…However she is not against using her brains (and her body) to get what she needs”
I never thought I’d have so much in common with a cartoon character…
October 19, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Who do you think was my inspiration.
October 19, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Cool! She’s a perfect character. I will tweet about her right away.
October 26, 2009 at 12:45 am
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January 12, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Вообще я конечно люблю написать какую-нибудь едкую критику, но тут ни к чему не придраться! 🙂
December 1, 2010 at 5:05 pm
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