Homer Simpson (seasons 11b-30)

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Homer Simpson is the main protagonist of the long-running American animated sitcom The Simpsons. Unfortunately he has been recently flanderized in the recent seasons.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) His first flanderization turned him into a stupid yet lovably eccentric Manchild. Eventually, he became a moronic jerkass in Seasons 9-12, physically abusing his son Bart for minor backtalk, lying to and stealing from his own family, and frequently selfish and greedy with the impulse control of a sack of weasels, and effectively an alcoholic in denial, becoming intoxicated on an almost episodic basis, while all the time oblivious of why this might not be acceptable behaviour.
 * 2) His stupidity has been flanderized to the point where it just comes off as annoying rather than charming.
 * 3) Some of the actions he does endanger his family and loved ones (e.g. framing Marge for drunk driving, refusing to let his father Abe go to the bathroom resulting in his kidney bursting).
 * 4) By Season 15 he had absolutely no emotional control, running out of the room or bursting into tears or throwing a tantrum on a regular basis.
 * 5) Ironically his relationship with Flanders is Zigzagged. He started off resentful and jealous towards Flanders if in a passive-aggressive sort of way. Starting from Season 6 he became more and more obsessively hateful towards Flanders and obsessed with making a fool of him. This toned down greatly after Maude's death (likely because there was little way of having him torment a mourning Flanders without crossing into out-and-out vile territory), his treatment of Ned more like a playful rivalry or even just a case of Innocently Insensitive.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He was a far more likeable and funny character in the old seasons.
 * 2) He is a far better father than Peter Griffin, Mr. Turner and Pop, even at his worst.