The Complete Nelson Muntz Timeline

this video is sponsored by hello fresh nelson man started on the show as a rebel without a cause a stereotypical bully whose sole purpose was to make bart's life a living hell but the simpsons creator saw promised in this neglected soul left to fend for himself against the world so we got to know the boy behind the hahas hey that hurts no wonder no one came to my birthday party and we even saw a few tears i like to cry at the ocean because only there do my tears seem small i'm going to focus on the life of nelson muntz his past his development in the show how he completely turned his life around and my feelings on how him and lisa simpson played out so put your lunch money away kids as this is the complete timeline of nelson muntz nuke the whales you don't really believe that do you i don't know got a nuke something now i bet you didn't know that nelson was a dab hand in the kitchen he's won home egg awards knows the secret to a tort huckleberry and with hello fresh you can be just like nelson i've been using hellofresh for the past year and i can prove it to you by showing off all of my recipe cards now nothing stresses me out like choosing what to eat every single evening but hellofresh literally delivers the solution right to my door package to keep the food cool for hours it's also packed with easy to follow recipe cards so someone like me can't get too confused it provides balance gives me the confidence to experiment with cooking and there's no excess food waste last night i made teriyaki glazed pork steaks and it was so good i simply followed the instructions and voila not only does it look amazing but it tastes fantastic too so if you want to give them a go then hellofresh has the perfect deal for you ready to kickstart that new year go to hellofresh.com and use the code simpsons theory 16 for up to 16 free meals and 3 surprise gifts the link for that is in the description below nelson's early life and his parents nelson mandela months was born to father eddie muntz and his mother mrs muntz he also had a sister but sadly she passed away i have a sister i think she's dead now who had the same problem the months family has lived in poor condition since the show's conception his home seems like a wasteland for the forgotten a beat up car in the front yard trash shopping cart and a patched up roof for a house that could collapse at any moment the collection of forgotten items includes nelson himself often shown to be home alone and therefore left to fend for himself yeah my mom's got bigger problems she doesn't give a crap what i do this is largely because his mom works all hours at establishments like hooters and classy girls strip club when she is shown she often dawns a night robe a face full of makeup fluffy slippers with a lit cigarette hinting that when she is at home it's not to spend time with her son if you know what i mean nelson i thought you were sleeping in the park tonight it seems that nelson's father eddie is largely out of the picture in season nine's butt star we see him picking up his son on his super cool motorbike and then in only around two episodes after that this is all before returning in season 16. it was rumored that he disappeared to buy cigarettes and never returned giving nelson severe daddy and abandonment issues never leave me again we also meet nelson's grandfather and eddie's dad who is judge muntz just this morning i sentenced my 46th man to death oh no 47th nelson's bullyish beginnings when the series first started nelson was the stereotypical bully and a menacing one at that a human standby ready to tour men but so much so that bart even believed that nelson could be the end of him in bartlett general here's one for the road dude the one constant in nelson's life was his bully friends well except for these guys in season one no i'm talking about jimbo dolph and kearney look fellas the first snapdragon of the season never mind let's just get him yeah nelson was often depicted as their leader at springfield elementary despite being in a lower grade and being the shortest out of the group he's hugely independent and breaks away from the group an awful lot in other episodes whereas the other three seem like they really need each other and we can't not bring up nelson's iconic laugh [Music] a simple catch phrase yes but powerful enough to humiliate anyone in springfield your medium is dying beneath the harsh exterior as the rolled by season five and six explored reasonings behind nelson's bullish ways and behind those yellow fists was a socially ethical mind sticking up for edgy rules understood to only himself such examples include thanks for taking credit for other people's work and this is for wasting teachers valuable time rather than being mean just for the sake of it he felt he had the responsibility of delivering justice which could have been influenced by his grandfather judge muntz season seven humanized the bully even more in 22 short films about springfield it literally paraded him as the guy who laughs at everybody would you like it if i laughed at your misfortune huh forcing him to break out of his stereotype and his immunity of humiliation let's laugh at him we started to get to know the boy behind the laughter and we were even privy to a few tears nelson's character was buildable multi-dimensional and so participated in larger roles in the show in barton the road i loved his interaction with the other boys and this moment always makes me laugh that's it back to winnipeg we also learned of his obsession with andy williams such examples transform nelson into a relatable insecure kid who can be ashamed of his ways this vulnerable side is shown regularly from admitting to wearing his mom's hand-me-down underwear to hiding his enjoyment of hanging out with martin prince at space camp i held your hair when you barfed in the simulator shut up commander nelson's growing relationships nelson's wholesome side was being exposed in not only his friendships but relationships too why would you like me no girls like me are you wearing a wire in lisa's date with density he became lisa's new bow and her diamond in the rough this is because he showed a consciousness of sensitivity kindness and actual wanting for love this was beautifully painted through their first kiss initially as a waiter shut lisa up but it opened up his enjoyment of this intimacy in a very cute genuine way eventually lisa gave him an ultimatum and he chose the bad boy lifestyle you mean like goodbye let's just call it smelly later it was a case of right place wrong time but it made him re-evaluate his bully lifestyle which i think was healthy for lisa too she had to understand compromise and that she can't change our man nelson overnight nelson's home life i believe the reason why nelson had such a harsh exterior is due to his parenting or lack of why should he show kindness if he was never given any in the first place in season 16 sleeping with the enemy nelson got a taste of what it felt like to have a caring and supportive mother when marge takes him under her wing after his mom leaves to become an actress i'm starting to let down my guard nelson is really touched by marge's kindness and in a really sweet moment thanks her and thanks lady for making me feel good about myself in the same episode nelson years for his dad and after an emotional rendition of papa can you hear me bart decides to find eddie muntz and he does so at the circus he explains that he never intended to leave his family he went for cigarettes and bought a chocolate bar but the chocolate contained peanuts and he was highly allergic the anaphylactic reaction caused swelling that made him look and sound hideous he was then picked up by a freak show caged and kept away from his family for many years well i don't know if i believe it quite honestly this story seems very far removed from what we know of this guy even before he left town i mean come on the cigarettes he was buying were for nelson and it was said before that he got into car accidents on purpose just to earn money my dad gets in car accidents on purpose he wasn't winning any father of the year awards by any stretch of the imagination the flashback is so theatrical too bo is even wearing victorian clothing so a theory of mine is that eddie and bar agreed on this story to say face off the sad reality that he did just run away mrs muntz returned by the end of the episode too but the happy family didn't stay so for very long as eddie would ditch them again and so we were a family again just long enough to take this picture and mrs mance would go on to marry nelson's birthday clown you haven't earned the right to say that to me nelson reformed as the seasons progressed nelson learned to confront his past in the form of his art house film life blows chunks he told the story of his life in squalor and jealousy over happy families longing for a life just like theirs so much so he positions his blacked out mom to resemble some kind of loving mother in lona lisa the same ambition that spawned his class quiz business returns when he starts a new bike fixing business using the 50 lisa donates to him and my dream is to make and market custom bicycles in a video link nelson says that he will use the money to treat his mother the way she deserves showing that even after all of his mistreatment he can see that his mum has had a pretty awful life too you're going to be the classiest girl at classy girls we are also shown another example of his and lisa's relationship where they're making an excuse just to hold each other's hands can i hold your hand for balance sure for balance one of my favorite nelson moments has to be when he befriends a blind kid in school if anyone messes with this kid i will destroy them he is shown to be overly supportive and so so protective of him even teaching him his signature laugh that was great now nelson has come a long hallway since season one nelson's lady is around 18 to 20 years old around eight years after the present day bart class are finally graduating and it only took them 30 years in future drama nelson admits to dating and impregnating identical twin sisters sherry and terry this must have gotten pretty spooked pushing him to make his excuses before leaving for a pack of cigarettes yeah all right now so we've heard that one before mate sometime during this point lisa and nelson make another go of their relationship and the two are seen together when they visit bart's bike shop they seem very sweet too with lisa wearing nelson's vest this is a huge moment for nelson and quite honestly it's been a big build up for us too since lisa's date with density their chemistry has always been hinted at and it just makes sense god if you don't bring my lisa back safe ants will burn tonight i much prefer their relationship to any portrayal of lisa's and milhouse's nelson at least challenges lisa and doesn't seem so in awe of her he also grows with the times with his progressions in his career and minds and maturity whereas milhouse's character seems stunted and exhausted in this particular scene outside bart's bike shop nelson pays back the stolen lunch money he has taken throughout the years an act we are sure was influenced by lisa in a bid to reform him again but something must have happened in between this and lisa's wedding to split them up whether he disappointed her again by choosing the thug life or he could have returned to sherry and terry to be the father he never had nelson's adult years although he and lisa are no longer together they are at least on speaking terms as he attends her wedding to hugh he brings along one of his children nelson munch jr in holidays of future past set 40 years from the show's main continuity lisa is married to milhouse but their marriage is severely unhappy when bart and lisa have a heart-to-heart in their treehouse lisa discloses that she still talks to nelson on the phone nelson calls you well someone calls someone it's also implied that the two were almost married it seems that he really is the one that got away but they would later connect via her wi-fi service when lisa scrolls through her facebook friends up pops nelson hey lise is your marriage still dead and unfulfilled later on in holidays or future future nelson is a supervisor at dinosaur theme park cretaceous park having given bart a job to help pay for his kids alimony along with a regular salary nelson also offers bart a good time at his mum strip club isn't your mom 87 with social security a thing of the past she can't afford to retire i think it's pretty impressive that even after everything that happened to him nelson still has a relationship with his mom fast forward a couple of years and nelson is shown to be a pretty powerful geezer owning the bar bart's band performs in hey dingus your band can play at my club tonight yes i love that he's giving bart and ralph a chance two kids he probably would have clobbered back in school and so showing he really has grown up but he does also seem very excited about rooting through bill clinton's porno stash fast forward 50 years from the main timeline and an older nelson can be seen laughing at homer's grave which reads impotency spokesperson it may seem like a small insignificant scene but at least it shows that while he has grown and matured he stayed true to who he is and still has a killer sense of humor and so that ends the complete timeline of nelson and i really hope i've proven how this neighborhood bully was shaped by the show consistently finally i'd like to say thank you to my newest flying hellfish member alex barden thank you so much for watching and i'll smell you later

Channel: The Simpsons Theory

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Length: 18min 2sec (1082 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 23 2022