Poor Meg. She started out as simply another insecure teenage girl and has since devolved into the butt of some of the cruelest jokes that have ever been inflicted on a 2-dimensional being. Her classmates don’t like her, her family doesn’t like her, and even the show’s creators don’t seem to like her very much. (I wonder if Mila Kunis does.) There now seems to be little faith that she can carry an episode by herself, as shown when Peter told the audience that they were in for ‘a Meg episode’, and promptly pointed them to the remote.
Lisa, in contrast, has been the star of some of the most memorable Simpsons episodes: ‘Lisa Vs. Malibu Stacy’, ‘Lisa the Vegetarian’, ‘Lisa’s Wedding’, ‘Lisa the Beauty Queen’, ‘Mr. Lisa Goes To Washington’, and so on. She may be a bit of a know-it-all at times, but there is something heroic about her attempts to bring sanity and compassion to the crazy world that surrounds her. Homer and Bart may be the stars, but we would like to think that we are most similar to Lisa. Put bluntly, Lisa is a firecracker, Meg is a punching bag. Even Lisa would tell Meg to shut up.
Edge: Lisa Simpson
Simpsons 3-1
Lisa is my heroine! She's a total legend! Love her!!!
ReplyDeleteLisa Simpson is,quite frankly,the most annoying and self-righteous cartoon character I've ever seen. Seth McFarlane has hinted at the fact that Meg was created to poke fun at Lisa. How the other Family Guy characters percieve Meg is how most Simpsons viewers percieve Lisa.
ReplyDeleteLisa Simpson for the win She's the smart Simpson one and Meg is a nobody told shut up.. i like Lisa more. Simpsons for life!
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