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Hello. I wanted to propose downgrading Homer Simpson's durability. Quite frankly, even if he does actually have a feat of surviving a nuke, it's rather ridiculous for him to have to be rated as such.
One it is obviously a major outlier. I understand that Homer is a cartoon character, cartoon characters are inconsistent and we usually tend to go by higher end showings from a character and all of that.
However for the most part Homer Simpson is meant to be portrayed as a regular human man, with perhaps a few Wall level higher end showings, which I'm fine with him being rated based on. But gag moments like this explosion and other similarly immensely high showings I believe is a bit silly to use for him. Since clearly Homer as a whole isn't meant to be portrayed as nor is typically portrayed as this massively superhuman character. And while The Simpsons has its gag moments and inconsistencies, it's no Looney Tunes or Popeye by any stretch.
Lastly one of the more important things I wanted to bring up is if we're going to make Homer's durability Town level then we are clearly picking favorites. Dipper Pines was denied the same rating for a similar feat of surviving a massive explosion.
This got turned down for all the same reasons of it being a major outlier for him, that Dipper Pines as a whole isn't meant to be/shown to be that powerful, and that this would subsequently make everyone in Gravity Falls Town level which is far too outlandish and goes against all other showings or logic. Just as everyone in Springfield now has to be Town level since there are numerous characters who can harm Homer and he can harm back. If Dipper didn't get this upgrade, I see no reason why Homer should either.
One it is obviously a major outlier. I understand that Homer is a cartoon character, cartoon characters are inconsistent and we usually tend to go by higher end showings from a character and all of that.
However for the most part Homer Simpson is meant to be portrayed as a regular human man, with perhaps a few Wall level higher end showings, which I'm fine with him being rated based on. But gag moments like this explosion and other similarly immensely high showings I believe is a bit silly to use for him. Since clearly Homer as a whole isn't meant to be portrayed as nor is typically portrayed as this massively superhuman character. And while The Simpsons has its gag moments and inconsistencies, it's no Looney Tunes or Popeye by any stretch.
Lastly one of the more important things I wanted to bring up is if we're going to make Homer's durability Town level then we are clearly picking favorites. Dipper Pines was denied the same rating for a similar feat of surviving a massive explosion.
This got turned down for all the same reasons of it being a major outlier for him, that Dipper Pines as a whole isn't meant to be/shown to be that powerful, and that this would subsequently make everyone in Gravity Falls Town level which is far too outlandish and goes against all other showings or logic. Just as everyone in Springfield now has to be Town level since there are numerous characters who can harm Homer and he can harm back. If Dipper didn't get this upgrade, I see no reason why Homer should either.
