World Simpsons Day: Graggle, the character who “appears” in the series and no one notices

Today, on World Simpsons Day, this is worth talking about graggle, the show’s most famous non-canon character. In this category, that of those who go “outside” of the officialdom, he is even better known than Homer. What is behind the enigmatic little man? We see.

In some frames of The Simpsons that make the rounds on the internet you can see a completely rare character by the parameters of Matt Groening’s eternal animated series.

He is a thin boy, yellow like the others, who wears no clothes and has bulging eyes and crazy hair on his head. Unlike most of the characters, Graggle doesn’t look like a human.

He is at Moe’s Tavern, in the main family chair, in front of the Simpson house in Springfield and sometimes even hugs a frightened Homer. It looks like another Simpsons, but it’s not; He has a familiar face, but you’ve never seen it.

Graggle, also known as Nan-j-min, Yellow mat AND chewyis part of the Simpsons universe thanks to social networks (especially Reddit and Twitter), memes, video games and the occasional VHS cover.

It was not Groening’s creation. He has not appeared in any episode of The Simpsons.

In a note from GQ it is stated that the character is the product of the so-called Mandela effect. In short, this is a phenomenon that makes us believe that some things in life are true and in the end it has nothing to do with it.

A striking example is the one that gives it its name: the day Nelson Mandela died, many were surprised because they believed that the South African died in the 1980s.

Graggle’s first appearances

According to GQ, the character first appears in meme format in October 2015. The image was posted on the 2chan forum by a user who drew him sitting next to the Simpsons, respecting Groening’s style.

At first, Graggle was one more character than the typical shitpostings, that is, a series of humorous images that, on purpose, seem poor, badly made, bizarre, absurd, whipped up as if with teeth.

Six years later, on another forum (4chan) a user recovered the image of Nan-J and renamed the character Yellow Mat. He also added a mini-bio where he defined his characteristics of him.

“Groening brought us his personality. He was always trying to fit into his show of him. Believe it or not, that’s how Matt Groening sees himself. He wanted to befriend Bart and replace Millhouse. The writers and production company were concerned that something like this could alter the series. Also, the design was too creepy,” the netizen came up with.

Finally, this person claims – within his fiction – that Groening changed his mind and regretted introducing the character to his series.

Graggle still exists because netizens are still under the illusion that the character actually appears in some episodes of The Simpsons.. Whether Groening will give it a chance and ultimately make it part of the product remains to be seen.

what the networks say

If you search Graggle on Twitter you can find a lot of bizarre content.

The first thing that appears is a video that would be “proof” that Graggle has ever appeared on The Simpsons. The truth is, this clip is far from proof — it’s just another joke.

In another image, Graggle can be seen as part of a fake Simpsons episode appearing on Chilean TV. In a newscast from the South American country, they illustrated the series with an edited clip in which the character appears.

There are also several humorous tweets in reference to him. “Did you like the dark humor of Graggle in the early seasons of The Simpsons? I still remember when he threatened to run Bart over if he didn’t eat his vegetables and then hit Milhouse with a sledgehammer,” one user fantasized.

After asking several Simpsons fans what they thought of Graggle, they all agreed that a true fan of the series would never believe he was a real character. “You can believe the Graggle Effect if you’re not such a fan,” one loyal follower told us.