When you think about it for a second, The Simpsons have a lot in common with Elden Ring. They're both largely about a dysfunctional family that is constantly at each other's throats as the mother figure tries to play peacemaker. And when that mother disappears, they all go at it like rabid animals. Really, George R. R. Martin probably just watched a bunch of Simpson's episodes when he was writing Elden Ring's lore.
So it comes as little surprise to me that when one talented artist decided to remake various scenes from The Simpsons using Elden Ring characters it all worked out pretty well.
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Each episode being referenced is helpfully marked at the bottom of the page, and since most of them are so old, you can usually find examples of them on YouTube if you don't get it. For example, here's the rag on a stick scene for you. It's still funny even 18 years later.
And because I'm the kinda guy who still laughs at classic Simpsons scenes, here's the rest of them in the order squishybo draws has them for their post on the Elden Ring subreddit.
I know that's a bit like explaining the joke, but honestly? They're both funny even without explanation. And now you know exactly where squishybo changed lines to be an Elden Ring reference. Or in the case of the seventh comic, how there was absolutely no need to change the original Simpsons lines.
Dive into the replies and you'll get even more Simpsons dialog remastered for the Lands Between, including this delightful exchange that riffs on Bart's prank calls to Moe's Tavern.
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