User blog:Fan4Life/Time to Retire Sideshow Bob?

Since the very first season of The Simpsons it has been a tradition to do a Sideshow Bob episode now and then, in the beginning they never failed to impress, but ever since "Funeral for a Fiend" they have been increasingly disappointing and lacklustre. So maybe it's time to retire Sideshow Bob, after all he has made 12 canon major appearances and over that time he has lost any threat due to his constant failure.

Back in Season 25 we had "The Man Who Grew Too Much", the first Sideshow Bob episode since Season 21. I was hoping he would actually die when he jumped off the damn, but unfortunately there was a massive deus ex machina in the form of Bob having gills, it would have been such a good end for Bob, but no, he had to survive.

When I found out he would be returning in Season 27, I was incredibly disappointed, even if it would just be a Treehouse of Horror episode. Rather than doing something fresh, they just brought back Sideshow Bob again.

All recurring villains have their time, and Sideshow Bob reached the end of his years ago. The last good Sideshow Bob episode was "The Italian Bob" which was back in Season 17. It is time to retire Sideshow Bob, bring him back one last time to kill him off, then never again.