“Look Maggie, they have a baby too.” – Homer Simpson
“It’s like they saw our lives and put it right up on screen!” – Bart Simpson
I have no real use for the perpetual “Simpsons vs. Family Guy” debate for the obvious reason that I don’t consider The Simpsons and Zombie Simpsons to be the same program. Nor do I know whether or not Family Guy was originally intended as a low cost replacement for The Simpsons. I do know that the format of Family Guy resembles that of The Simpsons pretty closely. I also know that Zombie Simpsons sucks for a lot of reasons and, as of this week, we can officially add aping Family Guy to the list.
Family Guy, “Love Thy Trophy” (Broadcast 14 March 2000):
Zombie Simpsons, “The Blue and the Gray” (Broadcast 13 February 2011):
It’s funny because they’re exactly the same.
The Family Guy scene was a lot funnier, too. This was just a typical should-I-lie-to-my-wife situation, the FG scene had a much stronger premise.
This is nothing.
Go watch Lethal Weapons (Family Guy) followed by Strong Arms of the Ma.
The double digit seasons have a lot of moments copied from family guy but last Sunday’s Family Guy episode ‘Friends of Peter G’ copied the Otm Shank gag.
I’ll just leave this here
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GhostInTheMachine
I know it’s an old concept, but look at those images. Not only are they dressed similarly, they even shot the conference table from the same angle.