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90s Simpsons Screencap is an AI prompt used to generate images that appear to be from the 1990s The Simpsons seasons. The format, which has been used to create offensive images similar to Offensive AI Pixar memes and parodies, achieved virality on X / Twitter in late October and early November 2023.

Origin

On October 27th, 2023, X^[1] / Twitter user @viperwave posted four AI-generated images based on versions of the prompt "90s Simpsons screencap," recommending the prompt due to AI "having no idea how to scale characters" and "occasionally just inventing new Simpsons." The post received over 1,800 reposts and 23,000 likes in one week (post and two images shown below).

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In the thread, multiple users responded with AI-generated images based on the prompt. For example, X^[2] user @AnimeSerbia posted an AI-generated image featuring a Black character that resembled Marge Simpson. The post (shown below, left) gained over 80 reposts and 4,900 likes. Also in that thread, X^[3] user @paynushurts posted four AI-generated images imagining Bart Simpson and Milhouse van Houten as perpetrators of the Columbine High School shooting. The post garnered over 510 reposts and 6,000 likes in three days (shown below, right).

In late October and early November 2023, users on X / Twitter shared multiple other AI-generated The Simpsons imagery based on the suggested prompt and other prompts. For example, on October 27th, 2023, YouTuber Justin Whang made a thread of AI-generated Simpsons images, with the opening post gaining over 470 reposts and 8,500 likes in one week (shown below, left).^[4] On November 2nd, X^[5] user @jnyboy posted an image referencing the 2017 Las Vegas Strip Shooting that gained over 170 reposts and 2,000 likes in one day (shown below, right).

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