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The Simpsons is a *comedy*. Everything done in them is exaggerated. Many have little to no continuity episode to episode, often due to the number of *cutscenes* to promote a joke.

Now, being a comedy, the actions of many things are *less* than if the same action were to be done in a more serious and dramatic franchise.

I can tell you from personal experience that in real life the urge to choke your child occurs to *every* parent. At least once. Most of us simply do not *act* on the urges. Comedies can depict such things.

If you have to make a list of every little bad thing a character does spread over the life of their franchise, chances are they will not qualify as a villain.