Simpsons viewers were shocked to discover there’s a secret movie hidden among dozens of episodes of the hit animated series.
During the early seasons of the beloved Fox show, the Simpson family members would often watch the same movie on their television, an action-packed blockbuster called McBain.
The series often strayed from the main plot to show the audience a segment of the film they were watching.
Now, a social media user on X, formerly Twitter, has pointed out that throughout every episode, The Simpsons ended up showing the entire movie.
And if you put all of McBain’s scenes together, the result is a very exciting short film.
Did you know that there is a hidden movie scattered throughout every episode of The Simpsons?
During the early seasons of the beloved Fox show, the Simpson family members would often watch the same movie on their television, called McBain.
The series often strayed from the main story to show the audience a segment of the film, and if you put all the scenes together, you get a very exciting short film.
A user who goes by the name Criminal Simpsons on the platform posted all of the McBain clips that were shown on The Simpsons last week.
It quickly went viral, with many people on the web admitting they didn’t realize they had come together to form a “coherent story” until now, and were shocked to find out.
The film follows a rogue police officer named McBain, voiced by Harry Shearer, who embarks on a quest to uncover the town’s senator after discovering he secretly runs a drug cartel.
The character shares a striking resemblance to Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator, and even has a similar Austrian accent.
McBain made her first appearance on the show during the second season episode titled The Way We Was.
One clip showed him telling his boss he had uncovered evidence the city senator was “the head of an international cartel.”
But his boss was not happy that he had sided with the senator and told him he was fired. Suddenly, McBain pushed the man out of the window.
In the next scene, which appeared three episodes later, McBain is seen enjoying dinner with his partner, when suddenly, the waiter pulled out a gun and started shooting at them.
The film follows a rogue police officer named McBain, voiced by Harry Shearer, who embarks on a quest to expose the town’s senator after discovering he is secretly running a drug cartel.
The character shares a striking resemblance to Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator, and even has a similar Austrian accent.
In one scene, McBain’s partner was killed and just before he died, he told McBain that his dying wish was to kill the senator.
McBain’s partner jumped in front of him to protect him and was shot several times in the chest.
Just before he died, he told McBain that his dying wish was to bring down the senator.
Fans got an update on McBain’s quest to avenge his partner’s death in episode 20 of season 2.
He was seen telling his boss, who miraculously survived the fall from the skyscraper, that he needed a better weapon to pursue the senator.
His boss explained that a more powerful weapon would be against regulation, but McBain was not happy with his answer.
Naturally, he pulled out a huge rocket launcher and fired it at the wall next to his boss.
Viewers had to wait a long time to see what would happen to McBain after that, as he did not appear again on The Simpsons until the ninth episode of the third season.
But when the animated series finally showed another segment of the film, it did not disappoint.
In the next scene, McBain sneaked into one of the senator’s dinners by covering himself in ice and pretending to be an ice sculpture.
McBain sets out on a mission to avenge his partner and eventually defeats the evil senator.
It ends with him throwing the senator out the window.
While in disguise, he overheard the senator boast about his latest “diabolical creation”: a drug “10 times more addictive than marijuana.”
After the senator made a toast to “human misery,” McBain suddenly broke free from the ice, pulled out a gun and began shooting at everyone around him.
Somehow, the senator survived McBain’s attack and tricked him into eating one of his “salmon sandwiches,” which had a substance in it that made him pass out.
It all came to a head in season four, episode 17, when the senator was seen discussing McBain’s fate with his staff.
They promised that they took care of him and that he met an “unfortunate end,” implying that they killed him.
“Excellent, now that McBain is out of the way, nothing can stop us. Any other new business?” he asked, when suddenly McBain stood up from the table and exclaimed, “Just your death.”
A user X who goes by the name Criminal Simpsons on the platform posted all of the McBain clips that were shown on The Simpsons last week.
It quickly went viral, with many people on the web admitting they didn’t realize they had come together to form a “coherent story” until now.
McBain then killed the senator’s bodyguards, grabbed him and threw him violently out of the window of the skyscraper they were in; he landed on a truck, which exploded.
“The meeting is adjourned,” he said, before a stunning red-haired woman approached him.
—Right now I’m thinking about having another encounter… In bed —he told her, before they started kissing.
Then the words “the end” appeared on the screen.
“I’m honestly surprised this never became a spin-off,” one person wrote on X in response to the Criminal Simpsons thread.
“She deserves an Oscar,” another joked, while another added: “I never noticed this before and I’m glad I found this thread. It was great.”
“Wow! How did I not notice this?” asked another user.
“It’s a masterpiece,” said a fifth tweet, while a sixth said: “A show within a show. Works like a charm.”