The Simpsons (post-Golden Age, alternate version)

As we all know, The Simpsons started a revolution for being the first adult animated series on network television, eventually spawning a massive franchise and inspiring other creators to create their own shows like South Park, Beavis and Butt-head, Family Guy or Rick and Morty. However, at a certain point, the series started to decline in quality with some characters changing to worse and plots becoming more tiring and unimaginative. Most agree the turning point was after Phil Hartman's murder and Futurama ' s premiere. But what if the show managed to keep rather fresh after the Golden Age and managed to keep some of the quality humor it had during its Golden Age?

List of changes

 * While still rather oafish, Homer would be less of a jerkass.
 * Bart would not be used as a sympathy bait.
 * Lisa will be changed to be less of a SJW.
 * Flanders' religious fanatism is taken off.
 * Moe's suicidal thoughts are removed as well.
 * Burns' evil side will have more focus than his old age.
 * Apu remains on the show, especially considering the fact other ethnic characters on the show are voiced by Caucasian actors.
 * Celebrity and trends cash-ins would be removed.
 * Political plots would avoid Democratic bias, especially after George W. Bush and Donald Trump's election.
 * Treehouse of Horror attempts to tell more original stories again instead of horror movie spoofs.
 * The controversial death of Maude Flanders never happens.
 * After Phil Hartman's murder, the crew opted to have the same situation they had with Futurama by using Billy West, who replaced him as Zapp Brannigan when the series started, as Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure.
 * New characters will be introduced, yet, like the old ones, they will mainly be used for comedy. Those include:

Voice cast
Note: * = characters only existing in this AU.

Main

 * Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II and Abraham Simpson
 * as Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier and Selma Bouvier
 * Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson and Maggie Simpson
 * Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson

Supporting

 * Dan Castellaneta as Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Mel, Itchy, Groundskeeper Willie, Hans Moleman, Mayor Joe Quimby, Kodos, the Blue-Haired Lawyer, the Rich Texan, the Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Gil Gunderson, Louie, Arnie Pye, the Yes Guy, James Bont, animal vocal effects and additional voices
 * Hank Azaria as Moe Szyslak, Carl Carlson, Chief Clancy Wiggum, Officer Lou, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Superintendent Gary Chalmers, Prof. Jonathan Frink, Comic Book Guy, Dr. Nick Riviera, the Sea Captain, Luigi Risotto, Kirk van Houten, Bumblebee Man, Disco Stu, Snake Jailbird, Cletus Spuckler, Drederick Tatum, Duffman, Old Jewish Man, Johnny Tightlips, Akira, Santa Claus, Satan and additional voices
 * Harry Shearer as Ned Flanders, Charles Montgomery Burns, Waylon Smithers, Lenny Leonard, Principal Seymour Skinner, Dr. Julius Hibbert, Kent Brockman, Scratchy, Otto Mann, Kang, Rainier Wolfcastle, Jasper Beardly, Dewey Largo, Officer Eddie, Judge Roy Snyder, Dr. Marvin Monroe, Legs, J. Loren Pryor, God and additional voices
 * as Milhouse van Houten, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders and additional voices
 * Nancy Cartwright as Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Kearney Zzyzwicz, Todd Flanders, Database and additional voices
 * Tress MacNeille as Agnes Skinner, Dolph Starbeam, Lunchlady Doris, the Crazy Cat Lady, Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon, Brandine Spuckler, Bernice Hibbert, Mrs. Muntz, Martha Quimby, Brunella Pommelhorst, Ms. Albright, Alice Glick, Boobarella, Lindsey Naegle, Cookie Kwan and additional voices
 * Maggie Roswell as Maude Flanders, Elizabeth Hoover, Helen Lovejoy, Luann Van Houten, Princess Kashmir and additional voices
 * Russi Taylor (until her death in 2019) as Martin Prince, Sherri Mackleberry, Terri Mackleberry and Üter Zörker
 * (until her death in 2013) as Edna Krabappel
 * Billy West (since 1998) as Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure
 * Grey Griffin (since 2019) as Martin Prince, Sherri Mackleberry, Terri Mackleberry and Üter Zörker

Additional voices

 * Maurice LaMarche (since 1995)
 * (from 1998 until 2010)
 * Kevin Michael Richardson (since 2009)
 * Chris Edgerly (since 2011)

Recurring guest stars

 * Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony
 * Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob
 * Jon Lovitz as Artie Ziff and several characters
 * Glenn Close as Mona Simpson
 * Albert Brooks as Hank Scorpio and several characters
 * as Rabbi Krustofski
 * Stephen Hawking as himself
 * as himself

Episodes
See List of episodes.