The Simpsons is about to solve mystery ‘puzzling fans since very first episode’-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

A nearly four-decade-old mystery is about to be solved (Picture: 20thCentFox/ Everett/REX/ Shutterstock)

Something that has been puzzling The Simpsons fans for nearly four decades is finally getting an explanation.

The legendary cartoon series has left fans baffled several times over the years with its eerily accurate predictions and mysteries like who actually shot Mr Burns.

But it’s now been claimed that one mystery is about to be solved, after sparking confusion since the first ever episode in 1989.

Teasing an upcoming episode to fans, showrunner and executive producer Al Jean wrote on X: ‘This Sunday a new @TheSimpsons will solve a mystery that has puzzled (me at least) since the beginning of the show…’

Accompanying his post, he shared a picture of two brunette characters holding shaved ice cups.

Fans are of course sharing their theories on what mystery will be solved, with @JimCramptonWPG questioning: ‘Who started the tire fire?’

‘Who shot Mr Burns. Finally,’ @grahamscam wrote.

Fans have shared their theories about what it could be (Picture: X)

Others suggested the two people in the image could be a younger version of Grampa and Homer’s mum, while @DrRadium88 thought it could be a younger Agnes Skinner.

According to RottenTomatoes, the episode will be called ‘Shoddy Heat’ and follows: ‘An unearthed corpse opens up a cold case from Springfield in the 1980s.’

This comes after concern among fans that The Simpsons was coming to an end, when the first of the latest one kicked off with a ‘series finale’ as it returned to Fox last month.

It had previously been teased that the first episode would shake the foundation of the show with ‘the episode fans have waited for since 1989’.

Thankfully, The Simpsons is not coming to an end just yet (Picture: Fox/Matt Groening)

It saw an animated version of former Simpsons writer Conan O’Brien host a screening for the ‘series finale’ and claim that ‘Fox has decided to end the Simpsons’.

Thankfully though, it was all a hoax, and The Simpsons doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon.

Showrunner and executive producer Matt Selman later shared his hopes for the final ever episode when it does happen, saying: ‘I just hope it’s just a regular episode with no Winky Winky stuff at all.

‘Just a great family story, just like a classic story that’s just funny and involves the whole family and doesn’t feel like it needs to wrap up anything or change anything or tie anything up or be magic or talk to the audience directly.’

The Simpsons is available to stream on Disney Plus.

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