WTF: Apparently There’s Been A Maggie Easter Egg In The Simpsons Opening Credits This Whole Time

Simpsons enjoyers, come and join me in this circle of friendship and prepare to have your mind blown. There’s a secret easter egg in The Simpsons

resurfaced The Simpsons

Lol, that doesn't even cover one month of daycare

— Levi Beck (@levibeck723) July 6, 2022

pic.twitter.com/K5raVLiBbU

— Life is like a box of chocolates (@KRsmiles_a_lot) July 5, 2022

Screenrant The Simpsons The Simpsons Simpsons Simpsons Matt Groening

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by The Simpsons (@thesimpsons)

incredibly clever maths references The Simpsons Simpsons

The post WTF: Apparently There’s Been A Maggie Easter Egg In The Simpsons Opening Credits This Whole Time appeared first on PEDESTRIAN.TV .

 opening credits and it’s all to do with Maggie. In the opening credits, there’s the scene where Maggie is accidentally put through the scanner at the grocery shop. Now, in the OG opening credits the same number always pops up: $847.63. It turns out, that number has a specific meaning which was by Twitter account UberFacts. US$847.63 was apparently the average cost of raising a baby for a month in 1989, the year started airing. I’ve truly spent my entire life assuming the number was a completely random choice. This fun lil easter egg has apparently emerged before too. According to a 2019 article, kept that $847.63 figure for a number of years. But now, when Maggie is scanned she takes the price of Marge’s grocery haul from $243.26 to $486.52 — AKA doubling the price of the shop. I’m getting the sense here that writers wanted to make a point about how bloody expenny having kids is. Maggie is the best character so IMO, she’s worth it. There’s also a “Treehouse of Horror” episode where the scanned number pops up as 666. Thematic! I’m a big fan. TBH, this Maggie intel is my new favourite fact since I discovered Homer’s hair and ear look like the initials “MG” to represent the show’s creator . And if you’re keen on more easter eggs it turns out the show is also full of. I mean, I’m more of an English gal myself but I can appreciate the thought there. Honestly though, I’d dread to see the numbers if tried to make Marge’s grocery haul accurately reflect the current cost of living. Forget the price of Maggie. Come and talk to me again when there’s a bit about the cost of an iceberg lettuce.