The Simpsons is two things. It’s a 30-year-old TV show, complete with a film, merchandise and video games. It’s also an online hydra; a many-headed beast of steamed hams, GIFs of Homer disappearing ...

The Simpsons might have fulfilled another prediction when several of their past episodes had pivotal or worthy moments that have been reborn as memes. So, they were a thing before they became a ...

The lifespan of an internet meme is a precarious thing. Some go viral within a tiny community and become an in-joke. Others flare up, burn brightly, then quickly fade away again. Some get revived ...