Family Guy Vs The Simpsons

I read a few times that Family Guy includes a lot more pop-culture references, this may be the case as I'm not gonna volunteer myself to add up every reference made by the shows, but where Family Guy often use the cutaway technique, Simpsons seems to incorporate the reference into the story, like the instance

I'm a Simpsons guy. Family Guy does have its moments and I do like to catch it when I can, but in my eyes it doesn't beat the yellow fellas.

I read a few times that Family Guy includes a lot more pop-culture references, this may be the case as I'm not gonna volunteer myself to add up every reference made by the shows, but where Family Guy often use the cutaway technique, Simpsons seems to incorporate the reference into the story, like the instance where Maggie bashes Homer with a hammer in the garage and its shot like the shower scene in Psycho.

I don't keep up with the new Simpsons so much, but I think it was maybe season 21 had a fair share of solid episodes with some hilarious moments that included more blatant pop-culture references such as

To me the biggest difference between them is that the Simpsons have had more emotional moments with different characters: Bleeding Gums Murphy, Homer and his mum several times, Homer and Maggie, Marge and Lisa, Homer and Lisa have all had some fine moments.

Homer being at the core of many such moments is another difference. Yes he and Peter Griffin are similar dumb dad characters, but the writers of the Simpsons seem to understand that despite Homer's slowness and general buffoonery, or indeed because of it, he has endeared himself to the fans which means when something sad happens it means more because we see another side of the character. Family Guy have had similar moments too no doubt, but none that surpass any Simpsons moments in my eyes.

Plus, Simpsons have Mr Burns, always good for a chuckle :)

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