‘The Simpsons’ fans react after main character ‘killed off’ in shocking finale twist

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Over the years, The Simpsons has featured the deaths of a handful of Springfield residents, including Maude Flanders and Larry Dalrymple.

But the main characters, particularly the titular family, have been safe — until now.

Fans have taken to social media in the month following the show’s Season 36 finale, where matriarch Marge is seen in heaven.

That said, the shocking death of Marge in “Estranger Things” isn’t all that shocking given that her death takes place in a future timeline.

Adult versions of Bart, Lisa and Maggie are seen along with their father, who somehow looks exactly the same, at her funeral, and others.

“Beloved wife, mother, pork-chop seasoner,” reads her tombstone.

In the episode, Marge’s worst fear comes true when Bart and Lisa grow apart and their lives end up going in different directions.

Future Lisa is the commissioner of the NBA while Future Bart runs an unlicensed retirement home that their father Homer Simpson lives in without Marge.

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At one point, Lisa refers to her “late mother” and later reads a letter Marge had written “to be opened after I pass,” during which a young-looking Marge calls it “very unlikely” that she’d die before Homer.

The family end up finding their way back to one another as Marge is seen looking down at them from above.

“I’m so happy my kids are close again,” Marge says, before new husband (!) Ringo Starr shows up and tells her, “Love, we’ll be late for the Heaven buffet. There’s a shrimp tower.”

Many fans were shocked.

“They f—ing killed off Marge Simpson. That’s insanity,” one person wrote on X. “Might as well kill off Randy Marsh from South Park and Stewie from Family Guy while you’re at it.”

Another commented: “Community justice for MARGE that they killing in season 36 finale in a flash forward scene. She has been one of my fav characters of Simpsons all these years.”

However, others commented that they were more surprised people still watch the show that debuted on Dec. 17, 1989.

“Me just realizing she’s dead despite not watching The Simpsons seriously in years,” one person mused.

That said, The Simpsons has been renewed for four more seasons, so viewers can see where the show picks up when Season 37 premieres this fall.