The Simpsons fans mourn iconic star’s ‘final episode’ – but she hasn’t left yet

The Simpsons fans were near devastated erstwhile Pamela Hayden, who voiced immoderate of the astir beloved characters, announced her exit – but we haven’t seen the past of her conscionable yet.

The 70-year-old has been a staple of the cartoon for astir 35 years, and was down the voices of Milhouse, Jimbo Jones, Janey Powell, Rod Flanders and Chief Wiggum’s wife, Sarah.

Last week, she confirmed her departure successful a statement, with her last TV occurrence airing yesterday connected Fox, titled Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes.

As the credits rolled, viewers flocked to wage tribute to Pamela connected social media, thanking her for lending her dependable to Milhouse and co – but this won’t beryllium the past clip we perceive her legendary tones successful Springfield.

In fact, she volition beryllium voicing characters for the upcoming batch of Disney+ peculiar episodes, hitting our screens aboriginal this year.

Writer Carolyn Omine revealed that past night’s instalment wasn’t really her ‘final performance’, sharing that determination are inactive 3 much episodes to enjoy.

Quote-tweeting a video montage from the authoritative Simpsons account, she clarified: ‘A beauteous tribute to a beauteous soul. We already miss her. One correction: This Sunday is not her last performance.

‘The past amusement she recorded was O C’mon All Ye Faithful. But she appears successful The Past and the Furious and Yellow Planet which aerial aft O C’mon.’

O C’mon All Ye Faithfull volition beryllium disposable to watercourse connected Disney+ connected December 17, with The Past and the Furious and Yellow Planet pursuing it up.

However, the Treehouse of Horror occurrence marked Pamela’s last occurrence of the main tally play 36 tally connected Fox, with fans thanking the prima for her efforts online aft it aired.

Reddit idiosyncratic an_actual_coyote wrote: ‘Raising a solid for Ms. Pamela Hayden! Thanks for the decades of laughter!’

‘So blessed for her to spell retired erstwhile she decides and adjacent much grateful for the decades of happiness she’s fixed maine but I’m truthful sad,’ SenBarks penned.

‘Just different large quality that volition ne'er beryllium portion of the amusement again. :(.’

Johnny_Holiday posted: ‘If the past clip we spot Milhouse is him playing cupful and ball, past that’s a cleanable farewell.’

Over connected Twitter, MySummerLair added: ‘This is it for Pamela Hayden arsenic Milhouse connected @TheSimpsons. Everything’s Coming Up Pamela…thank you for your work and your work. #TheSimpsons.’

Although she voiced a drawstring of different Springfield locals, there’s nary denying that Milhouse is Pamela’s astir iconic quality – he made his debut successful 1989 and has been by Bart Simpson’s broadside ever since.

‘Bart needed idiosyncratic to speech to successful the schoolhouse cafeteria. We named him Milhouse because that was the astir unfortunate sanction a kid could have,’ creator Matt Groening said successful a statement.

‘Pamela gave america tons of laughs with Milhouse, the hapless kid with the biggest chemoreceptor successful Springfield.  She made Milhouse hilarious and real, and we volition miss her.’

Despite her exit, this won’t beryllium the past we spot of Milhouse and co, arsenic TV bosses volition beryllium auditioning a caller dependable histrion to prime up the characters.

Sharing her thoughts connected who could measurement into her shoes, Pamela told Variety: ‘It is simply a sticky wicket successful the consciousness that, I don’t deliberation it’s ever bully to conscionable bash an impression. It is simply a hard task enactment your stamp connected a character, but to inactive marque it dependable similar the quality that has already originated.

‘You privation them to bring their ain acquisition to the party.’

‘How galore actors tin accidental they’ve worked connected a amusement for 35 years straight?,’ she added of her exit.

‘That unsocial is amazing. But it was clip for maine to give my clip to different originative endeavors that I have, similar filmmaking. It was a pugnacious decision, but I consciousness similar it was the close one.

‘It’s a once-in-a-lifetime occupation connected a once-in-a-lifetime show. But being an actor, I deliberation you’re benignant of utilized to taking risks. That’s the benignant of idiosyncratic I am. I’m not astir playing things safe. And determination were different things I wanted to do. I deliberation you propulsion it against the partition and spot what sticks.’

The Simpsons airs connected Fox connected Sundays.

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