--- title: Simpsons Just Explained Why Maggie Is a Baby description: Somethings in Springfield never change canonical: https://time.com/5058465/simpsons-on-maggie-age/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-11T15:59:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:12.762Z og:title: The Simpsons Addressed Why Maggie Will Always Be Your Baby og:description: Somethings in Springfield never change og:url: https://time.com/5058465/simpsons-on-maggie-age/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Simpsons Addressed Why Maggie Will Always Be Your Baby twitter:description: Somethings in Springfield never change twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # _The Simpsons_ Just Addressed One of Your Most Burning Questions Ever by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 11, 2017 3:59 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 11, 2017 3:59 PM UTC [_The Simpsons_](http://time.com/4965700/game-of-thrones-simpsons/?iid=sr-link9) has been on the air for an impressive [28 seasons](http://time.com/3636198/the-simpsons-25-years/) (and counting!), making it both the [longest-running](http://time.com/money/4558975/longest-running-tv-show-simpsons-gunsmoke/) American sitcom and animated program in history. While some things always change (see: couch gags), many things in Springfield stay exactly the same. For instance, Maggie Simpson has been a baby for the last 29 years, something that Twitter user Brian Frink recently called out. He posed the question on Twitter: “Umm I’m confused. This is the first time I’m watching @TheSimpsons in forever… “How is Maggie still a baby with a pacifier? Shouldn’t she be in college by now?!?” As Bart Simpson would say, ay caramba! Luckily, The Simpsons had a quick answer: magic. > [](https://twitter.com/TheSimpsons/status/940027473743396866) That explanation also undoubtedly applies to why Lisa is still an over-achieving eight-year-old (and not yet [President of the United States](http://time.com/4569755/simpsons-addresses-trump-prediction/)), why Marge’s blue hair hasn’t turned grey, the show’s unique ability to [predict the future](http://time.com/4667462/simpsons-predictions-donald-trump-lady-gaga/), why Krusty the Klown still has a job, and why Grandpa Abe is, well, still alive and [yelling at clouds](http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/044/247/297.png) (he is _not_ a crackpot!) Just chalk it up to that old Simpsons’ magic. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5058465/simpsons-on-maggie-age/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5058465/simpsons-on-maggie-age/"},"headline":"The Simpsons Just Addressed One of Your Most Burning Questions Ever","datePublished":"2017-12-11T15:59:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:12.762Z","description":"Somethings in Springfield never change","url":"https://time.com/5058465/simpsons-on-maggie-age/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","The Simpsons"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5058465/simpsons-on-maggie-age/","name":"The Simpsons Just Addressed One of Your Most Burning Questions Ever"}}]}] ```