Qui va mourir dans la série des SIMPSONS?

Who should they kill in The Simpsons' yellow wedding*?

Maggie may not do much, but she's not likely to be for the chop*. Sideshow Bob is due his comeuppance* and Barney Gumble deserves* a haunting* ending. And then there's Ned Flanders …

yellow wedding = allusion à la série Game of thrones où un personnage est tué dans un épisode intitulé “The Yellow wedding”

To be for the chop = y passer, se faire virer, être le prochain

To get one’s comeuppance = avoir ce qu’on mérite

To deserve = mériter

Haunting = obsédant, qui vous hante

The Simpsons is preparing to kill off one of its characters, in what is being dubbed* – in slightly* knee-jerk* bandwagon-jumping* terms (because this is the 2014 version of The Simpsons, after all) – The Yellow Wedding. How clever! Judging by the fact that the show has just recorded its lowest-ever ratings*, this is quite simply a headline*-grabbing* gimmick*.
Dubbed = doubler, surnommer

Slightly = légèrement, un peu

Knee-jerk = réflexe

Bandwagon-jumping = qui saute dans le train en marche

Its lowest-ever ratings = ses plus mauvais scores d’audience

To grab = saisir

a headline = un titre

A gimmick = truc, gadget, combine

But let's not think about why this is happening; what matters* is who gets killed. The Simpsons has precedent here: Maude Flanders was killed by a stray* T-shirt cannon in 2010. Edna Krabappel passed away* following the death of Marcia Wallace, who voiced* her, in October last year. Bleeding Gums Murphy died. Frank Grimes died. Homer's mother died. The woman Homer married drunk in Las Vegas died. The Simpsons even killed Elmo, the monsters. Who'll be next*?
What matters = ce qui importe

Stray = errant, égaré, perdu

To pass away = décéder

To voice someone = prêter sa voix à quelqu’un

who'll be next = à qui le tour, qui sera le prochain?

We'll start with what we know. Hank Azaria has revealed that none* of his characters are for the chop. That means Apu and Moe are safe*, as well as Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy and (thank heavens) Doctor Nick. And it would be ridiculous to imagine that any of the nuclear Simpsons family would be killed off. Not even Maggie, and she barely* even does anything.
None = aucun

safe = sain et sauf

Barely = à peine, tout juste

So that leaves us* with hundreds of possibilities. Grandpa Simpson seems a likely* candidate, given* his advanced age. Then there's Sideshow Bob – not voiced by one of the main cast, remember – who has stalked* death for so many years that his comeuppance is surely due. Barney Gumble's shift* from alcoholism to sobriety and back again seems to deserve a haunting ending. On a similar note, Nelson Muntz has made so many allusions to his troubled and impoverished* upbringing* that an onscreen* death should bring exactly the level of heartbreaking* pathos that viewers* of a funny cartoon about funny yellow people with funny voices expect* to see.
So that leaves us = ce qui nous laisse

Likely = probable

Given = étant donné

To stalk = traquer

Shift = changement

Impoverished = pauvre

Upbringing = éducation

Onscreen = à l’écran

Heartbreaking = qui fend le cœur, déchirant

A viewer = un téléspectateur

To expect = s’attendre à

Of course, most amateur detectives will know to keep one beady eye* firmly fixed on the movements of Ned Flanders. He's becoming something of a serial widower*, having now seen off Maude and Edna in relatively short succession. Any woman who becomes romantically entangled* with Flanders is basically signing her own death sentence. Patty and Selma, for god's sake stay away from this man. He's evil*. Which Simpsons character do you think will be bumped off*? 
Beady eyes = des yeux de fouine

A widower = un veuf

Entangled = impliquer, emmêler

He’s evil = c’est le diable

To bump off = liquider, supprimer

Thursday 1 May 2014
Stuart Heritage, theguardian.com
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Who should they kill in The Simpsons' yellow wedding?

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/may/01/kill-the-simpsons-yellow-wedding

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