For an upcoming holiday-themed episode, The Simpsons will be bringing back its second deceased character of the season in Rabbi Krustofski, the father of one Krusty the Clown.
“Dead” doesn’t mean “completely unavailable” on TV, however, and there are many ways to bring characters back in ways that don’t involve resurrections.
With nearly 600 episodes under its distended belt, The Simpsons is a show that hasn’t really had to deal with continuity all that often, but it has been good about keeping dead characters dead over the past 27 years.