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Simpson did the burning of them for one holiday episode. Though may have been later than the furby was around but I barely notice season numbers anymore except to notice if after say 12 when the ones my old self sees as better. Also we have all the holiday ones (well many animated series, separate one for live action sitcoms) in a bag to pull out during Xmas season to watch a themed one, so just pull find it and hit play, no thinking during these holidays.... similar for Halloween month.
I can't say for 100% certain if I burned my Furbies because of the Simpsons incepting the idea in me... or if I actually beat them to the punch on that.
I can say I don't actually remember that happening in the Simpsons, and that my parents would not let me watch the Simpsons untill I got into middle school, because it was... too adult, or something.
I well remember sneaking over to a friend's house to watch Southpark for the first time, and also for us both to figure out how to download and get a Pokemon Gold or Silver rom and emulator working... only for us to eventually realize that it had not been translated yet, and we had next to 0 clue what the hell was happening in the game.
Had to check in Simpsons it's called Funzo S11E9, it's not as Christmasy as other ones are for sure. I bet you and your friend still tried to play the game that'd have been an adventure for then. I tried to play a Gundam MMO once but it was only in Japanese, so was awkward and didn't last long but hard to resist a try.
This is pretty far off the original topic, but, if you want something like an extra insane 'wtf is going here' experience in a game?
Get Papers Please.
Set the game language to like, Basque or Catalonian, I know it supports at least one of those.
I attempted to play this way as a kind of 'custom difficulty' mode once... it did not go well, but it was extremely confusing and even more kafkaesque.