31 years and 684 episodes have never felt so short. Because when it comes to the ups and downs of life in Springfield, generations have been glued to the screens for possibly one of the few sitcoms, if not the only one, that doesn't spark opinionated arguments and is foolproof to watch during family dinners.

But apart from keeping the humor bar right up in the clouds since it aired in 1989, the Simpsons have also given us some very human lessons. So scroll down through the most wholesome moments that hit us harder than we’d like to admit, proving there’s a real heart beneath that yellow world.

And if you’re a real Simpsonado, don’t forget to check out our previous posts on 35 of the wittiest signs found in the show and 109 Simpsons jokes from later seasons, because I guess you don’t need

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