Snowball I

Snowball I was the Simpsons' first cat who died before the start of the series. She is mentioned occasionally and sometimes seen in flashbacks. 
==Biography==
Snowball I was first mentioned in "Simpsons Roasting On an Open Fire", in a family Christmas letter Marge is writing. She explains that Snowball I had died that yearSimpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, but they got a new cat to replace her, Snowball II. This episode was not the first produced, and the Simpsons are depicted as having a pet cat in both "Moaning Lisa" and "The Telltale Head" which were produced earlier. It's unclear if the cat seen in these episodes is supposed to be Snowball I, or if Snowball I's death happened sometime before Season I began, but the latter seems likely, given the cat seen in the two pre-Christmas episodes is black, not white. Based on a memorial photograph we see of her in Lisa's room in one episode, Snowball I was five years old when she died. 
Snowball I is usually portrayed having green eyes and white fur, hence her name. The humor of Snowball II's name comes from the fact that unlike Snowball I, she is a black cat. However, in one episode Snowball I is depicted as being black too (see image on the right).
According to Lisa in one of her poems, Snowball I was run over by a Chrysler, as mentioned by Homer in "'Round Springfield". She later claimed Snowball I was run over by Clovis Quimby, the drunkard brother of Mayor Quimby. 
Snowball I's burial spot has not been consistent. Sometimes she is depicted as being buried in the Springfield Pet Cemetery, located next to Antonio's Ice Palace. In one episode, however, she is buried in the Simpsons' backyard, next to their various other dead cats.
==Life after death==
Snowball is a rare example of a character who predates the show's on-screen continuity, along with Marge's late father. She is only mentioned in dialogue or occasionally seen in flashbacks.
In one episode, Ms. Albright tells Lisa that Snowball I cannot go to Heaven because it is just for humans. This is later proven false in "Bart Gets Hit By a Car" when Bart sees an angel version of Snowball I (complete with tire tracks) during his near-death experience.
Sideshow Bob used Snowball I's name (along with those of many other dead people and animals) to pad the voter rolls and get elected mayor of Springfield in 'Sideshow Bob Roberts". This angered Lisa much more than Bob's repeated attempts to kill Bart.Sideshow Bob Roberts
==Non-canon==
In "Treehouse of Horror III", Bart and Lisa try to bring back Snowball I using a zombie spell in the pet cemetery, but instead awaken an army of human zombies in the nearby Springfield Cemetery.
In the "Treehouse of Horror XIV" segment "Reaper Madness" Homer claims that he killed the Grim Reaper as revenge for killing Snowball I and John F. Kennedy.
==Behind the Laughter==
Many Simpsons books are jokingly dedicated to her. For example, in The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (in which she is mistakenly colored black), the dedication reads, "We hope that they change your cat box in kitty heaven more often than we did down here."
In The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror: Fun-Filled Frightfest, published by HarperCollins in 2003, the more morbid dedication reads "We're sorry you're gone. You would have made a tasty hors d’œuvre." Also, in The Simpsons Holiday Humdinger, it reads, "As this snow sculpture thaws on the first warm day, so will our hearts melt whenever we think of you."
A passage in Cartooning With the Simpsons reads, "Dedicated to the memory of Snowball I: You may be gone, but we still remember how to draw you." Many other Simpsons books are dedicated to her, but the dedications ceased in 2005.thumb|185px|Snowball and Baby Lisa
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