The specific case of Ned Flanders attracts special attention. Debate exists over whether Flanders is a consistently flanderized character or whether he later returned to a more complex, dynamic portrayal.[1][2] The appropriateness of the term "flanderization" has also been disputed, as many characters in The Simpsons have undergone the caricaturizing process, and Flanders himself may not be the most extreme case.[3][4] Flanders' shifting portrayal has also been controversial as representative of a shift in media portrayals of religious people.