Growing Up Springfield is his most notable documentary. Writer Richard Appel had pitched the idea of Apu marrying years before he wrote "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" for season nine. His first name is revealed to be Gary in "Yokel Chords" and in "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken", and it is revealed that he is a Spanish immigrant "Señor Chalmers". After Bart and the rest of his family travel to The Big Apple, he eventually finds her at her address, and discovers that she has matured, becoming slightly taller and slimmer, and also learns that she now works as a writer and has a performance option on Saturday Night Live. His appearance and name are inspired by Pulitzer winning journalist Ernie Pyle. [150] However, Lenny is once shown living in a dilapidated house, and asks Marge not to tell anyone how he lives. Hans Sprungfeld) is the founder of the town of Springfield. (Part Two)" and in the episode "All About Lisa" on the portrait of Sideshow Mel in the past. [153] At the Adult Education Annex, Lenny teaches a class on "How To Chew Tobacco". Homer becomes upset about this, and immediately adopts him. Costington's catchphrase is "You're fiiired! Her catchphrase is "What about the children?! He has anger problems and later makes brief appearances. Although rarely featured on the show, she has been a recurring character in the Simpsons comic book series. "[citation needed], Lindsey Naegle is voiced by Tress MacNeille[20] and first appeared in the eighth season episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show". Legs has a dark blonde short haircut and raspy voice. Kirk Van Houten VOICE. She made a handful of appearances acting as a school nurse. He was named 7th in IGN's Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters.[67]. However, Sideshow Bob, Lisa and Bart worked together to successfully foil him. Kirk reveals in "I Am Furious (Yellow)", in which he visits his son's school on career day, that he was currently employed as an assistant to the guy who puts fliers under people's windshield wipers. With the prospect of being fired looming, they eventually get Bart an elephant. While Barlow endorses Bob for mayor to the Springfield Republican Party, it is implied he had nothing to do with the electoral fraud, as Bob clears his name in a fit of egomaniacal boasting when Lisa accuses Bob of being Barlows puppet. From Playmates PLEASE NOTE: Figure LOOKS brand new but has been out of the packaging and put back in COMES WITH ALL ACCESSORIES. [127], Judge Roy Snyder, voiced by Harry Shearer,[20] is a Springfield judge known for his lenient punishments and somewhat unorthodox rulings (as in the episode "Sweets and Sour Marge", when he bans sugar from Springfield). Tougher on Dorks". She says seeing them made her realize she had married the wrong man. Dignity". That film's producers refused to allow the show to use the name, so "Rainier Wolfcastle" became the name of the actor playing the McBain role. Nahasapeemapetilons". He is one of the Pre-Teen Braves in the episode "The Bart of War". He had a brief speaking part in "The Haw-Hawed Couple", in which he was voiced by Pamela Hayden. The first name Cletus came from writer Jeff Martin's boyhood little league baseball coach in Houston, Texas.[69]. Ay, caramba! In "'Tis the Fifteenth Season", she appears, telling Nelson that his father simply did not like him, and he left with her golden tooth. and "Excelsior!" According to Luann, Kirk was not a very good provider, and she had to borrow money from her sister to make ends meet and steal donated clothes from the town's church so she could have a wardrobe. He is acknowledged as the leader of the gang of bullies in Nelson's absence. She implies she misses Nelson's father (who, depending on episode, is either divorced from Nelson's mom, went insane and never came home, or was forced to work as a sideshow freak after suffering a peanut allergy). Marge leaves Artie after she instantly falls in love with a host of time-traveling Homers. Harry Shearer does an impression of George H. W. Bush for the voice. The duo appear in "Viva Ned Flanders", "$pringfield", "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons", and "Jazzy and the Pussycats". Kirk Evelyn Van Houten In writers Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky's original script for "Bart the Daredevil", Hibbert was a woman, named "Julia Hibbert", who they named after comedic actress Julia Sweeney (Hibbert was her married last name at the time). C.H.U.M. Commentary for ", Silverman, David (2003). A brilliant military tactician, Herman was instrumental in Bart's victory in water balloon combat against Nelson and in the negotiation of the peace treaty between the two combatants in "Bart the General", which is his first and most significant appearance. He is one of those who panics when a book thrown from outside the meeting room smashes through a window and knocks over the Bunn-type coffee maker, apparently destroying the last of AA's coffee supply in Springfield. After some convincing from Lisa, Bart agrees to go along with the wedding in order to prevent Lou from being sent back to the slaughterhouse. According to Luann, Kirk was not a very good provider, and she had to borrow money from her sister or steal clothes from the church donation box. In "The Frying Game", Mrs. Vanderbilt is shown as friends with Mrs. Bellamy, Mrs. Glick, and Agnes Skinner. Lou permanently became an Afro-American character in "Bart vs. Thanksgiving", where he was animated to Eddie's voice of Harry Shearer and vice versa.[108]. Hibbert covered for himself against Marge's horrified reaction by saying that if she had replied any other way, she would be sent to prison, claiming that it was "just a test". Fans of Sports Radio 1310 in Dallas voted that Jub-Jub be the new nickname of morning radio host George Dunham. He has served as Mr. Burns' head lawyer, helping him out with threats of the Power Plant closing down and of Burns losing his money. In another episode, he is shown living in a fancy, well-furnished modern apartment that happens to share a wall with a Jai-alai court. A classmate of Bart Simpson, Wendell is most often seen with classmates Richard, Lewis, and Martin. In "Homer vs. In "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister", she reveals she has a husband. Unable to help the Simpsons, Monroe refunds double what the Simpsons paid, and the Simpsons buy a new TV. Eventually, after losing the money, Cecil attempted to kill Bart which Bob never could, but ironically, this was foiled by Bob himself. Gunter Schmidt and Ernst Hammerstein, Las Vegas-style entertainers voiced by Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria, are obvious parodies of Siegfried & Roy: they speak with German accents, their act involves magic and white tigers, and one has black hair while the other has bleached-blond hair. Mrs. Marilyn Muntz, voiced by Tress MacNeille,[20] is Nelson's mother. In The Simpsons Movie, Homer's car runs him over. Lenny and Carl together rank sixth on IGN's Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters.[60]. Plopper has also made appearances in the episodes and comics, and also appears in the reanimated opening sequence, featuring in the pan across Springfield. According to showrunner Al Jean, "The Simpsons is one of the few shows on TV where God is not only very real, but He's a kind of vengeful Old Testament God.". She wears a pink outfit and a pillbox hat similar to the outfit worn by Jackie Kennedy on the day of the Kennedy assassination. She is the stereotypical competitive woman with a thick Asian accent that she has been trying to lose since she was a child. [17] She appeared again in "Girly Edition", also as a generic female TV executive (only her hair and facial features differed from her first appearance). [90] He is normally featured wearing a rhinestone-encrusted leisure suit. Directed by Steven Dean Moore, Mike B. Anderson. Commentary for ", Oakley, Bill; Weinstein, Josh (2005). She is usually seen as a background character, sometimes in events that occurred even before she moved next door (such as the baby shower for Maggie in "And Maggie Makes Three"). He is an immigrant from Brazil and has been deported but was returned. Lurleen once again ends up engaged to a man who looks very much like Homer and tours as an opening act for the Dixie Chicks. The character also appears in the episodes "Homer Loves Flanders" (who tells Homer that, if Homer actually went to work for eight days instead of camping out outside the ticket window for football tickets, he would have earned enough to get his tickets from a scalper), "Homer and Apu" (as one of the angry customers in the beginning of the episode), "Bart of Darkness" (in which he punched a hippie for singing "Sunshine on My Shoulders" during a town-wide heat wave) and "Grampa vs. He is a Cornell University graduate, and a former Gulp 'n Blow employee (during the time that Krusty's show was cancelled and Bart and Lisa set out to create a comeback special). There are hints though, that Dr. Hibbert is not above dubious medical practices. In "Worst Episode Ever" Sam is shot in the back by Moe, for trying to pay in Sacagawea dollars. He is also shown as an inventor/huckster on the television show I Can't Believe They Invented It!. [209] David Silverman had to create a model sheet of the Old Barber for Jim Reardon, who directed "22 Short Films about Springfield". The character was heavily featured in the episodes "Three Men and a Comic Book" and "Radioactive Man". He is friends with Carl, Homer Simpson, Moe Szyslak, and Barney Gumble. and also that their cat had kittens; she then proclaims that "These are yours!" Grateful for Homer's help, she becomes attracted to him and tries to lure him with an erotic song called "Bunk with Me Tonight". At 16, she began studying for law school, and by 24 she earned a law degree from Yale Law School and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School. Martin Prince Sr. is the father of Martin Prince, and husband of Martha Prince. Richard appears frequently in scenes involving the Springfield children, and in the early seasons was often involved with mischief. Lovejoy's judgmental and gossipy wife, and the mother of Jessica Lovejoy. [82] Azaria modelled the voice on actor Robert Newton, who played pirates in several movies. All I had was a little brother who grew up to become a doctor. This version was played by an actor named Dirk Richter, who was allegedly murdered in a brothel some time after the show ended, a parody of George Reeves and the controversy surrounding his death. Kirk served in the U.S. Army[2] and graduated from Gudger College[3]. Commentary for the episode ", Scully, Mike (2006). "I'm with Cupid" was his final speaking appearance until "Covercraft". Jackie Mason won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his performance as Krustofsky in "Like Father, Like Clown" in 1992. In "Milhouse of Sand and Fog" the Van Houtens reunited. Barbara Rollolinski,[37] more commonly known as Booberella, is a buxom television host who speaks with a Romanian accent. Claude's main love interest, journalist Gloria Grand, has little interest in him, and dismisses him as a 'rich kid'. Since the season 8 episode, "A Milhouse Divided", Luann was depicted as a promiscuous single mother, who pushed her love life in the face of her ex-husband, Kirk. In "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" she is shown still living next door to the Simpsons. Despite apparent marriage problems, Dr. Hibbert still requests that the Simpsons tell Bernice that he loves her during a zombie apocalypse, though Homer misinterprets the message and resolves to just give her a high-five. He has cataracts and is almost entirely blind,[117] which has severely impaired his reading ability and has led to repeated revokings of his driver's license. He is often seen yelling at people, and as seen in "Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores", owns a store called Zip Boys, a parody of Pep Boys. A sign in his office reads "HIS JUDGEMENT COMETH AND THAT RIGHT SOON", which is a reference to Warden Norton from The Shawshank Redemption. The show is a huge hit that ruins Krusty's career, but Bart then ruins Gabbo's future by capturing him making a rude comment on TV. The couple appear in the season two episodes "Simpson and Delilah" and "Bart's Dog Gets an F", as well as the season three episode "Separate Vocations". She is the lover of Mayor Quimby, and is seen several times in bed with him. Martin Prince Jr.[191] was voiced by Russi Taylor until her death on July 26, 2019, and currently voiced by Grey Griffin. Such occurrences include 'Krusty's Slide', where he is forced into a mixture of pudding, pickle brine and laundry detergent, a tub of rancid Béarnaise sauce and a tub of refried beans; another unseen one is in "Krusty Gets Kancelled" where he states that Krusty once poured liquid nitrogen down his pants and cracked his buttocks with a hammer. [152] On one occasion, it is implied he is an undercover agent whose target is Homer. [168] In a phone conversation, Marge once asked her, "How can [Krusty] hurt someone who loves him so?" [muttering]: I do this, and I'm Jewish."). The show's ratings plummet, and Poochie is despised. "[165] Her only speaking roles are in "Like Father, Like Clown" and "Krusty Gets Kancelled", in which she was voiced by Pamela Hayden. He is a former worker at the Nuclear Plant who was forced to retire with a lavish retirement party. Sideshow Mel uses a slide whistle to communicate on camera, just like Bob. On a few occasions, he says Skinner's name this way when absolutely nothing has gone wrong, implying that he either pronounces Skinner's name this way by habit, or does it on purpose to scare him. Kirk was put in jail in the episode "Pranksta Rap" for "kidnapping" Bart which he greatly enjoyed due to him being envied by women and fed three meals a day. The pair mainly appeared in season four's "Krusty Gets Kancelled" but they also appeared in "Bart to the Future", "Homerazzi", "All About Lisa" and The Simpsons Movie. They are in the same class as Bart at Springfield Elementary School. Radioactive Man is a fictional comic book superhero. According to "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind", Julio is from Costa Rica, though this is contradicted in "The Burns Cage" which states he is from Cuba. The White Weasel (voiced by Susan Blu in Bart the General and Nancy Cartwright in later appearances) wears a red T-shirt, tan shorts, and red shoes and the Black Weasel (voiced by Jo Ann Harris in "Bart the General" and Pamela Hayden in later appearances) wears an orange T-shirt, tan shorts, and orange shoes with tan soles (although in his first appearance, his outfit was a yellow T-shirt, green shorts, and yellow shoes with green soles). Gender of this character. In the former, Homer sues his restaurant, The Frying Dutchman, because they kicked him out at the restaurant's closing time before Homer had eaten all he could eat. As a prize, Bart was offered either an elephant or $10,000 in cash, with the elephant option as a joke. I wanted the black one!" [137] Like the Cosby character, Dr. Hibbert laughs inappropriately, at pretty much everything. He is voiced by Jon Lovitz, except for a brief appearance in "The Front" (1993), in which he was voiced by Dan Castellaneta. He is also the host of a radio program titled, "Moleman in the Morning" on Springfield radio station KJAZZ. In Simpson Tide he has his biggest appearance as the Naval Reserve recruiter who begs Homer not to read the "Are you a homosexual?" In most episodes, only His beard is seen. Rod is a high school nerd living with his aunt, Aunt June. The character was originally named "Judge Moulton", but show runners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein did not know that, and called him "Snyder". They are usually seen flanking the mayor at town meetings, but sometimes they appear as members of a crowd. Lurleen Lumpkin (voiced by Beverly D'Angelo) is an aspiring country singer who is initially managed by Homer in "Colonel Homer". Artie manages to scapegoat Homer by deliberately letting Homer win 98% of Ziffcorp stocks in a poker game, thus making Homer legally liable for Artie's deceit, but he eventually confesses his guilt to the authorities when Marge berates Artie for his poor character and she reveals that his own selfish behavior are the real reasons why no one likes him. He also employs the Yes Guy, who is seen working at the store in most of his appearances. He is not as smart as Lou. In reality, the town became depressed and angry, leaving Bart to endure "The Tell-Tale Heart"-style guilt before replacing it. His first name was first mentioned by his cellmate Sideshow Bob in the season 3 episode "Black Widower". Her description on The Simpsons POG set described her as "Lisa's fair-weather friend". "[103] He is the mascot for the fictional Duff Corporation that sells Duff Beer,[104] and is based on Budweiser's former mascot Bud Man. Apu is seen to be very romantically awkward, as well as quite distant from Manjula, and he previously told her that it was customary in America to work long hours, seven days a week, and to never see your wife. or. Carl takes offense, saying that just because he is African-American, he does not know every other African American in Springfield, of whom there are very few, anyway. [187][188] Writer David Cohen named Manjula after a friend of much of the staff. Much of his character revolves around his extreme emotional depression after his divorce from his wife Luann. Bleeding Gums Murphy (voiced by Ron Taylor, Daryl L. Coley and Kevin Michael Richardson)[26] is a jazz musician, idol, and mentor of Lisa Simpson. They take their character names from Cesar and Ugolin, characters from the films Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. He has a gay grandson, as revealed in "Million Dollar Abie" and a daughter named Paris Texan (who looks and acts like hotel heiress Paris Hilton). Bart simply replies, "Oh, yeah." Bart wins the elephant in a radio contest called "KBBL Is Gonna Gimme Something Stupid". He was also unemployed at some point, surviving on alimony payments and unemployment benefits. when Apu was thinking of his loved one—in this case, his Kwik-E-Mart cigarette machine that steals money and does not dispense cigarettes). - Share your reason with the rest of the community. question on the application due to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that was in effect at the time. [241] He made his debut appearance in "The War of the Simpsons" in which he was not named but wore the prisoner ID 7F20, matching the episode's production code. [105] Duffman is a muscular actor, dressed in a superhero costume who spouts slogans while he thrusts his hips. Gil Gunderson, a.k.a. He made several generic appearances on the show before being given his first name in "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily". Bleeding Gums Murphy is loosely based on Blind Willie Johnson, at whose feet the young Bleeding Gums character learned. Dignity", Mrs. Vanderbilt is shocked by Homer's antics twice. He got an annulment from Pope John Paul II after a brief marriage to Selma Bouvier. Benjamin, Doug and Gary (voiced by Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer, respectively)[16] are geeks that were once Homer's dormitory roommates at Springfield University. He reacts questionably to certain medical problems. In "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" When Cookie Kwan presented a baby that she claimed was Quimby's, the mayor passed it off to one of the bodyguards and tells him to raise the child as his own. The third triplet is seen by Marge in "The Daughter Also Rises", but they suggest that she may only be hallucinating. Three other monkeys have died while working for Krusty known by the same name. The Springfield Marathon commemorates an occasion on which he ran across six states in order to avoid his creditors. He is friends with Homer Simpson. In a Treehouse of Horror episode, Dr. Hibbert discusses the possibility of Bart being a "genetic chosen one" who can cure a zombie apocalypse over the phone with the Simpsons while under siege from the aforementioned zombies. He is later seen as a ghost "stuck in limbo" in "Treehouse of Horror XXV", and again in "Flanders' Ladder" as part of a dream Lisa conjures for Bart. The two lack any real definitive characteristic and are almost always seen together. ", is a nod to the Yello song "Oh Yeah", which many advertisers began to use when Ferris Bueller's Day Off made it a hit. His father was shown on the season eight episode "The Homer They Fall", but in "O Brother, Where Bart Thou? Sanjay can also be seen in the season nine episode "Dumbbell Indemnity" on a sign outside "Stu's Disco" that reads, "You Must Be This Swarthy To Enter". [35] He is known for his blue hair and nasal New York City accent. He's a jazz musician or some such. [160], The character's surname comes from Hollywood talent agent Sue Naegle, president of HBO Entertainment and wife of Simpsons writer Dana Gould. One example of Carl having Lenny's voice is in "Brush with Greatness". [141] He later married Tada, and has an affair with Duffman. Hibbert is noticeably less dysfunctional than just about everyone else on the show, though he does have a bizarre tendency to chuckle at inappropriate moments which is later revealed to be a coping mechanism. In "Springfield Splendor", she finds Lisa's art therapy drawings, and sells them at The Android's Dungeon as a graphic novel, called Sad Girl. The fight proves one-sided, and Homer is rescued by Moe just as he is about to be knocked unconscious by Tatum. Booberella's name alludes to Vampirella (Forrest James Ackerman's comic book vampire character) and to the 1968 cult film Barbarella, which stars Jane Fonda in the title role. Sideshow Bob. He is Julio's lover. Mary Bailey wails in disgust after unfurling Lisa's flag: Bart had redesigned it to look like a butt, with "Learn to Fart" underneath. She decides to release all the abused prisoners to a garbage barge where they would "bare-knuckle box until one of you emerges as king of your floating hell". He recently appeared in "Treehouse of Horror XXXI" and "Podcast News" as well. He also promotes people based on personal bias as opposed to actual competence, promoting Principal Holloway, described by Skinner as a "drunk" and by Chalmers as a "pill-popper", to assistant superintendent after getting run over by a tractor driven by Bart and blaming Skinner for letting it happen. [105] His catchphrase, "Oh, yeah! She is then seen arriving arm-in-arm with Krusty the Clown. The crude Spanish is used so that English-speaking viewers would still understand what was being said. In this episode her voice sounds the same as Lunchlady Doris, rather than her soft, Southern voice she had when she was first introduced. Many Jebediah legends have been debunked during the run of the series. But he became banished from Springfield on a horse by the angry townsfolk when Moe Szyslak discovered, that a song Moleman made Springfield's city anthem 30 years before, was in fact a rip-off of another town's anthem. Marge, a supporter of Burns' opponent Mary Bailey, deliberately serves Blinky for dinner. @TheSimpsons New episode tonight! The name Jub-Jub was coined by then-writer Conan O'Brien. [126] She enjoys creating cruel punishments for criminals in her court and frightening them with a miniature guillotine on the bench. On one occasion they neglected their duties while admiring passing clouds, oblivious to Quimby being in danger. After Marge remarks that nobody would ever want to buy a jacket that read "Disco Stu", another customer recommends it to Stu, but Stu replies, "Disco Stu doesn't advertise."[90]. He appeared in "Half-Decent Proposal" when Artie Ziff, Marge's high school prom date, recreated their prom. He is a sixth-grader and is often seen hanging out with Dolph, Kearney, and sometimes Nelson. Stu's speech pattern is similar to that of Duffman, also voiced by Hank Azaria; he speaks in the third person, often referring to himself as "Disco Stu" (emphasizing "Stu" and then pausing before saying anything else; whatever follows usually rhymes with "Stu"). Surly Duff, voiced by Hank Azaria, is a mascot for Duff and one of the seven duffs. This upsets Homer and he finds a new place to live. [184] Since then, several references to Monroe being dead have been made: a glimpse of his gravestone in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily", a Dr. Marvin Monroe Memorial Gymnasium seen in "Bye Bye Nerdie", and a trivia interstitial in the "138th Episode Spectacular" regarding which popular characters had recently died. After Grau's death in 1995, Lunchlady Doris was retired out of respect for over 10 years. Her mother is an Italian who abused Milhouse whenever he spoke English. His signature bike is the Suicycle and he has his own action figure complete with an ambulance. State Comptroller Atkins, voiced by Hank Azaria, is the comptroller of Springfield's state. As of "You Kent Always Say What You Want", he also has a show on Fox News, and serves as a parody of Fox News' conservative bias. UnemployedFactory Worker (previous)Peanut Vendor (previous) [128] His appearance is modeled on Robert Bork. In "Dark Knight Court", Groundskeeper Willie refers to her as "Lunchlady Dora". Chalmers is known for throwing open the doors to the room and bellowing "SKINNER!!! Louis "Mr. Teeny" Toot, also known as Joseph Teeny and voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is Krusty's trained chimpanzee who frequently appears on the show. He appears again, discussing Bart's problems at school and Lisa's special gift in a flashback sequence of "Lisa's Sax". [185] She claims Fried Green Tomatoes is her favorite book, movie, and food. Like many recurring characters, Hans Moleman has had a wide variety of careers over the course of the series. [163] In "Blame It on Lisa", it is revealed that she frequently changes jobs because she is a sexual predator. After Marge helps her clean up her house, she begins speaking normally and wearing proper clothing. Rabbi Krustofsky later conducted Krusty's Bar Mitzvah in "Today I Am a Clown", admitting that he had not previously, out of fear that the young Krusty would just make fun of the whole thing. [60], Leopold John, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is Superintendent Chalmers' assistant. Hank Scorpio is a one-time character portrayed by Albert Brooks. Lunchlady Doris, voiced by Doris Grau up until her death, and now voiced by Tress MacNeille, is a sardonic chef for Springfield Elementary.
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