List of recurring The Simpsons characters
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Agnes Skinner
Agnes Skinner (voiced by Tress MacNeille)[2] is the mother of Principal Skinner and first appears in the first season episode "The Crepes of Wrath" as an old woman who embarrassingly calls her son "Spanky". However, as episodes progress, her character turns bitter.[3] She is very controlling of her son and often treats him as if he is a child, insulting and ridiculing him every chance she gets. She hates Edna Krabappel due to her son's feelings for the other woman.[4] Agnes has been married four times,[5] and once dated Comic Book Guy. Many Springfield residents, including the Simpsons, are afraid of her.[6] When "the real Seymour Skinner" arrives in Springfield in "The Principal and the Pauper", Agnes ends up rejecting him, in part because he stands up to her, but also because, unlike Skinner/Tamzarian, her biological son is independent and does not need her anymore, while Skinner immediately reverts to a good-for-nothing without her.
Agnes's first name was revealed in the seventh season episode "Bart the Fink".[7] Before that, the character was known as "Mrs. Skinner".[8] In the beginning of the series, the writers made several references to Agnes and Seymour's unhealthily close relationship as similar to that of Norman Bates and his mother.[9] In "Boy Meets Curl", it is revealed that Agnes's resentment towards Seymour may have begun even before her son was born – during the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Agnes competed in the pole vaulting event while nine months pregnant. When Seymour makes his first kick, he hits the bar, thus making Agnes lose and crushing her dreams[10] (contradicting the earlier episode in which Seymour is not her birth son). In "Grade School Confidential", it is revealed that Agnes enjoys collecting pictures of cakes that she cuts out of magazines, a hobby she began in 1941. However, she does not care for the dessert itself, finding it "too sweet". In the 26th season episode "Sky Police", she mentions that she has a brother named Stevie.
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa[11] works as a waiter at The Happy Sumo, a Japanese restaurant in Springfield. He first appears in the second season episode "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish". Actor George Takei originally voiced Akira in "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish". Since Akira's speaking role in "When Flanders Failed" where the character is depicted as a karate teacher, Hank Azaria has voiced the character, doing an impression of Takei for the voice.[12] Takei returned to voice Akira in season 24's "What Animated Women Want". The character's name is a reference to the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.
Allison Taylor
Allison Taylor (voiced by
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Arnie Pye
Arnie Pye (voiced by
Arthur Crandall and Gabbo
Arthur Crandall and Gabbo (both voiced by Hank Azaria) are a ventriloquist and his puppet who star in a children's TV show that is in direct competition with Krusty the Clown's. The show is a huge hit that ruins Krusty's career, but Bart and Lisa help Krusty outdo the duo with a comeback special. The pair are later reduced to low-paying work such as a show at an Indian casino. Arthur Crandall maintains the illusion Gabbo is a person even without an audience, even having conversations with him when the camera is off. 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. (See The Great Gabbo[citation needed].)
Artie Ziff
Artie Ziff (voiced by Jon Lovitz in most appearances, Dan Castellaneta in a brief appearance in "The Front"[13]) is a narcissistic Internet entrepreneur who is obsessively infatuated with Marge Simpson, his former high school classmate. Animator David Silverman based Ziff's appearance and body language on a former high school classmate.[14]
Ziff first appears in the episode "The Way We Was" (1991), in which he takes a young Marge Bouvier to senior prom. When Artie tries to grope her in his car, Marge rejects him and drives off, encountering Homer on her way home. In adulthood, Artie tries repeatedly to coerce Marge into choosing him over Homer, with Patty's encouragement as she saw him more as the ideal husband for her sister. It is also implied that former principal Harlan Dondelinger favored Artie over Homer, believing that he would be a multimillionaire and do tasks that Homer and even Barney would never do.
In "
In "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" (2012), Bart time-travels to 1974 and meets Marge, who is still a high school student. After he warns her not to marry Homer, Bart returns to 2012 and finds that Marge has married Artie, with Bart now named Bartie Ziff, and having inherited Artie's curly hair. Marge leaves Artie after she instantly falls in love with a host of time-traveling Homers. She says seeing them made her realize she had married the wrong man.
In "Hail to the Teeth" (2020), Artie resurfaces and invites Homer and Marge to his wedding only to find out that the bride is a robot clone of Marge. He has made other robot clones of Marge that did not work well.
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Baby Gerald
Gerald Samson, better known as Baby Gerald, also known as "the one-eyebrowed baby", is
Barney Gumble
Benjamin, Doug, and Gary
Benjamin, Doug, and Gary (voiced by Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, and Harry Shearer, respectively)[16] are geeks that were once Homer Simpson's dormitory roommates at Springfield University. Benjamin carries a calculator on his belt, Doug is overweight and wears a pocket protector, and Gary wears horn-rimmed glasses and uses ear medicine.[17] The writer of "Homer Goes to College", Conan O'Brien partially based them on three guys he went to college with, who, he said, were "incredible nerds".[18] Director Jim Reardon used a caricature of animator Rich Moore and colored it black for Gary.[19]
Bernice Hibbert
Bernice Hibbert (voiced by Tress MacNeille from 1991 to 2020,[20] Dawnn Lewis since 2021) is Dr. Julius Hibbert's wife and is loosely based on the Clair Huxtable character from The Cosby Show.[21] The Hibberts have three children, two boys and a girl. Nevertheless, her marriage is on the rocks;[22] she refuses to kiss her husband, even in front of an entire audience.[23] Her drinking has been joked about on several occasions. She fainted when she read that "Prohibition" had been introduced to Springfield[24] and attends Springfield Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.[25]
Bill and Marty
Bill and Marty (voiced by
Billy
Billy (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is Troy McClure's assistant who appeared in "Lisa the Simpson", and "Bart the Mother". He was supposed to appear in more episodes, but due to the death of McClure's voice actor Phil Hartman, he was retired along with McClure. Billy is a child who appears in Troy McClure's educational films. He appears in the films "Birds: Our Fine Feathered Colleagues", and "Someone's in the Kitchen with DNA". A similar child named Jimmy (who at one point McClure also calls Billy) appears in "The Meat Council Presents: 'Meat and You: Partners in Freedom'" in the episode, "Lisa the Vegetarian".
Birch Barlow
Birchibald "Birch" T. Barlow (voiced by
On his radio show, he declares himself to be "the fourth branch of government" and "the fifty-first state". He authored the book Only Turkeys Have Left Wings. Barlow plays an important part in the episode "Sideshow Bob Roberts", in which Sideshow Bob, while jailed, calls Barlow on his radio show, giving Bob an outlet to voice how the prison treats him unfairly. Barlow, knowing Bob is a fellow Republican, sympathizes with his complaints, and influences the rest of Springfield to do so as well. This leads to Bob's prompt release and ensuing mayoral election-rigging. 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 Barlow's puppet.
Barlow appears in the episode "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere" as a customer at Marge's prescription drug-laden "yard sale", a reference to Limbaugh's Oxycontin addiction. Most recently Barlow appears with other Springfield Republicans in the episode "E Pluribus Wiggum", in which he tells Lisa to make Ralph Wiggum decide whether he wants to run for president as a Republican or a Democrat.
Bleeding Gums Murphy
Oscar "Bleeding Gums" Murphy (voiced by Ron Taylor in "Moaning Lisa" and "'Round Springfield", Daryl L. Coley in "Dancin' Homer",[26] Kevin Michael Richardson in "Sorry Not Sorry" and "The Sound of Bleeding Gums") is a jazz musician, idol, and mentor of Lisa Simpson. His real name was Oscar as mentioned by his nephew in "Lisa Gets the Blues". In his first appearance, Murphy explains the origins of his nickname: "You ever been to the dentist? Not me."
His most significant roles were in the episodes "
Murphy teaches Lisa to display her emotions through music, prompting Lisa to hold him as an important figure in her life.[28] His last appearance was in "'Round Springfield",[29] when, after Bart ends up in the hospital, Lisa wanders off to find Murphy in a nearby ward. He explains about his life, family, and work to her, as well as giving her advice for her upcoming school performance, giving her his saxophone. When Lisa returns, she finds out that Murphy has died from circumstances which are never revealed. No one, except for Lisa, attends Murphy's funeral. Lisa realizes that despite being gone physically, he still is alive in her, and honors his memory by having his album played at a local radio station.[27]
It is strongly hinted that Murphy and Dr. Julius Hibbert are long-lost brothers by Murphy's quote:
"I don't really have a family. All I had was a little brother who grew up to become a doctor. He used to laugh at the most inappropriate times."
Hibbert laughs inappropriately (as he always does) and says,
"Hey, I've got an older brother that I'll never see! He's a jazz musician or some such. Oh well, bye-bye!"[27]
Each fails to recognize the other.
The episode "The Sound of Bleeding Gums" reveals that Bleeding Gums Murphy has a deaf son named Monk (voiced by John Autry II). His ghost gives advice to Lisa on how to see eye to eye with Monk. When Monk finally gets a cochlear implant, Lisa plays his father's song which he states that he can finally hear. Bleeding Gums Murphy's ghost thanks Lisa for helping his son to hear his song, and also asks Lisa what the Internet is when she mentions it.
Bleeding Gums Murphy is loosely based on
Blinky
Blinky is a three-eyed orange fish featured primarily in "
Blue-Haired Lawyer
Mr. Burns' Lawyer,
The character's demeanor and Castellaneta's voice for the character are based on
Booberella
Barbara Rellalinsky,
Brandine Spuckler
Brandine Spuckler (voiced by
Brunella Pommelhorst
Brunella Pommelhorst (voiced by
Bumblebee Man
The Bumblebee Man (voiced by
In general, Bumblebee Man only speaks in simple, over-enunciated (and often inaccurate) Spanish sentences. His catchphrases of choice are typically "¡Ay, ay, ay, no me gusta!" ("I don't like it!"), "¡Ay, no es bueno!" ("That's not good!") and "¡Ay, Dios no me ama!" ("God doesn't love me!"). Quite commonly, his phrases will be intentionally sloppy Spanish. For example, in the episode "22 Short Films About Springfield", there are several words used that are not real (such as "wudpequero" for "woodpecker", rather than the correct pájaro carpintero). The crude Spanish is used so that English-speaking viewers would still understand what was being said.[47] In rare instances, he also speaks English, such as briefly in "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" (and in "The Burns And The Bees", this may be easy to miss). In "Bart Gets Famous", he anchors the news with an English accent, filling in for Kent Brockman, who would not report the news because he did not get his Danish pastry, which Bart stole to give to Krusty.
Bumblebee Man is a caricature parody of
In 2003, Azaria won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for voicing Bumblebee Man, and various other characters.[51]
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C.H.U.M.
C.H.U.M. (voiced by
Capital City Goofball
The Capital City Goofball (voiced by Tom Poston) is the mascot for Capital City. His appearance seems to have been inspired by the mascot of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, the Phillie Phanatic. The costume is a creature with a baseball body, with a blue Capital City T-shirt, yellow arms and legs, a long flat-ended nose, tufts of fur at the side, a red hat with two springs, two costume eyes that look in either direction, and two more eyes that peek outside the mouth. The Capital City Goofball first appeared in the episode "Dancin' Homer" and shared the stage with Homer. He also appears in Radio Bart as one of many celebrities recording a charity single. After that, he is absent until "Homer to the Max", where he walks past the Simpsons window alongside Mr Largo when Lisa talks about TV shows rewriting or dropping characters that appear early on. In "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade", the Capital City Goofball represents Capital City in the state legislature; he spent $80 million out of his own pocket to win the seat, and now is leading an effort to change the state's embarrassing flag, a Confederate battle flag set between the ocean and the rays of the sun (especially as the state was in the North).
After Tom Poston's death in 2007, the character was reduced to making minor background appearances and usual honking sounds, and has not spoken since "Bart and Lisa vs. the Third Grade".
Captain Lance Murdock
Captain Lance Murdock (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a professional stunt devil who appeared more in the early days of the show rather than the newer episodes. He first appeared in "Bart the Daredevil" which featured him in more scenes than other episodes. He later appeared in "I Married Marge", "Selma's Choice", and "Viva Ned Flanders". He was most recently featured when Krusty was flicking channels on his TV in "Today I Am a Clown". He also appears in Lisa's lecture about Lake Springfield in The Simpsons Movie sitting in the audience. His stunts often end in disaster, such as in "Viva Ned Flanders", and "Bart the Daredevil", where he states that he has broken every bone in his body after a failed stunt (he did have one unbroken bone, his thumb, but broke it when trying to give Bart a thumbs-up). His signature bike is the Suicycle and he has his own action figure complete with an ambulance.
Carl Carlson
Carlton Carlson (voiced by
Carl is an
The episode "The Saga of Carl" provides his origin story, describing how he was raised in Iceland. The episode includes his reunion with his Icelandic parents, who adopted him at an unspecified age from an unspecified nation. The episode's plot revolves around the Carlson family curse, which had tarnished their reputation in Iceland for centuries.
In the early seasons, Carl was rarely seen with Lenny and did not have a consistent voice – on some occasions, he can be heard with Lenny's voice and vice versa. One example of Carl having Lenny's voice is in "Brush with Greatness". In an early 1991 episode, "Principal Charming", Carl's name is spelled "Karl", the same spelling seen for an unrelated character of the same season.
Lenny and Carl are best friends, as they are rarely seen apart; their other friends are Homer, and regulars at Moe's including Barney Gumble and Moe Szyslak.[57] Homer repeatedly confuses Lenny and Carl, and is shocked to learn on one occasion that Lenny is white, and Carl is black. To guide himself, Homer has "Lenny = White, Carl = Black" on his hand. He once muttered to himself, "Is that right?" while reading it.[58] In "Helter Shelter", Homer exclaims, "That's Lenny? I wanted the black one!" When Mr. Burns appears on a radio show in an attempt to boost his popularity in "Monty Can't Buy Me Love", Homer tells him that he has a list of jokes explaining the differences between white and black people; Homer later states, "White guys have names like Lenny, whereas black guys have names like Carl."
Lenny and Carl work at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant alongside Homer Simpson.[59] Lenny and Carl together rank sixth on IGN's Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters.[60]
Cecil Terwilliger
Cecil Onderdonk Terwilliger (voiced by David Hyde Pierce) is the younger brother of Robert Onderdonk Terwilliger, a.k.a. Sideshow Bob. His first appearance was in the episode "Brother from Another Series", where it was revealed that Bob only got the job as Krusty's sideshow ten years ago because Cecil, who had always wanted to be a children's entertainer, failed his audition. He later became Springfield's "Chief Hydrological and Hydrodynamical Engineer" although he planned to blow up the new hydroelectric dam he was building, so that nobody would know how cheaply it was made. Cecil kept most of the building money for himself, making it look as if it was his brother. However, Sideshow Bob, Lisa and Bart worked together to successfully foil him. Eventually, after losing the money, Cecil attempted to kill Bart which Bob never could, but ironically, this was foiled by Bob himself. His second appearance was in the episode "Funeral for a Fiend", where, following Robert's death, he convinced Bart to go to his cremation. It turned out, though, that Sideshow Bob faked the whole thing in another elaborate plot to kill Bart.
He is voiced by David Hyde Pierce, who also plays the younger brother of Sideshow Bob's voice actor Kelsey Grammer's character in Frasier. Cecil's mannerisms and his relationship with his brother are also loosely based on Niles and Frasier's relationship in Frasier. Cecil makes a third appearance in the episode "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?", where he and Bob are happily flying kites across a park in Bart's dream of wanting a younger brother.
Cesar and Ugolin
Cesar (voiced by
In "Lisa the Greek", they are briefly shown watching TV in their apartment.
In "
They take their character names from Cesar and Ugolin, characters from the films Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources.
Charlie
Charlie (voiced by
Dan Castellaneta said that he did "an imitation of
Chase/Pyro
Chase, also known as Pyro, (voiced by
He also appears in "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken", "Mom and Pop Art", "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily", "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge", "Day of the Jackanapes", "A Star Is Born Again" and "The Bart of War".
Chief Wiggum
Cletus Spuckler
Cletus Del Roy Montfort Bigglesworth Spuckler (voiced by
He was named 7th in IGN's Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters.[60]
Cletus was introduced during the fifth season of the show, in "Bart Gets an Elephant", as one of the "slack-jawed yokels" gawking at Bart's elephant Stampy. Cletus' voice is slightly deeper in this initial appearance than in later episodes. He, like the Sea Captain before him, was the go-to character for a quick laugh on the show, and is a staff favorite. He made several generic appearances on the show before being given his first name in "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily".
Cletus' low intelligence is usually portrayed as the result of inbreeding and jokes are occasionally made which refer to his partner Brandine being related to him. It has been suggested that Brandine is Cletus' mother and sister. The two are shown to have a large number of children with stereotypical "hillbilly" names, and add to their family casually. In the episode "Apocalypse Cow", one of his many daughters, Mary, received a cow from Bart, which Bart wanted Mary to care for. Cletus mistook this for a proposal, and almost married the two. He is said to have 70 kids,[67] at least 45 of whom have been named in episodes.
The first name Cletus came from writer
His last name was given as "Del Roy" in the episode "Behind the Laughter". In "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays", his name is given as "Cletus Spuckler" in a news report. In the episodes "Sweets and Sour Marge" and "Yokel Hero", he signs his name as Cletus Spuckler.
Coach Lugash
Coach Lugash (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a gym teacher who coached Lisa in the episodes "Children of a Lesser Clod" and "Little Girl in the Big Ten". He has anger problems and later makes brief appearances. Springfield Elementary gym teacher Brunella Pommelhorst mentions that he defected into East Germany from the West.
Coach Krupt
Coach Krupt (
Comic Book Guy
Cookie Kwan
Cookie Kwan (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is an Asian American real estate broker who first appears in the episode "Realty Bites". She is the stereotypical competitive woman with a thick Asian accent that she has been trying to lose since she was a child.[69] She touts herself as being "number one on the West Side", although she also works on the East Side.[69] She is very aggressive toward anyone she deems a threat to her business, evidenced by when she threatens Gil Gunderson.[69] She once attempted to seduce Ned Flanders,[70] has had an illegitimate child with Mayor Quimby,[71] and has flirted with Homer.[72] She is friends with Lindsey Naegle.[72] She is a Republican.[73] She is played by MacNeille with a strong and harsh stereotypical Chinese accent.[citation needed]
Count Dracula
Count Dracula (voiced by Hank Azaria) is a vampire based on the character of the same name. He is often seen as a member in the Springfield Republican Party, as a vampire with white skin, and black suit and cloak.
Cowboy Bob
Cowboy Bob (voiced by Albert Brooks in "The Call of the Simpsons", Dan Castellaneta in "Mobile Homer") is an RV salesman who first appeared in "The Call of the Simpsons". Bob works at Bob's RV Roundup but claims he does not own the place – although this could be part of his sales pitch, given the manner he tells this to Homer. He is a typical hard-sell salesman who manages to sell Homer a cheap old RV due to his lack of financial funds. Cowboy Bob appears in the episodes "The Call of the Simpsons", "Bart Gets an 'F'", "When Flanders Failed", "Mobile Homer", and "Yellow Subterfuge". He also has a small part in The Simpsons Movie.
Crazy Cat Lady
Eleanor Abernathy
Abernathy was once a bright, vibrant young woman whose dreams came to a tragic end. When she was eight, Abernathy wanted to be both a doctor and a lawyer as she believed a woman can be whatever she wants to be if she just sets her mind to it. 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. Sadly, eight years later when she turned 32, Abernathy suffered from psychological exhaustion, became an alcoholic, and sought solace in her pet cat. In the present, the once-promising young doctor/lawyer has now become a raving, cat-hoarding lunatic.[77] Abernathy briefly reverts to her sanity and high intelligence thanks to some pills that she shows the Simpsons, but after Marge points out that the pills are actually Reese's Pieces candy, Abernathy abruptly resumes her deranged behavior.[78] When participating in a mayoral election, she lucidly discusses topics such as health care, economy and public education in between her screams and gibberish.[74]
In the episode "Eeny Teeny Maya Moe", Abernathy reveals that she once owned a cat with Moe Szyslak after he says that there "Is a much creepier guy right next to me." from a public library computer. She yells "You know I'm a woman!" and also that their cat had kittens; she then proclaims that "These are yours!" and insanely throws three cats at him. She is also seen in "The Blue and the Gray" flirting (and swapping animals) with another mentally ill person carrying dogs, who has been affectionately nicknamed 'Crazy Dog Man'. In the episode "A Midsummer's Nice Dream", Abernathy is shown to be a hoarder. After Marge helps her clean up her house, she begins speaking normally and wearing proper clothing. Later, in an attempt to fix Marge's new hoarding problem, Abernathy reverts to her crazy self, reclaiming all of the hoarded junk and calling her cats back to her.[79]
In the episode "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus", Abernathy shows she has an opera-quality singing voice.
Crusher and Lowblow
Joey "Crusher" and Lowblow (both voiced by
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Database
Database (alternatively voiced by
Dave Shutton
Dave Shutton (voiced by Harry Shearer[2]) is a reporter for The Springfield Shopper. Writer John Swartzwelder named Shutton after a friend of his.[82] His first appearance was in "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish".
Since then, his roles have become less relevant and have been reduced to short appearances. According to "
Declan Desmond
Declan Desmond (voiced by Eric Idle) is an odd and skeptical English documentary filmmaker who has directed several films, including Do You Want Lies with That?, American Boneheads: A Day In The Life Of Springfield Elementary, Growing Up Springfield, Ain't No Mountain: A Blind Man Climbs Everest, and The Spy Who Learned Me. Growing Up Springfield is his most notable documentary. It follows the lives of the inhabitants of Springfield, starting when they were in third grade and continuing every eight years. Desmond appeared in the episodes "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" and "Fat Man and Little Boy" and his Growing Up Springfield series were featured in the episode "Springfield Up". A documentary directed by him appeared in "The Spy Who Learned Me".
The character appears to be loosely based on British director
Dewey Largo
Dewey Largo (voiced by
He has not played a large role in the series, but was originally intended to be an uptight
Disco Stu
Disco Stu, real name Stuart Discothèque[87] (voiced by Hank Azaria), is a man who is mentally stuck in the disco era.[88] He is normally featured wearing a rhinestone-encrusted leisure suit. Stu was introduced as the punchline to a joke in "Two Bad Neighbors". In a rummage sale, Homer attempts to sell a jacket on which he had once tried to write "Disco Stud" in rhinestones, but having made the letters too big he did not have room for the final "d". 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 does not advertise."[88]
Stu's speech pattern is similar to that of
Doctor Colossus
Doctor Hector von Colossus (voiced by Hank Azaria) is a supervillain and mad scientist who resides in Springfield. He has light blue skin and wears a white laboratory coat, gloves and goggles. Doctor Colossus is a minor character and usually only appears in the background.
The character first appeared in the episode "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" as one of Stacy Lovell's ex-husbands.
In
Dolph Shapiro
Dolph Shapiro, formerly known as Dolph Starbeam (voiced by
Drederick Tatum
Drederick Tatum (voiced by
The 1984 Olympic gold medalist, he first became world champion after defeating Watson in the heavily promoted "Bout to Knock the Other Guy Out", a fight Homer and his friends watched on his illegal cable hookup. He was so feared inside prison, he could stop riots just by telling the rioters to "shut up". Tatum also appears in "Bye Bye Nerdie", in which Lisa swabs him with nerd sweat, which forces Nelson Muntz to involuntarily get up and start punching Tatum and give him a wedgie, to little effect. A sobbing Nelson tries to apologize but Tatum rolls up his sleeves and declares "you leave me little recourse".
Tatum is a parody of
Duffman
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Eddie
Edward "Eddie" (voiced by Harry Shearer[2]) is one of the Springfield police officers. He first appeared in the first season episode "There's No Disgrace Like Home".[94] Like Lou, he does not have a surname.
In "Bart vs. Thanksgiving", Eddie was animated to Lou's voice and Lou was animated to Eddie's.[95]
Edna Krabappel
Elizabeth Hoover
Elizabeth Hoover (voiced by
In the episode "Lisa's Substitute", she thought she had lyme disease. She is very apathetic and bored with her job. She is often seen smoking even while teaching, once even under a "No Smoking" sign in the assembly hall. Her desperate attempts to regain her stability include rushing out of class to recite "Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean" with her eyes closed, getting into her car and driving off on two occasions, and even letting Ralph teach the class after she was granted tenure and therefore free to do almost anything she wants.
Marcia Mitzman Gaven substituted as Elizabeth Hoover when Maggie Roswell was involved in a pay dispute.
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Fallout Boy
In the series, Fallout Boy (alternatively voiced by
Fallout Boy also appears in a real-life comic book titled Radioactive Man, published by Bongo Comics (a comic created in part by Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons). In these comic books, Fallout Boy's real name is Rod Runtledge, he has a brother named Dodd. They live in Zenith City. Rod is a high school nerd living with his aunt, Aunt June. Fallout Boy was an average book worm, until one day, he was at a Radioactive demonstration, where he met up with Claude Kane. A tall piece of machinery fell towards them. Claude grabbed Rod and jumped over the rail, Claude holding onto the machine. The machine came to life, and as the ray passed through Claude, who became Radioactive Man, it hit Rod. Rod then got a pint-sized version of Radioactive Man's powers and became Fallout Boy.
In the episode "Radioactive Man", Milhouse was chosen over Bart to play Fallout Boy in the Radioactive Man movie to be filmed in Springfield.
The rock band Fall Out Boy took their name from this character.[96]
Fat Tony
Francesca Terwilliger
Francesca Terwilliger (voiced by Maria Grazia Cucinotta in "The Italian Bob", Tress MacNeille in "Funeral for a Friend") is the wife of Robert Onderdonk Terwilliger, better known as Sideshow Bob. She first appears in the season 17 episode "The Italian Bob", when Sideshow Bob moved to Italy to get away from Bart for a fresh start. He became the mayor of a small Tuscan village and married Francesca, with whom he had a son called Gino, although Sideshow Bob never told her, or indeed anyone about his murderous past. However, when the Simpsons visited Italy, Lisa got drunk at a feast and told the whole town of the things he had done. After being thrown out of his village, Bob swore a vendetta against the Simpsons, which Francesca encouraged, saying they brought dishonor to the whole family. She helped her husband try (and fail) to kill them at the Colosseum.
Her second appearance comes in the season 19 episode "Funeral for a Fiend" in which Sideshow Bob fakes his own death in a convoluted plot to kill Bart.
Frank Grimes
Franklin "Frank" A. Grimes, Sr. (voiced by Hank Azaria), occasionally referred to as "Grimey" much to his displeasure, was a 35-year-old everyman and consummate professional who had struggled through a lifetime of hardship. Grimes makes his only canonical appearance in the series in "Homer's Enemy" in which he is a new employee at the power plant. Throughout the episode, Grimes's professionalism is repeatedly contrasted with Homer Simpson's idiocy, gluttony, and laziness, making Grimes increasingly frustrated and angry with Homer. True to the name of the episode, Grimes eventually declares Homer his enemy after his co-worker gets him into serious trouble with his new boss Mr. Burns. After several failed attempts to expose Homer's stupidity and irresponsibility, Grimes makes one final attempt by tricking Homer into entering a nuclear power plant design contest intended for kids. After Homer is declared the winner, Grimes snaps, declaring that he can also be as lazy and moronic as Homer, and should be able to get away with it just as Homer does. As he runs amok through the plant, Grimes, declaring that he does not need safety gloves, grabs two high-voltage wires and is fatally electrocuted. As a final inadvertent insult, Homer sleeps through the funeral and amuses the assembled mourners with his insensitivity, who laugh as Grimes's coffin is lowered. Grimes has been referenced in several later episodes, first in "Natural Born Kissers", where Homer finds an old pamphlet to Grimes's funeral. Years after the episode aired, the show's producers said that Frank Grimes was meant to be a one-time experiment in having a normal, ordinary and realistic person enter the Simpsons' universe; Frank's downfall reflected the fact that a real person could not survive in this kind of world.
In "Treehouse of Horror XII", Grimes is one of the faces on the Wailing Wall. His tombstone appears in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" and was also kicked by Homer in "My Mother the Carjacker".
His son, Frank Grimes Jr., sought to avenge his father's death by killing Homer in "The Great Louse Detective".
In the non-canon season twenty-eight episode "Treehouse of Horror XXVII", the ghost of Frank Grimes appears as part of Sideshow Bob's army of the Simpsons' enemies.[97][98] His tombstone can also be seen in the new opening sequence for the show (during the flash through the town from Marge and Maggie in the car to the front of the Simpsons' house, Ralph Wiggum can be seen playing in the dirt in front of the tombstone).
Frankie the Squealer
Frankie the Squealer (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a mafia member and associate of Fat Tony. However, he does not appear to be very useful to his colleagues in criminal activity due to his uncontrollable habit of squealing. On several occasions, the mob has attempted to kill him for his squealing, though they have repeatedly been unsuccessful. Frankie first appeared in the episode "Insane Clown Poppy" where his squealing habits are introduced after he squeals on himself for squealing.
G
Gil Gunderson
Gil Gunderson, a.k.a. Ol' Gil (voiced by Dan Castellaneta[34]), first appeared in the ninth season episode "Realty Bites" as a real estate agent with Lionel Hutz's Red Blazer Realty.[99] He is a spoof of actor Jack Lemmon's portrayal of Shelley Levene in the 1992 film adaptation of the play Glengarry Glen Ross.[99] (Lemmon himself voiced a character similar to Levene in the eighth season episode "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson".)[100] Show runner Mike Scully said that the writers thought that Gil would be "a one-shot thing".[101] "Castellaneta was so funny at the table read doing the character [that] we kept making up excuses in subsequent episodes to put him in", Scully said.[99] Writer Dan Greaney said it was a great take-off on Levene to make Gil more desperate than he was. Even so, the writers like to write Gil with "a little bit of the old sparkle" left in him.[102]
Since the retirement of the character
Gino Terwilliger
Gino Terwilliger (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is Sideshow Bob and his wife Francesca's toddler son. He has the same bizarre hair as his father and his paternal grandmother, as well as the same hatred for Bart Simpson. He first appears in the episode "The Italian Bob", when Sideshow Bob moved to Italy to start a new life, without anyone knowing, not even his own family, about his murderous history. That is, until Lisa became drunk at a feast and told the whole town everything, even though the Simpson family had promised not to mention anything since Bob fixed their car. The Simpsons flee the town, with Gino and his parents in hot pursuit. When they finally corner the Simpsons at the Colosseum, Gino is seen to be extremely agile and adept with a knife, as well as having a taste for violence; so much so, in fact, that Bob is heard to whisper to Francesca: "I don't want to brag, but he's evil at an eighth-grade level." Unfortunately, for him, they were saved by Krusty, who needed some people to help him smuggle antiquities. Gino makes his second appearance in the episode "Funeral for a Fiend", where it is mentioned that after leaving Italy, he and his parents toured around London for a while before sneaking into America on a train. He, and all of the other members of Bob's family played a part in a complicated plan to finish off Bart for good. However, they were foiled by Lisa Simpson and were arrested by Chief Wiggum.
Gloria
Gloria Dickson (voiced by
She appears once again in "
God
God (voiced by
Grady
Grady Little (voiced by
Grady and Julio make small appearances in several other episodes.
Grampa Simpson
Groundskeeper Willie
Greta Wolfcastle
Greta Wolfcastle (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) is the daughter of action movie star Rainier Wolfcastle. She first appeared in "The Bart Wants What It Wants" when Milhouse develops a crush on her, yet Bart goes out on a date with her instead. After Bart decided he was becoming too needy, the two broke up, which causes Milhouse to go back to Canada with Greta & the two get in a fight during a curling game.
The Grumple
The Grumple (voiced by Hank Azaria) is a green monster who is an obvious parody of The Grinch. He first appeared as a running gag in "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II", fighting Homer in various locations. He incidentally appears in many later episodes, attending Lady Gaga's concert in "Lisa Goes Gaga", in a video game in "White Christmas Blues", he does the Homer Shake, and he was mentioned by Matt Selman in the April 15, 2014 TV Guide article promoting "Brick Like Me" in which he jokes that he will be one of the few Simpsons characters to not be portrayed in Lego form during the episode.
Gunter and Ernst
Gunter Schmidt (voiced by
H
Handsome Pete
Handsome Pete is a one-time character that looks like a miniature
Hank Scorpio
Hank Scorpio (voiced by Albert Brooks) is a one-time character. He is a supervillain who used to be Homer's boss when they moved to Cypress Creek in the second episode of season 8, "You Only Move Twice". He is the owner of Globex Corporation and his office is in a volcano. When Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie wanted to go back to Springfield, Homer had to quit while Hank was fighting off the government. Since Homer was a big help, Hank gave him the Denver Broncos in return.
Hans Moleman
Hans Moleman, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is the retconned name of an earlier character named "Ralph Melish". A character similar in appearance is seen briefly in the episode "Homer's Odyssey". He was renamed when a writer noticed he looked like a mole man.[86]
A seemingly elderly man, Moleman is sometimes portrayed as a resident of the
In episode 13 of season 26, "Walking Big & Tall", he is revealed to be the former mayor of Springfield, who was banished from Springfield, riding a horse, by the angry townsfolk when Moe Szyslak discovered that a song Moleman had made Springfield's city anthem 30 years before was in fact a rip-off of another town's anthem and used by other towns.
He is also the host of a radio program, "Moleman in the Morning", on Springfield radio station KJAZZ. His character is based on a character created by Tex Avery, Droopy.
Like many recurring characters, Hans Moleman has had a wide variety of careers over the course of the series. Hans Moleman's appearances usually come in the form of a
The Happy Little Elves
The Happy Little Elves are a parody of
Helen Lovejoy
Helen Lovejoy (née Schwartzbaum; voiced by
Herman Hermann
Herman Hermann (voiced by
Herman is often portrayed as a crook, having sold
Harry Shearer does an impression of George H. W. Bush for the voice.[107] Herman's facial appearance is modeled after Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder.[107] The original idea behind Herman, said Groening, was that each time he appeared, he would give a different explanation for how he lost his arm. However, the second joke, involving Herman having stuck his arm in a ball return at a bowling alley, got cut, and the writers never pursued the idea until "To Cur with Love".[108]
J
Dr. J. Loren Pryor
Dr. J. Loren Pryor (voiced by
In "
He appears again, discussing Bart's problems at school and Lisa's special gift in a flashback sequence of "Lisa's Sax". In this episode he also inadvertently reveals that Milhouse Van Houten possesses "flamboyantly homosexual" tendencies. Pryor does not appear again for several years until the episode "See Homer Run", in which he tells Lisa that she is going through a developmental condition. Jon Vitti named the character for his prying into the children's lives.[86]
Jack Marley
Jack Marley (voiced by
Jamshed Nahasapeemapetilon
Jamshed "Jay" Nahasapeemapetilon (voiced by Nancy Cartwright as a child, Utkarsh Ambudkar as a young adult) is Apu's nephew and Sanjay's son. His first appearance is in "Homer the Heretic", when he is left in charge of the Kwik-E-Mart alone, he pulls out a gun, scaring Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph.
In "Much Apu About Something", he is a young adult and is now called "Jay". After Sanjay retires, he gives his share of the store to Jay and turns the Kwik-E-Mart into a healthy food market called Quick & Fresh.
Janey Powell
Janey Powell (voiced by
Jasper Beardly
Jasper Beardly (voiced by
In the subplot of the season nine episode, "
In The Simpsons Super Spectacular #13, published by Bongo Comics, it is revealed that in the '60s, Jasper was part of a group called 'the League of Superheroes', under the name Super Jasper. He fought crime alongside the Komedian (Krusty the Clown), Betty Firecrocker (Jacqueline Bouvier), and the original Pie Man (Abraham Simpson).
Jay Sherman
Jay Sherman (voiced by
Sherman was originally the main character on The Critic, which was created by Al Jean and Mike Reiss.
His appearance in "A Star is Burns" was a crossover to promote The Critic which made its FOX debut after the episode following its time on ABC. The Critic was later canceled.
Jebediah Springfield
Jebediah Obadiah Zachariah Jedediah Springfield (a.k.a. Hans Sprungfeld; voiced by
Springfield had many famous quotations, such as "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man". He also wears a coonskin cap. The Springfield Marathon commemorates an occasion on which he ran across six states to avoid his creditors. In "The Telltale Head", Bart beheaded the statue, thinking that this would make him more popular. In reality, the town became depressed and angry, leaving Bart to endure "The Tell-Tale Heart"-style guilt before replacing it. This episode is referenced in multiple Simpsons video games such as The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants, where the statue's head serves as a power-up item, or The Simpsons: Road Rage and The Simpsons: Hit & Run, where characters can kick or ram Jebediah's head off the statue.
Many Jebediah legends have been debunked during the run of the series. For instance, "The Telltale Head" repeatedly refers to Jebediah killing a bear with his bare hands, but on the news, Kent Brockman reveals that recent historical evidence suggests the bear actually killed Jebediah. On a field trip to Springfield's historic "Olde Springfield Towne", Bart uncovers other inconsistencies in the Jebediah legend, such as that he fought at Fort Ticonderoga the same day as the first Whacking Day; it turned out that Whacking Day only began in 1924 as an excuse to beat up the Irish.
Most of Springfield's biography is revealed in the 1996 episode "
Jimbo Jones
Corky James "Jimbo" Jones (voiced by
Johnny Tightlips
Jonathan "Johnny Tightlips" Schmallippe (voiced by Hank Azaria[110]) born Giovanni Silencio,[111] is a Springfield Mafia gangster who is the second-in-command of Fat Tony. He usually says very little, for fear of being accused of being a "squealer," but his reticence is so extreme it backfires, becoming unhelpful to everyone, including Fat Tony and himself. However, in recent episodes, he does, sometimes, elaborate whenever he feels like it, just as long he as he doesn't say too much. In his debut episode, "Insane Clown Poppy," there is a shootout in Fat Tony's mansion and Johnny was shot by accident. When the shootout ended, Louie, one of Fat Tony's capos, then asked in concern to Johnny on where he is injured, resulting Johnny to say, "I ain't sayin' nuthin'!", and when Louie asked in concern on what he, himself, will tell the doctor, Johnny, again in his usual reticent nature, says, "Tell him to suck a lemon."[112] Afterwards, he then officially became a supporting minor character working for Fat Tony and the Mafia in the series, starting in the Season 13 episode, "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge."
Jub-Jub
Jub-Jub is
Fans of Sports Radio 1310 in Dallas voted that Jub-Jub be the new nickname of morning radio host George Dunham. O'Brien, on October 17, 2007, mentioned his creation of Jub Jub and asked Joe Buck, the play-by-play commentator of the MLB World Series on FOX, to say it during his broadcast. O'Brien promised $1,000 to the charity of the announcer's choice. On October 24, 2007, during Game 1 of the 2007 World Series, Buck called field level reporter, Chris Myers, "our own little Jub-Jub". Jub-Jub was used as the first Twitter hash tag for O'Brien's "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour" in 2010.
Judge Constance Harm
Judge Constance Harm (voiced by
In "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister", she reveals she has a husband. Although Judge Snyder resolves court cases, Judge Harm has mainly been used for handing down negative verdicts such as sentencing a family member to prison. She also appears in "Brawl in the Family", "Barting Over", "The Wandering Juvie", "Brake My Wife, Please", "Chief of Hearts", and "One Angry Lisa".[115]
Judge Snyder
Judge Roy Snyder (voiced by Harry Shearer from season 2 to 31, Kevin Michael Richardson since season 32)[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).
Lionel Hutz once described his problem with Judge Snyder in the episode "Marge in Chains":
Well, he's had it in for me ever since I kinda ran over his dog... Well, replace the word "kinda" with the word "repeatedly" and the word "dog" with "son".
The character was originally named "Judge Moulton" (as mentioned in the episode "Bart Gets Hit by a Car"), but show runners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein did not know that, and called him "Snyder".[116] His appearance is modeled on Robert Bork.[116] Snyder's skin color has gone back and forth between yellow and brown repeatedly throughout the series. His skin is currently brown.[117]
Julio
Julio Franco (voiced by Hank Azaria from season 14 to 31, Mario Jose (singing voice), Tony Rodriguez since season 32) is a gay man who is attracted to Grady, although Grady breaks up with him. He is employed as a hairdresser. 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.[118] He later married Tada, and has an affair with Duffman. He also is a photographer and takes photos of Marge and her friends. He is seen attending First Church of Springfield. In the episode "E Pluribus Wiggum", he attends a Democratic Party meeting. In "The Burns Cage" he starts dating Smithers, but breaks up with him after realizing that Smithers is still in love with Mr. Burns.
Dr. Julius Hibbert
Just Stamp the Ticket Man
"Just Stamp the Ticket" Man (voiced by
K
Kang and Kodos
Kearney Zzyzwicz
Kearney Zzyzwicz (/ˈdʒiːzwɪtʃ/ DJEEZ-vitch, voiced by Nancy Cartwright) is one of Springfield Elementary's many bullies. He is a 5th grader and has a buzz cut. He wears a torn white T-shirt, blue shorts, and studded wristbands. Although he looks and sounds to be around Jimbo and Dolph's age, Kearney is actually older (a latter-day episode revealed that Kearney is 19 years old, though, according to his voice actress, Nancy Cartwright, Kearney is actually 14). He is the only Springfield Elementary School student who remembers the Watergate scandal and the 1976 Bicentennial (according to Principal Skinner), was in the third-grade class of Otto the bus driver (according to Otto), owns a car (even though he rode the school bus on "A Milhouse Divided", "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife, and Her Homer", and "How the Test Was Won"), regularly shaves, has custody of a child from a divorce, is old enough to vote in a general U.S. election, was sent to prison (though "Marge Be Not Proud" and "Lisa the Skeptic" depicted Kearney in juvenile hall), and pays taxes.
In "She of Little Faith", it is revealed that Kearney dated Jimbo's mother, Carol. In the same episode, it is revealed that he is on the church council of the First Church of Springfield and is "a teenager and the parent of a teenager" (implying that the son he introduced in "A Milhouse Divided" may also be older than his outward appearance, though past episodes also imply that Kearney is not a teenager).[120] Despite being of the legal age in the United States to purchase and drink it (as seen in "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer"), Kearney often relies on (or tricks) Homer into procuring alcohol for him and his friends, as seen in "The Springfield Connection" when Homer tells Marge that he is double-parked because he is buying beer for "those kids over there", "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" when Kearney applies for the nanny job and Homer tells him that he keeps some Schnapps in Maggie's crib, and "Last Tap Dance in Springfield", in which Kearney tricks Homer into driving him, Dolph, and Jimbo to the liquor store to buy Jack Daniels and "a carton of smokes" by impersonating Marge, and once used a fake ID (which Apu overlooked, as he was too depressed about being deported to care that Kearney was committing a crime—and ultimately asked him about getting one for himself—as seen in "Much Apu About Nothing").
Kearney's last name (Zzyzwicz) was revealed in a computer file in season 18's "
Kearney Zzyzwicz Jr.
Kearney Zzyzwicz Jr. (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) is the son of Kearney. He first appeared in "A Milhouse Divided" in the school bus when Kearney was mentioning his divorce, after that having recurring minor appearances throughout the series.
Kent Brockman
Kirk Van Houten
Kirk Evelyn Van Houten (voiced by
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. When Luann demands a divorce, Kirk is all too happy to oblige. Unfortunately, he loses his middle-management job at Southern Cracker, a job given to him by Luann's father, as a result. Kirk briefly attempts a career as a singer-songwriter, recording a demo tape of an original song titled "Can I Borrow A Feeling", with mediocre results. Later, he attempts to get back together with Luann by singing the song to her. Luann does not reciprocate Kirk's feelings.
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. Kirk also had a job standing on the curb holding a sign directing people to a condo development and worked as a scarecrow protecting a soy-bean crop, which resulted in his eye being gouged by a crow. Since being fired from the cracker company, Kirk seems to be unable to maintain a steady job. He once shouted at Luann that she had to keep up the alimony payments she owed him, and he has been seen at the Springfield unemployment office, perhaps suggesting that alimony and unemployment benefits are his only steady sources of income. 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. In The Simpsons Movie, Kirk is briefly seen attending an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Azaria has stated that Kirk's voice is "a bad Milhouse impression".
Krusty the Clown
Kumiko Albertson
Kumiko Albertson (née Nakamura) (voiced by Tress MacNeille from season 25 to 31, Jenny Yokobori since season 32[121]) is a Japanese manga fan and artist from Osaka, Japan. Kumiko first appears in "Married to the Blob", when she walked past Comic Book Guy's shop, but stopped when she saw him through the window and liked him. Kumiko and Comic Book Guy get married in the Android's Dungeon. Often in her appearances in the series, she is seen next to Comic Book Guy. 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.
L
Legs and Louie
Legs (voiced by Hank Azaria from 1991 to 1995, Harry Shearer since 1995, Karl Wiedergott in "Chief of Hearts") and Louie (voiced by Dan Castellaneta in most episodes, Harry Shearer in "Chief of Hearts") are two gangsters and members of the Springfield Mafia who accompany Fat Tony at all times. The two lack any real definitive characteristic and are almost always seen together. Legs has a dark blonde short haircut and raspy voice. Louie has a slight black afro and a more high-pitched, even squeaky tone. Castellaneta based the voice on actor Joe Pesci, one of the several references to Goodfellas used in the episode "Bart the Murderer".[122] Louie says that tear gas is "[his] one weakness", though this is likely an embellishment. Dan Castellaneta was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 2011 for the voice of Louie, Homer Simpson, Barney Gumble, and Krusty the Clown thanks to the episode "Donnie Fatso".[123]
Lenny Leonard
Lenford "Lenny" Leonard
Lenny appears to be well liked by the Simpson family; on one occasion, Marge and the kids build a prayer shrine for him when thinking he was hospitalized in "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder." In "Sleeping with the Enemy", the Simpson family has a cake inscribed "Happy Labor Day Lenny".[126] In "Pranksta Rap", it is revealed Marge has a picture of Lenny in her hair.[127]
Lenny's full name has not been treated with consistency. After years of being identified only as "Lenny", Homer addressed him as "Lenford" in the season 13 episode "
Lenny and Carl are best friends, as they are rarely seen apart; their other friends are Homer, and regulars at Moe's including Barney Gumble and Moe Szyslak.[57] Homer repeatedly confuses Lenny and Carl, and is shocked to learn on one occasion that Lenny is white, and Carl is black. To guide himself, Homer has "Lenny = White, Carl = Black" on his hand. He once muttered to himself, "Is that right?" while reading it.[58] In "Helter Shelter", Homer exclaims, "That's Lenny? I wanted the black one!" When Mr. Burns appears on a radio show in an attempt to boost his popularity in "Monty Can't Buy Me Love", Homer tells him that he has a list of jokes explaining the differences between white and black people; Homer later states, "White guys have names like Lenny, whereas black guys have names like Carl."
Lenny and Carl work at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant alongside Homer Simpson.
Lenny and Carl together rank sixth on IGN's Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters.[60]
Leopold
Leopold John (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is Superintendent Chalmers' assistant. He is a large, surly, snarling man who frequently speaks through clenched teeth, and is one of the few characters on The Simpsons to have eyebrows. When Principal Skinner has to be temporarily replaced in the episode "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song", Leopold stomps in, issues several threats, and terrifies the children by making them think he is the replacement, and then suddenly politely introduces the actual substitute, Ned Flanders. The children then collectively sigh with relief. The gag was repeated when Marge Simpson becomes a substitute teacher in the episode "The PTA Disbands". Leopold often refers to the children of Springfield Elementary as "little freaks".[134][135]
Lewis
Lewis Clark (voiced by
Lindsey Naegle
Lindsey Naegle (voiced by Tress MacNeille[20]) first appeared in the eighth season episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show".[136] In that episode, she had no name and was known only as "The Generic Female TV Executive".[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).[137]
In "They Saved Lisa's Brain", she was introduced as "Lindsey Naegle", a member of the Springfield Chapter of Mensa, and has since become a recurring character.[136] The writers modeled Naegle on a number of network executives that they have encountered while working on the show.[138]
The character's surname comes from Hollywood
Ling Bouvier
Ling Bouvier (voiced by
Lionel Hutz
Llewellyn Sinclair
Llewellyn Sinclair (voiced by
Years later he directed Krusty the Clown in The Salesman's Bad Day, a heavily reworked take on Death of a Salesman since the rights were too much for him to afford. He also directed one of Springfield Elementary's second grade plays where he got frustrated at Ralph Wiggum, and attempted to direct a play of Oklahoma! until his sour attitude turned everybody else on the production against him and Marge took control of the production. His sister runs the Ayn Rand School for Tots.
Lois Pennycandy
Lois Pennycandy (voiced by Pamela Hayden) is the executive assistant to Krusty the Clown.[143] She swayed Krusty into visiting Bart after he saved Krusty from jail time,[144] and later reunited him with his estranged father the Rabbi Hyman Krustofski.[143] She was at Krusty's side during the auditions in which Robert Terwilliger became Krusty's new sidekick,[145] and was at Krusty's "funeral" when he was presumed dead after crashing his private plane into a cliff.[146] In a phone conversation, Marge once asked her, "How can [Krusty] hurt someone who loves him so?" While looking at a framed photo of Krusty, Pennycandy replied, "Oh, Mrs. Simpson, I've wasted my womanhood asking that same question."[143] Her only speaking roles are in "Like Father, Like Clown" and "Krusty Gets Kancelled. Her name alludes to both Miss Moneypenny from the James Bond series and the actress who originated the role, Lois Maxwell. Although rarely featured on the show, she has been a recurring character in the Simpsons comic book series.
Lou
Lou (voiced by Hank Azaria from season 1 to 31; Alex Désert since season 32) is the police sergeant of the Springfield Police Force and by far the most intelligent and competent officer of the Springfield Police. He primarily serves as a foil to Chief Wiggum, and often takes the time to point out his chief's mistakes, as well as resent Wiggum, and be aware of his ineptitude.[147] He was also married to a woman named Amy, but later divorced.[148]
Al Jean and Mike Reiss named Lou after Major League Baseball player Lou Whitaker,[94] and Azaria based Lou's voice on that of actor Sylvester Stallone.[149] Though he has nearly always been African-American,[150] he was mistakenly animated with yellow in "There's No Disgrace Like Home"[94] and his other first-season appearances. Lou permanently became an African-American character in "Bart vs. Thanksgiving", where he was animated to Eddie's voice of Harry Shearer and vice versa.[95]
Luann Van Houten
Luann Van Houten (née Mussolini; voiced by
Luann was married to her cousin Kirk for several years, giving birth to a son, Milhouse, yet the marriage was an unhappy one. After an argument over a game of Pictionary, she left Kirk after he remarks he cannot draw "dignity", since he gave it up when he married her. Although Kirk found the new liberty of a single life tough, Luann uses her newfound freedom to live life in the fast lane, advising Marge to forget everything she thought she knew about her, to which Marge replied that she really did not know anything about Luann at all. Luann began dating American Gladiator Pyro shortly after her divorce with Kirk for a few seasons, but was caught cheating on him with his best friend, "Gladiator Gyro". When Apu Nahasapeemapetilon was a bachelor, Luann was one of his bachelorettes. In "Milhouse of Sand and Fog", it is revealed that Luann had also gone out with Disco Stu as well and had begun a relationship with Sea Captain.
In "Milhouse of Sand and Fog" the Van Houtens reunited. Since then, they are often seen together (although in the episode "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)", Kirk was seen with Milhouse at a single father's outing, indicating the couple had split up, yet again). As of "Little Orphan Millie", they are remarried. In the 2014 episode "The War of Art", Kirk and Luann sell a painting to the Simpsons, which later turns out to be a forgery of a valuable piece.
Lucille Botzkowski
Lucille Botzkowski (voiced by Penny Marshall) aka "Babysitter Bandit" who is wanted on America's Most Armed and Dangerous (a parody of America's Most Wanted) is hired by Homer Simpson in "Some Enchanted Evening". "Ms. Botz" ties up the children and robs the house-only to be captured by the Simpson children. Thanks to Homer's stupidity, she escapes. She makes a few cameo appearances such as in Family Guy/Simpsons crossover "The Simpsons Guy" and The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants. In one of her last appearances, she is seen in a cell at Springfield's Calmwood Hospital in "Stark Raving Dad".
Lucius Sweet
Lucius Sweet (voiced by
Lucius has a speaking role in "The Trouble with Trillions".
He later appeared a few more times in the series and The Simpsons Movie. Lucius is on the Springfield Wall of Fame.
Luigi Risotto
Luigi Risotto (voiced by
Lunchlady Dora
Lunchlady Dora, formerly known as Lunchlady Doris, (voiced by
In "
After Grau's death in 1995, Lunchlady Doris was retired out of respect for over 10 years. Due to the delay between recording some episodes and the time they actually air, Grau's voice was included in episodes airing as late as 1997 such as "Lisa's Sax".[152]
Lunchlady Dora is seen as a silent background character until she speaks in the 18th season during "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer", where she is voiced by Tress MacNeille, season 19's "The Debarted", where she is again voiced by Tress MacNeille but with a different voice, and season 20's "Father Knows Worst". Lunchlady Dora has been seen dating Hans Moleman.
In "Dark Knight Court", Groundskeeper Willie refers to her as "Lunchlady Dora". According to Simpsons writer Michael Price, this name change happened out of respect for Grau's death.[153] Al Jean later confirmed on Twitter that Dora was Doris' sister, meaning the two are separate characters.[154]
Lurleen Lumpkin
Lurleen Lumpkin (voiced by Beverly D'Angelo in "Colonel Homer", Doris Grau in "Marge vs. the Monorail") is an aspiring country singer who is initially managed by Homer in "Colonel Homer". Homer discovers her in a redneck bar in the middle of nowhere and is amazed by her voice. He decides to help her launch a singing career, much to the chagrin of Marge. Grateful for Homer's help, she becomes attracted to him and tries to lure him with an erotic song called "Bunk with Me Tonight". Homer, who had been ignorant of this, suddenly realizes that managing Lurleen could hurt his marriage, so he quits as her manager. A saddened Lurleen sings a song called "Stand By Your Manager".
Lurleen next appears briefly in "Marge vs. the Monorail", sporting torn clothing and an unkempt hairstyle; the episode reveals that she has recently undergone treatment at the
The nineteenth-season episode "
M
Dr. Marvin Monroe
Dr. Marvin Monroe (voiced by Harry Shearer) is a psychotherapist who first appeared in the first-season episode "There's No Disgrace Like Home". Homer pawns the family television to afford a session with Monroe for him and his dysfunctional family. The failed attempt at therapy culminates with the Simpsons electroshocking each other endlessly, to the point of causing a chaotic brownout. Unable to help the Simpsons, Monroe refunds double what the Simpsons paid, and the Simpsons buy a new TV.
Monroe appears in "
Since the
Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon
Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon
In "
Writer Richard Appel had pitched the idea of Apu marrying years before he wrote "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" for season nine.[166] For that episode, it took several attempts by the character designers to model Manjula because making women look appealing in Matt Groening's drawing style is hard for the animators to do.[167][168] Writer David Cohen named Manjula after a friend of much of the staff.[165]
Manjula appeared in the season 26 episode "Covercraft" but did not speak.
Martha Prince
Martha "Gloria" Prince (voiced by Jo Ann Harris from season 1 to 2, Russi Taylor from season 3 to 27) is the wife of Martin Prince Sr. and mother of Martin Prince. Martha attempted to sell Martin's valuable Star Wars merchandise to Comic Book Guy for almost nothing, despite a warning not to do so by Bart and Milhouse. According to Martin she shoplifts "stuff she doesn't even need". She was responsible for all of the guests, even her own son getting sick at his birthday party, by serving diseased oysters instead of cake, with the exception of Bart (who fed his oysters to Martin's pet cat), Lisa (who feigned sick to get out of the boring party) and Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel (who were having a romantic encounter in Martin's kid-sized pink playhouse).
Martha Quimby
Martha Quimby (voiced by
Martin Prince
Martin Prince Jr.
He is the son of Martin Sr. and Martha.[170] He has an IQ of 216 (which was thought to be Bart's IQ). As the class nerd, he becomes the perfect target for ruthless bullying at Springfield Elementary School. He is a member of the Springfield band, and is often seen with a French horn. Martin's most famous catchphrases are "Behold!" and "Excelsior!" In The Simpsons Movie, Martin gets revenge for all the years of bullying by hitting Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney with a plank of wood. In "Dial 'N' for Nerder", Bart's prank causes Martin to fall off a cliff, which he survives (although Bart and Lisa think he is dead and try a cover-up). In "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun", it is revealed that he has an older brother in high school.
Martin Prince Sr.
Martin "Gareth" Prince Sr. is the father of Martin Prince, and husband of Martha Prince. He is a stockbroker in Springfield and was shown bringing his son to work on "Go To Work With Your Parents Day", where Martin made over $1 million trading soy futures (and subsequently lost all but $600). He appears to be a nerd much like his son, and has a slight lisp. Martin Sr. was also one of the fathers who traveled in Ned Flanders's RV to locate their sons in Shelbyville. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
Mary Bailey
Mary Bailey (voiced by
Mary Spuckler
Mary
Mary later reappeared in the twenty fourth season episode, "Moonshine River". In it, she is deemed as Bart's last hope in his quest to find true love (in the form of one of his many former dates). When Bart arrives at the Spuckler house, Cletus informs him that she ran away after he scheduled her for marriage again. Her brother, Dubya, tells Bart that Mary ran away to New York City and gives him her address. 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. Mary and several citizens of New York sing a song for Bart, and the two realize that they truly love one another.
Before they can kiss, Cletus arrives, having somehow found out where Mary is, and asks her to return home. Mary accepts, but while at the train station, she and Bart take advantage of Cletus's distraction to flee to another departing train. Mary tells Bart that there will be more Mary Spucklers out there, and gives him their first kiss before she leaves. The family and Cletus arrive, with Cletus demanding where Mary is heading for, but Bart, not wanting to ruin his last chance at true love, refuses, and Cletus then accepts the fact that he must let his daughter go. Mary reappeared again in the season, in the episode "
Maude Flanders
Maude Flanders, (voiced by Maggie Roswell, understudied by Marcia Mitzman Gaven between 1999 and 2000) is the first wife of Ned Flanders, and the mother of Rod and Todd. While she was not employed outside the home, Maude was a busy homemaker and advocate for children, whose innocence was often sullied by cartoon violence, liberal education, and the insidious influences of popular culture. Although she spent much of her free time in prayer, reading the Bible, and helping out her husband at the Leftorium, she let her hair down for the occasional dinner parties at the home of her neighbors, the Simpsons. Homer often made statements insinuating his attraction to Maude. In the season 2 episode "The War of the Simpsons", Homer ogled Maude's cleavage at a dinner party, which resulted in him and Marge going to marriage camp.
In the season 11 episode "
Roswell returned to The Simpsons in 2002[178] after reaching a deal with producers to allow her to record her lines from her home in Denver.[179] Since returning, she has voiced Maude in flashbacks and as a ghost.[178][180]
Maude's ghost appears in the opening sequence for "Treehouse of Horror XIII", and during the credits of "Bart Has Two Mommies" she is seen in heaven with Bob Hope and God. She appears through flashbacks in "Dangerous Curves", "Take My Life, Please", "Postcards from the Wedge" and "Fland Canyon". She had a small role in "Treehouse of Horror XXII", and she appeared as a ghost in the couch gag for season 23 episode "Them, Robot". Maude once again appears in Bart's dream-state in "Flanders' Ladder" where she plays a more pivotal role, and is almost successful in her desire for revenge against Homer. She also appears in season 31 episode 9 "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?", as well as in season 32 episode 16 "Manger Things".
Mayor Quimby
Mayor Quimby's bodyguards
Mayor Quimby's Bodyguards (both voiced by Harry Shearer) are two large and expressionless men in dark suits and sunglasses. They are usually seen flanking the mayor at town meetings, but sometimes they appear as members of a crowd. On one occasion they neglected their duties while admiring passing clouds, oblivious to Quimby being in danger. This resulted in their being temporarily replaced by Homer. 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 bodyguards put sunglasses on the baby.
Milhouse Van Houten
Ms. Albright
Ms. Teresa Albright (voiced by Tress MacNeille[2]) is the First Church of Springfield Sunday school teacher, who is constantly forced to deal with the children's questions about the more difficult to explain aspects of religion, leading her to yell "Is a little blind faith too little to ask?". She first appeared in "The Telltale Head". She speaks with a harsh Southern accent. She appears to be good friends with Helen Lovejoy and is occasionally seen in the background of various episodes as well as in church scenes (such as in the episode titled "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star").
Miss Springfield
Miss Springfield (voiced by
In "Mayored to the Mob", she is one of two women escorting Mayor Quimby to a convention. Since then, she is often seen escorting him to Springfield events such as conventions, recitals, and plays. In one episode, it is revealed she is illiterate. Quimby scolds her for lying about her graduating from "typing school". She then admits she has trouble with the space bar. In "Smoke on the Daughter", she appears (and claims to be) pregnant, and Quimby believes he may be the father.
Moe Szyslak
Mona Simpson
Mr. Burns
Mr. Costington
Mr. Bruce Costington (voiced by Hank Azaria[181]) is the president of Costington's Department Store. He first appeared as "Chairman"[182] in the season nine episode "Trash of the Titans", in which he invented "Love Day", and later in "Homer vs. Dignity". He is one of very few characters on the show who has eyebrows. Costington's catchphrase is "You're fiiired!", delivered while shaking his jowls. In "The Boys of Bummer", he hires Homer with a jowl-shaking "You're hiiired!" Homer has worked for him on three occasions: as a Thanksgiving Day Parade Santa Claus, mattress salesman, and model for top-brand jeans. He also employs the Yes Guy, who is seen working at the store in most of his appearances. Although he is usually generous, he can sometimes be insensitive. He has admitted to having a shoe-sniffing problem, and is still banned from the shoe department in his own store.
Mr. Teeny
Louis "Mr. Teeny" Toot, also known as Joseph Teeny (voiced by
Mrs. Glick
Alice
She later dies from a heart attack caused by Bart and Martin's robotic seal on the episode "
Mrs. Muntz
Mrs. Marilyn Muntz (voiced by Tress MacNeille[20]) is Nelson's mother. Nelson receives his trademark laugh from her. Early on in the series, Nelson would mention his parents and it became apparent that Mrs. Muntz does not care much about her son. In "A Milhouse Divided", Nelson tells Milhouse that his mom is addicted to cough drops, which is why his father left the family. Mrs. Muntz works at Hooters in "Bart Star", but was fired in a later episode for gaining weight. She owns a dilapidated house and is depicted as a jailbird, a prostitute, a stripper, et al.
In "'Tis the Fifteenth Season", she appears, telling Nelson that his father simply did not like him, and he left with her golden tooth. Nelson's mother was fully introduced in "Sleeping with the Enemy", after years of being mentioned. A loud, high-pitched contemptuous woman, she neglects her son. 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). At the end of the episode, Nelson and his parents reunite, and she gets a job as Lady Macbeth with "the third director she slept with". Since then, she is often seen around in Springfield. Curiously, in Season 18's "The Haw-Hawed Couple", she appears with brown hair. As revealed in "Dial 'N' for Nerder", Nelson refers to her as Mrs. Muntz. She has a brief appearance in The Simpsons Movie, at the end of the sequence where Bart skateboards to the Krustyburger in the nude, laughing along with Nelson at Bart who is tied to a post.
N
Dr. Nick
Nicholas Riviera, M.D. (voiced by
Nahasapeemapetilon octuplets
The Nahasapeemapetilon octuplets are the children of
Ned Flanders
Nelson Muntz
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Old Barber
Jake the Barber
The Old Barber made his last appearance in the
Old Jewish Man
Asa Hassan, a.k.a. Old Jewish Man, or Crazy Old Man (according to "
Opal
Opal (voiced by Tress MacNeille from 2006 to 2007, Dawnn Lewis since 2023) is a talk show host. This celebrity is based on Oprah Winfrey and her eponymous television show. She first appears in "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)" where her segment on successful women depresses Marge, who feels her life of chores and child-raising has left her without any purpose. She later appeared in the back-to-back nineteenth season episodes "Husbands and Knives" and "Funeral for a Fiend". Marge is a fan and was interviewed by Opal after achieving success through her chain of Shapes gyms for women.
Otto Mann
Otto Mann (voiced by
P
The Parson
The Parson (voiced by Hank Azaria) is a charismatic major leader of the Presbylutheran faith practiced in Springfield. He is a former college roommate and close friend to Reverend Lovejoy. His world spiritual headquarters is in Michigan City, Indiana. His appearance and mannerisms are similar to those of Bing Crosby.
Patches and Poor Violet
Patches and Poor Violet (voiced by Pamela Hayden and Tress MacNeille) are two of Springfield's orphans. Introduced in "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace", Patches gives the dollar they were saving to Bart, which was their vitamin money. They have since had appearances in "I'm Goin' to Praiseland" and "Simple Simpson", but are seen in many other episodes. Poor Violet often has a cough, while Patches seems to vaguely resemble Tiny Tim from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Their skin color is not the "healthy" yellow of the Simpson family, but rather a more sallow, sickly tone.
Patty and Selma
Plopper
Plopper, also known as Spider-Pig (a play on the popular fictional character
Plopper's first appearance is in the movie, where he stars in a TV ad to promote Krusty's new burger, The Clogger. After the filming is completed, Krusty orders the pig to be killed. Homer becomes upset about this, and immediately adopts him. Homer then spends a lot of time with Plopper and neglects Bart. Later in the movie, Homer is seen making the pig walk on the ceiling while singing "
At one point in the movie, the Simpsons' house is completely destroyed after being sucked into a sinkhole in their backyard. This led to several people assuming that Plopper was killed. However, during the 2007 San Diego Comic Convention, an official Simpsons Panel revealed that there was a scene at the end of the movie involving the pig that was cut which later appeared on the DVD.[200] This removed sequence is a slightly alternate ending of the movie when the townspeople are rebuilding the Simpsons' house and involves Plopper, a squirrel mutated by the lake's pollution and Santa's Little Helper painting a doghouse. During the following seasons, Plopper makes a few more appearances, including a main role in the 2017 episode "Pork and Burns".
Poochie
Poochie (voiced by
Poochie has since been seen once at a funeral in an Itchy & Scratchy cartoon featured in "
Professor Frink
Princess Kashmir
Princess Kashmir (voiced by Maggie Roswell) is the belly dancer who first appears in "Homer's Night Out" (and was the first woman who almost ruined Homer's marriage to Marge as Marge saw Homer dancing with her as a bad example for Bart in how to treat women). She dated Apu in "Lisa's Pony", dated Apu's brother Sanjay on a few occasions, is seen dancing with Otto in the episode "Flaming Moe's", and with Chief Wiggum in the episode "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" (which also shocked and offended the women in town, much like what happened with Homer).
She has appeared in two
Principal Dondelinger
Harlan Dondelinger (voiced by Harry Shearer) was Springfield High School's principal, first seen in the episode "The Way We Was", a flashback to Homer and Marge's senior year in high school. He later appeared in the episode "The Front" at Homer and Marge's high school reunion and teaches night classes to ease the pain of his wife's recent death. He appeared in "Half-Decent Proposal" when Artie Ziff, Marge's high school prom date, recreated their prom. Dondelinger made his most recent appearance in the twentieth season episode "Take My Life, Please", in which it is revealed that he rigged the high-school senior class presidential election against Homer, after hearing that the students were going to vote for Homer as a joke. Upon finding out, Homer was angry with Dondelinger, who claimed that he had only done it to spare Homer's feelings. Homer's anger escalated when he dug up the ballot-box, only to find out that he actually won, making him Class President.
Principal Skinner
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Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky
Hyman Krustofsky (voiced by Jackie Mason, understudied by Dan Castellaneta) was a rabbi and the father of Krusty the Clown. Rabbi Krustofsky first appeared in the third season episode "Like Father, Like Clown".[202]
In "Like Father, Like Clown", Rabbi Krustofsky had been estranged from his son for 25 years, having kicked Krusty out when the young man chose to become a clown rather than follow the family tradition of becoming a rabbi. Years later, after much exchanging of Talmud passages with Bart, a quote Bart provides from Sammy Davis Jr. admiring the Jews finally convinced Rabbi Krustofsky to accept his son for his career in entertainment. He and Krusty reunited on air during Krusty's show. The episode "Like Father Like Clown" is a parody of the film The Jazz Singer. The parody was writer Jay Kogen's idea.[203] He thought it would be a funny parallel—and a chance to do a lot of easy jokes—if it were a clown instead of a singer who gets rejected by his father.[204] The character's casting was fitting in that the real-life Mason, like Krusty, also came from a family of rabbis but instead became a comedian.
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. In "Clown in the Dumps", Krusty comes to him for advice, and he dies when telling Krusty that his jokes were "Eh".
Jackie Mason won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his performance as Krustofsky in "Like Father, Like Clown" in 1992.[205] The Phoenix named Mason one of the show's 20 best guest stars.[206]
Rachel Jordan
Rachel Jordan (voiced by Shawn Colvin) is the lead singer of Kovenant, a fictional Christian rock band. She is first seen in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily", when she befriends the widower Ned Flanders. She appears towards the end of the episode singing the song "He's the Man" while the organist at the church was on a much needed vacation. The song was featured on The Simpsons: Testify. She returns in "I'm Goin' to Praiseland". She stays at the Flanders' house with Ned, and leaves horrified after Ned attempted to mold her in the image of his deceased wife Maude. At the end of the episode, she returns and has a date with Ned, wearing a wig to cover up the Maude haircut and helping him move on from Maude's death. She has not made an appearance since.
Radioactive Man
Radioactive Man | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Bongo Comics |
First appearance | In The Simpsons: "The Telltale Head" (however, a comic book featuring an early prototype of the character appears in "Bart the Genius") In Bongo Comics: Radioactive Man #1, 1994 |
Created by | Matt Groening |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Claude Kane III |
Team affiliations | Superior Squad |
Notable aliases | Radio Man, Radiation Man |
Abilities | Superhuman strength, speed, flight, invulnerability, and beams of "clean nuclear heat" he can fire from his eyes |
Radioactive Man is a fictional comic book
Outside The Simpsons, the Radioactive Man character also appeared in a real comic book series based on him that was first published by
Rainier Wolfcastle
Rainier Luftwaffe Wolfcastle (voiced by
The writers invented Wolfcastle as the action hero McBain for the episode "
In The Simpsons Movie, a characterization of Schwarzenegger is the President of the United States. He is very similar to the design of Wolfcastle but with more wrinkles under his eyes and a different hairstyle.[219]
Ralph Wiggum
Reverend Lovejoy
Rich Texan
Richard O'Hara[
He is seen pulling out a pair of revolvers and firing them into the air while yelling "Yee Haw!" whenever he is happy or excited. He was briefly incarcerated due to one of his stray bullets hitting a
Richard
Richard (alternatively voiced by
Rod Flanders
Rodney "Rod" Flanders (voiced by Pamela Hayden) is Ned Flanders' ten-year-old son. Rod prays often; first thing in the morning and last thing before bed. He prays for God to watch over him and his younger brother, Todd, as well as for the success of his father's business. He also prays for all of the other children like his neighbor Bart Simpson, who do not pray for themselves. Ned has described Rod's hobbies as including "being quiet during trips, clapping with songs and diabetes". Rod's largest role was in "Bart Has Two Mommies", where he obtains new climbing skills and rescues Bart from a chimpanzee atop a church. This episode also reveals that Rod thinks of Marge as the most fun he has had since his mother died.
In earlier episodes ("
Roger Meyers Jr.
Roger Meyers Jr. (voiced by
In the episode "The Day the Violence Died", when I&S Studios is bankrupted following their trial against Chester J. Lampwick and Bart and Lisa are too late in providing information that could save the company, he tells them condescendingly "Great, mail it to last week when I might have cared. I've got cartoons to make."
He has an obnoxious and short tempered personality. This is displayed in his contempt for the writers of Itchy and Scratchy when
In "
In The Simpsons arcade game mobile, he appears as a boss in the Springfield Mall and uses an axe, a mallet, and bombs that look like Itchy and Scratchy.
Ruth Powers
Ruth Powers (voiced by
The episode "Marge on the Lam" features Ruth and Marge going on the run from the law in a stolen convertible in a light parody of
S
Sam and Larry
Sam and Larry (voiced by
Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon
Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon (voiced by Harry Shearer)[20] is Apu Nahasapeemapetilon's younger brother and uncle of Apu's eight children.[221] He has a daughter named Pahusacheta (who performed in a beauty pageant) and a son named Jamshed (who, despite his young age, can wield a shotgun and run The Kwik-E-Mart when Apu is not there to do so). Sanjay has a wife, as he asked Apu to promise not to sleep with her if he dies (Apu's response to this request was a cheery "I promise nothing!"). Sanjay was shown as Apu's business partner at the Kwik-E-Mart in the earlier episodes. "I'm with Cupid" was his final speaking appearance until "Covercraft".
However, he has appeared as a background character in "Moe Letter Blues", "Homer at the Bat" (as pitcher for Fort Springfield), and The Simpsons Movie. 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".
Santa's Little Helper
Sarah Wiggum
Sarah Wiggum (née Kanickee, voiced by
In the episode, "A Star Is Born Again", at the Jellyfish Dance, Clancy mentions she was more beautiful at that moment than the day he arrested her, to which she giggles in reply. He then mentions he only planted the crystal meth on her so she would "notice" him so he has an excuse to arrest her and fall in love with her, despite not doing the crystal meth, any drugs, or any crimes in general. Sarah (according to Clancy) is his "home force" and he lovingly calls her "Poppin' Fresh".
In the episode "Grade School Confidential", she immediately dials the authorities to Clancy's command. Ralph apparently gets his appearance from her, as the two look very similar. According to "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind", Marge does not like Sarah at all and tried to keep her from Homer's cruise party. But in later episodes such as "The Great Wife Hope", and "The Devil Wears Nada", Sarah is seen with Marge in groups with other Springfield moms in outings or charity meetings, apparently making an effort to get to know her better.
In the episode "Uncut Femmes", her only major role to date, she reveals her true self to Marge entirely different then what she was before, including flashbacks of how she and Clancy met, of which the story was heavily retconned from what was said previously. She was a professional criminal tasked with distracting Clancy, then a security guard, in the course of a heist gone wrong. In the present, she and Marge retrieve one of the stolen items from the heist and she eventually reveals her past to Clancy, who is intrigued by her history.
In the episode "Poorhouse Rock" Sarah is seen again in her new retconned voice and personality, but is in the original character design in a guest appearance. In one of the unaired "storylines" leaked in the episode "Lisa the Boy Scout", Clancy confronts Sarah for cheating on him with Eddie the cop, who is revealed to be the actual father of Ralph. In this appearance, she acted like her old self when it comes to her mannerisms.
Scott Christian
Scott Christian (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a newsreader from the early seasons of the show. Christian and Kent Brockman shared the anchor desk equally, but eventually Brockman started to become the more commonly used anchor. In his final appearances, Christian was used mostly when Kent was in the field and an introduction was needed. His final speaking appearance was "The Boy Who Knew Too Much", save for one syllable in "Radioactive Man". Christian was supposed to be permanent anchor,[223] always filling in for an absent Brockman, but was quickly phased out as the show progressed. He briefly appeared (with red colored hair) with the other Springfield celebrities in the season 18 episode "Homerazzi" and made an appearance in "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?".
He reappears, then dies in "
Sea Captain
Captain Horatio Peter McCallister (voiced by
The Sea Captain is always seen holding a corncob pipe and squinting (because he has at least one glass eye, though once he was seen tapping both of his eyes, stating he has two glass eyes). He also has an artificial leg. As an entrepreneur, McCallister is equally incompetent. On several occasions, he acknowledges his incompetence with a depressed: "Yarr, I don't know what I'm doin'." Although he once states under oath (in "New Kid on the Block") that he is not a real sea captain, at various occasions in later episodes he is indeed shown captaining a ship (even though "Bart's Girlfriend" revealed that he "...hate[s] the sea and everything in it" during the part where he watches ships crash). His restaurant, The Frying Dutchman, is a failing business venture that does not generate enough income to support its owner. During the episode "
His only main roles were in episodes "New Kid on the Block" and in "The Wettest Stories Ever Told". 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. In the latter, he cannot bring the Simpsons their food for numerous reasons like the "chef having problems with tonight's special", which was an octopus. He then ignores the family while playing pickup basketball games with the restaurant's staff.
Azaria modeled the voice on Robert Newton, who played pirates in several movies.[225] The writers' "love of sea talk" is what inspired them to invent the Sea Captain.[226]
Shauna Chalmers
Shauna Chalmers (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is a rebellious, promiscuous teenager who is Superintendent Chalmers' daughter. She is usually portrayed as Jimbo's girlfriend, but in "The D'oh-cial Network", she apparently sent a message to everybody promising to make out with them.
In "Beware My Cheating Bart", she has a relationship with Bart.
In "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun", she and Lisa discover that they have a shared passion of playing instruments.
Sherri and Terri
Sherri and Terri Mackleberry (both voiced by
The girls themselves dress identically, reinforcing their "twin-ness". They are quite rude and snobbish, and never miss an opportunity to berate Bart and make fun of Lisa. Bart appears to have a crush on one of them, as admitted in "Hungry, Hungry Homer". Sherri referred to Bart as an ugly, smelly dork, but was persuaded by Homer to go on a date with Bart after he told her that she could not do much better. Sherri stated that Terri had a crush on Bart in "Bart Star". Another time, in "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder", Homer openly addressed Sherri as "the girl Bart has a crush on". In "The Way We Weren't", they introduce a cousin who has a crush on Bart. In "The Blue and the Gray", it was revealed that they were actually conjoined triplets, and that the third triplet is seeking revenge. The third triplet is seen by Marge in "The Daughter Also Rises", but they suggest that she may only be hallucinating. In "Lisa's Substitute", they nominate Bart as the class president.
Sideshow Bob
Sideshow Mel
Melvin Van Horne, better known as Sideshow Mel (voiced by
Sideshow Mel is often subject to abuse by Krusty, just as Sideshow Bob was before him. 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. In the episode "Day of the Jackanapes", it is shown that Krusty can remember Sideshow Bob's name, but not Sideshow Mel's.
Snake Jailbird
Chester Turley (voiced by Hank Azaria), better known as Snake Jailbird (usually referred to as simply Snake), is a recurring character who is Springfield's resident recidivist felon, always getting arrested but rarely staying in jail.[228] 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.
His first name was first mentioned by his cellmate Sideshow Bob in the season 3 episode "Black Widower". In the script, the writers had simply mentioned a character named Snake and it had been the directors who had assigned that existing character design to the name.[229] Snake was named the 19th (out of 25) of IGN's Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters.[60]
Snowball II
Snowball II is the Simpson family's pet cat. The first Snowball II debuted in "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", and died in the episode "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot", where she was later replaced by a cat Lisa named with the same name.
Sophie Krustofsky
Sophie Krustofsky (voiced by
Squeaky-Voiced Teen
Squeaky-Voiced Teen (voiced by
Castellaneta lifted his voice for the character from actor Richard Crenna's as Walter Denton in the sitcom Our Miss Brooks.[231] Several different models of Squeaky-Voiced Teen have been used throughout the series, featuring counterparts in Mexico, Australia, and England. Steven Dean Moore uses them all as waiters at the ice cream parlor the Simpsons eat at in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge".[232] Matt Groening called Squeaky-Voiced Teen his second favorite "unnamed" character after Comic Book Guy, whose name was finally revealed to be "Jeff Albertson" in the episode "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass".[233] He is also seen in the pre-show of The Simpsons Ride as one of the ride operators.
Stampy
Stampy is a male African elephant first appearing in the episode "Bart Gets an Elephant". Bart wins the elephant in a radio contest called "KBBL Is Gonna Gimme Something Stupid". As a prize, Bart was offered either an elephant or $10,000 in cash, with the elephant option as a joke. Bill and Marty had anticipated all winners would opt for the cash and were caught off guard when Bart chose the elephant. With the prospect of being fired looming, they eventually get Bart an elephant. Bart decides to name the elephant Stampy, who soon starts to cause trouble and costs a large amount of money in upkeep. Anxious to escape this, Homer offers Stampy to a wildlife reserve. However, on his realization that he will get nothing in return, he elects to sell Stampy to local poacher and ivory dealer, Mr. Blackheart. Homer later changes his mind after Stampy rescues him from a tar pit. Stampy likes peanuts and putting people in his mouth. He does not like other elephants, as can be seen when he is first introduced to the wildlife reserve.
Stampy is alluded to in other episodes. At Apu's wedding, Bart sees Apu riding an elephant. Bart comments that he wishes that he had an elephant. Lisa responds, "You did. His name was Stampy. You loved him." Bart simply replies, "Oh, yeah." Stampy also appears in "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" in Bart's water dream, and made a second (and more important) appearance on season 14's "Large Marge", where he was involved in an attempt to restore the public opinion of Krusty the Clown. Stampy also attacks a bear in the final scene of "The Fat and the Furriest", but then the bear fights back by hitting Stampy on the head with a club several times, much to Stampy's dismay. Stampy also appears in The Simpsons Movie, where he cracks the dome that covers Springfield, prompting the government's drastic decision to implement Option No. 4 as a solution to the Springfield Problem.
State Comptroller Atkins
State Comptroller Atkins (voiced by
Atkins' most recent appearance was in "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" where he gives Chalmers his job back.
He is also on Lisa's list of "interesting adults" in "Moe'N'a Lisa".
Steve Mobbs
Steve Mobbs (voiced by Hank Azaria) was the founder of Mapple and is a parody of Steve Jobs. He appeared in "Mypods and Broomsticks". When Mobbs was giving an announcement, Bart made a prank and made it look like he was insulting his customers.
He also appears in "A Tree Grows in Springfield" where he is dead and shows off the MyPad in heaven. Steve Mobbs' death is a reference to when Steve Jobs died.
Superintendent Chalmers
Superintendent Garibaldi "Gary" Chalmers[234] (voiced by Hank Azaria) is the superintendent of Springfield's school district. He first appears in the episode "Whacking Day". Chalmers is strict and humorless, with a short temper and low tolerance for disorder or rule-breaking. He is also the father of Shauna Chalmers.
Whenever Chalmers visits Springfield Elementary, some sort of disaster strikes. He produces extreme anxiety in
However, Chalmers does on at least two occasions show a fondness for Skinner. In "
Chalmers' own competence and dedication to his job are questionable. He lets Ned Flanders allow the school to descend into anarchy when Flanders is principal, freely admitting that he had fired Skinner for far less, explaining simply that "Skinner really bugged me." He seems disturbingly unconcerned with the school's decline, stating that American public schools are already on the decline and will most likely end up just like Springfield Elementary (or worse) and tells Bart to sit back and enjoy the ride (though Chalmers does ultimately fire Flanders for mentioning God in a public school). 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.
Chalmers' first name is revealed to be Gary in "
"Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" is the first (and so far only) episode in which Superintendent Chalmers is given a protagonist role. In the episode, Chalmers is challenged by Principal Skinner to get Bart interested in learning, and finds it in the form of teaching him about Theodore Roosevelt. After an unauthorized school field trip, Chalmers is fired for letting Nelson fall off a cliff, but is re-hired and given the title of Super-Duper-Intendent. In The Simpsons Movie, in addition to appearances in crowd scenes Superintendent Chalmers is shown in attendance at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on Day 97 under the Dome. 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.
In the DVD commentaries to "22 Short Films About Springfield" and "Grade School Confidential", it is noted that Superintendent Chalmers seems to be one of the few "normal" characters on the show and is frequently alone in his awareness of the show's zaniness (much like one-shot character Frank Grimes from "Homer's Enemy").
Surly Duff
Surly Duff (voiced by Hank Azaria) is a mascot for Duff and one of the seven duffs. He first appears in "Selma's Choice" and has appeared multiple times since.
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Todd Flanders
Todd Homer Flanders
Troy McClure
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Üter Zörker
Üter Zörker (voiced by
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The Vanderbilts
The Vanderbilts (voiced by Hank Azaria and Tress MacNeille) are an elderly rich couple who are frequently shocked by Homer Simpson's antics. They first appear in "Saddlesore Galactica" where Mr. Vanderbilt breaks his monocle after being shocked. This gag is reused in "A Tale of Two Springfields". In "Homer vs. Dignity", Mrs. Vanderbilt is shocked by Homer's antics twice. In "The Frying Game", Mrs. Vanderbilt is shown as friends with Mrs. Bellamy, Mrs. Glick, and Agnes Skinner. They are a parody of the actual Vanderbilt family.
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Warden
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The Warden (voiced by Charles Napier) is the unnamed prison warden of both Springfield Prison and Springfield Juvenile Hall.
He first appears in the episode "Pokey Mom" as the announcer of the Springfield Prison rodeo, as well as sitting in on Jack Crowley's parole hearing. He is shown as a very strict bureaucrat, and has little compassion for the prisoners under his control. He releases Crowley into Marge's care after she vouches for him.
He reappears in "The Wandering Juvie", now in charge of the juvenile detention center, which he runs just like a prison.
A sign in his office reads "HIS JUDGEMENT COMETH AND THAT RIGHT SOON", which is a reference to the sign in Warden Norton's office from The Shawshank Redemption.
Waylon Smithers
The Weasels
The Weasels are fraternal twin bullies at
Wendell Borton
Wendell Borton (alternatively voiced by
The Winfields
The Winfields are an elderly couple who live next door to the Simpson family early in the series and often complain about how crude and uncivilized the Simpsons are. Mr. Winfield's (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) first name is unknown and Mrs. Winfield's first name is Sylvia (voiced by Tracey Ullman in "Bart's Dog Gets an "F"", Maggie Roswell in later appearances). They first appear in the season one episode "Homer's Odyssey". 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". The couple eventually move to Florida in the season four episode "New Kid on the Block" and have not been seen since.[237]
Wiseguy
Raphael (voiced by Hank Azaria[181]), a.k.a. Wiseguy, is the chauffeur hired to take Homer to the prom (despite that Marge was going with Artie Ziff) in the second season in "The Way We Was", but he has held numerous other jobs in the series.[238] Simpsons sound editor Bob Beecher commented on alt.tv.simpsons that, "He doesn't have one name. His character's name always fits the scene so he's gone by many names, 'Clerk', 'Shopkeeper', etc. But in the script the direction given to the voice is 'Wiseguy Voice'. So call him 'Wiseguy' if you want."[239]
Azaria does a Charles Bronson impression for the voice.[149] In "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious", Al Jean and Mike Reiss had Azaria voice a Simpsonized Charles Bronson as a reference to this.[240] Like his profession, the character's hair and facial features varied widely for a number of years, with the voice being the only constant; eventually, he was standardized as a balding, greying man with a moustache. Wiseguy has been dubbed "The Sarcastic Middle-Aged Man" by the show's Internet fans.[241] In "Day of the Jackanapes", Sideshow Bob calls Wiseguy by the name "Raphael".[242]
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Yes Guy
The Frank Nelson Type (voiced by Dan Castellaneta),[243] also known as "The Yes Guy",[181] first appeared in season ten's episode "Mayored to the Mob" as the maître d'hôtel at the Springfield Dinner Theater. He is a character known for bellowing "Ye-e-e-s?!" in a falling, then rising intonation, and appears to be highly eccentric in both his speech and appearance. The Yes Guy is a tribute to Frank Nelson, a supporting actor in The Jack Benny Program, I Love Lucy, and Sanford and Son, whose trademark greeting in all his characters was a loud, drawn-out "Ye-e-e-s?!" Nelson was inexplicably found working behind the service counter of whatever shop Benny or Fred Sanford might be patronizing, and his Springfield counterpart is similar.
In the Yes Guy's first appearance, Homer asks why his voice is always stretched, and the Yes Guy replies by saying "I had a stro-o-o-oke".[244] He also appears in "Homer vs. Dignity". He works at Costington's department store,[245] as an executioner at Springfield Penitentiary,[246] and is juror number twelve of the Springfield jury.[247] Homer refers to him as "that jerk that goes 'Ye-e-e-es?'".[248] A Brazilian version of him was seen in "Blame It on Lisa", uttering "Si-i-i-m?!" ("Yes" in Portuguese).
In a deleted scene of "The Dad Who Knew Too Little", his surname is revealed to be Pettigrew, but this has not been confirmed in any canonical scene.
See also
- List of The Simpsons characters
- List of The Simpsons guest stars
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