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==Bleeding Gums Murphy== |
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'''Bleeding Gums Murphy Hibbert''' (voiced by [[Ron Taylor (actor)|Ron Taylor]] and [[Daryl Coley|Daryl L. Coley]])<ref name="coley">[http://www.tv.com/daryl-l.-coley/person/3385/summary.html Daryl L. Coley] ''TV.com''. URL accessed on December 7, 2006</ref> is a jazz musician, idol, and mentor of [[Lisa Simpson]]. His real first name has never been mentioned, though Murphy claimed his nickname came from the fact he had never once been to a dentist. His significant roles were in the episodes "[[Moaning Lisa]]" and "[['Round Springfield]]", although he appears in other episodes such as "[[Bart the Daredevil]]" (where he is yellow), "[[Dancin' Homer]]", "[[Old Money (The Simpsons)|Old Money]]", "[[Flaming Moe's]], "[[Bart Gets an "F"]]", "[[Radio Bart]]", and "[[Lisa's Pony]]". In "[[Dancin' Homer]]", he was voiced by Daryl L. Coley.<ref name="coley"/> In "[['Round Springfield]]", it is revealed that at one point he had enjoyed a fairly successful career, releasing an album ("Sax on the Beach") and appearing on [[Steve Allen]]'s ''[[The Tonight Show]]'',<ref name="RoundSpring">''The Simpsons'' episode "[['Round Springfield]]"</ref> as well as one of the Cosby children's four grandfathers on an episode of ''[[The Cosby Show]]''; but quickly lost his money feeding his $1500-a-day habit of purchasing and smashing [[Fabergé egg]]s.<ref name="MoaningLisa">''The Simpsons'' episode "[[Moaning Lisa]]"</ref> He taught Lisa to display her emotions through music, prompting Lisa to hold him as an important figure in her life.<ref name="MoaningLisa"/> His last appearance was in "[['Round Springfield]]",<ref>[http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-6_episode-22 'Round Springfield] ''The Simpsons.com''. URL accessed on December 14, 2006</ref> when, after [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] ends up in the hospital, Lisa wanders off to find Murphy dying 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.<ref name="RoundSpring"/> It is strongly hinted that Murphy and [[Julius Hibbert|Doctor Hibbert]] are long-lost brothers, most notably 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."<ref name="RoundSpring"/> Bleeding Gums Murphy is loosely based on [[Blind Willie Johnson]], at whose feet the young Bleeding Gums character learned.<ref>[[Matt Groening]], DVD commentary for the episode "'Round Springfield"</ref> The voice of Bleeding Gums Murphy was provided by [[Ron Taylor (actor)|Ron Taylor]], while his saxophone playing is provided by [[Dan Higgins]].<ref>[http://www.danhiggins.net/bio_short.html Dan Higgins Biography] ''Dan Higgins.net''. URL accessed on December 15, 2006</ref> As a sign of respect for the character, Murphy has been a fixture of the extended opening sequence of ''The Simpsons'' since [[The Simpsons (season 2)|the second season]]. Originally, even after his death, Bart would skateboard past him on the street. In "[[The Great Wife Hope]]", Murphy is mentioned and supposedly, according to Carl, he is still alive, after Homer asks Carl if he knows [[Drederick Tatum]]. Carl takes offense, saying that just because he is African American, he does not know every other African-American in Springfield, of whom there are very few, anyway. Carl then says that he met Drederick Tatum while he was at a party with Dr. Hibbert at Murphy's house.<ref>[http://www.snpp.com/guides/openings.list.html Opening Sequence] ''SNPP''.</ref> |
'''Bleeding Gums Murphy Hibbert''' (voiced by [[Ron Taylor (actor)|Ron Taylor]] and [[Daryl Coley|Daryl L. Coley]])<ref name="coley">[http://www.tv.com/daryl-l.-coley/person/3385/summary.html Daryl L. Coley] ''TV.com''. URL accessed on December 7, 2006</ref> is a jazz musician, idol, and mentor of [[Lisa Simpson]]. His real first name has never been mentioned, though Murphy claimed his nickname came from the fact he had never once been to a dentist. His significant roles were in the episodes "[[Moaning Lisa]]" and "[['Round Springfield]]", although he appears in other episodes such as "[[Bart the Daredevil]]" (where he is yellow), "[[Dancin' Homer]]", "[[Old Money (The Simpsons)|Old Money]]", "[[Flaming Moe's]], "[[Bart Gets an "F"]]", "[[Radio Bart]]", and "[[Lisa's Pony]]". In "[[Dancin' Homer]]", he was voiced by Daryl L. Coley.<ref name="coley"/> In "[['Round Springfield]]", it is revealed that at one point he had enjoyed a fairly successful career, releasing an album ("Sax on the Beach") and appearing on [[Steve Allen]]'s ''[[The Tonight Show]]'',<ref name="RoundSpring">''The Simpsons'' episode "[['Round Springfield]]"</ref> as well as one of the Cosby children's four grandfathers on an episode of ''[[The Cosby Show]]''; but quickly lost his money feeding his $1500-a-day habit of purchasing and smashing [[Fabergé egg]]s.<ref name="MoaningLisa">''The Simpsons'' episode "[[Moaning Lisa]]"</ref> He taught Lisa to display her emotions through music, prompting Lisa to hold him as an important figure in her life.<ref name="MoaningLisa"/> His last appearance was in "[['Round Springfield]]",<ref>[http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-6_episode-22 'Round Springfield] ''The Simpsons.com''. URL accessed on December 14, 2006</ref> when, after [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] ends up in the hospital, Lisa wanders off to find Murphy dying 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.<ref name="RoundSpring"/> It is strongly hinted that Murphy and [[Julius Hibbert|Doctor Hibbert]] are long-lost brothers, most notably 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."<ref name="RoundSpring"/> Bleeding Gums Murphy is loosely based on [[Blind Willie Johnson]], at whose feet the young Bleeding Gums character learned.<ref>[[Matt Groening]], DVD commentary for the episode "'Round Springfield"</ref> The voice of Bleeding Gums Murphy was provided by [[Ron Taylor (actor)|Ron Taylor]], while his saxophone playing is provided by [[Dan Higgins]].<ref>[http://www.danhiggins.net/bio_short.html Dan Higgins Biography] ''Dan Higgins.net''. URL accessed on December 15, 2006</ref> As a sign of respect for the character, Murphy has been a fixture of the extended opening sequence of ''The Simpsons'' since [[The Simpsons (season 2)|the second season]]. Originally, even after his death, Bart would skateboard past him on the street. In "[[The Great Wife Hope]]", Murphy is mentioned and supposedly, according to Carl, he is still alive, after Homer asks Carl if he knows [[Drederick Tatum]]. Carl takes offense, saying that just because he is African American, he does not know every other African-American in Springfield, of whom there are very few, anyway. Carl then says that he met Drederick Tatum while he was at a party with Dr. Hibbert at Murphy's house.<ref>[http://www.snpp.com/guides/openings.list.html Opening Sequence] {{webarchive|url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090710023102/http%3A//www.snpp.com/guides/openings.list.html |date=July 10, 2009 }} ''SNPP''.</ref> |
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==Johnny Tightlips== |
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'''John''' "'''Johnny Tightlips'''" '''Cevasco''', voiced by [[Hank Azaria]], is a member of the Mafia and associate of [[Fat Tony (The Simpsons)|Fat Tony]]. He 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 Cevasco himself. In "[[The Twisted World of Marge Simpson]]" he tries to help Fat Tony in taking away Marge's earnings from her 'Pretzel Wagon' franchise. In "[[Insane Clown Poppy]]", there is a shoot-out in Fat Tony's mansion and Tightlips is shot by accident. When asked where he's injured, he says "I ain't sayin' nuthin'!", and when asked what to tell the doctor he says, "Tell him to suck a lemon".<ref name="icp">{{cite web|url=http://www.snpp.com/episodes/BABF17|title=Insane Clown Poppy|publisher=The Simpsons Archive|accessdate=April 12, 2008}}</ref> |
'''John''' "'''Johnny Tightlips'''" '''Cevasco''', voiced by [[Hank Azaria]], is a member of the Mafia and associate of [[Fat Tony (The Simpsons)|Fat Tony]]. He 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 Cevasco himself. In "[[The Twisted World of Marge Simpson]]" he tries to help Fat Tony in taking away Marge's earnings from her 'Pretzel Wagon' franchise. In "[[Insane Clown Poppy]]", there is a shoot-out in Fat Tony's mansion and Tightlips is shot by accident. When asked where he's injured, he says "I ain't sayin' nuthin'!", and when asked what to tell the doctor he says, "Tell him to suck a lemon".<ref name="icp">{{cite web|url=http://www.snpp.com/episodes/BABF17|title=Insane Clown Poppy|publisher=The Simpsons Archive|accessdate=April 12, 2008|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020045321/http://www.snpp.com/episodes/BABF17|archivedate=October 20, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |
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The Simpsons includes a large array of supporting characters: co-workers, teachers, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, fictional characters within the show, and even animals. The writers originally intended many of these characters as one-time jokes or for fulfilling needed functions in the town. A number of them have gained expanded roles and have subsequently starred in their own episodes. According to the creator of The Simpsons, Matt Groening, the show adopted the concept of a large supporting cast from the Canadian sketch comedy show Second City Television.[1]
Agnes Skinner
Agnes Skinner (voiced by
Agnes' first name was revealed in the
Akira
Akira works as a waiter at The Happy Sumo, a Japanese restaurant in
Allison Taylor
Allison Taylor (voiced by
Anastasia
Anastasia is a white tiger that performs in casinos with Gunter and Ernst. She debuts in "
Arnie Pye
Arnie Pye (voiced by
Arthur Crandall and Gabbo
Arthur Crandall and Gabbo (both voiced by Hank Azaria) are a puppet and ventriloquist who start their own TV show that is in competition with Krusty the Clown's. The show is a huge hit that ruins Krusty's career, but Bart then ruins Gabbo's future by capturing him making a rude comment on TV. The pair are later reduced to low-paying work such as a show at an Indian casino. 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.)
Artie Ziff
Artie Ziff is a narcissistic Internet entrepreneur who is infatuated with Marge Simpson, his former high school classmate. He is voiced by Jon Lovitz, except for a brief appearance in "The Front" (1993), in which he was voiced by Dan Castellaneta.[12] Animator David Silverman based Ziff's appearance and body language on a former high school classmate.[13]
Ziff first appears in "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.
In "
In "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" (2012), Bart time-travels to 1974 and happens upon 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.
Baby Gerald
Gerald Samson, better known as Baby Gerald, also known as "the one-eyebrowed baby", is
Benjamin, Doug and Gary
Benjamin, Doug and Gary (voiced by Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria and Dan Castellaneta, respectively)[15] are geeks that were once Homer's dormitory roommates at Springfield University. Gary carries a calculator on his belt and uses ear medicine, Doug is overweight and wears a pocket protector, and Benjamin wears horn-rimmed glasses.[16] 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".[17] Director Jim Reardon used a caricature of animator Rich Moore and colored it black for Benjamin.[18]
Bernice Hibbert
Bernice Hibbert (voiced by
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. He 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 as well. This leads to Bob's prompt release and ensuing mayoral election-rigging.
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
Bleeding Gums Murphy Hibbert (voiced by
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
Booberella is a buxom television host who speaks with a Romanian accent. She is a parody of
Brandine Spuckler
Brandine Spuckler (voiced by
Brunella Pommelhorst
Brunella Pommelhorst (voiced by
Bumblebee Man
The Bumblebee Man (initially voiced by
In general, Bumblebee Man only speaks in simple, over-enunciated (and inaccurate) Spanish sentences. His catchphrases of choice are typically "¡Ay, ay, ay, no me gusta!" ("I don't like it!"), "¡Ay, ay, 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.[44] On occasions, he also speaks English, such as briefly in "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington". In "Bart Gets Famous", he anchored the news with an articulate English accent, filling in for Kent Brockman, who would not report the news because he did not get his cheese Danish, 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.[47]
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. 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, Confederate-symbol centered state flag. With the death of Tom Poston 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. His signature bike is the Suicycle and he has his own action figure complete with an ambulance.
Cecil Terwilliger
Cecil Underdunk Terwilliger (voiced by David Hyde Pierce) is the younger brother of Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, a.k.a. Sideshow Bob. His first appearance was in the season 8 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 season 19 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 in Frasier. Cecil's mannerisms and his relationship with his brother are also loosely based on Niles and Frasier's relationship in Frasier. Later, he appears in "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?".
Cesar and Ugolin
Cesar (voiced by
They take their character names from Cesar and Ugolin, father and son in the films Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources.
Charlie
Charlie (voiced by
Chase/Pyro
Chase, also known as Pyro, (voiced by
Coach Lugash
Coach Lugash (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a gym instructor who coached Lisa in the season 13 episode "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 (
Cookie Kwan
Cookie Kwan (voiced by
Corporal Punishment
Corporal Punishment is a cast member on The Krusty the Clown Show. Once a group of protesters started booing Krusty so he threatened to bring out Corporal Punishment, who then stomped onto the stage. He later appeared as back up on many other Krusty shows. When Krusty fakes his death, he was at his funeral. Corporal Punishment first appeared in the episode "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" as the enforcer for the show. He is a large man and is always seen in military uniform.
Count Dracula
Count Dracula is a vampire based on the character of 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.
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 a doctor and a lawyer because 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, when she turned 32, Abernathy suffered from psychological exhaustion, became an alcoholic, and sought solace in her pet cat. Eight years later, the once-promising young doctor/lawyer has now become a raving, cat-hoarding lunatic.[61] 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.[62] When participating in a mayoral election, she lucidly discusses topics such as health care, economy and public education in between her screams and gibberish.[58]
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.[63]
In the episode "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus", Abernathy shows she has an opera-quality singing voice.
Crusher and Lowblow
Crusher (also referred to as Joey) and Lowblow are a pair of stereotypical henchmen often found in the employment of
Database
Database or Data (voiced by
Dave Shutton
Dave Shutton, voiced by
Declan Desmond
Declan Desmond (voiced by Eric Idle of Monty Python fame) 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".
The Desmond 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[70] (voiced by Hank Azaria), is a man who is mentally stuck in the disco era.[71] 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 garage 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 doesn't advertise."[71] Stu's speech pattern is similar to that of Duffman, also voiced by Hank Azaria; he speaks in the third person, often referring to himself as "Disco Stu" (emphasizing "Stu" and then pausing before saying anything else; whatever follows usually rhymes with "Stu"). According to "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation", Stu actually is aware disco is dead, does not like disco music at all, and worries that his personality may make him a "one-note guy". He got an annulment from Pope John Paul II after a brief marriage to Selma Bouvier.[72][73] In "How I Wet Your Mother", Professor Frink created a device that allowed people to enter the dreams of others. He stated he had already used the device "To cure another Springfielder of his particular obsession" at which point Stu walked into the frame in khakis and a collared shirt saying "Normal Stu likes normal things." In "Homer Scissorhands", Stu is seen attending a ball alone, saying his girlfriend isn't feeling well. She is then seen arriving arm-in-arm with Krusty the Clown. In the episode "Springfield Up", it is revealed that in his younger years, he had a budding career as a sea captain, going by the name of "Nautical Stu", and only finds the joy of disco music when Marge puts some on while taking his picture for his captain's license.
Doctor Colossus
Doctor 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".
Dolph Starbeam
Dolph Starbeam, voiced by
It turns out Dolph is
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". Lisa tests her nerd spray on him, which forces Nelson Muntz to involuntarily get up and start punching Tatum, 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
Barry Duffman, better known as Duffman and voiced by
There are also international, culture-specific versions of Duffman for the overseas markets. Duffmensch, the German version of Duffman, wears a blue pickelhaube helmet and blue spandex lederhosen with a dark leather waistbelt with beer-can holders that look like ammunition pouches. He uses the German language slogan Oh Ja!. The Canadian version of Duffman (seen on the label of Le Duff, the Canadian version of Duff) wears a Mountie uniform and uses the French-language slogan Mais Oui! They are still played by the American Duffman and have his mannerisms.
Eddie
Eddie, voiced by
Elizabeth Hoover
Elizabeth Hoover is a second grade teacher at Springfield Elementary, voiced by Maggie Roswell and Marcia Mitzman Gaven while Roswell was involved in a pay dispute. Miss Hoover has been worn down by her years in the public school system, and in "Lisa Gets an "A"" implies that she frequently drinks during lunch. 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.
Fallout Boy
In the series, Fallout Boy first appears in a 1950s
Fallout Boy also appears in a real-life comic book titled Radioactive Man, published by
In the episode "Radioactive Man", Milhouse was chosen over Bart to play Fallout Boy in the Radioactive Man movie to be filmed in Springfield. Rock band Fall Out Boy took the name of this character after, when they asked a concert audience what band name they should have, a fan shouted "Fallout Boy!" [citation needed]
Francesca Terwilliger
Francesca Terwilliger is voiced by Maria Grazia Cucinotta, is the wife of Robert Underdunk 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
Frank "Grimey" Grimes (voiced by
Frankie the Squealer
Frank Savioz, nicknamed "Frankie the Squealer" (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), is a member of the Mafia 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 (he claims that "it makes [him] feel big"), even squealing on himself one time. 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.
Gil Gunderson
Gil Gunderson, a.k.a. Ol' Gil, is voiced by
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 season 17 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 season 19 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
God
Grady
Grady is voiced by
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.
Gunter and Ernst
Gunter Schmidt and Ernst Hammerstein, Las Vegas-style entertainers voiced by
In a case of life imitating art, the 1993 episode "
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
He is friends with
Harry Shearer does an impression of George H. W. Bush for the voice.[89] Herman's facial appearance is modeled after Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder.[89] 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.[90]
Jack Marley
Jack Marley is voiced by
Jamshed Nahasapeemapetilon
Jamshed "Jay" Nahasapeemapetilon, voiced by Nancy Cartwright, Utkarsh Ambudkar for adult voice, is Apu's nephew and Sanjay's son. 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's 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 60's, 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
Jebediah Springfield
Jebediah Obadiah Zachariah Jedediah Springfield (a.k.a. Hans Sprungfeld) is the founder of the town of
Springfield had many famous quotations, such as "A noble spirit
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 an expedition to Springfield's historic "Fort Springfield", Bart uncovers other inconsistencies in the Jebediah legend, such as that he fought at Fort Ticonderoga the same day as the first Whacking Day.
Most of Springfield's biography is revealed in the 1996 episode "
Jimbo Jones
Corky James "Jimbo" Jones, voiced by
Johnny Tightlips
John "Johnny Tightlips" Cevasco, voiced by Hank Azaria, is a member of the Mafia and associate of Fat Tony. He 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 Cevasco himself. In "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" he tries to help Fat Tony in taking away Marge's earnings from her 'Pretzel Wagon' franchise. In "Insane Clown Poppy", there is a shoot-out in Fat Tony's mansion and Tightlips is shot by accident. When asked where he's injured, he says "I ain't sayin' nuthin'!", and when asked what to tell the doctor he says, "Tell him to suck a lemon".[92]
Jub-Jub
Jub-Jub is
Judge Constance Harm
Judge Constance Harm, voiced by
Judge Snyder
Judge Roy Snyder, voiced by Harry Shearer,[19] 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). The character was originally named "Judge Moulton", but show runners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein did not know that, and called him "Snyder".[96] His appearance is modeled on Robert Bork.[96] Snyder's skin color has gone back and forth between yellow and brown repeatedly throughout the series. His skin is currently brown.[97]
"Just Stamp the Ticket" Man
"Just Stamp the Ticket" Man/Manfred Thomas (voiced by
Julio
Julio (voiced by Hank Azaria) is a homosexual who is attracted to Grady, although Grady breaks up with him. He is employed as a barber. 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.[98] 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. J. Loren Pryor
Dr. J. Loren Pryor, voiced by
Kearney Zzyzwicz
Kearney Zzyzwicz (/dʒiːz.wɪtʃ/ JEEZ-witch), voiced by Nancy Cartwright, is one of Springfield Elementary's many bullies. He is a 5th grader and has a buzz cut, and 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 Otto the bus driver's third-grade class (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 (despite the fact that he may be a felon), 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).[99] 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's double-parked because he's 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. is voiced by Nancy Cartwright. He is the son of Kearney. He first appeared in the school bus when Kearney was mentioning his divorce. He is also seen building a sand castle and sitting on Gil's lap. He later appeared in the town square in the season 26 episode Covercraft.
Kirk van Houten
Kirk Evelyn van Houten is 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 is "a bad Milhouse impression".
Kumiko Nakamura
Kumiko Nakamura is voiced by Tress MacNeille. She is a Japanese manga fan and artist from Osaka, Japan. Kumiko first appears in "Married to the Blob", wen 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 The Android's Dungeon as a graphic novel, called Sad Girl.
Legs and Louie
Max "Legs" Legman, voiced by Karl Wiedergott (formerly voiced by Hank Azaria), and Louis "Louie" Walters, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, are the two Springfield Mafia hitmen 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".[100] 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".[101]
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, 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".[102][103]
Lewis
Lewis Clark is an
Lindsey Naegle
Lindsey Naegle is voiced by
The character's surname comes from
Ling Bouvier
Ling Bouvier (voiced by
Lois Pennycandy
Lois Pennycandy is the executive assistant to Krusty the Clown.[111] She swayed Krusty into visiting Bart after he saved Krusty from jail time,[112] and later reunited him with his estranged father the Rabbi Hyman Krustofski.[111] She was at Krusty's side during the auditions in which Robert Terwilliger became Krusty's new sidekick,[113] and was at Krusty's "funeral" when he was presumed dead after crashing his private plane into a cliff.[114] 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."[111] Her only speaking roles are in "Like Father, Like Clown" and "Krusty Gets Kancelled", in which she was voiced by Pamela Hayden. 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
Luann Van Houten
Luann Van Houten is voiced by
Luann was married to 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 Captain MacAllister.
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. The most recent appearance of these two was in the 2014 episode "The War of Art", in which Kirk and Luann sell a painting to the Simpsons, which later turns out to be a forgery of a valuable piece.
Lucius Sweet
Lucius Sweet is voiced by
Luigi Risotto
Luigi Risotto, voiced by
Lunchlady Doris
Lunchlady Doris Freedman, 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".[120] Lunchlady Doris 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 Doris 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 passing.[121]
Lurleen Lumpkin
Lurleen Lumpkin (voiced by Beverly D'Angelo) 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's next appearance is in "
The nineteenth-season episode "
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 in order 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 blackout. 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 is the wife of
In "
Writer Richard Appel had pitched the idea of Apu marrying years before he wrote "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" for season nine.[131] 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.[132][133] Writer David Cohen named Manjula after a friend of much of the staff.[130] Manjula was voiced by actress Jan Hooks from seasons 9 to 14,[134] by Tress MacNeille in season 15 (only one appearance) and by Maggie Roswell thereafter. Manjula appeared in the season 26 episode "Covercraft" but did not speak.
Martha Prince
Martha Prince, voiced by
Martha Quimby
Martha Quimby is the wife of the Mayor of
Martin Prince
Martin Prince Jr.
Martin is the son of Martin Sr. and Martha.[136] He has an IQ of 216 (which was thought to be Bart's IQ). As the class nerd, he unwittingly 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).
Martin Prince Sr.
Martin Prince Sr. is the father of
Mary Bailey
Mary Bailey is the Democratic governor of
Mary Spuckler
Mary
Mary later reappeared in the
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 "Love is a Many-Splintered Thing".
Maude Flanders
Maude Flanders, voiced by Maggie Roswell and temporarily by Marcia Mitzman Gaven between 1999 and 2000, when Roswell did not work for the show, was 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 second-season 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 eleven episode "
Roswell returned to The Simpsons in 2002[143] after reaching a deal with producers to allow her to record her lines from her home in Denver.[144] Since returning, she has voiced Maude in flashbacks and as a ghost.[143][145]
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". She also appeared as a ghost in the couch gag for S23 episode "Them, Robot".
Mayor Quimby's Bodyguards
Mayor Quimby's Bodyguards are two large and expressionless men in dark suits and sun glasses. They are usually seen flanking the mayor at town meetings, but sometimes they are 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 shades on the baby.
Ms. Albright
Ms. Teresa Albright is voiced by Tress MacNeille.[2] She 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 much to ask?". She first appeared in "The Telltale Head". She speaks with a soft 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.
Mr. Costington
Mr. Bruce Costington, voiced by
Mr. Teeny
Louis "Mr. Teeny" Toot, also known as Joseph Teeny and 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,[19] 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 doesn't 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 "
Nahasapeemapetilon octuplets
The Nahasapeemapetilon octuplets are the children of
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
Otto Mann
Otto Mann voiced by
The Parson
The Parson (voiced by Hank Azaria) is a charismatic major leader of the Presbylutheran faith practiced in Springfield. He is a 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 are two of Springfield's orphans, voiced by Pamela Hayden and Tress MacNeille, respectively. 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.
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 whilst singing "
At one point in the movie, the Simpsons' house is completely destroyed after being sucked into a sinkhole in their backyard. This may lead to the assumption that the pig is killed in the movie. 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.[158] This removed sequence is a slightly alternate ending of the movie when the townspeople are rebuilding the Simpsons' house and involves Plopper, Blinky: the-Three-Eyed-Fish, and Santa's Little Helper painting a dog house. During the following TV seasons, Plopper makes a few more appearances including a main role in the 2017 episode Pork and Burns.
Poochie
Poochie is an anthropomorphic dog voiced by
He has since been seen once at a funeral in an Itchy & Scratchy cartoon featured in "
Princess Kashmir
Princess Kashmir 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
Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky
Hyman Krustofsky was the father of
In "Like Father, Like Clown", Rabbi Krustofski had been estranged from his son for twenty-five years, having disowned Krusty 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 between Bart and the Rabbi, Bart read a quote from Sammy Davis Jr. admiring the Jews, which finally convinced Rabbi Krustofski to accept his son for his career in entertainment. He and Krusty reunited on the air of 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.[161] 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.[162] 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 Krustofski 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 Krustofski in "Like Father, Like Clown" in 1992.[163] The Phoenix named Mason one of the show's 20 best guest stars.[164]
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 briefly after Ned attempted to mold her in the image of his deceased wife Maude only to have her think Ned is using her and runs off. At the end of the episode, she returns and has a date with Flanders. She has not made an appearance since.
Radioactive Man
Radioactive Man is a fictional
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
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.[177]
Rich Texan
Richard O'Hara, mainly known as The Rich Texan (voiced by
He is well known for 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 Texas Ranger. He has a gay grandson, as revealed in "Million Dollar Abie" and a daughter named Paris Texan (who looks and acts like hotel heiress Paris Hilton). In the episode "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times", it is revealed that the Rich Texan is originally from Connecticut, despite his brash, stereotypically Southern persona (parodying the fact that although former president George W. Bush is most closely associated with Texas, he was actually born in New Haven, Connecticut).
Richard
Richard is a gray-haired student at
Rod Flanders
Rod Flanders is voiced by Pamela Hayden. Rod 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
He has an obnoxious and short tempered personality. This is displayed in his contempt for the writers of Itchy and Scratchy when
In "
Ruth Powers
Ruth Powers is
The episode "
Sam and Larry
Sam and Larry, also known as "Barfly #1" and "Barfly #2", are two regular patrons of
Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon
Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon (
Sarah Wiggum
Sarah Wiggum (née Kanickee), voiced by
Scott Christian
Scott Christian (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a newsreader from the early seasons of the show. Originally, 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,[180] 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?".
Sea Captain
Captain Horatio Peter McCallister, more commonly known as "The Sea Captain", created 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.
Shauna Chalmers
Shauna Chalmers 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.
Sherri and Terri
Sherri and Terri Mackleberry, both voiced by
The girls themselves dress identically, reinforcing their "twin-ness". They are quite snobbish, and never miss an opportunity to berate Bart. 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 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.
Squeaky-Voiced Teen
Squeaky-Voiced Teen, a.k.a. Pimple-Faced Teen, real name Jeremy Freedman (voiced by
Castellaneta lifted his voice for the character from actor Richard Crenna's as Walter Denton in the sitcom Our Miss Brooks.[185] 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".[186] 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".[187] 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 Hank Azaria, is the comptroller of Springfield's state. In "Lisa Gets an "A"" he is sent to deliver the basic assistance grant to Springfield Elementary after Lisa cheats on a test and raises the school's GPA up to the state's minimum requirement. Otto's impersonation of Atkins suggests that he is of Canadian origin. He appears later in "Saddlesore Galactica", where he moderates the elementary school band competition at the state fair. He plans to give Lisa the unusually large good sportsmanship award until he hears her brand the first-place band "cheaters" for using glow-sticks in their performance. Atkins' most recent appearance was in "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" where 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. He 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 Gary Chalmers, voiced by
In "
Chalmers' own competence and dedication to his job are questionable. He lets
In several episodes, such as "
"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 Teddy 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
He is from Utica, New York and has a daughter named Shauna Chalmers who has dated Bart Simpson and Jimbo Jones.
Todd Flanders
Todd Flanders is Ned Flanders' eight-year-old son, voiced by
Üter Zörker
Üter Zörker, voiced by
Warden
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The Warden voiced by Charles Napier is the 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 Warden Norton from The Shawshank Redemption.
Vanderbilts
The Vanderbilts are an elderly rich couple who are frequently shocked by Homer'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 Simpson'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.
The Weasels
The Weasels are fraternal twin bullies at
Wendell Borton
Wendell Borton is a perpetually nauseated and very pale boy with worried eyes and curly hair. He first appears in "
Mr. and Sylvia Winfield
The Winfields are an elderly couple who live next door to the
Wiseguy
Raphael, a.k.a. Wiseguy, is voiced by
Yes Guy
The Frank Nelson Type,
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".[196] He also appears in "Homer vs. Dignity". He works at Costington's department store,[197] works as juror number twelve of the Springfield Panel of Jury,[198] and as an executioner at Springfield Penitentiary.[199] Homer refers to him as "that jerk that goes 'Ye-e-e-es?'".[200] A Brazilian version of him was seen in "Blame It on Lisa", uttering "Si-i-i-m?!" ("Yes" in Portuguese).
See also
- List of characters in The Simpsons
- List of guest stars on The Simpsons
- List of one-time characters in The Simpsons
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