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In an issue of "Simpsons Comics", he states that he is actually from [[Belgium]], however "Simpsons Comics" are generally not considered [[canon (fiction)|canon]]. |
In an issue of "Simpsons Comics", he states that he is actually from [[Belgium]], however "Simpsons Comics" are generally not considered [[canon (fiction)|canon]]. |
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Bumblebee Man never takes off his costume, even when by himself, except in the episode "22 Short Films About Springfield". In that episode we see Bumblebee Man's private life and realize he is innately clumsy rather than simply acting as such. Nonetheless, in other episodes he is heard to speak with an articulate British accent; this has since been revealed in an episode commentary to have been a mistake. It is possible that he generally speaks with his bumbling on-screen accent to keep in practice. Also, in the Simpsons [[Bongo Comics]], he quotes Shakespeare. |
Bumblebee Man never takes off his costume, even when by himself, except in the episode "[[22 Short Films About Springfield]]". In that episode we see Bumblebee Man's private life and realize he is innately clumsy rather than simply acting as such. Nonetheless, in other episodes he is heard to speak with an articulate British accent; this has since been revealed in an episode commentary to have been a mistake. It is possible that he generally speaks with his bumbling on-screen accent to keep in practice. Also, in the Simpsons [[Bongo Comics]], he quotes Shakespeare. |
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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, ay, ay, Dios no me ama!" ('God does not love me!') In the Colombian [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|version]] of the show, the humour of Bumblebee Man rests only on the fact that he is wearing a gigantic bee costume and frequently prone to moments of [[slapstick]]; there has been no effort made to translate his speech to another language to add humour. |
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, ay, ay, Dios no me ama!" ('God does not love me!') In the Colombian [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|version]] of the show, the humour of Bumblebee Man rests only on the fact that he is wearing a gigantic bee costume and frequently prone to moments of [[slapstick]]; there has been no effort made to translate his speech to another language to add humour. |
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As one of Springfield's most prominent Japanese American citizens, Akira is the owner of a karate dojo (which Bart briefly attended) and also works at "The Happy Sumo" sushi restaurant. He once helped Homer, Bart, and Lisa discover the origin of the mysterious "Mr. Sparkle" box (it came from a Japanese dishwashing detergent company with a mascot that coincidentally bears a striking resemblance to Homer). Also once, he, Luigi, Capt. McAllister, and other restaurant owners of Springfield planned a (failed) assassination attempt on Homer because he gave them bad reviews.
He was originally voiced by George Takei, who played Sulu on Star Trek, and in subsequent episodes he has been voiced by Hank Azaria.
Arnie Pie "In The Sky"
Arnie Pie, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is a disgruntled helicopter traffic reporter for Springfield's KBBL-TV, with his segment, "Arnie in the Sky" (the joke lying in the abstruse omission of the obvious pun). During his segment, he frequently gets into abusive arguments with anchor Kent Brockman for unknown reasons. An example of this is when a particular disaster strikes Springfield, Kent wonders on the air whether or not his house is okay to which Arnie replies disdainfully "You mean your castle, Kent!?" as he points to a very large house. Brockman then claimed he merely "bought at the right time," to which Arnie replied, "When's my right time, Kent?! When's my right time?!" Another example is when Kent asked him about the contents of a hijacked van they were chasing, to which he replied "I can't see through metal, Kent!" He frequentlly drops something, or gets sick, and then warns people to watch out if they are on the street he is on.
Pie once apparently died on the air in a helicopter crash, with his last words "Tell my wife I love--" dismissed with a chuckle by oblivious anchor Kent Brockman. However, he survived and has been seen in several episodes afterwards.
The character's name may be an homage to famed World War II news correspondent Ernie Pyle.
Quotes: "I dont have a mirror that can see into people's souls, Kent, but if I did, yours would be black, Kent, black as the ace of spades!"
Artie Ziff
Artie Ziff (voiced by Jon Lovitz), was first seen as Marge Simpson's prom date with "busy hands" in high school. A later episode revealed him to have become a nerdy software billionaire, becoming the fifth richest man in the country. His wealth came from a device that transforms modem noise into easy listening music. In that episode, he offers a small fortune for a weekend with his childhood love, Marge, in parody of the movie Indecent Proposal.
Later in the series, Ziff returns. It is revealed that he ran his company, Ziffcorp, into the ground spending investors' money on such extravagant items as solid gold underpants (a parody of the excesses of the Dot-com era). He would party with Newt Gingrich, Janeane Garofalo, and Scottie Pippen. But he lost all his money and secretly moved into the Simpsons' attic. When Homer wins 98% of the company from Ziff in a game of poker, Homer is held legally responsible when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission comes to arrest Ziff. Homer goes to jail until Ziff turns himself in, and Ziff immediately begins putting out other prisoners' cigarettes with a squirt bottle as the episode ends. The Simpsons family suggests that we may not see Ziff alive again because of this.
It has been said that this character is loosely based on Robert D. Ziff (R.D. Ziff). The real Mr. Ziff is 38 years old, and is one of the richest people in the United States. (Currently #165 in the Forbes 400.) He went to Harvard with one of the writers of the Simpsons.
Baby Gerald
Baby Gerald is Maggie Simpson's nemesis, although they have only come into actual conflict once (Simpsons Comic #50). When Lisa Simpson rescued her sister, however, Maggie started to cry (though Lisa didn't notice). In the actual series their rivalry is only hinted at; on a few occasions Gerald has been shown being pushed by his mother outside the Simpsons' house, with the two babies glaring at each other. He is distinguished by his unibrow. In "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays" a Kent Brockman headline shows a picture of Maggie Simpson beating him up.
He apparently has a history of causing large scale public incidents, and was once rescued from an unspecified disaster by Bart's mail order "wonder dog" Laddie.
Surprisingly, according to the comic story "The Rise and Fall of Bartholomew J. Simpson" (published in Simpsons Comics #47), the adult Gerald is married to Maggie, but is so dominant in the marriage that he will not even allow her to speak up during a conversation, though this may be considered non-canonical.
Bernice Hibbert
Bernice Hibbert is Dr. Julius Hibbert's recovering alcoholic wife, voiced by Tress MacNeille. Bernice is known to be something of a heavy drinker.
Blue Haired Lawyer
The Blue Haired Lawyer, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is a prominent lawyer known for his pasty face, blue hair, and nasal New York accent. Unlike Lionel Hutz or Gil, this lawyer is a competent and accredited lawyer. He is regularly Mr. Burns's head lawyer, and is a member of the Springfield Republican Party.
Longtime writers Al Jean and Mike Reiss have both stated several times on the DVD commentaries that they based the character on McCarthy era lawyer Roy Cohn, and animator Jim Reardon has said that he is designed to look like character actor Charles Lane.
One of his most memorable scenes was in FABF08, "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner": The Lawyer was representing Homer in an Enron-like court case…
- [The Lawyer whispers something to Homer.]
- Homer: Read the fifth amend-what?
- [The Lawyer whispers again.]
- Homer: Refuse to answer on the grounds that I what? [pause] Inseminate myself?!?! [then, to the judge] Dude, I think this guy's coming on to me!
- Lawyer: [stands up and yells to Homer] You, sir, are a moron!
- Homer: A mormon? But I'm from Earth!
Due to the fact that he is almost always the lawyer prosecuting the Simpsons family, he may be Springfield's District Attorney.
He and a pair of goons have hassled Grandpa in Lady Bouvier's Lover and Principal Skinner over a slogan at a school event.
Brandine Spuckler
Brandine Spuckler, also known as Brandine Del Roy and voiced by Tress MacNeille, is the wife of Cletus Spuckler and mother to Tiffany, Heather, Cody, Dylan, Dermot, Jordan, Taylor, Brittany, Wesley, Rumor, Scout, Cassidy, Zoe, Clo, Max, Hunter, Kendall, Caitlin, Noah, Sasha, Morgan, Kyra, Ian, Lauren, Q-bert, Phil, Rubella, and Condoleezza Marie. She was also at one time going to be a foster mother to the Simpson children. Brandine is representative of so called "trailer trash" women in America's southern states and, like her husband, is a stereotype. Brandine and Cletus were married by Homer Simpson despite the fact that they are siblings and/or cousins. One episode even suggested they were mother and son. She has only been with him as long as anyone can tell, though she did at one point stay at a women's facility. She has been seen suffering from rabies and is also illiterate. She works as a stripper, though never in boots. In one episode, Brandine briefly left Cletus for James Caan, who was promptly murdered by Cletus and some of Cletus' friends in a scene reminiscent of Sonny Corleone's death in The Godfather.
Bumblebee Man
Bumblebee Man appears on a television show within the Simpsons universe dressed in a bumblebee costume. The TV station he works for is identified as "Canal Ocho" in several episodes. He is a caricature of "El Chapulín Colorado" (The Red Grasshopper), a character played and created by Mexican television comedian Chespirito, and his show consists of simple skits, often involving heavy slapstick, in a parody of the "super hero" characters. In the episode "Team Homer," it is revealed on his bowling shirt that the Bumblebee Man's first name is Pedro.
In an issue of "Simpsons Comics", he states that he is actually from Belgium, however "Simpsons Comics" are generally not considered canon.
Bumblebee Man never takes off his costume, even when by himself, except in the episode "22 Short Films About Springfield". In that episode we see Bumblebee Man's private life and realize he is innately clumsy rather than simply acting as such. Nonetheless, in other episodes he is heard to speak with an articulate British accent; this has since been revealed in an episode commentary to have been a mistake. It is possible that he generally speaks with his bumbling on-screen accent to keep in practice. Also, in the Simpsons Bongo Comics, he quotes Shakespeare.
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, ay, ay, Dios no me ama!" ('God does not love me!') In the Colombian version of the show, the humour of Bumblebee Man rests only on the fact that he is wearing a gigantic bee costume and frequently prone to moments of slapstick; there has been no effort made to translate his speech to another language to add humour.
Colonel O'Hara (Rich Texan)
Colonel Antoine "Tex" O'Hara, also known as the Rich Texan, is the owner of many a sports team or investment opportunity, and a dude ranch called "Lazy-I-Ranch." In place of a catchphrase, he is often seen jumping and tossing his ten-gallon hat while shouting, "YEE-HAW!" and firing into the air with a revolver or revolvers. It is important to note that Colonel O'Hara has developed a case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). In fact, every time he fires his revolver into the air, he is compelled to tap his foot four times, counting out loud: "YEE-HAW!, 1-2-3-4."
He is also the owner of the Omni-Pave Corporation, which is "sensitive to all your (our) eco-concerns", and a member of the Republican Party. He was also the owner of a female greyhound, She's The Fastest, who fell in love with Santa's Little Helper. An oil tycoon, O'Hara owns a travelling carnival which Homer and Bart had to work at after Bart wrecked Hitler's car. He is also associated with a conglomerate of oil tycoons that make foolish purchases, including a "stained-glass bathrobe, and the world's fattest racehorse". When Springfield mistakenly assumed that Lisa died from a freak tree accident, Tex dedicated a forest reserve in her honor. However, he later changed his mind and converted his plans into building a theme park ("Lisa Land") over the forestland. In an early appearance, in the 5th season episode "$pringfield," Homer addresses him as Senator. In that episode, he gave Homer his hat, telling him "I wore it the day Kennedy was shot and it always brings me luck." In one episode, while getting a drink at Moe's Tavern, O'Hara reveals that he has a new liver and needs to break it in. Then Homer proceeds to beat him arm wrestling.
Due to his habit of shooting bullets into the air, the Texan was jailed for six months when one of his bullets hit a Texas Ranger. He seems to be having difficulty adjusting to blanks. He also has a connection to Jimbo Jones.
The Colonel's name no doubt derives from that of Tex Antoine, a New York City TV weatherman famously fired in the 1970s for an on-air "joke": When the anchorman, after reading a story about a rape, turned to Anotoine for a forecast, the weatherman opined that when rape is inevitable, [the victim] might as well "lie back and enjoy it."
==Cookie Kwan==
Cookie Kwan (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is a Korean-American realtor. She touts herself as being "number one on the West Side," although she also works in the East Side. She used to work at Lionel Hutz's Red Blazer Real Estate office, in her first appearance, in episode 5F06, "Realty Bites". She has a prominent gold tooth.
She is very aggressive towards anyone whom she deems a threat to her business (she once threatened Gil warning him to "stay off the West side!"). She is single and often found on the Springfield dating scene. She's a little desperate; she once set her sights on Homer.
Cookie is one of twenty seven women to have (allegedly) had an extra marital love child with Mayor Quimby. Quimby himself refuses to acknowledge the child, and was last seen handing over his alleged baby to one of his minders to care for.
In reality, the last name 'Kwan' is very rare in Korea (although common in Hong Kong), but the idea of realtors having very positive, non-offensive names is why "Cookie" is a spoof of the real estate industry.
Crazy Cat Lady (Eleanor Abernathy)
Eleanor Abernathy, voiced by Tress MacNeille, is a woman who has the appearance and behavior of a stereotypical mentally ill homeless person. Usually known as the "Crazy Cat Lady," her true name, Abernathy, was revealed in the episode See Homer Run. She is perhaps in her more lucid phases a perpetrator of cat hoarding. She throws cats at residents of Springfield. In the episode "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass", she could be seen appearing more relaxed by taking a medicine (actually Reese's Pieces), but she subsequently resumes acting crazily and hurling cats at people after Marge reveals what the "medicine" actually is. In the episode "I, D'oh-Bot", she throws a cat at Lisa, which she names "Snowball V" in secret and Snowball II in public. She also appeared in the episode "Girly Edition" where she also threw cats at Lisa, In the audio comentary of the fourth season of the Simpsons the creators (Matt Groening included) commented on her physical similarity to Ned Flanders' Mom, and even suggested on doing a show around that idea.
Drederick Tatum
Drederick Tatum aka Mr. Armageddon is a professional boxer. He has appeared in several episodes, most notably when Homer becomes a boxer. Tatum is a parody of Mike Tyson; he has a similar criminal record and lisp. Tatum's manager is a Don King lookalike named Lucius Sweet (voiced by Paul Winfield who has actually portrayed King in the HBO movie Tyson).
Quotes
- Tatum: I think Homer Simpson is a good man. I like him. I have nothing against him, but I will definitely make orphans of his children.
Reporter: Uh, you know, they do have a mother, Champ.
Tatum: Yes, but I would imagine that she would die of grief.
- Litter is my greatest foe: I would like to eat his children.
- We all know πr², but today, pie 'r' justice and I welcome it.
- I have been paid millions to endorse these butt-ugly shoes.
- I insist that you desist.
- The money from this event is going to programs to help keep people like me off the streets. Punch and grope, punch and grope, it's all I was taught.
Duffman
Barry Duffman, voiced by Hank Azaria, is the mascot and spokesman for the Duff Beer company. He is an athletic and smooth-talking corporate personality who wears blue and red tights, a red cape, white gloves, and the name "Duff" emblazoned across his chest. The ensemble features a red hat, dark sunglasses, and a belt of beer cans around his waist.
Though he is the corporate tool of Duff Beer, in one episode he was torn between the company he loved and the truth of the local team, the Isotopes, about how they were going to be moved to Albuquerque. In the end, Duffman followed the slogan "What would Jesus do?" and sided with Homer.
It was revealed that he (or at least one of the actors that portray him) is Jewish in the episode "Co-Dependent's Day", where Homer and Marge attend Oktoberfest. He is ashamed at having to shout, "This Reich will last a thousand beers! Oh, Ja!" in imitation of the Nazi slogan of a Thousand Year Reich: "I do this, and I'm Jewish," he laments.
Duffman is generally known for his methodically slow speech, complete with dramatic pauses and ending with a suggestive "Oh, yeah!", often with a pelvic thrust. He also refers to himself in the third person. By sending in 10,000 Duff labels, Duff drinkers can bring Duffman to their own bar for a party with him and various Duff girls.
His real names have been said to be Sid, Larry, and, in the 2003 episode, “Old Yeller Belly”, he revealed himself as "plain ol’ Barry Duffman." Duffman is in fact played by several different people, sometimes simultaneously. In his own words (after Lenny said that Duffman had died of liver failure): "Duffman can never die, only the actors who play him!", a reference to corporate mascots such as Ronald McDonald and the Marlboro Man who have also been portrayed by multiple people. However, the Duffmen strive to hide this fact, so as not to disillusion children. Duffman was also shot by Frank Grimes Jr. in one episode, although whether he died or not was not shown. Another Duffman was possibly killed in a blimp crash after one of Homer's plans failed; it was then revealed that there were three Duffmans working the game that night.
His theme song is "Oh Yeah" by Swiss band Yello.
Duffman may be based on Budweiser's disgraced mascot Bud Man.
His is very similair to other Simpsons character Disco Stu due to both their needs to refer to themselves as the third person and the sunglasses they both almost always wear. The two characters have currently never met or been compared.
Lou and Eddie
Lou is the police sergeant. The name of his ex-wife is Amy. Lou often finds the time to correct Chief Wiggum. He is briefly promoted to Chief of Police when Wiggum becomes commissioner. He is briefly seen with an attractive woman that is implied to be a prostitute, carrying a case of beer to an impromptu party at the house of a blind man whom he has helped to arrest on marijuana possession charges. Hank Azaria admitted in an interview with Conan O'Brien that Lou's voice is based on Sylvester Stallone's. In early episodes Lou was caucasian, possibly Italian-American, he was later changed to African-American, maybe to avoid similarities with Stallone.
Eddie is a police officer. He rarely speaks, though he is always there at every case, with Lou and Wiggum. Lou complains occasionally that Eddie has been seeing his ex-wife, causing Chief Wiggum to act as mediator. One of Eddie's most humiliating moments is when he is forced to wear a bear costume and play the character of Curtis E. Bear (The Courtesy Bear) in front of a class of dangerous drivers. He is beaten severely by the class members when Chief Wiggum encourages them to take out their frustrations on Eddie. When Lou is promoted to Chief of Police, Eddie is promoted to "Lou." In Worst Episode Ever, Eddie vomits at the sight of naked Agnes Skinner and the Comic Book Guy and Lou tells him, "It's okay, man. If it doesn't affect you, you're not human."
Neither of their surnames have ever been shown. In one episode they are quoted saying that they don't have surnames, much like Cher. Another officer is sometimes shown, as well as one appearance of Luigi in one of his many jobs.
Frankie the Squealer
Frankie the Squealer is another 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"). On several occasions, the mob has attempted to kill him for his squealing, though they have always been unsuccessful.
He was seen once on the ocean floor, his feet in a conrete block, and dead.
Ol' Gil
Ol' Gil, or just "Gil", (Voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a perpetual loser, a nervous, middle-aged man with the inability to hold a steady job, due to strings of misfortunes that tend to hit him at the worst times. He has been seen holding any number of jobs, first as a real estate salesman, but also as a used car salesman, doorbell salesman, Coleco computer salesman, bank teller newspaper subscription salesman, corn farmer and in one episode he appeared working at the Kwik-E-Mart. Since the departure of Lionel Hutz from the series, Gil has been used as a cheap replacement lawyer in court scenes. Gil always refers to himself in the third person.
Gil is married; in the episode "Marge Simpson in: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'", he mentions that his wife will leave him if he doesn't start "bringing in the green." In the same episode, he telephones his wife and overhears her carousing with 'Fred'. She then asks Gil if he would like to speak to Fred. [1]
Since then, Gil has apparently been living at the Springfield Men's Mission (a hostel for down and outs), although he was seen being forceably ejected from the premises because he had overstayed the "6 month occupancy limit." A defiant Gil walked straight into a shady organ donor clinic, to sell his eyes for cash.
The episode "'Tis The Fifteenth Season" includes a brief scene showing Gil committing suicide by hanging himself with Christmas lights. But he appears later in the same episode ice skating at Homer's house with the Christmas lights around his neck, suggesting that the cable snapped when he let himself hang.
In another of his string of dead-end jobs, Gil is revealed inside a basketball mascot costume. The ball is decorated as a female with very shapely legs and high heels. He dances around until someone knocks his costume off to reveal Ol' Gil inside. Moe then proposes to him and requests he put the costume back on and be a girl for a little longer, to which Gil asks for how long and how much.
The character is based on Jack Lemmon's portrayal of salesman Shelley "The Machine" Levene in the 1992 movie adaptation of David Mamet's Pulitzer prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross and the character first appeared in an episode parodying the play entitled "Realty Bites."
He can be compared to Kirk Van Houten due to his bad luck, bad love life and frequent unemployment
God
God, voiced by Harry Shearer, has enjoyed regular appearances in the series, most notably in Homer the Heretic. He is portrayed in the traditional depiction of God - a grey-haired man in a white robe. He seems not to know very much - for instance, when referring to His son, he stated that he didn't know "what your people did to Him".
One of the most notable scenes that He was involved in is when Homer asked Him to turn back the Rapture, and after agreeing, He said "Deus ex Machina" and all seemingly returned to normal - although whether or not it were all supposed to have actually happened is ambiguous.
His face is never seen, with the exception of one early appearance. He is routinely drawn with four fingers (and thumb) instead of the usual Simpsons three and thumb.
Gunter and Ernst
Gunter and Ernst are tiger-tamers voiced by Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria. They are an obvious parody of Siegfried & Roy. In the episode $pringfield, they were savagely mauled by their trademark white tiger, Anastasia. A little over 10 years later, a similar incident happened to the real Siegfried & Roy, when Roy Horn was attacked and dragged by his throat during a performance by his trained tiger Montecore.
The duo appear in the episodes Viva Ned Flanders, $pringfield, and The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons. They are frequently implied to be gay, as at the end of Viva Ned Flanders when Homer and Ned's new wives dump the bad husbands at the city limits. Ginger says "We found some guys that know how to treat a woman" indicating Gunter and Ernst, who look at each other uncomfortably and knowingly, and the tiger rolls its eyes.
Hans Moleman
Hans Moleman is a short, feeble Springfield resident. Despite his apparently old age, and his residence at the Springfield Retirement Castle, he claims to be 31 years old, and that his alcoholism has brought him to his current state, although, when Lisa goes to college, he is seen claiming to be 80. He is also extremely visually imparied, despite his spectacles; when reading an eye chart, he evidently sees a question mark and a smiley face among the letters. Once dated Selma, who became distraught over picturing what their children would look like. He also produced and starred in a short film, entitled Man Getting Hit By Football, in which an oncoming football hits Moleman in the groin; George C. Scott's remake of the film earned an Academy award. Moleman is often thrown in as a gag character, often as the luckless sole victim of some sort of catastrophe. His car crash into the side of the newly opened Planet Hype is mistaken for a kitschy sculpture. He is left in the Springfield Hospital's X-ray room while Dr. Hibbert goes home for the weekend. At the end of one episode, Homer accidently runs over him and both sides shortly ignore the incident as Moleman simply gets up and walks away. When Bart and Lisa get into a childish argument over which one of them is "gay for Moleman," Moleman sadly laments, "No one's gay for Moleman."
Herman
Herman, voiced by Harry Shearer, is the owner of a military antiques store, Herman's Military Antiques. He dresses in military fatigues. He has only one arm; the other arm was lost by sticking it out of the window of a moving bus, although the writers had originally intended for him to give a different reason each time he appeared (Similar to Jonah Hex). His voice is similar to that of George H.W. Bush, and he is somewhat based on Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder.
He is friends with Abraham Simpson, to whom he sold a fez hat, claiming it was previously owned by Napoleon, after briefly owning "the hat McKinley was shot in." He later negotiated a peace treaty between Bart Simpson and the bully Nelson Muntz. He also tried to sell counterfeit jeans out of the Simpson's car hole, but was foiled by Marge Simpson.
He once captured Chief Wiggum and Snake and held them hostage in a scene reminiscent of Pulp Fiction, but was thwarted by Milhouse Van Houten wielding a flail.
Herman possesses a small scale tactical nuclear bomb, designed by the government during the 1950s to be dropped from a B-52 onto Beatniks. He keeps it in a plot of land behind his store, and usually only brings potential buyers to see it on special occasions: when Homer and his friends were buying dozens of guns, Herman assumed they were a bachelor party of some kind, but when Homer told him they were forming a vigilante movement, Herman brought him to see the Bomb. The Bomb has a sign next to it which reads "Do Not Ride The Bomb", a rule which Homer promptly broke (spoofing Dr. Strangelove).
In one of the "Treehouse" episodes, Herman tries to sell Homer a nuclear bomb shelter, boasting that it can withstand the force of a 6 Megaton blast, no more, no less. This seems to be true, as Homer does survive a nuclear blast in the shelter, but then again thanks to the layers of lead paint on his house, so does his family.
Hyman Krustofsky
Hyman Krustofsky (voiced by Jackie Mason and occasionally by Dan Castellaneta) is the father of Krusty the Klown. He is the rabbi at the local synagogue. Perhaps a reference to the Al Jolson film The Jazz Singer, Krusty and his father became estranged when Hyman discovered that his son was the entertainment at a dinner he was attending. Hyman very strongly disapproved of his son's profession and the disrespect he had for his Jewish heritage. Thanks to the efforts of Bart and Lisa, the pair were reunited and made amends. More recently, Hyman officiated at his son's belated Bar Mitzvah.
He was first introduced in the third season episode "Like Father, Like Clown".
Jack Larson
Jack Larson is a slick spokesman for Laramie Cigarettes and once owned the Springfield Isotopes. He also was the spokesperson for the Little Miss Springfield pageant with Laramie cigarettes as the main sponsor in a commercial advertisement that Homer saw on TV at Moe's while he tried to figure out a way to increase Lisa's self-esteem.
Janey
Janey is Lisa's best friend (Note: Powell is her last name in Bart Simpson's Guide To Life, Henderson is her last name in the episode "My Fair Laddy"). Janey is one of the few African-American characters on The Simpsons. Besides the wife and daughter of Dr. Julius Hibbert, she may be the only Black female character. She is the closest person that Lisa Simpson has as a best friend. She has spent the night over the Simpsons' house. However, at times, she seems to resent Lisa and her intelligence just as other Springfield Elementary School students do. She once blew a bubble with chewing gum rather than engage in Lisa's conversation. She may have a crush on Milhouse Van Houten who has a crush on Lisa. She usually says one line at most on the few episodes that feature her. She does not have a stereotypical voice, nor does she make any statements about African-American culture, politics, or history. Unlike many predominately Caucasian sitcoms that include a love interest between the lone Black male and lone Black female, there is no interaction between Janey and Lewis, the Black male student at Springfield Elementary. She enjoys reading Babysitting magazines. She is voiced by Pamela Hayden.
Jebediah Springfield
Might be a parody of Jeremiah Johnson or Jedediah Smith. Jebediah Obadiah Zachariah Jedediah Springfield is the purported historical founder of the town of Springfield. Springfield had many famous quotations, such as "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man," and was well known for his silver tongue (literally; the silver tongue was a prosthesis, his original tongue having been bitten off by a Turkish pirate in a grog house fight).
Springfield led a band of wagons westward along with his partner Shelbyville Manhattan; but they parted ways when Manhattan wanted to found a town where people could marry their cousins, and Springfield wanted a town devoted to: chastity, abstinence, a flavorless mush he called root-marm and where people would be free to worship how they wanted and "grow hemp for making ropes." Manhattan went on to found the rival town of Shelbyville.
In the winter of 1848 Jebediah reportedly built Springfield's first hospital alone out of wood and mud.
On an expedition to Springfield's historic "Fort Sensible," Bart Simpson uncovered inconsistencies in the Jebediah legend. In "Lisa the Iconoclast," Lisa Simpson proved that "Jebediah Springfield" was a bloodthirsty pirate and enemy of George Washington named Hans Sprungfeld, who had changed his name to hide and who hated the town of Springfield.
Springfield is said to have dramatically killed a bear with his bare hands. A statue of this sits in the center of the Springfield town square, in front of the city hall. Contemporary historians believe that the bear story is probably untrue, and that the bear probably killed him. He is also said to have once tamed an untamable buffalo (although he later secretly admitted that it had already been tame; he merely shot it). The Springfield Marathon commemorates an occasion on which he ran across six states in order 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. If a viewer watches carefully it may be noticed that the finger being held up on the statue of Jebediah changes from the index finger to the middle finger from time to time.
Jessica Lovejoy
Jessica Lovejoy is the rebellious daughter of Reverend Lovejoy and Helen Lovejoy. Attractive, devious and wilful, she was Bart's first crush. In a later non-speaking appearance, she and her father were participants in a robot fighting competition. Their creation, a centipede-like machine, was defeated by "Chief Knock-a-Homer", Homer and Bart's entry. Voiced by Meryl Streep
Johnny Tightlips
Johnny Tightlips is a member of the Mafia and associate of Fat Tony. He says very little, which spares him from accusations of being a "squealer," but his reticence tends to be unhelpful to himself or others.
In the episode "Insane Clown Poppy", there is a shoot-out in Fat Tony's mansion and Tightlips is shot by accident:
Legs: Johnny Tightlips! Where did they get you?
Tightlips: I ain't sayin' nothin'.
Legs: But what will I tell the doctor?
Tightlips: Tell 'im to go suck a lemon.
Also appearing in the episode "Papa's Got a Brand New Badge":
Fat Tony: Ahh, my Joi'zee muscle... It's so good to see you. Did you have a nice flight
Johnny Tightlips?
Johnny Tightlips: I ain't sayin' nothin'
Fat Tony: I undastand.. How is your motha'?
Johnny Tightlips: Oh ey, who says I have a motha?
Fat Tony: Johnny Tightlips, can you see the shooter?
Johnny Tightlips: I see a lot of things...
Fat Tony: You know, you could be a little more helpful.
Johnny Tightlips is a reference to Frank "Tight Lips" Gusenberg, who was shot down in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and replied "nobody shot me" while dying.
Judge Constance Harm
Judge Constance Harm is a judge in Springfield who lives in a houseboat (which Homer put a cinderblock through with the amusing quotation "Oh Lord, guide this cinderblock" - he was originally aiming for her head). She is voiced by Jane Kaczmarek and is known for her strict and harsh punishment, similar to Judge Judy. This is logical, assuming the fact that her name is a pun on "constant harm" It is implied that she is a transsexual but it is never confirmed or denied -- she once remarked that Bart reminded her of herself when "she was a little boy".
Judge Roy Snyder
Judge Roy Snyder is a judge in Springfield. Starting off as stern and no-nonsense (with a grudge against Lionel Hutz for running over his son repeatedly) and originally Jewish, Snyder later became an African-American and known for his lenient punishment despite bearing a resemblance to Judge Robert Bork. He was seen in Ned Flanders's film, Tales of the Old Testament, cutting himself in half. Judge Snyder has a little clown figure on his desk which means that his rulings are official. In one episode, he came back from vacation, placed the clown on his desk, and said, "Well, I'm back from vacation," just as Judge Constance Harm was about to bang her gavel, making the sentence (sending Bart to juvie) final. "Now, it's too late. I've already put my clown down," Judge Snyder replied. Judge Harm tried to argue, "But..." she began. Judge Snyder sternly replied, "THE CLOWN IS DOWN." and proceeded to rule that boys will be boys and dismissed Bart's case.
Legs and Louie
Legs and Louie are the two mafia hitman who accompany Fat Tony at all times.
Fans often get the two confused due to neither of them having any real diffenitive characteristic and because they are almost always seen together. Legs has a short haircut and Louie has a slight afro. Louie says that tear gas is "[his] one weakness," though this is likely an embellishment. Louie is based upon the character actor Frank Sivero, who has played gangster roles in films such as Goodfellas and The Godfather Part II.
Lindsey Naegle
Lindsey Naegle (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is a fictional character from The Simpsons, whose first appearance was in the episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show." The unnamed character was simply referred to as "Female Network Executive," and she later returned once again in "Girly Edition."
In "They Saved Lisa's Brain", the character was introduced as Lindsey Naegle, a member of the Springfield Mensa Society.
Over the course of the series, Lindsey has popped up in several capacities, working a seemingly different job in every episode. Her professional job titles have included the aforementioned network executive, as well as marketing researcher, financial planner (also making a point that she wasn't a financial consultant), public relations consultant, venture capitalist (her company, Advanced Capital Ventures, specializes in synergy and books on how to cheat at bridge), advertising executive, and executive with the Child Development Group. Naegle once dated Ned Flanders, but the date was interrupted by Naegle receiving a fax (from a fax machine strapped to her leg) which indicated she had been indicted. She is an enthusiastic practicer of the childfree lifestyle, and at one point spearheads a movement to make Springfield less child-friendly. Once romantically linked with Judge Roy Snyder, she is a graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton Business School. She is a stereotypical upper management executive, and her ventures almost always promote the business buzzword "synergy."
Lindsey once stated that she keeps changing jobs because she is a sexual predator. While working for Child Development Group, she shared a hot tub and champagne with fellow executive Jim Hope. She is also an alcoholic.
Named in honor of Sue Naegle, a partner at United Talent Agency who represents several Simpsons writers.
Luigi Risotto
Luigi Risotto, voiced by Hank Azaria, is the proprietor of the local Italian restaurant. He is a parody of the "Italian pasta/pizza chef" stereotype (which he seems to realize). He often treats his customers rudely and cruelly, insulting and belittling them both under his breath and shouting to the chef Salvatore loud enough for everyone to hear. It is possible he is an illegal immigrant. He also found it sensitive when Principal Skinner had the school rename pizza "Italian-American Sauce-Bread."
Luigi seems to have some connections to the mafia as Fat Tony is a frequent customer at his restaurant. Also, he once claimed to have hired his friend to place a horse's head under Homer's bed for giving his restaurant a bad review. Homer subsequently ate the head and gave it a bad review.
His name is a play on the Italian food risotto. He doesn't actually speak Italian, only broken English ("fractured English", as he calls it), because that's what his parents spoke at home.
Lugash
Lugash, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is a gymnastics instructor (and an obvious parody of former Olympics coach Bela Karolyi) who has his own gym. He has a thick Romanian accent and has appeared in several episodes, premiering in Children of a Lesser Clod. His origin is a bit mysterious as he says that he came into the United States in 1983 by cartwheeling over the Berlin Wall. However, another character in a later episode says that he defected into East Germany. His harsh but effective training techniques once helped Lisa to achieve a high standard of gymnastic ability. He also has a habit of confiscating his students' cats and dogs, only giving them back when the student has accomplished a physical task.
- Lugash: You work very well today. Here is your cat back.
Student: But I had a dog!
Lugash: Is cat now!
- Lugash: I give you stank! I am Lugash.
- Lugash: Hello little girl, how old are you?
Lisa: Eight.
Lugash: EIGHT? BAH, TOO OLD! GO HOME GRANDMA!.. I am sorry little girl, Lugash must go next door to anger management class. STUPID ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASS!
Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon
Manjula (voice by Jan Hooks) is Apu's wife and mother of the octuplets. She was arranged to be married to Apu when she was very young and Apu was to set out to America for college (The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons). She also works at the Kwik-E-Mart. She claims that Fried Green Tomatoes is her favorite book, movie and food. In The Sweetest Apu, Apu has an affair with a beautiful blonde Squishee lady. After Homer discovers this, he and Marge reveal the discovery to Apu, who eventually caves into the guilt and vows to apologize to Manjula. Manjula, however, already knows and kicks Apu out of the house. With some help from the Simpson family, she eventually agrees to give Apu another chance after he completes an often-vengeful list of grueling tasks fashioned by Manjula. Since then, their relationship has been strained, with Manjula often making remarks at her husband's expense. Homer seems to think her name is Apulina; once, when the two were arguing in Hindi, he commented he thought "Manjula" meant "spaceship."
Menthol Moose
Menthol Moose is the spokesperson (mascot) for Laramie Cigarettes. He is a takeoff of Joe Camel, the spokesperson (mascot) of Camel Cigarettes. He is featured in about 4 episodes. In one episode Laramie advertises that they need a replacement for Menthol Moose after he is diagnosed with cancer. This leads to Santa's Little Helper becoming the new mascot.
Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon
Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon is Apu's brother. He has a daughter and a son, named Pahusacheta and Jamshed. Sanjay sometimes runs the store with Apu, but he is not there all the time. Sometimes he skips out on his shift, which aggravates Apu to no end. He is also hinted to be a nudist like Apu. He has been seen with Princess Kashmir.
- Sanjay: (to Apu) 'If I die, promise me you won't sleep with my wife'
Apu: 'I promise nothing.'
Sarcastic Middle-Aged Man
The Sarcastic Middle-Aged Man is a man with a sarcastic outlook on life. He has held numerous jobs in Springfield including: garage owner, mail man, taxi driver, and various shop clerks. His voice is intended to resemble Charles Bronson, as seen when the Simpsons try to travel to Branson, Missouri, but mistakingly end up in Bronson, Missouri first. One episode gives his first name as Rafael, which Sideshow Bob called him in "Day of the Jackanapes". He often calls people, "pally".
- (Heard from a crowd around an overly obese Homer): "Hey fatty, I got a movie for ya: A Fridge Too Far."
- Homer: "What are you, a junkie or an ex-convict?'
Sarcastic Middle-Aged Man: "A little of both".
- "So, you don't like the old time bikes huh'?"
- "Do yourself a favor, invent yourself some underpants."
- (To Comic Book Guy trying to return a too small belt) "Whoa, whoa. A fat, sarcastic Star Trek fan. You must be a devil with the ladies."
In one episode, he is called Raphael Maffia and is seen at a club with Fat Tony and others.
Sarah Wiggum
Sarah Wiggum is the wife of Chief Wiggum and mother of Ralph Wiggum. She met her future husband when she was arrested by him, having planted crystal meth on her to make him "notice" her. Her name is derived from an "Andy Griffith Show" gag. In that show, Andy would call up the town's operator named Sarah, and Andy would say something along the lines of, "Sarah, could you get me Aunt Bea?" In Grade School Confidential, Wiggum similarly picks up the phone and says "Sarah, get me Superintendent Chalmers" and his wife dutifully begins to dial the phone.
Although she is often seen around Springfield, Mrs. Wiggum remains one of The Simpsons more mysterious characters. It is vaguely hinted in some of Ralph's dialogue, as well as some other sources such as The Ralph Wiggum Book that Mrs.Wiggum can be rather disturbingly neglectful towards Ralph, such as leaving the house and forgetting him by accident. Although Chief Wiggum has a very loving relationship with Ralph he often works long hours, which would leave Ralph by himself. This could explain some of Ralph's awkward behavior, but this has not been formally brought up in the series. In most cases however, she seems to be very loving towards her family. Clancy's own opinion of his wife tends to fluctuate between complete love, and possibly slight bordom and indifference although he seems to genuinly love his wife...although he isn't above flirtation with other women or possibly even courtship with prostitutes. Sarah's relationship with Ralph seems just as loving as Clancy's despite the occasional hint of negligence in similar vein.
Considering her son's awkward behavior and her husband's often dubious escapades, she probably has a lot of patience. However, she may have been driven to alcoholism, as hinted by Ralph's line, "You look like my Mommy after her box of wine." As very little has been revealed about the character, all of this is speculative of course. In the few episodes where she speaks, she sounds a little bit like a female version of her hushand much to fan amusement. Sarah has light purple colored, neck-length hair and has a somewhat stocky build. Her facial features resemble Ralph, who probably takes after her in this regard.
"Yes" guy
The "Yes" guy is a character known for saying "Ye-e-e-es?" in a rising inflection, and appears to be highly eccentric in both his speech and appearance. He has appeared several times working with several jobs: waiter, employee at Costington's, Death Row guard, and ice cream man. Apparently, his name is Raoul, but he was once referred to by Homer Simpson as "that jerk that goes 'Ye-e-e-es?'" in "Homer vs. Dignity", and has explained he speaks this way because of a "Strooooooke" . He was inspired by Frank Nelson of The Jack Benny Show and later Sanford and Son, whose trademark greeting in all his characters was a long drawn-out "yeeeeesss?". Nelson's character always seemed to inexplicably be working wherever Benny or Fred Sanford patronized, and his Simpsonian counterpart is equally omnipresent. There was also a Brazilian version seen, uttering a Portuguese variation of the catchphrase ("Si-i-i-i-im" - which is Portuguese for yes). He can be described physically as a rather squat, stocky man with a mustache and a possible comb-over of black hair.