Van Houten family

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In the animated series The Simpsons, the Van Houten family (IPA Pronunciation /van (h)aʊtən/) consists of Bart Simpson's friend Milhouse and his parents, father Kirk and mother Luann. Of the three, Milhouse has the largest role within the show. All three look alike: cobalt blue hair, red coke-bottle glasses, and giant, softball-sized noses. They are some of the few characters (not including special celebrity guests) with eyebrows. The Van Houtens divorced in the eighth-season episode "A Milhouse Divided", but are currently on the verge of reuniting.

In the seventh-season episode "Bart Sells His Soul," the Van Houtens temporarily stay with Milhouse's grandmother while their home is infested with potato bugs. It's not clear whose mother this is (Kirk's or Luann's), as she sports the same Van Houten look we see in the other members of the family. Milhouse's grandfather makes an appearance in the episode "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" later in the same season; he, too, looks like all the other Van Houtens seen so far.

1 Quotes by Various Van Houtens
- 1.1 Milhouse
- 1.2 Others
2 See also
3 References

[edit] Quotes by Various Van Houtens

[edit] Milhouse

"Everything's coming up Milhouse!"
"So this is what it feels like when doves cry."
"Look out Itchy! He's Irish!"
"I'm not a nerd, Bart. Nerds are smart."
"Remember Alf? He's back! In pog form!"
"Why do you have a social worker? I'm the one with stigmata."
"It's called lice, and it's nothing to be ashamed of!"
"I'll kick your butt! (pauses) at Nintendo."
"Remember the time Santa's Little Helper ate my goldfish? And you lied and said I never had goldfish. Then why did I have the bowl, Bart? Why did I have the bowl?"
"Not only am I not learning, I'm forgetting stuff I used to know."
"But I'm all Milhouse! Plus, my mom says I'm the handsomest guy in school!"
Bart: "Well, if your soul's real, where is it?"
Milhouse: "It's kinda in here... and when you sneeze, that's your soul trying to escape. Saying 'God bless you' crams it back in. And when you die, it squirms out and flies away!"
Bart: "What if you die in a submarine at the bottom of the ocean?"
Milhouse: "Oh, it can swim! It's even got wheels, in case you die in the desert and have to drive to the cemetery."
"How could this happen? We started out like Romeo and Juliet, but it ended up in tragedy."
"You promised fudgicles. So, where are the fudgicles?"
"A movie with just two women?! Who'd want to watch that?"
Bart: "So how's it feel to ride a girl's bike?"
Milhouse: "It's disturbingly comfortable."
"I'm a real human boy! I have feelings, just like you!"
"But my mom says I'm cool."
"Their hands were everywhere."
"I can't wait until we're teenagers. Then we'll be happy."
(Sitting at gun controls of jet fighter plane) "BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM!!! Take that Mom! Take that Dad! Send me to a psychiatrist would you?! Take that Dr. Sally Waxler!" (presses the eject button)
"The Statue of Liberty? Where are we?!"
"The 'House always wins!"
"I'm cool!" (after Dolph says that biking with your eyes closed is cool...leading to an accident involving a train)
Milhouse: "Hey, Bart. Check out my new earring. Pretty cool, huh?"
Bart: "Milhouse, my Mom wears earrings. Do you think she's cool?"
Milhouse: "No! I think she's hot! Sorry, it just slipped out."
'I can't go on, you two go. And carry me with you!'
"You told me we were going to Red Lobster!"
"When are they are gonna get to the fireworks factory?!" (cries)
"They use guys like me as currency in prison!"