List of recurring characters from The Simpsons
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For recurring characters who are associated with the Mafia, see Springfield Mafia.
For recurring characters who are associated with the Springfield elementary school, see Springfield Elementary School or Springfield Elementary School Students.
This page provides information on characters on The Simpsons who do not have their own articles. Articles on the main characters can be found in the table at the bottom of this page.
[edit] Akira
Akira (voiced by George Takei and later Hank Azaria) is the owner of a karate dojo (which Bart briefly attended) and also works at "The Happy Sumo" sushi restaurant. At one point, he was also seen working as a furniture salesman. He 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). Akira, Luigi Risotto, Capt. McAllister, and the other restaurant owners of Springfield once planned a failed assassination attempt on Homer because he gave their restaurants bad reviews.
[edit] Arnie Pie
Arnie Pie, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is a disgruntled helicopter traffic reporter for Springfield's KBBL-TV (Channel 6). His segments are titled "Arnie Pie in the Sky". He has an apparent dislike of anchorman Kent Brockman, with whom he often gets into arguments on the air. Pie's helicopter once crashed; he managed "Tell my wife I love--" before the live feed was lost. The incident was dismissed with a chuckle by the oblivious Brockman. However, he survived and has been seen in several episodes afterwards. 'Arnie Pie'(in the Sky) is most likely to be a play on words, with the TV Series Pie in the Sky.
[edit] Artie Ziff
Artie Ziff, voiced by Jon Lovitz and occasionally by Dan Castellaneta, was first seen as Marge Simpson's high school prom date with "busy hands" (The Way We Was). In Half-Decent Proposal he was revealed to have become a nerdy, self-centered and pretentious software billionaire, becoming the fifth richest man in the country. His wealth came from a device that transforms modem noise into easy listening music. He claims that he would offer a small fortune for a weekend with his childhood love, Marge, in parody of the movie Indecent Proposal.
When Ziff returns yet again, he reveals that he ran his company, Ziffcorp, into the ground spending investors' money on such extravagant items as solid gold underpants. He was left penniless when the "dot-com bubble" burst, and secretly moved into the Simpsons' attic. Homer won 98% of the company from Ziff in a game of poker; seconds later, SEC agents came to arrest Ziff, but they instead arrested Homer. When Ziff eventually turned himself in, one of his first acts upon arriving in prison was to begin extinguishing other prisoners' cigarettes with a squirt bottle. Marge told the children that, as a result, they may never see Ziff alive again.
[edit] Baby Gerald
Gerald Samson, better known as Baby Gerald, is Maggie's nemesis. He made his first appearance in Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song. Lisa once referred to the 'baby with the one eyebrow' as Maggie's rival. On a few occasions Gerald has been shown being pushed in a stroller by his mother outside the Simpsons' house, with the two babies glaring at each other. Homer often mistakes Maggie for Baby Gerald. He is distinguished by his unibrow, being one of only two characters in the show to have one. 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.
[edit] Benjamin, Doug and Gary
Benjamin, Doug and Gary are three nerds who first appeared in the episode Homer Goes to College. They appear in a number of different episodes: The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show, when they are at the Itchy and Scratchy-convention, Faith Off, when they meet Homer again, or She of Little Faith, when they help Homer to build the hamster-rocket. In Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore, Gary and Doug were seen at the Stargate-convention; Benjamin had background appearances in "Bart's Girlfriend" and Day of the Jackanapes. Benjamin is voiced by Harry Shearer, Gary by Dan Castellaneta and Doug by Hank Azaria.
[edit] Bernice Hibbert
Bernice Hibbert is Dr. Julius Hibbert's recovering alcoholic wife, voiced by Tress MacNeille. Although she is often seen around Springfield, Mrs. Hibbert remains one of The Simpsons less notable, saner characters, but she is known to be something of a heavy drinker. This has been joked about on at least one occasion (in Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment, she faints, along with other imbibers of renown, upon reading the news that Prohibition has been introduced in Springfield). Bernice has at least three children with Dr. Hibbert, two boys and a girl, and also laughs just like her husband. Their marriage may be in trouble, which is referenced in Dude, Where's My Ranch?. In early episodes she is named Sylvia. In Virtual Springfield, she is seen twice, once called Mary Hibbert and once, in a yearbook, called Clarice Rashad in a takeoff on Clair Huxtable.
[edit] Bill and Marty
Bill and Marty, voiced by Dan Castellaneta and Harry Shearer, are two radio show hosts and deejays on Springfield's own radio station KBBL. When they appear, they are usually seen (and sometimes only heard), when the Simpsons are listening to the radio. Marty is middle-aged and balding, while Bill is younger and has a full head of hair. The radio frequency of KBBL is 102.5 FM, and Marty is often seen with this on his clothes. They are responsible for giving Bart his elephant, Stampy, although they were surprised when Bart wanted Stampy, because they thought he would choose the other prize, 10,000 dollars. They can also be seen interviewing Spinal Tap on the episode The Otto Show, where they want the band to say Nobody rocks like Bill and Marty on KBBL, and Rock-a-doodle-doo, you're listening to Bill and Marty!. This might suggest that the two want to get their radio show more publicity.
[edit] Blue-Haired Lawyer
The Blue-Haired Lawyer, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is a prominent lawyer known for his pasty face (he is sometimes called the "pasty faced lawyer"), blue hair, and nasal New York accent. In one episode, he worked for Luvum & Burnham. Unlike Lionel Hutz or Gil, "Blue-Hair" is a competent and accredited lawyer. He has served as Burns' head lawyer, and is known to be Mr. Burns' best and most cunning lawyer, helping him out with threats of the Power Plant closing down and of Burns losing his money. He is a member of the very small Springfield Republican Party. His clients tend to be antagonists of the Simpsons but there have been exceptions, such as Bart hiring him to get himself emancipated.
Writers Al Jean and Mike Reiss have both stated on the DVD commentaries that the voice is based on McCarthy-era lawyer Roy Cohn, and animator Jim Reardon has said that he is designed to look like character actor Charles Lane.
[edit] Brandine Spuckler
Brandine Spuckler, also known as Brandine Del Roy and voiced by Tress MacNeille, is the partner of Cletus Spuckler.
Brandine and Cletus are both stereotypical representatives of so-called "trailer trash." 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 suffered from rabies and admitted to being illiterate. She once interviewed for a job as a stripper, although she refused to wear the combat boots that her husband had found, stating she did not want to scuff the dancing runway. She also has apparently worked at Dairy Queen at some point, which she referenced in refusing to wear a shirt Cletus gave her, citing she had to wear "the shirt what Dairy Queen give me." In Yokel Chords, it was shown that Brandine was in Iraq, fighting in the Iraq War. She came back to stop Cletus's exploitation of their children.
[edit] Charlie
Charlie is the Dangerous Emissions Supervisor of Sector 7-G. He is one of Homer Simpson's friends, was involved in the fake emergency exit incident in 1993 and after informing Mr. Burns of the emergency exit being painted on the wall, he got sucked into a tube that took him to a Middle Eastern country. In his absence, Mindy Simmons briefly took his place, but got fired afterwards. His first appearance was in Life on the Fast Lane. He also appeared in the episode Simpson and Delilah, where he was seen on one of the security screens smoking a cigarette. He is occasionally seen in Moe's Tavern drinking. In the episode Homer to the Max, he is enough of a friend of Homer to sit with him at lunch. He tells Homer (while Homer is working for the FBI) that he has a plan to overthrow the government and is promptly arrested for conspiracy. Charlie has spoken in very few episodes, but has been seen in the background more. Voiced by Dan Castellaneta, who said that he was "doing an imitation of Lenny".[1]
[edit] Cookie Kwan
Cookie Kwan, voiced by Tress MacNeille, is an Asian-American realtor. She touts herself as being "number one on the West Side," although she also works on the East Side. Her first appearance was in episode 5F06, Realty Bites, in which she worked at Lionel Hutz's Red Blazer Real Estate office. She has a prominent gold tooth. She is very aggressive toward anyone whom she deems a threat to her business (she once warned Marge to "stay off the West Side!"), and once said to Gil "Were you talking about the West Side?" to which he responds "No, Cookie, I'm scared of you.".
[edit] Crazy Cat Lady
Eleanor Abernathy, known as the Crazy Cat Lady and voiced by Tress MacNeille, is a woman with the appearance and behavior of a stereotypical mentally ill person. She is an animal hoarder and is always surrounded by a large number of cats. In nearly every appearance, she screams gibberish or throws cats at passers-by. Kent Brockman revealed the Crazy Cat Lady's true name, Eleanor Abernathy, during an interview in the episode See Homer Run.
She first appeared in the ninth-season episode Girly Edition, in which she pelted Lisa with cats during Lisa's news segment at Kidz Newz. In the episode I, D'oh-Bot, the Simpsons' family cat Snowball II dies and after adopting two more short-lived cats, the Crazy Cat Lady appears and Lisa catches a cat that looks exactly like Snowball II. In the episode Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass, the Cat Lady enjoys "brief moments of lucidity" after taking psychoactive medication. She abruptly resumes her usual bizarre behavior when Marge mentions that the "pills" are actually Reese's Pieces. In Springfield Up, it is revealed that Eleanor graduated from Harvard Medical and Yale Law by the age of 24. In one scene, Eleanor is representing a client in open court and asks to be excused to deliver a baby. However, eight years later, she exhibits signs of alcoholism due to stress, and she has become very attached to her pet cat; she suggests that she might get another one. Eight years after that, she has assumed her present appearance and behavior.
In Simpsons Christmas Stories, it is revealed that the only coherent word she can speak is "cat."
[edit] Dave Shutton
David "Dave" Shutton, voiced by Harry Shearer, is a news reporter who is working for the Springfield Shopper. He first appeared in "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" which probably also was his most relevant appearance. He later was seen in the episodes "Radio Bart", "Lisa the Beauty Queen", and "Old Yeller-Belly". Kent Brockman seems to be like an enemy for him; in "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part II)" he claims "Oh, do your research, Shutton!". In both "Three Men and a Comic Book" and "$pringfield" he is disturbed while telephoning. Shutton has not made any speaking appearances since season 14.
[edit] Declan Desmond
Declan Desmond (voiced by Eric Idle) is an eccentric and skeptical British documentary filmmaker who has directed several films, including "Do You Want Lies with That?", "American Boneheads", "Growing Up Springfield" and "Ain't No Mountain: A Blind Man Climbs Everest". His first appearance was in 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky. "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. It is a parady of Michael Apted's Up series. Desmond and "Growing Up Springfield" series were featured in the episode Springfield Up.
[edit] Drederick Tatum
Drederick Tatum (voiced by Hank Azaria) has appeared in several episodes, most notably as Homer's opponent in "The Homer They Fall. Tatum, a former Olympic Gold medalist, first became World Heavyweight Champion after defeating Watson in the heavily promoted "Bout to Knock the Other Guy Out!" Tatum grew up in Springfield, recalling that "that town was a dump. If you ever see me there again you'll know I really (bleep)-up bad." He would later serve time in prison after pushing his mother down the stairs. Upon his release, he was booked for a match against Homer Simpson, a small time boxer who had never been knocked out. He was managed during this time by Lucius Sweet, a vicious boxing promoter. Tatum's criminal record has been referred to several times. Tatum is a parody of a boxer Mike Tyson, right down to his criminal record and high-pitched, lisping voice.
[edit] Eddie and Lou
Eddie, voiced by Harry Shearer, is a police officer. He rarely speaks, though he is always there at every case with Lou and Chief 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," but when asked who will be Eddie, Chief Wiggum replies "We don't need an Eddie." In Separate Vocations, Eddie admits he loves being a cop because it makes him feel like he is "making a difference". In Worst Episode Ever, Eddie vomits at the sight of partially clothed Agnes Skinner and the Comic Book Guy; Lou tries to comfort him, telling him, "It's okay, man. If it doesn't affect you, you're not human."
Lou, voiced by Hank Azaria, is the police sergeant. The name of his ex-wife is Amy, as revealed in the episode The Dad Who Knew Too Little. Lou was born on the first day of spring, March 21. Lou often finds the time to correct Chief Wiggum. He is briefly promoted to Chief of Police when Wiggum becomes commissioner. He claims to have gotten into law school but couldn't afford the tuition. In one episode, Chief Wiggum refers to him as "College Boy", and in a later episode, he is called "Princeton Pete" by Chief Wiggum. 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. It may be also worth noting that Lou is depicted with arms somewhat in the fashion of Popeye, with very large forearms. 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.
Neither of their surnames have ever been shown. In one episode Lou is quoted saying that they don't have surnames, much like Cher. Another officer is sometimes shown, as well as one appearance of Raphael in one of his many jobs.
[edit] God
God, voiced by Harry Shearer, has had many appearances in the series, including Homer the Heretic, Thank God It's Doomsday, and a quick scene with Him, Buddha, and Colonel Sanders in Pray Anything. He is portrayed in the traditional depiction of the Judeo-Christian God in the Western world - a grey-haired man in a white robe with a booming voice; however, His face is only seen in the opening sequence for Treehouse of Horror XVI. In all other episodes, only His beard is to be seen. His body is usually surrounded by a glowing light, though not always. He seems to be not all-knowing - for instance, when referring to His son, He stated that He didn't know "what you people did to Him" but "He hasn't been the same since". One of his most distinctive features is that he is the only Simpsons character to be drawn with five fingers on each hand and five toes on each foot, with the exception of a brief portrayal of what the Simpson kids would look like as normal people.
God's most recent appearance was in the season 17 episode Bart Has Two Mommies, in which Maude Flanders was seen looking down on her boys from Heaven. She was then joined by Bob Hope and then by God Himself, who chuckled, "Why did I wait 100 years to get you up here?"
[edit] Gunter and Ernst
Gunter and Ernst, Las Vegas-style entertainers voiced by Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria, are obvious parodies of Siegfried & Roy: they speak with German accents, their act involves magic and white tigers, and one has black hair while the other has bleached-blond hair. The duo appear in the episodes Viva Ned Flanders, $pringfield, The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons and Jazzy and the Pussycats.
In a case of fact following fiction, the 1993 episode, $pringfield, depicts the duo being savagely mauled by their trademark white tiger, Anastasia. Ten years later, the trained white tiger Montecore dragged Roy Horn off-stage by his neck during a performance at The Mirage.
[edit] Helen Lovejoy
Helen Lovejoy, voiced by Maggie Roswell and Marcia Mitzman Gaven while Roswell was involved in a pay dispute. She is Rev. Timothy's judgmental, moralistic, and gossipy wife and the mother of the rarely seen Jessica Lovejoy.
She introduced herself in one episode as "the gossipy wife of the minister". (Timothy Lovejoy does not support or condone his wife's gossipy habit, at one point saying "Oh Helen, call off your dogs.") Helen's catchphrase, delivered in times of civic crisis (moral or otherwise), consistently asks, "Will someone please think of the children?" In the episode Marge in Chains she promises to "use [her] gossip for good instead of evil". When she was younger, she went to Camp Land-A-Man with Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma Bouvier, Luann Van Houten and Cookie Kwan.
[edit] Herman
Herman, voiced by Harry Shearer, is the owner of 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. His voice is similar to that of George H.W. Bush, and he is based on Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder. A brilliant military tactician, Herman was instrumental in Bart's victory in water balloon combat against Nelson and in the negotiation of the peace treaty between the two combatants (Bart the General).
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 also tried to sell counterfeit jeans out of the Simpsons' garage, but was foiled by Marge Simpson, though he was not put in jail because the evidence was stolen by the Springfield PD. He once captured Chief Wiggum and Snake and held them hostage (in a scene reminiscent of Pulp Fiction), but was thwarted (accidentally) by Milhouse Van Houten wielding a flail.
[edit] Hyman Krustofski
Rabbi Hyman Krustofski (voiced by Jackie Mason and occasionally by Dan Castellaneta) is the father of Krusty the Clown. His first appearance was in "Like Father, Like Clown". Krusty, started to miss his long estranged father, who had abandoned him because Krusty wanted to become a Clown instead of a Rabbi. Bart and Lisa noticed this and did everything they could convince the Rabbi to see his son, but he proved to be a stubborn man. They tried to beat him at his own game and quoted Jewish scripture that suggests he reunited with his son, however he easily countered this with Christian scripture. Lisa, out of ideas, suggests using a Sammy Davis Jr. quote, which works and the Rabbi reunites with his son during the show. His second major appearance would be "Today I Am a Clown" in which Krusty would decide to get a Bar Mitzvah and has to go to his father. In preparation, Krusty becomes a devout Jew and is later fired from his show. In a move of desperation, he decided to televise his Bar Mitzvah. It proved to be extremely successful, but was a disappointment to the Rabbi. In the end, Krusty decided to have a real Bar Mitzvah in a real Shul, which pleased his father. This would be the last appearance in which he was voiced by Jackie Mason. Jackie Mason voices the character in "Like Father, Like Clown" and "Today I Am a Clown". All other appearances are voiced by Dan Castellaneta. He would later make brief cameo appearances in "Homer's Triple Bypass", "Simpsons Christmas Stories", "Treehouse of Horror XVII" (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) and On A Clear Day I Can't See My Sister.
[edit] Jack Larson
Jack Larson is a slick spokesman for Laramie Cigarettes and once owned the Springfield Isotopes. He also was the spokesperson in a commercial for the Little Miss Springfield pageant, with Laramie cigarettes as the main sponsor. This advertisement was seen by Homer while watching TV at Moe's, as seen in the Season 4 episode, Lisa the Beauty Queen. Lisa did not win but was given the position after the first winner was struck by lightning. This was because the crown and scepter conducted electricity. He was also seen in Bart the Murderer, calming the crowd after a truckload of Laramie Cigarettes were stolen by Fat Tony and the Springfield Mafia.
[edit] Jebediah Springfield
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; a metal prosthetic tongue, 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 (They had misinterpreted a passage of the Bible and were looking for "New Sodom"); 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 vast fields of hemp for making rope and blankets". Manhattan went on to found the rival town of Shelbyville. In the winter of 1807 Jebediah reportedly built Springfield's first hospital alone out of wood and mud.
On an expedition to Springfield's historic "Fort Springfield," 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 in 1795 to hide his identity and who hated the town of Springfield. This was written on the historical "missing piece" of George Washington's portrait.
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 (the bear probably killed by 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.
Springfield may be loosely based on Jedediah Smith , famed mountain man and explorer of the west. Smith was once attacked by a bear that literally ripped half of his face and scalp off his head, which he had sewed back on by a companion. Smith then returned to duty within two weeks of the incident. In addition to covering more unknown territory than any other white man, he was also said to have been very religious, and morally incorruptible, abstaining from tobacco, alcohol, womanising and such. [1] Several geographic features and locations the in the western United States are named for him. [2] [3]
[edit] Judge Constance Harm
Judge Constance Harm is a fictional supporting character on The Simpsons, voiced by Jane Kaczmarek. A harsh, unforgiving disciplinarian, her name is a play on "constant harm," probably because she enjoys creating cruel punishments for criminals in her court. She is a parody of Judge Judy.
Harm seems to have a particular disdain for the family's members, resulting in cruel and unusual punishments which often serve as clever plot devices in many episodes. She lived in a houseboat, until Homer Simpson sank it with a large piece of concrete after attempting to kill her and shouting "Lord, guide this cinder block!" He missed.
In one particular episode, the question arose of whether she was a transsexual. She spoke about how Bart Simpson reminded her of herself, when she "was a little boy". This statement was then followed by an odd but forced look between Marge and Bart, and Snake's comment of "Did she just say she used to be a dude?"
Judge Harm is one of the newest recurring characters. She was first introduced in Season 13 (although the episode was part of the season 12 production code) and appeared in 6 episodes over 4 seasons. She did not make any appearances in Season 17, and in the 18th season, she appeared in the episode Rome-old and Juli-eh to tell Homer that he could not file for bankruptcy. Usually Judge Snyder - whose lenient philosophy of judging is based on the belief that "boys will be boys" -- is the judge in Simpsons court cases, but Judge Harm has mainly been used for handing down negative verdicts, such as sentencing a family member to prison.
Judge Harm's stern and no-nonsense approach to law enforcement is almost a complete reflection of Jane Kaczmarek's other character, Lois Wilkerson, the domineering mother of Malcolm in the Middle.
[edit] Judge Roy Snyder
Judge Roy Snyder, voiced by Harry Shearer, is a judge in Springfield. Starting off as stern and no-nonsense (with a grudge against Lionel Hutz for running over his son repeatedly), Snyder later became an African-American known for his lenient punishment. Judge Snyder also bears a resemblance to Judge Robert Bork as well as Judge Joe Brown. In earlier episodes he has yellow skin; in Bart Gets Hit by a Car his name is Moulton; his usual name may be an allusion to Judge Roy Bean.
He was seen in Ned Flanders's film, Tales of the Old Testament, as King Solomon, cutting himself in half after realizing he had just killed a baby.
Judge Snyder has a clown figurine on his desk. 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. "No, it's too late. I've already put my clown down," Judge Snyder replied. Judge Harm tried to argue but Judge Snyder sternly replied, "THE CLOWN IS DOWN," and proceeded to rule that boys will be boys and dismissed Bart's case.
The judge was partly responsible for Springfield's ban on sugar (along with Marge Simpson), since he approved the ban. He did it for revenge against the sugar company for making him overweight. He revoked it after realizing he had wildly exceeded his authority.
[edit] Lindsey Naegle
Lindsey Naegle (voiced by Tress MacNeille) first appeared in the episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show." In this episode her character was simply referred to as "Female Network Executive", and had brunette hair instead of her usual blonde hair. She later returned 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 (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. After she introduces herself (again) to Homer and Marge in the episode "The Simpsons go to Brazil," Marge says, "We've met you many times Ms. Naegle, why do you keep switching jobs?" To which Lindsey flatly replies, "I'm a sexual predator."
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 practitioner 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 Wharton Business School. She is a stereotypical upper management executive, and her ventures almost always promote the business buzzword "synergy."
[edit] Luigi Risotto
Luigi Risotto, voiced by Hank Azaria, is the proprietor of the local Italian restaurant, which is closed on Mondays. He is a parody of the "Italian pasta/pizza chef" stereotype (and in fact is on a bowling team called "The Stereotypes" along with Cletus Spuckler, Captain Horatio McCallister and Groundskeeper Willie), but seems to be aware of his status as a stock character. He often treats his customers rudely, insulting and belittling them; at times under his breath, at other times in a conversational tone, and sometimes shouting the slurs to the (unseen) chef Salvatore. In the DVD commentary, it is mentioned that Luigi was copied exactly from a pizza box, which is why he looks somewhat different from the other Simpsons characters.
His surname is a reference to the Italian food risotto. He does not actually speak Italian, only "fractured English", as did his parents. Luigi may be an illegal immigrant because he disappeared during an immigration officer's introduction at Luigi's restaurant and took the citizenship exam with Apu.
[edit] Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon
Manjula (voiced by Jan Hooks, Tress MacNeille in The Sweetest Apu) is Apu's wife and mother of their octuplets. She was arranged to be married to Apu when she was eight and Apu was to set out to America for college (as depicted in Much Apu About Nothing). She also works at the Kwik-E-Mart. She claims that Fried Green Tomatoes are her favourite book, movie and food.
In The Sweetest Apu, Apu has an affair with a 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" is the name of a spaceship. He also misheard her name to be "Mint Julep".
[edit] Marvin Monroe
Dr. Marvin Monroe is a goofy, strangled-voiced local psychiatrist, once Mr. Burns' therapist. His first appearance was in the episode There's No Disgrace Like Home. Monroe also promoted a series of subliminal weight-loss audio cassettes and wrote some books, such as I am okay, so why aren't you?. There was a plot conceived for Marvin in the early years. Marvin's real name was actually Marilyn (making him Marilyn Monroe), and due to constant teasing he changed his name and became a psychiatrist. This plot was confirmed by Matt Groening[2], but it was never actually used. Monroe was thought to have died during the sixth season, with the first indication of his death being a 'Marvin Monroe Memorial Hospital' in the seventh season premiere. The 138th episode retrospective confirmed Monroe's death during 'the past year', and subsequent episodes showed his grave and a school gym named in his memory. After a ten-year hiatus, Dr. Monroe made a brief appearance in the Season 15 episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife", claiming to have been 'very sick'. He was voiced by Harry Shearer.
[edit] Mr. Teeny
Louis "Mr. Teeny" Toot, also known as Joseph Teeny and voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is Krusty's trained monkey who frequently appears on the show. He is a heavy smoker, and often seems depressed off-stage. He is sometimes seen as Krusty's driver and butler. Teeny's uncle was former head monkey at the ministry of tourism in Brazil. Three other monkeys have died while working for Krusty known by the same name. Krusty once said he missed the third Mr. Teeny and the current one couldn't hold a candle to him. His mother's name is Toot-Toot, and she refers to him as Louis when they are reunited in one episode. Teeny also was a writer for the "Good Guy Awards" and quit after being insulted on-stage by Krusty. He is an immigrant from Brazil and has been deported but was returned. He wears a pink hat and bow tie but has also been seen in a tuxedo and golden encrusted thong. He saved Bart's and Krusty's lifes by detaching a bomb from a hypnotized Bart and throwing it into a room killing two network executives, including one identical to Lindsey Naegle (Day of the Jackanapes).
[edit] Mrs. Glick
Mrs. Glick, originally voiced by Cloris Leachman and later by Tress MacNeille, is an elderly shut-in for whom Bart did chores. She had a brother named Asa who died during World War I, killed by his own grenade. Doctor Hibbert confessed to once leaving his car keys inside of her. She is occasionally seen in the background of various episodes, often laughing toothlessly.
[edit] Ms. Albright
Ms. Albright, voiced by Tress MacNeille, teaches Sunday School at the local church. She speaks with a Southern accent and appears to be somewhat intolerant, as when referring to Bart when he was tempted to convert to Roman Catholicism, she said "I heard he's Catholic now". She is occasionally seen in the background of various episodes as well as in Church scenes (such as in The Father, The Son, and The Holy Guest Star).
[edit] Old Jewish Man
Although Old Jewish Man, voiced by Hank Azaria and occasionally by Dan Castellaneta, has been seen in many episodes, his name has never been revealed and is simply known by that descriptive phrase, much like the "blue haired lawyer." He is sometimes known as "Crazy Old Man". Old Jewish Man is a veteran of World War II and now lives at the Springfield Retirement Castle where he is often seen with Abe Simpson and Jasper Beardley. According to I've Grown a Costume on Your Face he has a deceased brother named Irving. He is also the producer of Casablanca, the "lost version". He had a collection of old 'sunbathing magazines', which Abe Simpson stole from him, and which were subsequently lost when the Retirement Castle was destroyed by Mr. Burns' oil-drilling (Who Shot Mr. Burns Part One). He dislikes when people kick his pills around. He has also been known to drop his pants and sing, for which he became famous (Krusty Gets Kancelled).
[edit] Patches and Poor Violet
Patches and Poor Violet are two orphans who are occasionally seen around Springfield. Patches is voiced by Pamela Hayden and Poor Violet is voiced by Tress MacNeille. Introduced in Miracle on Evergreen Terrace, they have since had cameos in I'm Goin' to Praiseland and Simple Simpson. Poor Violet often has a cough, while Patches seems to vaguely resemble Tiny Tim from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Their skin colour is not the "healthy" yellow of the Simpson family. In the Simpsons Comics the family accidentally adopted Poor Violet and she spent one month with the family. Meanwhile Patches showed Bart around the orphanage.
[edit] Princess Kashmir
Shauna Tifton alias April Flowers alias Princess Kashmir is an exotic dancer. Using his toy spy camera at a restaurant, Bart captures Homer drunk and cavorting with a belly-dancer named Princess Kashmir. When he gets the photo developed, it is photocopied and distributed all over town, ruining Homer's reputation and nearly wrecking his marriage to Marge, who kicks Homer out of the house.
Homer manages to apologize to Marge, but fearing that Bart may be learning a bad lesson about how to treat women, Marge demands that Homer introduce Bart to the Princess so he can learn that women aren't sex objects. Shauna once dated Apu before his marriage to Manjula and was seen with his brother Sanjay. She is also a member of the Homewreckers bowling team, as seen in Team Homer. As an in-joke, she was seen dancing in the burlesque house in Bart After Dark (Homer went to pick up Bart from the house, but Kashmir's dancing lured Homer in to watch). She's also a regular on Springfield Squares. Voiced by Maggie Roswell.
[edit] Rachel Jordan
Rachel Jordan is the lead singer of Kovenant, a fictitious Christian rock band. She is first seen in Alone Again, Natura-Diddily, when she befriends Ned Flanders after Maude's death. 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. At the end of the episode, she returns and has a date with Flanders. She is voiced by Shawn Colvin.
[edit] Rich Texan
Rich Texan (both name and description), voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is a stereotypical rich, callous business owner. He is an active member of the Springfield Republican Party and speaks with a heavy Texan drawl, but according to Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times, he and Homer were both born in Connecticut. In the fifth season episode $pringfield (his debut), Homer addresses the Rich Texan as Senator. He sports a bolo tie and a white cowboy hat. In some early episodes he has been portrayed as having blue hair having a similarity to Chief Wiggum. In the episode, Homerazzi, it is revealed that he has a daughter named Paris Texan, who is obviously based on Paris Hilton.
His many assets and business ventures include:
- A dude ranch called "The Lazy-I" (formerly a nudist colony called "The Wandering-I")
- The Omni-Pave Corporation ("sensitive to all your (our) eco-concerns")
- She's the Fastest, a female greyhound who fell in love with Santa's Little Helper
- A traveling carnival at which Homer and Bart had to work to repay a debt
[edit] Ruth Powers
Ruth Powers is The Simpsons' new neighbour introduced in the episode New Kid on the Block. She is divorced and has a daughter, Laura Powers, who no longer lives with her. She is usually seen as a background character. She nearly always wears a red head scarf.
Marge on the Lam features Ruth and Marge going on the run from the Law in a stolen convertible, a parody of Thelma & Louise. Another episode features Marge taking up weightlifting, and Ruth returns as a fellow lifter who encouraged the use of steroids (she was "Miss Mexican Mafia" for three years while in prison). Originally voiced by Pamela Reed and later by Pamela Hayden
[edit] Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon
Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon, voiced by Harry Shearer, is Apu's younger brother. He has a daughter named Pahusacheta and a son named Jamshed. Sanjay occasionally 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.
In a deleted scene in The Springfield Files he took the car Mayor Quimby offered to the first alien to come to Springfield. Quimby then detonated a bomb in the car. In "Lisa the Beauty Queen", his daughter, Pahusacheta, enters the Little Miss Springfield beauty pageant along with Lisa Simpson. She performs a traditional Indian version of "MacArthur Park", and Apu and Sanjay were the only ones clapping at the end while every one else was sleeping.
[edit] Sarah Wiggum
Sarah Wiggum, (voiced by Pamela Hayden) is the wife of Clancy and mother of Ralph. She met her future husband when she was arrested by him, after he planted crystal meth on her to make her "notice" him. She might be an alcoholic, as hinted by Ralph: "You look like my mommy after her box of wine."
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Wiseguy
Wiseguy, voiced by Hank Azaria, is a man with a sarcastic outlook on life. He has held numerous jobs in Springfield including: garage owner, mail man, taxi driver, gun salesman and various shop clerks and handymen. However, his most-occurring job is a repo-man, at which one point when he accidentally hurts Milhouse he said "Ha ha! I love this job!" (The President Wore Pearls). He is usually seen as a balding man with gray hair and a gray mustache. His voice is intended to resemble Charles Bronson, as seen when the Simpsons try to travel to Branson, Missouri, but mistakenly end up in Bronson, Missouri first. One episode gives his first name as Raphael, which Sideshow Bob called him in Day of the Jackanapes. He often calls people "pallie", or "boyo".
[edit] Yes Guy
The Yes Guy is a character known for bellowing "Ye-e-e-es?!" in a rising inflection, and appears to be highly eccentric in both his speech and appearance. During his first appearance, in Mayored to the Mob, Homer asked "Why do you talk like that?"; Yes-Guy's response was "I had a stroooooooooooooooke!"
He has appeared several times working with several jobs: waiter, employee at Costington's, Death Row guard, and ice cream man. He has been referred to by Homer Simpson as "that jerk that goes 'Yeeeeesss!'" in Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays. This line was left out of the episode when it aired in the UK on Sky One in 2005, but it has appeared on subsequent re-runs.
He is a tribute to a recurring Frank Nelson character from The Jack Benny Show, I Love Lucy, and later Sanford and Son, whose trademark greeting in all his characters was a loud, drawn-out "Yeeeeesss?!". Inexplicably, the original character could always be found working behind the service counter of whatever shop Benny or Fred Sanford might be patronizing, 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-i-i-i-m-m-m-m-m?" - meaning yes in Portuguese).
The Yes-Guy shares the physical characteristics of his real-life counterpart: he can be described as a rather squat, stocky man with a moustache, and black hair receding into a widow's peak.
