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* DestinationDefenestration: The kinds of movies he stars in means he gets to do plenty of this to others.
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Daredevil"''
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A German duo of animal performers. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer and Creator/HankAzaria.
* CaptainErsatz: Of Siegfried and Roy.
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-->Debut: ''"$pringfield"''
A German duo of animal performers. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer and Creator/HankAzaria.
* CaptainErsatz: Of Siegfried and Roy.
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* CharacterDevelopment: In "Krusty Gets Busted", he admits that, despite promoting children's literacy, he's illiterate himself ([[spoiler:which was also a telltale sign about his innocence]]). Later episodes would show that he'd since become at least semi-literate.
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* BadBoss: His poor treatment towards Sideshow Bob is the reason for Bob attempt to framed him. His successor, Sideshow Mel and Mr. Teeny are treated similarly by Krusty.
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* SpinoffBabies: An unusual InUniverse variant. Some clips of ''The Krusty The Klown Show'' depict it almost as a version of ''TheTonightShow'' for children.
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* MoralityChain: To spite his trouble remembering him, [[ImYourBiggestFan Bart]] can sometimes be played as this.
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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: [[WesternAnimation/TheCritic Movie critic Jay Sherman]] makes one while interviewing Wolfcastle and reviewing one of his movies.
-->'''Wolfcastle''': The film is just me in front of a brick wall for an hour and a half. It cost $80 million.
-->'''Sherman''': How do you sleep at night?
-->'''Wolfcastle''': On top of a pile of money with many beautiful ladies.
-->'''Sherman''': Just asking.
-->'''Wolfcastle''': The film is just me in front of a brick wall for an hour and a half. It cost $80 million.
-->'''Sherman''': How do you sleep at night?
-->'''Wolfcastle''': On top of a pile of money with many beautiful ladies.
-->'''Sherman''': Just asking.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: During one episode he's seen setting up a HMO: Hibbert Moneymaking Organization.
* WouldHurtAChild: Heavily implied in "And Maggie Makes Three", given he knows the exact price a healthy newborn fetches on the black market. He quickly covers his ass by telling Marge he was testing her.
* WouldHurtAChild: Heavily implied in "And Maggie Makes Three", given he knows the exact price a healthy newborn fetches on the black market. He quickly covers his ass by telling Marge he was testing her.
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!First Church of Springfield
[[folder:Reverend Timothy Lovejoy]]
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[[caption-width-right:222:Oh, good Lord...]]
-->Debut: ''"The Telltale Head"''
The preacher at the church that the Simpsons family and the Flanders family attend. He really doesn't care much about his job or his "flock" at all, and can even be read as not actually being that religious, is often no more reasonable on religious matters then Springfield's other religious characters -- he just usually has ulterior motives, typically relating to increasing the money he gets from the church. It's revealed that his original caring nature and sincere drive to help his congregation was basically eroded by coming into contact with Ned Flanders and his fixation on being a "proper" Christian. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* BadassPreacher: Has saved Homer's life on at least one occasion, as well as Flanders' in another occasion.
* ButtMonkey: His trains are always getting destroyed.
* CatchPhrase: "Damn Flanders..."
* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted. Although he wears a clerical collar, the church the Simpsons belong to is a weird pastiche of Protestantism[[note]]though the Roman Collar is most associated with the Catholic Church, priests/leaders/preachers of Protestant denoinations sometimes will elect to wear the collar or similar garments.[[/note]], Lutheran, and Presbyterian, specifically, the Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism. In fact, a lot of episodes show that Reverend Lovejoy thinks Catholicism is a pagan religion ("Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble'" had Reverend Lovejoy sarcastically reply, "Why don't you ask me to do a voodoo dance?" after Marge asks Reverend Lovejoy to give Grampa his last rites, which is common in Catholicism). In fact, he ''does'' get into a nasty brawl with an IrishPriest after the two quarrel about the subject of Catholic vs. Protestant practices.
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: His daughter doesn't listen to his teaching .
* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: For some reason, he still carries on with his job, despite his passion for Christianity and preaching being slowly eroded through the years by Ned Flanders' overbearing ways.
* HidingBehindReligion: He does have faith but most of his actions is for money and influence, he admits at one point the fundraising for a higher bell tower is simply compensating on his part.
* JadeColoredGlasses: After Ned's constant whining got to him, he just stopped caring (of course, by then, it was the 1980s, and no one really noticed).
* {{Jerkass}}: Apathetic to his job, indifferent to his faith, and dismissive of the members of his flock.
* LetsGetDangerous: His description of his fight with the baboons at the zoo.
--> And that's when I got ''mad''.
* OddFriendship: With Rabbi Krustofsky of all people, and they even did a public radio show every Sunday night.
* ParentalNeglect: Apparently the reason why Jessica Lovejoy was not a good girl.
* PreacherMan: It's his job.
* RailEnthusiast: His off-job hobby is model trains, though he rarely gets a chance to enjoy them.
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[[folder:Helen Lovejoy]]
-->Debut: ''"Life on the Fast Lane"''
Reverend Lovejoy's snooping, interfering, gossipy busy-body of a wife. Voiced by Maggie Roswell (1990-1999, 2002-) and Marcia Mitzman Gaven (1999-2002).
* AmbiguouslyJewish: The Parson says he remembers her when her last name was Schwartzbaum.
* DemotedToExtra: For a period, when her voice actress (who was also the voice actress for Ned Flanders' wife, Maude) left the show, the writers pretty much kept her in the background and only bring her out in crowd scenes.
* GenderBender: The Parson tells Lovejoy he remembers back when her name was Harold.
* GossipyHens: She introduces herself as "the gossipy wife of the minister"; when she has nothing else to gossip about, she resorts to telling secrets about her own personal life.
* {{Jerkass}}: Especially toward Marge.
* MoralGuardian: A puritanical protestant who's quick to demand that things be banned at risk of corrupting Springfield's youth.
* ThinkOfTheChildren: Trope Namer. Frequently, when something stirs up public outcry, in Springfield, she screams "Won't somebody please think of the children?"
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[[folder: Dr. Julius Hibbert]]
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--> Debut: ''"Bart the Daredevil"
Unflappable family doctor to the Simpsons and a number of other Springfieldians. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* BackAlleyDoctor: Zigzagged. While he is sometimes seen as a genuinely competent doctor, he does seem to have questionable practices. Though whatever the case, he's always much more competent than Dr. Nick.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Since the town's only other doctor is Nick Riviera, Dr. Hibbert is able to get away with some disturbing habits, such as his inappropriate laughter.
* {{Expy}}: When Fox made the [[ItWillNeverCatchOn suicidal decision]] to put ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' against ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', Groening went all in and introduced Springfield's own Cliff Huxtable.
* TheHyena: Dr. Hibbert laughs at everything, and anything he ''doesn't'' find funny is usually the subject of a TakeThat. This got [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by "Bleeding Gums" Murphy in his last episode, when he refers to his brother (given up for adoption) that always laughed at inappropriate times. [[SpeakOfTheDevil Cue Dr. Hibbert]].
-->'''Dr. Hibbert:''' That appears to be a Ford urinating on a Chevrolet.
-->'''Mrs. Hibbert:''' Don't you usually laugh at everything?
-->'''Dr. Hibbert:''' Yes. I ''usually'' do.
* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: Shown in flashbacks with some questionable hairstyles. When Bart was born, he had an afro. When Lisa was born, he had cornrows with Afrocentric beads on them. When Maggie was born, he had a Mr. T-style mohawk.
* LongLostRelative:
** It is implied that he and Bleeding Gums Murphy are long-lost brothers; Hibbert says he has a long-lost brother who is a jazz musician, and Murphy says he has a brother who is a doctor that chuckles at inappropriate times, but somehow the two don't put these clues together.
** He also has a twin brother who runs an orphanage. Naturally, Homer doesn't bother to tell him.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Originally, Hibbert was one of the few competent people in Springfield and often played the role of OnlySaneMan, but Hibbert eventually became a doctor who seems to spend more time finding ways to have his patients sign away their right to sue before the inevitable malpractice issue than actually being a quality doctor. And he also profitted heavily when all companies in Springfield eliminated their health care programs, forcing people to pay at a premium. Likely his most immoral action (by the standards of RealLife medicine) was approving of an obviously unhealthy eating contest (as it was in a restaurant he held half-ownership of) where one contestant actually died of beef poisoning, and then claiming it [[BlatantLies was caused by another restaurant.]]
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[[folder: Doctor Nick Riviera]]
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-->Debut: ''"Bart Gets Hit by a Car"''
Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AfraidOfBlood: Shown being squicked by blood while learning surgery.
* BackAlleyDoctor: In "King-Sized Homer"[[note]]The season 7 episode where Homer purposely gains weight so he can work from home[[/note]], he tells Bart that he went to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College (which sounds dubious), but on "Homer's Triple Bypass," there's a flashback that implies he went to a real university, though the only thing he remembers from his college days is going to a frat party and hitting on a hippie chick.
* CatchPhrase: "Hi, everybody!"
** PhraseCatcher: "Hi, Doctor Nick!"
** So much that every character in Simpsons Road Rage says this to him when they pick him up.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: [[HanlonsRazor Not evil, but clearly missing a few marbles]], something his patients often suffer as a result of. He actually went to medical school (proven by a flashback) but it isn't known if he actually graduated, and while he practices medicine, he uses controversial and often illegal methods. To give some examples, in one episode a hospital review board brings up the accusations against him which include performing surgery with a knife and fork from a seafood restaurant and misuse of cadavers (he had put them in his car in order to use the carpool lane and get to work quicker). In another episode, he is asked to talk to the coroner, and he says, "Ugh, the coroner. I'm so ''sick'' of that guy!" suggesting his patients get sent there rather often. (Ironically, this is the episode where Nick does Homer's double bypass surgery, and Nick actually does it right, but Lisa helps him a little.)
--> '''Dr. Nick:''' Well if isn't my old friend, Mister Mc Greg! With a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg!
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He was inspired by Dr. George C. Nichopoulos, who was Music/ElvisPresley's personal physician during the last years of his life.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He seems to die in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', but is alive and well in later episodes. WordOfGod is that he merely fainted.
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[[folder: Dr. Marvin Monroe]]
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-->Debut: ''"There's No Disgrace Like Home"''
A TV psychologist in Springfield. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''arvin '''M'''onroe
* BackFromTheDead: Several years later he spontaneously appeared at Marge's book signing, buying a copy of her book, ''The Harpooned Heart''. Marge, shocked to see him, exclaimed that she hadn't seen him in years. Dr. Monroe explained: [[HandWave "Oh, I've been very sick."]]
* BusCrash: He had been retired around the seventh season as no one on the crew -- not even his voice actor, Harry Shearer -- liked the character. His death had been confirmed during [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E10TheSimpsons138thEpisodeSpectacular the 138th episode spectacular]]. This episode had revealed the death in the form of a question: "What important Simpson's characters have died in the past year?", to which the answer was, "If you said Bleeding Gums Murphy and Dr. Marvin Monroe you are wrong; [[ExactWords they were never popular]]." Many people in Springfield also believed him to be dead because several things had been named after him, such as the Marvin Monroe Memorial Hospital and a school gym. His grave is also shown.
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!Celebrities
[[folder: Kent Brockman]]
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[[caption-width-right:203: I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Democracy simply does not work.]]
->"Now, at the risk of being unpopular, this reporter places the blame squarely on you, the viewers!"
-->Debut: ''"Krusty Gets Busted"''
The primary reporter for the local TV News channel. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: It is revealed he changed his name from "Kenny Brockelstein" and is seen wearing a Hebrew chai necklace in "Dog of Death," but frequently attends Reverend Lovejoy's church and mentions his belief in the New Testament Literature/BookOfRevelation in "Marge on the Lam."
* DeadpanSnarker: In the vein of a typical news anchor, he makes monotone quips about everything.
* DelusionsOfLocalGrandeur: He often makes Springfield look and sound more fancy than it really is.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Most of his crew hate him. It's telling that the network's emergency card is a picture of Kent in a straitjacket.
* ItsAllAboutMe: The opening to Eye on Springfield is A) filled with beautiful women in little clothing, and B) Kent's various activities.
* {{Jerkass}}: Frequently rude and insensitive, especially to those he works with, and keeps a list on everyone in town he suspects to be gay.
* KentBrockmanNews: The TropeNamer himself. He blatantly skews reports to fit his political or personal interests, and his helicopter newsman hates him. He has been fired in mid-story at least once, quit in mid-story at least once, and always brings his personal views to a story. In "Radio Bart," he ignores the rescue of Bart from a well to cover a squirrel that looks like Abraham Lincoln (soon afterwards, the squirrel is assassinated, and a shaken Brockman pledges to "cover this (story) all night if we have to"). At one point it's implied that Brockman only covered the fall of the Berlin Wall because his infant daughter convinced him to. This is referenced in an episode wherein, at the advice of said daughter, he dedicates his entire half-hour news broadcast to a children's doll (this reporter found it hard to stop talking), and mentions only just before the fadeout that, on that same day, the president was arrested for murder.
* TheQuisling: One memorable episode where he, for one, "welcome(d) our new insect overlords".
-->"I'd like to remind [the Insect Overlords] that as a trusted TV personality I could be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves!"
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[[folder: Krusty the Clown]]
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-->Debut: ''"The Krusty the Clown Show"''
-->Debut on the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': ''"The Telltale Head"''
The most famous celebrity in Springfield, due to being the host of the city's favorite children's entertainment program, ''The Krusty the Klown Show''. Born an Orthodox Jew, he was estranged from his Rabbi father due to his wanting to be a clown instead of following in his father's footsteps. Originally an optimistic fellow who just wanted to help people laugh, years in the ugly reality of showbusiness have left him grizzled, sarcastic, jaded and indifferent, striving only to make as much money as possible. Voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Confirmed as Jewish in the second season, despite that he once grilled pork products on an episode of his show and suffered a heart attack. Another episode had him telling a Jewish cook to keep quiet about his religious background.
* ButtMonkey: Despite being a celebrity (although how big of one he is [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]]; see below), if Krusty's backstory is anything to go by, he often found himself the victims of DisproportionateRetribution and GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity. Such cases include being fired for [[ComicBookTime 22 years]] just because a pair of stage shutters wouldn't open, or getting his bus pass revoked for drinking a soda.
* CatchPhrase: "Hey hey, kids!" or "Hey, hey" followed by his goofy laugh.
* CriticProof: An InUniverse example. When Krusty first debuted, the reviewers said he wouldn't last a week. More recently, he says that there's no way he could win an Emmy, since the Academy hates him. None of this stops Krusty from having a massive fanbase and hosting the number one children's show in America.
* CryLaughing: Switches between laughing and crying after he reveals he's bipolar.
* TheCynic: He's always pessimistic about everything when he's not on the air.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's this when he's not performing.
* DenserAndWackier: An InUniverse example occurs with Krusty's show. In the early '60s, Krusty started out hosting a serious political discussion show, featuring guests such as AFL-CIO chairman George Meany. Later, the show started to become sillier (Creator/RobertFrost appeared as a serious guest, but Krusty dumped a load of snow on him), until it became the full-fledged kiddie show people know and love today.
* DepravedKidsShowHost: Due to his FreudianExcuse.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud:
** "Let's just say it (Burns' film) moved me … ''TO A BIGGER HOUSE!''"
** "Uh oh, I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet."
* DirtyOldMan: Krusty loves pornography and has had multiple flings with much younger women. He's also sexually harassed at least one woman to the point where the courts appointed "Ms. 'No Means No'" as a new sidekick to warn him whenever he goes too far...and Krusty immediately began to hit on her.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Thanks to [[NegativeContinuity the fluid nature]] [[DependingOnTheWriter of the show]], Krusty has a weird budget and net worth. In some episodes, he's only a locally known kids' show host and he hardly has any money, and in other episodes he's a media empire on par with Creator/{{Disney}}.
* FreudianExcuse: As a child, his father, Hyman Krustofsky, who's extremely devoted to the Jewish faith and also the town rabbi, [[FantasyForbiddingFather had disapproved of young Herschel's goal to become a world-famous comedian]]. Even after making up after 25 years, he still remains a bitter individual.
* TheGamblingAddict: He has such a problem frittering away money on ridiculous bets that he makes a wager ''against'' the Harlem Globetrotters. This ends up incurring the wrath of TheMafia.
* GenreShift: In-universe
** "Bart Of Darkness" revealed that Krusty originally hosted a show on politics in the Early 60s. He regards that a step down from where he currently is.
** When he realizes that his material and persona were growing stale in "The Last Temptation of Krust," Krusty reinvents himself as a more adult orientated social-comic. He's able to find a lot of success by channelling his bitterness and cynicism into social commentary, though by episodes end he chooses the corporate sponsored lifestyle over his rebellious though not as well paying persona.
** As revealed in "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" he actually started out as a serious and well-respected stand-up comedian before his agent convinced him that cheap laughs payed more.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: An InUniverse example. Krusty is widely beloved in America, but he's also revered by the French.
* GrumpyBear: He's a grump both on and off the air when someone agitates him.
* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: He hates being a clown but loves the attention so much he keeps doing his act for a living.
* TheHyena: He has a ''very'' hard time staying serious during an interview with Kent Brockman; he is issued a FirstNameUltimatum.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: On his better days.
* JustJokingJustification: The Simpsons look horrified when he says he can have somebody whacked if you pay him a thousand dollars, he responds with "When you give me that look, it's a joke. ".
* KnightInSourArmor: Widely adored by almost every child in Springfield, yet continues to have an apathetic outlook on life.
* TheMerch: In universe, he has merchandised ''everything'' including home pregnancy tests, legal forms and traffic signs. Most of these products are extremely shoddily made.
* MoneyDearBoy: InUniverse. He will always choose selling out over artistic integrity.
* MonsterClown: Krusty has the uncanny ability to sometimes cause heart attacks in people with pacemakers. He even has one himself (which is why his face is so pale, though a lot of past episodes imply that his white makeup is just makeup and, in one case, can be genetically passed [[note]]in "Marge vs. the Monorail," a woman begs Krusty to look at her son. He has the same white facial skin as Krusty[[/note]]). One ''TreehouseOfHorror'' episode had him show his audience what he would look like in HD. It wasn't pretty.
* MoodSwinger: He goes from cheerful and goofy to sassy and cynical at the drop of a hat.
* MultipleDemographicAppeal: An InUniverse example. ''The Krusty The Klown Show'' is enjoyed by children, but many adults like Homer also enjoy it.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: "When I'm off the clock, kids can go jump in a lake for all I care."
* NonIronicClown: Krusty is a cynical parody of this (more specifically, Bozo), yet despite his being greedy and disinterested, his merchandise being low-quality and dangerous and his show's shrinking budget, he manages to bring joy to children and we occasionally see hints that even after everything, he still loves comedy. Even if he is a hack. In a flashback to his childhood, he admitted to his rabbi father that he wanted to be a clown because "I want to make people laugh!"
* NoProductSafetyStandards: Every product he endorses. When Bart wins a legal settlement after swallowing a jagged metal Krusty-O, it's replaced with ''flesh eating bacteria''.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He looks about the same age as Homer (who is in his late thirties) but in many episodes he talks about being show business for ''decades'' (fifty years according to a 26th season episode.)
* OldTimeyBathingSuit: He wears one in the episode "Insane Clown Poppy." Apparently for a jaded and washed up celebrity who likes to indulge in vices, he draws the line at showing off his midsection.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He will shill almost anything as long as it means a steady income. This includes his show being sponsored by the very drug he has been battling an addiction to.
* OverlyLongName: Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky.
* PetTheDog: When in a good mood.
* PlagiarismInFiction: Krusty regularly plagiarizes material from other comedians.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Krusty's made millions of dollars during his career. Unfortunately, he's also found all kinds of ways to waste it: Lighting his cigarettes with everything from hundred-dollar bills to strings of pearls to copies of ''[[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Action Comics #1]]''; Eating omelets made from rare condor eggs; sending roses to [[Creator/BeaArthur Bea Arthur's]] grave even when she was still alive; buying a ruby-studded clown nose; hiring [[Creator/KennyG Kenny G]] to play for him in his elevator; buying a new house when his old one is dirty; buying pornographic magazines (which Apu says kept him in business during his first year); settling lawsuits other comedians launch when he steals their material; and gambling on everything from horse races to sporting events to operas.
* SadClown: Krusty suffers from depression and can be quite self-loathing, which he self-medicates with alcohol. It's even discussed in one episode.
-->'''Homer:''' Let's tell Krusty! That guy's hilarious!
-->'''Marge:''' I keep telling you: off-camera he's a desperately unhappy man.
* SpinoffBabies: An unusual InUniverse variant. Some clips of ''The Krusty The Klown Show'' depict it almost as a version of ''TheTonightShow'' for children.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: Tends to replace the "C"s in his shows' names with "K"s, to match his stage name. It bites him in the ass when he starts the "Krusty Komedy Klassic", and realizes too late just ''[[UnfortunateImplications what]]'' the show's acronym spells. To make matters worse [[EpicFail he was live at the]] ''[[EpicFail Apollo Theatre in Harlem]]'' [[EpicFail at the time.]]
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: In "Day of the Jackanapes", his second attempt to break out into TV was in ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''. However, it backfired when the door sequence had his door unable to open, leaving him to exclaim, "The farkakt doors are stuck!"
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[[folder: Melvin Van Horne (Sideshow Mel)]]
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[[caption-width-right:152: I shall make this into my SCREENSAVER!]]
-->Debut: ''"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"''
Krusty's sidekick on his TV show, a replacement for Sideshow Bob (who was arrested after attempting to framed Krusty the Clown by Arm robbing at the Kwik-E-Mart), Melvin Van Horne plays the part of an inarticulate caveman on stage, but is actually a very refined, dignified intellectual in his private life. Voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta.
* BeehiveHairdo: Less extreme than Marge Simpson's, but bright green with a bone through the middle. Apparently his natural hairstyle.
* BrokenAce: Despite having achieved success as an entertainer, he feels like a jaded sellout, and urges Lisa not to go down his path.
* ButtMonkey: He gets his moments, mainly with Krusty and the Krusty show. He doesn't learn to give up and stop looking for the good things in life, though.
* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Like Sideshow Bob before him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever he's playing StraightMan to Krusty.
* GoodCounterpart: He shares some similarities to Sideshow Bob, but he's much more pleasant.
* GreekChorus: He frequently serves as the spokesperson for the opinion of a crowd of people.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Went to Cornell.
* LargeHam: When not in character on the Krusty show, Mel speaks in a grandiose English/Shakespearean accent and owns many poodles.
--> '''Sideshow Mel:''' I'll see to it that Mr. Burns suffers the ''infernal machinations'' of ''Hell's grim tyrant!''
* NiceGuy: At least until you give him a sandwich with cheese in it, triggering his lactose intolerance.
* ReplacementScrappy: He's apparently one of these in-universe, as revealed in "Black Widower" when Krusty reunites with Sideshow Bob during a telethon:
--> '''Krusty:''' That jerk I got to replace you, he isn't fit to hold your slide whistle.
--> '''Sideshow Mel:''' [''watching at home, visibly hurt''] All I can be is myself.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
* StockFemurBone: Mel perpetually wears a bone in his hair which may or may not be permanently affixed.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He was hired to replace Sideshow Bob [[spoiler: After he got arrested from framing Krusty by arm robbing the Kwik-E-Mart]].
* TrrrillingRrrs: Frrrequently.
* TheVoiceless: When he first showed up in Season 2, he only communicated with his slide whistle. He starts speaking in Season 3, with his first voice-over being triumphantly singing in "Radio Bart".
* WalkingShirtlessScene: And pants-less too!
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[[folder: Rainier Wolfcastle]]
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-->Debut: ''"The Way We Was"''
A German who moved to Springfield and became an action movie star, Rainier Wolfcastle is legendary for the over-the-top nature of his movies and his bad acting. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* TheAhnold: Of the man the trope is named after no less. He is one of the best known examples and currently the image on the trope page.
* BadBadActing and CannotTellAJoke: One of the [=McBain=] movies was a stand-up movie where he tells lame jokes and attacks hecklers with a machine gun and a grenade.
* BondOneLiner: Is fond of these both in his movies and in person.
* CatchPhrase: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Mendoooozaa!!]]
* CommieNazis: TropeNamer.
* DullSurprise: In universe example. Outside of anger, he barely shows any emotion. When his partner's dying in the [=McBain=] movie, he responds to him asking his name in the most bored tone possible.
* DumbMuscle: Upon being told his shoes were untied, he bent down to look. It took him hours of staring at his feet to realise he was wearing ''loafers''.
* MoreDakka: How [=McBain=] solves all his problems. And possibly Wolfcastle as well, given his reaction to a man insulting him is to threaten him with an assault rifle.
* PetTheDog: In "King of the Hill", Rainier Wolfcastle becomes Homer's personal fitness coach seemingly out of kindness. Two months later, Homer is a lot more physically fit than he was before.
* ShowWithinAShow: Type II. A [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/216daf534a/mcbain-the-full-movie hilariously well-hidden example]] that spoofs hardboiled CowboyCop and '80s action flicks.
* WeightWoe: In one episode he claimed he was gaining weight for a movie about a fat secret agent, but in a later episode he's at the same fat camp as Bart was in ''The Heartbroke Kid''.
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[[folder: Troy [=McClure=]]]
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[[caption-width-right:160: You might remember me from such character pages as this one!]]
-->Debut: ''"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"''
-->Final Episode: ''"Bart the Mother"''
An aging actor who starred in an incredibly wide variety of B-movies, short-lived TV shows, and other projects (like telethons, funerals, medical education films, infomercials, self-help videos, TV retrospectives, Broadway shows, and automated welcome messages for museums, airports, and Nordstrom department store), who frequently reminds people of the works he's been in and clings to his stardom. Voiced by Creator/PhilHartman.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "A Fish Called Selma", which explores his tarnished career, and features his attempts at a comeback by dating Selma.
* TheAlcoholic: A severe one, according to "Bart's Inner Child". He used to be a fifty-a-day man.
-->'''Troy''': "Sweet liquor eases the pain."
* BestialityIsDepraved: His career was killed after rumors spread that he does "weird things" to fish, including an indecent act he did at the local aquarium. His fish fetish is so bad, he brings a new, disgusting meaning to the phrase, "sleeping with the fishes."
* BlindWithoutEm: Pretty much blind without his glasses, but he refuses to wear them.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: All of Hartman's characters were retired after his death, as production thought it would be in poor taste to simply replace him (the fact that his children would be watching was often cited). On very rare occasions, they will turn up in the background, though.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He was willing to use Selma, a lonely spinster to return to stardom, but decides he can't have a kid just for fame, and humbly accepts Selma's goodbye.
* HeReallyCanAct: An InUniverse example. Troy's career problems are implied to stem from his addictions, his poor choice of acting roles, and (of course) the fish thing. On the rare occasions when he gets a genuinely good role, such as playing the lead in ''Planet Of The Apes: The Musical'', he hits it out of the park.
* TheLongList: Has been in a lot of films, TV shows, infomercials, tele-phons, public service announcements, and stage productions throughout his career.
* MadLibsCatchPhrase: "Hi, I'm Troy [=McClure=]! You may remember me from such ''[genre he's currently appearing in]''s as ''[title X]'' and ''[title Y]''." A few episodes play with this:
** In "Das Bus", he only appears in-character on a TV movie based on [[Literature/TheBible the story of Noah's Ark]]. When Marge tells the family to get to bed, Lisa had this line:
--->'''Lisa:''' You let us stay up to watch Troy [=McClure=] in such other bible epics as ''David vs. Super-Goliath'' and ''Suddenly Last Supper''.
** In "Treehouse of Horror IX", he was supposed to host a special on executions. When he was replaced with guest star Ed [=McMahon=] after Hartman died, we get this greeting:
--->'''[=McMahon=]:''' Hi, I'm Ed [=McMahon=]! Tonight on {{Fox}}, from the producers of ''When Skirts Fall Off'' and ''Secrets of National Security Revealed'', it's ''World's Deadliest Executions''!
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: As an actor, a number of his appearances are simply different projects he's done.
* PetTheDog: While his first date with Selma was just a bribe to get her to pass his eye exam at the DMV, when she is reprimanded for smoking in a restaurant, he lights up a cigar so he won't feel embarrassed.
* WhiteDwarfStarlet: His best years in cinema are long behind him, to the extent that his agent didn't contact him for twelve years.
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[[folder: Drederick Tatum]]
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[[caption-width-right:240: I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.]]
-->Debut: ''"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"''
A Mike Tyson-esque boxer, complete with a Don King-esque promoter named Lucius Sweet. Was from Springfield, and hated it. He stated in an interview that, "If you ever see me back in Springfield, you know I fucked up bad."[[note]]"fucked" was bleeped out[[/note]] Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* ArtEvolution: In Tatum's first few appearances he looked a lot different than he does now. (E.g. he had no beard, a more snout-ish nose (like Chief Wiggum) and his hair was more flat.)
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Do NOT make him angry. Apparently the reason he was incarcerated was because he pushed his own mother down the stairs. We don't know why he did it, though when asked if he regretted doing so he confirmed that if he could do it all over again, "[He] would certainly reconsider it." Then he said he will make orphans of Homer's children.
* GeniusBruiser: Despite his career as a professional boxer, he's shown to be rather intelligent and supportive of science.
* GentleGiant: He's very calm and level-headed in person.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is a direct parody of Mike Tyson, right down to his violent criminal record, high-pitched, lisping voice and his mansion full of exotic animals.
** As mentioned above, he even has a Don King-esque promoter named Lucius Sweet (who was also Moe's promoter back when Moe was into boxing). Sweet was voiced by Paul Winfield, who played the real Don King in a 1995 Tyson biopic.
* ScaryBlackMan: The guy's main selling point.
* TookALevelInKindness: Easily provoked but he doesn't have the same maliciousness that he had in his first episode.
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[[folder: Roger Meyers, Jr.]]
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-->Debut: ''"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"''
Owner of Itchy and Scratchy Studios, the makers of ''The Itchy and Scratchy Show'' son of its founder Roger Meyers Sr. Voiced by Alex Rocco.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: His last name is Meyers and works in entertainment. It becomes weird since his father produced a controversial cartoon called ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice Nazi Superman are Our Superiors]]''.
* BadBoss: He treats his employees almost as badly as he treats concerned parents.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He produces extremely violent cartoons, without regard for their psychological effect on children.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He makes no speaking appearances after Season 8.
* {{Jerkass}}: Oh yes. The man's default mode appears to be contempt. When Marge wrote a concerned letter,he responded with a nasty letter, and then retaliates with a cartoon making fun of her.
* PetTheDog: Subverted. He celebrates Christmas by rescuing animals from the pound, then forcing poor families to take care of them.
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[[folder: Chespirito (Bumblebee Man)]]
-->Debut: ''"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"''
A Latino entertainer for Channel Ocho. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* ButtMonkey / TheChewToy: Whether in his show or in life, the poor guy keeps suffering from AmusingInjuries.
* CaptainErsatz : Of ''Series/ElChapulinColorado''.
* CatchPhrase: "Ay ay ay!"
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: "Bart Gets Famous" reveals that he actually speaks perfect English with an English accent, and that the whole Spanish part of his character is just an act.
-->'''Bumblebee Man:''' Ay ay ay! No me gusta!...''(In his normal voice)'' Ugh, I'm sorry, I'm just not comfortable with this Ethan. ''(Removes prop lobster from his butt)''
-->'''Ethan:''' What's the matter, love?
-->'''Bumblebee Man:''' It's just the same old tired gags, isn't it? I mean, let's give the audience some credit!
-->'''Ethan:''' How about a giant mousetrap?
-->'''Bumblebee Man:''' I love it! ''(A giant mousetrap prop is clamped to his butt)''
-->'''Ethan:''' Action!
-->'''Bumblebee Man:''' ''(Back to his Spanish voice)'' Ay ay ay! No me gusta!
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[[folder: Captain Lance Murdock]]
-->Debut: ''"Bart the Daredevil"''
A daredevil performer who does death-defying stunts. Voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta.
* CaptainErsatz: Of Evel Knievel.
* MadeOfIron: He's broken every bone in his body throughout his career.
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[[folder: Bill and Marty]]
The [=DJ=] duo for Springfield's KBBL station. Voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta and Creator/HarryShearer.
* DumbassDJ: Marty especially. He keeps playing "The Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett on days like Valentine's Day and Bill refers to him as dead weight when he makes an awful pun.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They're never seen apart from one another.
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[[folder: Booberella]]
-->Debut: ''"I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can"''
An ample-chested vampire-looking woman and a local TV personality in Springfield. Voiced by Creator/TressMacNeille.
* AbsoluteCleavage: She dresses in low-cut vampire-style outfits that show lots of cleavage.
* BigBreastPride: She constantly tries to make sure her tv audience is staring at her breasts.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
* GagBoobs: Her large breasts and her constant references to them are always played for laughs.
* {{Ladyella}}: Booberella's name is likely a play on words of Vampirella and Barbarella, or boobs and Vampirella.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She is based on ''Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark''.
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[[folder:Reverend Timothy Lovejoy]]
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[[caption-width-right:222:Oh, good Lord...]]
-->Debut: ''"The Telltale Head"''
The preacher at the church that the Simpsons family and the Flanders family attend. He really doesn't care much about his job or his "flock" at all, and can even be read as not actually being that religious, is often no more reasonable on religious matters then Springfield's other religious characters -- he just usually has ulterior motives, typically relating to increasing the money he gets from the church. It's revealed that his original caring nature and sincere drive to help his congregation was basically eroded by coming into contact with Ned Flanders and his fixation on being a "proper" Christian. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* BadassPreacher: Has saved Homer's life on at least one occasion, as well as Flanders' in another occasion.
* ButtMonkey: His trains are always getting destroyed.
* CatchPhrase: "Damn Flanders..."
* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted. Although he wears a clerical collar, the church the Simpsons belong to is a weird pastiche of Protestantism[[note]]though the Roman Collar is most associated with the Catholic Church, priests/leaders/preachers of Protestant denoinations sometimes will elect to wear the collar or similar garments.[[/note]], Lutheran, and Presbyterian, specifically, the Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism. In fact, a lot of episodes show that Reverend Lovejoy thinks Catholicism is a pagan religion ("Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble'" had Reverend Lovejoy sarcastically reply, "Why don't you ask me to do a voodoo dance?" after Marge asks Reverend Lovejoy to give Grampa his last rites, which is common in Catholicism). In fact, he ''does'' get into a nasty brawl with an IrishPriest after the two quarrel about the subject of Catholic vs. Protestant practices.
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: His daughter doesn't listen to his teaching .
* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: For some reason, he still carries on with his job, despite his passion for Christianity and preaching being slowly eroded through the years by Ned Flanders' overbearing ways.
* HidingBehindReligion: He does have faith but most of his actions is for money and influence, he admits at one point the fundraising for a higher bell tower is simply compensating on his part.
* JadeColoredGlasses: After Ned's constant whining got to him, he just stopped caring (of course, by then, it was the 1980s, and no one really noticed).
* {{Jerkass}}: Apathetic to his job, indifferent to his faith, and dismissive of the members of his flock.
* LetsGetDangerous: His description of his fight with the baboons at the zoo.
--> And that's when I got ''mad''.
* OddFriendship: With Rabbi Krustofsky of all people, and they even did a public radio show every Sunday night.
* ParentalNeglect: Apparently the reason why Jessica Lovejoy was not a good girl.
* PreacherMan: It's his job.
* RailEnthusiast: His off-job hobby is model trains, though he rarely gets a chance to enjoy them.
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[[folder:Helen Lovejoy]]
-->Debut: ''"Life on the Fast Lane"''
Reverend Lovejoy's snooping, interfering, gossipy busy-body of a wife. Voiced by Maggie Roswell (1990-1999, 2002-) and Marcia Mitzman Gaven (1999-2002).
* AmbiguouslyJewish: The Parson says he remembers her when her last name was Schwartzbaum.
* DemotedToExtra: For a period, when her voice actress (who was also the voice actress for Ned Flanders' wife, Maude) left the show, the writers pretty much kept her in the background and only bring her out in crowd scenes.
* GenderBender: The Parson tells Lovejoy he remembers back when her name was Harold.
* GossipyHens: She introduces herself as "the gossipy wife of the minister"; when she has nothing else to gossip about, she resorts to telling secrets about her own personal life.
* {{Jerkass}}: Especially toward Marge.
* MoralGuardian: A puritanical protestant who's quick to demand that things be banned at risk of corrupting Springfield's youth.
* ThinkOfTheChildren: Trope Namer. Frequently, when something stirs up public outcry, in Springfield, she screams "Won't somebody please think of the children?"
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!Doctors
[[folder: Dr. Julius Hibbert]]
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--> Debut: ''"Bart the Daredevil"
Unflappable family doctor to the Simpsons and a number of other Springfieldians. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* BackAlleyDoctor: Zigzagged. While he is sometimes seen as a genuinely competent doctor, he does seem to have questionable practices. Though whatever the case, he's always much more competent than Dr. Nick.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Since the town's only other doctor is Nick Riviera, Dr. Hibbert is able to get away with some disturbing habits, such as his inappropriate laughter.
* {{Expy}}: When Fox made the [[ItWillNeverCatchOn suicidal decision]] to put ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' against ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', Groening went all in and introduced Springfield's own Cliff Huxtable.
* TheHyena: Dr. Hibbert laughs at everything, and anything he ''doesn't'' find funny is usually the subject of a TakeThat. This got [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by "Bleeding Gums" Murphy in his last episode, when he refers to his brother (given up for adoption) that always laughed at inappropriate times. [[SpeakOfTheDevil Cue Dr. Hibbert]].
-->'''Dr. Hibbert:''' That appears to be a Ford urinating on a Chevrolet.
-->'''Mrs. Hibbert:''' Don't you usually laugh at everything?
-->'''Dr. Hibbert:''' Yes. I ''usually'' do.
* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: Shown in flashbacks with some questionable hairstyles. When Bart was born, he had an afro. When Lisa was born, he had cornrows with Afrocentric beads on them. When Maggie was born, he had a Mr. T-style mohawk.
* LongLostRelative:
** It is implied that he and Bleeding Gums Murphy are long-lost brothers; Hibbert says he has a long-lost brother who is a jazz musician, and Murphy says he has a brother who is a doctor that chuckles at inappropriate times, but somehow the two don't put these clues together.
** He also has a twin brother who runs an orphanage. Naturally, Homer doesn't bother to tell him.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Originally, Hibbert was one of the few competent people in Springfield and often played the role of OnlySaneMan, but Hibbert eventually became a doctor who seems to spend more time finding ways to have his patients sign away their right to sue before the inevitable malpractice issue than actually being a quality doctor. And he also profitted heavily when all companies in Springfield eliminated their health care programs, forcing people to pay at a premium. Likely his most immoral action (by the standards of RealLife medicine) was approving of an obviously unhealthy eating contest (as it was in a restaurant he held half-ownership of) where one contestant actually died of beef poisoning, and then claiming it [[BlatantLies was caused by another restaurant.]]
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[[folder: Doctor Nick Riviera]]
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-->Debut: ''"Bart Gets Hit by a Car"''
Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AfraidOfBlood: Shown being squicked by blood while learning surgery.
* BackAlleyDoctor: In "King-Sized Homer"[[note]]The season 7 episode where Homer purposely gains weight so he can work from home[[/note]], he tells Bart that he went to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College (which sounds dubious), but on "Homer's Triple Bypass," there's a flashback that implies he went to a real university, though the only thing he remembers from his college days is going to a frat party and hitting on a hippie chick.
* CatchPhrase: "Hi, everybody!"
** PhraseCatcher: "Hi, Doctor Nick!"
** So much that every character in Simpsons Road Rage says this to him when they pick him up.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: [[HanlonsRazor Not evil, but clearly missing a few marbles]], something his patients often suffer as a result of. He actually went to medical school (proven by a flashback) but it isn't known if he actually graduated, and while he practices medicine, he uses controversial and often illegal methods. To give some examples, in one episode a hospital review board brings up the accusations against him which include performing surgery with a knife and fork from a seafood restaurant and misuse of cadavers (he had put them in his car in order to use the carpool lane and get to work quicker). In another episode, he is asked to talk to the coroner, and he says, "Ugh, the coroner. I'm so ''sick'' of that guy!" suggesting his patients get sent there rather often. (Ironically, this is the episode where Nick does Homer's double bypass surgery, and Nick actually does it right, but Lisa helps him a little.)
--> '''Dr. Nick:''' Well if isn't my old friend, Mister Mc Greg! With a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg!
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He was inspired by Dr. George C. Nichopoulos, who was Music/ElvisPresley's personal physician during the last years of his life.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He seems to die in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', but is alive and well in later episodes. WordOfGod is that he merely fainted.
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[[folder: Dr. Marvin Monroe]]
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-->Debut: ''"There's No Disgrace Like Home"''
A TV psychologist in Springfield. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''arvin '''M'''onroe
* BackFromTheDead: Several years later he spontaneously appeared at Marge's book signing, buying a copy of her book, ''The Harpooned Heart''. Marge, shocked to see him, exclaimed that she hadn't seen him in years. Dr. Monroe explained: [[HandWave "Oh, I've been very sick."]]
* BusCrash: He had been retired around the seventh season as no one on the crew -- not even his voice actor, Harry Shearer -- liked the character. His death had been confirmed during [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E10TheSimpsons138thEpisodeSpectacular the 138th episode spectacular]]. This episode had revealed the death in the form of a question: "What important Simpson's characters have died in the past year?", to which the answer was, "If you said Bleeding Gums Murphy and Dr. Marvin Monroe you are wrong; [[ExactWords they were never popular]]." Many people in Springfield also believed him to be dead because several things had been named after him, such as the Marvin Monroe Memorial Hospital and a school gym. His grave is also shown.
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!Celebrities
[[folder: Kent Brockman]]
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[[caption-width-right:203: I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Democracy simply does not work.]]
->"Now, at the risk of being unpopular, this reporter places the blame squarely on you, the viewers!"
-->Debut: ''"Krusty Gets Busted"''
The primary reporter for the local TV News channel. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: It is revealed he changed his name from "Kenny Brockelstein" and is seen wearing a Hebrew chai necklace in "Dog of Death," but frequently attends Reverend Lovejoy's church and mentions his belief in the New Testament Literature/BookOfRevelation in "Marge on the Lam."
* DeadpanSnarker: In the vein of a typical news anchor, he makes monotone quips about everything.
* DelusionsOfLocalGrandeur: He often makes Springfield look and sound more fancy than it really is.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Most of his crew hate him. It's telling that the network's emergency card is a picture of Kent in a straitjacket.
* ItsAllAboutMe: The opening to Eye on Springfield is A) filled with beautiful women in little clothing, and B) Kent's various activities.
* {{Jerkass}}: Frequently rude and insensitive, especially to those he works with, and keeps a list on everyone in town he suspects to be gay.
* KentBrockmanNews: The TropeNamer himself. He blatantly skews reports to fit his political or personal interests, and his helicopter newsman hates him. He has been fired in mid-story at least once, quit in mid-story at least once, and always brings his personal views to a story. In "Radio Bart," he ignores the rescue of Bart from a well to cover a squirrel that looks like Abraham Lincoln (soon afterwards, the squirrel is assassinated, and a shaken Brockman pledges to "cover this (story) all night if we have to"). At one point it's implied that Brockman only covered the fall of the Berlin Wall because his infant daughter convinced him to. This is referenced in an episode wherein, at the advice of said daughter, he dedicates his entire half-hour news broadcast to a children's doll (this reporter found it hard to stop talking), and mentions only just before the fadeout that, on that same day, the president was arrested for murder.
* TheQuisling: One memorable episode where he, for one, "welcome(d) our new insect overlords".
-->"I'd like to remind [the Insect Overlords] that as a trusted TV personality I could be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves!"
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[[folder: Krusty the Clown]]
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-->Debut: ''"The Krusty the Clown Show"''
-->Debut on the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': ''"The Telltale Head"''
The most famous celebrity in Springfield, due to being the host of the city's favorite children's entertainment program, ''The Krusty the Klown Show''. Born an Orthodox Jew, he was estranged from his Rabbi father due to his wanting to be a clown instead of following in his father's footsteps. Originally an optimistic fellow who just wanted to help people laugh, years in the ugly reality of showbusiness have left him grizzled, sarcastic, jaded and indifferent, striving only to make as much money as possible. Voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Confirmed as Jewish in the second season, despite that he once grilled pork products on an episode of his show and suffered a heart attack. Another episode had him telling a Jewish cook to keep quiet about his religious background.
* ButtMonkey: Despite being a celebrity (although how big of one he is [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]]; see below), if Krusty's backstory is anything to go by, he often found himself the victims of DisproportionateRetribution and GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity. Such cases include being fired for [[ComicBookTime 22 years]] just because a pair of stage shutters wouldn't open, or getting his bus pass revoked for drinking a soda.
* CatchPhrase: "Hey hey, kids!" or "Hey, hey" followed by his goofy laugh.
* CriticProof: An InUniverse example. When Krusty first debuted, the reviewers said he wouldn't last a week. More recently, he says that there's no way he could win an Emmy, since the Academy hates him. None of this stops Krusty from having a massive fanbase and hosting the number one children's show in America.
* CryLaughing: Switches between laughing and crying after he reveals he's bipolar.
* TheCynic: He's always pessimistic about everything when he's not on the air.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's this when he's not performing.
* DenserAndWackier: An InUniverse example occurs with Krusty's show. In the early '60s, Krusty started out hosting a serious political discussion show, featuring guests such as AFL-CIO chairman George Meany. Later, the show started to become sillier (Creator/RobertFrost appeared as a serious guest, but Krusty dumped a load of snow on him), until it became the full-fledged kiddie show people know and love today.
* DepravedKidsShowHost: Due to his FreudianExcuse.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud:
** "Let's just say it (Burns' film) moved me … ''TO A BIGGER HOUSE!''"
** "Uh oh, I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet."
* DirtyOldMan: Krusty loves pornography and has had multiple flings with much younger women. He's also sexually harassed at least one woman to the point where the courts appointed "Ms. 'No Means No'" as a new sidekick to warn him whenever he goes too far...and Krusty immediately began to hit on her.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Thanks to [[NegativeContinuity the fluid nature]] [[DependingOnTheWriter of the show]], Krusty has a weird budget and net worth. In some episodes, he's only a locally known kids' show host and he hardly has any money, and in other episodes he's a media empire on par with Creator/{{Disney}}.
* FreudianExcuse: As a child, his father, Hyman Krustofsky, who's extremely devoted to the Jewish faith and also the town rabbi, [[FantasyForbiddingFather had disapproved of young Herschel's goal to become a world-famous comedian]]. Even after making up after 25 years, he still remains a bitter individual.
* TheGamblingAddict: He has such a problem frittering away money on ridiculous bets that he makes a wager ''against'' the Harlem Globetrotters. This ends up incurring the wrath of TheMafia.
* GenreShift: In-universe
** "Bart Of Darkness" revealed that Krusty originally hosted a show on politics in the Early 60s. He regards that a step down from where he currently is.
** When he realizes that his material and persona were growing stale in "The Last Temptation of Krust," Krusty reinvents himself as a more adult orientated social-comic. He's able to find a lot of success by channelling his bitterness and cynicism into social commentary, though by episodes end he chooses the corporate sponsored lifestyle over his rebellious though not as well paying persona.
** As revealed in "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" he actually started out as a serious and well-respected stand-up comedian before his agent convinced him that cheap laughs payed more.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: An InUniverse example. Krusty is widely beloved in America, but he's also revered by the French.
* GrumpyBear: He's a grump both on and off the air when someone agitates him.
* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: He hates being a clown but loves the attention so much he keeps doing his act for a living.
* TheHyena: He has a ''very'' hard time staying serious during an interview with Kent Brockman; he is issued a FirstNameUltimatum.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: On his better days.
* JustJokingJustification: The Simpsons look horrified when he says he can have somebody whacked if you pay him a thousand dollars, he responds with "When you give me that look, it's a joke. ".
* KnightInSourArmor: Widely adored by almost every child in Springfield, yet continues to have an apathetic outlook on life.
* TheMerch: In universe, he has merchandised ''everything'' including home pregnancy tests, legal forms and traffic signs. Most of these products are extremely shoddily made.
* MoneyDearBoy: InUniverse. He will always choose selling out over artistic integrity.
* MonsterClown: Krusty has the uncanny ability to sometimes cause heart attacks in people with pacemakers. He even has one himself (which is why his face is so pale, though a lot of past episodes imply that his white makeup is just makeup and, in one case, can be genetically passed [[note]]in "Marge vs. the Monorail," a woman begs Krusty to look at her son. He has the same white facial skin as Krusty[[/note]]). One ''TreehouseOfHorror'' episode had him show his audience what he would look like in HD. It wasn't pretty.
* MoodSwinger: He goes from cheerful and goofy to sassy and cynical at the drop of a hat.
* MultipleDemographicAppeal: An InUniverse example. ''The Krusty The Klown Show'' is enjoyed by children, but many adults like Homer also enjoy it.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: "When I'm off the clock, kids can go jump in a lake for all I care."
* NonIronicClown: Krusty is a cynical parody of this (more specifically, Bozo), yet despite his being greedy and disinterested, his merchandise being low-quality and dangerous and his show's shrinking budget, he manages to bring joy to children and we occasionally see hints that even after everything, he still loves comedy. Even if he is a hack. In a flashback to his childhood, he admitted to his rabbi father that he wanted to be a clown because "I want to make people laugh!"
* NoProductSafetyStandards: Every product he endorses. When Bart wins a legal settlement after swallowing a jagged metal Krusty-O, it's replaced with ''flesh eating bacteria''.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He looks about the same age as Homer (who is in his late thirties) but in many episodes he talks about being show business for ''decades'' (fifty years according to a 26th season episode.)
* OldTimeyBathingSuit: He wears one in the episode "Insane Clown Poppy." Apparently for a jaded and washed up celebrity who likes to indulge in vices, he draws the line at showing off his midsection.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He will shill almost anything as long as it means a steady income. This includes his show being sponsored by the very drug he has been battling an addiction to.
* OverlyLongName: Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky.
* PetTheDog: When in a good mood.
* PlagiarismInFiction: Krusty regularly plagiarizes material from other comedians.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Krusty's made millions of dollars during his career. Unfortunately, he's also found all kinds of ways to waste it: Lighting his cigarettes with everything from hundred-dollar bills to strings of pearls to copies of ''[[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Action Comics #1]]''; Eating omelets made from rare condor eggs; sending roses to [[Creator/BeaArthur Bea Arthur's]] grave even when she was still alive; buying a ruby-studded clown nose; hiring [[Creator/KennyG Kenny G]] to play for him in his elevator; buying a new house when his old one is dirty; buying pornographic magazines (which Apu says kept him in business during his first year); settling lawsuits other comedians launch when he steals their material; and gambling on everything from horse races to sporting events to operas.
* SadClown: Krusty suffers from depression and can be quite self-loathing, which he self-medicates with alcohol. It's even discussed in one episode.
-->'''Homer:''' Let's tell Krusty! That guy's hilarious!
-->'''Marge:''' I keep telling you: off-camera he's a desperately unhappy man.
* SpinoffBabies: An unusual InUniverse variant. Some clips of ''The Krusty The Klown Show'' depict it almost as a version of ''TheTonightShow'' for children.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: Tends to replace the "C"s in his shows' names with "K"s, to match his stage name. It bites him in the ass when he starts the "Krusty Komedy Klassic", and realizes too late just ''[[UnfortunateImplications what]]'' the show's acronym spells. To make matters worse [[EpicFail he was live at the]] ''[[EpicFail Apollo Theatre in Harlem]]'' [[EpicFail at the time.]]
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: In "Day of the Jackanapes", his second attempt to break out into TV was in ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''. However, it backfired when the door sequence had his door unable to open, leaving him to exclaim, "The farkakt doors are stuck!"
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[[folder: Melvin Van Horne (Sideshow Mel)]]
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[[caption-width-right:152: I shall make this into my SCREENSAVER!]]
-->Debut: ''"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"''
Krusty's sidekick on his TV show, a replacement for Sideshow Bob (who was arrested after attempting to framed Krusty the Clown by Arm robbing at the Kwik-E-Mart), Melvin Van Horne plays the part of an inarticulate caveman on stage, but is actually a very refined, dignified intellectual in his private life. Voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta.
* BeehiveHairdo: Less extreme than Marge Simpson's, but bright green with a bone through the middle. Apparently his natural hairstyle.
* BrokenAce: Despite having achieved success as an entertainer, he feels like a jaded sellout, and urges Lisa not to go down his path.
* ButtMonkey: He gets his moments, mainly with Krusty and the Krusty show. He doesn't learn to give up and stop looking for the good things in life, though.
* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Like Sideshow Bob before him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever he's playing StraightMan to Krusty.
* GoodCounterpart: He shares some similarities to Sideshow Bob, but he's much more pleasant.
* GreekChorus: He frequently serves as the spokesperson for the opinion of a crowd of people.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Went to Cornell.
* LargeHam: When not in character on the Krusty show, Mel speaks in a grandiose English/Shakespearean accent and owns many poodles.
--> '''Sideshow Mel:''' I'll see to it that Mr. Burns suffers the ''infernal machinations'' of ''Hell's grim tyrant!''
* NiceGuy: At least until you give him a sandwich with cheese in it, triggering his lactose intolerance.
* ReplacementScrappy: He's apparently one of these in-universe, as revealed in "Black Widower" when Krusty reunites with Sideshow Bob during a telethon:
--> '''Krusty:''' That jerk I got to replace you, he isn't fit to hold your slide whistle.
--> '''Sideshow Mel:''' [''watching at home, visibly hurt''] All I can be is myself.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
* StockFemurBone: Mel perpetually wears a bone in his hair which may or may not be permanently affixed.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He was hired to replace Sideshow Bob [[spoiler: After he got arrested from framing Krusty by arm robbing the Kwik-E-Mart]].
* TrrrillingRrrs: Frrrequently.
* TheVoiceless: When he first showed up in Season 2, he only communicated with his slide whistle. He starts speaking in Season 3, with his first voice-over being triumphantly singing in "Radio Bart".
* WalkingShirtlessScene: And pants-less too!
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[[folder: Rainier Wolfcastle]]
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-->Debut: ''"The Way We Was"''
A German who moved to Springfield and became an action movie star, Rainier Wolfcastle is legendary for the over-the-top nature of his movies and his bad acting. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* TheAhnold: Of the man the trope is named after no less. He is one of the best known examples and currently the image on the trope page.
* BadBadActing and CannotTellAJoke: One of the [=McBain=] movies was a stand-up movie where he tells lame jokes and attacks hecklers with a machine gun and a grenade.
* BondOneLiner: Is fond of these both in his movies and in person.
* CatchPhrase: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Mendoooozaa!!]]
* CommieNazis: TropeNamer.
* DullSurprise: In universe example. Outside of anger, he barely shows any emotion. When his partner's dying in the [=McBain=] movie, he responds to him asking his name in the most bored tone possible.
* DumbMuscle: Upon being told his shoes were untied, he bent down to look. It took him hours of staring at his feet to realise he was wearing ''loafers''.
* MoreDakka: How [=McBain=] solves all his problems. And possibly Wolfcastle as well, given his reaction to a man insulting him is to threaten him with an assault rifle.
* PetTheDog: In "King of the Hill", Rainier Wolfcastle becomes Homer's personal fitness coach seemingly out of kindness. Two months later, Homer is a lot more physically fit than he was before.
* ShowWithinAShow: Type II. A [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/216daf534a/mcbain-the-full-movie hilariously well-hidden example]] that spoofs hardboiled CowboyCop and '80s action flicks.
* WeightWoe: In one episode he claimed he was gaining weight for a movie about a fat secret agent, but in a later episode he's at the same fat camp as Bart was in ''The Heartbroke Kid''.
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[[folder: Troy [=McClure=]]]
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[[caption-width-right:160: You might remember me from such character pages as this one!]]
-->Debut: ''"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"''
-->Final Episode: ''"Bart the Mother"''
An aging actor who starred in an incredibly wide variety of B-movies, short-lived TV shows, and other projects (like telethons, funerals, medical education films, infomercials, self-help videos, TV retrospectives, Broadway shows, and automated welcome messages for museums, airports, and Nordstrom department store), who frequently reminds people of the works he's been in and clings to his stardom. Voiced by Creator/PhilHartman.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "A Fish Called Selma", which explores his tarnished career, and features his attempts at a comeback by dating Selma.
* TheAlcoholic: A severe one, according to "Bart's Inner Child". He used to be a fifty-a-day man.
-->'''Troy''': "Sweet liquor eases the pain."
* BestialityIsDepraved: His career was killed after rumors spread that he does "weird things" to fish, including an indecent act he did at the local aquarium. His fish fetish is so bad, he brings a new, disgusting meaning to the phrase, "sleeping with the fishes."
* BlindWithoutEm: Pretty much blind without his glasses, but he refuses to wear them.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: All of Hartman's characters were retired after his death, as production thought it would be in poor taste to simply replace him (the fact that his children would be watching was often cited). On very rare occasions, they will turn up in the background, though.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He was willing to use Selma, a lonely spinster to return to stardom, but decides he can't have a kid just for fame, and humbly accepts Selma's goodbye.
* HeReallyCanAct: An InUniverse example. Troy's career problems are implied to stem from his addictions, his poor choice of acting roles, and (of course) the fish thing. On the rare occasions when he gets a genuinely good role, such as playing the lead in ''Planet Of The Apes: The Musical'', he hits it out of the park.
* TheLongList: Has been in a lot of films, TV shows, infomercials, tele-phons, public service announcements, and stage productions throughout his career.
* MadLibsCatchPhrase: "Hi, I'm Troy [=McClure=]! You may remember me from such ''[genre he's currently appearing in]''s as ''[title X]'' and ''[title Y]''." A few episodes play with this:
** In "Das Bus", he only appears in-character on a TV movie based on [[Literature/TheBible the story of Noah's Ark]]. When Marge tells the family to get to bed, Lisa had this line:
--->'''Lisa:''' You let us stay up to watch Troy [=McClure=] in such other bible epics as ''David vs. Super-Goliath'' and ''Suddenly Last Supper''.
** In "Treehouse of Horror IX", he was supposed to host a special on executions. When he was replaced with guest star Ed [=McMahon=] after Hartman died, we get this greeting:
--->'''[=McMahon=]:''' Hi, I'm Ed [=McMahon=]! Tonight on {{Fox}}, from the producers of ''When Skirts Fall Off'' and ''Secrets of National Security Revealed'', it's ''World's Deadliest Executions''!
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: As an actor, a number of his appearances are simply different projects he's done.
* PetTheDog: While his first date with Selma was just a bribe to get her to pass his eye exam at the DMV, when she is reprimanded for smoking in a restaurant, he lights up a cigar so he won't feel embarrassed.
* WhiteDwarfStarlet: His best years in cinema are long behind him, to the extent that his agent didn't contact him for twelve years.
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[[folder: Drederick Tatum]]
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[[caption-width-right:240: I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.]]
-->Debut: ''"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"''
A Mike Tyson-esque boxer, complete with a Don King-esque promoter named Lucius Sweet. Was from Springfield, and hated it. He stated in an interview that, "If you ever see me back in Springfield, you know I fucked up bad."[[note]]"fucked" was bleeped out[[/note]] Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* ArtEvolution: In Tatum's first few appearances he looked a lot different than he does now. (E.g. he had no beard, a more snout-ish nose (like Chief Wiggum) and his hair was more flat.)
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Do NOT make him angry. Apparently the reason he was incarcerated was because he pushed his own mother down the stairs. We don't know why he did it, though when asked if he regretted doing so he confirmed that if he could do it all over again, "[He] would certainly reconsider it." Then he said he will make orphans of Homer's children.
* GeniusBruiser: Despite his career as a professional boxer, he's shown to be rather intelligent and supportive of science.
* GentleGiant: He's very calm and level-headed in person.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is a direct parody of Mike Tyson, right down to his violent criminal record, high-pitched, lisping voice and his mansion full of exotic animals.
** As mentioned above, he even has a Don King-esque promoter named Lucius Sweet (who was also Moe's promoter back when Moe was into boxing). Sweet was voiced by Paul Winfield, who played the real Don King in a 1995 Tyson biopic.
* ScaryBlackMan: The guy's main selling point.
* TookALevelInKindness: Easily provoked but he doesn't have the same maliciousness that he had in his first episode.
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[[folder: Roger Meyers, Jr.]]
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-->Debut: ''"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"''
Owner of Itchy and Scratchy Studios, the makers of ''The Itchy and Scratchy Show'' son of its founder Roger Meyers Sr. Voiced by Alex Rocco.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: His last name is Meyers and works in entertainment. It becomes weird since his father produced a controversial cartoon called ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice Nazi Superman are Our Superiors]]''.
* BadBoss: He treats his employees almost as badly as he treats concerned parents.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He produces extremely violent cartoons, without regard for their psychological effect on children.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He makes no speaking appearances after Season 8.
* {{Jerkass}}: Oh yes. The man's default mode appears to be contempt. When Marge wrote a concerned letter,he responded with a nasty letter, and then retaliates with a cartoon making fun of her.
* PetTheDog: Subverted. He celebrates Christmas by rescuing animals from the pound, then forcing poor families to take care of them.
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[[folder: Chespirito (Bumblebee Man)]]
-->Debut: ''"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"''
A Latino entertainer for Channel Ocho. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* ButtMonkey / TheChewToy: Whether in his show or in life, the poor guy keeps suffering from AmusingInjuries.
* CaptainErsatz : Of ''Series/ElChapulinColorado''.
* CatchPhrase: "Ay ay ay!"
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: "Bart Gets Famous" reveals that he actually speaks perfect English with an English accent, and that the whole Spanish part of his character is just an act.
-->'''Bumblebee Man:''' Ay ay ay! No me gusta!...''(In his normal voice)'' Ugh, I'm sorry, I'm just not comfortable with this Ethan. ''(Removes prop lobster from his butt)''
-->'''Ethan:''' What's the matter, love?
-->'''Bumblebee Man:''' It's just the same old tired gags, isn't it? I mean, let's give the audience some credit!
-->'''Ethan:''' How about a giant mousetrap?
-->'''Bumblebee Man:''' I love it! ''(A giant mousetrap prop is clamped to his butt)''
-->'''Ethan:''' Action!
-->'''Bumblebee Man:''' ''(Back to his Spanish voice)'' Ay ay ay! No me gusta!
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[[folder: Captain Lance Murdock]]
-->Debut: ''"Bart the Daredevil"''
A daredevil performer who does death-defying stunts. Voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta.
* CaptainErsatz: Of Evel Knievel.
* MadeOfIron: He's broken every bone in his body throughout his career.
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[[folder: Bill and Marty]]
The [=DJ=] duo for Springfield's KBBL station. Voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta and Creator/HarryShearer.
* DumbassDJ: Marty especially. He keeps playing "The Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett on days like Valentine's Day and Bill refers to him as dead weight when he makes an awful pun.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They're never seen apart from one another.
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[[folder: Booberella]]
-->Debut: ''"I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can"''
An ample-chested vampire-looking woman and a local TV personality in Springfield. Voiced by Creator/TressMacNeille.
* AbsoluteCleavage: She dresses in low-cut vampire-style outfits that show lots of cleavage.
* BigBreastPride: She constantly tries to make sure her tv audience is staring at her breasts.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
* GagBoobs: Her large breasts and her constant references to them are always played for laughs.
* {{Ladyella}}: Booberella's name is likely a play on words of Vampirella and Barbarella, or boobs and Vampirella.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She is based on ''Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark''.
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