| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[folder:Season 1]] |
| 4 | !!Ms. Melon |
| 5 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarciaWallace |
| 6 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E2BartTheGenius Bart the Genius]]" |
| 7 | |
| 8 | She is the fourth grade teacher at the "Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children" that Bart briefly attended after cheating on an intelligence test. |
| 9 | ---- |
| 10 | * {{Foil}}: She is calm and nurturing to her students and encourages independence and creativity in a pedagogically progressive environment, which heavily contrasts Mrs. Krabappel. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | !!Howard |
| 13 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SusanBlu |
| 14 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E6MoaningLisa Moaning Lisa]]" |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Howard is the cool kid at Noiseland Video Arcade who teaches Homer how to beat Bart at video-game boxing. |
| 17 | ---- |
| 18 | * CoolShades: He wears sunglasses. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | !!Howard's Mother |
| 21 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PamelaHayden |
| 22 | ->'''Debut:''' "Moaning Lisa" |
| 23 | |
| 24 | * AlmightyMom: Even Homer is scolded by her for playing video games with little children. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | !!Jacques |
| 27 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlbertBrooks |
| 28 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E9LifeOnTheFastLane Life on the Fast Lane]]" |
| 29 | |
| 30 | Jacques is a bowling instructor who pursued an affair with Marge Simpson. |
| 31 | ---- |
| 32 | * TheBusCameBack: After making cameos, he once again has a major role in Season 34's "Pin Gal". |
| 33 | * TheCasanova: Jacques is somewhat of a Casanova and mainly seems to try to seduce his clients instead of actually teaching them anything. |
| 34 | * EverythingsSexierInFrench: Has a French accent and is a Casanova. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | !!Ugolin and César |
| 37 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ugolin_and_csar.png]] |
| 38 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanCastellaneta and Creator/HarryShearer. Creator/HankAzaria plays both in "To Courier with Love". |
| 39 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E11TheCrepesOfWrath The Crepes of Wrath]]" |
| 40 | |
| 41 | Ugolin and Ceaser are two French wine makers who force Bart to be their slave using the foreign exchange student program. |
| 42 | ---- |
| 43 | * BadBoss: They treat Bart like a slave by forcing him to do most of the work while they sit around and yell at him. |
| 44 | * TheBusCameBack: Aside from a few cameos, they reappear as antagonists in the Season 27 episode "To Courier With Love" and in a comic book story "Bart de Triomphe". |
| 45 | * FatAndSkinny: [[FatBastard César]] and [[LeanAndMean Ugolin]] respectively. |
| 46 | * FrenchJerk: Two hostile French wine makers, later leather makers. |
| 47 | * HateSink: They have no likable qualities and only exist to make the viewers root for Bart. |
| 48 | * {{Jerkass}}: They are very mean men and they give Bart very little food, force him to sleep on the ground, and make him taste the antifreeze-laced wine. |
| 49 | * KnightOfCerebus: Downplayed. Though they're still comedic {{Jerkass}}es, they're the first villains in the series whose actions are played seriously. They treat Bart like a slave and could have killed him by giving him antifreeze-laced wine. Their reappearances usually amp up their goofiness, though make their motives even crueler, like trying to ''murder'' Bart or other Simpson family members. |
| 50 | * LighterAndSofter: They reappeared in the comics, but while still trying to kill Bart their actions are portrayed less seriously, such as escaping prison by over-peppering a soup. |
| 51 | * MoralMyopia: They view Bart as simply an UngratefulBastard despite the cruel labour they force upon him, and after being arrested, they blame it all on taking up a student exchange program. A return appearance in the comics (where they try to ''kill'' Bart as payback) makes evident they still think they treated Bart fairly and he betrayed them unprovoked. |
| 52 | * PetTheDog: They genuinely care about their work donkey, Maurice. This just makes them come off as even worse, though, since they treat Bart worse than a donkey and force him to take on some of Maurice's workload. |
| 53 | * RevengeMyopia: They return in the comics in a VillainTeamUp with Sideshow Bob against Bart for getting them arrested in their animated appearance. Bart even makes a lengthy expositional lampshade about all the crap they did to him ''first'', to which they retort he was an UngratefulBastard over it. |
| 54 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: They return as antagonists in "To Courier With Love", though this time for Homer and Lisa, who are protecting a snake they want to use for leather. |
| 55 | * WouldHurtAChild: They treat Bart like a horse and risk his well being by testing antifreeze laced wine on him during their duration in the foreign exchange program. In a follow up appearance in the comics, they return from prison to try and help Sideshow Bob ''kill'' him. |
| 56 | |
| 57 | !!Adil Hoxha |
| 58 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille |
| 59 | ->'''Debut:''' "The Crepes of Wrath" |
| 60 | |
| 61 | Adil Hoxha was a foreign exchange student from Albania. He stayed with the Simpson family while Bart was in France. |
| 62 | ---- |
| 63 | * AffablyEvil: He's very polite to everyone and seems to genuinely like his foster family, even though he's a spy stealing nuclear secrets for Albania. |
| 64 | * FamousNamedForeigner: Named after then-Prime Minister Adil Carcani and former dictator Enver Hoxha. |
| 65 | * KarmaHoudini: He gets off scot-free for his crimes of espionage because The CIA and Albanian Intelligence do prisoner exchanges |
| 66 | * TheMole: He was discovered to be a Communist spy. |
| 67 | |
| 68 | !!Lucille Botzcowski |
| 69 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PennyMarshall |
| 70 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E13SomeEnchantedEvening Some Enchanted Evening]]" |
| 71 | |
| 72 | Lucille Botzcowski, aka. Ms Botz, was once the babysitter of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. |
| 73 | ---- |
| 74 | * BabysitterFromHell: Her true identity is a criminal who tried to rob the place after posing as babysitter. Bart, Lisa and Maggie manage to defeat her and flee to a pay phone, though Homer unwittingly helps her escape while they are gone. |
| 75 | * CoolAndUnusualPunishment: She ties Bart and Lisa up and forces them to watch "The Happy Little Elves" (even if Lisa, a fan, decides to make the best of it). When they escape, [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine they return the favour.]] |
| 76 | -->'''Ms Botz:''' ''(traumatized)'' Please turn off the TV... |
| 77 | %%* {{Jerkass}} |
| 78 | * KarmaHoudini: Homer unwittingly lets her get away, thinking she'd been beleaguered by Bart and Lisa. |
| 79 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In Season 8's "Hurricane Neddy", she's shown among the inmates at the Calmwood Mental Hospital, which would suggest that she'd been arrested at some point between the two episodes. |
| 80 | * KnightOfCerebus: When she appears, things drift a lot further into BlackComedy territory. |
| 81 | %%* WouldHurtAChild |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[folder:Season 2]] |
| 85 | !!Karl |
| 86 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarveyFierstein |
| 87 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E2SimpsonAndDelilah Simpson and Delilah]]" |
| 88 | |
| 89 | Karl is a former diehard assistant of Homer. |
| 90 | ---- |
| 91 | * {{Foil}}: To Smithers. Both are personal assistants to executives at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant (Karl for Homer, Smithers for Burns). But while Smithers grovels to Mr. Burns and enables his worst interests, Karl empowers Homer and helps him grow into being a better man. |
| 92 | * HeroicSacrifice: When Homer is exposed for using the company's health plan to buy the Dimoxinil for his hair, Karl takes the fall to avoid Homer getting fired. |
| 93 | %%* HypercompetentSidekick: To Homer. |
| 94 | * IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He takes the fall when Homer is exposed for insurance fraud because he loves Homer enough to take a bullet. |
| 95 | * SharpDressedMan: Karl is always seen dressed very well in suits of assorted colors and the occasional turtleneck and scarf. |
| 96 | * StraightGay: Although it is never directly said, it is been suggested that Karl is homosexual. There are many indications as he kisses Homer during his pep talk and explains, "My mother taught me never to kiss a fool" before slapping Homer's buttocks. |
| 97 | * TakingTheHeat: He willingly took the fall when Homer was about to be fired for insurance fraud. |
| 98 | * UndyingLoyalty: He goes to nearly any length to ensure that Homer's career is successful. |
| 99 | |
| 100 | !!Master Sushi Chef |
| 101 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SabShimono |
| 102 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E11OneFishTwoFishBlowfishBlueFish One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]" |
| 103 | |
| 104 | A Japanese chef who works at The Happy Sumo. |
| 105 | ---- |
| 106 | * AsianCleaverFever: He's shown swinging a knife around, tossing fish up in the air, and slicing through it several times while it hangs in midair. By contrast, the assistant sushi chef does no such thing while preparing Homer's fugu — he's too nervous and overwhelmed to make any such motions. |
| 107 | |
| 108 | !!Emily Winthrop |
| 109 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TraceyUllman |
| 110 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E16BartsDogGetsAnF Bart's Dog Gets an F]]" |
| 111 | |
| 112 | A dog trainer brought in by the family to make Santa's Little Helper behave after he destroys several objects, most notably Marge's heirloom quilt. Her methods are harsh, belittling and seemingly ineffective on Santa's Little Helper. |
| 113 | ---- |
| 114 | * DeadpanSnarker: Often when Bart hasn't persuaded Santa's Little Helper to succeed. |
| 115 | * DefrostingIceQueen: For most of the episode she's in, she's rude and unhelpful. But when Bart gets SLH to pass, she warmly comments "good show". |
| 116 | * FairWeatherMentor: Of a sort. She is full of praise for those dogs and owners who do well, but will belittle and be mean to those that fail. |
| 117 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She's a parody of UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher in her mannerisms. She was actually based on British dog trainer and author Barbara Woodhouse. |
| 118 | |
| 119 | !!Beatrice "Bea" Simmons |
| 120 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Audrey Meadows |
| 121 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E17OldMoney Old Money]]" |
| 122 | |
| 123 | Grandpa Simpson's short-lived girlfriend. |
| 124 | ---- |
| 125 | * DeathByDespair: Jasper and the others try to reassure Grandpa that her death was natural (she died when a ventricle in her heart burst and staff were unable to save her), but Grampa is convinced -- and makes sure Homer knows it -- that Bea died of "a broken heart" (because he wasn't there to celebrate her birthday). |
| 126 | * DecemberDecemberRomance: She's an elderly lady that dates Grandpa. |
| 127 | * DiedOnTheirBirthday: She tragically dies on her birthday after Grandpa Simpson had promised he would spend her special with her but was dragged into a discount lion safari by Homer and his family. When Grandpa returns to the Retirement Castle later that night, he finds out that Bea died and feels personally responsible. |
| 128 | * DistaffCounterpart: She shares several similarities to Grandpa. Her first name, Bea is an anagram for Abe and her last name, Simmons is similar to Grandpa's last name. |
| 129 | * TheLostLenore: To Grandpa Simpson. |
| 130 | * NiceGirl: Very much so. Her ghost tells Abe that he should forgive Homer. |
| 131 | * NotSoImaginaryFriend: Homer thought she was imagined by Grandpa because of his loneliness in the retirement home. |
| 132 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: She dies not long after we first see her. It's quite sad. |
| 133 | |
| 134 | !!Professor Lombardo |
| 135 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JonLovitz |
| 136 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness Brush with Greatness]]" |
| 137 | |
| 138 | An art teacher at Springfield Community College. |
| 139 | ---- |
| 140 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: An eccentric artist that nurtures Marge's talent. |
| 141 | * ComplimentBackfire: While he tosses compliments like candy to his students and even the custodian, Lombardo himself doesn't take compliments well as he gets annoyed at Marge when she compliments him, saying how every teacher should be like him. |
| 142 | * CoolTeacher: He's very supporting and encouraging. He warmly praises all his students' work, and even praises the college custodian's work painting banisters and posters. He's also disgusted when he hears how Marge's high school art teacher [[{{Jerkass}} Mr. Schindler]] insulted her work, considering the man a fool. His "Lombardo Method" for learning painting technique also helps Marge when she's practicing painting a portrait of Homer. |
| 143 | |
| 144 | !!Mr. Bergstrom |
| 145 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DustinHoffman (credited as Sam Etic) |
| 146 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E19LisasSubstitute Lisa's Substitute]]" |
| 147 | |
| 148 | A substitute teacher who briefly takes over Miss Hoover's class when she comes to believe she has Lyme Disease. Enthusiastic, kind, and devoted to his students, Lisa soon begins to develop a PrecociousCrush on him. He encounters Lisa and Homer once outside of the classroom, and sensing that something is lacking in their relationship and that Lisa is looking for that from him, he tries to inspire Homer to be a better role model for Lisa. |
| 149 | ---- |
| 150 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: He encourages students to make fun of his name and is amused by a picture of him captioned with "the singing dork". |
| 151 | * ButNowIMustGo: Accepts a job at another town and leaves Springfield. |
| 152 | * TheCameo: A few episodes have made references to him or he's shown up just briefly, including once when he stops by the Simpson house and Lisa doesn't realize he's there. |
| 153 | * CoolTeacher: He is an intelligent, sophisticated, dedicated, loving, excellent teacher who really does care about the students. He becomes a giant inspiration for Lisa. |
| 154 | * DynamicEntry: He shows up in cowboy attire and fires off fake gunshots into the air, scaring the wits out of Vietnam veteran Skinner. These days, doing something like that wouldn't be tolerated, even if the guns were fake. |
| 155 | * FriendToAllChildren: One of the reasons he's so beloved. |
| 156 | * MasterOfNone: Tells Lisa that in reality he and other substitute teachers are this knowledge wise, they know just enough about a whole bunch of subjects to teach it for a day or two. |
| 157 | * NiceGuy: Easily one of the best people to ever have been in Springfield. |
| 158 | * RealMenWearPink: He openly cries at the end of ''Literature/CharlottesWeb''. |
| 159 | |
| 160 | !!Artie Ziff |
| 161 | [[quoteright:159:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/artie_ziff.png]] |
| 162 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JonLovitz (Creator/DanCastellaneta in "The Front")\ |
| 163 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E12TheWayWeWas The Way We Was]]" |
| 164 | |
| 165 | Marge's second LoveInterest whom she found disgusting for his NoSenseOfPersonalSpace advances on her. Ever since their break up, Artie managed to hit it big in life but still holds a fervent torch for Marge after all these years. |
| 166 | ---- |
| 167 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: To Marge, who found him disgusting. He doesn’t help his case by trying to forcing himself into her during their prom date. |
| 168 | * AscendedExtra: He appears for the first time in "The Way We Was" as a minor character of the Homer and Marge flashback. Later, he becomes the main focus in "Half-Decent Proposal", "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" and "Hail to the Teeth". |
| 169 | * BolivianArmyEnding: During the end of "The Ziff Who Came To Dinner", while upon being incarcerated, he begins spraying the cigarettes of all the fellow inmates. As an angry mob grows around him, [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Marge sadly tells the family to take one last look at Artie]]. This would be his last appearance (barring flashback and non-canon appearances) until he [[TheBusCameBack returned]] in "Hail to the Teeth". |
| 170 | * BrokenAce: He's a charismatic, tech-savvy, self-made billionaire, yet has spent years pining after a woman who rejected him after a single date. |
| 171 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: Of a corporation that is based on Enron. |
| 172 | * {{Foil}}: To Homer. Being a genius, he got rich, powerful and earned respect, but he lives alone and the collection of Marge-resembling art around his mansion shows that he never got over Marge rejecting him. Unlike Homer, Artie only likes Marge for her aesthetic appeal and doesn't respect her opinions. |
| 173 | * HiddenDepths: "Hail to the Teeth" shows him to be an expert in robotics, as he builds a line of robotic versions of Marge. |
| 174 | * IRejectYourReality: No matter how times Marge makes it clear that she's not interested, he just keeps on trying to woo her. In "Hail to the Teeth", he puts together a fake wedding (with a robotic duplicate of Marge as the bride), fully believing that seeing him about to marry another woman will make Marge "realise" she loves him. |
| 175 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He has a big narcissistic love of himself. |
| 176 | * {{Jerkass}}: |
| 177 | ** An arrogant, self-absorbed, and greedy jerkass who was first depicted as a popular and charismatic high school upperclassman that turned into an animal of a horndog trying to get it on with Marge post-prom. |
| 178 | ** He offers Marge and Homer a million dollars to have Marge stay with him for the weekend, saying that he won't try anything funny, and then tries to anyway. Then it's implied that he's spying on her through a camera in the mouthpiece that helps with Homer's snoring. His sexism is indicated very early on when he asked Homer if Marge would spend the weekend with Artie, ignoring the fact that it's Marge's decision that truly matters, ''not Homer's''. |
| 179 | --->Homer, I will give you 1 million dollars to let me spend a weekend alone with your wife. |
| 180 | ** When he is in debt and trying to escape from it, he bets his company in a poker game and Homer wins it, which directly ends up passing the debt on him and sentences him to jail. Artie keeps quiet even when Marge protests, though he comes to his senses in the end. |
| 181 | * LonelyAtTheTop: Despite his riches, Artie's life is not complete. He lives alone and the collection of Marge-resembling art around his mansion shows that he never got over Marge rejecting him. |
| 182 | * LoveRedeems: In "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner", after framing Homer, Artie finally turns himself in after spending a night with Selma. |
| 183 | * NerdsAreSexy: He was considered the hottest guy in school and popular among the ladies despite having the look of a stereotypical nerd. |
| 184 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: If he keeps touching Marge for too long, his sensual behavior turns nasty. |
| 185 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He's utterly sexist and sees Marge as just an object of his affections. On prom night, he nearly raped Marge and when he proposed a weekend with Marge, he asked for ''Homer's'' permission and didn't consider Marge's feelings on the matter until she said no and dragged Homer to the helicopter. |
| 186 | * PutOnABusToHell: [[TheBusCameBack And came back for minor cameos.]] Can't say that his stay in prison was essentially a good time, however. |
| 187 | * RichesToRags: In "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner", he reveals that he ran his company, Ziffcorp, into the ground spending investors' money on such extravagant items such as marble toothbrushes and solid gold underpants. He was left penniless when the "dot-com bubble" burst, and secretly moved in the Simpsons attic to avoid capture. |
| 188 | * {{Slimeball}}: He's a perverted, self-entitled and a SmugSnake who feels a constant need to get whatever he wants. |
| 189 | * SmallNameBigEgo: After what happened at the end of their prom date, Artie urged Marge not to tell anyone, claiming that he was so respected that the information would damage the ''entire town''. |
| 190 | * StalkerWithACrush: He hasn't forgotten about Marge after 20 years. And he has [[StalkerShrine a room]] ''[[StalkerShrine covered]]'' [[StalkerShrine in pictures of Marge]]. Creepy. This takes even more further in "Hail to the Teeth" as he resorts to making robots in her likeness in order to fill the void in his life. |
| 191 | * TooDumbToLive: When Artie goes to prison, one of his first acts is to begin extinguishing other prisoners' cigarettes with a squirt bottle (allegedly to save their lungs). He is last seen continuing to squirt other prisoners' cigarettes while an ever-growing angry mob advances on him. What happened to Artie after that isn't known, and Marge provides some harrowing foreshadowing (unless you read the comics). His reappearance in "Hail to the Teeth" confirms that he did survive said events. |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[folder:Season 3]] |
| 195 | |
| 196 | !!Leon Kompowsky |
| 197 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Music/MichaelJackson (credited as John Jay Smith), Kip Lennon (singing), Creator/HankAzaria (normal voice). |
| 198 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E1StarkRavingDad Stark Raving Dad]]" |
| 199 | |
| 200 | Leon is a mental patient who acts like Michael Jackson. |
| 201 | ---- |
| 202 | * TheBusCameBack: |
| 203 | ** Leon makes an appearance in ''Mr. Lisa's Opus'', 26 years after his debut, once again singing a happy birthday song to Lisa. |
| 204 | ** If one counts the Bongo Comics as canon, he also reappeared in 1997's issue 31, playing Fallout Boy to Homer's Radioactive Man (Homer took a blow to the head and believed he was the real Radioactive Man, Leon played along for fun). |
| 205 | * ButNowIMustGo: He leaves town after revealing he's not really Michael Jackson. |
| 206 | * FaceOfAThug: He's a big, intimidating-looking guy that first shows up in a mental institution. He's also one of the kindest souls to ever show up in Springfield. |
| 207 | * NapoleonDelusion: Played with; while he ''claims'' to be Michael Jackson for most of the episode, at the end of it he completely drops the persona and admits the whole thing was an act he did to deal with his anger issues. That he was only ''acting'' like Michael Jackson without truly ''believing'' himself to be so may be why he was allowed to leave the institution so easily. |
| 208 | * NiceGuy: He's a kind-hearted, gentle, friendly, nice, musical, and caring man. He explains in his backstory that he used to be cranky, but after he learned to talk in a nice way, he learned that he could make people happy, so he decided to be a nice person. |
| 209 | * VocalDissonance: A large man with the smooth voice of Music/MichaelJackson. [[spoiler:It turns out it's not his natural voice, but a very good impersonation.]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | !!Bob Arnold |
| 212 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria\ |
| 213 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E2MrLisaGoesToWashington Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington]]" |
| 214 | |
| 215 | The U.S. Congressman representing Springfield. He greets the Simpsons when they tour the Capitol, but later Lisa overhears him accepting a bribe from a lobbyist to secure a permit to chop down Springfield Forest. |
| 216 | ---- |
| 217 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: At first, he seems like a decent guy, as evidenced by Moe and Barney's opinion of him, and even Lisa's. |
| 218 | * BrokenPedestal: Lisa looked up to him, hoping that she could vote for him once she's old enough. |
| 219 | * CorruptPolitician: He takes a bribe to demolish the forest that ''inspired'' Lisa's essay, and is willing to allow oil drilling on Teddy Roosevelt's head. Though that second one was a sting operation to have him arrested. |
| 220 | * Hatesink: Just look at the other tropes describing him |
| 221 | * HeelFaithTurn: According to a newspaper, he becomes a born-again Christian after his conviction. (This is a fairly obvious TakeThat at the many RealLife criminals who claim to find religion in an attempt to win sympathy, and perhaps a reduced sentence.) |
| 222 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Lisa writes a second essay exposing his corruption, which leads to him getting caught in an FBI sting operation, expelled from Congress, and sent to prison. |
| 223 | %%* NoPartyGiven |
| 224 | |
| 225 | !!Aristotle Amadopolis |
| 226 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JonLovitz (Creator/DanCastellaneta in "Homer at the Bat")\ |
| 227 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E5HomerDefined Homer Defined]]" |
| 228 | |
| 229 | The owner of the Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant. |
| 230 | ---- |
| 231 | * TheRival: To Mr. Burns, his business competitor. |
| 232 | |
| 233 | !!Collette |
| 234 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Jo Ann Harris\ |
| 235 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Flaming Moe's]]" |
| 236 | |
| 237 | Colette is a waitress who worked at Flaming Moe's. |
| 238 | ---- |
| 239 | * {{Expy}}: Of Diane Chambers from ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. |
| 240 | * MoralityPet: To Moe. She discovers that Moe stole the recipe from Homer, and convinces him to sell the "Flaming Moe" for $1,000,000 and give half of the money to Homer. |
| 241 | |
| 242 | !!Lurleen Lumpkin |
| 243 | [[quoteright:198:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lurleen_lumpkin.png]] |
| 244 | |
| 245 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BeverlyDAngelo (Doris Grau in "Marge vs. The Monorail")\ |
| 246 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E20ColonelHomer Colonel Homer]]" |
| 247 | |
| 248 | Lurleen Lumpkin is an attractive, aspiring country western singer. Homer used to be her manager once. |
| 249 | ---- |
| 250 | * AlliterativeName: '''L'''urleen '''L'''umpkin. |
| 251 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Lurleen falls in love with Homer because he is the first man in her life who treats her with respect and genuinely cares for her. |
| 252 | * TheBusCameBack: Lurleen Lumpkin returns in "Papa Don't Leech" and stays with the Simpsons (despite the fact Marge still really hates her after "Colonel Homer") so she can revive her dead career and search for her long-lost father. |
| 253 | * CountryMusic: Lurleen Lumpkin is a country musician. |
| 254 | * HopelessSuitor: She quickly starts falling for Homer and it comes out in her song lyrics, but Homer remains oblivious. Then she makes an open attempt to seduce him with a seductive song called "Bunk with Me Tonight". Homer realizes that managing Lurleen could hurt his marriage, so he abruptly quits as her manager in the middle of a TV appearance and goes home. |
| 255 | * ParentalAbandonment: Her father Royce abandoned her when she was four years old. Marge realizes that because of this, Lurleen had given up faith in all men and decides to get the two Lumpkins back on a proper parent-child relationship. |
| 256 | * SerialSpouse: When Lurleen returns, we find that she has been married 5 or 6 times, all to [[ReplacementGoldfish men that look and act]] just [[HasAType like Homer]]. At the end of the episode, she falls for yet another man who resembles Homer. |
| 257 | * UnknownRival: Marge hates Lurleen to near-{{Yandere}} levels and wants her out of the family's lives out of fear she'll take Homer away from them. Lurleen mostly ignores her. Subverted in "Papa Don't Leech" where she is aware, mostly because Marge is really clear about this point: |
| 258 | -->"If you ever come near Homer again, I'll strangle you with your own hair extensions. That's right, I know." |
| 259 | |
| 260 | !!Samantha Stanky |
| 261 | [[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/simpsonssamanthastanky.jpg]] |
| 262 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kimmy Robertson\ |
| 263 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E23BartsFriendFallsInLove Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]" |
| 264 | |
| 265 | Samantha Stankey is a new student at Springfield Elementary School and love interest for Milhouse. |
| 266 | ---- |
| 267 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''amantha '''S'''tanky. |
| 268 | * DistinctiveAppearances: It's easy to single out her character design since she's one of the only ''Simpsons'' characters that has dental braces. |
| 269 | * LoveInterest: To Milhouse. |
| 270 | * NiceGirl: She forgives Bart for telling her father about the romance with Milhouse. |
| 271 | * PutOnABus: Her father sends her to an all-girl convent school, where she is locked away from the outside world, and she hasn't been seen or referenced since. |
| 272 | * ReusedCharacterDesign: Even though Samantha was put in an all-girls school and never mentioned again after her final kiss with Milhouse, there have been a number of girls that closely resemble her who have made brief cameos throughout the series (one of which attends Springfield Elementary). |
| 273 | * SickeninglySweethearts: She and Milhouse spend a great deal of time together kissing, making Bart feel left out in the process. |
| 274 | |
| 275 | !!Mr. Stanky |
| 276 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarryShearer\ |
| 277 | '''Debut:''' "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" |
| 278 | |
| 279 | Samantha Stankey's strict and overprotective father. |
| 280 | ---- |
| 281 | * BoyfriendBlockingDad: His response to Samantha being in a relationship with one of her classmates? Put her in a school for naughty girls, equalling her not being to meet with Milhouse again. |
| 282 | * PapaWolf: Takes it a bit too far. |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | [[folder:Season 4]] |
| 286 | !!Mr. Black |
| 287 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarryShearer\ |
| 288 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E1KampKrusty Kamp Krusty]]" |
| 289 | |
| 290 | The camp director of Kamp Krusty. |
| 291 | ---- |
| 292 | * BadBoss: Mr. Black does very little work, instead relying on the services of the school bullies Jimbo Jones, Dolph and, Kearney, who run the "Kamp Krusty" with an iron fist, to "crush their spirits". |
| 293 | * CardCarryingVillain: He gives a toast saying "Gentlemen, to evil!" |
| 294 | %%* CorruptCorporateExecutive |
| 295 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He never raises his voice and always acts in a professional, if boring, dour and soulless, way. He's still a CardCarryingVillain who revels in his evil. |
| 296 | * KarmaHoudini: Aside from the camp being overthrown, he and his cronies appear to face no real repercussions for their actions (although aside from a few appearances in the comics, Mr. Black never appears again in the series). |
| 297 | * MeaningfulName: He has black hair, a black suit and a black heart. |
| 298 | * VillainousWidowsPeak: A modest widow's peak to go with his understated but clearly evil character. |
| 299 | |
| 300 | !!Llewellyn Sinclair |
| 301 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JonLovitz\ |
| 302 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E2AStreetcarNamedMarge A Streetcar Named Marge]]" |
| 303 | |
| 304 | The musical director of ''Oh! Streetcar!'' |
| 305 | ---- |
| 306 | * BadBoss: By his own admission, he's not easy to work for, often driving cast members (including ''children'') to tears. |
| 307 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: He's obnoxious, hammy, and possibly crazy, but the play is a smash hit. |
| 308 | * IncomingHam: His intro is bursting through the door shouting, "HELLO?!" |
| 309 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: With a slight more emphasis on the "Jerk". He belittles everyone about everything, is quite demanding and somewhat of a perfectionist elitist when it comes to his work, and he even fires one of his play's cast-members (Otto) on the night of the performance, but he is passionate about his work, can see talent when it truly presents itself, does his best to draw out the best of his actors, and even if a bit vain, adores the audience, feeling they help make the production as it is as well. It's just that he's not without his flaws, like most of ''The Simpsons'' cast. |
| 310 | * LargeHam: The commentary notes that his bombastic introductory speech is actually the "smallest" take Lovitz did. |
| 311 | * PrimaDonnaDirector: He actually winds up on stage when he takes over Otto's role right before the performance, having realized Otto wasn't good enough. |
| 312 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He carries around a good review he got for directing a ''fourth-grade play''. |
| 313 | -->'''Llewellyn Sinclair:''' Did I expect ''too much'' from fourth graders? The review "play enjoyed by ''all''"... speaks for itself! |
| 314 | |
| 315 | !!Laura Powers |
| 316 | [[quoteright:144:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/laura_powers_tapped_out.JPG]] |
| 317 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaraGilbert\ |
| 318 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E8NewKidOnTheBlock New Kid on the Block]]" |
| 319 | |
| 320 | Ruth Powers' teenage daughter, who Bart develops a crush on. Sadly for him, she already has Jimbo as a boyfriend. However, when Bart makes a prank call and Jimbo runs away crying like a wimp, she dumps him, and decides she might go on a date with Bart when he's older after all. |
| 321 | ---- |
| 322 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: To Jimbo Jones, until she breaks up with him thanks to Bart's crank call. |
| 323 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She hasn't been seen after her first appearance. She ''is'' mentioned in "Marge on the Lam", when Ruth says she has to get home before her daughter watches that "naked talk show" and brought up in a story from Bart in "Another Simpsons Clip Show", but hasn't appeared since. |
| 324 | * CoolBigSis: Acts like this towards Bart and to a lesser extent towards Lisa. |
| 325 | * CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: Gives off a big vibe of this to Bart blended in with his PrecociousCrush. |
| 326 | * DadTheVeteran: The one who probably gave his trench coat to her. Laura was also said to have been strictly disciplined as a child, as he held the once held rank of Corporal and presumably moved on up as seen on the rank on her trench coat. |
| 327 | * DisappearedDad: Mr. Powers, who disappeared and stopped paying child support. Ruth has very unflattering things to say about him. |
| 328 | * DeadpanSnarker: A very dry sense of humour. |
| 329 | * FreudianExcuse: Lightly implied with her love of "bad boys" and "quasi-thugs". Considering her dysfunctional family life, she might have some daddy issues that are vaguely hinted at with Ruth's actions and motives in "Marge on the Lam". |
| 330 | * GenerationXerox: Of Ruth Powers, in that they both have terrible taste in men. |
| 331 | * GirlNextDoor: Though she fits the bill of being next door, she's actually a subversion in that her personality is more in line with Bart's own: mischief making and rebellious. She's also pretty cultured and loves to mess with people psychologically. |
| 332 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Though her rebellious spirit gets her to bond with Bart, it also causes her to fall in with bully Jimbo Jones. |
| 333 | * LoveMakesYouStupid: Dates Jimbo Jones, who's generally a bully and a {{Jerkass}}, though it's justified in that she never knew him in full as she just moved to Springfield. After Bart helps her realize what a loser Jimbo is, she breaks up with him. |
| 334 | * MilitaryBrat: Implied, since she wears an army coat that used to belong to her father. |
| 335 | * {{Omniglot}}: Official materials say that she knows at least eight different languages thanks to her travels around the world, and can even recognize regional dialects of the English language. Her favorite though would have to be "the universal language of the wedgie." |
| 336 | * PrecociousCrush: To Bart. Almost counts as FirstLove, because she's his first official LoveInterest in the series. She even admits she might date Bart if he was closer to her age. |
| 337 | * RealWomenDontWearDresses: She appears this way, and it's implied her mother has influenced her to follow this hyper-feminist way of thought. She actually likes [[UnmanlySecret wearing dresses]], making her a subversion. |
| 338 | * RebelliousSpirit: As stated in her character profile, she dislikes authority. |
| 339 | %% * {{Tomboy}}: Laura has a tomboyish personality. |
| 340 | * UnmanlySecret: For a tomboy like Laura, she admits that deep down, she still has a strong love for wearing dresses. |
| 341 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Of a lighter variety. She still is, but her "painfully strict" childhood upbringing was implied to have given her a sarcastic sense of humor. |
| 342 | |
| 343 | !!Lyle Lanley |
| 344 | [[quoteright:236:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lyle_lanley_sublime99_vbdvyi.jpg]] |
| 345 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PhilHartman\ |
| 346 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail Marge vs. the Monorail]]" |
| 347 | |
| 348 | -->''I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook, and by gum it put them all on the map!'' |
| 349 | |
| 350 | A smarmy salesman (really a ConArtist) who comes to town just after Mr. Burns has been fined for pollution and the money is going over to the town. He shows up at the town hall meeting where the people are talking about how to use the money and convinces the town to build a monorail. He then steals most of the money while building the rail as cheaply as possible and in a substandard manner which is likely to fail. |
| 351 | ---- |
| 352 | * AlliterativeName: '''L'''yle '''L'''anley. |
| 353 | * CaptainErsatz: In costume and motivation, he is very similar to Harold Hill in the musical ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'', not to mention the fact that he talks in song. However, he displays absolutely none of Harold Hill's redeeming qualities. |
| 354 | * ConMan: A con artist and shyster who sold faulty monorails to several towns. |
| 355 | * CuttingCorners: As part of his swindle, he cut corners everywhere on the monorail: it had bad brakes, bad wiring, no fire extinguishers, the vehicle was itself recycled from a World's Fair, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the celebrity guest of one of the previous openings was pretty lousy]]. |
| 356 | * DirtyCoward: Flees as soon as his scheme is completed, though to be fair he'd be stupid to hang around. |
| 357 | * EvilGloating: Non-verbal example. When Marge goes to his office to question him, she finds his paperwork, which has drawings of him celebrating with money he stole from the monorail project, while the town falls victim to the poorly-constructed train. |
| 358 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Kind, flattering, charismatic, and friendly to all he talks to, he's also planning to scam Springfield out of a good deal and get many people killed in order to swindle a profit. |
| 359 | * IdiotBall: He leaves his childishly drawn plans lying around in his office, where anyone could read them, which he even acknowledges is a stupid move, and that's in addition to ''leaving his trailer unlocked''. |
| 360 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: He ''almost'' gets away with defrauding Springfield, but ends up getting beaten up (and possibly killed) by the people of North Haverbrook after his plane makes an unexpected stopover there. |
| 361 | * LaserGuidedKarma: After fleeing Springfield, he lands in another town he's swindled as his flight has to make a brief stop. He's promptly rushed by an angry mob and beaten, possibly to death. |
| 362 | * ManipulativeBastard: He not only charmed the whole town, but even got ''[[ChildProdigy Lisa]]'' on his side. |
| 363 | * MeaningfulName: Lyle Lanley, professional liar. |
| 364 | * OhCrap: When he realizes where his plane has stopped. See LaserGuidedKarma. |
| 365 | -->'''Lanley:''' North Haverbrook, where have I heard that before? ...Oh no. ''OH NO!'' |
| 366 | * UncertainDoom: He's last seen being brutally attacked by an enraged mob, many of whom were carrying weapons, and since he makes no more appearances afterwards even as a cameo (the closest he's had is a brief flashback in a clip episode), it's ''probably'' safe to assume he was killed. [[AssholeVictim Not that he didn't deserve it.]] |
| 367 | |
| 368 | !!Sideshow Raheem |
| 369 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Carrington\ |
| 370 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E15ILoveLisa I Love Lisa]]" |
| 371 | |
| 372 | Krusty the Klown's sidekick before Sideshow Bob, likely from the 1970s era. |
| 373 | ---- |
| 374 | * AllThereInTheManual: Various media like trading cards and books reveal more of his background. His birth name was either [[DependingOnTheWriter Steve Johnson or Russell Mason]] before he changed it to Raheem Banjoko, he attended Juilliard on an "angry poetry" scholarship, quit Krusty's show after one episode, had a successful career doing both live-action performances and animation voice work, and even authored the self-help book ''Don't Get Mad, Get In The Moment: An Actor's Guide To Anger Management." |
| 375 | * AngryBlackManStereotype: He changed his birth name of either Steve Johnson or Russell Mason to the more "Africanized" Raheem Banjoko, dresses in traditional African-style clothing, and went to Juilliard on an "angry poetry" scholarship. Krusty even sympathetically said he was an "angry, angry young man." |
| 376 | * DueToTheDead: Despite only appearing on one episode of Krusty's show, he attended Krusty's funeral. |
| 377 | * GentleGiant: Despite being very large and very angry, he doesn't seem like that bad a guy if you don't cross him. He was nice enough to warn Krusty not to hit him with a mallet, and apparently thought well enough of Krusty to attend his funeral. |
| 378 | * OneShotCharacter: An InUniverse example. Raheem spent exactly one episode as Krusty's sidekick before he decided he wasn't interested in Krusty's slapstick abuse. |
| 379 | * PaletteSwap: He bears a striking resemblance to Disco Stu, except that he's black, has black hair, black glasses, and different clothes. |
| 380 | * ScaryBlackMan: So scary Krusty doesn't dare abuse him with pies to the face and other such pranks like he does to Sideshows Bob and Mel. That said, he apparently got on well enough with Krusty to attend his funeral. |
| 381 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He was Krusty's sidekick for all of one episode before he quit, not wanting to put up with Krusty's slapstick. |
| 382 | [[/folder]] |
| 383 | |
| 384 | [[folder:Season 5]] |
| 385 | !!Nigel |
| 386 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarryShearer |
| 387 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E1HomersBarbershopQuartet Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]" |
| 388 | |
| 389 | The agent who signed the Be Sharps to a record deal and managed them during their 15 minutes of fame. |
| 390 | ---- |
| 391 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's a mix of both Music/TheBeatles' manager Brian Epstein and their producer George Martin. |
| 392 | |
| 393 | !!Brad Goodman |
| 394 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlbertBrooks |
| 395 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E7BartsInnerChild Bart's Inner Child]]" |
| 396 | |
| 397 | A self-help guru. |
| 398 | ---- |
| 399 | * SnakeOilSalesman: As per Lisa, he's just selling a bunch of easy answers. |
| 400 | |
| 401 | !!Mindy Simmons |
| 402 | [[quoteright:248:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mindy_simmons_updated.png]] |
| 403 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichellePfeiffer |
| 404 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E9TheLastTemptationOfHomer The Last Temptation of Homer]]" |
| 405 | |
| 406 | An attractive new employee at the power plant, Homer quickly develops a strong attraction to her, which is compounded by the revelation of their many similarities and the two being sent on a business trip together. |
| 407 | ---- |
| 408 | * AmbiguousSituation: More episodes later, Homer mentions that Mindy became an alcoholic and lost her job at the plant after his time with her, but future episodes "Team Homer" and "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" show Mindy as sober and working at the plant. |
| 409 | * BigEater: She likes junk food just as much as Homer (but somehow remains thin). |
| 410 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With Homer. |
| 411 | * DistaffCounterpart: She's a female Homer, except attractive. She likes cheeseburgers, a quick nap before lunch, foot-long chili dogs, whipped cream straight from the can, raspberry swirl doughnuts with a double glaze, drinking Duff beer, watching TV, and roasted anything. Mindy also has a tendency to drool like Homer when thinking about food and even uses his "Mmm..." catchphrase. |
| 412 | * DrowningMySorrows: A later episode says that she became an alcoholic some time after the episode and was fired from the Plant as a result. |
| 413 | * GracefulLoser: When Homer confesses his feelings for Mindy but also says that he does truly love Marge as well, Mindy urges him to think about what he really wants. When he decides to remain with Marge, Mindy is shown as being okay with this and she and Homer part as JustFriends. |
| 414 | * TheLadette: She's essentially a female version of Homer (except she's slim and attractive). She loves drinking beer, watching TV and eating junk food. She also drives a motorbike. |
| 415 | * MsFanservice: She is rather attractive, which causes Homer to have temptations of infidelity. |
| 416 | * NiceGirl: Mindy is very friendly and sweet-natured. |
| 417 | * NotGoodWithRejection: Averted in the episode itself, where she's fine with Homer's decision. A throwaway line in a later episode however indicates that she took it hard and wound up depressed as a result. |
| 418 | |
| 419 | !!Molloy the Cat Burglar |
| 420 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SamNeill |
| 421 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E11HomerTheVigilante Homer the Vigilante]]" |
| 422 | |
| 423 | Molloy is a cat burglar who lived at Springfield Retirement Castle. |
| 424 | ---- |
| 425 | * AffablyEvil: If it weren't for his stealing and, at the end, tricking everyone into going on a wild goose chase so he can escape prison, he'd just be affable (and even then, he left a politely worded letter to explain the purpose of the wild goose chase). If anything, Springfield's attempts to deal with the cat burglaries cause more damage than he does. |
| 426 | -->'''Molloy:''' While I may have stolen all of your treasured possessions, rest assured, your town has stolen my heart. ''(All of the citizens of Springfield go "aww" at that and say that they should let him go)'' |
| 427 | * BatmanGambit: He convinces everyone to leave him unguarded so he can escape by sending them on a wild goose chase. |
| 428 | * CallingCard: He leaves his business card at his crimes, saying that he's been in "business" since the 70's. |
| 429 | * CoolOldGuy: He's a polite old man who gives up everything he stole once he realizes he's been caught. |
| 430 | * CrazyPrepared: Left a briefcase with a signed confession buried on the edge of town, which he uses as a distraction should he ever be imprisoned. |
| 431 | * EasilyForgiven: After he's caught, he talks the citizens into forgiving him. [[SubvertedTrope The trope is subverted]] when, despite this, Chief Wiggum arrests him and he has to escape. |
| 432 | * ForTheEvulz: This appears to be the only reason he takes to catburglary. |
| 433 | * GentlemanThief: After being caught at the end of the episode, he graciously returns the items he has stolen. |
| 434 | * GracefulLoser: He calmly returns everything he'd stolen after being caught. |
| 435 | * HiddenInPlainSight: The most prolific cat burglar in Springfield hides in the Springfield Retirement Castle, completely BeneathSuspicion by the regular folks. Even Grampa Simpson didn't think that there was something odd about his room being full of loot until Molloy took the gigantic cubic zirconium. |
| 436 | * KarmaHoudini: Zig-zagged: The whole town was just going to let him go, but in a moment of rare smarts, Wiggum arrests him anyway. Molloy managed to escape custody afterwards thanks to the fact ''everybody'' left to look for his "treasure". |
| 437 | |
| 438 | !!Stacy Lovell |
| 439 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathleenTurner |
| 440 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E14LisaVsMalibuStacy Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy]]" |
| 441 | |
| 442 | Stacey Lovell is the creator of the Malibu Stacy franchise. |
| 443 | ---- |
| 444 | %%* CoolOldLady |
| 445 | %%* DeconstructiveParody: Of ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}''. |
| 446 | %%* JadedWashout |
| 447 | * LadyDrunk: Initially. She tosses her glass into her home's fireplace when she decides to help Lisa... [[MadeOfExplodium and a massive fireball erupts from the fireplace as a result]]. |
| 448 | * SerialSpouse: She's been married and divorced five times. Her former husbands are Ken, Johnny, Joe, Dr. Colossus, and Steve Austin. Joe makes an appearance in this episode to win her back, while Dr. Colossus appears in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E1WhoShotMrBurnsPartTwo Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two]]". |
| 449 | |
| 450 | !!President of Kwik-E-Mart |
| 451 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarryShearer |
| 452 | ->'''Debut:''' "Homer And Apu" |
| 453 | |
| 454 | The president of the Kwik-E-Mart corporation, headquartered in India. |
| 455 | |
| 456 | !!Stampy |
| 457 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E17BartGetsAnElephant Bart Gets an Elephant]]" |
| 458 | |
| 459 | A big elephant that was given to Bart by the KBBL radio channel. He soon proved too much for the Simpsons to handle due to his size, and the enormous quantity of food he needed, so Homer initially tries to sell him to a poacher and ivory dealer. However, he changes his mind when Stampy saves him from drowning in tar, and decides (though not without some insistence from his kids) to release him in a wildlife preserve. |
| 460 | ---- |
| 461 | * AndroclesLion: Inverted when he lifts Homer out of a tar pit, and Homer, in turn, decides not to sell him to the ivory dealer. |
| 462 | * TheBusCameBack: He reappears in "Large Marge", involved in a plan by Bart to help Krusty the Clown restore his public image. |
| 463 | * CruelElephant: The family initially assume he's just unhappy and end up sending him to a sanctuary, but he bullies the other elephants there. Like people, some elephants are just jerks. |
| 464 | * GiantEyeOfDoom: Marge is horrified when she wakes up and sees Stampy's eye peeking through her bedroom window. |
| 465 | * {{Jerkass}}: When introduced to other elephants, his first reaction was to headbutt them until they pass out. |
| 466 | |
| 467 | !!Freddie Quimby |
| 468 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanCastellaneta |
| 469 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]" |
| 470 | |
| 471 | The nephew of Springfield's mayor, Joe Quimby. |
| 472 | ---- |
| 473 | * BerserkButton: He really doesn't like it when people mispronounce "chowdah". |
| 474 | -->'''Defense Attorney:''' You certainly would never lose your temper over something as trivial as the pronunciation of the word "chowder".\ |
| 475 | '''Freddy:''' That's "chowdah!" "Chowdah!" I'll kill you! I'll kill all of you! [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Especially those of you on the jury!]]\ |
| 476 | '''Defense Attorney:''' [[{{Understatement}} Wow, that didn't go well.]] The defense rests. |
| 477 | * DisproportionateRetribution: He ''threatens to kill everybody in the courtroom'' because his own lawyer doesn't say "chowder" as "chow''dah''". This one backfires on him hard because he does it right after testifying that he ''doesn't'' have such a HairTriggerTemper. |
| 478 | * EvilIsPetty: The case against him is so open-and-shut because he is the kind of guy who ''would'' clobber someone just for not saying a word the way he wants to... even if it's inside a courthouse. |
| 479 | * HairTriggerTemper: Having it go off in the middle of declaring under oath that he ''didn't'' had it almost did him in. |
| 480 | * HollywoodNewEngland: Like all the Quimbys, he has a Kennedyesque Boston accent. In fact, his insistence that the French waiter pronounce chowder "correctly" as ''chowdah'' is the whole reason the trial is taking place. |
| 481 | * HypocriticalHumor: He tries to mock the waiter's accented pronunciation of chowder. Not only does he have an accent of his own, but he is in fact incapable of decoupling his own accent from his mockery. |
| 482 | %%* {{Jerkass}} |
| 483 | * KarmaHoudini: {{Played with}}. He doesn't do anything to the waiter except act like a jerk, so he does deserve a not-guilty verdict. On the other hand, he's also a massive jackass, and it's very easy to see why the jury would believe he assaulted the waiter (and he even did so in a deleted scene, which lands him back in court and makes Bart's sacrifice pointless). [[http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/the-simpsons-classic-the-boy-who-knew-too-much-96279 One review]] of the episode says that part of what made it interesting was that beating up the waiter was probably the only thing Freddy ''wasn't'' guilty of. |
| 484 | %%* LargeHam: He has his moments. |
| 485 | [[/folder]] |
| 486 | |
| 487 | [[folder:Season 6]] |
| 488 | !!Allison Taylor |
| 489 | [[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/simpsonsallisontaylor.jpg]] |
| 490 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WinonaRyder ("Lisa's Rival"), Creator/PamelaHayden (subsequent appearances) |
| 491 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E2LisasRival Lisa's Rival]]" |
| 492 | |
| 493 | A girl in Springfield Elementary, who acts as Lisa's de-facto rival. Everything Lisa does, Allison can do better, despite being a year younger than her. |
| 494 | ---- |
| 495 | * TheAce: To the point that Lisa feels threatened by her. |
| 496 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Is smarter, younger, more productive and a better saxophone player than Lisa. |
| 497 | * AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Her mother is never seen. |
| 498 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: To Annette, the squishee lady from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E19TheSweetestApu The Sweetest Apu]], because of a scene in the episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E16DarkKnightCourt Dark Knight Court]] where Allison is seen holding hands with her. |
| 499 | * BullyMagnet: Being smarter than Lisa has the consequence of attracting more attention from bullies than her. |
| 500 | * ChildProdigy: She's younger than Lisa, but she's even more of a prodigy than she is. |
| 501 | * ExtracurricularEnthusiast: She likes to make dioramas, to the point of having finished hers one week before the diorama contest. She has also participated in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E6BartStar football]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E20LastTapDanceinSpringfield tap dancing]] and a lot of other activities as evidenced by her [[TrophyRoom room full of trophies]]. |
| 502 | * FanGirl: By the time she's introduced, of the same Bleeding Gums Murphy. She's even got an autographed photo of him, implying she presumably one upped Lisa by actually going to a show of his before his spiral downwards, but... |
| 503 | * FairWeatherFriend: She can be nice at Lisa sometimes, other times she can laugh at her. |
| 504 | * GracefulLoser: She didn't mind about losing the diorama contest. |
| 505 | * GradeSkipper: From first to second grade due to her intelligence. |
| 506 | * InformedAttribute: Her AlwaysSomeoneBetter and ChildProdigy status eventually become this later on as she becomes but another LivingProp. Though Lisa might be [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized (for better and for worse)]] in later seasons, she has a lot more achievements under her belt that makes Allison look like a thing of the past. This includes a touching first time meeting with Bleeding Gums Murphy, which helps Lisa ease and soothe her sorrows with his blues jazz with a musical spiritual experience, and being there at his deathbed, including helping spread his music throughout Springfield in reverence to him when he passes on. |
| 507 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: She seems to be completely oblivious to just how inferior she makes Lisa feel until the end of the episode. |
| 508 | * KidsAreCruel: After her debut episode, she become just like any other kid in the show, so she can be mean at times. |
| 509 | * LivingProp: Allison can be later seen as a background character in many episodes revolving around the Springfield children. Presumably, it's down to not wanting to get Winona Ryder for one-off lines. |
| 510 | * MirrorCharacter: Allison becomes a rival to Lisa mostly because the two are almost exactly alike, except Allison is [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter slightly better than Lisa at everything]]. They are both kind, intelligent, nerdy girls who play the saxophone, get picked on by bullies and have [[TheDitz Ralph]] badgering them for the answers to test questions. After Lisa gets over her jealousy, the two become friends due to their many common interests. |
| 511 | * MissingMom: she only lives with her father, but whereabouts of her mother is not shown or mentioned. |
| 512 | * NotSoAboveItAll: |
| 513 | ** Perhaps a bit of a {{Flanderization}} as well down the line, the flavor picture for the Season 6 DVD set special features menu of the episode is supposed to show a profile mug series of Lisa, but Allison out of nowhere comes in from the left and shoves her over, taking Lisa's forward facing photo in [[AttentionWhore a rather triumphant manner.]] |
| 514 | ** As a LivingProp, she often engages in the juvenile antics of the other kids at Springfield Elementary. Case in point, singing the fart song in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E1TheMookTheChefTheWifeAndHerHomer The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer]]". Note that Lisa, who originally shared many similarities to her, does not partake in said song. |
| 515 | * NiceGirl: She's not actively malevolent in any way, just a rival. |
| 516 | * TheRival: Lisa develops a one-sided rivalry with her. |
| 517 | * TookALevelInDumbass: Zigzagged, as a result of becoming a living prop. Sometimes she can be even less intelligent than Janey, and others she can still be a genius (although nowhere near being as intelligent as she was in her debut episode). Also she lost any remotely intellectual hobby, so she is hardly ever seen playing her saxophone again. |
| 518 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Again, because of she becoming a living prop, she went from the nice girl who wanted to befriend Lisa to just another girl who bullies her as anyone else, with some exceptions, usually depending of how the kids around her react to Lisa. |
| 519 | * {{Tuckerization}}: She was named after two of Mike Scully's children, Allison and Taylor. |
| 520 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: In the few times where Allison is still Lisa's friend, she can still be mean to her, like leaving her alone or just by laughing at her. |
| 521 | |
| 522 | !!Birch Barlow |
| 523 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarryShearer |
| 524 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E5SideshowBobRoberts Sideshow Bob Roberts]]" |
| 525 | |
| 526 | Birchibald "Birch" T. Barlow is a right-wing conservative talk show host on the radio station KBBL. He also has a show on Fox News. |
| 527 | ---- |
| 528 | * FatBastard: He's very rotund and very abrasive to anyone who doesn't fit with his political beliefs. |
| 529 | * {{Irony}}: One of his favourite points to go after Quimby about is his stance on crime. But Birch is aiding a felon in the form of the attempted murderer Sideshow Bob. One that he helped free from jail, no less. |
| 530 | * JerkassHasAPoint: He's an unpleasant man to talk to unless you align with him politically, but he's absolutely right regarding his criticisms of Quimby, if nothing else. |
| 531 | * MeaningfulName: "Birch" is likely meant to be a reference to the infamous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society John Birch Society]], a radical conservative/conspiracy theory group formed during the 1950s. |
| 532 | * TheNicknamer: Makes pejorative nicknames for anything remotely liberal, using [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal alliterations]] and {{portmanteau}}s. |
| 533 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of Radio/RushLimbaugh. He even has a gold microphone. |
| 534 | * PompousPoliticalPundit: He labels Quimby as one of the biggest obstacles in the improvement of Springfield as a city (he's right, of course, but his delivery is as ham-fisted an AttackOfThePoliticalAd as it gets) to the point he endorses and helps a convicted criminal, and when it comes to asking on debate night, well: |
| 535 | -->'''Birch Barlow:''' Mayor Quimby, you are well known, sir, for your ''lenient'' stance on crime. But suppose for a second that ''your'' house was ransacked by thugs, ''your'' family tied up in the basement, with ''socks'' in their mouths, you try to open the door but there's ''too much blood on the knob''--\ |
| 536 | '''Mayor Quimby:''' What is your ah, question?\ |
| 537 | '''Birch Barlow:''' My question's about the budget, sir. |
| 538 | %%* StrawmanPolitical |
| 539 | |
| 540 | !!Jessica Lovejoy |
| 541 | [[quoteright:218:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jessica_lovejoy_tapped_out.png]] |
| 542 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MerylStreep |
| 543 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E7BartsGirlfriend Bart's Girlfriend]]" |
| 544 | |
| 545 | Reverend and Helen Lovejoy's daughter, who feigns being as sweet and pleasant a girl as one would expect of a Reverend's daughter, but who is actually such a bad girl she unnerves ''Bart''. |
| 546 | ---- |
| 547 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted. At first, she seems like the typical sweet preacher's daughter who happens to be attracted to a bad boy, but she turns out to be even worse than ''he'' is. |
| 548 | * AttentionWhore: One of her last lines is demanding her father pay attention to her. |
| 549 | * TheBadGuyWins: Subverted. She seemingly manages to seduce Bart into doing her punishment work at the end of her episode -- when she leaves, he snickers about how bad a job he is going to do on the steps to get back at her. |
| 550 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Everyone believes that she's a sweet, innocent minister's daughter, but (much to Bart's dismay) she's actually a manipulative little bitch. |
| 551 | * BlueBoyPinkGirl: The pink girl to Bart's blue boy. |
| 552 | * ChildProdigy: She has an amazing I.Q. and reads at a higher grade level than normal. Subverted in that Bart only thinks she is; her I.Q. is 108 and she reads at a fifth-grade level, both putting her only actually slightly above average, but enough to amaze Bart. |
| 553 | * TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Of Reverend Lovejoy, of all people. When she is introduced, she is but a quiet but sweet little girl who had just come back from an [[OneGenderSchool all]] girls [[BoardingSchool boarding school]]. As soon as the episode caps off, the real reason why she came back was that her want for attention eventually turned into a nasty want to become a child menace, including pranking to the point of causing school rioting and property destruction. It appears that Lovejoy's ineptitude by laziness and apathy isn't just exclusive with Flanders, as he can't even morally console and instill his own daughter properly. |
| 554 | * DaddysGirl: Which is the main reason she desires his attention so badly. |
| 555 | * EveryoneHasStandards: {{Invoked}} when she finally confesses to stealing from the collection plate, though the reason has more to do with her disgust at Reverend Lovejoy's willful blindness than it does with any remorse for letting Bart take the blame |
| 556 | * EvilCounterpart: |
| 557 | ** While Bart is openly a troublemaker, he also has moments of sympathy and morality. Jessica, however, hides behind an image of being the pure-hearted Reverend's daughter, while acting in ways that horrify even Bart. |
| 558 | ** As an early season 6 girl that outperforms a Simpson kid in what they're best at and makes semi-frequent background cameos after their episode, she's an unintentional one to Allison Taylor as well. They even look similar and sometimes get their colours mixed up in said cameos. |
| 559 | * EvilerThanThou: Bart discovers to his shock that she's even worse than he is. She even frames him for stealing from the church. |
| 560 | * FilleFatale: Amongst boys smitten by her, she falls right into the role of femme fatale, and isn't afraid to use it. |
| 561 | * FreudianExcuse: Apparently the reason she acts like a total bad girl is that she craves attention, due to her father not giving her any and only caring about his projected image of her. |
| 562 | * HateSink: Just look at the tropes that describe her. In addition, she calls Bart "yellow trash," clearly a play on "white trash," a pretty vile classist insult. |
| 563 | * HeelFaceBrainwashing: In ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS33E5LisasBelly Lisa’s Belly]]'', a comment made by Helen Lovejoy indicates this happened to Jessica some unknown time after her first appearance, courtesy of her parents administering a “medicine”. |
| 564 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: She makes Bart look like a saint in comparison. Also, every time he seems to think he's talked Jessica into changing her ways, she screws him over. |
| 565 | * KickTheDog: Talks Bart into going up to the top of an impossibly steep hill, then shoves him down it. |
| 566 | * KidsAreCruel: A very naughty girl who's around Bart's age. |
| 567 | * LightIsNotGood: She wears a pink and white dress, and is definitely not good. |
| 568 | * LivingProp: After her debut episode, Jessica has since made cameos throughout the series. She also appears in the new opening sequence, playing the flute in the school's music class. |
| 569 | * ManipulativeBitch: She uses her beauty to manipulate boys and uses timidity to manipulate adults and girls. |
| 570 | * NormalFishInATinyPond: Her 108 IQ (slightly above average) and reading at a fifth-grade level (not bad if she's in fourth, but hardly impressive) are treated as her being "a criminal mastermind." By Springfield standards, that seems very probable. |
| 571 | * PinkMeansFeminine: She usually wears pink and [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple purple]] outfits. |
| 572 | * PreachersKid: She falls into the category of the rebellious troublemaker who pretends to be sweet and nice so that everyone thinks she's innocent and can do no wrong. |
| 573 | * SmugSnake: Full-bore. When Bart first accuses her of being too far with the wrongdoing, she tells him that as the Reverend's kid she will be believed and not him, and when Lisa tries to indirectly tell her in front of the other churchgoers to please tell the truth, she just smugly smiles back, which breaks Lisa's RageBreakingPoint. To cement this, she hid the money in an obvious spot, and the only reason she wasn't suspected was that her father willfully ignores every bad thing she did rather than being the devious mastermind she's credited as. |
| 574 | -->'''Lisa:''' Oh, ''what [[PrecisionFStrike the hell]]'', (points at Jessica) '''it was Jessica Lovejoy'''! |
| 575 | * {{Troll}}: Among the things she talks Bart into doing is eating ice cream in front of overweight people exercising. |
| 576 | |
| 577 | !!Ashley Grant |
| 578 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PamelaHayden |
| 579 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E9HomerBadman Homer Badman]]" |
| 580 | |
| 581 | Ashley Grant is a graduate student and feminist who works as a babysitter. |
| 582 | ---- |
| 583 | * EasilyForgiven: Homer seems to hold no grudges for all the crap he's been through and quickly accepts Ashley's (albeit sincere) apology. |
| 584 | * StrawFeminist: She condescendingly says men are easily and deservedly manipulated, even children like Bart ([[AssholeVictim although Bart specifically was being a chauvinist brat toward her]]). That said, she had every reason to think Homer was harassing her, her views and character take a massive backseat to the ensuing media circus, and she does admit she was wrong when shown evidence to the contrary. |
| 585 | * VillainHasAPoint: Though she's an antagonistic force in the episode, her reasons for doubting Homer's account is frankly entirely reasonable--he has every reason to lie, it's not what you'd call the most believable story, and he ate the evidence. We the audience know that Homer is innocent of sexual harassment, but all she knows is he grabbed her butt. |
| 586 | |
| 587 | !!Godfrey Jones |
| 588 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarryShearer |
| 589 | ->'''Debut:''' "Homer Badman" |
| 590 | |
| 591 | Godfrey Jones is the host of the tabloid news program Rock Bottom. |
| 592 | ---- |
| 593 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Offers to help Homer, then uses his own words against him. When called out on this, his apology is a rushed list that scrolls by too fast to be read. |
| 594 | * EasilyForgiven: Homer seems to forgive Rock Bottom, despite what they did to him (and, unlike Ashley, their apology wasn't that sincere). |
| 595 | |
| 596 | !!Dr. Zweig |
| 597 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AnneBancroft |
| 598 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E11FearOfFlying Fear of Flying]]" |
| 599 | |
| 600 | Dr. Zweig is a psychologist who helps Marge overcome her fear of flying. |
| 601 | ---- |
| 602 | * BlatantLies: Says she's not going to judge anyone, as she immediately pegs Homer as a serious problem for Marge's mental health. |
| 603 | * IgnoredExpert: Tries to talk about Homer, who immediately drags Marge away. |
| 604 | %%* TheShrink |
| 605 | |
| 606 | !!Guy Incognito |
| 607 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanCastellaneta |
| 608 | ->'''Debut:''' "Fear of Flying" |
| 609 | |
| 610 | A man who, except for having a mustache, slightly lighter-colored muzzle and an unusual accent, looks and sounds exactly like Homer. |
| 611 | ---- |
| 612 | * IdenticalStranger: He looks exactly like Homer except with a mustache, and sounds almost exactly like him, except with an upper-class kind of voice. Homer is amazed [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny until he sees a dog with a puffy tail]]. |
| 613 | * InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: He and Homer are virtually clones, much to Guy's misfortune. |
| 614 | * RiddleForTheAges: How or why does he look just like Homer? Homer wonders [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny until he sees a dog with a puffy tail]]. |
| 615 | |
| 616 | !!Number One |
| 617 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PatrickStewart |
| 618 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E12HomerTheGreat Homer the Great]]" |
| 619 | |
| 620 | The head of the local Stonecutters chapter. |
| 621 | ---- |
| 622 | %%* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats |
| 623 | * CardCarryingVillain: Played for laughs, he and the other Stonecutters proudly sing about evil deeds that are mostly PokeThePoodle acts, but when Homer takes over and tries to actually make them do good acts, they quickly rebel. |
| 624 | * TheComicallySerious: He's voiced by Patrick Stewart, who provides his usual Shakespearian delivery to everything the man says, including the Stonecutter's induction ritual, which involves asses and paddles. |
| 625 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is unknown. |
| 626 | * StartMyOwn: When he and the other Stonecutters disagree about the direction Homer's leadership takes them in, they start a new secret society that explicitly forbids Homer from joining. |
| 627 | |
| 628 | !!Don Vittorio |
| 629 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 630 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E15HomieTheClown Homie the Clown]]" |
| 631 | |
| 632 | Don Vittorio [=DiMaggio=] is a commanding mafia leader. The mobsters of the Springfield mafia show him respect. |
| 633 | |
| 634 | While Don Vittorio's been seen ''or'' heard a couple times since, his debut episode has been his only onscreen speaking role to date. |
| 635 | ---- |
| 636 | * AffablyEvil: He [[ApologeticAttacker apologizes]] as he is about to shoot Homer (believing him to be Krusty) and decides he won't do it on the condition of having the "Spin-Cycle Fantastic" trick performed for him (which Homer fails), then apologizes again when the real Krusty shows up at the last second; and ultimately lets them both live when they successfully pull off the trick together. He even politely gives Krusty back his change after he overpays his loan. |
| 637 | * CoatCape: Wears a black topcoat with the sleeves loose over his suit. |
| 638 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Almost has Krusty (and Homer) killed over a measly $48. |
| 639 | * TheDon: And more powerful than Fat Tony. |
| 640 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: After nearly being killed for not paying his debts, Krusty pays the money anyway, which turns out to be the ridiculously low sum of $48. The boss is happy and even [[HonorAmongThieves gives him back his change]]. |
| 641 | * EvilOldFolks: He's the Don of the Springfield mafia and threatens to kill Krusty over $48. |
| 642 | * StopBeingStereotypical: Defied. When he calls himself an "old Italian stereotype", Fat Tony tries to reassure him that's not the case, but Vittorio waves him off, having made peace with it. |
| 643 | |
| 644 | !!Evan Conover |
| 645 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PhilHartman |
| 646 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E16BartVsAustralia Bart vs. Australia]]" |
| 647 | |
| 648 | Evan Conover is the "Undersecretary for International Protocol: Brat and Punk Division" and a member of the US State Department. |
| 649 | ---- |
| 650 | * AssInAmbassador: In order to appease Australia, he offers nothing but DisproportionateRetribution for Bart's actions -- the fact that the "public apology" option would include Bart getting his ass kicked was something he "helpfully" decided not to mention in order to make the Simpsons accept it. |
| 651 | %%* MeaningfulName |
| 652 | |
| 653 | !!Tobias Drundridge |
| 654 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NancyCartwright |
| 655 | ->'''Debut:''' "Bart vs. Australia" |
| 656 | |
| 657 | An Australian boy who was tricked into accepting a six-hour, $900 collect call from Bart. |
| 658 | ---- |
| 659 | * {{Expy}}: An Australia counterpart to the Flanders boys. |
| 660 | |
| 661 | !!Bruno Drundridge |
| 662 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 663 | ->'''Debut:''' "Bart vs. Australia" |
| 664 | |
| 665 | Tobias' father. |
| 666 | ---- |
| 667 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Bart thought taunting Bruno over the phone would be enough to put his prank-calling behind him. He was wrong. |
| 668 | |
| 669 | !!Gus the MP |
| 670 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanCastellaneta |
| 671 | ->'''Debut:''' "Bart vs. Australia" |
| 672 | |
| 673 | The Member of Parliament for Bruno Dundridge's district. |
| 674 | |
| 675 | !!Prime Minister Andy |
| 676 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarryShearer |
| 677 | ->'''Debut:''' "Bart vs. Australia" |
| 678 | |
| 679 | Andy is the Prime Minister of Australia. |
| 680 | ---- |
| 681 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems reasonable enough at first, but has Bart sentenced to an additional corporal punishment after his apology because he doesn't the former sattefacory on its own. |
| 682 | * DisproportionateRetribution: He wanted Bart to be kicked with a giant boot over a stupid phone call. |
| 683 | * LazyBum: He's introduced lounging naked on a floating tire in a lake, rather than doing his job. |
| 684 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Only appears (besides a picture cameo in "Holidays of Future Passed") in "Bart Vs. Australia" in which he is the main antagonist. |
| 685 | * PresidentEvil: Or Prime Minister Evil in this case. |
| 686 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Subverted. He seems perfectly fine accepting Bart's apology, until he has him arrested for an additional punishment, the booting, because "A mere apology would be a bit empty". |
| 687 | |
| 688 | !!Ballet Teacher |
| 689 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SusanSarandon |
| 690 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E17HomerVsPattyAndSelma Homer vs. Patty and Selma]]" |
| 691 | |
| 692 | A Springfield Elementary School employee, who teaches the school ballet class. |
| 693 | ---- |
| 694 | * CoolTeacher: She is one of the few teachers to successfully teach Bart Simpson anything, immediately welcoming and encouraging him to enjoy ballet. |
| 695 | * InkSuitActor: She was drawn to look like Susan Sarandon. |
| 696 | %%* NoNameGiven |
| 697 | %%* SensualSlavs |
| 698 | |
| 699 | !!Señor Spielbergo |
| 700 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 701 | ->'''Debut:''' "A Star Is Burns" |
| 702 | |
| 703 | The non-union Mexican equivalent to famed director Creator/StevenSpielberg whom Burns hires to direct his biopic ''A Burns For All Seasons'' |
| 704 | ---- |
| 705 | * BilingualDialogue: He doesn't seem to speak any English, but works with Mr. Burns and his team nonetheless. |
| 706 | |
| 707 | !!Hugh Parkfield |
| 708 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MandyPatinkin |
| 709 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E19LisasWedding Lisa's Wedding]]" |
| 710 | |
| 711 | A British student who becomes engaged to Lisa 15 years in the future, but after he insults her family, she breaks their engagement off. |
| 712 | ---- |
| 713 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Reads faster than Lisa. |
| 714 | * BelligerentSexualTension: With Lisa. At first, the two quarrel over a book in the library, but the pair eventually fall madly in love. |
| 715 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: He lets slip that after the wedding he plans for them to return to England and never see Lisa's family again. |
| 716 | * {{Foil}}: He's this to Mr. Bergstrom from "Lisa's Substitute". At first glance, they're both everything Lisa wants from a companion: witty, intelligent, cultured, sensitive, putting her at odds with her seemingly oblivious father Homer. But while Mr. Bergstrom helps Lisa understand that Homer does love her, Hugh tries to cut him out of her life, which makes Lisa realize that he doesn't really care about her. |
| 717 | * GentlemanAndAScholar: While at first he seems to be this, it's subverted at the end of the episode, revealing him to be a {{Jerkass}}. |
| 718 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He was clearly modeled on Creator/HughGrant. |
| 719 | * StiffUpperLip: His only real reaction to the trouble he faces at Homer's hands? "This is all quite trying." |
| 720 | |
| 721 | !!Jericho |
| 722 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 723 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E23TheSpringfieldConnection The Springfield Connection]]" |
| 724 | |
| 725 | Jericho is the jeans counterfeit who helped Herman illegally sell counterfeit jeans. |
| 726 | |
| 727 | !!Shelby |
| 728 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille |
| 729 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E24LemonOfTroy Lemon of Troy]]" |
| 730 | |
| 731 | Shelby is a boy and apparent bully who lives in Shelbyville. |
| 732 | ---- |
| 733 | %%* EvilCounterpart: To Bart. |
| 734 | * IdenticalStranger: He looks similar to Bart, with the exception of his hair, his pants, and the color of his hat. |
| 735 | * TheRival: To Bart, even for one episode. |
| 736 | |
| 737 | !!Shelbyville Milhouse |
| 738 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 739 | ->'''Debut:''' "Lemon of Troy |
| 740 | ---- |
| 741 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Radical", much to Milhouse's anger, since he insists it's ''his'' catchphrase. |
| 742 | * CommonalityConnection: He and regular Milhouse bond over their shared name, and the pain it's caused them. |
| 743 | * SimilarSquad: He's the Milhouse to Shelby's Bart. |
| 744 | |
| 745 | !!Shelby's father |
| 746 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 747 | ->'''Debut:''' "Lemon of Troy" |
| 748 | |
| 749 | * {{Determinator}}: Maintains his glare on the Springfieldians even as his eyes water and keeps shaking his fist ineffectually as they retreat. |
| 750 | %%* TheDitz: Like Homer. |
| 751 | %%* EvilCounterpart: To Homer. |
| 752 | * EvilGloating: He eats one of the stolen lemons in front of Homer. [[HilarityEnsues His face puckers up]]. |
| 753 | * MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness: He sounds like Creator/WalterMatthau, a la early Homer. |
| 754 | * UnnamedParent: His name is not revealed. |
| 755 | |
| 756 | !!Shelbyville Manhattan |
| 757 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 758 | ->'''Debut:''' "Lemon of Troy" |
| 759 | |
| 760 | %%* EvilCounterpart: To Jebediah Springfield. |
| 761 | * NamesakeGag: You'd think Shelbyville got named after somebody called "Shelby". Well, you'd be wrong. |
| 762 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Jebediah Springfield wanted a town devoted to chastity, abstinence, and a flavorless mush called "root-marm", whereas Manhattan thought they'd establish a town where people could marry their own cousins (the thought of which sickened Springfield). They swiftly became foes, extending their rivalry to the towns they each started. |
| 763 | [[/folder]] |
| 764 | |
| 765 | [[folder:Season 7]] |
| 766 | !!Doctor Colossus |
| 767 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 768 | ->'''Debut:''' "Who Shot Mr. Burns, Part 2" |
| 769 | |
| 770 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The comics give him a one-off story showing him trying to be a supervillain, and just how bad he is at it. |
| 771 | * CartoonishSupervillainy: He is the partial TropeNamer. While in his jail cell he tries to activate his "Colosso-boots", and slams his head against the ceiling, leaving him to sigh and ask when his lawyer's showing up. |
| 772 | * EpicFail: He's a supervillain so bad Chief Wiggum can catch and contain him. ''Chief Wiggum.'' In the comics, meanwhile, he's so ineffectual Wiggum doesn't even think he's worth arresting, no matter how much property damage he causes. |
| 773 | |
| 774 | !!"Radioactive Man" Producer |
| 775 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 776 | ->'''Debut:''' "Radioactive Man" |
| 777 | |
| 778 | !!"Radioactive Man" Director |
| 779 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanCastellaneta |
| 780 | ->'''Debut:''' "Radioactive Man" |
| 781 | |
| 782 | !!"Radioactive Man" Editor |
| 783 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarryShearer |
| 784 | ->'''Debut:''' "Radioactive Man" |
| 785 | |
| 786 | !!Classy Pig |
| 787 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 788 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E7KingSizeHomer King-Size Homer]]" |
| 789 | |
| 790 | A pig that Homer imagines during his imagination of his weight goal. |
| 791 | ---- |
| 792 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is based on Creator/CaryGrant. The creators even wanted Grant to play the pig until they remembered he'd been dead for years. |
| 793 | |
| 794 | !!Colonel Leslie "Hap" Hapablap |
| 795 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RLeeErmey |
| 796 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E9SideshowBobsLastGleaming Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming]]" |
| 797 | |
| 798 | An Air Force officer. |
| 799 | ---- |
| 800 | * IncrediblyLameFun: Thinks box-kites are interesting. The audience disagrees. |
| 801 | * LargeHam: Being voiced by R. Lee Ermey will do that to you. |
| 802 | %%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure |
| 803 | * ShoutOut: His entire character is one to Gunnery Sgt. Hartman from ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', right down to being voiced by the same man who played him. |
| 804 | |
| 805 | !!Detective Don Brodka |
| 806 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LawrenceTierney |
| 807 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E11MargeBeNotProud Marge Be Not Proud]]" |
| 808 | |
| 809 | The store detective at Try-N-Save. He catches Bart stealing a video game (Bonestorm) from the Try-N-Save. |
| 810 | ---- |
| 811 | * TheDreaded: Bart spends the entire episode scared of returning to the Try-N-Save store because of him. |
| 812 | * InspectorJavert: He catches Bart immediately, but doesn't see Jimbo and Nelson shoplifting. And it's probably not the first time. |
| 813 | * {{Jerkass}}: He has [[JerkassHasAPoint every right to be pissed]] about Bart's shoplifting, (attempt to) notify his parents, and ban him from the store... but when Bart and his family come back to get their picture taken, Brodka could have at least waited until their picture was done before he chastises the boy again. But he doesn't, and the picture shows a husky arm grabbing Bart. |
| 814 | |
| 815 | !!Xoxchitla |
| 816 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille |
| 817 | ->'''Debut:''' "Marge Be Not Proud" |
| 818 | |
| 819 | A Brazilian actress who is the main presenter of the children's television programme, Teleboobies. |
| 820 | ---- |
| 821 | * TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires: A minor case. She has an Aztec/Incan-sounding name despite being Brazilian. |
| 822 | * TheBusCameBack: Her debut is a no-speaking scene in "Marge Be Not Proud" when Krusty the Clown introduces a few people for his "Krusty Kinda Christmas" holiday special. She returns six seasons later (with a major role) in "Blame It on Lisa", where she is the host of a Brazilian children's television show named ''Teleboobies'', which amuses Bart. |
| 823 | * MsFanservice: Especially in "Blame It on Lisa" where she wears very revealing outfits (the most iconic is a low-cut pink leotard that shows off her quite ample cleavage). |
| 824 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She is a parody of Xuxa, an actress and TV show host from Brazil. |
| 825 | |
| 826 | !!Hollis Hurlbut |
| 827 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DonaldSutherland |
| 828 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E16LisaTheIconoclast Lisa the Iconoclast]]" |
| 829 | |
| 830 | The head of the Springfield Historical Society. |
| 831 | ---- |
| 832 | * AlliterativeName: '''H'''ollis '''H'''urlbut. |
| 833 | * TheComicallySerious: When Lisa jokes about having "Chester A. Arthritis", he only says "You have arthritis?". |
| 834 | * LifesWorkRuined: He was so horrified at the thought Jebediah could have been a criminal, thereby making a mockery of his life and career, so he hid the tongue. |
| 835 | * PokeThePoodle: After Lisa learns the truth about Jebediah Springfield, [[PersonaNonGrata he immediately bans her, her future children, and her future children's children from the historical society]]... for three months. |
| 836 | |
| 837 | !!Chester J. Lampwick |
| 838 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KirkDouglas |
| 839 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E18TheDayTheViolenceDied The Day the Violence Died]]" |
| 840 | |
| 841 | The original creator of Itchy, and father of cartoon violence. |
| 842 | ---- |
| 843 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He refused to do the chores Grampa Simpson and Krusty hired him for because he didn't like the food they paid him with, but when he finally gets the riches he deserves for creating Itchy, he pays the Simpsons the $1,750 they shelled out to hire Lionel Hutz and buy the evidence to prove his claim, as well as a little extra. |
| 844 | * RichInDollarsPoorInSense: As soon as he's rich, he buys a solid gold house and a rocket car. |
| 845 | * RichesToRags: In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', he's seen as part of the mob sporting his bum rags, implying he's lost his fortune. |
| 846 | |
| 847 | !![=MacArthur=] "Mac" Parker |
| 848 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeffGoldblum |
| 849 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E19AFishCalledSelma A Fish Called Selma]]" |
| 850 | |
| 851 | Troy [=McClure=]'s agent. |
| 852 | ---- |
| 853 | * InkSuitActor: He looks an awful lot like Jeff Goldblum. |
| 854 | * PunnyName: His name comes from [=MacArthur=] Park in Los Angeles, CA and the song that it inspired. |
| 855 | |
| 856 | !!Erin |
| 857 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristinaRicci |
| 858 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E25SummerOf4Ft2 Summer of 4 Ft. 2]]" |
| 859 | |
| 860 | A girl who vacationed to Little Pwagmattasquarmsettport with her family. |
| 861 | ---- |
| 862 | * NiceGirl: She and her friends avoid KidsAreCruel and are pretty nice people. When they learn Lisa's unpopular nature, rather than shun and bully her, they decorate the family car in seashells (which turns pear-shaped when Homer catches them and a flock of seagulls peck at the car when they drive home), sign her yearbook, and tell her that they don't mind -- and actually like -- that she's a brainy girl. |
| 863 | [[/folder]] |
| 864 | |
| 865 | [[folder:Season 8]] |
| 866 | !!Hank Scorpio |
| 867 | [[quoteright:258:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hank_scorpio.png]] |
| 868 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlbertBrooks |
| 869 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E2YouOnlyMoveTwice You Only Move Twice]]" |
| 870 | |
| 871 | The president of the Globex Corporation, which includes a rival nuclear power plant. He tried to entice Smithers with an offer to switch jobs, and when Smithers turned it down, the same offer was quickly made to the next longest-serving employee of the Springfield plant: Homer. As a boss, he's everything Burns is not: friendly, outgoing, hip, and concerned about his employees. He's also a Bond villain. Easily one of the most popular one-off characters. |
| 872 | ---- |
| 873 | * AffablyEvil: Polite, benevolent to his employees to the point that they're his number two concern (number one being his schemes), and all in all a great guy to hang around with. He's also a supervillain. |
| 874 | * AntiVillain: Despite wanting to TakeOverTheWorld, he's genuinely an AffablyEvil BenevolentBoss, he's a friend instead of an enemy to the Simpsons, and it's implied that his successful East-Coast-takeover is actually a benevolent dictatorship at worst. |
| 875 | * AxCrazy: Especially in the episode's climax. |
| 876 | * TheBadGuyWins: [[NoodleIncident Successfully takes over the East Coast]]. Though given his personality it may not be too bad. |
| 877 | * BeardOfEvil: He has a beard, and he is evil. |
| 878 | * BenevolentBoss: Very much so. To the point that even after Homer leaves, Scorpio tells him to call if there's anything he needs, and Scorpio even sends him a gift that will hopefully help Homer work up to his dream of owning the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball Dallas Cowboys]]. (Although Homer is rather disappointed at ''only'' getting the Denver Broncos.) |
| 879 | * BetterLivingThroughEvil: What he promises, although he may not tell you about the evil bit. |
| 880 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: For all that he is one of the greatest guys around, he did blow up a bridge just to prove a point to the UN, and has a man shot repeatedly. ''And'' he builds a giant laser cannon, with the apparent intention of using it on France. |
| 881 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: He's definitely a bit odd but he did run a massive evil organization and succeeds in his goal of taking over the East Coast. |
| 882 | * CloudCuckoolander: For some reason he keeps (unpackaged) sugar and cream in the pockets of his pants. |
| 883 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: All benevolent traits aside, he's still seeking to use his business to advance his plan for world domination. |
| 884 | * DoomsdayDevice: Which he uses to blow up a bridge in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity as part of his threat against the UN. |
| 885 | * EvilGenius: Damn, the guy's smart. |
| 886 | * EvilLaugh: Indulges in one when he breaks out his flamethrower, although his laugh is close enough to normal that it can be mistaken for a guy in the middle of having a really good time. |
| 887 | * EvilVirtues: We may as well add the whole list. |
| 888 | * FrontlineGeneral: He happily fights alongside his employees against the invading soldiers. |
| 889 | * JustTheFirstCitizen: Claims to dislike being called boss or anything that elevates himself above others. |
| 890 | * KarmaHoudini: Gets away scot-free, though he's just so AffablyEvil that you're probably rooting for him anyway. |
| 891 | * KillItWithFire: Shows a real enthusiasm for using a flamethrower... |
| 892 | * LaughablyEvil: He's so damn polite and hilarious, even when trying to murder a James Bond CaptainErsatz or fighting off troopers with a flamethrower. |
| 893 | * MoodSwinger: One second, he'll be cheerfully discussing hammocks, the next, he'll be blowing up a bridge in order to prove a point. Then it's right back to hammocks. |
| 894 | * MotorMouth: Talks really fast. |
| 895 | * MundaneSolution: When the Film/JamesBond CaptainErsatz escapes from a DeathTrap, Scorpio has him shot a few dozen times by armed guards. |
| 896 | * ResignationsNotAccepted: Averted. When Homer comes to him in the middle of an assault by the US Military to talk about how his family isn't happy there and wants to move back to Springfield, Scorpio advises Homer to do what's right for his family and just adds "On your way out, if you could kill somebody, it would help me a lot." |
| 897 | * SlaveToPR: Likes moccasins. Unless Homer doesn't like them. In which case the moccasins can get lost so that Scorpio appears relatable to his newest employee. |
| 898 | * TakeOverTheWorld: According to his VillainSong, it's one of his two obsessions. [[PetTheDog The other is the health of his employees]]. By the end of the episode, he's apparently taken over the East Coast of the United States. |
| 899 | * TechBro: Though he predates the archetype's formation by some time, Scorpio resembles something of a proto-incarnation of it: an obsessively modern and far more visually casual businessman and entrepreneur working in a high-tech field. It's just that said field is supervillainy. |
| 900 | * VillainOfAnotherStory: A bizarre example; Hank never antagonizes Homer and his family despite being a villain. |
| 901 | * VillainProtagonist: The perspective is shared with Homer, his UnwittingPawn. |
| 902 | * VillainousValor: He doesn't cut and run when his lair is being overtaken by soldiers, throwing grenades and gleefully using a flamethrower. |
| 903 | |
| 904 | !!Lucius Sweet |
| 905 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PaulWinfield |
| 906 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E3TheHomerTheyFall The Homer They Fall]]" |
| 907 | |
| 908 | A crooked boxing promoter who once represented Moe when Moe was a fighter. When he hears that Moe is involved with the boxing game again, managing Homer, he sets up a match between Mike Tyson analogue Drederick Tatum and Homer. |
| 909 | ---- |
| 910 | * CaptainErsatz: Of boxing promoter [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_King_%28boxing_promoter%29 Don King]], complete with all the baggage that goes along with that. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Homer outright says he looks like Don King and is exactly as rich and famous. Paul Winfield, who voiced Sweet, played King in the 1995 TV movie ''Tyson''. |
| 911 | * DelusionsOfEloquence: "This is an egregious miscarriagement of taxitude!" |
| 912 | * ExpyCoexistence: Despite being an obvious expy of the infamous boxing promoter Don King (a fact which Homer ''very'' pointedly lampshades), both men apparently exist in the universe of ''The Simpsons''. |
| 913 | * FatBastard: Is on the portly side. |
| 914 | * ImprobableHairStyle: One that resembles Don King. |
| 915 | * {{Jerkass}}: The ''Simpsons Guide to Our Favorite Family'' describes him as having no evident soul. Drederick Tatum was touched seeing Moe flying Homer out of the ring, and asks Lucius if he'd do the same for him. Lucius says [[BlatantLies "Absolutely, I would."]], chuckling awkwardly before bluntly telling Tatum to get in their van. |
| 916 | * LargeHam: As one would expect from a parody of Don King, Lucius is very theatrical and expressive. |
| 917 | * PetTheDog: Even as he's castigating and insulting Moe, he still gives him a check for Homer's last fight. |
| 918 | |
| 919 | !!Larry Burns |
| 920 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RodneyDangerfield |
| 921 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E4BurnsBabyBurns Burns, Baby Burns]]" |
| 922 | |
| 923 | The son of Montgomery Burns and Lily Bancroft. |
| 924 | ---- |
| 925 | * BigFun: Much to his father's dismay. His intense causality, uncouth manner, lack of intelligence, and love of drinking means that he has many things in common with Homer Simpson and they become good friends. |
| 926 | * BookDumb: He does poorly on an aptitude test ("He spelled 'Yale' with a six."), but is quite worldly. |
| 927 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
| 928 | %%* DisappearedDad: Mr. Burns is his. |
| 929 | * InkSuitActor: He basically IS Rodney Dangerfield with Mr. Burns' crooked nose. |
| 930 | * PutOnABus: After Burns disowns him, Larry returns home, realizing he had not told his wife and children where he was for a week. |
| 931 | |
| 932 | !!Belle |
| 933 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille |
| 934 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E5BartAfterDark Bart After Dark]]" |
| 935 | |
| 936 | An entrepreneuse and the proprietoress of a burlesque house in Springfield called "La Maison Derrière". |
| 937 | ---- |
| 938 | * BrokenGlassPenalty: For Bart's accidental destruction of her Gargoyle, she makes him do community service at her Burlesque House. |
| 939 | * CoolOldLady: Doesn't flinch at Marge's attempts to intimidate her. |
| 940 | * DeadpanSnarker: Completely unfazed by Marge taking out a chunk of her house. |
| 941 | * DelayedReaction: It takes her a while to notice Homer's only wearing a grocery bag. |
| 942 | * MissKitty: Even though the show is set in modern America, the matron of the house plays this trope completely straight and makes Marge look foolish by comparison. |
| 943 | * SilverVixen: Stunningly beautiful for a woman her age. |
| 944 | |
| 945 | !!Jimmy the Scumbag |
| 946 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarryShearer |
| 947 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E7LisasDateWithDensity Lisa's Date with Density]]" |
| 948 | |
| 949 | A small-time crook. |
| 950 | ---- |
| 951 | * TheQuietOne: According to the Simpsons episode guide, he doesn't say anything without his lawyer around. |
| 952 | |
| 953 | !!Dr. Foster |
| 954 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 955 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E8HurricaneNeddy Hurricane Neddy]]" |
| 956 | |
| 957 | Ned Flanders' childhood psychologist. |
| 958 | ---- |
| 959 | * LargeHam: "In the den? May God have mercy on us all!" |
| 960 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Fixed Ned's anger problems, but at the cost of making him incredibly repressive. When Ned finally unleashes his anger, it's ''terrifying''. |
| 961 | |
| 962 | !!Space Coyote |
| 963 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Music/JohnnyCash |
| 964 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E9ElViajeMisteriosoDeNuestroJomer El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)]]" |
| 965 | |
| 966 | Homer's Spirit Guide (also referred to as "The Space Coyote" or Johnny) is a talking coyote whom Homer meets in a chili-induced hallucination. Homer calls him "Wolfy". |
| 967 | ---- |
| 968 | |
| 969 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: He and the entire experience could have just been the result of Homer consuming "Guatamalan insanity peppers". |
| 970 | * MyInstinctsAreShowing: Starts chewing on Homer's leg. He ''is'' a coyote, after all. |
| 971 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Much more angular than regular characters. |
| 972 | %%* SpiritAdvisor: For Homer. |
| 973 | |
| 974 | !!Frank Ormand, the Pretzel Man |
| 975 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JackLemmon |
| 976 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E11TheTwistedWorldOfMargeSimpson The Twisted World of Marge Simpson]]" |
| 977 | |
| 978 | The owner of the Pretzel Wagon. |
| 979 | ---- |
| 980 | * InkSuitActor: He looks very much like Jack Lemmon. |
| 981 | * KilledOffForReal: In a car crash, one that also takes the executor of his estate with him. |
| 982 | |
| 983 | !!Shary Bobbins |
| 984 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Maggie Roswell |
| 985 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E13SimpsoncalifragilisticexpialaAnnoyedGruntcious Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]]" |
| 986 | |
| 987 | Shary Bobbins was the Simpson family's magical nanny. |
| 988 | ---- |
| 989 | * AmicableExes: A one-sided version toward Groundskeeper Willie. |
| 990 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Sucked into an airplane engine. |
| 991 | * {{Deconstruction}}: Of the MagicalNanny archetype. While she is briefly successful in cleaning up the Simpsons, she can't stop them from quickly sliding back into their slovenly ways, and get them to care about changing their ways. |
| 992 | * {{Expy}}: Of Film/MaryPoppins, though she vehemently denies it. |
| 993 | * ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Eventually, when the Simpsons admit they're not going to change their ways, she decides to leave. |
| 994 | |
| 995 | !!June Bellamy |
| 996 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille (normal voice), Creator/DanCastellaneta (as Itchy), and Creator/HarryShearer (as Scratchy) |
| 997 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E14TheItchyAndScratchyAndPoochieShow The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]" |
| 998 | |
| 999 | The voice actress who plays Itchy and Scratchy. |
| 1000 | ---- |
| 1001 | * CrossDressingVoices: An In-Universe example. She's a woman who voices two male characters. |
| 1002 | * MeanCharacterNiceActor: Bellamy is a very pleasant woman who voices the violent, titular duo of ''Itchy and Scratchy'' who always go at it. Itchy, in particular, is a real JerkAss who always mutilates Scratchy in the most gruesome ways imaginable for little to no reason. |
| 1003 | * NiceGirl: She's very friendly and is the only one to stand up for Homer when the crew wants to kill his character off permanently. |
| 1004 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: June is inspired by and [[{{Tuckerization}} named]] after the late voice actress Creator/JuneForay. |
| 1005 | |
| 1006 | !!Roy |
| 1007 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 1008 | ->'''Debut:''' "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" |
| 1009 | |
| 1010 | A college-aged cool guy who stays at the Simpsons home temporarily. |
| 1011 | ---- |
| 1012 | * BreakoutCharacter: Despite only appearing in one episode and adding nothing to the plot, he's still very popular among fans and a regular feature on lists of most popular one-off Simpsons characters. |
| 1013 | * ButNowIMustGo: Leaves as suddenly as he appeared, moving into an apartment with "Two sexy ladies". |
| 1014 | -->'''Bart:''' Tough break, dad. I guess people just weren't ready for Poochie. Maybe in a few years...\ |
| 1015 | '''Roy:''' ''(walks in with a letter and a suitcase in his hands)'' Good news, everybody! I'm moving into my ''own'' apartment with two ''sexy'' ladies!\ |
| 1016 | '''Marge:''' Then I guess this is goodbye, Roy. Maybe we'll see you [[{{Irony}} in a few years]]. |
| 1017 | * DiscoDan: His style of dress is about a decade behind the times and his manner of speech is some ungodly hybrid of an eighties surfer dude, white rap enthusiast and a fifties Fonzi style greaser. |
| 1018 | * NiceGuy: He's very friendly and outgoing and the family except Homer all like him. |
| 1019 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Spoofed. He's introduced like he's always been present right after Lisa comments that adding new characters to a show always seems to be a desperate attempt at boosting low ratings. |
| 1020 | * TokenHouseguest: Parodied. Roy inexplicably shows up in the Simpsons household, he ultimately adds ''nothing'' to the plot of the episode he is in, aside from just being there, and only gets four completely irrelevant lines, and at the end he leaves as suddenly as he appeared. |
| 1021 | * TotallyRadical: Like Poochie, he's a parody of what creators think a cool character is like with an aesthetic and style of talking that is painfully outdated. |
| 1022 | |
| 1023 | !!John |
| 1024 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnWaters |
| 1025 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E15HomersPhobia Homer's Phobia]]" |
| 1026 | |
| 1027 | %%* CampGay |
| 1028 | * InkSuitActor: He looks just like John Waters, only with a squigglier mustache because it's easier to animate. |
| 1029 | * NiceGuy: Friendly towards the Simpsons family and he has no hard feelings towards Homer, despite his hostility towards him. |
| 1030 | |
| 1031 | !!Cecil Terwilliger |
| 1032 | [[quoteright:157:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cecil.png]] |
| 1033 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidHydePierce |
| 1034 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E16BrotherFromAnotherSeries Brother from Another Series]]" |
| 1035 | |
| 1036 | Sideshow Bob's brother. |
| 1037 | ---- |
| 1038 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Bob was this to him, in his second appearance he is referred as Laertes to Bob's Hamlet. |
| 1039 | * ArchEnemy: To Lisa in the comics, even though he comes to care for her after realizing that they are similar. |
| 1040 | %%* AscendedExtra: In the comics. |
| 1041 | * AxCrazy: Unlike Bob, he isn't amazing at hiding it. |
| 1042 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: To the world, he comes across as a polite businessman with the best interests of the town and his company in mind. In reality, he's willing to murder the entire town by letting it be washed away, just so he can get back at Bob for taking his dream job. |
| 1043 | * TheBusCameBack: After 10 years, Cecil makes his return in the episode ''Funeral For A Fiend''. |
| 1044 | %%* CainAndAbel: He's the Cain to Bob's Abel.%%How? |
| 1045 | * CorruptedCharacterCopy: He's the [[Series/{{Frasier}} Niles Crane]] to his brothers Frasier. On top of them both being criminals and attempted murderers, the Crane brothers [[SnarkToSnarkCombat communicated mostly through snarking at each other]] but were [[VitriolicBestBuds the best of friends underneath it all]]. Cecil also also frequently traded snark with his brother but seemed to still care about him and want to help him get his life back on track, then it was revealed he actually despises his brother for [[EvilIsPetty rather petty reasons]] and helping him get his life back on track was just a ruse to use him as an UnwittingPawn in his money laundering scheme and was [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness planning to kill him afterwards]]. |
| 1046 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: He describes himself as "Springfield's chief hydrological and hydrodynamical engineer". These two terms have slightly different meanings -- hydrology refers to the movement of water over and through landscapes while hydrodynamics refers to the mechanics of flowing water -- but in practice both terms mean that he works with water on a large scale. This is lampshaded by Bob, who's unimpressed by his brother's grandiose introduction. |
| 1047 | -->'''Cecil:''' I am Springfield's chief hydrological and hydrodynamical engineer!\ |
| 1048 | '''Bob:''' Hydrological ''and'' hydrodynamical. Talk about running the gamut. |
| 1049 | * EvilIsPetty: He's willing to destroy Springfield and everyone in it because Bob got to be Krusty's sidekick instead of him, though he says that officially he did it for the money. |
| 1050 | %%* EvilerThanThou: To Sideshow Bob. |
| 1051 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He is quite polite but in a rather fake way. |
| 1052 | * {{Greed}}: He plans on claiming this to be his motivation for why he destroyed Springfield. |
| 1053 | * IvyLeagueForEveryone: He went to Princeton. (Or, as Bob calls it, "clown college".) |
| 1054 | %%* {{Jerkass}}: ''Worse'' than his brother. |
| 1055 | * KnightOfCerebus: He certainly is an exaggerated version of Sideshow Bob. |
| 1056 | * TheResenter: Jealous of Bob for being Krusty's sidekick. |
| 1057 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: Cecil is Sideshow Bob if he was more competent. He tried to kill two children and his own brother. |
| 1058 | * WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Bart invokes this with him in an effort to buy himself more time. However, Cecil is too clever to fall for it and says that if anybody asks him, he'll lie about a more creative way of killing him. He then throws Bart off the dam. |
| 1059 | |
| 1060 | !!Rex Banner |
| 1061 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaveThomas |
| 1062 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E18HomerVsTheEighteenthAmendment Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]" |
| 1063 | |
| 1064 | A {{Jerkass}} U.S. Treasury officer who was briefly sent to Springfield to uphold Prohibition after Bart got drunk in a live news report, which incited several women to force the city government to declare Prohibition. Aims to stop the Beer Baron, aka Homer Simpson. |
| 1065 | ---- |
| 1066 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Subverted. He's a completely incompentent jerk. |
| 1067 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Inverted. Even though he's hyper-focused and [[TheComicallySerious extremely serious]] about his job, he's also really terrible at it -- enough so that [[TheDitz Homer]] is easily able to run circles around him. |
| 1068 | * TheComicallySerious: One of the main jokes of his character is how he acts completely stone-faced and stern throughout the episode in spite of the insanity and silliness that happens in Springfield. |
| 1069 | * {{Expy}}: Of Eliot Ness, from ''[[Series/TheUntouchables The]]'' ''[[Film/TheUntouchables1987 Untouchables]]''. His name in the Latin American dub is "Elio Pez" to boot. |
| 1070 | * FailedASpotCheck: While interrogating Comic Book Guy, he completely ignores Homer walking by, dragging along a wagon filled with barrels of beer. Homer even talks to him and asks him how everything is going. |
| 1071 | * HeroAntagonist: Tries to stop Homer's [[spoiler:turns out not-]] illegal bootlegging of alcohol, though he's near-impossible to root for. |
| 1072 | * {{Jerkass}}: Extremely unpleasant and sociopathic throughout the entire episode. At one point he states that the only reason he hadn't killed everyone who looked at him funny was because it would be illegal. |
| 1073 | * KnightTemplar: His solution to illegal shipments of alcohol being brought in by truck? Put up a wall that blocks the road into Springfield, causing a massive car accident. Banner actually ''smiles'' when he sees the results of this. |
| 1074 | * LawfulStupid: Not only is he totally inept at fighting Homer's bootlegging, he completely ignores all other crime in the process and winds up causing far more damage along the way than he solves. |
| 1075 | * SkewedPriorities: He's so focused on cracking down alcohol that he completely ignores Fat Tony bluntly telling him that he's going to go back to smuggling heroin. |
| 1076 | * TheStoic: He tries to laugh at one point, but can only produce a strained, hacking noise. |
| 1077 | * UnexplainedRecovery: He's launched from a catapult in "Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment", but appears alive and well as part of the mob in the movie. |
| 1078 | |
| 1079 | !!Mr. Sparkle |
| 1080 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SabShimono |
| 1081 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E22InMargeWeTrust In Marge, We Trust]]" |
| 1082 | |
| 1083 | A Japanese dishwashing detergent mascot that bears a strong resemblance to Homer. |
| 1084 | ---- |
| 1085 | * {{Animesque}}: He's essentially Homer's head drawn in an anime style. |
| 1086 | * IdenticalStranger: He looks almost exactly like Homer. |
| 1087 | * MotifMerger: He's the combination of Matsamura Fishworks' and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern's logos -- a cartoon fish and a lightbulb, respectively -- merged together. |
| 1088 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: One of the comics has him cleaning a manga artist's office, including wiping his drawings blank. |
| 1089 | |
| 1090 | !!Frank Grimes |
| 1091 | [[quoteright:134:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_simpsons_frank_grimes_grimey_with_a_balloon.png]] |
| 1092 | [[caption-width-right:134: "This whole plant is insane. Insane, I tell you!"]] |
| 1093 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 1094 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E23HomersEnemy Homer's Enemy]]" |
| 1095 | |
| 1096 | A hard worker and Homer's self-proclaimed nemesis. |
| 1097 | ---- |
| 1098 | * AbsurdlyYouthfulFather: He is stated to be 35 in "Homer's Enemy" but his son is a grown man as well, implying that he had sex with prostitutes as a teenager. |
| 1099 | * AudienceSurrogate: The creators' intention of creating him in the first place. |
| 1100 | * BerserkButton: |
| 1101 | ** Homer is a big fat button. |
| 1102 | ** Also he doesn't like to be called "Grimey". Or "Stretch". |
| 1103 | * BornUnlucky: Nothing ever goes his way, ever. |
| 1104 | * BreakoutCharacter: Frank Grimes stands out as one of the most memorable one-off characters of the series. Mainly because of how great the idea was from a writing standpoint to have a normal [[TheEveryman everyman]] get wrapped up in the craziness of Springfield. |
| 1105 | * ButtMonkey: Very much so. He had to struggle his whole life and only makes the bare minimum while Homer gets to live a decent life despite his lack of intelligence. |
| 1106 | * ContinuityNod: Nearly every episode that includes Grimes and/or his tombstone expects the viewer to have seen his debut episode. |
| 1107 | * CosmicPlaything: Deconstructed. While his criticisms of Homer have some merit and he led a horribly difficult life, Frank's misery was largely his own fault, as he was so blinded by envy and self-pity that he never actually tried to learn anything about Homer's life or build any relationships at work like Homer did, both of which made things worse for Frank. His rivalry with Homer is also one-sided, as he actually has no ill-will towards Frank (and later on, Homer is literally the only employee who is honestly concerned for Frank after he has a mental breakdown.) |
| 1108 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: He was [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned by his parents]] at four years old, had to struggle through his childhood by working as a delivery boy, and was caught in a silo explosion so severe he wound up in a full-body cast and had to relearn how to walk and feel pain again. |
| 1109 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the OnlySaneMan. The entire point of the episode he appeared in was to explore what would happen if a real-life normal person had to deal with [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Homer Simpson.]] To put it simply? [[SanitySlippage Not well.]] The creators explain it in detail [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer%27s_Enemy#Production here.]] |
| 1110 | * {{Determinator}}: He majored in nuclear physics despite his complete lack of formal education, and minored in determination. It's ultimately [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]], as his utter refusal to just ''give up'' on convincing others of Homer's ineptitude leads to his mental health nose-diving. |
| 1111 | * DramaticIrony: His hatred for Homer partially stems from his belief that Homer got awarded everything while never struggling in life like he did. Anyone who's watched the show up until that point would be able to inform him that Homer struggles through life ''constantly'', with even his current position being a result of him sacrificing his dream job to support his family after Maggie was born. |
| 1112 | * DrivenByEnvy: His hatred towards Homer increases even after the latter attempts to reconcile with him, due to Homer showing his achievements like going into space, winning a Grammy, going on tour with the Smashing Pumpkins, and befriending Gerald Ford. Frank is of course upset that someone like Homer could do all those things when he himself got nothing from his hard work. |
| 1113 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Homer nicknames him "Grimey", which he hates. [[spoiler:It even appears on his tombstone.]] |
| 1114 | * EnragedByIdiocy: To the point that Homer's stupidity drives him insane at the end of the episode. |
| 1115 | * TheEveryman: Frank Grimes is supposed to represent the viewer in this episode. A man that appears in no way remarkable who never got any breaks and had to work hard every day of his life with little to no rewards. |
| 1116 | * EveryoneHasStandards: For all his hatred of Homer, he stops him from drinking acid, showing that he doesn't want Homer to get hurt or killed. |
| 1117 | * EvilIsPetty: While "evil" is an overstatement, he does tries to humiliate Homer out of pure spite. |
| 1118 | * {{Expy}}: Frank is based on Michael Douglas' character Bill Foster from ''Film/FallingDown''. They both wear glasses, white shirt, black tie, black pants. They both even have the same haircut. To say nothing of their bad tempers and sense of resentment. |
| 1119 | * FatalFlaw: [[GreenEyedMonster Envy.]] Grimes very quickly develops a pathological hatred of Homer out of jealousy over the latter's better station in life despite Homer's generally slovenly personality when Grimes himself has very little despite his own hard work. This hatred develops into an obsession that ultimately drives Grimes insane and causes his own untimely demise. |
| 1120 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 1121 | ** He contrasts Homer in every way. Homer is fat, slovenly and incompetent, while Grimes is skinny, tidy and competent at his job. Homer is TheDitz who is BornLucky and has a loving family, while Grimes is the OnlySaneMan who was BornUnlucky and had no known family. |
| 1122 | ** [[https://youtu.be/WTkpTEg5N_w?t=6m21s He has been described by writer Bill Oakley]] as a foil to ''Superintendent Chalmers'' of all people -- Chalmers knows everyone in Springfield is crazy, but he's developed a system where he gets by via not asking too many questions, hence why he indulges Skinner's lies. Whereas Frank Grimes simply wouldn't let it go and is driven insane (which results in his death) as a result. |
| 1123 | * FourthWallObserver: His punishment in Hell is to watch every Simpsons episode in order. |
| 1124 | * FreakOut: After Homer wins the children's model power plant contest, he flies completely off the deep end and begins acting like a deranged caricature of Homer's worst traits. This leads him to grab a set of dangerous electrical cables without safety gloves, bringing a swift end to his life. |
| 1125 | * FreudianExcuse: The utterly miserable life he's led would make anyone unstable. |
| 1126 | * TheFunInFuneral: People laughed during his funeral due to Homer’s disrespectful sleeping. Even Reverend Lovejoy joined the laughter. |
| 1127 | * GivingUpOnLogic: Angrily did this after his SanitySlippage and began imitating Homer's stupid antics. It took him about a minute to get himself killed. |
| 1128 | * GraveHumor: His grave is often seen with his hated nickname from Homer "Grimey" on it. In one episode his grave has "(Homer's Enemy)" written on it. |
| 1129 | * GreenEyedMonster: Loathes Homer for having a nice house, a loving family, and luxuries in life despite being a lazy slob while Grimes himself has worked very hard for nothing. |
| 1130 | %%* HeroAntagonist: |
| 1131 | * HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: His {{backstory}} describes a ridiculous amount of misfortune that he's had to overcome. |
| 1132 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: He tried to trick Homer into joining a plant-modeling contest for kids, and Homer won, much to his dismay. |
| 1133 | * InSeriesNickname: "Grimey", much to his chagrin. |
| 1134 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He has some subtle shades of this at his worst. He has a somewhat self-righteous attitude born out of resentment and jealousy and he expected the other workers to mock Homer and take Frank's side in their rivalry, despite the fact they've known Homer for years and have known Frank only for a very short amount of time. |
| 1135 | * {{Jerkass}}: Even though Homer not only tries to make it up to Grimes but actually tries to listen to his advice (albeit in a half-assed fashion), Grimes still antagonizes him and tries to humiliate him in front of everyone. |
| 1136 | * JerkassHasAPoint: He had a terrible life and had to work hard to get his job. He sees Homer, quite rightly, as being successful despite being an incompetent, lazy slob; making a mockery of all his suffering and efforts. This would enrage anyone. |
| 1137 | * JerkassToOne: While not a pleasant person in general, Grimes at least tries to remain civil to everyone he meets. Homer is the sole exception, taking the brunt of Grimes' insults and antagonism as a result of Grimes' dislike for his stupidity. |
| 1138 | * KilledOffForReal: He dies at the end of his debut episode, and remains dead in all subsequent appearances. He appears alive in ''Tapped Out'' and the comics, but both are considered non-canonical to the show. |
| 1139 | * LeanAndMean: To contrast with Homer's obesity and [[KindheartedSimpleton kindness]], Grimes is skinny and constantly mean to Homer. |
| 1140 | * NaiveNewcomer: A new employee and a generally normal person (as the AudienceSurrogate) who still doesn't know how things work in ''The Simpsons'' world and how to deal with people like Homer every day. |
| 1141 | * NegativeContinuity: |
| 1142 | ** His tombstone has different inscriptions from episode to episode. These include "Grimes", "Frank Grimes", "Frank 'Grimey' Grimes", and "Frank Grimes (Homer's enemy)". |
| 1143 | ** This occurs even in his introductory episode, where he is explicitly shown living in a house when he receives his degree, but he later claims to live in a studio apartment above (and below) two bowling alleys. |
| 1144 | %%* NerdGlasses: Wears a pair. |
| 1145 | * NeverMyFault: Sure, he's absolutely right that [[JerkassHasAPoint his horrible life]] has disproportionately punished him compared to lazy slackers like Homer. However, his tendency to [[ItsAllAboutMe martyrize himself]] (or at least [[AmbitionIsEvil desire more recognition]] [[DudeWheresMyRespect than he already deserves]]) and his obsession with humiliating Homer over bettering himself ([[SelfMadeMan admittedly otherwise]] [[HardWorkHardlyWorks constantly doing such]]) leads to him finally snapping. |
| 1146 | * NoRespectGuy: He's smarter and more qualified than his co-workers, especially [[FatIdiot Homer]], but never got any respect. People even [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing laughed during his funeral]]. |
| 1147 | * NotSoAboveItAll: He has an illegitimate son, because he apparently liked hookers (according to episode "The Great Louse Detective"). |
| 1148 | * OffendedByAnInferiorsSuccess: The crux of his conflict with Homer is that Frank can't handle the fact that a lazy, gluttonous fool like Homer could achieve so much more success in life than the diligent, driven Frank. |
| 1149 | * OnlySaneMan: He's the only person to point out that Homer shouldn't be remotely successful, popular, or even alive given his behavior, and is driven mad when no one else notices or cares. Even the universe is against him, as he's trying to apply real-world logic to a cartoon world. Oakley and Weinstein summed it up best by referring to Grimes as what would happen if someone from the real world met Homer. |
| 1150 | * ParentalAbandonment: Literally. The TV news summary of his life shows them putting four-year-old Frank out of their car in the middle of the road and driving off. |
| 1151 | * PetTheDog: |
| 1152 | ** Despite his hatred for Homer, Grimes goes out of his way to stop him from accidentally drinking a beaker of sulfuric acid. |
| 1153 | ** His resentment of Homer does not extend to Marge and the kids, and he remains polite to them. |
| 1154 | * PromotedToOpeningTitles: His grave appears in it since 2009. |
| 1155 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: |
| 1156 | -->'''Frank:''' I'm saying ''you're'' what's wrong with America, Simpson. You coast through life, you do as little as possible, and you leech off of decent, hardworking people like me. Heh, if you lived in any other country in the world, you'd have starved to death long ago.\ |
| 1157 | '''Bart:''' He's got you there, dad.\ |
| 1158 | '''Frank:''' You're a fraud. A-- a total fraud. (''walks out, pokes his head back around the doorway, and speaks to Marge and the kids'') [[MoodWhiplash It was nice meeting you.]] |
| 1159 | * ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: In ''Simpsons: Tapped Out'', it's revealed he didn't die but was instead put into a coma. They still [[BuriedAlive buried him]]. |
| 1160 | * TheResenter: To Homer. |
| 1161 | * SanitySlippage: He eventually has a breakdown and starts impersonating Homer, whose consequence-free stupidity drove him to this point. This ends when he has a moment of genuine stupidity and electrocutes himself. Unfortunately, the same rules don't apply to Grimes and this mistake costs him his life. |
| 1162 | * TheSocialDarwinist: He is horrified by America's society caring for people who can't take care of themselves, and by the latter having ''families that love them''. |
| 1163 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: Although he dies after being electrocuted in the show and remains dead whenever referenced there, ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut'' reveals that he was simply in a coma and got {{buried alive}}. He rises from his grave and resumes his life throughout a series of quests. This storyline is seemingly continued in a 2015 issue of ''[[ComicBook/TheSimpsons Simpsons Comics]]'', in which Homer passes by Grimes at the power plant as if he never "died" at all. |
| 1164 | * SpringtimeForHitler: Frank tricks Homer into entering a power plant designing contest for kids as an attempt to show the world what an idiot Homer is. Homer ends up winning, and Frank's sanity utterly disappears after this. |
| 1165 | * SurroundedByIdiots: The whole premise of his episode is watching a normal person try to cope in Springfield. |
| 1166 | * ThisLoserIsYou: Grimes is said to be a representation of what a realistic person, who was a hard-working, working-class employee, would be like if they got the misfortune of working with Homer or living in Springfield. |
| 1167 | * UnknownRival: To Homer. Grimes utterly ''hates'' Homer and wants to get him humiliated, but Homer is completely {{oblivious|ToHatred}} and only wants to be Grimes' friend. |
| 1168 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Only appears in one episode, which he dies at the end of. |
| 1169 | * XRaySparks: His death. |
| 1170 | * YankTheDogsChain: At first, it looks like his hard work is about to pay off when Mr. Burns decides to make him Executive Vice President of the plant...only to give the position to a dog instead and just throw Grimes into Sector 7G. [[FromBadToWorse Things get progressively worse from there]]. |
| 1171 | |
| 1172 | !!Big Daddy |
| 1173 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Gailard Sartain |
| 1174 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/THeSimpsonsS8E24TheSimpsonsSpinOffShowcase The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase]]" |
| 1175 | |
| 1176 | "Chief Wiggum's PI's" ArchEnemy that appears in the "Wiggum, P.I." segment of the non-canon episode "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase". |
| 1177 | ---- |
| 1178 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Big Daddy rather handily escapes from the parade while being chased by Wiggum and Skinner and later jumps from his chair out a window. |
| 1179 | * AffablyEvil: He may have kidnapped Ralph but he was nice enough to take him to "Mardi Gras" and buy him an ice cream and is very polite to Wiggum at the end. |
| 1180 | %%* TheBigEasy |
| 1181 | * CallingCard: Played with near the beginning. While Wiggum and Skinner are discussing their current situation, a skull is thrown through the window, and the duo realize they have an enemy. Later on, another skull is left behind after Ralph is kidnapped. Cue Skinner: "Big Daddy's trademark calling card... it's right here inside the skull." |
| 1182 | * ChairReveal: The end of the chase scene presents an amusing variation of the trope, while also providing the page image. Big Daddy makes it to his mansion office, and he hops into his chair so he can reveal himself to Wiggum like a villain. Due to the mansion's layout, Wiggum clearly saw Big Daddy get in the chair, yet he ''still'' acts surprised when Daddy reveals himself. |
| 1183 | * FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit: Big Daddy is a hefty New Orleanian crime boss, one who laments his size. |
| 1184 | --> "Lord have mercy, I wish I weren't so ''fat''." |
| 1185 | * FrenchJerk: He's a Cajun crime boss who peppers his speech with French words. |
| 1186 | * HiddenDepths: He enjoys stamp collecting, a trait he shares with Skinner. |
| 1187 | * HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Charles Daddy. |
| 1188 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He was based on New Orleans musician Dr John. |
| 1189 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: Big Daddy has this reaction when he is spotted by Wiggum and Skinner and has to run. |
| 1190 | -->'''Big Daddy:''' Lord have mercy, I wish I weren't so fat. |
| 1191 | * VillainExitStageLeft: Parodied in ''Chief Wiggum P.I.'', in which Big Daddy swims away through the river... slowly. |
| 1192 | -->'''Skinner:''' He's gradually getting away, Chief.\ |
| 1193 | '''Wiggum:''' Ah, let him go. I have the feeling we'll meet again, each and every week. Always in more sexy and exciting ways. |
| 1194 | * VillainsOutShopping: |
| 1195 | -->"New Orleans is my town. I got interests, and I ain't talkin' about stamp collecting, though I do find that extremely interesting." |
| 1196 | |
| 1197 | !!Fake Lisa |
| 1198 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PamelaHayden |
| 1199 | ->'''Debut:''' "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" |
| 1200 | |
| 1201 | An attractive young blonde woman who [[TheOtherDarrin replaces the real Lisa]] in ''The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour''. |
| 1202 | ---- |
| 1203 | * BrainlessBeauty: Her line in the opening number suggests she's one. |
| 1204 | -->"I'm Lisa! Peppy, blonde, and stunning. Sophomore prom queen five years running!" |
| 1205 | * DawsonCasting: [[invoked]] Lisa is supposed to be 8. If Fake Lisa has been held back four times as a high school sophomore, that would make her 19 or 20. |
| 1206 | * {{Expy}}: She's obviously a nod to Geri Reischl, who took over as Jan on ''[[Series/BradyBunchSpinOffs The Brady Bunch Hour]]'' when Eve Plumb decided not to participate. |
| 1207 | |
| 1208 | !!Commandant |
| 1209 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WillemDafoe |
| 1210 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E25TheSecretWarOfLisaSimpson The Secret War of Lisa Simpson]]" |
| 1211 | |
| 1212 | The commandant of Rommelwood Military School, attended by Bart and Lisa. |
| 1213 | ---- |
| 1214 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He is just called ''The Commandant''. |
| 1215 | %%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure |
| 1216 | [[/folder]] |
| 1217 | |
| 1218 | [[folder:Season 9]] |
| 1219 | !!Sgt. Seymour Skinner |
| 1220 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MartinSheen |
| 1221 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E2ThePrincipalAndThePauper The Principal and the Pauper]]" |
| 1222 | |
| 1223 | The ''real'' Seymour Skinner. He was a sergeant in the US Army, but got caught by the enemy and spent five years in a POW camp, and was then sold to a shoe-producing company in China. After the company closed, he came back to Springfield, only to find out that Armin Tamzarian basically lived his life for the entire time he was gone. He took back his place, but because his attitude made the townspeople uncomfortable, he was forced to leave (read: tied to a train and basically kicked out). |
| 1224 | ---- |
| 1225 | * AFatherToHisMen: To Tamzarian, which was partly why Tamzarian decided to assume Skinner's identity. |
| 1226 | * {{Foil}}: Represents everything the representing Skinner fails to be, having a strong backbone and sense of pride and ethics (if naively so). He cares about the school faculty teaching its children properly and thinks independently from his mother, whose shrill browbeating completely fails to beckon him. Expectedly everyone in [[CrapsackWorld Springfield]] soon decides they like him a lot less than the fake Skinner. |
| 1227 | * NiceGuy: He's described as a "weenie" by Edna and he's noticeably less submissive than the old Seymour but he's overall a kind, sincere person who isn't even all that resentful of Tamzarian for what he did and just wants to live a simple life. |
| 1228 | * PutOnABusToHell: Put on a train and never seen again. His entire existence is forbidden from being mentioned again, under the penalty of torture. In RealLife both fans and some writers [[CanonDiscontinuity pretend this episode never happened]]. |
| 1229 | * {{Retcon}}: His appearance completely changes Skinner's backstory. However, Judge Snyder grants Tamzarian Skinner's "name, and his past, present, future, and mother", and decrees that no one will mention his true identity again under penalty of torture. The only time this rule has been broken since was when Lisa refers to Principal Skinner as "Principal Tamzarian" when he witnesses her name her new cat Snowball II instead of Snowball V in "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot". |
| 1230 | * SuckSessor: He takes Armin's place as principal while Armin leaves town. However, despite the real Skinner being a nice and reasonable fellow, the other Springfield citizens decide to kick him out of town (even his mother, who preferred the doormat Armin to the independent Seymour) and get a judge to order everyone never to speak of this again under penalty of torture because... they preferred the old Skinner. |
| 1231 | * {{Unperson}}: {{Enforced}} after he was sent away. |
| 1232 | * WhatTheHellHero: He rightly calls out the townspeople for ignoring him just because they prefer Tamzarian and later for how they simply run him out of town. |
| 1233 | |
| 1234 | !!Bart's Kindergarten Teacher |
| 1235 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Maggie Roswell |
| 1236 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E3LisasSax Lisa's Sax]]" |
| 1237 | |
| 1238 | Bart and Milhouse's kindergarten teacher. |
| 1239 | ---- |
| 1240 | * ApatheticTeacher: By far the most deflated and cynical member of Springfield Elementary, to the point where she makes Ms. Hoover look enthusiastic about her job. She teaches her class in a perpetually bored and contemptuous tone. |
| 1241 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: She is Springfield Elementary's apathetic deadbeat system at its worst, and is the one that embitters Bart into the faculty's biggest bane of their lives. |
| 1242 | * DeadpanSnarker: She appears to be a cynical and sarcastic person. |
| 1243 | * EvilCounterpart: She's Miss Hoover had she totally stopped caring (and that's saying something!), right down to the same voice actor. She is also one to Mrs. Krapabbel, as unlike her, Krapabbel always believes that Bart has potential deep down (even if she may not show it too often) and never gave up on him in spite of him being a troublemaker. |
| 1244 | * HateSink: She is a SadistTeacher with no likable traits to speak of. |
| 1245 | * {{Jerkass}}: She is the one initially responsible for making Bart feel miserable and unable to fit in at school, which leads him to seek attention through mischievous behaviour. |
| 1246 | * KarmaHoudini: She faces no consequences for her emotional and psychological abuse of a toddler. Ironically she is also about the only member of Springfield Elementary that Bart never victimises onscreen. |
| 1247 | * NoNameGiven: They never say her name. |
| 1248 | * SadistTeacher: She has no problem in telling children like Bart that they have no future whatsoever just because they aren't as quick to catch on to things as the other kids. That's right, SHE is the reason why Bart is the troublemaker that he is today. |
| 1249 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Her crushing of Bart's enthusiasm at an early age led to him becoming an attention-seeking delinquent. |
| 1250 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She is never seen outside the flashback of this episode with other teachers shown in the present-day kindergarten faculty. Granted, given she was left teaching Bart in the form of a hellion and her clear antipathy for her job in the first place, it's not inconceivable that she quit within that time period. |
| 1251 | |
| 1252 | !!Cooder and Spud |
| 1253 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimVarney and Creator/TressMacNeille |
| 1254 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E12BartCarny Bart Carny]]" |
| 1255 | |
| 1256 | A father-son carny duo. |
| 1257 | ---- |
| 1258 | * GracefulLoser: After the Simpsons family trick them and get their house back, Cooder admits that they were outsmarted and takes it in stride. |
| 1259 | * {{Jerkass}}: After spending a day with the carnies, they take the Simpsons' home and the Simpsons have to live in Bart's treehouse. |
| 1260 | |
| 1261 | !!Movementarian Recruiters |
| 1262 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria and Maggie Roswell |
| 1263 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E13TheJoyOfSect The Joy Of Sect]]" |
| 1264 | |
| 1265 | The recruiters for the Movementarian cult. |
| 1266 | ---- |
| 1267 | * FauxAffablyEvil: They take a friendly guise towards the people they prey upon. |
| 1268 | * NoNameGiven: They're never addressed by any names. |
| 1269 | * ThoseTwoGuys: They're always seen together. |
| 1270 | |
| 1271 | !!The Movementarian Leader |
| 1272 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 1273 | ->'''Debut:''' "The Joy Of Sect" |
| 1274 | |
| 1275 | The mysterious, seldom-seen leader of the Movementarian cult. |
| 1276 | ---- |
| 1277 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He doesn't have a given name stated onscreen. |
| 1278 | * LaserGuidedKarma: He tries to escape with his followers' money, but crash-lands on Cletus Spuckler's property, who robs him. |
| 1279 | * StartMyOwn: He used to be with the Promise Keepers cult till he started his own. |
| 1280 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Movementarians soon buy out every local media outlet and starts painting him as a benevolent figure. |
| 1281 | |
| 1282 | !!Captain Tenille |
| 1283 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RodSteiger |
| 1284 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E19SimpsonTide Simpson Tide]]" |
| 1285 | |
| 1286 | The captain of the Springfield Naval Reserve submarine during its annual war games. |
| 1287 | ---- |
| 1288 | * {{Expy}}: Tenille is based on Captain Frank Ramsey, a character from the 1995 film ''Film/CrimsonTide'', who was portrayed by Creator/GeneHackman. His episode's title was derived from the same movie. |
| 1289 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He takes an instant shine to Homer because of a misunderstanding of naval jargon. He later invites Homer to eat with him and, misunderstanding what he was actually saying, concludes Homer's views on peace are the same as his and thus Homer is "like the son I never had." He leaves Homer in command while he goes to investigate the torpedo tube. It ends up costing him his life. |
| 1290 | * TerseTalker: |
| 1291 | -->'''Tenille:''' I'm a man of few words. (''beat'') Any questions? |
| 1292 | |
| 1293 | !!Ray Patterson |
| 1294 | [[quoteright:223:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ray_patterson.png]] |
| 1295 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveMartin |
| 1296 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E22TrashOfTheTitans Trash of the Titans]]" |
| 1297 | |
| 1298 | Springfield's sanitation commissioner. |
| 1299 | ---- |
| 1300 | * ButtMonkey: He is tormented by Homer and the townspeople who fall for Homer's insanity. He gets his revenge. |
| 1301 | * CassandraTruth: He tries to warn the townsfolk that Homer's promises are unworkable, but they just brush him off. |
| 1302 | * DeadpanSnarker: Inevitable when it's Steve Martin. |
| 1303 | * {{Foil}}: To Frank Grimes from "Homer's Enemy". Both try to warn Springfield about what an incompetent buffoon Homer is, but when Ray's plans fail, he maintains his sanity and simply tells Springfield off before leaving them behind. |
| 1304 | * GuiltByAssociation: Homer's vendetta with Patterson stems from two of his thuggish employees skipping his yard on duty and then [[DisproportionateRetribution attacking him and cutting off their services after he complains]]. While this was poor choice of staff on Patterson's side, rather than simply protest about the incident, Homer being Homer decides to pick a fight with the guy in charge. |
| 1305 | * IWarnedYou: After Homer inevitably screws up, Springfield calls him back, but he's got some choice words: |
| 1306 | -->'''Ray:''' Oh gosh. [[UnaccustomedAsIAmToPublicSpeaking You know, I'm not much on speeches]], but it's so gratifying to— ''(sighs)'' leave you wallowing in the mess you've made. You're screwed, thank you, bye. |
| 1307 | * IgnoredExpert: Ray Patterson was smart enough to see that Homer basically has no clue what being sanitation commissioner is all about. |
| 1308 | -->'''Ray:''' All right, fine. If you want an experienced politician, vote for me. But if you want to believe a bunch of crazy promises about garbagemen washing your cars and emptying your kitty litter, then by all means, vote for this sleazy lunatic. |
| 1309 | * InkSuitActor: He looks just like Creator/SteveMartin. |
| 1310 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Every one of his criticisms of Homer and how impractical and outlandish his campaign promises are is absolutely on point, as is his belief that Homer will mess up the gig which he does, blowing through his entire annual budget in only a month. His telling the town off and leaving them in the mess they've created is also harsh, but given how badly he was treated and how unsalvageable the situation is anyway, it's quite understandable. |
| 1311 | * OnlySaneMan: Compared to many of Springfield's residents, Ray Patterson is one of the more 'sane' characters; hard working and committed to his job. Naturally, considering the nature of [[CrapsackWorld Springfield]], he winds up becoming the town's [[ButtMonkey butt-monkey]] thanks to a spiteful Homer. |
| 1312 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Homer was fired for encouraging other cities to dump their garbage in the abandoned mine (in order to solve the budget crisis), Patterson got his job back, but he refused to help clean up the town, instead choosing to leave them "wallowing in the mess you have created". |
| 1313 | * TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: On the other hand, by the time he gets his job back, it's clear to him that thanks to Homer's apocalyptic stupidity, the town is unsalvageable. Furthermore, he's clearly sickened by the town begging him back to clean up the impossible mess they made by voting in a jerk like Homer in the first place, in addition to them gleefully joining in on Homer tormenting him during the campaign. Hence, his brief speech is essentially this, and can anyone truly blame him for wanting to wash his hands off the whole mess and get out of dodge? |
| 1314 | |
| 1315 | !!Brad and Neil |
| 1316 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrendanFraser and Creator/StevenWeber |
| 1317 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E23KingOfTheHill King of the Hill]]" |
| 1318 | |
| 1319 | Brad and Neil are two spokesmen for Powersauce Energy Bars. |
| 1320 | ---- |
| 1321 | * SlaveToPR: When Homer decides to carry on climbing Mount Murderhorn despite their warnings, they disavow him, saying that Homer's signed on to their rivals, Vita-Peach Health Log. |
| 1322 | %%* ThoseTwoGuys |
| 1323 | |
| 1324 | !!The Sherpas |
| 1325 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria and Creator/HarryShearer |
| 1326 | |
| 1327 | Two Nepalese Sherpas tasked with helping Homer climb Mount Murderhorn. |
| 1328 | [[/folder]] |
| 1329 | |
| 1330 | [[folder:Season 10]] |
| 1331 | !!Alex Whitney |
| 1332 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LisaKudrow |
| 1333 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E1LardOfTheDance Lard of the Dance]]" |
| 1334 | |
| 1335 | A popular "grown-up" girl in Lisa's class. Lisa becomes very jealous of her, because Alex steals her friends. |
| 1336 | ---- |
| 1337 | * AlphaBitch: Definitely the alpha part, though she doesn't really do anything worse than be childishly rude. |
| 1338 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: She has a habit of making other people feel uncomfortable or insulted. Unlike most popular valley-girls she isn't being malicious, she just tends to blurt out whatever she's thinking. |
| 1339 | * NotSoAboveItAll: At the end of the episode, turns out Alex isn't totally above having a greaseball fight for fun. |
| 1340 | * ValleyGirl: She uses Valley Girl slang, which is mainly used by teenage girls. |
| 1341 | * VerbalTic: "He-LOO!". |
| 1342 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: Or so she thinks. |
| 1343 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: In "Father Knows Worst" there's a girl who looks vaguely like her but her face is totally different. Given how Janey and the others are shown in the same outfits they wore to the dance in her debut, she probably was meant to be Alex. |
| 1344 | |
| 1345 | !!Seth and Munchie |
| 1346 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MartinMull and Creator/GeorgeCarlin |
| 1347 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E6DohInTheWind D'oh-in' in the Wind]]" |
| 1348 | |
| 1349 | Mona Simpson's hippy friends in the 1960s. |
| 1350 | %%---- |
| 1351 | %%* ThoseTwoGuys |
| 1352 | |
| 1353 | !!Leavelle |
| 1354 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarkHamill |
| 1355 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E9MayoredToTheMob Mayored to the Mob]]" |
| 1356 | |
| 1357 | A professional bodyguard trainer who owns and operates Leavelle's Bodyguard Academy. |
| 1358 | |
| 1359 | %%* DrillSergeantNasty |
| 1360 | * FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit: Judging by his accent, he seems to be from Texas. |
| 1361 | |
| 1362 | !!Amber Pai Gow (Simpson) |
| 1363 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PamelaHayden |
| 1364 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E10VivaNedFlanders Viva Ned Flanders]]" |
| 1365 | |
| 1366 | Homer's Vegas wife. |
| 1367 | ---- |
| 1368 | * AccidentalMarriage: With Homer in "Viva Ned Flanders". |
| 1369 | * TheBusCameBack: She and Ginger come back in "Brawl in the Family". Homer attempts to annul his marriage to Amber, but it is upheld under Nevada law. To get her out of their lives, the Simpson family tricks Amber into marrying Grampa and agreeing to forsake her vows to Homer. |
| 1370 | * KilledOffScreen: In "Jazzy and the Pussycats", it's revealed that Amber died of an overdose at a theme park in front of a sign warning guests not to stand up on a roller coaster. Her funeral is held in Springfield and attended by the Simpsons. |
| 1371 | |
| 1372 | !!Ginger (Flanders) |
| 1373 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille |
| 1374 | ->'''Debut:''' "Viva Ned Flanders" |
| 1375 | |
| 1376 | Ned's Vegas wife. |
| 1377 | ---- |
| 1378 | * AccidentalMarriage: With Ned Flanders in "Viva Ned Flanders". |
| 1379 | * TheBusCameBack: She and Amber come back in "Brawl in the Family". Unlike Homer, Ned reluctantly allows Ginger into his home. |
| 1380 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ginger leaves Ned because he, Rod and Todd are too good (they flushed her cigarettes down the toilet and sang all day). |
| 1381 | |
| 1382 | !!Wally Kogen |
| 1383 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredWillard |
| 1384 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E12SundayCruddySunday Sunday, Cruddy Sunday]]" |
| 1385 | |
| 1386 | A travel agent who takes Homer and his friends to the Super Bowl. |
| 1387 | ---- |
| 1388 | * {{Tuckerization}}: He's named for classic Simpsons writers Wallace Wolodarsky and Jay Kogen, who'd written for the show during the first 4 seasons, including the original "Treehouse of Horror" special, "Bart The Daredevil", and "Lisa the Greek", which was also about the Super Bowl. |
| 1389 | |
| 1390 | !!Red Barclay |
| 1391 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 1392 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E17MaximumHomerdrive Maximum Homerdrive]]" |
| 1393 | |
| 1394 | A man whom Homer meets at The Slaughterhouse. He's a trucker. |
| 1395 | ---- |
| 1396 | * BigEater: He's one of only 2 people to ever finish the Sir Loin-A-Lot steak (the other being Tony Randall). |
| 1397 | * DeathByGluttony: The second time doesn't work out so well for him. |
| 1398 | * PyrrhicVictory: Manages to beat Homer at the Sir Loin-A-Lot contest. But it ends up killing him right as the contest ends. |
| 1399 | |
| 1400 | !!Señor Ding Dong |
| 1401 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanCastellaneta |
| 1402 | ->'''Debut:''' "Maximum Homerdrive" |
| 1403 | |
| 1404 | The mysterious Spanish mascot of his eponymous doorbell shop. |
| 1405 | ---- |
| 1406 | * TheRealRemingtonSteele: |
| 1407 | -->'''Lisa:''' I thought you were just a marketing gimmick.\ |
| 1408 | '''Señor Ding Dong:''' There was a time when that was true, but now, I am so much more. |
| 1409 | |
| 1410 | !!Astrid Weller |
| 1411 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IsabellaRossellini |
| 1412 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E19MomAndPopArt Mom and Pop Art]]" |
| 1413 | |
| 1414 | The owner of an art gallery. |
| 1415 | |
| 1416 | !!Arthur Fortune |
| 1417 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 1418 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E21MontyCantBuyMeLove Monty Can't Buy Me Love]]" |
| 1419 | |
| 1420 | A wealthy British entrepreneur who enamors the people of Springfield upon opening his Fortune Megastore there. |
| 1421 | ---- |
| 1422 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's directly inspired by Virgin Group founder and CEO Richard Branson. |
| 1423 | |
| 1424 | !!Jerry Rude |
| 1425 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelMcKean |
| 1426 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E21MontyCantBuyMeLove Monty Can't Buy Me Love]]" |
| 1427 | |
| 1428 | The radio shock jock who hosts "Jerry Rude and the Bathroom Bunch". |
| 1429 | ---- |
| 1430 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's a clear parody of Creator/HowardStern. |
| 1431 | |
| 1432 | !!Chuck Garabedian |
| 1433 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria |
| 1434 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E23ThirtyMinutesOverTokyo Thirty Minutes over Tokyo]]" |
| 1435 | |
| 1436 | * CuttingCorners: He holds seminars teaching cash-strapped people how they can save money for the (somewhat) finer things in life. |
| 1437 | |
| 1438 | !!Wink |
| 1439 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GeorgeTakei |
| 1440 | ->'''Debut:''' "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" |
| 1441 | |
| 1442 | A Japanese game show host who has a game show called "Super Happy Smile Time Family Wish Show", which the Simpsons compete on to get tickets back to Springfield. |
| 1443 | ---- |
| 1444 | * {{Sadist}}: He clearly enjoys the suffering of the contestants. |
| 1445 | [[/folder]] |
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