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Gil Gunderson

Debut: "Realty Bites"

Chronically unsuccessful salesman. Voiced by Dan Castellaneta.

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• A Day in the Limelight: In the episodes "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" and "Dogtown".
• Alliterative Name: Gil Gunderson.
• Ascended Extra: Ol' Gil was expected to be a One-Shot Character in "Realty Bites". However, Dan Castellaneta was reportedly so funny at that episode's table read, the writers wanted to keep bringing the character back. The retirement of Lionel Hutz also provided an opportunity for Gil to inherit many of his "unlucky businessman" scenes.
• Attractive Bent-Gender: At least, he was to Moe in "Pray Anything".
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Despite his mostly affable personality, he spends most of his time selling products he knows are faulty and are essentially scams. He also constantly takes advantage of the Simpsons in Kill Gil, Volmes I & II only to lapse into self-pity whenever they hold him accountable. One episode reveals he shamelessly smuggled drugs inside animatronics in a pizza place.
• Born Unlucky: Gil has held many different jobs, all of which he eventually quits because something bad happens to him. For example, being shot in his first day as a bank security guard. However this might be seen as karma (see above)
• Bungled Suicide: In "Tis the 15th Season", he is seen attempting to hang himself. Later on the episode, he is shown to be alive, albeit with a part of the noose still around his neck.
• Butt-Monkey: He always loses his jobs, either from getting fired due to his failures or quitting because of some horrific accident.
• Cosmic Plaything: Ol' Gil's only reason to exist is to fail at everything he does.
• Contrasting Replacement Character: Used as a replacement for Lionel Hutz thanks to Phil Hartman's untimely death (his debut episode was the last to feature Hutz before Hartman's death). However, Hutz was suave and extroverted whereas Gil is whiny and introverted.
• Expy: In his original appearances, he was a parody of Shelly "The Machine" Levene from Glengarry Glen Ross.
• Iconic Sequel Character: Introduced in season 9 and remains a recurring character for the rest of the show.
• Jerkass: His spotlight episodes show him to be an inconsiderate moocher and a dishonest salesman.
• New Job as the Plot Demands: The very point of the character Gil is to be perpetually dangling by a thread at his current job, whatever it may be — one episode he is in real estate, another has him working at a shoe store, another is at a car lot, another has him selling (crappy) computers, and another has him as a department store Santa.
• Replacement Goldfish: After the murder of Phil Hartman, Gil was often cast as the Simpsons' lawyer since they permanently retired Lionel Hutz.
• Straw Loser: His character exists only to be the ultimate failure. Even on a good day, he's barely able to keep a roof over his head.
• The Thing That Would Not Leave: In Kill Gil, Vol. I and II he mooches off the Simpsons for over a year.
• They Killed Kenny Again: He's been eaten alive by Homer's clones, shot to death during a bank robbery, had his eyes popped out of his sockets for cash, was presumably burnt to a crisp after his car exploded, and still comes back for more misery.
• Thinking Out Loud: Pretty often he admonishes himself for doing something he thinks was dumb right in front of people that really shouldn't be hearing that (such as mentioning the Coleco computers rust easy in "Lisa Gets an 'A'" and going "why did you say that!?! Close the deal!". Principal Skinner and Lisa both look at him like he'd gone nuts). Other times he provides Too Much Information about how crappy his situation is by this method ("I'll be eating food tonight!" is not what one would expect to hear from someone who crashed his car and is on fire).
• Third-Person Person: Gil often refers to himself in the third person, particularly as "Ol' Gil".
• Throw the Dog a Bone:
  • In "Pay Pal", while they're working at the grocery store, Shauna Chalmers kisses Gil to stop him from rambling on about one of his former jobs:
  Shauna: If I make out with you, will you shut up?
  Gil: Ah, give it a shot.
  • He marries Ms Hoover and it seems to be sticking.
• Unexplained Recovery: Gil was apparently shot and killed in Season 19's "I Don't Wanna Know Why The Caged Bird Sings". He returns in later episodes with no explanation.
• Yank the Dog's Chain:
  • The plot of "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II". The Simpsons let him stay in their house for one night when his kindness towards Lisa gets him fired from his job as a mall Santa, but he brings all his stuff in and makes it into an extended stay. He gets on the entire family's nerves, but Marge finds herself unable to kick him out because she can't say "no" to him. After an entire year, Gil finally moves to Scottsdale because he finally gets a job as a real estate agent that he had been waiting to get for a better part of the year. Marge still feels like she has to say "no" to him or she'll never grow out of the habit, so the family goes to Scottsdale to talk to him. There, they discover Gil is actually successful at this job with billboards with his face on them all over the town. But when Marge finally confronts Gil and shouts at him because of his being so annoying, Gil's co-workers lose all their respect for him for not standing up to her and thinks he's a loser just like them. Naturally, his boss sees this and fires him on the spot.
  • In "Marge Simpson in: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'", Gil almost makes his first car sale until his co-worker ruins it for him. And then he finds out that his wife is cheating on him. Again.

Captain Horatio McAllister

Debut: "New Kid on the Block"

A sea captain and businessman in Springfield. Voiced by Hank Azaria.

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• Ambiguously Bi: In one episode he takes glee at being capable of taking a picture of Patty and Selma naked and in another he accepts being handed a handful of dirty magazines while saying that this will prevent his (all-male) crew from having sex with each other out of desperation (but they all look at him when he says this). It's pretty much stated that he becomes way too sex-starved for his own good with his long sea trips. A recent episode reveals he has a wife.
  Flanders: (sighs) Well, Sea Captain, looks like you and I are sailing solo this evening.
  Sea Captain: Arrrrre you hitting on me?! Because I don't do that. On land.
• Artificial Limbs: He has an artificial leg.
• The Drunken Sailor: Was drunk when he crashed a tanker full of oil on Baby Seal Beach in "Bart After Dark". He tries to bribe a reporter on camera to take the blame.
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Or rather, everyone calls him the Sea Captain. The episode "New Kid on the Block" is the only time in the series when he is referred to as Captain McAllister.
• Expy: Hank Azaria based his voice on Robert Newton's Long John Silver.
• Father Neptune: Supposedly. He looks the part and even has a Seadog Beard, but his sailing and boating skills are usually shown to be lacking. In "Bart's Girlfriend", he says he hates the sea and everything in it and turns the lighthouse light the other way just so he can watch ships crash for fun (even though lighthouse lights are supposed to spin around, not stay stationary). The "Father Neptune" gimmick could be an act, given that he owns a seaside restaurant ("The Frying Dutchman"). He does play Neptune/Poseidon during the retelling of The Odyssey. Notably, Lionel Hutz, of all people, exposed him as not being a real sea captain.
• Glass Eye: He has at least one glass eye — though once he was seen tapping both of his eyes and saying he has "two glass eyes".
• Hidden Depths: His claim that he suffers from crippling depression ("Faith Off") and his desperation to have a friend "who's not a work friend" ("Fat Man and Little Boy") paints a surprisingly solemn picture through one-off lines. And he never did get over losing his Game Boy in the ocean...
• Life's Work Ruined: In "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson", Horatio finally finds the treasure he spent the past 40 years looking for, only for it to be stolen by Mayor Quimby by way of redistricting.
• New Job as the Plot Demands: Captain McAllister has held a lot of nautical jobs (despite not being a licensed captain), as well as owning and operating an all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant (the latter of which has been used more often in later episodes).
• Oral Fixation: He is always seen with a pipe in his mouth, which he rarely actually smokes.
• Talk Like a Pirate: Complete with copious use of "Yarrhh."
• Too Kinky to Torture: One of his lines in The Simpsons Game hints at this.
  "It's true that the sea is a cruel mistress, but that kinda turns me on."

Rich Texan

Debut: "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"

A wealthy businessman originally from Texas^note originally from Connecticut. Voiced by Dan Castellaneta.

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• Character Catchphrase: Yeeeeahaw!
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: He once owned a logging company and once attempted to cut down Springfield's tallest Redwood tree, until his company was destroyed by the gigantic tree after it slid down a hill.
  "Goldarn! I worked hard to ill-get those gains."
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Subverted. Rich Texan is his actual name. He even has a teenaged daughter named Paris Texan. (It helps that "Rich" as a name is short for "Richard".)
• Fat, Sweaty Southerner in a White Suit: He fits the "fat", "southerner", and "in a white (or, at least, light tan) suit" elements of the trope, though he isn't commonly shown to be sweaty or gluttonous. He is very rich and occasionally somewhat shady.
• Firing in the Air a Lot: His standard way to express his glee at whatever is going on... however in one episode this results in a Noodle Incident that happened to him off-screen (one of his bullets hit a Texas Ranger when it came back down) and he was forced to switch to blanks (which he then says doesn't brings him as much joy when he does this). Appearances after that episode did cut down on his weapons usage, reckless or not.
• Guns Akimbo: He holds two guns at once.
• Hood Hornament: Rich Texan has a pair of horns on his giant Cadillac.
• Jerkass: Considering he ruined Lisa's entry in a contest and gave her a "Last Place" ribbon before Homer as "Pie Man" stopped him, Rich Texan qualifies. He even answers in one episode ("Lisa The Tree-Hugger") when Lisa asks him if he has no shame by saying he doesn't... and to make even more clear that it's Not Hyperbole, "NO SHAME" is then shown to be his car's Vanity License Plate.
• Killed Off for Real: Gets chopped up and melted with acid by debt collectors in “A Serious Flanders”. Of course, the episode is not canonical, so it doesn’t stick.
• Pet the Dog: Make no mistake, Texan is not a very nice man, and he certainly is willing to do anything for profit if he thinks he can get away with it. But despite everything he does, he has a genuinely kind side to him and is willing to do what’s right from time to time, even if it means having to part with some of his precious money.
  • He thanks Marge on one occasion when she stops him, Mr. Burns, Moe and Snake from almost killing one another over some gold, and gives her a big hug before going to volunteer to build an orphanage.
  • He dearly loves his gay grandson despite his otherwise crazy values.
  • He also gave Homer his lucky hat ("I wore it the day Kennedy was shot, and it's always brought me luck!")
  • In a comic story, he agreed to buy a flock of ostriches off the Simpsons for a rodeo, ending the story’s main conflict.
• Reckless Gun Usage: Richard always carries two revolvers, and he has a common habit of pulling them out and firing them into the air while yelling, "Yee-haw!" whenever he is happy or excited. He has been to jail at least once when one of his stray bullets hit a Texas Ranger and the police made him switch to blanks.
• Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: In one of the first episodes he appeared in, he was representing a group of oil tycoons who make foolish purchases. Some of their past "investments" included a stained-glass bathrobe, and the world's fattest racehorse.
• Strawman Political: Along with post-Flanderization Ned, he serves as the show's primary target for Take Thats directed at Republicans/conservatives.

Lindsey Naegle

Debut: "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"

Springfield's residential business link. Voiced by Tress MacNeille.

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• Ambiguously Human: In “Day of the Jackanapes” She and an unnamed TV executive turn out to be T-1000 like liquid metal robots. This was never brought up again and it wasn’t a Halloween special.
• Ascended Extra: The TV executive that appears in "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" and "Girly Edition" behaves, sounds and looks (only with a different hair color) just like her, but she wasn't formally introduced and named until "They Saved Lisa's Brain". Though it's unclear whether the OmniTouch representative from "Make Room For Lisa", airing shortly before "They Saved Lisa's Brain", is also Naegle.
• The Alcoholic: Is seen in Alcoholics Anonymous on "Days of Wine and D'Oh-ses".
• Blonde Republican Sex Kitten: In many episodes, though in "E Pluribus Wiggum", she is shown as a Democrat.
• Children Are a Waste: Lindsey, outraged at paying high damages for a particular riot that the youth have caused, formed an anti-youth group named SSCCATAGAPP (Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples And Teens And Gays Against Parasitic Parents), and lobbied to deprive Springfield of all child-friendly things.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: She is a stereotypical upper management executive, and her ventures almost always promote the business buzzword “synergy”.
• Early Installment Character-Design Difference: In her early appearances in "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" and "Girly Edition" she's shown as a brunette with dark brown hair.
• Expy: She's similar to Charlotte Pickles from Rugrats as a workaholic female executive played by Tress MacNeille, although Lindsey's much less family-friendly.
• Foil: To Marge ("Occupation?" "...Hrrmmm... Homemaker.") Simpson. While Marge comes across quaint and out-of-date, even according to Groening himself, Naegle epitomizes everything wrong with the late '80s/early '90s businesswoman: androgynous hair, shoulder pads, a patronizing attitude and an utter disdain for children and families in general.
• Hypocrite: She has been in both Democratic AND Republican parties. She also dislikes children, but will gladly involve herself in businesses that make money off of them.
• Jerkass: Lindsey tends to flatly admit things that might be considered insensitive. Not only she shamelessly reveals herself as a sexual predator which explains her multiple jobs but "Uncut Femmes" reveals she was a jewel thief.
• New Job as the Plot Demands: Lindsey has popped up in several capacities, seemingly working at a different job every time she appears. Job titles have included the aforementioned network executive, as well as marketing researcher, financial planner (making a point that she wasn't a financial consultant), public relations consultant, venture capitalist, advertising executive, cell phone company exec, and executive with the Child Development Group. She's also a former thief alongside Chief Wiggum's wife who used the money she gained from betraying her former partner to make it into the corporate world.
• Noodle Incident: In the Season 13 episode "Blame It On Lisa", Lindsey reveals that she's a sexual predator, which is why she has a different job every episode. Just how did Lindsay Naegle become a sexual predator? Who was/were the victim(s)? Were minors involved? Was the news of her indictment as seen on "Alone Again, Natura-Diddly" connected with this?
• Punny Name: Her surname is likely a pun on "finagle", the definitions of which are to "obtain (something) by devious or dishonest means" and to "act in a devious or dishonest manner".
• Rich Bitch: More bitchy than rich but most of her jobs are well-paid ones, and she admits to having much disposable income due to being single and childless. Her past as a jewel thief in "Uncut Femmes" might have a hand in this.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: The Omni Touch employee from "Make Room For Lisa" behaves like she does, but looks different. See Ascended Extra above; it apparently took the writers awhile to establish the Jerkass Female Businesswoman as an official character.
• Yuppie: She's a soulless corporate ghoul dressed in a business suit and Power Hair who's constantly spouting business buzzwords.

Cookie Kwan

Debut: "Reality Bites"

A go-getter in the imploding Springfield real-estate industry, the "number one on the west side". Voiced by Tress MacNeille.

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• Asian Rudeness: She is very aggressive toward anyone whom she deems a threat to her business.
• Asian Speekee Engrish: She has a strong Asian accent even though she grew up in Springfield.
• Character Catchphrase: She's "number one on the west side".
• Demoted to Extra: With many of the non-white characters being recast after the murder of George Floyd, both Kwan and Apu have yet to be recast.
• Flat Character: She has no personality besides her business work.
• Jerkass: Cookie went to Camp Land-A-Man with Marge when she was a child. Marge had arranged a date with Homer, but he didn't appear, so Marge went out of the camp. Cookie told everyone at the camp about it and that Marge was pregnant.
• Kissing Cousins: It's suggested in "Love is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4" that she had or has a threesome with Professor Frink and her cousin Nookie.
• Rich Bitch: Appears to be as well-off as Lindsay Naegle, and is equally rude.
• Strong Family Resemblance: She has a cousin, Nookie, identical to her.

Roger Meyers, Jr.

Voiced by: Alex Rocco (with Hank Azaria occasionally substituting)

Debut: "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"

Owner of Itchy and Scratchy Studios, the makers of The Itchy & Scratchy Show, and son of its founder Roger Meyers Sr.

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• Ambiguously Jewish: His last name is Meyers, and he has a long nose and works in entertainment. Ironic, since his father produced a controversial cartoon called Nazi Supermen are Our Superiors.
• Bad Boss: He treats his employees almost as badly as he treats concerned parents. Especially if they've been to college, and especially if that college is Harvard.
• Child Hater: To say he has a low opinion of his cartoons' target audience is an understatement.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He makes no speaking appearances after Season 8, and his reappearance seems less likely after the death of Alex Rocco.
• Cigar Chomper: Often seen smoking on one.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: He produces extremely violent cartoons, without regard for their psychological effect on children.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: He uses part of the money he makes from Itchy & Scratchy to keep his dad in cryogenic stasis.
• Hypocritical Humor: Despite his bluntly insulting reply to Marge's initial concerned letter about the show's content, he's quite choked up when he gets stacks of equally insulting to downright threatening letters from other angry parents.
  Meyer: "Dear Sleaze Merchant?" Oh come on, that hurts.
• Jerkass: The man's default mode appears to be contempt. When Marge writes a concerned letter, he responds with a nasty one, and then retaliates with a cartoon making fun of her.
• Jerkass Has a Point: His contempt for both his writers (who are laughably incompetent whenever not sticking rigidly to the formula) and nagging Moral Guardians (who are caricatures of real life parents who scapegoat cartoons for their children's bad behaviour, despite many other sources such as their own neglect) is often treated as with reason in-universe, even if his comically on-the-nose callous approach to them rarely does his argument any favours.
• Never My Fault: Refuses to be held accountable for what happens when kids imitate his show, and sees nothing wrong with committing plagiarism.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: He's basically Michael Eisner, the executive most associated with making Disney into the near-MegaCorp it is today.
• Pet the Dog:
  • Subverted. He celebrates Christmas by rescuing animals from the pound, then forcing poor families to take care of them.
  • Played straight when he gives Bart and Lisa a free tour of the studio.

Elders

Hans Moleman

Debut: "Principal Charming"

A mole-like, heavily wrinkled elderly man with thick glasses and terrible luck, who gets killed a lot. Voiced by Dan Castellaneta.

• The Alcoholic: "Drinking has ruined my life. I'm 31 years old!"
• Ambiguously Brown: He's sometimes drawn light brown instead of yellow.
• Body Horror: If he's really 31 years old, then alcohol abuse has done a number on his body.
• Born Unlucky: The poor man has frighteningly bad luck in just about every aspect.
• Blind Without 'Em: And pretty much blind with 'em, too (he is Hans Moleman).
  Hans: (reading a dinner menu) : Cold...biscuits...chicken...yellow...mailman...
  Waitress: You're reading the wine list, sir.
  Hans: Very good.
• Butt-Monkey: He's pretty much the Kenny McCormick of Springfield.
• The Chew Toy: His Butt-Monkey status has made him one of the most popular Recurring Extras.
• Cosmic Plaything: Arguably the unluckiest character in the entire series, making even Gil look fortunate by comparison.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass:
  • In "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder", he is shown to be the king of the Mole Men, complete with an Earthquake Machine. This is also expanded upon in the comics.
  • In "Walking Big & Tall", it's revealed that he was the Mayor of Springfield when he was younger, serving at least four terms and balancing the budget eight times.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: Oh yes! Some standouts have to be being buried alive, Mr. Burns drilling into his brain, being executed by electric chair, being eaten alive by both wolves and alligators, crushed by a car, crushed by a boat and being caught in a car explosion.
• Dull Surprise: His reaction to Mr. Burns drilling a hole through his skull is a monotone "oh no, my brains".
• Early-Bird Cameo: An early prototype of him can be seen in the Tracy Ullman short "Scary Movie".
• Expy: He was inspired by Droopy.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: "No one's gay for Moleman."
• Gonk: Absurdly ugly, he's grotesque and really looks old and like a mole.
• Groin Attack: His short film, Man Getting Hit by Football, is about... well, take a guess.
• I Just Want to Have Friends:
  Marge: Maybe I am insane. I mean, I am talking to myself.
  Moleman: You are? Oh, I thought I'd made a friend.
• Major Injury Underreaction:
  • In "Team Homer", Mr Burns (while high on ether) mistakes him for being the Lucky Charms leprechaun and takes a power drill to his skull.
  Burns: Why it’s that delightful TV leprechaun! I’m going to get your lucky charms.
  Moleman: Oh no, my brains.
  • Also, in "Bart of Darkness", when he gets set on fire by a solar ray.
  Moleman: Oh, rats.
• Meaningful Name: His last name is Moleman and as you can obviously see, he is a man that looks like a mole.
• Mole Men: Is shown leading an underground society of mole people in "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder".
• Multiple-Choice Past: His backstory varies from episode to episode. He once claimed he was only 31 years old thanks to his drinking problem, but another episode showed him as once being the athletic and beloved mayor of Springfield before a plagiarism scandal ruined his reputation.
• New Job as the Plot Demands: Unlike most of the seniors, who are shown to be (un)comfortably retired, Moleman's position is much more nebulous and changes from episode to episode. Sometimes he's a fellow resident at the Springfield Retirement Castle, but other times he's seen working a different job, from janitor to security guard to host of his own radio show.
• Noodle Incident: As seen in "The Springfield Connection", he got sentenced to death once. The reason someone as harmless and non-malicious as Hans Moleman might have ended in such a predicament is unknown, but considering his luck, it's probably a case of mistaken identity or Disproportionate Retribution.
• Prisoner's Last Meal: In "The Springfield Connection", he had ordered a lobster tail and raspberry tort as his last meal, before being executed inside Springfield jail, but the meal is eaten by Homer.
• Show Within a Show: He is the host of Moleman in the Morning, a morning radio show dedicated to the agonizing pain in which he lives every daaaay.
• Sudden Name Change: A close up of his driver's license in his first appearance in "Principal Charming" gives his name as Ralph Melish.
• Sword Cane: "You call that a knife? This is a knife. Whoooa, down I go."
• They Killed Kenny Again: He dies in most of his appearances.
• Throw the Dog a Bone:
  • On very rare occasions, a gag will involve something beneficial happening to him. In "The Mook, The Chef, the Wife and Her Homer", Metallica hitch a ride from him (it is revealed he slept with Lars Ulrich's Grandmother), while a Deleted Scene in "Brother from Another Series" reveals all of Cecil's laundered money fell into his possession.
  • His widely derided short film, "Man Getting Hit By Football", got remade starring George C. Scott and won the Academy Award for Best Short Film, despite Mr. Burns bribing the entire Academy to award his film, A Burns For All Seasons, instead.
• Tuckerization: His name was given as Ralph Melish in his first appearance. A reference to the "The Adventures Of Ralph Mellish/Hot Dogs And Knickers" song from The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief album.
• Unlucky Extra: His main purpose is to suffer many horrific accidents and other forms of bad luck.
• Younger Than They Look: According to Season Four's "Duffless", Moleman is actually only 31 years old. He looks like an octogenarian because he's severely alcoholic. Of course, given Negative Continuity, he's also been portrayed as an actual octogenarian.

Jasper Beardly

Debut: "Homer's Odyssey"

A senior citizen in Springfield. Voiced by Harry Shearer.

• An Arm and a Leg: Has a wooden left leg.
• Blind Mistake:
  Jasper: Is this seat taken, little girl?
  Bart: I'm not a girl. What are you, blind?
  Jasper: Yes.
• Butt-Monkey: He has gotten his beard stuck in a pencil sharpener, been frozen alive in one of the Kwik-E-Mart's freezers (on purpose, but it certainly didn't do him any good), turned into a Lorax-like creature after taking the wrong pills, set on fire while lighting the Olympic Flame, and shot in his wooden leg by a drunken Smithers.
• Character Catchphrase: "That's a paddlin'."
• Characterization Marches On: In "Bart the General", he's Abe's bully who easily takes Abe's newspaper from him and laughs about it. In "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish", they instead become bickering rivals arguing about who should change the channel. Eventually they're now best friends.
• Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?: He was apparently friends with the original Grim Reaper.
• Dirty Old Man: Once voiced a desire for "Hot dames and plenty of 'em".
• Pet the Dog: Breaks the news of Bea's death to Abe very softly.
• Punny Name: His last name is Beardly and he has a long beard.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue oni to Grampa's red oni.
• Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: Will tell you exactly what he thinks. Fortunately, it's not very much.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Grampa Simpson. When Abe isn't a major part of the plot, the two are often Those Two Guys.
• Yank the Dog's Chain: In "Homer the Vigilante", he gains perfect vision after his cataracts are removed by a home security laser, only for him to immediately get blinded again.
  Jasper: Oh, well. Easy come, easy go.

Crazy Old Jewish Man

Debut: "Bart the General"

He is a friend of Grampa Simpson and Jasper Beardly. Voiced by Hank Azaria (Dan Castellaneta in "Miracle On Evergreen Terrace").

• Accidental Murder: He accidentally killed his uncle while losing control of a ladder.
• Alter Kocker: Has a strong Yiddish accent and mannerisms.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Drops his pants and dances the Funky Chicken and sings "Old Grey Mare" for free while Krusty is attempting to get people to pay him. Eventually, he gets on tv with the act and even gets a group of backup singers called "The Crazy Old Man Singers".
• Dirty Old Man: Has a collection of old sunbathing magazines he loaned to Abe. He's pretty irate when they're destroyed when the retirement home is damaged by Mr. Burns.
  Abe: Cuz'a [Burns] I lost my home, my things, and my buddy's collection of old sunbathing magazines...
  Old Jewish Man: You bastard!
• Informed Judaism: It's even in his name!
• No Name Given: Old Jewish guy that hangs with Jasper.

Eleanor Abernathy (Crazy Cat Lady)

Debut: "Girly Edition"

Voiced by Tress MacNeille.

• The Alcoholic: By age 32, she began to feel burned out from her jobs, and started drinking and sought emotional solace with her first cat.
• Brainy Brunette: She was a doctor and lawyer with brown hair before she got burnt out to the point of becoming what she is now.
• Broken Ace: Was a fully certified doctor and lawyer, but burnt herself out hard. On a couple of quick gags, we can see that if she somehow became sane again (or at least toned down the crazy) she would still be an incredible woman.
• Broken Bird: Went from an esteemed doctor/lawyer to a disheveled crazy woman.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: When she ran for mayor she spouted gibberish in her speech and ended it with "there'll be cats in everyone's pants" but she was still the only one there with actual ideas. Helps that she was actually a lawyer.
• Crazy Cat Lady: Trope Namer. She's always seen rambling incoherently and carrying several cats at a time.
• Crazy Homeless People: Subverted, despite crazily wandering in the street she isn't homeless or squatting. The house she lives in is her property.
• Go Mad from the Isolation: Due to spending every day with cats. When she spends time interacting with Springfielders, she speaks more comprehensibly.
• Hidden Depths: On top of everything else "Monty Burns Flying Circus" reveals she was a talented opera singer.
• I Was Quite a Looker: She was Springfield-pretty with brown hair before she went mad and has the haggard appearance she does now.
• Locked into Strangeness: She had brown hair before going mad.
• Pre-Insanity Reveal: "Springfield Up" shows she graduated from Harvard and Yale, becoming both a lawyer and a doctor. Unfortunately, she burned out hard and spiraled into the maniac she is now.
• Trash of the Titans: She's also a compulsive hoarder. In "A Midsummer's Nice Dream", Marge stages an intervention, helping to clear out her hoarded junk, which helps restore her state of mind.
• The Unintelligible: She shrieks and wails incomprehensibly.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: In "Springfield Up", it was shown that age 8, she was already aspiring to be both a doctor and a lawyer.
• Workaholic: She achieved her childhood dream of becoming a doctor and lawyer by age 24, and spent many years alternating between the two.
• Younger Than They Look: She's apparently in her 40s, since that's (chronologically) when we first see her as the Crazy Cat Lady in "Springfield Up".

Other Springfield Citizens

Professor John Frink, Jr.

Debut: "Old Money"

Local mad scientist and nerdy genius. Voiced by Hank Azaria.

• A Day in the Limelight:
  • Averted in "22 Short Films About Springfield". He specifically points it out but then the credits start rolling.
  • In "Love is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO 2-Ne-He-CH 4", where he uses science to turn himself into a Chick Magnet.
  • He also got one in the non-canon Treehouse of Horror segment, "Frinkenstein".
  • The Season 31 episode "Frinkcoin" focuses on him.
• Ambiguously Jewish: He has some Jewish and Nerdy stereotypes, however, he has also been seen in Reverend Lovejoy's church on a few occasions.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: Has this with his colleague Prof Hessler in "Frink Coin"
• Bungling Inventor: Several of his inventions have malfunctioned, with hilarious results.
• Characterization Marches On:
  • While the Jerry Lewis inspired voice and personality moulded Frink from the start, he lacked the trademark tics and ramblings in his first handful of appearances. Hank Azaria states he started to go wilder with the Julius Kelp impersonation as time passed.
  • In his first appearance he's explicitly an evil scientist, asking Abe for funding for his death ray. Very quickly, however, he became a morally neutral character.
• Depending on the Writer: He can either be a legitimate, well-respected scientist who's just a bit quirky or a crackpot nobody listens to. He also ranges from dangerously crazy to the Only Sane Man. Sometimes Professor Frink's inventions malfunction, and other times they work perfectly well, depending on the needs of the plot. The self-tapping dance shoes he invented for Lisa ended up going out of control, but the auto-dialing machine that Homer used in his electric panhandling scheme worked just fine.
• Driven to Suicide: In "Future-Drama", his skeleton is hanging from a noose in the ruins of his lab.
• Expy: Of Jerry Lewis' character, Julius Kelp in The Nutty Professor, to the point where the real Jerry Lewis voiced Frink's father, John Frink Sr., in the "Treehouse of Horror XIV" story "Frinkenstein".
• Foil: His high intellect makes him a stark contrast to Cletus Spuckler, who is easily the biggest ditz in the entire series.
• Mad Scientist: He tends to make some fairly insane inventions, including a death ray, a flying motorcycle and a plane for a small child.
• Nerds Are Virgins: Hard to place. In his first appearance, he claims to have a wife, and we've seen his son on at least two separate occasions. Later, he claims to have never even spoken to a woman in "Springfield Up". "Love is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO 2-Ne-He-CH 4" is centered around his trying to find a partner.
• Nerdy Nasalness: Professor Frink is an exceedingly awkward TV Genius and occasionally a Mad Scientist, has a very nasally voice. He also tends to end phrases with "nghagle".
• Nice Guy: Although he can be awkward and harsh at times, he's usually one of the more decent people in the cast underneath it, trying to salve Lisa's feelings in Last Tap Dance in Springfield and supporting her research in Bye Bye Nerdie.
• Oh God, with the Verbing!: Often his manner of speaking.
  Frink: Look out because of the zooming!
• Odd Friendship:
  • Professor Frink has frequent contact with Lisa Simpson better than the rest of the Simpsons family because she is more interested in science and makes more frequent visits to places such as the Natural History Museum and the Observatory. "Frinkcoin" has him confirm that he considers her his friend.
  • A few comics (collected in ‘’The Big Book of Bart Simpson’’) have him and Bart in an odd friendship very similar to that of Doc Brown and Marty McFly from ‘’Back to the Future’’.
• Opaque Nerd Glasses: He is almost never seen without his glasses and has only taken them off once. A few early episodes draw his pupils through the lens however.
• The Professor: It's mentioned that he is one of Springfield's most renowned scientific minds (has an IQ of more than 190), he discovered the element Frinkonium, discovered and cured Frink's disease and created the 8 month after pill.
• Science Hero: Generally uses his science for the good of others. Even when he's creating objectively evil tools, like a Death Ray, he himself doesn't appear to view it or its application maliciously, and willingly discards it when its openly protested.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Has a young son who looks similar to him.
• Verbal Tic: The "Frink noise".

Disco Stu

Debut: "Two Bad Neighbors"

The owner of Stu's Disco and a huge fan of Disco music. Voiced by Hank Azaria.

• '70s Hair: Considering he's stuck in The '70s, it's only natural that he sports a perm.
• Ambiguously Christian: The Pope apparently had the authority to annul his marriage to Selma, and in fact did so.
• Ascended Extra: Originally appeared as a punchline to the fact that Homer's old jacket said "Disco Stu" when it should have said "Disco Stud", he has since become one of the show's most memorable characters.
• Child Hater: In "Little Big Mom", he tries to flirt with Marge, but backs away when learning she has kids.
• Disco Dan: A very famous example. No matter what year it is, Disco Stu dresses and acts like it's 1978.
• Flat Character: Every shot of him is relative only to his obsession for disco.
• Hidden Depths: In the episode "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" Disco Stu admits that he knows disco is dead and that he doesn't even like it anymore.
• Noodle Incident: Apparently had a brief marriage with Selma.
• Older Than They Look: He's already in his 40s, but can still qualify to be in his late 20s.
• Refugee from Time: As real time passes, it becomes more and more of a stretch that he was old enough to appreciate Disco music during its heyday.
• Rhymes on a Dime: Often his dialogue start with "Disco Stu," then ends with something rhyming with "Stu."
• Third-Person Person: Disco Stu frequently refers to himself in the third person.
  Disco Stu: Disco Stu likes disco music!

Just Stamp the Ticket Man

Debut:'"When Flanders Failed"

A Deadpan Snarker who appears sporadically throughout the series. Voiced by Hank Azaria.

• Berserk Button: Being told that he has trouble pleasuring his wife.
• Character Catchphrase: "Just stamp the ticket" and "You sicken me".
• Deadpan Snarker: He'll often appear just to make a smart remark.
• Fisticuff-Provoking Comment: He often punches people that annoy him, notably Homer.
• Jerkass Has a Point: In "Homer Loves Flanders".
  Homer: Heh-heh-heh, I did it. Second in line, and all I had to do was miss eight days of work.
  Just Stamp the Ticket Man: With the money you would have made working, you could have bought tickets from a scalper.
  Homer: In theory, yes... jerk.
• No Name Given: He's known only as the Just Stamp The Ticket Man and his real name is not yet revealed.
• Running Gag: Rejecting pamphlets and punching random people.

The Yes Guy (Frank Nelson-Type)

Debut: "Mayored to the Mob"

An eccentric Springfield worker. Voiced by Dan Castellaneta.

• Character Catchphrase: "EEE-Yeeeeeeeeesssss?"
• Large Ham: He talks the way he does because he had a stroke.
• Nice Guy: Is unflinchingly courteous and helpful.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: As you might guess, he's based upon actor Frank Nelson in his appearances on The Jack Benny Show, I Love Lucy, and Sanford and Son.

Bleeding Gums Murphy

Debut: "Moaning Lisa"

Final episode: "Round Springfield"

A blues musician in Springfield. Voiced by Ron Taylor and Kevin Michael Richardson.

• Abusive Parents: Or Abusive Uncle in his case.Turns out that he was one of these to his own nephew, in a passive-aggressive, backhanded way. As in, he constantly complimented Lisa around him and declared him not as good.
• Back for the Dead: In "'Round Springfield".
• Dead Artists Are Better: Upon hearing of his death, Comic Book Guy doubles the already steep price he's asking for a copy of Sax On The Beach.
• Drunk on Milk: In his backstory, he became pretty rich from his one studio record but he lost it all with an obsession to buy Faberge eggs that (in the flashback) is portrayed similar to alcoholism.
• Killed Off for Real: Died in his second appearance.
• Mentor: To Lisa. He teaches her how to improve her saxophone skills and play from the heart.
• Long-Lost Relative:
  • He's implied to be the brother of Dr. Hibbert.
  • Given that Dr. Hibbert also has an implied long-lost twin brother working at Shelbyville Orphanage, he's also this to him.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Bears several similarities to Stevie Wonder.
• One-Book Author: He only released a single album, "Sax On The Beach". Lisa trying to find and purchase it so she can broadcast a retrospective in his honor is an important plot point in "'Round Springfield".

Squeaky-Voiced Teen

Debut: "Brush with Greatness"

An anxious teenager working many menial jobs in Springfield. Voiced by Dan Castellaneta.

• Butt-Monkey: Tends to work demeaning jobs.
• I Have No Son!: On the receiving end from Lunchlady Doris when he was unable to let her play bowling at the Bowl-a-Rama.
• Kavorka Man: Despite his plain appearance, girls seem to like him, and some have been seen making-out with him.
• New Job as the Plot Demands: He's seen working in different retail jobs depending on the episode, however, he's most typically seen at Krusty Burger.
• Sudden Name Change: There's been no consistency with his name. He's been called: Biff, Jeremy^note In a Deleted Scene, Squeaky Voiced Teen, Pop, Mr Peterson, Mr Freedman and Steve.
  • The only name to be used twice is when his girlfriend, Beatrice calls him Jeremy in The Simpsons: Tapped Out.

Raphael (Sarcastic Clerk, Wiseguy)

Debut: "The Way We Was"

A wisecracking clerk. Voiced by Hank Azaria.

• Depending on the Artist: Either has gray or black hair, depending on the episode.
• Deadpan Snarker: His main trait is adding a sarcastic remark in any situation.
• Evil Debt Collector: Of all his jobs, his favorite is repo man. He even says as much when he "accidentally" hurts Milhouse.
• Jerkass: He can be quite the dick when it comes to the Simpson family. Examples include forcing Marge to say she needs a cup for Bart out loud, then tricking her into spelling the word out^note Which made it sound like Marge was saying "I wanna see you pee" in "Bart Star" and trying to sell Homer a dog when he was looking for a pony in "Lisa's Pony".
• The Nicknamer: Tends to refer to people as "pally".
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Hank Azaria based his voiced on Charles Bronson.
• Recurring Extra: Whenever one of the Simpsons need to interact with a random, employee-type character, expect Raphael to be on the scene.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Has a bouncer cousin who looks just like him but buffer.

Sam and Larry

Sam and Larry

Debut: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" (Sam), "Homer's Odyssey" (Larry)

The two barflies at Moe's Tavern. Voiced by Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria.

Both

• The Alcoholic: They are almost always seen drunk.
• Flat Character: Virtually nothing is known about either of them. Played for Drama with Larry as Homer and his friends left so little impression that they made up a story at his funeral, and feel guilty for never knowing him.
• Gasshole: In Tapped Out, Larry's unlock message is a burp.
• Satellite Character: For Moe.
• Those Two Guys: They're almost always seen drinking together.
• The Voiceless: They rarely talk when they are on screen.
• Whatever Happened to the Mouse?: Sam is no where to be seen in Season 35's "Cremains of the Day".

Larry

• A Death in the Limelight: Inverted in terms of order of operations. Larry gets his own episode, but he doesn't play a major role in it until after it's revealed he's dead, two and a half minutes in.
• Deconstructed Character Archetype: Larry is one of Recurring Extra. He's been present in the series since the very beginning but never had a major role beyond being a background character at Moe's, wanting to be part of Homer's gang but lacked the confidence to approach the group who in turn never reach out to him. But this did not mean he didn't have his own life and adventures, as he turned out to be gem smuggling for Fat Tony.
• Killed Off for Real: In Season 35's "Cremains of the Day".
• I Just Want to Have Friends: It's revealed posthumously that Larry was a deeply lonely person who always longed to be part of Homer's social circle but lacked the confidence to get to know them.
• Last-Name Basis: Larry's last name is revealed to be Dalrymple in Season 35's "Cremains of the Day".
• Lonely Funeral: Larry's is attended solely by his mother and his fellow barflies, who barely knew him.

Patches & Poor Violet

Patches & Poor Violet

Debut: "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"

Two poor orphan siblings. Voiced by Pamela Hayden and Tress MacNeille.

• Heartwarming Orphan: Mocked to high heaven. In a more regular show someone would have taken pity on these poor creatures a long time ago, but in a place like Springfield they are just one more cog in a machine of endless misery.
• Pauper Patches: One of them is even named Patches.
• Street Urchin: They even look like they came out of Oliver Twist and quote the book's most famous line on their recruitment in The Simpsons: Tapped Out.
• Tiny Tim Template: Lisa introduces these sickly orphans to Bart, who give him a ragged one dollar bill they had been saving when everyone at their orphanage heard what had happened, which unfortunately does not help his extreme guilt over the truth. When the truth does get out, the orphan duo are just as furious as the rest of the townsfolk, as the dollar they gave Bart was their vitamin money.

Miss Springfield

Debut: "Whacking Day"

Miss Springfield is a beauty pageant winner and the secret wife of Mayor Quimby. Voiced by Pamela Hayden.

• Brainless Beauty: She is very cute, but also dumb and illiterate. Once mistook Quimby's sash saying 'Mayor' for 'Major' and thought he was in the army.
• Cute, but Cacophonic: In "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington", Mayor Quimby redirects airplane traffic away from the motel where he conducts his affairs so he can hear her voice. When he discovers that she falls under this trope, Quimby laments "Now I regret buying you that opera house!".
• Dumb Blonde: A classic example. Bad voice, can't read, only kept around by Quimby for the sex.
• The Mistress: She is the official lover of Mayor Quimbly and has been seen in bed with him several times.
• No Name Given: Her real name is unknown.
• Pink Means Feminine: She often wears a pink dress with a white "Miss Springfield" sash around her, has pink high heels, and wears pink lipstick.

Benjamin, Doug and Gary

Debut: "Homer Goes To College"

Nerdy college students at Springfield University who help Homer study nuclear physics. Voiced by Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, and Harry Shearer.

• All There in the Manual: Their names aren't stated onscreen, only mentioned in the original episode guide, and even there, it's unclear who was who.
• Big, Thin, Short Trio: Doug (fat), Gary (tall and thin), Benjamin (short).
• Black and Nerdy: Gary.
• Geek Physiques: Benjamin and Gary are skinny, Doug is fat.
• Jewish and Nerdy: Doug is implied to be Jewish in "Mathlete's Feat" where he wears a Hebrew chai necklace.
• Straw Fan: In "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show", though not to the same degree as Comic Book Guy.

Declan Desmond

Debut: "Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky"

British documentary filmmaker. Voiced by Eric Idle.

• Alliterative Name: Declan Desmond.
• Jerkass: He demeans everyone he talks to.
  • Jerkass Has a Point: His criticism of Lisa's "buffet style" intellectualism and suggestion that she pick a road and stick to it helps her to focus on her goals.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Sounds just like David Attenborough.
• Pet the Dog: After Marge calls him out for ridiculing Homer's life choices, he goes back through his videos and makes a compilation showing how many people appreciate and admire him.

Rabbi Hyman Krustofski

Debut: "Like Father, Like Clown"

Krusty's father. He disowned his son for not following in his footsteps and becoming a rabbi, but he eventually reconciled with him. Voiced by Jackie Mason.

• Berserk Button: When a caller (Bart) mentions fathers reconciling with sons on "Gabbin' About God", he gets rather fired up.
• Brutal Honesty: He makes no bones about how much of a fool he thinks Krusty is.
  (when explaining to Krusty why never had a Bar Mitzvah)
  Rabbi Krustofski: I'll tell you why you didn't have a Bar Mitzvah. It's because you're a putz.
• Died Standing Up: Variation. He died while leaning in his desk as he is talking to Krusty, in the middle of telling him what he thought of him and his clown act (again), with instant rigor mortis keeping him in position. It takes a few seconds for Krusty to notice that Hyman did not paused to think of what to tell him, but that he is dead.
• I Have No Son!: Was initially this toward Krusty (though he didn't mean it literally, as he explains to Bart). He eventually grew out of it.
• Killed Off for Real: Dies in "Clown in the Dumps".
• Lame Last Words: His last words, to Krusty, were "I think you are, uh…". In a rare example of this being Played for Drama, it completely eats up Krusty from the inside that he will never know is Hyman was going to compliment him or criticize him.
• Magical Jew: He is a rabbi who offers pieces of homespun wisdom to Bart and Lisa.

Shauna Chalmers

Debut: "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly"

Daughter of Springfield District's Superintendent Chalmers. Voiced by Tress MacNeille.

• All Drummers Are Animals: She's a rude bully who loves to cause trouble and make people upset, and "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun" shows that she is incredibly skilled at playing the drums.
• Ambiguously Bi: In one episode, she sent a makeout request to 200 guys and 7 girls. However, her only confirmed relationships have been with males.
• Ascended Extra: One of few new characters to became semi-regular.
• Bratty Teenage Daughter: She is confirmed to be daughter of Superintendent Gary Chalmers and she is often rude and rebellious towards him.
• Character Catchphrase: "I'm Shauna".
• Deadpan Snarker: Much of what she says is sarcastic in nature, or at least sounds sarcastic.
• Fille Fatale: She's in her early teens, and tends to kiss people or show them her breasts to make them do what she wants.
• The Gadfly: She enjoys making other people angry and getting on their nerves, and most of what she does is influenced by this.

Kiss me. I wanna make someone mad.

• I Have Boobs, You Must Obey!: After being fired for trying to steal cash from Marge's sandwich store, Shauna retaliates by making the squeaky-voiced-teen quit. She accomplishes this by showing him her boobs.
• Informed Judaism: In "Daddicus Finch", she has her Bat Mitzvah ceremony at the synagogue, reciting from the Scriptures in Hebrew.
• Jerkass: She's very rude, spoilt, crude, whiney, apathetic and treats her father poorly for her own amusement. She does have her nicer moments, but even then she does something to counter it.
• Karma Houdini:
  • Despite the problematic nature of her relationship with Bart, she's not punished in any way and the episode even seems to side with her. She's given far lighter treatment than almost everyone else too, including Lisa.
  • In the most recent Season 33 episode revolving around her, she suffers no repercussions for stealing her father's homemade beer or taking Lisa to a party full of teenagers and abandoning her to make out with a boy. If anything, the episode rewards her at the end.
• Like Father, Unlike Son: Superintendent Chalmers is a (mostly) Reasonable Authority Figure who wishes to educate children and does not suffers fools (or toadies) lightly. Shauna is a very proud juvenile delinquent and overall jerk.
• Missing Mom: Before she was revealed to be Superintendent Chalmers' daughter, Chalmers' wife Rosemary, who would be Shauna's mother, was mentioned to have passed away.
• My Girl Is a Slut: Jimbo doesn't mind that she is easy (embrace who you are, Shauna) and that she called him Kearney (implying she used to date him before).
• New Job as the Plot Demands: She's been shown working multiple jobs over the course of the series. She mentions that she was fired from several past jobs.
• Odd Friendship: Develops one with Lisa in "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun" due to a shared interest in music.
• Pedo Hunt: Possibly, due to her relationship with Bart. She also forcibly makes out with him later, opens a French-kissing club intended for 2-4th graders ^note the only people her own age were either co-running her club or had clubs of their own and gets excited when Bart's underwear is exposed in "Bart the Cool Kid". However, what complicates matters is that we don’t know her exact age, so we don’t know how big the age gap between her and Bart would be.
• Shameless Fanservice Girl: Shauna shows Bart her breasts as a reward for taking the blame for her shoplifting in "Beware My Cheating Bart".
• Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour: She's implied to be around 13, but she smokes cigarettes, has a tattoo, sells weed to teachers, shows her boobs to people, and shoplifts.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: According to a photo Chalmers had, Shauna used to be a Girl Scout and appeared to be more of a Daddy's Girl.
• Vague Age: Her various appearances at Springfield Elementary imply she’s around 12, “Beware My Cheating Bart” implies she’s at least 13, “Daddicus Finch” showcases her having a Bat Mitzvah (which is typically done on one’s 12th or 13th birthday, depending on the denomination), the various scenes of her working jobs imply she’s 14 or older, and “Girls Just Shauna Have Fun” portrays her as suddenly being in high school, which would make her at least 14. We know she’s somewhere in her early-to-mid-teens, but we don’t have an exact number.

Julio Franco

Debut: "Three Gays of the Condo"

A Camp Gay recurring character. Voiced by Hank Azaria (2003-2021)/Tony Rodriguez (2021-present)

• Camp Gay: He is shown to be very flamboyant.
• Expy: He is based on Azaria's character Agador from The Birdcage.
• Twofer Token Minority: He is gay and of Latino descent (stated to be Costa Rican in one episode and Cuban in another).

Jebediah Springfield

Jebediah Obadiah Zachariah Jedediah Springfield aka Hans Sprungfeld

Debut: "The Telltale Head"

The legendary founder of Springfield. Voiced by Harry Shearer (Hank Azaria in "McMansion and Wife")

• Been There, Shaped History: That famous portrait of George Washington missing the lower half? It's because he attacked the man while it was being painted, and as he limped away stood on the painting, ripping it and taking part of the painting with him, which he used to write a confession.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Though he was actually a pirate criminal, even he was appalled by Shelbyville Manhattan's wanting to have a law on marrying cousins.
• Historical Hero Upgrade: Went down in town legend as having tamed a wild buffalo. As his confessional reveals, it had actually been perfectly tame when he shot it.
• Perfectly Cromulent Word: Supposedly said the word embiggens, leading to the Trope Naming conversation.
  Mrs. Krabappel: "Embiggens"? I never heard that word before I moved to Springfield.
  Ms. Hoover: I don't know why, it's a perfectly cromulent word.
• Shrouded in Myth: He came and made a town, doing cool stuff like taming a buffalo by riding on it. He was so Inexplicably Awesome that countless generations of people still think highly of him. In reality he was Hans Sprungfeld, a pirate so sanguinary that he tried to kill George Washington before escaping to wherever Springfield is placed and label everybody else who decided to settle with him idiots (Evil Laugh included and actually written down on his confession).
• Surrounded by Idiots: He hated the inhabitants of Springfield, labeling them halfwits in his confession.
• Tongue Trauma: His tongue was bitten off by a Turk in a bar brawl. He had it replaced with a silver tongue.
• Villain with Good Publicity: Despite being one of the most evil men of the 18th century, he goes down in history as a great pioneer. While Lisa does learn the truth about him, she refuses to tell the people of Springfield, reasoning that his legacy has brought out the best in them.
  Lisa: A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man!
• We Used to Be Friends: Supposedly, with Shelbyville Manhattan, the two splitting up because Shelbyville wanted to found a town where men could marry their cousins, thus starting the Springfield-Shelbyville rivalry.

Ian

Debut: "22 Short Films About Springfield"

A very tall man. Voiced by Hank Azaria.

• The Alleged Car: Implied with his VW Bug — it works perfectly fine (that we can see), but he barely fits in and he points out to Nelson that it's the only car he could afford.
• Author Avatar: He’s based in appearance and name off one of the show’s writers, the 6'8 Ian Maxtone-Graham.
• Berserk Button: As you might expect, he's rather touchy about his exceptional height. If you mock him for it, you will regret it. Nelson learned that the hard way.
• Beware the Nice Ones: He actually seems like a very pleasant guy, so long as you don't make fun of his height.
• The Big Guy: He's not only very tall, he's also implied to be very strong, being able to pick Nelson up with just one hand and intimidate him into being laughed at by the other townsfolk. The Simpsons Guide To Springfield also shows he's a regular patron of "Royal Majesty For The Obese Or Gangly Gentleman", a tailor shop that specializes in custom clothing for very fat and/or tall men.
• One Head Taller: He is positively gigantic. Part of the gag on the few occasions he's appeared is that he is way too tall for regular human appliances.
• Simpleton Voice: Zigzagged. Despite having a voice which was once described by a YouTube commenter as "the oddly pleasing mixture of Goofy and Hank Hill", the fact that he uses long words such as "automobile", "therefore", and "misfortune" indicates that he's well educated.
• A Taste of Their Own Medicine: He leads the people of Springfield in laughing at Nelson, complete with "Ha-ha!".

The Vanderbilts

Debut: "Saddlesore Galactica"

An elderly rich couple who are frequently shocked by Homer's antics. Voiced by Hank Azaria and Tress MacNeille.

• Character Catchphrase: Mrs. Vanderbilt tends to say "Oh, good heavens!" when she sees something shocking.
• High-Class Glass: Mr. Vanderbilt wears a monocle. It typically falls off.

Maya

Debut: "Eeny Tiny Maya Moe"

A little adult who dates Moe after meeting him online. Later on, they become an Official Couple in "The Wayz We Were." Voiced by Tress MacNeille.

• Dude, Not Funny!: When Moe suddenly starts saying too many little people jokes, it causes Maya to leave him.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Next to Moe's Huge Guy.
• Nice Girl: An overall nice woman.
• Official Couple: With Moe. No. This isn't a joke.

Michael "Mike" Wegman

Debut: "Go Big or Homer"

An intern at the Power Plant who idolizes Homer, as Homer is always at the center of attention (for better or worse, mostly the latter). Voiced by Michael Rapaport.

• Berserk Button: Anyone criticizing Homer will result in Mike dishing out rants to them.
• Bullying a Dragon: After Mr. Burns criticized Homer, Mike goes on a long rant telling how much Mr. Burns sucks. This earns Mike a bullet shot (thankfully, he survives because the gun was pretty old).
• Can't Take Criticism: Homer getting criticism is what Mike can't handle to see.
• Fiery Redhead: Turns into this when Homer gets criticized.
• The Gambler: Mike takes out a $100k-dollar loan from Fat Tony to run his food truck business. He uses one half to pay for the food truck, but he uses the other to gamble it at a college basketball game to pay it all in one go (because either he goes big or goes home).
• Hero-Worshipper: He idolizes Homer a great deal because Homer is almost always at the center of every major nuclear power plant problem on the news (though he later learns Homer is responsible for causing all those problems, though he still likes him a lot).
• Manchild: Mike, a 35-year-old unpaid intern and father-to-be, makes Homer look like a bastion of maturity and emotional stability by comparison.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: If he ever sees anyone berating Homer, he likes retaliating by doing this. Not even Bart is safe.
• Recurring Extra: Ever since his debut, he has repeatedly appeared in several other episodes.

Pharm Team Scientists

Debut: "Brother's Little Helper"

A pair of pharmacists who develop various pharmaceutical drugs and medications for the Pharm Team research lab. Voiced by Hank Azaria and Tress MacNeille.

• Expy: The male pharmacist is modeled after Lewis Skolnick, the nerdy protagonist from Revenge of the Nerds.
• No Name Given: Neither one has received any names since their debut.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Professor Frink and Lindsey Naegle, not least thanks to having the same voice actors between them all.
• Those Two Guys: They're always seen together.

Truth-Anne

Debut: "Game Done Changed"

A student at Limitless Frontier Horizons, a Montessori school.

• Academic Alpha Bitch: Passive-Aggressive variant.
• Establishing Character Moment: She is playing in her principal's office when Bart and Skinner visit the latter to discuss peace between their schools. But when Bart realizes the principal is not the one in charge, Truth-Anne's playful expression changes to a stoic one while telling the principal to leave them.
• Wise Beyond Their Years: Downplayed. She's about the same age as Bart, but runs a Montessori School and has enough authority to fire an employee.

Non-Human Characters

Kang and Kodos

Debut: "Treehouse of Horror"

Brother and sister (respectively) cyclopian aliens resembling giant green heads on writhing octopus tentacles, these two aliens from Rigel IV make guest appearances in some episodes but are most prominent in the Treehouse of Horror episodes, which are non-canonical horror anthologies.

Voiced by Harry Shearer and Dan Castellaneta.

• Affably Evil: Crosses over with Benevolent Boss. One comic had them abduct all the right-handed people on Earth (or at least in Springfield) to make clothing for them, but they are pretty lax bosses who treat their workers nicely. Depending on the writer, they can be pleasant at times.
• Aliens Are Bastards: Subverted in their initial appearance, though their later appearances tend to parody this.
• Aliens Speaking English: Rigellian coincidentally sounds just like English.
• Ambiguous Gender: At first they were both assumed to be male because of their deep booming voices. However, in a throwaway line from "Treehouse of Horror VII", Kang introduces Kodos as "my sister". The comics jumped on this and did their best to portray her as female. Later, in a crossover with Futurama, Lrr asks "the one of you that is female" to go talk to Ndnd and after a brief pause, they both go. It is possible that the gender pronouns on their planet are just different.
• Ambiguously Christian: In "Starship Poopers" Kang states they're "quantum" Presbyterians (in response to Homer thinking they were Mormons). A later episode has Kodos claim she is Jewish, and in a later episode they claim they were appointed by God to judge humanity based on the actions of Homer (which is averted when they get starstruck by Earth's celebrities and relent on passing judgement to hobnob with them at Hollywood).
• The Bad Guy Wins: In "Citizen Kang", Kang becomes president of Earth, enslaving all mankind and forcing them to build a giant ray guy.
• Big Bad Duumvirate: Of Hit & Run and The Simpsons Game.
• Bizarre Alien Sexes: Kodos claims to have thirty sexual identities in Treehouse of Horror XXX, several of which are sci-fi sex puns. Considering Kodos hooked up with Patty Bouvier in that episode, it can be assumed one of the thirty sexual identities falls under the WLW umbrella.
• The Cameo: If they don’t have a segment in a Treehouse of Horror episode, expect them to make one of these while commenting on the events.
• Crossover: They went to summer camp with Roger and are friends with Lrr and Ndnd.
• Cyclops: They and all other Regellians have only one eye.
• Disproportionate Retribution: In their one-shot comic, one of them shoots a laser at Milhouse for spoiling an episode of I Love Lucy (specifically, the one where Lucy and Ethel work in a chocolate factory).
• The Dividual: For all intents and purposes, they're the same character, split in half so they can occasionally talk to each other.
• Even Evil Has Standards: They didn't want to perform "work" since they reached their limits... to be fair, it is Homer Simpson they're dealing with.
• Evil Laugh: Parodied, as they drag it on for longer than necessary.
• Face–Heel Turn: They were once peaceful aliens in Treehouse of Horror that had no interest in conquering Earth or harming its inhabitants. But then, with no given explanation, they became invaders starting with Treehouse of Horror II onward. An interesting fan theory to this change is because they were so hurt by Lisa's accusations that they took their anger out on Earth. CinemaSins' theory is that they were really going to eat the Simpsons, but chickened out when they were called out on it.
• Halloween Episode: Traditionally, they've appeared in every installment, whether cameo appearance or part of the plot in a Halloween story ("TOH I": "Hungry are the Dammed", "TOH VII": "Citizen Kang", "TOH IX": "Starship Poopers").
• Honor Among Thieves: Even in their worst appearances, there's no denying they care about each other and have each other's backs. This was best exemplified in "The Monkey's Paw"^note The unofficial title for Lisa's Nightmare in THoH II where, during the Easily Thwarted Alien Invasion, Kang waits for Kodos before they retreat Earth when he could have easily taken off without him.
• Hugh Mann: Their attempt to disguise themselves as Clinton and Bob Dole is awful. Yet no-one notices in the slightest, or just shrugs it off as overly tight ties or just Brutal Honesty.
  Kodos: I am President Clin-Ton! As overlord all shall kneel trembling before me and obey my brutal commands! End communication.
  Marge: Hrrm, that's Slick Willie for you, always with the smooth talk.
• I'm a Humanitarian: According to them, Rigellians like to eat humans, but this really seems to depend on the story.
• I Am Your Father: Parodied in the Halloween segment "Starship Poopers" where Maggie is revealed to be Half-Human Hybrid fathered by Kang.
• Large Ham: Very much so. Especially when they start laughing.
• Larynx Dissonance: Kodos is female, but she and her brother sound nearly the same.
• Laser-Guided Karma:
  • In one episode, Kodos mocks Homer for misusing time-travel, the two laugh... and are promptly turned into Peabody (Kodos) and Sherman (Kang).
  • Similarly, they mock Bart for being "frightened of a creature that does not exist", only for an identical gremlin to appear and start destroying their ship.
• Meta Guy: Have become this, often appearing at the start or the end of the episode to break the fourth wall or even as Animated Actors.
• Negative Continuity: As all their appearances are non-canon, their personalities, traits, skills, histories, and motives are entirely up to the episode. They're usually evil, but that's about it.
• Never Gets Drunk: Kang reveals that Regellians are unaffected by alcohol in Tapped Out.
• Shout-Out: They are both named after one off villains from Star Trek: The Original Series (Commander Kang from "Day Of The Dove" and Kodos the Executioner from "The Conscience Of The King")
• Spock Speak: They are both very verbose when speaking.
• Starfish Aliens: They are giant, green, fang-bearing Cyclopean octopuses hidden behind large glass helmets. Their few humanizing aspects includes speaking a language that coincidentally sounds like English.
• Sufficiently Advanced Alien: Whichever trope applies purely depends on the story or joke at hand. Bio-duplicators and an Accele-Ray? Sufficient. A board with a nail in it deemed overwhelming? Insufficient. Mastered intergalactic travel with their own spaceship? Sufficient. Said spaceship contains Pong and no HBO? Insufficient.
• The Unfought: In video game adaptations like Hit and Run and The Simpsons Game.
• Your Size May Vary: They were depicted as colossal in the original "Hungry are the Damned" story. They've since shrunk down, but are generally drawn at least twice the size of an average human adult.

Blinky the Three-Eyed Fish

Debut: "Homer's Odyssey"

• Expy: A crow with three eyes begins to make appearances later, presumably the same one that's frequently heard outside the power plant. It serves essentially the same role Blinky does.
• Extra Eyes: Has three eyes. Assumed by most to be the result of the power plant's radiation.
• Fish People: A one-off gag has an orange, three-eyed Gill-man emerge from water and attack someone.
• Running Gag: A living one.
• Unexplained Recovery: In "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish", he is cooked and served to Mr. Burns (who spits out a piece of him after one bite) and in "Brawl in the Family", we see him get eaten by a four-eyed fish, which is immediately eaten by a five-eyed fish, before that is eaten by Homer! But somehow, he's since shown up seemingly unharmed. It's possible that there are many of them, though.
• Unusually Uninteresting Sight: The basis behind his existence seems to be this; he frequently appears in the background and no one bats an eye (ahem) at the fact that a mutated fish is sitting right there in front of them. However, it's averted in "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish", where publicity surrounding Blinky's mutation kicks off an investigation into the power plant.

God

Debut: "Homer the Heretic"

The God of Christian Faith. He has interacted with the cast from time to time, and likes to play video games.

Voiced by Harry Shearer.

• Berserk Button: He apparently is displeased of Reverend Lovejoy, likely due to being apathetic to Ned Flanders' beliefs.
• The Faceless: His face is obscured by blinding light, although there's a definite Grandpa God vibe. Though His face was briefly seen in the opening of "Treehouse of Horror XVI".
• Final Boss: Of The Simpsons Game, fought in a round of a DanceDanceRevolution-like mini-game.
• God: The Almighty Ruler and creator of the Universe.
• Not So Above It All: He condemns Homer for not going to church, but admits Homer has a point of why going to church at all. He even says He'd rather watch the Super Bowl.
• Non-Standard Character Design: A minor and unintentional example, but He's the only character in the show who has five fingers and toes.

Bender Bending Rodriguez

Debut: Missionary: Impossible (The Simpsons), Space Pilot 3000 (Futurama)

Voiced by John DiMaggio.

A loudmouthed, kleptomaniac, misanthropic robot currently residing in the Simpsons’ basement. He initially made cameo appearances in multiple episodes until he (and the rest of the cast of Futurama) have a major role in Simpsorama.

He still makes occasional appearances whenever events affect the Simpsons household itself, such as the basement getting flooded.

He has his own page here for Futurama-related stories.

• The Alcoholic: Played with. Bender runs on beer, so he is seen occasionally drinking and Homer is aware of this enough that he feeds Bender beer while he is hibernating.
• The Cameo: For multiple episodes until he has a major role in Simsorana, then in later episodes inside the Simpson basement.
• Expy: Lampshaded by Lisa when she notes that Bender bears a strong resemblance to her father.
• I Just Want to Have Friends: He proclaims Bart and Homer as his new best friends in Futur-Drama before Homer insults him and kicks out of the flying car.
• Irony: Bender, a kleptomaniac robot, functions as a safe that Marge keeps money in during one episode.
• Outside-Context Problem: He becomes one from Simpsorama onwards, a long-lived sci-fi robot in a relatively grounded setting, but he also appears as a Mook in The Simpsons Game, making it one of the only times Bart and Homer had to deal with an antagonistic robot.
• Retcon: Despite both shows making occasional references to each other (including Bender referring to Bart by name in Futurama’s second episode), Bender and the Simpsons don’t canonically meet until the crossover episode where they seemingly have never even heard of each other before.
• The Slow Path: As a robot, the only way for him to rejoin his friends is to wait approximately 1000 years in hibernation. Until then, the Simpsons are happy to keep his sleeping body in their basement.
• Water Wake Up: His 1000-year hibernation in the basement was interrupted when the house was flooded, so he just casually floated around the house until it was sorted.

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