Troy McClure

Template:Simpsons character Troy McClure is a fictional character in the television cartoon series The Simpsons, voiced by Phil Hartman. After Hartman's murder in 1998, the character was retired (along with Hartman's other character, Lionel Hutz). His character last appeared in season 10's third episode, "Bart the Mother."

Troy McClure is the stereotypical Hollywood has-been; ubiquitous presenter of educational videos, voiceovers, and infomercials. At one stage he had a modestly successful acting career. When introducing the latest product he is paid to add his clean-cut good looks and smooth voice to, he always reminds us of his previous career with his standard introduction "Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You might remember me from such {films, educational videos, voiceovers} as," and then going on to list the kind of (often amusingly-titled) B-grade stuff that pays the bills but is hardly Oscar-winning material. He has narrated propaganda for everyone from the beef industry, to health farms, to the Springfield Nuclear Powerplant.

McClure's career reportedly went downhill due to his unusual paraphilia, which apparently involved fish (see zoophilia). To cover this up, a marriage was arranged between himself and Marge's sister Selma, which revived his career to star in Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!, a musical version of the film Planet of the Apes (the episode was made well before the 2001 remake of the movie). Although Selma accepted the sham marriage, she drew the line when McClure's producers suggested that they have a child.

His name is an amalgam of B-movie actors Troy Donahue and Doug McClure. In the earlier seasons of The Simpsons he is called Kevin McClure (e.g., the commercial in the beginning of the episode "Marge in Chains"). McClure drives a DeLorean DMC-12.

In character, McClure bears a resemblance to Futurama's Zapp Brannigan, who was originally to have been voiced by Phil Hartman before he died.

After Hartman's death, McClure was retired from the show, with no explanation. However, in the Simpsons' 2nd episode guide "The Simpsons Forever!", a tribute to McClure listing all his known appearances is featured, though it never once mentions his fate. However, McClure still occasionally appears via flashbacks, clip shows, and crowd scenes.

You Might Remember Me From Such Movies As...

Troy McClure staring in a movie

Troy McClure staring in a movie

You might remember Troy McClure from such films as:

• The Boatjacking of Supership '79 (ref. The Concorde: Airport '79)
• Calling All Quakers (with Dolores Montenegro)
• The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Hufnagel
• Cry Yuma
• David versus Super Goliath
• Dial M for Murderousness (ref. Dial M for Murder)
• The Electric Gigolo (ref. The Electric Horseman and American Gigolo)
• The Erotic Adventures of Hercules
• Give My Remains to Broadway (ref. Give My Regards to Broadway)
• Gladys the Groovy Mule (ref. Francis the Talking Mule)
• Good-Time Slim, Uncle Doobie, and the Great 'Frisco Freak-Out
• The Greatest Story Ever Hulaed (ref. The Greatest Story Ever Told)
• Here Comes the Coast Guard (ref. Here Comes the Navy)
• Hitler Doesn't Live Here Anymore (ref. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore)
• Hydro, the Man With the Hydraulic Arms (ref. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes)
• Leper in the Backfield (ref. Angels in the Outfield)
• Make-Out King of Montana
• Meet Joe Blow (ref. Meet Joe Black, Meet John Doe)
• The Muppets Go Medieval (ref. Muppet movie series)
• "P" is for Psycho (ref. Psycho and novels by Sue Grafton)
• Preacher With a Shovel (with Dolores Montenegro)
• The President's Neck is Missing (ref. The President's Plane is Missing)
• The Revenge of Abe Lincoln
• The Seven-Year Old Bitch (ref. The Seven Year Itch)
• Sorry, Wrong Closet (ref. Sorry, Wrong Number)
• Suddenly Last Supper (ref. Suddenly Last Summer)
• They Came to Burgle Carnegie Hall
• Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die
• The Verdict Was Mail Fraud
• The Wackiest Covered Wagon in the West (ref. The Wackiest Ship in the Army)

Educational films and self help videos

You might remember Troy McClure from such educational films and self help videos as:

• Adjusting Your Self-O-Stat (with Brad Goodman)
• Alice Doesn't Live Any More (ref. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore)
• Alice's Adventures through the Windshield Glass (ref. Through the Looking-Glass)
• Birds: Our Fine Feathered Colleagues
• The Decapitation of Larry Leadfoot
• Designated Drivers: The Lifesaving Nerds
• Dig Your Own Grave and Save
• Earwigs, Ew!
• Firecrackers: The Silent Killer
• Fuzzy Bunny's Guide to You-Know-What
• Get Confident, Stupid
• The Half-Assed Approach to Foundation Repair
• Here Comes the Metric System
• Lead Paint: Delicious But Deadly
• Locker Room Towel Fights: The Blinding of Larry Driscoll
• Man Versus Nature: The Road To Victory
• Meat and You -- Partners in Freedom (a Meat Council film, part of the "Resistance is Useless" series)
• Mommy Doesn't Live Anymore
• Mommy, What's Wrong With That Man's Face?
• Mothballing Your Battleship
• Phony Tornado Alerts Reduce Readiness
• Shoplifters BEWARE
• 60 Minutes of Car Crash Victims
• Smoke Yourself Thin
• Someone's in the Kitchen with DNA! (ref. children's song "Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah")
• Two Minus Three Equals Negative Fun
• Young Jebediah Springfield (A Watch-and-Learn Production)
• Welcome to Springfield Airport (an information kiosk film)
• Where's Nordstrom? (an information kiosk film)

Television

TV specials

• Alien Nose Job (ref. Alien Autopsy)
• Carnival of the Stars (ref. Circus of the Stars)
• Five Fabulous Weeks of The Chevy Chase Show
• Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
• Out With Gout '88
• The Miss American Girl Pageant
• "The Simpsons" 138th Episode Spectacular
• "The Simpsons" Spin-Off Showcase

TV Series

• AfterMannix (ref. AfterMASH and Mannix)
• America's Funniest Tornadoes (ref. America's Funniest Home Videos)
• Buck Henderson, Union Buster
• Handel with Kare (ref. The Odd Couple and Switch).
• I Can't Believe They Invented It! (an infomercial)
• Shortland Street (unlikely to be any relation to the real-life New Zealand hospital Soap Opera Shortland Street, however)
• Son of Sanford and Son (ref. Sanford and Son)
• Troy and Company's Summertime Smile Factory (ref. all those short-lived, B-celebrity hosted comedy/variety programs of the 1960s and 1970s, especially The Late Summer-Early Fall Bert Convy Show).

Cartoons

• Christmas Ape (ref. Grape Ape and Ernest)
• Christmas Ape Goes to Summer Camp (ref. Ernest Goes to Camp, Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July)

Other

Celebrity funerals

• Herschel Shmoikel Krustofsky, aka Krusty the Clown
• André the Giant, We Hardly Knew Ye
• Shemp Howard: Today We Mourn A Stooge

Musicals

• Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off! (references Stop the World - I Want to Get Off, a broadway musical from the 60s and Planet of the Apes)

Quotes

• "Hi! I'm Troy McClure, you may remember me from such ___s as ___ and ___"
• "Gay? I wish! If I were gay there'd be no problem!"
• (Describing a killing floor in meat production) "Don't let the name throw you, Jimmy. It's not really a floor, it's more of a steel grating that allows material to sluice through so it can be collected and exported."
• "One day, my lady Selma's gonna have a star right next to mine, so watch out ... Laszlo Panaflex."
• (After a sex education video) "So now that you know how it's done... Don't do it."
• (On an educational video about DNA) "Ever wondered why fat people have fat children, or why Chinese people have Chinese children? It's no coincidence..."
• "As an actor, my eyeballs need to look their whitest."
• "You wouldn't ask a handsome man like me to wear glasses? It'd be a crime against nature!"
• "As an actor, I rely on my incredible looks!"

See also

• List of characters from The Simpsons
• List of recurring characters from The Simpsons
• Fictional characters within The Simpsons

External links

• The Ultimate Troy McClure Site
• Simpsons Archive
• The Troy McClure Pretty-Much-Everything Site