List of recurring The Simpsons characters

Template:NFimageoveruse The following is a list of recurring characters in the animated television series The Simpsons.

Agnes Skinner

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Agnes Skinner

Agnes Skinner (Tress MacNeille) is an elderly widow and the adoptive mother of Principal Seymour Skinner. She is one of the earliest characters to appear on the show since 1990. She first appears in "The Crepes of Wrath" as a kindly old woman who embarrassingly calls her son "Spanky". However, as episodes progressed, the character turned bitter. The reason for Agnes' harsh behaviour and attitude is because of an incident involving Bart, who had caused the toilet Agnes was sitting on to explode. She is very harshly controlling of Seymour, and treats him like a mother would a small child. She loathes Edna Krabappel. Agnes has married a total of four times, once with Skinner's father, and three others being tow truck drivers. It is shown that several other Springfield residents (including the Simpsons) are afraid of her. When Agnes's real son, "the real Seymour Skinner" (Martin Sheen) arrives in Springfield, Agnes turns him away, unhappy with her new living situation. Although she appears to not care for Skinner, it turns out she really loves him.

Akira

Akira is a waiter at The Happy Sumo and the teacher of Springfield Martial Arts Academy. In "In Marge We Trust" he helped Homer, Bart, and Lisa Simpson discover the origin of the mysterious "Mr. Sparkle" box, Mr. Sparkle bearing a striking resemblance to Homer. Akira, Luigi, the Sea Captain, and other Springfield restaurant proprietors planned to assassinate Homer for giving their restaurants bad reviews, but were foiled. George Takei originally voiced Akira in the episode "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish." Then Hank Azaria took over the role, doing an imitation of Takei for the voice.

Artie Ziff

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Artie Ziff

Artie Ziff (Jon Lovitz, Dan Castellaneta ("The Front")), was first seen as Marge Simpson's high school prom date with "busy hands" in the first Homer-Marge flashback episode. He returns in a later episode where he is revealed to have become a nerdy, self-centered and pretentious software billionaire. He offers a million dollars to the Simpsons if he would have a weekend with his childhood love, Marge. Ziff returns for the last time in "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner", where after he gives his broke company to Homer, Homer is taken away by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission because the company was in debt. Ziff later turns himself in (after a romantic encounter with Selma Bouvier), where he's extinguishing other prisoners' cigarettes with a spray bottle. Marge told the children to say goodbye to Artie, as they may never see Ziff alive again. He is Jewish; when Marge angrily asks if he knows why everyone hates him, he innocently says "Anti-Semitism?". Ziff is based on a man named Mark Eisenberg, who went to high school with David Silverman.

Baby Gerald

Baby Gerald, (also known as "the baby with the one eyebrow") is Maggie Simpson's archenemy, known for his large unibrow. He makes his first appearance in "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song," where Lisa refers to Baby Gerald as Maggie's rival. On a few occasions, Gerald has been shown being pushed in a stroller by his mother outside the Simpson house, with the two babies glaring at one another. On one occasion Homer mistakes Maggie for Baby Gerald. Gerald has a history of causing large scale public incidents and was once rescued by Bart's mail-order dog, Laddie. Mayor Quimby once remarks, "Baby Gerald, we can't help but wonder what mischief you'll get into next". Gerald has once spilled a shovel full of sand over Snake Jailbird's face.

Benjamin, Doug, and Gary

Benjamin, Doug, and Gary are voiced by Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, and Dan Castellaneta, respectivley. Benjamin, Doug, and Gary are partially based on three guys Conan O'Brien, the writer of "Homer Goes to College," lived across a dorm from when he was in college who were, he said, "incredible nerds." Benjamin, Doug, and Gary are nerds and dorm roomates at Springfield University.

Bernice Hibbert

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Bernice Hibbert

Bernice Hibbert (Tress MacNeille) is Dr. Hibbert's recovering alcoholic wife. She enjoys watching violent car crash movies. She has two boys and a girl with Julius, and laughs like her husband. Her marriage with Julius is on the rocks. Bernice refuses to kiss Julius, even when an entire audience is looking at them; Julius remarks how unaffectionate she can be. Her drinking has been joked about on several occasions; she faints when along with other drinkers when she reads that prohibition had been introduced to Springfield and appears in the Springfield Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Bleeding Gums Murphy

"Bleeding Gums" Murphy (Ron Taylor, Daryl L. Coley), was the jazz musician, idol, and mentor of Lisa Simpson. His significant roles were in the episodes "Moaning Lisa" and "'Round Springfield", though he made appearances including a cameo in Bart the Daredevil (where he is yellow) and appearances that are not cameos in "Dancin' Homer", "Old Money", "Flaming Moe's, "Bart Gets an F", "Radio Bart", and "Lisa's Pony". In "Dancin' Homer", he was voiced by Daryl L. Coley. At one point he had come into money but he bought and consumed several Fabergé eggs, . He appeared on Steve Allen's Tonight Show. He had taught Lisa to display her emotions through music, prompting Lisa to hold him as an important figure in her life. He finally appears in "'Round Springfield" after Bart ends up in the hospital, Lisa wanders off to find him dying in a nearby ward. He explains about his life, family, and work to her as well as giving her advice for her upcoming school performance, giving her his saxophone. When Lisa returns she finds out that Bleeding Gums has died from circumstances that are never revealed. No one, except for Lisa, attends Murphy's funeral. Lisa soon learns that though he may be gone, he still is alive in her. It was strongly hinted that Murphy and Doctor Hibbert are long lost brothers, most notably by the quote, "I don't really have a family, all I had was a little brother who grew up to become a doctor. He used to laugh at the most inappropriate times." Hibbert then laughs innapropriately and says "Hey I've got an older brother that I'll never see. He's a jazz musician or some such. Oh well, bye, bye." Bleeding Gums Murphy is loosely based on Blind Lemon Jefferson. The voice of Bleeding Gums Murphy was provided by Ron Taylor, while his saxophone playing is provided by Dan Higgins. As a sign of respect for the character, Murphy has been a fixture of The Simpsons opening sequence since the second season, even after his death, when Bart skateboards past him on the street.

Blue-Haired Lawyer

The Blue-haired Lawyer (Dan Castellaneta), also known as Mr. Burns's Lawyer is Springfield's most prominent and powerful lawyer known for his blue hair, and nasal New York accent. He is one of few Simpsons characters to have a pasty-colored face. He also occasionally appears to serve as a prosecutor. Unlike Lionel Hutz or Gil Gunderson, "Blue-Hair" is a competent lawyer. He has served as Burns's head lawyer, helping him out with threats of the Power Plant closing down and of Burns losing his money. He is a member of the Springfield Republican Party. His clients often tend to be antagonists of the Simpsons. He represents The Walt Disney Company. His largest role was when he assisted in Bart's emancipation. He also represents the estates of Charles Chaplin and Jimmy Durante. He is based on Roy Cohn, and a homage to veteran Charles Lane. In Papa Don't Leech, he helps Lurleen Lumpkin (Beverly D'Angelo) win her trial.

Brandine Spuckler

Brandine Spuckler (Tress MacNeille) is the partner of Cletus Spuckler. Brandine and Cletus are depicted as stereotypical hillbillies. Throughout the series, the two are shown to be brother and sister, boyfriend and girlfriend, mother and son, and father and daughter. She is apparently the daughter of Cletus and an alien. Brandine and Cletus were married by Homer. and admitted to being illiterate. She once interviewed for a job as a stripper. More recently, it's shown Brandine is fighting in the Iraq War. She comes back revealing Cletus is the father of only two of the kids, casting doubt over the paternity of her other children. She was briefly under consideration as a foster mother to Bart and Lisa. Cletus treats the family pig better than her. Assuming that all of the children mentioned to be Cletus's are hers, Brandine has 45 specifically named children. On April 27, 2008, more is revealed about Cletus and Brandine in an episode entitled "Apocalypse Cow"; Brandine had married Cletus at the age of 13, and had married four times before that.

Charlie

Charlie (Dan Castellaneta) works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant but his exact job is not stated. He was briefly replaced by Mindy Simmons, but she got fired afterwards. His first appearance was in "Life on the Fast Lane". He was briefly disabled. He has a wife and two kids.He has a sister with a wooden leg. Due to Homer's negligence, he is set on fire. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, who said that he was "doing an imitation of Lenny".

Coach Lugash

Lugash (Dan Castellaneta), is a gymnastics instructor, and has only appeared in Children of a Lesser Clod and Little Girl in the Big Ten. He has a thick Romanian accent, and a large, brown curled moustache. He says he came into the United States in 1983 by cartwheeling over the Berlin Wall (though in a later episode, it was revealed that Lugash defected into East Germany). He is very harsh, and regularly attends anger management classes. His harsh but effective training techniques helped Lisa achieve a high standard of gymnastic ability. He also has a habit of confiscating his students' cats and dogs, only giving them back when the student has accomplished a physical task, although he once refused to give a girl her dog back and instead gave her a cat. Lugash's character may be based on Olympic gymnastics coach Béla Károlyi, known for his harsh temper and strict instruction methods.

Cookie Kwan

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Cookie Kwan

Cookie Kwan (Tress MacNeille), is an Asian American Realtor. She is the stereotypical competitive Asian. She touts herself as being "number one on the West Side", although she also works on the East Side. She is very aggressive toward anyone whom she deems a threat to her business, evidenced by when she threatens Gil Gunderson. She had once attempted to seduce Ned Flanders, had an illegitimate baby with Mayor Quimby, and flirted with Homer. She is friends with Lindsey Naegle. She is a Republican. In her younger years, she had gone to a camp with Patty and Selma Bouvier, Helen Lovejoy, Luann Van Houten, and Marge Simpson.

Crazy Cat Lady

Eleanor Abernathy (Tress MacNeille), better known as the Crazy Cat Lady, is a woman with the appearance and behavior of a stereotypical mentally ill person. She first appears in an episode where Lisa interviews her for a news segment. She is always surrounded by a large number of cats, and in every appearance she screams gibberish and/or throws cats at passers by. Kent Brockman later reveals her true name to be Eleanor Abernathy. She gives Lisa her cat, Snowball V, who looks exactly like her original Snowball II. She briefly becomes sane in "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass", but returns to her bizarre behaviour after Marge mentions the pills are Reese's Pieces. With medication, she is very intelligent. When participating in a mayoral election, unlike the other candidates, she discusses situations such as health care, economy, and public education in between her screams and gibberish. When she was 8, she had wanted to be a lawyer,, when she was 16, she was studying for law, when she was 24, she had earned a MD from Harvard Medical School and a JD from Yale Law School, when she was 32, she shows signs of alcoholism and becomes attached to her pet cat, and by 40, she assumes her present appearance and behavior.

Dave Shutton

Dave Shutton (Harry Shearer), was a newspaper reporter who worked for the Springfield Shopper., in which was his most relevant appearance. He was later seen in other episodes as cameo apperances. His latest speaking appearance was in "Old Yeller Belly", when he hooks Santa's Little Helper to the world of Duff Beer. According to "Who Shot Mr. Burns, Part 2, Kent Brockman doesn't like Dave Shutton and thinks he's unprofessional. He last appeared in "Bart of War".

Dia-Betty

Dia-Betty (Tress MacNeille), is Cletus Spuckler's overweight diabetic cousin. She first appears in "Sweets and Sour Marge"; after Cletus joins in Marge's lawsuit against the Motherloving Sugar Company, he reveals the reason he joined was to avenge his cousin. The scene cuts to an overweight Dia-Betty exercising and eating cake at the same time. In "Barting Over", Homer unintentionally trades a real baby with a bag of sugar, prompting Dia-Betty to ask Cletus (who has the real baby) if she could pour her in her coffee. She returns for the third time in "Apocalypse Cow", where she implies she wants to eat Bart and Lisa.

Disco Stu

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Disco Stu

Disco Stu (Phil Hartman, Hank Azaria), is a man whose mind is mentally stuck in the disco era. He is normally featured wearing a rhinestone-encrusted leisure suit. Stu was introduced as the punchline to a joke in "Two Bad Neighbors". In a garage sale, Homer attempts to sell a jacket on which he had once tried to write "Disco Stud" in beadwork, but having made the letters too big he had left out the final '"d". Another customer recommends it to Stu, but Stu replies "Disco Stu doesn't advertise". Stu's speech pattern is similar to that of Duffman, also voiced by Hank Azaria; he speaks in the third person, often referring to himself as "Disco Stu" (emphasizing "Stu" and then pausing before saying anything else). According to "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation", Stu actually is aware disco is dead, does not like disco music at all, and worries that his personality may make him a "one-note guy". He is a Roman Catholic, having gotten an annulment from John Paul II after a brief marriage to Selma Bouvier. In his younger years, he had a budding career as a sea captain, going by the name of "Nautical Stu". Out of 25, IGN named him the 24th Top Peripheral Character in The Simpsons.

Eddie and Lou

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Eddie (Left) and Lou (Right)

Eddie and Lou are police officers with the Springfield Police Department. They made their debuts in "There's No Disgrace Like Home". Their surnames are never used; in "The Frying Game" Lou says that they don't have surnames, much like Cher. In "Separate Vocations" they say they like being cops because "you get to run red lights, park wherever you please, hot and cold running chicks and when you go home at night, you know you've made a difference".

Lou is the police sergeant and a competent officer of the Springfield Police. He is a foil to Chief Wiggum, and often takes the time to point out Wiggum's mistakes. Lou has been shown to resent Wiggum, and is aware of his chief's ineptitude. Initially, Lou was presented as a yellow-skinned character, but he was later changed to be African-American. Following his undergraduate career, Lou applied and was accepted to law school at an unspecified university, but was forced to drop out as he could not afford the tuition. At one point, before the series's inception, Lou was married to a woman named Amy. Lou was named after Lou Whitaker - a former Major League Baseball player. Hank Azaria based Lou's voice on Sylvester Stallone. "Bart of War" shows Lou is then divorced from his wife. He complains occasionally that Eddie has been seeing his ex-wife, causing Chief Wiggum to act as mediator. Lou's largest role was in "Stop, Or My Dog Will Shoot!", where he is featured prominently as the new owner of Santa's Little Helper. This episode reveals Lou has a girlfriend named Charquelle who had wanted to party with him. In "That 90s Show" it is revealed that he played drums for Homer's grunge band 'Sadgasm'. Lou is a Democrat ("E Pluribus Wiggum").

Eddie (voiced by Harry Shearer) is of an unknown rank, and like Lou, one of the more competent officers in the police force. He has rarely spoken in recent episodes, although he did in the early episodes. In an episode where Lou is promoted to police chief, Eddie becomes the new Lou. When he asked who the new Eddie was, he was informed "we don't need a new Eddie" much to his disappointment.

Gil Gunderson

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Gil Gunderson

Gil Gunderson is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared in season nine in the episode "Realty Bites."

Gil is based on Jack Lemmon's performance as Shelley Levene in the film adaptation of Glengarry Glen Ross. Lemmon voiced a similar character in the episode "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson." Former executive producer Mike Scully said that they thought Gil would be "a one-shot thing." He said that, "…Dan Castellaneta was so funny at the table read doing the character, we kept making up excuses in subsequent episodes to put him in."

In "Realty Bites" Gil is a real estate agent with Lionel Hutz’s Red Blazer Realty. Later, in "Old Yeller Belly", Gil lived at the Springfield Men's Mission (a hostel for down-and-outs), although he was forcibly ejected from the premises because he had overstayed the "6 month occupancy limit." A defiant Gil walked straight into a shady organ "donation" clinic to sell his eyes for cash. In another episode, "Natural Born Kissers", it is implied that Gil lives in a hot-air balloon, which is then stolen by Homer and Marge Simpson. Gil's lone possession in the balloon is a hot plate (which he pays for in installments).

Despite Gil's various misfortunes, one of his most significant jobs is being the Simpsons' lawyer. In "Sweets and Sour Marge", Gil passes the bar exam and flashes his law degree in Marge's car window when she is looking for a lawyer to sue the sugar corporation. Marge hires him on the spot and she wins the case although Gil seemed very uneasy performing certain duties as a lawyer. Later in "The Frying Game", Gil is hired to represent both Homer and Marge when they are accused of murder. Gil loses the case, most likely due to the fact that the entire incident was a set-up for a TV show.

Gil had the opportunity to become a more centralized role in "Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2" in season 18, in which he moves in with the Simpsons after he is fired from his job as a mall Santa Claus. The temporary situation turns into a joint occupancy that lasts for almost an entire year and tries the family's patience. Gil ends up leaving right before Marge can throw him out and takes a realtor's job in Scottsdale, AZ where he is very successful, but Marge later shows up there to castigate Gil and ends up getting him fired; the family then buys a house in Scottsdale to keep Gil settled in his new life.

In the episode "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", Gil is seen starting his first day as a security officer at the First Bank of Springfield. A robbery occurs, and he is shot repeatedly by bank robbers and left for dead.

God

God, voiced by Harry Shearer, has had many appearances in the series, including "Homer the Heretic", "Thank God It's Doomsday", and a quick scene with him, Buddha, and Colonel Sanders in "Pray Anything". He is portrayed in the traditional depiction of the Abrahamic God in the Western world: a gray-haired Caucasian man in a white robe with a booming voice (though it is revealed in "A Star Is Burns" that he speaks in "Flanderese", responding to Ned Flanders' "Thanks, God!" with "Okely-dokely!"). His face is only seen in a picture owned by Homer in "Pray Anything" (though this was likely an artist's depiction), a picture owned by Ned Flanders in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" and the opening sequence for "Treehouse of Horror XVI". In all other episodes, only his beard is seen. His body is usually surrounded by a glowing light, though not always. He does not seem to be all-knowing; for instance, when referring to his son, he states that he does not know "what you people did to him" but "He hasn't been the same since". In the episode "Simpsons Bible Stories," where stories in the Bible are played by Simpsons characters, Ned Flanders plays the character of God in the story of Adam and Eve while Homer and Marge play Adam and Eve. In this episode, God sounds like Ned Flanders; and while he is not actually seen we do see God's arm pop out of a cloud wearing Ned's trademark green sweater. One of God's distinctive features is that he is the only Simpsons character to be drawn with five fingers on each hand and five toes on each foot, though not always. (There have been scenes where God has only four fingers like everyone else in the show.)

Helen Lovejoy

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Helen Lovejoy

Helen Lovejoy, voiced by Maggie Roswell and Marcia Mitzman Gaven, is Rev. Lovejoy’s judgmental and gossipy wife and the mother of Jessica Lovejoy.

She introduced herself in the episode "Life on the Fast Lane" as "the gossipy wife of the minister." In the episode "Marge in Chains", she promises to "use [her] gossip for good instead of evil." When she was younger, she went to Camp Land-A-Man with Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma Bouvier, Luann Van Houten, and Cookie Kwan. A younger Helen Lovejoy is seen getting low marks as she did not put her forks in order.

Helen has a strong dislike and/or hate of Mayor Quimby. Whenever they are both seen together (and this is usually when Helen and her group of pious women charge into his office), both glare furiously at each other. This was more notably seen in "Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment", where she demands that there should be a new Chief of Police, while smashing her fist on the table.

In the episode "E Pluribus Wiggum" it is seen that she is a Republican. A common phrase of hers is, "Won't somebody think of the children!?"

Herman

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Herman

Herman is the owner of Herman’s Military Antiques and is voiced by Harry Shearer. He has only one arm; he tells Bart that the other arm was lost when he stuck it out the window of a moving bus. In Homer's Odyssey, while on a field trip, Mrs. Krabappel warned her class about sticking his arm out of a window, stating that another boy had lost his arm that way. In Bart the General, it is revealed that the boy could have been Herman. In DVD commentary for Season 1's "Bart the General", Matt Groening says, "The original idea with Herman was that every single time we saw him on the show (the original plan was that he would be a regular character) he would explain how he lost his arm and it would be different every time. 'When you see a sign that says don't stick your hand in the ball return at the bowling alley, you believe it!" His voice is similar to that of George H. W. Bush, and he is based on Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder. A brilliant military tactician, Herman was instrumental in Bart’s victory in water balloon combat against Nelson and in the negotiation of the peace treaty between the two combatants in "Bart the General", which is probably his most significant appearance.

Herman possesses a small nuclear bomb, designed by the US Government during the 1950s to be dropped from a B-52 onto Beatniks. He keeps it in a plot of land behind his store, and usually only brings potential buyers to see it on special occasions. When Homer and his friends visited Herman's store to buy dozens of guns, explaining that they were forming a vigilante movement, Herman brought him to see the Bomb. The Bomb has a sign next to it which reads "Do Not Ride The Bomb", a rule which Homer promptly broke (spoofing Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb").

He is friends with Abraham Simpson, to whom he sold a fez, claiming it was previously owned by Napoleon; Herman then advertised Abe's old hat as "the hat McKinley was shot in". He also tried to sell counterfeit jeans out of the Simpsons' garage, but was foiled by Marge Simpson, though he was not put in jail because the evidence was stolen by the Springfield PD. He once captured Chief Wiggum and Snake and held them hostage (in an homage to a scene from Pulp Fiction), but was thwarted (accidentally) by Milhouse Van Houten wielding a flail.

Jack Larson

Jack Larson was a slick spokesman and now president for Laramie Cigarettes and once owned the Springfield Isotopes. He also was the spokesperson in a commercial for the Little Miss Springfield pageant, with Laramie cigarettes as the main sponsor. This advertisement was seen by Homer while watching TV at Moe's Tavern, as seen in the season four episode, "Lisa the Beauty Queen". Lisa did not win but was given the position after the first winner was struck by lightning (conducted by the beauty queen's crown and scepter). He was also seen in "Bart the Murderer", calming the crowd after a truckload of Laramie Cigarettes were stolen by Fat Tony and the Springfield Mafia (much to his distaste).

Jasper Beardly

Jasper Beardly (voiced by Harry Shearer) is one of the elder residents of Springfield. His most distinguishing features are his ultra-low, gravelly voice and very long beard, the latter being the origin of his name. Jasper made his first appearance in "Homer's Odyssey", but did not speak until the episode "Bart the General" when he argued with Abe over the newspaper. He is a veteran of World War II. Jasper also tried to avoid the draft by disguising himself as a woman and staying in Springfield to play in the local women's baseball league, along with his friend Abe, who was also avoiding the war (according to the episode "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play"). However, Grampa's attempts to dodge the war were unsuccessful, and he was eventually assigned to the Flying Hellfish. In the parade scene of "Lisa the Iconoclast", Jasper is seen in uniform, wearing a shoulder patch resembling that of the 2nd Infantry Division.

In the subplot of the season nine episode, "Lisa the Simpson," Jasper was put in crude "suspended animation" in the Kwik-E-Mart's freezer, and under advice from Dr. Nick Riviera, Apu kept him frozen. When Jasper's frozen form became popular with customers, Apu started exploiting the spectacle, and transformed the Kwik-E-Mart into a special interest store dealing with weird items, or perfectly ordinary ones which had been made out to be abnormal called the Freak-E-Mart. Jasper (or "Frostillicus," as Apu renamed him) was accidentally unfrozen, and stepped out into what he thought was a future world, just as Apu was considering selling him to the Rich Texan. According to a deleted scene from the Season Eight episode "In Marge We Trust", it was revealed that Reverend Lovejoy succeeded Jasper as Minister of the First Church of Springfield. In the episode "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Jasper mentions he is a diabetic. His left leg is prosthetic, as revealed in "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)".

Jebediah Springfield

Jebediah Obadiah Zachariah Jedediah Springfield is the purported historical founder of the town of Springfield. Springfield had many famous quotations, such as "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man", and was well known for his silver tongue (literally; a metal prosthetic tongue, his original tongue having been bitten off by a Turkish pirate in a grog house fight). He also wears a coonskin cap.

Springfield led a band of wagons westward along with his partner Shelbyville Manhattan (they left Maryland after misinterpreting a passage of the Bible and were looking for "New Sodom"); but they parted ways over political differences. Manhattan wanted to found a town where people could marry their cousins, but Springfield said he wanted a town devoted to chastity, abstinence, and "a flavorless mush I call 'root-marm'." Manhattan went on to found the rival town of Shelbyville. In the winter of 1807, Jebediah reportedly built Springfield’s first hospital single-handedly, using wood and mud.

On an expedition to Springfield's historic "Fort Springfield", Bart Simpson uncovered inconsistencies in the Jebediah legend. In "Lisa the Iconoclast", Lisa Simpson proved that "Jebediah Springfield" was a bloodthirsty pirate and enemy of George Washington, whom he fought with and lost after Washington crushed Springfield's genitals in a set of iron false teeth. He was named Hans Sprungfeld, and had changed his name in 1795 to hide his identity. Before he died, he wrote his confession on a scrap of canvas that he hid in a fife. The canvas scrap formed the "missing piece" of the famously incomplete 1796 portrait of George Washington; Springfield picked it up during a fight against Washington which occurred while the latter was having his portrait painted.

Springfield is said to have dramatically killed a bear with his bare hands, though revisionist historians have determined that the bear in fact probably killed him. A statue of this sits in the center of the Springfield town square, in front of the city hall. He is also said to have once tamed an untameable buffalo (although he later secretly admitted that it had already been tame; he merely shot it). The Springfield Marathon commemorates an occasion on which he ran across six states in order to avoid his creditors. In "The Telltale Head" Bart beheaded the statue, thinking that this would make him more popular. In reality, the town became depressed and angry, leaving Bart to endure "The Tell-Tale Heart"-style guilt before replacing it. The video game The Simpsons Road Rage references this episode: if one rams the statue while playing, the head will fall off. This can also be done in The Simpsons Hit and Run where Bart or Apu can kick or ram Jebediah's head off. In the video game Bart's Nightmare, Bart imagines himself being attacked by Jebediah heads.

Judge Constance Harm

Judge Constance Harm (Jane Kaczmarek) is a harsh, unforgiving disciplinarian. She enjoys creating cruel punishments for criminals in her court. She appears to be a transsexual from her statement in "The Parent Rap": "you remind me of me, when I was a little boy". Her name is a play on "constant harm". The character is a parody of Judge Judy. Judge Harm first appears in "The Parent Rap", and a season later in "Barting Over", assisting in Bart's emancipation. In "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister", she revealed she has a husband. Her most recent appearance was in "Rome-old and Juli-eh", telling Homer that he could not file for the "cool kind" of bankruptcy that he was expecting to solve all his problems. Although Judge Snyder resolves court cases, Judge Harm has mainly been used for handing down negative verdicts, such as sentencing a family member to prison. She also appears in "The Wandering Juvie" and "Brake My Wife, Please".

Judge Roy Snyder

Judge Roy Snyder, known in very early episodes as Judge Moulton, voiced by Harry Shearer, is a judge. Snyder is based on Robert Bork. The character's original name was "Judge Moulton," but former show runners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein didn't know that, and called him "Snyder." Starting off as stern and no-nonsense, Snyder later became known for his lenient punishments. In earlier episodes he has yellow skin; in "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" his name is Moulton.

Lindsey Naegle

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Lindsey Naegle

Lindsey Naegle is voiced by Tress MacNeille and first appeared in the episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show." In this episode she was named "Network executive." She appeared in "Girly Edition" as "Channel 6 Executive." In the episode "They Saved Lisa's Brain" she was introduced as Lindsey Naegle, a member of the Springfield Chapter of Mensa, and since has become a recurring character. Besides a network executive, Naegle has also been shown working as a marketing researcher, a financial consultant, a telephone company representative, an advertising executive, and an executive with the Child Development Group. The explanation Naegle gives for her roving is that she's a sexual predator.

Luigi

Mama Luigi, voiced by Hank Azaria, is the proprietor of Mama Luigi's, the local Italian restaurant, which is closed on Mondays. He is a parody of the “Italian pasta/pizza chef” stereotype (and in fact is on a bowling team called “The Stereotypes” along with Cletus Spuckler, Captain Horatio McCallister, and Groundskeeper Willie), but seems to be aware of his status as a stock character. He often treats his customers rudely, insulting and belittling them; at times under his breath, at other times in a conversational tone, and sometimes shouting the slurs to the (unseen) chef Salvatore. In the DVD commentary, it is mentioned that Luigi was copied exactly from a pizza box, which is why he looks somewhat different from the other Simpsons characters. In the episode "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas", he reveals he does not speak Italian ("I speak-a, how you say, fractured English. It's what my parents spoke at the home.").

It is hinted that Mama Luigi is an illegal immigrant, even though he tried to run for mayor, telling Springfielders, "I maka you the good government, just how you like it!"

Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon

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Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon

Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon (née Jamshed) (voiced by Jan Hooks, Tress MacNeille in “The Sweetest Apu”) is Apu’s wife and mother of their octuplets. She was [[Arrand food. She has excellent culinary abilities, demonstrated by her ability to make a wide variety of dishes using only chickpeas, lentils, and rice.

In "The Sweetest Apu", Apu has an affair with a Squishee lady. After Homer discovers this, he and Marge reveal their discovery to Apu, who eventually caves into the guilt and vows to apologize to

Martha Quimby

Martha Quimby is the wife of Mayor Joe Quimby and the First Lady of Springfield. Quimby wears a pink outfit and a pillbox hat similar to the outfit worn by Jacqueline Kennedy on the day of the Kennedy Assassination. According to Mayor Quimby, the couple met while Martha was working at the "Maison Derriere", a local burlesque house. She first appeared in "Bart Gets Famous" when she walks in on Mayor Quimby, in bed with another woman, at which point he says, "I didn't do it." She is humiliated when Marge accidentally uncovers her husband's lothario ways in Last of the Red Hat Mamas and kicks Marge and her friends out before they can have tea. Martha Quimby is voiced by Maggie Roswell.

Marvin Monroe

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Marvin Monroe

Dr. Marvin Monroe is a media psychotherapist. He was voiced by Harry Shearer. Monroe is based on psychiatrist David Viscott.

References to his death began to appear in the series, such as the Marvin Monroe Memorial Hospital in "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" (Mentioned on the radio of Lou's Motorbike) and a mention of his death in the 138th episode retrospective; there are also glimpses of both his grave (in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily") and a school gym named after him. However, he appeared briefly in the season 15 episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" claiming to have been very sick. (The creators put the doctor on that ten-year-long hiatus because voicing Monroe hurt Shearer's throat.)

Mary Bailey

Mary Bailey is Springfield's state Democratic governor, voiced by Maggie Roswell. She ran against Mr. Burns in "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish", winning in a landslide after Marge served Mr. Burns a Three eyed Fish. She was Mayor of Springfield before Joe Quimby.

Mary Bailey would later appear briefly in the episode "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade" when Bart and Lisa's class visit Capital City. They show Bailey their class projects (designing a new State flag). Mary Bailey yells in disgust after unfurling Lisa's flag. Bart had redesigned it to look like a butt with "Learn to Fart" underneath. She also appears in "The Seven-Beer Snitch" where a prison is built out of a defunct concert hall. She decides to release all the abused prisoners to a garbage barge where they will fight for order amongst themselves.

Mr. Costington

Mr. Costington (voiced by Hank Azaria) is the chairman of Costington’s department store, and Springfield Mall. He is an insensitive, rude, and obese multi-millionaire. He first appeared in season nine's episode "Trash of the Titans", where he came up with a bogus "Love Day" sale, and later in "Homer vs. Dignity". He is one of very few characters on the show to actually have eyebrows.

Costington's catchphrase is "You're fiiired!" which he uses every time he fires employees. While he is saying this, he shakes his big cheeks. Whenever this happens, the camera slowly zooms upon his face and his voice vibrates. In "The Boys of Bummer", when he hires Homer, he says "You're hiiired!". Homer has worked for him on three occasions: as the Thanksgiving Day Parade Santa Claus, as a mattress salesman, and a model for top-brand Jeans. He also seems to have employed the Yes Guy for he works at the shop most of his appearances. In Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2, he fires Gil for giving Lisa the Malibu Stacy set he had put aside for his daughter and refusing to take it away from Lisa upon his angry request.

Mrs. Glick

Mrs. Glick, originally voiced by Cloris Leachman and later by Tress MacNeille, is an elderly shut-in for whom Bart did chores in "Three Men and a Comic Book"; he didn't get paid very well, so he started to hate her. She had a brother named Asa, mentioned in the same episode, who died during World War I; he was killed by his own grenade, which he held for too long. She is occasionally seen in the background of various episodes, often with a toothless laugh. She is a stereotypical lonely old woman, who spends her days "watching her stories".

Mrs. Muntz

Mrs. Muntz (voice of Tress MacNeille) is Nelson Muntz's mother. Nelson receives his trademark laugh from her. Early on in the series, Nelson would often mention his parents, and it was often implied that Nelson's mother does not care for him. In "A Milhouse Divided", Nelson tells Milhouse that his mom is addicted to cough drops, which is why his father left the family. In "Bart Star", it is stated that Mrs. Muntz works at Hooters as one of the waitresses. She owns a dilapidated house and is depicted as a jailbird, a whore, a stripper, or something similar. She was first heard (but not seen) on the Season 10 episode "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" when Nelson goes to break curfew and she yells, "We're out of Skoal!"

In "'Tis the Fifteenth Season", she appears, telling Nelson that his father simply did not like him, and he left with her golden tooth. Nelson's mother was more introduced in "Sleeping with the Enemy", after years of being mentioned. A loud, high-pitched contemptuous woman, she neglects Nelson. She implies she misses Nelson's father. At the end of the episode, the three Muntzes reunite, and she receives a new job as Lady Macbeth, with "the third director she slept with" ("I don't have to take my top off, but I do anyway!"). Since then, she is often seen around in Springfield. Curiously, in Season 18's "The Haw-Hawed Couple", she appears with brunette hair. As revealed in "Dial 'N' for Nerder", Nelson even refers to her as Mrs. Muntz. On May 4, 2008, in an episode entitled "Any Given Sundance", her life is shown to be spiraling out of control.

Ms. Albright

Ms. Albright (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is Springfield's residential Sunday school teacher at the local church. She speaks with a soft Southern accent and appears to be somewhat intolerant; when referring to Bart when he was tempted to convert to Roman Catholicism, she said "I heard he’s Catholic now. And her (Marge) husband too." She appears to be good friends with Helen Lovejoy. She is occasionally seen in the background of various episodes as well as in Church scenes (such as in “The Father, The Son & The Holy Guest Star”).

Old Barber

The Old Barber is the local barber of Springfield, and the owner of "Jake's Unisex Hair Palace". (It is unclear if Old Barber's name is Jake.) He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, and first appeared in one of the "Tracey Ullman shorts", making him one of the earliest appearing recurring characters. He can be seen giving Bart a shave for his birthday on "Radio Bart" and trying to cut gum out of Lisa Simpson's hair in the episode "22 Short Films about Springfield". Homer Simpson was one of his customers when Homer was younger and had hair, but he has since become nearly bald, which is why Old Barber is overjoyed to see Homer at his shop again when Homer gets his hair back in the season two "Simpson and Delilah". In "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk", Homer imagines spending the $25.00 he got from selling his stock on getting a haircut from the Old Barber. He most recently appeared in "Lisa the Treehugger" when Bart tried to get a paycheck from him but it was full of hair. This then has Bart say "You're paying me in hair?! Are you insane?", which makes Old Barber reply in a crazy laugh and Bart run away from his shop in horror.

Old Jewish Man

The Old Jewish Man, (sometimes called the Crazy Guy or Crazy Old Man) is Grampa Simpson and Jasper Beardley's friend. Mayor Quimby once referred to him as "Old Jewish Man"; as well, a list of heart recipients listed him as "Old Jewish Man" ("Homer's Paternity Coot").

He speaks with a stereotypical Jewish accent, and curses in Yiddish in one episode. He is apparently friendly with Krusty the Clown and Krusty's father, as the three of them have been seen walking along a street singing the ditty "Even though we're not gentile / We'll get together for a while" at Christmas. He often yells at people and is sometimes seen owning a Pep Boys-esque store (in the Halloween story "Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores"). He once had a brief period of stardom after his act of dancing on a street corner singing "The Old Gray Mare" with his pants down became a hit on television. In "Natural Born Kissers", he was revealed as having worked as a studio executive during the making of Casablanca, having hacked on a later suppressed happy ending, with a question mark that left the door open for a sequel, and the It's a Wonderful Life "killing spree ending". He observes that the quality of studio management has changed over the years. At the time of the Casablanca blunder, they "was just dopes in suits. Not like today!" He diplomatically left unstated whether the difference is that studio executives are more intelligent now, or that they no longer wear suits. He had a brother named Irving who died and who he misses a great deal.

Patches and Poor Violet

Patches and Poor Violet are two of Springfield's orphans. Patches is voiced by Pamela Hayden and Poor Violet is voiced by Tress MacNeille. Introduced in “Miracle on Evergreen Terrace,” Patches had given their only $1 vitamin money to Bart, where he had carelessly used it. They have since had cameos in “I'm Goin' to Praiseland” and “Simple Simpson”, but are seen in many other episodes. Poor Violet often has a cough, while Patches seems to vaguely resemble Tiny Tim from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Their skin color is not the “healthy” yellow of the Simpson family. In the Simpsons Comics, the family accidentally adopted Poor Violet and she spent one month with the family. Meanwhile, Patches showed Bart around the orphanage (a la Oliver Twist).

Princess Kashmir

Shauna Tifton, also known as April Flowers and Princess Kashmir, is an exotic dancer introduced in "Homer's Night Out". Bart, using a toy spycam at a restaurant, sees a drunk Homer cavorting with a belly-dancer named Princess Kashmir. The incriminating photo is distributed all over town, making Homer famous, but also getting him in trouble with his boss at work (who then asks him for advice on how to attract women) and threatening his marriage to Marge. He apologizes to Marge after she kicks him out, but, fearing that Bart will see Homer's picture as a sign that it is okay to treat women like sex objects, Marge makes Homer find Princess Kashmir so he can apologize to her in front of Bart for his sexist behavior.

In "Lisa's Pony", Shauna once dated Apu before his marriage to Manjula, and was also seen with his brother Sanjay. She was in two couch gags: the one from "Marge vs. the Monorail" where everyone in town sits in front of The Simpsons after they make it to the couch (in the couch gag, Shauna is depicted with black hair instead of brown) and the ones from "Bart After Dark" and the first airing of "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" where the living room is a detailed replica of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper album. She is on the Homewreckers bowling team in "Team Homer". As an in-joke, she dances in the burlesque house in "Bart After Dark", and in so doing lures Homer from picking up Bart at the house. She also appeared in "Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment", dancing with Chief Wiggum at Moe's Tavern. She is also a regular on the game show Springfield Squares. She also danced on a tabletop with Otto in the episode "Flaming Moe's".

Rabbi Hyman Krustofski

Rabbi Hyman Krustofski is the rabbi of Temple Beth Springfield. He is also the father of Krusty the Clown. He first appeared in the episode "Like Father, Like Clown." In this episode and in "Today I Am a Clown," he was voiced by Jackie Mason. Mason won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his voice-performance as Rabbi Krustofski in "Like Father, Like Clown."

In "Like Father, Like Clown," Rabbi Krustofski had been estranged from Krusty for several years. He had disowned Krusty because Krusty had wanted to be a clown against his wishes for him to carry on the family tradition and become a rabbi. Years later, after much exchanging of Talmud passages between Bart Simpson and Rabbi Krustofski, Bart read the Rabbi a quote from Sammy Davis, Jr. admiring the Jews, which finally convinced Rabbi Krustofski to accept his son for his career in entertainment. He and Krusty reunited on the air of Krusty's show. The episode is a parody of the film The Jazz Singer. The parody was writer Jay Kogen's idea. He thought it would be a funny parallel—and a chance to do a lot of easy jokes—if it were a clown instead of a singer who gets rejected by his father.

Rich Texan

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Rich Texan

Rich Texan voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is a stereotypical rich, callous but gregarious business owner. He is an active member of the Springfield Republican Party and speaks with a heavy Texas drawl. In the fifth season episode “$pringfield” (the Rich Texan's debut), Homer addresses the Rich Texan as Senator, although this was never again referenced. Rich Texan sports a bolo tie and a white cowboy hat. He is also obsessive-compulsive, as revealed in “The Seemingly Never-Ending Story.” He has stated in "Marge's Son Poisoning" that he enjoys moonlight walks on the beach; in the same episode he held Homer and Moe at gunpoint while forcing them to walk along with him after being tricked by the two. He is well known for pulling out a pair of revolvers and firing them into the air while yelling "Yee Haw!" whenever he is happy or excited, and once in "Pray Anything" he went over the top and lost his mind after doing something generous for Ned Flanders. He has a gay grandson, as revealed in "Million Dollar Abie" and a daughter named Paris Texan. In "Midnight Towboy", he revealed he suffers from pogonophobia (the fear of beards and moustaches); he then promptly shoots at least one man dressed as Santa Claus. In the episode "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times", it is revealed that he is improbably from Connecticut. This is likely a reference to George W. Bush, who was born in Connecticut but raised in Texas.

Roger Meyers Jr.

Roger Meyers Junior, voiced by Alex Rocco and Hank Azaria, is the CEO of Itchy and Scratchy International, and is the son of Roger Myers, Sr. He distributes the cartoon, which is frequently criticized by parents because of its violent nature. Marge wrote a letter to Roger Meyers Jr. in "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" denouncing the violence in the Itchy & Scratchy cartoon. Roger responds with a letter calling her a screwball. He is a jaded and selfish businessman who has nothing but contempt for the children who comprise his audience. In "The Day the Violence Died" Itchy and Scratchy International is bankrupted following their trial against Chester J. Lampwick, when Bart and Lisa are too late in providing information that could save the company. He also possesses an extremely obnoxious personality, where he only cares about people who can help him. This is displayed in his contempt for the writers of Itchy and Scratchy when Abraham Simpson becomes the flavor of the month. This is shown again when holding auditions for the voice of Poochie. In "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", he creates Poochie in an attempt to bring the show's ratings back up. Homer is asked to voice Poochie, and does so. The show's ratings plummet, and Poochie is despised. He is nearly killed off in the next episode (after only one appearance), but ends up being dubbed over to have returned to his own planet (and died on the way).

Ruth Powers

Ruth Powers is the Simpsons' next-door neighbor, introduced when she moves to their neighborhood in the episode "New Kid on the Block". She is divorced and has a daughter, Laura Powers. She is usually seen as a background character, sometimes in events that occurred even before she moved next door (such as the baby shower for Maggie in "And Maggie Makes Three"). She even continues to be a background character despite her later imprisonment. She nearly always wears a red headscarf. In the episode "The Cartridge Family" she was part of the NRA. She was voiced by Pamela Reed in her first two speaking appearances.

The episode "Marge on the Lam" features Ruth and Marge going on the run from the law in a stolen convertible, a parody of Thelma & Louise. Ruth makes a special appearance in the episode "Strong Arms of the Ma", advising Marge (who is taking up weightlifting) to use steroids. She reveals during her time in prison, she was "Miss Mexican Mafia". In The Simpsons Movie, she is seen in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting along with Barney Gumble.

Sam and Larry

Sam and Larry are the two barflies usually seen at Moe's Tavern. Their first appearance is in "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". Virtually nothing is known about them. Sam always wears a cap and glasses and Larry has an orange jacket and a balding head and either looks extremely drunk or very depressed. In the Season 12 episode "Worst Episode Ever", Sam was shot by Moe for paying in Sacagawea dollars, but he has appeared since.

Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon

Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon, voiced by Harry Shearer, is Apu’s younger brother. He has a daughter named Pahusacheta and a son named Jamshed, who both share the Nahasapeemapetilon surname. Sanjay apparently has a wife, as he asked Apu to promise not to sleep with her. He occasionally runs the store with Apu, but he is not there all the time. He is also hinted to be a Hindu like Apu.

Sarah Wiggum

Sarah Wiggum (née Kanickee) (voiced by Pamela Hayden) is the wife of Clancy and mother of Ralph and sister of Fred Kanickee (deceased). Like Bernice Hibbert and Martha Quimby, she is one of the less notable characters who hardly ever speaks. According to the episode, "A Star Is Born-Again", at the Jellyfish Dance, Clancy mentions she was more beautiful at that moment than the day he arrested her. She giggles in reply. He then mentions he only planted the crystal meth on her so she would "notice" him. Sarah (according to Clancy) is his "home force". In the episode, "Grade School Confidential", she immediately dials the authorities to Clancy's command. Her appearance, facially in particular, resembles Ralph's appearance. In the Season 19 episode, "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind", Marge tells Homer that she does not like Sarah Wiggum, though there is no further information as to why Marge feels this way.

The Sea Captain

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The Sea Captain

Horatio McCallister, also known as The Sea Captain is a sea captain (voice of Hank Azaria). His voice is modeled after actor Robert Newton. On several occasions, he acknowledges his incompetence with a depressed: "Yarr, I don't know what I'm doin'." He is a member of the Springfield Alcoholics Anonymous and has a literal "wooden leg" in which he keeps liquor. In "Bart of War" he uses his wooden leg to have a vicious sword fight with Sideshow Mel's bone.

As an entrepreneur, McCallister is equally incompetent. His restaurant, The Frying Dutchman, is a failing business venture that does not generate enough income to support its owner. In the episode "Lisa Gets an "A"", the captain appears as a penniless bum. When seeing Homer and Marge walking Homer's pet lobster at the beach, he approaches them and claims that he runs a "small academy for lobsters." However, when Marge refuses to send the lobster away to "some snobby boarding school," McCallister asks her for spare change instead. He attacked a giant squid in "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", looking for gold he believed was in its belly.

His only main roles were in episodes "New Kid on the Block" and in "The Wettest Stories Ever Told". In the first one Homer sues his restaurant The Frying Dutchman because they kicked him out at the restaurant's closing time before Homer had eaten all he could eat. In the latter, he can not bring the Simpsons their food for numerous reasons like the "chef having problems with tonight's special", which was a squid and later offers to bring them food from another restaurant, Marge asks if he could bring food from Red Lobster but he says "yar, not that good'a restaurant". He then ignores the family while playing pickup basketball games with the restaurant's staff.

In "I'm with Cupid" it's hinted Captain McCallister has homosexual tendencies, although in A Star is Born-Again he says he does not do that sort of thing...on land.

Snake Jailbird

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Snake Jailbird

Snake Jailbird (voiced by Hank Azaria), or simply "Snake" as he is usually referred to, is Springfield's resident recidivist felon, always getting arrested but rarely appearing to stay in jail. He speaks with a "Valley Boy" accent, mixed with a hint of upper-class English that belies his criminal status. He is partial to fast cars and fast women, and has a knack for reckless abandon.

Snake first appeared in the season two episode "The War of the Simpsons" as one of the partygoers during Bart and Lisa's wild house party. His name was first mentioned by Sideshow Bob in "Black Widower" when Sideshow Bob was saying goodbye to his prison friends after being granted parole. In the script, the writers had simply mentioned a character named Snake and it had been the directors who had assigned that existing character design to the name. Snake's voice is based on Hank Azaria's old college roommate. Snake is also referred to as Jailbird (his original name) by the crew of the Simpsons. In the episode "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story," Lisa tells a story in which Snake refers to himself as Professor Jailbird, an archeologist who turned to robbing convenience stores as revenge for the theft of valuable coins he had excavated.

Snake has been shown to have a son, whose name is Jeremy. He appears to be raising his son to be much like himself: in the episode "Pygmoelian", he helps his son steal Lisa's bicycle, and beams with pride when his son exclaims, "Daddy, I'm stealing!" His ex-girlfriend Gloria (who is a traffic officer) briefly dated Montgomery Burns, but then came back to him. Gloria has been voiced by Julia Louis-Dreyfus on two occasions. It is unknown if she is Jeremy's mother. In "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", Snake is back in jail.

Squeaky Voiced Teen

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Squeaky Voiced Teen

Squeaky Voiced Teen, also known as Jeremy Freedman (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), is one of few teenagers on the show and is perpetually trapped in a series of dead-end jobs that do not lead him anywhere. He is seen working in many establishments before being fired or quitting. He is also referred to as "Pimple-faced teen", "Pimple-faced kid", "Puberty Boy", "Geeky Teenager", and, on one occasion, "Old Man Peterson". The Squeaky Voiced Teen has acne vulgaris, and his voice is in the process of breaking. The Squeaky Voiced Teen's personality is shy, pathetic, miserable, and awkward. He is often concerned about others and usually reports them to his boss; however, when he very rarely is the boss himself, he seizes opportunity and becomes stubborn and demanding.

The Squeaky Voiced Teen has appeared in two couch gags: one for the season 12 episode "Worst Episode Ever" where, as a valet, he pushes a couch in for The Simpsons to sit on, but walks off angrily when he doesn't get a tip, and again in "The Lastest Gun in the West" where he makes out with a blond teenage girl on the couch before The Simpsons come in and scare the two of them. In "Fraudcast News" he attempted to commit suicide because Fox canceled Futurama. In "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays", he lost his squeaky voice to "become a man," after Lindsey Naegle suggested that the adults "kill every child...-friendly thing in town." Seymour Skinner refers to the character as "Jeremy" in a deleted scene on The Complete Fifth Season DVD. In "Bart of War", he was seen fighting the Wiseguy character (another character with a series of dead-end jobs). He appears on the 10th season DVD box on both the front and side, as well as the plastic cover for the limited edition Bart Simpson head box.

In the season 7 episode "Team Homer", it is implied that Lunchlady Doris is actually his mother, when tells Homer that he can not give a bowling lane to his own mother and she replies "I have no son." There are two hints as to his surname: in the episode "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy", Abraham Simpson refers to him as "Mr. Peterson"; and in "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)", he is referred to as "Mr. Friedman" by Dolph. International versions of him have appeared twice: In the season six episode "Bart vs. Australia", an "Australian" version of him appears in a souvenir shop, and his voice is that of the drive-through window clerk at Dame Judy's Fish and Chips (who fears the shop's eponymous owner) when the Simpsons visit England in The Regina Monologues. He also appears in The Simpsons Ride as a Ride Operative.

The Vanderbilts

The Vanderbilts are a seemingly wealthy or upper class couple who live in Springfield. They first appeared during the Season 11 episode "Saddlesore Galactica" in which they were horrified at Bart Simpson for using the phrase "Get Bent" which results in Mr. Vanderbilt dropping his monocle into his drink and it then breaking. The couple also appeared in the episode "A Tale of Two Springfields" in which the couple was shocked again and once more Mr. Vanderbilt's monocle was broken. Mrs. Vanderbilt also appeared in the Season 12 episodes "Lisa the Tree Hugger" and "Homer Vs. Dignity". In the latter of these episodes she was shocked twice by Homer's behavior. Mrs. Vanderbilt also appeared in the Season 13 episode "The Frying Game", and it is revealed that she is one of Mrs. Bellamy's friends along with Mrs. Glick and Agnes Skinner. Mrs. Vanderbilt made her most recent appearance in Season 19's episode "The Homer of Seville" where she leads the mob of dowagers chasing Homer. Mrs. Vanderbilt also appears on the front cover of one of the Simpsons Comics ,issue 89 in the UK version, in which she is shocked at seeing Grampa in his underwear.

The Winfields

The Winfields were an elderly couple who lived next door to the Simpson family. They first appeared in the Season One episode "Homer's Odyssey". The couple eventually moved away from the Simpsons in the Season Four episode "New Kid On The Block", which was also their last speaking appearance. The couple also appeared in the Season Two episodes "Simpson and Delilah" and "Bart's Dog Gets An F", in which the wife is named Sylvia. The couple also appear in the opening credits of The Simpsons during the segment where Marge and Maggie pass many characters while driving home. A woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to Mrs. Winfield appears in Simpsons Hit & Run.

Wiseguy

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Wiseguy

Wiseguy is voiced by Hank Azaria. Simpsons sound editor Bob Beecher commented on alt.tv.simpsons that, "He doesn't have one name. His character's name always fits the scene so he's gone by many names, 'Clerk', 'Shopkeeper', etc. But in the script the direction given to the voice is 'Wiseguy Voice'. So call him 'Wiseguy' if you want." Azaria does a Charles Bronson-impression for the voice. Wiseguy has been dubbed "Sarcastic Middle-Aged Man" by the show's Internet fans.

In "Day of the Jackanapes," Sideshow Bob calls Wiseguy "Raphael."

Yes Guy

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Yes Guy

The "Yes Guy" (also known as "The Frank Nelson Type", voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a character known for bellowing "Yeeeees?!" in a rising inflection, and appears to be highly eccentric in both his speech and appearance. In his first appearance, Homer asks why his voice is always stretched, and the Yes Guy replies by saying "I had a stroooooke". He also appears in "Homer vs. Dignity". He works at Costington's department store, works as juror number twelve of the Springfield Panel of Jury, and as an executioner at the Springfield Penitentiary. Homer refers to him as "that jerk who always goes Yeeeees!" A Brazilian version of him was seen in "Blame It on Lisa", uttering "Siiiiim?!". He is a tribute to the recurring Frank Nelson character from The Jack Benny Program, I Love Lucy, and Sanford and Son, whose trademark greeting in all his characters was a loud, drawn-out "Yeeeees?!" Inexplicably, the original character could always be found working behind the service counter of whatever shop Benny or Fred Sanford might be patronizing, and his Simpsonian counterpart is equally similar.

See also

• List of characters in The Simpsons
• List of one-time characters from The Simpsons
• List of guest stars on The Simpsons
• List of animals in The Simpsons
• Springfield Mafia
• Springfield Elementary School
• Springfield Elementary School students
• List of celebrities in The Simpsons