Steve Mobbs, voiced by Hank Azaria, was the founder of Mapple. He has served as Mr. Burns' head lawyer, helping him out with threats of the Power Plant closing down and of Burns losing his money. He also employs the Yes Guy, who is seen working at the store in most of his appearances. Moe tries to find that person in the bar, but rapidly realizes it is a prank call and (despite not knowing who actually made the call) angrily threatens Bart. In "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", Chalmers mentions that he was once married and is now a widower, implying his wife died from her illness. Bart missed having Skinner as an adversary and got him rehired, knowing that this would mean that the two could no longer be friends. Database is a common target for Nelson, Dolph, Jimbo and Kearney. (Part Two)" and in the episode "All About Lisa" on the portrait of Sideshow Mel in the past. However, they were foiled by Lisa Simpson and were arrested by Chief Wiggum. Luann does not reciprocate Kirk's feelings. Homer, however, has the last laugh when he is promoted above the twins' father to safety inspector by his boss Mr. Burns. Commentary for ", explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish, Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish', outlandish theories that the two are siblings, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays, I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, "What about the children?! [113] "Bart Gets an "F"" (season two, 1990) was the first episode to air against The Cosby Show, and it received a lower Nielsen rating, tying for eighth behind The Cosby Show, which had an 18.5 rating. In "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" she is shown still living next door to the Simpsons. In the episode "Radioactive Man", Milhouse was chosen over Bart to play Fallout Boy in the Radioactive Man movie to be filmed in Springfield. He wears a pink hat and bow tie but has also been seen in a tuxedo and golden encrusted thong. In which, Lisa swabs him with nerd sweat, which forces Nelson Muntz to involuntarily get up and start punching Tatum and give him a wedgie, to little effect. We'll straighten this thing out. Kirk was put in jail in the episode "Pranksta Rap" for "kidnapping" Bart which he greatly enjoyed due to him being envied by women and fed three meals a day. She is usually portrayed as Jimbo's girlfriend, but in "The D'oh-cial Network" she apparently sent a message to everybody promising to make out with them. Actuellement, Life in Hell est encore publié dans deux cent cinquante journaux hebdomadaires. Sophie was voiced by Drew Barrymore in her first appearance and later by Natasha Lyonne in additional appearances. Gloria visits Snake in prison in "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", and refuses to do whatever he asks of her. Much of his character revolves around his extreme emotional depression after his divorce from his wife Luann. The failed attempt at therapy culminates with the Simpsons electroshocking each other endlessly, to the point of causing a chaotic brownout. He is a veteran of World War II, but (according to the episode "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play") he attempted to avoid the draft by disguising himself as a woman. She was originally voiced by Cloris Leachman[191] and later by Tress MacNeille. [34] He is a stereotypical rich, callous but gregarious businessman and owner of the Springfield Atoms football team and the fictional Simpsons version of the Boston Celtics, which he lost to Mr. Burns in a poker game at Billionaire Camp in the episode "The Burns and The Bees." Matt Groening a cependant préféré nommer le cinquième personnage « Bart », anagramme de brat qui signifie « morveux », « affreux jojo », ou encore « chiard »… De plus, Matt Groening a grandi à Portland, dans l'Oregon (États-Unis), dont le nom des rues His catchphrases of choice are typically "¡Ay, ay, ay, no me gusta!" Rock band Fall Out Boy is named after this character.[105]. Bumblebee Man is a caricature parody of El Chapulín Colorado, a character created and portrayed by Mexican television comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños (a.k.a. The Blue-Haired Lawyer also played a very important role in Bart's emancipation in "Barting Over". Arthur Crandall and Gabbo (both voiced by Hank Azaria) are a puppet and ventriloquist who start their own TV show that is in competition with Krusty the Clown's. He is based on an early design for Seymour Skinner, and first appears in "Bart the Genius" where he decides to send Bart to a school for gifted children after Bart cheats on a test. He works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and possesses a master's degree in nuclear physics, but he is often portrayed as a blue-collar working man. Aujourd'hui, elle n'édite plus que Life in Hell [9]. [70] She touts herself as being "number one on the West Side", although she also works on the East Side. [230] and later additional appearances in The Nightmare After Krustmas where she wants to spend Christmas with her father despite the fact the difference in their religious faiths (as she was raised a Christian unlike Krusty who was Jewish) to where Krusty almost converts to Christianity and E My Sports, where she participates in an Esports game as a member of Bart's team. Their mother is shown in "Bart Sells His Soul" and looks just like her daughters. Despite being the more socially powerful of the two, Bart's social popularity has temporarily subsided various episodes either due to extreme embarrassment caused by his family or other people (or even himself) or an unfortunate coincidence. [96] The animators mistakenly believed that Hank Azaria was impersonating Csupó, when in fact he was doing an impression of Ricky Ricardo from the TV series I Love Lucy. [170] Since then, several references to Monroe being dead have been made: a glimpse of his gravestone in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily", a Dr. Marvin Monroe Memorial Gymnasium seen in "Bye Bye Nerdie", and a trivia interstitial in the "138th Episode Spectacular" regarding which popular characters had recently died. [72][80] Bart cares for Lisa deeply and has always apologized for going too far. While looking at a framed photo of Krusty, Pennycandy replied, "Oh, Mrs. Simpson, I've wasted my womanhood asking that same question. "Seems I misheard my wife. Matt Groening tiene una fama totalmente desmerecida. (2005). Wracked with guilt, Lisa returns Allison's real diorama. However, he has appeared as a background character in "Moe Letter Blues", "Homer at the Bat" (as pitcher for Fort Springfield), and The Simpsons Movie. She is revealed to be giving birth in the episode "All About Lisa", suggesting that Mel has at least two children. Grimes has been referenced in several later episodes, first in "Natural Born Kissers", where Homer finds an old pamphlet to Grimes's funeral. He is the father of Milhouse, and the remarried husband of Luann Van Houten. Homer runs away saying "I will only hurt you!" In the episode "Springfield Up", it is revealed that in his younger years, he had a budding career as a sea captain, going by the name of "Nautical Stu", and only finds the joy of disco music when Marge puts some on while taking his picture for his captain's license. His sister runs the Ayn Rand School for Tots. Can be seen in season 20's "How the Test Was Won" training the students for their standardized tests and hurling rubber balls at those who give wrong answers and has since made minor cameos in later episodes. [108] Matt Groening generally did not object to bootleg merchandise, but took exception to a series of "Nazi Bart" shirts which depicted Bart in Nazi uniform or as a white power skinhead. His last name, Largo, is also an Italian word for a slow, broad, musical tempo,[88] likely a reference to the fact that he can make any piece of music uninteresting. His appearance in "A Star is Burns" was a crossover to promote The Critic which made its FOX debut after the episode. Todd can play the violin quite well, and is a part of the Springfield Elementary School band (despite that later episodes do not show Rod or Todd Flanders as Springfield Elementary School students, before it was revealed that they attended a Christian school before their new step-mother Edna Krabappel enrolled them in Springfield Elementary[235]). [173][174] Writer David Cohen named Manjula after a friend of much of the staff. Hans Moleman's appearances usually come in the form of a running gag where he is killed by various accidents, yet inexplicably returns unharmed in subsequent episodes. In a rummage sale, Homer attempts to sell a jacket on which he had once tried to write "Disco Stud" in rhinestones, but having made the letters too big he did not have room for the final "d". He is also the father of Shauna Chalmers. She has appeared in two couch gags (the one on "Marge vs. She first appears in the season 17 episode "The Italian Bob", when Sideshow Bob moved to Italy to get away from Bart for a fresh start. However, when the Simpsons visited Italy, Lisa got drunk at a feast and told the whole town of the things he had done. [98] IGN placed Dr. Nick 23rd on their list of the "Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters". [168][169] The character's retirement was marked by the broadcast of a Dr. Marvin Monroe Memorial Hospital over Lou's walkie-talkie in "Who Shot Mr. Burns? The show is a huge hit that ruins Krusty's career, but Bart then ruins Gabbo's future by capturing him making a rude comment on TV. After Homer is declared the winner, Grimes snaps, declaring that he can also be as lazy and moronic as Homer, and should be able to get away with it just as Homer does. In "How Munched is That Birdie in the Window? Bart wins the elephant in a radio contest called "KBBL Is Gonna Gimme Something Stupid". Groening had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts for The Tracey Ullman Show, and had intended to present an adaptation of his Life in Hell comic strip. They took the idea of the Coyote chasing the Road Runner and depicted Bob as an intelligent person obsessed with catching a bratty boy. She first appears in "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)" where her segment on successful women depresses Marge, who feels her life of chores and child-raising has left her without any purpose. The name Jub-Jub was coined by then-writer Conan O'Brien. [161] Al Jean confirmed on Twitter that Dora was Doris' sister, meaning the two are separate characters.[162]. She has been at Lisa's sleepovers, and Lisa is seen watching cartoons at her house on numerous occasions. Maude Flanders, voiced by Maggie Roswell and temporarily by Marcia Mitzman Gaven between 1999 and 2000, when Roswell did not work for the show, is the first wife of Ned Flanders, and the mother of Rod and Todd. [61][112] Through the summer, several news outlets published stories about the supposed "Bill vs. Bart" rivalry. He first appears in the season 17 episode "The Italian Bob", when Sideshow Bob moved to Italy to start a new life, without anyone knowing, not even his own family, about his murderous history. His appearance and name are inspired by Pulitzer winning journalist Ernie Pyle. The Writers Building is a building released on November 5, 2014 during the Simpsorama Promotional. Bart comments that he wishes that he had an elephant. He also appears in Radio Bart as one of many celebrities recording a charity single. For example, the chalkboard gag for "Homer the Heretic" (season four, 1992) read, "I will not defame New Orleans." Der Allgemeine Studierendenausschuss (AStA) ist ein Organ der verfassten Studierendenschaft. In "'Tis the Fifteenth Season", he mentions that he is "jealous of girls 'cause they get to wear dresses'", suggesting nascent transvestism. They were also seen in The Simpsons Ride. His mother's name is Toot-Toot, and she refers to him as Louis when they are reunited in "Bart Has Two Mommies". [123], Judge Roy Snyder, voiced by Harry Shearer,[20] is a Springfield judge known for his lenient punishments and somewhat unorthodox rulings (as in the episode "Sweets and Sour Marge", when he bans sugar from Springfield). His next appearance is in "Homer Alone", when the Squeaky Voiced Teen tries to hand him a flyer he brushes him off by saying "Don't touch me". [30] Different animators have different methods of drawing Bart. The character's demeanor and Castellaneta's voice for the character are based on Roy Cohn, best known as Joe McCarthy's chief counsel during the Second Red Scare of the 1950s. He briefly served as substitute teacher of Lisa's class during which time he confiscated everything made of tin, got his beard caught in a pencil sharpener and threatened paddling for minor infractions such as looking out the window, talking out of turn or staring at his sandals. [124] Snyder's skin color has gone back and forth between yellow and brown repeatedly throughout the series. Mary Bailey wails in disgust after unfurling Lisa's flag: Bart had redesigned it to look like a butt, with "Learn to Fart" underneath. He produces extreme anxiety in Principal Skinner, who offers increasingly improbable stories to explain what is happening. Recherche - Définition. He always gets fired, often for just being incompetent but sometimes out of bad luck (he lost his job at Costington's when he refused to take back a gift he had sold to Lisa so that the CEO's granddaughter could have it[specify], and Marge fires him from her Mother Hubbard's Sandwich Shop for no real reason). He reappears in "The Wandering Juvie", now in charge of the juvenile detention center, which he runs just like a prison. [38] Cartwright is the only one of the six main Simpsons cast members who had been professionally trained in voice acting prior to working on the show. Claude's main love interest, journalist Gloria Grand, has little interest in him, and dismisses him as a 'rich kid'. He and Krusty reunited on the air of Krusty's show. They realized that there were vinyl Bart dolls in production and purchased one to use as a model. It is implied that he may be bi-sexual; in the episode "A Star is Born-Again", he responds to what he believes as Ned Flanders showing interest in him with, "Are you hitting on me? At times, Bart also finds himself at the hands of their abuse. He attended Springfield A&M University. He is academically brilliant, a teacher's pet, and is portrayed as a stereotypical nerd, with enthusiasms for science fiction and role-playing games, and a poor fashion sense. [13] He hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family, naming the characters after members of his own family. The costume is a creature with a baseball body, with a blue Capital City T-shirt, yellow arms and legs, a long flat-ended nose, tufts of fur at the side, a red hat with two springs, two costume eyes that look in either direction, and two more eyes that peek outside the mouth. She appears to be good friends with Helen Lovejoy and is occasionally seen in the background of various episodes as well as in church scenes (such as in the episode titled "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star"). In The Simpsons arcade game mobile, he appears as a boss in the Springfield Mall and uses an axe, a mallet, and bombs that look like Itchy and Scratchy. his biological parents from Germany asked Skinner where their missing son was, and in "24 Minutes" he is seen stuck in a cobweb in the school air vents. Jack Marley is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, with a voice resembling Droopy Dog. "[138], In 1990 William Bennett, who at the time was drug czar of the United States, visited a drug treatment centre in Pittsburgh and upon noticing a poster of Bart remarked, "You guys aren't watching The Simpsons, are you?