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data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%BE%D9%88_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86" title="آپو ناهاساپیماپتیلون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آپو ناهاساپیماپتیلون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon" title="Apu Nahasapeemapetilon – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Apu Nahasapeemapetilon" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a 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class="infobox-above notheme">Apu Nahasapeemapetilon</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> character</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon_(The_Simpsons).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon_%28The_Simpsons%29.png" decoding="async" width="117" height="299" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="117" data-file-height="299" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Apu doing an Indian <a href="/wiki/Namaste" title="Namaste">namaste</a> pose</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/The_Telltale_Head" title="The Telltale Head">The Telltale Head</a>" (1990)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designed by</th><td class="infobox-data">Matt Groening</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Voiced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Azaria</a> (1990–2017)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data">Male</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Owner/operator of the <a href="/wiki/Kwik-E-Mart" title="Kwik-E-Mart">Kwik-E-Mart</a><br />Chief of Springfield Volunteer Fire Department<br />Computer scientist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Family</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Nahasapeemapetilon" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon">Sanjay</a> (brother)<br />Tikku (brother, deceased)<br />Vijay (cousin)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manjula_Nahasapeemapetilon" class="mw-redirect" title="Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon">Manjula</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">The <a href="/wiki/Nahasapeemapetilon_octuplets" class="mw-redirect" title="Nahasapeemapetilon octuplets">Nahasapeemapetilon octuplets</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data">Pahusacheta (niece)<br />Jamshed (nephew)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Apu Nahasapeemapetilon</b> is a recurring character in the American <a href="/wiki/Animated_cartoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Animated cartoon">animated television series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. He is an <a href="/wiki/Indian_people" title="Indian people">Indian</a> <a href="/wiki/Immigrant" class="mw-redirect" title="Immigrant">immigrant</a> proprietor who runs the <a href="/wiki/Kwik-E-Mart" title="Kwik-E-Mart">Kwik-E-Mart</a>, a popular convenience store in <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield</a>, and is known for his catchphrase, "Thank you, come again".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was voiced by <a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Azaria</a> and first appeared in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Telltale_Head" title="The Telltale Head">The Telltale Head</a>". He was named in honor of the title character of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Apu_Trilogy" title="The Apu Trilogy">The Apu Trilogy</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2017 documentary, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Problem_with_Apu" title="The Problem with Apu">The Problem with Apu</a></i>, written by and starring comedian <a href="/wiki/Hari_Kondabolu" title="Hari Kondabolu">Hari Kondabolu</a>, criticized the character as a <a href="/wiki/Stereotypes_of_South_Asians" title="Stereotypes of South Asians">South Asian stereotype</a>. In January 2020, Azaria reacted to this by announcing that he and the production crew of the series had agreed for him to step down as the voice of Apu. The final time that Azaria voiced Apu was in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_29" title="The Simpsons season 29">season 29</a> premiere "<a href="/wiki/The_Serfsons" title="The Serfsons">The Serfsons</a>" in 2017; since then, he has appeared as a background character. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role_in_The_Simpsons">Role in <i>The Simpsons</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Role in The Simpsons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Biography">Biography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the episode "<a href="/wiki/Homer_and_Apu" title="Homer and Apu">Homer and Apu</a>", Apu says he is from <a href="/wiki/Rahmatpur" title="Rahmatpur">Rahmatpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. Apu is a <a href="/wiki/Naturalization" title="Naturalization">naturalized</a> U.S. citizen, and he holds a Ph.D. in <a href="/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science">computer science</a>. He graduated first in his class of seven million at 'Caltech' – <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a> Technical Institute – going on to earn his doctorate at the Springfield Heights Institute of Technology.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apu began working at the Kwik-E-Mart during graduate school to pay off his <a href="/wiki/Student_loan" title="Student loan">student loan</a>; he stayed afterwards as he enjoyed his job and the friends he had made. He remained an <a href="/wiki/Illegal_immigration" title="Illegal immigration">illegal immigrant</a> until <a href="/wiki/Mayor_Quimby" title="Mayor Quimby">Mayor Quimby</a> <a href="/wiki/Much_Apu_About_Nothing" title="Much Apu About Nothing">proposed a municipal law to expel all undocumented aliens</a>. Apu responded by purchasing a forged birth certificate from the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Mafia" class="mw-redirect" title="Springfield Mafia">Springfield Mafia</a> that listed his parents as American citizens Herb and Judy Nahasapeemapetilon from <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay,_Wisconsin" title="Green Bay, Wisconsin">Green Bay, Wisconsin</a>. When, however, he realized he was forsaking his origins, he abandoned this plan and instead successfully managed to pass his citizenship test with help from <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Simpson</a>. Thus, he refers to himself as a "semi-legal alien".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1985, Apu was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Barbershop_music" title="Barbershop music">barbershop quartet</a> <a href="/wiki/Homer%27s_Barbershop_Quartet" title="Homer's Barbershop Quartet">The Be Sharps</a>, along with Homer Simpson, <a href="/wiki/Barney_Gumble" title="Barney Gumble">Barney Gumble</a>, and Principal <a href="/wiki/Seymour_Skinner" class="mw-redirect" title="Seymour Skinner">Seymour Skinner</a>. Upon the advice of the band manager, Nigel, Apu took the stage name "Apu de Beaumarchais" (a reference to <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Beaumarchais" title="Pierre Beaumarchais">Pierre Beaumarchais</a>, author of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Barber_of_Seville_(play)" title="The Barber of Seville (play)">The Barber of Seville</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Apu is a dietary <a href="/wiki/Vegan" class="mw-redirect" title="Vegan">vegan</a>, as revealed in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_7" title="The Simpsons season 7">season 7</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/Lisa_the_Vegetarian" title="Lisa the Vegetarian">Lisa the Vegetarian</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family">Family</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Two_Mrs._Nahasapeemapetilons" title="The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons">The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons</a>", Apu enjoys a brief period as Springfield's leading ladies' man after being spontaneously drawn into a bachelor auction. He spends the days following the auction on a whirlwind of dates, which suddenly ends when his mother announces his <a href="/wiki/Arranged_marriage" title="Arranged marriage">arranged marriage</a> to a woman named <a href="/wiki/Manjula_Nahasapeemapetilon" class="mw-redirect" title="Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon">Manjula</a>, whom he had not seen since childhood. Apu tries to get out of the arrangement at first, with <a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge Simpson</a> pretending to be his wife, until Apu's mother finds her with Homer. However, he is won over when he meets Manjula at the wedding, and the two decide to give the marriage a try, with Manjula noting nonchalantly that they can always get a divorce. Later, the two actually fall in love. </p><p>In the episode "<a href="/wiki/Eight_Misbehavin%27" title="Eight Misbehavin'">Eight Misbehavin'</a><span style="padding-left:.15em;">"</span>, Manjula receives too many doses of <a href="/wiki/Fertility_drugs" class="mw-redirect" title="Fertility drugs">fertility drugs</a>, leading to her giving <a href="/wiki/Multiple_birth" title="Multiple birth">birth to octuplets</a>: Anoop, Uma, Nabendu, Poonam, Pria, Sandeep, Sashi, and Gheet.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGroening2010534_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGroening2010534-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This causes difficulties for the family but finally they decide to get on with their life. During the episode "<a href="/wiki/Bart-Mangled_Banner" title="Bart-Mangled Banner">Bart-Mangled Banner</a>", when the town changes its name to Libertyville to be patriotic after it is claimed Springfield hates America, Apu temporarily changes his children's names to <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Lincoln</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freedom" title="Freedom">Freedom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pepsi" title="Pepsi">Pepsi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manifest_Destiny" class="mw-redirect" title="Manifest Destiny">Manifest Destiny</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apple_Pie" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Pie">Apple Pie</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Superman" title="Superman">Superman</a>. </p><p>Apu and Manjula have a mostly happy marriage, despite understandable marital problems caused by Apu's <a href="/wiki/Workaholic" title="Workaholic">workaholic</a> nature and long hours, and the strain of caring for eight children. A strain came up when Manjula learned that Apu works longer than he needs to, resulting in Apu <a href="/wiki/I%27m_with_Cupid" title="I'm with Cupid">showering Manjula with many gifts</a>. A further strain came up when Apu was <a href="/wiki/The_Sweetest_Apu" title="The Sweetest Apu">unfaithful</a> to Manjula, causing him to briefly move out and even making him contemplate suicide.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and his family are devout <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a>, and he particularly venerates <a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Nahasapeemapetilon" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon">Sanjay</a> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Shearer" title="Harry Shearer">Harry Shearer</a>), Apu's brother, helps run the Kwik-E-Mart. Sanjay has a daughter named Pahasatira, and a son named Jamshed, all of whom share the Nahasapeemapetilon surname. Apu has another younger brother, who is only mentioned in "<a href="/wiki/The_Two_Mrs._Nahasapeemapetilons" title="The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons">The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons</a>", where Apu was shown on a chart as the oldest of three. Apu also has a cousin living in India named Kavi, also voiced by Azaria, who helped Homer while he was in India. Kavi works for several American companies taking service calls using <a href="/wiki/General_American" class="mw-redirect" title="General American">General American</a>, cowboy, and Jamaican accents.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_appearances">Other appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Apu is a playable character in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons:_Hit_%26_Run" title="The Simpsons: Hit & Run">The Simpsons: Hit & Run</a></i> video game. His quest in the game is to redeem himself for unknowingly selling the tainted Buzz Cola that has made the residents of Springfield insane. Apu also makes an appearance in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons:_Road_Rage" title="The Simpsons: Road Rage">The Simpsons: Road Rage</a></i> as a passenger and unlockable playable character. He also is a character players acquire fairly early on in the open-ended online game <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons:_Tapped_Out" title="The Simpsons: Tapped Out">The Simpsons: Tapped Out</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Character">Character</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Character"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hankazaria05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Hankazaria05.jpg/170px-Hankazaria05.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Hankazaria05.jpg/255px-Hankazaria05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Hankazaria05.jpg/340px-Hankazaria05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="749" data-file-height="1060" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Azaria</a> voiced Apu from the start of the show until 2017, when he stepped down.</figcaption></figure> <p>Apu first appeared in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_1" title="The Simpsons season 1">season one</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Telltale_Head" title="The Telltale Head">The Telltale Head</a>". <a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reiss" title="Mike Reiss">Mike Reiss</a> claim that while creating the character, the writers decided they would not make him ethnic, as they felt it would be too offensive and stereotypical and did not want to offend viewers,<sup id="cite_ref-JeanTTH_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JeanTTH-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sprcon_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sprcon-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but that the concept stayed because <a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Azaria</a>'s reading of the line "Hello, Mr. Homer" received a huge laugh from the writers.<sup id="cite_ref-tvguide_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azaria, however, has disputed this account, claiming instead that the writers asked him to create a stereotypical Indian accent for the character.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azaria has said that he based Apu's voice on Indian <a href="/wiki/Convenience_store" title="Convenience store">convenience store</a> workers in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> with whom he had interacted when he first moved to the area. He also loosely based it on <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sellers" title="Peter Sellers">Peter Sellers</a>' character Hrundi V. Bakshi from the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Party_(1968_film)" title="The Party (1968 film)">The Party</a></i>, who Azaria thinks has a similar personality to Apu.<sup id="cite_ref-freshair_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freshair-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apu's first name is a homage to the main character in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Apu_Trilogy" title="The Apu Trilogy">The Apu Trilogy</a></i>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tvguide_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His surname is a scrambled version of "Pahasadee Napetilon", the full name of a schoolmate of <i>Simpsons</i> writer <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Martin_(writer)" title="Jeff Martin (writer)">Jeff Martin</a>. It was first used in the episode "<a href="/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Marge" title="A Streetcar Named Marge">A Streetcar Named Marge</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Martin_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Martin-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sprcon_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sprcon-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the ninth season of the show, Apu marries <a href="/wiki/Manjula_Nahasapeemapetilon" class="mw-redirect" title="Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon">Manjula</a> in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Two_Mrs._Nahasapeemapetilons" title="The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons">The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons</a>". <a href="/wiki/Rich_Appel" class="mw-redirect" title="Rich Appel">Rich Appel</a> first constructed the idea for Apu's marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Martin" title="Andrea Martin">Andrea Martin</a> provided the voice of Apu's mother in the episode, recording her part in New York. She wanted to get the voice perfect, so in between takes she listened to tapes of Azaria reading lines for Apu, to make sure her voice could realistically be Apu's mother's.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Popularity">Popularity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Popularity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Apu, while being seen by some as a caricature, is one of the most prominent <a href="/wiki/South_Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="South Asian American">South Asian</a> characters on primetime television in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner2004321_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner2004321-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hank Azaria has won three <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Awards</a> for <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Voice-Over_Performance" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance">Outstanding Voice-Over Performance</a>, winning in 1998 for his performance as Apu, again in 2001 for "<a href="/wiki/Worst_Episode_Ever" title="Worst Episode Ever">Worst Episode Ever</a>", and a third time in 2003 for "<a href="/wiki/Moe_Baby_Blues" title="Moe Baby Blues">Moe Baby Blues</a>" for voicing several characters, including Apu.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apu's image has been widely licensed, on items ranging from <a href="/wiki/Board_game" title="Board game">board games</a> to automobile <a href="/wiki/Air_freshener" title="Air freshener">air fresheners</a>. In July 2007, convenience store chain <a href="/wiki/7-Eleven" title="7-Eleven">7-Eleven</a> converted 11 of its stores in the United States and one in Canada into Kwik-E-Marts to celebrate the release of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-E!_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-E!-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOX_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOX-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accusations_of_racial_stereotyping">Accusations of racial stereotyping</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Accusations of racial stereotyping"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Apu's portrayal has been accused by many as being a <a href="/wiki/Racist" class="mw-redirect" title="Racist">racist</a> <a href="/wiki/Caricature" title="Caricature">caricature</a> of Indians and South Asians in general and was criticized as showing bias along racial/ethnic lines and called "brownvoice" (similar to "<a href="/wiki/Blackface" title="Blackface">blackface</a>").<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tyfr20_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tyfr20-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 2007 7-Eleven promotion, many <a href="/wiki/Indian-Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian-Americans">Indian-Americans</a> voiced concerns that Apu is a caricature and plays on too many negative stereotypes. Despite this, 7-Eleven reported that many of its Indian employees reacted positively to the idea, but noted that it was "not a 100 percent endorsement".<sup id="cite_ref-E!_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-E!-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOX_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOX-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hari_Kondabolu.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Hari_Kondabolu.png/220px-Hari_Kondabolu.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Hari_Kondabolu.png/330px-Hari_Kondabolu.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Hari_Kondabolu.png/440px-Hari_Kondabolu.png 2x" data-file-width="887" data-file-height="718" /></a><figcaption>Comedian <a href="/wiki/Hari_Kondabolu" title="Hari Kondabolu">Hari Kondabolu</a> criticized Apu as a negative stereotype of Indians in his documentary <i><a href="/wiki/The_Problem_with_Apu" title="The Problem with Apu">The Problem with Apu</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>According to Kondabolu, in a <i><a href="/wiki/Totally_Biased_with_W._Kamau_Bell" title="Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell">Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell</a></i> web-exclusive segment, there were negative reactions to Apu in the Indian-American community, as well as the greater <a href="/wiki/Desi" title="Desi">Desi</a> community.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pakistani-American comedian and actor <a href="/wiki/Kumail_Nanjiani" title="Kumail Nanjiani">Kumail Nanjiani</a> has also criticized the character, relating that early in his career,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was asked to do "the Apu accent", a stereotyped version of the speech patterns of Indians.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2007 interview, Azaria acknowledged some of this criticism when he recalled a conversation with the writers of the show during the inception of the character: "Right away they were like 'Can you do an Indian accent and how offensive can you make it?' basically. I was like, 'It's not tremendously accurate. It's a little, uh, stereotype,' and they were like, 'Eh, that's all right.<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>"<sup id="cite_ref-:3_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2013 interview with <i><a href="/wiki/HuffPost" title="HuffPost">The Huffington Post</a></i>, Azaria said it should not be expected that the character's accent would "suddenly change now" or that the character would be written out, saying, "I'd be surprised if [the show's writers] write him any less frequently because he's offensive."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, Kondabolu announced his intention to produce a documentary about "how this controversial caricature was created, burrowed its way into the hearts and minds of Americans and continues to exist – intact – twenty-six years later".<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, Kondabolu released the hour-long documentary <i><a href="/wiki/The_Problem_with_Apu" title="The Problem with Apu">The Problem with Apu</a></i>, in which he interviews actors and comics of South Asian heritage about the impact that the character of Apu has had on their lives and the perception of South Asians in American culture.<sup id="cite_ref-Ito,_2017_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ito,_2017-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2018, <i>The Simpsons</i> reacted to the controversy surrounding Apu in the episode "<a href="/wiki/No_Good_Read_Goes_Unpunished" title="No Good Read Goes Unpunished">No Good Read Goes Unpunished</a>". Marge introduces Lisa to her favorite childhood book, but is shocked by its racist stereotypes and attempts to rewrite it to suit modern sensitivities. Lisa is bored by this revised version, and Marge asks what she should do; Lisa replies "It's hard to say. Something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect. What can you do?" She then looks at a picture of Apu with "Don't have a cow, man" written on it, and the two characters say that the issue will be dealt with later, if at all. Kondabolu said that he was saddened by the show's dismissive take on the controversy.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reiss" title="Mike Reiss">Mike Reiss</a>, <i>The Simpsons'</i> longtime writer and producer, acknowledged the problem, and pointed out that Apu had not had a line in the show for the last three years.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During an appearance that same month on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Late_Show_with_Stephen_Colbert" title="The Late Show with Stephen Colbert">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert</a></i>, Azaria said that he would be "perfectly willing to step aside" from the role of voicing Apu, saying that he was increasingly worried about the character causing harm by reinforcing stereotypes and that "the most important thing is to listen to Indian people and their experience with it ... I really want to see Indian, South Asian writers in the writers' room, genuinely informing whichever direction this character takes."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kondabolu had a positive reaction to Azaria's comments.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i>, creator <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a> dismissed the criticism of the Apu character, saying, "I think it's a time in our culture where people love to pretend they're offended".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dana_Walden" title="Dana Walden">Dana Walden</a>, the CEO of <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox Television">20th Century Fox Television</a>, said in an August 2018 interview in regard to the Apu controversy that the network trusts the showrunners "to handle it in the way that's best for the show".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2018, in the <i><a href="/wiki/South_Park" title="South Park">South Park</a></i> episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Problem_with_a_Poo" title="The Problem with a Poo">The Problem with a Poo</a>", <a href="/wiki/Mr._Hankey" class="mw-redirect" title="Mr. Hankey">Mr. Hankey</a> is expelled and sent to a land where "people don't care about bigotry and hate" – <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield</a>. The episode ended with a title card, #cancelthesimpsons, similar to the promo for <i>South Park</i> that called for the cancellation of itself.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That said, on the DVD commentary South Park creators <a href="/wiki/Trey_Parker" title="Trey Parker">Trey Parker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Stone" title="Matt Stone">Matt Stone</a> stated that the people on <i>The Simpsons</i> are their friends and that joke was not a jab at <i>The Simpsons</i> but at the documentary and that they found it amusing how many misinterpreted the joke as an attack on <i>The Simpsons</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Commentary_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Commentary-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Al Jean also tweeted about the episode "It's actually in favor of us saying people are too critical."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the UK, <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Rifkind" title="Hugo Rifkind">Hugo Rifkind</a> criticized in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> what he characterized as the prevalent attitude concerning potentially offensive material: that the possibility that somebody <i>might be</i> offended is enough for material to be considered offensive. He also stated that Apu is portrayed very positively, smarter than every other character except for Lisa, and that the show was much ruder about other characters like <a href="/wiki/Ned_Flanders" title="Ned Flanders">Ned Flanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krusty_the_Clown" title="Krusty the Clown">Krusty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Groundskeeper_Willie" title="Groundskeeper Willie">Groundskeeper Willie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 26, <a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankar" title="Adi Shankar">Adi Shankar</a> stated in an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/IndieWire" title="IndieWire">IndieWire</a></i> that Apu would be leaving <i>The Simpsons</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 29, 2018, executive producer <a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a> responded to the speculation and stated that "Adi Shankar is not a producer on <i>The Simpsons</i>. I wish him the best but he does not speak for our show".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 27, 2019, several sources reported that Groening had confirmed Apu's continued position on the show during the <i>Simpsons</i> panel at <a href="/wiki/D23_(Disney)#2019" title="D23 (Disney)">Disney's D23 Expo</a>, telling a fan who asked whether or not Apu would remain, "Yes. We love Apu. We're proud of Apu."<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-apustays_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apustays-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-groeningconfirms_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-groeningconfirms-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Azaria announced on January 17, 2020, that he and the production team agreed to allow him to step away from voicing Apu, "unless there's some way to transition it or something".<sup id="cite_ref-apustays_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apustays-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azaria had followed the debate over the previous years since Kondabolu's essay and documentary, read up on and attended seminars on racism and social consciousness, and spoken to Indian-American colleagues including fellow actor <a href="/wiki/Utkarsh_Ambudkar" title="Utkarsh Ambudkar">Utkarsh Ambudkar</a> (who had performed as Apu's nephew in "<a href="/wiki/Much_Apu_About_Something" title="Much Apu About Something">Much Apu About Something</a>") about the situation. He came to understand the issues around the character of Apu compared to the other stereotypical characters on <i>The Simpsons</i> was the idea of <a href="/wiki/Cultural_appropriation" title="Cultural appropriation">permissible use</a>, which led to his decision to quit voicing Apu. Azaria said, "There hasn't been an outcry over these [other] characters [that play on non-South Asian stereotypes] because people feel they're represented. They don't take it so personally, nor do they feel oppressed or insulted by it."<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2020_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes_2020-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 26, 2020, it was stated that "Moving forward, <i>The Simpsons</i> will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters." This follows <a href="/wiki/Mike_Henry_(voice_actor)" title="Mike Henry (voice actor)">Mike Henry</a> stating that he will no longer voice the African-American character <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Brown" title="Cleveland Brown">Cleveland Brown</a> on fellow Fox animated series <i><a href="/wiki/Family_Guy" title="Family Guy">Family Guy</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Slate" title="Jenny Slate">Jenny Slate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kristen_Bell" title="Kristen Bell">Kristen Bell</a>'s announcement that they will no longer voice mixed-race characters on <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Mouth_(American_TV_series)" title="Big Mouth (American TV series)">Big Mouth</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Central_Park_(TV_series)" title="Central Park (TV series)">Central Park</a></i>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were plans for the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon to make an appearance in <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_33" title="The Simpsons season 33">season 33</a>. However, <i>Simpsons</i> creator <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a> stated "we have to see if we can make the stories work".<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the April 12, 2021, episode of <a href="/wiki/Dax_Shepard" title="Dax Shepard">Dax Shepard</a>'s podcast <i>Armchair Expert</i>, Azaria apologized for "racism, my participation in racism, or at least in a racist practice or in <a href="/wiki/Structural_racism" class="mw-redirect" title="Structural racism">structural racism</a>, as it relates to showbusiness or...all the above." One reaction to Azaria's apology came from actress/writer Mellini Kantayya, who, in a <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a></i> opinion piece, wrote that hearing Azaria's concession "and for him to say so not in a carefully crafted PR statement, but in a conversation long after the news cycle had moved on, caught me off guard. Azaria reached his conclusions after years of learning and reflection. He recognized how his work had hurt Indian Americans and wanted to start making amends. That's why I cried. His apology was cold comfort, given my past, but the validation and acknowledgment still mattered."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, comedian <a href="/wiki/Akaash_Singh" title="Akaash Singh">Akaash Singh</a> made a comedy stand up special called "<i>Bring Back Apu</i>", where he claims that the character is "not racist", and represented the American Dream.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2023, Azaria and Kondabolu did a joint interview on the topic with the radio program <i><a href="/wiki/All_Things_Considered" title="All Things Considered">All Things Considered</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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