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37 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1987-04-19</span>)</span>)<br />”Simpsons Roasting an Open Fire” (Snowball II/Santa’s Little Helper; December 17, 1989<span class="noprint">; 34 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1989-12-17</span>)</span>)</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><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="font-size: 100%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%; font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.5em; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; margin: 0; clear: none; float: none;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #CCCCFF; font-size: 100%;">Family members</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Simpson" title="Maggie Simpson">Maggie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Simpson family</b> are the main fictional characters featured in the <a href="/wiki/Animated_series" title="Animated series">animated television series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. The Simpsons are a <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_family" title="Nuclear family">nuclear family</a> consisting of married couple <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge</a> and their three children, <a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Simpson" title="Maggie Simpson">Maggie</a>. They live at <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_house" title="The Simpsons house">742 Evergreen Terrace</a> in the fictional town of <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield</a>, United States, and they were created by cartoonist <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a>, who conceived the characters after his own family members, substituting "Bart" for his own name. The family debuted on <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> on April 19, 1987, in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show" title="The Tracey Ullman Show">The Tracey Ullman Show</a></i> <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_shorts" title="The Simpsons shorts">short</a> "<a href="/wiki/Good_Night_(The_Simpsons)" title="Good Night (The Simpsons)">Good Night</a>" and were later spun off into their own series, which debuted on Fox in the U.S. on December 17, 1989, and started airing in Winter 1990. </p><p>Alongside the five main family members are Homer's father <a href="/wiki/Grampa_Simpson" title="Grampa Simpson">Abraham "Grampa" Simpson</a>, Marge's sisters <a href="/wiki/Patty_and_Selma_Bouvier" class="mw-redirect" title="Patty and Selma Bouvier">Patty and Selma Bouvier</a>, and the family's two pets, <a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_Little_Helper" title="Santa's Little Helper">Santa's Little Helper</a> and <a href="#Snowball_II">Snowball V</a>; all of them feature in major supporting roles. Other, less prominent relatives that appear infrequently include Marge's mother <a href="#Jacqueline_Bouvier">Jacqueline Bouvier</a>, Homer's mother <a href="/wiki/Mona_Simpson_(The_Simpsons)" title="Mona Simpson (The Simpsons)">Mona Simpson</a>, his half-brother <a href="#Herbert_Powell">Herb Powell</a> and minor relatives. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Concept_and_origins">Concept and origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Concept and origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creation">Creation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Groening</a> conceived of the idea for the Simpsons in the lobby of <a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a>'s office. Brooks had asked Groening to pitch an idea for a series of animated shorts, which Groening initially intended to present as his <i><a href="/wiki/Life_in_Hell" title="Life in Hell">Life in Hell</a></i> series. However, when Groening realized that animating <i>Life in Hell</i> would require the rescinding of <a href="/wiki/Publication_right" title="Publication right">publication rights</a> for his life's work, he chose another approach and formulated his version of a <a href="/wiki/Dysfunctional_family" title="Dysfunctional family">dysfunctional family</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-inter_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inter-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He named the characters after his own family members – his father Homer, his mother Margaret, and his younger sisters Lisa and Maggie. He substituted "Bart", an <a href="/wiki/Anagram" title="Anagram">anagram</a> of "brat", for his own name,<sup id="cite_ref-americasfirstfamily_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-americasfirstfamily-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and modeled the character after his older brother, Mark.<sup id="cite_ref-mark_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mark-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The five family members were given simple designs so that their facial emotions could easily be changed with almost no effort<sup id="cite_ref-138th_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138th-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and so that they would be recognizable in silhouette.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Groening submitted only basic sketches to the animators and assumed that the figures would be cleaned-up in production. However, the animators merely re-traced his drawings, which led to the crude appearance of the characters in the initial short episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-americasfirstfamily_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-americasfirstfamily-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Simpson family made their debut on April 19, 1987, in <i>The Tracey Ullman Show</i> <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_shorts" title="The Simpsons shorts">short</a> "<a href="/wiki/Good_Night_(The_Simpsons_short)" class="mw-redirect" title="Good Night (The Simpsons short)">Good Night</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman199714_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman199714-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1989, the shorts were adapted into <i>The Simpsons</i>, a half-hour series airing on the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox Broadcasting Company</a>. The Simpson family remained the main characters on this new show.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casting">Casting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Casting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julie_Kavner" title="Julie Kavner">Julie Kavner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright" title="Nancy Cartwright">Nancy Cartwright</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yeardley_Smith" title="Yeardley Smith">Yeardley Smith</a> all began voicing their characters on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show" title="The Tracey Ullman Show">The Tracey Ullman Show</a></i>. Nancy Cartwright was the only one of the group who had been trained to be a voice actor<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner200421_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner200421-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Castellaneta had done some voice over work in Chicago. Castellaneta and Kavner had been part of the regular cast of <i>The Tracey Ullman Show</i> and voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask them to voice Homer and Marge rather than hire more actors.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Age_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Age-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FN_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FN-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The producers decided to hold casting for the roles of Bart and Lisa. Yeardley Smith had initially been asked to audition for the role of Bart, but casting director <a href="/wiki/Bonita_Pietila" title="Bonita Pietila">Bonita Pietila</a> believed her voice was too high. Smith later recalled, "I always sounded too much like a girl. I read two lines as Bart and they said, 'Thanks for coming!'"<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith was given the role of Lisa instead.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 13, 1987, Nancy Cartwright went in to audition for the role of Lisa. After arriving at the audition, she found that Lisa was simply described as the "middle child" and at the time did not have much personality. Cartwright became more interested in the role of Bart who she found more fascinating because he was described as "devious, underachieving, school-hating, irreverent, [and] clever."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matt Groening let her try out for the part instead, and upon hearing her read, gave her the job on the spot.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Simpson_family">The Simpson family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Simpson family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Simpsons are a family who live at <a href="/wiki/742_Evergreen_Terrace" class="mw-redirect" title="742 Evergreen Terrace">742 Evergreen Terrace</a> in the town of <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield</a> in the United States. The state in which this town is located is never specified, however they do have snow and sometimes wear sweaters in the fall.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner200428_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner200428-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It's a running joke in the show to be as vague and ambiguous as possible whenever hinting at which U.S. state the town of Springfield might be located in. Homer, the father, works as a safety inspector at the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Nuclear_Power_Plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Springfield Nuclear Power Plant">Springfield Nuclear Power Plant</a>, a position at odds with his careless, <a href="/wiki/Jester" title="Jester">buffoonish</a> personality. He is married to Marge Simpson, a <a href="/wiki/Stereotype" title="Stereotype">stereotypical</a> American <a href="/wiki/Homemaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Homemaker">housewife</a> and mother. They have three children: Bart, a ten-year-old troublemaker; Lisa, an eight-year-old <a href="/wiki/Child_prodigy" title="Child prodigy">child prodigy</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Simpson" title="Maggie Simpson">Maggie</a>, a toddler who rarely speaks, but communicates by sucking on a <a href="/wiki/Pacifier" title="Pacifier">pacifier</a>. The family owns a dog, <a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_Little_Helper" title="Santa's Little Helper">Santa's Little Helper</a>, and a cat, Snowball II. Both pets have had starring roles in several seasons. Despite the passing of yearly milestones such as holidays or birthdays, the Simpsons <a href="/wiki/Floating_timeline" title="Floating timeline">do not physically age</a> and still appear as they did at the end of the 1980s. Although the family is dysfunctional, many episodes examine their relationships and bonds with each other and they are often shown to care about one another.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Homer_Simpson">Homer Simpson</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Homer Simpson"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Simpson</a></div> <p><b>Homer Jay Simpson</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a>) is the protagonist of the show and the father of the Simpson family. He embodies several American working class stereotypes: he is crude, overweight, incompetent, clumsy, thoughtless and a borderline alcoholic.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner200478_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner200478-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has occasionally displayed flashes of great intellect and fitness whenever the situation calls for it, and an integrity reflecting his own values, including a fierce devotion to and protectiveness of his family. His voice started out as an impression of <a href="/wiki/Walter_Matthau" title="Walter Matthau">Walter Matthau</a> but eventually evolved into a more robust voice during the second and third season of the half-hour show, allowing Homer to cover a fuller range of emotions.<sup id="cite_ref-FN_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FN-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Homer has since become one of the most influential fictional characters and has been described by the UK newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i> as the greatest comedic creation of modern time.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has inspired an entire line of merchandise, and his catchphrase, the annoyed grunt "<a href="/wiki/D%27oh!" title="D'oh!">D'oh!</a>", has been included in the <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the production of the episode <i><a href="/wiki/Insane_Clown_Poppy" title="Insane Clown Poppy">Insane Clown Poppy</a></i> the writers toyed with the idea of giving Homer a long lost illegitimate biological daughter, but when the shows <a href="/wiki/Showrunner" title="Showrunner">showrunner</a> and writer <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scully" title="Mike Scully">Mike Scully</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a> rejected the idea, the writers changed the story so <a href="/wiki/Krusty" class="mw-redirect" title="Krusty">the clown Krusty</a> would be the one who finds he has a lost daughter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marge_Simpson">Marge Simpson</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Marge Simpson"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge Simpson</a></div> <p><b>Marjorie Jacqueline "Marge" Simpson</b> (née <b>Bouvier</b>, voiced by <a href="/wiki/Julie_Kavner" title="Julie Kavner">Julie Kavner</a>) is the well-meaning and extremely patient wife of Homer and mother of Bart, Lisa and Maggie. She often acts as the voice of reason, but displays exaggerated behavior traits of stereotypical mothers and takes the blatant dysfunctionality of her family for granted,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner2004235_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner2004235-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> unlike the other family members, who are aware that they are eccentric. Her most notable physical feature is her <a href="/wiki/Blue_hair" title="Blue hair">blue hair</a>, styled into an improbably high <a href="/wiki/Beehive_(hairstyle)" title="Beehive (hairstyle)">beehive</a>. Julie Kavner received a <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Award</a> in 1992 for voicing Marge in the episode "<a href="/wiki/I_Married_Marge" title="I Married Marge">I Married Marge</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For her performance in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i>, Kavner received a nomination for "Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature" at the 2007 <a href="/wiki/Annie_Awards" title="Annie Awards">Annie Awards</a>, but lost to <a href="/wiki/Ian_Holm" title="Ian Holm">Ian Holm</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Ratatouille_(film)" title="Ratatouille (film)">Ratatouille</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-A35_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A35-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kavner's emotional performance in the movie got positive reviews and one critic said she "gave what must be the most heartfelt performance ever".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Part of Kavner's contract says that she will never have to promote <i>The Simpsons</i> on video because she does not want to "destroy the illusion for children".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, <a href="/wiki/CityNews" title="CityNews">CityNews</a> published an article entitled "Top 10 Greatest TV Moms of All Time", and placed Marge in eighth spot.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bart_Simpson">Bart Simpson</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bart Simpson"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart Simpson</a></div> <p><b>Bartholomew Jojo "Bart" Simpson</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright" title="Nancy Cartwright">Nancy Cartwright</a>) is the eldest child and only son in the family, at age 10. Bart's most prominent character traits are his mischievousness, rebelliousness, disrespect for authority, and sharp wit. During the first four seasons of <i>The Simpsons</i>, Bart was the show's main character. The name "Bart" is an anagram of the word "brat".<sup id="cite_ref-sundvd_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sundvd-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Groening conceived Bart as an extreme version of the typical misbehaving child character, merging all of the extreme traits of characters such as <a href="/wiki/Tom_Sawyer" title="Tom Sawyer">Tom Sawyer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huckleberry_Finn_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Huckleberry Finn (character)">Huckleberry Finn</a> into one person.<sup id="cite_ref-sundvd_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sundvd-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Groening's older brother Mark provided most of the inspiration for Bart.<sup id="cite_ref-SitterDVD_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SitterDVD-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-flux_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flux-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bart's catchphrase "Eat My Shorts" was an ad-lib by Cartwright in one of the original table readings, harking back to an incident when she was at college.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Magazine">Time</a></i> magazine selected Bart as 46th of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century, and the only fictional character to make the list.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had previously appeared on the cover of the December 31, 1990 edition.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bart is rebellious and frequently escapes without punishment, which led some parents' groups and conservative spokespeople to believe he provided a poor <a href="/wiki/Role_model" title="Role model">role model</a> for children. This prompted <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> to rally, "We're going to keep trying to strengthen the American family. To make them more like <a href="/wiki/The_Waltons" title="The Waltons">the Waltons</a> and less like the Simpsons."<sup id="cite_ref-mikescully_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mikescully-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bart, and other Simpsons characters, have appeared in numerous <a href="/wiki/Television_commercials" class="mw-redirect" title="Television commercials">television commercials</a> for <a href="/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9" title="Nestlé">Nestlé</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Butterfinger" title="Butterfinger">Butterfinger</a> candy bars from 1990 to 2001, with the slogan <i>"Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!"</i><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lisa_Simpson">Lisa Simpson</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Lisa Simpson"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa Simpson</a></div> <p><b>Lisa Marie Simpson</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Yeardley_Smith" title="Yeardley Smith">Yeardley Smith</a>) is the eldest daughter and middle child of the family, at 8 years old. Lisa's political convictions are generally <a href="/wiki/Social_liberalism" title="Social liberalism">socially liberal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner2004173_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner2004173-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is a vegetarian, and a supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Free_Tibet_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Tibet movement">Free Tibet movement</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-s14e12_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s14e12-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and while still supportive of the Christian church in which she was raised,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lisa became a practicing <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> following her decision to follow the <a href="/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path" title="Noble Eightfold Path">Noble Eightfold Path</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-s13e06_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s13e06-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is musically proficient on the saxophone; besides the occasional <a href="/wiki/Riff" title="Riff">riff</a> during the opening credit sequence <a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Jazzman" title="Jazzman">Jazzman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Rafferty" title="Gerry Rafferty">Gerry Rafferty</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Baker_Street" title="Baker Street">Baker Street</a> have been prominently placed during episodes. In the <i>Tracey Ullman Show</i> shorts, Lisa was more of a "female Bart" and was equally mischievous. As the series progressed, Lisa began to develop into a more intelligent and emotional character. When she was a baby, Bart started out not liking her, although he became nicer to her after Marge pointed out that Lisa loves him. Her first word was "Bart", with Bart happily teaching her more names. Many episodes focusing on Lisa have an emotional nature, the first one being "<a href="/wiki/Moaning_Lisa_(The_Simpsons)" title="Moaning Lisa (The Simpsons)">Moaning Lisa</a>". The idea for the episode was pitched by <a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a>, who had wanted to do an emotional episode where Lisa is sad because the show had done a lot of "jokey episodes".<sup id="cite_ref-Reiss1_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reiss1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001 Lisa received a special "board of directors Ongoing Commitment Award" at the <a href="/wiki/Environmental_Media_Awards" title="Environmental Media Awards">Environmental Media Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "<a href="/wiki/Lisa_the_Vegetarian" title="Lisa the Vegetarian">Lisa the Vegetarian</a>", an episode from <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_7" title="The Simpsons season 7">the seventh season</a>, won both an Environmental Media Award for "Best Television Episodic Comedy"<sup id="cite_ref-EMAIMDB_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EMAIMDB-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Genesis_Awards" title="Genesis Awards">Genesis Award</a> for "Best Television Comedy Series, Ongoing Commitment".<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Japan, the broadcasters of the series found they were able to turn the apparent viewer dislike of the series around by focusing marketing attention on Lisa. Lisa's well-intended but ill-fated struggles to be a voice of reason and a force of good in her family and city struck a chord with the Japanese.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner2004327_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner2004327-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maggie_Simpson">Maggie Simpson</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Maggie Simpson"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Simpson" title="Maggie Simpson">Maggie Simpson</a></div> <p><b>Margaret Lenny "Maggie" Simpson</b> is the youngest of the five main family members and is almost always seen as a baby. She has blonde spiked hair like Lisa. Her first word was "daddy", shown at one point after Homer tucks her in. She is almost 2 years old and still uses a pacifier despite teething, although this was mentioned in a Treehouse of Horror episode ("Starship Poopers") and is not considered canon. She was quite prominent in the <i>Tracey Ullman Show</i> shorts, often being featured alongside <a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa</a> but has since become the least seen and heard of the five main Simpsons. It has been revealed that Maggie has outstanding artistic and academic abilities, much like her sister Lisa. The episodes taking place in the future often show her as some kind of businesswoman.<sup id="cite_ref-EW_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maggie rarely speaks, but has been voiced by several different actors including <a href="/wiki/Jodie_Foster" title="Jodie Foster">Jodie Foster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-EW_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997154–155_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997154–155-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Shearer" title="Harry Shearer">Harry Shearer</a> (who used his <a href="/wiki/Kang_and_Kodos" title="Kang and Kodos">Kang</a> voice) in "Starship Poopers",<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Yeardley_Smith" title="Yeardley Smith">Yeardley Smith</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-com_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-com-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright" title="Nancy Cartwright">Nancy Cartwright</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TwoDimes_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TwoDimes-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abe_Simpson">Abe Simpson</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Abe Simpson"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Grampa_Simpson" title="Grampa Simpson">Grampa Simpson</a></div> <p><b>Abraham Jay "Abe" Simpson II</b> (better known simply as <b>Grampa</b>, voiced by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a>) is the <a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">patriarch</a> of the Simpson family and the father of Homer. He is a <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> veteran who was later sent to the Springfield Retirement Castle by Homer. He is known for his borderline senility, his long rambling (and probably apocryphal) stories and his love of <i><a href="/wiki/Matlock_(1986_TV_series)" title="Matlock (1986 TV series)">Matlock</a></i>. He shares his name with one of Matt Groening's relatives, in this case his grandfather. However, Groening says he refused to name him, leaving it to other writers to choose a name. By coincidence, the writers chose the name Abraham.<sup id="cite_ref-oldmoney_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oldmoney-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mona_Simpson">Mona Simpson</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Mona Simpson"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mona_Simpson_(The_Simpsons)" title="Mona Simpson (The Simpsons)">Mona Simpson (The Simpsons)</a></div> <p><b>Mona J. Simpson</b> (née <b>Olsen</b>, voiced by <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Close" title="Glenn Close">Glenn Close</a>) is Homer's long-lost mother, Marge's mother-in-law, and Abe's estranged first wife. Her first major appearance was in "<a href="/wiki/Mother_Simpson" title="Mother Simpson">Mother Simpson</a>" where she reveals that she was forced to abandon her family after being caught up in the <a href="/wiki/Hippie" title="Hippie">hippie movement</a> and participated in various acts of activism. The writers used this episode as an opportunity to solve several little puzzles, such as where Lisa's intelligence came from.<sup id="cite_ref-Appel_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appel-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_7" title="The Simpsons season 7">the seventh season</a>, Mona Simpson had only made two brief flashback appearances, the first being <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_2" title="The Simpsons season 2">season two</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Oh_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou%3F" title="Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?">Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?</a>" and the second being <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_6" title="The Simpsons season 6">season six</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Grampa_vs._Sexual_Inadequacy" title="Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy">Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy</a>" and in both episodes she was voiced by <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Roswell" title="Maggie Roswell">Maggie Roswell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mona dies in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Mona_Leaves-a" title="Mona Leaves-a">Mona Leaves-a</a>", as Homer struggles to come to terms with her death. The character is named after writer <a href="/wiki/Richard_Appel" title="Richard Appel">Richard Appel</a>'s wife, whose name is Mona Simpson.<sup id="cite_ref-Appel_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appel-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mona was designed in a way so that she has little bit of Homer in her face, such as the shape of her upper lip and her nose.<sup id="cite_ref-Silverman_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silverman-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were several design changes because the directors were trying to make her an attractive older and younger woman, but still be Simpson-esque.<sup id="cite_ref-Silverman_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silverman-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Close" title="Glenn Close">Glenn Close</a> recorded original material for another episode, <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_15" title="The Simpsons season 15">season fifteen</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/My_Mother_the_Carjacker" title="My Mother the Carjacker">My Mother the Carjacker</a>". Mona also has a speaking appearance in <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_10" title="The Simpsons season 10">season ten</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/D%27oh-in_in_the_Wind" class="mw-redirect" title="D'oh-in in the Wind">D'oh-in in the Wind</a>", this time voiced by <a href="/wiki/Tress_MacNeille" title="Tress MacNeille">Tress MacNeille</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-p86_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p86-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extended_Simpson_family">Extended Simpson family</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Extended Simpson family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Herbert "Herb" Powell</b> <span class="anchor" id="Herbert_Powell"></span>(voiced by <a href="/wiki/Danny_DeVito" title="Danny DeVito">Danny DeVito</a>) – As his paternal half-brother, Herb resembles Homer, though he is much thinner, boasts a full head of hair and is more astute. He first appeared in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_2" title="The Simpsons season 2">season two</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/Oh_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou%3F" title="Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?">Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?</a>" when Homer is informed by his father Abe, after the latter suffered a mild heart attack, that he had a half-brother, the product of a short-lived affair between Abe and Gaby. A year after putting the baby up for adoption, Abe married Mona, who insisted he promise never to tell Homer about Herb or how he was conceived. Herb was raised by his adoptive parents Edward and Mililani Powell, put himself through college by working odd jobs, then founded Powell Motors, a car company based in Detroit. Herb is an exception to 'the Simpson gene', which causes all male members of the Simpson family to gradually lose their intelligence as they mature, as Herb is intelligent, successful and an astute businessman. Overjoyed to learn that he had a blood family, Herb bonded with the children and hired Homer, as a representative of average Americans, to design a car. The car was a flop, bankrupting the company, and Herb angrily rejected Homer as a brother and became a street vagrant.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The episode was written by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Martin_(writer)" title="Jeff Martin (writer)">Jeff Martin</a> but the idea of having Herb voiced by <a href="/wiki/Danny_DeVito" title="Danny DeVito">Danny DeVito</a> had been pitched by <a href="/wiki/Sam_Simon" title="Sam Simon">Sam Simon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-OhBrother_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OhBrother-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to some upsetting with the tragic ending of the episode, the producers decided to make a sequel.<sup id="cite_ref-TwoDimes_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TwoDimes-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Herb re-appeared <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_3" title="The Simpsons season 3">the next season</a> in "<a href="/wiki/Brother,_Can_You_Spare_Two_Dimes%3F" title="Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?">Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?</a>". Now broke and homeless, he briefly settled in the Simpson household, despite his intense continuing antipathy toward Homer. Homer loaned Herb $2000, which he used to build an invention that translated <a href="/wiki/Infant" title="Infant">infantile</a> speech into comprehensible English, based on observations he made of Maggie. He proceeded to mass-produce his new <a href="/wiki/Product_(business)" title="Product (business)">product</a> and regained his fortune. In gratitude, he bought gifts for each member of the family and paid Homer back with his forgiveness.<sup id="cite_ref-Dimes_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dimes-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Homer's "seldom seen half-brother"<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has had only one brief speaking part since this episode: DeVito reprised his role for the Season 24 episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Changing_of_the_Guardian" title="The Changing of the Guardian">The Changing of the Guardian</a>", in which Powell's answering machine message is heard: 'Hi, you've reached Herb Powell. I'm poor again.'<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (April 2020)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><b>Abbey</b> <span class="anchor" id="Abbey"></span>(voiced by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a>) – Abbey is Abe's illegitimate daughter and Homer's half-sister from a relationship he had with a British woman named Edwina during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Chet Simpson</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a><sup id="cite_ref-oakley_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oakley-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) – Chet is Bart, Lisa, Maggie's great-uncle who owns an unsuccessful shrimp company.<sup id="cite_ref-Lisa_the_Simpson_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lisa_the_Simpson-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Dr. Simpson</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Tress_MacNeille" title="Tress MacNeille">Tress MacNeille</a><sup id="cite_ref-p86_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p86-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) – Dr. Simpson is the chief of complicated surgeries at the invasive care unit; she is first seen in "<a href="/wiki/Lisa_the_Simpson" title="Lisa the Simpson">Lisa the Simpson</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Lisa_the_Simpson_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lisa_the_Simpson-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is the one who reassures Lisa that she won't suffer the defective Simpson Gene because of her sex and also reveals that only male members are affected by it. Dr. Simpson resembles Lisa, minus the spikes.</li> <li><b>Stanley Simpson</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a><sup id="cite_ref-oakley_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oakley-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) – Stanley is the Simpson children's second cousin who shoots birds at the airport.<sup id="cite_ref-Lisa_the_Simpson_62-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lisa_the_Simpson-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b> Uncle Tyrone Simpson </b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Azaria</a>) – Uncle Tyrone is a cynical elderly Simpson relative who lives in <a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a>. The family intends to visit him during his birthday in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Catch_%27Em_If_You_Can" class="mw-redirect" title="Catch 'Em If You Can">Catch 'Em If You Can</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Great-Aunt Hortense Simpson</b> – Great-Aunt Hortense is the one who died before "<a href="/wiki/Bart_the_Fink" title="Bart the Fink">Bart the Fink</a>" (and left Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa $100 each); the rest of her estate was passed to <a href="/wiki/Ann_Landers" class="mw-redirect" title="Ann Landers">Ann Landers</a>. In a continuity error, Great-Aunt Hortense appeared on Bart's journey to <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">Heaven</a> in "<a href="/wiki/Bart_Gets_Hit_by_a_Car" title="Bart Gets Hit by a Car">Bart Gets Hit by a Car</a>".</li> <li>A group of unnamed relatives show up in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Lisa_the_Simpson" title="Lisa the Simpson">Lisa the Simpson</a>", when Homer tries to prove to Lisa that not all Simpsons are failures.<sup id="cite_ref-Lisa_the_Simpson_62-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lisa_the_Simpson-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the end, only Dr. Simpson and three other female members proved successful.</li> <li><b>Great-Uncle Hubert</b> – Great Uncle Hubert is Bart, Lisa, and Maggie's paternal great uncle who died in the short "The Funeral". He is only mentioned once. At the funeral, Bart views his great uncle's corpse, which makes Bart turn green and faint. Later, Bart is seen running away up a hill with Lisa and Maggie, resulting in Homer and Marge scolding them in the car.</li> <li><b>Hugo Simpson</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright" title="Nancy Cartwright">Nancy Cartwright</a>) – Hugo is Bart's conjoined twin from the "<a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_VII" title="Treehouse of Horror VII">Treehouse of Horror VII</a>" segment "The Thing and I". He and Bart were separated as babies by Dr. Hibbert and was deemed "evil". To hide the secret, Marge and Homer chained Hugo in the attic and fed him fish heads once a week. Later, Bart goes up to the attic and Hugo escapes, wanting to sew him and Bart back together. Dr. Hibbert managed to catch Hugo, but notices that the surgical scar is on the wrong side, meaning Bart is the evil twin. As a result, Hugo is released while Bart is chained in the attic. Hugo resembles Bart, but with ratty clothes, messy hair, and malformed teeth. Since he is a <i><a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror" title="Treehouse of Horror">Treehouse of Horror</a></i> character, he does not exist in the main episode continuity.</li> <li><b>Mabel Simpson</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Julie_Kavner" title="Julie Kavner">Julie Kavner</a>) – Mabel is an ancestor of the Simpson family who was part of the <a href="/wiki/Underground_Railroad" title="Underground Railroad">Underground Railroad</a>. She was married to Hiram before divorcing him and fleeing to Canada to marry Virgil. She kept the Simpson surname. <ul><li>Ex-husband: <b>Hiram Simpson</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a>) – Hiram is a distant relative of the Simpson family who was bribed with a new pair of shoes into revealing Virgil's whereabouts. He is the parent of Eliza Simpson.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Virgil</b> (voiced by Wren T. Brown) – Virgil, later <b>Virgil Simpson</b>, is an <a href="/wiki/Slavery" title="Slavery">enslaved</a> African-American owned by <a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a>'s father, Colonel Burns, and rescued by Eliza. He was betrayed by Hiram but escaped with Mabel, whom he later married, from whom the Simpson family are descended.</li> <li><b>Eliza Simpson</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Yeardley_Smith" title="Yeardley Smith">Yeardley Smith</a>) – Eliza Simpson is a distant relative of the Simpson family and daughter of Mabel and Hiram. She was part of the Underground Railroad with her mother and initially helped Virgil evade capture before giving him up to Wainwright Burns. In later life, she is revealed to have married <b>Milford Van Houten</b>, being the direct ancestor of the <a href="/wiki/Milhouse_Van_Houten" title="Milhouse Van Houten"><b>Van Houten</b></a> family.</li> <li><b>Abraham Simpson</b> – The son of Mabel and Virgil, half-brother of Eliza, and great-grandfather of Grampa Simpson.</li> <li><b>Orville J. Simpson</b> and <b>Yuma Hickman</b> – Grampa's parents who both appear briefly in "<a href="/wiki/Much_Apu_About_Nothing" title="Much Apu About Nothing">Much Apu About Nothing</a>" when Grampa tells the story of how his family emigrated to America.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Season 25 episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Winter_of_His_Content" title="The Winter of His Content">The Winter of His Content</a>", Homer reveals that Abe's father is alive, but Abe ignores him.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>"Old Tut" Simpson</b> - Grampa's paternal grandfather who appears briefly in <i><a href="/wiki/A_Father%27s_Watch" title="A Father's Watch">A Father's Watch</a></i>, where he is shown strangling his son for being a disappointment to him in his occupation of child discipline.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Cyrus_Simpson"></span><b>Cyrus Simpson</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Azaria</a>) - Cyrus is Grampa's older brother who is seen in "<a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Christmas_Stories" title="Simpsons Christmas Stories">Simpsons Christmas Stories</a>". Cyrus crashed his <a href="/wiki/F4U_Corsair" class="mw-redirect" title="F4U Corsair">Corsair</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Theater">Pacific Theater of Operations</a> during a <a href="/wiki/Kamikaze" title="Kamikaze">kamikaze</a> raid. He never left and has <a href="/wiki/Polygamy" title="Polygamy">15 wives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Rita_LaFleur"></span><b>Rita LaFleur</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Anika_Noni_Rose" title="Anika Noni Rose">Anika Noni Rose</a>) – Rita is the second wife of Abraham Simpson and a jazz recording artist.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was a singer at Spiro's Restaurant and met Abe when he was a waiter. They married<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and LaFleur left the restaurant, wishing to become a successful singer. She was invited to tour in Europe, but Homer suffered a head injury and Abraham realized that Homer was defenseless and wouldn't survive in Europe, so he stayed behind with him while Rita went to Europe, and the two never saw each other again. It was revealed that she later became a heroin addict which ended up ruining her singing career. In "<a href="/wiki/Gone_Abie_Gone" title="Gone Abie Gone">Gone Abie Gone</a>", Rita reunited with Abraham and they played piano.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was unknown why they were not together.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Amber Simpson</b> <span class="anchor" id="Amber_Simpson"></span>(voiced by Pamela Hayden) – Amber was the Vegas ex-wife of both Homer and Abe Simpson from the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_10" title="The Simpsons season 10">season ten</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/Viva_Ned_Flanders" title="Viva Ned Flanders">Viva Ned Flanders</a>". Homer and <a href="/wiki/Ned_Flanders" title="Ned Flanders">Ned Flanders</a> visit <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Las Vegas, Nevada">Las Vegas</a> for the weekend, get drunk and unknowingly marry two women.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amber reappears in "<a href="/wiki/Brawl_in_the_Family_(The_Simpsons)" title="Brawl in the Family (The Simpsons)">Brawl in the Family</a>", where the Simpson family trick her into marrying Grampa, and in the process forsake all other spouses. Amber is horrified at the deception and runs away back to Vegas, much to Grampa's disappointment at losing another wife.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In "<a href="/wiki/Jazzy_and_the_Pussycats" title="Jazzy and the Pussycats">Jazzy and the Pussycats</a>", the Simpsons attend Homer's ex-wife and former stepmother's funeral after Amber's death from a drug overdose.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Bill Simpson</b> is one of Abe's brothers and one of those who are deceased. Bill is apparently a <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">communist</a>. He is mentioned in <a href="/wiki/Million-Dollar_Abie" class="mw-redirect" title="Million-Dollar Abie">Million-Dollar Abie</a> as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_USA" title="Communist Party USA">Communist Party</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a> and many others.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Great Uncle Boris</b> – Boris is Homer's great-uncle who left his <a href="/wiki/Niece_and_nephew" title="Niece and nephew">great-nephew</a> his country home in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Homer_Loves_Flanders" title="Homer Loves Flanders">Homer Loves Flanders</a>".</li> <li><b>Mother Shabubu/Cousin Frank/Francine</b> – Cousin Francine is Homer's cousin and Abraham's niece who was mentioned in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Lisa%27s_First_Word" title="Lisa's First Word">Lisa's First Word</a>".</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Bouvier_family">The Bouvier family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: The Bouvier family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Patty_and_Selma_Bouvier">Patty and Selma Bouvier</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Patty and Selma Bouvier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Patty_and_Selma" title="Patty and Selma">Patty and Selma</a></div> <p><b>Patricia Maleficent "Patty"</b> and <b>Selma Bouvier</b> (both voiced by <a href="/wiki/Julie_Kavner" title="Julie Kavner">Julie Kavner</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997178–179_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997178–179-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) are Marge's older <a href="/wiki/Twin" title="Twin">twin</a> sisters. They are apparently in their mid-to-late 40s, since Selma has gone through menopause and they were shown as teenagers in flashbacks while Marge was still a small child. They work at the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield</a> <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Motor_Vehicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Motor Vehicles">Department of Motor Vehicles</a>, and possess a strong dislike for their brother-in-law, <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a>. Selma is the elder by two minutes, possesses a strong desire for family, and has been married and divorced six times, and also sought to have a child on numerous occasions despite her age. Her sister, Patty, is one of the show's few openly gay (or bisexual, as she once commented "there go the last remaining threads of my heterosexuality") recurring characters<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although for the most part she has avoided relationships. Kavner voices them as characters "who suck the life out of everything".<sup id="cite_ref-joy_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joy-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kavner makes Patty's voice more masculine and a lower register, while Selma's voice is a little sweeter.<sup id="cite_ref-Selma'sChoiceDVD_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Selma'sChoiceDVD-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The origins of their names are unknown – Matt Groening has a sister named Patty, but unlike the other Simpson relatives, this has not been explicitly revealed.<sup id="cite_ref-prodigy_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prodigy-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jacqueline_Bouvier">Jacqueline Bouvier</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Jacqueline Bouvier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Jacqueline Bouvier</b> (née <b>Gurney</b>, voiced by <a href="/wiki/Julie_Kavner" title="Julie Kavner">Julie Kavner</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997178–179_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997178–179-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is the mother of Marge, Patty and Selma, the maternal grandmother of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, the mother-in-law of Homer, the daughter-in-law of Pepe and Bambi Bouvier, the sister-in-law of Herman, Charlene, Jojo, Chester, and Arthur Bouvier, and the widow of Clancy Bouvier. She was first referenced in a flashback in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Moaning_Lisa_(The_Simpsons)" title="Moaning Lisa (The Simpsons)">Moaning Lisa</a>" and made her first appearance in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Bart_vs._Thanksgiving" title="Bart vs. Thanksgiving">Bart vs. Thanksgiving</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She had a <a href="/wiki/Spinster" title="Spinster">spinster</a> sister named Gladys, who is deceased; Jacqueline and her family attended her funeral in "<a href="/wiki/Selma%27s_Choice" title="Selma's Choice">Selma's Choice</a>". <a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a> and Homer's father <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Simpson" class="mw-redirect" title="Abraham Simpson">Abe Simpson</a> once battled for her affections; she became engaged to Burns, but eventually decided not to marry either man,<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although she and Abe still ran away together at the end of the episode. </p><p>Although it seems that she disapproves of Marge's marriage to <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a>, stating that he is never to address her as "Mom",<sup id="cite_ref-IMarriedMarge_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMarriedMarge-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she does tolerate Homer much more than her elder daughters, Patty and Selma. In "<a href="/wiki/Moe_Letter_Blues" title="Moe Letter Blues">Moe Letter Blues</a>", she admits that Patty and Selma are really to blame for ruining her birthday party, not Homer; also Jacqueline never has been shown to cause trouble in Homer and Marge's marriage, unlike her daughters. Jacqueline has celebrated her 80th birthday twice, in "<a href="/wiki/Moe_Letter_Blues" title="Moe Letter Blues">Moe Letter Blues</a>" and again in "<a href="/wiki/Puffless" title="Puffless">Puffless</a>". </p><p>Like all Bouvier women, she is voiced by Kavner, and has large, unique hair, resembling Marge's, only a light gray color due to her old age. In her younger days she smoked heavily but has quit, although she still <a href="/wiki/Laryngitis" title="Laryngitis">speaks</a> more raspily than Patty and Selma. The series creator <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a> named the character after the former American <a href="/wiki/First_Lady" class="mw-redirect" title="First Lady">First Lady</a> <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis" title="Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis">Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis</a>, whose maiden name was Bouvier. Out of all the characters on the show, Jacqueline has the tallest hair. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clancy_Bouvier">Clancy Bouvier</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Clancy Bouvier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Clarence "Clancy" Bouvier</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Shearer" title="Harry Shearer">Harry Shearer</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997178–179_77-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997178–179-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is the deceased father of Marge, Patty and Selma and the husband of Jacqueline Bouvier. His first appearance was in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Way_We_Was" title="The Way We Was">The Way We Was</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-WayWeWas_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WayWeWas-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was kind and complimentary to teenage Homer when he arrived to pick up Marge for the <a href="/wiki/Prom" title="Prom">prom</a>, but after finding out that <a href="/wiki/Artie_Ziff" class="mw-redirect" title="Artie Ziff">Artie Ziff</a> was really her date remarked that Homer "took years off my life". This provoked Marge to go back and go out with Homer. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Fear_of_Flying_(The_Simpsons)" title="Fear of Flying (The Simpsons)">"Fear of Flying"</a> it was revealed that he was one of the earliest male <a href="/wiki/Flight_attendant" title="Flight attendant">flight attendants</a>; Marge initially believed he was a heroic pilot and was traumatized when she discovered he was a flight attendant instead. According to Marge in "<a href="/wiki/Bart_the_Lover" title="Bart the Lover">Bart the Lover</a>" after Clancy got out of the Navy, he had trouble with his <a href="/wiki/Profanity" title="Profanity">cursing</a> that nearly cost him a job as a baby photographer, but Jacqueline was able to curtail that by having him donate money to the <a href="/wiki/Swear_jar" title="Swear jar">swear jar</a>. </p><p>In the episode "<a href="/wiki/Puffless" title="Puffless">Puffless</a>", it is revealed that he died of lung cancer,<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which provoked Patty and Selma to abstain from smoking cigarettes. While Clancy does not appear with the rest of the Bouvier family in "<a href="/wiki/I_Married_Marge" title="I Married Marge">I Married Marge</a>", implying he was deceased before Homer and Marge were married, he is shown to be still alive when Bart and Lisa were toddlers in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Walking_Big_%26_Tall" title="Walking Big & Tall">Walking Big & Tall</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but he died before Maggie was born. Marge was particularly upset by her father's death, as Homer had to buy her a <a href="/wiki/White_noise_machine" title="White noise machine">white noise machine</a> to try and get her to deal with it. In "<a href="/wiki/Homer%27s_Adventures_Through_the_Windshield_Glass" title="Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass">Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass</a>", it is revealed that Clancy left Marge a inheritance in which she would be paid $1,000 per month. This was because he did not trust Homer to provide for her. When he died, Clancy went to <a href="/wiki/Hell" title="Hell">Hell</a> for a check forging scheme. </p><p>In "<a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_III" title="Treehouse of Horror III">Treehouse of Horror III</a>", he was eaten at King Homer and Marge's wedding by the former. He also appeared as a ghost in "<a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XXVI" title="Treehouse of Horror XXVI">Treehouse of Horror XXVI</a>". </p><p>Like all the Bouvier family, his voice has become croaky through chain-smoking for a number of years. He also shares the same grunt as <a href="/wiki/Patty_and_Selma_Bouvier" class="mw-redirect" title="Patty and Selma Bouvier">Patty and Selma</a>, both of whom resemble younger female versions of him, while Marge more resembles her mother. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ling_Bouvier">Ling Bouvier</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Ling Bouvier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_recurring_The_Simpsons_characters#Ling_Bouvier" title="List of recurring The Simpsons characters">List of recurring The Simpsons characters § Ling Bouvier</a></div> <p><b>Ling Bouvier</b><span class="anchor" id="Ling_Bouvier"></span> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright" title="Nancy Cartwright">Nancy Cartwright</a>) is Selma Bouvier's adopted daughter. She shares Selma's laugh. In "<a href="/wiki/Goo_Goo_Gai_Pan" title="Goo Goo Gai Pan">Goo Goo Gai Pan</a>", Selma discovers that she has reached <a href="/wiki/Menopause" title="Menopause">menopause</a> and adopts Ling in China, after lying that she is married to Homer, to fool the Chinese authorities into thinking that Ling would be part of a traditional family as opposed to being raised by a single mother. The authorities briefly reclaim Ling, but the adoption agent Ms. Woo relates to her experiences of her childhood with her single mother and allows Selma to adopt Ling.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ling has since become a recurring character and has appeared in several episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She seems to get along well with her cousin Maggie. Since Patty told Selma to give up smoking once the baby came home, Selma claimed she would switch to chewing tobacco, although it is shown she has not followed through with this. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Selma's_husbands"><span id="Selma.27s_husbands"></span>Selma's husbands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Selma's husbands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Selma has married six times, resulting in the lengthy last name Bouvier-Terwilliger-Hutz-McClure-Stu-Simpson-D'Amico. </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Sideshow_Bob" title="Sideshow Bob">"Sideshow Bob" Terwilliger</a></b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer" title="Kelsey Grammer">Kelsey Grammer</a>) – Sideshow Bob meets Selma via a prison <a href="/wiki/Pen_pal" title="Pen pal">pen pal</a> program in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_3" title="The Simpsons season 3">season three</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/Black_Widower" title="Black Widower">Black Widower</a>". After he is released and marries the very smitten Selma, Sideshow Bob fools everyone except for Bart, who eventually foils Sideshow Bob's plot to murder Selma on their honeymoon.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hutz" title="Lionel Hutz">Lionel Hutz</a></b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a>) – Lionel Hutz is mentioned as Selma's ex-husband in between Terwilliger and McClure in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_9" title="The Simpsons season 9">season nine</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Two_Mrs._Nahasapeemapetilons" title="The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons">The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons</a>". However, this is the extent to which their relationship is depicted at any point in the series.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Troy_McClure" title="Troy McClure">Troy McClure</a></b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a>) Troy marries Selma in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_7" title="The Simpsons season 7">season seven</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/A_Fish_Called_Selma" title="A Fish Called Selma">A Fish Called Selma</a>", in a <a href="/wiki/Sham_marriage" title="Sham marriage">sham marriage</a> devised to revitalize his career and image. When he tells her this, Selma is devastated to have been used by yet another terrible husband. For a while, she attempts to go along with the ruse, if only for the <a href="/wiki/Creature_comforts" class="mw-redirect" title="Creature comforts">creature comforts</a> she can access. When Troy says they need to have a child to divert public attention from rumors of his <a href="/wiki/Fetishism" title="Fetishism">fetish</a> involving <a href="/wiki/Aquarium" title="Aquarium">aquarium</a> fish, Selma knows this is a line she will not cross, and they divorce.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Disco_Stu" class="mw-redirect" title="Disco Stu">Disco Stu</a></b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Azaria</a>) – Disco Stu is referenced as Selma's ex-husband in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_16" title="The Simpsons season 16">season sixteen</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/There%27s_Something_About_Marrying" title="There's Something About Marrying">There's Something About Marrying</a>". Despite his last name actually being "Discothèque", the name "Stu" was attached to Selma's last name upon marrying him.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Grampa_Simpson" title="Grampa Simpson">Grampa Simpson</a></b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a>) – Grampa Simpson married Selma in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_18" title="The Simpsons season 18">season eighteen</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/Rome-Old_and_Juli-Eh" title="Rome-Old and Juli-Eh">Rome-Old and Juli-Eh</a>"; he previously had dated her mother, Jacqueline.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Fat_Tony_(The_Simpsons)" title="Fat Tony (The Simpsons)">"Fat Tony" D'Amico</a></b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mantegna" title="Joe Mantegna">Joe Mantegna</a>) – Fat Tony became Selma's sixth and most recent husband in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_22" title="The Simpsons season 22">season twenty-two</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Real_Housewives_of_Fat_Tony" title="The Real Housewives of Fat Tony">The Real Housewives of Fat Tony</a>". The two divorced when Selma discovered that Fat Tony was already married.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extended_Bouvier_family">Extended Bouvier family</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Extended Bouvier family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="anchor" id="Gladys_Gurney"></span><b>Gladys Gurney</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Julie_Kavner" title="Julie Kavner">Julie Kavner</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997178–179_77-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997178–179-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) – Gladys is Marge's <a href="/wiki/Spinster" title="Spinster">spinster</a> aunt and the sister of Jacqueline. Her death was noted in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Selma%27s_Choice" title="Selma's Choice">Selma's Choice</a>", in which she died of a <a href="/wiki/Bowel_obstruction" title="Bowel obstruction">bowel obstruction</a>. Her final words to Patty and Selma during a video will is a plea that they not end their lives old and alone like herself, prompting Selma to become more intent on having a family.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Dot</b> – Dot is the cousin of Marge, Patty and Selma. She gave Selma a video camera at her wedding to <a href="/wiki/Sideshow_Bob" title="Sideshow Bob">Sideshow Bob</a>. This is the only time she is mentioned.</li> <li><b>Lou Gurney</b> – Lou is the uncle of <a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge Simpson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patty_and_Selma" title="Patty and Selma">Patty Bouvier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patty_and_Selma" title="Patty and Selma">Selma Bouvier</a>. In "<a href="/wiki/Children_of_a_Lesser_Clod" title="Children of a Lesser Clod">Children of a Lesser Clod</a>", <a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge</a> is called to identify Lou's body, which turns out to be a very much alive <a href="/wiki/Hans_Moleman" class="mw-redirect" title="Hans Moleman">Hans Moleman</a>. While Marge is identifying the body, <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a> starts a daycare center for local children.</li> <li><b>Uncle Arthur Bouvier</b> – Uncle Arthur is the uncle of <a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Simpson" title="Maggie Simpson">Maggie</a>, mentioned by <a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge</a> in "<a href="/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Knew_Too_Much_(The_Simpsons)" title="The Boy Who Knew Too Much (The Simpsons)">The Boy Who Knew Too Much</a>". According to Marge, Arthur suffered from auditory hallucinations and went on a homicidal spree before 75 federal marshals brought him down. Otherwise, he is never mentioned and has never made an appearance.</li> <li><b>Meaux and Genevieve Bouvier</b> – Marge's <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheist</a> grandmother Genevieve Bouvier lived in <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Party" title="Nazi Party">Nazi</a>-<a href="/wiki/German_military_administration_in_occupied_France_during_World_War_II" title="German military administration in occupied France during World War II">occupied France</a> in 1944 during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Vichy" title="Vichy">Vichy</a>, France. She is discussed in "<a href="/wiki/My_Way_or_the_Highway_to_Heaven" title="My Way or the Highway to Heaven">My Way or the Highway to Heaven</a>". Genevieve co-managed Cafe Meaux with the café's namesake, her husband Meaux, a <a href="/wiki/Collaboration_with_Nazi_Germany_and_Fascist_Italy" title="Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy">Nazi-collaborator</a>, and self-described treasoner. They team up to stop Nazi officers from revealing the impending <a href="/wiki/D-day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-day">D-day</a> invasion is to happen in <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a>.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Eunice_Bouvier"></span><b>Eunice Bouvier</b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Julie_Kavner" title="Julie Kavner">Julie Kavner</a>) – the 100-year-old, half-step-great-aunt of Marge, Patty and Selma, who resides in <a href="/wiki/Gainesville,_Florida" title="Gainesville, Florida">Gainesville, Florida</a>. The family were supposed to visit for her birthday in "<a href="/wiki/Lisa_Gets_the_Blues" title="Lisa Gets the Blues">Lisa Gets the Blues</a>", but instead visit <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> and Eunice spends the day alone; Lisa was supposed to play the saxophone for her, as Eunice likes music. She reappears in "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Dancing_as_Fat_as_I_Can" title="I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can">I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can</a>", where Marge, Patty and Selma are told Eunice is dying. Upon arrival at her home, Patty and Selma mark everything they wsnt round inherit with <a href="/wiki/Sticky_notes" class="mw-redirect" title="Sticky notes">sticky notes</a>, as a result of which Eunice threatens them with a smashed lamp. She later recovers.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pets">Pets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Pets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dogs">Dogs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Dogs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_Little_Helper" title="Santa's Little Helper">Santa's Little Helper</a></b> (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Welker" title="Frank Welker">Frank Welker</a><sup id="cite_ref-p117_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p117-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997178–179_77-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997178–179-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) – Santa's Little Helper is the Simpsons' pet <a href="/wiki/Greyhound" title="Greyhound">greyhound</a>. He first appeared in "<a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire" title="Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire">Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire</a>" as a race dog adopted by Homer and Bart and has been in the series since.<sup id="cite_ref-p117_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p117-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While usually well-behaved, he can be vicious at times, having a female dog giving birth to 25 puppies which angers Bart at first, although Bart loves and cares for him deeply.</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><b>She Biscuit</b>: Santa's Little Helper's mother, who was separated from him when he was a puppy by their owner Les Moore. In the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Way_of_the_Dog" title="The Way of the Dog">The Way of the Dog</a>", the Simpsons track down Moore and Santa's Little Helper and She Biscuit are reunited.</li> <li><b>Puppies</b>: Santa's Little Helper is the father of numerous puppies, including 25 with She's the Fastest in "<a href="/wiki/Two_Dozen_and_One_Greyhounds" title="Two Dozen and One Greyhounds">Two Dozen and One Greyhounds</a>" and at least one other litter with <a href="/wiki/Dr._Hibbert" title="Dr. Hibbert">Dr. Hibbert</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Poodle" title="Poodle">poodle</a> Rosa Barks in "<a href="/wiki/Today_I_Am_A_Clown" class="mw-redirect" title="Today I Am A Clown">Today I Am A Clown</a>".</li> <li><b>Country Cousins' Dog</b> – Santa's Little Helper's brother, owned by a family whom the Simpsons refer to as their "country cousins" because of the two dogs' relationship in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Bonfire_of_the_Manatees" title="The Bonfire of the Manatees">The Bonfire of the Manatees</a>".</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Laddie</b> – A collie owned by the Simpson family in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Canine_Mutiny" title="The Canine Mutiny">The Canine Mutiny</a>". He joined the family after Bart managed to get a credit card issued to Santos L. Halper (a non-existent person whose name is a corruption of "Santa's Little Helper") and purchased him from a catalogue. Described in the catalogue as the ultimate dog, Laddie was able to perform household chores and use the toilet. Laddie resides with the Springfield Police Department after he incidentally sniffed out marijuana at a blind man's house and Bart gave up ownership.</li> <li><b>She's The Fastest</b> - A female racing greyhound who Santa's Little Helper mated with in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Two_Dozen_and_One_Greyhounds" title="Two Dozen and One Greyhounds">Two Dozen and One Greyhounds</a>". Her owner, the <a href="/wiki/Rich_Texan" class="mw-redirect" title="Rich Texan">Rich Texan</a>, gave her to the Simpsons since her bond to Santa's Little Helper meant she could no longer race, and she soon gave birth to a litter of 25 puppies. She is not seen again, presumably having gone back into the Rich Texan's care or moved in with her puppies at <a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a>'s house.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cats">Cats</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Cats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Snowball_II"></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Snowball</b> – Snowball (also known as <b>Snowball I</b>) was the Simpson family's first <a href="/wiki/List_of_fictional_cats_and_other_felines" class="mw-redirect" title="List of fictional cats and other felines">cat</a>. She was first mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire" title="Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire">series premiere</a> in a Christmas letter Marge is writing where she explains that Snowball died that year and went to "kitty heaven". Snowball was named due to her white fur. Snowball was, according to Lisa in a poem, run over by a <a href="/wiki/Chrysler" title="Chrysler">Chrysler</a> belonging to Mayor Quimby's brother "Clovis".<sup id="cite_ref-planetcat_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-planetcat-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is seen during Bart's escalator ride to Heaven in the second-season episode "<a href="/wiki/Bart_Gets_Hit_by_a_Car" title="Bart Gets Hit by a Car">Bart Gets Hit by a Car</a>" and in flashback in the ninth-season episode "<a href="/wiki/Lisa%27s_Sax" title="Lisa's Sax">Lisa's Sax</a>". Bart unsuccessfully tries to revive her in "<a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_III#Dial_"Z"_for_Zombies" title="Treehouse of Horror III">Dial Z for Zombies</a>".</li> <li><b>Snowball II</b> – (voiced by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Welker" title="Frank Welker">Frank Welker</a><sup id="cite_ref-p117_91-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p117-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997178–179_77-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERichmond_&_Coffman1997178–179-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) Snowball II was the Simpson family's second cat. Although Snowball I had white fur, which inspired her name, Snowball II had black fur. She first appeared in the series premiere but has received little attention in the series. Snowball II and Santa's Little Helper have always been shown as having a good relationship; usually they are seen sleeping near each other. Snowball II's largest role is in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_14" title="The Simpsons season 14">fourteenth season</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/Old_Yeller_Belly" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Yeller Belly">Old Yeller Belly</a>", in which she saves <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a> from a burning treehouse. She also has minor roles in "<a href="/wiki/Bart_Gets_an_Elephant" title="Bart Gets an Elephant">Bart Gets an Elephant</a>", where she tries to get attention; in "<a href="/wiki/Two_Dozen_and_One_Greyhounds" title="Two Dozen and One Greyhounds">Two Dozen and One Greyhounds</a>", in which she is scared by the many puppies; and in "<a href="/wiki/Make_Room_for_Lisa" title="Make Room for Lisa">Make Room for Lisa</a>", in which Lisa has a <a href="/wiki/Hallucination" title="Hallucination">hallucination</a> where she becomes Snowball II.</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>In the episode "<a href="/wiki/I,_(Annoyed_Grunt)-Bot" title="I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot">I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot</a>", Snowball II is killed and is replaced in series by <b>Snowball III</b> and then <b>Coltrane</b> (a.k.a. <b>Snowball IV</b>), both of which also die quickly. A final replacement, <b>Snowball V</b> is essentially identical to Snowball II and proves to be less unlucky. Lisa renames this cat <b>Snowball II</b> and the events of this episode are never referred to again.<sup id="cite_ref-planetcat_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-planetcat-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This cat is the focus of a subplot in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_16" title="The Simpsons season 16">sixteenth season</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Seven-Beer_Snitch" title="The Seven-Beer Snitch">The Seven-Beer Snitch</a>", in which she becomes overweight after abandoning the Simpsons for brief periods to visit a different family but she then goes back to live with the Simpson family.<sup id="cite_ref-planetcat_92-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-planetcat-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_pets">Other pets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Other pets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Plopper_(The_Simpsons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Plopper (The Simpsons)">Plopper</a></b> – Plopper, formerly known as <a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter_(character)" title="Harry Potter (character)">Harry Plopper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spider-Man" title="Spider-Man">Spider Pig</a>, is Homer's pet pig, introduced in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i>, later having recurring appearances in the series.</li> <li><b>Princess</b> – Princess was Lisa's <a href="/wiki/Pony" title="Pony">pony</a> from the episode "<a href="/wiki/Lisa%27s_Pony" title="Lisa's Pony">Lisa's Pony</a>". Homer bought Lisa a pony to show her that he loves her, but he has to work two jobs to keep her. When Lisa discovers this she gives up Princess.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stampy_(The_Simpsons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stampy (The Simpsons)">Stampy</a></b> – Stampy was an <a href="/wiki/African_elephant" title="African elephant">African elephant</a> briefly owned by the Simpson family in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Bart_Gets_an_Elephant" title="Bart Gets an Elephant">Bart Gets an Elephant</a>".</li> <li><b>Chirpy Boy</b> and <b>Bart Junior</b> – Chirpy Boy and Bart Junior were Bart's pet lizards in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Bart_the_Mother" title="Bart the Mother">Bart the Mother</a>".</li> <li><b>Pinchy</b> – Pinchy was Homer's pet <a href="/wiki/Lobster" title="Lobster">lobster</a> in "<a href="/wiki/Lisa_Gets_an_%22A%22" title="Lisa Gets an "A"">Lisa Gets an "A"</a>". Homer went to the supermarket to buy a lobster that he could cook for dinner. Homer found that the big lobsters were too expensive, so he bought a smaller lobster with the intention of fattening him up, but he grew attached to the lobster and decided to keep him as a pet instead, naming him Pinchy. At the end of the episode, Homer puts Pinchy in a hot bath, but accidentally boils and kills him. Since his body is cooked, a sobbing Homer eats Pinchy's remains, saying that "That's what he would want".</li> <li><b>Mojo</b> – Mojo was the helper monkey Homer had in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Girly_Edition" title="Girly Edition">Girly Edition</a>". Mojo, an intelligent and highly trained service animal when Homer adopted him, quickly adapted to match Homer's lazy and unhealthy lifestyle. When Mojo's condition severely worsens, Homer, fearing the repercussions of potentially having the monkey die under his watch, drops him off at the adoption center.</li> <li><b>Strangles</b> – Strangles was a <a href="/wiki/Green_tree_python" title="Green tree python">green tree python</a> that Bart owned during the episode "<a href="/wiki/Stop_or_My_Dog_Will_Shoot" class="mw-redirect" title="Stop or My Dog Will Shoot">Stop or My Dog Will Shoot</a>", during which time Santa's Little Helper was a police dog. Strangles's current owner is <a href="/wiki/Groundskeeper_Willie" title="Groundskeeper Willie">Groundskeeper Willie</a>. Bart named the snake Strangles while it was strangling Homer on the dinner table.</li> <li><b>Pokey</b> – Pokey was a <a href="/wiki/Guinea_pig" title="Guinea pig">guinea pig</a> and Lisa's first pet of her own in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_War_of_Art_(The_Simpsons)" title="The War of Art (The Simpsons)">The War of Art</a>", where it destroyed the iconic artwork over the lounge.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simpson_family&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Simpsons_tv_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Simpsons_tv_icon.svg/28px-Simpsons_tv_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" 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from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show" title="The Tracey Ullman Show">The Tracey Ullman Show</a></i> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Good_Night_(The_Simpsons)" title="Good Night (The Simpsons)">Good Night</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Longest_Daycare" title="The Longest Daycare">The Longest Daycare</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Playdate_with_Destiny" title="Playdate with Destiny">Playdate with Destiny</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Balenciaga" title="The Simpsons Balenciaga"><i>The Simpsons</i> | Balenciaga</a> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Te_Deseo_Lo_Mejor" title="Te Deseo Lo Mejor">Te Deseo Lo Mejor</a></i> (2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Disney%2B_shorts" title="The Simpsons Disney+ shorts">Disney+<br />shorts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i><br />shorts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Force_Awakens_from_Its_Nap" title="The Force Awakens from Its Nap">The Force Awakens from Its Nap</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rogue_Not_Quite_One" title="Rogue Not Quite One">Rogue Not Quite One</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/May_the_12th_Be_with_You" title="May the 12th Be with You">May the 12th Be with You</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Theme parks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_(Universal_Studios)" title="Springfield 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Simpsons discography">Discography</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Illustrated" title="Simpsons Illustrated">Simpsons Illustrated</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_of_Springfield" title="World of Springfield">World of Springfield</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_of_Springfield_figures_and_playsets" title="List of World of Springfield figures and playsets">List of figures and playsets</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_characters" title="List of The Simpsons characters">Characters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Simpson family</a><br />and relatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Simpson" title="Maggie Simpson">Maggie Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grampa_Simpson" title="Grampa Simpson">Grampa Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patty_and_Selma" title="Patty and Selma">Patty and Selma Bouvier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mona_Simpson_(The_Simpsons)" title="Mona Simpson (The Simpsons)">Mona Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_Little_Helper" title="Santa's Little Helper">Santa's Little Helper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_recurring_The_Simpsons_characters" title="List of recurring The Simpsons characters">Recurring</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sideshow_Bob" title="Sideshow Bob">Sideshow Bob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_Brockman" title="Kent Brockman">Kent Brockman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comic_Book_Guy" title="Comic Book Guy">Comic Book Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duffman" title="Duffman">Duffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fat_Tony_(The_Simpsons)" title="Fat Tony (The Simpsons)">Fat Tony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Flanders" title="Ned Flanders">Ned Flanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professor_Frink" title="Professor Frink">Professor Frink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Gumble" title="Barney Gumble">Barney Gumble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Hibbert" title="Dr. Hibbert">Dr. Hibbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hutz" title="Lionel Hutz">Lionel Hutz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kang_and_Kodos" title="Kang and Kodos">Kang and Kodos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edna_Krabappel" title="Edna Krabappel">Edna Krabappel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krusty_the_Clown" title="Krusty the Clown">Krusty the Clown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverend_Lovejoy" title="Reverend Lovejoy">Reverend Lovejoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_McClure" title="Troy McClure">Troy McClure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Muntz" title="Nelson Muntz">Nelson Muntz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon" title="Apu Nahasapeemapetilon">Apu Nahasapeemapetilon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_Quimby" title="Mayor Quimby">Mayor Quimby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principal_Skinner" title="Principal Skinner">Principal Skinner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waylon_Smithers" title="Waylon 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title="List of The Simpsons writers">Writers</a></li> <li>Guest stars <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_guest_stars_(seasons_1%E2%80%9320)" title="List of The Simpsons guest stars (seasons 1–20)">Seasons 1–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_guest_stars_(seasons_21%E2%80%93present)" title="List of The Simpsons guest stars (seasons 21–present)">Seasons 21–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-English_versions_of_The_Simpsons" title="Non-English versions of The Simpsons">Non-English versions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hallmarks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_opening_sequence" title="The Simpsons opening sequence">Opening sequence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Theme" title="The Simpsons Theme">Main title theme</a></li> <li><i><a 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