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This is only a partial list. For a full list of characters, see List of characters from The Simpsons.

Akira

As one of Springfield's most prominent Japanese American citizens, Akira is the owner of a karate dojo (which Bart briefly attended) and also works at "The Happy Sumo" sushi restaurant. He once helped Homer, Bart, and Lisa discover the origin of the mysterious "Mr. Sparkle" box (it came from a Japanese dishwashing detergent company with a mascot that coincidentally bears a striking resemblance to Homer). Also once, he, Luigi, Capt. McAllister, and other restaurant owners of Springfield planned a (failed) assassination attempt on Homer because he gave them bad reviews.

He was originally voiced by George Takei, who played Sulu on Star Trek, and in subsequent episodes he has been voiced by Hank Azaria. His name is thought to be an homage to director Akira Kurosawa or perhaps a reference to the anime Akira. Akira is a fairly common name among Japanese men, so it may just be nothing.

Arnie Pie

Arnie Pie, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is a disgruntled helicopter traffic reporter for Springfield's KBBL-TV, with his segment, "Arnie in the Sky" (the joke lying in the obtuse omission of the obvious pun). During his segment, he frequently gets into abusive arguments with anchor Kent Brockman.

Pie apparently dies on the air in a helicopter crash, with his last words "Tell my wife I love--" dismissed with a chuckle by oblivious anchor Kent Brockman. However, he survived and has been seen in several episodes afterwards.

The character's name may be an homage to famed World War II news correspondant Ernie Pyle.

Artie Ziff

Artie Ziff (voiced by Jon Lovitz), was first seen as Marge Simpson's prom date with "busy hands" in high school. A later episode revealed him to have become a nerdy software millionaire, becoming the fifth richest man in the country. His wealth came from a device that transforms modem noise into easy listening music. In that episode, he offers a small fortune for a weekend with his childhood love, Marge, in parody of the movie Indecent Proposal.

Later in the series, Ziff returns. It is revealed that he ran his company, Ziffcorp, into the ground spending investors' money on such extravagant items as solid gold underpants (a parody of the excesses of the Dot-Com era). He would party with Newt Gingrich, Janeane Garofalo, and Scottie Pippen. But he lost all his money and secretly moved into the Simpsons' attic. When Homer wins 98% of the company from Ziff in a game of poker, Homer is held legally responsible when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission comes to arrest Ziff. Homer goes to jail until Ziff turns himself in, and Ziff immediately begins putting out other prisoners' cigarettes with a squirt bottle as the episode ends. The Simpsons family suggests that we may not see Ziff alive again because of this.

It has been said that this character is loosely based on Robert D. Ziff (R.D. Ziff). The real Mr. Ziff is 38 years old, and is one of the richest people in the United States. (Currently #165 in the Forbes 400.) He went to Harvard with one of the writers of the Simpsons, one of the writers decided to pay homage to him being the same college as him by putting him in the show.

Baby Gerald

Baby Gerald is Maggie Simpson's nemesis, although they have only come into actual conflict once. When Lisa Simpson rescued her sister, however, Maggie started to cry (though Lisa didn't notice). He is distinguished by his unibrow. In "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays" a Kent Brockman headline shows a picture of Maggie Simpson beating him up.

Surprisingly, according to the comic story "The Rise and Fall of Bartholomew J. Simpson" (published in Simpsons Comics #47), the adult Gerald is married to Maggie, but is so dominant in the marriage that he will not even allow her to speak up during a conversation.

Brandine Spuckler

Brandine Spuckler, also known as Brandine Del Roy and voiced by Actress Tress MacNeile, is the wife of Cletus Spuckler and mother to Tiffany, Heather, Cody, Dylan, Dermot, Jordan, Taylor, Brittany, Wesley, Rumor, Scout, Cassidy, Zoe, Clo, Max, Hunter, Kendall, Caitlin, Noah, Sasha, Morgan, Kyra, Ian, Lauren, Q-bert, Phil, Rubella, and Condoleezza Marie. She was also at one time going to be a foster mother to the Simpson children. Brandine is representative of so called "trailer trash" women in America's southern states, and like her husband, is a stereotype. Brandine and Cletus were married by Homer Simpson despite the fact that they are siblings or cousins. She has only been with him as long as anyone can tell, though she did at one point stay at a women's facility. She has been seen suffering from rabies and is also illiterate. She works as a stripper, though never in boots. It was implied several times that Brandine and Cletus are siblings, but another time implied that he was her son.

Bumblebee Man

Bumblebee Man appears on a television show within the Simpsons universe dressed in a bumblebee costume. The TV station he works for is identified as "Canal Ocho" in several episodes. He is a caricature of "El Chapulín Colorado" (The Red Grasshopper), a character played and created by Mexican television comedian Chespirito, and his show consists of simple skits, often involving heavy slapstick, in a parody of the "super hero" characters.

In an issue of "Simpsons Comics", he states that he is actually from Belgium, however "Simpsons Comics" are generally not considered canon.

Bumblebee Man never takes off his costume, even when appearing in public, except in the episode "22 Short Films About Springfield". In that episode we see Bumblebee Man's private life and realize he is innately clumsy rather than simply acting as such. Nonetheless, in other episodes he is heard to speak with an articulate British accent; whether this is his real voice or an act is uncertain. It is possible that he generally speaks with his bumbling on-screen accent to keep in practice. Also, in the Simpsons Bongo Comics, he quotes Shakespeare.

His catchphrase of choice is typically "Ay, ay, ay, no me gusta!"

Colonel O'Hara (Rich Texan)

Colonel Antoine "Tex" O'Hara, also known as the Rich Texan, is the owner of many a sports team or investment opportunity, and a dude ranch called "Lazy-I-Ranch." In place of a catchphrase, he is often seen jumping and tossing his ten-gallon hat while shouting, "yee-haw!" and firing pistols into the air. He is also the owner of the Omni-Pave Corporation, which is "sensitive to all your (our) eco-concerns", and a member of the Republican Party. He was also the owner of a female greyhound, She's The Fastest, who fell in love with Santa's Little Helper. An oil tycoon, O'Hara owns a travelling carnival which Homer and Bart had to work at after Bart wrecked Hitler's car. When Springfield mistakenly assumed that Lisa died from a freak tree accident, Tex dedicated a forest reserve in her honor. However, he later changed his mind and converted his plans into building a theme park ("Lisa Land") over the forestland.

In an early appearance, in the 5th season episode "$pringfield," Homer addresses him as Senator. In that episode, he gave Homer his hat, telling him "I wore it the day Kennedy was shot and it always brings me luck."

Due to his habit of shooting bullets into the air, the Texan was jailed for six months when one of his bullets hit a Texas Ranger. He seems to be having difficulty adjusting to blanks.

Cookie Kwan

Cookie Kwan is a Korean-American realtor who runs her own real estate business. She touts herself as being "number one on the West Side," although she also works in the East Side. She used to work at Lionel Hutz's Red Blazer Real estate office, in her first appearance, in episode 5F06, "Realty Bites".

She is very aggressive towards anyone whom she deems a threat to her business. She is single and often found on the Springfield dating scene. She's a little desperate; She once set her sights on Homer. It has been suggested that Kwan and Mayor Quimby had an affair.

In reality, the last name 'Kwan' is very rare in Korea.

Crazy Old Man

The Crazy Old Man, sometimes simply called the Crazy Guy or Old Jewish Man, is a resident of the Springfield Retirement Castle. He is often seen with Grandpa Simpson and Jasper. He often yells at people and is sometimes seen owning a store. He once had a brief period of stardom after his act of dancing on a street corner singing "The Old Grey Mare" with his pants down became a hit on television. He is almost certainly Jewish, as he speaks with a stereotypical Jewish accent, and Mayor Quimbey called him 'Old Jewish Man'. He also curses in Yiddish in one episode.

In Natural Born Kissers he was revealed as having worked as a studio executive during the making of Casablanca, having hacked on a later suppressed happy ending, with a question mark that left the door open for a sequel. He observes that the quality of studio management has changed over the years. At the time of the Casablanca blunder, they "was just dopes in suits. Not like today!" He diplomatically left unstated whether the difference is that studio executives are more intelligent now, or that they now wear blue jeans.

He also worked on an alternate ending to It's a Wonderful Life, in which George Bailey goes on a killing spree.

Disco Stu

Disco Stu is a disco aficionado. He is usually featured wearing a rhinestone-encrusted leisure suit. He often refers to himself in the third person (putting a big emphasis on "Stu" and then pausing before saying anything else) and is noted for being mentally stuck in the Disco Era.

He first appeared during a Springfield-wide yard-sale day. Homer was reminiscing about his "disco stud" sequined jacket from the 1970s, that only read "Disco Stu" since he ran out of room on the back of the jacket. Marge told Homer that the jacket wouldn't sell. Someone exclaims, "hey, Stu, you should buy that" to which he replies, "Disco Stu doesn't advertise!" and doesn't buy the jacket.

Disco Stu has also been seen with dead goldfish in his platform shoes, hitting on Marge Simpson at a ski lodge (until he finds out she has children), dancing with Homer after Homer discovers his love of walking, and, most recently, a regular on Homer's talk show. During a "taxi cab confession," Disco Stu revealed that he's aware disco is dead. He expresses worry that he has let Disco define him as a person and fears becoming a "one note guy".

Disco Stu has also appeared as "Discus Stu" in a parody of Odyssey (we first believe he is a suitor to Odysseus's wife, Penelope, but later find out that Discus Stu has enough "ouzo for two-zo" - himself and Bart). He was "Disco Shrew" in the Treehouse of Horror XIII "Dr. Moreau" parody, where Stu was turned into a rodent-like creature. Disco Stu appears to support himself by running a night club aptly named, Stu's Disco.

In the season sixteen episode There's Something About Marrying, it is revealed that Disco Stu is Selma's fourth husband. However, he receives an annullment from Pope John Paul II.

Drederick Tatum

Drederick Tatum is a professional boxer. He has appeared in several episodes, most notably when Homer becomes a boxer. Tatum is a parody of Mike Tyson; he has a similar criminal record and lisp. Tatum's manager is a Don King lookalike named Lucius Sweet.

Quotes

• Tatum: I think Homer Simpson is a good man. I like him. I have nothing against him, but I will definitely make orphans of his children.

Reporter: Uh, you know, they do have a mother, Champ.

Tatum: Yes, but I would imagine that she would die of grief.

• Litter is my greatest foe: I would like to eat his children.
• We all know πr², but today, pie 'r' justice and I welcome it.

Duffman

Barry Duffman, voiced by Hank Azaria and personified by Christopher Robert Sarokhan, AD KH EX, is the mascot and spokesman for the Duff Beer company. He is an athletic and smooth-talking corporate personality who wears blue and red tights, a red cape, white gloves, and the name "Duff" emblazoned across his chest. The ensemble features a red hat, dark sunglasses, and a belt of beer cans around his waist.

Though he is the corporate tool of Duff Beer, in one episode he was torn between the company he loved and the truth of the local team, the Isotopes, about how they were going to be moved to Albuquerque. In the end, Duffman followed the slogan What would Jesus do and sided with Homer.

It was revealed that he is Jewish in the episode where Homer and Marge attend Oktoberfest. He is ashamed at having to shout, "This Reich will last a thousand beers! Oh, Ja!" in imitation of the Nazi slogan of a Thousand Year Reich: "I do this, and I'm Jewish," he laments.

Duffman is generally known for his methodically slow speech, complete with dramatic pauses and ending with a suggestive "Oh, yeah!" He also refers to himself in the third person. His appearance fee is 10,000 Duff labels.

His real names have been said to be Sid, Larry, and, in the 2003 episode, “Old Yeller Belly”, he revealed himself as "plain ol’ Barry Duffman." But it has been implied that he has been played by several different people. In his own words (after Lenny said that Duffman had died of liver failure): "Duffman can never die, only the actors who portray him," a reference to corporate mascots such as Ronald McDonald and the Marlboro Man who have also been portrayed by multiple people. Duffman was also shot by Frank Grimes, Jr. in one episode.

His theme song is "Oh Yeah" by Swiss band Yello.

Eddie and Lou

Lou is the police sergeant. The name of his ex-wife is Amy. Lou often finds the time to correct Chief Wiggum. He is briefly promoted to Chief of Police when Wiggum becomes commissioner. He is briefly seen with an attractive woman, carrying a case of beer to an impromptu party at the house of a blind man whom he has helped to arrest on marijuana possession charges.

Eddie is a police officer. He rarely speaks, though he is always there at every case, with Lou and Wiggum. Lou complains occasionally that Eddie has been seeing his ex wife, causing Chief Wiggum to act as mediator. One of Eddie's most humiliating moments is when he is forced to wear a bear costume and play the character of Curtis E. Bear (The Courtesy Bear) in front of a class of dangerous drivers. He is beaten severely by the class members when Chief Wiggum encourages them to take out their frustrations on Eddie. When Lou is promoted to Chief of Police, Eddie is promoted to "Lou." In another episode, Eddie vomits at the sight of naked Agnes Skinner and the Comic Book Guy and Lou tells him, "It's okay, you don't have feelings, you're not human."

Neither of their surnames have ever been shown. In one episode they are quoted saying that they don't have surnames, much like Cher. Another officer is sometimes shown, as well as one appearance of Luigi in one of his many jobs.

Eleanor Abernathy (Crazy Cat Lady)

Eleanor Abernathy, voiced by Tress MacNeille, is a woman who has the appearance and behavior of a stereotypical mentally ill homeless person. Also known as the "Crazy Cat Lady," her true name, Abernathy, was revealed in the episode See Homer Run. She is perhaps in her more lucid phases a perpetrator of cat hoarding. She throws cats at residents of Springfield. In the episode "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass", she could be seen appearing more relaxed by taking a medicine (actually Reese's Pieces), but she subsequently resumes acting crazily and hurling cats at people. In the episode "I, D'oh-Bot", she throws a cat at Lisa, which she names "Snowball V" in secret and Snowball II in public. She also appeared in the episode "Girly Edition" where she also threw cats at Lisa, In the audio comentary of the fourth season of the Simpsons the creators (Matt Groening included) commented on her physical similarity to Ned Flanders Mom, and even sugested on doing a show around that idea.

Frankie the Squealer

Frankie the Squealer is another member of the Mafia and associate of Fat Tony. However, he does not appear to be very useful to his colleagues in criminal activity due to his uncontrollable habit of squealing (he claims that "it makes feel big"). On several occasions, the mob has attempted to kill him for his squealing, though they have always been unsuccessful.

Gil

Gil (Voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a perpetual loser, a nervous, middle-aged man with the inability to hold a steady job, due to strings of misfortunes that tend to hit him at the worst times. He has been seen holding any number of jobs, first as a real estate salesman, but also as a used car salesman, doorbell salesman, Coleco computer salesman, newspaper subscription salesman, and even corn farmer. Since the departure of Lionel Hutz from the series, Gil has been used as a cheap replacement lawyer in court scenes.

Gil is married, or probably at this point, was married; he once mentioned that his wife would leave him if he didn't start "bringing in the green." This has most certainly happened by now; in fact, he overhears his wife carousing with 'Fred', another man, over the phone in one episode. She even has the gall to ask Gil if he would like to speak to Fred.

The episode "Tis The Fifteenth Season" includes a brief scene showing Gil committing suicide by hanging himself with Christmas lights, possibly because his life is a wreck. But he appears later in the same episode scatting at Homer's house with the Christmas lights around his neck, suggesting that the cable snapped when he let himself hang.

The character is based on Jack Lemmon's portrayal of salesman Shelley "The Machine" Levene in the 1992 movie adaptation of David Mamet's Pulitzer prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross and the character first appeared in an episode parodying the play entitled "Realty Bites."

Gunter and Ernst

Gunter and Ernst are tiger-tamers voiced by Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria. They are an obvious parody of Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn. In the episode $pringfield, they were savagely mauled by their trademark white tiger, Anastasia. A little over 10 years later, a similar incident happened to the real Siegfried & Roy, when Roy Horn was dragged by his throat during a performance by his trained tiger Montecore.

The duo appear in the episodes Viva Ned Flanders, $pringfield, and The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons.

Helen Lovejoy

Helen Lovejoy (voiced by Maggie Roswell) is Rev. Timothy's judgmental, small minded, moralistic, and gossipy wife. Helen's catchphrase, delivered in times of civic crisis (moral or otherwise), consistently asks, "Will someone please think of the children?"

Herman

Herman, voiced by Harry Shearer, is the owner of a military antiques store, Herman's Military Antiques. He dresses in military fatigues. He has only one arm; the other arm was lost by sticking it out of the window of a moving bus, although the writers had originally intended for him to give a different reason each time he appeared (Similar to Jonah Hex). His voice is similar to that of George H.W. Bush. He is based on Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder

He is friends with Abraham Simpson, to whom he sold a fez hat, claiming it was previously owned by Napoleon, after briefly owning "the hat McKinley was shot in". He later negotiated a peace treaty between Bart Simpson and the bully Nelson Muntz. He also tried to sell counterfeit jeans out of the Simpson's car hole, but was foiled by Marge Simpson.

He once captured Chief Wiggum and Snake and held them hostage in a scene reminiscent of Pulp Fiction, but was thwarted by Milhouse Van Houten wielding a heavy mace.

Herman possesses a small scale tactical nuclear bomb, designed by the government during the 1950s to be dropped from a B-52 onto Beatniks. He keeps it in a plot of land behind his store, and usually only brings potential buyers to see it on special occasions: when Homer and his friends were buying dozens of guns, Herman assumed they were a bachelor party of some kind, but when Homer told him they were forming a vigilante movement, Herman brought him to see the Bomb. The Bomb has a sign next to it which reads "Do Not Ride The Bomb", a rule which Homer broke (spoofing Dr. Strangelove).

In one of the "Treehouse" episodes, Herman tries to sell Homer a nuclear bomb shelter, boasting that it can withstand the force of a 6 Megaton blast, no more, no less. This seems to be true, as Homer does survive a nuclear blast in the shelter, but then again thanks to the layers of lead paint on his house, so does his family.

Hyman Krustofski

Hyman Krustofski (voiced by Jackie Mason and occasionally by Dan Castellaneta) is the father of Krusty the Klown. He is the rabbi at the local synagogue. Krusty and his father became estranged when Hyman discovered that his son was the entertainment at a dinner he was attending. Hyman very strongly disapproved of his son's profession and the disrespect he had for his Jewish heritage. Thanks to the efforts of Bart and Lisa, the pair were reunited and made amends. More recently, Hyman officiated at his son's belated Bar Mitzvah.

He was first introduced in the Season Three episode "Like Father Like Clown" where everyone finds out Krusty is Jewish.

Jack Larson

Jack Larson is a slick spokesman for Laramie Cigarettes and once owned the Springfield Isotopes. The spokesman for his tobacco company is "Menthol Moose." parodying to "Joe Camel "

Jasper

Jasper is a somewhat senile resident of Springfield Retirement Castle and a good friend of Abraham Simpson, though in earlier episodes it was implied that they were enemies.

When called in to help replace teachers (who are on strike), he gets his beard stuck in a mechanical pencil sharpener; while teaching he also confiscated everything in the room made of tin, and two children passed out from the fumes of his ointment; he also threatens everyone with 'a paddlin'. When kids steal the electronics from the television set in the Retirement Castle, replacing them with a cat, Jasper stares at the cat in the television, pressing buttons on the remote control while mumbling "Two hundred channels and nothing but cats". After becoming stuck in a freezer, he was briefly showcased as the Kwik-E-Mart attraction Frostilicus.

In some episodes, there is evidence to suggest Jasper is blind from cataracts (the most compelling - when he is shot in the eye by a laser and proclaims that his cataracts are gone and he can see, and is immediately shot again and proclaims that he is once again blind). However, in other episodes, he can clearly see, and even drives a car. He has broken his beard in the past.

Jasper was also shot in his wooden leg by Waylon Smithers while walking down the sidewalk. When a lapse in Abraham Simpson's medication causes him to grow long hair and breasts, Jasper is prepared to court "her."

"Thats A Paddlin" has become a minor meme, especialy on internet message boards, often mutating into "Thats a bannin"

Jebediah Springfield

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

Springfield led a band of wagons westward along with his partner Shelbyville Manhattan; but they parted ways when Manhattan wanted to found a town where people could marry their cousins, and Springfield wanted a town devoted to: chastity, abstinence, a flavorless mush he called root-marm and where people would be free to worship how they wanted and "grow hemp for making ropes." Manhattan went on to found the rival town of Shelbyville.

In the winter of 1848 Jebediah reportedly built Springfield's first hospital alone out of wood and mud.

On an expedition to Springfield's historic "Fort Sensible," Bart Simpson uncovered inconsistencies in the Jebediah legend. In "Lisa the Iconoclast," Lisa Simpson proved that "Jebediah Springfield" was a bloodthirsty pirate and enemy of George Washington named Hans Sprungfeld, who had changed his name to hide and who hated the town of Springfield.

Springfield is said to have dramatically killed a bear with his bare hands. A statue of this sits in the center of the Springfield town square, in front of the city hall. In "The Telltale Head," Bart beheaded the statue, thinking that this would make him more popular. In reality, the town became depressed and angry, leaving Bart to endure "The Tell-Tale Heart"-style guilt before replacing it. Contemporary historians believe that the bear story is probably untrue, and that the bear in fact probably killed him. He is also said to have once tamed an untamable buffalo (although he later secretly admitted that it had already been tame; he merely shot it). The Springfield Marathon commemorates an occasion on which he ran across six states in order to avoid his creditors.

Johnny Tightlips

Johnny Tightlips is a member of the Mafia and associate of Fat Tony. He says very little, which spares him from accusations of being a "squealer," but his reticence tends to be unhelpful to himself or others.

In the episode "Insane Clown Poppy", there is a shoot-out in Fat Tony's mansion (caused by Homer mouthing off to one of the guards). Tightlips is shot by accident:

Legs: Johnny Tightlips! Where did they get you?
Tightlips: I ain't sayin' nothin'.
Legs: But what will I tell the doctor?
Tightlips: Tell 'im to suck on a lemon.

Also appearing in the episode "Papa's Got a Brand New Badge":
Fat Tony: Ahh, my Joi'zee muscle... It's so good to see you. Did you have a nice flight Johnny Tightlips?
Johnny Tightlips: I ain't sayin' nothin'
Fat Tony: I undastand.. How is your motha'?
Johnny Tightlips: Oh ey, who says I have a motha?

Fat Tony: Johnny Tightlips, can you see the shooter?
Johnny Tightlips: I see a lot of things...
Fat Tony: You know, you could be a little more helpful.

Johnny Tightlips is a reference to Frank "Tight Lips" Gusenberg, who was shot down in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and replied "nobody shot me" while dying.

Judge Constance Harm

Judge Constance Harm is a judge in Springfield who lives in a houseboat. She is voiced by Jane Kaczmarek(Lois from Malcolm in The Middle) and is known for her strict and harsh punishment, similar to Judge Judy. This is logical, assuming the fact that her name is a pun on "constant harm" It's implied that she is a transsexual but it is never confirmed or denied (she talks of being like Bart, when "she was a little boy").

Judge Roy Snyder

Judge Roy Snyder is a judge in Springfield. Starting off as stern and no-nonsense (with a grudge against Lionel Hutz for running over his son repeatedly) and originally Jewish, Snyder later became an African-American and known for his lenient punishment despite bearing a resemblance to Judge Robert Bork. He was seen in Ned Flanders's film, Tales of the Old Testament, cutting himself in half. Judge Snyder has a little clown figure on his desk which means that his rulings are official. In one episode, he came back from vacation, placed the clown on his desk, and said, "Well, I'm back from vacation," just as Judge Constance Harm was about to bang her gavel, making the sentence final. "Now, it's too late. I've already put my clown down," Judge Snyder replied. Judge Harm tried to argue, "But..." she began. Judge Snyder sternly replied, "THE CLOWN IS DOWN." and proceeded to rule that boys will be boys and dismissed Bart's case.

Legs and Louie

Legs and Louie are the two mafia hitman who accompany Fat Tony at all times.

Fans often get the two confused. The way to tell them apart is by their hair: Legs has a short haircut and Louie has a slight afro. Louie says that tear gas is " one weakness.", though this is likely an embellishment. Louie is based upon the character actor Frank Silvero, who has played gangster roles in films such as Goodfellas and The Godfather Part II.

Lindsey Naegle

Lindsey Naegle (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is a fictional character from The Simpsons, whose first appearance was in the episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show." The unnamed character was simply referred to as "Female Network Executive," and she later returned once again in "Girly Edition."

In "They Saved Lisa's Brain", the character was introduced as Lindsey Naegle, a member of the Springfield Mensa Society.

Over the course of the series, Lindsey has popped up in several capacities, working a seemingly different job in every episode. Her professional job titles have included the aforementioned network executive, as well as marketing researcher, financial planner, public relations consultant, venture capitalist (her company, Advanced Capital Ventures, specializes in synergy and books on how to cheat at bridge), advertising executive, and so on. Romantically linked with Judge Roy Snyder, she is a graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton Business School. She is a stereotypical upper management executive, and her ventures almost always promote the business buzzword synergy.

Despite her professional demeanor, she is often seen in places of ill-repute. She blithely explains away her presence by admitting some unexpected vice. A recovering alcoholic (she attends AA meetings in "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses") and an admitted sexual predator, Lindsey is also founder of Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples, And Teens, And Gays Against Parasitic Parents (SSCCATAGAPP).

Lionel Hutz

Lionel Hutz, who was voiced by Phil Hartman, was an inept ambulance chaser that the Simpsons kept hiring as their lawyer (a fact remarked on by Marge in a typically self-aware aside). His legal practice is named "I Can't Believe It's A Law Firm!" He is known for offering free gifts to potential clients when persuading them to hire him. Most memorably is the "smoking monkey" he offers Homer to entice him, as well as a business card that "turns into a sponge when you get it wet".

In the episode "Realty Bites", he also tries his hand at selling real estate.

At one point, Hutz renamed himself Miguel Sanchez following some trouble that prompted him to change his identity. At the time of this change of identity, he was babysitting the Simpson children: Bart, Lisa and Maggie. (At some point, he apparently went by the alias Dr. Nguyen Van Falk.)

The character was retired after Hartman's death (by homicide) in 1998, and since then has only appeared in crowd scenes. This has been inconvenient for the show; lawsuits are frequent in The Simpsons and since Hutz was retired, different lawyers have been used to represent the Simpson family each time, such as the Blue Haired Lawyer and Gil. (For example, in Sweets and Sour Marge, Gil steps in.)

Quotes

• Hutz: Mrs. Simpson, your case is just what I need to rebuild my shattered practice. Care to join me in a belt of Scotch?
  Marge: It's nine o'clock in the morning.
  Hutz: Yeah, but I haven't slept in days.
• (Defending Homer in a legal case against Satan, in which Satan has Homer under contract) That was a right-pretty speech, sir. But I ask you, what is a contract? Webster's defines it as "an agreement under the law which is unbreakable." Which is unbreakable! Excuse me, I must use the restroom.
• (When Marge is on trial for shoplifting)
  Hutz: Uh-oh, we've drawn Judge Snyder.
  Marge: Is that bad?
  Hutz: Well he's had it in for me ever since I kind of ran over his dog.
  Marge: You did?
  Hutz: Well replace the word "kind of" with the word "repeatedly" and the word "dog" with "son"
• (On his career change to realtor) Legal business has been slow and since most of my clients keep losing their homes, it was a natural career move.
• (After Marge is acquitted of shoplifting)
  Bart: When I grow up, I want to be a lawyer just like you.
  Hutz: Good for you, son. If there's one thing America needs, it's more lawyers. Can you imagine a world without lawyers?
  (Hutz imagines people of diverse ethnicities dancing in a circle in a lush, sunny landscape and shudders)
• Lisa: You're a modern-day Clarence Darrow.
  Hutz: Was that the black guy from The Mod Squad?
• Hutz (in a sidebar with Judge): I move for a bad court thingy.
  Judge: You mean a mistrial?
  Hutz: 'Yeah, that's why you're the judge and I'm the law talking guy.
  Judge: You mean the lawyer?
  Hutz: Right...

Luigi Risotto

Luigi Risotto, voiced by Hank Azaria, is the proprietor of the local Italian restaurant. He is basically a parody of the "Italian pasta/pizza chef" stereotype (which he seems to realize). He often treats his customers rudely and cruelly, insulting and belittling them both under his breath and shouting to the chef Salvatore loud enough for everyone to hear. It is possible he is an illegal immigrant. He also found it sensitive when Principal Skinner had the school rename pizza "Italian-American Sauce-Bread."

Luigi seems to have some connections to the mafia as Fat Tony is a frequent customer at his restaurant. Also, he once claimed to have hired his friend to place a horse's head under Homer's bed for giving his restaurant a bad review. Homer subsequently ate the head and gave it a bad review.

His name is a play on the Italian food risotto. He doesn't actually speak Italian, only broken English ("fractured English", as he calls it), because that's what his parents spoke at home.

Lugash

Lugash, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is a gymnastics instructor who has his own gym. He has a thick Romanian accent and has appeared in several episodes, premiering in Children of a Lesser Clod. His origin is a bit mysterious as he says that he came into the United States in 1983 by cartwheeling over the Berlin Wall. However, another character in a later episode says that defected into East Germany.

Menthol Moose

Menthol Moose is the spokesperson (mascot) for Laramie Cigarettes. He is a takeoff of Joe Camel, the spokesperson (mascot) of Camel Cigarettes. He is featured in about 4 episodes. In one episode Laramie advertises that they need a replacement for Menthol Moose after he is diagnosed with cancer. This leads to Santa's Little Helper becoming the new mascot.

Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon

Manjula (voice by Jan Hooks) is Apu's wife and mother of the octuplets. Was arranged to be married to Apu when they were both young children. Also works at Kwik-E-Mart. Claims that Fried Green Tomatoes is her favorite book, movie and food.

Blue Haired Lawyer

The Blue Haired Lawyer is a prominent lawyer known for his pasty face, blue hair, and nasal New York accent. Unlike Lionel Hutz or Gil, this lawyer is a competent and accredited lawyer. He is regularly Mr. Burns's lawyer, and is a member of the Springfield Republican Party.

One of his most memorable scenes was in FABF08, "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner": The Lawyer was representing Homer in an Enron-like court case…

Homer: Read the fifth amend-what?

Homer: Refuse to answer on the grounds that I what? Inseminate myself?!?! Dude, I think this guy's coming on to me!

Lawyer: You, sir, are a moron!

Homer: A mormon? But I'm from Earth!

His voice is based on real-life laywer Roy Cohn (who, incidentally, died in the suit Chuck Garabedian wore in Episode AABF20, "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo").

Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon

Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon is Apu's brother. He has a daughter and a son, named Pahusacheta and Jamshed. Sanjay sometimes runs the store with Apu, but he is not there all the time.

Sarcastic middle-aged man

The Sarcastic middle-aged man is a man with a sarcastic outlook on life. He has held numerous jobs in Springfield including Garage owner and various shop clerks. His voice is intended to resemble Charles Bronson, as seen when the Simpsons travel to Bronson, Missouri. One episode gives his first name as Rafael, which Sideshow Bob called him in "Day of the Jackanapes". He often calls people, "pally".

Quotes: "Hey fatty I got a movie for ya', A FRIDGE TOO FAR"

Quotes: Homer:"What are you a junkie or an ex convict?' sarcastic man:"A little of both".

Sarah Wiggum

Sarah Wiggum is the wife of Chief Wiggum and mother of Ralph Wiggum. Chief Wiggum says he loves her since she was arrested by him.

Snake

Snake is Springfield's resident recidivist felon, always getting arrested but never appearing to stay in jail. He speaks with an accent that sounds like a cross between British and Californian. He keeps a pack of cigarettes rolled up in his sleeve. He is partial to fast cars and fast women, and has a knack for reckless abandon. Snake played Lacrosse at Ball State University. He also attended Middlebury College. His car's name is "Lil' Bandit", which may be a '68 Pontiac Firebird, or a '69 Dodge Charger. He has a son who looks just like him, and a brother who looks and talks very similarly, as seen in an episode where the two run a three card monte game. His ex-girlfriend Gloria briefly dated Charles Montgomery Burns, but then came back to him.

He was once held captive by Herman and eventually rescued by Milhouse Van Houten.

In the Treehouse of Horror, Snake was executed based on a "three-strikes" policy. First he burned down an orphanage, then he blew up a bus full of nuns (which Snake declared was "Totally self-defense"), and he finally smoked in the Kwik-E-Mart. His hair was then implanted into Homer's head, but had to be removed because it made him a homicidal maniac.

Snake's real name, according to an official trading card game, is Chester Turley. However, some of the said cards do have some silly untrue facts which means that the name could be a fake. Snake is also referred to as Jailbird by people who work on the Simpsons.

Quotes

• (After having stolen a VCR) "Oh no! Beta!"
• (Yelling at Homer, who had just driven past the prison yard in Lil' Bandit) "That smells like regular... She needs premium dude... PREMIUM!... DUDE!"
• (Approaching the naive Geeks immediately after their expulsion from Springfield University) "Uhhh... Wallet Inspector"

Wendell

Wendell Borton is a perpetually nauseated character, with worried eyes and curly hair, who makes frequent appearances at the School Nurse's Office at Springfield Elementary School. He is a classmate of Bart Simpson, though he is most seen with classmates Richard and Lewis, and voted against Bart in the class election, thus ensuring the victory of Martin Prince. He cannot keep any food down, most notably corn dogs, French fries, mystery meat, Gorditas, the McRib, chicken wings, sausage, liver, tapioca, and tofu. He becomes especially sick on field trips, with a tendency to become even paler than usual. He once died in a freak accident with a pencil.

"Yes" guy

The "Yes" guy is a character known for saying "Ye-e-e-es?" in a rising inflection, and appears to be highly eccentric in both his speech and appearance. He has appeared several times working with several jobs: waiter, employee at Costington's, Death Row worker, and ice cream man. Apparantly, his name is Raoul, but he was once referred to by Homer Simpson as "that jerk that goes 'Ye-e-e-es?'" in "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays", and has explained he speaks this way because of a "Stroke" . He was inspired by Frank Nelson of The Jack Benny Show and later Sanford and Son, whose trademark greeting in all his characters was a long drawn- out "yeeeeesss?". Nelson's character always seemed to inexplicably be working wherever Benny or Fred Sanford patronized, and his Simpsonian counterpart is equally omnipresent. There was also a Brazilian version seen, uttering a Portuguese variation of the catchphrase ("Si-i-i-i-im" - which is Portuguese for yes).

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