Characters from The Simpsons

The characters in the animated series The Simpsons are largely made up of a broad but manageable spectrum of " Springfield residents" who can take on different functions and relationships with one another in different episodes. The detailed compilation of information about the individual characters, which are part of the Springfield inventory, has therefore always been a feature of the Simpsons fan base worldwide.

There are also events and people who only play a role in individual episodes. These can change the Springfield microcosm significantly within their performance; but mostly it applies that these changes only remain valid within the course of the individual episodes and leave the basic Springfield personal structure untouched.

Much of the character's dates vary, such as Homer's age. Others simply don't fit, for example characters were together in a school class or in the military, but now they have a serious age difference. Also, some people apparently do not know each other, although they often meet each other in flashbacks; for example Grampa Simpson and Mr. Burns.

Simpson family

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The Simpson family consists mainly of father Homer, mother Marge and the three children Bart, Lisa and Maggie. In addition, the dog Knecht Ruprecht (originally: Santa's Little Helper ) and the cat Snowball II live in the household.

Relatives include Homer's father Abraham Jebediah "Abe" Simpson and Marges mother Jacqueline "Jackie" Bouvier and her sisters Patty Bouvier and Selma Bouvier-Terwilliger-Hutz-McClure-Stu-Simpson. Homer's mother, Mona, passed away on season 19. Homer also has a half-brother, Herbert, and presumably a half-sister, Abbie (although she only appears briefly in one episode).

In the nuclear power plant

Charles Montgomery Burns

Participation: continuously since season 1

Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns is the owner of the nuclear power plant , Homer's employer, and the richest and most powerful man in Springfield. He is a recurring minor character. In the series Burns represents the cliché of the evil and unsympathetic capitalist who rejects a welfare state and unions . Through this, and through his ruthlessness towards others, he tries to accumulate more and more wealth, although he has more money than he could ever spend. In his machinations he can rely on the support of his submissive assistant Waylon Smithers, who also serves him as the housekeeper of his large estate. In some episodes a more human side of Burns comes to light, for example when he falls in love with Marge Simpson and tries to win her heart; however, there is no overarching development of the figure.

In addition to Burns' frequently used phrase "Excellent!" (In the original "Excellent!" ), Which he always uses when something is going to his absolute satisfaction, his age is the object of some running gags . In contrast to his economic power, there is his extreme physical weakness, which repeatedly creates funny moments. Only when he wants to harm others does he briefly have unexpected powers. Furthermore, he can never remember Homer's name, although they are related in many episodes. This important running gag culminates in the only Simpsons double episode so far Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Who shot Mr. Burns?) And is taken up again and again in the later episodes. Burns often lives in the past: He uses terms and objects that have not existed for decades, e.g. For example, if he wants to fill up his car with petroleum distillate or send a telegram by rotary wing plane to the Prussian consulate in Siam , he is also often surprised about current circumstances in his eyes, which Smithers then has to explain to him (“No, sir, you have in stopped in the 30s. "). Nevertheless, these gaps in knowledge are seldom an obstacle to his business ventures.

In flashbacks we often see Burns as American soldiers in World War II - in part related to Abraham Simpson - on the other hand, however, often hinted that Burns collaborated with the Nazis and used the war for personal enrichment. Basically, however, there are various contradictions in his biography; the real origin of his wealth is not clearly established.

The storylines around Mr. Burns contain many allusions to similar characters in film history. Above all, the fictional multimillionaire Charles Foster Kane from the film Citizen Kane is always a role model. In the episode Fresh Fish with Three Eyes (Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish) the viewer not only learns for the first time that Burns shares a first name with Kane, the scenes of his election campaign are also a clear homage to the classic film. The episode Battle for Bobo (Rosebud) also shows parallels. The episode's original title plays a central role in Citizen Kane, and both the opening scene and the breaking snow globe parody the film. But there are also a number of allusions to other villains in the film world. For example, Who Shot Mr. Burns? When editing in Burns' office, the theme song of Darth Vader from the Star Wars film series played ( aka Imperial March ). Burns is also the chairman of the Springfield Republicans , who usually meet in a dark, haunted castle.

First appearance: It's hard Christmas (Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire)

Burns is spoken in the original by Harry Shearer , in the German dubbing Reinhard Brock lent him the voice. Kai Taschner has been Mr. Burns' German voice since his death .

Waylon Smithers

Participation: continuously since season 1

Waylon Smithers Junior, originally dubbed by Gerhard Acktun , later by Hans-Georg Panczak , is the personal assistant, secretary and butler of C. Montgomery Burns and does his job with great zeal. The fact that the boss, whom he so admires, takes his self-sacrificing service for granted and even often abandons him in dangerous situations, does not in the least reduce his loyalty . Smithers' submissiveness is hardly concealed, and Mr. Burns alludes to it several times when he describes Smithers as "spineless". Burns sees Smithers as his "property" in a sense - when Burns loses his fortune twice, he has to go without Smithers. In a few rare cases, however, Smithers also turns against his boss, for example he helped to clarify the fake mayoral election of Tingeltangel-Bob, although this was politically wanted by Burns and other Republicans.

Initially hidden, but later more and more often and more clearly, allusions to Smithers' homosexuality appear in the series ; he reacts z. B. panicked and disgusted with naked women. In several episodes, Smithers' love for his boss is alluded to - in some episodes he even confesses it to Burns, which Burns always ignores or does not want to hear. Smithers hid his double life for a long time; there is an actual coming-out only in the 27th season (episode 17, A cage full of Smithers ).

He is a big fan and passionate collector of the Malibu Stacy dolls and their accessories.

Smithers seems to have some kind of love-hate relationship with Homer Simpson. On the one hand, he always chooses him when his boss is looking for a “test monkey”, “someone superfluous” or “someone with special skills” , on the other hand he mourns Homer when he fakes his death and stands up for him. In some episodes Homer gets a higher position in the company and Mr. Burns then often listens to him rather than Smithers, which is why Smithers often tries in this case to kick Homer out or at least bring him back to his old position. Most of the time, this happens through Homer's clumsiness.

In the episode The Failure , he has a much darker skin color, which is solely due to a color error.

First Appearance: The Failure (Homer's Odyssey) . Smithers' voice, however, was already in Christmas is hard (Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire) to hear.

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Lenford "Lenny" Leonard

Participation: continuously since season 1

Lenford "Lenny" Leonard, originally dubbed by Bernd Simon and later by Ulf-Jürgen Wagner , is a good friend of Homer, who also works in the nuclear power plant and spends the evenings in Moe's tavern. Originally from Chicago , where he was born on December 5, 1969, he has a degree in atomic physics . His strong friendly relationship with Carl is mentioned frequently. He even chiselled Carl's face in stone once. They are often mistaken for a couple, which they both know. Carl often admonishes Lenny when he makes a comment that is ambiguous in this regard ("I don't know where I start and Carl ends ..." - "Lenny, that's exactly what makes people think we're gay!") .

A running gag is that he often gets the most diverse objects in the eye (for example metal feathers, coins, pudding, puzzle pieces), mostly through Homer's fault. He endorsed many of Homer's crazy ideas with the sentence: "You say it, Homer!"

First appearance: The beautiful Jacques (Life on the Fast Lane)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Carl Carlson

Participation: continuously since season 1

Carl Carlson, originally dubbed by Tonio von der Meden and Klaus Kessler and later by Peter Musäus , is a good friend of Homer who works with him in the nuclear power plant and hangs out in Moe's tavern in the evenings. He is an African American who spent part of his childhood with adoptive parents in Iceland .

He often shows up with Lenny because they are good friends. Lenny also seems to be the reason why Carl does not climb the corporate ladder any further. Although he has a degree in atomic physics , he prefers to stay with Lenny and Homer. This aspect is specifically covered in an episode in which he is briefly promoted and Homer and Lenny are annoyed by his authoritarian leadership. Especially his friendship with Lenny is very close, so that it can often be seen as a parody of a homosexual relationship. A good example of this is a dialogue between Lenny and Carl: “Do you remember when we kissed like that” - “Our respective friends, of course” . In one episode, he accompanies Homer when he leaves Springfield because of an argument with Marge, while Carl sadly mentions that he has an argument with Lenny.

First appearance: Homer as a womanizer (Homer's Night Out)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Charlie

Participation: Season 1 to Season 5

Charlie is an employee at the nuclear power plant. He is quite unlucky, likes to play with nuclear waste, but was trained as a radioactive radiation supervisor. He once mentioned that he had a sister.

He only appears regularly in the first five seasons and is rarely seen as an extra after that. In the episode The Disabled Homer , it is explained that he has been doing his job from home for some time because of a disability.

First appearance: The beautiful Jacques (Life on the Fast Lane)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Flanders family

Ned Flanders

Participation: continuously since season 1

Nedward "Ned" Flanders, spoken in the first season by Frank Röth , later by Ulrich Frank , from the 27th season by Claus-Peter Damitz , is widower of Maude Flanders, father of Rod and Todd and neighbor of the Simpsons. He lives in Springfield as a very devout Christian. Ned is often a charitable donor, an active parishioner, and a Republican . Since he keeps calling the pastor and asking questions, he even gets on his nerves ("Reverend, I ... I think I want my own wife"). Ned is the owner of a shop are offered in the article for left-handers - the Leftorium in the German dubbing Linkshändrium called. Before that, he worked in the pharmaceutical industry for ten years. In one episode he also runs an Internet mail order company under the name Flancrest Enterprises. He has no insurance on his house because he considers it a kind of gamble , which is his undoing in the episode The Totally Mad Ned : In this episode, the Flanders house is completely destroyed by a hurricane .

Ned Flanders is portrayed in many respects as the extreme opposite of Homer, which often arouses envy and hatred. Flanders, for example, is relatively wealthy and has a hobby room where he has a Beatless collection, which Bart and Milhouse destroy in the episode "On the War Path". With all sorts of finesse such as a dispenser and a pool table and other expensive things that the Simpsons cannot afford. For example, he mows his lawn with a gasoline lawnmower just at the point when Homer is having trouble with his hand-operated lawnmower. Homer avoids such imbalances by borrowing a lot of what he needs and what Ned has that he does not (e.g. tools or a TV table) from him and never gives it back, but Ned gets these items thanks to Edna Krabappels help Season 22 in the episode Nedna returns after many years. The running gags of the series include the scenes in which Ned Homer politely reminds him of the return of various items. Many of these items are even labeled “Property of Ned Flanders” . Nevertheless, Homer usually rejects him harshly. But that doesn't bother Ned, on the contrary: In contrast to Homer, he accepts almost everything and, unlike Homer, hardly ever curses.

Although Homer is clearly only taking advantage of him, he tries tirelessly to maintain a good relationship with his neighbors. Homer even wrote a hate anthem on him once that became a national hit. Flanders even hums the melody of the song himself later in the episode, sings along and listens to it on the radio. Homer can't stand Ned (frequent statement from him: "stupid Flanders" ), but when he upset him in an episode (season 16, episode 20) so much that he leaves Springfield and a thug moves in his house, he misses him Homer him and does everything possible to get him back. In addition, in some episodes Homer tries to befriend Ned, whereby he - as he often does - exaggerates so that Flanders in turn finds him too intrusive.

In some episodes you see Ned with a toned body, which is in stark contrast to Homer. This, too, occasionally arouses Homer's envy (and attraction).

Ned is designed as a parody of Christian fundamentalists in the USA. He doesn't like Catholics. The character only developed in the course of the series. While Ned appears as a relatively "normal" neighbor in the first few episodes, he becomes more and more religious, and his character takes on increasingly strange traits. While he greets Homer in one of the first episodes with “Hello, Simpson” or “Grüß Gott, neighbor” , he later says: “Hey-Didelldi-Doo, Homerchen / Nachbarino” . He forbids his two sons to play Uno because he sees it as an entry-level game for poker .

Flanders parents were (as shown in several episodes) Beatniks and lived during his childhood with him in Manhattan ( New York ).

At the end of the 22nd season, Ned meets Edna Krabappel. At the end of the episode Nedna, viewers then had the opportunity to vote on whether Ned and Edna would stay together during the summer break. They chose the relationship between the characters. The character Edna Krabappel was removed from the series in 2014, a few months after the death of the voice actress Marcia Wallace , which made Ned a widower of two.

First appearance: It's hard Christmas (Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Maude Flanders †

Participation: Season 1 to Season 11 , then occasionally in flashbacks etc.

Maude Flanders, originally voiced by Michaela Amler and later by Manuela Renard , was the brunette wife of Ned Flanders and mother of Rod and Todd. Like her husband, she was very religious. Maude supported Ned actively in establishing his shop for left-handers , the Linkshändrium (Engl. The Leftorium). She was killed in an accident on a racetrack : Maude fell from the back row of a spectator stand because they hit some T-shirts that were being shot from cannons. The T-shirts were actually shot to Homer Simpson, who had called for them but stooped because of a hair clip on the floor. In addition, Homer had parked his car so that the ambulance could not go to her, which prevented a possible resuscitation. After her death, Ned mourned for a long time.

The background to Maude's serial death were disputes over the salary of the original speaker Maggie Roswell, who wanted to have reimbursed her travel expenses between her place of residence ( Denver ) and the recording studios in Los Angeles .

First Appearance: The Dead Putting Society

Original speaker : Maggie Roswell / Marcia Mitzman Gaven

Rod Flanders

Participation: continuously since season 1

Rodney Flanders, originally dubbed by Beate Pfeiffer and Natascha Geisler and later by Caroline Combrinck , is one of Flanders' two children, mostly the older one. He's still the younger of the two. He suffers from asthma and diabetes . Like his brother, he is very loyal to the Church.

In the episode Bart's Future Look , Rod and Todd are seen as homosexual carpenters in the garden. Ned says to Bart (when he asks him for money): "But only because you haven't outed Rod and Todd." In the episode A Simpsons Christmas Story (based on Dickens' A Christmas Carol ), the taller of the two says: " I'm jealous because the girls are allowed to wear dresses. ” He and his brother also watch the Simpsons shower when they have to live in the garden due to a problem (a motorcycle gang has occupied their house). In the sky, Maude looks down on him and Bob Hope calls him a "nun" . However, Rod says when Ned and his sons move for a short time in one episode (Homer drove them out) and Ned then decides to return: "But I have a girlfriend!" - "Then you now have a pen pal."

First Appearance: Beware, Wild Homer (The Call of the Simpsons)

Original speaker: Pamela Hayden

Todd Flanders

Participation: continuously since season 1

Todd Flanders, originally dubbed by Natascha Geisler and Beate Pfeiffer and later by Caroline Combrinck and Timo Link , is also one of the Flanders' two children. In most episodes he is the smaller of the two, but the producers themselves got mixed up over time. But Todd is older than his brother Rod. Both of them allude to some kind of sickness of faith a few times. The two children can be told as a bedtime story by Ned passages from the Bible. Neither are they vaccinated against the flu for religious reasons and their eyes are washed with soap when they see something obscene (“That it burns means love”) .

First appearance: It's hard Christmas (Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire)

Original speaker: Nancy Cartwright

At school

Second grade

Janey Powell

Participation: continuously since season 1

Janey Powell, originally voiced by Michèle Tichawsky and later by Caroline Combrinck . Janey is a dark-skinned, eight-year-old friend of Lisa's with whom she is in 2nd grade at Springfield Elementary School. Janey Powell sometimes plays with Lisa, but sometimes she gossips with Sherri and Terri. She has the special ability to touch the tip of her nose with her tongue. Her hobbies include playing with Malibu Stacy, jumping rope, and pranking boys on the phone.

First Appearance: Lisa Moping (Moaning Lisa)

Original speaker: Pamela Hayden

Ralph Wiggum

Participation: continuously since season 1

Ralph Wiggum, voiced by Beate Pfeiffer , is the son of Police Chief Wiggum. Since his father dropped him as a baby, he has been severely mentally disadvantaged and retarded, having problems understanding or dealing with the simplest things. Despite everything, he made it through to second grade. He loves glue, glue, colored chalk, wax, and grass, and shows a strong desire to put all sorts of things up his nose or mouth and eat. In early episodes, Ralph was repeatedly told by a little green goblin to set other people's property on fire. Ralph always replies with an approving smile. Besides, Ralph likes to wet his pants, which he always proudly shares with those around him. He is in love with Lisa in one episode ( Ralph loves Lisa ). As a result, Hello, Mr. President , he becomes a joint presidential candidate for the Democrats and Republicans.

The band Bloodhound Gang dedicated a song to him called Ralph Wiggum, which consists mainly of quotes from him.

First appearance: It's hard Christmas (Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire)

Original speaker: Nancy Cartwright

Becky

Participation: continuously since season 1

Becky is another friend of Lisa. She is eight years old, blonde and has a pigtail. Becky usually wears a green dress and braces. Your German voice actress is unknown.

First appearance: Bart fights a battle (Bart the General)

Original speaker: Pamela Hayden

Alison Taylor

Participation: continuously since season 6

Alison Taylor, voiced by Jennifer Wippich , is Lisa's new classmate, seven years old and has already skipped a class. This is also the reason why Lisa Lisa's rival became jealous (Lisa's Rival). She also plays the saxophone like Lisa.

First Appearance: Lisa's Rivalin (Lisa's Rival)

Original speaker: Maggie Roswell

Fourth grade

Database

Participation: continuously since season 6

His real name is unknown. He is with nickname called Database or Data, is a member of the geek clique ( "The Super Friends") at the primary school of Springfield around Martin Prince and also a frequent victim of the school bully to Nelson Muntz . Since then he has had smaller speaking roles. His father appears briefly with him in the episode about the hostility of the two cities of Springfield and Shelbyville over a lemon tree, but has no leading role. In the DVD commentary for this episode, Simpsons creator Matt Groening says Database is his most unloved recurring character. In episode 389 he has the first name Martin on a student list.

First Appearance: Barts Comet (Bart's Comet)

Original speaker: Nancy Cartwright

Lewis Clark

Participation: continuously since season 1

Lewis, voiced by Michèle Tichawsky , is one of Bart's dark-skinned classmates and Richard's best friend . He is a good friend of Bart and both an accomplice and a victim of his pranks.

In the newer episodes he takes a back seat and doesn't speak anymore. His parents live separately.

First appearance: It's hard Christmas (Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire)

Original speaker : Russi Taylor

Martin Prince

Participation: continuously since season 1

Martin, originally dubbed by Gabor Gomberg and Inez Günther and later by Michèle Tichawsky , is the best student in Bart's class, and probably the whole school. In fourth grade he sits right in front of Bart. He has an extremely high IQ of 216, which was once attributed to Bart when he switched names on exams. He is also elected class representative. He can outdo Bart, because only two students vote and the rest of Bart's election party is already celebrating his victory. Because of his achievements and his behavior (for example, he advocates that the school day be extended by 20 minutes), he is very popular with teachers, while his classmates see him as a nerd and often enough harass him because of this and because of his overweight. For these reasons, he is also often the victim of the four hooligans. His most ardent career aspiration is to become a systems analyst .

On Halloween he dresses up several times as Oberon, King of the Elves (see Treehouse of Horror: BI: Bartifical Intelligence , Malicious Games ).

As a determined, ambitious and committed student, he is the complete opposite of Bart Simpson. He therefore describes himself as "Bart's natural enemy" , but often appears as a friend of Bart, with whom he undertakes joint ventures. After Bart issued a fake driver's license on a season seven episode, Martin and Nelson and Milhouse take him on a chaotic drive across the country to Knoxville, Tennessee , to attend the World's Fair during the spring break. Martin also has an eventful relationship with Lisa Simpson. They often work together on different episodes on homework and school projects, but are also bitter competitors at the recurring school exhibitions.

Martin often appears full of enthusiasm, which mostly annoys his fellow human beings. In addition, in some episodes his or her possible sexual orientation is addressed more or less clearly. For example, in a dream sequence (as a much older, sporty teenager) Martin looks another boy up and down, while he ignores a girl who is also standing next to him. Martin's fellow men also often make fun of his almost girlish cheerfulness.

First appearance: Bart becomes a genius (Bart the Genius)

Original speaker : Russi Taylor

Milhouse van Houten

Participation: continuously since season 1

Milhouse van Houten, dubbed Michaela Amler , is Bart's best friend. He has blue hair and thick red glasses, as do his parents, Kirk and Luann van Houten. Milhouse is not exactly one of the most popular children in school and so in Bart's presence he enjoys at least a little recognition from some of his classmates. He is desperately in love with Lisa; in several visions of the future he still has to do with Lisa as a high school student and as an adult.

Milhouse is of very slight stature, weepy, and has very poor eyesight. Homer doesn't like him and keeps forgetting his name or calling him Milton. Milhouse's parents get divorced, but later get back together.

The model for the character Milhouse was provided by Paul Pfeiffer , a character from the American series Wonderful Years .

The first name is derived from the former President Richard Nixon , whose middle name was Milhous. The surname van Houten is based on Leslie Van Houten , who is a murderess convicted in the USA and was a member of the Manson Family .

First appearance: It's hard Christmas (Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire)

Original speaker: Pamela Hayden

Nelson Muntz

Participation: continuously since season 1

Nelson Muntz, dubbed by Wolfgang Schatz , is a thug at school who constantly makes himself noticeable with a malicious “Haha!” And thus often appears in places where people mishap. Characteristic of his appearance are his protruding teeth and his blue vest, which he almost always wears. Nelson is not overly intelligent and a rather mediocre student. He stayed seated once and is therefore still in fourth grade. His preferred victims include Bart Simpson, Milhouse van Houten, Martin Prince and other physically weaker students.

His mother isn't particularly interested in Nelson as she is preoccupied with her alcohol abuse when she's not in jail . It is repeatedly suggested that she works as a prostitute and stripper . Nelson suffers greatly from the fact that his father left the family even though he only wanted to buy cigarettes for a short time. Even so, Nelson believes he knows he is deliberately causing car accidents. He reappears for the first time in the 3rd episode of the 16th season. In the episode “The Treasure Hunt” (S7E22), Nelson's grandfather introduces himself as a judge who has already sentenced 47 people to death.

In the episode Lisa wants to love , Lisa was in love with Nelson; since then there have been repeated episodes in which the closer good relationship between the two is discussed.

Like most of the thugs in Bart's school, Nelson also has immense emotional problems, which he can largely hide through his brutal manner, but which occasionally erupt again and again. For example, when he thinks he is alone, he shows his knowledge of housekeeping and likes pop singer Andy Williams . In general, despite his character, he is more able to cooperate in many situations than the other thugs at the school and, in contrast to them, occasionally also a friend of other students. Nelson is a member of the racket gang and beats up other students such as Bart or causes other mischief together with them, but often does things on his own. In addition, the racket gang often occurs without him. The recognition of the other rowdies is important to him, however; For example, in the episode Lisa wants to love he is mocked by them for his relationship with Lisa and falls out with them. However, the reconciliation soon followed when they jointly pelted Headmaster Skinner's house. At the same time he ends his relationship with Lisa.

Nelson has an ambivalent relationship with Bart. Most of the time, Bart also gets to feel his hobby as a racket when he and his friends steal Bart's pocket money. But Nelson is also Bart's friend in various episodes, especially when Bart himself acts as a rowdy and plays pranks. However, Nelson often punishes Bart with beating for wrong or immoral things, for example when Bart shows off or "wastes the teachers' time" when he answers without knowing anything.

In the first few seasons he had two comrades who were always with him. However, these disappeared in the course of the series.

First appearance: Bart fights a battle (Bart the General)

Original speaker: Nancy Cartwright

Richard

Participation: continuously since season 1

Richard, voiced by Michèle Tichawsky , is a gray-haired classmate of Bart and Lewis' best friend . He always wears a leather jacket. He was featured in early episodes with Bart, Milhouse, and Lewis plotting pranks. According to Lisa, he is more popular with girls than Milhouse. In later seasons he was seen almost exclusively in the background in school scenes.

First appearance: It's hard Christmas (Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire)

Original speaker: Jo Ann Harris , Maggie Roswell

Melissa

Participation: continuously since season 1

Melissa, voiced by Caroline Combrinck , is one of Bart's classmates. She is blonde and has two braids with purple bows on them. In case something is wrong Simpsons was first mentioned her name.

First appearance: Bart becomes a genius (Bart the Genius)

Original speaker: Nancy Cartwright

Sherri and Terri

Participation: continuously since season 1

Sherri and Terri, voiced by Caroline Combrinck , are twins with long, purple hair and are in fourth grade at Springfield Elementary School. You can't tell the two apart at all, but the springfielders can seem to tell them apart anyway. In the episode Barthood (season 27), the teenage Bart confuses the two when he accidentally kisses Terry instead of her sister. In the German dubbing, they sometimes had different voices at the beginning, but this is no longer relevant. Both always appear together and complement each other's sentences. Sometimes they think they're something better and enjoy teasing Lisa and playing pranks on Bart.

The names are based on Jerry Hall and her twin sister Terry.

First appearance: It's hard Christmas (Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire)

Original speaker : Russi Taylor

Wendell Borton

Participation: continuously since season 1

Wendell, synchronized u. a. by Caroline Combrinck , attends Bart's class. He is wearing a light blue T-shirt and has white, curly hair. He is very pale, and because he is constantly ill, he has most of the absent lessons at Springfield Elementary School. Wendell gets sick every time he takes the school bus, and he doesn't have the strongest stomach either - which suits Doris' kitchen helper. He often vomits in the sandpit in the schoolyard, which caretaker Willie then has to clean up very angrily.

First appearance: It's hard Christmas (Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire)

Original speaker : Russi Taylor

Sixth grade

Dolphin Starbeam

Participation: continuously since season 1

Dolphin Starbeam, called "Dolph", originally dubbed by Dirk Meyer and later by Nico Macoulis , is a Jewish friend of Jimbo and one of the four thugs at school. He has long red hair that always covers his right eye, but not in the more recent episodes. Dolph's brutal behavior and disregard for any authority eventually drew him to kindred spirits, Kearney, Jimbo, and Nelson. He professes his Jewish faith u. a. in the episode The Security Salamander (S17E07): he says goodbye to Kearney and Jimbo with the words: “I'll get away . I have Hebrew lessons. ” .

First appearance: Bart heads the head (The Telltale Head)

Original speaker : Tress MacNeille

Jimbo Jones

Participation: continuously since season 1

Corky James "Jimbo" Jones, originally dubbed by Alexander Brem and Jennifer Wippich and later by Natascha Geisler, is one of the four thugs at the school. He can be recognized by the skull T-shirt and the purple knitted hat. His real first name is "Corky". His family is obviously wealthy as he lives in an exceptionally large house in a better area. In a comic it becomes clear that when he was new at school he was still a good boy. But that changes in the course of this story. In the absence of his bat friends, he is a very sensitive and emotional boy. This is also evident when he is threatened by Moe and collapses crying. He has no hair on top of his head, which is why he almost always wears a hat.

Because of its disillusionment by the company he plans later Jurassic to study.

The role of Jimbo Jones is inspired by the character of Ted in Bill & Ted's Crazy Journey into the Future , played by Keanu Reeves .

First appearance: Bart heads the head (The Telltale Head)

Original speaker: Pamela Hayden

Kearney Zzyzwicz

Participation: continuously since season 1

Kearney Zzyzwicz [ ˈzaɪzwɪks ], dubbed by Beate Pfeiffer , is the last of the four school clubs . His last name was only known in the 18th season. He is bald and has studded bracelets. In various episodes it can be seen that he is significantly older than the other students and that he has probably stayed seated a lot. For example, he has a driver's license and drives to elementary school by car. He's also divorced and the father of a boy who goes to the same class with him in at least one episode and looks just like him except for his size. Otto also mentions that he was in third grade with him. Another episode mentions that Kearney had already seen Springfield's 200th anniversary in 1976. He doesn't seem to be 21 yet because he once tried to buy beer at Kwik-E-Mart with a fake ID. In addition, he mentions in an episode in a satirical swipe at the protection of minors that he was a teenager.

First appearance: Bart heads the head (The Telltale Head)

Original speaker: Nancy Cartwright

More students

Uter Zörker

Participation: continuously since season 5

Uter, originally dubbed by Nico Macoulis and later by Caroline Combrinck , is an exchange student from Switzerland , originally from Germany. He likes to eat chocolate and other sweets and is therefore very overweight . He is often teased by other students for his obesity and nationality. His father works as a foreman at the chewing gum factory in Basel . In the original version, his father works as a foreman in the Düsseldorf chewing gum factory (The Düsseldorf Gumworks) .

In the US original of the series, Uter is German and is called Üter. The American draftsmen called him that because they thought “Üter” was a common German name, but confused him with “Günther”. Uter is evidently modeled after the German Augustus Gloop from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , which is sometimes referred to in Düsseldorf.

He is dressed like a Tyrolean and corresponds to the popular American cliché of “ Lederhosen -Bavaria”. In the German version he speaks a counterfeit Swiss Standard German and in the English version with a German accent, which probably goes back to the American clichés. In season 11, Skinner mentions that Uter disappeared on the last school trip - but he reappears in later seasons.

First Appearance: The Journey to Hell (Treehouse of Horror IV)

Original speaker : Russi Taylor

Teaching staff and other staff

Principal Seymour Skinner

Participation: continuously since season 1

Seymour Skinner (birth name Armin Tamzarian), originally dubbed by Fred Klaus and later by Klaus Guth , is the 44-year-old principal of the Springfield Elementary School, which Bart and Lisa Simpson attend. He is very strict and orderly. He still lives with his mother Agnes, who patronizes him and often insults or exposes him in public. He also has an affair with Edna Krabappel for several seasons. Skinner is a veteran of the Vietnam War , which influences his actions to this day and leads to seemingly absurd traumatic flashbacks over a large part of the series (hardly later). In the episode Alles Schwindel (S09E02) it becomes known that Skinner was actually a thoughtlessly acting criminal youth named Armin Tamzarian instead of today's philistine and had only adopted the identity and dreams of his army superior, not because of his poorly sighted mother (Agnes Skinner) To have to report about his supposed death. In the course of the episode he is officially given the name "Seymour Skinner", along with the associated past and his mother, as Agnes rejects the real Skinner as not submissive to her.

The first name Seymour is composed of the English words "see more", the surname Skinner goes back to Burrhus Frederic Skinner or the namesake of the US southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd , an orderly former high school teacher whose founding members Leonard Skinner .

First appearance: It's hard Christmas (Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

High School Councilor Gary Chalmers

Participation: continuously since season 1

Gary Chalmers, who says he was born and grew up in Utica , New York , originally dubbed by Joachim Höppner , later by Berno von Cramm , Fritz von Hardenberg and Reinhard Brock , keeps showing up for an inspection of the Springfield elementary school. However, the meticulous order of Rector Skinner regularly ends in chaos, mostly caused by Bart Simpson, so that Skinner tries to save the situation with embarrassed excuses. Chalmers has a love affair with Principal Skinner's mother in several episodes . He's always screaming “Skinner!” Even when it's not necessary. This clearly troubles Skinner. In some episodes, Chalmers insinuates that Skinner has homosexual intentions when he tries to ingratiate himself, but Skinner's relationship with Edna proves that the principal is by no means gay.

Chalmers is the father of Shauna Chalmers, a teenager who has a relationship with Jimbo Jones, among others.

First appearance: Das Schlangennest (Whacking Day)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Edna Krabappel †

Participation: Season 1 to Season 25

Edna Krabappel, originally dubbed by Gudrun Vaupel and later by Inge Solbrig , is Bart Simpsons elementary school teacher in fourth grade and a smoker. She is characterized by a mocking laugh (“Ha!”) When she, for example, condemns Bart to detention or when she makes a comment. In the episode The Seemingly Neverending Story , we learn that she split up with Moe because Bart claimed to have had detention all summer but only wanted to steal microscopes with Nelson. So she became Bart's teacher. Often tormented by him and his pranks, she seems to have certain friendly sympathies for Bart. Despite everything, Bart nominated her as Teacher of the Year. She seems frustrated with her job; the viewer often sees her sighing, moaning and, above all, smoking, and her dark circles speak for it. According to her own statement, she studied at Harvard . Their biggest dream is often to find a “free ticket” out of the teaching profession, e.g. B. as a real estate agent.

Since Edna was abandoned by her husband when he ran off during marriage counseling with the young, attractive marriage counselor, she has been lonely single and longs for love, which is why she had several affairs with various Springfield citizens in previous episodes, among others. a. with Moe Szyslak and the comic book seller. Above all, however, a very irregular relationship developed between Edna and school principal Seymour Skinner, which led to a scandal among the parents of the school and demands for dismissal. But since the two never seem to have sexual intercourse and only smooch, the situation abruptly eases. The relationship is not always harmonious, especially because Edna feels harassed by Seymour's heavily dependent and despotic mother and Seymour shows no courage, which is why the wedding of the two fails in the episode Wedding in Klingon .

At the end of the 22nd season, Edna meets the widower Ned Flanders. At the end of the episode Nedna, viewers then had the opportunity to vote on whether Ned and Edna would stay together during the summer break. They chose the relationship between the characters. They later married; Edna apparently kept her last name.

After the surprising death of the spokeswoman Marcia Wallace, the producer Al Jean announced that Edna Krabappel would be removed from the series. After two memories of Edna in a table and a couch gag, the episode The Lord of Genes in the 25th season draws attention to the circumstance of her death in a small final scene, in which Ned presents two framed photos of his deceased wives can be seen and just as Nelson Muntz expresses his grief.

First appearance: Bart becomes a genius (Bart the Genius)

Original speaker : Marcia Wallace .

Elizabeth Hoover

Participation: continuously since season 1

Miss Hoover, voiced by Manuela Renard , teaches second grade in Springfield Elementary School. So she is u. a. the teacher of Lisa and Ralph Wiggum, the son of the police chief. She has a nerve problem (hypochondria) and seems frustrated with her job, so she often asks students to sit quietly for the last few minutes of class and stare into space instead of teaching them. She is particularly frustrated with Ralph. She is friends with Edna Krabappel . She has brown hair, which was blue in early episodes, and wears glasses. Furthermore, Miss Hoover, like most of the teachers at the school, smokes and is a drinker.

First appearance: Marges masterpiece (Brush with Greatness)

Original speakers : Maggie Roswell , Marcia Mitzman Gaven

Dewey Largo

Participation: continuously since season 1

Mr. Largo, originally dubbed by Ulrich Bernsdorff and later by Ivar Combrinck and Berno von Cramm , is a music teacher and director of the school orchestra. Visually, he embodies a typical male teacher with longer hair, as well as a shirt and sweater. He can be seen in the opening credits. His musical talent seems to be rather low, as the band almost always only rehearses Stars and Stripes Forever when you see them. As soon as Mr. Largo leaves the room, the band plays the song Pop goes the Weasel , what they call the "forbidden music". Mr. Largo may be gay and may be seen with Mr. Smithers on occasion.

First appearance: It's hard Christmas (Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

PE teacher Mr. Krupt

Participation: Seasons 17 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23

Mr. Krupt, also known as Coach Krupt, is a physical education teacher at the elementary school. He is feared by the students because he often plays bombardment with them by throwing balls forcefully at the students. He was featured in A Perfect Gentleman as the successor to Mrs. Pommelhorst.

First Appearance: A Perfect Gentleman (My Fair Lady)

Dr. J. Loren Pryor

Participation: Seasons 1 and 2

Dr. J. Loren Pryor, originally dubbed by Michael Gahr and later by Thomas Rau , Fritz von Hardenberg and Reinhard Brock , is the primary school psychologist in Springfield for the first few seasons. Homer and Marge Simpson have to consult him when Bart does something wrong again. In the episode Bart Becomes a Genius, he sent Bart to a highly gifted school because Bart swapped his job with that of his classmate Martin on an IQ test and thus got the best result in the class.

In the episode The Saxophone Story , which takes place at a time when Bart is just starting school, he meets the Simpsons for the first time. During his first appearance in the episode Bart Becomes a Genius , which of course was produced much earlier, he first met the Simpsons. This is a typical inconsistency in continuity in the series that appears quite often in this form.

First appearance: Bart becomes a genius (Bart the Genius)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Caretaker Willie

Participation: continuously since season 1

Caretaker Willie MacMoran, originally dubbed by Michael Habeck (season 3), then by Werner Abrolat , then Peter Thom , later by Thomas Rauscher , is the caretaker of the primary school. His red, bushy hair is distinctive for him. He is half bald and has a full beard. He is Scottish and has a Scottish accent in the original English version . He wears a kilt with no underwear underneath on special occasions . Willie is very well trained and likes to wrestle with wild animals. He's mostly in a bad mood and doesn't think much of his boss, Seymour Skinner. He worked as a swimming instructor until the primary school's swimming pool was closed as a result of a student prank and was demoted to caretaker by Skinner after the incident (see episode L for Loser , season 21).

Willie is often portrayed as a loner and lives in the shack on the school grounds that keeps the janitor's equipment. He doesn't like elementary school students, nor do they like him. His greatest enemy is Bart Simpson, who repeatedly teases him with various actions, such as ruining the lawn, dirtying the school or his hut or stealing his tractor. Both of them never miss an opportunity to bully each other. Willie owns a red “Willy” tractor that he uses for his work and which is also his normal means of transportation.

First Appearance: The Marriage Candidate (Principal Charming)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Kitchen helper Doris Peterson

Participation: continuously since season 1

Doris, dubbed by Inge Solbrig , not only works as a kitchen helper in the school kitchen, but also as a school nurse (albeit without a qualification), because it allows her to collect two salaries. She is tall, bulky and smokes a lot. As a kitchen helper, she prepares meals from old sports mats or animal innards (“More testicles means more iron”) and hands them out to the children. As a result, she is often annoyed by the vegetarian Lisa. When she asks Lisa as a vegetarian about an alternative vegetarian meal, she puts a hot dog bun on the tray and says: “Rich in the finest bun quality” .

Apparently, she is also the mother of the teenage acne who shows up in numerous episodes. When he was working at the Bowlarama on one of the episodes and told Homer that it was so full that he couldn't even give his own mother a lane , she just came by and said, "I don't have a son anymore."

First Appearance: Lisa's Pony (Lisa's Pony)

Original speaker: Doris Grau , Tress MacNeille

Bus driver Otto Mann

Participation: continuously since season 1

Otto Mann, originally dubbed by Gudo Hoegel , later by Nico Macoulis , is the chaotic school bus driver (until the end of the third season without a driver's license) who constantly wears headphones, plays the guitar and often consumes various drugs. A good friend of his is Bart, whom he often greets with "How are you, Bartimaus?" When getting on the school bus . He has his own band that plays speed metal . The school children like him because he feels like one of theirs. He was bad at school: he had to repeat fourth grade twice. In spite of all this, he was once the student body president at Springfield Elementary School and studied at Brown University. He doesn't get along well with his parents, especially with his father, who is an admiral. Nevertheless, he probably lives with them ("Squirt it between my toes, my mum controls my arms!") . He has (at least) three tattoos: a burning skull pierced by a dagger on his left upper arm, a skeleton with an oversized skull, protruding eyes and disguised as a cavalier of roses in a high-speed racer on the chest, and probably another on his buttocks ("If you like that, you should first see my bum."). In many episodes his preference for music of the somewhat harder pace can be seen.

Once he turned with the words "My name is Otto, sauf you stupid is my motto." Before. This aptly describes his attitude towards life. But he is also not averse to other drugs, so in a further episode of a drug test it turns out that he has consumed almost every available drug at least once.

First Appearance: The Failure (Homer's Odyssey)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

In show business

Krusty the clown

Participation: continuously since season 1

Krusty (real name: Herschel Shmoikel Pinkus Yerucham Krustofski), dubbed by Hans-Rainer Müller , works as a television clown , has his own show and in this role shows an exaggerated silliness. He is a heavy smoker, has various addiction problems and also wears a pacemaker . Another sign of his unhealthy lifestyle is his white skin, which is not make-up, which is why you always find him “in full mask” outside of his show. His audience is made up of kids who adore him as a superstar, even though he's not actually funny. One of his biggest fans is Bart Simpson. Bart has often helped him out of awkward situations, but Krusty can never remember him. He feels like Homer with his boss. This is no longer the case in the more recent episodes.

He is a Jew , grew up in the Jewish neighborhood of Springfields and went to Springfield Elementary School, where he was the student body president. Krusty's Jewish faith plays a role in several episodes. His father is the Rabbi of the Beth Springfield Congregation and is called Hyman Krustofski. Although he does not agree with his son's job and lifestyle, Lisa and Bart manage in one episode to overcome the alienation between father and son and to reconcile the two.

His archenemy is Tingeltangel-Bob, a former assistant on his show. He has a daughter named Sophie, the result of a night spent with an Israeli soldier in the second Gulf War . In this, an assassination attempt on Saddam Hussein by said soldier was thwarted by Krusty's clumsiness , which is why she has since hated clowns in general and him in particular. His fatherhood cannot be denied, as Sophie has the same curly green and turquoise hair as him. In the episode Homer gets going he also has a son.

Krusty supports the Republican Party. He is illiterate, but seems to be able to read in some episodes. He owns a more or less large corporate empire that offers various product groups, mainly confectionery and toys or fan articles. Most products made in China under questionable conditions are of poor quality, but Bart owns almost all of them. He also does pretty much anything for money, such as advertising, without knowing what for. His standard commercial has the text: "I support the event or the product with all my heart." Krusty is also the owner of the fast food chain Krusty-Burger.

Krusty is portrayed in many episodes in a very moody way, and he repeatedly insults his assistants with swear words (“idiot”, “shut up”). For this reason, too, the intellectual Tingeltangel Bob turned against him. Tingeltangel-Mel usually puts up with this treatment, but it also becomes clear a few times that he is not very satisfied with it.

According to authors, his name is a nod to Rusty Nails , an American television clown of the 1960s.

First Appearance: The Failure (Homer's Odyssey)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Tingeltangel Bob

Participation: appearances in seasons 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27

Tingeltangel-Bob (in the original Sideshow Bob, real name: Dr. Robert Underdunk Terwilliger Jr.), originally dubbed by Randolf Kronberg , later by Ivar Combrinck and Christian Tramitz , keeps in the first season of the German version, for which the TV station was still at that time ZDF was responsible, initially its original name. He has had his name in the German version since the episode Sideshow Bob Roberts (first broadcast in 1994, in Germany in 1995 under the title Tingeltangel-Bob ).

Tingeltangel-Bob is the former assistant to Krusty the clown on his TV show. He hates his work because he disgusts Krusty's superficiality. He frames Krusty for a Kwik-E-Mart robbery, takes over his show, and tries to turn it into a highly intellectual show. He fails and shows his true nature as a psychopath . Later he tries to blow up Selma Bouvier. Bart stops him in both cases and puts him in jail. In revenge, he constantly tries to kill Bart. His megalomania is discussed in several episodes . However, his crimes are always foiled by Bart and Lisa. Despite countless murder attempts, he is repeatedly released from prison prematurely, often for no reason. Tingeltangel-Mel becomes his successor on Krusty's TV show.

Despite his madness, Bob is one of the most intelligent characters in the series, which leads to several intellectual duels with Lisa Simpson. When he's in jail, he often daydreams of a better world. His accusations of Springfield administration and the economy, as well as his sarcasm , usually seem to have some real core - only he's the only one who bothers.

Bob has a younger brother named Cecil, but the two are often described as competitors. Cecil looks relatively similar to his brother and has unmistakably the same hairstyle. The mother of the two is a Shakespeare actress, the father is a doctor. Just like Bob, the rest of the family are very cultured and intelligent, and the willingness to commit crime does not seem to be limited to Bob alone.

Tingeltangel bob is characterized by its huge feet.

First appearance: Bart heads the head (The Telltale Head)

Original speaker : Kelsey Grammer (known from the sitcoms Cheers and Frasier )

Tingeltangel-Mel

Participation: continuously since season 1

Tingeltangel-Mel (in the original Sideshow Mel, real name Melvin van Horne) - dubbed by Ivar Combrinck , from mid-season 17 by Axel Malzacher - is the assistant to Krusty, the clown on his TV show, since Tingeltangel-Bob revealed his psychopathy and imprisoned for various offenses.

Mel wears a bone in his piled up green hair, and his other marks (bare torso, bamboo skirts, chain with animal teeth) correspond to those of a caricature of the “primitive savage”. In contrast to this is his distinguished and chosen original Oxford -English pronunciation.

In the German version he is called Tingeltangel-Mel. At first he only speaks rarely and then mostly only a single sentence; he speaks more in the later episodes. When an angry mob occurs, the town council meets or jury renders a court verdict, it speaks on their behalf in a very theatrical way, as an “educated” counterpart to Moe, who has the same function: both represent the vox populi . Sometimes, however, he delights in his speeches to such an extent that everyone else disappears with boredom. Tingeltangel-Mel endures the disrespectful treatment of Krusty better than his predecessor Bob, but he has a certain displeasure with Krusty.

First appearance: TV is to blame for everything (Itchy & Scratchy & Marge)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Mr. Teeny

Participation: continuously since season 1

Krusty's chain-smoking monkey , dubbed by Ivar Combrinck , who often accompanies the clown and participates in his show. Mr. Teeny is originally from Brazil, his uncle was the "top monkey of the tourist office" there. His mother lives at the Springfield Zoo. Nicotine chewing gum cannot stop the addict from smoking either. Driving a car is no problem for the cheeky, disrespectful monkey. In a comic you learn that "he" is actually female. Teeny is a parody of Michael Jackson's monkey Bubbles . Teeny and his mother meet in the episode Bart has two mothers .

In another episode you can see that there were already three predecessors and Krusty liked Mr. Teeny II the best of all three monkeys.

First Appearance: The Father of a Clown (Like Father, like Clown)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Itchy & Scratchy

Participation: continuously since season 1

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Itchy and Scratchy, both dubbed by Inge Solbrig , are the characters from the Itchy and Scratchy show, an animated series that is very popular among the children of the Simpsons, in which the mouse Itchy constantly and usually successfully tries to make the cat Scratchy grotesque - brutal way of killing. The show is often presented by Krusty the clown. In one episode, Marge goes on strike against violence on television, particularly on the Itchy & Scratchy show.

Supposedly, Itchy and Scratchy is a parody of Tom and Jerry .

First Appearance: An Ordinary Family (There's No Disgrace Like Home)

Original speaker (Itchy): Dan Castellaneta
Original speaker (Scratchy): Harry Shearer

Bee man

Participation: continuously since season 4

The bee man (in the US original “Bumblebee Man”) Pedro Chespirito, dubbed by Ivar Combrinck , is filming a comedy series for television (on the Mexican “Canal OCHO”) that Homer and Bart love to see. For his series he wears the costume of a bumblebee (“Bumblebee Man”, that is, “Bumblebee man”, was incorrectly translated as “bee man”). In his series, in which short skits can be seen, he always says the sentence “Ayayay, no me gusta!” (Meaning: “Oh my, I don't like that”), or something like “Ay, Dios no me ama ! ” (“ Oh dear, God doesn't love me ”) or“ Ayayay, un burro muy amoroso ”(“ Oh dear, a deeply in love donkey ”). These lamentations result from the misfortunes that happen to him in his skits: From attacks by wild woodpeckers ("el woodpequero loco!") To collisions with oversized baseball balls to huge mousetraps in which his buttocks are stuck, the bee man mainly has to go with them Cope with painful and sometimes humiliating situations. He has a Chihuahua with an oversized head as a pet, alluding to a former advertising character for the American fast food chain Taco Bell. In one episode, you see Pedro's wife, who is about to divorce him because he destroyed her house in this episode.

In the Simpsons comics, the bee man also claims in a television interview that he was a native Belgian and had to learn Spanish first.

First appearance: Bart is punished (Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Kent Brockman

Participation: continuously since season 1

Kent Brockman, originally dubbed by Werner Abrolat , later, until his death by Donald Arthur , followed by William Cohn , is the newscaster for Channel 6 in Springfield and presenter of the programs My two cents , Bite Back , Smartline and Eye on Springfield. The latter is called in the German version in early episodes One Eye on Springfield, then Blickpunkt Springfield or also Brennpunkt Springfield. In the comics, the name used to be translated consistently as On Site in Springfield , but in the new comics and also in the new editions of the old comics, the title was left in the original.

In some episodes he also hosts a program called Action News . Kent Brockman got very rich after winning the lottery. His trademarks are exaggerated and hasty action, as well as contempt for his subordinates. In a flashback to the 1960s, it is revealed that he began his television career under the name Brock Kentman; actually his name is Kenny Brocklestein. His former name stands for Brockman's Jewish origins, and in some episodes he can also be seen wearing a gold necklace with a chai pendant , the Jewish symbol of life .

He has a daughter who looks very similar to him, but she appears very rarely. Among other things, she gives him the tip to write a report on the new Lisa Lionheart (Lisa Löwenherz) (which is made at the insistence of Lisa Simpson by the inventor of Malibu Stacy). You also gave him the tip to make a report on the fall of the Berlin Wall. Kent's sister works at CNN. He's jealous about it.

First appearance: the clown with the honest mask

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Arnie Pye

Participation: continuously since season 1

Arnie Pye, dubbed a. a. by Tobias Lelle , is one of Kent Brockman's colleagues and reports on the traffic situation from the helicopter at the television station. He is addressed by Kent Brockman as Arnie Pye or Arnie in the Sky. He and Brockman don't get along and their arguments often go live on the network. Arnie Pye replaces Kent Brockman as Anchorman in Season 18's The Evil Word when he is demoted to weatherman.

The character appeared for the first time in the last episode of the first season with the title The babysitter is going on, but there under the name "Bill Pye".

First visible appearance: When Mother strike (Homer Alone) , here in the German version still Arnie Angel called

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Rainier Wolfcastle

Participation: continuously since season 2

Rainier Wolfcastle (actually Rainer Wolfgangsee), dubbed Willi Roebke and Thomas Albus , is a successful Hollywood actor who mainly appears in action films . His most successful work is the McBain series. With his appearance and his Austrian accent in the original English , it is suggested that it is the Springfield counterpart to Arnold Schwarzenegger ; in episode 18/16 he married Maria Shriver Kennedy Quimby ( Maria Shriver is a niece of John F. Kennedy and Schwarzenegger's wife) and speaks (in English) the typical Burns' “Excellent!” . He has a daughter named Greta who was once Bart's girlfriend. He is a member of the Republican Party . In one episode you can see him fishing as a child, where he is clearly in Austria. Most of the time, Rainier is portrayed as a mentally slightly poorer actor.

He is co-founder of the restaurant chain "Planet Springfield", a reference to the chain " Planet Hollywood " in which Schwarzenegger is involved.

In the 16th episode of the 18th season it is revealed that his middle name is "Luftwaffe". The similarity of Rainier to the common German name Rainer is impressive, but you can also see here the fad of the authors, the figures name of characteristic sights and streets near Portland (Oregon) , the hometown of Simpsons creator Matt Groening to (in this case the Mount Rainier volcano ).

First appearance as McBain: How It All Began (The Way we Was) . First appearance as himself: who digs a well for others (Radio Bart)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Troy McClure

Participation: Seasons 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 15

Troy McClure (called Kevin McClure in the first German episodes), originally dubbed by Frank Muth and later by Thomas Albus , is a moderately successful actor in B-movies who has passed the zenith of his career. He usually appears as a presenter on weird TV shows, commercials, or cheaply produced documentaries. Each of his appearances begins with a "Hello, I'm Troy McClure, you may still know me from films like ... and ..." (two films are usually listed below).

The name of his character goes back to actors Troy Donahue and Doug McClure , whose careers in Hollywood had seen a decline. Doug McClure, a 1960s and 1970s western actor , portrayed a worn-out actor in the late 1980s television series My Father Is An Alien . He died in 1995, but continued to appear regularly with the Simpsons until original speaker Phil Hartman was murdered in 1998. Since he was good friends with Groening, no new spokesman was cast for McClure, but the figure disappeared.

First Appearance: The Eighth Commandment (Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment)

Original speaker: Phil Hartman

Lurleen Lumpkin

Participation: appearances in seasons 3 , 4 , 7 , 11 , 16 , 19 , 20

Lurleen is a seductive, blonde country musician who works as a waitress at "The Beer 'n' Brawl". When Homer hears one of her songs, he can't get it out of his head, which is why he asks her to record a CD. In the process, she was discovered by a radio station and soon became famous. Since she finds slow-thinking, bald family fathers attractive and Homer is her manager, she falls in love with him, which makes Marge extremely angry when Lurleen emerges from oblivion and goes into hiding with the Simpsons because of gigantic tax debts.

Lurleen has never attended school and lives in a pink trailer. Her hobby is bowling and she plays on a team called the Home Wreckers.

First appearance: Homer on the wrong track (Colonel Homer)

Original speaker: Beverly D'Angelo , Doris Grau

Duffman

Participation: continuously since season 9

Duffman, voiced by Thomas Albus , is the mascot of the Duff Brewery , played by various actors. The duffmen are extremely muscular and almost always speak of themselves in the third person. Your job as a mascot includes representing the Duff Brewery at various folk festivals or sponsored parties. When it comes out, Oh Yeah is often played by the band Yello . In addition, given his appearances, the mascot often dies. In the episode Waiting for Duffman , the name of the Duffman actor is given as Barry Huffman . Homer temporarily replaces Huffman as Duffman in this episode.

First Appearance: Homer & New York (The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

At the police station

Chief Clancy Wiggum

Participation: continuously since season 1

Clancy Wiggum, voiced by Gernot Duda (season 1), Michael Habeck (seasons 2 and 3) and since season 4 by Thomas Rau , is the police chief of the city of Springfield. His colleagues in the police force are Lou and Eddie. Wiggum is obese, difficult to understand, naive and gullible, and largely incompetent - instead of dealing with incoming emergency calls, he prefers to take a break or deal with unimportant things; in addition, he often proves to be corruptible . On the other hand, in some episodes and situations he is quickly and energetically on the spot, so that as a police officer he is not exclusively bad. He has a son, Ralph Wiggum , who made it to second grade despite his stupidity and is married to Sarah Wiggum. His father was Iggy Wiggum, who has already passed away.

First Appearance: The Failure (Homer's Odyssey)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Officer Lou

Participation: continuously since season 1

Lou, originally dubbed by Ivar Combrinck and later by Ulf-Jürgen Wagner, was once married to a woman named Amy. In the episode In the Beginning Was the Screaming Caterpillar , his police colleague Eddie states that he and Lou have no surnames ("We don't have any, we're like Cher .").

Lou is arguably the most skilled cop in Springfield. Often he questions Chief Wiggum's mostly stupid suggestions and conclusions critically, but he rarely lets him finish ("Uhhh ... Chief ..." - "Oh, slap it, be quiet, Lou.") .

Lou was white in the first Simpson episodes instead of black in subsequent seasons.

First Appearance: An Ordinary Family (There's No Disgrace Like Home)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Officer Eddie

Participation: continuously since season 1

In the first few episodes it seemed that Eddie, voiced by Peter Musäus , was the "more important" policeman, but later he fades into the background and rarely speaks a word at all. Also, for example, in the episode Pranksta Rap Lou is promoted from sergeant to chief of police and Eddie from "Eddie" to sergeant. When asked what is happening with Eddie's post now, Wiggum replies with "We don't need Eddie!" Furthermore, Eddie seems to be just as incompetent as Chief Wiggum, at least he rarely shows his knowledge, if at all as confirmation of Lou: "He's right, Chief." His silence becomes evident in one of the non-canon Treehouse of Horror episodes, set in the 19th century, explains that Chief Wiggum cut out his tongue.

First Appearance: An Ordinary Family (There's No Disgrace Like Home)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

business people

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

Participation: continuously since season 1

Apu, originally dubbed by Peter Musäus and later by Tobias Lelle , is a salesman at Kwik-E-Mart and a good friend of the Simpsons. His age varies between 24 and 41 years, depending on the episode. He came to the USA as an exchange student from India , but stayed in the country beyond the validity of his visa because he did not want to part with his new friends. In the Springfield referendum episode , he (like other Springfield residents) is threatened with deportation , but passes the naturalization test with flying colors.

Apu often works all day and night. In the few cases in which he is not in the store, his brother Sanjay stands in for him. Despite his hard work, his professional ethics are dubious: he often falsifies the expiry dates of his groceries and also likes to sell inferior and overpriced goods. The Kwik-E-Mart gets raided regularly, preferably by Snake. In addition, the school clubs like to steal goods from his shop. Apu has been gunned down so many times that the crime is now only fined $ 100.

Apu marries Manjula in the course of the series, which he was promised as a child. At first Apu wanted to avoid this arranged marriage , but when he met Manjula, he fell in love with her and they have had a largely happy marriage ever since. In one episode, he cheats on his wife. They become parents to octogenals named Anoop, Uma, Nabendu, Poonam, Priya, Sandeep, Sashi and Gheet, who often run away from them.

Apu is a Hindu and a staunch vegan . He is friends with Paul McCartney, who also lives as a vegetarian, and his wife Linda .

First appearance: Bart heads the head (The Telltale Head)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon

Participation: Seasons 2 - 10 , 16 , 18 , 21

Sanjay, spoken by Tobias Lelle and Willi Röbke, is Apu's younger brother, who often helps him out in the Kwik-E store. Occasionally he runs the shop together with Apu, but is not always there. His wife, about whom relatively little is known, is called Janette. Sanjay's children are his daughter Pahusachetta, who took part in the Springfield beauty pageant, and his son Jamshed (calls himself Jay), who temporarily took over the Kwik-E market in one episode. Just like Apu, Sanjay is Hindu.

First mention by name: The Eighth Commandment (Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment)

First Appearance: The Wunderschläger (Homer at the Bat)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Herman

Participation: continuously since season 1

Herman, dubbed u. a. by Peter Thom , Kai Taschner , Ivar Combrinck and Niko Macoulis , is a gun fanatic and the owner of Herman's military antiques, a shop that sells Nazi underpants, cherry bombs (M-80s) and former Napoleon possessions can buy. He has only one arm, clearly recognizable by the fact that the sleeve of his shirt is folded up and pinned with a safety pin.

First appearance: Bart fights a battle (Bart the General)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Comic book seller

Participation: continuously since season 2

The comic book seller, voiced by Manfred Erdmann , is the owner of the comic book store "The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop", where Bart and Milhouse often shop. His real name is Jeff Albertson; the name is only mentioned in one episode - everyone calls him comic book seller . The comic bookseller is very overweight and therefore often has important roles when it comes to the obesity of the Springfield population. Like Homer, he often has heart problems.

As his profession suggests, he is a very big fan of comics. The comic book seller is the nerd or geek of the Simpsons world: He is above average intelligent, but wastes his education on pop culture topics such as science fiction , fantasy literature and films, comics and computer games, about which he has extensive knowledge, and cultivates social relationships preferably virtually. On appropriate occasions he appears in costumes from comic and science fiction franchises; He mentions the Star Trek franchise several times and wears corresponding uniforms. His frequent, very sarcastic comments also point to his lifestyle.

His cousin Comic Book Gay appears in the episode Moeback Mountain .

First appearance: Three friends and a comic book (Three Men and a Comic-Book)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Roger Meyers Junior

Roger Meyers Junior, dubbed a. a. by Joachim Höppner , is the son of the late Roger Meyers Senior, the inventor of Scratchy and the thief of Itchy (stolen from Chester J. Lampwick) and thus President of the Itchy and Scratchy Studios. His enemy is Chester J. Lampwick. He lost the Itchy and Scratchy studios for a short time, until Lester and Eliza gave him the money he needed to start up again from the state.

First appearance: TV is to blame for everything (Itchy & Scratchy & Marge)

Original speakers: Alex Rocco , Hank Azaria

Artie no

Participation: Season 2 , 4 , 6 , 12 , 13 , 15 , 24

Artie, voiced by Ivar Combrinck , was Marge's Jewish friend before she met Homer. Marge's two sisters had tried to bring them together, and they almost succeeded. The sisters never miss an opportunity to badmouth Homer to Marge and to get Artie talking in his place. To this day he is madly in love with Marge. Until his bankruptcy he owned a share company called Clause Corp .

After he had lost everything, he reappears in the episode Advice who comes to eat in the Simpsons attic. As it turns out, he survived through insects and the water in the roof cracks, in this episode he also fell in love with Marges sister Selma. Eventually he was jailed for stock fraud.

The character Artie Ziff is based on a man named Michael who went to the same high school as David Silverman.

First Appearance: How It All Began (The Way We Was)

Original speakers: Dan Castellaneta , Jon Lovitz

Horatio McCallister (old captain)

Horatio, originally dubbed by Karl-Heinz Krolzyk , later by Gernot Duda and Michael Rüth , is a rough fur seal who introduces every sentence with a characteristic "Arrr ...!" (With a rolled "r") and wears a glass eye (in some episodes also two). He used to be a captain , but now he operates the projector on movie nights. He also has a restaurant called The Frying Dutchman ( The Dutchman be fried ) and has in the episode Homer gets going one anchor store (Ye olde Anchor Shoppe) . He was exposed as a fake captain by Lionel Hutz. With him in the harbor a little clown who plays a song for five cents and a quarter ( "works" funny Pete, Quarter ) for hours singing. He is portrayed once as a Krusty parody.

First appearance: Laura, the new neighbor (The New Kid on the Block)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Luigi risotto

Luigi, originally dubbed by Ivar Combrinck and later by Gudo Hoegel , is the cook and waitress in his own restaurant. You might think he emigrated from Italy (because of his accent and his Italian restaurant), but he once admits that his parents taught him only broken English, mixed with Italian words. His mustache is only glued on, he plays the boatman's piano and when he goes into the kitchen you can hear him and his employees gossiping about customers. His creative insults for customers are:

• Principal Skinner: The old principal failure
• Bart: The ugly boy
• Burns: The old tipster
• Mrs. Bouvier: Zombie he (Burns) dug up

His hobby is bowling.

First Appearance: Friend or Foe (Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song)

Original speakers : Hank Azaria , Dan Castellaneta

Lindsay Naegle

Lindsay Naegle, dubbed Manuela Renard , is a devious businesswoman who keeps changing companies. Among other things, she has already been a manager, specialist salesperson, television producer and customer advisor in a telephone company.

Lindsay is friends with Cookie Kwan and doesn't like Marge.

First appearance: Homer is "Poochie the Wonder Dog" (The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show)

Original speaker : Tress MacNeille

Cookie Kwan

Cookie Kwan, dubbed Manuela Renard , is a Chinese-born real estate agent who considers the Western District to be her territory. Despite her best efforts, she cannot get rid of her pronounced accent. She had an affair with Mayor Quimby that resulted in an illegitimate child.

First Appearance: Death Trap For Sale (Realty Bites)

Original speaker : Tress MacNeille

Raphael

Participation: continuously since season 2

Raphael (also Rafael; the name is almost never mentioned) (English: wise guy = smart ass), probably currently spoken by Erich Ludwig , is a character who, next to old Gil and Jeremy Peterson, one in almost every appearance has another job. He usually has gray hair, a schnauzer and a high hairline. Raphael shows a condescending behavior towards people and often deceives his customers with what he wants to sell. For example, he wanted to sell Homer a dog as a pony or simply overpriced the prices. He is very sarcastic, which is why Raphael and Agnes Skinner attend a self-help group for sarcasm addicts. Aside from his sarcasm, he's disinterested, selfish, cynical and doesn't take anything seriously. Well-known for his part are Krusty and Tingeltangel-Bob.

First appearance: How it all began (The Way we was)

Original speakers: Hank Azaria and Dan Castellaneta

Julio

Participation: from season 14

Julio (pronounced Spanish) works as a hairdresser at the Hairy Shearers hairdressing salon, which Marge often visits. He is gay and lives with his friend Grady in the gay district in Springfield, where Homer moved in because of a new argument with Marge. Julio behaves very much according to the gay clichés, which is why he lisps and speaks very nasally. Coming from Costa Rica (originally Mexico), he is a member of the Democratic Party of Springfields. Julio is currently being dubbed by Pascal Breuer.

First appearance: Homer on the wrong track (Three Gays Of The Condo)

Original speaker: Hank Azaria

doctors

Dr. Julius Hibbert

Participation: continuously since season 1

Dr. Julius M. Hibbert, originally dubbed by Klaus Guth , later by Fritz von Hardenberg and Berno von Cramm , is the Simpsons' family doctor. He is married to Bernice Hibbert and has three children, a girl and two boys. Hibbert always laughs in the most inappropriate situations in order to reduce stress, his IQ is 155. He often makes tasteless jokes about the suffering of his patients. A loyal patient of Dr. Hibbert is Marge who really values ​​the advice of her family doctor. He is believed to be Murphy's younger brother with bleeding gums. Another brother he doesn't know about either is the director of the Shelbyville Orphanage.

Flashbacks show Dr. Hibbert often with changing hairstyles, so he wore in the seventies an Afro and sometimes the look of Mr. T . It is also noticeable that it has apparently increased significantly over time.

First Appearance: The Devil's Leap (Bart the Daredevil)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Dr. Nick Riviera

Seasons: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27

Dr. Nick, spoken by Michael Habeck in season 2 , then by Karl-Heinz Krolzyk (season 3), Tonio von der Meden (season 4), Nico Macoulis (season 5-13), Ivar Combrinck (season 14-17) and now by Hans-Georg Panczak , next to Dr. Hibbert another doctor in Springfield and significantly cheaper than his competition. When Homer can decide which doctor the Simpsons go to, be it for operations, he always prefers him, since Homer does not like Marge's competence, but rather the low prices, so a heart operation at Dr. Nick $ 129.95, at Dr. Hibbert, however, $ 40,000. For this reason, Dr. Nick also mostly preferred by Mr. Burns. Dr. Nick is often greeted with a “Hello Dr. Nick! ” Is greeted by his patients, which in turn comes in many variations (for example: Shalom Dr. Nick! In the Christmas special in Bethlehem). In addition, he often sells supposed miracle cures and devices on television, such as an electric orange juice press that extracts a few drops of juice from several oranges, at inflated prices. He also issues fake medical reports for money, which is why he occasionally works with Lionel Hutz or is hired by Mr. Burns. It becomes clear several times that Dr. Nick is totally incompetent as a doctor and has next to no medical knowledge (before operations he tries to acquire this through instructional videos), although he apparently has a degree in medicine. So he can in the episode Oh pain, the heart! Homer can only operate successfully on the heart because Lisa helps him, because she has acquired the necessary knowledge beforehand by reading the appropriate material. Nevertheless, Dr. Nick often also works with Dr. Hibbert patient.

First appearance: Bart gets under the wheels (Bart Gets Hit by a Car)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Dr. Marvin Monroe

Seasons: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 15 , 26

Dr. Marvin Monroe, voiced by Manfred Erdmann , is a psychiatrist and owner of the Springfield Family Therapy Center. In this he tries, among other things, to solve the Simpsons' problems with electroshock therapy, but it fails. He hates poor people with emotional problems, mental health, and patients who peg him on his "double-back" guarantee.

The character only appears in the first five seasons. He is thought to be dead for a long time, but in a later episode ( Fantasies of a Crazy Housewife , Season 15) he gets an autograph from Marge, who publishes a book in the episode. That the viewer thinks he is dead is due to a. the fact that you see a tombstone with his name on it. In addition, the sports hall of Springfield Elementary School and the Marvin Monroe Memorial Hospital are named after him and a special episode asks which "popular" characters died last year, whereupon the silhouettes of him and the bleeding gum Murphy can be seen. It is mentioned here that neither was ever popular, which could explain its disappearance. In the Treehouse of Horror episode of the 26th season he can be seen briefly as a ghost.

First Appearance: An Ordinary Family (There's No Disgrace Like Home)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Seniors

Jasper Beardley

Jasper Beardley, originally dubbed by Werner Abrolat , later by Gernot Duda , Ulrich Bernsdorff and Michael Rüth , is a 75-year-old, 1.60 m tall and 60 kg pensioner with a long white beard. He lives in the Springfield retirement home. He was shot by Smithers, has a wooden leg, frozen himself at Kwik-E-Mart to wake up in the future, and takes pills on Wednesday to keep him from mutating into some sort of goat.

First Appearance: The Failure (Homer's Odyssey)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Hans Mole

Hans Mole or Mole Man (original: Hans Moleman), originally dubbed by Gernot Duda , later by Michael Rüth , is a 1.32 m tall, 63.6 kg heavy and, depending on the episode, 31 to 80 year old pensioner. In one episode his name is given as "Ralph Melish". Hans is extremely short-sighted, which does not prevent him from driving cars. His role is always that of a unlucky fellow who gets into awkward situations mostly through no fault of his own. Often these situations seem to end fatally, but he can always be seen alive in one of the next episodes.

First Appearance: The Marriage Candidate (Principal Charming)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Asa

Asa is a Jewish pensioner in her 80s . He lives in the Springfield retirement home. Asa is grumpy, unfriendly, has problems with both chewing and defecating, needs a new heart, can drop her pants free of charge and starts singing and his excess skin can be used as a flight aid thanks to the air resistance. He was dubbed u. a. by Hans-Rainer Müller .

First appearance: The Inheritance (Old Money)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Mrs. Glick †

Alice Glick is a pensioner with blue hair and blue clothes. In later episodes, she lives in the Springfield retirement home until her death. Margit Weinert and Astrid Polak synchronized them.

Mrs. Glick likes adult films and makes children eat their old candy. At the flea market, she sold a praline bowl for $ 90, which she says can only contain pralines. She dies in season 23.

First Appearance: Three Men and a Comicbook

Original speaker : Tress MacNeille , Cloris Leachman

The Winfields

The Winfields are the Simpsons' neighbors. Sylvia Winfield and her husband don't really like the Simpsons, especially Homer. In the episode "Laura, the new neighbor", the couple moves away and Ruth and Laura Powers move into their house.

Sylvia, dubbed Haide Lorenz , is a pensioner with pink hair, married to Mr. Winfield.

First Appearance: The Failure (Homer's Odyssey)

Original speaker Mrs. Winfield: Russi Taylor , Maggie Roswell , Tracey Ullman Original speaker Mr. Winfield: Dan Castellaneta

Moe's tavern

Morris "Moe" Szyslak

Moe, spoken in German by Bernd Simon , from the 29th season of Gudo Hoegel , runs a small, dingy tavern that Homer, Carl and Lenny like to visit. Moe is in love with Marge and uses disputes between Homer and Marge to attempt advances. He lives in a dump. In the episode The Seemingly Neverending Story you can see that he was once with Edna Krabappel.

Moe is not a native American. In the episode Outlawed , he tells his guests that he has a permanent visa and actually comes from Holland, whereupon he leaves the bar in typical Dutch wooden shoes . Moe was friends with Homer, Lenny and Carl as a teenager. However, it becomes clear several times that this friendship only exists if they regularly come to him in the pub. When Homer wasn't allowed to drink beer for a while and therefore didn't go to the pub, Moe said he hated him. Moe is also annoyed when Homer goes to other bars.

Moe's best customer is the always drunk Barney, who is also friends with Homer, Lenny and Carl. Moe is often the victim of Bart's phone pranks.

Moe's real first name is apparently incorrectly established. In the audio commentary of the Simpsons episode Off to Fight , the authors discuss the names: Morris , Moesha, and Mohammar , with Morris appearing to be the most common name given that Moe's girlfriend called him.

Moe has little luck with women: One of the reasons is that he is portrayed as ugly. He often pisses off potential candidates with his clumsy and rowdy manner and, according to his own statement, is "known in the ladies as: Hey, you there, behind the bushes!".

Moe regularly has "Christmas accidents" (failed attempts to commit suicide) in late December. For example, he sticks his head in the oven or drives a sledge across a highway. To save him from depression, Lenny and Carl spend the holidays with him.

In an angry mob, Moe is always at the forefront, usually inciting the pack to riot. In this situation, through his coarse language, he also functions as the counterpart of the vox populi to Tingeltangel-Mel.

First appearance: It's hard Christmas (Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire)

Original speakers : Hank Azaria , Christopher Collins

Barney Gumble

Barney, voiced by Thomas Albus , formerly Gernot Duda and Michael Rüth , is an alcoholic regular at Moe's tavern. If he is temporarily dry, he drinks coffee instead, but then becomes addicted again because Moe mixes the coffee with alcohol. His trademark is frequent, unabashed and loud belching, usually at the end of a sentence.

Barney is Homer's best friend (or at least that's what he's called a couple of times) and shared a room with Homer in high school. Barney was a highly intelligent student until Homer encouraged him to drink beer the night before an important exam, which immediately led to an addiction. However, his talent always comes out when he's sober for once. However, despite the friendship, there is often competition between the two, for example in the episode Once the Snow King! where Barney Homer steals customers while he is doing a part-time job as a snow shovel in a harsh winter. Furthermore, in the episode Homer, the space hero, Homer and Barney are both selected for an astronaut post, which only one can get. Barney can clearly beat Homer during training, as he renounced alcohol during this time, and is said to be given the post, but relapses again when alcohol-free champagne is served at the celebration of his appointment as astronaut. Therefore he fails and Homer is allowed into space.

His friends were Chloe, Daria and a stranger. The stranger obviously alludes to Yoko Ono . His singing talent was noticed when he was singing looking for his toothpick on the toilet floor in Moe's tavern .

The German oi punk band Gumbles is named after him. Some of her songs start with quotes from Barney.

First appearance: It's hard Christmas (Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Sam

Sam is also a regular at Moe's tavern. He wears a cap and glasses. He owns a dog. He almost never says anything and always sits next to his friend Larry. Its German speaker is unknown.

First Appearance: The Failure (Homer's Odyssey)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Larry

Larry is Sam's friend (probably the best) and has barely any hair, wears contact lenses, and is a pig, according to Moe. It was previously spoken by Peter Musäus , Ivar Combrinck and Werner Abrolat .

First Appearance: The Failure (Homer Odyssey)

Original speakers: Harry Shearer , Dan Castellaneta

More regular guests

• Homer Simpson
• Lenny Leonard
• Carl Carlson

City administration

Mayor Joseph Quimby

Seasons: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27

Joseph Quimby is the corrupt and utterly incompetent Mayor of Springfield who is re-elected despite the many criticisms of his administration. It was originally spoken by Gunnar Möller and Manfred Erdmann , then mostly by Randolf Kronberg and currently by Michael Schwarzmaier .

Quimby often misappropriates city budget money for private Aruba vacations or a private Roman-style swimming pool. Quimby's penchant for corruption is already manifested in his seal, which bears the Latin inscription corruptus in extremis . He has numerous affairs with models, secretaries and other young women and therefore lives in constant fear of being discovered by his wife, whose appearance is strongly based on Jacqueline Kennedy . Quimby is a member of the Democratic Party .

First appearance: The model student (Bart Gets An F)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Freddy Quimby

Seasons: 5 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 17 , 18

Freddy is the 18-year-old nephew of Joseph Quimby. If he is dissatisfied, he tends to become aggressive and physical very quickly, has the "bad gene" like Walt Disney and Adolf Hitler and he left school in 4th grade. In German he was dubbed by Ivar Combrinck .

First Appearance: Bart Unpacks (The Boy Who Knew Too Much)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Mary Bailey

Seasons: 2 , 14 , 16

Mary Bailey is the governor of Springfield's state. As a result, Fresh Fish with Three Eyes , she wages a bitter election campaign against CM Burns, who can almost drive her from the government post with his hate propaganda. Bailey made another appearance in the episode Homer the Rat , when an opera house in Springfield was converted into a state prison. Astrid Polak lends her voice to her in German .

First Appearance: Fresh Fish with Three Eyes (Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish)

Original speaker : Tress MacNeille , Maggie Roswell

Legal system

Roy Snyder

Roy is a judge and judge at wet t-shirt contests. At the moment it is being dubbed by Manfred Erdmann . He has black hair, dark skin (yellow skin in older episodes) and a goatee. He usually judges according to the principle “boys are boys”, which is why underage troublemakers like Bart and Milhouse generally get away with him without punishment. His hobby is fishing. His love affair was Lindsey Naegle and his enemy is lawyer Lionel Hutz, because he ran over Snyder's wife and son several times.

First appearance: The clown with the honest mask (Krusty gets Busted)

Original speakers: Harry Shearer , Dan Castellaneta

Constance Harm

Constance, spoken by Inge Solbrig , is Roy Snyder's vacation replacement and thus a judge. She is humorless, tough and childless. In a lawsuit against Bart, she even mentions that she doesn't like children. Their houseboat on 1 Oceanview Drive was sunk by Homer and Marge during this trial against Bart. Constance Harm used to be a male.

First appearance: I'm with you, my son (The Parent Rap)

Original speaker: Jane Kaczmarek

Lionel Hutz

Lionel Hutz is a lawyer . It is originally spoken by Christoph Lindert , later by Berno von Cramm . As a lawyer, he is often entrusted with mandates by the Simpson family or individual family members in their various legal disputes , even if his qualities in the courtroom are usually noticeably limited, even for laypeople. The nature and academic background of his legal training are also unknown. Lionel Hutz has already worked as an executor , shoemaker and real estate agent . His law firm bears the motto: "I can't believe, it's a law firm!" And is located on Springfield Mall. He was also one of Selma's many husbands. Lionel doesn't like the idea of ​​a world without lawyers, where everyone lives in peace. His enemy is Judge Roy Snyder because he repeatedly ran over his son.

First appearance: Bart gets under the wheels (Bart Gets Hit by a Car)

Original speaker: Phil Hartman

Blue haired lawyer

His name is not known, which Homer also mentions in Simpsons Comics # 10: Homer: "Ladies, Gentlemen of the Jury: The blue-haired lawyer!" Lawyer: "I have a name!" Homer: "Of course." Ulrich Frank and Hans-Georg Panczak spoke. He has blue hair, a long face, big glasses, a pale complexion, a nasal voice, a law degree, and he's a Republican. Unlike Lionel Hutz, he is a very competent and successful lawyer who has almost never lost a lawsuit. He is Mr Burns' personal attorney and works for Luvum & Burnham Family Attorneys. He also employs an assistant named Ua, apparently from the South Seas (pun with the English question: "You are?")

The blue-haired lawyer was modeled on the looks and roles of actor Charles Lane .

First appearance: Bart gets under the wheels (Bart Gets Hit by a Car)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Gil Gunderson (Old Gil)

Gil is currently spoken by Tobias Lelle . He tries a wide variety of jobs, mostly as a salesman or lawyer, but cannot last longer than an episode in any job. Gil often speaks of himself in the third person ("You can't do that to old Gil!") .

First Appearance: Death Trap For Sale (Realty Bites)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

In the church

Reverend Timothy Lovejoy

Timothy Lovejoy, formerly synchronized in the first season of Ulrich Berndorff later by Ivar Combrinck , now of Walter von Hauff , the presbylutheranische pastor of the parish , composed of the Simpsons. The Presbylutherans are a fictional union of various Protestant denominations . His training consisted of a seminary in the 1970s. He has also been a marriage counselor for ten years. His hobby is model railways . Timothy hates the National Football League , the Catholics and warm beds on Sunday mornings, and is also annoyed by Ned Flander's pious behavior.

First appearance: Bart heads the head (The Telltale Head)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Helen Lovejoy

Helen Lovejoy was dubbed in the 1st season by Linda Joy , later u. a. by Michèle Tichawsky , Astrid Polak and Sonja Reichelt . She grew up in a small house on the prairie, where the only occupation for a young woman was baling hay bales or repairing the pressing machine for the hay bales. Helen fought boredom by keeping up to date with the neighbors' personal affairs. When a dashing young Springfield Bible salesman named Timothy Lovejoy stood at her door, she was bewitched by his good Protestant looks and exciting stories from the big city. Out of habit she accidentally spread a rumor about herself and Lovejoy, which is why the two were forced to marry.

In the episode Wedding Comes Before the Fall (Season 20), Parsons , the head of the Presbytery-Lutheran Church, notices that he still knows Helen Lovejoy by her maiden name Helen Schwartzbound and then that he actually still knows her as Harold Schwartzbound, a clue that Lovejoy changed her gender.

Helen is a pastor's assistant, rumor-spreader, and jury. Her hobby is embroidery with psalms. In older episodes her identification phrase was "Can't anyone here think of the children (even once)?"

First appearance: The beautiful Jacques (Life on the Fast Lane)

Original speaker : Maggie Roswell , Marcia Mitzman Gaven

Jessica Lovejoy

Jessica Lovejoy, voiced by Jennifer Wippich , is a student and the daughter of Helen and Timothy Lovejoy. She was Bart's friend once. She can make guys do what she wants, gets all ones, wears pink clothes, and her hair is long, black, luscious, and she smells like red fruit gums. Jessica can spin the baton and took part in the show "Robot Rumble" with her father, but her robot lost to Bart's chief Knock-a-Homer.

She was expelled from school for pipe bombs, the choral society riot, and the toilet explosion. Her hobbies are setting off the fire alarm, throwing toilet paper at the Jebediah Springfield statue, extreme skateboarding, eating ice cream in front of fat people in the diet center and stealing the doorbell bag in church.

First appearance: Bart's Girlfriend

Original speaker : Meryl Streep

With the mafia

Anthony "Fat Tony" D'Amico

Fat Tony, alternately synchronized by Manfred Erdmann , Willi Roebke and Bernd Simon , is a mafioso, leader of the Springfield Mafia and head of the "Club of the Honorable Businessman". He started working for the mafia when his house was destroyed by the noon train. Anthony decided that his family couldn't offer him anything and sought his salvation with the local mafia. He has a son named Michael who is a part of Springfield Elementary School.

First Appearance: Crime Isn't Worth It (Bart the Murderer)

Original speakers: Phil Hartman , Joe Mantegna

Legs

Legs is a friend of Fat Tony and also a Mafioso. He has a deep voice and is dubbed by Thomas Rauscher , among others .

First Appearance: Crime Isn't Worth It (Bart the Murderer)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Louie

Louie is also a mobster and friend of Fat Tony. He has a high-pitched, squeaky voice. It is synchronized u. a. by Tobias Lelle .

First Appearance: Crime Isn't Worth It (Bart the Murderer)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Johnny (narrow lip)

Johnny doesn't talk much, so he's not very helpful to Fat Tony. Still, he's his buddy and mafioso. The German voice actor is Hans-Georg Panczak .

First appearance: O my clown papa (Insane Clown Poppy)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

In the city

Jacques Brunswick

Jacques Brunswick, voiced by Holger Schwiers , is a passionate bowling player who has already had a relationship with Marge. He is of French descent and gives bowling lessons. Beard rages a. in the opening credits (seasons 2–20) passed him on the skateboard .

First appearance: The beautiful Jacques (Life on the Last Lane)

Original speaker: Albert Brooks

Disco stu

Disco Stu is voiced by Gudo Hoegel and is a fan of disco music, for which Marge inspired him as a teenager. His style of clothing corresponds to that of the 1970s. Like Moe, he is in love with Marge, which can often be seen at parties, as he always invites her to a dance. Disco Stu has its own special way of expressing itself. He always speaks in the 3rd person when he talks about himself ("Disco Stu talked to you!") .

First Appearance: The Bad Neighbors (Two Bad Neighbors)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Eleanor Abernathy (cat lady)

Dr. Eleanor Abernathy, better known as the cat lady , is an apparently insane woman in her 40s who owns and pelts loads of cats. She was originally a lawyer who had also completed a medical degree and a typical career woman. To overcome her loneliness, she buys her first cat and then succumbs to animal hoarding , messie syndrome and alcohol addiction . German voice actress is Inge Solbrig .

First Appearance: The Latest Kids News (Girly Edition)

Original speaker : Tress MacNeille

Prof. Frink

Prof. John Frink, spoken by Ivar Combrinck , Peter Musäus and Kai Taschner , is a scientist and inventor. His developments and inventions are characterized by the fact that they usually have no everyday use. His trademark is glasses with very thick lenses through which you cannot see his eyes.

First appearance: The Inheritance (Old Money)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Kirk van Houten

Kirk van Houten, originally spoken by Fritz von Hardenberg and later by Reinhard Brock , is Milhouse's father, who once divorced his wife Luann. They later found each other again. In older episodes he was the head of a regional biscuit factory. After his release and his divorce, the social decline followed, since then he has stood for the divorced failure father who repeatedly does various cheap jobs. While he was divorced from his wife, he lived in a single apartment.

First Appearance: Love and Intrigue (Bart's Friend falls in Love)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Luann van Houten

Luann van Houten, voiced by Astrid Polak among others , is Milhouse's mother. She divorced her husband, Kirk, for a period. They later found each other again. During the time she was divorced, she had several relationships with other men.

First Appearance: The Emergency (Homer Defined)

Original speaker: Maggie Roswell

Shauna Tifton (Princess Kashmir)

Shauna Tifton, voiced by Linda Joy in Season 1, is a gogo dancer who u. a. once performed in Moe's bar.

First appearance: Homer as a womanizer (Homer's Night Out)

Original speakers: Maggie Roswell and Pamela Hayden

Snake

Snake is a criminal, womanizer and smoker. The current voice actor is Willi Roebke . He sits most of the time in prison, from which he breaks regularly. Snake likes to rob stores (prefers the Kwik-E-Mart). He has a sports car named "Li'l bandit", a son named Jeremy, and a boa constrictor named Snake Jr. He's carrying his pack of cigarettes under the sleeve of his T-shirt.

First Appearance: The War of the Simpsons

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Jeremy Peterson (pimply teen)

Jeremy Peterson, voiced by Niko Macoulis , is a youthful, extremely acne-covered boy. He has an annoying, singing voice that can be attributed to being through puberty. His mother is a kitchen helper Doris Peterson. It's a nod to the poorly paid teenagers in America. He was already an employee at the drive-in order counter or behind the checkout at Krusty Burger, ghost train vampire, customs officer, employee at Sprawl-Mart (based on Wal-Mart, which is denied in this episode, however), employee at IRS Burger, employee at “Barney's Bowlarama” and employee at “Sole Provider”. He's also in the film , right at the end as a cleaner at the end of the credits, where you learn that he was at the film school and at that moment is the production assistant who is actually exploited as a cheap temporary worker.

First Appearance: When Mother Strikes (Homer Alone)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Agnes Skinner

Agnes Skinner, dubbed Margit Weinert , Alice Franz and Eva Maria Lahl , is Rector Skinner's mother. Her son, Headmaster Skinner, still lives with her. She leads a strict regiment and patronizes her son. She once had a brief affair with the comic book seller and now she's dating high school supervisor Chalmers. Together with Homer, Marge and their son Seymour, she won the curling championship .

First appearance: barter deals and spies (The Crepes of Warth)

Original speaker : Tress MacNeille

Cletus and Brandine Del Roy / Spuckler

Cletus (Original Speaker: Hank Azaria , the German Peter Musäus ) and Brandine (Original Speaker: Tress MacNeille , the German Eva-Maria Lahl ) embody the widespread American stereotype of the uneducated and stupid hillbilly ( Hillbillies ) . They live outside of Springfield in a primitive wooden hut and have between 7 and 27 children, depending on the episode. Cletus usually works as a farmer, in some episodes he also gets by with jobs like picking up animal carcasses from the street or selling vegetables, while Brandine has worked at McDonald’s , Hooters and various striptease bars, among others .

The two live in an unspecified incestuous relationship to one another ( Cletus, you are the best husband and son one could wish for , on the other hand, a family tree shows that Brandine is the daughter of a relationship between Cletus and one Alien is; accordingly, when asked about their relationship in an episode, she replies that they are anything ). Brandine and Cletus are not particularly intelligent, which is particularly evident in their way of speaking: They make a lot of grammatical errors in the English original (Cletus, you coward! Is you man or turtle?) , While in the German version they mumble and more or lisping less strongly. However, despite his obvious narrow-mindedness, Cletus has a beautiful, ornate signature.

First appearance Cletus: Bart wins the elephant! (Bart gets an Elephant) First appearance Brandine: Something's wrong with Simpsons (Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily)

Mary Spuckler

Mary Wrestlemania Spuckler is the daughter of Cletus and Brandine Del Roy / Spuckler. The relationship between Bart and Mary is a twice recurring theme in season 24. She is much more intelligent than the other Spucklers (the reason for this being mentioned in the following "Moonshine River" is that she got real milk as a child instead of white paint.), Has a heart for animals and is a very talented musician and songwriter . At times she lives in New York.

First Appearance: Mad Cow (Apocalypse Cow)

Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon

Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon, dubbed Natascha Geisler , is Apu's wife. Together they have eightlings.

First appearance: Wedding in Indian ( The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons )

Original speaker : Tress MacNeille

Bleeding gums Murphy †

Seasons: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6

Bleeding gums Murphy, dubbed by Fred Klaus in the first episodes , later by Donald Arthur , (in the original he is called "Bleeding Gums" Murphy ) is a black jazz musician and Lisa's saxophone teacher , the only one who probably really understood her. He died in the episode In Honor of Murphie . At his death, it is implied that he was the missing brother of Dr. Julius Hibbert is. He started a promising musical career some time ago when he released the record Sax on the Beach and appeared on Steve Allen's Tonight Show . However, his hobby of buying and smashing Fabergé eggs made him lose a lot of money. In the episode mentioned, Bart bought a surviving copy of the record for Lisa for $ 500. Lisa then arranges for a song from it, Jazzman (an allusion to Jazzman by Carole King ), to be played on the local radio station in honor of Murphy's bleeding gum .

Murphy says he is nicknamed because he never went to a dentist.

First Appearance: Lisa Moping (Moaning Lisa)

Original speakers: Ron Taylor , Daryl L. Coley

Rich Texan

The nameless rich Texan, alternately spoken by Willi Roebke and Hartmut Neugebauer , is known for initiating environmentally destructive projects. He likes to offend other people and likes to show his joy through his two revolvers, which he shoots in the air while jumping from one leg to the other and yelling "jihaa" . He often wears a huge cowboy hat and drives a luxurious car with the horns of a longhorn on the radiator.

First Appearance: Obsessed by the Devil $ pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

Hyman Krustofski †

Hyman Krustofski, dubbed Donald Arthur , Ivar Combrinck and Michael Rüth , is the rabbi of the Springfields Jewish community and the father of Krusty the clown. He rejected his son years ago because he did not accept his choice of profession, because he felt it was not honorable and beneath the dignity of his offspring. In the episode The Father of a Clown, however , Bart and Lisa achieve a reconciliation between father and son by showing Rabbi Krustofski with the help of a quote from Sammy Davis Jr. that entertainers can (must) do more than joke.

Hyman Krustofski speaks with a Yiddish accent and likes to use Yiddish nicknames (Bubele, Schmock) for his son Krusty.

First Appearance: The Father of a Clown (Like Father, like Clown)

Original speakers: Jackie Mason and Dan Castellaneta

Laura Powers

Laura, spoken by Ute Bronder , lives with her mother next to the Simpsons, in the house where the Winfields used to live. She worked as a babysitter for the Simpsons and Bart fell in love with her, but Jimbo was already her boyfriend. Bart managed to pull them apart, but she still didn't become his girlfriend.

First appearance: Laura, the new neighbor (The New Kid on the Block)

Original speaker: Sara Gilbert

Ruth Powers

Ruth Powers, voiced by Inge Solbrig and Manuela Renard , is Laura's mother and, in one episode, the Simpsons' neighbor. She is also a good friend of Marge in one episode, with whom she occasionally does something. She has a certain tendency towards crime; in one episode she's fresh out of prison. Her marriage to Laura's father ended in divorce, which she still holds against him.

First appearance: Laura, the new neighbor (The New Kid on the Block)

Original speakers: Pamela Reed , Maggie Roswell

Drederick Tatum

Drederick Tatum, dubbed Dirk Galuba , Willi Roebke and Axel Malzacher , is the black heavyweight boxing champion and obviously the Springfield counterpart to Mike Tyson . He has come into conflict with the law many times and has also been in prison. It is noticeable that he mostly lisps.

It is managed by Lucius Sweet, who looks similar to the legendary boxing promoter Don King .

First Appearance: The Eighth Commandment (Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment)

Original speaker : Hank Azaria

Bernice Hibbert

Bernice, dubbed in German by Ulrike Hötzel, Manuela Renard and Inge Solbrig , is Dr. Hibberts, with whom she has 3–5 children, depending on the episode. Among her friends are Marge Simpson, Helen Lovejoy, Luann van Houten, Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon, but also Cookie Kwan and Lindsay Naegle. Apparently Bernice Hibbert is an alcoholic.

First Appearance: Behavior Poor (Bart's Dog gets an F)

Original speaker : Tress MacNeille

Gerald Samson

Gerald Samson, like Maggie, is a very intelligent baby. But the two are enemies. His eyebrows grown together are noticeable. This trait is also represented in his parents.

Gerald was born on the same day as Maggie in Springfield Hospital. There they only had one diaper left, which Maggie got. Baby Gerhard was instead wrapped in a newspaper, which gave him a terrible rash. He blames Maggie for this unpleasant incident and is now planning revenge on her.

In the newer intro, in the scene where Marge is shopping, you can see Gerald and Maggie showing each other their fists.

First Appearance: Friend or Foe (Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song)

Original speaker: Hank Azaria (German voice actor not available)

Extraterrestrials

Kang

Kang is an alien from the planet Rigel 4 (or 7). A kind of glass dome in the shape of a pimple hood surrounds his head, presumably to protect him from the oxygen he cannot tolerate. Characteristic of him and his sister Kodos is their demonic, often overly long laugh and their mouths that are constantly drooling. He practically only appears in the Treehouse of Horror episodes. The name Kang is a reference to a Klingon of the same name in Star Trek . He was dubbed by Alexander Allerson , Ivar Combrinck and Willi Roebke .

First Appearance: Horror Free Home (Treehouse of Horror)

Original speaker: Harry Shearer

Kodos

Kodos is Kang's sister who not only looks like him, but also acts like him. In the earlier episodes, her and Kang's voice were still different, but today they can no longer be distinguished. The name Kodos also comes from Star Trek from the character Kodos the executioner . She was dubbed by Willi Roebke , Ivar Combrinck and Thomas Albus .

First Appearance: Horror Free Home (Treehouse of Horror)

Original speaker: Dan Castellaneta

literature

• Ray Richmond (Ed.): The Simpsons - The Ultimate Series Guide . Dino Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-89748-323-8 .
• Andreas Rauscher (Ed.): The Simpsons - Subversion at prime time . Schüren Presseverlag, Marburg 2001.

Web links

• Extensive (official) "residents archive " of the Springfield town hall ( Memento from January 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Flash required)
• Extensive figure list from snpp.com (English)
• German Translation of the snpp.com figure list
• Figure list with original sounds (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Richmond, The Simpsons - The Ultimate Series Guide , p. 19.
2. ↑ See Rauscher, The Simpsons - Subversion zur Prime-Time , p. 197
3. ↑ S04E17 "Princess of Tartar"
4. ↑ ^{a b} Steven Keslowitz: C. Montgomery Burns and the Pursuit of True Happiness ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2003 (accessed May 9, 2008)  
5. ↑ ^{a b} See audio commentary on Fresh Fish with Three Eyes on the Season 2 DVD box
6. ↑ See the list Who is Homer Simpson? on ULOC.de (accessed on May 9, 2008)
7. ↑ S17E08 "The Italian Bob": Burns' olles car on www.uloc.de
8. ↑ S08E21 "The old man and Lisa": Burns looks at his share history on the stock exchange at www.uloc.de
9. ↑ S07E22 “Simpson and his grandson in 'The Treasure Hunt'”: www.uloc.de
10. ↑ S17E09 “Simpsons Christmas Stories ”: www.uloc.de
11. ↑ See Richmond, The Simpsons - The Ultimate Series Guide , p. 123
12. ↑ See Rauscher, The Simpsons - Subversion zur Prime-Time , p. 128
13. ↑ See Richmond, The Simpsons - The Ultimate Series Guide , pp. 178/179
14. ↑ Wills Robinson: Smithers used to be black: Simpsons creator Matt Groening reveals why Burns' assistant started a different color and the reason behind making all the characters yellow. In: dailymail.co.uk. November 18, 2014, accessed December 7, 2014 . 
15. ↑ Season 18, Episode 7 "Art on a Stick"
16. ↑ Simpsons Archive - Maggie Roswell Goes Ghostal ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (engl.)  
17. ↑ ^{a b} BBC - Cult - The Simpsons: Season Six Episode Guide - Homer: Bad Man
18. ↑ in the middle of the episode
19. ↑ Naomi Gregoris: Backstage at the Simpsons. February 15, 2014, accessed May 21, 2014 . 
20. ↑ ^{a b} Johannes Bornewasser: Düsseldorfer conquers the Simpsons. In: RP Online . December 27, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2012 . 
21. ^ Spokeswoman for Edna Krabappel died T-Online.de, October 27, 2013
22. ↑ The Simpsons said goodbye to Edna Krabappel on serienjunkies.de, March 10, 2014, accessed on November 13, 2017
23. ↑ DAVID SHIPMAN: OBITUARY: Doug McClure. In: The Independent. Independent News & Media, February 7, 1995, accessed February 17, 2013 . 
24. ↑ tstoaddicts.com
25. ↑ imdb.com
26. ^ Simpsonspedia, the Simpsons Wiki - Simpsonspedia, the Simpsons Wiki. Accessed July 31, 2017 (German). 
27. ↑ ULOC: Episodes / JABF04

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