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The American animated television series '' The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The writers originally intended many of these characters as one-time jokes or for fulfilling needed functions in the town of Springfield, where the series primarily takes place. A number of these characters have gained expanded roles and have subsequently starred in their own episodes. According to the creator of ''The Simpsons'', Matt Groening, the show adopted the concept of a large supporting cast from the Canadian sketch comedy show ''Second City Television''.

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Agnes Skinner

Agnes Skinner (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is the mother of Principal Skinner and first appears in the first season episode "The Crepes of Wrath" as an old woman who embarrassingly calls her son "Spanky". However, as episodes progress, the character turns bitter.''The Simpsons'' episode "The Crepes of Wrath" She is very controlling of her son and often treats him as if he is a child. She hates Edna Krabappel due to her son's feelings for the other woman.''The Simpsons'' episode "Special Edna" Agnes has been married four times.''The Simpsons'' episode "Midnight Towboy" Many Springfield residents, including the Simpsons, are afraid of her.''The Simpsons'' episode "The Principal and the Pauper" When "the real Seymour Skinner" arrives in Springfield in "The Principal and the Pauper", Agnes ends up rejecting him in part because he stands up to her, but also because, unlike Skinner/Tamzarian, her biological son is independent and does not need her anymore, while Skinner immediately reverts to a good-for-nothing without her. She was once a girlfriend of fellow Simpsons character, Comic Book Guy.

Agnes's first name was revealed in the seventh season episode "Bart the Fink". Before that, the character was known as "Mrs. Skinner". In the beginning of the series, the writers made several references to Agnes and Seymour's unhealthily close relationship as similar to that of Norman Bates and his mother. In "Boy Meets Curl", it is revealed that Agnes's resentment towards Seymour may have begun even before her son was born—during the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Agnes competed in the pole vaulting event while nine months pregnant. When Seymour makes his first kick, he hits the bar, thus making Agnes lose and crushing her dreams. However, this would contradict the earlier episode when it is revealed that Seymour is not her birth son. In " Grade School Confidential", it is revealed that Agnes enjoys collecting pictures of cakes that she cuts out of magazines, a hobby she began in 1941. However, she does not care for cake, finding it "too sweet". In the 26th-season episode " Sky Police" she mentions that she has a brother named Stevie.

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa works as a waiter at The Happy Sumo, a Japanese restaurant in Springfield. He first appears in the second season in " One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish". Actor George Takei originally voiced Akira in "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish". Since Akira's speaking role in " When Flanders Failed" where the character is depicted as a karate teacher, Hank Azaria has voiced the character, doing an impression of Takei for the voice. Takei returned to voice Akira in season 24's " What Animated Women Want". The character's name is a reference to the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.

Allison Taylor

Allison Taylor (voiced by Winona Ryder in "Lisa's Rival", Maggie Roswell in "Lard of the Dance", and Pamela Hayden in later episodes) is in Lisa's class but skipped a grade and has a lot in common with Lisa. She first appeared in "Lisa's Rival", in which Lisa feels threatened by Allison's talents and abilities. During a school competition Lisa has Bart sabotage Allison's Tell-Tale Heart diorama with a cow's heart in a box and hides the original diorama beneath a floorboard. Wracked with guilt, Lisa returns Allison's real diorama. Lisa and Allison both lose to Ralph Wiggum and his ''Star Wars'' figurines. Afterwards, Lisa apologizes and the two make amends. Allison has had a few speaking roles since, and has been friends with Lisa, Janey, Sherri, and Terri at school.

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Arnie Pye

Arnie Pye (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a disgruntled, somewhat eccentric helicopter traffic reporter for Springfield's KBBL-TV (Channel 6). He dislikes pompous anchorman Kent Brockman, with whom he often gets into arguments on the air. Brockman once snarled that Pye was a "jackass", with Arnie responding that he believes Kent's soul is "as black as the ace of spades". On a few occasions when Kent has gotten fired from KBBL, Arnie has taken the job and done well while sounding very different from how he sounds the rest of the time (Arnie's traffic reporter voice is high and reedy, while his anchorman voice is deep and sonorous). Arnie seems to be resigned to never surpassing his nemesis, as his reaction to Kent getting the job back in "Trust But Clarify" was a resigned "Go on, go do whatever it is you do" before sulking away from the set. He sometimes attempts to join the action himself, such as his attempting to hit a fleeing Homer Simpson's car with a shoe in "Children of a Lesser Clod". His appearance and name are inspired by Pulitzer winning journalist Ernie Pyle.

Arthur Crandall and Gabbo

Arthur Crandall and Gabbo (both voiced by Hank Azaria) are a ventriloquist and his puppet who star in a children's TV show that is in direct competition with Krusty the Clown's. The show is a huge hit that ruins Krusty's career, but Bart later ruins Gabbo's own career by capturing him making a rude comment on TV. The pair are later reduced to low-paying work such as a show at an Indian casino. The pair mainly appeared in season four's "Krusty Gets Kancelled" but they also appeared in "Bart to the Future", "Homerazzi", "All About Lisa" and ''The Simpsons Movie''. (See The Great Gabbo.)

Artie Ziff

Artie Ziff (voiced by Jon Lovitz in most appearances, Dan Castellaneta in a brief appearance in " The Front") is a narcissistic Internet entrepreneur who is obsessively infatuated with Marge Simpson, his former high school classmate. Animator David Silverman based Ziff's appearance and body language on a former high school classmate.

Ziff first appears in "The Way We Was" (1991), in which he takes a young Marge Bouvier to senior prom. When Artie tries to grope her in his car, Marge rejects him and drives off, encountering Homer on her way home. In adulthood, Artie tries repeatedly to coerce Marge into choosing him over Homer, with Patty's encouragement as she saw him more as the ideal husband for her sister. It is also implied that former principal Harlan Dondelinger favored Artie over Homer, believing that he would be a multimillionaire and do tasks that Homer and even Barney would never do.

In " Half-Decent Proposal" (2002), Marge learns that Artie is extremely wealthy, having made his fortune in computers by inventing an adapter that turns dial-up modem handshaking noises into easy-listening music. Marge reluctantly accepts a $1 million offer to spend a weekend at his mansion, in order to pay for an operation needed to cure Homer's extremely loud snoring. Homer assumes the two are having an affair, but Artie admits that he could not win her over. Artie begins to acknowledge that his selfishness is to blame. In "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" (2004), the Simpsons discover Artie hiding in their attic after he squandered his money and started an accounting scandal at his company, Ziffcorp. Artie manages to scapegoat Homer by deliberately letting Homer win 98% of Ziffcorp stocks in a poker game, thus making Homer legally liable for Artie's deceit. However, he eventually confesses his guilt to the authorities after Marge berates Artie for his poor character, revealing that his own selfish behavior is the real reason no one likes him. After that, Artie is comforted by Selma and they spend the night together. As a result, Artie turns himself in. He was last seen about to be assaulted by angry prisoners after he doused their cigarettes with a squirt bottle.

In " Treehouse of Horror XXIII" (2012), Bart time-travels to 1974 and happens upon Marge, who is still a high school student. After he warns her not to marry Homer, Bart returns to 2012 and finds that Marge has married Artie, with Bart now named Bartie Ziff, and having inherited Artie's curly hair. Marge leaves Artie after she instantly falls in love with a host of time-traveling Homers. She says seeing them made her realize she had married the wrong man.

In "Hail to the Teeth" (2020), Artie resurfaces and invites Homer and Marge to his wedding only to find out that the bride is a robot clone of Marge. He has made other robot clones of Marge that did not work well.
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Baby Gerald

Gerald Samson, better known as Baby Gerald, also known as "the one-eyebrowed baby", is Maggie Simpson's mean-spirited archenemy, known for his large unibrow. He makes his first appearance in "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song", where Lisa refers to Baby Gerald as Maggie's rival. On a few occasions, Gerald has been shown being pushed in a stroller by his mother outside the Simpson house as in "Lady Bouvier's Lover", as the two toddlers glare at each other. He was also featured in the Simpsons theatrical short, "The Longest Daycare." The character's name was revealed in the episode "The Canine Mutiny". In " The Blue and the Gray" and "Papa Don't Leech", a possible romantic attraction between Maggie and Gerald is hinted at. In the non-canonical future of "Days of Future Future", Gerald and Maggie are married. It is implied in "Holidays of Future Passed" that he is the father of Maggie Jr. and of whom her family knows except Abe. Baby Gerald appears in the show's current title sequence (as of 2014).

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Benjamin, Doug and Gary

Benjamin, Doug and Gary (voiced by Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, and Harry Shearer, respectively) are geeks that were once Homer Simpson's dormitory roommates at Springfield University. Benjamin carries a calculator on his belt, Doug is overweight and wears a pocket protector, and Gary wears horn-rimmed glasses and uses ear medicine. The writer of "Homer Goes to College", Conan O'Brien partially based them on three guys he went to college with, who, he said, were "incredible nerds". Director Jim Reardon used a caricature of animator Rich Moore and colored it black for Gary.

Bernice Hibbert

Bernice Hibbert (voiced by Tress MacNeille in 1991–2020, Dawnn Lewis in 2021–present) is Dr. Julius Hibbert's wife and is loosely based on the Clair Huxtable character from '' The Cosby Show''. The Hibberts have three children, two boys and a girl. Nevertheless, her marriage is on the rocks;''The Simpsons'' episode "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" she refuses to kiss her husband, even in front of an entire audience.''The Simpsons'' episode " Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play" Her drinking has been joked about on several occasions. She fainted when she read that "Prohibition" had been introduced to Springfield''The Simpsons'' episode "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" and attends Springfield Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.''The Simpsons'' episode " Days of Wine and D'oh'ses"

Bill and Marty

Bill and Marty (voiced by Harry Shearer and Dan Castellaneta) are two radio show hosts and DJs on Springfield's own radio station KBBL. Bill is middle-aged and balding, while Marty is younger and has a full head of hair. They are responsible for giving Bart his elephant, Stampy, although they were surprised when Bart wanted Stampy, because they thought he would choose the other prize, $10,000. When Mr. Burns monopolized the local media in "Fraudcast News", he fired the duo, but they have returned to the job in later episodes.

Billy

Billy (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is Troy McClure's assistant who appeared in "Lisa the Simpson", and "Bart the Mother". He was supposed to appear in more episodes, but due to the death of McClure's voice actor Phil Hartman, he was retired along with McClure. Billy is a child who appears in Troy McClure's educational films. He appears in the films "Birds: Our Fine Feathered Colleagues", and "Someone's in the Kitchen with DNA". A similar child named Jimmy (who at one point McClure also calls Billy) appears in "The Meat Council Presents: 'Meat and You: Partners in Freedom in the episode, "Lisa the Vegetarian".

Birch Barlow

Birchibald "Birch" T. Barlow (voiced by Harry Shearer in "Sideshow Bob Roberts", Maurice LaMarche in "You Kent Always Say What You Want") is a conservative talk show host on the radio station KBBL, who in voice and appearance is modeled after Rush Limbaugh. As of "You Kent Always Say What You Want", he also has a show on Fox News, and serves as a parody of Fox News' conservative bias.

On his radio show, he declares himself to be "the fourth branch of government" and "the fifty-first state". He authored the book ''Only Turkeys Have Left Wings''. Barlow plays an important part in the episode "Sideshow Bob Roberts", in which Sideshow Bob, while jailed, calls Barlow on his radio show, giving Bob an outlet to voice how the prison treats him unfairly. Barlow, knowing Bob is a fellow Republican, sympathizes with his complaints, and influences the rest of Springfield to do so as well. This leads to Bob's prompt release and ensuing mayoral election-rigging. While Barlow endorses Bob for mayor to the Springfield Republican Party, it is implied he had nothing to do with the electoral fraud, as Bob clears his name in a fit of egomaniacal boasting when Lisa accuses Bob of being Barlow's puppet.

Barlow appears in the episode " We're on the Road to D'ohwhere" as a customer at Marge's prescription drug-laden "yard sale", a reference to Limbaugh's Oxycontin addiction. Most recently Barlow appears with other Springfield Republicans in the episode "E Pluribus Wiggum", in which he tells Lisa to make Ralph Wiggum decide whether he wants to run for president as a Republican or a Democrat.

Bleeding Gums Murphy

Oscar "Bleeding Gums" Murphy (voiced by Ron Taylor in "Moaning Lisa" and "'Round Springfield", Daryl L. Coley in " Dancin' Homer",Daryl L. Coley
''TV.com''. Retrieved December 7, 2006 Kevin Michael Richardson in " Sorry Not Sorry" and "The Sound of Bleeding Gums") is a jazz musician, idol, and mentor of Lisa Simpson. His real name was Oscar as mentioned by his nephew in "Lisa Gets the Blues". In his first appearance, Murphy explains the origins of his nickname: "You ever been to the dentist? Not me."

His most significant roles were in the episodes "Moaning Lisa" and 'Round Springfield", although he appears in other episodes such as "Bart the Daredevil" (where he is yellow), " Dancin' Homer", "Old Money", "Flaming Moe's", "Bart Gets an 'F', "Radio Bart", and "Lisa's Pony". In " Dancin' Homer", he was voiced by Daryl L. Coley. In 'Round Springfield", it is revealed that at one point he had enjoyed a fairly successful career, releasing an album ("Sax on the Beach") and appearing on Steve Allen's '' The Tonight Show'',''The Simpsons'' episode 'Round Springfield" as well as one of the Cosby children's grandfathers on an episode of '' The Cosby Show''; but quickly lost his money feeding his addiction to purchasing Fabergé eggs.''The Simpsons'' episode "Moaning Lisa"

Murphy teaches Lisa to display her emotions through music, prompting Lisa to hold him as an important figure in her life. His last appearance was in 'Round Springfield", when, after Bart ends up in the hospital, Lisa wanders off to find Murphy in a nearby ward. He explains about his life, family, and work to her, as well as giving her advice for her upcoming school performance, giving her his saxophone. When Lisa returns, she finds out that Murphy has died from circumstances which are never revealed. No one, except for Lisa, attends Murphy's funeral. Lisa realizes that despite being gone physically, he still is alive in her, and honors his memory by having his album played at a local radio station.

It is strongly hinted that Murphy and Dr. Julius Hibbert are long-lost brothers by Murphy's quote:

"I don't really have a family. All I had was a little brother who grew up to become a doctor. He used to laugh at the most inappropriate times."

Hibbert laughs inappropriately (as he always does) and says,

"Hey, I've got an older brother that I'll never see! He's a jazz musician or some such. Oh well, bye-bye!"

Each fails to recognize the other.

The episode "The Sound of Bleeding Gums" reveals that Bleeding Gums Murphy has a deaf son named Monk (voiced by John Autry). His ghost gives advice to Lisa on how to see eye to eye with Monk. When Monk finally gets a cochlear implant, Lisa plays his father's song which he states that he can finally hear. Bleeding Gums Murphy's ghost thanks Lisa for helping his son to hear his song. Though he does ask Lisa what the Internet is when she mentions it.

Bleeding Gums Murphy is loosely based on Blind Willie Johnson, at whose feet the young Bleeding Gums character learned. The voice of Bleeding Gums Murphy was provided by Ron Taylor, while his saxophone playing is provided by Dan Higgins. In " The Great Wife Hope", Murphy is mentioned after Homer asks Carl if he knows Drederick Tatum. Carl takes offense, saying that just because he is African-American, he does not know every other African American in Springfield, of whom there are very few, anyway. Carl then says that he met Drederick Tatum while he was at a party with Dr. Hibbert at Murphy's house. In "Whiskey Business", Murphy appears as a hologram, causing an exasperated Lisa to protest against his record label's shameless use of his image for various commercials.

Blinky

Blinky is a three-eyed orange fish featured primarily in "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish". Likely mutated by toxic waste from the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant pouring into the river, Blinky became a major news story when he was caught by Bart Simpson. Mr. Burns defends the fish, arguing that his extra eye is merely the next step in evolution. Mr. Burns goes to the Simpsons' house for a meal to boost his race for governor. Marge, a supporter of Burns' opponent Mary Bailey, deliberately serves Blinky for dinner. Mr. Burns spits the fish out and subsequently loses the election. Before then, Blinky made an earlier appearance in " Homer's Odyssey". He is later seen again in later episodes like "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'. Blinky also made a brief appearance in an underwater section of the tube-way Fry travels through in the pilot episode of the animated series ''Futurama'', which was created by ''The Simpsons'' creator Matt Groening. Blinky also appears in an episode of ''Futurama''s seventh season titled " T.: The Terrestrial"; Blinky is seen in a fish bowl on Jrrr's desk.

Blue-Haired Lawyer

Mr. Burns' Lawyer, also known as The Blue-Haired Lawyer (voiced by Dan Castellaneta),Gimple, p. 86 is Springfield's most prominent and powerful lawyer. His name has never been revealed. He first appeared in the second season episode "Bart Gets Hit by a Car". He is known for his blue hair, authoritarian nature and nasal New York City accent. He also occasionally appears to serve as a prosecutor. Unlike Lionel Hutz or Gil Gunderson, he is competent, although not necessarily ethical. He has served as Mr. Burns' head lawyer, helping him out with threats of the Power Plant closing down and of Burns losing his money. He is a member of the Springfield Republican Party. His clients tend to be antagonists to the Simpsons, although he has also defended them on occasion. The Blue-Haired Lawyer also played a very important role in Bart's emancipation in "Barting Over".

The character's demeanor and Castellaneta's voice for the character are based on Roy Cohn, best known as Joe McCarthy's chief counsel during the Second Red Scare of the 1950s, and later legal advisor and mentor to Donald Trump. Animator Jim Reardon modeled the character's appearance on actor Charles Lane.

Booberella

Barbara Rellalinsky, more commonly known as Booberella (voiced by Tress MacNeille), is a buxom television host who dresses like a female vampire and speaks with a Romanian accent. She is a parody of Cassandra Peterson and her character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Booberella's television show is a spoof of '' Elvira's Movie Macabre'', a horror film anthology series. Booberella first appears in the episode "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can", in which Bart and Homer watch her show. Booberella's name alludes to Vampirella (Forrest James Ackerman's comic book vampire character) and to the 1968 cult film '' Barbarella'', which stars Jane Fonda in the title role.

Brandine Spuckler

Brandine Spuckler (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is the wife of Cletus Spuckler. Brandine and Cletus are depicted as stereotypical yokels. Throughout the series, there were outlandish theories that the two are siblings,''The Simpsons'' episode "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" boyfriend and girlfriend,''The Simpsons'' episode "There's Something About Marrying" mother and son,''The Simpsons'' episode " The Italian Bob" or father and daughter, have been suggested, with Cletus simply stating "we's all kinds of things".''The Simpsons'' episode " Little Big Girl" In one episode, she is apparently the daughter of Cletus and an alien. She has suffered from rabies,''The Simpsons'' episode "Goo Goo Gai Pan" and admitted to being illiterate.''The Simpsons'' episode "22 Short Films About Springfield"This has been contradicted by the season 33 episode "Pretty Whittle Liar". More recently, Brandine is shown fighting in the Iraq War.''The Simpsons'' episode " Yokel Chords" She comes back revealing Cletus is the father of only two of the kids, casting doubt over the paternity of all the other children. Assuming that all of the children believed to be Cletus' are also hers, Brandine has 45 specifically named children. Brandine and Cletus were married by Homer during his brief stint as a minister.''The Simpsons'' episode "Simple Simpson" On April 27, 2008, more is revealed about Cletus and Brandine in an episode entitled " Apocalypse Cow"; Brandine had married Cletus at the age of 13, having been married four times previously. Brandine has had several low-level jobs, such as working for Dairy Queen, a strip club, and an infantryman for the U.S. Army. She has also been in prison, where she developed a liking for indoor plumbing, which the Spuckler homestead lacks.

Brunella Pommelhorst

Brunella Pommelhorst (voiced by Maggie Roswell in "Moaning Lisa", Tress MacNeille in other episodes) is the gym teacher at Springfield Elementary School. Pommelhorst first appeared in "Moaning Lisa", although Pommelhorst’s name is not mentioned until "The PTA Disbands" (when a little girl left hanging on the gymnastic rings after the teachers walk out due to a strike calls for "Mrs. Pommelhorst" to let her down). Pommelhorst’s name is a play on '' pommel horse'', Pommelhorst has blond hair and usually wears a whistle and takes a tough-as-nails approach to teaching. In "Little Girl in the Big Ten", Pommelhorst decides that because of the oath Pommelhorst took on '' Xena'', Pommelhorst has to fail Lisa but decides to let her make it up by taking private lessons. In "My Fair Laddy", Pommelhorst took a leave of absence to get a sex-change operation and will return as "Mr. Pommelhorst" (implying that Pommelhorst is a transgender man), the new shop teacher and is replaced with Coach Krupt. Despite this, the character has appeared in later episodes as a woman.

Bumblebee Man

The Bumblebee Man (voiced by Dan Castellaneta in "Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie", Hank Azaria from 1992 to 2020, and Eric Lopez since 2020) is the star of a Mexican Spanish-language television sitcom on '' Channel Ocho'', in which he dresses in a bumblebee costume and performs Slapstick comedy. In the episode "Team Homer", his bowling shirt bears the name "Pedro", though he is informally referred to as "Chespirito". He works at the same studio as Kent Brockman. His first appearance was in " Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie". Bumblebee Man is rarely seen to take off his costume, even when by himself; the sole exception is the episode "22 Short Films About Springfield", in which his private life is shown. In this short segment, he is portrayed as innately clumsy rather than simply acting as such.

In general, Bumblebee Man only speaks in simple, over-enunciated (and inaccurate) Spanish sentences. His catchphrases of choice are typically "¡Ay, ay, ay, no me gusta!" ("I don't like it!"), "¡Ay, ay, ay, no es bueno!" ("That's not good!") and "¡Ay, Dios no me ama!" ("God doesn't love me!"). Quite commonly, his phrases will be intentionally sloppy Spanish. For example, in the episode "22 Short Films About Springfield", there are several words used that are not real (such as "wudpequero" for " woodpecker", rather than the correct ''pájaro carpintero''). The crude Spanish is used so that English-speaking viewers would still understand what was being said. On occasions, he also speaks English, such as briefly in "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington". In "Bart Gets Famous", he anchors the news with an articulate English accent, filling in for Kent Brockman, who would not report the news because he did not get his Danish pastry, which Bart stole to give to Krusty.

Bumblebee Man is a caricature parody of '' El Chapulín Colorado'', a character created and portrayed by Mexican television comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños (a.k.a. "Chespirito"), and his show consists of simple skits, often involving heavy slapstick. The staff have said that whenever they watched Univision, this character was "always on", thus they created Bumblebee Man, who is also always on the air when the Spanish-language channel is depicted. His costume was based on one used in the '' Saturday Night Live'' sketch " The Killer Bees".

In 2003, Azaria won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for voicing Bumblebee Man, and various other characters.
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C.H.U.M.

C.H.U.M. (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), short for Childlike Humanoid Urban Muchacho, is a robot that Martin Prince built in " Fat Man and Little Boy" for a science fair at Springfield Elementary School. In "Future-Drama" Martin dances with it at the prom in the future and the robot activates the self-destruction mechanism. In "Gorgeous Grampa", Bart hit C.H.U.M. over the head with a folding chair and then proceeded to climb to the blackboard ledge and jump on the robot, breaking it. In "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" appears catching a Rattle Snitch on ''Peekimon Get'' on Frank Grimes' grave.

Capital City Goofball

The Capital City Goofball (voiced by Tom Poston) is the mascot for Capital City. His appearance seems to have been inspired by the mascot of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, the Phillie Phanatic. The costume is a creature with a baseball body, with a blue Capital City T-shirt, yellow arms and legs, a long flat-ended nose, tufts of fur at the side, a red hat with two springs, two costume eyes that look in either direction, and two more eyes that peek outside the mouth. The Capital City Goofball first appeared in the episode " Dancin' Homer" and shared the stage with Homer. He also appears in Radio Bart as one of many celebrities recording a charity single. After that, he is absent until "Homer to the Max", where he walks past the Simpsons window alongside Mr Largo when Lisa talks about TV shows rewriting or dropping characters that appear early on. In "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade", the Capital City Goofball represents Capital City in the state legislature; he spent $80 million out of his own pocket to win the seat, and now is leading an effort to change the state's embarrassing flag, a Confederate battle flag set between the ocean and the rays of the sun (especially as the state was in the North).

With the death of Tom Poston in 2007, the character was reduced to making minor background appearances and usual honking sounds, and has not spoken since "Bart and Lisa vs. the Third Grade".

Captain Lance Murdock

Captain Lance Murdock (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a professional stunt devil who appeared more in the early days of the show rather than the newer episodes. He first appeared in "Bart the Daredevil" which featured him in more scenes than other episodes. He later appeared in "I Married Marge", " Selma's Choice", and " Viva Ned Flanders". He was most recently featured when Krusty was flicking channels on his TV in "Today I Am a Clown". He also appears in Lisa's lecture about Lake Springfield in ''The Simpsons Movie'' sitting in the audience. His stunts often end in disaster, such as in "Viva Ned Flanders", and "Bart the Daredevil", where he states that he has broken every bone in his body after a failed stunt (he did have one unbroken bone, his thumb, but broke it when trying to give Bart a thumbs-up). His signature bike is the Suicycle and he has his own action figure complete with an ambulance.

Carl Carlson

Carlton Carlson (voiced by Hank Azaria in seasons 1–31; Alex Désert in season 32-present) is Homer's friend and co-worker (sometimes identified as his supervisor) at the Nuclear Power Plant and is often seen with Lenny. He likes to call himself "an urban Lenny." He attended Springfield A&M University.

Carl is an Icelandic-African American, with a master's degree in nuclear physics, fond of bowling and drinking at Moe's Tavern. Carl is frequently said to be among the most attractive men in Springfield; in " Principal Charming", Homer concludes that Carl is too attractive for Selma. According to " They Saved Lisa's Brain", he might be diabetic, while according to "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" he might be severely schizophrenic. According to 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky", Carl spent at least part of his boyhood in Iceland.

In the early seasons, Carl was rarely seen with Lenny and did not have a consistent voice – on some occasions, he can be heard with Lenny's voice and vice versa. One example of Carl having Lenny's voice is in " Brush with Greatness". In an early 1991 episode, " Principal Charming", Carl's name is spelled "Karl", the same spelling seen for an unrelated character of the same season.

Lenny and Carl are best friends, as they are rarely seen apart; their other friends are Homer, and regulars at Moe's including Barney Gumble and Moe Szyslak. Homer repeatedly confuses Lenny and Carl, and is shocked to learn on one occasion that Lenny is white, and Carl is black. To guide himself, Homer has "Lenny = White, Carl = Black" on his hand. He once muttered to himself, "Is that right?" while reading it. In " Helter Shelter", Homer exclaims, "That's Lenny? I wanted the black one!" When Mr. Burns appears on a radio show in an attempt to boost his popularity in "Monty Can't Buy Me Love", Homer tells him that he has a list of jokes explaining the differences between white and black people; Homer later states, "White guys have names like Lenny, whereas black guys have names like Carl."

Lenny and Carl work at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant alongside Homer Simpson.
Lenny and Carl together rank sixth on IGN's Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters.

Cecil Terwilliger

Cecil Underdunk Terwilliger (voiced by David Hyde Pierce) is the younger brother of Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, a.k.a. Sideshow Bob. His first appearance was in the season 8 episode " Brother from Another Series", where it was revealed that Bob only got the job as Krusty's sideshow ten years ago because Cecil, who had always wanted to be a children's entertainer, failed his audition. He later became Springfield's "Chief Hydrological and Hydrodynamical Engineer" although he planned to blow up the new hydroelectric dam he was building, so that nobody would know how cheaply it was made. Cecil kept most of the building money for himself, making it look as if it was his brother. However, Sideshow Bob, Lisa and Bart worked together to successfully foil him. Eventually, after losing the money, Cecil attempted to kill Bart which Bob never could, but ironically, this was foiled by Bob himself. His second appearance was in the season 19 episode "Funeral for a Fiend", where, following Robert's death, he convinced Bart to go to his cremation. It turned out, though, that Sideshow Bob faked the whole thing in another elaborate plot to kill Bart.

He is voiced by David Hyde Pierce, who also plays the younger brother of Sideshow Bob's voice actor Kelsey Grammer's character in '' Frasier''. Cecil's mannerisms and his relationship with his brother are also loosely based on Niles and Frasier's relationship in ''Frasier''. Cecil makes a third appearance in the season 21 episode "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?", where he and Bob are happily flying kites across a park in Bart's dream of wanting a younger brother.

Cesar and Ugolin

Cesar (voiced by Harry Shearer in most appearances, Hank Azaria in "To Courier with Love") and Ugolin (voiced by Dan Castallaneta) are a nephew-and-uncle pair of stereotypical Frenchmen who, in "The Crepes of Wrath", make Bart a slave at their "Chateau Maison" winery and put antifreeze in their wine.

In "Lisa the Greek", they are briefly shown watching TV in their apartment.

In "To Courier with Love", they are leathermakers who try to kill an endangered blue snake that Homer was supposed to send them to pay for a trip to France. They try to capture it on their own and fail.

They take their character names from Cesar and Ugolin, characters from the films ''Jean de Florette'' and '' Manon des Sources''.

Charlie

Charlie (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant as the 'Dangerous Emissions Supervisor'. He was briefly replaced by Mindy Simmons, but she got fired afterwards due to alcoholism and disruptive behavior. His first appearance was in " Life on the Fast Lane". He was briefly out of work due to an unnamed on-the-job injury, where he collected workers' compensation; however, future episodes show him back to work.''The Simpsons'' episode " King-Size Homer"''The Simpsons'' episode "Homer Goes to College" He has a wife and two kids,''The Simpsons'' episode "Homer the Smithers" as well as a sister with a wooden leg (which Charlie used as a lucky bat).''The Simpsons'' episode " Homer at the Bat" In "The Trouble with Trillions", Charlie tells Homer (who is working undercover) that he has plans to overrun the American government due to their stalling on making HDTV available; he is soon arrested by FBI agents for conspiracy.

Dan Castellaneta said that he did "an imitation of Lenny" for the voice.

Chase/Pyro

Chase, also known as Pyro, (voiced by Hank Azaria) is an American Gladiator. He is a parody of the real-life Gladiator Nitro and first appears in the episode "A Milhouse Divided", dating Luann after her divorce. Their relationship ends when she is caught cheating with his own best friend, Gladiator Gyro.

He also appears in " Wild Barts Can't Be Broken", " Mom and Pop Art", "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily", " It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge", " Day of the Jackanapes", "A Star Is Born Again" and "The Bart of War".

Chief Wiggum

Cletus Spuckler

Cletus Del Roy Montfort Bigglesworth Spuckler (voiced by Hank Azaria), commonly called Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel is Springfield's resident hillbilly stereotype, and speaks with a Southern United States accent. He is usually portrayed wearing a white sleeveless shirt and blue jeans.

He was named 7th in IGN's Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters.

Cletus was introduced during the fifth season of the show, in "Bart Gets an Elephant", as one of the "slack-jawed yokels" gawking at Bart's elephant Stampy. Cletus' voice is slightly deeper in this initial appearance than in later episodes. He, like the Sea Captain before him, was the go-to character for a quick laugh on the show, and is a staff favorite. He made several generic appearances on the show before being given his first name in " Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily".

Cletus' low intelligence is usually portrayed as the result of inbreeding and jokes are occasionally made which refer to his partner Brandine being related to him. It has been suggested that Brandine is Cletus' mother and sister. The two are shown to have a large number of children with stereotypical "hillbilly" names, and add to their family casually. In the Season 19 episode " Apocalypse Cow", one of his many daughters, Mary, received a cow from Bart, which Bart wanted Mary to care for. Cletus mistook this for a proposal, and almost married the two. He is said to have 70 kids, at least 45 of whom have been named in episodes.

The first name Cletus came from writer Jeff Martin's boyhood little league baseball

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