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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 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 series ''Second City Television''. This article features the recurring characters from the series outside of the five main characters (Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson). Each of them are listed in order by their first name. A Agnes Skinner Agnes Skinner (voiced by Tress MacNeille in most appearances, Maggie Roswell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Culture
The culture of the United States encompasses various social behaviors, institutions, and Social norm, norms, including forms of Languages of the United States, speech, American literature, literature, Music of the United States, music, Visual art of the United States, visual arts, Theater in the United States, performing arts, American cuisine, food, Sports in the United States, sports, Religion in the United States, religion, Law of the United States, law, Science and technology in the United States, technology, as well as other customs, beliefs, and forms of knowledge. American culture has been shaped by the history of the United States, Geography of the United States, its geography, and various internal and external forces and History of immigration to the United States, migrations. America's foundations were initially Western culture, Western-based, and primarily Culture of England, English-influenced, but also with prominent Culture of France, French, Culture of Germany, Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crepes Of Wrath
"The Crepes of Wrath" is the eleventh episode of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 15, 1990. It was written by George Meyer, Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder and Jon Vitti, and directed by Wes Archer and Milton Gray. Bart is sent to France on a student exchange trip, where his hosts treat him like a slave. Meanwhile, an Albanian student temporarily lives with the rest of the Simpson family, and shows great interest in Homer's work at the nuclear power plant. The episode received generally positive reviews from critics. In 1997, David Bauder from ''TV Guide'' named it the greatest episode of ''The Simpsons'', and the 17th-greatest episode of any television series. Plot At the Simpson family's house, Homer injures his back after tripping on Bart's skateboard and falling down the stairs. As punishment, Marge makes Bart clean his room, where he discovers a cherry bomb. At school the next day, Bart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade School Confidential
"Grade School Confidential" is the nineteenth episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 6, 1997.. It was written by Rachel Pulido and directed by Susie Dietter. The episode establishes the long-term relationship between Seymour Skinner and Edna Krabappel. Bart witnesses a romantic moment between Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel and acts as a gofer for them. However, they later embarrass him and he exposes their romance to the public. Plot Martin Prince invites his classmates to his birthday party, but it ends badly after most of the partygoers get food poisoning and end up leaving by ambulance due to diseased oysters being served instead of cake (including Lisa, who feigns being ill just so she can leave). After the party, Bart, who fed his oysters to the Prince family cat, sees Principal Seymour Skinner and Edna Krabappel kissing in Martin's pink playho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in 1938 that it would be unable to host the 1940 Olympics in Tokyo due to the ongoing Second Sino-Japanese War, Helsinki had been selected to host the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were then cancelled due to World War II. Tokyo eventually hosted the games in 1964. Helsinki is the northernmost city at which a summer Olympic Games have been held. With London hosting the 1948 Olympics, 1952 is the most recent time when two consecutive summer Olympic Games were held entirely in Europe. The 1952 Summer Olympics was the last of the two consecutive Olympics to be held in Northern Europe, following the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. They were also the Olympic Games at which the most world records were broken until they were surpassed by the 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boy Meets Curl
"Boy Meets Curl" is the twelfth episode of the twenty-first season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 14, 2010. In this episode, Homer and Marge Simpson form a mixed curling team with Agnes and Seymour Skinner, which is chosen to play in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Meanwhile, Lisa begins collecting pins shaped like Olympic mascots, but her obsession soon turns to desperation. With the Winter Olympics being held in Canada, the writers wanted an Olympic-themed episode that could air during the Games. The script was written by Rob LaZebnik, who considered having the plot revolve around Homer competing in four-man bobsled. However, he decided a curling episode would allow for the plot to revolve around Homer and Marge. In order to try to make the depiction of curling in the episode accurate, the writers visited a curling club and tried the sport themselves. They also co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Separate Vocations
"Separate Vocations" is the eighteenth episode of the third season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on February 27, 1992. In the episode, the students of Springfield Elementary School take career aptitude tests. Lisa and Bart's test results inspire drastic changes in their behavior: Lisa's test says she should become a homemaker, her dreams of being a professional musician become shattered and she turns into a delinquent troublemaker at school; Bart's test says he should become a police officer, and Principal Skinner makes Bart hall monitor. The episode was written by George Meyer and directed by Jeffrey Lynch. American actor and television personality Steve Allen guest starred in the episode as the electronically altered voice of Bart in a fantasy sequence. Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen Rating of 14.8 and was the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Bates
Norman Bates is a fictional character created by American author Robert Bloch as the main protagonist in his 1959 horror novel '' Psycho''. He has an alter, Mother, who takes the form of his abusive mother, and later victim, Norma, who in his daily life runs the Bates Motel. He was portrayed by Anthony Perkins in the 1960 version of ''Psycho'' directed by Alfred Hitchcock and in the ''Psycho'' franchise. He was also portrayed by Vince Vaughn in the 1998 version of ''Psycho'', and by Freddie Highmore in the television series '' Bates Motel'' (2013–2017). Unlike the franchise produced by Universal Studios, Norman is not the principal antagonist in Bloch's subsequent novels and is succeeded by copycat killers who assume Norman's identity after his death in '' Psycho II'' (1982), although he does return in the licensed continuation novel ''Psycho: Sanitarium'' (2016) by Chet Williamson. There is a wide-ranging assumption that the character was directly inspired by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart The Fink
"Bart the Fink" is the fifteenth episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on February 11, 1996. In this episode, Bart inadvertently exposes Krusty the Clown as one of the biggest tax cheats in American history. With his career ruined, Krusty fakes his own death and adopts an alias, until Bart and Lisa convince him to become a television clown again. The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and Bob Kushell, and directed by Jim Reardon. Comedian Bob Newhart guest stars as himself. The episode's title is a play on the 1991 film ''Barton Fink''. Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 8.7, and was the fifth-highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired. Plot The Simpson family attends the reading of a distant relative's will and walks away with $100 each. Marge gets Bart and Lisa to o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Simpsons Season 7
The seventh season of the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox between September 17, 1995 and May 19, 1996. The show runners for the seventh production season were Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein who would executive produce 21 episodes this season. David Mirkin executive produced the remaining four, including two hold overs that were produced for the The Simpsons season 6, previous season. The season was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, including Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour), Outstanding Animated Program and won an Annie Award for Best Animated Television Program. The DVD box set was released in DVD region code#Region codes and countries, Region 1 on December 13, 2005, DVD region code#Region codes and countries, Region 2 on January 30, 2006, and DVD region code#Region codes and countries, Region 4 on March 22, 2006. The set was released in two different forms: a Marge- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Principal And The Pauper
"The Principal and the Pauper" is the second episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' and the 180th episode overall. It first aired on Fox in the United States on September 28, 1997. In the episode, Seymour Skinner begins to celebrate his twentieth anniversary as principal of Springfield Elementary School, when a man arrives claiming that Skinner has assumed his identity. Principal Skinner admits that his real name is Armin Tamzarian, and that he had thought the true Seymour Skinner, a friend from the Army, had died in the Vietnam War. Armin leaves Springfield, but is later persuaded to return as principal. "The Principal and the Pauper" was written by Ken Keeler and directed by Steven Dean Moore. It guest-starred Martin Sheen as the real Seymour Skinner. Although it aired during the show's ninth season, it was a holdover from season eight. Since its initial airing, the episode is often regarded as one of the most controversial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery Burns
Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber "Monty" Burns, usually referred to as Mr. Burns or C. Montgomery Burns, is a recurring character and the main antagonist of the Fox animated television series ''The Simpsons'', voiced initially by Christopher Collins and since by Harry Shearer. He is the mostly evil, devious, greedy, and wealthy owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and, by extension, Homer Simpson's boss. He is assisted at almost all times by Waylon Smithers, his loyal and sycophantic aide, adviser, confidant, and secret admirer. He is between 81 and 120 years old, though sometimes it is implied he is much older. Although originally conceived as a one-dimensional, recurring dastardly villain who might occasionally enter the Simpsons' lives and wreak some sort of havoc, Mr. Burns's popularity has led to his repeated inclusion in episodes. He is a stereotype of corporate America in his unquenchable desire to increase his own wealth and power, inability to rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Guy
Jeff Albertson, commonly known as the Comic Book Guy (CBG), is a Recurring character, recurring fictional Character (arts), character in the animated television series ''The Simpsons'' and Eisner Awards, Eisner-nominated Spin-off (media), spin-off comic book series ''Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book, Comic Book Guy''. He is voiced by Hank Azaria and first appeared in the second-season episode "Three Men and a Comic Book", which originally aired on May 9, 1991. Comic Book Guy is the proprietor of a comic book store, Springfield (The Simpsons)#The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop, The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop. He is based on "every comic book store guy in America" and represents a stereotypical middle-aged comic-book collector with a supercilious attitude and obsessive knowledge of pop culture minutia. He is known for his distinctive accent, disagreeable personality, and his catchphrase, "Worst [thing] ever!" Role in ''The Simpsons'' Profile Comic Book Guy (who st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
