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* StrawLoser: Despite looking like a nerd, he says he doesn't have the typical intelligence/book-smart traits, meaning he's just a lame and dorky ButtMonkey.
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* StrawLoser: Despite looking like a nerd, he says he doesn't have the typical intelligence/book-smart traits, meaning he's just a lame and dorky ButtMonkey.ButtMonkey who makes Bart look cool by comparison.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: She's an apathetic jerk, but has shown disgust at the idea of hitting a misbehaving child. When Edna slaps Bart upside the head in one episode, Elizabeth expresses her disappointment.
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--> '''Principal Skinner:''' (''over intercom'') Attention. All honor roll students will be rewarded by a trip to an archaeological dig.[Martin cheers] Also, all detention students will be punished with a trip to an archaeological dig. [the rest of the class groans]
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--> '''Principal Skinner:''' (''over intercom'') Attention. All honor roll students will be rewarded by a trip to an archaeological dig. [Martin cheers] Also, all detention students will be punished with a trip to an archaeological dig. [the rest of the class groans]
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* NerdsLoveToughSchoolwork:
** He has been shown to be like this from time to time, enjoying getting homework and pop quizzes. On more than one occasion he has reminded the teacher about the test or big homework assignment that she was going to give.
** From episode "Lisa the Skeptic":
--> '''Principal Skinner:''' (''over intercom'') Attention. All honor roll students will be rewarded by a trip to an archaeological dig.[Martin cheers] Also, all detention students will be punished with a trip to an archaeological dig. [the rest of the class groans]
** He has been shown to be like this from time to time, enjoying getting homework and pop quizzes. On more than one occasion he has reminded the teacher about the test or big homework assignment that she was going to give.
** From episode "Lisa the Skeptic":
--> '''Principal Skinner:''' (''over intercom'') Attention. All honor roll students will be rewarded by a trip to an archaeological dig.[Martin cheers] Also, all detention students will be punished with a trip to an archaeological dig. [the rest of the class groans]
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* ShipTease: Some episodes implied that one of them (or maybe both) has a crush on Bart. In the episode "Barthood" (set in one of possible futures) a teenager Bart make out with Sherri, but stated Terri is his actual girlfriend.
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* ShipTease: Some episodes implied that one of them (or maybe both) has a crush on Bart. In the episode "Barthood" (set in one of the possible futures) a teenager teenage Bart make makes out with Sherri, but stated states Terri is his actual girlfriend.
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* ShipTease: Some episodes implied that one of them (or maybe both) has a crush on Bart. In the episode "Barthood" (set in one of possible futures) a teenager Bart make out with Sherri, but stated Terri is his actual girlfriend.
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* {{Tsundere}}: In one episode, one of them states the other has a crush on Bart. Given how they'd both acted towards him especially in the early seasons, the one with the crush could count as this. In the episode "Barthood" (set in one of possible futures) a teenager Bart make out with Sherri, but stated Terri is his actual girlfriend.
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* {{Tsundere}}: In one episode, one of them states the other has a crush on Bart. Given how they'd both acted towards him especially in the early seasons, the one with the crush could count as this. In the episode "Barthood" (set in one of possible futures) a teenager Bart make out with Sherri, but stated Terri is his actual girlfriend.
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* MindScrew: Most of the things Kearney does involving his age fall on this category... it also can cross into FridgeLogic and FridgeHorror when you think too much about it. See OlderThanTheyLook for details.
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* PosthumousCharacter: After her death. In few episodes her ghost appear together with the ghost of Maude.
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* OddFriendship: Kearney and Homer, though Kearney only considers Homer an associate and it's not so much a "friendship" as it is "Kearney uses Homer to buy beer (as seen in "The Springfield Connection"[[note]]the season six episode where Marge joins the police force[[/note]] and "The Last Tap Dance in Springfield[[note]]season 11 episode where Lisa takes tap-dancing lessons from a ShirleyTemple-esque former child star[[/note]]), so Homer can get busted on buying tobacco and alcohol for minors."
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* OddFriendship: Kearney and Homer, though Kearney only considers Homer an associate and it's not so much a "friendship" as it is "Kearney uses Homer to buy beer (as seen in "The Springfield Connection"[[note]]the season six episode where Marge joins the police force[[/note]] and "The Last Tap Dance in Springfield[[note]]season 11 episode where Lisa takes tap-dancing lessons from a ShirleyTemple-esque Creator/ShirleyTemple-esque former child star[[/note]]), so Homer can get busted on buying tobacco and alcohol for minors."
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: His friendship with Bart definitely qualifies as this.
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* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: She was killed off after her voice actress (Marcia Wallace) died.
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The emotionally scarred, bitterly sarcastic teacher unfortunate enough to teach the very class that Bart Simpson attends. The two are fierce enemies, but their relationship is not totally hostile, and Bart has tried to help her on a few occasions. She even receives an award and recognition amongst the education circles when Bart reveals he is not merely some urban myth and that Mrs. Krabappel has survived being his teacher. Voiced by Marcia Wallace.
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The emotionally scarred, bitterly sarcastic teacher unfortunate enough to teach the very class that Bart Simpson attends. The two are fierce enemies, but their relationship is not totally hostile, and Bart has tried to help her on a few occasions. She even receives an award and recognition amongst the education circles when Bart reveals he is not merely some urban myth and that Mrs. Krabappel has survived being his teacher. Voiced by the late Marcia Wallace.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: They have the same sort of pale skin as other Asian characters throughout the show, but it's unclear if they are Asian.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: They have the same sort of pale skin as other Asian characters throughout the show, but it's unclear if they are Asian. To add even more confusion, their father was depicted as a DarkSkinnedBlonde in ''Homer's Odyssey''.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Shauna (Chalmers) is confirmed to be his daughter.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: On one occasion, Nelson took offense to Bart "learning on his own".
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* DisproportionateRetribution: The three have attacked Bart over things as minor as "wasting teacher's valuable time".
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* HiddenDepths: Jimbo comes from a privileged upbringing, and tears up watching soap-operas with his affluent mother.
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* OutOfFocus: Not that they're usually in focus, but of the three, Dolph gets the least amount of focus and attention.
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* PetTheDog: During ''Lisa on Ice'', Kearney is the first to congratulate Lisa on being successful at hockey.
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!!Edna Krabappel, now [[spoiler: Flanders]]
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The highly put-upon principal of Springfield Elementary School, a former Army officer and Vietnam survivor, harassed by Bart Simpson, put upon by his Superintendent, challenged by his groundskeeper, and under the thumb of his domineering, overbearing mother. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that he is actually Armin Tamzarian, a hoodlum who was sentenced to join the Army and served under the real Sergeant Seymour Skinner. When Skinner went missing in action, Armin took up Skinner's identity and came back to America. This revelation was not popular at all, and is even ignored in-series. To the point where when the real Skinner returns, he's [[PutOnABus put on a train]] and everyone agrees to keep calling Armin Tamzarian, Seymour Skinner.]] Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
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The highly put-upon principal of Springfield Elementary School, a former Army officer and Vietnam survivor, harassed by Bart Simpson, put upon by his Superintendent, challenged by his groundskeeper, and under the thumb of his domineering, overbearing mother. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that he is actually Armin Tamzarian, a hoodlum who was sentenced to join the Army and served under the real Sergeant Seymour Skinner. When Skinner went missing in action, Armin took up Skinner's identity and came back to America. This revelation was not popular at all, and is even ignored in-series. To the point where when the real Skinner returns, he's [[PutOnABus put on a train]] and everyone agrees to keep calling Armin Tamzarian, Seymour Skinner.]] Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
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* CharazterizationMarchesOn: It was suggested that his bullying was encouraged by his father in "Brother from the Same Planet", but it was later determined that it was a result of a broken household.
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* CharazterizationMarchesOn: It was suggested that his bullying was encouraged by his father in "Brother from the Same Planet", but it was later determined that it was a result of a broken household.
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He wasn't really badass especially when you remember the gag homer did about the phantom being the wimpiest of supervillain
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Lisa to him. Despite Lisa's canonical IQ of 156 or 159, she is often stated to be the smartest person in Springfield than Martin.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Lisa to him. Despite Lisa's canonical IQ of 156 or 159, she is often stated to be the smartest person in Springfield than Martin.Springfield. He usually shows up to her house to show off his school project for the science fair.
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* FutureBadass: ''Lisa's Wedding'' shows that he became an expy of Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera living beneath the school after a science fair explosion.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Lampshaded in an episode where Bart gives Milhouse a haircut after getting epoxy stuck in his hair — and ends up making Milhouse look like his loser father, Kirk, and using the likeness to do adult activities.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Lampshaded in an episode where Bart gives Milhouse a haircut after getting epoxy stuck in his hair — and ends up making Milhouse look like his loser father, Kirk, and using the likeness to do adult activities. Justified since his parents are cousins.
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* JerkassWoobie: Often.
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* MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad: In "Bart the Genius", their father is Homer's immediate supervisor at the plant, and they make a point of telling Bart how little he thinks of Homer's work ethic and abilities.
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* MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad: In "Bart the Genius", "Homer's Odyssey", their father is Homer's immediate supervisor at the plant, and they make a point of telling Bart how little he thinks of Homer's work ethic and abilities.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While living with the Simpsons in the episode Sleeping With the Enemy, he threatens Bart into eating pancakes that Marge made for him and Nelson after Bart spitefully refuses to eat them. This subtly has Nelson saying that Bart should feel lucky and appreciative for having a loving mother like Marge in his life and that while Bart is angry for what has happened, he should feel happy about that at least he has mother to come home to as Nelsons father abandoned him and his own mother had just walked out on him.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While living with the Simpsons in the episode Sleeping With "Sleeping with the Enemy, Enemy", he threatens Bart into eating pancakes that Marge made for him and Nelson after Bart spitefully refuses to eat them. This subtly has Nelson saying that Bart should feel lucky and appreciative for having a loving mother like Marge in his life and that while Bart is angry for what has happened, he should feel happy about that at least he has mother to come home to as Nelsons father abandoned him and his own mother had just walked out on him.him.
* JerkassWoobie: Often.
* JerkassWoobie: Often.
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!!Principal W. Seymour Skinner [[spoiler: a.k.a. Armin Tamzarian]]
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->"Elementary school is where I wound up, and it's too late to do anything about that!"
-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
The highly put-upon principal of Springfield Elementary School, a former Army officer and Vietnam survivor, harassed by Bart Simpson, put upon by his Superintendent, challenged by his groundskeeper, and under the thumb of his domineering, overbearing mother. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that he is actually Armin Tamzarian, a hoodlum who was sentenced to join the Army and served under the real Sergeant Seymour Skinner. When Skinner went missing in action, Armin took up Skinner's identity and came back to America. This revelation was not popular at all, and is even ignored in-series. To the point where when the real Skinner returns, he's [[PutOnABus put on a train]] and everyone agrees to keep calling Armin Tamzarian, Seymour Skinner.]] Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''eymour '''S'''kinner
* BasementDweller: A mild example: he does live with his mother in her house, but he has a bedroom and he's not a nerd or a social outcast.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Edna [[spoiler: until she break with him, married Flanders and pretty much forgot about Seymour]].
%%* ButtMonkey
* CluelessBoss: Is frequently portrayed this way.
* TheComicallySerious:
--->'''Reporter:''' Principal Skinner, you've been referred to as "the funny one." Is that reputation justified?
--->'''Skinner (seriously):''' Yes. Yes, it is.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: You don't believe that a momma's boy like him trained as a Green Beret and took out Disney's lawyer and hired goons to avoid being sued for using "The Happiest Place on Earth" for the school carnival.
* DeanBitterman: He can be one of these in his less sympathetic moments.
* {{Determinator}}: Once parodied ''Film/TheTerminator''. See "NonGivingUpSchoolGuy"
* DisproportionateRetribution: In the early seasons, he would give Bart several months/years of detention for anything he did wrong, even when it wasn't that big of a deal.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The teachers can do ''a lot'' to children (mostly crush their self-esteem and bore them with inane lessons), but lay a hand on them (like Mrs. Krabappel did in "The Nedliest Catch") and you're done.
* FormerTeenRebel: Was a worse prankster than Bart in his youth.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Though he was a nice enough guy, he was also very capable of being a jerk.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In "Special Edna" (Season 14, ep. 7), after Skinner cancelled a movie date with Ms. Krabappel to spend time with his mother, Bart nominates Edna Krabappel for a "Teacher of the Year" award. Ms. K and the Simpsons go to Orlando and attend the fictitious EFCOT theme park, a parody of EPCOT Center. Skinner, worried that Edna might leave him and the school behind, blackmails Bart into ObfuscatingStupidity against his will; when Bart is asked what Ms. Krabappel can teach the world, he pretends to be illiterate, until Skinner confesses that Bart's ObfuscatingStupidity was his idea, and in spite of Skinner costing her the award, she accepts his marriage proposal. But in "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" Skinner gets cold feet before the wedding and Ms. Krabappel leaves him stranded at the altar and she starts dating Comic Book Guy ultimately rejecting Comic Book Guy's and Skinner's proposals by the episode's end.
* LateToThePunchline: He's often slow to pick up on jokes, particularly dirty DoubleEntendre, if he even picks up on them at all.
* {{Malaproper}}: He was quite prone to these in his early appearances:
-->'''Skinner:''' Welcome kindergarteners, I'm Principal Sinner-- Skinner! ''(kindergarteners laugh)'' Well, that's it. I've lost them forever.
* MistakenForPrankCall: Played with, as whenever Bart tries to prank call him it backfires.
-->'''Skinner:''' Well, as a matter of fact, my refrigerator ''wasn't'' running. You've spared me quite a bit of spoilage: thank you, anonymous young man.
-->'''Bart:''' D'oh!
* MommasBoy: Which leads to…
* MyBelovedSmother: TropeNamer; he lives with, and is co-dependent with, his mom.
* TheNeidermeyer: During his Vietnam days, he commanded about as much respect from his troops as he does from the students at Springfield Elementary. He was once shot in the back during a Bob Hope special while trying to get one of his squadmates to put some pants on.
* NeverMyFault: In "Pokey Mom", He reprimands Jack Crowley for the bold art he made for the mural basically saying it was Kid Unfriendly and forced him to make an StylisticSuck TastesLikeDiabetes drawing he put together on a napkin. When that understandably blows and Chalmers chews Skinner out, Skinner says "This isn't what I wanted! Where is the boldness?" and starts putting down Jack again when he points out it was Skinner's idea, sending Jack over the edge and effectively ruining an Ex-Con's shot at redemption.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Even when Bart genuinely tries to change his ways, Skinner then simply screws him over ForTheEvulz. Which considering that Bart's his worst nightmare made flesh, [[StupidEvil is not wise]].
* NonGivingUpSchoolGuy: {{Trope Namer|s}}. He once tracked Bart across Springfield (even climbing a cliff and walking straight through a river after Bart cut the rope bridge over it) to get him back to class. Bart, upon seeing this, gives us the BuffySpeak TropeNamer line.
* NoodleIncident:
-->'''Skinner:''' I've been hoping I could find something that would be named after me.\\
'''Bart:''' And you've never found anything?\\
'''Skinner:''' Once. But by the time I got to the phone, my discovery had already been reported by Principal Kohoutek. I got back at him, though … him and that little boy of his.
* OddFriendship: With Bart during "Sweet Skinner's Badasssss Song".
* PhraseCatcher:
-->'''Chalmers:''' SKINN-''ER!!!''
-->'''Skinner:''' S-Superintendent Chalmers!
-->'''Agnes Skinner''' ''Seymour!''
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: DependingOnTheWriter, he can either be an ObstructiveBureaucrat, but he is usually a well-meaning (if nerdy) principal constrained by excessive budget cuts and apathetic teachers.
* RefugeeFromTime: Is still a 'Nam vet, despite that meaning he would now be around twenty-five years older than he was at the beginning of the series.
* {{Retcon}}: His [[spoiler:real identity as Armin Tanzarian]] is never brought up again but it goes so far as to rewrite past events to include Seymour in them all [[spoiler:and not the real one]]. This doesn't stop Lisa from getting on his nerves by making an off-hand mention about it much later in the show's run, which means it's not entirely forgotten.
* RetiredBadass: Former army sergeant. He also mentions in one episode that he's an ex-Green Beret (US Army Special Forces) and puts the skills to good use taking out a lawyer and his two goons.
--> '''Skinner:''' [[BondOneLiner Copyright expired]].
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Gives Bart detention for trying to bribe him.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Chalmers' Manly Man.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Parodied. Frequently has flashbacks to his experiences in Vietnam.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Bart.
* SternTeacher: He has it in for Bart Simpson, but it's hard to blame him when you realize just what Bart's put him through for so long. He's generally a lot nicer to the other students, and can even be civil to Bart when the latter isn't pranking him.
* ThatCameOutWrong: "This is our last chance to bone up. And bone we will!" (In this case, he doesn't catch the unintentional innuendo, but the kids do.) After the kids trap him in the dodgeball sack and the class hamster Nibbles helps rescue them. "Good work Nibbles! Now, chew through my ballsack!" The hamster gives him a {{squick}}ed expression, then runs away.
* TradingBarsForStripes: Chose to serve in Vietnam rather than do time.
* TheVietnamVet: He served in the Vietnam War as a Green Beret. The conflict clearly traumatises him at times.
* VocalEvolution: His voice sounds much deeper in the earlier seasons.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His plan to cut Springfield Elementary's expenses in "The President Wore Pearls" consists of cutting art, physical education and music from the curriculum and [[WhatAnIdiot framing student president Lisa]].
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!!Edna Krabappel, now [[spoiler: Flanders]]
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-->Debut: ''"Bart the Genius"''
-->Final Episode: ''"The Man Who Grew Too Much"''
The emotionally scarred, bitterly sarcastic teacher unfortunate enough to teach the very class that Bart Simpson attends. The two are fierce enemies, but their relationship is not totally hostile, and Bart has tried to help her on a few occasions. She even receives an award and recognition amongst the education circles when Bart reveals he is not merely some urban myth and that Mrs. Krabappel has survived being his teacher. Voiced by Marcia Wallace.
* ApatheticTeacher: Edna has completely gone to town on this trope. She and Bart still bond a lot more than either of them would like.
* BelligerentSexualTension: She develops a secret romance with Seymour Skinner, a relationship that almost leads to marriage. Since then, Krabappel's attitudes to Skinner have vacillated between passion and disdain in various episodes. [[spoiler: Until she break with him, married Flanders and pretty much forgot about Seymour]].
* BrokenBird: Her husband left her for [[TheMistress "something small and fluffy]] [[YourCheatingHeart down a rabbit hole"]] and Bart Simpson is one of her students. It's a miracle she didn't kill herself or quit in disgust.
* CatchPhrase: ''"Ha!"''
* DudeMagnet: Krabappel appears to be desired by many men (and in one case even women, when Patty Bouvier once had a sexual fantasy with Edna), as seen in Sideshow Bob's outrage (in "Brother from Another Series") wherein his romantic date with her is ruined by a spying Bart: "You only get one chance with Edna Krabappel!"
* FriendlyEnemy: To Bart in few episodes when he goes out of his way to help her with something.
* HotForStudent: Not as often as one would believe, but it was played with in various ways with Bart. One sad example in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E16BartTheLover Bart the Lover]], Edna mentions that Bart is the closest thing to a man in her life, but she finds that more depressing than disturbing. In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E15FutureDrama Future Drama]], 18 year old Bart nearly dodges a bullet when he and a then single Homer double dates with Edna and Miss Hoover. In this example, she's all for it but when Bart politely rejects it, she encourages him that both of them could do so much better with other people. The real icing on the cake though was in [[TheSimpsonsS24E15BlackEyedPlease Black Eyed Please]]. As a means to find out why the new teacher Mrs. Cantwell hates Lisa, they send Bart in as a means of interrogation. Upon introducing him, Cartwell accuses her of this trope, to which Edna replies in a SarcasticConfession.
--> '''Mrs. Cantwell: '''Are you dating this boy?
--> '''Edna:''' [[SarcasmMode Right. I can't be around him 'cause he's so delicious.]]
* HotTeacher: She was presented as Bart's attractive teacher mostly in seasons 2 and 3 (she tried to seduce Mr. Bergstrom; Homer finds a provocative picture of her and tells Bart that he's going to start going to Parents' Night), but eventually this characterization faded, as she became more sarcastic and bitter.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She does genuinely care about her students from time to time.
* KilledOffScreen: She dies off screen in the middle of Season 25's "The Man Who Grew Too Much," possibly involving Homer, according to Season 23's "Holiday's of Future Past."
* KnightInSourArmor: Her life dream once was to teach to young students; however, after years of teaching jaded her positive image, and after her husband left for another woman, their marriage counselor, Edna started drinking her days away. She got fired from teaching in a prestigious private school, and eventually made her way into Springfield Elementary.
* LadyDrunk: "Dinner for one, wine for three…"
* MeaningfulName: "Krabappel" is clearly a reference to "crab apple", a species of apple notorious for its bitter, sour taste -- and which is also used in America to denote a person who is extremely bitter, sour, cranky or generally bad-tempered. Oddly, the only people that have ever called her "Mrs. Crab-apple" are [[spoiler:the real Seymour Skinner]] in "The Principal and the Pauper" and Milhouse in "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore", where it is lampshaded:
-->'''Kearney:''' Crab apple?
-->'''Jimbo:''' I never thought of that!
** Lampshaded again in "The Debarted".
--> '''Donny:''' Hey Krabappel, your name sounds like "crab apple"! Do you go sour waiting for someone to pick you?
--> '''Krabappel:''' Mmmm, pretty much.
* MrsRobinson: In early episodes, she is shown as very sexually aggressive and promiscuous. Also {{lampshade|Hanging}}d to hell and back.
* ReallyGetsAround: Mrs. Krabappel has hooked up with quite a few people when she wasn't married or dating someone. Ned Flanders wonders if he should stay with her because of everyone she's been with. [[spoiler: In Season 23, they marry.]]
* SignatureLaugh: "HA!"
* WorthyOpponent: Bart considers her this.
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[[folder:Elizabeth Hoover]]
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-->Debut: ''"Brush with Greatness"''
Dispassionate teacher of the class that houses both Lisa Simpson and Ralph Wiggum. Voiced by Maggie Roswell (1991-1999, 2002-present); Marcia Mitzman-Gaven (1999-2002).
* TheAlcoholic: Once graded her kids' ''Wind in the Willows'' tests while drinking flavored liqueurs (Kahlua and Drambuie).
* ApatheticTeacher: She hates her job and seemed to be dangerously unaware of how a teacher is supposed to act and is gullible at times relating to teaching.
* BrainyBrunette: Not the brainiest one though. And before, she wasn't even a brunette.
* BrokenBird: Has zero passion for her job.
* DeadpanSnarker: Even more so than Edna.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Just like Smithers, she went through a lot of revisions to her character model (coincidentally, being the same as Smithers). She was black with blue hair, then she only had blue hair, and eventually they settled with the look shown in this entry.
* {{Jerkass}}: Probably the biggest one in the school, especially toward Ralph. A typical response to one of his difficulties is, "The children are right to laugh at you, Ralph." She even once told Lisa to turn her desk around and stop learning just because she was mad at her (though to be fair the entire town was treating the Simpson family this way).
* RaceLift: Like Smithers, she was black with blue hair in the first seasons.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her early character models had this until she was made a brunette.
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[[folder:Groundskeeper William "Willie" [=MacDougal=]]]
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-->Debut: ''"Principal Charming"''
Cantankerous Scottish groundskeeper of Springfield Elementary. Despite being quite grumpy and short tempered, he does seem to care the most about the children among the Springfield Elementary School staff. Voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta.
* AscendedExtra: Thought to be a one-shot character for "Principal Charming," but Dan Castellaneta's performance led to him coming back and becoming a fixture in the recurring cast.
* AxCrazy: On his bad days, he can become dangerously violent. For example, during "Bart's Inner Child", he seizes a plinth and declares that if he was elected mayor, he'd kill everyone in Springfield, then burn the town to the ground, all aware the [[IsThisThingStillOn microphone was on]] and not caring.
%%* BadassBeard
%%* BaldOfAwesome
* BoomerangBigot: "Damn Scots, they ruined Scotland!"
* BraveScot: In "Marge Gets a Job", he fights a timber wolf with nothing but his bare hands (and chest), then consoled it with whiskey. As he does, he mentions he used to fight wolves when he was younger.
* CannotTellAJoke: His comedy routine about Scottish golfers, though he did get a laugh when he sarcastically told the audience that he's only funny when he's cleaning kids' puke.
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: TropeNamer. In the episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E22RoundSpringfield Round Springfield]]''. Having been forced to sub as a French teacher, the brief snippet of his "lesson" plays out as follows:
-->"Bonjourrrrrrrrr, ya cheese-eating surrender monkeys!"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Not always on the best of terms with reality.
* CovertPervert: Was revealed in the season six episode "Homer Badman" (the episode where Homer is accused of sexually harassing a babysitter by grabbing her butt and calling her "Precious Venus") to be a camera-toting Peeping Tom. ("But every Scotsman does it!")
* CultureEqualsCostume: Frequently seen in a kilt and plaid hat.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode "My Fair Laddy" where Lisa training him into being a proper gentleman.
* FanDisservice and {{Fanservice}}: On the one hand, his occasional [[{{Fanservice}} shirtless scenes]] reveal he's ripped like no one else in Springfield (except for maybe [[StupidSexyFlanders Ned]]). On the other hand, the episode "Bart's Girlfriend" had people passing out and reacting with disgust when his kilt came off. It may be more possible that he's just hung and no one was really expecting to be blasted in the face with a very good look at his "Scottish heritage" like that.
* FieryRedhead: Red hair, red beard, HairTriggerTemper.
* FootballHooligans: He and his similarly-looking relatives in "The Cartridge Family" (though for some reason he calls it "soccer"[[note]]Either the writers don't know that people in other countries refer to soccer as football, or Groundskeeper Willie has been in America long enough to forget some of his foreign upbringing[[/note]]):
-->'''Willie:''' Ech! Ya call this a soccer riot? Ke'mon, boys, ''let's take 'em ta skewl!''
* FluffyTamer: When an escaped wolf began roaming the halls of Springfield Elementary, Willie ended up getting into a fistfight with it. At the [[BrickJoke end of the episode]], it seems that Willie defeated the wolf and began [[DefeatMeansFriendship bonding]].
* FunnyForeigner: The stereotypical angry Scotsman. Though in earlier seasons the trope was a bit subverted because he wasn't portrayed as thrifty or walking around in a kilt.
* TheGardener: Is a Mundane Gardener as the schools groundskeeper.
* HairTriggerTemper: Oh, so many examples of this.
-->'''Willie:''' Brothers and sisters are natural enemies like Englishmen and Scots, or Welshmen and Scots, or Japanese and Scots, or Scots and other Scots! Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!
-->'''Skinner:''' You Scots sure are a cantankerous bunch.
-->'''Willie:''' Ya just made an enemy for life!
* HiddenDepths: According to "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" he managed to make millions of dollars in software.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Extremely angry, dangerously violent, always yelling at, threatening or outright attacking people -- and yet he has a lot of PetTheDog moments and seems to have a soft spot for children and animals (except when [[RuleOfFunny it's funnier]] that he hates and wants to kill them, that is).
* MultipleChoicePast: He hails from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Loch Ness, and North Kilt-Town. Even his name is unclear; the comics imply it is [=MacMoran=], the animated series gives it as [=MacDougal=]. In another episode he claims not to know his surname. He's also claimed at various points to have a Doctorate and be Illiterate. Once while recounting a miner's strike and cave-in: [[DidYouDie "Nobody made it out alive, not even Willie!"]] He also claimed his father was hung for stealing a pig, but his father is shown to be very much alive in a later episode (unless his living father is his stepfather and he knew him as "Dad" until his mom told him that his real father was hung for stealing a pig). Or his father survived the hanging. Chalmers at one point implies that Willie is an escaped mental patient.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Is sometimes portrayed as being ridiculously manly, such as in "Lard of the Dance" where we see that he washes with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28cleaning_product%29 Ajax]] and scrubs himself with a Brillo pad. Then [[RuleOfFunny of course]] it's followed up with:
-->'''Willie (upon noticing Bart and Homer watching him):''' ''[[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Eeek!]]'' I mean, ''och!''
* ThirdPersonPerson: Occasionally.
* UnwittingPawn:
** After he finds out Skinner made up Scotchtoberfest as a sting for Bart.
-->"Ya used me, Skinner! YA USED ME!"
** In "The Great Money Caper," Willie stands trial and is found guilty for stealing Homer's car. Homer and Bart had actually been grifting, lost the car to a better grifter and lied about it. [[GambitRoulette It was all a con by Marge, Lisa and the townspeople to teach them a lesson about grifting]].
--->'''Homer:''' I can't believe everyone was in on it.\\
'''Willie:''' WILLIE WASN'T!
* ViolentGlaswegian: His belligerence and sociopathy leads to him declaring Scots to be the natural enemies of Englishmen, Welshmen, Japanese, and even other Scots, in the quote at the top of the page. Willie has been identified as a Glaswegian ("...the ugliest man in Glasgow...") on at least one occasion, but has an accent of indeterminate origin and had been, at various points in time, said to hail from Edinburgh, Loch Ness, and "North Kilt-Town", before Willie himself finally cleared things up by declaring that he was actually from Kirkwall in Orkney.
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[[folder:Superintendent Gary Chalmers]]
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-->Debut: ''"Whacking Day"''
The Board of Education superior to Principal Skinner, and thusly the man who has to show up at Springfield Elementary to investigate the goings-on there. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts," where Chalmers becomes a teacher so he can make Bart excited about learning.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Shauna (Chalmers) is confirmed to be his daughter.
* CatchPhrase: "SKIN-NER!"
* {{Foil}}: To Skinner, of course.
* FreudianExcuse: His attitude toward Skinner is that his father put him in a human-size "SKINNER box" as he was interested by the eponymous psychologist's research.
* IncomingHam: "[[SayMyName SKINNER!]]"
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He likes to yell. A lot. Especially at Skinner for even the smallest mistakes. But he's also the only person who bothered (and succeeded) to teach Bart anything.
* NoIndoorVoice: SKIN-NER!
* OddFriendship: Surprisingly, with Bart Simpson.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Although he still goes on a ZanyScheme with Skinner every so often, and complains about ice buckets not being in hotels like everyone else. He also falls for Skinner's BlatantLies about the Aurora Borealis being in his kitchen.
* OnlySaneMan: The writers have noted unlike other characters, Chalmers is above the zaniness of the other characters and is a (relatively) normal guy, aside from his pathological habit of bellowing any word that sounds even remotely like ''''''SKI-NEEER!'''''.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Skinner's Sensitive Guy.
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[[folder:Otto Mann]]
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-->Debut: ''"Homer's Odyssey"''
Bart and Lisa's bus driver. Although he seems to be an unambitious loser, Bart idolizes him. Voiced by: Creator/HarryShearer.
* TheAlcoholic: When introducing himself to an Alcoholics Anonymous group, Otto says "My name is Otto, I love to get blotto!"
* BerserkButton: Call him a bum? He'll accept that, no problem. Call him a sponge? ''BIG'' mistake.
* BigBrotherMentor: Pretty much the only adult that Bart consistently goes to for advice. Unfortunately, his advice isn't always good.
* CaptainCrash: Otto frequently crashes the school bus.
--> '''Otto''': I stand on my record. Fifteen crashes and not a ''single'' fatality!
* CatchPhrase: "All ''right''!"
* DiscoDan: Otto dresses and talks like a perpetual 1980s teenager. He even still wears a portable cassette player on his hip despite the fact that they've been obsolete for years.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Luckily, nobody gets hurt.
* GeniusDitz: Although he's not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, it is shown from time to time that Otto has artistic talent. He is a very skilled guitar player, and he even created his own comic book called ''Bus Man'' about a bus driver who fights vampires in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. He's also an excellent bowler. And he almost got tenure at Brown[[note]]though the last of these was in Lisa's nightmare[[/note]].
* MetalHead: Otto is passionate about HeavyMetal and Classic Rock music, to the point where he actually left his bride at the altar because she tried to make him give up Heavy Metal.
* MilitaryBrat: Otto's father is an Admiral in the United States Navy who disapproves of his lazy, pot-smoking son.
* PunnyName: "Otto Mann" sounds like both "Auto Man" and the "[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire Ottoman Empire]] of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI fame.
* RunawayGroom: He was once engaged to a girl named Becky, but at the wedding she revealed she couldn't stand heavy metal after he hired a Poison cover band to play at the ceremony. Marge then told him he had to choose between Becky and his music - he chose the latter, leaving Becky at the altar.
* SpeciesSurname: Rare human example.
* TheStoner: In "The Seven-Beer Snitch", Otto's urine sample contains so many illegal drugs that when Otto looks at it, it resembles a scene from Music/TheBeatles film ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''. And only actually contains "trace amounts of human urine".
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[[folder:Dewey Largo]]
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-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
The music teacher of Springfield Elementary. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* ApatheticTeacher: Like any long time teacher.
* AmbiguouslyGay: He "carpools" with Smithers among other thing. In season 22's "Flaming Moe", he had a boyfriend, removing any ambiguity.
* ClassicalMusicIsBoring: His boring choice of music often drives Lisa to spontaneous jazz solos in class.
* HehHehYouSaidX: "Do you find anything funny about the word, Trom'''''boner'''''?!"
* {{Jerkass}}: He often yells at his students and treats them pretty crappily. He especially has it out for Lisa and the opening scene when the full version's shown is him kicking Lisa out for playing her saxophone with some passion.
* MeaningfulName: A Largo is a slow tempo.
* StartOfDarkness: Not getting into Juilliard (because the mailman had been frozen solid) seemed to have made him dispassionate towards music, he is hinted to have been quite talented before.
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[[folder:Doris Freedman]]
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-->Debut: ''"Lisa's Pony"''
The lunchlady of Springfield Elementary. Voiced by Doris Grau (1991-1995) and Creator/TressMacNeille (2006-present).
* TheBusCameBack: She is brought back in season 18's "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer", now voiced by Tress [=MacNeille=].
* FatGirl: Doris is fat.
* LethalChef: Her lunch food for the students isn't always the greatest. She constantly prepares bad food, serving to students near-inedible foodstuff including whole beef hearts, horse testicles, and shredded newspaper.
* PutOnABus: After Doris Grau's death, she was dropped from the show, with the sole exception of season 9's "Lisa's Sax", which used archived dialogue for a flashback scene.
* SchoolNurse: Despite primary being the lunchlady, she also doubles as the school's nurse.
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[[folder:Dr. J. Loren Pryor]]
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->Debut: ''"Bart the Genius"''
The psychologist for Springfield Elementary's school district. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He rarely appeared after Season 3.
* OnlySaneEmployee: The only educator in Springfield who shows some semblance of competence.
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!Elementary School Students
[[folder:Nelson Muntz]]
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-->Debut: ''"Bart the General"''
Originally the worst bully in Springfield Elementary, the closest thing Bart had to an archnemesis of his own age and the leader of Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph. As the seasons passed, though, he became more sympathetic and eventually began to clean up his act. As a result, his broken home started mending itself. Voiced by Creator/NancyCartwright.
* BarbaricBully: Not as tall as Dolph, Kearney, and Jimbo, but definitely heavier and more thuggish-looking than the other kids. In later seasons he his given HiddenDepths and his bullying is largely restricted to taunting.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Milhouse's Betty for Lisa's Archie.
* TheBully: Introduced this way, though HiddenDepths and CharacterDevelopment have led to this trope being downplayed. In most recent episodes, he's just an average guy in Bart's social circle who likes to taunt people (with the occasional punch thrown).
* CatchPhrase: "Haw haw!"
* CharacterDevelopment: Though it lead to MenaceDecay, Nelson has become softer and is often one of Bart's friends now, while the position of bullying tormentor have been passed onto Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph. Nelson's mother meanwhile cleaned up her act, and his DisappearedDad came back.
* TheDreaded: He was this to the other kids in the early seasons.
* EnemyMine: A couple of times has had to work with Martin -- much to his chagrin.
* FatBastard: He is a big fat bully (though he does have some moments of decency, especially when he's interacting with Lisa).
* FreudianExcuse: The main reason why Nelson is the way he is is because he is from a poor neighborhood, is neglected by his mother, has a DisappearedDad, and is looked down upon by his peers and teachers even though he is implied to have high potential.
* GeniusBruiser: He is large, and noted above, he is implied to have high potential (although the school fails to recognize it). He also was once shown to be very good at planning, actually giving Marge some tips on how to organize a method to get rid of a sport when she decided to get rid of mixed wrestling.
* HiddenDepths:
** Even in episodes when his [[MenaceDecay bullying hasn't been sidelined]], he's still quite gentlemanly to women, including female authority figures like Ms. Krabappel and Marge.
** He has a noted fondness for the work of Andy Williams.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Nelson is revealed to have no friends at all. Due to this, he becomes obsessed with Bart Simpson.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While living with the Simpsons in the episode Sleeping With the Enemy, he threatens Bart into eating pancakes that Marge made for him and Nelson after Bart spitefully refuses to eat them. This subtly has Nelson saying that Bart should feel lucky and appreciative for having a loving mother like Marge in his life and that while Bart is angry for what has happened, he should feel happy about that at least he has mother to come home to as Nelsons father abandoned him and his own mother had just walked out on him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In later seasons he's shown to bully kids for good reasons like "wasting teacher's time".
* KidsAreCruel: Initially.
* MenaceDecay: The Nelson of today is wimpy and pathetic compared to the Nelson of the earlier episodes. In his first appearance he was so fearsome Bart had to band together an ''army'' to stand up to him because the school was so terrified of him, and before that he regularly beat Bart bloody after school.
* ParentalAbandonment: His dad left him long ago.
* PetTheDog:
** Usually towards Lisa. When he goes to live with the Simpsons for a time, he sees that Sherri and Terri's constant teasing has really affected her, so he proceeds to bully/prank them.
** In the episode ''Wild Barts Can't Be Broken,'' when the kids all break curfew to sneak into the drive-in to see the ''The Bloodening,'' Nelson kicks Milhouse in the butt to get him through a hole in the fence, while pulling it back as much as possible to make it easier for Lisa to crawl through.
** He makes friends with a blind kid named Kevin when the fourth grade classes are temporarily merged in "Stealing First Base":
-->'''Nelson:''' *gasp* You're blind?! *to the class* If anyone messes with this kid, I will ''destroy'' them!
* RealMenWearPink
--> "The thing about huckleberries is, once you've had fresh, you'll never go back to canned". (Skinner walks by) "So, anyway, I kicked the guy's ass." (Skinner leaves) "Now, if the berries are too tart …"
** He's shown to be failing History and Maths, but is doing quite well in Home Ec.
** He is utterly enthralled by Andy Williams, and cheers for the performance like a gushing fangirl.
--> '''Nelson''': Hey, keep it down, man.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Martin's Sensitive Guy.
* SixthRanger: Often appears as a fourth member of Jimbo’s GangOfBullies.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite his brutish appearance, it's implied in a few episodes that Nelson is actually quite intelligent.
* TookALevelInKindness: In his first appearance, he was downright monstrous and cruel, providing Bart with some in-universe NightmareFuel. But over the years, he generally just beats up other kids to keep up appearances rather than out of any actual malice.
* VocalEvolution: He sounds much gruffer in more recent episodes.
* WouldntHitAGirl: This is one of Nelson's traits, as explained in '''Bye, Bye, Nerdie'''. He does help Lisa in order to understand why bullies like him pick on nerds.
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[[folder:Ralph Wiggum]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:There's a moon rock in my nose!]]
-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
Police Chief Wiggum's only son, heavily implied to be mentally disabled to some degree. Voiced by Creator/NancyCartwright.
* {{Adorkable}}: An oblivious and innocent kid with a huge imagination who tends to make weird and inappropriate comments all the time. Despite his frequently stupid and odd behaviour, his father adores him.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He seems to be an outcast in school. Justified due to the way he acts.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Several episodes imply he's mentally handicapped. How, exactly, is unclear.
* AmbiguouslyBi: After seeing Bart naked in TheMovie, he says … "I like men now!". Though he did love Lisa…
* ADayInTheLimelight: "I Love Lisa", "This Little Wiggy", and, to an extent, "E. Pluribus Wiggum".
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The infamous crush he developed on Lisa because she was the only one to give him a Valentine.
* BookDumb: Although he's as BookDumb as one could possibly get (and generally rather dim), numerous scenes have been dropped throughout various Simpsoncentric media, from the comic to the series itself, that he's possibly creatively gifted. When his head's on somewhat straight(er than usual) anyway.
* ButtMonkey: He's frequently mistreated by his teacher Miss Hoover.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: He's a kid and one of the most genuinely innocent characters. Contrast with his father who is an adult and also rather corrupt.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Ralph is known for saying several NonSequitur lines.
--> '''Lisa:''' Hey Ralph, want to come with me and Alison to play "Anagrams"?\\
'''Ralph:''' My cat's breath smells like cat food.
* {{Determinator}}: Ralph is too scared to enter the abandoned prison in "This Little Wiggy", until the bullies steal the police master key and throw it in. Ralph ignores his fear and enters the prison to get the key. [[PetTheDog Bart congratulates him for it.]]
* TheDitz: To the extent that he was formerly the [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]].
* ExpendableClone: An episode set in the future shows that he joins the police but needs an army of clones because he keeps getting killed.
* FatIdiot: Much like his father.
* {{Flanderization}}: Ralph is merely odd and ditsy in the earlier seasons, whereas in later ones he's presented as being mentally challenged.
* FutureLoser: ''Bart To The Future'' shows that he and Bart end up sharing a house and being unemployed apart from playing in an unsuccessful band.
* GeniusDitz: Despite being…well…TheDitz, Ralph is an amazingly talented actor ("I Love Lisa"), tap dancer ("Last Tap Dance in Springfield") and nose flutist ("Round Springfield").
* KindheartedSimpleton: The dumbest character on the show but usually a well-meaning boy.
* {{Malaproper}}: Him fail English? That's definitely NOT "unpossible."
* MoralityPet: To his father. Chief Wiggum is generally boorish and apathetic but he generally cares for his son.
* MrImagination: He has an active imagination and even Marge lampshades it in one episode.
* NobodysThatDumb: In season 14, "The Dad Who Knew Too Little", when Lisa is framed for a crime she didn't commit and the cops sees her and Homer flees when they arrive to arrest her, Chief Wiggum said something that even he knew the answer to:
-->'''Chief Wiggum''': ''(to Marge)'' Would an innocent person flee?\\
''(beat)''\\
'''Chief Wiggum''': No, really. Tell me. I honestly don't know.\\
'''Lou''': Chief, no.\\
'''Ralph''': Even ''I'' knew that.\\
'''Chief Wiggum''': Yeah, yeah, I'm not... I'm not good.
* NonSequitur: [[Pantheon/PhilosophyDemiGodsAndQuasideities The living epitome!]]
* OneSteveLimit: The writers gave him and Chief Wiggum the same last name by accident and didn’t originally intend them to be father and son.
* SpannerInTheWorks: He is most likely this if befriended by any of the Simpson children.
* ThrowTheDogABone: At the end of "This Little Wiggy," Bart, Homer and Marge congratulate Ralph for saving the day, even though it was Lisa's plan. Lisa goes along with it after Bart says, "C'mon, let him have this one, Lis. After all, it's Ralph."
* TooDumbToLive: Easily the stupidest character on the show, even more so than his own daddy. So much, he once a trope named after him, which was intended for characters that [[UpToEleven go ''right past'']] TheDitz.
--> '''Ralph:''' Look, daddy. I made a Ralphwich! Uhh, it tastes hurty!
--> '''Chief Wiggum:''' That's cause it's not food, Ralphie!
* VagueAge: In "The Simpsons Spinoff Showcase", Chief Wiggum describes him as "between the ages of six and ten".
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[[folder:Sherri and Terri Mackleberry]]
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-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
A pair of identical twins in Bart's class who come off a bit creepy and odd. Voiced by Russi Taylor.
* AlphaBitch: Sort of. They often tease and taunt other students amongst other things but don't seem to be especially popular nor in charge of any group of girls.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: They are identical and always wear the same clothes.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: They have the same sort of pale skin as other Asian characters throughout the show, but it's unclear if they are Asian.
* BitCharacter: In +20 seasons, they have never received a single ADayInTheLimelight episode where they are the protagonists.
* ButtMonkey: Between episodes, games and comics, they've been on the receiving end of a lot of misfortune including being [[TeenPregnancy impregnated and abandoned in the future]], possibly eaten by Lumpy the school snake, hit by a bus and drowned, not even counting Treehouse of Horror episodes and comics. Unlike Milhouse, they're [[ThrowTheDogABone never thrown a bone.]]
* CreepyTwins: They are a little bit strange and sometimes they speak in their own language. Speaking in perfect unison doesn't help.
* TheDividual: It's never made clear which is which. They even go to the model UN as Trinidad and Tobago (a single country). However, they do insist that they're individuals, and Bart apparently has a crush on one of them. One episode even uses the line "Sherri, but not Terri" as a gag by itself. WordOfGod says Sherri is always shown standing on the left side.
* EvilTwin: The school psychologist tells Bart that they were originally conjoined triplets and the third one is out for revenge.
* {{Flanderization}}: While Sherri and Terri weren't exactly the nicest girls, nowadays they seem to pretty much hate anyone who's not them, though they do seem to have softened on Bart a little in favor of being worse to Lisa.
* ShipTease: Some episodes implied that one of them (or maybe both) has a crush on Bart.
* SingleMindedTwins: They have the same personality.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Their names rhyme.
* ThoseTwoGirls: Always appear together.
* {{Tsundere}}: In one episode, one of them states the other has a crush on Bart. Given how they'd both acted towards him especially in the early seasons, the one with the crush could count as this. In the episode "Barthood" (set in one of possible futures) a teenager Bart make out with Sherri, but stated Terri is his actual girlfriend.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sherri and Terri have long, purple hair.
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[[folder:Martin Prince]]
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-->Debut: ''"Bart the Genius"''
The school's biggest nerd, regarded as being even more of a geek and a teacher's pet than Lisa Simpson. Voiced by Russi Taylor.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Lisa to him. Despite Lisa's canonical IQ of 156 or 159, she is often stated to be the smartest person in Springfield than Martin.
* BiTheWay: In an ImagineSpot, he sees himself as the star basketball player, with a female cheerleader on one arm and a male cheerleader on the other. He appears more interested in the male.
* ButtMonkey: He gets bullied a lot, especially by Nelson and the three bullies trio.
* ChildProdigy: Has an IQ of 216.
* TheDogBitesBack: In the movie, thinking he was going to die, he knocks out the bullies with ''one'' swing of the 2 by 4.
* ExtremeDoormat: He is often depicted as too passive in later seasons, since even Lisa Simpson can be a bit harsh to him.
* FutureBadass: ''Lisa's Wedding'' shows that he became an expy of Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera living beneath the school after a science fair explosion.
* InsufferableGenius: Especially in his earliest appearances, when he never passed on a chance to flaunt his superior intelligence, usually in Bart's face. This was heavily toned down in later appearances, and he even got to be on somewhat friendly terms with Bart.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Just as smart as Lisa, and just as unpopular as Milhouse.
* {{Nerd}}: He is a stereotypical nerd enthusiasms for science fiction, role-playing games and not-so-great fashion sense.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Is believed to be dead in the future shown in ''Lisa's Wedding'' but is actually living underneath the school.
* TheRival: Although they often work together on various school projects and classwork, it is implied in many episodes that Martin and Lisa are also rivals of a sort, especially when it comes to the Science Fair.
* SchoolNewspaperNewsHound: In few episodes, Martin has this role as a reporter for the "Daily Fourth Gradian".
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Nelson's Manly Man.
%%* TheSmartGuy
%%* SpockSpeak
* TeachersPet: Is this to Krabappel, he even bakes her raisin roundies.
* {{Transsexual}}: In one of the [[LooseCanon ambiguously canon]] future episodes.
* TVGenius: A condescending nerdy TeachersPet with a ImprobablyHighIQ.
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[[folder:Milhouse Van Houten]]
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-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
Bart's closest friend, who acquires a bit of protection from his nerdy nature by being so close to the class clown and mayhem expert. Has a deep unrequited crush on Lisa. Voiced by Pamela Hayden.
* {{Adorkable}}: Has NerdGlasses and is a naive, socially awkward boy who suffers some of the worst luck out of all charaters. Not to mention about his crush on Lisa Simpson.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Save for Bart ([[VitriolicBestBuds sometimes]]), Milhouse is disliked, mistreated, or ignored by virtually everyone.
-->'''Children''': Lisa likes Nelson!
-->'''Milhouse''': She does not!
-->'''Children''': Milhouse likes Lisa!
-->'''Janey''': He does not!
-->'''Children''': Janey likes Milhouse!
-->'''Uter''': She does not!
-->'''Children''': Uter likes Milhouse!
-->'''Mr. Largo''': NOBODY likes Milhouse!
** He doesn't even hold himself in high regard, frequently expressing sentiments of self-loathing.
-->'''Milhouse''': I am not a nerd, Bart. Nerds are smart.
* AmbiguouslyBi: He was very jealous when Bart spent much time with Nelson and once jumped over a waterfall while exclaiming "I can't live in a world without Bart!". His file in the school psychiatrist's office says that he has "flamboyantly homosexual tendencies".
-->'''Milhouse''': ''(On seeing a pair of siblings)'' They're beautiful... I mean [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday just the girl]]! [[BlatantLies I didn't notice the beautiful boy]].
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Nelson's Veronica for Lisa's Archie.
* BigOlEyebrows: One of the few characters on the show to have them, he and his family sport pairs of big, blue ones.
* ButtMonkey: Milhouse has suffered everything from inheriting Bart's permanent record (which will disqualify him from all but the hottest and noisiest jobs) to being beaten into a coma by Nelson after he mistakes a love note Milhouse passes him from Lisa as coming from Milhouse himself, to having his manliness insulted in an episode set in the future when an adult Lisa is about to get married:
-->'''Lisa''': I feel kind of weird wearing white, Mom. I mean, Milhouse…
-->'''Marge''': Oh, Milhouse doesn't count.
-->''They both laugh''
* ChickMagnet:
** Briefly when his parents were lost in the sea and presumably deceased, the kids at the school were impressed by Milhouse's stoicism and the girls became attracted by him, including Lisa.
** Even disreguarding this event, Milhouse won the affection of at least three attractive girls at differing moments in his life: Angelica, Samantha, and Taffy. And in "Lisa's Date with Density" it's implied Janey may have a crush on him (although it was just part of a quick gag).
* CrossdressingVoices: Both the original English version and many foreign dubs.
* DeathSeeker:
-->'''Milhouse''': Maybe I'm just tired of living.
* DirtyCoward: On his good days or bad days, Milhouse tends to run when things start to simply smell bad.
* TheDogBitesBack: He's regularly taken advantage of by Bart. When he finally stands up to Bart and breaks off the friendship with him, Bart thought Milhouse was just acting out until he sees that he was quite serious.
* DoggedNiceGuy: He's flirted with Lisa too many times to count and even openly declared his love for her a few times, only for her to shut him down almost every time. Doesn't stop him from trying again and again...
* EmbarrassingDampSheets: He ran a segment on ''Kidz Newz'' showing how to dispose of a soiled mattress and claims his old friends in Capital City stopped liking him after a burglar broke in and wet his bed during a sleepover.
* FutureBadass: The closest he ever gets to this is some episodes showing him become a bodybuilder as a teenager but he’s still as much of a ButtMonkey as ever.
* FutureLoser: Besides showing the fact that he will marry Lisa and have a daughter (that behaves like Bart but secretly admires both of them), things are weird. The usual future episodes with an arc of sorts has him be quite a good bodybuilder during the end of high school. After that, though, he falls quickly from grace and becomes an obese man who is probably worse than his father. Then he becomes a zombie, which has the indirect result of making Lisa fall for him (because as a zombie he is ''much'' less of a hassle and is actually more productive than when he was healthy, ironically).
* HenpeckedHusband: To Lisa in some future episodes.
* HollywoodNerd: Though he claims he's not a nerd because "nerds are smart".
* HopelessSuitor: Milhouse harbors a hopeless crush on Lisa throughout the series, even going so far as to make awkward attempts to impress her. His feelings are unrequited, except for the hypothetical future episodes where he and Lisa ''do'' end up [[SubvertedTrope getting together]].
* JerkassBall: Oh yes. Plenty of times he has ruined things for other people, especially other children, either [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom unintentionally]] or out of spite and jealousy. A rather infamous example is from "Das Bus" where his actions not only almost get all the schoolchildren killed, but even as Bart and Lisa were trying to help him escape, he hinders their efforts as well. He's also ruined happiness for both of them on separate occasions, such when Bart had a girlfriend that he genuinely loved and because he had previously set him up earlier in the episode, he told her who he really was and she broke up with him. Another time with Lisa, who was able to fool some college girls into thinking she was one of them and was happy that she found people that accepted her, he ruins her happiness by telling the students she was only eight, only for them to abandon her, out of pure [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe selfishness.]]
* MistakenForGay: In addition to the taunt mentioned in the ButtMonkey section, there's also: Nelson mistaking Lisa's note reading "Guess Who Likes You" as a love note from Milhouse (with Milhouse [[AmbulanceCut getting wheeled off into an ambulance in the next scene]]) from "Lisa's Date with Density," and the school psychiatrist having notes about Milhouse's "flamboyant tendencies" in his permanent record.
* NerdGlasses: It wasn't until season 5 he actually realized he looked like a nerd.
* NerdyInhaler: On the season nine episode "Das Bus," Bart takes Milhouse's inhaler (which he needs to live) and uses it as a snorkel. He doesn't come back with it, nor does Milhouse suffer a fatal asthma attack from it.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Bart's Manly Man.
* StrawLoser: Despite looking like a nerd, he says he doesn't have the typical intelligence/book-smart traits, meaning he's just a lame and dorky ButtMonkey.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Lampshaded in an episode where Bart gives Milhouse a haircut after getting epoxy stuck in his hair — and ends up making Milhouse look like his loser father, Kirk, and using the likeness to do adult activities.
* TookALevelInCynic: Started out as a very cheerful kid, but got more cynical, depressed, and angry as time went on due to [[ButtMonkey getting picked on by everyone]].
* UglyGuyHotWife: Ugly Guy to Lisa's Hot Wife in the future episodes.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Bart.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Blue hair runs in his family.
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[[folder:Jimbo Jones, Dolph Starbeam, and Kearney Zzyzwicz]]
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-->Debut: ''"The Telltale Head"''
Unlike Nelson, Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney are more like petty thugs. They do bully the kids at Springfield Elementary, but other episodes show them committing crimes, such as shoplifting ("Marge Be Not Proud"), petit and grand larceny ("This Little Wiggy"), breaking and entering, vandalism, destruction of property, and child endangerment ("Kamp Krusty") -- among others. Unlike most duo or trio groups on ''The Simpsons'', Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney do have some character depth (even if it doesn't seem like much, as these tropes will show you):
* AlliterativeName: '''J'''imbo '''J'''ones
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Dolph goes to Hebrew school and yelled at his friends for missing out on his bar mitzvah.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Dolph '''Starbeam'''.
* BaldOfEvil: Kearney shaves his head and recent episodes show that Jimbo is mostly bald under his hat.
* BarbaricBully: All three of them. They were even hired to be camp counselors at Kamp Krusty (as run by heartless accountant, Mr. Black)
* GangOfBullies: A group of three or four bullies in Springfield Elementary who often pick on Bart or other kids. It's not clear which of them is the alpha bully, though. Jimbo was the leader at first (according to the season one episode, "The Telltale Head" when Bart first met them outside the Aztec Theater), but over time their chain of command has shifted between Jimbo (because he was introduced first) and Kearney (because he's older than Dolph and Jimbo) before the chain of command became more or less egalitarian. Unless Nelson's being depicted as part of the gang, in which case he is almost always depicted as the leader.
* GenerationXerox: Their fathers dress and act similar to they do and Kearney has a son who is a smaller version of him.
* KarmaHoudini: In early seasons at least, the three seldomly faced punishment for terrorising Bart and other students. Like Nelson they fell to a bit of MenaceDecay later on however.
* NiceHat: Jimbo wears a purple knit cap.
* OddFriendship: Kearney and Homer, though Kearney only considers Homer an associate and it's not so much a "friendship" as it is "Kearney uses Homer to buy beer (as seen in "The Springfield Connection"[[note]]the season six episode where Marge joins the police force[[/note]] and "The Last Tap Dance in Springfield[[note]]season 11 episode where Lisa takes tap-dancing lessons from a ShirleyTemple-esque former child star[[/note]]), so Homer can get busted on buying tobacco and alcohol for minors."
* OlderThanTheyLook: Kearney. Despite looking high school-aged and being held back in elementary school, he's actually somewhere between 20 and 39 (if you ignore the show's many continuity snarls). He's the only Springfield Elementary student who was around to see the Watergate scandal and the 1976 Bicentennial happen, he shaves, he has custody of a child from a divorce (who also may be older than he looks, since "She of Little Faith" had Kearney refer to his son as "a teenager"), has a Hyundai (yet rides the school bus with his kid on the rare occurences that he does go to school), has been in an actual prison (though "Lisa the Skeptic" and "Marge Be Not Proud" had Kearney in a juvenile hall), is old enough to smoke tobacco products and drink in a bar (yet needs fake [=IDs=] or Homer's help to get beer and cigarettes from either a liquor store or the Kwik-E-Mart), votes in U.S. elections, and pays taxes (despite heavy clues that he doesn't have a job. He might get child support from his kid). Otto mentioned once that they were in the same year at school.
* OnlyOneName: Kearney's and Dolph's last names weren't revealed until the season 18 episode "24 Minutes." And, for those struggling, Kearney's last name is pronounced "jeez-WICH," implying that he may be Polish.
* PaperTiger: Jimbo. Despite picking on kids, he cowers in the face of real threats. When Bart sent Moe after Jimbo, the bully tearfully begged for mercy (granted Moe had a knife and was threatening to gut him up).
* RapeAsBackstory: Kearney mentions being both a teenager and the parent of a teenager, meaning he must have conceived a child when he was no older than seven.
* SatelliteCharacter: Dolph only really appears as a member of this gang. Jimbo and Kearney have had significant appearances on their own.
* TalkShowWithFists: They have a public access show called ''The Bully Corner'' where they pulverised Creator/WilliamHMacy while asking him questions about his career.
* VillainTeamUp: Sometimes pair up with Nelson to bully students.
* WouldHurtAChild: Kearney has no problem bullying and beating up kids despite being a father. However, he does try to be a good dad to his kid, despite not having a job and still being in elementary school.
* WouldntHitAGirl: They were helpless on dealing with Francine on the grounds that Francine is a girl like her victim, Lisa. They admits they have a weakness that includes falling in love cause on it.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Dolph. Dolph looks about 13 or 14, but is said to be in the sixth grade (which would make him between eleven and twelve). Whether or not this is because Dolph got left back is unknown.
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[[folder:Wendell Borton]]
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-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
An ill albino kid in Bart's class. Wendell has had four voice-actors over the years: Jo Ann Harris, Pamela Hayden, Nancy Cartwright and Russi Taylor
* ButtMonkey: Due to being an IllBoy, it's easy for people, such as the Springfield bullies, to pick on him.
* IllBoy: The ill student stereotype of the school. Wendell seems to be someone that gets dizzy easily, and has been shown to vomit.
* OnlyFriend: Wendell appears to be Martin Prince's only friend as seen in the class president election episode.
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[[folder:Richard and Lewis Clark]]
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-->Debut: ''"Bart the Genius"'' (Richard), ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"'' (Lewis)
Two students who were often seen alongside Bart and Milhouse early on. They have since faded into the background. Richard has had four voice-actors over the years: Jo Ann Harris, Creator/NancyCartwright, Pamela Hayden, and Maggie Roswell. Lewis has had five voice-actors over the years: Jo Ann Harris, Nancy Cartwright, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor, and Creator/TressMacNeille.
* DemotedToExtra: Early on, they regularly hung out with Bart and Milhouse. Over the first few seasons, they faded to the background. They're frequently seen, but get so little dialogue that they don't even have assigned voice actors.
* OutOfFocus: Lampshaded in "Das Bus," where Bart confuses one of them with Wendell.
* SaltAndPepper: Lewis is the Pepper to Richard's Salt.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Richard and Lewis are often always seen together.
* TokenMinority: Lewis is the only black male student in the school.
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[[folder:Üter Zorker]]
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-->Debut: ''"Treehouse of Horror IV"'', ''"Lisa's Rival"'' (canonical)
A foreign-exchange student from Germany who the Springfield students enjoy to pick on. Voiced by Russi Taylor.
* TheAhnold: One of the comics set in the future shows that he grows up to be an action movie star similar to Rainier Wolfcastle.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Possibly for Janey...[[HoYay or even Milhouse]].
* ButtMonkey: Once got left behind on a field trip gone bad, the last we see of him in that instance was surrounded by actors about to [[WouldHurtAChild beat him up]].
* CanonImmigrant: First appeared in a non-canon Halloween special but then joined the main cast.
* FatComicRelief: A fat character that serves as a ButtMonkey.
* ForeignQueasine: Frequently snacks on strange German candies, such as flavor waxes and marzipan joy-joys [[GratuitousGerman mit iodine]].
* FunnyForeigner: From Germany.
* FutureBadass: The comics show that he grows up to star in action movies.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He was implied to be missing or dead for a while but more recent episodes show him to be fine.
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[[folder:Janey Powell]]
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-->Debut: ''"The Telltale Head"''
A student who serves as Lisa's best friend in Springfield Elementary. Voiced by Pamela Hayden and Creator/TressMacNeille.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Janey may have had a crush on Milhouse who has a crush on Lisa.
* AllThereInTheManual: According to ''The Lisa Book'', Janey is considered to be one of the most popular girls in second grade in a poll that she conducted herself. She is very fashion-conscious, being particularly wary of clothes that look Canadian.
* BlackBestFriend: Started out as this to Lisa.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Wears pink clothes.
* SatelliteCharacter: Just exists as Lisa’s friend or a member of her class.
* TokenMinority: The only black female student in the school.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: While Janey is the ''only'' friend Lisa has (if any at all), she is basically this in a nutshell. She is often seen hanging out with Lisa, but at other times she teases her along with the other children for her misfortunes or idealistic views.
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[[folder:Kyle & The Superfriends]]
-->Debut: ''"Krusty Gets Busted"'' (Data), ''"Bart's Comet"'' (the rest of the Superfriends)
Kyle, also known as Database, is the leader of the geek squad of Springfield Elementary. Kyle has had three voice-actors over the years: Creator/NancyCartwright, Creator/TressMacNeille, and Pamela Hayden.
Excluding Kyle, the Superfriends include Ham, Cosine Tangent, E-mail, and Report Card. Lisa is also a member of the club. Ham is voiced by Pamela Hayden. Cosine is voiced by Creator/TressMacNeille. E-mail is voiced by Creator/NancyCartwright. Report Card is voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* InSeriesNickname: The students of Springfield Elementary refer to Kyle as "Database". It's pretty much implied that all the members go by nicknames. Report Card's real name for example is Booker T. Report.
* TheLeader: Kyle is this for the Superfriends.
* NerdGlasses: Kyle wears a pair of red glasses.
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[[folder:Principal Seymour Skinner]]
!!Principal W. Seymour Skinner [[spoiler: a.k.a. Armin Tamzarian]]
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->"Elementary school is where I wound up, and it's too late to do anything about that!"
-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
The highly put-upon principal of Springfield Elementary School, a former Army officer and Vietnam survivor, harassed by Bart Simpson, put upon by his Superintendent, challenged by his groundskeeper, and under the thumb of his domineering, overbearing mother. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that he is actually Armin Tamzarian, a hoodlum who was sentenced to join the Army and served under the real Sergeant Seymour Skinner. When Skinner went missing in action, Armin took up Skinner's identity and came back to America. This revelation was not popular at all, and is even ignored in-series. To the point where when the real Skinner returns, he's [[PutOnABus put on a train]] and everyone agrees to keep calling Armin Tamzarian, Seymour Skinner.]] Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''eymour '''S'''kinner
* BasementDweller: A mild example: he does live with his mother in her house, but he has a bedroom and he's not a nerd or a social outcast.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Edna [[spoiler: until she break with him, married Flanders and pretty much forgot about Seymour]].
%%* ButtMonkey
* CluelessBoss: Is frequently portrayed this way.
* TheComicallySerious:
--->'''Reporter:''' Principal Skinner, you've been referred to as "the funny one." Is that reputation justified?
--->'''Skinner (seriously):''' Yes. Yes, it is.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: You don't believe that a momma's boy like him trained as a Green Beret and took out Disney's lawyer and hired goons to avoid being sued for using "The Happiest Place on Earth" for the school carnival.
* DeanBitterman: He can be one of these in his less sympathetic moments.
* {{Determinator}}: Once parodied ''Film/TheTerminator''. See "NonGivingUpSchoolGuy"
* DisproportionateRetribution: In the early seasons, he would give Bart several months/years of detention for anything he did wrong, even when it wasn't that big of a deal.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The teachers can do ''a lot'' to children (mostly crush their self-esteem and bore them with inane lessons), but lay a hand on them (like Mrs. Krabappel did in "The Nedliest Catch") and you're done.
* FormerTeenRebel: Was a worse prankster than Bart in his youth.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Though he was a nice enough guy, he was also very capable of being a jerk.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In "Special Edna" (Season 14, ep. 7), after Skinner cancelled a movie date with Ms. Krabappel to spend time with his mother, Bart nominates Edna Krabappel for a "Teacher of the Year" award. Ms. K and the Simpsons go to Orlando and attend the fictitious EFCOT theme park, a parody of EPCOT Center. Skinner, worried that Edna might leave him and the school behind, blackmails Bart into ObfuscatingStupidity against his will; when Bart is asked what Ms. Krabappel can teach the world, he pretends to be illiterate, until Skinner confesses that Bart's ObfuscatingStupidity was his idea, and in spite of Skinner costing her the award, she accepts his marriage proposal. But in "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" Skinner gets cold feet before the wedding and Ms. Krabappel leaves him stranded at the altar and she starts dating Comic Book Guy ultimately rejecting Comic Book Guy's and Skinner's proposals by the episode's end.
* LateToThePunchline: He's often slow to pick up on jokes, particularly dirty DoubleEntendre, if he even picks up on them at all.
* {{Malaproper}}: He was quite prone to these in his early appearances:
-->'''Skinner:''' Welcome kindergarteners, I'm Principal Sinner-- Skinner! ''(kindergarteners laugh)'' Well, that's it. I've lost them forever.
* MistakenForPrankCall: Played with, as whenever Bart tries to prank call him it backfires.
-->'''Skinner:''' Well, as a matter of fact, my refrigerator ''wasn't'' running. You've spared me quite a bit of spoilage: thank you, anonymous young man.
-->'''Bart:''' D'oh!
* MommasBoy: Which leads to…
* MyBelovedSmother: TropeNamer; he lives with, and is co-dependent with, his mom.
* TheNeidermeyer: During his Vietnam days, he commanded about as much respect from his troops as he does from the students at Springfield Elementary. He was once shot in the back during a Bob Hope special while trying to get one of his squadmates to put some pants on.
* NeverMyFault: In "Pokey Mom", He reprimands Jack Crowley for the bold art he made for the mural basically saying it was Kid Unfriendly and forced him to make an StylisticSuck TastesLikeDiabetes drawing he put together on a napkin. When that understandably blows and Chalmers chews Skinner out, Skinner says "This isn't what I wanted! Where is the boldness?" and starts putting down Jack again when he points out it was Skinner's idea, sending Jack over the edge and effectively ruining an Ex-Con's shot at redemption.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Even when Bart genuinely tries to change his ways, Skinner then simply screws him over ForTheEvulz. Which considering that Bart's his worst nightmare made flesh, [[StupidEvil is not wise]].
* NonGivingUpSchoolGuy: {{Trope Namer|s}}. He once tracked Bart across Springfield (even climbing a cliff and walking straight through a river after Bart cut the rope bridge over it) to get him back to class. Bart, upon seeing this, gives us the BuffySpeak TropeNamer line.
* NoodleIncident:
-->'''Skinner:''' I've been hoping I could find something that would be named after me.\\
'''Bart:''' And you've never found anything?\\
'''Skinner:''' Once. But by the time I got to the phone, my discovery had already been reported by Principal Kohoutek. I got back at him, though … him and that little boy of his.
* OddFriendship: With Bart during "Sweet Skinner's Badasssss Song".
* PhraseCatcher:
-->'''Chalmers:''' SKINN-''ER!!!''
-->'''Skinner:''' S-Superintendent Chalmers!
-->'''Agnes Skinner''' ''Seymour!''
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: DependingOnTheWriter, he can either be an ObstructiveBureaucrat, but he is usually a well-meaning (if nerdy) principal constrained by excessive budget cuts and apathetic teachers.
* RefugeeFromTime: Is still a 'Nam vet, despite that meaning he would now be around twenty-five years older than he was at the beginning of the series.
* {{Retcon}}: His [[spoiler:real identity as Armin Tanzarian]] is never brought up again but it goes so far as to rewrite past events to include Seymour in them all [[spoiler:and not the real one]]. This doesn't stop Lisa from getting on his nerves by making an off-hand mention about it much later in the show's run, which means it's not entirely forgotten.
* RetiredBadass: Former army sergeant. He also mentions in one episode that he's an ex-Green Beret (US Army Special Forces) and puts the skills to good use taking out a lawyer and his two goons.
--> '''Skinner:''' [[BondOneLiner Copyright expired]].
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Gives Bart detention for trying to bribe him.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Chalmers' Manly Man.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Parodied. Frequently has flashbacks to his experiences in Vietnam.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Bart.
* SternTeacher: He has it in for Bart Simpson, but it's hard to blame him when you realize just what Bart's put him through for so long. He's generally a lot nicer to the other students, and can even be civil to Bart when the latter isn't pranking him.
* ThatCameOutWrong: "This is our last chance to bone up. And bone we will!" (In this case, he doesn't catch the unintentional innuendo, but the kids do.) After the kids trap him in the dodgeball sack and the class hamster Nibbles helps rescue them. "Good work Nibbles! Now, chew through my ballsack!" The hamster gives him a {{squick}}ed expression, then runs away.
* TradingBarsForStripes: Chose to serve in Vietnam rather than do time.
* TheVietnamVet: He served in the Vietnam War as a Green Beret. The conflict clearly traumatises him at times.
* VocalEvolution: His voice sounds much deeper in the earlier seasons.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His plan to cut Springfield Elementary's expenses in "The President Wore Pearls" consists of cutting art, physical education and music from the curriculum and [[WhatAnIdiot framing student president Lisa]].
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[[folder:Edna Krabappel]]
!!Edna Krabappel, now [[spoiler: Flanders]]
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-->Debut: ''"Bart the Genius"''
-->Final Episode: ''"The Man Who Grew Too Much"''
The emotionally scarred, bitterly sarcastic teacher unfortunate enough to teach the very class that Bart Simpson attends. The two are fierce enemies, but their relationship is not totally hostile, and Bart has tried to help her on a few occasions. She even receives an award and recognition amongst the education circles when Bart reveals he is not merely some urban myth and that Mrs. Krabappel has survived being his teacher. Voiced by Marcia Wallace.
* ApatheticTeacher: Edna has completely gone to town on this trope. She and Bart still bond a lot more than either of them would like.
* BelligerentSexualTension: She develops a secret romance with Seymour Skinner, a relationship that almost leads to marriage. Since then, Krabappel's attitudes to Skinner have vacillated between passion and disdain in various episodes. [[spoiler: Until she break with him, married Flanders and pretty much forgot about Seymour]].
* BrokenBird: Her husband left her for [[TheMistress "something small and fluffy]] [[YourCheatingHeart down a rabbit hole"]] and Bart Simpson is one of her students. It's a miracle she didn't kill herself or quit in disgust.
* CatchPhrase: ''"Ha!"''
* DudeMagnet: Krabappel appears to be desired by many men (and in one case even women, when Patty Bouvier once had a sexual fantasy with Edna), as seen in Sideshow Bob's outrage (in "Brother from Another Series") wherein his romantic date with her is ruined by a spying Bart: "You only get one chance with Edna Krabappel!"
* FriendlyEnemy: To Bart in few episodes when he goes out of his way to help her with something.
* HotForStudent: Not as often as one would believe, but it was played with in various ways with Bart. One sad example in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E16BartTheLover Bart the Lover]], Edna mentions that Bart is the closest thing to a man in her life, but she finds that more depressing than disturbing. In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E15FutureDrama Future Drama]], 18 year old Bart nearly dodges a bullet when he and a then single Homer double dates with Edna and Miss Hoover. In this example, she's all for it but when Bart politely rejects it, she encourages him that both of them could do so much better with other people. The real icing on the cake though was in [[TheSimpsonsS24E15BlackEyedPlease Black Eyed Please]]. As a means to find out why the new teacher Mrs. Cantwell hates Lisa, they send Bart in as a means of interrogation. Upon introducing him, Cartwell accuses her of this trope, to which Edna replies in a SarcasticConfession.
--> '''Mrs. Cantwell: '''Are you dating this boy?
--> '''Edna:''' [[SarcasmMode Right. I can't be around him 'cause he's so delicious.]]
* HotTeacher: She was presented as Bart's attractive teacher mostly in seasons 2 and 3 (she tried to seduce Mr. Bergstrom; Homer finds a provocative picture of her and tells Bart that he's going to start going to Parents' Night), but eventually this characterization faded, as she became more sarcastic and bitter.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She does genuinely care about her students from time to time.
* KilledOffScreen: She dies off screen in the middle of Season 25's "The Man Who Grew Too Much," possibly involving Homer, according to Season 23's "Holiday's of Future Past."
* KnightInSourArmor: Her life dream once was to teach to young students; however, after years of teaching jaded her positive image, and after her husband left for another woman, their marriage counselor, Edna started drinking her days away. She got fired from teaching in a prestigious private school, and eventually made her way into Springfield Elementary.
* LadyDrunk: "Dinner for one, wine for three…"
* MeaningfulName: "Krabappel" is clearly a reference to "crab apple", a species of apple notorious for its bitter, sour taste -- and which is also used in America to denote a person who is extremely bitter, sour, cranky or generally bad-tempered. Oddly, the only people that have ever called her "Mrs. Crab-apple" are [[spoiler:the real Seymour Skinner]] in "The Principal and the Pauper" and Milhouse in "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore", where it is lampshaded:
-->'''Kearney:''' Crab apple?
-->'''Jimbo:''' I never thought of that!
** Lampshaded again in "The Debarted".
--> '''Donny:''' Hey Krabappel, your name sounds like "crab apple"! Do you go sour waiting for someone to pick you?
--> '''Krabappel:''' Mmmm, pretty much.
* MrsRobinson: In early episodes, she is shown as very sexually aggressive and promiscuous. Also {{lampshade|Hanging}}d to hell and back.
* ReallyGetsAround: Mrs. Krabappel has hooked up with quite a few people when she wasn't married or dating someone. Ned Flanders wonders if he should stay with her because of everyone she's been with. [[spoiler: In Season 23, they marry.]]
* SignatureLaugh: "HA!"
* WorthyOpponent: Bart considers her this.
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[[folder:Elizabeth Hoover]]
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-->Debut: ''"Brush with Greatness"''
Dispassionate teacher of the class that houses both Lisa Simpson and Ralph Wiggum. Voiced by Maggie Roswell (1991-1999, 2002-present); Marcia Mitzman-Gaven (1999-2002).
* TheAlcoholic: Once graded her kids' ''Wind in the Willows'' tests while drinking flavored liqueurs (Kahlua and Drambuie).
* ApatheticTeacher: She hates her job and seemed to be dangerously unaware of how a teacher is supposed to act and is gullible at times relating to teaching.
* BrainyBrunette: Not the brainiest one though. And before, she wasn't even a brunette.
* BrokenBird: Has zero passion for her job.
* DeadpanSnarker: Even more so than Edna.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Just like Smithers, she went through a lot of revisions to her character model (coincidentally, being the same as Smithers). She was black with blue hair, then she only had blue hair, and eventually they settled with the look shown in this entry.
* {{Jerkass}}: Probably the biggest one in the school, especially toward Ralph. A typical response to one of his difficulties is, "The children are right to laugh at you, Ralph." She even once told Lisa to turn her desk around and stop learning just because she was mad at her (though to be fair the entire town was treating the Simpson family this way).
* RaceLift: Like Smithers, she was black with blue hair in the first seasons.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her early character models had this until she was made a brunette.
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[[folder:Groundskeeper William "Willie" [=MacDougal=]]]
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-->Debut: ''"Principal Charming"''
Cantankerous Scottish groundskeeper of Springfield Elementary. Despite being quite grumpy and short tempered, he does seem to care the most about the children among the Springfield Elementary School staff. Voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta.
* AscendedExtra: Thought to be a one-shot character for "Principal Charming," but Dan Castellaneta's performance led to him coming back and becoming a fixture in the recurring cast.
* AxCrazy: On his bad days, he can become dangerously violent. For example, during "Bart's Inner Child", he seizes a plinth and declares that if he was elected mayor, he'd kill everyone in Springfield, then burn the town to the ground, all aware the [[IsThisThingStillOn microphone was on]] and not caring.
%%* BadassBeard
%%* BaldOfAwesome
* BoomerangBigot: "Damn Scots, they ruined Scotland!"
* BraveScot: In "Marge Gets a Job", he fights a timber wolf with nothing but his bare hands (and chest), then consoled it with whiskey. As he does, he mentions he used to fight wolves when he was younger.
* CannotTellAJoke: His comedy routine about Scottish golfers, though he did get a laugh when he sarcastically told the audience that he's only funny when he's cleaning kids' puke.
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: TropeNamer. In the episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E22RoundSpringfield Round Springfield]]''. Having been forced to sub as a French teacher, the brief snippet of his "lesson" plays out as follows:
-->"Bonjourrrrrrrrr, ya cheese-eating surrender monkeys!"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Not always on the best of terms with reality.
* CovertPervert: Was revealed in the season six episode "Homer Badman" (the episode where Homer is accused of sexually harassing a babysitter by grabbing her butt and calling her "Precious Venus") to be a camera-toting Peeping Tom. ("But every Scotsman does it!")
* CultureEqualsCostume: Frequently seen in a kilt and plaid hat.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode "My Fair Laddy" where Lisa training him into being a proper gentleman.
* FanDisservice and {{Fanservice}}: On the one hand, his occasional [[{{Fanservice}} shirtless scenes]] reveal he's ripped like no one else in Springfield (except for maybe [[StupidSexyFlanders Ned]]). On the other hand, the episode "Bart's Girlfriend" had people passing out and reacting with disgust when his kilt came off. It may be more possible that he's just hung and no one was really expecting to be blasted in the face with a very good look at his "Scottish heritage" like that.
* FieryRedhead: Red hair, red beard, HairTriggerTemper.
* FootballHooligans: He and his similarly-looking relatives in "The Cartridge Family" (though for some reason he calls it "soccer"[[note]]Either the writers don't know that people in other countries refer to soccer as football, or Groundskeeper Willie has been in America long enough to forget some of his foreign upbringing[[/note]]):
-->'''Willie:''' Ech! Ya call this a soccer riot? Ke'mon, boys, ''let's take 'em ta skewl!''
* FluffyTamer: When an escaped wolf began roaming the halls of Springfield Elementary, Willie ended up getting into a fistfight with it. At the [[BrickJoke end of the episode]], it seems that Willie defeated the wolf and began [[DefeatMeansFriendship bonding]].
* FunnyForeigner: The stereotypical angry Scotsman. Though in earlier seasons the trope was a bit subverted because he wasn't portrayed as thrifty or walking around in a kilt.
* TheGardener: Is a Mundane Gardener as the schools groundskeeper.
* HairTriggerTemper: Oh, so many examples of this.
-->'''Willie:''' Brothers and sisters are natural enemies like Englishmen and Scots, or Welshmen and Scots, or Japanese and Scots, or Scots and other Scots! Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!
-->'''Skinner:''' You Scots sure are a cantankerous bunch.
-->'''Willie:''' Ya just made an enemy for life!
* HiddenDepths: According to "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" he managed to make millions of dollars in software.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Extremely angry, dangerously violent, always yelling at, threatening or outright attacking people -- and yet he has a lot of PetTheDog moments and seems to have a soft spot for children and animals (except when [[RuleOfFunny it's funnier]] that he hates and wants to kill them, that is).
* MultipleChoicePast: He hails from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Loch Ness, and North Kilt-Town. Even his name is unclear; the comics imply it is [=MacMoran=], the animated series gives it as [=MacDougal=]. In another episode he claims not to know his surname. He's also claimed at various points to have a Doctorate and be Illiterate. Once while recounting a miner's strike and cave-in: [[DidYouDie "Nobody made it out alive, not even Willie!"]] He also claimed his father was hung for stealing a pig, but his father is shown to be very much alive in a later episode (unless his living father is his stepfather and he knew him as "Dad" until his mom told him that his real father was hung for stealing a pig). Or his father survived the hanging. Chalmers at one point implies that Willie is an escaped mental patient.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Is sometimes portrayed as being ridiculously manly, such as in "Lard of the Dance" where we see that he washes with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28cleaning_product%29 Ajax]] and scrubs himself with a Brillo pad. Then [[RuleOfFunny of course]] it's followed up with:
-->'''Willie (upon noticing Bart and Homer watching him):''' ''[[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Eeek!]]'' I mean, ''och!''
* ThirdPersonPerson: Occasionally.
* UnwittingPawn:
** After he finds out Skinner made up Scotchtoberfest as a sting for Bart.
-->"Ya used me, Skinner! YA USED ME!"
** In "The Great Money Caper," Willie stands trial and is found guilty for stealing Homer's car. Homer and Bart had actually been grifting, lost the car to a better grifter and lied about it. [[GambitRoulette It was all a con by Marge, Lisa and the townspeople to teach them a lesson about grifting]].
--->'''Homer:''' I can't believe everyone was in on it.\\
'''Willie:''' WILLIE WASN'T!
* ViolentGlaswegian: His belligerence and sociopathy leads to him declaring Scots to be the natural enemies of Englishmen, Welshmen, Japanese, and even other Scots, in the quote at the top of the page. Willie has been identified as a Glaswegian ("...the ugliest man in Glasgow...") on at least one occasion, but has an accent of indeterminate origin and had been, at various points in time, said to hail from Edinburgh, Loch Ness, and "North Kilt-Town", before Willie himself finally cleared things up by declaring that he was actually from Kirkwall in Orkney.
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[[folder:Superintendent Gary Chalmers]]
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-->Debut: ''"Whacking Day"''
The Board of Education superior to Principal Skinner, and thusly the man who has to show up at Springfield Elementary to investigate the goings-on there. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts," where Chalmers becomes a teacher so he can make Bart excited about learning.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Shauna (Chalmers) is confirmed to be his daughter.
* CatchPhrase: "SKIN-NER!"
* {{Foil}}: To Skinner, of course.
* FreudianExcuse: His attitude toward Skinner is that his father put him in a human-size "SKINNER box" as he was interested by the eponymous psychologist's research.
* IncomingHam: "[[SayMyName SKINNER!]]"
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He likes to yell. A lot. Especially at Skinner for even the smallest mistakes. But he's also the only person who bothered (and succeeded) to teach Bart anything.
* NoIndoorVoice: SKIN-NER!
* OddFriendship: Surprisingly, with Bart Simpson.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Although he still goes on a ZanyScheme with Skinner every so often, and complains about ice buckets not being in hotels like everyone else. He also falls for Skinner's BlatantLies about the Aurora Borealis being in his kitchen.
* OnlySaneMan: The writers have noted unlike other characters, Chalmers is above the zaniness of the other characters and is a (relatively) normal guy, aside from his pathological habit of bellowing any word that sounds even remotely like ''''''SKI-NEEER!'''''.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Skinner's Sensitive Guy.
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[[folder:Otto Mann]]
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-->Debut: ''"Homer's Odyssey"''
Bart and Lisa's bus driver. Although he seems to be an unambitious loser, Bart idolizes him. Voiced by: Creator/HarryShearer.
* TheAlcoholic: When introducing himself to an Alcoholics Anonymous group, Otto says "My name is Otto, I love to get blotto!"
* BerserkButton: Call him a bum? He'll accept that, no problem. Call him a sponge? ''BIG'' mistake.
* BigBrotherMentor: Pretty much the only adult that Bart consistently goes to for advice. Unfortunately, his advice isn't always good.
* CaptainCrash: Otto frequently crashes the school bus.
--> '''Otto''': I stand on my record. Fifteen crashes and not a ''single'' fatality!
* CatchPhrase: "All ''right''!"
* DiscoDan: Otto dresses and talks like a perpetual 1980s teenager. He even still wears a portable cassette player on his hip despite the fact that they've been obsolete for years.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Luckily, nobody gets hurt.
* GeniusDitz: Although he's not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, it is shown from time to time that Otto has artistic talent. He is a very skilled guitar player, and he even created his own comic book called ''Bus Man'' about a bus driver who fights vampires in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. He's also an excellent bowler. And he almost got tenure at Brown[[note]]though the last of these was in Lisa's nightmare[[/note]].
* MetalHead: Otto is passionate about HeavyMetal and Classic Rock music, to the point where he actually left his bride at the altar because she tried to make him give up Heavy Metal.
* MilitaryBrat: Otto's father is an Admiral in the United States Navy who disapproves of his lazy, pot-smoking son.
* PunnyName: "Otto Mann" sounds like both "Auto Man" and the "[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire Ottoman Empire]] of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI fame.
* RunawayGroom: He was once engaged to a girl named Becky, but at the wedding she revealed she couldn't stand heavy metal after he hired a Poison cover band to play at the ceremony. Marge then told him he had to choose between Becky and his music - he chose the latter, leaving Becky at the altar.
* SpeciesSurname: Rare human example.
* TheStoner: In "The Seven-Beer Snitch", Otto's urine sample contains so many illegal drugs that when Otto looks at it, it resembles a scene from Music/TheBeatles film ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''. And only actually contains "trace amounts of human urine".
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[[folder:Dewey Largo]]
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-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
The music teacher of Springfield Elementary. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* ApatheticTeacher: Like any long time teacher.
* AmbiguouslyGay: He "carpools" with Smithers among other thing. In season 22's "Flaming Moe", he had a boyfriend, removing any ambiguity.
* ClassicalMusicIsBoring: His boring choice of music often drives Lisa to spontaneous jazz solos in class.
* HehHehYouSaidX: "Do you find anything funny about the word, Trom'''''boner'''''?!"
* {{Jerkass}}: He often yells at his students and treats them pretty crappily. He especially has it out for Lisa and the opening scene when the full version's shown is him kicking Lisa out for playing her saxophone with some passion.
* MeaningfulName: A Largo is a slow tempo.
* StartOfDarkness: Not getting into Juilliard (because the mailman had been frozen solid) seemed to have made him dispassionate towards music, he is hinted to have been quite talented before.
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[[folder:Doris Freedman]]
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-->Debut: ''"Lisa's Pony"''
The lunchlady of Springfield Elementary. Voiced by Doris Grau (1991-1995) and Creator/TressMacNeille (2006-present).
* TheBusCameBack: She is brought back in season 18's "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer", now voiced by Tress [=MacNeille=].
* FatGirl: Doris is fat.
* LethalChef: Her lunch food for the students isn't always the greatest. She constantly prepares bad food, serving to students near-inedible foodstuff including whole beef hearts, horse testicles, and shredded newspaper.
* PutOnABus: After Doris Grau's death, she was dropped from the show, with the sole exception of season 9's "Lisa's Sax", which used archived dialogue for a flashback scene.
* SchoolNurse: Despite primary being the lunchlady, she also doubles as the school's nurse.
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[[folder:Dr. J. Loren Pryor]]
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->Debut: ''"Bart the Genius"''
The psychologist for Springfield Elementary's school district. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He rarely appeared after Season 3.
* OnlySaneEmployee: The only educator in Springfield who shows some semblance of competence.
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!Elementary School Students
[[folder:Nelson Muntz]]
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-->Debut: ''"Bart the General"''
Originally the worst bully in Springfield Elementary, the closest thing Bart had to an archnemesis of his own age and the leader of Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph. As the seasons passed, though, he became more sympathetic and eventually began to clean up his act. As a result, his broken home started mending itself. Voiced by Creator/NancyCartwright.
* BarbaricBully: Not as tall as Dolph, Kearney, and Jimbo, but definitely heavier and more thuggish-looking than the other kids. In later seasons he his given HiddenDepths and his bullying is largely restricted to taunting.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Milhouse's Betty for Lisa's Archie.
* TheBully: Introduced this way, though HiddenDepths and CharacterDevelopment have led to this trope being downplayed. In most recent episodes, he's just an average guy in Bart's social circle who likes to taunt people (with the occasional punch thrown).
* CatchPhrase: "Haw haw!"
* CharacterDevelopment: Though it lead to MenaceDecay, Nelson has become softer and is often one of Bart's friends now, while the position of bullying tormentor have been passed onto Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph. Nelson's mother meanwhile cleaned up her act, and his DisappearedDad came back.
* TheDreaded: He was this to the other kids in the early seasons.
* EnemyMine: A couple of times has had to work with Martin -- much to his chagrin.
* FatBastard: He is a big fat bully (though he does have some moments of decency, especially when he's interacting with Lisa).
* FreudianExcuse: The main reason why Nelson is the way he is is because he is from a poor neighborhood, is neglected by his mother, has a DisappearedDad, and is looked down upon by his peers and teachers even though he is implied to have high potential.
* GeniusBruiser: He is large, and noted above, he is implied to have high potential (although the school fails to recognize it). He also was once shown to be very good at planning, actually giving Marge some tips on how to organize a method to get rid of a sport when she decided to get rid of mixed wrestling.
* HiddenDepths:
** Even in episodes when his [[MenaceDecay bullying hasn't been sidelined]], he's still quite gentlemanly to women, including female authority figures like Ms. Krabappel and Marge.
** He has a noted fondness for the work of Andy Williams.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Nelson is revealed to have no friends at all. Due to this, he becomes obsessed with Bart Simpson.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While living with the Simpsons in the episode Sleeping With the Enemy, he threatens Bart into eating pancakes that Marge made for him and Nelson after Bart spitefully refuses to eat them. This subtly has Nelson saying that Bart should feel lucky and appreciative for having a loving mother like Marge in his life and that while Bart is angry for what has happened, he should feel happy about that at least he has mother to come home to as Nelsons father abandoned him and his own mother had just walked out on him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In later seasons he's shown to bully kids for good reasons like "wasting teacher's time".
* KidsAreCruel: Initially.
* MenaceDecay: The Nelson of today is wimpy and pathetic compared to the Nelson of the earlier episodes. In his first appearance he was so fearsome Bart had to band together an ''army'' to stand up to him because the school was so terrified of him, and before that he regularly beat Bart bloody after school.
* ParentalAbandonment: His dad left him long ago.
* PetTheDog:
** Usually towards Lisa. When he goes to live with the Simpsons for a time, he sees that Sherri and Terri's constant teasing has really affected her, so he proceeds to bully/prank them.
** In the episode ''Wild Barts Can't Be Broken,'' when the kids all break curfew to sneak into the drive-in to see the ''The Bloodening,'' Nelson kicks Milhouse in the butt to get him through a hole in the fence, while pulling it back as much as possible to make it easier for Lisa to crawl through.
** He makes friends with a blind kid named Kevin when the fourth grade classes are temporarily merged in "Stealing First Base":
-->'''Nelson:''' *gasp* You're blind?! *to the class* If anyone messes with this kid, I will ''destroy'' them!
* RealMenWearPink
--> "The thing about huckleberries is, once you've had fresh, you'll never go back to canned". (Skinner walks by) "So, anyway, I kicked the guy's ass." (Skinner leaves) "Now, if the berries are too tart …"
** He's shown to be failing History and Maths, but is doing quite well in Home Ec.
** He is utterly enthralled by Andy Williams, and cheers for the performance like a gushing fangirl.
--> '''Nelson''': Hey, keep it down, man.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Martin's Sensitive Guy.
* SixthRanger: Often appears as a fourth member of Jimbo’s GangOfBullies.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite his brutish appearance, it's implied in a few episodes that Nelson is actually quite intelligent.
* TookALevelInKindness: In his first appearance, he was downright monstrous and cruel, providing Bart with some in-universe NightmareFuel. But over the years, he generally just beats up other kids to keep up appearances rather than out of any actual malice.
* VocalEvolution: He sounds much gruffer in more recent episodes.
* WouldntHitAGirl: This is one of Nelson's traits, as explained in '''Bye, Bye, Nerdie'''. He does help Lisa in order to understand why bullies like him pick on nerds.
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[[folder:Ralph Wiggum]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:There's a moon rock in my nose!]]
-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
Police Chief Wiggum's only son, heavily implied to be mentally disabled to some degree. Voiced by Creator/NancyCartwright.
* {{Adorkable}}: An oblivious and innocent kid with a huge imagination who tends to make weird and inappropriate comments all the time. Despite his frequently stupid and odd behaviour, his father adores him.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He seems to be an outcast in school. Justified due to the way he acts.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Several episodes imply he's mentally handicapped. How, exactly, is unclear.
* AmbiguouslyBi: After seeing Bart naked in TheMovie, he says … "I like men now!". Though he did love Lisa…
* ADayInTheLimelight: "I Love Lisa", "This Little Wiggy", and, to an extent, "E. Pluribus Wiggum".
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The infamous crush he developed on Lisa because she was the only one to give him a Valentine.
* BookDumb: Although he's as BookDumb as one could possibly get (and generally rather dim), numerous scenes have been dropped throughout various Simpsoncentric media, from the comic to the series itself, that he's possibly creatively gifted. When his head's on somewhat straight(er than usual) anyway.
* ButtMonkey: He's frequently mistreated by his teacher Miss Hoover.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: He's a kid and one of the most genuinely innocent characters. Contrast with his father who is an adult and also rather corrupt.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Ralph is known for saying several NonSequitur lines.
--> '''Lisa:''' Hey Ralph, want to come with me and Alison to play "Anagrams"?\\
'''Ralph:''' My cat's breath smells like cat food.
* {{Determinator}}: Ralph is too scared to enter the abandoned prison in "This Little Wiggy", until the bullies steal the police master key and throw it in. Ralph ignores his fear and enters the prison to get the key. [[PetTheDog Bart congratulates him for it.]]
* TheDitz: To the extent that he was formerly the [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]].
* ExpendableClone: An episode set in the future shows that he joins the police but needs an army of clones because he keeps getting killed.
* FatIdiot: Much like his father.
* {{Flanderization}}: Ralph is merely odd and ditsy in the earlier seasons, whereas in later ones he's presented as being mentally challenged.
* FutureLoser: ''Bart To The Future'' shows that he and Bart end up sharing a house and being unemployed apart from playing in an unsuccessful band.
* GeniusDitz: Despite being…well…TheDitz, Ralph is an amazingly talented actor ("I Love Lisa"), tap dancer ("Last Tap Dance in Springfield") and nose flutist ("Round Springfield").
* KindheartedSimpleton: The dumbest character on the show but usually a well-meaning boy.
* {{Malaproper}}: Him fail English? That's definitely NOT "unpossible."
* MoralityPet: To his father. Chief Wiggum is generally boorish and apathetic but he generally cares for his son.
* MrImagination: He has an active imagination and even Marge lampshades it in one episode.
* NobodysThatDumb: In season 14, "The Dad Who Knew Too Little", when Lisa is framed for a crime she didn't commit and the cops sees her and Homer flees when they arrive to arrest her, Chief Wiggum said something that even he knew the answer to:
-->'''Chief Wiggum''': ''(to Marge)'' Would an innocent person flee?\\
''(beat)''\\
'''Chief Wiggum''': No, really. Tell me. I honestly don't know.\\
'''Lou''': Chief, no.\\
'''Ralph''': Even ''I'' knew that.\\
'''Chief Wiggum''': Yeah, yeah, I'm not... I'm not good.
* NonSequitur: [[Pantheon/PhilosophyDemiGodsAndQuasideities The living epitome!]]
* OneSteveLimit: The writers gave him and Chief Wiggum the same last name by accident and didn’t originally intend them to be father and son.
* SpannerInTheWorks: He is most likely this if befriended by any of the Simpson children.
* ThrowTheDogABone: At the end of "This Little Wiggy," Bart, Homer and Marge congratulate Ralph for saving the day, even though it was Lisa's plan. Lisa goes along with it after Bart says, "C'mon, let him have this one, Lis. After all, it's Ralph."
* TooDumbToLive: Easily the stupidest character on the show, even more so than his own daddy. So much, he once a trope named after him, which was intended for characters that [[UpToEleven go ''right past'']] TheDitz.
--> '''Ralph:''' Look, daddy. I made a Ralphwich! Uhh, it tastes hurty!
--> '''Chief Wiggum:''' That's cause it's not food, Ralphie!
* VagueAge: In "The Simpsons Spinoff Showcase", Chief Wiggum describes him as "between the ages of six and ten".
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[[folder:Sherri and Terri Mackleberry]]
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-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
A pair of identical twins in Bart's class who come off a bit creepy and odd. Voiced by Russi Taylor.
* AlphaBitch: Sort of. They often tease and taunt other students amongst other things but don't seem to be especially popular nor in charge of any group of girls.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: They are identical and always wear the same clothes.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: They have the same sort of pale skin as other Asian characters throughout the show, but it's unclear if they are Asian.
* BitCharacter: In +20 seasons, they have never received a single ADayInTheLimelight episode where they are the protagonists.
* ButtMonkey: Between episodes, games and comics, they've been on the receiving end of a lot of misfortune including being [[TeenPregnancy impregnated and abandoned in the future]], possibly eaten by Lumpy the school snake, hit by a bus and drowned, not even counting Treehouse of Horror episodes and comics. Unlike Milhouse, they're [[ThrowTheDogABone never thrown a bone.]]
* CreepyTwins: They are a little bit strange and sometimes they speak in their own language. Speaking in perfect unison doesn't help.
* TheDividual: It's never made clear which is which. They even go to the model UN as Trinidad and Tobago (a single country). However, they do insist that they're individuals, and Bart apparently has a crush on one of them. One episode even uses the line "Sherri, but not Terri" as a gag by itself. WordOfGod says Sherri is always shown standing on the left side.
* EvilTwin: The school psychologist tells Bart that they were originally conjoined triplets and the third one is out for revenge.
* {{Flanderization}}: While Sherri and Terri weren't exactly the nicest girls, nowadays they seem to pretty much hate anyone who's not them, though they do seem to have softened on Bart a little in favor of being worse to Lisa.
* ShipTease: Some episodes implied that one of them (or maybe both) has a crush on Bart.
* SingleMindedTwins: They have the same personality.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Their names rhyme.
* ThoseTwoGirls: Always appear together.
* {{Tsundere}}: In one episode, one of them states the other has a crush on Bart. Given how they'd both acted towards him especially in the early seasons, the one with the crush could count as this. In the episode "Barthood" (set in one of possible futures) a teenager Bart make out with Sherri, but stated Terri is his actual girlfriend.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sherri and Terri have long, purple hair.
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[[folder:Martin Prince]]
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-->Debut: ''"Bart the Genius"''
The school's biggest nerd, regarded as being even more of a geek and a teacher's pet than Lisa Simpson. Voiced by Russi Taylor.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Lisa to him. Despite Lisa's canonical IQ of 156 or 159, she is often stated to be the smartest person in Springfield than Martin.
* BiTheWay: In an ImagineSpot, he sees himself as the star basketball player, with a female cheerleader on one arm and a male cheerleader on the other. He appears more interested in the male.
* ButtMonkey: He gets bullied a lot, especially by Nelson and the three bullies trio.
* ChildProdigy: Has an IQ of 216.
* TheDogBitesBack: In the movie, thinking he was going to die, he knocks out the bullies with ''one'' swing of the 2 by 4.
* ExtremeDoormat: He is often depicted as too passive in later seasons, since even Lisa Simpson can be a bit harsh to him.
* FutureBadass: ''Lisa's Wedding'' shows that he became an expy of Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera living beneath the school after a science fair explosion.
* InsufferableGenius: Especially in his earliest appearances, when he never passed on a chance to flaunt his superior intelligence, usually in Bart's face. This was heavily toned down in later appearances, and he even got to be on somewhat friendly terms with Bart.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Just as smart as Lisa, and just as unpopular as Milhouse.
* {{Nerd}}: He is a stereotypical nerd enthusiasms for science fiction, role-playing games and not-so-great fashion sense.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Is believed to be dead in the future shown in ''Lisa's Wedding'' but is actually living underneath the school.
* TheRival: Although they often work together on various school projects and classwork, it is implied in many episodes that Martin and Lisa are also rivals of a sort, especially when it comes to the Science Fair.
* SchoolNewspaperNewsHound: In few episodes, Martin has this role as a reporter for the "Daily Fourth Gradian".
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Nelson's Manly Man.
%%* TheSmartGuy
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* TeachersPet: Is this to Krabappel, he even bakes her raisin roundies.
* {{Transsexual}}: In one of the [[LooseCanon ambiguously canon]] future episodes.
* TVGenius: A condescending nerdy TeachersPet with a ImprobablyHighIQ.
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[[folder:Milhouse Van Houten]]
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-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
Bart's closest friend, who acquires a bit of protection from his nerdy nature by being so close to the class clown and mayhem expert. Has a deep unrequited crush on Lisa. Voiced by Pamela Hayden.
* {{Adorkable}}: Has NerdGlasses and is a naive, socially awkward boy who suffers some of the worst luck out of all charaters. Not to mention about his crush on Lisa Simpson.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Save for Bart ([[VitriolicBestBuds sometimes]]), Milhouse is disliked, mistreated, or ignored by virtually everyone.
-->'''Children''': Lisa likes Nelson!
-->'''Milhouse''': She does not!
-->'''Children''': Milhouse likes Lisa!
-->'''Janey''': He does not!
-->'''Children''': Janey likes Milhouse!
-->'''Uter''': She does not!
-->'''Children''': Uter likes Milhouse!
-->'''Mr. Largo''': NOBODY likes Milhouse!
** He doesn't even hold himself in high regard, frequently expressing sentiments of self-loathing.
-->'''Milhouse''': I am not a nerd, Bart. Nerds are smart.
* AmbiguouslyBi: He was very jealous when Bart spent much time with Nelson and once jumped over a waterfall while exclaiming "I can't live in a world without Bart!". His file in the school psychiatrist's office says that he has "flamboyantly homosexual tendencies".
-->'''Milhouse''': ''(On seeing a pair of siblings)'' They're beautiful... I mean [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday just the girl]]! [[BlatantLies I didn't notice the beautiful boy]].
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Nelson's Veronica for Lisa's Archie.
* BigOlEyebrows: One of the few characters on the show to have them, he and his family sport pairs of big, blue ones.
* ButtMonkey: Milhouse has suffered everything from inheriting Bart's permanent record (which will disqualify him from all but the hottest and noisiest jobs) to being beaten into a coma by Nelson after he mistakes a love note Milhouse passes him from Lisa as coming from Milhouse himself, to having his manliness insulted in an episode set in the future when an adult Lisa is about to get married:
-->'''Lisa''': I feel kind of weird wearing white, Mom. I mean, Milhouse…
-->'''Marge''': Oh, Milhouse doesn't count.
-->''They both laugh''
* ChickMagnet:
** Briefly when his parents were lost in the sea and presumably deceased, the kids at the school were impressed by Milhouse's stoicism and the girls became attracted by him, including Lisa.
** Even disreguarding this event, Milhouse won the affection of at least three attractive girls at differing moments in his life: Angelica, Samantha, and Taffy. And in "Lisa's Date with Density" it's implied Janey may have a crush on him (although it was just part of a quick gag).
* CrossdressingVoices: Both the original English version and many foreign dubs.
* DeathSeeker:
-->'''Milhouse''': Maybe I'm just tired of living.
* DirtyCoward: On his good days or bad days, Milhouse tends to run when things start to simply smell bad.
* TheDogBitesBack: He's regularly taken advantage of by Bart. When he finally stands up to Bart and breaks off the friendship with him, Bart thought Milhouse was just acting out until he sees that he was quite serious.
* DoggedNiceGuy: He's flirted with Lisa too many times to count and even openly declared his love for her a few times, only for her to shut him down almost every time. Doesn't stop him from trying again and again...
* EmbarrassingDampSheets: He ran a segment on ''Kidz Newz'' showing how to dispose of a soiled mattress and claims his old friends in Capital City stopped liking him after a burglar broke in and wet his bed during a sleepover.
* FutureBadass: The closest he ever gets to this is some episodes showing him become a bodybuilder as a teenager but he’s still as much of a ButtMonkey as ever.
* FutureLoser: Besides showing the fact that he will marry Lisa and have a daughter (that behaves like Bart but secretly admires both of them), things are weird. The usual future episodes with an arc of sorts has him be quite a good bodybuilder during the end of high school. After that, though, he falls quickly from grace and becomes an obese man who is probably worse than his father. Then he becomes a zombie, which has the indirect result of making Lisa fall for him (because as a zombie he is ''much'' less of a hassle and is actually more productive than when he was healthy, ironically).
* HenpeckedHusband: To Lisa in some future episodes.
* HollywoodNerd: Though he claims he's not a nerd because "nerds are smart".
* HopelessSuitor: Milhouse harbors a hopeless crush on Lisa throughout the series, even going so far as to make awkward attempts to impress her. His feelings are unrequited, except for the hypothetical future episodes where he and Lisa ''do'' end up [[SubvertedTrope getting together]].
* JerkassBall: Oh yes. Plenty of times he has ruined things for other people, especially other children, either [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom unintentionally]] or out of spite and jealousy. A rather infamous example is from "Das Bus" where his actions not only almost get all the schoolchildren killed, but even as Bart and Lisa were trying to help him escape, he hinders their efforts as well. He's also ruined happiness for both of them on separate occasions, such when Bart had a girlfriend that he genuinely loved and because he had previously set him up earlier in the episode, he told her who he really was and she broke up with him. Another time with Lisa, who was able to fool some college girls into thinking she was one of them and was happy that she found people that accepted her, he ruins her happiness by telling the students she was only eight, only for them to abandon her, out of pure [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe selfishness.]]
* MistakenForGay: In addition to the taunt mentioned in the ButtMonkey section, there's also: Nelson mistaking Lisa's note reading "Guess Who Likes You" as a love note from Milhouse (with Milhouse [[AmbulanceCut getting wheeled off into an ambulance in the next scene]]) from "Lisa's Date with Density," and the school psychiatrist having notes about Milhouse's "flamboyant tendencies" in his permanent record.
* NerdGlasses: It wasn't until season 5 he actually realized he looked like a nerd.
* NerdyInhaler: On the season nine episode "Das Bus," Bart takes Milhouse's inhaler (which he needs to live) and uses it as a snorkel. He doesn't come back with it, nor does Milhouse suffer a fatal asthma attack from it.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Bart's Manly Man.
* StrawLoser: Despite looking like a nerd, he says he doesn't have the typical intelligence/book-smart traits, meaning he's just a lame and dorky ButtMonkey.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Lampshaded in an episode where Bart gives Milhouse a haircut after getting epoxy stuck in his hair — and ends up making Milhouse look like his loser father, Kirk, and using the likeness to do adult activities.
* TookALevelInCynic: Started out as a very cheerful kid, but got more cynical, depressed, and angry as time went on due to [[ButtMonkey getting picked on by everyone]].
* UglyGuyHotWife: Ugly Guy to Lisa's Hot Wife in the future episodes.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Bart.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Blue hair runs in his family.
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[[folder:Jimbo Jones, Dolph Starbeam, and Kearney Zzyzwicz]]
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-->Debut: ''"The Telltale Head"''
Unlike Nelson, Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney are more like petty thugs. They do bully the kids at Springfield Elementary, but other episodes show them committing crimes, such as shoplifting ("Marge Be Not Proud"), petit and grand larceny ("This Little Wiggy"), breaking and entering, vandalism, destruction of property, and child endangerment ("Kamp Krusty") -- among others. Unlike most duo or trio groups on ''The Simpsons'', Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney do have some character depth (even if it doesn't seem like much, as these tropes will show you):
* AlliterativeName: '''J'''imbo '''J'''ones
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Dolph goes to Hebrew school and yelled at his friends for missing out on his bar mitzvah.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Dolph '''Starbeam'''.
* BaldOfEvil: Kearney shaves his head and recent episodes show that Jimbo is mostly bald under his hat.
* BarbaricBully: All three of them. They were even hired to be camp counselors at Kamp Krusty (as run by heartless accountant, Mr. Black)
* GangOfBullies: A group of three or four bullies in Springfield Elementary who often pick on Bart or other kids. It's not clear which of them is the alpha bully, though. Jimbo was the leader at first (according to the season one episode, "The Telltale Head" when Bart first met them outside the Aztec Theater), but over time their chain of command has shifted between Jimbo (because he was introduced first) and Kearney (because he's older than Dolph and Jimbo) before the chain of command became more or less egalitarian. Unless Nelson's being depicted as part of the gang, in which case he is almost always depicted as the leader.
* GenerationXerox: Their fathers dress and act similar to they do and Kearney has a son who is a smaller version of him.
* KarmaHoudini: In early seasons at least, the three seldomly faced punishment for terrorising Bart and other students. Like Nelson they fell to a bit of MenaceDecay later on however.
* NiceHat: Jimbo wears a purple knit cap.
* OddFriendship: Kearney and Homer, though Kearney only considers Homer an associate and it's not so much a "friendship" as it is "Kearney uses Homer to buy beer (as seen in "The Springfield Connection"[[note]]the season six episode where Marge joins the police force[[/note]] and "The Last Tap Dance in Springfield[[note]]season 11 episode where Lisa takes tap-dancing lessons from a ShirleyTemple-esque former child star[[/note]]), so Homer can get busted on buying tobacco and alcohol for minors."
* OlderThanTheyLook: Kearney. Despite looking high school-aged and being held back in elementary school, he's actually somewhere between 20 and 39 (if you ignore the show's many continuity snarls). He's the only Springfield Elementary student who was around to see the Watergate scandal and the 1976 Bicentennial happen, he shaves, he has custody of a child from a divorce (who also may be older than he looks, since "She of Little Faith" had Kearney refer to his son as "a teenager"), has a Hyundai (yet rides the school bus with his kid on the rare occurences that he does go to school), has been in an actual prison (though "Lisa the Skeptic" and "Marge Be Not Proud" had Kearney in a juvenile hall), is old enough to smoke tobacco products and drink in a bar (yet needs fake [=IDs=] or Homer's help to get beer and cigarettes from either a liquor store or the Kwik-E-Mart), votes in U.S. elections, and pays taxes (despite heavy clues that he doesn't have a job. He might get child support from his kid). Otto mentioned once that they were in the same year at school.
* OnlyOneName: Kearney's and Dolph's last names weren't revealed until the season 18 episode "24 Minutes." And, for those struggling, Kearney's last name is pronounced "jeez-WICH," implying that he may be Polish.
* PaperTiger: Jimbo. Despite picking on kids, he cowers in the face of real threats. When Bart sent Moe after Jimbo, the bully tearfully begged for mercy (granted Moe had a knife and was threatening to gut him up).
* RapeAsBackstory: Kearney mentions being both a teenager and the parent of a teenager, meaning he must have conceived a child when he was no older than seven.
* SatelliteCharacter: Dolph only really appears as a member of this gang. Jimbo and Kearney have had significant appearances on their own.
* TalkShowWithFists: They have a public access show called ''The Bully Corner'' where they pulverised Creator/WilliamHMacy while asking him questions about his career.
* VillainTeamUp: Sometimes pair up with Nelson to bully students.
* WouldHurtAChild: Kearney has no problem bullying and beating up kids despite being a father. However, he does try to be a good dad to his kid, despite not having a job and still being in elementary school.
* WouldntHitAGirl: They were helpless on dealing with Francine on the grounds that Francine is a girl like her victim, Lisa. They admits they have a weakness that includes falling in love cause on it.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Dolph. Dolph looks about 13 or 14, but is said to be in the sixth grade (which would make him between eleven and twelve). Whether or not this is because Dolph got left back is unknown.
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[[folder:Wendell Borton]]
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-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
An ill albino kid in Bart's class. Wendell has had four voice-actors over the years: Jo Ann Harris, Pamela Hayden, Nancy Cartwright and Russi Taylor
* ButtMonkey: Due to being an IllBoy, it's easy for people, such as the Springfield bullies, to pick on him.
* IllBoy: The ill student stereotype of the school. Wendell seems to be someone that gets dizzy easily, and has been shown to vomit.
* OnlyFriend: Wendell appears to be Martin Prince's only friend as seen in the class president election episode.
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[[folder:Richard and Lewis Clark]]
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-->Debut: ''"Bart the Genius"'' (Richard), ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"'' (Lewis)
Two students who were often seen alongside Bart and Milhouse early on. They have since faded into the background. Richard has had four voice-actors over the years: Jo Ann Harris, Creator/NancyCartwright, Pamela Hayden, and Maggie Roswell. Lewis has had five voice-actors over the years: Jo Ann Harris, Nancy Cartwright, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor, and Creator/TressMacNeille.
* DemotedToExtra: Early on, they regularly hung out with Bart and Milhouse. Over the first few seasons, they faded to the background. They're frequently seen, but get so little dialogue that they don't even have assigned voice actors.
* OutOfFocus: Lampshaded in "Das Bus," where Bart confuses one of them with Wendell.
* SaltAndPepper: Lewis is the Pepper to Richard's Salt.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Richard and Lewis are often always seen together.
* TokenMinority: Lewis is the only black male student in the school.
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[[folder:Üter Zorker]]
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-->Debut: ''"Treehouse of Horror IV"'', ''"Lisa's Rival"'' (canonical)
A foreign-exchange student from Germany who the Springfield students enjoy to pick on. Voiced by Russi Taylor.
* TheAhnold: One of the comics set in the future shows that he grows up to be an action movie star similar to Rainier Wolfcastle.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Possibly for Janey...[[HoYay or even Milhouse]].
* ButtMonkey: Once got left behind on a field trip gone bad, the last we see of him in that instance was surrounded by actors about to [[WouldHurtAChild beat him up]].
* CanonImmigrant: First appeared in a non-canon Halloween special but then joined the main cast.
* FatComicRelief: A fat character that serves as a ButtMonkey.
* ForeignQueasine: Frequently snacks on strange German candies, such as flavor waxes and marzipan joy-joys [[GratuitousGerman mit iodine]].
* FunnyForeigner: From Germany.
* FutureBadass: The comics show that he grows up to star in action movies.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He was implied to be missing or dead for a while but more recent episodes show him to be fine.
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[[folder:Janey Powell]]
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-->Debut: ''"The Telltale Head"''
A student who serves as Lisa's best friend in Springfield Elementary. Voiced by Pamela Hayden and Creator/TressMacNeille.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Janey may have had a crush on Milhouse who has a crush on Lisa.
* AllThereInTheManual: According to ''The Lisa Book'', Janey is considered to be one of the most popular girls in second grade in a poll that she conducted herself. She is very fashion-conscious, being particularly wary of clothes that look Canadian.
* BlackBestFriend: Started out as this to Lisa.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Wears pink clothes.
* SatelliteCharacter: Just exists as Lisa’s friend or a member of her class.
* TokenMinority: The only black female student in the school.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: While Janey is the ''only'' friend Lisa has (if any at all), she is basically this in a nutshell. She is often seen hanging out with Lisa, but at other times she teases her along with the other children for her misfortunes or idealistic views.
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[[folder:Kyle & The Superfriends]]
-->Debut: ''"Krusty Gets Busted"'' (Data), ''"Bart's Comet"'' (the rest of the Superfriends)
Kyle, also known as Database, is the leader of the geek squad of Springfield Elementary. Kyle has had three voice-actors over the years: Creator/NancyCartwright, Creator/TressMacNeille, and Pamela Hayden.
Excluding Kyle, the Superfriends include Ham, Cosine Tangent, E-mail, and Report Card. Lisa is also a member of the club. Ham is voiced by Pamela Hayden. Cosine is voiced by Creator/TressMacNeille. E-mail is voiced by Creator/NancyCartwright. Report Card is voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* InSeriesNickname: The students of Springfield Elementary refer to Kyle as "Database". It's pretty much implied that all the members go by nicknames. Report Card's real name for example is Booker T. Report.
* TheLeader: Kyle is this for the Superfriends.
* NerdGlasses: Kyle wears a pair of red glasses.
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