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[[folder:Moe Szyslak]]
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[[caption-width-right:160:If you're gonna read my section there's a two drink minimum!]]
-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
Famously ugly, surly and hateful owner of Moe's Tavern, the LocalHangout that Homer, Carl, Lenny and Barney frequent. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Has a softer side under his crustiness]]. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Marge and not just her. Moe's romantic attractions have resulted in criminal behavior and run-ins with the law; he has stalked Maude Flanders and other townspeople, he must register as a sex offender, and has had a restraining order placed upon him.
* AccentRelapse: Even though he is not a spy.
* AlienBlood: Has been shown to bleed green but claims that's only the first few drops and it will come out red afterwards.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Claims to be "half Monster-Half Armenian", his father was once shown to be a Yeti, in one episode he cut himself and green stuff came out and he once showed Bart and Milhouse a jar containing his tail.
* AxCrazy: He has his moments.
-->'''Moe (after beating a fake Homer with a bat):''' Who is the sociopath now?
* TheBartender: It's his job.
* BerserkButton: Whoever that one punk kid is that keeps bothering his place with prank calls. The second he gets even the slightest clue who it is he drops everything to get sweet, sweet revenge.
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: '' Moe Goes from Rags to Riches'' shows that his father was a yeti.
* ChildHater: Except during his FriendToAllChildren moments.
--->'''Moe:''' See, this is why we should hate kids!
* CreepyGood: Even when portrayed as a fundamentally good person, he's often quite unnerving.
* DeepFriedWhatever: Ordered a giant, military-grade deep fryer for his restaurant Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag. It can flash-fry a buffalo in 40 seconds (which, according to Homer, is too long to wait).
* DidNotGetTheGirl: His easy-to-lose harsh temper usually turns down women and finding a girlfriend for Moe has therefore been a running joke, from indulged sexual abstinence to unsuccessful suicide attempts to dating generally rejected women.
* DrivenToSuicide: The later episodes play up the fact that Moe is so depressed that he keeps trying to kill himself -- to the point that Suicide Prevention ''has to block his number''. It is also implied at least once that the only reason why he constantly attempts to commit suicide is because Reverend Lovejoy keeps on telling him that he has nothing to live for.
* EyeScream: Apparently has a tendency to do this to people he invites to his house.
* {{Flanderization}}: His suicidal tendencies, how repulsive he is around the opposite sex (later episodes even imply that Moe is a registered sex offender), and his secret criminal doings all have been greatly exaggerated and become all there is to his personality as of the Al Jean-run episodes.
* FriendToAllChildren: Despite being a disgusting, miserable creep to adults, children actually love him (and are the only thing keeping Moe from being a complete bastard). He's quite nice to Bart (Moe doesn't know he is the one prank calling him) and Lisa and is the nicest babysitter Maggie's ever had and he reads (or used to read) to sick children at the hospital on Wednesday nights.
* {{Gonk}}: A running gag is that he is ugly.
* GrumpyBear: His default mood.
* HairTriggerTemper: YES. He is very impulsive.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: After "Das Bus" ended he [[NoodleIncident Somehow saved the kids who were stuck on an island]], not to mention his adventures at the end of "The Homer They Fall". Apparently [[ItsAWonderfulPlot one Christmas he while attempting suicide he was shown what the world would be like had he never been born]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Once railed against "immigants", despite being an immigrant of some ambiguous kind himself.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Moe is frustrated by the failure of his once promising boxing career, which he blames on politics, rather than the fact he couldn't take a punch.
* InformedDeformity: While Moe is quite odd-looking compared to other characters, people act like he's hideous and even inhuman.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Played with.
-->'''Ned Flanders:''' *in an uncharacteristic bout of rage* You ugly, hate-filled man.
-->'''Moe:''' Hey! I may be ugly and hate-filled but-....what was that third thing you said?
* IWasQuiteALooker: Then he started boxing, which is the explanation for why he became so ugly that women find him repulsive.
-->"They called me Kid Gorgeous. Then I was Kid Presentable. Then Kid Gruesome. Then finally, Kid Moe."
* {{Jerkass}}: Many times he is downright unpleasant.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his somewhat angry attitude at times, he does show a soft spot towards children and his close friends and customers. He also does very noble acts in the credits of "The Homer They Fall", he is seen saving multiple people, putting out a forest fire, and giving food to a famished village... Sadly, he starts off as this in most of his episodes, goes back to full-blown {{Jerkass}} by backstabbing anyone who helped him achieve some high level of importance among famous people, and then reverts back to having a heart of gold only to get his progress tossed down the drain.
* KnifeNut: Keeps a rusty and dull butcher's knife under the bar, kept in case whoever it is that keeps taunting him with those phone calls slips up.
* MultipleChoicePast: Several episodes contradict each other as to what his nationality actually is.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: Has an ambiguous ethnic background - has variously been implied or described as Dutch, Italian, Armenian, Arab, Polish...
* ParentalNeglect:
** Implied in "Pokey Mom".
--->'''Moe:''' Now I can focus on my crippling emotional pain. Oh daddy, why? Why won't you hug me?! You hugged the mailman!
** One episode implied that Moe's parents left him at a summer camp and never came to pick him up.
* PerpetualFrowner: He's a fairly depressed individual, as shown when he attempts to commit suicide in "Moe Baby Blues".
* PunnyName: Not Moe himself, but he's always being asked for Al Coholic, Jacques Strappe, I.P. Freely, Seymour Butz, Homer Sexual (NOT Homer Simpson), Ivana Tinkel, Mike Rotch, Amanda Huggin-Kiss, and Hugh Jass[[note]]this one actually was in the bar when Bart asked for him[[/note]].
* OddFriendship: With [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrdqZVbdyDg Sideshow Mel, of all people]].
* RunningGag: He often receives humiliating prank calls from Bart Simpson. He's unaware who's calling, and issues death threats to the caller.
* {{Sadist}}: At best he just feeds off on disappointment of others, at worst his highest point of the week is when he killed a rat by throwing an ice pick in its eye.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: [[TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar Keeps one behind his bar]] and uses one as part of his [[DanceBattler self defence through dance class]].
* StalkerWithACrush: He has long been infatuated with Marge (whom he often refers to as Midge) and has on occasion professed his love for her and tried to win her away from Homer. His infatuation was intense enough to enter stalker territory. Ironically, she's one of his most frequent customer's wife.
* StrawLoser: He is often portrayed as ridiculously pathetic (especially later episodes) to the point of being a bigger loser than his customers.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: He was hit by a train in "Lisa Goes Gaga", but is back alive and well in "Moonshine River".
* TookALevelInBadass: Sometimes, like in the couch gag where the couches attack, Moe is seen as the one of the few fighting back, blasting at his bar seats with a shotgun and knocking away his stools.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: In several instances, Moe shows he deliberately manipulates Homer and Barney into drinking, confident in his belief that they'll be back. And if they turn against him, Moe quickly becomes incredibly sour, slapping Barney when he tries to point out Moe insulted Homer behind his back.
* TrappedByGamblingDebts: He once mentions owing $64,000 and asks the Simpsons for funds to dig himself back up. But he too is a LoanShark, matter-of-factly telling Homer when ''he'' needs a loan that if he can't provide collateral, he will have to break his legs right then and there.
* VitriolicBestBuds: More or less with all his regular customers.
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[[folder:Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]
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[[caption-width-right:198: Thank you, come again!]]
-->Debut: ''"The Telltale Head"''
Owner of the local convenience store, "The Kwik-E-Mart", which is open 24/7, cheap, and so attracts plenty of customers despite its rather lacking standards of quality (like Homer, Bart, and Snake Jailbird, who only comes in to rob the place). Renowned as a workaholic, he is eventually partnered off with an arranged marriage and ends up the father of octuplets. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AscendedExtra: Was simply the convenience store clerk that only knew the family because they shopped there. Over time, his screentime grew and he got [[DayInTheLimelight several focus episodes]] ("Homer and Apu", "Much Apu About Nothing", "The Two Mrs Nahasapeemapetilons", "Eight Misbehavin'"). He is now, arguably, one of the most important non-Simpson family member characters.
* AlmightyJanitor: Has one of the most unassuming jobs in Springfield - is one of its smartest, most resourceful citizens.
* AsianStoreOwner: Indian, specifically. Asia is such a large continent that the Indian subcontinent (which includes India and Sri Lanka) counts as part of Asia.
* BetaCouple: With Manjula to Homer and Marge in later seasons.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Is normally friendly and genial, but has shown himself capable of both considerable strength and intense rage.
* BollywoodNerd: Doesn't come up a lot, but he graduated as top of his class in computer science at Cal Tech (''Calcutta'' Tech)--a class of '''7 million'''.
* BumblingDad: A downplayed example - he shows traits of this.
* CatchPhrase:
--> "Thank you, come again!" (even to store robbers!)
--> "I can't believe you're not shutting up!"
* TheChewToy: He's been shot so many times that it's just a $100 fine.
* ChickMagnet: Apu enjoyed a reign as Springfield's most eligible bachelor -- until he got married.
* {{Determinator}}: In one early episode, Apu says that the town government should hire more police officers, since he'd been shot 8 times that year. As a result, he almost missed work. ''Almost''. And then there was the time when he managed to work a 96-hour shift without having a break. It ended when he started thinking he was a hummingbird and tried to drink nectar out of his brother's head.
* DoWrongRight: Official Kwik-E-Mart policy to selling bad food. Sell gone-off food if you will, but have a scapegoat handy.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Is normally lax towards safety standards, but sometimes, both out of self-interest and genuine concern for his fellow Springfielders, he draws a line. For example, in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'', he is shocked that he has been selling Buzz Cola once its true nature is revealed.
* FunnyForeigner: When the show needs an Indian stereotype joke.
* TheGamblingAddict: In ''Much Apu About Something'', it is revealed he has sold most of his stake in the store to Sanjay to cultivate his addiction to scratch-and-win cards.
* ImmigrantPatriotism: He started his stay in America as an ''illegal'' immigrant.
* MadeOfIron: Has been shot so many times that when he was shot saving JamesWoods, the bullet ricocheted off ''another bullet'' that had previously been lodged there.
* ManipulativeBastard: One Season 4 episode shows Apu curries Homer's favour in order to stop him going to the much cheaper store next door.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: While their marriage is far from perfect (the stresses of raising eight kids and Apu's infidelity), Apu and Manjula got off to a great start and do love each other. However, many fans worry that this has been subverted, as some bitterness still remains (yet future episodes suggest they worked it out).
* RantComedy: Occasionally slips into this.
* SanityBall: A common holder. While he can be just as vulnerable to the wackiness of Springfield as most, he has a self-awareness and common sense that means he is usually one of the sanest in the room.
* ShoutOut: His name is one for Creator/SatyajitRay's ''The Apu Trilogy''.
* SixthRanger: Was this to the main Simpsons family in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun''. Additionally, if the show needs Homer to have a friend outside of his regular drinking circle, Apu will be a likely candidate.
* SuperStoicShopkeeper: Can show signs of this at times, as part of his personality as TheDeterminator.
* TooManyBabies: When he and Manjula could not conceive a child, they underwent IVF and Manjula had ''octuplets''. It also helped that Apu, Homer, Marge and Bart were each slipping her fertility drugs.
* {{Workaholic}}: His devotion to his work is paramount.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Manjula with the Squishee lady, and signs up for "Sassy Madison", a dating website for married people.
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[[caption-width-right:160:If you're gonna read my section there's a two drink minimum!]]
-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
Famously ugly, surly and hateful owner of Moe's Tavern, the LocalHangout that Homer, Carl, Lenny and Barney frequent. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Has a softer side under his crustiness]]. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Marge and not just her. Moe's romantic attractions have resulted in criminal behavior and run-ins with the law; he has stalked Maude Flanders and other townspeople, he must register as a sex offender, and has had a restraining order placed upon him.
* AccentRelapse: Even though he is not a spy.
* AlienBlood: Has been shown to bleed green but claims that's only the first few drops and it will come out red afterwards.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Claims to be "half Monster-Half Armenian", his father was once shown to be a Yeti, in one episode he cut himself and green stuff came out and he once showed Bart and Milhouse a jar containing his tail.
* AxCrazy: He has his moments.
-->'''Moe (after beating a fake Homer with a bat):''' Who is the sociopath now?
* TheBartender: It's his job.
* BerserkButton: Whoever that one punk kid is that keeps bothering his place with prank calls. The second he gets even the slightest clue who it is he drops everything to get sweet, sweet revenge.
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: '' Moe Goes from Rags to Riches'' shows that his father was a yeti.
* ChildHater: Except during his FriendToAllChildren moments.
--->'''Moe:''' See, this is why we should hate kids!
* CreepyGood: Even when portrayed as a fundamentally good person, he's often quite unnerving.
* DeepFriedWhatever: Ordered a giant, military-grade deep fryer for his restaurant Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag. It can flash-fry a buffalo in 40 seconds (which, according to Homer, is too long to wait).
* DidNotGetTheGirl: His easy-to-lose harsh temper usually turns down women and finding a girlfriend for Moe has therefore been a running joke, from indulged sexual abstinence to unsuccessful suicide attempts to dating generally rejected women.
* DrivenToSuicide: The later episodes play up the fact that Moe is so depressed that he keeps trying to kill himself -- to the point that Suicide Prevention ''has to block his number''. It is also implied at least once that the only reason why he constantly attempts to commit suicide is because Reverend Lovejoy keeps on telling him that he has nothing to live for.
* EyeScream: Apparently has a tendency to do this to people he invites to his house.
* {{Flanderization}}: His suicidal tendencies, how repulsive he is around the opposite sex (later episodes even imply that Moe is a registered sex offender), and his secret criminal doings all have been greatly exaggerated and become all there is to his personality as of the Al Jean-run episodes.
* FriendToAllChildren: Despite being a disgusting, miserable creep to adults, children actually love him (and are the only thing keeping Moe from being a complete bastard). He's quite nice to Bart (Moe doesn't know he is the one prank calling him) and Lisa and is the nicest babysitter Maggie's ever had and he reads (or used to read) to sick children at the hospital on Wednesday nights.
* {{Gonk}}: A running gag is that he is ugly.
* GrumpyBear: His default mood.
* HairTriggerTemper: YES. He is very impulsive.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: After "Das Bus" ended he [[NoodleIncident Somehow saved the kids who were stuck on an island]], not to mention his adventures at the end of "The Homer They Fall". Apparently [[ItsAWonderfulPlot one Christmas he while attempting suicide he was shown what the world would be like had he never been born]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Once railed against "immigants", despite being an immigrant of some ambiguous kind himself.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Moe is frustrated by the failure of his once promising boxing career, which he blames on politics, rather than the fact he couldn't take a punch.
* InformedDeformity: While Moe is quite odd-looking compared to other characters, people act like he's hideous and even inhuman.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Played with.
-->'''Ned Flanders:''' *in an uncharacteristic bout of rage* You ugly, hate-filled man.
-->'''Moe:''' Hey! I may be ugly and hate-filled but-....what was that third thing you said?
* IWasQuiteALooker: Then he started boxing, which is the explanation for why he became so ugly that women find him repulsive.
-->"They called me Kid Gorgeous. Then I was Kid Presentable. Then Kid Gruesome. Then finally, Kid Moe."
* {{Jerkass}}: Many times he is downright unpleasant.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his somewhat angry attitude at times, he does show a soft spot towards children and his close friends and customers. He also does very noble acts in the credits of "The Homer They Fall", he is seen saving multiple people, putting out a forest fire, and giving food to a famished village... Sadly, he starts off as this in most of his episodes, goes back to full-blown {{Jerkass}} by backstabbing anyone who helped him achieve some high level of importance among famous people, and then reverts back to having a heart of gold only to get his progress tossed down the drain.
* KnifeNut: Keeps a rusty and dull butcher's knife under the bar, kept in case whoever it is that keeps taunting him with those phone calls slips up.
* MultipleChoicePast: Several episodes contradict each other as to what his nationality actually is.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: Has an ambiguous ethnic background - has variously been implied or described as Dutch, Italian, Armenian, Arab, Polish...
* ParentalNeglect:
** Implied in "Pokey Mom".
--->'''Moe:''' Now I can focus on my crippling emotional pain. Oh daddy, why? Why won't you hug me?! You hugged the mailman!
** One episode implied that Moe's parents left him at a summer camp and never came to pick him up.
* PerpetualFrowner: He's a fairly depressed individual, as shown when he attempts to commit suicide in "Moe Baby Blues".
* PunnyName: Not Moe himself, but he's always being asked for Al Coholic, Jacques Strappe, I.P. Freely, Seymour Butz, Homer Sexual (NOT Homer Simpson), Ivana Tinkel, Mike Rotch, Amanda Huggin-Kiss, and Hugh Jass[[note]]this one actually was in the bar when Bart asked for him[[/note]].
* OddFriendship: With [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrdqZVbdyDg Sideshow Mel, of all people]].
* RunningGag: He often receives humiliating prank calls from Bart Simpson. He's unaware who's calling, and issues death threats to the caller.
* {{Sadist}}: At best he just feeds off on disappointment of others, at worst his highest point of the week is when he killed a rat by throwing an ice pick in its eye.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: [[TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar Keeps one behind his bar]] and uses one as part of his [[DanceBattler self defence through dance class]].
* StalkerWithACrush: He has long been infatuated with Marge (whom he often refers to as Midge) and has on occasion professed his love for her and tried to win her away from Homer. His infatuation was intense enough to enter stalker territory. Ironically, she's one of his most frequent customer's wife.
* StrawLoser: He is often portrayed as ridiculously pathetic (especially later episodes) to the point of being a bigger loser than his customers.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: He was hit by a train in "Lisa Goes Gaga", but is back alive and well in "Moonshine River".
* TookALevelInBadass: Sometimes, like in the couch gag where the couches attack, Moe is seen as the one of the few fighting back, blasting at his bar seats with a shotgun and knocking away his stools.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: In several instances, Moe shows he deliberately manipulates Homer and Barney into drinking, confident in his belief that they'll be back. And if they turn against him, Moe quickly becomes incredibly sour, slapping Barney when he tries to point out Moe insulted Homer behind his back.
* TrappedByGamblingDebts: He once mentions owing $64,000 and asks the Simpsons for funds to dig himself back up. But he too is a LoanShark, matter-of-factly telling Homer when ''he'' needs a loan that if he can't provide collateral, he will have to break his legs right then and there.
* VitriolicBestBuds: More or less with all his regular customers.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]
[[quoteright:198:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TYCASApu_6092.jpeg]]
[[caption-width-right:198: Thank you, come again!]]
-->Debut: ''"The Telltale Head"''
Owner of the local convenience store, "The Kwik-E-Mart", which is open 24/7, cheap, and so attracts plenty of customers despite its rather lacking standards of quality (like Homer, Bart, and Snake Jailbird, who only comes in to rob the place). Renowned as a workaholic, he is eventually partnered off with an arranged marriage and ends up the father of octuplets. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AscendedExtra: Was simply the convenience store clerk that only knew the family because they shopped there. Over time, his screentime grew and he got [[DayInTheLimelight several focus episodes]] ("Homer and Apu", "Much Apu About Nothing", "The Two Mrs Nahasapeemapetilons", "Eight Misbehavin'"). He is now, arguably, one of the most important non-Simpson family member characters.
* AlmightyJanitor: Has one of the most unassuming jobs in Springfield - is one of its smartest, most resourceful citizens.
* AsianStoreOwner: Indian, specifically. Asia is such a large continent that the Indian subcontinent (which includes India and Sri Lanka) counts as part of Asia.
* BetaCouple: With Manjula to Homer and Marge in later seasons.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Is normally friendly and genial, but has shown himself capable of both considerable strength and intense rage.
* BollywoodNerd: Doesn't come up a lot, but he graduated as top of his class in computer science at Cal Tech (''Calcutta'' Tech)--a class of '''7 million'''.
* BumblingDad: A downplayed example - he shows traits of this.
* CatchPhrase:
--> "Thank you, come again!" (even to store robbers!)
--> "I can't believe you're not shutting up!"
* TheChewToy: He's been shot so many times that it's just a $100 fine.
* ChickMagnet: Apu enjoyed a reign as Springfield's most eligible bachelor -- until he got married.
* {{Determinator}}: In one early episode, Apu says that the town government should hire more police officers, since he'd been shot 8 times that year. As a result, he almost missed work. ''Almost''. And then there was the time when he managed to work a 96-hour shift without having a break. It ended when he started thinking he was a hummingbird and tried to drink nectar out of his brother's head.
* DoWrongRight: Official Kwik-E-Mart policy to selling bad food. Sell gone-off food if you will, but have a scapegoat handy.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Is normally lax towards safety standards, but sometimes, both out of self-interest and genuine concern for his fellow Springfielders, he draws a line. For example, in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'', he is shocked that he has been selling Buzz Cola once its true nature is revealed.
* FunnyForeigner: When the show needs an Indian stereotype joke.
* TheGamblingAddict: In ''Much Apu About Something'', it is revealed he has sold most of his stake in the store to Sanjay to cultivate his addiction to scratch-and-win cards.
* ImmigrantPatriotism: He started his stay in America as an ''illegal'' immigrant.
* MadeOfIron: Has been shot so many times that when he was shot saving JamesWoods, the bullet ricocheted off ''another bullet'' that had previously been lodged there.
* ManipulativeBastard: One Season 4 episode shows Apu curries Homer's favour in order to stop him going to the much cheaper store next door.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: While their marriage is far from perfect (the stresses of raising eight kids and Apu's infidelity), Apu and Manjula got off to a great start and do love each other. However, many fans worry that this has been subverted, as some bitterness still remains (yet future episodes suggest they worked it out).
* RantComedy: Occasionally slips into this.
* SanityBall: A common holder. While he can be just as vulnerable to the wackiness of Springfield as most, he has a self-awareness and common sense that means he is usually one of the sanest in the room.
* ShoutOut: His name is one for Creator/SatyajitRay's ''The Apu Trilogy''.
* SixthRanger: Was this to the main Simpsons family in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun''. Additionally, if the show needs Homer to have a friend outside of his regular drinking circle, Apu will be a likely candidate.
* SuperStoicShopkeeper: Can show signs of this at times, as part of his personality as TheDeterminator.
* TooManyBabies: When he and Manjula could not conceive a child, they underwent IVF and Manjula had ''octuplets''. It also helped that Apu, Homer, Marge and Bart were each slipping her fertility drugs.
* {{Workaholic}}: His devotion to his work is paramount.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Manjula with the Squishee lady, and signs up for "Sassy Madison", a dating website for married people.
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-->Debut: ''"The Telltale Head"''
Owner of the local convenience store, "The Kwik-E-Mart", which is open 24/7, cheap, and so attracts plenty of customers despite its rather lacking standards of quality (like Homer, Bart, and Snake Jailbird, who only comes in to rob the place). Renowned as a workaholic, he is eventually partnered off with an arranged marriage and ends up the father of octuplets. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AscendedExtra: Was simply the convenience store clerk that only knew the family because they shopped there. Over time, his screentime grew and he got [[DayInTheLimelight several focus episodes]] ("Homer and Apu", "Much Apu About Nothing", "The Two Mrs Nahasapeemapetilons", "Eight Misbehavin'"). He is now, arguably, one of the most important non-Simpson family member characters.
* AlmightyJanitor: Has one of the most unassuming jobs in Springfield - is one of its smartest, most resourceful citizens.
* AsianStoreOwner: Indian, specifically. Asia is such a large continent that the Indian subcontinent (which includes India and Sri Lanka) counts as part of Asia.
* BetaCouple: With Manjula to Homer and Marge in later seasons.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Is normally friendly and genial, but has shown himself capable of both considerable strength and intense rage.
* BollywoodNerd: Doesn't come up a lot, but he graduated as top of his class in computer science at Cal Tech (''Calcutta'' Tech)--a class of '''7 million'''.
* BumblingDad: A downplayed example - he shows traits of this.
* CatchPhrase:
--> "Thank you, come again!" (even to store robbers!)
--> "I can't believe you're not shutting up!"
* TheChewToy: He's been shot so many times that it's just a $100 fine.
* ChickMagnet: Apu enjoyed a reign as Springfield's most eligible bachelor -- until he got married.
* {{Determinator}}: In one early episode, Apu says that the town government should hire more police officers, since he'd been shot 8 times that year. As a result, he almost missed work. ''Almost''. And then there was the time when he managed to work a 96-hour shift without having a break. It ended when he started thinking he was a hummingbird and tried to drink nectar out of his brother's head.
* DoWrongRight: Official Kwik-E-Mart policy to selling bad food. Sell gone-off food if you will, but have a scapegoat handy.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Is normally lax towards safety standards, but sometimes, both out of self-interest and genuine concern for his fellow Springfielders, he draws a line. For example, in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'', he is shocked that he has been selling Buzz Cola once its true nature is revealed.
* FunnyForeigner: When the show needs an Indian stereotype joke.
* TheGamblingAddict: In ''Much Apu About Something'', it is revealed he has sold most of his stake in the store to Sanjay to cultivate his addiction to scratch-and-win cards.
* ImmigrantPatriotism: He started his stay in America as an ''illegal'' immigrant.
* MadeOfIron: Has been shot so many times that when he was shot saving JamesWoods, the bullet ricocheted off ''another bullet'' that had previously been lodged there.
* ManipulativeBastard: One Season 4 episode shows Apu curries Homer's favour in order to stop him going to the much cheaper store next door.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: While their marriage is far from perfect (the stresses of raising eight kids and Apu's infidelity), Apu and Manjula got off to a great start and do love each other. However, many fans worry that this has been subverted, as some bitterness still remains (yet future episodes suggest they worked it out).
* RantComedy: Occasionally slips into this.
* SanityBall: A common holder. While he can be just as vulnerable to the wackiness of Springfield as most, he has a self-awareness and common sense that means he is usually one of the sanest in the room.
* ShoutOut: His name is one for Creator/SatyajitRay's ''The Apu Trilogy''.
* SixthRanger: Was this to the main Simpsons family in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun''. Additionally, if the show needs Homer to have a friend outside of his regular drinking circle, Apu will be a likely candidate.
* SuperStoicShopkeeper: Can show signs of this at times, as part of his personality as TheDeterminator.
* TooManyBabies: When he and Manjula could not conceive a child, they underwent IVF and Manjula had ''octuplets''. It also helped that Apu, Homer, Marge and Bart were each slipping her fertility drugs.
* {{Workaholic}}: His devotion to his work is paramount.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Manjula with the Squishee lady, and signs up for "Sassy Madison", a dating website for married people.
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-->Debut: ''"The Telltale Head"''
Owner of the local convenience store, "The Kwik-E-Mart", which is open 24/7, cheap, and so attracts plenty of customers despite its rather lacking standards of quality (like Homer, Bart, and Snake Jailbird, who only comes in to rob the place). Renowned as a workaholic, he is eventually partnered off with an arranged marriage and ends up the father of octuplets. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AscendedExtra: Was simply the convenience store clerk that only knew the family because they shopped there. Over time, his screentime grew and he got [[DayInTheLimelight several focus episodes]] ("Homer and Apu", "Much Apu About Nothing", "The Two Mrs Nahasapeemapetilons", "Eight Misbehavin'"). He is now, arguably, one of the most important non-Simpson family member characters.
* AlmightyJanitor: Has one of the most unassuming jobs in Springfield - is one of its smartest, most resourceful citizens.
* AsianStoreOwner: Indian, specifically. Asia is such a large continent that the Indian subcontinent (which includes India and Sri Lanka) counts as part of Asia.
* BetaCouple: With Manjula to Homer and Marge in later seasons.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Is normally friendly and genial, but has shown himself capable of both considerable strength and intense rage.
* BollywoodNerd: Doesn't come up a lot, but he graduated as top of his class in computer science at Cal Tech (''Calcutta'' Tech)--a class of '''7 million'''.
* BumblingDad: A downplayed example - he shows traits of this.
* CatchPhrase:
--> "Thank you, come again!" (even to store robbers!)
--> "I can't believe you're not shutting up!"
* TheChewToy: He's been shot so many times that it's just a $100 fine.
* ChickMagnet: Apu enjoyed a reign as Springfield's most eligible bachelor -- until he got married.
* {{Determinator}}: In one early episode, Apu says that the town government should hire more police officers, since he'd been shot 8 times that year. As a result, he almost missed work. ''Almost''. And then there was the time when he managed to work a 96-hour shift without having a break. It ended when he started thinking he was a hummingbird and tried to drink nectar out of his brother's head.
* DoWrongRight: Official Kwik-E-Mart policy to selling bad food. Sell gone-off food if you will, but have a scapegoat handy.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Is normally lax towards safety standards, but sometimes, both out of self-interest and genuine concern for his fellow Springfielders, he draws a line. For example, in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'', he is shocked that he has been selling Buzz Cola once its true nature is revealed.
* FunnyForeigner: When the show needs an Indian stereotype joke.
* TheGamblingAddict: In ''Much Apu About Something'', it is revealed he has sold most of his stake in the store to Sanjay to cultivate his addiction to scratch-and-win cards.
* ImmigrantPatriotism: He started his stay in America as an ''illegal'' immigrant.
* MadeOfIron: Has been shot so many times that when he was shot saving JamesWoods, the bullet ricocheted off ''another bullet'' that had previously been lodged there.
* ManipulativeBastard: One Season 4 episode shows Apu curries Homer's favour in order to stop him going to the much cheaper store next door.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: While their marriage is far from perfect (the stresses of raising eight kids and Apu's infidelity), Apu and Manjula got off to a great start and do love each other. However, many fans worry that this has been subverted, as some bitterness still remains (yet future episodes suggest they worked it out).
* RantComedy: Occasionally slips into this.
* SanityBall: A common holder. While he can be just as vulnerable to the wackiness of Springfield as most, he has a self-awareness and common sense that means he is usually one of the sanest in the room.
* ShoutOut: His name is one for Creator/SatyajitRay's ''The Apu Trilogy''.
* SixthRanger: Was this to the main Simpsons family in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun''. Additionally, if the show needs Homer to have a friend outside of his regular drinking circle, Apu will be a likely candidate.
* SuperStoicShopkeeper: Can show signs of this at times, as part of his personality as TheDeterminator.
* TooManyBabies: When he and Manjula could not conceive a child, they underwent IVF and Manjula had ''octuplets''. It also helped that Apu, Homer, Marge and Bart were each slipping her fertility drugs.
* {{Workaholic}}: His devotion to his work is paramount.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Manjula with the Squishee lady, and signs up for "Sassy Madison", a dating website for married people.
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* AxCrazy: Lampshaded by Grampa in his
* AlmightyJanitor: Has one of the most unassuming jobs in Springfield - is one of its smartest, most resourceful citizens.
* AsianStoreOwner: Indian, specifically. Asia is such a large continent that the Indian subcontinent (which includes India and Sri Lanka) counts as part of Asia.
* BetaCouple: With Manjula to Homer and Marge in later seasons.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Is normally friendly and genial, but has shown himself capable of both considerable strength and intense rage.
* BollywoodNerd: Doesn't come up a lot, but he graduated as top of his class in computer science at Cal Tech (''Calcutta'' Tech)--a class of '''7 million'''.
* BumblingDad: A downplayed example - he shows traits of this.
* CatchPhrase:
--> "Thank you, come again!" (even to store robbers!)
--> "I can't believe you're not shutting up!"
* TheChewToy: He's been shot so many times that it's just a $100 fine.
* ChickMagnet: Apu enjoyed a reign as Springfield's most eligible bachelor -- until he got married.
* {{Determinator}}: In one early episode, Apu says that the town government should hire more police officers, since he'd been shot 8 times that year. As a result, he almost missed work. ''Almost''. And then there was the time when he managed to work a 96-hour shift without having a break. It ended when he started thinking he was a hummingbird and tried to drink nectar
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* TheGamblingAddict: In ''Much Apu About Something'', it is revealed he has sold most of his stake in the store to Sanjay to cultivate his addiction to scratch-and-win cards.
* ImmigrantPatriotism: He started his stay in America as an ''illegal'' immigrant.
* MadeOfIron: Has been shot so many times that when he was shot saving JamesWoods, the bullet ricocheted off ''another bullet'' that had previously been lodged there.
* ManipulativeBastard: One Season 4 episode shows Apu curries Homer's favour in order to stop him
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: While their marriage is far from perfect (the stresses of raising eight kids and Apu's infidelity), Apu and Manjula got off to a great start and do love each other. However, many fans worry that
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* SuperStoicShopkeeper: Can show signs of this at times, as part of his personality as TheDeterminator.
* TooManyBabies: When he and Manjula could not conceive a child, they underwent IVF and Manjula had ''octuplets''. It also helped that Apu, Homer, Marge and Bart were each slipping her fertility drugs.
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-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
Famously ugly, surly and hateful owner of Moe's Tavern, the LocalHangout that Homer, Carl, Lenny and Barney frequent. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Has a softer side under his crustiness]]. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Marge and not just her. Moe's romantic attractions have resulted in criminal behavior and run-ins with the law; he has stalked Maude Flanders and other townspeople, he must register as a sex offender, and has had a restraining order placed upon him.
* AccentRelapse: Even though he is not a spy.
* AlienBlood: Has been shown to bleed green but claims that's only the first few drops and it will come out red afterwards.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Claims to be "half Monster-Half Armenian", his father was once shown to be a Yeti, in one episode he cut himself and green stuff came out and he once showed Bart and Milhouse a jar containing his tail.
* AxCrazy: He has his moments.
-->'''Moe (after beating a fake Homer with a bat):''' Who is the sociopath now?
* TheBartender: It's his job.
* BerserkButton: Whoever that one punk kid is that keeps bothering his place with prank calls. The second he gets even the slightest clue who it is he drops everything to get sweet, sweet revenge.
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: '' Moe Goes from Rags to Riches'' shows that his father was a yeti.
* ChildHater: Except during his FriendToAllChildren moments.
--->'''Moe:''' See, this is why we should hate kids!
* CreepyGood: Even when portrayed as a fundamentally good person, he's often quite unnerving.
* DeepFriedWhatever: Ordered a giant, military-grade deep fryer for his restaurant Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag. It can flash-fry a buffalo in 40 seconds (which, according to Homer, is too long to wait).
* DidNotGetTheGirl: His easy-to-lose harsh temper usually turns down women and finding a girlfriend for Moe has therefore been a running joke, from indulged sexual abstinence to unsuccessful suicide attempts to dating generally rejected women.
* DrivenToSuicide: The later episodes play up the fact that Moe is so depressed that he keeps trying to kill himself -- to the point that Suicide Prevention ''has to block his number''. It is also implied at least once that the only reason why he constantly attempts to commit suicide is because Reverend Lovejoy keeps on telling him that he has nothing to live for.
* EyeScream: Apparently has a tendency to do this to people he invites to his house.
* {{Flanderization}}: His suicidal tendencies, how repulsive he is around the opposite sex (later episodes even imply that Moe is a registered sex offender), and his secret criminal doings all have been greatly exaggerated and become all there is to his personality as of the Al Jean-run episodes.
* FriendToAllChildren: Despite being a disgusting, miserable creep to adults, children actually love him (and are the only thing keeping Moe from being a complete bastard). He's quite nice to Bart (Moe doesn't know he is the one prank calling him) and Lisa and is the nicest babysitter Maggie's ever had and he reads (or used to read) to sick children at the hospital on Wednesday nights.
* {{Gonk}}: A running gag is that he is ugly.
* GrumpyBear: His default mood.
* HairTriggerTemper: YES. He is very impulsive.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: After "Das Bus" ended he [[NoodleIncident Somehow saved the kids who were stuck on an island]], not to mention his adventures at the end of "The Homer They Fall". Apparently [[ItsAWonderfulPlot one Christmas he while attempting suicide he was shown what the world would be like had he never been born]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Once railed against "immigants", despite being an immigrant of some ambiguous kind himself.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Moe is frustrated by the failure of his once promising boxing career, which he blames on politics, rather than the fact he couldn't take a punch.
* InformedDeformity: While Moe is quite odd-looking compared to other characters, people act like he's hideous and even inhuman.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Played with.
-->'''Ned Flanders:''' *in an uncharacteristic bout of rage* You ugly, hate-filled man.
-->'''Moe:''' Hey! I may be ugly and hate-filled but-....what was that third thing you said?
* IWasQuiteALooker: Then he started boxing, which is the explanation for why he became so ugly that women find him repulsive.
-->"They called me Kid Gorgeous. Then I was Kid Presentable. Then Kid Gruesome. Then finally, Kid Moe."
* {{Jerkass}}: Many times he is downright unpleasant.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his somewhat angry attitude at times, he does show a soft spot towards children and his close friends and customers. He also does very noble acts in the credits of "The Homer They Fall", he is seen saving multiple people, putting out a forest fire, and giving food to a famished village... Sadly, he starts off as this in most of his episodes, goes back to full-blown {{Jerkass}} by backstabbing anyone who helped him achieve some high level of importance among famous people, and then reverts back to having a heart of gold only to get his progress tossed down the drain.
* KnifeNut: Keeps a rusty and dull butcher's knife under the bar, kept in case whoever it is that keeps taunting him with those phone calls slips up.
* MultipleChoicePast: Several episodes contradict each other as to what his nationality actually is.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: Has an ambiguous ethnic background - has variously been implied or described as Dutch, Italian, Armenian, Arab, Polish...
* ParentalNeglect:
** Implied in "Pokey Mom".
--->'''Moe:''' Now I can focus on my crippling emotional pain. Oh daddy, why? Why won't you hug me?! You hugged the mailman!
** One episode implied that Moe's parents left him at a summer camp and never came to pick him up.
* PerpetualFrowner: He's a fairly depressed individual, as shown when he attempts to commit suicide in "Moe Baby Blues".
* PunnyName: Not Moe himself, but he's always being asked for Al Coholic, Jacques Strappe, I.P. Freely, Seymour Butz, Homer Sexual (NOT Homer Simpson), Ivana Tinkel, Mike Rotch, Amanda Huggin-Kiss, and Hugh Jass[[note]]this one actually was in the bar when Bart asked for him[[/note]].
* OddFriendship: With [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrdqZVbdyDg Sideshow Mel, of all people]].
* RunningGag: He often receives humiliating prank calls from Bart Simpson. He's unaware who's calling, and issues death threats to the caller.
* {{Sadist}}: At best he just feeds off on disappointment of others, at worst his highest point of the week is when he killed a rat by throwing an ice pick in its eye.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: [[TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar Keeps one behind his bar]] and uses one as part of his [[DanceBattler self defence through dance class]].
* StalkerWithACrush: He has long been infatuated with Marge (whom he often refers to as Midge) and has on occasion professed his love for her and tried to win her away from Homer. His infatuation was intense enough to enter stalker territory. Ironically, she's one of his most frequent customer's wife.
* StrawLoser: He is often portrayed as ridiculously pathetic (especially later episodes) to the point of being a bigger loser than his customers.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: He was hit by a train in "Lisa Goes Gaga", but is back alive and well in "Moonshine River".
* TookALevelInBadass: Sometimes, like in the couch gag where the couches attack, Moe is seen as the one of the few fighting back, blasting at his bar seats with a shotgun and knocking away his stools.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: In several instances, Moe shows he deliberately manipulates Homer and Barney into drinking, confident in his belief that they'll be back. And if they turn against him, Moe quickly becomes incredibly sour, slapping Barney when he tries to point out Moe insulted Homer behind his back.
* TrappedByGamblingDebts: He once mentions owing $64,000 and asks the Simpsons for funds to dig himself back up. But he too is a LoanShark, matter-of-factly telling Homer when ''he'' needs a loan that if he can't provide collateral, he will have to break his legs right then and there.
* VitriolicBestBuds: More or less with all his regular customers.
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* OddFriendship: With Sideshow Mel, of all people [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrdqZVbdyDg]].
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* TrappedByGamblingDebts: He once mentions owing $64,000 and asks the Simpsons for funds to dig himself back up. But he too is a LoanShark, matter-of-factly telling Homer when ''he'' needs a loan that if he can't provide collateral, he will have to break his legs right then and there. [[spoiler: Homer escapes with his lower appendages intact and borrows the money from Patty and Selma instead.]]
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* TrappedByGamblingDebts: He once mentions owing $64,000 and asks the Simpsons for funds to dig himself back up. But he too is a LoanShark, matter-of-factly telling Homer when ''he'' needs a loan that if he can't provide collateral, he will have to break his legs right then and there. [[spoiler: Homer escapes with his lower appendages intact and borrows the money from Patty and Selma instead.]]
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* OnlyOneName: His last name is never revealed.
* OutOfFocus: While always a very minor character, he appears more often in early seasons (for example in ''Homer at the Bat''). In later seasons, he's mostly in the background.
* OnlyOneName: His last name is never revealed.
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A workmate with Homer, Lenny and Carl. Voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta.
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* FriendToAllChildren: Despite being a disgusting, miserable creep to adults, children actually love him (and are the only thing keeping Moe from being a complete bastard). He's quite nice to Bart (Moe doesn't know he is the one prank calling him) and Lisa and is the nicest babysitter Maggie's ever had and he reads (or used to read) to sick children at the hospital on Wednesday nights.
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* FriendToAllChildren: Despite being a disgusting, miserable creep to adults, children actually love him (and are the only thing keeping Moe from being a complete bastard). He's quite nice to Bart and Lisa and is the nicest babysitter Maggie's ever had and he reads (or used to read) to sick children at the hospital on Wednesday nights.
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* LustObject: To Smithers, even when Burns does things he hates Smithers still makes remark on his physique.
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* AssholeVictim: In "Worst Episode Ever". Not killed, but he did suffer a severe heart attack. This was right after banning Bart and Milhouse from his store.
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** Parodied when Mr. Burns lost his fortune, the bank took over the Nuclear Plant and put Lenny in charge. We never really see what goes on, but Homer gets sent home early to think about a bad mistake he made and Smithers describes him as "a real bear on tardiness." Even Mr. Burns takes notice, and the whole thing is referred to as "Lenny's reign of terror."
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** Parodied when Mr. Burns lost his fortune, the bank took over the Nuclear Plant and put Lenny in charge. We never really see what goes on, on except a brief shot of Lenny nervously telling people to work harder, but Homer gets sent home early to think about a bad mistake he made and Smithers describes him as "a real bear on tardiness." Even Mr. Burns takes notice, and the whole thing is referred to as "Lenny's reign of terror."
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-->'''Carl:''' Give me the weapons (points weapons at Moe and Lenny) now it's Carl's time.
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** He agrees to pay for liposuction to enable the more-obese-than-usual Homer slim down to his normal weight, after the latter prevented a meltdown.
meltdown. The original plan was to make Homer work out like he did with the other employees but Burns gave up when Homer couldn't do sit ups.
** Despite his frequent abuse of Smithers, he goes above and beyond in order to gain access to some life saving medication for him. He also raised Smithers after his father's death.
** Despite his frequent abuse of Smithers, he goes above and beyond in order to gain access to some life saving medication for him. He also raised Smithers after his father's death.
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* WouldHurtAChild: He has hurt Bart on several occasions with "Bart Gets Hit By A Car" and "Lady Bouvier's Lover" being prime examples of this. He also had a tendency to dump nuclear waste in parks. He only stopped because the number of bald children was getting suspicious. He also implied he kidnaps kid for their organs.
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* WouldHurtAChild: He has hurt Bart on several occasions with "Bart Gets Hit By A Car" and "Lady Bouvier's Lover" being prime examples of this. He also had a tendency to dump nuclear waste in parks. He only stopped because the number of bald children was getting suspicious. He also implied he kidnaps kid kids for their organs.
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* OnlySaneEmployee: Smithers is pretty much the only person at the power plant who actually knows what he's doing. Several episodes show that Homer is just the worst of an ''extremely'' stupid and incompetent workforce.
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* OnlySaneEmployee: Smithers is pretty much the only person at the power plant who actually knows what he's doing. Several episodes show that Homer is just the worst of an ''extremely'' stupid and incompetent workforce.workforce (sometime not even the worst).
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* SingleTargetSexuality: Smithers admires Mr. Burns way too much for it to be just a sycophant to his boss.
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* SingleTargetSexuality: Smithers admires Mr. Burns way too much for it to be just a sycophant to his boss. In recent season he is attracted or at least dates other men but it's clear he sees Burns as the love of his life.
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* StraightGay: He's gay, but he isn't flamboyant. He does join dance and musical number with joy but only on few occasion.
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* GenerationXerox: His father looked very similar to him and had the same and job
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* MommasBoy: Burns mentions that Smithers is close to his mother.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Early episodes strongly hinted he was gay without directly saying it but it's common knowledge now.
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* CureYourGays: His parents tried to turn him straight by making him go to a burlesque house and in an episode set in the future, he has to take anti-gay injections every 10 minutes.
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* AlliterativeName: Matt Groening originally wanted his real name to be ''[[ComicBook/LoisLane Louis Lane]]'' and wasn't there when the writes decided to call him Jeff Albertson.
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* BasementDweller: His father-in-law complains about him living in the basement beneath his store.
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* AlmightyJanitor: Has one of the most unassuming jobs in Springfield - is one of its smartest, most resourceful citizens.
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* BetaCouple: With Manjula to Homer and Marge in later season.
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* BetaCouple: With Manjula to Homer and Marge in later season.seasons.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Is normally friendly and genial, but has shown himself capable of both considerable strength and intense rage.
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* FunnyForeigner: When it needs Indian stereotype joke.
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* DoWrongRight: Official Kwik-E-Mart policy to selling bad food. Sell gone-off food if you will, but have a scapegoat handy.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Is normally lax towards safety standards, but sometimes, both out of self-interest and genuine concern for his fellow Springfielders, he draws a line. For example, in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'', he is shocked that he has been selling Buzz Cola once its true nature is revealed.
* FunnyForeigner: Whenit the show needs an Indian stereotype joke.joke.
* TheGamblingAddict: In ''Much Apu About Something'', it is revealed he has sold most of his stake in the store to Sanjay to cultivate his addiction to scratch-and-win cards.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Is normally lax towards safety standards, but sometimes, both out of self-interest and genuine concern for his fellow Springfielders, he draws a line. For example, in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'', he is shocked that he has been selling Buzz Cola once its true nature is revealed.
* FunnyForeigner: When
* TheGamblingAddict: In ''Much Apu About Something'', it is revealed he has sold most of his stake in the store to Sanjay to cultivate his addiction to scratch-and-win cards.
* RantComedy: Occasionally slips into this.
* SanityBall: A common holder. While he can be just as vulnerable to the wackiness of Springfield as most, he has a self-awareness and common sense that means he is usually one of the sanest in the room.
* SanityBall: A common holder. While he can be just as vulnerable to the wackiness of Springfield as most, he has a self-awareness and common sense that means he is usually one of the sanest in the room.
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!Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
[[folder:Mr. Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns]]
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[[caption-width-right:202:What good is money if it can't inspire terror in your fellow man?]]
-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
An extremely elderly man (over one hundred years old by the more recent seasons, though in the earliest seasons he was only in his eighties) and the corrupt, malevolent owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Always has his eyes on the greatest profit to himself. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Aside from Smithers, just about ''everyone'' in Springfield hates him. In fact, in one episode where he's thought to be dead, various people showed up at his funeral just to spit on his grave, to the extent that said grave had to be drained afterwords. In the two-part episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", it turns out that EveryoneIsASuspect, even Smithers.
* AbusiveParents: His father and mother were sweet and caring... but unfortunately young Burns went to live with his grandfather, who was not the nicest or morally upstanding of men, if he had ''any'' morals at all. His father wasn't that nice either, complaining he should be outside hurting dogs instead of reading comic book.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Probably the most homoerotic character on the show if you know where to look. While his romantic ventures have been based around women, Burns has been shown that he is not above flirting with the same sex - whether it is the Smithers facsimile named Phillip from season 18's Kill Gil vol.1&2, stating outright he enjoys the smell of other men in season 3, a brief mention of him marrying a boxer while drunk in the comics or the running gag of his occasional flirtation with Homer Simpson (both comics and show,) the question of 'is he or isn't he' is still a valuable cornerstone of his core character.
* AngryGuardDog: "Release the hounds".
* AngstySurvivingTwin: Has mentioned that his twin was shot by him or one of his siblings in order to get the family inheritance.
* AntiquatedLinguistics: He does this all the time in his version of TwoDecadesBehind. In one example, from "Mother Simpson", he went to the post office in order to send a letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam by the 4:30 auto-gyro. The person working at the post office [[LampshadeHanging even informed him how historically out of touch he is]]. Naturally, his mother--who apparently had a torrid affair with [[UsefulNotes/WilliamHowardTaft President Taft]]--uses even more outdated language than her son:
-->'''Smithers''': Hello, Mrs. Burns? This is Waylon Smithers; I have your son Montgomery on the line.\\
'''Mrs. Burns''': That improvident lackwit? Always too busy striding about his atom mill to call his own mother! I'll give him what-fors 'till he cries 'brassafrax!'
* AntiVillain: Occasionally, such as when he started a recycling business -- and recycled sea life into slurry.
* ArchEnemy: To three generations of the Simpsons family.
* BadBoss: Has a trap door in his office to dismiss employees and is fond of [[VillainousDemotivator villainous demotivators]].
* BaldOfEvil: Well, balding. Flashbacks show he used to have a comb-over in the sixties.
* BigBad: Whenever the show needs one, anyway.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: ''Many'' examples. Of course, due to his VagueAge, he may well have been born in the ''right'' century, but simply [[ImprobableAge managed to outlive it.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He may be senile, but he is a brilliant businessman... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iFxUCSTfRU when he can remember what century he's living in, at least.]]
* TheCaligula: Mr. Burns usually treats his workers, and even his own workplace, far too shabbily to even be considered a sane boss, never mind a good one.
* CaligulasHorse: The power plant is actually owned by a canary, as a way for Burns to avoid responsibility when it's investigated for illegal activities. This tendency was also implied in earlier episodes when he made a Dog vice president (even after nominating a far more eligible person), and made a carbon rod Employee of the Month instead of Homer.
* CardCarryingVillain: At least whenever declaring his own evil doesn't compromise its effectiveness. [[TemptingFate Or sometimes, even when it does.]]
* CatchPhrase:
** "''Excellent.''"
** "Release the hounds!"
** "Smithers! Who is that <insert colorful insult>?"
* TheChessmaster
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Poster boy for this trope. He's dumped radioactive waste at public parks and playgrounds, sold weapons to the Nazis, stolen a trillion dollars in foreign aid money from the U.S. government, and (most famously) built a giant sun-blocking device to keep Springfield shrouded in perpetual darkness, all so his electric company could have a truly ''complete'' monopoly over the town's energy supply.
-->'''Mr. Burns''': Listen, Spielbergo, [[Film/SchindlersList Schindler]] and I are like peas in a pod! We're both factory owners, we both made shells for the Nazis, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint but mine]] ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint worked, DAMMIT!]]''
* CruellaToAnimals: He has to {{brainwash|ing}} Santa's Little Helper to retrain him as a guard dog. And in "Two Dozen And One Greyhounds" he attempts to make a tuxedo out of a litter of puppies.
%%* DastardlyWhiplash
* DarkIsEvil: He once had a plan to block out the sun permanently.
* DirtyOldMan: Towards Marge, when she briefly works at the nuclear power plant.
* DragonInChief: [[{{ParodiedTrope}} Parodied]]. In ''C.E.D'oh'' it turns out while Burns technically runs the Power Plant, he has named a Canary as the "real" head of the Plant, to protect him from taking responsablility for the Plants wrong doings. Then Homer lets the Canary go and Burns becomes the real head of the Plant.
* EpicFail: The filming of the Mexico scene in his film "A Burns For All Seasons". They had to do 20 takes, and the best one had Burns [[CrowningMomentOfFunny falling off his donkey and then getting dragged around with his foot caught in the stirrup]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While it varies DependingOnTheWriter, he is occasionally shown to legitimately care about Smithers as a person.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrC1aMdfa14 He doesn't have a high opinion of his own lawyers.]]
--> ''I want your legal advice, I even pay for it, but to me you're all vipers! You live on personal injury! You live on divorces! YOU LIVE ON PAIN AND MISERY!''
** He pays Homer to throw pudding cups at Lenny, much to their amusement. Then Homer throws one at Carl:
-->''[horrified]'' What are you doing, man?! That's ''Carl''!
** In "Midnight Rx," he announced that the nuclear plant health plan was going to be cut to remove prescription medication costs. After the party, he asked Smithers if he saw a female coworker hooking up with a man she's been after for a while. Once Smithers says that the man she's after is married, Burns orders Smithers to turn the Plywood Pelican around so he can warn her.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: His moral compass is so far off-kilter that when he's actually trying to do something good, he's even more evil than when he's trying to be evil, as seen in "The Old Man and the Lisa."
* EvilIsHammy: "Moments from now, I will wreak a terrible vengeance on this town! NO ONE WILL BE SPARED! '''NO ONE!'''
* EvilIsPetty: He does a number of petty things for no reason other than ForTheEvulz.
--> ''It will be like taking candy from a baby (sees baby) Hey, that sounds like a lark!''
* EvilLaugh: The page image!
* EvilOldFolks: The TropeCodifier for the comedic version. He's done every evil deed imaginable, from blotting out the sun to stealing candy from a baby, and that was just in one episode.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Film/CitizenKane Charles Foster Kane]]. Burns has a lot of moments and traits that are almost directly transplanted from Orson Welles' character; though, where Kane was a sympathetic and misguided AntiVillain at worst, Burns is an outright greedy, power-mad, unscrupulous monster. He also draws a lot from UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch and Lionel Barrymore, among others.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Though DependingOnTheWriter Mr. Burns can be Affably Evil.
* {{Fiction 500}}: The [[Pantheon/{{Commerce}} God of Old Money]].
* FingerTenting: Possibly the most prominent and well-known example in all fiction.
* {{Flanderization}}: Although he had always played an antagonizing role, he originally didn't expand much from being a {{Jerkass}}, a BadBoss, and a CorruptCorporateExecutive who shown little concern about how his actions and company effects the environment, compared to his role later on in ''Who shot Mr. Burns? Part One'' where he was not just effecting the environment, but the town's activities as well (such as crushing the Springfield's retirement home and Bart's treehouse drilling for the pursuit of oil). And as stated previously above, Mr. Burns started out as being in his eighties. His senile state has also been exaggerated in the recent seasons, as well as his aging, to the point of him not even having enough strength to stomp an ant.
* ForgotToFeedTheMonster: His league of evil.
* FreudianExcuse: His father refused to let him have comic books and burned down the company to teach him a lesson (with the people still in it). He also apparently taught him how to be an asshole. He was also taken by his grandfather, a corrupt and selfish businessman.
* HeroWithAnFInGood:
** Lisa invokes this, when Burns' temporary FaceHeelTurn to environmentalism and recycling turns out to be ''literal'', revealing that he's been farming sealife and turning it into industrial multi-purpose slurry.
--> '''Lisa''': You're evil... and when you try to be good, you're even ''more'' evil!
** One time he tried giving away money, to show up a Richard Branson expy, by throwing silver dollars from a hot-air balloon, causing injuries and property damage below.
** Subverted when he is the fruit bat-man, most of his rescues are staged but he does end up doing the right thing in the end.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: This is how he views his relationship with Smithers, much to the latter's dismay.
* HiddenDepths: He's a fan of Literature/NancyDrew and owns every book.
* HistoricalInjoke: He is stated to be responsible for many atrocities in the history of the world such as preventing Hitler's assassination, caused the Opium War and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking made the French]] [[FrenchJerk become forever rude to Americans]].
* HornedHairdo: Sported one in "She of Little Faith".
* InsistentTerminology: When the nuclear plant begins to melt down in "Homer Defined," Burns laughs off the notion that anyone would call it a meltdown: "It's one of those annoying buzzwords. We prefer to call it an 'unrequested fission surplus'."
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Seems to be very friendly with the child millionaire, Simon Woosterfield.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's greedy and corrupt ''most'' of the time.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Whenever Mr. Burns shows any sign of a softer side, he almost always ends up [[StatusQuoIsGod reverting to form by the end of the episode.]]
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* LargeHam: Even a good game of ''VideoGame/PacMan'' can get him going.
* LastNameBasis: His first name (Charles) is hardly ever used. When people wish to refer to him informally, he goes by his middle name, Monty.
* LaughablyEvil: Honed to an art form:
-->'''Burns''':Men, there's a little crippled boy sitting in a hospital who wants you to win this game. I know because [[WouldHurtAChild I crippled him]] myself to inspire you.
-->''[Cut to Milhouse in a hospital stretcher with his leg in a cast]''
-->'''Milhouse''': I hope they win or Mr. Burns said [[CrossesTheLineTwice he's coming back]].
* LeanAndMean: He is an ''excellent'' example.
%%* LongLived
* LooksLikeOrlok: He looks like Orlok even when he's not a vampire. Especially when he wriggles his fingers...
* ManipulativeBastard: However, many seem acutely aware of Burns's evil ways so sentiments may vary here.
* MeanBoss: He's a classical stereotype. In fact, he's such a Bad Boss that he's fired Smithers — the only man who (usually) has UndyingLoyalty to him — twice.
* NominalHero: Whenever he happens to be on the same side as the good characters -- which is not that often.
* PetTheDog:
** Has moments of these, such as letting Maggie keep his old teddy bear, or raising Smithers (Jr.) himself after Smithers (Sr.) performed a HeroicSacrifice.
** Helped Marge in "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays." [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that it's for their "supple young organs."
** In "The Seemingly Never Ending Story", he willingly pulls a GoThroughMe to protect Lisa from a goat.
** After Bart saved his life with a blood donation, (and Smithers pointing it out to him), he does repay his debts when people aid him directly.
** He fully paid Lisa her share of the profits when she helped him regain his fortune, despite her openly stating her hatred of his methods.
** He agrees to pay for liposuction to enable the more-obese-than-usual Homer slim down to his normal weight, after the latter prevented a meltdown.
** Despite his frequent abuse of Smithers, he goes above and beyond in order to gain access to some life saving medication for him.
* PhraseCatcher: "That's Homer Simpson sir, one of your <insert derogatory worker slang> from Sector 7G." Followed by "Simpson, eh?"
* ThePowerOfHate: [[spoiler: This is what's keeping him alive.]]
* {{Sadist}}: He's been known, out of sheer sadism, to drop certain of his employees down a seemingly bottomless trapdoor - with the express intention of killing them (although they inevitably survive).
* ScatterbrainedSenior: [[DependingOnTheWriter Dips his toe in and out of this trope]]. Sometimes he's quite clever and shrewd, but other times he seems unaware that it's not still the 19th Century, and he's never able to remember who Homer is, even after being reminded that [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything "all the recent events of your life have revolved around him in some way".]] This is also played for laughs.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He uses his wealth to get away with a lot of things.
* TheScrooge: The very definition of this trope.
-->'''Burns''': Anybody have change for a button?
* SmugSnake: Again, depending on the writer.
* TheSociopath: He's got a supreme LackOfEmpathy and a sense of charisma around him.
* StalkerWithACrush: To Marge, when she was his employee.
* TookALevelInJerkass: His villainy goes into this level when he does things like block out the sun or ''trying to kill a child''.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Until he (almost literally) dropped everything for money.
* VagueAge: He has personally stated his age as 81 years, but Skinner and Homer later separately refer to him as being ''104''. Compounding matters, he was old enough to be twenty-five years out of Yale in the fifties, while in World War 2 Abe Simpson is clearly several decades older than him. More recent episodes have implied his age to be in the thousands or the millions. Smithers tells him his ATM code is his age (We hear Burns enter a four-digit number) and he has stated his birthplace to be Pangea.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Especially in the earlier seasons. FreudianExcuse aside, his KickTheDog moments are much more frequent than those of other Simpsons villains. The few excuses he is given seem so disconnected from his evil, he is hated throughout Springfield, (''Who Shot Mr. Burns'' has even Snake Jailbird apologizing for not being around to shoot him).
* VillainousCrush: One time Marge got a job at the nuclear plant and Mr. Burns developed a thing for her.
* VillainsOutShopping: Invokes this during a lull in one of his schemes, when he takes a moment to ask how Lisa's life was going. When she responds by calling him out on his evil schemes and how she's morally outraged, he irritatedly comments;
--> '''Burns''': *''Sighs*'' My god, are you ''always'' on?
** It should be noted that he does enjoy shopping with Smithers.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Smithers though the Vitriolic part is entirely on his part with Smithers [[YesMan just tak]][[ExtremeDoormat ing it.]]
* WealthyYachtOwner: Has one that Homer uses while house-sitting and gets attacked by RuthlessModernPirates.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The episode "Last Exit to Springfield" implies that the reason why he wanted to end the Nuclear Worker's Union was because they were getting corrupt, based on something an atom worker said when he was with his grandfather.
* WouldHurtAChild: He has hurt Bart on several occasions with "Bart Gets Hit By A Car" and "Lady Bouvier's Lover" being prime examples of this. He also had a tendency to dump nuclear waste in parks. He only stopped because the number of bald children was getting suspicious. He also implied he kidnaps kid for their organs.
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[[folder:Waylon Smithers, Jr.]]
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[[caption-width-right:165: Yes, Mr. Burns.]]
-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"'' (voice only), ''"Homer's Odyssey"'' (full appearance)
The second-in-command and most competent minion of Mr. Burns, Smithers is fanatically devoted to his master (fortunately for Burns, who is so physically feeble and out of touch with the modern age he depends on Smithers to do everything for him), which is eventually revealed to be due to him being in love with him. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In [[VideoGame/TheSimpsons the arcade game]], he robbed a jewelry store, wore a cape filled with bombs, and was prone to {{evil laugh}}ter.
%%* AntiVillain: Type IV.
* BattleButler: In the arcade game.
* BeardOfSorrow: Well, sort of. He grows a five o'clock shadow when he [[spoiler: believes he shot Mr. Burns]]. He is clean shaven again at the end of the episode.
* ButtMonkey: Smithers gets a lot of badgering and punishment from Burns.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Should someone get too close to Burns, Smithers can get surprisingly vindictive. He went to elaborate lengths to ruin Homer's career after Burns promoted him to an executive and shown great approval of him.
* TheDragon: Depending on whether Burns is on the good or bad side of the episode's events.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Though usually a bit of a doormat to Burns, [[KickTheDog some of the schemes Burns comes up with]] will have Smithers objecting to them at the risk of losing his own job.
* ExtremeDoormat: Most of the time, he's this to Mr. Burns.
* {{Flanderization}}: Smithers was originally an exaggeration of the YesMan (the guy who always sucked up to his boss). Come season three, the writers started playing with the notion that Smithers was in love with his boss, yet was heterosexual (in "Secrets to a Successful Marriage," Smithers was married to a woman who looked like Elizabeth Taylor's character from ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof''). This got milked for all it was worth, and now Smithers' sexuality is AmbiguouslyGay (or just plain gay) with definite shades of SingleTargetSexuality, though it has been implied that Mr. Burns isn't the only man he loves.
* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Mr. Burns doesn't reciprocate.
* LastNameBasis: Rarely referred to by his first name, Waylon.
* OnlySaneEmployee: Smithers is pretty much the only person at the power plant who actually knows what he's doing. Several episodes show that Homer is just the worst of an ''extremely'' stupid and incompetent workforce.
* OnlySaneMan: Smithers has no emotional outbursts at all. Aside some odd details about his love for Burns (his screensaver and the reveal that he raised Smithers after his father died) he is the most reasonable and sane person in the show.
* PunnyName: His full name, Waylon Smithers, sounds a lot like "Weyland the Smith" from Germanic/Norse mythology.
* RaceLift: In his first appearance ("Homer's Odyssey"), Smithers was dark-skinned with blue hair due to an unfortunate mistake when the show was sent overseas to Korea to be colorized and animated. The production crew did think about leaving him this way, but the [[UnfortunateImplications thought of a black man who sucked up to his white boss wouldn't sit well with a lot of people]], so they made it known that Smithers would be white (er, yellow) for all subsequent episodes. On the DVDCommentary for this episode, director Wes Archer said that he made Smithers black by expressing his interest towards including black characters in his episodes. Jokingly handwaved by some of the writers, that in "Homer's Odyssey", Smithers had just come back from holiday with a heavy tan.
* ServileSnarker: He's had a few good lines of this nature.
* SingleIssuePsychology: It was implied in one episode that Smithers' sexuality was caused by Mr. Burns telling him, when he was young, that his father died in the Amazon, killed by a tribe of savage women. It would explain his freak out in a strip club.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Smithers admires Mr. Burns way too much for it to be just a sycophant to his boss.
* SilentSnarker: Sometimes his expressions are speaking in place of words.
* StraightGay: He's gay, but he isn't flamboyant. He does join dance and musical number with joy but only on few occasion.
%%* SubordinateExcuse
* SycophanticServant: Again, see above.
* UndyingLoyalty: While there are times Smithers will draw the line with Burns' cruelty, he will always end up back by his side by the end of it. Even when Burns was bankrupt and no longer his employer, he immediately moved him to his house and continued to serve his whims.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: It's not clear why he's so attracted to Burns, a weak, fragile old man decades older than him and who is terrible towards every living being on the planet including himself.
* YesMan: To Mr. Burns.
** One episode parodied the concept by giving Burns a team of Yes Men, with Smithers as alpha. On discovering he's suddenly become poor, Burns denounces them all as the yes men they are. They, of course, reply, "Yes, sir!"
** Subverted by the fact that Smithers will sometimes oppose Burns if he feels he needs to, such as trying to talk Burns out of blocking the sun over Springfield (as it "crossed the line from everyday villainy to cartoonish super-villainy"), or in going behind his back to reveal Sideshow Bob's electoral fraud to Bart and Lisa, fearing the consequences for his "choice of lifestyle" if the Republican Bob takes power.
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[[folder:Lenny Leonard and Carl Carlson]]
!!Lenford "Lenny" Leonard and Carlton "Carl" Carlson
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[[caption-width-right:263: Carl is on the right, Lenny is on the left. Remember that, now.]]
-->Debut: ''"Life on the Fast Lane"'' (Lenny), ''"Homer's Night Out"'' (Carl)
Homer's two workmates and closest buddies. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer and Creator/HankAzaria.
!!Tropes applying to both
* AlliterativeName: '''L'''enny '''L'''eonard. '''C'''arl '''C'''arlson. Episodes contradict each other on whether Lenny's last name is ''Leonard'' or ''Lenford''.
* AscendedExtra: They were initially just background characters that appeared at the plant. Over time, they became some of Homer's most frequently seen friends.
* BadBoss:
** Parodied when Mr. Burns lost his fortune, the bank took over the Nuclear Plant and put Lenny in charge. We never really see what goes on, but Homer gets sent home early to think about a bad mistake he made and Smithers describes him as "a real bear on tardiness." Even Mr. Burns takes notice, and the whole thing is referred to as "Lenny's reign of terror."
** When Carl was promoted to being Homer's supervisor he was no better, as he turned Homer into his BeleagueredAssistant, made Homer do all his work and obey his whims, while Carl jetsetted over the world and hung out with the rich and famous. Oddly this contrasts an early episode where Carl was said to already be Homer's supervisor ([[TheAllegedBoss he enforced his power only once]] to get Homer to stop insulting him).
* BrilliantButLazy: They both have masters degrees in nuclear physics but prefer bumming around with Homer at Moe's rather than do any real work. Their former principal even bribed them by making sure they can't enter any great universities and threaten to send a recommendation letter to a good one if they talk about it in "Take My Life, Please" .
* TheDividual: Homer needs to write down which one is the black one and which one is the white one due to how similar they are.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Both of their personal lives are supposedly incredibly exciting, though we never get to see any of it.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: AmbiguouslyBi aside, they are usually just friends.
* HiddenDepths: Their status as relatively unimportant side characters allows for several of their fantastical accomplishments to be mentioned, but never shown. Carl apparently possesses an IQ of 214 and is deeply in touch with his Icelandic heritage, while Lenny is a war hero who is also a highly successful novelist. Both also have masters degrees in nuclear physics.
* HomoeroticSubtext: In the post-Scully years. Ramped up even further during Al Jean's tenure.
* InformedAbility: Their skills and accomplishments on paper make them seem like they'd both be highly competent, when in reality both are lazy blue collar workers who spend most of their time drinking.
* MistakenForGay: It might not be mistaken, though.
* NotSoAboveItAll: There are times they can be sucked into Homer's reckless antics. As Frank Grimes pointed out, they are only really sane and competent by comparison.
* OnlySaneMan: Both of them are quite a bit more together than most, particularly the people they hang out with, but Carl more so.
* RepetitiveName: Their full names are Lenford Leonard and Carlton Carlson.
* SaltAndPepper: Carl= black, Lenny= white.
* SatelliteCharacter: Though Carl has gotten one spotlight episode, both tend to simply act as Homer's friends and little else.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Even if neither of them appear to be particularly intelligent, especially Lenny (Carl seems slightly smarter than Lenny but that's not saying much), they did earn master's degrees in nuclear physics.
* SomeoneElsesProblem: They are amazingly indifferent to the goings on at the power plant, such as where nuclear waste gets dumped.
* ThoseTwoGuys: The original [[TropeCodifier Trope Codifiers]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: Not seen that often, but they can be very dismissive of each other (like in "Mountain of Madness").
!!Lenny
* AmbiguouslyBi: He seems to be legitimately attracted to Carl, though he has also shown interest in women.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Carl learned that the hard way in ''The Saga of Carl'' when Lenny takes Carl's betrayal very hard and attacks him. Immediately {{Lampshaded}} by Moe.
-->'''Moe:''' When the nice ones snap, it's always a good show.
* ButtMonkey: In some episodes he suffers AmusingInjuries.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "I'm Lenny. This is Carl and Homer. I'm Lenny."
* EyeScream: Lenny is way too prone to this type of injuries.
-->"Ow, my eye! I'm not supposed to get [object name] in it!"
* LustObject: Marge is occasionally implied to view him as one, keeping a picture of him in her hair and having a shrine dedicated to him when she thought he was injured. During a non-canon future photo album, Marge is shown to have briefly re-married to Lenny.
* TheUnfavorite: As revealed in "Mona Leaves-a" his mother prefers Carl over him.
!!Carl
* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode "The Saga of Carl" in season 24.
* BlackBestFriend: To Lenny and, to a lesser extent, the other friends of the bar like Homer, Moe, and Barney.
* ClearTheirName: Carl goes to Iceland in "The Saga of Carl" so he could [[spoiler:repair the bad reputation his family had]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes he plays the snarky StraightMan to Lenny or the other guys.
* HappilyAdopted: He is from Iceland and he was ready to betray Homer and crew to restore the family honor.
* TokenMinority: He is sometimes referred to by Homer as "the black one".
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!Shopkeepers
[[folder:Comic Book Guy]]
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[[caption-width-right:177: Worst. Character page. Ever.]]
!!Jeff "Comic Book Guy" Albertson
-->Debut: ''"Three Men and a Comic Book"''
Overweight and extremely nerdy owner & proprietor of the local shop, "The Android's Dungeon", which sells comics and similar paraphenalia. Legendary for his sarcastic, cynical outlook on life. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AssholeVictim: In "Worst Episode Ever". Not killed, but he did suffer a severe heart attack. This was right after banning Bart and Milhouse from his store.
* BerserkButton: Being stupid when it comes to comic books.
-->'''Bart:''' Hey, Milhouse, watch me make a loser lose it.
-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' Ugh, customers, I hate them.
-->'''Bart:''' Excuse me, I just heard that before Spider-Man was a [[Film/SpiderMan movie]], it was a [[ComicBook/SpiderMan comic book]]. Is that possible?
-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' What the-!? Gah! Suffering Creator/SteveDitko! How can you not ''know'' that ''Spider-Man'' first appeared in 1962's classic ''Amazing Fantasy #15''!? Gaaaah!
-->'''Bart:''' Oooh, twelve cents! I'll take eight!
-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' What the- you idiot! Mint condition copies are like $40,000 each! Must..lie down...on pile of unsold Hulk hands!
* BigBad: Of "Brick Like Me", as he represents the part of Homer's psyche that wants him to remain in the LEGO World rather than head back to the real world.
* CatchPhrase: "Worst. (insert noun here). Ever."
* DeadpanSnarker: Comic Book Guy seems to live by the philosophy "If you can't say something snarky or sarcastic, don't say anything at all."
* ADegreeInUseless: He has a masters' degree in folklore and mythology, and for his thesis he translated ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' into [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingon.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: For over a decade, he was just known as "Comic Book Guy" until he gave his real name out in random conversation in "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" (WordOfGod says that episode was chosen for the task because it was post-Super Bowl and thus would have such a large audience).
* FatBastard: A snobby and overweight shopkeeper who insults others that aren't of his IQ level, and even acts like a jerk to Bart and Milhouse even after they saved his life from a heart attack.
* FatSlob: Eats a lot and spends all his time lazing around with his geeky stuff.
* {{Flanderization}}: Like everyone else's personality on the show, being a DeadpanSnarker got exaggerated to the point that it's his only personality trait.
* FreudianExcuse: It is heavily implied, if not outright stated, that the reason why Comic Book Guy often is sarcastic and insulting to people is because he himself is a victim of it in regards to his obesity.
--> Now if you'll excuse me, I'm heading back to my own store, where I dispense the insults rather than absorb them.
* GeniusSlob: Obese, dirty, has an IQ of 170.
* HappilyMarried: With Kumiko.
* HiddenDepths: "Homer the Whopper" reveals that he actually wrote over 300 issues of his own comic book series, [[AllYourPowersCombined Everyman]]. Much to Bart and Milhouse's surprise, they really enjoy it, and the only reason Comic Book Guy didn't try to find a publisher is because he was afraid of being mocked.
* InsufferableGenius: He has an [=IQ=] of 170 and is a member of the Springfield chapter of Mensa. However, he also has a snobby, superior personality that prevents him from making friends.
* {{Jerkass}}: Overprices comics, bans Milhouse and Bart from his store, and is a general jerk to everyone.
* LikesOlderWomen: Once dated [[NerdsAreVirgins (and lost his virginity to)]] Agnes Skinner.
* MadLibsCatchPhrase: ''Worst[=/=]Best __ Ever''.
* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: When he meets a female nerd at "Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con" in "Mayored to the Mob":
-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' Tell me, how do you feel about 45-year-old virgins who still live with their parents?\\
'''Female Nerd:''' Comb the Sweet Tarts out of your beard and you're on!\\
'''Comic Book Guy:''' Don't try to change me, baby.
* NerdsSpeakKlingon:
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E21ThreeMenAndAComicBook Three Men and a Comic Book]]": Jeff mentions that he has a Masters in Folklore and Mythology, part of which involved translating ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' into Klingon.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E11WorstEpisodeEver Worst Episode Ever]]": After he gets thrown out of Moes, he asks himself "Is there a word in Klingon for loneliness?", looks in his pocket dictionary. "oh, yes. [[SkywardScream Garr'dock!]]".
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E17MyBigFatGeekWedding My Big Fat Geek Wedding]]": When Jeff tries to get married to Edna Krabappel it is conducted in Klingon; apparently the guests (sci-fi convention attendees) can all understand it.
--->'''Jeff''': Edna, the Klingons have a romantic saying. (''speaks Klingon'') Roughly translated it means I would kill the children of a thousand planets just to see you smile. \\
'''Edna''': Oh, that is the most romantic thing I've ever heard. Which is kinda sad if you think about it.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E10MomsIdLikeToForget Moms I'd Like to Forget]]"
--->'''Jeff''': The answer is no, and I can say it in [[Film/{{Avatar}} Na'vi]] and Klingon, which are pretty much the same. I have some theories about that, which I will share with you never.
* ProudToBeAGeek: "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie I've spent my entire life doing nothing but collecting comic books. A life well spent!]]" Although in "Treehouse of Horror VIII", Comic Book Guy admits "I've wasted my life" the instant before he is killed by a NeutronBomb. It probably doesn't count as Treehouse of Horror episodes are never canon.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness:
--->'''Bart:''' How come I've never seen that ''Itchy & Scratchy'' before?\\
'''Comic Book Guy:''' Perhaps because you are a ''prepubescent ignoramus''.
%%* StrawFan
* TakeThat: The writers have been using Comic Book Guy to lampoon the show's UnpleasableFanbase ever since "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show," though most viewers didn't notice this until the season 11 episode "Saddlesore Galactica."
--> '''Comic Book Guy''': Last night's ''Itchy & Scratchy'' was, without a doubt, the worst episode ever. Rest assured I was on the Internet within minutes registering my disgust throughout the world.
--> '''Bart''': Hey, I know it wasn’t great, but what right do you have to complain?
--> '''Comic Book Guy''': As a loyal viewer, I feel they owe me.
--> '''Bart''': For what? They’ve given you thousands of hours of entertainment for free. What could they possibly owe you? If anything, ''you'' owe ''them.''
--> '''Comic Book Guy''': Worst. Episode. Ever.
* ThrowTheDogABone: "Married to the Blob" is all about this. See below for details.
* UglyGuyHotWife: In the season 25 episode "Married to the Blob", he meets, charms - no, really -, and marries an [[ManicPixieDreamGirl improbably sprightly]] young Japanese woman. They're still married at the end of the episode.
* UngratefulBastard: To Bart and Milhouse for saving his life. Eventually, he does apologize though.
* WorstWhateverEver: TropeNamer.
* YoureNotMyType: Was ultimately on the receiving end of this from Mrs. Krabappel in "My Big Fat Geek Wedding." He was oddly okay with it.
-->"There are a million valid reasons. Which one did you choose?"
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[[folder:Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]
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[[caption-width-right:198: Thank you, come again!]]
-->Debut: ''"The Telltale Head"''
Owner of the local convenience store, "The Kwik-E-Mart", which is open 24/7, cheap, and so attracts plenty of customers despite its rather lacking standards of quality (like Homer, Bart, and Snake Jailbird, who only comes in to rob the place). Renowned as a workaholic, he is eventually partnered off with an arranged marriage and ends up the father of octuplets. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AscendedExtra: Was simply the convenience store clerk that only knew the family because they shopped there. Over time, his screentime grew and he got [[DayInTheLimelight several focus episodes]] ("Homer and Apu", "Much Apu About Nothing", "The Two Mrs Nahasapeemapetilons", "Eight Misbehavin'"). He is now, arguably, one of the most important non-Simpson family member characters.
* AsianStoreOwner: Indian, specifically. Asia is such a large continent that the Indian subcontinent (which includes India and Sri Lanka) counts as part of Asia.
* BetaCouple: With Manjula to Homer and Marge in later season.
* BollywoodNerd: Doesn't come up a lot, but he graduated as top of his class in computer science at Cal Tech (''Calcutta'' Tech)--a class of '''7 million'''.
* BumblingDad: A downplayed example - he shows traits of this.
* CatchPhrase:
--> "Thank you, come again!" (even to store robbers!)
--> "I can't believe you're not shutting up!"
* TheChewToy: He's been shot so many times that it's just a $100 fine.
* ChickMagnet: Apu enjoyed a reign as Springfield's most eligible bachelor -- until he got married.
* {{Determinator}}: In one early episode, Apu says that the town government should hire more police officers, since he'd been shot 8 times that year. As a result, he almost missed work. ''Almost''. And then there was the time when he managed to work a 96-hour shift without having a break. It ended when he started thinking he was a hummingbird and tried to drink nectar out of his brother's head.
* FunnyForeigner: When it needs Indian stereotype joke.
* ImmigrantPatriotism: He started his stay in America as an ''illegal'' immigrant.
* MadeOfIron: Has been shot so many times that when he was shot saving JamesWoods, the bullet ricocheted off ''another bullet'' that had previously been lodged there.
* ManipulativeBastard: One Season 4 episode shows Apu curries Homer's favour in order to stop him going to the much cheaper store next door.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: While their marriage is far from perfect (the stresses of raising eight kids and Apu's infidelity), Apu and Manjula got off to a great start and do love each other. However, many fans worry that this has been subverted, as some bitterness still remains (yet future episodes suggest they worked it out).
* SixthRanger: Was this to the main Simpsons family in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun''.
* SuperStoicShopkeeper: Can show signs of this at times, as part of his personality as TheDeterminator.
* TooManyBabies: When he and Manjula could not conceive a child, they underwent IVF and Manjula had ''octuplets''. It also helped that Apu, Homer, Marge and Bart were each slipping her fertility drugs.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Manjula with the Squishee lady, and signs up for "Sassy Madison", a dating website for married people.
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[[folder:Moe Szyslak]]
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[[caption-width-right:160:If you're gonna read my section there's a two drink minimum!]]
-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
Famously ugly, surly and hateful owner of Moe's Tavern, the LocalHangout that Homer, Carl, Lenny and Barney frequent. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Has a softer side under his crustiness]]. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Marge and not just her. Moe's romantic attractions have resulted in criminal behavior and run-ins with the law; he has stalked Maude Flanders and other townspeople, he must register as a sex offender, and has had a restraining order placed upon him.
* AccentRelapse: Even though he is not a spy.
* AlienBlood: Has been shown to bleed green but claims that's only the first few drops and it will come out red afterwards.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Claims to be "half Monster-Half Armenian", his father was once shown to be a Yeti, in one episode he cut himself and green stuff came out and he once showed Bart and Milhouse a jar containing his tail.
* AxCrazy: He has his moments.
* TheBartender: It's his job.
* BerserkButton: Whoever that one punk kid is that keeps bothering his place with prank calls. The second he gets even the slightest clue who it is he drops everything to get sweet, sweet revenge.
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: '' Moe Goes from Rags to Riches'' shows that his father was a yeti.
* ChildHater: Except during his FriendToAllChildren moments.
--->'''Moe:''' See, this is why we should hate kids!
* CreepyGood: Even when portrayed as a fundamentally good person, he's often quite unnerving.
* DeepFriedWhatever: Ordered a giant, military-grade deep fryer for his restaurant Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag. It can flash-fry a buffalo in 40 seconds (which, according to Homer, is too long to wait).
* DidNotGetTheGirl: His easy-to-lose harsh temper usually turns down women and finding a girlfriend for Moe has therefore been a running joke, from indulged sexual abstinence to unsuccessful suicide attempts to dating generally rejected women.
* DrivenToSuicide: The later episodes play up the fact that Moe is so depressed that he keeps trying to kill himself -- to the point that Suicide Prevention ''has to block his number''. It is also implied at least once that the only reason why he constantly attempts to commit suicide is because Reverend Lovejoy keeps on telling him that he has nothing to live for.
* EyeScream: Apparently has a tendency to do this to people he invites to his house.
* {{Flanderization}}: His suicidal tendencies, how repulsive he is around the opposite sex (later episodes even imply that Moe is a registered sex offender), and his secret criminal doings all have been greatly exaggerated and become all there is to his personality as of the Al Jean-run episodes.
* FriendToAllChildren: Despite being a disgusting, miserable creep to adults, children actually love him (and are the only thing keeping Moe from being a complete bastard). He's the nicest babysitter Maggie's ever had and he reads (or used to read) to sick children at the hospital on Wednesday nights.
* {{Gonk}}: A running gag is that he is ugly.
* GrumpyBear: His default mood.
* HairTriggerTemper: YES. He is very impulsive.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: After "Das Bus" ended he [[NoodleIncident Somehow saved the kids who were stuck on an island]], not to mention his adventures at the end of "The Homer They Fall". Apparently [[ItsAWonderfulPlot one Christmas he while attempting suicide he was shown what the world would be like had he never been born]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Once railed against "immigants", despite being an immigrant of some ambiguous kind himself.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Moe is frustrated by the failure of his once promising boxing career, which he blames on politics, rather than the fact he couldn't take a punch.
* InformedDeformity: While Moe is quite odd-looking compared to other characters, people act like he's hideous and even inhuman.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Played with.
-->'''Ned Flanders:''' *in an uncharacteristic bout of rage* You ugly, hate-filled man.
-->'''Moe:''' Hey! I may be ugly and hate-filled but-....what was that third thing you said?
* IWasQuiteALooker: Then he started boxing, which is the explanation for why he became so ugly that women find him repulsive.
-->"They called me Kid Gorgeous. Then I was Kid Presentable. Then Kid Gruesome. Then finally, Kid Moe."
* {{Jerkass}}: Many times he is downright unpleasant.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his somewhat angry attitude at times, he does show a soft spot towards children and his close friends and customers. He also does very noble acts in the credits of "The Homer They Fall", he is seen saving multiple people, putting out a forest fire, and giving food to a famished village... Sadly, he starts off as this in most of his episodes, goes back to full-blown {{Jerkass}} by backstabbing anyone who helped him achieve some high level of importance among famous people, and then reverts back to having a heart of gold only to get his progress tossed down the drain.
* KnifeNut: Keeps a rusty and dull butcher's knife under the bar, kept in case whoever it is that keeps taunting him with those phone calls slips up.
* MultipleChoicePast: Several episodes contradict each other as to what his nationality actually is.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: Has an ambiguous ethnic background - has variously been implied or described as Dutch, Italian, Armenian, Arab, Polish...
* ParentalNeglect:
** Implied in "Pokey Mom".
--->'''Moe:''' Now I can focus on my crippling emotional pain. Oh daddy, why? Why won't you hug me?! You hugged the mailman!
** One episode implied that Moe's parents left him at a summer camp and never came to pick him up.
* PerpetualFrowner: He's a fairly depressed individual, as shown when he attempts to commit suicide in "Moe Baby Blues".
* PunnyName: Not Moe himself, but he's always being asked for Al Coholic, Jacques Strappe, I.P. Freely, Seymour Butz, Homer Sexual (NOT Homer Simpson), Ivana Tinkel, Mike Rotch, Amanda Huggin-Kiss, and Hugh Jass[[note]]this one actually was in the bar when Bart asked for him[[/note]].
%%* {{Sadist}}: Implied.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: [[TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar Keeps one behind his bar]] and uses one as part of his [[DanceBattler self defence through dance class]].
* StalkerWithACrush: He has long been infatuated with Marge (whom he often refers to as Midge) and has on occasion professed his love for her and tried to win her away from Homer. His infatuation was intense enough to enter stalker territory. Ironically, she's one of his most frequent customer's wife.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: He was hit by a train in "Lisa Goes Gaga", but is back alive and well in "Moonshine River".
* TookALevelInBadass: Sometimes, like in the couch gag where the couches attack, Moe is seen as the one of the few fighting back, blasting at his bar seats with a shotgun and knocking away his stools.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: In several instances, Moe shows he deliberately manipulates Homer and Barney into drinking, confident in his belief that they'll be back. And if they turn against him, Moe quickly becomes incredibly sour, slapping Barney when he tries to point out Moe insulted Homer behind his back.
* TrappedByGamblingDebts: He once mentions owing $64,000 and asks the Simpsons for funds to dig himself back up. But he too is a LoanShark, matter-of-factly telling Homer when ''he'' needs a loan that if he can't provide collateral, he will have to break his legs right then and there. [[spoiler: Homer escapes with his lower appendages intact and borrows the money from Patty and Selma instead.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: More or less with all his regular customers.
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[[folder:Mr. Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns]]
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[[caption-width-right:202:What good is money if it can't inspire terror in your fellow man?]]
-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
An extremely elderly man (over one hundred years old by the more recent seasons, though in the earliest seasons he was only in his eighties) and the corrupt, malevolent owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Always has his eyes on the greatest profit to himself. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Aside from Smithers, just about ''everyone'' in Springfield hates him. In fact, in one episode where he's thought to be dead, various people showed up at his funeral just to spit on his grave, to the extent that said grave had to be drained afterwords. In the two-part episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", it turns out that EveryoneIsASuspect, even Smithers.
* AbusiveParents: His father and mother were sweet and caring... but unfortunately young Burns went to live with his grandfather, who was not the nicest or morally upstanding of men, if he had ''any'' morals at all. His father wasn't that nice either, complaining he should be outside hurting dogs instead of reading comic book.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Probably the most homoerotic character on the show if you know where to look. While his romantic ventures have been based around women, Burns has been shown that he is not above flirting with the same sex - whether it is the Smithers facsimile named Phillip from season 18's Kill Gil vol.1&2, stating outright he enjoys the smell of other men in season 3, a brief mention of him marrying a boxer while drunk in the comics or the running gag of his occasional flirtation with Homer Simpson (both comics and show,) the question of 'is he or isn't he' is still a valuable cornerstone of his core character.
* AngryGuardDog: "Release the hounds".
* AngstySurvivingTwin: Has mentioned that his twin was shot by him or one of his siblings in order to get the family inheritance.
* AntiquatedLinguistics: He does this all the time in his version of TwoDecadesBehind. In one example, from "Mother Simpson", he went to the post office in order to send a letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam by the 4:30 auto-gyro. The person working at the post office [[LampshadeHanging even informed him how historically out of touch he is]]. Naturally, his mother--who apparently had a torrid affair with [[UsefulNotes/WilliamHowardTaft President Taft]]--uses even more outdated language than her son:
-->'''Smithers''': Hello, Mrs. Burns? This is Waylon Smithers; I have your son Montgomery on the line.\\
'''Mrs. Burns''': That improvident lackwit? Always too busy striding about his atom mill to call his own mother! I'll give him what-fors 'till he cries 'brassafrax!'
* AntiVillain: Occasionally, such as when he started a recycling business -- and recycled sea life into slurry.
* ArchEnemy: To three generations of the Simpsons family.
* BadBoss: Has a trap door in his office to dismiss employees and is fond of [[VillainousDemotivator villainous demotivators]].
* BaldOfEvil: Well, balding. Flashbacks show he used to have a comb-over in the sixties.
* BigBad: Whenever the show needs one, anyway.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: ''Many'' examples. Of course, due to his VagueAge, he may well have been born in the ''right'' century, but simply [[ImprobableAge managed to outlive it.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He may be senile, but he is a brilliant businessman... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iFxUCSTfRU when he can remember what century he's living in, at least.]]
* TheCaligula: Mr. Burns usually treats his workers, and even his own workplace, far too shabbily to even be considered a sane boss, never mind a good one.
* CaligulasHorse: The power plant is actually owned by a canary, as a way for Burns to avoid responsibility when it's investigated for illegal activities. This tendency was also implied in earlier episodes when he made a Dog vice president (even after nominating a far more eligible person), and made a carbon rod Employee of the Month instead of Homer.
* CardCarryingVillain: At least whenever declaring his own evil doesn't compromise its effectiveness. [[TemptingFate Or sometimes, even when it does.]]
* CatchPhrase:
** "''Excellent.''"
** "Release the hounds!"
** "Smithers! Who is that <insert colorful insult>?"
* TheChessmaster
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Poster boy for this trope. He's dumped radioactive waste at public parks and playgrounds, sold weapons to the Nazis, stolen a trillion dollars in foreign aid money from the U.S. government, and (most famously) built a giant sun-blocking device to keep Springfield shrouded in perpetual darkness, all so his electric company could have a truly ''complete'' monopoly over the town's energy supply.
-->'''Mr. Burns''': Listen, Spielbergo, [[Film/SchindlersList Schindler]] and I are like peas in a pod! We're both factory owners, we both made shells for the Nazis, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint but mine]] ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint worked, DAMMIT!]]''
* CruellaToAnimals: He has to {{brainwash|ing}} Santa's Little Helper to retrain him as a guard dog. And in "Two Dozen And One Greyhounds" he attempts to make a tuxedo out of a litter of puppies.
%%* DastardlyWhiplash
* DarkIsEvil: He once had a plan to block out the sun permanently.
* DirtyOldMan: Towards Marge, when she briefly works at the nuclear power plant.
* DragonInChief: [[{{ParodiedTrope}} Parodied]]. In ''C.E.D'oh'' it turns out while Burns technically runs the Power Plant, he has named a Canary as the "real" head of the Plant, to protect him from taking responsablility for the Plants wrong doings. Then Homer lets the Canary go and Burns becomes the real head of the Plant.
* EpicFail: The filming of the Mexico scene in his film "A Burns For All Seasons". They had to do 20 takes, and the best one had Burns [[CrowningMomentOfFunny falling off his donkey and then getting dragged around with his foot caught in the stirrup]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While it varies DependingOnTheWriter, he is occasionally shown to legitimately care about Smithers as a person.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrC1aMdfa14 He doesn't have a high opinion of his own lawyers.]]
--> ''I want your legal advice, I even pay for it, but to me you're all vipers! You live on personal injury! You live on divorces! YOU LIVE ON PAIN AND MISERY!''
** He pays Homer to throw pudding cups at Lenny, much to their amusement. Then Homer throws one at Carl:
-->''[horrified]'' What are you doing, man?! That's ''Carl''!
** In "Midnight Rx," he announced that the nuclear plant health plan was going to be cut to remove prescription medication costs. After the party, he asked Smithers if he saw a female coworker hooking up with a man she's been after for a while. Once Smithers says that the man she's after is married, Burns orders Smithers to turn the Plywood Pelican around so he can warn her.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: His moral compass is so far off-kilter that when he's actually trying to do something good, he's even more evil than when he's trying to be evil, as seen in "The Old Man and the Lisa."
* EvilIsHammy: "Moments from now, I will wreak a terrible vengeance on this town! NO ONE WILL BE SPARED! '''NO ONE!'''
* EvilIsPetty: He does a number of petty things for no reason other than ForTheEvulz.
--> ''It will be like taking candy from a baby (sees baby) Hey, that sounds like a lark!''
* EvilLaugh: The page image!
* EvilOldFolks: The TropeCodifier for the comedic version. He's done every evil deed imaginable, from blotting out the sun to stealing candy from a baby, and that was just in one episode.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Film/CitizenKane Charles Foster Kane]]. Burns has a lot of moments and traits that are almost directly transplanted from Orson Welles' character; though, where Kane was a sympathetic and misguided AntiVillain at worst, Burns is an outright greedy, power-mad, unscrupulous monster. He also draws a lot from UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch and Lionel Barrymore, among others.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Though DependingOnTheWriter Mr. Burns can be Affably Evil.
* {{Fiction 500}}: The [[Pantheon/{{Commerce}} God of Old Money]].
* FingerTenting: Possibly the most prominent and well-known example in all fiction.
* {{Flanderization}}: Although he had always played an antagonizing role, he originally didn't expand much from being a {{Jerkass}}, a BadBoss, and a CorruptCorporateExecutive who shown little concern about how his actions and company effects the environment, compared to his role later on in ''Who shot Mr. Burns? Part One'' where he was not just effecting the environment, but the town's activities as well (such as crushing the Springfield's retirement home and Bart's treehouse drilling for the pursuit of oil). And as stated previously above, Mr. Burns started out as being in his eighties. His senile state has also been exaggerated in the recent seasons, as well as his aging, to the point of him not even having enough strength to stomp an ant.
* ForgotToFeedTheMonster: His league of evil.
* FreudianExcuse: His father refused to let him have comic books and burned down the company to teach him a lesson (with the people still in it). He also apparently taught him how to be an asshole. He was also taken by his grandfather, a corrupt and selfish businessman.
* HeroWithAnFInGood:
** Lisa invokes this, when Burns' temporary FaceHeelTurn to environmentalism and recycling turns out to be ''literal'', revealing that he's been farming sealife and turning it into industrial multi-purpose slurry.
--> '''Lisa''': You're evil... and when you try to be good, you're even ''more'' evil!
** One time he tried giving away money, to show up a Richard Branson expy, by throwing silver dollars from a hot-air balloon, causing injuries and property damage below.
** Subverted when he is the fruit bat-man, most of his rescues are staged but he does end up doing the right thing in the end.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: This is how he views his relationship with Smithers, much to the latter's dismay.
* HiddenDepths: He's a fan of Literature/NancyDrew and owns every book.
* HistoricalInjoke: He is stated to be responsible for many atrocities in the history of the world such as preventing Hitler's assassination, caused the Opium War and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking made the French]] [[FrenchJerk become forever rude to Americans]].
* HornedHairdo: Sported one in "She of Little Faith".
* InsistentTerminology: When the nuclear plant begins to melt down in "Homer Defined," Burns laughs off the notion that anyone would call it a meltdown: "It's one of those annoying buzzwords. We prefer to call it an 'unrequested fission surplus'."
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Seems to be very friendly with the child millionaire, Simon Woosterfield.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's greedy and corrupt ''most'' of the time.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Whenever Mr. Burns shows any sign of a softer side, he almost always ends up [[StatusQuoIsGod reverting to form by the end of the episode.]]
%%* LackOfEmpathy
* LargeHam: Even a good game of ''VideoGame/PacMan'' can get him going.
* LastNameBasis: His first name (Charles) is hardly ever used. When people wish to refer to him informally, he goes by his middle name, Monty.
* LaughablyEvil: Honed to an art form:
-->'''Burns''':Men, there's a little crippled boy sitting in a hospital who wants you to win this game. I know because [[WouldHurtAChild I crippled him]] myself to inspire you.
-->''[Cut to Milhouse in a hospital stretcher with his leg in a cast]''
-->'''Milhouse''': I hope they win or Mr. Burns said [[CrossesTheLineTwice he's coming back]].
* LeanAndMean: He is an ''excellent'' example.
%%* LongLived
* LooksLikeOrlok: He looks like Orlok even when he's not a vampire. Especially when he wriggles his fingers...
* ManipulativeBastard: However, many seem acutely aware of Burns's evil ways so sentiments may vary here.
* MeanBoss: He's a classical stereotype. In fact, he's such a Bad Boss that he's fired Smithers — the only man who (usually) has UndyingLoyalty to him — twice.
* NominalHero: Whenever he happens to be on the same side as the good characters -- which is not that often.
* PetTheDog:
** Has moments of these, such as letting Maggie keep his old teddy bear, or raising Smithers (Jr.) himself after Smithers (Sr.) performed a HeroicSacrifice.
** Helped Marge in "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays." [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that it's for their "supple young organs."
** In "The Seemingly Never Ending Story", he willingly pulls a GoThroughMe to protect Lisa from a goat.
** After Bart saved his life with a blood donation, (and Smithers pointing it out to him), he does repay his debts when people aid him directly.
** He fully paid Lisa her share of the profits when she helped him regain his fortune, despite her openly stating her hatred of his methods.
** He agrees to pay for liposuction to enable the more-obese-than-usual Homer slim down to his normal weight, after the latter prevented a meltdown.
** Despite his frequent abuse of Smithers, he goes above and beyond in order to gain access to some life saving medication for him.
* PhraseCatcher: "That's Homer Simpson sir, one of your <insert derogatory worker slang> from Sector 7G." Followed by "Simpson, eh?"
* ThePowerOfHate: [[spoiler: This is what's keeping him alive.]]
* {{Sadist}}: He's been known, out of sheer sadism, to drop certain of his employees down a seemingly bottomless trapdoor - with the express intention of killing them (although they inevitably survive).
* ScatterbrainedSenior: [[DependingOnTheWriter Dips his toe in and out of this trope]]. Sometimes he's quite clever and shrewd, but other times he seems unaware that it's not still the 19th Century, and he's never able to remember who Homer is, even after being reminded that [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything "all the recent events of your life have revolved around him in some way".]] This is also played for laughs.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He uses his wealth to get away with a lot of things.
* TheScrooge: The very definition of this trope.
-->'''Burns''': Anybody have change for a button?
* SmugSnake: Again, depending on the writer.
* TheSociopath: He's got a supreme LackOfEmpathy and a sense of charisma around him.
* StalkerWithACrush: To Marge, when she was his employee.
* TookALevelInJerkass: His villainy goes into this level when he does things like block out the sun or ''trying to kill a child''.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Until he (almost literally) dropped everything for money.
* VagueAge: He has personally stated his age as 81 years, but Skinner and Homer later separately refer to him as being ''104''. Compounding matters, he was old enough to be twenty-five years out of Yale in the fifties, while in World War 2 Abe Simpson is clearly several decades older than him. More recent episodes have implied his age to be in the thousands or the millions. Smithers tells him his ATM code is his age (We hear Burns enter a four-digit number) and he has stated his birthplace to be Pangea.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Especially in the earlier seasons. FreudianExcuse aside, his KickTheDog moments are much more frequent than those of other Simpsons villains. The few excuses he is given seem so disconnected from his evil, he is hated throughout Springfield, (''Who Shot Mr. Burns'' has even Snake Jailbird apologizing for not being around to shoot him).
* VillainousCrush: One time Marge got a job at the nuclear plant and Mr. Burns developed a thing for her.
* VillainsOutShopping: Invokes this during a lull in one of his schemes, when he takes a moment to ask how Lisa's life was going. When she responds by calling him out on his evil schemes and how she's morally outraged, he irritatedly comments;
--> '''Burns''': *''Sighs*'' My god, are you ''always'' on?
** It should be noted that he does enjoy shopping with Smithers.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Smithers though the Vitriolic part is entirely on his part with Smithers [[YesMan just tak]][[ExtremeDoormat ing it.]]
* WealthyYachtOwner: Has one that Homer uses while house-sitting and gets attacked by RuthlessModernPirates.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The episode "Last Exit to Springfield" implies that the reason why he wanted to end the Nuclear Worker's Union was because they were getting corrupt, based on something an atom worker said when he was with his grandfather.
* WouldHurtAChild: He has hurt Bart on several occasions with "Bart Gets Hit By A Car" and "Lady Bouvier's Lover" being prime examples of this. He also had a tendency to dump nuclear waste in parks. He only stopped because the number of bald children was getting suspicious. He also implied he kidnaps kid for their organs.
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[[folder:Waylon Smithers, Jr.]]
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[[caption-width-right:165: Yes, Mr. Burns.]]
-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"'' (voice only), ''"Homer's Odyssey"'' (full appearance)
The second-in-command and most competent minion of Mr. Burns, Smithers is fanatically devoted to his master (fortunately for Burns, who is so physically feeble and out of touch with the modern age he depends on Smithers to do everything for him), which is eventually revealed to be due to him being in love with him. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In [[VideoGame/TheSimpsons the arcade game]], he robbed a jewelry store, wore a cape filled with bombs, and was prone to {{evil laugh}}ter.
%%* AntiVillain: Type IV.
* BattleButler: In the arcade game.
* BeardOfSorrow: Well, sort of. He grows a five o'clock shadow when he [[spoiler: believes he shot Mr. Burns]]. He is clean shaven again at the end of the episode.
* ButtMonkey: Smithers gets a lot of badgering and punishment from Burns.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Should someone get too close to Burns, Smithers can get surprisingly vindictive. He went to elaborate lengths to ruin Homer's career after Burns promoted him to an executive and shown great approval of him.
* TheDragon: Depending on whether Burns is on the good or bad side of the episode's events.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Though usually a bit of a doormat to Burns, [[KickTheDog some of the schemes Burns comes up with]] will have Smithers objecting to them at the risk of losing his own job.
* ExtremeDoormat: Most of the time, he's this to Mr. Burns.
* {{Flanderization}}: Smithers was originally an exaggeration of the YesMan (the guy who always sucked up to his boss). Come season three, the writers started playing with the notion that Smithers was in love with his boss, yet was heterosexual (in "Secrets to a Successful Marriage," Smithers was married to a woman who looked like Elizabeth Taylor's character from ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof''). This got milked for all it was worth, and now Smithers' sexuality is AmbiguouslyGay (or just plain gay) with definite shades of SingleTargetSexuality, though it has been implied that Mr. Burns isn't the only man he loves.
* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Mr. Burns doesn't reciprocate.
* LastNameBasis: Rarely referred to by his first name, Waylon.
* OnlySaneEmployee: Smithers is pretty much the only person at the power plant who actually knows what he's doing. Several episodes show that Homer is just the worst of an ''extremely'' stupid and incompetent workforce.
* OnlySaneMan: Smithers has no emotional outbursts at all. Aside some odd details about his love for Burns (his screensaver and the reveal that he raised Smithers after his father died) he is the most reasonable and sane person in the show.
* PunnyName: His full name, Waylon Smithers, sounds a lot like "Weyland the Smith" from Germanic/Norse mythology.
* RaceLift: In his first appearance ("Homer's Odyssey"), Smithers was dark-skinned with blue hair due to an unfortunate mistake when the show was sent overseas to Korea to be colorized and animated. The production crew did think about leaving him this way, but the [[UnfortunateImplications thought of a black man who sucked up to his white boss wouldn't sit well with a lot of people]], so they made it known that Smithers would be white (er, yellow) for all subsequent episodes. On the DVDCommentary for this episode, director Wes Archer said that he made Smithers black by expressing his interest towards including black characters in his episodes. Jokingly handwaved by some of the writers, that in "Homer's Odyssey", Smithers had just come back from holiday with a heavy tan.
* ServileSnarker: He's had a few good lines of this nature.
* SingleIssuePsychology: It was implied in one episode that Smithers' sexuality was caused by Mr. Burns telling him, when he was young, that his father died in the Amazon, killed by a tribe of savage women. It would explain his freak out in a strip club.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Smithers admires Mr. Burns way too much for it to be just a sycophant to his boss.
* SilentSnarker: Sometimes his expressions are speaking in place of words.
* StraightGay: He's gay, but he isn't flamboyant. He does join dance and musical number with joy but only on few occasion.
%%* SubordinateExcuse
* SycophanticServant: Again, see above.
* UndyingLoyalty: While there are times Smithers will draw the line with Burns' cruelty, he will always end up back by his side by the end of it. Even when Burns was bankrupt and no longer his employer, he immediately moved him to his house and continued to serve his whims.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: It's not clear why he's so attracted to Burns, a weak, fragile old man decades older than him and who is terrible towards every living being on the planet including himself.
* YesMan: To Mr. Burns.
** One episode parodied the concept by giving Burns a team of Yes Men, with Smithers as alpha. On discovering he's suddenly become poor, Burns denounces them all as the yes men they are. They, of course, reply, "Yes, sir!"
** Subverted by the fact that Smithers will sometimes oppose Burns if he feels he needs to, such as trying to talk Burns out of blocking the sun over Springfield (as it "crossed the line from everyday villainy to cartoonish super-villainy"), or in going behind his back to reveal Sideshow Bob's electoral fraud to Bart and Lisa, fearing the consequences for his "choice of lifestyle" if the Republican Bob takes power.
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[[folder:Lenny Leonard and Carl Carlson]]
!!Lenford "Lenny" Leonard and Carlton "Carl" Carlson
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[[caption-width-right:263: Carl is on the right, Lenny is on the left. Remember that, now.]]
-->Debut: ''"Life on the Fast Lane"'' (Lenny), ''"Homer's Night Out"'' (Carl)
Homer's two workmates and closest buddies. Voiced by Creator/HarryShearer and Creator/HankAzaria.
!!Tropes applying to both
* AlliterativeName: '''L'''enny '''L'''eonard. '''C'''arl '''C'''arlson. Episodes contradict each other on whether Lenny's last name is ''Leonard'' or ''Lenford''.
* AscendedExtra: They were initially just background characters that appeared at the plant. Over time, they became some of Homer's most frequently seen friends.
* BadBoss:
** Parodied when Mr. Burns lost his fortune, the bank took over the Nuclear Plant and put Lenny in charge. We never really see what goes on, but Homer gets sent home early to think about a bad mistake he made and Smithers describes him as "a real bear on tardiness." Even Mr. Burns takes notice, and the whole thing is referred to as "Lenny's reign of terror."
** When Carl was promoted to being Homer's supervisor he was no better, as he turned Homer into his BeleagueredAssistant, made Homer do all his work and obey his whims, while Carl jetsetted over the world and hung out with the rich and famous. Oddly this contrasts an early episode where Carl was said to already be Homer's supervisor ([[TheAllegedBoss he enforced his power only once]] to get Homer to stop insulting him).
* BrilliantButLazy: They both have masters degrees in nuclear physics but prefer bumming around with Homer at Moe's rather than do any real work. Their former principal even bribed them by making sure they can't enter any great universities and threaten to send a recommendation letter to a good one if they talk about it in "Take My Life, Please" .
* TheDividual: Homer needs to write down which one is the black one and which one is the white one due to how similar they are.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Both of their personal lives are supposedly incredibly exciting, though we never get to see any of it.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: AmbiguouslyBi aside, they are usually just friends.
* HiddenDepths: Their status as relatively unimportant side characters allows for several of their fantastical accomplishments to be mentioned, but never shown. Carl apparently possesses an IQ of 214 and is deeply in touch with his Icelandic heritage, while Lenny is a war hero who is also a highly successful novelist. Both also have masters degrees in nuclear physics.
* HomoeroticSubtext: In the post-Scully years. Ramped up even further during Al Jean's tenure.
* InformedAbility: Their skills and accomplishments on paper make them seem like they'd both be highly competent, when in reality both are lazy blue collar workers who spend most of their time drinking.
* MistakenForGay: It might not be mistaken, though.
* NotSoAboveItAll: There are times they can be sucked into Homer's reckless antics. As Frank Grimes pointed out, they are only really sane and competent by comparison.
* OnlySaneMan: Both of them are quite a bit more together than most, particularly the people they hang out with, but Carl more so.
* RepetitiveName: Their full names are Lenford Leonard and Carlton Carlson.
* SaltAndPepper: Carl= black, Lenny= white.
* SatelliteCharacter: Though Carl has gotten one spotlight episode, both tend to simply act as Homer's friends and little else.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Even if neither of them appear to be particularly intelligent, especially Lenny (Carl seems slightly smarter than Lenny but that's not saying much), they did earn master's degrees in nuclear physics.
* SomeoneElsesProblem: They are amazingly indifferent to the goings on at the power plant, such as where nuclear waste gets dumped.
* ThoseTwoGuys: The original [[TropeCodifier Trope Codifiers]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: Not seen that often, but they can be very dismissive of each other (like in "Mountain of Madness").
!!Lenny
* AmbiguouslyBi: He seems to be legitimately attracted to Carl, though he has also shown interest in women.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Carl learned that the hard way in ''The Saga of Carl'' when Lenny takes Carl's betrayal very hard and attacks him. Immediately {{Lampshaded}} by Moe.
-->'''Moe:''' When the nice ones snap, it's always a good show.
* ButtMonkey: In some episodes he suffers AmusingInjuries.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "I'm Lenny. This is Carl and Homer. I'm Lenny."
* EyeScream: Lenny is way too prone to this type of injuries.
-->"Ow, my eye! I'm not supposed to get [object name] in it!"
* LustObject: Marge is occasionally implied to view him as one, keeping a picture of him in her hair and having a shrine dedicated to him when she thought he was injured. During a non-canon future photo album, Marge is shown to have briefly re-married to Lenny.
* TheUnfavorite: As revealed in "Mona Leaves-a" his mother prefers Carl over him.
!!Carl
* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode "The Saga of Carl" in season 24.
* BlackBestFriend: To Lenny and, to a lesser extent, the other friends of the bar like Homer, Moe, and Barney.
* ClearTheirName: Carl goes to Iceland in "The Saga of Carl" so he could [[spoiler:repair the bad reputation his family had]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes he plays the snarky StraightMan to Lenny or the other guys.
* HappilyAdopted: He is from Iceland and he was ready to betray Homer and crew to restore the family honor.
* TokenMinority: He is sometimes referred to by Homer as "the black one".
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!Shopkeepers
[[folder:Comic Book Guy]]
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[[caption-width-right:177: Worst. Character page. Ever.]]
!!Jeff "Comic Book Guy" Albertson
-->Debut: ''"Three Men and a Comic Book"''
Overweight and extremely nerdy owner & proprietor of the local shop, "The Android's Dungeon", which sells comics and similar paraphenalia. Legendary for his sarcastic, cynical outlook on life. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AssholeVictim: In "Worst Episode Ever". Not killed, but he did suffer a severe heart attack. This was right after banning Bart and Milhouse from his store.
* BerserkButton: Being stupid when it comes to comic books.
-->'''Bart:''' Hey, Milhouse, watch me make a loser lose it.
-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' Ugh, customers, I hate them.
-->'''Bart:''' Excuse me, I just heard that before Spider-Man was a [[Film/SpiderMan movie]], it was a [[ComicBook/SpiderMan comic book]]. Is that possible?
-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' What the-!? Gah! Suffering Creator/SteveDitko! How can you not ''know'' that ''Spider-Man'' first appeared in 1962's classic ''Amazing Fantasy #15''!? Gaaaah!
-->'''Bart:''' Oooh, twelve cents! I'll take eight!
-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' What the- you idiot! Mint condition copies are like $40,000 each! Must..lie down...on pile of unsold Hulk hands!
* BigBad: Of "Brick Like Me", as he represents the part of Homer's psyche that wants him to remain in the LEGO World rather than head back to the real world.
* CatchPhrase: "Worst. (insert noun here). Ever."
* DeadpanSnarker: Comic Book Guy seems to live by the philosophy "If you can't say something snarky or sarcastic, don't say anything at all."
* ADegreeInUseless: He has a masters' degree in folklore and mythology, and for his thesis he translated ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' into [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingon.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: For over a decade, he was just known as "Comic Book Guy" until he gave his real name out in random conversation in "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" (WordOfGod says that episode was chosen for the task because it was post-Super Bowl and thus would have such a large audience).
* FatBastard: A snobby and overweight shopkeeper who insults others that aren't of his IQ level, and even acts like a jerk to Bart and Milhouse even after they saved his life from a heart attack.
* FatSlob: Eats a lot and spends all his time lazing around with his geeky stuff.
* {{Flanderization}}: Like everyone else's personality on the show, being a DeadpanSnarker got exaggerated to the point that it's his only personality trait.
* FreudianExcuse: It is heavily implied, if not outright stated, that the reason why Comic Book Guy often is sarcastic and insulting to people is because he himself is a victim of it in regards to his obesity.
--> Now if you'll excuse me, I'm heading back to my own store, where I dispense the insults rather than absorb them.
* GeniusSlob: Obese, dirty, has an IQ of 170.
* HappilyMarried: With Kumiko.
* HiddenDepths: "Homer the Whopper" reveals that he actually wrote over 300 issues of his own comic book series, [[AllYourPowersCombined Everyman]]. Much to Bart and Milhouse's surprise, they really enjoy it, and the only reason Comic Book Guy didn't try to find a publisher is because he was afraid of being mocked.
* InsufferableGenius: He has an [=IQ=] of 170 and is a member of the Springfield chapter of Mensa. However, he also has a snobby, superior personality that prevents him from making friends.
* {{Jerkass}}: Overprices comics, bans Milhouse and Bart from his store, and is a general jerk to everyone.
* LikesOlderWomen: Once dated [[NerdsAreVirgins (and lost his virginity to)]] Agnes Skinner.
* MadLibsCatchPhrase: ''Worst[=/=]Best __ Ever''.
* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: When he meets a female nerd at "Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con" in "Mayored to the Mob":
-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' Tell me, how do you feel about 45-year-old virgins who still live with their parents?\\
'''Female Nerd:''' Comb the Sweet Tarts out of your beard and you're on!\\
'''Comic Book Guy:''' Don't try to change me, baby.
* NerdsSpeakKlingon:
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E21ThreeMenAndAComicBook Three Men and a Comic Book]]": Jeff mentions that he has a Masters in Folklore and Mythology, part of which involved translating ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' into Klingon.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E11WorstEpisodeEver Worst Episode Ever]]": After he gets thrown out of Moes, he asks himself "Is there a word in Klingon for loneliness?", looks in his pocket dictionary. "oh, yes. [[SkywardScream Garr'dock!]]".
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E17MyBigFatGeekWedding My Big Fat Geek Wedding]]": When Jeff tries to get married to Edna Krabappel it is conducted in Klingon; apparently the guests (sci-fi convention attendees) can all understand it.
--->'''Jeff''': Edna, the Klingons have a romantic saying. (''speaks Klingon'') Roughly translated it means I would kill the children of a thousand planets just to see you smile. \\
'''Edna''': Oh, that is the most romantic thing I've ever heard. Which is kinda sad if you think about it.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E10MomsIdLikeToForget Moms I'd Like to Forget]]"
--->'''Jeff''': The answer is no, and I can say it in [[Film/{{Avatar}} Na'vi]] and Klingon, which are pretty much the same. I have some theories about that, which I will share with you never.
* ProudToBeAGeek: "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie I've spent my entire life doing nothing but collecting comic books. A life well spent!]]" Although in "Treehouse of Horror VIII", Comic Book Guy admits "I've wasted my life" the instant before he is killed by a NeutronBomb. It probably doesn't count as Treehouse of Horror episodes are never canon.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness:
--->'''Bart:''' How come I've never seen that ''Itchy & Scratchy'' before?\\
'''Comic Book Guy:''' Perhaps because you are a ''prepubescent ignoramus''.
%%* StrawFan
* TakeThat: The writers have been using Comic Book Guy to lampoon the show's UnpleasableFanbase ever since "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show," though most viewers didn't notice this until the season 11 episode "Saddlesore Galactica."
--> '''Comic Book Guy''': Last night's ''Itchy & Scratchy'' was, without a doubt, the worst episode ever. Rest assured I was on the Internet within minutes registering my disgust throughout the world.
--> '''Bart''': Hey, I know it wasn’t great, but what right do you have to complain?
--> '''Comic Book Guy''': As a loyal viewer, I feel they owe me.
--> '''Bart''': For what? They’ve given you thousands of hours of entertainment for free. What could they possibly owe you? If anything, ''you'' owe ''them.''
--> '''Comic Book Guy''': Worst. Episode. Ever.
* ThrowTheDogABone: "Married to the Blob" is all about this. See below for details.
* UglyGuyHotWife: In the season 25 episode "Married to the Blob", he meets, charms - no, really -, and marries an [[ManicPixieDreamGirl improbably sprightly]] young Japanese woman. They're still married at the end of the episode.
* UngratefulBastard: To Bart and Milhouse for saving his life. Eventually, he does apologize though.
* WorstWhateverEver: TropeNamer.
* YoureNotMyType: Was ultimately on the receiving end of this from Mrs. Krabappel in "My Big Fat Geek Wedding." He was oddly okay with it.
-->"There are a million valid reasons. Which one did you choose?"
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[[folder:Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]
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[[caption-width-right:198: Thank you, come again!]]
-->Debut: ''"The Telltale Head"''
Owner of the local convenience store, "The Kwik-E-Mart", which is open 24/7, cheap, and so attracts plenty of customers despite its rather lacking standards of quality (like Homer, Bart, and Snake Jailbird, who only comes in to rob the place). Renowned as a workaholic, he is eventually partnered off with an arranged marriage and ends up the father of octuplets. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AscendedExtra: Was simply the convenience store clerk that only knew the family because they shopped there. Over time, his screentime grew and he got [[DayInTheLimelight several focus episodes]] ("Homer and Apu", "Much Apu About Nothing", "The Two Mrs Nahasapeemapetilons", "Eight Misbehavin'"). He is now, arguably, one of the most important non-Simpson family member characters.
* AsianStoreOwner: Indian, specifically. Asia is such a large continent that the Indian subcontinent (which includes India and Sri Lanka) counts as part of Asia.
* BetaCouple: With Manjula to Homer and Marge in later season.
* BollywoodNerd: Doesn't come up a lot, but he graduated as top of his class in computer science at Cal Tech (''Calcutta'' Tech)--a class of '''7 million'''.
* BumblingDad: A downplayed example - he shows traits of this.
* CatchPhrase:
--> "Thank you, come again!" (even to store robbers!)
--> "I can't believe you're not shutting up!"
* TheChewToy: He's been shot so many times that it's just a $100 fine.
* ChickMagnet: Apu enjoyed a reign as Springfield's most eligible bachelor -- until he got married.
* {{Determinator}}: In one early episode, Apu says that the town government should hire more police officers, since he'd been shot 8 times that year. As a result, he almost missed work. ''Almost''. And then there was the time when he managed to work a 96-hour shift without having a break. It ended when he started thinking he was a hummingbird and tried to drink nectar out of his brother's head.
* FunnyForeigner: When it needs Indian stereotype joke.
* ImmigrantPatriotism: He started his stay in America as an ''illegal'' immigrant.
* MadeOfIron: Has been shot so many times that when he was shot saving JamesWoods, the bullet ricocheted off ''another bullet'' that had previously been lodged there.
* ManipulativeBastard: One Season 4 episode shows Apu curries Homer's favour in order to stop him going to the much cheaper store next door.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: While their marriage is far from perfect (the stresses of raising eight kids and Apu's infidelity), Apu and Manjula got off to a great start and do love each other. However, many fans worry that this has been subverted, as some bitterness still remains (yet future episodes suggest they worked it out).
* SixthRanger: Was this to the main Simpsons family in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun''.
* SuperStoicShopkeeper: Can show signs of this at times, as part of his personality as TheDeterminator.
* TooManyBabies: When he and Manjula could not conceive a child, they underwent IVF and Manjula had ''octuplets''. It also helped that Apu, Homer, Marge and Bart were each slipping her fertility drugs.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Manjula with the Squishee lady, and signs up for "Sassy Madison", a dating website for married people.
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[[folder:Moe Szyslak]]
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[[caption-width-right:160:If you're gonna read my section there's a two drink minimum!]]
-->Debut: ''"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"''
Famously ugly, surly and hateful owner of Moe's Tavern, the LocalHangout that Homer, Carl, Lenny and Barney frequent. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Has a softer side under his crustiness]]. Voiced by Creator/HankAzaria.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Marge and not just her. Moe's romantic attractions have resulted in criminal behavior and run-ins with the law; he has stalked Maude Flanders and other townspeople, he must register as a sex offender, and has had a restraining order placed upon him.
* AccentRelapse: Even though he is not a spy.
* AlienBlood: Has been shown to bleed green but claims that's only the first few drops and it will come out red afterwards.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Claims to be "half Monster-Half Armenian", his father was once shown to be a Yeti, in one episode he cut himself and green stuff came out and he once showed Bart and Milhouse a jar containing his tail.
* AxCrazy: He has his moments.
* TheBartender: It's his job.
* BerserkButton: Whoever that one punk kid is that keeps bothering his place with prank calls. The second he gets even the slightest clue who it is he drops everything to get sweet, sweet revenge.
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: '' Moe Goes from Rags to Riches'' shows that his father was a yeti.
* ChildHater: Except during his FriendToAllChildren moments.
--->'''Moe:''' See, this is why we should hate kids!
* CreepyGood: Even when portrayed as a fundamentally good person, he's often quite unnerving.
* DeepFriedWhatever: Ordered a giant, military-grade deep fryer for his restaurant Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag. It can flash-fry a buffalo in 40 seconds (which, according to Homer, is too long to wait).
* DidNotGetTheGirl: His easy-to-lose harsh temper usually turns down women and finding a girlfriend for Moe has therefore been a running joke, from indulged sexual abstinence to unsuccessful suicide attempts to dating generally rejected women.
* DrivenToSuicide: The later episodes play up the fact that Moe is so depressed that he keeps trying to kill himself -- to the point that Suicide Prevention ''has to block his number''. It is also implied at least once that the only reason why he constantly attempts to commit suicide is because Reverend Lovejoy keeps on telling him that he has nothing to live for.
* EyeScream: Apparently has a tendency to do this to people he invites to his house.
* {{Flanderization}}: His suicidal tendencies, how repulsive he is around the opposite sex (later episodes even imply that Moe is a registered sex offender), and his secret criminal doings all have been greatly exaggerated and become all there is to his personality as of the Al Jean-run episodes.
* FriendToAllChildren: Despite being a disgusting, miserable creep to adults, children actually love him (and are the only thing keeping Moe from being a complete bastard). He's the nicest babysitter Maggie's ever had and he reads (or used to read) to sick children at the hospital on Wednesday nights.
* {{Gonk}}: A running gag is that he is ugly.
* GrumpyBear: His default mood.
* HairTriggerTemper: YES. He is very impulsive.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: After "Das Bus" ended he [[NoodleIncident Somehow saved the kids who were stuck on an island]], not to mention his adventures at the end of "The Homer They Fall". Apparently [[ItsAWonderfulPlot one Christmas he while attempting suicide he was shown what the world would be like had he never been born]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Once railed against "immigants", despite being an immigrant of some ambiguous kind himself.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Moe is frustrated by the failure of his once promising boxing career, which he blames on politics, rather than the fact he couldn't take a punch.
* InformedDeformity: While Moe is quite odd-looking compared to other characters, people act like he's hideous and even inhuman.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Played with.
-->'''Ned Flanders:''' *in an uncharacteristic bout of rage* You ugly, hate-filled man.
-->'''Moe:''' Hey! I may be ugly and hate-filled but-....what was that third thing you said?
* IWasQuiteALooker: Then he started boxing, which is the explanation for why he became so ugly that women find him repulsive.
-->"They called me Kid Gorgeous. Then I was Kid Presentable. Then Kid Gruesome. Then finally, Kid Moe."
* {{Jerkass}}: Many times he is downright unpleasant.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his somewhat angry attitude at times, he does show a soft spot towards children and his close friends and customers. He also does very noble acts in the credits of "The Homer They Fall", he is seen saving multiple people, putting out a forest fire, and giving food to a famished village... Sadly, he starts off as this in most of his episodes, goes back to full-blown {{Jerkass}} by backstabbing anyone who helped him achieve some high level of importance among famous people, and then reverts back to having a heart of gold only to get his progress tossed down the drain.
* KnifeNut: Keeps a rusty and dull butcher's knife under the bar, kept in case whoever it is that keeps taunting him with those phone calls slips up.
* MultipleChoicePast: Several episodes contradict each other as to what his nationality actually is.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: Has an ambiguous ethnic background - has variously been implied or described as Dutch, Italian, Armenian, Arab, Polish...
* ParentalNeglect:
** Implied in "Pokey Mom".
--->'''Moe:''' Now I can focus on my crippling emotional pain. Oh daddy, why? Why won't you hug me?! You hugged the mailman!
** One episode implied that Moe's parents left him at a summer camp and never came to pick him up.
* PerpetualFrowner: He's a fairly depressed individual, as shown when he attempts to commit suicide in "Moe Baby Blues".
* PunnyName: Not Moe himself, but he's always being asked for Al Coholic, Jacques Strappe, I.P. Freely, Seymour Butz, Homer Sexual (NOT Homer Simpson), Ivana Tinkel, Mike Rotch, Amanda Huggin-Kiss, and Hugh Jass[[note]]this one actually was in the bar when Bart asked for him[[/note]].
%%* {{Sadist}}: Implied.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: [[TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar Keeps one behind his bar]] and uses one as part of his [[DanceBattler self defence through dance class]].
* StalkerWithACrush: He has long been infatuated with Marge (whom he often refers to as Midge) and has on occasion professed his love for her and tried to win her away from Homer. His infatuation was intense enough to enter stalker territory. Ironically, she's one of his most frequent customer's wife.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: He was hit by a train in "Lisa Goes Gaga", but is back alive and well in "Moonshine River".
* TookALevelInBadass: Sometimes, like in the couch gag where the couches attack, Moe is seen as the one of the few fighting back, blasting at his bar seats with a shotgun and knocking away his stools.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: In several instances, Moe shows he deliberately manipulates Homer and Barney into drinking, confident in his belief that they'll be back. And if they turn against him, Moe quickly becomes incredibly sour, slapping Barney when he tries to point out Moe insulted Homer behind his back.
* TrappedByGamblingDebts: He once mentions owing $64,000 and asks the Simpsons for funds to dig himself back up. But he too is a LoanShark, matter-of-factly telling Homer when ''he'' needs a loan that if he can't provide collateral, he will have to break his legs right then and there. [[spoiler: Homer escapes with his lower appendages intact and borrows the money from Patty and Selma instead.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: More or less with all his regular customers.
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