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== The Simpson Family ==

 

== Immediate Family ==

 

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{{quote|"Lord help me, I'm just not that bright."|''Some Enchanted Evening''}}

 

 

* [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Dad]]: Granted, even in his [[Jerkass]] characterization, he's less so than [[Family Guy|Peter Griffin]], but still. Though he's always [[Disproportionate Retribution|strangled Bart]].

** And then there's the original shorts, where he's almost as bad as Peter.

* [[Angrish]]: Frequently lapses into this, whether he is justified or not.

* [[The Alcoholic]]: He's the king of this [[Trope]].

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type I, IV, or V]], [[Depending on the Writer|depending on the episode]].

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: He once legally changed his name to Max Power.

* [[Bald of Awesome]]

* [[Big Eater]]

* [[The Big Guy]]

* [[Born Lucky]]

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: He is more Falstaff than falstaff.

* [[Bumbling Dad]]

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Even with all his [[Jerkass]] tendencies, you do feel sympathy for what he goes through at times.

* [[Catch Phrase]]:

"Bo-ring!" }}

* [[Charlie Brown Baldness]]

* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: For all his flaws, he's the most loyal friend you can have, as he'll always help his friends with the problems of the today's episode they're facing. Hell, you don't even have to be a close friend of him to get his help, he'll surely help you even if he only met you just some moments ago. Even his enemies, like Mr. Burns or Selma, might get his aid if he's on a good mood.

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Falls victim to this a lot.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]

*** He's also a gifted polyglot, capable of speaking even Penguin.

*** He's also quite a musician, capable of composing and playing many instruments. He even had two musical careers (when he was a member of the B-Sharps in the 1980s and when he was a member of Sadgasm in the 1990s). He also composed the hit single "Everybody Hates [[The Ace|Ned Flanders]]." It gained a following in Springfield and, when he co-produced with David Byrne, it became hit with many covers.

* [[Fat Idiot]]

* [[The Fool]]

* [[Functional Addict]]: Depending on the writer

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]

* [[Informed Deformity]]: He is considered extremely fat and unfit. Actually he is only 239 lbs, and tall to start.

** [[Family Guy|Peter Griffin's]] got him beat. Even in the same universe, so do Comic Book Guy, Chief Wiggum ([[Hypocritical Humor|who actually had the nerve to call Homer fat]]), and Mayor Joe Quimby, for starters.

*** Note that the stated examples came ''after'' repeated complaints of [[The Protagonist|Homer]] being such a [[Jerkass]]. Most likely an [[Author's Saving Throw]].

* [[Large Ham]]: Don't try to deny it!

* [[Lazy Husband]]

* [[Loser Son of Loser Dad]]: Perhaps in part to the Simpson gene, which affects the Y chromosome.

* [[Mad Libs Catchphrase]]: "Mmmm, [blank]."

* [[Mangled Catchphrase]]: "''Exactly.'' Heh, heh...D'oh!"

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]

* [[Omniglot]]: Has spoken German, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, a little bit of French (describes "Trash Night" as "La Nuit des Poubelles"), and [[Speaks Fluent Animal|penguin]]. No. Really.

* [[The Protagonist]]

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: He drives a {{color|pink|pink}} Sedan.

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Manly Man to Ned's Sensitive Guy.

* [[The Slacker]]

* [[Stout Strength]]: He isn't physically fit and he ''hates'' working out (he doesn't even know how to pronounce the word "gym"), but he's one of the physically strongest characters.

* [[Super Serum]]: Beer has this effect on him in at least one episode.

* [[Taking Advantage of Generosity]]: Especially when borrowing stuff from Flanders.

* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: Homer started out stupid, but not really more so than anyone else. [[Word of God]] admitted that he was made stupider with each passing season to try to outdo what came before and remain fresh. (This trend ended at the start of Season 13, where the writers made a conscious effort to make him smarter.)

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Early episodes, it was pork chops and doughnuts. Later episodes, it was just doughnuts, though [[The Protagonist|Homer's]] appetite doesn't discriminate (see [[Extreme Omnivore]]).

* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: In the episode "Homer Goes to College," Homer is convinced his college experience will be exactly like the [[Wacky Fratboy Hijinx|party atmosphere]] college is often depicted as in [[Animal House|movies]], not realizing he's in a satire that thoroughly subverts the trope.

 

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* [[Action Mom]]

* [[Beehive Hairdo]]

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Hmmmmmm..."

* [[The Chick]]

* [[Closer to Earth]]: Though admitedly she is only sane ''in comparison'' to [[The Protagonist|Homer]] as seasons progress. In many cases [[Not So Above It All|even he is shocked at some of her actions]].

* [[Education Mama]]: Especially with [[Anti-Hero|Bart]], she even home-schools him for a period of time.

* [[Feminine Women Can Cook]]: [[Action Mom|Marge]] seems to buy into this quite a lot.

* [[Flanderization]]

* [[Gag Boobs]]: She briefly had a case of this in "Large Marge" in which she was accidentally given breast implants. Amusingly the first gag about it comes from her, no less, in which she describes that her "maguppies became bazongas!"

* [[Gossipy Hens]]: She does love her gossip, like when [[Brainy Baby|Maggie's]] baby monitor picks up on phone calls, she becomes addicted to listening to it.

* [[Happily Married]]: For most of the show's run.

* [[Hazel Eyes]]

* [[Hikikomori]]: Spends a period like this in "Strong Arms of the Ma". She eventually overcame this after using the weight-lifting set Homer bought from Rainier Wolfcastle.

* [[Housewife]]

* [[Impossibly Low Neckline]]: Her regular dress. It's even commented on.

* [[Progressively Prettier]]: Although [[Action Mom|Marge's]] appearance hasn't changed, how attractive she is stated to be has changed from housewife to centerfold.

** Also present in the original Tracy Ulman show shorts. Marge started out as quite dumpy, but quickly began slimming down.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: More pronounced as of recent, although it's understandable considering [[The Protagonist|Homer's]] increasing [[Jerkass|Jerkassness]].

* [[Talking to Himself|Talking To Herself]]: [[Action Mom|Marge's]] voice actress (Julie Kavner) also voices [[Action Mom|Marge's]] sisters, Patty and Selma, and Marge's mom, Jackie.

* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Hot Wife to Homer's Ugly Guy.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]

 

 

=== [[Anti-Hero|Bartholomew "Bart" Jo-Jo Simpson]] ===

 

 

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type III/IV --> Type V]]

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Type I

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]

* [[Attention Whore]]: Many of his pranks are merely for recognition or approval from his friends.

* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Cowabunga: Although [[Anti-Hero|Bart]] admittedly said it twice in early seasons, it was far from a [[Catch Phrase]].

** The reason people think it's a [[Catch Phrase]] is because lots of merchandise has him saying it. This is reflected in the DVD commentaries now and then. In fact, on the commentary for "[[Anti-Hero|Bart]] Gets an F," the writers actually express surprise when he does say it - thinking they never had him say it at all.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Severely injure Santa's Little Helper, and he certainly would have a good enough reason for wanting to severely injure the person who did it.

** Bart puts up with a ''lot'' under the appalling conditions at Kamp Krusty, making it through the day with firm belief that "[[Madness Mantra|Krusty is coming]]". When it becomes clear that Krusty ''isn't'' coming, Bart channels [[Apocalypse Now|Colonel Kurtz]] and takes over the camp.

* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Or at the very least Anti-Heroic.

* [[Book Dumb]]

* [[Butt Monkey]] / [[The Chew Toy]]: Not as much as Homer, but he still attracts a lot of slapstick.

* [[Catch Phrase]]

"[[Gratuitous Spanish|¡Ay, caramba!]]" (That last bit was actually his first words, in fact) }}

* [[Class Clown]]

* [[Clueless Chick Magnet]]

* [[Dumb Blonde]]

* [[Enfant Terrible]]

** On that note, he also defended her on at least one occasion. One notable occasion being when [[The Ace|Ned Flanders]] went into a total breakdown in regards to what happened and lashed out at everyone, and tried to defend her telling [[The Ace|Ned]] to back off. Later leads into an [[Even Evil Has Standards]] moment below.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: There are some things that even [[Anti-Hero|Bart]] won't do, such as stealing from church collection plates. One episode has him expressing worry that he's turning into a criminal when all he really wants to be is a petty thug.

** Also, when [[The Protagonist|Homer]] had him doing a grease racketing job, and [[The Protagonist|Homer]] was shoveling the grease into the back of [[Anti-Hero|Marge's]] car (without any containers), [[Anti-Hero|Bart]] objects and says "Mom's going to kill you!"

** He absolutely hates it when someone severely injures his pet dog, and had [[Big Bad|Mr. Burns]] not happened to have brought his gun, he certainly would have attempted to brutally beat him up when he arrived at the town meeting discussing [[Big Bad|Mr. Burns's]] vile behavior.

* [[Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling]]: The foolish to Lisa's responsible.

** [[Abusive Parents|His father could also count.]]

*** Repeatedly being told you were never wanted does that to you

* [[Momma's Boy]]: There is an episode where he briefly flirts with becoming one, but [[Action Mom|Marge]] realizes that she doesn't want that kind of relationship with him.

* [[Mouthy Kid]]

* [[Naughty Is Good]]

* [[Omniglot]]: Has spoken French, Vietnamese ("Mau! Di di mau!"), Japanese, and Spanish ("[[Catch Phrase|¡Ay, caramba!]]").

** In fact, he once learned fluent Spanish [[Wrong Genre Savvy|during a plane trip to Brazil]].

* [[Pet the Dog]]: At the end of the 500th episode, {{spoiler|when Skinner's been forgotten in Springfield, Bart comes to get him on a wooden helicopter bike. Sure, Skinner hits the Jebediah statue and both of the nuclear plant's pylons (or whatever), but it was still pretty nice of Bart.}}

* [[Screwy Squirrel]]: [[Anti-Hero|Bart]] enjoys pulling pranks on authority figures ranging from the town priest to his teacher and principal to his own father. That said, he's more interested in driving these same authority figures nuts rather than causing any genuine harm.

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Not a full-blown example, but when Lisa started showing interest in Nelson, Bart did stick up for Milhouse.

* [[Taking Advantage of Generosity]]

* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]

* [[Villain Protagonist]]

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] / [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: Sometimes when he does something with the legitimate intent of helping someone "chill out", it backfires. A notable instance was when he got Mrs. Krabappel fired when he and the other students attempted to get her to become cooled down by spiking her drink with alcohol, because of Bart's experiences with his dad.

 

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* [[All Girls Like Ponies]]: So much

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: [[Puppy Love|She had a crush on Nelson]] once, [[First Kiss|and he was her first kiss]].

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type II]]

* [[Author Avatar]]

* [[Bob Haircut]]: Gets this hairstyle, complete with dyeing her hair {{color|brown|brown}}, in the subplot of "To Surveil With Love".

* [[Catch Phrase]]: [[Granola Girl|Lisa]] didn't have a [[Catch Phrase]] since the beginning of the show until she said "If anyone wants me, I'll be in my room.", which is said in the end of the episode "[[Anti-Hero|Bart]] Gets Famous". [[Granola Girl|Lisa]] also said this in "[[Granola Girl|Lisa]] the Vegetarian", "Grift of the Magi", and "Dude, Where's My Ranch?".

* [[Daddy's Girl]]: She's probably the only one of Homer's kids whom he makes a conscious effort to be a good father to. In addition, if anyone, even his wife, somehow hurts her in some way, he gets [[Papa Wolf|intensely angry]].

** It is implied that Lisa was neglected by Homer as a baby, when Homer observes some old videos of him completely ignoring her early talents, he is driven to tears in guilt.

** She does however have occasional moments of [[Small Name, Big Ego|imense arrogance]] and vindictiveness fueled by her intellect (and her obvious awareness of it) to remind us she's [[Not So Above It All]].

* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: [[Granola Girl|Lisa]] started out more or less as a [[Distaff Counterpart]] of [[Anti-Hero|Bart]].

* [[Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling]]: The responsible to Bart's foolish.

* [[Granola Girl]]

* [[Intelligence Equals Isolation]]

* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff| Japan Loves Lisa]]: Lisa actually has a fan-based in Japan. Considering that Lisa takes her education very serious, many in Japan can relate to her. She’s also a Buddhist, which it’s the second most common religion in Japan, just behind Shinto.

* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]

* [[The Messiah]]: The ''closest'' equivalent the [[Crapsack World]] of Matt Groening has, anyway.

* [[Mouthy Kid]]

* [[Mr. Exposition|Miss Exposition]]

'''[[Granola Girl|Lisa]]:''' Aah, just keep taking pictures. }}

* [[Not So Above It All]]: Though often priding herself on her intelligence and stoicism, she is still a kid and enjoys some of the same things as Bart (such as Itchy & Scratchy or prank-calling Moe). And as noted above, she is not above bending the rules completely.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Albeit with frequent [[Not So Above It All]] moments.

* [[Positive Discrimination]]: She is intelligent and Good, while Bart is a [[Jerkass]] and Dumb. There are occasional aversions to this however (see above).

* [[Proud to Be a Geek]]: Though she may lapse depending on the episode.

* [[Snap Back]]: Averted. The only way to get [[Paul McCartney]] on the show was to promise him that Lisa would stay a vegetarian forever.

* [[Soapbox Sadie]]

'''Nelson''': [[Oh Crap|Crud!]] }}

* [[Smug Snake]]: On her bad days.

* [[Too Clever by Half]]: Frequently done. Lisa is a genius, but occasionally arrogant and misguided about it, not to mention lives in quite the [[Crapsack World]].

* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: [[Played for Laughs]] in "[[Anti-Hero|Bart]] of Darkness"; the Simpsons get a pool, and [[Granola Girl|Lisa]] gains popularity among the kids of Springfield. Her intelligence fortunately comes back.

* [[Vague Age]]: In "[[Granola Girl|Lisa]] the Beauty Queen":

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]

 

 

=== [[Brainy Baby|Margaret "Maggie" Simpson]] ===

 

 

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type IV, as demonstrated with her competence with firearms and occasional similarities to [[A Clockwork Orange (film)|Alex DeLarge]].

* [[Brainy Baby]]: Numerous episodes have implied she's very smart for her age. She may be more intelligent than the rest of the family. Yes, even Lisa, as demonstrated when two-year-old Maggie effortlessly played her sax.

* [[Daddy's Girl]]

* [[Enfant Terrible]]

* [[Kid Hero]]

* [[Oral Fixation Fixation]]: Her pacifier.

* [[Silent Snarker]]

* [[The Speechless]]: {{spoiler|1=Until her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm6gGgQOD9o first word.]}}

* [[The Voiceless]]

== Extended Family ==

 

 

=== [[Shell Shocked Senior|Grampa Abraham "Abe" Simpson]] ===

 

 

* [[Abusive Parents]]: There's at least one flashback that shows him strangling young Homer just like Homer now does to Bart.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Is often ignored, treated with contempt, and otherwise left to rot at the nursing home by his own son.

** [["Well Done, Son" Guy|Considering how he raised him, this may be justified.]]

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Partly due to his senile disposition, though he seems on par with most other Simpsons.

* [[Grumpy Old Man]]

* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: "I was once the handsomest man in Buffalo!"

* [[The Munchausen]]

** Although there is the occasional implication that his rambling and nonsensical stories are ''actually true.'' There is also at least one implication that he is actually aware that he is rambling nonsense, but does it anyways because he thinks his grandkids don't actually pay attention to his stories anyways.

* [[Grandparental Obliviousness|Oblivious Grandparent]]

* [[Senior Sleep Cycle]]

* [[Rambling Old Man Monologue]]: "So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say. Now where was I... Oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. You couldn't get white onions...."

* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]]

* [[Shell Shocked Senior]]

** To make it especially confusing, in one episode, Mayor Quimby is trying to determine the oldest person in town by having everyone stand up and then sit down when Quimby calls out a number greater than their age. At about eighty, Grampa sits down, and then at ninety, ''he stands up again.''

** One episode says he's 83.

* [[When I Was Your Age]]: He loves these

 

 

=== [[Cool Old Lady|Grandma Mona Simpson]] ===

 

 

* [[Cool Old Lady]]

** Although there is an episode where it implies she was negligent towards Homer when she was around.

* [[New Age Retro Hippie]]

* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: A meta example. "Mother Simpson" aired during the seventh season and averting the trope was the initial impetus to producing the episode. Showrunners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein admitted surprise that in all those years the status of Homer's mother had never been given on-screen.

 

 

=== Patricia "Patty" and Selma Bouvier ===

 

 

* [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]]: Especially where Homer is concerned.

* [[The Beard]]: Selma is this to Troy McClure for a period of time. {{spoiler|She divorces him when he tries to have a baby with her, saying she couldn't bring a child into a loveless marriage.}}

* [[Covert Pervert]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Jerkass]]: Both but Patty is by a long shot the most embittered and spiteful of the two.

** They tried [[Moral Event Horizon|to ''murder'' Homer Simpson.]]

* [[Obnoxious In-Laws]]

* [[Maiden Aunt]]: Both embody the "bitter spinster" archetype to a T.

=== Snowball II ===

 

 

* [[Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal]]: She only wears a collar and she doesn't even wear one all the time.

* [[Female Feline, Male Mutt]]: The female cat.

 

=== Santa's Little Helper ===

 

 

* [[A Dog Ate My Homework]]: Santa's Little Helper does this once, much to Bart's surprise.

* [[Canine Companion]]

* [[Dogs Are Dumb]]: It varies.

* [[Female Feline, Male Mutt]]: The male dog.

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* [[The Ace]]

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Hidely ho!"

* [[Flanderization]]: [[Trope Namer]].

* [[The Fundamentalist]]

* [[Knight Templar]]: When it involves something he takes a religious stance about, he is unshakable in pursuing his goal.

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Lampshaded by Homer: "I'm a big four eyed lame-o and I wear the same stupid sweater everyday...".

* [[Nice Guy]]: Well before his Christian background was established, Ned was simply the nice guy that lived next door.

* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: He does attempt to follow the Christian faith and be a kind neighbor, even renting out his room to people who need it. Unfortunately for him, many of the people of Springfield have a tendency to take advantage of his kindness and make it even worse. This eventually reached a breaking point when, after he allowed some college girls to rent out one of the guest rooms in his house, they ended up repaying his kindness by filming a softcore webcam video called "sexy slumber party" without Ned's knowledge, and Homer also leaked this to every single person in the town, to the extent that, when Ned Flanders ousts the college girls out of the room upon finding out about this, they cheer the girls on, thus shocking him about how all this time, the townspeople actually mock him behind his back.

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Ned looks around Homer's age, but he's actually ''sixty years old''.

** How does he retain his youthful appearance? By following the "three Cs" -- '''c'''lean living, '''c'''hewing thoroughly, and a daily dose of vitamin '''c'''hurch.

'''Ned:''' ''(voiced by [[Karl Wiedergott]])'' Plus, they can replace them, and no one can tell the diddley-ifference! }}

** Another episode deals with Marge babysitting them repeatedly and seeing how ridiculously over-protective he is, with Ned admitting that he's afraid of losing them because they're all he has after Maude's death.

** That said, he was willing to hire Lisa, even after or maybe because Her disastrous job looking after Bart.

* [[Parting Words Regret]]: "I can't believe my last words to (Maude) were 'no footlongs.'" [[It Makes Sense in Context]].

* [[Rage Breaking Point]]

* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Sings like one, too, [[Squick|which Bart finds very disturbing]].

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Sensitive Guy to Homer's Manly Man.

* [[Strawman Political]]: In later episodes. It's justified, however, when you take into account that a few times, his attempts at being a good neighbor often result in his good nature being exploited.

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: [[Trope Namer|Is it any wonder?]]

* [[Verbal Tic|Ver-diddly-erbal Tic]]

 

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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: See below.

* [[Nice Guy|Nice Gal]]

* [[The Other Darrin]]: After Roswell left, Marcia Mitzman-Gaven took over for what would be Maude's remaining episodes.

 

=== Rod and Todd Flanders ===

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* [[Ambiguously Gay]]

** Lampshaded by Bart when he got them to tell Ned they were gay.

* [[Cheerful Child]]

* [[Children Are Innocent]]

 

=== Hans Moleman ===

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* [[Back From the Dead]]: He died many times, yet he still returns.

* [[Off-Model]]: Some episodes have Moleman with yellow skin; others with brown

* [[Shout-Out]]: In his first appearance in season 2's "Principal Charming", Moleman was actually called Ralph Melish (as seen on his driver license). The latter is a reference to Monty Python.

* [[They Killed Kenny]]

 

 

=== Ruth Powers ===

 

 

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Hot Mom]]

* [[Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places]]: Implied, at least.

=== Laura Powers ===

 

 

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: To Jimbo Jones until she breaks up with him thanks to Bart's crank call.

=== Barney Gumble ===

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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Was arguably worse than Homer early on. He has tried to overcome it, but does relapse now and then.

* [[Alcohol-Induced Idiocy]]: As expected, he's done a few acts that can be attributed to this.

* [[She Cleans Up Nicely|He Cleans Up Nicely]]: His hair is neater when he isn't drinking.

* [[The Ditz]]: Justified, as he's usually drunk.

* [[Fat Best Friend]]

* [[Off the Wagon]]

* [[Out of Focus]]: There was a time when he was Homer's best and most frequently seen friend.

* [[Status Quo Is God]]: In a rare subversion on the show, Barney sobered up in season 11 and stays that way for several seasons.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Once charged a tab to Mr. Burns. He later woke up in a landfill.

* [[Trash of the Titans]]: His apartment is such a mess that he can't find his dog.

 

=== Cletus Spuckler ===

* [[Berserk Button]]: In [[The Simpsons Game| the game]], the aliens found this by having him [[Anal Probing| probed]]

'''Homer''': Gross but fair}}

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]

 

=== Mr. Charles Montgomery Burns ===

 

 

* [[Affably Evil]]: [[Depending on the Writer|Sometimes]].

[[File:smithers_123_2405.jpg|frame| Yes, Mr. Burns.]]

 

 

* [[Anti-Villain]]

* [[Flanderization]]: Smithers was originally just the [[Yes-Man]] to Burns, though after a couple seasons, the writers began playing the idea that he was attracted to him. Al Jean has referred to this as Smithers being [[Single-Target Sexuality|"Burns-sexual"]] and this was pretty consistent for years. Recently, however, throwaway jokes have portrayed him as more openly gay and not interested in just Burns.

* [[The Dragon]] / [[The Lancer]]: It varies if Burns is, in the episode, in the good side or the bad side.

** [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Production later joked that Smithers had just returned from vacation and still had a tan.

* [[Only Sane Man]]

* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: Smithers admires Mr. Burns to a way-past-[[Ho Yay]] degree.

* [[Single-Issue Psychology]]: 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.

* [[Subordinate Excuse]]

* [[Yes-Man]]

[[File:Lenny_n_Carl_6405.jpg|frame| Carl is on the right, Lenny is on the left. Remember that, now.]]

 

 

* [[Alliterative Name]]

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: "I'm Lenny. This is Carl and Homer. I'm Lenny."

* [[Eye Scream]]: Lenny is way too prone to this type of injuries.

* [[Genius Ditz]]: Both may seem no smarter than generally anyone else, but they did earn master's degrees in nuclear physics.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With a heaping dose of [[Ho Yay]].

[[File:Grimey_Franks_622.jpg|frame|Look at me! I'm Homer Simpson!]]

 

 

* [[Berserk Button]]: Homer is a big fat button. Also Grimey doesn't like to be called Grimey. Or Stretch.

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: "I don't need safety gloves, because i'm Homer Simp..." (electric shocks)

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: His lone episode "Homer's Enemy" is considered to be one of the darkest episodes in the entire run of the show.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: He's the only person to point that Homer shouldn't be half as successful, popular, or even alive given his behaviour and is driven mad when no-one else cares. Even the universe is against him, as he's trying to apply real-world logic to a cartoon world.

** Oakley and Weinstein summed it up best by referring to Grimes as what would happen if someone from the real world met Homer.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]

* [[Stock Footage]]

* [[What Could Have Been]]: The writers originally saw Grimey as an ex-mariner with a crew cut. Also Hank Azaria based Frank's voice on that William H Macy before changing to Michael Douglas.

** Azaria was actually in favor of Macy doing the voice. Though it was considered, showrunners Oakley and Weinstein thought someone with a better understanding of the show would do a better job.

 

== Springfield Shopkeepers ==

=== Jeff "Comic Book Guy" Albertson ===

 

* [[Berserk Button]]: See the article on [[Canon]].

* [[Hollywood Nerd]]: Type 1.

* [[Insufferable Genius]]

* [[Mad Libs Catchphrase]]: ''Worst/Best __ Ever''.

* [[Proud to Be a Geek]]: "[[The Simpsons Movie|Life well spent!]]"

* [[Take That]]: The writers of the Simpsons sometimes use Comic Book Guy to lampoon the show's [[Unpleasable Fanbase]].

'''Comic Book Guy''': Worst. Episode. Ever. }}

* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]/[[Canis Latinicus]]:

'''Comic Book Guy:''' Perhaps because you are ''prepubescent ignoramus''. }}

* [[Straw Fan]]

* [[You're Not My Type]]: Was ultimately on the receiving end of this from Mrs. Krabappel in "My Big Fat Geek Wedding." He was oddly okay with it.

 

=== Apu Nahasapeemapetilon ===

 

 

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Was simply the convenience store clerk that only knew the family cause they shopped there. Over time, his screentime grew and he got [[Day in The Limelight|several focus episodes]].

* [[Bollywood Nerd]]: Doesn't come up a lot, but he graduated as top of his class in computer science back in Calcutta.

* [[Catch Phrase]]:

"I can't believe you don't shut up!" }}

* [[Funny Foreigner]]

* [[Henpecked Husband]]

* [[Immigrant Patriotism]]

* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: Cheats on Manjula with the Squishee lady.

 

=== Moe Szyslak ===

 

 

* [[Accent Relapse]]: Even though he is not a spy.

* [[Deep-Fried Whatever]]: Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Not quite, but later episodes do have Moe trying to kill himself so much that Suicide Prevention has blocked 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.

* [[Flanderization]]

* [[Friend to All Children]]: He is probably the nicest guy to ever babysit Maggie.

* [[Gonk]]

* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: Then he started boxing, which is the explanation for why he became so ugly that women find him repulsive.

* [[Informed Deformity]]: While Moe is quite odd-looking compared to other characters, people act like he's hideous and even inhuman.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Despite his somewhat angry attitude at times, he does show a soft spot towards children and his close friends and customers.

* [[The Other Marty]]: Originally voiced in his first appearance by Christopher Collins, but Azaria dubbed over all his lines as Moe.

* [[Punny Name]]: Not Moe himself, but he's always being asked for Al Koholik, Ivana Tinkel, and Hugh Jass.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: On Midge... er, Marge.

=== Kent Brockman ===

 

 

 

* [[Delusions of Local Grandeur]]

=== Herschel "Krusty the Klown" Krustofsky ===

 

 

* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: Later confirmed.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Hey hey, kids!"

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: "Let's just say that (Burns' film) moved me...''TO A BIGGER HOUSE!''"

=== Melvin Van Horne (Sideshow Mel) ===

 

 

* [[Butt Monkey]]: He gets his moments, mainly with Krusty and the Krusty show. He doesn't learn to give up though and look for the good things in life.

* [[Classically-Trained Extra]]: Like Sideshow Bob before him.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: In the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" episodes:

'''Sideshow Mel:''' Hmm...at the town meeting, [Mr. Smithers] mentioned that he watched Comedy Central. I made sure to note that, as it seemed quite unusual. }}

* [[Nice Guy]]

=== Rainier Wolfcastle ===

 

 

* [[The Ahnold]]: Of the man the trope is named after no less. He is one of the best known examples and currently the image on the trope page.

* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Inverted. He's almost hilariously deadpan and monotonal in most of his appearances. Perhaps as an [[Enforced Trope|enforced]] case of [[Bad Bad Acting]].

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: The [[Trope Namer]]

* [[I Am Not Shazam]]: He is sometimes called McBain by those not too familiar with this character. ([[In-Universe]] similarly.) See [[Show Within a Show]].

 

=== Troy McClure ===

 

 

* [[But You Screw One Goat!]]: Its thought that he gives "sleeping with the fishes" a new name.

* [[Mad Libs Catchphrase]]: "Hi, I'm Troy McClure! You may remember me from such ''[genre he's currently appearing in]''s as ''[title X]'' and ''[title Y]''." A few episodes play with this:

** In "Das Bus", he only appears in-character on a TV movie based on [[The Bible|the story of Noah's Ark]]. When Marge walks in and tells the family to get to bed, Lisa had this line:

* [[The Other Darrin]]: In an early episode, [[Dan Castellaneta]] did a line of dialogue for him (presumably because Hartman was unavailable or the cost to just have him do one line).

* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: Because he's an actor. A number of his appearances are simply different projects he's done.

=== Drederick Tatum ===

 

 

* [[Badass]]: He manages to stop a prison riot by politely asking that everyone quiet down. (Even the ''guards'' back away out of fear.) In a later episode, Homer breaks his jaw getting punched in the face by ''a statue'' of him.

=== Principal W. Seymour Skinner {{spoiler|a.k.a. Armin Tamzarian}} ===

 

 

 

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: You don't believe that a momma's boy like him can beat up two of Disney Corporation's goons.

* [[Former Teen Rebel]]: Was a worse prankster than Bart in his youth.

* [[Malaproper]]: He was quite prone to these in his early appearances:

* [[Momma's Boy]]: Which leads to...

* [[My Beloved Smother]]: [[Trope Namer]]; he lives with, and is co-dependent with, his mom.

* [[Non-Giving-Up-School Guy]]: [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Noodle Incident]]:

'''Skinner:''' Once. But by the time I got to the phone, my discovery had already been reported by Principal Kohoutek. I got back at him, though... him and that little boy of his. }}

* [[Retired Badass]]: Former army sergeant.

** He also mentions in one episode that he's an ex-Green Beret (US Army Special Forces).

* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Parodied. Frequently has flashbacks to his experiences in Vietnam.

* [[That Came Out Wrong]]: "This is our last chance to bone up. And bone we will!"

** After the kids trap him in the dodgeball sack and the class hamster Nibbles helps rescue them. "Good work Nibbles! Now, chew through my ballsack!" The hamster gives him a squicked expression, then runs away.

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* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Seymour

* [[Catch Phrase]]: ''"Ha!"''

* [[Christmas Cake]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Krabappel" is clearly a reference to "crab apple", a species of apple notorious for its bitter, sour taste -- and which is also used in America to denote a person who is extremely bitter, sour, cranky or generally bad-tempered.

* [[Mrs. Robinson]]: Also [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] to hell and back.

* [[The Snark Knight]]

* {{spoiler|[[They Do]] and [[Official Couple]]: [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Nedna]] wins.}}

=== Elizabeth Hoover ===

 

 

* [[The Alcoholic]]: Once graded the kids' "Wind in the Willows" tests with flavored liqueurs (Kahlua and Drambuie).

 

=== Groundskeeper William "Willie" MacDougal ===

 

* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: "My Fair Laddy"

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Thought to be a one-shot character for "Principal Charming," but Dan Castellaneta's performance led to him coming back and becoming a fixture in the recurring cast.

* [[Badass]]: In "Marge Gets a Job", he fights a timber wolf with nothing but his bare hands.

* [[Bonnie Scotland]]

* [[The Caligula]]: Was implied to have tendencies of this when he decides to run for Mayor in one episode (don't ask). During his election speech, he admits that the very first thing he's going to do when he is elected Mayor is kill everyone in Springfield and then torch the town itself to the ground. And yes, he definitely was aware [[Is This Thing Still On?|that the mic was still on]], so he was honestly promising this to the public and not just joking.

* [[Covert Pervert]]: Was revealed in the season six episode "Homer Badman" (the episode where Homer is accused of sexually harassing a babysitter by grabbing her butt and calling her "Precious Venus") to be a camera-toting Peeping Tom. ("But every Scotsman does it!")

* [[Culture Equals Costume]]: Frequently seen in a kilt and plaid hat.

* [[Funny Foreigner]]

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Oh, so many examples of this.

'''Willie:''' Ya just made an enemy for life! }}

* [[Multiple Choice Past]] He hails from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Loch Ness, and North Kilt-Town.

** He also claimed his father was hung for stealing a pig, but his father is shown to be very much alive in a later episode.

* [[Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales| Scotland Loves Willie]]: Despite being a mockery, Willie is well liked in Scotland and has a huge fan-base.

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: After he finds out Skinner made up Scotchtoberfest as a sting for Bart.

** In "The Great Money Caper," Willie stands trial and is found guilty for stealing Homer's car. Homer and Bart had actually been grifting, lost the car to a better grifter and lied about it. However, ''everything'' was [[Xanatos Roulette|a con by Marge, Lisa and the townspeople to teach them a lesson about grifting]].

'''Willie:''' WILLIE WASN'T! }}

* [[Violent Glaswegian]]

=== Superintendent Gary Chalmers ===

 

 

* [[Big Word Shout]]

=== Otto Mann ===

 

 

* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: “Otto Show”

* [[Defictionalization]]: Otto's ''Bus Man'' comic from "Three Men and a Comic Book" was later made into a back-up story in ''[[Simpsons Comics]]''

* [[Genius Ditz]]: Although he's not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, it is shown from time to time that Otto has artistic talent. He is a very skilled guitar player, and he even created his own comic book called "Bus Man" about a bus driver who fights vampires in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. He's also an excellent bowler. And he almost got tenure at Brown.

* [[Military Brat]]: Otto's father is an Admiral in the United States Navy who disapproves of his lazy, pot-smoking son.

* [[Species Surname]]: Rare human example.

 

== Students: ==

=== Nelson Muntz ===

 

 

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: His short-lived romance with Lisa.

* [[Character Development]]: Though it lead to [[Menace Decay]], Nelson has become softer and is often one of Bart's friends now, while the position of bullying tormentor have been passed onto Jimbo, Kerney and Dorf. Nelson's mother meanwhile cleaned up her act, and his [[Disappeared Dad]] came back.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: A couple of times has had to work with Martin - much to his chagrin.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: The main reason why Nelson is the way he is is because he is from a poor neighborhood, is neglected by his mother, has a [[Disappeared Dad]], and is looked down upon by his peers and teachers even though he is implied to have high potential.

* [[Genius Bruiser]]: He is large, and noted above, he is implied to have high potential (although the school fails to recognize it). He also was once shown to be very good at planning, actually giving Marge some tips on how to organize a method to get rid of a sport when she decided to get rid of mixed wrestling.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Kids Are Cruel]]: Initially.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]

 

=== Ralph Wiggum ===

 

 

* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: "I Love Lisa", "This Little Wiggy", and, to an extent, "E. Pluribus Wiggum".

* [[The Ditz]]

* [[Flanderization]]: Ralph actually had an intelligent side in the early seasons but this disappeared in later episodes.

* [[Throw the Dog a Bone]]: At the end of "This Little Wiggy," Bart, Homer and Marge congratulate Ralph for saving the day, even though it was Lisa's plan. Lisa goes along with it after Bart says, "C'mon, let him have this one, Lis. After all, it's Ralph."

* [[Vague Age]]: In "The Simpsons Spinoff Showcase", Chief Wiggum describes him as "between the ages of six and ten".

=== Terri and Sherri ===

 

 

* [[Alpha Bitch]]

=== Milhouse Van Houten ===

 

 

* [[Anchored Ship]]: {{spoiler|Lisa recently admitted that she may or may not have feelings for him. [[Status Quo Is God|We all know how this goes.]]}}

''They both laugh'' }}

* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Towards Lisa.

* [[Future Badass]]: First subverted but then straight. "Bart to the Future" reveals that he'll look just as his father in his adult years. Then the episode "Future-Drama" reveals that Milhouse'll become a muscular, shorter version of He-Man in his teens.

* [[Hollywood Nerd]]

=== Jimbo Jones, Dolph Starbeam, and Kearney Zzyzwicz ===

 

 

* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: In “24 Minutes”, we learn Dolph is a Jew.

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* [[Badass Preacher]]: Has saved Homer's life on at least one occasion, as well as Flanders in another occasion.

** In fact, he ''does'' get into a nasty brawl with an [[Irish Priest]] after the two quarrel about the subject of Catholic vs. Protestant practices.

* [[Hiding Behind Religion]]

* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]: After Ned's constant whining got to him, he just stopped caring.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: His description of his fight with the baboons at the zoo.

* [[Parental Neglect]]: Apparently the reason why Jessica Lovejoy was not a good girl.

* [[Preacher Man]]

* [[Rail Enthusiast]]

=== Helen Lovejoy ===

 

 

* [[Think of the Children]]: [[Trope Namer]]

* [[Gossipy Hens]]

=== Jessica Lovejoy ===

 

 

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]

* [[Smug Snake]]

* [[The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes]]

 

== The Itchy and Scratchy Show ==

 

=== Itchy ===

* [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife]]

* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]

 

=== Scratchy ===

* [[Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal]]: He only wears [[White Gloves]]

* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: He suffers one [[Once Per Episode]]

** But played straight in the "Grand Theft Scratchy" segment of ''[[The Simpsons Game]]''. The orange female prostitute cats look more humanoid than Scratchy.

* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: There was an episode where he finally got even with Itchy, featured in "Homer Goes to College". Unfortunately, Bart and Lisa, and consequently the viewer, don't get to see it as the television is unplugged by one of the nerds currently living with the Simpsons (they needed the outlet for their rock tumbler). Once they got the TV plugged back in, the short is over and Krusty excitedly claims, "They'll never let us show ''that'' again! Not in a million years!"

 

=== Poochie ===

* [[Barefoot Cartoon Animal]]: When he is not wearing shoes.

* [[Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: When he is wearing shoes.

* [[The Scrappy]]: [[In-Universe]].

* [[Totally Radical]]: Parodied

 

== Others ==

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* [[Actor Allusion]]: He and his family are voiced by cast members from ''[[Frasier]]''

* [[Affably Evil]]

* [[Anime Hair]]

** And rakes.

* [[Ax Crazy]]

* [[Expy]]: Some viewers see Sideshow Bob as an awful lot like [[Frasier]] Crane. Only he doesn't have a radio show, he's more successful at romance, and he's a crazy maniac ([[Affably Evil|albeit one with very good manners]]) who wants to kill Bart.

* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: His plans to kill Bart.

** And while he hated the indignity of being the put-upon sidekick, when Krusty accidentally erased all those old episodes, Sideshow Bob vowed revenge for him erasing his past.

* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: Does he still want Bart dead or not?!

'''Bob:''' Oh, I don't know about that... [[Mood Whiplash|Joking, joking!]] }}

* [[Hypocrisy Nod]]: "I'm aware of the irony of appearing on TV in order to decry it, so don't bother pointing that out."

* [[Status Quo Is God]]: He will always have a venomous hatred of Bart and Krusty, despite having made up with each of them at least once. He interestingly holds nothing against the rest of the Simpson family despite a increasingly similar amount of suffering they have caused (Lisa has arguably became more pivotal in foiling his plans than Bart), and even publicly states his desire to kill Bart ''and only Bart''. He's even sided with his brother Cecil against Bart, even though Cecil tried to frame and murder him and Bart saved Bob's life from Cecil.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: In one episode, while on a houseboat, he honors Bart's last request to sing the entire score to the ''H.M.S. Pinafore''. During this time, they pass the cops.

* [[Villain Decay]]: Averted, but lampshaded. Bob is always devious and brilliant, but Bart has foiled his plans so often he isn't as afraid of him as he was in his first few appearances.

'''Bart''': "Hey I'm not afraid of you, every time we tango you end up in jail, I'm 6-0." }}

* [[You Meddling Kids]]: "Krusty Gets Busted".

=== Gil Gunderson ===

 

 

* [[Alliterative Name]]

* [[Expy]]: In his original appearances, he was a parody of Shelly "The Machine" Levene from ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]''.

* [[Straw Loser]]: Say what you will about Moe or Comic Book Guy, but at least they have a steady income and a roof over their heads. Gil will never have the former, and he's lucky whenever he gets the latter. He really seems to be at the bottom of the social ladder nearly all the time.

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Since Phil Hartman's death, the Simpson family has been hiring Gil as their lawyer instead of Lionel Hutz.

* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: Gil was shot and apparently killed in Season 19's "I Don't Wanna Know Why The Caged Bird Sings." [[Status Quo Is God|No explanation is given for his return/survival.]]

=== Professor John Frink, Jr. ===

 

 

* [[Hollywood Nerd]]

* [[Mad Scientist]]

* [[Background Character]]: Is usually this, except for the "Homer's Night Out" episode

* [[Belly Dancer]]: She's dressed as a belly dancer for a bachelor party on the season one episode, "Homer's Night Out" and has often appeared in her belly dancer garb in other episodes.

* [[What Exactly Is His Job?]]: Works at every gentlemen's club in Springfield, under several different stage names.

 

=== Kang and Kodos ===

 

* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: Rigellian coincidentally sounds just like English

* [[Starfish Aliens]]

 

=== Rich Texan ===

* [[Guns Akimbo]]

* [[Reckless Gun Usage]]

** How much he is one is debatable, as he did once mention that he's going to tell his gay son that he loves him.

*** [[Truth in Television]]: Dick Cheney (one of the most conservative Republicans around) loves his gay daughter dearly and is a big supporter of gay marriage as a result.

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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type I

* [[Dirty Cop]]

* [[Fat Idiot]]

* [[Inspector Javert]]: Sometimes.

* [[Inspector Lestrade]]: When Bart or Lisa play [[Amateur Sleuth]].

 

=== Joseph "Diamond Joe" Quimby ===

 

* [[American Accents]]: Joe Quimby and his family speak in a broad Boston (Kennedese) accent, humorously picked up on by [[Jon Stewart]] whenever he's discussing the Kennedys.

* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: Diamond Joe would have you know that though he is a tax-cheat, a wife-swapper and a pot-smoker, he is no longer illiterate.

* [[Mayor Pain]]: [[Trope Namer]] for Type B.

* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: Has a wife, but has had ''several gazillion'' different mistresses throughout the series.

 

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* [[Exact Words]]: Fat Tony loves invoking these tropes: One instance is when, after Homer lost some money he borrowed from him in a football bet, Fat Tony, who learned of this, stated that Homer shouldn't worry, as he's sure that they'll "hammer out a payment plan." When he said "hammer out" a payment plan, he meant this literally, and certainly wasn't kidding, as he meant that he was going to have his goons restrain Homer and whack his right hand with a hammer multiple times.

=== Snake Jailbird ===

 

 

* [[Affably Evil]]: In more recent seasons.

** "Goodbye, student loan payments!"

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Bye!"

* [[Known Only By Their Nickname]]: He's has been called Snake Jailbird since he was a teenager, first by Clancy Wiggum.

** [[Embarrassing First Name]]: His real name is Chester, but he's likely got used to being called Snake.

* [[The Smart Guy]]: Is actually an archaeologist, but became a thief

* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: Is often seen with his girlfriend, Gloria, who left him for Mr. Burns, but then came back when she saw that Mr. Burns was ''truly'' evil, not just a [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|bad boy]] like Snake.

* [[Villains Out Shopping]]

=== Lindsey Naegle ===

 

 

* [[The Alcoholic]]

=== Lionel Hutz ===

 

 

* [[The Alcoholic]]: As implied in "Marge in Chains." He even argued his case before the court and was then informed he wasn't wearing any pants.

* [[Ambulance Chaser]]: In "Bart Gets Hit By a Car," Homer says upon meeting him, "You were the guy chasing Bart's ambulance."

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Averted. He's eccentric, odd and sleazy. And really, really bad at his job.

* [[Frivolous Lawsuit]]: His usual thing. Heck, he once sued the makers of ''[[The Neverending Story (film)|The Neverending Story]]'' for false advertising.

* [[Make the Dog Testify]]: Does this occasionally

* [[Ultimate Job Security]]: Frequently lost his cases, but kept getting hired by Homer and Marge regardless. Lampshaded:

* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: He started as a lawyer and later became a real estate agent (As many of his clients end up losing their houses).

 

** {{spoiler| At the end of “The Parent Rap”, just as Harms was about to send Bart away for defending his parents, Snyder arrives and tells her the clown is down, saving Bart in the process.}}

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Everyone, including the Simpsons, is fair game when it comes to his sentencing, but he’s respected since he won’t take bribes, his sentences are sensible, and knowledgeable.

 

=== Judge Constance Harm ===