The Thing

The Thing (real name Ben Grimm) is a superhero and a member of the Fantastic Four.

History
once jammed a Thing action figure into Database's Batmobile, breaking the toy in the process.

At a superhero themed pub crawl, Homer dressed as The Thing.

Comic Book Guy has bookends of The Thing and The Hulk.

On Comic Book Guy's list of greatest quotes of all time is "It's clobberin' time!" by The Thing.

Lenny complained about the comic The Thing vs. Alan Greenspan to Comic Book Guy.

Non-canon
When Lisa was playing with the magic stopwatch, she turned the family into the Fantastic Four. Homer became The Thing.

Behind the Laughter

 * is a comic book superhero created by writer Stan Lee.
 * The Thung, a parody of The Thing, appeared in the episode "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes".