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|name= 742 Evergreen Terrace
|image= {{Imgpn|png}}
|district= [[Pressboard Estates]]
|town= [[Springfield]]
|use= Residential
|owner= '''Owner:''' [[Ned Flanders]] '''Tenants:''' [[The Simpsons]]
|appearance= "[[Good Night]]"
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'''742 Evergreen Terrace''' is the street address of the [[Simpson family]] home.

The house to the left of the Simpsons house, [[744 Evergreen Terrace]] is the [[Flanders family|Flanders]]'s house. The house on the right is vacant, but was formerly occupied by [[Ted Flanders]], [[Sideshow Bob]], [[Ruth Powers]] and [[Laura Powers]], and [[Sylvia Winfield]] and [[Mr. Winfield]]. Marge once said that Evergreen Terrace is "the street that smells like pee". Oddly, former presidents [[George Bush]] and [[Gerald Ford]] have moved across the street. [[Ned Flanders]] is currently the owner and rents it to The Simpsons.

== Profile ==
=== Design ===
The house is a tan-orange two-storey detached house with a garage, basement, attic and lots of mice. The garage door is pink or tan-orange. On the ground floor, the front door leads straight into the cyan-floored foyer, with one arch in the wall to the left, leading to the sitting room, one to the right which leads into the dining room, a small cupboard and the pink-and-purple stairs to the second floor. The sitting room and the dining room both have bay windows. At the back of the house is the living room and the kitchen, with stairs that lead to the basement (Marge discovered a secret sauna room hidden behind a heater). Although rarely seen, there is also a hallway leading to a "Rumpus Room". Homer was seen relaxing in the Rumpus Room several times.<ref>"[[Three Men and a Comic Book]]"</ref><ref>"[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]"</ref><ref>"[[Brother from the Same Planet]]"</ref><ref>"[[The Fat and the Furriest]]"</ref><ref>"[[Separate Vocations]]"</ref><ref>"[[Simple Simpson]]"</ref>

The second story of the house has [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Marge Simpson|Marge's]] bedroom (with an ensuite bathroom), [[Bart Simpson|Bart's]] bedroom, [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa's]] bedroom, [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie's]] bedroom, a bathroom and some 'empty' rooms, often shown in inconsistent places in several occasions. On the landing, there is a hatch which leads to the attic.

The back garden of the house is surrounded by a wooden picket fence and a low box hedge, and features a patio and the treehouse. Occasionally there is a hammock shown tied to two trees near the fence that borders Ned Flanders backyard. Near that fence are the tombstones of The Simpsons' former cats: [[Snowball I]], [[Snowball II|II]], [[Snowball III|III]], and [[Coltrane]].<ref>"[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]"</ref>

The burping room is a room in 742 Evergreen Terrace, in which Bart, Lisa and Maggie play in. Once, they had a burping contest, and another time they had a "making faces" contest.

=== Rooms ===
*Sitting Room
*Living Room
*Dining Room
*Kitchen
*Rumpus Room
*Homer and Marge's Bedroom
*Bart's Bedroom
*Lisa's Bedroom
*Maggie's Bedroom
*Bathroom
*Basement
*Garage
*Attic
*Sauna

=== Features and furniture ===
The basement always includes a washing machine and a clothes dryer and a [[Olmec head|large Olmec statue of a head]], which was a present from [[Mr. Burns]] after Bart donated blood to him.<ref>"[[Blood Feud]]"</ref> However, the appearance of other features such as a furnace, ping-pong table, air hockey set and water softener vary from time to time. The basement is often used as a "secret lair", where Homer has brewed alcohol to beat prohibition and hidden his superhero operation as [[Pie Man]], and where Marge hid during a spell of agoraphobia. Marge discovered a Sauna in the basement, hidden behind a water heater.<ref>"[[Father Knows Worst]]"</ref> At one time the basement held gym equipment.In one episode, Homer made his jerky business with Bart in the basement. The house includes a kitchen with the floor having a blue and yellow patterned tile floor.

The house has two identical red-brown sofas: One in the sitting room which is not seen very often, and a well-known one in front of the TV in the living room - the current sofa is a replacement of the old one which was destroyed (and had a fold-out bed the new one does not have). The floor has a green carpet and a pink-orange-blue mat made of concentric circles. It also incluedes a blue bookcase filled with pink, blue and orange books. on top of the bookcase is a teal colored telephone and lamp with a brown-lime-green base and a white lamp shade. A tank full of fish is sometimes seen in the dining room, but it only appears several times.

A simple painting of a boat on a sunny day (without he sun) hangs on the wall above the living room couch - Marge once says that she "painted it for Homer",<ref>"[[The Trouble With Trillions]] '''Homer''': OK, I need some deductions, deductions... ah! Business gifts! ''[Homer grabs the boat painting from above the couch and hands it to Marge.]'' Here you go, keep using nuclear power! '''Marge''': Homer! I painted that for you!</ref> but later it's suggested that she bought it, and it is titled "Scene from Moby Dick".<ref>"[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]"</ref> She keeps many copies in a nearby closet to replace the original if it gets damaged, which is rare.<ref>"[[Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]"</ref>
Marge also has a whole drawer of her pearl necklaces (which Marge says are family heirlooms), shown when one is stolen by the Cat Burglar.<ref>"[[Homer the Vigilante]]"</ref> The house does not have an air conditioner.<ref>"[[Lisa's Sax]]"</ref>

The Simpsons once owned a blue-purple CRT television, before replacing it with a blue-purple HDTV.

=== Condition ===
[[File:SimpsonsCouchGagCallback.jpg|right|thumb|The Simpson's home being rebuilt.]]
The house itself is often shown as dilapidated; the walls are painted with enough lead paint to double as a bomb shelter, the roof leaks and the kitchen was so badly damaged that it needed to be rebuilt.<ref>"[[All's Fair in Oven War]]"</ref> The interior of the walls are often shown to be filled with dangerous and unusual items such as asbestos, toxic waste, hidden treasure, recording devices, baby dinosaurs and dancing mice. Even the family cat, Snowball II, is seen in between the walls from time to time. However, the lived-in spaces are usually kept neat by homemaker [[Marge]]. It was described as a palace by [[Frank Grimes]], and [[Moe Szyslak]] observed that it contained no silverfish.The worst condition the house has been in was where it became horrifically slanted, which Bart uses as a sideshow, needing $8500 to repair, which Marge covers by getting a job.

The phone number is inconsistent, though always starting with 555. The area code was 636 before the town became too large and had to use two different area codes, changing the area code to 939.<ref>"[[A Tale of Two Springfields]]"</ref>

When Springfield was trapped inside a dome during the [[Trappuccino]] crisis, an angry mob converged onto the house as a part of their effort to kill Homer Simpson, who was responsible for the town's ordeal. The house is completely devoured and destroyed with all possessions lost after a sink hole in Maggie's sandpit expands when the Police shot bullets into it (the Simpsons family escaped through the sinkhole). After the dome was destroyed, the townsfolk and the family rebuild the house in exactly the same manner as it was before, restoring the "status quo".<ref>''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''</ref>

=== Rulers ===
After Mayor Quimby Resigns Leaving Springfield Divided Homer Founded The Republic of Simpsonia In Which He Was The King, Marge Points Out A Republic has a President Not a King
*[[Homer Simpson|Homer I]] 2017-2017

Ned Flanders

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{{Character
|name = Nedward Flanders, Jr.
|image = [[File:Ned Flanders.png|200px]]
|gender = {{Male}}
|status = Alive
|alias = Stupid Flanders
|age = 78
|hair = Brown
|job = Entrepreneur Owner of [[Leftorium]] and [[FlanCrest Enterprises]] and Volunteer Soup Kitchen worker '''Former:''' Volunteer fireman Pharmacist Scout leader Principal of [[Springfield Elementary School]]
|relatives = '''Mother:''' [[Mona Flanders]] '''Father:''' [[Nedward Flanders, Sr.]] '''Wife:''' [[Edna Flanders]] (deceased) '''Ex-wives:''' [[Maude Flanders]] (deceased) and [[Ginger Flanders]] '''Sons:''' [[Todd Flanders|Todd]] and [[Rod Flanders]] '''Grandparents:''' [[Grandma Flanders]] '''Cousins:''' [[José Flanders]], [[Lord Thistlewick Flanders]] and [[Ted Flanders]]
|appearance = "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"
|voiced by = [[Harry Shearer]], [[Karl Wiedergott]]<ref>"[[Homer to the Max]]"</ref>
}}

'''Nedward''' "'''Ned'''" '''Flanders, Jr.'''<ref>"[[I'm Goin' to Praiseland]]"</ref> is the [[Simpson family]]'s extremely religious next door neighbor. He is a genuinely well-meaning good-natured person and is one of the few in [[Springfield]] to whom that description applies. Though firmly religious, he can be timid and something of a pushover. He thoroughly worships [[God]] and strictly follows the Bible as literally as possible and is easily shocked when challenged on any point of dogma. He also owns the Leftorium and a home business, [[FlanCrest Enterprises]], which makes religious hook rugs. He also works as a member of the Springfield Volunteer Fire Department. [[Homer]] often dislikes Flanders for his ways of doing things and his success.
== Biography ==
[[File:Ned Flanders Every Simpsons Ever.png|thumb|left|250px]]
[[File:Flanders with Parents.png|thumb|Ned as a boy with his parents]]

Flanders grew up in New York and was the son of "freaky beatniks" who did not discipline Ned and let him run wild. Eventually they took him to [[Dr. Foster]], a psychiatrist, who put the young Ned through the University of Minnesota Spankalogical Protocol, which involved eight months of continuous spanking. The treatment worked so well that it rendered Flanders unable to express any anger at all and resulted in his trademark nonsensical jabbering at moments when he was particularly close to losing his temper, causing Ned to unknowingly repress his anger. Flanders got his diploma from Oral Roberts University. Flanders worked as a salesman in the pharmaceuticals industry for the bulk of his adult life. Having saved much of his earnings, Flanders decided to quit his job and invested his family's life savings into a store in the Springfield mall called "[[The Leftorium]]" specializing in products for left-handed people. He is 60 years old and attributes his youthful appearance to his conformity to the "clean living, chewing thoroughly, and a daily dose of vitamin church." He lives at 744 Evergreen Terrace.

=== Personality ===
[[File:Young Ned Spanked.png|thumb|left|Ned being spanked as part of his treatment]]
Ned is very honest and sincere in carrying out the Christian doctrines of charity, kindness and compassion to an extent unseen within the rest of the Springfield community. He is frequently shown doing volunteer work, and is rigorously honest and upright, even going so far as to spend an entire day tracking down a Leftorium customer in order to give him the extra change that he had forgotten to hand over. He once donated a kidney and a lung out of the goodness of his heart to whoever needs them first.<ref>"[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]"</ref> He is also a good neighbor to the Simpsons, regularly offering his assistance. Ned's dogged friendship inspires the loyalty of others; when his Leftorium appeared on the verge of bankruptcy shortly after it opened, Homer arranged a George Bailey-esque bailout with the help of many people in Springfield. However, he also embodies many of the intolerant aspects of the American religious right. He has shown occasional antipathy and even outright mockery towards Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and competing Christian denominations like homophobia, as he participated in "the walk for the cure for homosexuality"; and trying to stop same sex marriages from happening in Springfield; also, upon discovering that [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] Simpson were not baptised he immediately took it upon himself to (unsuccessfully) conduct the ceremony without their consent. In more recent episodes he seems to have gained more tolerance to other religions and homosexuality, as long as the people in question are good-natured. However, he still thinks that they will have a harder time getting to heaven.

[[File:744 Evergreen Terrace.png|250px|thumb|Ned's house on Evergreen Terrace.]]

Flanders is a widower, having been married to the equally religious [[Maude Flanders|Maude]]. They had two children together; the sheltered and naive [[Rod Flanders|Rod]] and [[Todd Flanders|Todd]]. Maude dies an untimely death in a freak accident involving a t-shirt cannon, leaving Ned alone and grieving. While still married to Maude, Ned married [[Ginger Flanders|Ginger]], a waitress, while on a drunken bender in Las Vegas. Ginger came to live with Ned and his sons for a brief period following Maude's death, but she quickly grew tired of the Flanders' sickly-sweet personalities and fled. Flanders has also been connected romantically with a beautiful Christian-rock singer, [[Rachel Jordan]], and [[Sara Sloane]], a movie star. He also makes absolute certain every year to pay and file his tax returns at the start of the new year, especially when considering how the vast majority of Springfield usually waited until April 15 to file their tax returns.<ref>"[[The Trouble With Trillions]]"</ref>

[[Homer]] generally loathes Ned, because his family, job, health and self-discipline are of higher quality than he could ever hope to attain himself. Homer has since come to have a love-hate relationship with Flanders, sometimes being his best friend, partly due to Ned's selfless tolerance of him, and other times treating Flanders with complete disregard. Homer seems to genuinely care for Ned, despite still expressing and often acting on feelings of loathing. Nowadays Homer seems to regard Ned as more of a nuisance. Sometimes, Marge considers Flanders to be a perfect neighbor and usually sides with him instead of her husband, which always enrages Homer.

Flanders has been shown to call [[Reverend Lovejoy]] for advice often, even over minuscule things, to the point that Lovejoy has stopped caring and has even suggested that Flanders try a different religion. Reverend Lovejoy used to care for Flander's problems, but over the years Lovejoy became increasingly uninterested in Flanders' problems.<ref>"[[In Marge We Trust]]"</ref> Flanders is shown to have a room in his house filled with memorabilia of the Beatles. He claims that this is because they were "bigger than Jesus". He also even owns a small home business called Flancrest Enterprises.
Ned is a genuinely well-meaning and good-natured person. He is often insecure and is obsessed with following the Bible as literally as possible and is easily shocked when challenged on any point of dogma. This has led to his frequent calls to Reverend Lovejoy ("I... I think I'm coveting my own wife!"), who has become increasingly frustrated with Flanders and passive-aggressively avenges himself by encouraging his Olde English Sheepdog to defecate on Ned's lawn. Ned is also against drugs. When Ned, Homer and [[Apu]] go on road trip to [[Canada]] for cheap prescription drugs, they meet [[Canadian Flanders|someone who looks and acts just like Ned]], but then this guy offers Ned marijuana ("Hey, would you like to puff on a reeferino? It's legal here.") but he promptly turns down ("They warned me Satan would be attractive. Let's go").<ref>"[[Midnight Rx]]"</ref> He did, however, briefly smoke a cigarette when playing the role of Mad Dog during his fire safety skit with some disgust.<ref>"[[Brother's Little Helper]]"</ref> He also once suffered hallucinogenic experiences of the Dancing Bears and Skeletons of the Grateful Dead crossing the road, as well as witnessing an entity resembling a fusion between the hammers from Pink Floyd's The Wall and the Rolling Stones' lips & tongue attempting to kiss him after drinking groovy grove juice that, unbeknownst to him, was spiked with Peyote thanks to Homer Simpson.<ref>"[[D'oh-in' in the Wind]]"</ref>

His sons Rod and Todd are very sheltered and raised in an extremely strict climate of Christian morality, causing them to be unable to behave like all the other children in Springfield ("They're going to be eaten alive, in Middle School" Lisa once observed). For instance, the family has at least five different Trivial Pursuit sets relating to different versions of the Bible. "He is a real Christian. He stinks!" said Homer. Also, all of the family's board games contain no dice, as Ned believes that dice are "wicked". Rod says that they just move one space at a time, as it is "less fun that way". His pet peeve is Maude underlining passages in his Bible.

=== Appearances ===
[[File:Cyrus Manly.png|left|thumb|How Flanders was once pictured by Marge when she was writing a book]]
Despite a meek outward appearance, Ned hides an exceptionally well-built physique under his pink shirt and green sweater combination. When he is revealed to be in his early 60s, Ned claims his deceptively youthful appearance is due to his conformity to the "three Cs" - "clean living, chewing thoroughly, and a daily dose of vitamin Church".<ref>"[[Viva Ned Flanders]]"</ref>

Both Ned and his family rarely refer to his moustache as such, preferring nicknames such as "Nose Neighbour," "Mr. Tickles," "The Soup Strainer," "The Cookie Duster," "The Pushbroom," and "Dr. Fuzzenstein." He once shaved it off, after Homer implied that people were mocking Ned's facial hair behind his back. He also once had it pulled off with a vacuum cleaner by Maude after Homer, who was thought to have leprosy, kissed Ned in gratitude for sending them to be treated. Ned's moustache would also affect his decision to move to the town of [[Humbleton]], PA. After being hired at the town's Humble figurine manufacturing factory,<ref>"[[Home Away from Homer]]"</ref> Ned was ordered to shave his moustache, due to an unofficial ban on facial hair. Ned defiantly refused to shave his moustache for which he was labelled a troublemaker.

=== Religion ===
Flanders is a devout Christian. Ned's sons have been raised in a strict climate of Christian morality, to which they willingly conform. It is revealed that they "{{W|vaccine controversy|don't believe in inoculations}}",<ref>"[[The Computer Wore Menace Shoes]]"</ref> much as their father considers insurance to be a "form of gambling" and dice games to be "wicked". Rod and Todd go to bed several hours before sunset and are not allowed to consume sugar. However, he is shown serving Rod, Todd and Bart hot chocolate.

Most of the entertainment enjoyed by the family involves religion in some way. The family uses at least five different versions of the Bible to play "Bombardment...of Bible Questions!" ("The bridal feast of Beth Chadruharazzeb!?"), and are part of a competitive bowling team called the ''Holy Rollers'' (their uniform consisting of a Franciscan Friar's robes). Ned seems to sense that he cannot completely shield his family from the vagaries of popular culture, but does his best to mitigate the effects; one of his children's stories concludes "...and Harry Potter and all his wizard friends went straight to Hell for practising witchcraft." Though they have satellite TV, nearly all of the 230 channels are blocked out — likely for the best, as one episode of [[Itchy & Scratchy]] was enough to more or less permanently scar Rod and Todd. Rod used to watch "Davey and Goliath", but finding the idea of talking dogs to be blasphemous, he has since stopped.

Ned is willing to fight for what he believes in. For example, he once attempted to forcibly baptise the Simpson children, using his portable baptism' kit, after finding out that they had never undergone the ritual. Ned once reminded himself to get his hand "re-blessed" after shaking a Catholic priest's hand (odd, considering he keeps a Latin Vulgate Bible in his home).<ref>"[[The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star]]"</ref>

Despite occasional antipathy toward Catholicism, Judaism and [[Hindu]]ism (he once compared worshipping Shiva to asking for help from Hawkman, and he fears that his children will grow up to become Jewish Hollywood producers), Ned is honest and sincere in carrying out the Christian doctrines of charity, kindness and compassion. He even admits (after a hurricane destroyed his home) that he has kept kosher just in case. He is frequently shown doing volunteer work, and is rigorously honest and upright, even going so far as to spend an entire day tracking down a Leftorium customer in order to give him the extra change that he had forgotten to hand over (à la Abraham Lincoln). Similarly, after winning football tickets by answering a radio trivia question, he immediately asked for the cash value so he could report it on his income taxes. He also is a good neighbor to the Simpsons, regularly offering his assistance — and then suffering the consequences often paid to those with good intentions.
[[File:Flanders Family.png|thumb|Ned, Maude, Rod and Todd]]

=== Family ===
The Flanders Clan has members around the globe, who convened at the Flanders Family Reunion bible bashing BBQ. Relatives included Mexican [[Jose Flanders]] ("Buenos ding-dong-diddliy días, señor") and English [[Lord Thistlewick Flanders]] ("Charmed... ''[he is prompted by Ned]'' ...a-googily-doogily").
There was a relative of Flanders who served in World War II. He was a superior to Sgt. [[Abe Simpson]]. [[Abe]] called him Commander Flanders when yelling at Burns for stealing paintings.

Flanders is believed to have 3 younger sisters.<ref>"[[Burns, Baby Burns]]"</ref><ref>"[[Das Bus]]"</ref> Ned and family planned on moving in with one of them who lived in [[Capital City]] after the loss of their home and business in Springfield.<ref>"[[When Flanders Failed]]"</ref> He might also have a possible Gay brother or stepbrother.

=== Speech patterns ===
Ned has the odd habit of attaching "diddily," "doodily" and other nonsensical phrases to his sentences. "Hi-diddily-ho, neighborino," is a common example.<ref>It reflects the greeting of the Gordon Hathaway recurring character on the Steve Allen Show, with his arch "Hi-ho, Steverino!"</ref> This is the result of sublimated anger caused by his upbringing, anger which has no other outlet. This trait is, strangely, demonstrated by his relatives from around the world. However, one of his relatives; Lord Thistlewick Flanders, does not have this trait other than when pressured by Ned Flanders, which may imply that his relatives might just attach the trait when with Flanders. He also has the habit of saying "Okally-Dokally", when replying to someone - meaning OK. He might also occasionally add a "doo" on the end, for example... "Okilly dokilly-doo". This is more often than not repeated, when Homer tells him to "Shut up" or "Get lost and we don't need your help".

His extreme prudishness makes him averse to saying "sex" aloud, even when there are no children in sight — he either spells it out or sheepishly calls it "doodily". Ned also uses the word "doodle", "Flander-doodle" or "shrinky-dink" when referring to his penis (ironically, he actually shouts "penis" while praying with his kids before eating at [[Krusty Burger]] after Bart lands on a window naked in front of him<ref>''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''</ref>). He wears a bathing suit in the shower or when he takes a bath. He also uses annotated words, when referring to words that could slightly have a bad, injury related, or slightly offensive meaning. An example is when Bart and Homer are on the roof, and Bart is dangling from the guttering. He says the word "parapleig-orino" referring to parapleigic. (A person paralysed from the waist down). Nevertheless Bart and Homer both reply "Shutup Flanders..." His speech pattern once got him into trouble with [[Rex Banner]] because the latter thought he was drunk during a time when prohibition was revived.<ref>"[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]"</ref>
[[File:Leftorium 2.png|thumb|right|The Leftorium]]

=== Career ===
==== The Leftorium ====
Ned worked as a salesperson in the pharmaceuticals industry for the bulk of his adult life. Having saved much of his earnings, Flanders announced during a barbecue he was throwing for his family and friends that he had quit his job and planned to invest the family's life savings into a new business. After burning his necktie, he proclaimed his intent to open a store in the [[Springfield Mall]] called ''The Leftorium'' specializing in products for left-handed people: everything from left-handed can openers to an entirely left-handed car, of which only three were ever made. Many of the Leftorium's products are merely labeled as "left-handed," such as pens and nunchucks. He does not sell, however, left-handed eyelash curlers.<ref>"[[When Flanders Failed]]"</ref>

The Leftorium faces stiff competition from ''[[Leftopolis]]'' and ''[[Left-Mart]]''. However an unusually large proportion of Springfield's citizens are left-handed, including [[Bart Simpson]], [[Marge Simpson]], [[Principal Skinner]], [[Mr. Burns]], and [[Moe Szyslak]]. Most cities probably wouldn't have a much left-handed people as Springfield does.

Note: If there's most left-handed people than right-handed people in Springfield, it would be ''very ''unusual, as cities usually have more right-handed people than left-handed people.

==== Other jobs ====
Ned began an internet company called ''Flancrest Enterprises'' (which deals in religious hook-rugs) and founded a Bible-themed amusement park called ''[[Praiseland]]'', in honor of his late wife (that he would go to such lengths to fulfill her last wish is unsurprising, as Ned had previously exerted himself a great deal in order to avoid disappointing Maude — after accidentally killing Maude's prized ficus plant, he attempted to bury and secretly replace it rather than explain the situation). Ned also spent a stint as principal of Springfield Elementary School, replacing [[Seymour Skinner]] (Armin Tamzarian).

He, along with his late wife, also worked as a member of the Springfield Volunteer Fire Department, once saving Homer from his burning house.<ref>"[[Homer the Heretic]]"</ref> Because of his membership status, he also participates in Fire Safety Day at Springfield Elementary School, once doing an act trying to display the dangers of not taking care of Fire Safety where he acted completely different from himself for the role. He portrayed a pot-smoking, chain smoking, hog-riding hippie partygoer named MadDog whom, after arriving back home with his girlfriend (played by Maude Flanders), who is also a pot-smoking hippie partygoer, they smoked a cigarette to "make the night complete." His girlfriend suggests that they get another smoke alarm in case their current one "tricks out on them" but MadDog refused as one was good enough for him before telling her that they should "hit the sack." While sleeping, MadDog accidentally drops his cigarette on his pants thus burning them. His girlfriend tries to warn him to stop drop and roll, but he ignores it as he felt it was for clydes and that "a little fire won't hurt him." The performance turned out awry because Ned Flanders was forced to break character due to the fire spreading fast, and the usual method of stop drop and roll was not successful at all in putting out the fire, and had it not been for Bart Simpson's latest hijyx involving a hose and the gymnasium, he would have been burned alive.

=== Relationships ===
Ned's dogged friendship inspires the loyalty of others; when his Leftorium appeared on the verge of bankruptcy shortly after it opened, Homer arranged a Frank Capra-esque scene akin to [[George Bailey]] by advertising the Leftorium to many left-handed people in Springfield.

==== Romantic relationships ====
[[File:Ned sara sloane.png|thumb|Ned and Sara on their first date]]
At some point before or after college, Ned met and married the equally meek and religious Maude. They had two children together; the sheltered and naïve Rod and Todd. Maude dies an untimely death in a freak accident involving t-shirt cannons,<ref>"[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]"</ref> leaving Ned alone and grieving. He is technically still married to a woman named [[Ginger]], whom he married on a drunken bender in Las Vegas.<ref>"[[Viva Ned Flanders]]"</ref> Ginger comes to live with Ned and his sons for a brief period following Maude's death,<ref>"[[Brawl in the Family]]"</ref> but she quickly grows tired of the Flanders' sickly-sweet personalities and flees. Also since Maude's death, Ned has been connected romantically with a beautiful Christian-rock singer, Rachel Jordan, and a movie star, Sara Sloane with whom he had a sexual relationship, despite his own "no sex before marriage" beliefs. Ned and Marge had once almost kiss twice, since Homer spent too much time as [[Carl]]'s assistant and Ned felt alone. Marge had hit Ned with a hammer, so she invited him to dinner. While helping [[Marge]] with the food they were going to kiss, but the oven rang, later, while eating cream strawberries, they almost kiss again, but Marge remembers Homer so they just hug before Homer arrives.<ref>"[[The Devil Wears Nada]]"</ref> He is currently in a relationship with [[Edna Krabappel]].<ref>"[[The Ned-liest Catch]]"</ref> They had a small difference in opinion, but soon eventually sorted it out,<ref>"[[The Falcon and the D'ohman]]"</ref> ending with Edna moving in with Ned. Edna is now married to Ned.<ref>"[[Ned 'N' Edna's Blend]]"</ref>
Edna's voice actor died at the age of seventy due to cancer so Edna will no longer be on the show. Tribute was paid to Marcia Wallace,voice of Edna, at the end of "The Man Who Grew Too Much" where Ned and Edna would dance for the very last time

==== Friendship/One-sided conflict with Homer Simpson ====
Flanders personality makes him think of Homer as good and friendly, but Homer actually hates Flanders. The first three seasons focused on how Ned was {{W|prosperity theology|doing well financially since he was a devout Christian}}, and Homer was angry with that on account of the Simpsons being a struggling family. That issue was largely resolved in [[When Flanders Failed]]. Marge Simpson's enduring crush for Ned Flanders does not help the situation, either. Homer tells Ned to "shut his stupid face" on a regular basis, and has even prayed for his ruin and death — "I've learned that life is one crushing defeat after another, until you just wish Flanders was dead." Ironically, at one time, Homer becomes Flanders' best friend, but becomes so annoying that Flanders starts to hate him, but eventually things go back to the way they were.<ref>"[[Homer Loves Flanders]]"</ref> Homer and Ned's relationship has been good on occasions, in which Homer seems to genuinely care for Ned, despite still expressing (and often acting on) feelings of loathing. Examples of this include Homer comforting Ned following Maude's death (seconds after preparing to bash Ned's head in with a rock) largely due to Marge's insistence that the Simpson family must now be supportive of the Flanders family in wake of the tragic loss of Maude, and helping Ned build Praiseland Amusement Park. Despite their friendship, Homer wrote the song "[[Everybody Hates Ned Flanders]]", and even sang and produced it with David Byrnes. When Ned was embarrassed in front of the entire community after two young women who rented his house were found to be using it to film a racy website (for which Homer helped spread), Ned moves away in shame. Homer genuinely misses Ned's absence, especially when a gruff, unneighborly man buys the house, and is overjoyed when Ned returns to Springfield. Homer and Ned became friends when they got a job as bounty hunters.

==== Friendship with Bart Simpson ====
When Bart becomes a camper, he would seem to have taken a liking to his head camper Ned Flanders. This is shown by Bart talking in Flanders normal diddly-doodily fashion. However, Ned reassures Bart that Homer is his true father, and that Bart must be a receptive son in order to help Homer be a concerned father during [[Trappuccino|Springfield's darkest hour]].

== Non-canon ==
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[[File:Homer with Devil Flanders.png|thumb|Flanders as the devil in "Treehouse of Horror IV", portrayed as such due to being "the one you least suspect".]]
=== Treehouse of Horror ===
In the [[Treehouse of Horror IV]] segment "The Devil and Homer Simpson", Flanders appeared as the devil in front of Homer Simpson (quoted by Flanders, "It's always the one you least expect!") and when he comes to claim Homer's soul, he and Bart exchange casual greetings. He acts as the "unquestioned Lord and Master of the world" (in a parallel universe) in a segment in [[Treehouse of Horror V]], in which he instituted Orwellian "Re-Neducation" facilities for those with impure thoughts culminating in frontal lobotomies. In other Halloween episodes he proclaimed his preference for "wanton carnality" as an early Pilgrim immigrant to the New World, only to be vetoed by Maude; been transformed into a werewolf; been murdered by Homer Simpson (who used the rise of a zombie horde as an excuse for killing him) (Homer Simpson: "He was a zombie?"— Homer didn't care if Ned was actually zombie or not), a clone of Homer Simpson, and an evil bus-gremlin whom he attempted to adopt.

=== Future ===
In "[[Bart to the Future]]", Bart sees his own future. Ned is seen blind, revealing he received laser eye surgery, which was great at the beginning, but after the 10-year-point, your eyes fall out.
[[File:Flanders Werewolf.png|thumb|right|Ned as a werewolf in Treehouse of Horror X]]

=== Video Games ===
==== The Simpsons Road Rage ====
In ''[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]'' Ned Flanders is a driver that you can unlock. While not being played, he is a passenger.

==== The Simpsons Game ====
In [[The Simpsons Game]], Ned is carjacked by [[Martin Prince, Jr.]] in the level "[[Mob Rules]]", so he joins Marge's mob to stop the game ''Grand Theft Scratchy'' to be sold to kids.

==== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ====
{{Main|Ned Flanders/Tapped Out}}

== Behind the Laughter ==
[[File:Flanders' book of Faith.png|thumb|right|One of the many Flanders merchandise, Flander's Book of Faith]]
=== Creation ===
The writers found Harry Shearer's voice for Flanders so sweet that they decided to make the character a Christian.

Ned Flanders, who was designed by Rich Moore, first appeared in the season one episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". The episode was the series premiere, but not the first episode produced. The first episode in which Flanders and his family were prominent is season two's "Dead Putting Society", which also contained the first appearance of Maude and Rod Flanders. Flanders was named after Flanders St. in Portland, Oregon, the hometown of Simpsons creator Matt Groening. Groening described the inspiration for Flanders as "just a guy who was truly nice, that Homer had no justifiable reason to loathe, but then did". It was not until after the first few episodes that it was decided Flanders would be a faithful Christian. Mike Scully noted that Flanders is "everything Homer would love to be, although he'll never admit it". Flanders had been meant to be just a neighbor that Homer was jealous of, but Harry Shearer used "such a sweet voice" and Flanders was broadened to become a Christian and a sweet guy that someone would prefer to live next to over Homer. Flanders is known for his nonsensical jabbering, and his first use of the word "didly" was in "The Call of the Simpsons".

=== Development ===
Ned Flanders was not religious in his first few appearances and in the first few seasons he was only mildly religious and his primary role was to be so "cloyingly perfect as to annoy and shame the Simpsons", whereas Homer Simpson has always hated Ned Flanders and always tries to undermine him. There has been a consistent effort among the show's writers to make him not just "goody good and an unsympathetic person". In the later seasons, Flanders has become more of a caricature of the Christian right, and his role as an irritating "perfect neighbor" has been lessened.

Ned's store "The Leftorium" first appeared in "[[When Flanders Failed]]". It was suggested by George Meyer, who had had a friend who had owned a left-handed specialty store which failed. The episode "[[Hurricane Neddy]]" shows Ned's faith being tested and the writers also used the episode as a chance to examine what makes him tick.

There have been two occasions where Flanders was not voiced by Harry Shearer. In "[[Bart of Darkness]]", Flanders's high pitched scream was performed by Tress MacNeille and in "[[Homer to the Max]]", Flanders comments about cartoons being easily able to change voice actors and on that occasion he was voiced by Karl Wiedergott.

=== "The Adventures of Ned Flanders" ===
{{Main|The Adventures of Ned Flanders}}
''The Adventures of Ned Flanders'' was a short that appeared at the end of the episode "[[The Front]]". Entitled ''Love that God'', it highlights the Flanders' dedication to religion and perfect family niceness, yet again. Ned nearly scolds Rod and Todd, who are busy praying, after they refuse to get ready for church — only to be told that it is, in fact, a Saturday. Ned laughs at his mistake with a trademark "Okelydokely!" According to commentary on ''[[22 Short Films About Springfield]]'', ''The Simpsons'' team wanted to do more "Adventures of Ned Flanders" shorts. Time limitations have prevented them from producing more. Ironically, the reason why "The Adventures of Ned Flanders" was first conceived was because they couldn't expand the episode to fill up the remaining time gap.

=== Foreign dubs ===
{{Dub voices
|frVoice=[[Patrick Guillemin]]
|poVoice=[[Wojciech Paszkowski]] (movie)
}}

== Trivia ==
*In most of Flanders' appearances on the show, he was voiced by [[Harry Shearer]]. However, there was one episode where he was voiced by someone other than Harry Shearer. The episode was "[[Homer to the Max]]" where he was voiced by [[Karl Wiedergott]], which was deliberately done as a self-referential joke at the time where the voice actors for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' got low salaries from [[FOX]], and FOX threatened to replace them with replacement voice actors.

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{{Character
|name = Homer Jay Simpson
|image = [[File:Homer Simpson.png|250px]]
|caption = Artwork of Homer by [[Matt Groening]]
|gender = {{Male}}
|alias = Homer Thompson<ref>"[[Cape Feare]]"</ref> [[Pieman]] Max Power<ref name="Homer to the Max">"[[Homer to the Max]]"</ref> [[El Homo]] [[Thad Supersperm]] "Bald Mommy"<ref>"[[Million Dollar Abie]]"</ref>
|hair = None (formerly brown)
|age = 39<ref>"[[The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace]]"</ref><ref>"[[Moe Letter Blues]]"</ref>
|status = Alive
|job = [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|Nuclear]] Safety Inspector Former Technical Supervisor
|location= [[742 Evergreen Terrace]], [[Springfield]]
|relatives = '''Parents:''' [[Abe Simpson|Abraham]] and [[Mona Simpson]] (deceased) '''Wife:''' [[Marge Simpson|Marge Bouvier]] '''Ex-wife:''' [[Amber Simpson]] '''Children:''' [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] and [[Maggie Simpson]] Dozens unnamed '''Half-siblings:''' [[Herb Powell]] and [[Abbie]] '''Grandparents:''' [[Orville J. Simpson]] and [[Yuma Hickman]] '''Niece:''' [[Jessica Simpson]] ''For more info, see [[Simpson family]]''
|appearance = "[[Good Night]]"
|voiced by = [[Dan Castellaneta]] [[John Ratzenberger]]<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XXV]]"</ref>
}}
'''Homer Jay Simpson''', formerly known as '''Max Power''',<ref name="Homer to the Max"/> is the father of the Simpson family. He is an overweight, lazy, and ignorant individual, but is strongly devoted to his wife and children. His behavior is often stupid, absurd, selfish, dangerous, clumsy, idiotic, and insensitive. Despite this and his below average intelligence, he has shown moments of great intellect, and can be a caring parent and husband at times.

Homer works as a low level safety inspector at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], in [[Sector 7G]], although he is often incompetent and mostly sleeps on duty and eats donuts provided. He spends a great deal of his time at [[Moe's Tavern]] with his lifelong friends [[Barney Gumble|Barney]], [[Carl Carlson|Carl]], [[Lenny Leonard|Lenny]], and bartender [[Moe Szyslak|Moe]]. At [[742 Evergreen Terrace|home]] he can often be found sitting on the sofa mindlessly watching television while snacking on food and drinking [[Duff Beer|Duff]].

== Biography ==
[[File:Homer Every Simpsons Ever.png|thumb|left|250px]]
[[File:Homer slipping.png|thumb|left|Artwork of Homer from [[season 24]].]]
=== History ===
[[File:Homer's_4th_Grade_Report_Card.png|thumb|Homer's 4th Grade Report Card.]]
[[File:Mrs._Harvell's_class.png|thumb|Homer's 4th grade class teached by [[Mrs. Harvell]].]]
[[File:Homer young.PNG|thumb|left|175px|Homer in his late teens.]]
====1950s====
Homer Jay Simpson was born as the third child of [[Abraham Simpson]], and the first (and only) child of [[Mona Simpson]] on May 12, 1952. He was raised on the Simpsons farm by his parents until they were forced to move out due to Homer spooking the cows by jumping out of a bale of hay and scaring them into giving sour milk. At some point during his childhood, Abe seemed to feed beer to Homer Simpson, but he quit drinking beer until he was older upon Barney's suggestion after he caused a multi-car pileup in his playschool car.

====1960s====
In 1960, Homer experimented to see if he could push fifteen crayons into his nose, which resulted in one being lodged into his brain and being responsible for his current below-average intelligence. In the late 1960s, while Homer was between nine and twelve years of age, Mona went into hiding following a run-in with the law. However, before she started protesting, she took Homer and her husband to the Woodstock Music Festival, where Homer ended up briefly adopting the Hippie lifestyle (and Abe Simpson attempted to send him off to the Vietname War as punishment for wanting to be a Hippie). In 1966, Homer, along with Lenny, Carl, and Moe Syszlak, went over to a deep gorge for a nice swim, but the water was drained. When investigating why the lake was reduced to a muddy pit, he stumbled upon [[Waylon Smithers, Sr.|a decomposing corpse]] inside the pipe, greatly traumatizing him and leading to his occasional overeating.

====1970s====
Homer attended [[Springfield High School]] and fell in love with [[Marge Bouvier]] in 1974.<ref name="The Way We Was">"[[The Way We Was]]"</ref> After high school, Homer and Marge bought an apartment at Springfield Place. During this time, Marge gets a letter accepting her into college. To pay for her tuition, Abe gives him a job at Simpson Lazer Tag as well as this, along with [[Lou]] Lenny and Carl, Homer is part of a barbershop quartet. When Marge becomes infatuated by her professor, Homer changes the band's name to [[Sadgasm]] and they invent grunge music. Marge realizes that she really loves Homer, and she goes back to him.<ref>"[[That '90s Show]]"</ref>

====1980s====
In 1982, Marge became pregnant with [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] (after discovering this, Homer tore out half of his hair). At this time Homer was working at [[Sir Putts-A-Lot]], turning the crank that spins the windmill. The two got married in [[Shotgun Pete's 24 Hour Wedding Chapel]], a small wedding chapel across the state line. They spent their wedding reception alone at a truck stop, before ending up at the Bouvier's House, where they lived at the time. After failing to get a job at the newly built [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|Nuclear Power Plant]], Homer left Marge to find a job by which he could support his family. He went to work at a taco restaurant called the [[Gulp 'n' Blow]], until Marge found him and convinced him to return home with her. As a result, Homer confronted [[Charles Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] and secured a job at the Plant.<ref>"[[I Married Marge]]"</ref> Two years after Bart was born, Marge became pregnant with [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] in 1984 (after discovering this, Homer tore out all but three strands of his hair), shortly before the couple brought their [[742 Evergreen Terrace|first house]].<ref>"[[Lisa's First Word]]"</ref> Homer's second leap to stardom was his success as the lead singer and songwriter for the barbershop quartet the [[Be-Sharps]], even winning a [[Outstanding Soul, Spoken Word, or Barbershop Album of the Year|Grammy Award]] (he later complains that a Grammy isn't worth winning). During his time with the group, Homer was frequently absent from home, which put stress on his marriage. After the group broke up due to creative differences, Homer went back to [[Springfield]] to continue his old life.<ref>"[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]"</ref> Some time in the late 1980s, Homer drew up a budget so that he could work at his dream job, a pin monkey at [[Barney Gumble|Barney's]] [[Al Gumble|uncle's]] [[Barney's Bowlarama]]. The budget included buying regular toilet paper and that only one of the kids could go to college.

====1990s====
Unfortunately for Homer, Marge became pregnant with [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] in 1990, shortly after he started his new job, and not being able to support his family, he went back to the Nuclear Plant.<ref>"[[And Maggie Makes Three]]"</ref> Since then Homer has started many [[List of Homer's Jobs|jobs]], including being a professional astronaut for NASA, but has ended up back where he began at the Nuclear Plant. He has nearly caused the destruction of [[Springfield]] a couple of times, after a nuclear meltdown at the plant and polluting Lake Springfield with his pet [[Plopper|pig]]'s (and his own) waste.<ref name="The Simpsons Movie">''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''</ref>

=== Jobs ===
{{main|List of Homer's jobs}}
When first joining the Power Plant, Homer had a nameless job handling plutonium. He was fired by Sherri and Terri's father, who was his supervisor, for creating a deadly gas leak. He was later re-hired to safety inspector for Sector 7-G, after complaining about the safety of the plant itself. Ironically, the accidents that occur at the plant double every year since Homer was made safety inspector,.

Homer rarely attends his job, and yet hardly gets fired, and always has his job waiting for him when he wants to return. He has impulsively quit occasionally to pursue other carers, although he always ends up losing or quitting these jobs. On one occasion, Homer has misinterpreted a threat about losing his job as a hint that he can take the next day off.

=== Appearance ===
His appearance is that of an overweight balding man. He has a perpetual five-o-clock shadow that can regrow itself at a very quick rate if he ever shaves. Despite his overweight status, and hate for exercise, he has on occasion shown surprising physical prowess and agility for a man of his stature, such as when training for [[Whacking Day]] and he hits several pop-up Snakes with kicks and even backflipping. His baldness is contributed by several factors. Upon finding out whenever Marge was pregnant, he would tear out a substantial amount of his hair. Another contribution is working at the nuclear plant for so many years that the exposure to radioactivity has caused most of his hair to fall out. In one episode, he learned that if he repented for all of his sins and became Catholic, he could go to Heaven when he died. During his confession, he states that he has masturbated eight billion times and that he doesn't plan to stop and that he doesn't regret it. Excessive masturbation can lead to hair loss as well.

=== Personality ===
[[File:bartyytt.jpg|thumb|150px|Homer strangling Bart.]]
[[File:Homer brain.jpg|thumb|150px|An x-ray of Homer's true brain.]]
Homer's personality is one of frequent stupidity, laziness, and explosive anger; one might say it is that of the [[Wikipedia:Average Joe|"Average Joe"]]. He also suffers from a short attention span which complements his intense but short-lived passion for hobbies, enterprises and various causes. Homer is prone to emotional outbursts; he gets very envious of his neighbors, the [[Flanders family]], and is easily enraged at his son, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], and strangles him in an exaggerated manner. His trademark phrase to strangling Bart is, "Why you little...!" and on one occasion, "Why you little bastard!".<ref name="Wedding for Disaster">"[[Wedding for Disaster]]"</ref> He also spanks Bart sometimes and, in one case, Lisa. One time, he was too busy to spank them, so he told them to go to their rooms and spank themselves. He shows no compunction about this, and does not attempt to hide his actions from people outside the family, even showing disregard for his son's well being in other ways, such as leaving Bart alone at a port,<ref>"[[The Great Money Caper]]"</ref> or allowing Bart to go court for skateboarding naked on his dare when all he would have to do is attend a 1 hour parenting class signifying not only his disregard for Bart but his extreme laziness.<ref name="The Simpsons Movie"/> While Homer has repeatedly upset people and caused all sorts of mayhem in [[Springfield]], these events are usually caused by either his explosive temper or lack of foresight. Except for expressing annoyance at [[Ned Flanders]], Homer's actions are usually unintentional. Most of his explosive anger is targeted on Bart, because of something stupid or bad he had said or done. Despite their disadvantages, these common outbursts saved Homer from dying of a pent-up rage-induced heart attack.<ref>"[[I Am Furious (Yellow)]]"</ref>

While Homer's stupid antics often upset his family, he has also performed acts that reveal him to be a surprisingly loving father and husband, such as selling his cherished ride on the [[Duff Blimp]] and using the money to enter Lisa in a beauty pageant so she could feel better about herself;<ref>"[[Lisa the Beauty Queen]]"</ref> giving up his chance at wealth to allow Maggie to keep a cherished teddy bear;<ref>"[[Rosebud]]"</ref> spearheading an attempt to dig Bart out after he had fallen down a well, even though he hates doing physical labor<ref>"[[Radio Bart]]"</ref> and arranging a surprise second wedding with Marge to make up for their [[I Married Marge|lousy first]] ceremony, even going so far as to hire one of The Doobie Brothers as part of the wedding band and getting a divorce from Marge, essentially making their second wedding a "real" one.<ref name="A Milhouse Divided">"[[A Milhouse Divided]]"</ref>

Homer tends to derive amusement from the misfortune of others. He is a chronic petty thief and borderline kleptomaniac, stealing everything from TV trays to power tools and air conditioners, even an entire room of the [[Flanders House]] from [[Ned Flanders]]. He has also stolen golf balls from the local driving range, office supplies (including computers) from work, and beer mugs from [[Moe's Tavern]].
[[File:Homerdonut.jpg|150px|left|thumb|nail|Homer holding a donut.]]
Homer has a vacuous mind, but he is still able to retain a great amount of knowledge about very specific subjects. He often shows short bursts of astonishing insight, memory, creativity and fluency with many languages. Homer is also extremely confident; no matter how little skill or knowledge he has about anything he tries to do, he has no doubt that he will be successful. However, his brief periods of intelligence are overshadowed by much longer and more consistent periods of ignorance, forgetfulness and stupidity. Homer has a low IQ due to many factors: his hereditary [[Simpson gene|"Simpson Gene"]], his alcohol problem, exposure to radioactive waste, repetitive cranial trauma, and the crayon lodged in the frontal lobe of his brain. He also implied that he would have been at least a bit smarter, if not by a substantial amount, if his father had tried to give him encouragement rather than beat him down.<ref>"[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]"</ref> The crayon in his brain is possibly the largest causal factor in his stupidity. Homer's intelligence was said to jump up fifty points when he had the crayon removed, bringing him to an IQ of 105, slightly above that of an average person (though he showed far above average intelligence), but he went back to his old self when he had it reinserted, presumably lowering his IQ back down to its original 55.<ref>"[[HOMЯ]]"</ref> This IQ score is, however, likely a joke or oversight on the producers' part, as someone with an IQ of 55 would be unable to look after themselves and would be classified as severely mentally handicapped. Also from the level of intelligence he showed it's much more likely that his IQ was boasted to 135-155. Despite his handicap, Homer does have a degree of long term, calculated planning of what might happen, such as when, shortly before taking his "forget-me-shot" from Moe Syzslak, requested for their anniversary party to have a Moon Jump due to realizing exactly what will happen afterwards.<ref name="Eternal Moonshine">"[[Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind]]"</ref>

Homer has at times debated against his brain. Occasionally, a specific body part such as his face, stomach or liver is also shown debating with his brain. In [[Burns, Baby Burns|one notable scene]] Homer's mind actually leaves his body out of boredom, causing him to collapse. Homer is also inclined to retreat into fantasy, such as daydreaming of Germany as [[The Land of Chocolate|"the land of chocolate"]].<ref>"[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]"</ref><ref>''[[The Simpsons Game]]''</ref>

Homer's attitudes toward woman, romance, and sex are occasionally shown. While Homer's marriage with Marge is occasionally strained, it seems generally happy. Despite this, Homer is often tempted with other women, and usually shows no qualms with gawking at (and drooling over) attractive women. Homer almost had an affair with [[Mindy Simmons]],<ref name="The Last Temptation of Homer">"[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]"</ref> but ended up not wanting to. He has made the occasional remark denoting his attraction to other women (including his [[Maude Flanders|neighbor's wife]]), even in front of Marge on a occasion, but always shows his devotion to Marge in the end.

=== Religious beliefs ===
Despite attending church every Sunday, Homer is not a committed Christian, and it is likely that he only attends church because he knows that Marge would be hurt and shocked if he did not. He does not seem to practice Christian morals and frequently sleeps in church, much to the annoyance of [[Reverend Lovejoy]]. He often mispronounces the name of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]], calling him "Jebus".

Homer had actually met [[God]] face to face several times and has even gotten permission from him in a dream to skip church.<ref>"[[Homer the Heretic]]"</ref><ref>"[[Thank God It's Doomsday]]"</ref>

=== Alter egos ===
Homer became a superhero named [[Pieman]] when The Rich Texan makes Lisa cry. He chucks pies in the faces of evildoers or people who deserve to be pied, uses the basement as a Pie Cave and his car as the Piemobile. Bart later acted as his sidekick named [[Cupcake Kid]].<ref>"[[Simple Simpson]]"</ref> He also attempted to don a graphitti alias as "El Homo", which was meant to be a Mexican take on his name, but erased it when he realized the alias was Spanish for homosexual.<ref>"[[Large Marge]]"</ref>[[File:Simple Simpson promo.jpg|thumb|Homer and Bart as Pieman and Cupcake Kid.]]

When Homer went to prison for bribing an official, an {{ap|FBI agent|Donnie Fatso}} offered Homer a way out by infiltrating into the [[Springfield Mafia]] to spy [[Fat Tony]]. Homer was given a toupee, a [[Gadget wig|wig]] with a microphone and a camera in and a new name, [[Nicky Bluepants Altosaxophony]].<ref>"[[Donnie Fatso]]"</ref>

=== Skills ===
Homer's skills seem to vary greatly. Sometimes Homer can find it difficult to run to smallest distance before passing out from exhaustion, to exceeding the prowess of gold medal Olympians. At other times he can have trouble understanding the simplest of concepts to being able to build a functional robot with a working A.I.

One skill that remains somewhat constant throughout the series is his musical talent. Homer can play the guitar amazingly well and is an accomplished singer and songwriter. He has been part of several bands which were all extremely popular. He won a Grammy for barbershop, numerous golden records for [[Sadgasm|his grunge band]], which is a music style he also invented, and was able to help Lisa win a music contest using songs he wrote for her.

Like Bart, Homer also displays the ability to pick up languages fairly quickly. When he and Bart were imprisoned in [[Japan]] for a seemingly short amount of time he was able to speak the language fluently by the time he left.

=== Health ===
Homer is 40, overweight and so unhealthy that his life expectancy is only 42.

Homer while varying in physical ability from episode to episode has been consistently portrayed as a binge drinking, over eating, accident prone dare devil who puts absolutely no thought into what his actions will cost him, all of which has made it impossible to get any form of insurance which concerns his health.

Homer is in hospital in at least one episode every season, and has had several life saving operations not including the one for his triple heart bypass and subsequent installation of his pacemaker which he needed after his artery's were clogged with cholesterol.

Years of working in a sub standard nuclear facility has left his blood irradiated enough to show up on an x-ray, as well as having rendered him sterile.

Homer loves food, he can almost always be seen eating far more than any one man could possibly eat alone. His favourites are foods which he knows are bad for him, and will blatantly refuse healthy food such as oatmeal and fruit in favour of fatty meals. He was once willing to die upon eating a poisoned éclair despite knowing it would kill him, only to throw it away in horror when Lisa claimed it was low fat.<ref>"[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"</ref>

Homer also seems to have problem with his sound sense as the result of attending rock concert too much at his youth time.<ref name="The Otto Show">"[[The Otto Show]]"</ref> His lack of hearing could be the reason why he didn't pay attention at any words anyone said. Both Bart and Homer have problem with concentration.<ref name="Bart Gets an F">"[[Bart Gets an "F"]]"</ref>
==== Hair Loss ====
There are multiple theories on how Homer lost his hair. One theory suggests that Homer ripped out some of his hair when he realized Marge was pregnant with Bart, then more when he found out she was pregnant with Lisa, and all but the last few hairs when he found out she was pregnant with Maggie.

Another theory is that Homer's hair was once squirted with some kind of acid, thus causing permanent hair loss.{{Fact}}

It was once shown that Homer gradually lost his hair over time.<ref name="Eternal Moonshine"/>

== Relationships ==
=== Romantic ===
Despite being married to [[Marge Simpson|Marge]], throughout the entire show Homer has had a number of romantic encounters.

==== Marge Simpson ====
Homer is the husband of [[Marge Simpson]]. They met when they were younger without learning who each other was before meeting again properly in high school. They have had three weddings.<ref name="Wedding for Disaster"/><ref name="A Milhouse Divided"/><ref>Before the show</ref> The two have a very strong marriage which has survived cheating, amnesia and many arguments. They have been in love since high school.<ref name="The Way We Was"/>

==== Mindy Simmons ====
[[Mindy Simmons]] was an attractive employee at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] who has nearly everything in common with Homer. They attended a conventions together and nearly had an affair.<ref name="The Last Temptation of Homer"/> After Homer turned her down, he later says that she "hit the bottle pretty hard and got fired."

==== Lurleen Lumpkin ====

[[Lurleen Lumpkin]] is a waitress who Homer helped in launching a successful singing career. She attempted to seduce him with no success.<ref name="Colonel Homer">"[[Colonel Homer]]"</ref> She's been married multiple times to men that all look like Homer.<ref name="Colonel Homer"/>

==== Amber ====
[[Amber Simpson|Amber]] was Homer's Vegas wife who Homer accidentally married in [[Viva Ned Flanders|Las Vegas]].<ref>"[[Viva Ned Flanders]]"</ref> They managed to get her drunk and made her believe she married Abe which made her run back to Vegas.<ref>"[[Brawl in the Family]]"</ref>

==== Julia ====
When Homer becomes a famous Opera singer he attracts the attention of horde of fans including a stalker by the name of [[Julia]]. She confesses to Homer that she is his to do with as he wants, becoming his personal assistant and attempting to seduce him at every turn. When he proclaims that his heart belongs to Marge she attempts to kill him with no success.<ref>"[[The Homer of Seville]]"</ref>

=== Friendships ===
==== Barney Gumble ====
[[Barney Gumble]] is one of Homer's best friends. They were both born in 1956 making Homer the same age as Barney. They have been best friends since high school. Homer was the one who convinced him to become an alcoholic.<ref>"[[Mr. Plow]]"</ref>

==== Lenny and Carl ====
[[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] are Homer's co-workers at the Nuclear Power Plant, and they knew Homer back in their childhood.<ref>"[[The Blunder Years]]"</ref><ref>"[[The Way We Weren't]]"</ref>

== Non-canon ==
{{Noncanon}}
=== Future ===
In 8 years from now, Homer's and Marge's relationship has finally ended, after Homer blew the family savings on an underwater house. She started dating [[Krusty the Clown]], and eventually Homer fought him to win her back. Homer was beaten, but Marge still decided to go back to him.<ref>"[[Future-Drama]]"</ref>

=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
{{Main|Homer Simpson/Tapped Out}}

== Behind the Laughter ==
=== Creation ===
[[File:MG01frame2.png|thumb|The first appearances of Homer and Bart Simpson in "[[Good Night]]", a short from ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]''.]]
[[Matt Groening]] first conceived the Simpson family in the lobby of [[James L. Brooks]]' office. He had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts, and had intended to present his [[Life in Hell]] series. When he realized that animating ''Life in Hell'' would require him to rescind publication rights for his life's work, Groening decided to go in another direction. He hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, with Homer being named after his father. Homer then made his debut with the rest of the Simpsons clan on 19 April 1987 in the [[The Simpsons shorts|Tracey Ullman short]] "[[Good Night]]". Homer's middle initial "J", which was revealed to stand for "Jay",<ref>"[[D'oh-in' in the Wind]]"</ref> was a "tribute" to Bullwinkle J. Moose from ''[[Wikipedia:The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show|Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'', a show Matt Groening loved as a child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/interviews/groening/page9.shtml|title=J is for Jay|accessdate=2007-06-12|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

According to Matt Groening, the whole family was designed so that they would be recognizable in silhouette.<ref>{{cite video | people=Groening, Matt; Al Jean, Mike Reiss|year=2001|title=The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "There's No Disgrace Like Home"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref><ref>{{cite video | people=Groening, Matt; James L. Brooks, David Silverman|year=2001|title=The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>

=== Voice ===
Homer's voice sounds different on the shorts than the later half-hour show. [[Dan Castellaneta|Dan Castellaneta's]] earliest portrayal began as a loose impression of [[Wikipedia:Walter Matthau|Walter Matthau]], but developed into a more robust and humorous voice during the second and third season of the half-hour show, allowing Homer to convey a wider range of emotions.<ref name="matthau">{{cite news|author=Brownfield, Paul|title=He's Homer, but This Odyssey Is His Own|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=1999-07-06}}</ref> Castellaneta changed the voice, as he could not sustain his Matthau impression for the 9-10 hour long recording sessions and had to find something easier.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1565538/20070725/story.jhtml|title='Simpsons' Trivia, From Swearing Lisa To 'Burns-Sexual' Smithers|accessdate=2007-07-29|date=2007-07-26|author=Larry Carroll|publisher=MTV}}</ref> During an interview with the cast of the show on ''Inside the Actors Studio'', Castellaneta stated that Homer's voice was based in part on his own father who often spoke with an exuberant tone.

=== Foreign dubs ===
Homer's name is rarely translated, though exceptions occur. In the Arabic version Homer becomes Omar, and it was heavily modified, with alcohol and pork being removed. The Latin American version translates Homer to Homero.
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|czVoice=[[Vlastimil Bedrna]] (seasons 1-12) [[Vlastimil Zavřel]] (since season 13)
|daVoice=[[Niels Ellegaard]]
|nlVoice=[[Reinder van der Naalt]] (movie)
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|flVoice=[[Chris Van den Durpel]] (movie)
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|esLAVoice=[[Humberto Vélez]] (seasons 1-15) [[Víctor Manuel Espinoza]] (since season 16)
|esVoice=[[Carlos Revilla]] (seasons 1-11) [[Carlos Ysbert]] (since season 12)
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=== Catchphrase ===
{{main|D'oh!}}
Homer popularized the annoyed grunt "[[D'oh!]]" (made memorable through Dan Castellaneta's distinctive voice work), which began as an abbreviated form of [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Finlayson|James Finlayson's]] annoyed "Dooooh" in [[Wikipedia:Laurel and Hardy|Laurel and Hardy films]] and other comedy shorts. This modern interjection has found enough popular acceptance to be included in the [[Wikipedia:Oxford English Dictionary|Oxford English Dictionary]].

He also popularized the catchphrase "[[Mmm...]]". Many examples of other "mmm...s" are "Mmm...candy", "Mmm...pointy" from or "Mmm...hug". He has used it less lately.

Homer has other catchphrases.Homer's other catchphrases are ''[[Mmm...]]'',''[[Woo Hoo!]]'' and ''[[Why you little!]]''.

=== Reception ===
[[File:D'oh.jpg|thumb|150px|Homer uttering the legendary word "D'oh".]]
On May 30, 2003, Homer was made an honorary citizen of [[wikipedia: Winnipeg|Winnipeg, Canada]], in recognition of [[Matt Groening]]'s father Homer Groening, who is believed to be from the Manitoba capital.<ref>Romaniuk, Ross. "[http://ccr.ptbcanadian.com/simpsons/articles.htm Is Homer Simpson Canadian?]". ''Winnipeg Sun''. May 30, 2003.</ref>

Homer placed second on [[wikipedia:TV Guide|TV Guide's]] 2002 Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters, behind [[wikipedia: Bugs Bunny|Bugs Bunny]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/|title=TV Guide's 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time|accessdate=2007-08-25|date=2002-07-30|publisher=CNN}}</ref> In 2005, Homer was listed fifth on Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters, one of only four cartoon characters on that list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Greatest_TV_Characters//index.shtml|title=The 100 Greatest TV Characters|publisher=Bravo|accessdate=2007-08-25}}</ref> British TV viewers voted him as the greatest TV character of all time.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/tv_characters/results.html 100 Greatest TV characters]</ref> In 2007, ''Entertainment Weekly'' placed Homer ninth on their list of the "50 Greatest TV icons".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20152957_20152958_20159773_41,00.html|title=The 50 Greatest TV Icons|accessdate=2007-11-15|publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=Unknown}}</ref>

''The Simpsons'' has been recommended for use in the teaching of sociology to modern-day college students. The journal ''Teaching Sociology'' appraised it as "particularly effective for illustrating sociological themes and encouraging critical thinking among today's undergraduates".<ref>Scanlan, Stephen J. and Seth L. Feinberg. "[http://www.lemoyne.edu/ts/28tsabstracts2.html The Cartoon Society: Using"The Simpsons" to Teach and Learn Sociology]." ''Teaching Sociology'' Volume 28, #2. p. 127-139. April 2002.</ref> The non-academic book ''[[The Simpsons and Philosophy, the D'oh! of Homer]]'' includes a chapter analyzing Homer's character from the perspective of Aristotelian virtue ethics.

Homer was ranked the second greatest cartoon character by TV Guide, behind Bugs Bunny, and was voted the greatest television character of all time by Channel 4 viewers. For voicing Homer, Castellaneta has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and a special-achievement Annie Award. In 2000, Homer and his family were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

==== Homer Simpson syndrome ====
[[File:Homer Simpson's head.png|200px|thumb|Homer Simpson on ''[[Futurama]]'']]
A five-year study of more than 2,000 middle-aged people in France found a possible link between weight and brain function, dubbed the "Homer Simpson syndrome".<ref name=hss>{{cite news| title = Obese people lose IQ through 'Homer Simpson effect'| publisher =Thisislondon | date =2006-10-15| url =http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23370854-details/Obese%20people%20lose%20IQ%20through%20'Homer%20Simpson%20effect'/article.do| accessdate =2007-08-15 }}</ref> Results from a word memory test showed that people with a BMI of 20 (considered to be a healthy level) remembered an average of nine out of 16 words. Meanwhile, people with a BMI of 30 (inside the obese range) remembered an average of just seven out of 16 words.<ref name=hss/>

=== Merchandising ===
[[File:Golden Homer.jpg|thumb|A golden figurine of Homer from Burger King in 2007.]]
Homer's inclusion in many Simpsons publications, toys, and other merchandise is evidence of his enduring popularity. He has played central roles in the ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' series. ''[[The Homer Book]]'', written about Homer's personality and attributes, has been published and is commercially available. Numerous other items such as bottle openers, alarm clocks and other merchandise are widely available for purchase.

== Trivia ==
*His social security number is 568-47-0008.
*His blood type is B positive.
*His earmuff size is XL.
*He often writes fist-like.
*His Instagram account is "@homersimpson_official".
*In one episode he was the only character in the show to say {{Explain|bulls**t|bullshit}} but the "{{Explain|s**t|shit}}" part was censored by a honk sound.
*It's implied in "[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]" that Homer's bloodstream has a continuous regulation of radioactivity, as Dr. Hibbert was explaining to Marge Simpson that they injected Homer with a Radioactive Dye to see his circulatory system from an X-ray until he learns that the nurse hadn't even injected the dye yet (resulting in Hibbert saying "good lord" in a shocked manner).
*He seems to be almost exactly the same as [[Peter Griffin]], whom appears in Family Guy, which premiered 10 years after The Simpsons began. In "[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]", one of his clones was [[Peter Griffin]].
*Homer owns the [[Denver Broncos]], despite wanting to own the Dallas Cowboys.
*It is believed that Homer is diabetic as mentioned in "That '90s Show". However if this was true, Homer would most likely be dead because he has never been seen taking insulin and the amount of food that Homer eats would just ensure that would already be dead by the point the episode "That '90s Show" was shown.
*In "[[Fear of Flying]]" it is shown his favorite song (at the time) was "It's Raining Men".
*Homer has in fact, died twice. As shown in "Homer's Triple Bypass", when he died of a heart attack, but was revived when Mr. Burns mentioned a ham. And again in "[[Million Dollar Maybe]]", when he was trying to calm himself down after stressing about being rich and not being able to tell Marge, but was revived when he realized he was dead and made a desperate attempt to return to his body. He dies countless times in the Treehouse of Horror segments, but they are non-canon.
*According to "[[The Blunder Years]]", his constant eating was a direct result of his trauma from finding Waylon Smithers, Jr., Senior's corpse.
*Homer is 5 ft 11 in tall and his shoe size is 11 1/2. He also weighs 239 pounds.<ref>[[MythBusters|''The Simpsons MythBusters'' special]]</ref>
*He is one of three characters in the series to break a leg and have an episode plot revolve around it.<ref>[[Children of a Lesser Clod]]</ref> (The other two are [[Bart]]<ref>[[Bart of Darkness]]</ref> and [[Marge]].<ref>[[Little Big Mom]]</ref>)

== Appearances ==
{{Main|Homer Simpson/Appearances}}

== See also ==
{{Images|Homer}}
*[[Simpson family]]: more info on Homer's family.
*[[742 Evergreen Terrace]]: more info on Homer's house.
*[[Marge Simpson]]: more info on Homer's wife.
*[[Bart Simpson]]: more info on Homer's oldest child.
*[[Lisa Simpson]]: more info on Homer's middle child.
*[[Maggie Simpson]]: more info on Homer's youngest child.
*[[Abraham Simpson]]: more info on Homer's father.

== External links ==
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