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{{Character|
image= [[Image:jasper.png|200px]]|
name=Jasper Beardley|
gender=Male|
hair=Bald head white long beard|
age=91|
job=Retired, living at [[Springfield Retirement Castle]]|
relatives='''Grandaugther''': Unamed But Mentioned|
appearance="[[Homer's Odyssey]]"|
voiced by=[[Harry Shearer]]
}}

'''Jasper Beardley''' is a resident of the [[Springfield Retirement Castle]], '''Jasper''' is often see around [[Springfield]].  

==Past==
===Jobs===
In the past, Jasper has been a substitute teacher who confiscated everything made of tinfoil (according to Lisa). A deleted scene from the episode "[[In Marge We Trust]]", contained on the [[The Simpsons DVD sets|''The Simpsons'' Eighth Season DVD]], reveals that Jasper preceded [[Reverend Timothy Lovejoy|Reverend Lovejoy]] as minister at the Simpsons' church in Springfield.

===War Service===
"According to "[[The Sweetest Apu]]", Jasper is a veteran of World War II. Jasper also tried to avoid the draft by disguising himself as a woman and staying in Springfield to play in the local women's baseball league, along with his friend Abe, who was also avoiding the war. 

===Other===
Jasper unsuccessfully auditioned for [[The Be Sharps]] (Homer's Barbershop Quartet) by singing "Theme From A Summer Place".

==Problems==
===Vision===
It is implied that Jasper is slowly going blind. This ailment was once cured by a laser fired by a house's security protection equipment, but he was blinded again almost immediately. He accepted this very quickly: "Oh well. Easy come, easy go." Despite the sight problem, Jasper is both a light sleeper and is still quick with his reflexes.  When Abe Simpson tried to steal Jasper's dentures one night, Jasper turned on the light immediately and, with a gun aimed at Abe, foiled the nocturnal theft. Also, in the episode "[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]", when everyone comes to watch the show, Jasper looks down to Bart and asks "Hey little girl, is this seat taken?" Bart replies angrily with "I'm not a little ''girl''!! Are you blind?!" In which Jasper replies sadly with "Yes.." 

===Other Major Accidents===
Jasper was put in crude "suspended animation" in the [[Kwik-E-Mart]]'s freezer, and under advice from [[Dr. Nick Riviera]], [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon|Apu]] kept him frozen. When Jasper's frozen form became popular with customers, Apu started exploiting the spectacle, and transformed the Kwik-E-Mart into a special interest store dealing with weird items, or perfectly ordinary ones which had been made out to be abnormal (for example, a cash machine that dispenses pictures of "dead presidents"). Jasper (or "Frostillicus," as Apu renamed him) was accidentally unfrozen, and stepped out into what he thought was a future world, just as Apu was considering selling him to the Rich Texan.

===Minor Accidents===
Jasper was shot in his artificial leg, by [[Waylon Smithers]], on the same night of the [[Who Shot Mr. Burns?|nearly fatal shooting of Mr. Burns]]. He also claimed to have "broke" his beard during a Death Race accident with Abe Simpson and Old Jewish Man and even managed to get his beard stuck in a pencil sharpener while substituting for the striking teachers of Springfield Elementary. 

==Episode Appearances==
* [[Homer's Odyssey]]
* [[Bart the General]]
* [[The Telltale Head]]
* [[Bart Gets an F]]
* [[The Frying Game]]
* [[Bart After Dark]] - he is a patron of La [[Maison Derriere]]

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