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{{Character
|name = St. Peter
|image = [[File:StPeter.png|200px]]
|caption = Artwork of St. Peter from ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''
|gender = {{Male}}
|hair = Gray
|age = 
|status = Fictional deceased
|job = Guardian of the gates of [[Heaven]]
|relatives = '''Brother:''' {{W|Andrew the Apostle|St. Andrew}}
|appearance = "[[Treehouse of Horror XI]]"
|voiced by = [[Dan Castellaneta]]
}}

'''Saint Peter '''(also known as '''Saint Peter the Apostle''') is the gatekeeper or "doorman" of [[Heaven]].

== History ==
St. Peter din't let [[John Travolta]] come in to heaven in [[Disco Stu]]'s dream but he let Stu.<ref>"[[I'm Goin' to Praiseland]]"</ref>

St. Peter appeared in a vision to [[Father Sean]] in a flashback, telling a young Sean to change his drunken hooligan ways, inspiring the young Sean to become a Catholic priest.<ref>"[[The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star]]"</ref>

Peter and the other Apostles including his brother {{W|Andrew the Apostle|Andrew}} are depicted in [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s ''[[Last Supper]]''.

== Non-canon ==
{{Noncanon}}
[[File:St. Peter THOHXXX.png|thumb|left]]
He continually refused [[Homer]]'s entry into heaven on account of Homer's not having performed a truly good deed at any point in his life. Having given Homer one last chance, he allowed Homer's spirit to return to earth. However, when Homer did finally perform a good deed (saving a baby from death) Saint Peter, who was reading a newspaper at the time, claimed not to have seen it. When Homer exclaimed "Well, I'll be damned", Saint Peter replies "Yes, I'm afraid so, yes" before activating a trap-door that sends Homer ultimately to [[Hell]].<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XI]]"</ref>

St. Peter was sitting on a couch with [[God]] in Heaven discussing with him who they could bring up. He and God listened to three stories and eventually decided to just allow anyone who is good up to Heaven.<ref>"[[My Way or the Highway to Heaven]]"</ref>

After [[St. Greeter]] fell to [[Hell]], St. Peter came along and told Homer that [[God]] sold Heaven to [[Google]]. St. Peter then told Homer that he wasn't supposed to be dead yet and helped Homer to find a new body for him to go to.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XXX]]"</ref>

=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
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== Behind the Laughter ==
{{W|St. Peter}} was one of the first apostles of [[Jesus Christ]], and according to Catholic tradition, was the first Bishop of Rome and therefore the first Pope before being martyred in AD 64 from being crucified upside-down. The reason that popular culture shows him as the "doorman" of Heaven is that in the Gospels, Jesus entrusted Peter with the Keys to Heaven and Earth (keys which are to this day part of the Papal insignia).

== Appearances ==
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XI|(G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad)}}
*{{ep|I'm Goin' to Praiseland|(dream)}}
*{{ep|The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star|(flashback)}}
*{{ep|My Way or the Highway to Heaven}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXX|(Heaven Swipes Right)}}
*{{ep|Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass|([[Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass/Gags|opening sequence]])}}
*{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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