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|name = Leavelle
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|image = [[File:Leavelle.png|250px]]
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|gender = {{Male}}
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|status = Alive
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|job = Bodyguard Trainer<br>Owner of [[Leavelle's Bodyguard Academy]]
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|appearance = "[[Mayored to the Mob]]"
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|voiced by = [[Mark Hamill]]
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'''Leavelle''' is a professional bodyguard trainer who owns [[Leavelle's Bodyguard Academy]]. Given his accent, he is presumably from Texas. He appeared in the episode "[[Mayored to the Mob]]" and was voiced by [[Mark Hamill]]. He appears to be based upon the large man in a white cowboy hat who was tasked with protecting Lee Harvey Oswald when the Texas State Police were transporting him to court. Oswald was photographed being murdered by Jack Ruby, and it became an iconic photograph along with the shocked expression of Oswald's bodyguard.
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'''Leavelle''' is a professional bodyguard trainer who owns and operates [[Leavelle's Bodyguard Academy]]. Judging by his accent, he seems to be from Texas.
  
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== History ==
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At the Bodyguard Academy, Leavelle's teaching style is based on constantly berating the cadets, as seen when [[Homer]] took the training course. In the end, Leavelle let them pass, and rewarded the entire graduating class by singing for them an impromptu rendition of "{{W|I Will Always Love You}}", the theme song from ''{{W|The Bodyguard}}''. However, he sang it so badly that the students all left, apparently interpreting the song as an indication that it was time for them to go.
  
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== Behind the Laughter ==
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*Leavelle's design is based on Texan detective {{W|Jim Leavelle}}, as he appeared when escorting [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] when Oswald was shot by [[Jack Ruby]]. Leavelle trains the bodyguards by pretending to shoot their protectee from a grassy knoll on a cart. This is a reference to the grassy knoll at the site of [[John F. Kennedy|President John F. Kennedy]]'s {{W|John F. Kennedy assassination|assassination}}, Dealey Plaza and a scene from the Kennedy assassination film Executive Action (1973).
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*In the DVD commentary for the episode, Mark Hamill admitted that he really enjoyed doing the voice of Leavelle; voicing himself, not so much.
  
''"Shut your sass-hole, boy!"''
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== Appearances ==
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*{{ep|Mayored to the Mob}}
  
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{{Simpsons characters}}
  
 
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[[Category:Adults]]
'''Special Training Aids:'''
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[[Category:Business proprietors]]
*Watermelons
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[[Category:Characters voiced by guest stars]]
*Mobile Grassy Knolls
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'''Where he yells at his students:'''
 
 
 
Everywhere, but especially in the "Berating Room"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''How he insults his graduates:'''
 
 
 
He tells them they're not fit to guard a Russian rock band.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''How he surprises his graduates:'''
 
 
 
After berating them, and making it seem as though they aren't going to pass the course, he then tells them that they've graduated.
 
 
 
By singing an impromptu rendition of the theme to ''The Bodyguard''
 
 
 
 
 
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{{Simpsons characters}}
 
[[Category:Minor characters]]
 

Latest revision as of 10:49, December 11, 2021

Leavelle
Leavelle.png
Character Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Status:
Alive
Occupation: Bodyguard Trainer
Owner of Leavelle's Bodyguard Academy
First appearance: "Mayored to the Mob"
Voiced by: Mark Hamill


Leavelle is a professional bodyguard trainer who owns and operates Leavelle's Bodyguard Academy. Judging by his accent, he seems to be from Texas.

History[edit]

At the Bodyguard Academy, Leavelle's teaching style is based on constantly berating the cadets, as seen when Homer took the training course. In the end, Leavelle let them pass, and rewarded the entire graduating class by singing for them an impromptu rendition of "I Will Always Love You", the theme song from The Bodyguard. However, he sang it so badly that the students all left, apparently interpreting the song as an indication that it was time for them to go.

Behind the Laughter[edit]

  • Leavelle's design is based on Texan detective Jim Leavelle, as he appeared when escorting Lee Harvey Oswald when Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby. Leavelle trains the bodyguards by pretending to shoot their protectee from a grassy knoll on a cart. This is a reference to the grassy knoll at the site of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Dealey Plaza and a scene from the Kennedy assassination film Executive Action (1973).
  • In the DVD commentary for the episode, Mark Hamill admitted that he really enjoyed doing the voice of Leavelle; voicing himself, not so much.

Appearances[edit]