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This is a list of '''jobs''' held by the fictional character '''[[Homer Simpson]]'''animated television series ''The Simpsons''.  
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This is a list of '''jobs''' held by '''[[Homer Simpson]]'''.
  
One main source for these jobs is in the episode "[[Papa's Got a Brand New Badge]]." Right before he goes to bed Homer tells Marge, "I’ve had a lot of jobs in my life: boxer, mascot, astronaut, baby proofer, imitation Krusty, truck driver, hippie, plow driver, food critic, conceptual artist, grease salesman, carny, mayor, grifter, body guard for the mayor, country western manager, garbage commissioner, mountain climber, farmer, inventor, Smithers, Poochie, celebrity assistant, power plant worker, fortune cookie writer, beer baron, Kwik-E-Mart clerk, homophobe, and missionary, but protecting people, that gives me the best feeling of all." Also a source is the "Picture a Day..." spoof where the last few seconds show jobs and other types of Homer prior to the 400th episode. According to an interview with [[Matt Groening]], Homer has held 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1565538/20070725/story.jhtml 'Simpsons' Trivia: Swearing Lisa, Clown Homer & More - Movie News Story | MTV Movie News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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One main source for these jobs is when he lists them to [[Marge]].<ref>"[[Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]"</ref> Right before he goes to bed Homer tells Marge, "I've had a lot of jobs in my life: boxer, mascot, astronaut, baby proofer, imitation Krusty, truck driver, hippie, plow driver, food critic, conceptual artist, grease salesman, carny, mayor, grifter, body guard for the mayor, country western manager, garbage commissioner, mountain climber, farmer, inventor, Smithers, Poochie, celebrity assistant, power plant worker, fortune cookie writer, beer baron, Kwik-E-Mart clerk, homophobe, and missionary, but protecting people, that gives me the best feeling of all." Also a source is the "Picture a Day..." spoof where the last few seconds show jobs and other types of Homer prior to the 400th episode. According to an interview with [[Matt Groening]], Homer has held 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.
  
==Default Job==
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== Default Job ==
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[[File:Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.png|thumb|right|The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]]
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:His day job and main source of income.
 
;[[SNPP|Nuclear Safety]] Inspector
 
;[[SNPP|Nuclear Safety]] Inspector
:His day job and main source of income.
 
  
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:His job in the first season, before promotion to safety inspector. It was unclear to everyone (including [[Charles Montgomery Burns|his employer]] and Homer himself). He called himself a "technical supervisor". He was hired as part of "Project Bootstrap," a government program to bring in unskilled workers implemented by the Ford administration.<ref>"[[Homer's Odyssey]]"</ref>
 
;Unnamed job in nuclear power plant, sector 7-G
 
;Unnamed job in nuclear power plant, sector 7-G
:His job in the first season, before promotion to safety inspector.  It was unclear to everyone (including [[Montgomery Burns|his employer]] and Homer himself). In "[[Homer's Odyssey]]" he calls himself a "technical supervisor". He was hired as part of "Project Bootstrap," a (fictional) government program to bring in unskilled workers implemented by the Ford administration.
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In the episode "Much Apu About Nothing", Homer's paycheck is revealed to the world when he looks at the check and sees his pay is "drastically" short. It appears as an itemized check with the following:
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Springfield Power Company
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Employee: Homer J Simpson
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Sector 7G
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40HRS PAY....................................................................
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Fed W/H........... $56.25 Bear Patrol Tax........$5.00
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FICA..................$36.34
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State W/H..........$10.45
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Municipal Tax.....$9.37
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Net Pay...........................................................................$362.19
  
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When this is stretched over a year, it appears that Homer brings home $24,395.80 before deductions and $18,833.88 after deductions. Accounting for inflation, this would be equivalent to $41,184.74 before deductions and $31,795.17 after deductions. It doesn't seem like he is getting what he deserves as a Nuclear Safety Inspector. Though given the plants less than stellar conditions this might be true for all other employees. However, in the episode "[[American History X-cellent]]", Carl exclaims to Homer, "Homer, that's a $60,000 bottle of wine!", which Homer, who is drinking the wine, replies "Woohoo! I'm drinking my salary!" which suggests that's his actual salary, or perhaps it has drastically improved.
  
==A==
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== A ==
;Army private ("[[G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)]]")
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;Accounts man ("[[The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants]]")
;Agent (3 times)  
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;Acrobat ("[[Goo Goo Gai Pan]]")
:[[Lurleen Lumpkin]] ("[[Colonel Homer]]")
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;Actor
:[[Lisa]] and [[Cameron]], Aka Johnny Rainbow ("[[A Star is Torn]]")
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:[[Everyman]] ("[[Homer the Whopper]]")
;Ambulance driver ("[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]")
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:[[Homer Simpson]] in ''[[The Simpsons: The Musical]]'' (''[[Simpsons: The Musical]]'')
;Amateur-Division Professional Arm Wrestler ("[[Marge's Son Poisoning]]")
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:[[Safety Salamander]] ("[[See Homer Run]]")
;Astronaut for NASA("[[Deep Space Homer]]")
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;Advertiser
;Attack-dog trainer for the [[Pitiless Pup Attack Dog School]] ("[[I Married Marge]]")
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:Walking billboard for blue pants ("[[My Fair Laddy]]")
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;Ambulance Driver ("[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]")
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;Artist
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:Conceptual artist ("[[Mom and Pop Art]]")
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:Caricaturist of open coffins ("[[Springfield Up]]")
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;Astronaut ("[[Deep Space Homer]]")
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;Attorney
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:for Gil's Law Practice (''[[To Kill a Mocking Bart]]'')
  
==B==
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== B ==
;Baby Proofer for his own baby proofing company "[[Wee Care]]" ("[[Bye Bye Nerdie]]")
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;Baby Proofer
;Bartender for [[Moe's Tavern]] and [[Homer's Hunting Club]] ("[[Homer the Moe]]")
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:for "[[Wee Care]]" ("[[Bye, Bye, Nerdie]]")
;Blackjack dealer of [[Monty Burns Casino]] ("[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)|$pringfield]]")
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;Bartender
;Bodyguard of [[Mayor Joe Quimby]] ("[[Mayored to the Mob]]")
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:of [[Homer's Hunting Club]] ("[[Homer the Moe]]")
;Bootlegger
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:of [[Moe's Tavern]] ("[[Homer the Moe]]" and ''[[The Beer Boys]]'')
:Of beer as the "Beer Baron" ("[[Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment]]")
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:of [[O'Flanagan's Pub]] ("[[In the Name of the Grandfather]]")
;Bowling alley employee, or "Pin Monkey", of [[Barney's Bowl-o-rama]]("[[And Maggie Makes Three]]")
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:of {{ap|The Beer Boys|location}} (''[[The Beer Boys]]'')
:His dream job, but held only briefly.
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;Beef Jerky manufacturer ("[[Smoke on the Daughter]]")
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;Beggar
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:("[[Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]")
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:(''[[Asphalt Bungle]]'')
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;Blackjack dealer
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:for [[Monty Burns Casino]] ("[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]")
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;Bodyguard
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:of [[Mayor Joe Quimby]] ("[[Mayored to the Mob]]")
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;Bowling alley employee, or "Pin Monkey",
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:of [[Barney's Bowlarama]]("[[And Maggie Makes Three]]")
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;Bounty hunter ("[[Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes]]")
 
;Boxer ("[[The Homer They Fall]]")
 
;Boxer ("[[The Homer They Fall]]")
 
;Butler ("[[The Frying Game]]")
 
;Butler ("[[The Frying Game]]")
  
==C==
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== C ==
;Candle maker of [[Ye Olde Candlemaker]], [[Olde Springfield Towne]] ("[[I Married Marge]]")
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;Candle maker
;Car designer for [[Powell Motors]] ("[[Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?]]")
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:for [[Ye Olde Candlemaker]] ("[[I Married Marge]]")
 
;Carny ("[[Bart Carny]]")
 
;Carny ("[[Bart Carny]]")
;CEO of the [[nuclear power plant]] ("[[C.E. D'oh]]")
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;Carpenter
;Chauffeur for [[Classy Joe's]] ("[[Homer vs. Patty & Selma]]")
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:rebuilds [[The Zoominator]] ("[[Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em]]")
;[[Springfield Police|Springfield Chief of Police]] ("[[Papa's Got a Brand New Badge]]")
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;Child career
;Child Caretaker of[[Uncle Homer's Daycare]] ("[[Children of a Lesser Clod]]")
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:for [[Uncle Homer's Daycare]] ("[[Children of a Lesser Clod]]")
;Choreographer for the Super Bowl Halftime Show ("[[Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]")
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;Choreographer
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:for the [[Super Bowl]] Halftime Show ("[[Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]")
 
;Chiropractor ("[[Pokey Mom]]")
 
;Chiropractor ("[[Pokey Mom]]")
;Clown - [[Krusty]] Impersonator ("[[Homie the Clown]]")
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;Class president
;Coach for Bart's Little League American football team ("[[Bart Star]]")
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:Candidate, should have won. ("[[Take My Life, Please]]")
;Cook at a diner when fleeing from a Florida sheriff ("[[Kill the Alligator and Run]]")  
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;Clown
;Con artist/Grifter with son [[Bart]] ("[[The Great Money Caper]]")
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:[[Krusty]] Impersonator ("[[Homie the Clown]]")
;Conceptual artist ("[[Mom and Pop Art]]")
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;Coach
;Convenience store night-clerk for the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] ("[[Lisa's Pony]]")
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:for Bart's Little League American football team ("[[Bart Star]]")
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;Cook
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:at a diner in [[Florida]] ("[[Kill the Alligator and Run]]")
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;Comedian
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:[[Cheech and Chunk]] ("[[A Midsummer's Nice Dreams]]")
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;Competitor
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:in a Lego (Blocko) competition ("[[Brick Like Me]]")
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;Con artist/Grifter ("[[The Great Money Caper]]")
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;Critic
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:Film critic ("[[A Star Is Burns]]")
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:Food critic for ''[[The Springfield Shopper]]'' ("[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]")
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;Curler
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:for [[Team USA]] at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] ("[[Boy Meets Curl]]")
  
==D==
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== D ==
;Detective ("[[King-Size Homer]]" not shown, but mentioned by Marge)
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;[[Grim Reaper|Death]] ("[[Treehouse of Horror XIV]]")
;Drug Smuggler when Burns cancelled the prescription drug program ("[[Midnight Rx]]")
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;Designer
;Door-to-door knife salesman for Slash-Co. ("[[I Married Marge]]")
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:Car designer for [[Powell Motors]] ("[[Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?]]")
;Door-to-door sugar salesman ("[[Lisa's Rival]]")
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;Detective ("[[King-Size Homer]]" (mentioned))
;Door-to-door spring salesman ("[[The Old Man and the "C" Student]]")
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;Driver
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:Ambulance driver ("[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]")
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:Chauffeur for [[Classy Joe's]] ("[[Homer vs. Patty and Selma]]")
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:of an ice cream van ("[[Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)]]")
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:of a {{ap|Mr. Plow|vehicle|snowplow}} ("[[Mr. Plow]]")
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:of a Tow truck ("[[Midnight Towboy]]")
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;{{ap|Duffman|title}} (''[[The Duffman Cometh!]]'', "[[Waiting for Duffman]]")
  
==E==
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== E ==
;Employee at [[Gulp 'n' Blow]] Drive-through ("[[I Married Marge]]")  
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;Engineer
;Executive of [[Globex Corp.]], [[Cypress Creek]] ("[[You Only Move Twice]]")
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:Railroad engineer ("[[Maximum Homerdrive]]" (implied))
;Executive Vice President of [[SNPP|Power Plant]] ("[[Weekend at Burnsie's]]")
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;Executive
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:Executive of [[Globex Corp.]] ("[[You Only Move Twice]]")
  
==F==
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== F ==
 
;Farmer ("[[E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]")
 
;Farmer ("[[E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]")
;Film critic ("[[A Star Is Burns]]")
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;Fast food chain worker
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:for [[Gulp 'n' Blow]] ("[[I Married Marge]]")
 
;Film producer ("[[Beyond Blunderdome]]")
 
;Film producer ("[[Beyond Blunderdome]]")
;Fireman (volunteer) ("[[Crook and Ladder]]")
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;Fireman
;Fish gutter ("[[Thirty Minutes over Tokyo]]")
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:Volunteer fireman ("[[Crook and Ladder]]")
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;Fish gutter ("[[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]")
 
;Fisherman ("[[The Wife Aquatic]]")
 
;Fisherman ("[[The Wife Aquatic]]")
;Food critic for the [[Springfield Shopper]] ("[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]")
 
;Foot Locker employee ("[[Marge Gamer]]")
 
;Fortune cookie [[writer]] ("[[A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]")
 
;Founder and Junior Vice President [[Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net]] ("[[Das Bus]]")
 
  
==G==
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== G ==
;Garbage Commissioner; see Sanitation Commissioner ("[[Trash of the Titans]]")
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;Garbage commissioner ("[[Trash of the Titans]]")
;[[fat|Grease]] collector ("[[Lard of the Dance]]")
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;Grease collector ("[[Lard of the Dance]]")
;[[Corrections officer|Guard]] of Springfield Juvenile Correctional Facility ("[[The Wandering Juvie]]")
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;Greeter
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:for [[Sprawl-Mart]]("[[On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister]]")
  
==I==
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== H ==
;[[Ice cream van|Ice Cream Truck Driver]] ("[[Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)]]"):He takes the Ice cream truck from an ice cream truck driver who dies.
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;Hitman ("[[Treehouse of Horror XVIII]]")
;[[erectile dysfunction|Impotency]] [[Spokesman]] for [[sildenafil|Viag]][[Rogaine (drug)|rogaine]] ("[[Barting Over]]")
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;Hairdresser ("[[Homer Scissorhands]]")
;[[Informant]] for the F.B.I. ("[[The Trouble with Trillions]]")
 
;[[Internet service provider]] ("[[Das Bus]]"):Sets up his own small business, "compuglobalhypermeganet" in which he gives himself the title "Junior Vice President."
 
;[[Inventor]] ("[[The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace]], [[Flaming Moe's]], [[The Old Man and the "C" Student]]")
 
  
==M==
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== I ==
;[[Santa Claus|Mall Santa Claus]] ("[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]")
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;Informant
;[[management|Manager]] of Country Music performer Lurleen Lumpkin (See Agent)
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:for the F.B.I. ("[[The Trouble with Trillions]]" and "[[Donnie Fatso]]")
;[[relationship counseling|Marriage Counselor]] ("[[Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play]]")
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;Internet Service Provider
;[[Mascot]], known as "Dancing Homer" ("[[Dancin' Homer]]")
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:[[Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net]] ("[[Das Bus]]")
;[[Mattress]] Salesman ("[[The Boys of Bummer]]")
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;Inventor
;[[Mayor]] of New Springfield ("[[A Tale of Two Springfields]]")
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:of the [[Flaming Homer]] ("[[Flaming Moe's]]")
;[[Candidate|Mayoral candidate]] ("[[See Homer Run]]")
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:of the all-purpose electric hammer, the [[Everything's OK alarm]], the [[Lazy Man Toilet Seat]], the make-up gun and the six-legged chair. ("[[The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace]]")
;[[Lucha libre|Mexican wrestler]] ("[[Jazzy and the Pussycats]]")
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:of [[Springy]] ("[[The Old Man and the "C" Student]]")
;[[Miniature golf|Mini-golf assistant]] for Sir Putts-A-Lot ("[[I Married Marge]]")
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:of [[Tomacco]] ("[[E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]")
;[[Missionary]] ("[[Missionary: Impossible]]")
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;[[Crime boss|Mob Boss]] ("[[The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer]]")
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== M ==
;[[Monorail]] [[conductor (transportation)|conductor]] ("[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]")
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[[File:Dancin homer.png|thumb|right|Homer as Dancin' Homer]]
;[[mountaineering|Mountain climber]] ("[[King of the Hill (The Simpsons episode)|King of the Hill]]")
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;Mall Santa ("[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]")
;[[Musician]]
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;Manager
:Member/Songwriter/Frontman of the Be Sharps, winning a [[Grammy Award]]<ref name="Tufts" /> ("[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]")
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:of [[Nuclear Power Plant]] ("[[Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore]]")
:Composer of "Everybody Hates [[Ned Flanders]]" single with [[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]] ("[[Dude, Where's My Ranch?]]")
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:in charge of {{ap|Benjamin|nerd}}'s, {{ap|Doug|nerd}}'s and {{ap|Gary|nerd}}'s multi-million dollar computer company (''[[The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth]]'')
:Composed songs for [[Lisa Simpson]]'s music career ("[[A Star Is Torn]]")
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;Manager (of musicians)
:Member/Songwriter/Frontman of the grunge band Sadgasm ("[[That 90's Show]]")
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:[[5 From 'Field]] (''[[Faking the Band]]'')
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:[[Cameron]], aka Johnny Rainbow ("[[A Star Is Torn]]")
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:[[Lisa]] ("[[A Star Is Torn]]")
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:[[Lurleen Lumpkin]] ("[[Colonel Homer]]")
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;Marriage counsellor ("[[Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play]]")
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;Mascot
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:Dancin' Homer ("[[Dancin' Homer]]")
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;Mayor
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:of [[New Springfield]] ("[[A Tale of Two Springfields]]")
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:Mayoral candidate ("[[See Homer Run]]" and ''[[Mayor Me a Little]]'')
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;Mexican wrestler ("[[Jazzy and the Pussycats]]")
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;Mini-golf assistant for [[Sir Putts-A-Lot]] ("[[I Married Marge]]")
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;Missionary ("[[Missionary: Impossible]]")
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;Mob Boss
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:of [[Springfield Mafia]] ("[[The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer]]")
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;Model
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:Silhouette model ("[[Midnight Towboy]]")
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;[[Monorail]] conductor ("[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]")
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;Mountain climber ("[[King of the Hill]]")
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;Musician
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:Member of the [[Be-Sharps]] ("[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]")
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:Composed songs for [[Lisa]]'s music career ("[[A Star Is Torn]]")
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:Composer of "Everybody Hates [[Ned Flanders]]" ("[[Dude, Where's My Ranch?]]")
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:One-man band ("[[Bart Gets Famous]]")
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:Opera singer ("[[The Homer of Seville]]")
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:Member of the grunge band [[Sadgasm]] ("[[That '90s Show]]")
  
==N==
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== O ==
;[[Adult education|Night school]] teacher (See Teacher)
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;Oil-rig worker ("[[Half-Decent Proposal]]")
;[[nuclear power|Nuclear Power Plant]] manager ("[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore]]")
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;Ordained minister ("[[There's Something About Marrying]]")
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;Owner
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:Founder and Junior Vice President [[Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net]] ("[[Das Bus]]")
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:of [[Denver Broncos]] ("[[You Only Move Twice]]")
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:of Gil's Law Practice (''[[To Kill a Mocking Bart]]'')
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:of {{ap|Mr. Plow|business}} ("[[Mr. Plow]]")
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:of [[O'Flanagan's Pub]] ("[[In the Name of the Grandfather]]")
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:CEO of [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] ("[[C.E. D'oh]]")
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:Executive Vice President of [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] ("[[Weekend at Burnsie's]]")
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:Head of [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] (''[[The Flunky!]]'')
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:of [[SpringShield]] ("[[Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]")
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:Majority stock holder of [[ZiffCorp]] ("[[The Ziff Who Came to Dinner]]")
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:Majority stock holder of [[Animotion]] ("[[HOMЯ]]")
  
==O==
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== P ==
;[[Drilling rig|Oil-rig worker]] ("[[Half-Decent Proposal]]")
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;Paparazzo ("[[Homerazzi]]").
;[[One-man band|One Man Band]] ("[[Bart Gets Famous]]")
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;Performance artist
;[[Opera singer]] ("[[The Homer of Seville]].")
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:getting hit with a cannonball ("[[Homerpalooza]]")
;[[minister (Christianity)|Ordained Minister]] ("[[There's Something About Marrying]]")
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;Personal assistant
;[[Outsider Art]]ist ("[[Mom and Pop Art]]")
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:to [[Alec Baldwin]] and [[Kim Basinger]]. ("[[When You Dish Upon a Star]]")
;[[ownership|Owner]]
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:to [[Mr. Burns]] ("[[Homer the Smithers]]")
:ZiffCorp ("[[The Ziff Who Came to Dinner]]") ''Majority Stock Holder''
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:to [[Carl]] ("[[The Devil Wears Nada]]")
:SpringShield ("[[Papa's Got a Brand New Badge]]")
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;Police officer
:the [[Denver Broncos]] ("[[You Only Move Twice]]")
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:Chief of police ("[[Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]")
:CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet - Internet based company - ("[[Das Bus]]")
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;Prank monkey
:the Springfield Power Plant ("[[C.E. D'oh]]")
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:for [[Mr. Burns]] ("[[Homer vs. Dignity]]")
:Mr. Plow ("[[Mr. Plow]]")
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;Principal
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:of [[Springfield Elementary School]] (''[[The Principal of the Thing]]'')
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;Prison Guard
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:for [[Springfield Juvenile Correctional Facility]] ("[[The Wandering Juvie]]")
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;Public speaker ("[[HOMЯ]]")
  
==P==
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== Q ==
;[[Paparazzi|Paparazzo]] ("[[Homerazzi]]").
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;Questioner at products demonstration ("[[Springfield Up]]")
;[[Performance art]]ist -Getting hit with a [[round shot|cannonball]] ("[[Homerpalooza]]")
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;Quiz-master ("[[Kill the Alligator and Run]]")
;[[Assistant|Personal assistant]]
 
:Briefly becomes the assistant and friend of [[Alec Baldwin]] and [[Kim Basinger]]. ("[[When You Dish upon a Star]]")
 
:Briefly taking [[Waylon Smithers|Smithers]]' place as [[Mr. Burns]]' right-hand man. ("[[Homer the Smithers]]")
 
;[[police|Police officer/Police Chief]] ("[[Papa's Got a Brand New Badge]]")
 
;''Prank monkey'' for [[Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] ("[[Homer vs. Dignity]]")
 
;[[Public speaker]] ("[[HOMR]]")
 
  
==R==
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== R ==
;[[road crew|Roadie]] ("[[How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]")
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;Reality TV show contestant
;Railroad Engineer (implied) ("[[Maximum Homerdrive]]")
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:''[[The 1895 Challenge]]'' ("[[Helter Shelter]]")
;[[roller coaster|Rollercoaster Rebuilder]] ("[[Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em...]]")
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:''[[Escape from Emperor Burnsimoto's Castle]]'' (''[[Tic-Tac-D'oh!]]'')
;[[referee|Referee]] ("[[Marge Gamer]]")
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:''[[Hard up for a Date]]'' (''[[Tic-Tac-D'oh!]]'')
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:''The Flunky!'' - winner (''[[The Flunky!]]'')
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;Roadie ("[[How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]")
  
==S==
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== S ==
;[[Safety]] [[inspector]] Homer's main job.
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;Salesman
;[[Safety]] [[Salamander]] ("[[See Homer Run]]")
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:Door-to-door knife salesman for [[Slash-Co.]] ("[[I Married Marge]]")
;[[Sailor]] in the [[United States Navy Reserve|Naval Reserve]] ("[[Simpson Tide]]")
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:Manure salesman ("[[Springfield Up]]")
;[[Sales]]man (see Used Car salesman and Matress salesman)
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:Mattress salesman ("[[The Boys of Bummer]]")
;[[Sanitation]] [[Commissioner]] ("[[Trash of the Titans]]")
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:[[Tomacco]] salesman ("[[E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]")
;[[Security guard|Security Officer]] ("[[Papa's Got a Brand New Badge]]")
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:Door-to-door spring salesman ("[[The Old Man and the "C" Student]]")
;Silhouette Model ("[[Midnight Towboy]]")
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:Door-to-door sugar salesman ("[[Lisa's Rival]]")
;[[Singer]] ("[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]")
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:Traveling salesman for [[Simpson & Son, Revitalizing Tonic]] ("[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]")
;[[Waylon Smithers|Smithers]] (see personal assistant)
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:Used car salesman ("[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]")
;[[smuggling|Smuggler]]
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;Sailor
:of beer ("[[Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment]]")
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:in the Naval Reserve ("[[Simpson Tide]]")
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;Sanitation commissioner ("[[Trash of the Titans]]")
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;Security officer
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:for [[SpringShield]] ("[[Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]")
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;Smuggler
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:of beer ("[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]")
 
:of prescription drugs ("[[Midnight Rx]]")
 
:of prescription drugs ("[[Midnight Rx]]")
:of vegetables ("[[Itchy & Scratchy Land]]")
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:of fruits and vegetables ("[[Itchy & Scratchy Land]]")
:of Sugar ("[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]")
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:of sugar ("[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]")
;[[Snowplow|Snowplow proprietor and driver]] ("[[Mr. Plow]]")
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;Soccer referee ("[[Marge Gamer]]" and "[[You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee]]")
;[[referee (football)|Soccer referee]] ("[[Marge Gamer]]")
+
;Soldier
;[[Soldier]] ("[[G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)]]")
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:Homer's old military sergeant comes to dinner ("[[Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]]")
;[[softball|Softball Player]] ("[[Homer at the Bat]]")
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:the enemy in a military drill. ("[[G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)]]")
;[[Busking|Street musician]] ("[[Bart Gets Famous]]")
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;Softball player ("[[Homer at the Bat]]")
;[[Superhero]] ("[[Simple Simpson]]")
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;Store worker
;Spokesperson/Walking Billboard, ("[[My Fair Laddy]]")
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:[[Foot Locker]] employee ("[[Marge Gamer]]")
;[[List of fictional places on The Simpsons|Sprawl-Mart]] greeter ("[[On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister]]")
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:Night-clerk for the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] ("[[Lisa's Pony]]")
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;Superhero
 +
:as [[Pie Man]] ("[[Simple Simpson]]")
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;Spokesperson
 +
:Impotency spokesman for Viag rogaine ("[[Barting Over]]")
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:Spokesperson for blue pants ("[[My Fair Laddy]]")
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;Swimmer
 +
:Swims across the [[Springfield Channel]] (''[[In the Swim]]'')
  
==T==
+
== T ==
;[[Talk show|Talk Show Host]] ("[[Today I Am a Clown]]")
+
;Talk show host
;[[Teacher]] ("[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]")
+
:of ''[[Gut Check with Homer Simpson]]'' ("[[Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson]]")
;[[Television Producer]]
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:of ''[[The Homer Simpson Show]]'' ("[[Today I Am a Clown]]")
;[[Telemarketing|Telemarketer]] ("[[Lisa's Date with Density]]")
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;Taste-tester
;[[Tomacco]] Creator/Farmer/Salesman (see Farmer) ("[[E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]")
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:for local moonshine ("[[Rednecks and Broomsticks]]")
;[[Tow Truck]] Driver ("[[Midnight Towboy]]")
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;Teacher ("[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]")
;[[Town crier]] ("[[Lisa the Iconoclast]]")
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;Television producer {{fact}}
;[[Sales|Traveling salesman]] of Simpson & Son, Revitalizing Tonic ("[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]")
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;Telemarketer ("[[Lisa's Date with Density]]")
;[[Truck driver|Trucker]] ("[[Maximum Homerdrive]]")
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;Town crier ("[[Lisa the Iconoclast]]")
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;Trainer
 +
:of attack-dogs for the [[The Pitiless Pup Attack Dog School]] ("[[I Married Marge]]")
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;Trucker ("[[Maximum Homerdrive]]")
  
==U==
+
== U ==
;[[trade union|Union]] leader ("[[Last Exit to Springfield]]")
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;Union leader ("[[Last Exit to Springfield]]")
;[[Automobile salesman|Used Car salesman]] ("[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]")
 
  
==V==
+
== V ==
;[[Voice acting|Voice actor]] ("[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]")
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;Voice actor
:Playing "Poochie the Dog"
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:[[Angry Dad]] ("[[Angry Dad: The Movie]]")
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:[[Poochie]] ("[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]")
  
==W==
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== W ==
;[[Webmaster]] ("[[The Computer Wore Menace Shoes]]")
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;Webmaster ("[[The Computer Wore Menace Shoes]]")
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;Wrestler
 +
:Amateur-Division Professional Arm wrestler ("[[Marge's Son Poisoning]]")
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;Writer
 +
:Co-author of ''[[The Troll Twins of Underbridge Academy]]'' ("[[The Book Job]]")
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:Fortune cookie writer ("[[A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]")
  
==References==
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== References ==
{{reflist}}
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{{Reflist}}
  
* M. Krakowiak, "Peter Griffin and the Modern American Worker" ''Bob's Poetry Magazine'' [http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs04Mr.pdf March 2007], p. 41
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[[Category:Lists|Homer's jobs]]
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[[Category:The Simpsons lists|Homer]]
 

Latest revision as of 11:38, July 18, 2022

This is a list of jobs held by Homer Simpson.

One main source for these jobs is when he lists them to Marge.[1] Right before he goes to bed Homer tells Marge, "I've had a lot of jobs in my life: boxer, mascot, astronaut, baby proofer, imitation Krusty, truck driver, hippie, plow driver, food critic, conceptual artist, grease salesman, carny, mayor, grifter, body guard for the mayor, country western manager, garbage commissioner, mountain climber, farmer, inventor, Smithers, Poochie, celebrity assistant, power plant worker, fortune cookie writer, beer baron, Kwik-E-Mart clerk, homophobe, and missionary, but protecting people, that gives me the best feeling of all." Also a source is the "Picture a Day..." spoof where the last few seconds show jobs and other types of Homer prior to the 400th episode. According to an interview with Matt Groening, Homer has held 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.

Default Job[edit]

The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
His day job and main source of income.
Nuclear Safety Inspector
His job in the first season, before promotion to safety inspector. It was unclear to everyone (including his employer and Homer himself). He called himself a "technical supervisor". He was hired as part of "Project Bootstrap," a government program to bring in unskilled workers implemented by the Ford administration.[2]
Unnamed job in nuclear power plant, sector 7-G

In the episode "Much Apu About Nothing", Homer's paycheck is revealed to the world when he looks at the check and sees his pay is "drastically" short. It appears as an itemized check with the following:

Springfield Power Company
Employee: Homer J Simpson
Sector 7G
40HRS PAY....................................................................
Fed W/H........... $56.25 Bear Patrol Tax........$5.00
FICA..................$36.34
State W/H..........$10.45
Municipal Tax.....$9.37
Net Pay...........................................................................$362.19

When this is stretched over a year, it appears that Homer brings home $24,395.80 before deductions and $18,833.88 after deductions. Accounting for inflation, this would be equivalent to $41,184.74 before deductions and $31,795.17 after deductions. It doesn't seem like he is getting what he deserves as a Nuclear Safety Inspector. Though given the plants less than stellar conditions this might be true for all other employees. However, in the episode "American History X-cellent", Carl exclaims to Homer, "Homer, that's a $60,000 bottle of wine!", which Homer, who is drinking the wine, replies "Woohoo! I'm drinking my salary!" which suggests that's his actual salary, or perhaps it has drastically improved.

A[edit]

Accounts man ("The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants")
Acrobat ("Goo Goo Gai Pan")
Actor
Everyman ("Homer the Whopper")
Homer Simpson in The Simpsons: The Musical (Simpsons: The Musical)
Safety Salamander ("See Homer Run")
Advertiser
Walking billboard for blue pants ("My Fair Laddy")
Ambulance Driver ("Diatribe of a Mad Housewife")
Artist
Conceptual artist ("Mom and Pop Art")
Caricaturist of open coffins ("Springfield Up")
Astronaut ("Deep Space Homer")
Attorney
for Gil's Law Practice (To Kill a Mocking Bart)

B[edit]

Baby Proofer
for "Wee Care" ("Bye, Bye, Nerdie")
Bartender
of Homer's Hunting Club ("Homer the Moe")
of Moe's Tavern ("Homer the Moe" and The Beer Boys)
of O'Flanagan's Pub ("In the Name of the Grandfather")
of The Beer Boys (The Beer Boys)
Beef Jerky manufacturer ("Smoke on the Daughter")
Beggar
("Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore")
(Asphalt Bungle)
Blackjack dealer
for Monty Burns Casino ("$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)")
Bodyguard
of Mayor Joe Quimby ("Mayored to the Mob")
Bowling alley employee, or "Pin Monkey",
of Barney's Bowlarama("And Maggie Makes Three")
Bounty hunter ("Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes")
Boxer ("The Homer They Fall")
Butler ("The Frying Game")

C[edit]

Candle maker
for Ye Olde Candlemaker ("I Married Marge")
Carny ("Bart Carny")
Carpenter
rebuilds The Zoominator ("Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em")
Child career
for Uncle Homer's Daycare ("Children of a Lesser Clod")
Choreographer
for the Super Bowl Halftime Show ("Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass")
Chiropractor ("Pokey Mom")
Class president
Candidate, should have won. ("Take My Life, Please")
Clown
Krusty Impersonator ("Homie the Clown")
Coach
for Bart's Little League American football team ("Bart Star")
Cook
at a diner in Florida ("Kill the Alligator and Run")
Comedian
Cheech and Chunk ("A Midsummer's Nice Dreams")
Competitor
in a Lego (Blocko) competition ("Brick Like Me")
Con artist/Grifter ("The Great Money Caper")
Critic
Film critic ("A Star Is Burns")
Food critic for The Springfield Shopper ("Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?")
Curler
for Team USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics ("Boy Meets Curl")

D[edit]

Death ("Treehouse of Horror XIV")
Designer
Car designer for Powell Motors ("Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?")
Detective ("King-Size Homer" (mentioned))
Driver
Ambulance driver ("Diatribe of a Mad Housewife")
Chauffeur for Classy Joe's ("Homer vs. Patty and Selma")
of an ice cream van ("Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)")
of a snowplow ("Mr. Plow")
of a Tow truck ("Midnight Towboy")
Duffman (The Duffman Cometh!, "Waiting for Duffman")

E[edit]

Engineer
Railroad engineer ("Maximum Homerdrive" (implied))
Executive
Executive of Globex Corp. ("You Only Move Twice")

F[edit]

Farmer ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)")
Fast food chain worker
for Gulp 'n' Blow ("I Married Marge")
Film producer ("Beyond Blunderdome")
Fireman
Volunteer fireman ("Crook and Ladder")
Fish gutter ("Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo")
Fisherman ("The Wife Aquatic")

G[edit]

Garbage commissioner ("Trash of the Titans")
Grease collector ("Lard of the Dance")
Greeter
for Sprawl-Mart("On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister")

H[edit]

Hitman ("Treehouse of Horror XVIII")
Hairdresser ("Homer Scissorhands")

I[edit]

Informant
for the F.B.I. ("The Trouble with Trillions" and "Donnie Fatso")
Internet Service Provider
Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net ("Das Bus")
Inventor
of the Flaming Homer ("Flaming Moe's")
of the all-purpose electric hammer, the Everything's OK alarm, the Lazy Man Toilet Seat, the make-up gun and the six-legged chair. ("The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace")
of Springy ("The Old Man and the "C" Student")
of Tomacco ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)")

M[edit]

Homer as Dancin' Homer
Mall Santa ("Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire")
Manager
of Nuclear Power Plant ("Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore")
in charge of Benjamin's, Doug's and Gary's multi-million dollar computer company (The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth)
Manager (of musicians)
5 From 'Field (Faking the Band)
Cameron, aka Johnny Rainbow ("A Star Is Torn")
Lisa ("A Star Is Torn")
Lurleen Lumpkin ("Colonel Homer")
Marriage counsellor ("Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play")
Mascot
Dancin' Homer ("Dancin' Homer")
Mayor
of New Springfield ("A Tale of Two Springfields")
Mayoral candidate ("See Homer Run" and Mayor Me a Little)
Mexican wrestler ("Jazzy and the Pussycats")
Mini-golf assistant for Sir Putts-A-Lot ("I Married Marge")
Missionary ("Missionary: Impossible")
Mob Boss
of Springfield Mafia ("The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer")
Model
Silhouette model ("Midnight Towboy")
Monorail conductor ("Marge vs. the Monorail")
Mountain climber ("King of the Hill")
Musician
Member of the Be-Sharps ("Homer's Barbershop Quartet")
Composed songs for Lisa's music career ("A Star Is Torn")
Composer of "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" ("Dude, Where's My Ranch?")
One-man band ("Bart Gets Famous")
Opera singer ("The Homer of Seville")
Member of the grunge band Sadgasm ("That '90s Show")

O[edit]

Oil-rig worker ("Half-Decent Proposal")
Ordained minister ("There's Something About Marrying")
Owner
Founder and Junior Vice President Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net ("Das Bus")
of Denver Broncos ("You Only Move Twice")
of Gil's Law Practice (To Kill a Mocking Bart)
of Mr. Plow ("Mr. Plow")
of O'Flanagan's Pub ("In the Name of the Grandfather")
CEO of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant ("C.E. D'oh")
Executive Vice President of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant ("Weekend at Burnsie's")
Head of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant (The Flunky!)
of SpringShield ("Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge")
Majority stock holder of ZiffCorp ("The Ziff Who Came to Dinner")
Majority stock holder of Animotion ("HOMЯ")

P[edit]

Paparazzo ("Homerazzi").
Performance artist
getting hit with a cannonball ("Homerpalooza")
Personal assistant
to Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. ("When You Dish Upon a Star")
to Mr. Burns ("Homer the Smithers")
to Carl ("The Devil Wears Nada")
Police officer
Chief of police ("Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge")
Prank monkey
for Mr. Burns ("Homer vs. Dignity")
Principal
of Springfield Elementary School (The Principal of the Thing)
Prison Guard
for Springfield Juvenile Correctional Facility ("The Wandering Juvie")
Public speaker ("HOMЯ")

Q[edit]

Questioner at products demonstration ("Springfield Up")
Quiz-master ("Kill the Alligator and Run")

R[edit]

Reality TV show contestant
The 1895 Challenge ("Helter Shelter")
Escape from Emperor Burnsimoto's Castle (Tic-Tac-D'oh!)
Hard up for a Date (Tic-Tac-D'oh!)
The Flunky! - winner (The Flunky!)
Roadie ("How I Spent My Strummer Vacation")

S[edit]

Salesman
Door-to-door knife salesman for Slash-Co. ("I Married Marge")
Manure salesman ("Springfield Up")
Mattress salesman ("The Boys of Bummer")
Tomacco salesman ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)")
Door-to-door spring salesman ("The Old Man and the "C" Student")
Door-to-door sugar salesman ("Lisa's Rival")
Traveling salesman for Simpson & Son, Revitalizing Tonic ("Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy")
Used car salesman ("Diatribe of a Mad Housewife")
Sailor
in the Naval Reserve ("Simpson Tide")
Sanitation commissioner ("Trash of the Titans")
Security officer
for SpringShield ("Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge")
Smuggler
of beer ("Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment")
of prescription drugs ("Midnight Rx")
of fruits and vegetables ("Itchy & Scratchy Land")
of sugar ("Sweets and Sour Marge")
Soccer referee ("Marge Gamer" and "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee")
Soldier
Homer's old military sergeant comes to dinner ("Two Dozen and One Greyhounds")
the enemy in a military drill. ("G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)")
Softball player ("Homer at the Bat")
Store worker
Foot Locker employee ("Marge Gamer")
Night-clerk for the Kwik-E-Mart ("Lisa's Pony")
Superhero
as Pie Man ("Simple Simpson")
Spokesperson
Impotency spokesman for Viag rogaine ("Barting Over")
Spokesperson for blue pants ("My Fair Laddy")
Swimmer
Swims across the Springfield Channel (In the Swim)

T[edit]

Talk show host
of Gut Check with Homer Simpson ("Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson")
of The Homer Simpson Show ("Today I Am a Clown")
Taste-tester
for local moonshine ("Rednecks and Broomsticks")
Teacher ("Secrets of a Successful Marriage")
Television producer [citation needed]
Telemarketer ("Lisa's Date with Density")
Town crier ("Lisa the Iconoclast")
Trainer
of attack-dogs for the The Pitiless Pup Attack Dog School ("I Married Marge")
Trucker ("Maximum Homerdrive")

U[edit]

Union leader ("Last Exit to Springfield")

V[edit]

Voice actor
Angry Dad ("Angry Dad: The Movie")
Poochie ("The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show")

W[edit]

Webmaster ("The Computer Wore Menace Shoes")
Wrestler
Amateur-Division Professional Arm wrestler ("Marge's Son Poisoning")
Writer
Co-author of The Troll Twins of Underbridge Academy ("The Book Job")
Fortune cookie writer ("A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love")

References[edit]