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Not to be confused with The Thung.

The Thing

Character Information

Gender:	Male ♂
Status:	Fictional
Alias(es):	Ben Grimm
Occupation:	Superhero
First appearance:	"Homer vs. Dignity"

The Thing (real name Ben Grimm) is a superhero and a member of the Fantastic Four.

History

Stan Lee once jammed a Thing action figure into Database's Batmobile, breaking the toy in the process.^[1]

At a superhero themed pub crawl, Homer dressed as The Thing.^[2]

Comic Book Guy has bookends of The Thing and the Hulk.^[3]^[4]

Someone was seen dressed as The Thing at Comicalooza.^[5]

One of the items that Comic Book Guy asked Bart to get him from the toy store was The Thing fists and feet.^[6]

On Comic Book Guy's list of greatest quotes of all time is "It's clobberin' time!" by The Thing.^[7]

Lenny complained about the comic The Thing vs. Alan Greenspan to Comic Book Guy.^[8]

Non-canon

The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed.

When Lisa was playing with the magic stopwatch, she turned the family into the Fantastic Four. Homer became The Thing.^[9]

Behind the Laughter

The Thing is a comic book superhero created by writer Stan Lee.
The Thung, a parody of The Thing, appeared in the episode "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes".

Appearances

Episode – "Homer vs. Dignity" (comic)
Episode – "I Am Furious (Yellow)"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIV" (Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off; Homer)
Episode – "Husbands and Knives" (mentioned)
Episode – "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting" (costume)
Episode – "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" (bookend)
Episode – "Springfield Splendor" (bookend)
Episode – "101 Mitigations" (figurine)
Episode – "Three Dreams Denied" (costume)
Episode – "Murder, She Boat" (costume)
Comic story – Bart's Beard (poster)
Comic story – Bartless on a Tuesday (comic)
Comic story – Spree for All (mentioned on Comic Book Guy's want list)
Book – Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture (mentioned)

References

External links

The Thing at Wikipedia

Superheroes

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[1] "I Am Furious (Yellow)"

[2] "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting"

[3] "I Won't Be Home for Christmas"

[4] "Springfield Splendor"

[5] "Three Dreams Denied"

[6] Spree for All

[7] Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture

[8] Bartless on a Tuesday

[9] "Treehouse of Horror XIV"

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