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'''Julio Franco''' is a Cuban-American gay man living in [[Springfield]].
  
''[[D'oh]]'' (represented in the shows script as "annoyed-grunt") is [[Homer Simpson]]'s famous catchphrase. It is used when Homer hurts himself, finds out something to his embarrassment or chagrin, is outsmarted, or undergoes or anticipates misfortune.  
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Julio once lived as a straight man and was married to a woman named [[Adriatica Vel Johnson]]. He later came out as gay, and he and [[Grady]] became partners and moved in together. They had a three-bedroom apartment, but at one point had lost their third person and were looking for a replacement roommate.
  
When [[Dan Castellaneta]],Homer's voice actor, was first asked to voice the exclamation, he rendered it as a drawn out "doooh", inspired by Jimmy Finlayson, the moustached Scottish actor who appeared in many Laurel and Hardy films. Finlayson coined the term as a minced oath to stand for the word "Damn!" The show's creator [[Matt Groening]] felt that it would better suit the timing of animation if it were spoken faster so Castellaneta shortened it to "D'oh!"
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At that time, Julio and Grady met [[Homer]]. Homer had found a note that [[Marge]] had written before they had gotten married where she said she wasn't sure she wanted to be with him. Upset, Homer decided to move out of the house and went looking for a new place to live. He wandered into [[Springfield]]'s [[Gay village]], saw that Julio and Grady were looking for a roommate, and promptly moved in with them. Eventually Homer moved back home when he discovered that Marge really loved him after all...
  
It was first heard on a Tracey Ullman Show short entitled "[[Punching Bag]]", which aired  on November 27, 1988. When Bart and Lisa try to hide a punching bag with his face on it, and it knocks him out. Homer's reaction is "D'oh!" The next occasion it was heard was in the first episodes of The Simpsons, "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", airing on December 17, 1989.
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Variations of the catchphrase have been heard in numerous episodes, suiting a different situation, examples include [[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire|"Ho-ho-d'oh!"]],[[Bart of Darkness|"D'oheth!"]],[[Thirty Minutes over Tokyo|"shimatta-baka-ni"]] and [[The Simpsons Movie|"D'oooooooooooooome!!"]].
 
 
 
Many episodes have also use (annoyed grunt) in their titles, because d'oh didn't originally have an official spelling, such as [[Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]] and [[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot]], but other use the shortened term d'oh, such as [[C.E. D'oh]] and [[D'oh-in' in the Wind]].
 
 
 
The term d'oh was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2002, with the definition:''”Expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned, or that one has just said or done something foolish. Also (usu. mildly derogatory) implying that another person has said or done something foolish (Duh).”''
 
 
 
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Julio Franco is a Cuban-American gay man living in Springfield.

Julio once lived as a straight man and was married to a woman named Adriatica Vel Johnson. He later came out as gay, and he and Grady became partners and moved in together. They had a three-bedroom apartment, but at one point had lost their third person and were looking for a replacement roommate.

At that time, Julio and Grady met Homer. Homer had found a note that Marge had written before they had gotten married where she said she wasn't sure she wanted to be with him. Upset, Homer decided to move out of the house and went looking for a new place to live. He wandered into Springfield's Gay village, saw that Julio and Grady were looking for a roommate, and promptly moved in with them. Eventually Homer moved back home when he discovered that Marge really loved him after all...

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