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"I used to play the field, I used to be a roamer
But the season's turning 'round for me now,
I finally bagged me a Homer!"

―Lurleen Lumpkin^[src]

Lurleen Lumpkin

Character Information Gender: Female ♀ Status: Alive Age: 34[1] Hair: Blonde Occupation: Country Musician Barmaid Relatives: Father: Royce Lumpkin Mother: Unnamed Husband: Unnamed, but resembles Homer Ex-husbands: All unnamed, but resemble Homer Aunt: Unnamed First appearance: "Colonel Homer" Voiced by: Beverly D'Angelo Doris Grau v • d • e • h

Lurleen Lumpkin is an attractive, aspiring country western singer. Homer was her manager for a time.

History[edit]

Homer discovered Lurleen at The Beer -N- Brawl, a country bar in Spittle County. She sang "Your Wife Don't Understand You" for the rowdy bar crowd, and Homer was amazed by her voice. He decided to help her launch a singing career, much to the chagrin of Marge. Lurleen was grateful to have someone helping her with her career, but she quickly started falling for Homer, and it came out in her song lyrics. First, she flirted with him in "Bagged Me a Homer", which angered Marge, but to which Homer remained oblivious. Then she made an open attempt to seduce him with an erotic song called "Bunk with Me Tonight". When Lurleen sang the song for him, it finally dawned on Homer that Lurleen was attracted to him.

Shortly after that, Homer booked Lurleen to appear as a guest star on the country-western variety show Ya Hoo!. During the show, Lurleen made another attempt to seduce Homer, luring him into her dressing room and passionately kissing him. Homer, however, had another epiphany, and suddenly realized that managing Lurleen could hurt his marriage and cost him his family. He abruptly quit as her manager in the middle of the show, sold her contract for $50 to an agent from Rebel Yell Records, and went home to Marge. Saddened, but wiser, Lurleen then sang on the show a new song called "Stand By Your Manager", which she had written on the spot. Happily, Homer and Marge were able to make up before the show was over.^[2]

Lurleen enjoyed a brief period of success after Homer quit managing her. At what Kent Brockman described as the peak of her career, she appeared as a celebrity guest on The Muppet Show. Lurleen sang "Bunk with Me Tonight" for Kermit, which got him into trouble with Miss Piggy. Lurleen also made a guest appearance on Springfield Squares, occupying the coveted center-square position.^[3]

After that, however, Lurleen's career went into a downward spiral,^[1] and she started drinking heavily.^[4] She also never got over Homer, marrying and divorcing three times—with all of her ex-husbands, despite being from diverse ethnic backgrounds, bearing striking resemblances to Homer.^[1]

Lurleen was present during the opening of the Springfield Monorail, where she revealed to Kent Brockman that she had been to the Betty Ford Clinic and had "spent last night in a ditch."^[4] Lurleen was also seen at the Bowlarama as one-fourth of a bowling team called "The Home Wreckers", the other three members being Jacques Brunswick, Mindy Simmons and Princess Kashmir.^[5] She did have some work as a musician during this time, playing in Branson, Missouri in a show along with Pip Diddler.^[6]

When Kirk was in jail, Lurleen was one of the girls that fell in love with him.^[7]

Lurleen resurfaced when Mayor Quimby was aggressively rounding up citizens who owed back taxes, and was arrested. She pleaded to Judge Snyder that she couldn't afford to pay anything because all of her money was going to her ex-husbands, but Snyder was unmoved and ordered her to start paying her taxes. Homer and Marge promised to help her get her career back on track, and Marge helped reunite Lurleen with her deadbeat father. When her father betrayed her again (stealing one of her new songs), Lurleen retook control of her career and went on to open for The Dixie Chicks. She still didn't have all her personal issues resolved, though, as she fell for yet another man who resembled Homer.^[1]

Songs[edit]

• "Your Wife Don't Understand You"
• "Bagged Me a Homer"
• "Bunk with Me Tonight"
• "Stand By Your Manager"
• "Daddy's Back"
• "Cryin' in My Cradle"
• "I'm Basting a Turkey With My Tears"
• "Don't Look Up My Dress Unless You Mean It"
• "I'm Sick of Your Lying Lips and False Teeth"

Non-canon[edit]

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Lurleen Image Cost Unlock method Unlocks with Unlock message Yearbook 140 Formerly: Level 48 Premium Beer -N- Brawl 30 140 Level 48 Premium (The Vault) 1 Springfield Enlightened Banned by the Buddha Mystery Box Technical Information ID Groups Quest(s) Internal Name 42001 Premium Female, Premium Characters, Celebrity, Kook, Bowler, Adult, Musicians, Republican Country on the Inside Lurleen Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Attend Duff Gardens 5m 15, 5 Duff Gardens Go Skating 10m 26, 7 Simpsons' Skating Rink Mail Alimony Cheques 60m 105, 26 Kwik-E-Mart Record a Demo 4h 260, 70 Brown House Overpay for Sex on the Beach 4h 260, 70 Smooches on the Beach Stay at the Swelldorado 4h 260, 70 Swelldorado Try to Win at Blackjack 4h 260, 70 $ Casino Big $ Drink and Babysit 4h 260, 70 The Boiled Potato Pub Daycare Attend Coffee Meetup 4h 260, 70 Jittery Joe's Coffee Shop for Cider 4h 260, 70 Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill Obtain Anxiety Medication 6h 350, 90 Springfield Medical Center Write a Song 8h 420, 105 Beer -N- Brawl Dance the Señor Burns 8h 420, 105 Chez Guevara Señor Burns Play Country Guitar 12h 600, 150 Country on the Inside Pt. 5 Enjoy a Night at the Theater 12h 600, 150 Springfield Playhouse Complain About Electric Buzzing 12h 600, 150 The Buzzing Sign Diner Barbeque Some Roadkill 24h 1,000, 225 Barbecue Pit Country on the Inside Pt. 1 Buy Groceries at a Kindling Store 24h 1,000, 225 Kevin's Kindling Animated Tasks Play Country Guitar Barbeque Some Roadkill

Behind the Laughter[edit]

• In her debut appearance in "Colonel Homer", Lurleen is voiced by American actress and singer Beverly D'Angelo, who reprises her role in the Season 19 episode "Papa Don't Leech". D'Angelo was cast because of her role as country music singer Patsy Cline in the film Coal Miner's Daughter.^[8]
• D'Angelo wrote the songs "Your Wife Don't Understand You" and "Bagged Me a Homer".^[8]
• In "Marge vs. the Monorail", Lurleen is voiced by Doris Grau.
• Lurleen appears on the "The Simpsons Gone Wild" and "The Simpsons: The Last Temptation of Homer" VHS/DVD covers.

Foreign dubs[edit]

Language Voice dubber Čeština Veronika Žilková

Gallery[edit]

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  Lurleen trying to kiss Homer

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  Lurleen flirting with Homer

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  Lurleen singing "Your Wife Don't Understand You"

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  Lurleen (left), as she appeared in "All About Lisa"

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  Lurleen, next to Cletus, as a muncher in "Treehouse of Horror XX"

Appearances[edit]

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