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|name = Joseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge Quimby, Jr.
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relatives=Wife - [[Martha Quimby|Martha]]<br>Brother - [[Clovis Quimby|Clovis]]<br>Nephew - [[Freddie Quimby|Freddie]]<br>Children - Several illegitimate by various mistresses|
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|alias = Mayor Quimby<br>Diamond Joe
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|job = Mayor of [[Springfield]]
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|relatives = '''Mother:''' [[Rose Quimby]]<br>'''Father:''' [[Joe Quimby, Sr.]]<ref>"[[Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em]]"</ref><br>'''Wife:''' [[Martha Quimby]]<br>'''Brother:''' [[Clovis Quimby]]<br>'''Nephew:''' [[Freddy Quimby|Freddy]]<br>'''Children:''' [[Cookie Kwan and Joe Quimby's son|Unnamed son]], Shirley, 2 sons and daughter
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'''Joseph "Joe" Fitzpatrick Fitzgerald Fitzhenry Quimby''', a.k.a. '''"Diamond Joe" Quimby''', or simply '''Mayor Quimby''' (voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]]), is known for his unusual manner of speaking, commonly separating words with "er" and "er, a", much like President Kennedy. When Kennedy was portrayed in an episode, they shared the same voice.
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'''Joseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge "Diamond Joe" Quimby, Jr.'''<ref>"[[Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes]]"</ref> is the [[Mayor of Springfield]]. He appears as a slick, opportunistic politician whose chief priorities seem to be keeping himself in office, womanizing, and various other forms of corruption, including embezzling tax money, taking bribes from [[Fat Tony]], the local Mafia Don, and giving monthly kickbacks to Police [[Chief Wiggum]]. The seal on the wall of his office reads "Corruptus in Extremis", which means "extremely corrupt".
  
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He has long served as the mayor of the city of [[Springfield]]. He appears as a slick, sleazy politician whose only priorities seem to be keeping himself in office, womanizing, and various forms of corruption, including embezzlement of tax money and taking bribes from mobster [[Fat Tony]].
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== Biography ==
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Despite being mayor for such a long time, Quimby does not know or care much about his city, often privately (or even publicly) showing his outright contempt for Springfield's citizens. He frequently takes overseas vacations, which take him out of town for extended periods of time, leading to the headline "Mayor Visits City" in the Springfield Shopper. He once referred to Springfield as Springfeld at a public meeting. However, he makes frequent, albeit short, public appearances for local festivities, events, business openings, etc.
  
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Joe Quimby's name partly comes from NW Quimby Street in Portland, Oregon, the hometown of show creator [[Matt Groening]]. The rest of the character's name, as well as his character, is from Portland mobster and chief of police, "Diamond" Jim Purcell.  
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If bending the law will suit Quimby's purposes, he will likely do so. He once arranged Marge Simpson's release after she was arrested for blocking traffic on a bridge after suffering a nervous breakdown because he felt keeping her in jail would result in him kissing the "chick vote" goodbye. He also resorted to bribing witnesses when assault charges were brought against his nephew, leading Bart Simpson to observe that "the system works: just ask Claus von Bülow".
  
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Quimby is a composite caricature of several of the members of the Kennedy family, who have long been active in American politics. He speaks with a Boston accent, in a style most resembling that of Ted Kennedy. The mayor is apparently a Democrat, like the Kennedys, enjoys sizable wealth, and lives on a coastal estate (the "Quimby compound") with his family—not unlike the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts. Quimby is married to a woman who wears a pink suit and pillbox hat similar to one Jacqueline Kennedy made famous. She may be also related to actor [[Rainier Wolfcastle]], who is modeled after Arnold Schwarzenegger (husband of JFK's niece, Maria Shriver); Wolfcastle has been spotted at Quimby family functions. The mayor's nephew, [[Freddy Quimby]], was [[The Boy Who Knew Too Much]] tried for assault during which Mayor Quimby tried to bribe witnesses. Mayor Quimby does not get along with local Police Chief [[Clancy Wiggum]]. Few other members of the Quimby clan have been specified, although in the episode ''Treehouse of Horror III'' Lisa refers to Quimby's brother, [[Clovis Quimby]], as the "beer-swilling" driver who ran over the first Simpson family cat - [[Snowball I]].  
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Despite his vices and general self-serving use of the law, he has at times attempted to utilize the law for the greater good of Springfield, such as enacting "Code Black" to clean up Lake Springfield, as well as the (albeit largely ignored) establishing of a 75 cent toll booth in order to gain enough tax money to "de-python the town fountain."
  
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He is known to be a womanizer, and to occasionally amuse himself with pornographic playing cards during town meetings. He frequently takes overseas vacations, which take him out of town for extended periods of time, leading to the headline "Mayor Visits City" in the ''Springfield Shopper''. He once referred to Springfield as ''Springfeld'' at a public meeting.
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His catch phrase is "Vote Quimby", which he always finds an opportunity to say, even in situations where it would be disadvantageous to identify himself, like inadvertently being caught by Homer in a low-rent motel room with his mistress.
  
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Quimby's corrupt personality and love of overseas junkets is perhaps most amusingly highlighted during one episode where he announces that after a three-month "fact-finding mission", he has concluded that it is NOT feasible to build a high-speed rail link between Springfield and the tropical paradise resort of Aruba.
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== Elections ==
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Quimby was elected Mayor of Springfield in 1986. He has been re-elected several times since, despite rather open admissions of fraud and wrongdoing. He once admitted to using taxpayer dollars to fund the murder of his enemies, but thanks to a clever use of a popular catch phrase ("I'm a bad wittle boy"), he was re-elected in a landslide. Further evidence of his apparent political ideology, Quimby has earned himself the hatred of Springfield's small but vocal Republican elite, themselves portrayed as mostly dark, ghoulish figures who meet in a castle.  
  
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It has been implied on occasion that he is connected to Fat Tony, the local Mafia Don. It is certain that Quimby will bend the law if it suits his purposes: he once arranged [[Marge Simpson]]'s release after she was arrested for blocking traffic on a bridge after suffering a nervous breakdown, claiming that if she went to jail, Quimby could kiss the "chick vote" goodbye.
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When the party nominated [[Sideshow Bob]] as its mayoral candidate, Bob rigged the election, briefly deposing Quimby. He was re-instated when Bob was found guilty of fraud and imprisoned. He also survived a [[See Homer Run|recall election]] in 2005, with no candidate in the race against him (candidates included [[Rainier Wolfcastle]] (another Schwarzenegger reference), ''[[Kent Brockman]]'', and even [[Homer Simpson]]) garnering the 5% necessary to force a recall.
  
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Quimby was elected Mayor of [[Springfield]] in 1986. He has been re-elected several times since, despite rather open admissions of fraud and wrongdoing. He once admitted to using taxpayer dollars to fund the murder of his enemies, but thanks to a clever use of a popular catch phrase ("I'm a bad wittle boy"), he was re-elected in a landslide. Further evidence of his apparent political ideology, Quimby has earned himself the hatred of Springfield's small but vocal Republican elite, themselves portrayed as mostly dark, ghoulish figures who meet in a castle.
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He was replaced by [[Snowball II]] for a brief period, until she fell asleep during the whole British Invasion of Springfield.<ref>''[[Hail to the Cat]]''</ref>
  
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== Non-canon ==
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When the party nominated [[Sideshow Bob]] as its mayoral candidate, Bob rigged the election, briefly deposing Quimby. He was re-instated when Bob was found guilty of fraud and imprisoned. He also survived a recall election in [[See Homer Run]] in 2005, with no candidate in the race against him (candidates included Rainier Wolfcastle (another Schwarzenegger reference), ''[[Kent Brockman]]'', and even [[Homer Simpson]]) garnering the 5% necessary to force a recall. Quimby also is frequently noticed in bed with the same blonde woman who is illiterate. Quimby himself was once labeled as illiterate by talk radio personality [[Birch Barlow]], as well as "tax-cheating," "wife-swapping," and "pot-smoking." Quimby retorted back towards the radio as he watered his plants, "Hey! I am no longer illiterate." The plant in question appeared to a cannabis plant.
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In a future version of [[Springfield]], Quimby is seen as a Taxi Driver. It's implied that he was thrown out of Office, and he has to try to deflect the embarrassment and shame of the event by falsifying his Drivers License by claiming that his name is Mohammad Jafar.<ref>"[[Lisa's Wedding]]"</ref>
  
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Quimby was once the subject of 27 separate paternity suits; a result, no doubt, of his frequent womanizing. One of the women he allegedly impregnated was [[Cookie Kwan]], who held up a baby remarkably similar to Quimby in both looks and mannerisms. With characteristic evasion, Quimby immediately passed the baby to one of his handlers, instructing him to "Raise the child as your own." Presumably, the paternity suits are still ongoing.
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Quimby also implies that he was once the mayor of [[Seattle]] and caused a calamity while he was in office there.<ref>''[[The Town That Time Forgot]]''</ref>
  
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In the episode ''[[Lisa's Wedding]]'', set in the future, we find out that Quimby eventually relinquished his position as mayor after being indicted for an unspecified crime (presumably fraud) and ends up being a taxicab driver for [[Otto]]'s taxi company using the alias "Mohammed Jafar", a likely reference to disgraced former West Virginia Governor William C. Marland's turn as a cabbie in Chicago after leaving office.
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Mayor Quimby has a cousin, [[Simon Kennerly]], who is the city council president of [[Shelbyville]]. Every year, they come together to hold a Springfield/Shelbyville bake-off.<ref>''[[Splotchmen]]''</ref>
  
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His catch phrase is "Vote Quimby", which he always finds an opportunity to say, even during sex. On ''The Daily Show'', Jon Stewart sometimes says this catchphrase after doing an impression of a Kennedy.
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=== The Simpsons Game ===
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Joe Quimby appears mostly in the cutscenes of the level [[Mob Rules]] as he shares a hot-tub and some interns with the EA Games executive in order to receive his bribe to have ''Grand Theft Scratchy'' be sold to minors. When the EA Games executive sees a senator among the mob created by Marge protesting the sale of the game outside City Hall, he takes back the bribe, forcing Quimby to ban the sale of the game.
  
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In ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' #113, Quimby is revealed to have four illegitimate sons who are all at an orphanage. These children have yet to appear in an animated episode.
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=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
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{{TranscludeSection|The Simpsons: Tapped Out characters/Civil Servants|Quimby}}
  
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In the video game ''[[The Simpsons Hit and Run]]'', Quimby, when he was faced with a mob angry about mysterious wasp cameras cropping up all over town, he quoted, "These cameras are an outrage! Spying in our women's bathrooms, change rooms and laundry rooms. I think I speak for all Springfield when I say, where is the sexy footage?!"
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==== Others ====
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<gallery>
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File:Number 22 Stonecutters.png|[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out characters/Even More Stonecutters#Number 22|Number 22]]
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File:King Quimby.png|[[King Quimby]]
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File:Kickback Quimby.png|Kickback Quimby
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</gallery>
  
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== Behind the Laughter ==
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=== Origin of name ===
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Joe Quimby's name partly comes from NW Quimby Street in [[Portland]], [[Oregon]], hometown of show creator [[Matt Groening]]. Quimby Street was originally named Q Street and renamed in 1891 for [[Vermont]]-native and Portland pioneer L.W.P. Quimby, a hotelier who founded of a trucking company and served as state game warden.<ref>''[[Springfield Confidential]]'' Chapter 6</ref><ref>[http://pnwphotoblog.com/portland-street-names-october-21-quimby Portland Street Names: Quimby]</ref><ref>[http://www.wweek.com/news/2016/05/25/the-great-portland-street-renaming Willamette Weekly: Did Any Total Schlubs Wind Up With Their Own Street Just Because Their Name Started With An Uncommon Letter?]</ref> The rest of the character's name is from Portland mobster and chief of police, {{W|Jim Purcell|"Diamond" Jim Purcell}}.
  
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=== Comparisons to the Kennedy family ===
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There are many things about Quimby and his family that are similar to Ted Kennedy and the Kennedy political family such as:
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*He speaks with a Boston accent, in a style most resembling that of Ted Kennedy, commonly separating words with "er" and "ah".
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*The mayor is a Democrat, like the Kennedys.
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*He enjoys lavish wealth.
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*He lives on a coastal estate (the "Quimby compound") with his family—not unlike the Kennedy Compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts.
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*Quimby is married to a woman who wears a pink suit and pillbox hat similar to one Jacqueline Kennedy made famous, whom he met while she was working in [[Bart After Dark|Maison Derrière]]. She may be also related to actor [[Rainier Wolfcastle]], who is modeled after Arnold Schwarzenegger (husband of Ted Kennedy's niece, Maria Shriver); Wolfcastle has been spotted at Quimby family functions.
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*The Kennedy family is Irish and so is Joe Quimby.
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*The mayor's nephew, Freddy Quimby, was [[The Boy Who Knew Too Much|once]] tried for assault (a reference to the William Kennedy Smith rape trial) during which Mayor Quimby tried to bribe witnesses.
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*One of his many middle names is Fitzgerald, which was president John F. Kennedy's middle name.
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During the USAToday.com contest to choose which Springfield would host the Simpsons Movie premiere, Ted Kennedy himself appears in a video in which he invited "Diamond Joe" Quimby to Springfield, Massachusetts, and even mocked his own oft-mocked pronunciation of the word "Chowder" (as "Chow-Dah").
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In addition to the clear Kennedy connection, Quimby also has similarities with Charles Foster Kane, including having built an opera house for his girlfriend.
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Latest revision as of 18:46, November 4, 2024

"Vote Quimby."
―Mayor Quimby's catchphrase
Joseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge Quimby, Jr.
Joe Quimby.png
Character Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Status:
Alive
Alias(es): Mayor Quimby
Diamond Joe
Hair: Brown
Occupation: Mayor of Springfield
Relatives: Mother: Rose Quimby
Father: Joe Quimby, Sr.[1]
Wife: Martha Quimby
Brother: Clovis Quimby
Nephew: Freddy
Children: Unnamed son, Shirley, 2 sons and daughter
First appearance: "Bart Gets an "F""
Voiced by: Dan Castellaneta
v • d • e • h


Joseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge "Diamond Joe" Quimby, Jr.[2] is the Mayor of Springfield. He appears as a slick, opportunistic politician whose chief priorities seem to be keeping himself in office, womanizing, and various other forms of corruption, including embezzling tax money, taking bribes from Fat Tony, the local Mafia Don, and giving monthly kickbacks to Police Chief Wiggum. The seal on the wall of his office reads "Corruptus in Extremis", which means "extremely corrupt".

Biography[edit]

Despite being mayor for such a long time, Quimby does not know or care much about his city, often privately (or even publicly) showing his outright contempt for Springfield's citizens. He frequently takes overseas vacations, which take him out of town for extended periods of time, leading to the headline "Mayor Visits City" in the Springfield Shopper. He once referred to Springfield as Springfeld at a public meeting. However, he makes frequent, albeit short, public appearances for local festivities, events, business openings, etc.

If bending the law will suit Quimby's purposes, he will likely do so. He once arranged Marge Simpson's release after she was arrested for blocking traffic on a bridge after suffering a nervous breakdown because he felt keeping her in jail would result in him kissing the "chick vote" goodbye. He also resorted to bribing witnesses when assault charges were brought against his nephew, leading Bart Simpson to observe that "the system works: just ask Claus von Bülow".

Despite his vices and general self-serving use of the law, he has at times attempted to utilize the law for the greater good of Springfield, such as enacting "Code Black" to clean up Lake Springfield, as well as the (albeit largely ignored) establishing of a 75 cent toll booth in order to gain enough tax money to "de-python the town fountain."

His catch phrase is "Vote Quimby", which he always finds an opportunity to say, even in situations where it would be disadvantageous to identify himself, like inadvertently being caught by Homer in a low-rent motel room with his mistress.

Elections[edit]

Quimby was elected Mayor of Springfield in 1986. He has been re-elected several times since, despite rather open admissions of fraud and wrongdoing. He once admitted to using taxpayer dollars to fund the murder of his enemies, but thanks to a clever use of a popular catch phrase ("I'm a bad wittle boy"), he was re-elected in a landslide. Further evidence of his apparent political ideology, Quimby has earned himself the hatred of Springfield's small but vocal Republican elite, themselves portrayed as mostly dark, ghoulish figures who meet in a castle.

When the party nominated Sideshow Bob as its mayoral candidate, Bob rigged the election, briefly deposing Quimby. He was re-instated when Bob was found guilty of fraud and imprisoned. He also survived a recall election in 2005, with no candidate in the race against him (candidates included Rainier Wolfcastle (another Schwarzenegger reference), Kent Brockman, and even Homer Simpson) garnering the 5% necessary to force a recall.

He was replaced by Snowball II for a brief period, until she fell asleep during the whole British Invasion of Springfield.[3]

Non-canon[edit]

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

In a future version of Springfield, Quimby is seen as a Taxi Driver. It's implied that he was thrown out of Office, and he has to try to deflect the embarrassment and shame of the event by falsifying his Drivers License by claiming that his name is Mohammad Jafar.[4]

Quimby also implies that he was once the mayor of Seattle and caused a calamity while he was in office there.[5]

Mayor Quimby has a cousin, Simon Kennerly, who is the city council president of Shelbyville. Every year, they come together to hold a Springfield/Shelbyville bake-off.[6]

The Simpsons Game[edit]

Joe Quimby appears mostly in the cutscenes of the level Mob Rules as he shares a hot-tub and some interns with the EA Games executive in order to receive his bribe to have Grand Theft Scratchy be sold to minors. When the EA Games executive sees a senator among the mob created by Marge protesting the sale of the game outside City Hall, he takes back the bribe, forcing Quimby to ban the sale of the game.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out[edit]

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Quimby
Image Cost Unlock method Unlocks with Unlock message
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Others[edit]

Behind the Laughter[edit]

Origin of name[edit]

Joe Quimby's name partly comes from NW Quimby Street in Portland, Oregon, hometown of show creator Matt Groening. Quimby Street was originally named Q Street and renamed in 1891 for Vermont-native and Portland pioneer L.W.P. Quimby, a hotelier who founded of a trucking company and served as state game warden.[7][8][9] The rest of the character's name is from Portland mobster and chief of police, "Diamond" Jim Purcell.

Comparisons to the Kennedy family[edit]

There are many things about Quimby and his family that are similar to Ted Kennedy and the Kennedy political family such as:

  • He speaks with a Boston accent, in a style most resembling that of Ted Kennedy, commonly separating words with "er" and "ah".
  • The mayor is a Democrat, like the Kennedys.
  • He enjoys lavish wealth.
  • He lives on a coastal estate (the "Quimby compound") with his family—not unlike the Kennedy Compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts.
  • Quimby is married to a woman who wears a pink suit and pillbox hat similar to one Jacqueline Kennedy made famous, whom he met while she was working in Maison Derrière. She may be also related to actor Rainier Wolfcastle, who is modeled after Arnold Schwarzenegger (husband of Ted Kennedy's niece, Maria Shriver); Wolfcastle has been spotted at Quimby family functions.
  • The Kennedy family is Irish and so is Joe Quimby.
  • The mayor's nephew, Freddy Quimby, was once tried for assault (a reference to the William Kennedy Smith rape trial) during which Mayor Quimby tried to bribe witnesses.
  • One of his many middle names is Fitzgerald, which was president John F. Kennedy's middle name.

During the USAToday.com contest to choose which Springfield would host the Simpsons Movie premiere, Ted Kennedy himself appears in a video in which he invited "Diamond Joe" Quimby to Springfield, Massachusetts, and even mocked his own oft-mocked pronunciation of the word "Chowder" (as "Chow-Dah").

In addition to the clear Kennedy connection, Quimby also has similarities with Charles Foster Kane, including having built an opera house for his girlfriend.

Foreign dubs[edit]

Language Voice dubber
Czech Republic flag.png Čeština Milan Slepička

Appearances[edit]

Episodes:Specials:Adverts:Simpsons Illustrated:Simpsons Comics and Stories:Simpsons Comics:Krusty Comics:Treehouse of Horror:Bart Simpson:Futurama Crossover:Comic Strips:Holiday Humdinger:Super Spectacular:Winter Wingding:Summer Shindig:Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book:Annuals:Homer for the Holidays:One-Shot Wonders:Video Games:Books:Merchandise:

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em"
  2. ↑ "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes"
  3. ↑ Hail to the Cat
  4. ↑ "Lisa's Wedding"
  5. ↑ The Town That Time Forgot
  6. ↑ Splotchmen
  7. ↑ Springfield Confidential Chapter 6
  8. ↑ Portland Street Names: Quimby
  9. ↑ Willamette Weekly: Did Any Total Schlubs Wind Up With Their Own Street Just Because Their Name Started With An Uncommon Letter?


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