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"Vote Quimby."

―Mayor Quimby's catchphrase

Joseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge Quimby, Jr.

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]

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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.^[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 15,000 Level 20 Re-Elect Mayor Quimby Pt. 2 Town Hall Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name 23 Regular Characters, Regular Male, High Roller, Civil Servant, Glutton, Criminal, Adult, Rich People, Normal Springfielders Quimby Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Go Skating 10m 17, 5 Simpsons' Skating Rink Go for a Checkup 10m 17, 5 Hibbert Family Practice Mayorital Difficulties Nap in the Brown House 30m 40, 10 Brown House The Mysterious Brown House Pt. 5 Give a Speech 60m 70, 17 Town Hall Diamond Joe Wows Them Again Two Extra Eyes on Springfield Pt. 6 Take a Long Lunch 3h 135, 35 Madame and Masseur Tend Dubious Plant 3h 135, 35 Wel-Scare State Pt. 4 Attend Parenting Seminars 4h 260, 70 Universal Panacea Go Fancy Shopping 4h 175, 45 Carnaby Street Hang at the Ha-Ha Spa 4h 260, 70 Klub Krusty Adult Retreat Eat a Dozen Bagels 4h 175, 45 The Doughy Dozen Bagels Purchase "Herbal Spinach" 4h 260, 70 Herbal Spinach Cart Herbs in a Hurry Pt. 2 Consider Becoming Anglican 4h 175, 45 St. Paul's Cathedral Drink and Babysit 4h 175, 45 The Boiled Potato Pub Daycare Socialize With El Presidente 4h 175, 45 Island Capitol Building Try to Win at Blackjack 4h 175, 45 $ Casino Big $ Stay at the Swelldorado 4h 260, 70 Swelldorado Overpay for Sex on the Beach 4h 260, 70 Smooches on the Beach Pilfer Shoplifting Section 4h 260, 70 Fortune Megastore Eat Between Heart Attacks 4h 260, 70 Deuce's Caboose Chili Dogs Deep Fried Death Take the Sir-Loin-A-Lot Challenge 4h 175, 45 Slaughterhouse Restaurant Collect Bribes 4h 175, 45 Springfield Downs Is It Pay Day Already? Springfield Confidential Pt. 2 Teach a Class on Bribing Officials 4h 175, 45 Monster Business School Shop for Cider 4h 260, 70 Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill Try to Get Free Dry Cleaning 4h 175, 45 Twelve-Day Dry Cleaners Get Treatment for "Illnesses" 6h 225, 55 Springfield Medical Center Dance the Señor Burns 8h 420, 105 Chez Guevara Señor Burns Deliver Kickbacks 8h 275, 70 Police Station Corruptus Extremus Eat at a Neutral Location 8h 420, 105 Cora's Diner Write Book on Ethics 12h 420, 100 Town Hall The Buck Stops Here, The Work Also Enjoy a Night at the Theater 12h 420, 100 Springfield Playhouse Complain About Electric Buzzing 12h 420, 100 The Buzzing Sign Diner Embezzle Money 24h 600, 150 Possession is Ten Tenths of the Law Check-in for a "Meeting" 24h 600, 150 Ziff Hotel Buy Groceries at a Kindling Store 24h 600, 150 Kevin's Kindling Animated Tasks Give a Speech Tend Dubious Plant Embezzle Money

Others[edit]

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  Number 22

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  King Quimby

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  Kickback Quimby

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 Čeština Milan Slepička

Appearances[edit]