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{{Character
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name=Elizabeth Hoover|
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|name = Elizabeth Hoover
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gender=Female|
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|image = [[File:Elizabeth Hoover.png]]
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hair=Long brown (originally blue)|
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|caption = Artwork of Miss Hoover from ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''
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age=30|
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|gender = {{Female}}
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job=Second grade teacher at [[Springfield Elementary]]|
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|hair = Brown (formerly blue and red)
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relatives=none|
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|age =  
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appearance=[[Brush with Greatness]]|
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|status = Alive
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voiced by=[[Maggie Roswell]]
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|job = Teacher at [[Springfield Elementary]]
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|relatives = '''Husband:''' [[Gil Gunderson]]<ref name="Habeas Tortoise">"[[Habeas Tortoise]]"</ref>
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|appearance = "[[Brush with Greatness]]"
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|mentioned = "[[Bart the General]]"
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|voiced by = [[Maggie Roswell]] (1991-1999; 2002-present)<br>[[Marcia Mitzman Gaven]] (1999-2002)
 
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'''Elizabeth Hoover''' (first appearance: [[Brush with Greatness]]; full introduction: [[Lisa's Substitute]]) is the 2nd Grade teacher at Springfield Elementary, voiced by [[Maggie Roswell]] and [[Marcia Mitzman Gaven]] while Roswell was involved in a pay dispute.
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'''Elizabeth Hoover''' (commonly known as '''Miss Hoover''') is a [[Second Grade|second grade]] teacher at [[Springfield Elementary School]].
  
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==Descripton==
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== Biography ==
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Miss Hoover has been worn down by her years in the public school system, and is not against drinking significant quantities of alcohol. She is very apathetic and bored with her job, and seems overwhelmed with stress, seeking whatever remedies she can to alleviate it. She is often seen smoking even while teaching, once even under a "No Smoking" sign in the assembly hall.
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Miss Hoover has been worn down by her years in the public school system, and is not against drinking significant quantities of alcohol. She is very apathetic and bored with her job, and seems overwhelmed with stress, seeking whatever remedies she can to alleviate it. She is often seen smoking even while teaching, once even under a "No Smoking" sign in the assembly hall. Once she was granted tenure, she willingly turned over her teaching responsibilities to Ralph Wiggum.<ref>"[[Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh]]"</ref>
  
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==Mental Health==
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She is in particular weary of dealing with [[Lisa]]'s unbridled enthusiasm (though initially she seemed proud of Lisa) and [[Ralph]]'s mishaps and inanities. A typical response to one of his difficulties is, "The children are right to laugh at you, Ralph." Her bland and indifferent demeanor likely prompted Lisa to identify her as "The Flat Liner" among ''[[The 20 Types of People You Meet in Elementary School]]''.<ref>''[[The Lisa Book]]''</ref>
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Her desperate attempts to regain her stability include rushing out of class to recite "Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean" with her eyes closed, and even, on two occasions, getting into her car and driving off.
 
  
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==Trouble With Kids==
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She was replaced by a substitute teacher, [[Mr. Bergstrom]] when she thought she had Lyme disease. It turned out that her condition was psychosomatic, which the children thought that meant that she was both "faking it" and "crazy."<ref>"[[Lisa's Substitute]]"</ref>
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She is in particular weary of dealing with [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]]'s unbridled enthusiasm (though initially she seemed proud of Lisa) and [[Ralph Wiggum|Ralph]]'s mishaps and inanities. A typical response to one of his difficulties is, "The children are right to laugh at you, Ralph."  
 
  
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==Replacement==
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=== Personal life ===
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She was replaced by a substitute teacher, '''[[Mr. Bergstrom]]''', when she thought she had Lyme disease. It turned out that her condition was psychosomatic, which the children thought that meant that she was both "faking it" and "crazy."
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Miss Hoover lives in a small apartment in a bad part of town with her cat, [[Hemsworth]]. To get home from school, she has to take two buses, walk half a mile down a train track, swing across a drainage ditch, and ride a piece of cardboard down a hill to help her back. Miss Hoover suffers from problems with her back and once sprained a disc in her spine. The combination of her living arrangements and health problems lead her to be a lazy teacher who doesn't care about her class.<ref>"[[Sorry Not Sorry]]"</ref>
  
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==Hair==
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=== Romances ===
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At the beginning of the series , her hair was blue, which changed to red, then changed to brown (her current hair color).
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*Ms. Hoover had a one-time date with Apu,<ref>"[[The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons]]"</ref> and at one time she made out with [[Groundskeeper Willie]].<ref>"[[24 Minutes]]"</ref>
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*She once went on a date with [[Kirk Van Houten]].<ref>"[[Mayored to the Mob]]"</ref>
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*She was once proposed to by an unnamed man. However, she wanted to see other people and hired Homer to break them up.<ref>"[[Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words]]"</ref>
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*She was also seen at the Simpsons' Mardi gra party with [[Principal Skinner]].<ref>"[[No Loan Again, Naturally]]"</ref>
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*She also attended [[Artie Ziff]]'s prom recreation with [[Otto]].<ref>"[[Half-Decent Proposal]]"</ref>
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*She got together with [[Professor Frink]] during "Grownup Halloween".<ref>"[[Halloween of Horror]]"</ref>
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**When Frink made himself desirable to women, Miss Hoover was one of the women who took interest in him.<ref name="Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4">"[[Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4]]"</ref>
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**She was seen with Frink again at a screening of [[Forward to the Past]].<ref>"[[The Dad-Feelings Limited]]"</ref>
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*Frink later paired her with [[Duffman]].<ref name="Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4"/>
  
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==Romances==
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==== Marriage ====
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In the episode [[24 Minutes]] she can be seen right at the beginnning in a screen having sexual intercourse with [[Groundskeeper Willie]].
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Miss Hoover joined a conspiracy group looking for [[Slow Leonard]], who had gone missing from the [[Springfield Zoo]]. [[Gil Gunderson]] was also part of the group. When the two both reached for a ball of [[Mrs. McClellan's Evidence Yarn]], their fingers locked together and the two fell in love with each other. They then eventually got married, with the rest of the group being guests at the wedding. When they found out that Slow Leonard had been found, the group was going to disband, and Gil and Miss Hoover decided that their relationship wouldn't work. However, they then decided to give their relationship a go.<ref name="Habeas Tortoise"/>
  
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She had a one-time date with Apu in the episode [[The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons]] of season 9.
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== Non-canon ==
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{{Noncanon}}
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=== Video games ===
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In ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'', Miss Hoover is one of 2 characters that don't have any lines, even whilst exploring the town; the other being [[Lunchlady Dora]].
  
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==Appearances==
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=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
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* [[Brush With Greatness]]
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{{TranscludeSection|The Simpsons: Tapped Out characters/More School Workers|MissHoover}}
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* [[Lisa's Substitute]]
 
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* [[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]
 
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* [[The Frying Game]]
 
  
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{{Maggie Roswell}}
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== Behind the Laughter ==
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{{Simpsons characters}}
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*Ms. Hoover is voiced by [[Maggie Roswell]], and was temporarily voiced by [[Marcia Mitzman Gaven]] while Roswell was involved in a pay dispute.
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*She is named after [[Matt Groening]]'s first-grade teacher at Ainsworth Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Elizabeth Hoover, who recognized Groening's drawing talent early after seeing his picture of a boat.<ref>[http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/news/all-about-greonings-past-in-portland-and-more Simpson Crazy - "All About Matt Groening's Past in Portland and More!"]</ref>
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*At the beginning of the series, her hair was blue, which changed to red, then changed to brown (her current hair color).
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*In "[[Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts]]", it's revealed that Ms. Hoover drives an AMC Pacer.
  
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|I86S1=yes
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|I87S1=yes
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|I91S1=yes
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|I93S1=yes
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|I96S1=yes
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|I104S1=yes
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|I105S1=yes
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|I109S1=yes
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|I118S1=yes
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|I123S1=yes
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|I125S3=yes
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|I130S1=yes
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|I139S1=yes
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|I141S1=yes
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|I147S1=yes
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|I159S1=yes
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|I169S1=yes
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|I173S1=yes
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|I176S1=yes
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|I177S1=yes
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|I190S1=yes
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|I192S1=yes
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|I194S1=yes
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|I200S1=yes
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|I204S1=yes
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|I207S1=yes
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|I211S9=yes
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|I213S1=yes
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|I215S1=yes
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|I217S1=yes
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|I222S1=yes
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|I235S2=yes
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|I239S1=yes
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|I240S2=yes
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|I240S2n=mentioned
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|I240S3=yes
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|I243S1=yes
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}}
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'''Bartman:'''
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{{BartmanA
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|I2S1=yes
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}}
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'''Radioactive Man:'''
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{{RadioactiveManA
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|IOMAS1=yes
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|IOMAS2=yes
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}}
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'''Treehouse of Horror:'''
 +
{{TreehouseA
 +
|I5S1=yes
 +
|I9S1=yes
 +
|I9S1n=hallucination
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|I16S1=yes
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|I19S2=yes
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|I20S2=yes
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|B2S3=yes
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|B4S7=yes
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|B6S4=yes
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}}
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'''Bart Simpson:'''
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{{BartSimpsonA
 +
|I4S1=yes
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|I6S3=yes
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|I10S6=yes
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|I12S5=yes
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|I13S2=yes
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|I21S2=yes
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|I22S1=yes
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|I24S2=yes
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|I31S1=yes
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|I31S1n=silhouette
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|I38S3=yes
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|I42S1=yes
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|I43S1=yes
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|I44S3=yes
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|I46S1=yes
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|I46S3=yes
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|I53S1=yes
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|I68S1=yes
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|I72S1=yes
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|I75S3=yes
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|I79S1=yes
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|I94S1=yes
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|I95S2=yes
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|I100S1=yes
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}}
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'''Futurama Crossover:'''
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{{FuturamaCrossoverA
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|S1=yes
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|S3=yes
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}}
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'''Comic Strips:'''
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{{ComicStripsA
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|S42=yes
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|S65=yes
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|S78=yes
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}}
 +
'''Holiday Humdinger:'''
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{{HolidayHumdingerA
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|S3=yes
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}}
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'''Super Spectacular:'''
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{{SuperSpectacularA
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|I3S3=yes
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}}
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'''Winter Wingding:'''
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{{WinterWingdingA
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|I2S6=yes
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}}
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'''Summer Shindig:'''
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{{SummerShindigA
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|I2S3=yes
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}}
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'''Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book:'''
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{{DOCBGA
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|S4=yes
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}}
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'''Annuals:'''
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{{AnnualsA
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|I11S7=yes
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}}
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'''One-Shot Wonders:'''
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{{OneShotsA
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|IRWS5=yes
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|ICWS2=yes
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}}
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'''Video Games:'''
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{{GamesA
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|NOTLTHOH=yes
 +
|Game=yes
 +
|TSTO=yes
 +
}}
 +
'''Books:'''
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{{BooksA
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|TBoM=yes
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|TBB=yes
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|UFA=yes
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|LSGtGC=yes
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|SCoP=yes
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|TRWB=yes
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|BSMoD=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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== References ==
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{{Images|Miss Hoover}}
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{{Reflist}}
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{{Teachers|elementary=yes}}
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{{Springfield Elementary|teachers=yes}}
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{{Movementarianism}}
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{{Superheroes|springfield avengers=yes}}
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{{Tapped Out characters|moreschoolworkers=yes}}
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{{Simpsons characters|elementary=yes}}
 
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Elizabeth Hoover
Elizabeth Hoover.png
Artwork of Miss Hoover from The Simpsons: Tapped Out
Character Information
Gender:
Female ♀
Status:
Alive
Hair: Brown (formerly blue and red)
Occupation: Teacher at Springfield Elementary
Relatives: Husband: Gil Gunderson[1]
First mentioned: "Bart the General"
First appearance: "Brush with Greatness"
Voiced by: Maggie Roswell (1991-1999; 2002-present)
Marcia Mitzman Gaven (1999-2002)
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Elizabeth Hoover (commonly known as Miss Hoover) is a second grade teacher at Springfield Elementary School.

Biography[edit]

Miss Hoover has been worn down by her years in the public school system, and is not against drinking significant quantities of alcohol. She is very apathetic and bored with her job, and seems overwhelmed with stress, seeking whatever remedies she can to alleviate it. She is often seen smoking even while teaching, once even under a "No Smoking" sign in the assembly hall. Once she was granted tenure, she willingly turned over her teaching responsibilities to Ralph Wiggum.[2]

She is in particular weary of dealing with Lisa's unbridled enthusiasm (though initially she seemed proud of Lisa) and Ralph's mishaps and inanities. A typical response to one of his difficulties is, "The children are right to laugh at you, Ralph." Her bland and indifferent demeanor likely prompted Lisa to identify her as "The Flat Liner" among The 20 Types of People You Meet in Elementary School.[3]

She was replaced by a substitute teacher, Mr. Bergstrom when she thought she had Lyme disease. It turned out that her condition was psychosomatic, which the children thought that meant that she was both "faking it" and "crazy."[4]

Personal life[edit]

Miss Hoover lives in a small apartment in a bad part of town with her cat, Hemsworth. To get home from school, she has to take two buses, walk half a mile down a train track, swing across a drainage ditch, and ride a piece of cardboard down a hill to help her back. Miss Hoover suffers from problems with her back and once sprained a disc in her spine. The combination of her living arrangements and health problems lead her to be a lazy teacher who doesn't care about her class.[5]

Romances[edit]

Marriage[edit]

Miss Hoover joined a conspiracy group looking for Slow Leonard, who had gone missing from the Springfield Zoo. Gil Gunderson was also part of the group. When the two both reached for a ball of Mrs. McClellan's Evidence Yarn, their fingers locked together and the two fell in love with each other. They then eventually got married, with the rest of the group being guests at the wedding. When they found out that Slow Leonard had been found, the group was going to disband, and Gil and Miss Hoover decided that their relationship wouldn't work. However, they then decided to give their relationship a go.[1]

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.

Video games[edit]

In The Simpsons Game, Miss Hoover is one of 2 characters that don't have any lines, even whilst exploring the town; the other being Lunchlady Dora.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out[edit]

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Miss Hoover
Image Cost Unlock method Unlocks with Unlock message
Elizabeth Hoover.png Cash150,000 Level 40
Chocolate Paint Pt. 2 (with Cocoa Beanie) 		Ah, Fudge! Factory I'm opening minds to the joy of memorizing multiplication tables.
Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name
15000 Regular Characters, Regular Female, Adult, School Workers, Normal Springfielders, Teachers MissHoover

Behind the Laughter[edit]

  • Ms. Hoover is voiced by Maggie Roswell, and was temporarily voiced by Marcia Mitzman Gaven while Roswell was involved in a pay dispute.
  • She is named after Matt Groening's first-grade teacher at Ainsworth Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Elizabeth Hoover, who recognized Groening's drawing talent early after seeing his picture of a boat.[15]
  • At the beginning of the series, her hair was blue, which changed to red, then changed to brown (her current hair color).
  • In "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", it's revealed that Ms. Hoover drives an AMC Pacer.

Appearances[edit]

Episodes:Specials:Adverts:Simpsons Illustrated:Simpsons Comics:Bartman:Radioactive Man:Treehouse of Horror:Bart Simpson:Futurama Crossover:Comic Strips:Holiday Humdinger:Super Spectacular:Winter Wingding:Summer Shindig:Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book:Annuals:One-Shot Wonders:Video Games:Books:

References[edit]

The Saga of Carl - title screen.png Wikisimpsons has a collection of images related to Elizabeth Hoover.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Habeas Tortoise"
  2. ↑ "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh"
  3. ↑ The Lisa Book
  4. ↑ "Lisa's Substitute"
  5. ↑ "Sorry Not Sorry"
  6. ↑ "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
  7. ↑ "24 Minutes"
  8. ↑ "Mayored to the Mob"
  9. ↑ "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words"
  10. ↑ "No Loan Again, Naturally"
  11. ↑ "Half-Decent Proposal"
  12. ↑ "Halloween of Horror"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4"
  14. ↑ "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
  15. ↑ Simpson Crazy - "All About Matt Groening's Past in Portland and More!"


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