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Lenford Leonard Artwork of Lenny by Matt Groening

Character Information Gender: Male ♂ Status: Alive Age: 38 Hair: Dark brown Occupation: Co-worker of Homer Simpson at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, job title unclear Relatives: Sister: Lainie Leonard Mother: Cheryl[1] Grandmother: Unnamed[2] Niece: Unnamed[3] First appearance: "Life on the Fast Lane" Voiced by: Hank Azaria ("Homer's Night Out") Harry Shearer (Season 1-Present) Dan Castellaneta ("The Simpsons Guy") v • d • e • h

Lenford "Lenny" Leonard is the best friend of Carl Carlson and, along with Carl, second best friend of Homer Simpson, behind Barney Gumble. He works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and possesses a master's degree in nuclear physics, but he is portrayed as a simple, often naive, blue-collar working man.

Biography[edit]

Lenny's character folder in the Hall of Records on The Simpsons website.

Despite being shown in the First Church of Springfield, Lenny is a Buddhist. Born in Chicago,^[4] he is also a war hero and a three-time juror. His grandmother spent 20 years in a Soviet labour camp, hinting that Lenny may have ancestors from the former Soviet Union, or have ancestors who were POWs.^[5] Lenny was a member of the Springfield chapter of the Stonecutters secret society (Number 12, outranking Mr. Burns).^[6] Lenny seems to have little regard for his own life: "Quick and pointless, that's the death for me".^[7] Another example of his apathy towards salvation is that he shrugs after being pulled from a ladder which would have seen him and Homer to safety. Lenny also has a problem of interrupting people.^[8]

Avedon photo shoot published in The New Yorker magazine

Jobs[edit]

Lenny works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant alongside Homer Simpson and Carl Carlson. Despite his steady job, Lenny has been featured with several other jobs. On one occasion, he is promoted to head of the power plant when Mr. Burns goes bankrupt; which Smithers later describes to Homer Simpson as a "reign of terror". Homer considers Lenny to be the second richest man he knows. However, Lenny is once shown living in a dilapidated house, and asks Marge to not tell anyone how he lives. In another episode,^[10] he is shown living in a fancy, well-furnished modern apartment with hanging on the walls paintings of considerable importance (that they are paintings and not prints can be deduced from the lighting dedicated to them) such as a composition by Mondrian, a part of van Dyke's "portrait of Charles I on the hunt", one of Juan Gris' guitars....but that happens to share a wall with a jai-alai court. In a "future episode", it's shown Lenny is once again in charge of the power plant. On one episode, it is implied he is an undercover agent whose target is Homer. He was also fired from the Nuclear Power Plant at least twice, once as a demonstration to Bart as how he should act as his heir, and the second due to being the last one in the designated cabin in a Company Competition. Also, during an Employee Appreciation Night, he attempted to thank Mr. Burns for the great evening, but his attempt backfired due to his being drunk, which only resulted in terrifying Mr. Burns.

At the Adult Education Annex, Lenny teaches a class on "How To Chew Tobacco". In one of Homer's daydreams, it's shown that Lenny is the President of the United States.^[11]

Lenny is a member of the Republican party, and possesses a Dole/Kemp '96 American flag tattoo.^[12] Lenny is also a successful writer who wrote a series of mystery novels, one of them entitled "The Murderer Did It", which are called "scary good fun" by Stephen King. Lenny is also shown to be a member of the NRA as seen in "The Cartridge Family". His weapon of choice appears to be an AR-15 rifle, which he says "are manufactured for a reason: to take out today's modern super animals like the flying squirrel, and the electric eel." ^[13] Lenny is an adept guitar player.

Relationships[edit]

Friends[edit]

Lenny's best friend is Carl Carlson, as they are rarely seen apart; his other friends are Homer, and regulars at Moe's including Barney Gumble and Moe Szyslak. He met Homer and Moe at summer camp at a young age.^[14] On Lenny's birthday, his friends attempted to throw a surprise party for him at Moe's, which is ruined by Homer, who then sits on a cake shaped like Lenny's favorite barstool. Homer repeatedly confuses Lenny and Carl, and is shocked to learn on one occasion that Lenny is white, and Carl is black. To guide himself, Homer has "Lenny = White, Carl = Black" on his hand. He once muttered to himself, "Is that right?" while reading it. Homer once exclaimed, "That's Lenny? I wanted the black one!" ^[10] When Mr. Burns appears on a radio show in an attempt to boost his popularity,^[15] Homer tells him that he has a list of jokes explaining the differences between white and black people; Homer later stated, "White guys have names like Lenny, whereas black guys have names like Carl".

Lenny appears to be well liked by the Simpson family. On one occasion, Marge and the kids built a prayer shrine for him when learning he was taken to the hospital. When Homer went bowling but tells Marge that Lenny was hospitalized; Marge informs the kids, they respond the same way she did and shout, "Not Lenny!".^[16] The Simpson family had a cake inscribed "Happy Labor Day Lenny".^[17] Marge has a picture of Lenny in her hair.^[18] In The Great Louse Detective, Lenny tells Sideshow Bob to kill Bart. It is also shown that Lenny greatly values all his friends when he throws them a lavish party (after winning on a lottery ticket) to celebrate their amity.^[19]

Relationship with Carl[edit]

The possibility of a sexual relationship between Lenny and Carl has constantly been alluded. When Marge's Popsicle stick sculptures of Lenny and Carl are destroyed and mashed together, Lenny stated, "I don't know where Carl ends and I begin!", to which Carl replies, "See, it's statements like that that make people think we're gay."

Carl once told Seymour Skinner that "Marriage is gonna be great. Now you'll have someone who'll rub your back - without being asked" while glaring at Lenny, who sighed "Oh, not this again." Carl then responds "Yes, this again." When Homer opened a chapel for gay couples after Gay Marriage was legalized, he speculated that Lenny and Carl might be interested, and Marge responds with "Don't you push them - they've gotta work that out for themselves." Once, Chief Wiggum remarked that Lenny's relationship with Carl is on the rocks. While helping Lisa with a science project, Homer quoted to Lisa "You and science go together like Lenny and Carl - the science is Carl".^[20] Another time, Lenny and Carl saw Homer and Marge kiss, prompting Lenny to remark, "Remember when we used to kiss like that, Carl...with our respective girlfriends?" They then discuss what happened to them. Apparently one turned out to be a prostitute and one died.^[21] In the Simpsons Game, if the player fails to rescue Lenny and Carl in Lisa the Tree Hugger, Carl might say, "Tell Lenny... I loved... his recipe for caramel sundaes."

Lenny's hero worship over Carl has reached a mounting point. Lenny revealed that he carved Carl's face on a mountain, and called it Mount Carlmore.^[7] He later leaves a burning oil field, only because Carl arrived. On one occasion, the residents of Springfield see the stars, and see deep within their hearts and souls; Lenny sees Carl's face in the stars (Carl also sees himself there). Lenny published a newspaper called The Lenny-Saver with the headline: "The Truth About Carl: He's Great." After displaying this, he shedded a tear and stated that "it had to be told." Lenny and Carl were once pictured driving a sports car through the woods with two children in the back of contrasting background (either noting they are both single parents have separately or otherwise adopted children.)^[22] Carl Carlson states that he and Lenny have the same mother when a major fire is closing in on her work.^[23]

Love Life[edit]

Lenny is apparently divorced - Carl says that he sang "The Best Is Yet to Come" at Lenny's wedding,^[24] although it was later shown that Lenny punched Carl for giving a bad speech at his wedding. Lenny is a persistent bachelor who has poor luck with women. Lenny once shaved the legs of a woman who calls him an idiot for not shaving in an upward direction.^[25] Homer mentioned to Moe that both Lenny and Carl are with their mistresses.^[26] In yet another occasion, he was seen in the opening scene with his arm around a woman who appears to be his girlfriend.^[27] It's revealed that he had dated a woman in a Woody Woodpecker outfit at a fairground for three months until she left him for the man who cleans the vomit on the roller coaster.^[28] Lenny had told Carl that he was married to a Beauty-Queen, but it is later revealed that Lenny made his Beauty-Queen wife up, and is unmarried.^[29] Lenny is one of many men who had a relationship with Edna Krabappel.^[30]

When Professor Frink matched up Springfield's bachelors to a bachelorette, Lenny was paired with Lindsey Naegle.^[31]

Non-canon[edit]

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Television[edit]

Lenny dead in "Treehouse of Horror XI".

At age 53, Lenny owns a super pet. When Milhouse (with giant muscles) gets trapped between two trees, he and Carl leave him there. In Homer's dream in "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace", Lenny is shown at Homer's funeral as president and when Homer wakes up, he asks Marge not to vote for him.

In "Behind the Laughter", Lenny and Carl are constant companions, and Bart had apparently paid the two to kiss one another.

In "Treehouse of Horror XVI", Lenny dies and sees the angels in Heaven take the form of Carl (although they're saying, "Hurry up or we'll be late for work at the plant!"). Lenny is killed by killer dolphins in the "Treehouse of Horror XI" segment "The Night of the Dolphin".

Video Games[edit]

In the Simpsons Game, Carl and Lenny are shown arguing while bird-watching, and having forgotten Lisa and Bart's names when they save Lenny and Carl from logging machinery, even though Lenny and Carl have known them all their lives. Later on both Lenny and Carl can be recruited by Marge in her mob to ban the sales of the Grand Theft Scratchy game to minors.

Health[edit]

It is known that Lenny has eye problems.^[32]

The Simpsons: Tapped Out[edit]

Default[edit]

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Lenny Image Cost Unlock method Unlocks with Unlock message 47,250 Level 27 Buddha's Got Back Pt. 1 (with Carl) Springfield Buddhist Temple Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name 57 Regular Characters, Regular Male, Dimwit, Barflies, Adult, Krustyland Goers, Plant Workers, Moe's Regulars, Republican, Normal Springfielders, Golfers Lenny Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Go Skating 10m 17, 5 Simpsons' Skating Rink Try to Make Par 10m 17, 5 Golf Green Teach Class on Chewing Tobacco 60m 70, 17 Adult Education Annex Buddha's Got Back Pt. 4 Order Take Out 60m 105, 26 Crouching Panda, Hidden Egg Roll Drink at the Black Box 2h 110, 27 Little Black Box Black Box Black Out Eat at Le Krusty Burger 2h 175, 40 Le Krusty Burger Eat at Le Krusty Burger Hit Some Range Balls 2h 350, 80 Driving Range Shop for Golf Equipment 2h 110, 27 The Golfin' Dolphin Print 3D Resumés 3h 135, 35 3D Printer 3D Printer Dress Up and Go Out 3h 200, 55 The League of Extra-Horny Gentlemen The League of Extra-Horny Gentlemen Have a Drink on the Wild Side 3h 270, 70 Hell Moe's Carl Drink and Babysit 4h 175, 45 The Boiled Potato Pub Daycare Try to Win at Blackjack 4h 175, 45 $ Casino Big $ Meditate 4h 175, 45 Springfield Buddhist Temple Stay at the Swelldorado 4h 260, 70 Swelldorado Overpay for Sex on the Beach 4h 260, 70 Smooches on the Beach Drink Colorful Booze 4h 175, 45 Ye Olde Magick Shoppe Drink at Moe's Express 4h 260, 70 Moe's Express The Customer is Always Trite Pt. 5 The Customer is Always Trite Pt. 6 Attend Parenting Seminars 4h 260, 70 Universal Panacea Drink at Moe's Brewing Co. 4h 175, 45 Moe's Brewing Co. Shop for Cider 4h 260, 70 Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill Catch a Game Without Carl 4h 175, 45 Springfield Sports Palace Obtain Anxiety Medication 6h 225, 55 Springfield Medical Center Drink at Moe's 8h 275, 70 Moe's Tavern Buddha's Got Back Pt. 2 Celeb-o-mania Pt. 5 A Woman's Work Pt. 3 A Woman's Work Pt. 7 Astro-Not Pt. 1 Astro-Not Pt. 2 Dance the Señor Burns 8h 420, 105 Chez Guevara Señor Burns Live in Cramped Luxury 8h 420, 105 Springfielde Glenne Condos Sit in the Window 10h 350, 90 Global Housing Global Housing Work on his Mystery Novel 12h 420, 100 Lenny's Downfall Pt. 1 Enjoy a Night at the Theater 12h 420, 100 Springfield Playhouse Complain About Electric Buzzing 12h 420, 100 The Buzzing Sign Diner Go Home 12h 420, 100 Lenny's House Do a Plant Shift 16h 500, 125 Control Building Buddha's Got Back Pt. 3 True Bromance Pt. 2 Get a Mani-Pedi 16h 500, 125 Heavenly Pedicure Hut Mope 24h 600, 150 Lenny's Downfall Pt. 2 Buy Groceries at a Kindling Store 24h 600, 150 Kevin's Kindling Krustyland Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Ride the Death Drop 30m 12, 10 Death Drop Visit Duff Pavilion 60m 21, 17 Duff Pavilion Ride the Viking Boat 4h 52, 45 Viking Boat Ride The Krusty-est Place On Earth Pt. 34 Tour the Haunted Condo 8h 82, 70 Krusty's Haunted Condo Eat at the Food Needle 12h 126, 100 The Food Needle The Krusty-est Place On Earth Pt. 35 Ride the Tooth Chipper 24h 180, 150 The Tooth Chipper Animated Tasks Drink at Moe's Express Work on his Mystery Novel Mope

Number 12[edit]

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Number 12 Image Cost Unlock method Unlock message Costume of Yearbook 28,000 Stonecutters Prize (with Number 14 and Number 5) Lenny 30 50 Stonecutters Black Market Sale, The Buck Stops Here and Not Yet Spring Cleaning Premium Technical Information ID Internal Name 25010 Number12 Taps Final Update Wave Cost Release 1 50 September 26, 2024 Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Quick Drink at the Stonecutter Lodge 60m 105, 26 Stonecutter Lodge Run the Stonecutter Daycare 2h 175, 40 Stonecutter Daycare Center Haze Initiates 4h 260, 70 Stonecutter Lodge or Brown House Welcome to The Stonecutters, Number 12 Drink at Moe's Brewing Co. 4h 175, 45 Moe's Brewing Co. Attend a Secret Meeting 8h 420, 105 Stonecutter Lodge Nap at the Stonecutter Lodge 12h 600, 150 Stonecutter Lodge Feast at the Stonecutter Lodge 24h 1,000, 225 Stonecutter Lodge

Behind the Laughter[edit]

Foreign dubs[edit]

Language Voice dubber Dansk Jens Jacob Tychsen (movie) Deutsch Bernd Simon (season 1) Español Abraham Aguilar Español Víctor Delgado Luis Alfonso Padilla Eduardo Ramírez Français Benoît Rousseau Italiano Mario Bombardieri (season 1-7) Roberto Draghetti (season 8) Vladimiro Conti (season 9+) Русский Dmitriy Filimonov Українська Yevhen Malukha Valerii Lehin (seasons 1, 2) Oleh Lepenets (movie)

Appearances[edit]