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{{Quote|Lisa, applause is an addiction, like heroin - or checking your e-mail.|Sideshow Mel|All About Lisa}}
 
{{Character
 
{{Character
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|image     = [[File:Sideshow Mel.jpg|200px]]
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|name = Melvin Van Horne
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|gender     = Male
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|image = [[File:Sideshow Mel.png|200px]]
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|hair       = Green
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|gender = {{Male}}
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|age       = 50
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|hair = Green
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|job       = Assistant to Krusty
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|age = 45<ref>"[[Covercraft]]"</ref>
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|relatives = Wife: Barbra
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|status = Alive
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One child:Unamed
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|job = Children's entertainer<br>TV personality
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|appearance = [[Itchy and Scratchy and Marge]]
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|relatives = '''Wife:''' [[Barbara Van Horne]]<br>'''Son:''' [[Sideshow Mel's son|Unnamed]]<br>'''Father:''' [[Norman|Norman Van Horne]]<ref name="TSOOSM">''[[The Secret Origin of Sideshow Mel!]]''</ref><br>'''Mother:''' Lucille Van Horne<ref name="TSOOSM"/><br>'''Sister:''' Unnamed<ref>"[[Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play]]"</ref>
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|voiced by = [[Dan Castellaneta]]
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|appearance = "[[Itchy & Scratchy & Marge]]"
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|voiced by = [[Dan Castellaneta]]
 
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'''Melvin Van Horne''', better known as '''Sideshow Mel''', is the last sideshow sideick to [[Krusty]] on ''{{Krusty show}}''. He wears the same outfit of the previous sideshows of grass skirt, shark tooth necklace, and moccasins and he remains mute, only communicating through use of a slide whistle, but otherwise Mel speaks in a consciously acquired {{W|Mid-Atlantic accent|Shakespearean accent}} and owns poodles.
  
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'''Sideshow Mel''', full name '''Melvin Van Horne''' (voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]]), is a character on the animated TV show ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Sideshow Mel has served as [[Krusty the Clown]]'s sidekick for more than a decade, replacing [[Sideshow Bob]] after Bob was incarcerated from framing Krusty for robbery. He is often seen in the mobs of people throughout greater Springfield. His role seems to be that of summing up the group's sentiments in a line.
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== Biography ==
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[[File:Sideshow Mel Every Simpsons Ever.png|thumb|left|250px]]
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Mel joined the cast of ''{{Krusty show}}'' to replace Sideshow Bob, who was sent to prison for attempting to frame [[Krusty]] for armed robbery the previous month. It seems that Krusty unceremoniously replaced Bob with someone even stranger-looking than he was.
  
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== Role in The Simpsons ==
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Sideshow Mel uses a slide whistle to communicate on camera. When not in character, Mel speaks in a grandiose British/Shakespearean accent and owns poodles. His main accomplishment so far has been successfully removing [[Waylon Smithers, Jr.]] from suspicion of having shot [[Mr. Burns]].<ref>"[[Who Shot Mr. Burns?]]"</ref> Off-screen, Mel is generally very eloquent, educated, poetic and intelligent, with a beautiful singing voice-it is implied that, as with Sideshow Bob before him, his true talents are wasted on Krusty's show. When Lisa Simpson won the "Entertainer of the Year Award"; it was revealed that Melvin also won the award previously for his portrayal of Biff in Death of a Salesman, but his desire to keep his stardom eventually led him to become the sidekick he is today.<ref>"[[All About Lisa]]"</ref> He was once forced to conduct an orchestra of kazoo-playing monkeys. When he pleaded with Krusty to not force him to do it, Krusty simply shouted at him to "shut up and conduct!"
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=== Replacement for Bob ===
 
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Mel's hiring was never explicitly shown in the series. He first appeared shortly after Sideshow Bob was sent to prison, filling the exact role that Bob once did. The gag seems to be that Krusty unceremoniously replaced Bob with someone even stranger-looking than he was.
 
  
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=== Primary Role ===
 
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Sideshow Mel uses a slide whistle to communicate on camera. When not in character, Mel speaks in a grandiose British/Shakespearean accent (Castellaneta's play on [[Kelsey Grammer]]'s character, [[Sideshow Bob]]) and owns poodles. His main accomplishment so far has been successfully removing [[Waylon Smithers]] from [[Who Shot Mr. Burns?|suspicion of having shot]] [[Mr. Burns]]. Off-screen, Mel is generally very eloquent, educated, poetic and intelligent, with a beautiful singing voice-it is implied that, as with Sideshow Bob before him, his true talents are wasted on Krusty's show. In one particularly humiliating episode, he was forced to conduct an orchestra of kazoo-playing monkeys. When he pleaded with Krusty to not force him to do it, Krusty simply shouted at him to "shut up and conduct!"
 
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=== Recent Seasons ===
 
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In recent seasons, Sideshow Mel's frequency of appearance has increased noticeably, delivering his usual summing up a group or mob's sentiments. This has been met with criticism among viewers who believe that the routine has become massively overused.
 
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== Character Traits ==
 
 
=== Religion and Education ===
 
=== Religion and Education ===
 
Little is known about Mel. He is a Cornell University graduate and an Atheist (though he is occasionally seen at the Presbylutheran church). It is also shown that Mel could be a recovering alcoholic as he had attended several Alcoholic Anonymous meetings.
 
Little is known about Mel. He is a Cornell University graduate and an Atheist (though he is occasionally seen at the Presbylutheran church). It is also shown that Mel could be a recovering alcoholic as he had attended several Alcoholic Anonymous meetings.
  
 
=== Hair ===
 
=== Hair ===
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[[File:Mel.jpg|thumb|300px|Mel's True Hair]]
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Aside from the bone, Mel has curly green hair in a sort of beehive-like style similar to Marge's only shorter and rounded at the top,his hair also appears to be "fashioned/poised/set" in an upward position because it seems to sit atop his head showing that he has no sideburns or even a hair "tail". Mel perpetually wears a bone in his hair which may or may not be permanently affixed. He once warned [[Lisa Simpson]] not to use a bone to try and get gum out of her hair, as he did and it became permanently stuck there.<ref>"[[22 Short Films About Springfield]]"</ref> However, he was once seen removing the bone and using it as a weapon during a duel. When Springfield was trapped under a dome by the EPA, he was also seen removing the bone and whacking it at the dome.<ref>''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''</ref> Bart also took the bone out of his hair pranking [[Martin Prince]]. He indicated that he could feel meteorological conditions in the bone, such as incoming storms.<ref>"[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]"</ref> Before he got his bone, Mel was famous in both London and Hollywood and was able to comb his hair.
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Mel perpetually wears a bone in his hair which may or may not be permanently affixed: in "[[22 Short Films About Springfield]]" he warned [[Lisa Simpson]] not to use a bone to try and get gum out of her hair, as he did and it became permanently stuck there. However, in another episode, he removed and used it as a weapon during a duel. In "[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]", he indicated that he could feel meteorological conditions in the bone, such as incoming storms. In [[Simpsons Tall Tales]], he is seen sporting a pair of buffalo horns in his hair in place of the usual bone.Before he got his bone, Mel was famous in both London and Hollywood and was able to comb his hair.
 
  
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=== Allergies ===
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=== Disabilities ===
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[[Bart Simpson]] has found out that Mel is [[Lactose intolerance|lactose-intolerant]]. Krusty once poured liquid [[nitrogen]] down Mel's pants and cracked his [[buttocks]] with a hammer.  
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[[Bart Simpson]] found out that Mel is lactose-intolerant. Krusty once poured liquid nitrogen down Mel's pants and cracked his buttocks with a hammer.
  
 
=== Family ===
 
=== Family ===
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He may be married to or living with a woman named Barbara, who may or may not be Krusty's sister (as referenced in "[[Colonel Homer]]") with whom he wished to purchase a house from [[Marge Simpson]] in the episode "[[Realty Bites]]." In the episode "[[I'm With Cupid]]" he complains that Barbara will no longer pleasure him with the French Arts. In another episode, he states to Krusty that "[his] wife is giving birth as [they]speak" before being chased by Krusty as a dog chasing a fire hydrant (Mel). Mel's last name of Van Horne, along with his accent, may suggest his family is of South African origin
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He may be married to or living with a woman named [[Barbara Van Horne|Barbara]] with whom he wished to purchase a house from [[Marge Simpson]].<ref>"[[Realty Bites]]"</ref> Mel once complained that Barbara no longer pleasured him with the French Arts.<ref>"[[I'm with Cupid]]"</ref> Mel also has a son (that looks exactly like him but has no bone in his hair) who's name was/is never mentioned directly or indirectly. Mel's last name of Van Horne may suggest his family is of Dutch/Afrikaner origin.
  
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== Other Jobs ==
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Krusty reveals to Mel that he has been secretly dating Mel's wife, and that he wants to dump her after 11 years since the thrill is gone.<ref>"[[The Great Wife Hope]]"</ref>
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After Krusty's show was cancelled following the rise of Gabbo, Mel worked at a taco stand where he initially refused Krusty's pleas to return to his show.
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Despite being married he has been seen with [[Lindsey Naegle]],<ref>"[[Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays]]"</ref> [[Princess Kashmir]]<ref>"[[Homerazzi]]"</ref> and [[Ruth Powers]].<ref>"[[The Dad-Feelings Limited]]"</ref>
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=== Other jobs ===
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After Krusty's show was cancelled following the rise of [[Gabbo]], Mel worked at a taco stand where he initially refused Krusty's pleas to return to his show.<ref>"[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]"</ref>
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He was the jury foreman for the [[Mona Simpson]] trial. The jury was sequestered at a Quality Inn which "more than lived up to its name." <ref>"[[My Mother the Carjacker]]"</ref>
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Mel once sat in as a guest soloist with the [[Spuckler Family Band]], playing his slide whistle.<ref>''[[Homer Simpson's Little Book of Laziness]]''</ref>
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== Non-canon ==
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{{Noncanon}}
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=== The Simpsons Game ===
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In "The Simpsons Game" Sideshow Mel is a security guard at Springfield Museum and serves as an enemy in "[[Bartman Begins]]". He is also one of the previous enemies sent by [[God]] in "Dance Dance Revolution".
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He was the jury foreman for the [[Mona Simpson]] trial in "[[My Mother the Carjacker]]". The jury was sequestered at a Quality Inn which "more than lived up to its name."
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File:Mel (1).png|Mel's natural hair.
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File:SideshowMelSon.png|Mel's son.
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File:Mel and Barbara.png|Mel's wife.
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File:Mel's family.png| Mel with his family, [[Tina Ballerina]], [[Arthur Crandall]] and [[Gabbo]].
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Sideshow Mel redirects here. For the chocolate, see Sideshow Mel (chocolate)
"Lisa, applause is an addiction, like heroin - or checking your e-mail."
―Sideshow Mel[src]
Melvin Van Horne
Sideshow Mel.png
Character Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Status:
Alive
Age: 45[1]
Hair: Green
Occupation: Children's entertainer
TV personality
Relatives: Wife: Barbara Van Horne
Son: Unnamed
Father: Norman Van Horne[2]
Mother: Lucille Van Horne[2]
Sister: Unnamed[3]
First appearance: "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
Voiced by: Dan Castellaneta
v • d • e • h


Melvin Van Horne, better known as Sideshow Mel, is the last sideshow sideick to Krusty on The Krusty the Clown Show. He wears the same outfit of the previous sideshows of grass skirt, shark tooth necklace, and moccasins and he remains mute, only communicating through use of a slide whistle, but otherwise Mel speaks in a consciously acquired Shakespearean accent and owns poodles.

Biography[edit]

Sideshow Mel Every Simpsons Ever.png

Mel joined the cast of The Krusty the Clown Show to replace Sideshow Bob, who was sent to prison for attempting to frame Krusty for armed robbery the previous month. It seems that Krusty unceremoniously replaced Bob with someone even stranger-looking than he was.

Sideshow Mel uses a slide whistle to communicate on camera. When not in character, Mel speaks in a grandiose British/Shakespearean accent and owns poodles. His main accomplishment so far has been successfully removing Waylon Smithers, Jr. from suspicion of having shot Mr. Burns.[4] Off-screen, Mel is generally very eloquent, educated, poetic and intelligent, with a beautiful singing voice-it is implied that, as with Sideshow Bob before him, his true talents are wasted on Krusty's show. When Lisa Simpson won the "Entertainer of the Year Award"; it was revealed that Melvin also won the award previously for his portrayal of Biff in Death of a Salesman, but his desire to keep his stardom eventually led him to become the sidekick he is today.[5] He was once forced to conduct an orchestra of kazoo-playing monkeys. When he pleaded with Krusty to not force him to do it, Krusty simply shouted at him to "shut up and conduct!"

Religion and Education[edit]

Little is known about Mel. He is a Cornell University graduate and an Atheist (though he is occasionally seen at the Presbylutheran church). It is also shown that Mel could be a recovering alcoholic as he had attended several Alcoholic Anonymous meetings.

Hair[edit]

Aside from the bone, Mel has curly green hair in a sort of beehive-like style similar to Marge's only shorter and rounded at the top,his hair also appears to be "fashioned/poised/set" in an upward position because it seems to sit atop his head showing that he has no sideburns or even a hair "tail". Mel perpetually wears a bone in his hair which may or may not be permanently affixed. He once warned Lisa Simpson not to use a bone to try and get gum out of her hair, as he did and it became permanently stuck there.[6] However, he was once seen removing the bone and using it as a weapon during a duel. When Springfield was trapped under a dome by the EPA, he was also seen removing the bone and whacking it at the dome.[7] Bart also took the bone out of his hair pranking Martin Prince. He indicated that he could feel meteorological conditions in the bone, such as incoming storms.[8] Before he got his bone, Mel was famous in both London and Hollywood and was able to comb his hair.

Disabilities[edit]

Bart Simpson found out that Mel is lactose-intolerant. Krusty once poured liquid nitrogen down Mel's pants and cracked his buttocks with a hammer.

Family[edit]

He may be married to or living with a woman named Barbara with whom he wished to purchase a house from Marge Simpson.[9] Mel once complained that Barbara no longer pleasured him with the French Arts.[10] Mel also has a son (that looks exactly like him but has no bone in his hair) who's name was/is never mentioned directly or indirectly. Mel's last name of Van Horne may suggest his family is of Dutch/Afrikaner origin.

Krusty reveals to Mel that he has been secretly dating Mel's wife, and that he wants to dump her after 11 years since the thrill is gone.[11]

Despite being married he has been seen with Lindsey Naegle,[12] Princess Kashmir[13] and Ruth Powers.[14]

Other jobs[edit]

After Krusty's show was cancelled following the rise of Gabbo, Mel worked at a taco stand where he initially refused Krusty's pleas to return to his show.[15]

He was the jury foreman for the Mona Simpson trial. The jury was sequestered at a Quality Inn which "more than lived up to its name." [16]

Mel once sat in as a guest soloist with the Spuckler Family Band, playing his slide whistle.[17]

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.

The Simpsons Game[edit]

In "The Simpsons Game" Sideshow Mel is a security guard at Springfield Museum and serves as an enemy in "Bartman Begins". He is also one of the previous enemies sent by God in "Dance Dance Revolution".

The Simpsons: Tapped Out[edit]

Sideshow Mel[edit]

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Sideshow Mel
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Donut30
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Entertainment
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Melric[edit]

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Melric
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Wave Cost Release
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Appearances[edit]

Episodes:Specials:Adverts:Simpsons Illustrated:Simpsons Comics:Radioactive Man: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:Homer for the Holidays:One-Shot Wonders:Video Games:Books:

Gallery[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Covercraft"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Secret Origin of Sideshow Mel!
  3. ↑ "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play"
  4. ↑ "Who Shot Mr. Burns?"
  5. ↑ "All About Lisa"
  6. ↑ "22 Short Films About Springfield"
  7. ↑ The Simpsons Movie
  8. ↑ "Skinner's Sense of Snow"
  9. ↑ "Realty Bites"
  10. ↑ "I'm with Cupid"
  11. ↑ "The Great Wife Hope"
  12. ↑ "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays"
  13. ↑ "Homerazzi"
  14. ↑ "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
  15. ↑ "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
  16. ↑ "My Mother the Carjacker"
  17. ↑ Homer Simpson's Little Book of Laziness


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