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'''Blinky''' is a three-eyed orange fish featured primarily in "[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]".  
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'''Blinky''' is a three-eyed orange fish, found in the ponds and lakes of [[Springfield]].  
  
==Appearances==
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==History==
Blinky was briefly seen in one of the first full length episodes of the series, "[[Homer's Odyssey]]". Blinky, (or rather, some other non-eaten member of his species) has made a variety of other cameo appearances since then, such as in "[[Homer's Paternity Coot]]".  
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The Blinky species is seen quite often in natural bodies of water in Springfield, and is a product of the nuclear waste of [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]].  Blinky's most famous appearance was in "[[Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]", where one is caught by [[Bart]] and a picture is snapped of it by [[Dave Shutton]] and put in [[The Springfield Shopper]].  At the same time [[Mr. Burns]] was running for govenor, and Blinky became a major topic in his election.  He defended Blinky saying he was the next step in the evolutionary ladder and not a horrible mutant.  As a publicity stund Mr. Burns has dinner at [[The Simpsons]] home and [[Marge]] serves the Blinky that earlier Bart had caught.  He ends up spiting it out because of its horrible taste and loseing the election to [[Mary Bailey]] all because of Blinky.
  
 
==Other Versions==
 
==Other Versions==
This has been done as a recurring joke about the environmental effects of Mr. Burns's [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|power plant]], including an appearance as a highly mutated humanoid form. A 3-eyed whale similar to Blinky was seen at the end of "[[Future-Drama]]". 
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* Cow-Headed Fish
 
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* [[Professor Frink|Frink]]-Headed Fish
==Supporting Roles==
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* 6-Eyed Fish
In the episode "[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]", he was caught by [[Bart Simpson]]. [[Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] defends the fish, saying that it is the next step in evolution, rather than having been mutated by toxic waste pouring out of the sewers and into the river from the nuclear plant. Mr. Burns later goes to the Simpsons's house for a meal to help his race for governor. [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] unexpectedly serves Blinky for dinner. Mr. Burns spits the fish out and loses the election to [[Mary Bailey]].
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* 8-Eyed Fish
 
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* 3-Eyed Whale
==Pop Culture==
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* 3-Eyed, Orange Creature from the Black Lagoon
The professional wrestler CM Punk has a tattoo of a three eyed koi fish in honor of Blinky. Blinky also made a brief appearance in the pilot episode of the animated series [[Futurama]], which was co-created by Simpsons creator [[Matt Groening]] but he was colored green instead of the usual orange.
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* Green Blinky ([[Futurama]]
  
 
==Episode Appearances==
 
==Episode Appearances==

Revision as of 18:34, May 28, 2008

Blinky
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Character Information
Gender: Male
Status:
Unknown
Age: Unknown
Hair: Orange Scales
Occupation: None
Relatives: A bunch of other three-eyed fish
First appearance: Homer's Odyssey
Voiced by: Never talks


Blinky is a three-eyed orange fish, found in the ponds and lakes of Springfield.

History

The Blinky species is seen quite often in natural bodies of water in Springfield, and is a product of the nuclear waste of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Blinky's most famous appearance was in "Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish", where one is caught by Bart and a picture is snapped of it by Dave Shutton and put in The Springfield Shopper. At the same time Mr. Burns was running for govenor, and Blinky became a major topic in his election. He defended Blinky saying he was the next step in the evolutionary ladder and not a horrible mutant. As a publicity stund Mr. Burns has dinner at The Simpsons home and Marge serves the Blinky that earlier Bart had caught. He ends up spiting it out because of its horrible taste and loseing the election to Mary Bailey all because of Blinky.

Other Versions

  • Cow-Headed Fish
  • Frink-Headed Fish
  • 6-Eyed Fish
  • 8-Eyed Fish
  • 3-Eyed Whale
  • 3-Eyed, Orange Creature from the Black Lagoon
  • Green Blinky (Futurama)

Episode Appearances