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Holy Rollers
Bowling Team Information
Members: Reverend Lovejoy, Helen Lovejoy, Ned Flanders, Maude Flanders.
First Appearance: "Team Homer"

The Holy Rollers are a bowling team that consists of well-known religious people in Springfield. They go to tournaments wearing monks' robes and have a choir accompanying them.

Members

Behind the Laughter

The team's name is a pun on the slang term Holy Roller, which is used (generally in a derogatory fashion) to refer to the occasionally boisterous worship style of Pentecostal Christians.

Appearances