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| + | "''Suck suck''" -Maggie's catch phrase | ||
| + | {{Character| | ||
| + | image= [[Image:Maggie.jpg|250px]]| | ||
| + | name= Margaret (Maggie) Simpson| | ||
| + | gender=Female| | ||
| + | hair=Blonde| | ||
| + | age=1| | ||
| + | job=None| | ||
| + | relatives=Father [[Homer Simpson|Homer]], Mother [[Marge Simpson]] and [[Kang]] (Fake) , brother [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], sister [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]], grandfather [[Abe Simpson|Abe]], grandmother [[Mona Simpson]], Daughter (in the future) [[Maggie Jr]]| | ||
| + | appearance=[[Good Night]]| | ||
| + | voiced by= [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Nancy Cartwright]] (Gurgling noises, babbling), [[James Earl Jones]], [[Yeardley Smith]]| | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | '''Margaret "Maggie" Simpson''' is a fictional character featured in the animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]''. She is the youngest of the five main family members, and is a baby. She first appeared in the [[The Simpsons shorts|Tracey Ullman short]] "[[Good Night]]" and was quite prominent during the Ullman days, often being featured alongside [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]]. Maggie has since become the least seen of the five main Simpsons. | ||
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| + | ==Role in ''The Simpsons''== | ||
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| + | Like average babies, Maggie is impressionable and easily influenced by what she sees around her. She once hit [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] on the head with a mallet, shot a suction dart at his picture and brandished a pencil in imitation of ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show|Itchy and Scratchy]]''. Despite her age, Maggie is a formidable marksman, as seen in "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns?]]" and "[[Papa's Got a Brand New Badge]]," where she is able to shoot the fingers off of a group of mobsters in rapid succession with a rifle. | ||
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| + | During the early seasons of the show, Maggie's equivalent of a hallmark or calling card would be to trip over her clothing and fall on her face while trying to walk, causing a loud smack on the floor. Indeed, throughout the Tracey Ullman shorts, Maggie fell down a total of 39 times. | ||
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| + | She is keenly aware of her surroundings, and can usually be seen imitating the flow of action around her. Like Bart, Lisa and Homer, she is not fond of spending time with her aunts [[Patty and Selma Bouvier|Patty and Selma]]. It is also known that she dislikes One Eyebrowed baby very much. They fought during the St. Patrick day riot in [[Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes]], Maggie in green (representing Ireland)and [[Gerald]] in orange, like the Northern Irish. | ||
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| + | It was revealed that she was the one who pulled the trigger on Mr. Burns. While most characters dismissed this as an accident, it was strongly implied to viewers that Maggie shot Burns on purpose! | ||
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| + | Apart from a few-and-far-between exceptions, Maggie has never been seen to talk. | ||
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| + | Maggie has won first prize for being the cutest baby. | ||
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| + | ===Future=== | ||
| + | In the future, Maggie is seen dressed as a punk teenager. She has the same bad eating habits as the rest of the family. It is said that she has a beautiful singing voice. In [[Bart to the Future]], it is revealed that she has a daughter named [[Maggie Jr]] with [[Gerald]], who looks exactly the same as Maggie. In [[Future-Drama]] she went on holidays to Alaska, which was warmer because of global warming. | ||
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| + | ===Creation=== | ||
| + | [[Matt Groening]] first conceived the Simpson family in the lobby of [[James L. Brooks]]' office. He had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts, and had intended to present his ''[[Life in Hell]]'' series. When he realized that animating ''Life in Hell'' would require him to rescind publication rights for his life's work, Groening decided to go in another direction.<ref name="americasfirstfamily">{{cite video|people=BBC|year=2000|title='The Simpsons': America's First Family (6 minute edit for the season 1 DVD)|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250735/|format=DVD|location=UK|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> He hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family, and named the characters after various members of his own family. Maggie was named after [[Matt Groening]]'s younger sister Margaret "Maggie" Groening.<ref name=Grain>{{cite web| last = Sadownick | first = Doug | title = Groening Against the Grain | publisher = Advocate | date = [[February 26]], [[1991]] | url = http://www.snpp.com/other/interviews/groening91.html | accessmonthday = March 27 | accessyear=2007}}</ref>She often sucked on a pacifier and wore a sleep suit, two traits Groening used for Maggie.<ref name=sundvd>{{cite video | people=Groening, Matt; Jean, Al; Brooks, James L.|year=2007|title=The Simpsons Movie: A Look Behind the Scenes| medium=DVD||publisher=[[The Sun]]}}</ref> Maggie then made her debut with the rest of the Simpsons clan on 19 April, 1987 in the [[The Simpsons shorts|Tracey Ullman short]] "[[Good Night]]".<ref>Richmond, Ray; Antonia Coffman (1997). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to our Favorite Family. Harper Collins Publishers, pg. 14. ISBN 0-00-638898-1</ref> Groening thought that it would be funny to have a baby character that did not talk and never grew up, but assigned any emotions that the scene required. Her comedic hallmarks include her tendency to stumble and land on her face while attempting to walk (though this has been downplayed in later seasons), and a penchant for sucking on her pacifier, the sound of which has become the equivalent of her catchphrase and was originally created by Groening during the [[The Tracey Ullman Show|Tracey Ullman period]], and by [[Nancy Cartwright (actress)|Nancy Cartwright]] during the regular series. | ||
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| + | During the show's opening credits, Maggie is run through a supermarket checkout scanner, which reads that she is worth $847.63 (a reference to the monthly cost of infant-rearing in 1989).<ref name=List>{{cite web| alt.tv.simpsons | title = List of Inquiries and Substantive Answers | url = http://www.snpp.com/guides/lisa-3.html#3.1.4 | accessmonthday = June 4 | accessyear=2007}}</ref>. In "[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]," the scanner instead reads "NRA4EVER," a reference to the running joke that the show's creators are right-wing radicals. | ||
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| + | === Voice === | ||
| + | <!--THIS SECTION IS NOT FOR LISTING EVERY TIME MAGGIE HAS SPOKEN. IT IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT HER VOICE.--> | ||
| + | With few exceptions, Maggie never speaks but is very participatory in the events around her, emoting with subtle gestures and facial expressions. Maggie has spoken in "[[Good Night (The Simpsons short)|Good Night]]", the first [[The Simpsons shorts|short]] to air on ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'', after the family falls asleep. On this occasion, [[wikipedia:Liz Georges|Liz Georges]] provided the voice of Maggie.<ref>[http://www.snpp.com/guides/tracey.ullman.html The Simpsons Archive: The Simpsons on The Tracey Ullman Show<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | ||
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| + | Maggie's first word spoken in the normal continuity of the series occurred in "[[Lisa's First Word]]", when she was voiced by [[Elizabeth Taylor]].<ref name="EW">[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,311750,00.html Face to Face: Maggie Simpson] ''EW.com''. Published September 11, 1992, Retrieved on March 27, 2007</ref><ref name=FirstWord>[http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/0410.htm "Lisa's First Word"]</ref> Elizabeth Taylor's performance as Maggie was named the 13th greatest guest spot in the history of the show by IGN.<ref name="IGN">[http://tv.ign.com/articles/730/730566p1.html Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances, Page 3] ''IGN.com''. Published September 5, 2006, Retrieved on March 27, 2007</ref> [[James Earl Jones]], who voiced Maggie in [[Treehouse of Horror V]],<ref name="book">{{cite book|last=Richmond |first=Ray|coauthors=Antonia Coffman|title=[[The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to our Favorite Family]] |year=1997 |publisher=Harper Collins Publishers|id=ISBN 0-00-638898-1|pages=pg. 154, 155}}</ref> was in seventh place.<ref name="IGN2">[http://tv.ign.com/articles/730/730566p1.html Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances, Page 4] ''IGN.com''. Published September 5, 2006, Retrieved on March 27, 2007</ref> She would later have brief dialogue in [[Treehouse of Horror IX]], voiced by [[Harry Shearer]], who used his [[Kang & Kodos|Kang]] voice.<ref>{{cite book | last = Gimple | first = Scott M. | coauthors =[[Matt Groening]]| title = [[The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Continued]] | publisher = HarperCollins| date = December 1, 1999 | isbn = 978-0060987633 |page=pp.50-51}}</ref> In earlier episodes, [[Yeardley Smith]] did many of Maggie's squeaks and occasional speaking parts,<ref name=com>{{cite video | people=Smith, Yeardley|year=2007|title=Audio commentary for [[The Simpsons Movie]]| medium=DVD||publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> although in later seasons her parts were done by [[Nancy Cartwright]].<ref name="TwoDimes">{{cite video | people=Brooks, James L.; Cartwright, Nancy; Groening, Matt; Jean, Al; Moore, Rich|year=2003|title=The Simpsons The Complete Third Season DVD commentary for the episode "Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes?"| medium=DVD||publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> Although she has spoken many times, her only canonical speech that was "real" within the series was in [[Lisa's First Word]], and this word was "daddy" (as both Bart and Lisa grew up calling Homer his given name), however only the viewers and not the family heard her say this. | ||
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| + | According to [[The Simpsons Movie]], the first word the family heard Maggie say was "sequel?", in the ending sequence. | ||
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| + | ==Appearances== | ||
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| + | * {{Ul|Good Night}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Watching Television}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Babysitting Maggie}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|The Pacifier}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Burp Contest}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Eating Dinner}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Making Faces}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|The Funeral}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Maggie's Brain}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Football}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|House of Cards}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Bart and Homer's Dinner}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Space Patrol}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Bart's Haircut}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|World War III}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|The Perfect Crime}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Scary Stories}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Grampa & the Kids}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Skateboarding}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|The Pagans}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|The Closet}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|The Aquarium}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Family Portrait}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Bart's Hiccups}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|The Money Jar}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|The Art Museum}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Zoo Story}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Shut Up Simpsons}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|The Shell Game}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|The Bart Simpson Show}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Punching Bag}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Simpson Christmas}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|The Krusty the Clown Show}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Bart the Hero}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Bart's Little Fantasy}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Scary Movie}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Home Hypnotism}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Shoplifting}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Echo Canyon}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Bart's Nightmare}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Bart of the Jungle}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Family Therapy}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Maggie in Peril - Chapter One}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|Maggie in Peril - The Thrilling Conclusion}} | ||
| + | * {{Ul|TV Simpsons}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart the Genius}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer's Odyssey}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|There's No Disgrace Like Home}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart the General}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Moaning Lisa}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Call of the Simpsons}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Telltale Head}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Life on the Fast Lane}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer's Night Out}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Crepes of Wrath}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Krusty Gets Busted}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Some Enchanted Evening}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart Gets an F}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Simpson and Delilah}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Dancin' Homer}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Dead Putting Society}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart vs. Thanksgiving}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart the Daredevil}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Itchy & Scratchy & Marge}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart Gets Hit by a Car}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Way We Was}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Principal Charming}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart's Dog Gets an F}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Old Money}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Brush With Greatness}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa's Substitute}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The War of the Simpsons}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Three Men and a Comic Book}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Blood Feud}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Stark Raving Dad}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|When Flanders Failed}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart the Murderer}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer Defined}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Like Father, Like Clown}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror II}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa's Pony}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Saturdays of Thunder}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Flaming Moe's}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|I Married Marge}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Radio Bart}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa the Greek}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer Alone}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart the Lover}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer at the Bat}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Separate Vocations}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Dog of Death}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Colonel Homer}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Black Widower}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Otto Show}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart's Friend Falls In Love}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Kamp Krusty}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|A Streetcar Named Marge}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer the Heretic}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa the Beauty Queen}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror III}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Marge Gets a Job}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|New Kid on the Block}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Mr. Plow}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa's First Word}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer's Triple Bypass}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Marge vs. the Monorail}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Selma's Choice}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Brother from the Same Planet}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|I Love Lisa}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Duffless}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Last Exit to Springfield}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|So It's Come To This: A Simpsons Clip Show}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Front}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Whacking Day}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Marge in Chains}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Krusty Gets Kancelled}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer's Barbershop Quartet }} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Cape Feare}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer Goes to College}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Rosebud}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror IV}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Marge on the Lam}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart's Inner Child}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Boy-Scoutz N the Hood}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Last Temptation of Homer}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|$pringfield}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart Gets Famous}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer and Apu}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Deep Space Homer}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer Loves Flanders}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart Gets an Elephant}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Burns' Heir}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Boy Who Knew Too Much}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lady Bouvier's Lover}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Secrets of a Successful Marriage}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart of Darkness}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa's Rival}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Another Simpsons Clip Show}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Itchy & Scratchy Land}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Sideshow Bob Roberts}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror V}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart's Girlfriend}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa on Ice}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer Badman}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Fear of Flying}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer the Great}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|And Maggie Makes Three}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart's Comet}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homie the Clown}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart vs. Australia}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer vs. Patty and Selma}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|A Star Is Burns}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa's Wedding}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Two Dozen and One Greyhounds}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The PTA Disbands}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|'Round Springfield}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Springfield Connection}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lemon of Troy}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Radioactive Man}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodly}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart Sells His Soul}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa the Vegetarian}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror VI}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|King-Size Homer}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Mother Simpson}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Marge Be Not Proud}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Team Homer}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Two Bad Neighbors}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Scenes From The Class Struggle in Springfield}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart the Fink}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa the Iconoclast}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer the Smithers}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Day the Violence Died}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|A Fish Called Selma}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart on the Road}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|22 Short Films About Springfield}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Much Apu About Nothing}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homerpalooza}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Summer of 4 Ft. 2}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror VII}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|You Only Move Twice}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Homer They Fall}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Burns, Baby Burns}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart After Dark}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|A Milhouse Divided}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa's Date With Destiny}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Hurricane Neddy}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)|El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Springfield Files}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Twisted World of Marge Simpson}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Mountain of Madness}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer's Phobia}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Brother from Another Series}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|My Sister, My Sitter}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Grade School Confidential}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Canine Mutiny}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Old Man and the Lisa}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|In Marge We Trust}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer's Enemy}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Simpsons Spin-off Showcase}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Secret War of Lisa Simpson}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Principal and The Pauper}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa's Sax}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror VIII}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Cartridge Family}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart Star}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa the Skeptic}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Realty Bites}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Miracle on Evergreen Terrace}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|All Singing, All Dancing }} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart Carny}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Joy of Sect}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Das Bus}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Last Temptation of Krust}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Dumbbell Indemnity}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa the Simpson}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|This Little Wiggy}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Simpson Tide}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Trouble With Trillions}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Girly Edition}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Trash of the Titans}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|King of the Hill}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lost Our Lisa}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Natural Born Kissers}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lard Of the Dance}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart the Mother}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror IX}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|When You Dish Upon a Star}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|D'oh-in' in the Wind}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa Gets an "A"}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Mayored to the Mob}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Viva Ned Flanders}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Wild Barts Can't Be Broken}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Sunday, Cruddy Sunday}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer to the Max}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|I'm With Cupid}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Screaming Yellow Honkers}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Make Room For Lisa}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Maximum Homerdrive}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Simpsons Bible Stories}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Mom and Pop Art}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Old Man and The "C" Student}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Monty Can't Buy Me Love}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|They Saved Lisa's Brain}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Beyond Blunderdome}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Brother's Little Helper}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror X}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|E-I-E-I-D'oh}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Eight Misbehavin'}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Take My Wife, Sleaze}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Grift of the Magi}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Little Big Mom}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Faith Off}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Mansion Family}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Saddlesore Galactica}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Alone Again, Natura-Diddly}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Missionary: Impossible}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Pygmoelian}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bart to the Future}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Days of Wine and D'oh'ses}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Kill the Alligator and Run}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Last Tap Dance in Springfield}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Marge}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Behind the Laughter}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XI}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|A Tale of Two Springfields}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Insane Clown Poppy}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lisa the Tree Hugger}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer vs. Dignity}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Computer Wore Menace Shoes}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Great Money Caper}} | ||
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| + | * {{Ep|Pokey Mom}} | ||
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| + | * {{Ep|Day of the Jackanapes}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|New Kids on the Blecch}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Hungry, Hungry Homer}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Bye Bye Nerdie}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Simpson Safari}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Trilogy of Error}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|I'm Goin' to Praiseland}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Children of a Lesser Clod}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Simpsons Tall Tales}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XII}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Parent Rap}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Homer the Moe}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Blunder Years}} | ||
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| + | * {{Ep|Brawl in the Family}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Sweets and Sour Marge}} | ||
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| + | * {{Ep|The Bart Wants What It Wants}} | ||
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| + | * {{Ep|Weekend at Burnsie's}} | ||
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| + | * {{Ep|Simpson Christmas Stories}} | ||
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| + | * {{Ep|Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife}} | ||
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| + | * {{Ep|I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XVIII}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Little Orphan Millie}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Husbands and Knives}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Funeral for a Fiend}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|E. Pluribus Wiggum}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|That 90's Show}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Love, Springfieldian Style}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|The Debarted}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Dial 'N' for Nerder}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Smoke on the Daughter}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Papa Don't Leech}} | ||
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| + | * ((Ep|I Don't Want To Know Why The Caged Bird Sings)) | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Any Given Sundance}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Mona Leaves-a}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|All About Lisa}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Lost Verizon}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Double, Double, Boy in Trouble}} | ||
| + | * {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XIX}} | ||
| + | * {{Mov}} | ||
| + | * {{Bon|The Amazing Colossal Homer}} | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | * [http://www.thesimpsons.com/bios/bios_family_maggie.htm Maggie Simpson] at TheSimpsons.com | ||
| + | * [http://www.snpp.com/guides/maggie.file.html The Maggie File] at [[The Simpsons Archive]] | ||
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"Suck suck" -Maggie's catch phrase
Margaret (Maggie) Simpson
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Character Information
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Margaret "Maggie" Simpson is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons. She is the youngest of the five main family members, and is a baby. She first appeared in the Tracey Ullman short "Good Night" and was quite prominent during the Ullman days, often being featured alongside Bart and Lisa. Maggie has since become the least seen of the five main Simpsons.
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Role in The Simpsons
Like average babies, Maggie is impressionable and easily influenced by what she sees around her. She once hit Homer on the head with a mallet, shot a suction dart at his picture and brandished a pencil in imitation of Itchy and Scratchy. Despite her age, Maggie is a formidable marksman, as seen in "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" and "Papa's Got a Brand New Badge," where she is able to shoot the fingers off of a group of mobsters in rapid succession with a rifle.
During the early seasons of the show, Maggie's equivalent of a hallmark or calling card would be to trip over her clothing and fall on her face while trying to walk, causing a loud smack on the floor. Indeed, throughout the Tracey Ullman shorts, Maggie fell down a total of 39 times.
She is keenly aware of her surroundings, and can usually be seen imitating the flow of action around her. Like Bart, Lisa and Homer, she is not fond of spending time with her aunts Patty and Selma. It is also known that she dislikes One Eyebrowed baby very much. They fought during the St. Patrick day riot in Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes, Maggie in green (representing Ireland)and Gerald in orange, like the Northern Irish.
It was revealed that she was the one who pulled the trigger on Mr. Burns. While most characters dismissed this as an accident, it was strongly implied to viewers that Maggie shot Burns on purpose!
Apart from a few-and-far-between exceptions, Maggie has never been seen to talk.
Maggie has won first prize for being the cutest baby.
Future
In the future, Maggie is seen dressed as a punk teenager. She has the same bad eating habits as the rest of the family. It is said that she has a beautiful singing voice. In Bart to the Future, it is revealed that she has a daughter named Maggie Jr with Gerald, who looks exactly the same as Maggie. In Future-Drama she went on holidays to Alaska, which was warmer because of global warming.
Creation
Matt Groening first conceived the Simpson family in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. He had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts, and had intended to present his Life in Hell series. When he realized that animating Life in Hell would require him to rescind publication rights for his life's work, Groening decided to go in another direction.[1] He hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family, and named the characters after various members of his own family. Maggie was named after Matt Groening's younger sister Margaret "Maggie" Groening.[2]She often sucked on a pacifier and wore a sleep suit, two traits Groening used for Maggie.[3] Maggie then made her debut with the rest of the Simpsons clan on 19 April, 1987 in the Tracey Ullman short "Good Night".[4] Groening thought that it would be funny to have a baby character that did not talk and never grew up, but assigned any emotions that the scene required. Her comedic hallmarks include her tendency to stumble and land on her face while attempting to walk (though this has been downplayed in later seasons), and a penchant for sucking on her pacifier, the sound of which has become the equivalent of her catchphrase and was originally created by Groening during the Tracey Ullman period, and by Nancy Cartwright during the regular series.
During the show's opening credits, Maggie is run through a supermarket checkout scanner, which reads that she is worth $847.63 (a reference to the monthly cost of infant-rearing in 1989).[5]. In "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular," the scanner instead reads "NRA4EVER," a reference to the running joke that the show's creators are right-wing radicals.
Voice
With few exceptions, Maggie never speaks but is very participatory in the events around her, emoting with subtle gestures and facial expressions. Maggie has spoken in "Good Night", the first short to air on The Tracey Ullman Show, after the family falls asleep. On this occasion, Liz Georges provided the voice of Maggie.[6]
Maggie's first word spoken in the normal continuity of the series occurred in "Lisa's First Word", when she was voiced by Elizabeth Taylor.[7][8] Elizabeth Taylor's performance as Maggie was named the 13th greatest guest spot in the history of the show by IGN.[9] James Earl Jones, who voiced Maggie in Treehouse of Horror V,[10] was in seventh place.[11] She would later have brief dialogue in Treehouse of Horror IX, voiced by Harry Shearer, who used his Kang voice.[12] In earlier episodes, Yeardley Smith did many of Maggie's squeaks and occasional speaking parts,[13] although in later seasons her parts were done by Nancy Cartwright.[14] Although she has spoken many times, her only canonical speech that was "real" within the series was in Lisa's First Word, and this word was "daddy" (as both Bart and Lisa grew up calling Homer his given name), however only the viewers and not the family heard her say this.
According to The Simpsons Movie, the first word the family heard Maggie say was "sequel?", in the ending sequence.
Appearances
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References
- ↑ BBC. (2000). 'The Simpsons': America's First Family (6 minute edit for the season 1 DVD) (DVD). UK: 20th Century Fox.
- ↑ Sadownick, Doug (February 26, 1991). Groening Against the Grain. Advocate. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
- ↑ Groening, Matt; Jean, Al; Brooks, James L.. (2007). The Simpsons Movie: A Look Behind the Scenes [DVD]. The Sun.
- ↑ Richmond, Ray; Antonia Coffman (1997). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to our Favorite Family. Harper Collins Publishers, pg. 14. ISBN 0-00-638898-1
- ↑ List of Inquiries and Substantive Answers. Retrieved on June 4, 2007.
- ↑ The Simpsons Archive: The Simpsons on The Tracey Ullman Show
- ↑ Face to Face: Maggie Simpson EW.com. Published September 11, 1992, Retrieved on March 27, 2007
- ↑ "Lisa's First Word"
- ↑ Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances, Page 3 IGN.com. Published September 5, 2006, Retrieved on March 27, 2007
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- ↑ Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances, Page 4 IGN.com. Published September 5, 2006, Retrieved on March 27, 2007
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- ↑ Smith, Yeardley. (2007). Audio commentary for The Simpsons Movie [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
- ↑ Brooks, James L.; Cartwright, Nancy; Groening, Matt; Jean, Al; Moore, Rich. (2003). The Simpsons The Complete Third Season DVD commentary for the episode "Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes?" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
External links
- Maggie Simpson at TheSimpsons.com
- The Maggie File at The Simpsons Archive
