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Margaret Evelyn Simpson Artwork of Maggie by Matt Groening

Character Information Gender: Female ♀ Status: Alive Age: 1 Hair: Blond (Yellow) Relatives: Parents: Homer and Marge Simpson Siblings: Bart and Lisa Simpson Grandfathers: Abraham Simpson and Clancy Bouvier Grandmothers: Mona Simpson† and Jacqueline Bouvier Aunts: Patty and Selma Bouvier Half-Uncle: Herbert Powell Half-Aunt: Abbey Cousin: Jessica Simpson First appearance: "Good Night" Voiced by: Matt Groening (pacifier)[1] Liz Georges[2] Carol Kane[3] Elizabeth Taylor[4] James Earl Jones[5] Nancy Cartwright Harry Shearer[6] Jodie Foster[7] v • d • e • h

Margaret Evelyn "Maggie" Simpson (born June 16, 1988) is the youngest child of Marge and Homer, and sister to Bart and Lisa. She is often seen sucking on her pacifier and, when she walks, she trips over her clothing and falls on her face. Because she cannot walk or talk, Maggie is the least seen in the Simpson family.

Biography

Artwork of Bart, Lisa and Maggie from season 24

Maggie with her mother and siblings.

Maggie is self-absorbed, orally fixated (hence her omnipresent pacifier), and almost always gets her own way. When she doesn't she becomes cholicky and/or throws tantrums, which cause her family to seek to mollify her. Impressionable and easily influenced by what she sees around her, she once hit her father on the head with a mallet, shot a suction dart at his picture, and brandished a pencil (all in imitation of the ultraviolent television show Itchy and Scratchy watched by her siblings and, indeed, all the children in Springfield). She felt guilty over causing the Springfield Prison break, ultimately blamed on Bart, which got him banned from watching the Itchy & Scratchy movie.^[8]

A formidable markswoman with a rifle, she winged and drove off in rapid succession seven mobsters out to kill her parents.^[9] She was also behind the shooting of Mr. Burns, which may or may not have been an accident, when he tried to steal her lollypop and his gun fell out of his pocket and the two scuffled.^[10][10]

Maggie fought Gerald, the unibrowed baby (the two babies hate each other very much) during the St. Patrick's Day Riot sparked among tourists to Springfield from the Emerald Isle by a ban on alcohol. She was on the side of those representing Ireland, while Gerald represented Northern Ireland, although neither baby is Irish.^[11] When the family's house was being raided by an angry mob, she was able to smash her baby bottle and use it as a makeshift weapon (although only against Krusty's monkey, who promptly ran away). In The Simpsons Movie, she rolled a boulder on the head of Russ Cargill, the evil head of the EPA, when he was about to shoot Homer and Bart.^[12]

Maggie is often frightened of her father's attempts to bond with her, although she does love him. Instead, Maggie shows a much stronger attraction to her mother instead, possibly because Marge is always at home with her while Homer is mostly at work or at Moe's. 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. She bears a strong resemblance to her elder sister, Lisa, suggesting Maggie will look very much like her sister when she reaches eight-years-old. Maggie's first word is "Daddy", something neither Bart or Lisa would call him when they were babies.^[13] On another occasion, Maggie's speaks the word "Ya"; a Norwegian word. She also said "Dadily Doodily" when she was in the care of Ned Flanders.^[14]

Appearance

Like Lisa, her hair is like a starfish. She wears a light blue onesie, matching bow, and a red pacifier. When the Simpsons go to church, she wears a light blue dress hat.

Non-canon

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Half-alien Maggie

Future

At age 9 during Bart and Lisa's high school graduation, Maggie visits Alaska, hotter because of global warming. At this age she looks exactly like Lisa does currently but still wears her blue bow.^[15] At 16, she dresses in a punk-style fashion. It is said she has a beautiful singing voice and, according to Homer, never shuts up on the phone (ironically, whenever she tries to speak, she is always interrupted).^[16] At some point as a young adult she marries Gerald but finds his constant interruptions annoying.^[17] It is unknown if the marriage lasted. She gives birth to a daughter (Maggie Jr.) who, as a toddler, looks exactly the same as Maggie does now.^[18]

Treehouse of Horror

In "Treehouse of Horror V" Homer briefly visits an alternate universe and sees Maggie hit Groundskeeper Willie in the back with an axe. She says in James Earl Jones's voice: "This is indeed a disturbing universe". In "Treehouse of Horror VI", Maggie saves Bart and Lisa from Groundskeeper Willie (as a bagpipe spider) in their dream by clogging his pipe with her pacifier. In "Treehouse of Horror IX", Kang is Maggie's real father and was born as the result of Marge being forced to take part in a cross-breeding program. Maggie starts to grow fangs and her arms and legs are replaced by tentacles. Kang attempts to take her with him but instead appears on The Jerry Springer Show with Homer during which Maggie attacks and kills Springer. At the end the Simpsons manage to keep Maggie but she begins asking for blood in Kang's voice.

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Maggie Image Cost Unlock method Unlock message FREE Winter 2015 Act 2 You Better Not Cry Pt. 1 FREE Winter 2015 Maggie Special Play-Annoyed Grunt Pt. 1 FREE Level 26 Play-Annoyed Grunt Pt. 1 FREE Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Three) Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Three) Pt. 6 FREE When the Bough Breaks The Thing We Do Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name 135000 Regular Characters, Regular Female, Youngster, Sequel Squad, Good People Maggie Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Set a High Score at Whack a Real Mole 10m 26, 7 Whack A Real Mole Overload on Sugar 30m 60, 15 The Candy Shoppe Sneak an Ice Cream 30m 60, 15 Ice Cream Truck The Ice Cream Man Cometh Pt. 1 Watch the Happy Little Elves DVD 60m 70, 17 Brown House Ride the Carousel 2h 110, 27 Boardwalk Carousel Catch a Movie 2h 110, 27 Big T Theatre Establish Squatter's Rights 4h 175, 45 Parasite House Share the Magic 4h 175, 45 Share the Magic Want Everything in the Store 4h 260, 70 Babies B This Phone Home 4h 260, 70 Rigellian Infant Pod Transmitter Play With Interactive Exhibits 4h 175, 45 KidZone Elite Split a Fancy Mac and Cheese 4h 175, 45 Le Petite Appétit Get Fit and Educated 4h 175, 45 Springfield Gymdandee Pretend to Enjoy Herself 4h 175, 45 Blockoland Put Coins on the Rails 4h 175, 45 Springfield Union Station Learn by Fun 4h 175, 45 Childrarium Larp as Commoners 4h 260, 70 Serfsons House Celebrate Like It's 1879 4h 636, 45 Celebrate 636 Episodes Worship Ba'al 4h 175, 45 Pagan Bonfire Ba'al of Confusion Pt. 1 Explore Playdough Factory 4h 175, 45 Playdough Factory Practice Loathing Gerald 4h 175, 45 Go Look at the Pretty Trees 4h 175, 45 Springfield Christmas Tree Farm Look for Rats 4h 260, 70 Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill Relax at the Holiday Cabin 6h 225, 55 Holiday Cabin Have a Baby Dance Battle 8h 275, 70 Toy Fortress Christmas Doesn't Suck Suck Pt. 5 Get Caught in Webs 8h 420, 105 Big Bug House Get Brainfreeze 8h 275, 70 Pinkbeardy Yogurt Attend Wizarding School 8h 275, 70 Magic Academy Drink Milk at Moe's 8h 275, 70 Moe's Tavern Dance to Repetitive Children's Songs 12h 420, 100 Take a Nap 24h 600, 150 Simpson House Animated Tasks Share the Magic Celebrate Like It's 1879 Worship Ba'al Practice Loathing Gerald Dance to Repetitive Children's Songs

Prairie Maggie

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Bouncing Battle Baby

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Bouncing Battle Baby Image Cost Unlock method Unlock message Costume of 45,000 Superheroes 2 Issue 3 Prize Maggie 1 Fore! June History Mystery Box Technical Information ID Quest(s) Internal Name 153010 Little Maggie Had Superpowers BouncingBattleBaby Taps Final Update Wave Cost Release 2 80 October 1, 2024 Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Sneak an Ice Cream 30m 60, 15 Ice Cream Truck The Ice Cream Man Cometh Pt. 1 Take a Quick Super Nap 60m 70, 17 Simpson House Butt Slam 4h 175, 45 Little Maggie Had Superpowers Pt. 2 Squiggle Autographs 8h 275, 70 Android's Dungeon Little Maggie Had Superpowers Pt. 3 Attend Wizarding School 8h 275, 70 Magic Academy Clean Out the Vents 12h 420, 100 Town Hall Little Maggie Had Superpowers Pt. 1 Bounce Around 24h 600, 150 Little Maggie Had Superpowers Pt. 4 Animated Tasks Butt Slam Bounce Around

Rockstar Maggie

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Star Snowsuit Maggie

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Outlands Maggie

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Butterfly Maggie

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Behind the Laughter

The first appearance of Maggie Simpson in "Good Night", a short from The Tracey Ullman Show.

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 intended to present his Life in Hell series. When he realized animating Life in Hell would require him to rescind publication rights for his life's work, Groening decided to go in another direction.^[19] 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. She often sucked on a pacifier and wore a sleep suit, two traits Groening used for Maggie.

Maggie made her debut with the rest of the Simpsons clan on April 19, 1987 in the Tracey Ullman short "Good Night".^[20] Groening thought it would be funny to have a baby character who did not talk and never grew up, but assigned any emotions 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 became 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 she is worth $847.63 (a reference to the monthly cost of infant-rearing in 1989). In "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular," the scanner instead reads "NRA4EVER," a reference to the running joke the show's creators are right-wing radicals. In the newer episodes her price changed to $486.22 (because there had been 486 episodes broadcast as the end of season 22).

Voice

With few exceptions, Maggie never speaks but is very participatory in the events around her, emoting with subtle gestures and facial expressions. Maggie spoke in "Good Night", the first short to air, after the family falls asleep. On this occasion, Liz Georges provided the voice of Maggie. In "Bart vs. Thanksgiving", Bart has a vision of what could happen if he returned home after destroying Lisa's centerpiece. In this vision, Maggie says to him telepathically: "It's your fault I can't talk!". In this scene, she was voiced by Carol Kane.^[21][22]

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. Elizabeth Taylor's performance as Maggie was named the 13th greatest guest spot in the history of the show by IGN. James Earl Jones, who voiced Maggie in "Treehouse of Horror V" was in seventh place. She would later have brief dialogue in "Treehouse of Horror IX", voiced by Harry Shearer, who used his Kang voice. Although she spoke many times, she only had two canonical speeches real within the series. Her first canon speech was in "Lisa's First Word", and this word was "daddy", however only the viewers and not the family heard her say this (At least until the Father's day Clip show). This was done by Elizabeth Taylor. Her second speech was in "Coming to Homerica". This time the family did hear her speak.

According to The Simpsons Movie, the first word the family heard Maggie say was "sequel?", in the ending sequence (unless one counts the Father's Day clip show as being canon).

Maggie also said some thing in "Four Great Women and a Manicure" when on she is in the court, though this is non-canon since it was a story told by Lisa. This voice was done by Jodie Foster.

Heroism

Maggie has saved people's lives on a few occasions, almost always members of her family. She saved Bart and Lisa from Groundskeeper Willie in Treehouse of Horror VI and she saves her parents' lives by winging seven gangsters with a shotgun in Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge. Her parents never knew who was responsible. She even rescued her nemesis, Gerald, from floating into space in Maggie Simpson: Bringing Down Baby. She saved her father on The Simpsons Movie from Russ Cargill by rolling a boulder down on his head before he could kill Homer and Bart. In Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder, she again saved Homer, this time from drowning. (In realization of her efforts, Homer once told Maggie, "What a great little accident you turned out to be", referring to the fact that her conception was unintended).

Foreign dubs

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