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|caption = Artwork of Gil from ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''
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relatives= '''Ex-wife:''' Unamed But Mentioned Awfully A Lot|
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appearance='''First Appearance:''' “[[Realty Bites]]” <br> '''Last Appearance?:''' "[[I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sing]]"|
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voiced by= [[Dan Castellaneta]]
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|job = Various
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|relatives = '''Father:''' Unnamed (deceased)<ref name="Super Franchise">"[[Super Franchise Me]]"</ref><ref>"[[Better Off Ned]]"</ref><br>'''Ex-wife:''' Shirley<ref name="Cross Words">"[[Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words]]"</ref><br>'''Wife:''' [[Elizabeth Hoover]]<ref name="Habeas Tortoise">"[[Habeas Tortoise]]"</ref><br>'''Children:''' Unnamed<ref>"[[Girl's in the Band]]"</ref><br>'''Granddaughter:''' Unnamed<ref>"[['Tis the 30th Season]]"</ref>
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|appearance = "[[Realty Bites]]"
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|voiced by = [[Dan Castellaneta]]
 
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'''Gil Gunderson''' (usually referred to as '''Ol' Gil''' or '''Gil''') is an unsuccessful and unlucky businessman of [[Springfield]].
  
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==Creation==
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== Biography ==
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Gil is based on [[Jack Lemmon]]'s portrayal of Shelley Levene in the film version of ''Glengarry Glen Ross'': a nervous, middle-aged man with the inability to hold a steady job due to strings of misfortunes that tend to hit him at the worst times. Gil made his debut in the episode "[[Realty Bites]]", where he played a hapless real estate agent much like Lemmon did in the film. Lemmon himself played a similar part in "[[The Twisted World of Marge Simpson]]".
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Gil seems to have attended Southern Illinois University, but ended up a few credits short of graduation.<ref name="Super Franchise"/><ref>"[[Sky Police]]"</ref>
  
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==Character Traits==
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Gil has held many different jobs, all of which he eventually loses because something bad happens to him: For example, being shot in his first day as a bank security guard.<ref name="Caged Bird">"[[I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]"</ref>
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Gil frequently refers to himself in the third person ("C'mon, help ol' Gil out here!") At one point, at least, Gil has been married; in the episode "[[Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"]]", he mentions that his wife will leave him if he doesn't start "bringing in the green". Later in the same episode, he telephones his wife and overhears her carousing with his friend Fred, and it seems to be implied that she is having an affair which Gil is too weak to put a stop to. In the episode "[[Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2]]" Gil reveals that he is indeed now divorced from his wife. Gil has several health problems, including bronchitis and a bad back. He's also a strong moocher, and is adept at piano singalongs.
 
  
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==Jobs==
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Early in his career, Gil worked as a door-to-door salesman, selling [[Karpet King]] vacuums.<ref>"[[My Way or the Highway to Heaven]]"</ref> He was also the manager of a successful [[Razzle Dazzle's Pizza-Tainment Palace]] before getting arrested for smuggling drugs inside the animatronics.<ref>"[[Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?]]"</ref>
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[[Image:gil.png|thumb|right|220px|Gil as a Mall Santa in ''[[Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2|"Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2"]]]]
 
  
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===Realtor===
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Gil frequently refers to himself in the third person ("C'mon, help ol' Gil out here!") and has a tendency to scat with a "ha-cha-cha".
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Gil has been seen holding a number of different jobs, first as a real estate agent in the episode [[Realty Bites|"Realty Bites"]]. The [[Lionel Hutz]] line, "Welcome to the big league, Marge. There's over fifty years of experience right in this room! And forty two of those years are Gil's!" seems to imply that before he ran into Marge, Gil actually kept professions. Since the retirement of [[Lionel Hutz]] from the series (due to voice actor [[Phil Hartman]]'s death), Gil has filled the role of Springfield's cheap(est) lawyer. In the third act of "Kill Gil: Vols 1 & 2", Gil returned to his first known job as a real estate agent, and actually became one of the most successful realtors in Scottsdale, Arizona, only to lose his job thanks to Marge.
 
  
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===Lawyer===
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He has several health problems, including bronchitis and a bad back. He's also a strong moocher, and is adept at piano singalongs.<ref name="Kill Gil">"[[Kill Gil, Volumes I & II]]"</ref>
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He found some brief success as a lawyer, assisting Marge with her anti-sugar campaign in "[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]". He returned to the legal profession in "[[The Frying Game]]", but he was less successful, as Homer and Marge went to prison. He replaced [[Lionel Hutz]] as the incompetent lawyer.
 
  
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===Other===
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Among the large number of jobs Gil has had is real estate agent. When [[Marge]] started working as a realtor, [[Lionel Hutz]] told her, "Welcome to the big league, Marge. There's over fifty years of experience right in this room! And forty-two of those years are Gil's!", which seemed to imply that before he ran into Marge, Gil actually kept professions.<ref>"[[Realty Bites]]"</ref> He used to be a car salesman, but he didn't sell any. He was almost going to sell one to [[Homer]], but another salesman took his sale.<ref name="Yellow Honkers">"[[Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"]]"</ref> He has sometimes tried to be a lawyer, like when he assisted Marge with her anti-sugar campaign, one of his few successful jobs,<ref>"[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]"</ref> though it was not the same when Homer and Marge went to prison.<ref>"[[The Frying Game]]"</ref> He once worked at the [[Kwik-E-Mart]], but he slipped and hurt his leg.<ref>"[[Eight Misbehavin']]"</ref> He used to work at [[The Springfield Shopper]], trying to sell newspaper subscriptions, but one of the customers on the phone told him to dance for it. Although that person couldn't see Gil, he danced anyway, desperate to sell something.<ref>"[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"</ref> He tried pitching a product for Amway - a multi-level marketing company - during an AA meeting after supposedly losing three jobs in two days.<ref>"[[Days of Wine and D'oh'ses]]"</ref> He was a "[[Coleco]]" computer salesman, asking the school to buy lots of computers to help "Ol' Gil".<ref>"[[Lisa Gets an "A"]]"</ref>
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In [[Natural Born Kissers]] he was seen as a car salesman, while in [[I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]] he was ready for his first day as a security guard and was later shot.
 
  
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==Homes==
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One of his most miserable jobs was one as a bank security guard, where he was shot several times by robbers just as he was entering the bank for his first day of work.<ref name="Caged Bird"/>
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In "[[Old Yeller Belly]]", Gil apparently lived at the Springfield Men's Mission (a hostel for down-and-outs), although he was forceably ejected from the premises because he had overstayed the "six month occupancy limit." A defiant Gil walked straight into a shady organ donation clinic to sell his eyes for cash.
 
  
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In "[[Natural Born Kissers]]", it is implied that Gil lives in a hot-air balloon, which is stolen by [[Homer]] and [[Marge]]. Gil's lone possession in the balloon is a hot plate (on which he still had two more payments to make). Gil has also been seen living in a storage locker, as seen by "[[Day of the Jackanapes]]".
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[[File:Kill Gil, Volumes I & II promo 1.png|thumb|left|Gil as a Mall Santa]]Gil got a job as a Mall Santa, where he brought a [[Malibu Stacy]] out of the back room stock for [[Lisa]] as a [[Christmas]] present, but it was for [[Mr. Costington]]'s daughter, so he fired him. [[Simpson family|The Simpsons]] let him stay in their house for one night, but he brought all his stuff in and made it into an extended stay. He got on the entire family's nerves, but Marge found herself unable to kick him out because she could not say "no" to him. After an entire year, Gil finally moved to Scottsdale because he got a job as a house salesman. Marge still had to say "no" to him, so the family went to Scottsdale to talk to him. There, they discovered Gil was actually successful at this job, as everyone acclaimed him. But when Marge finally confronted Gil and shouted at him because of his being so annoying, Gil's co-workers thought was a miserable man, so he was fired. Marge regretted her actions and offered to buy a house in Scotsdale so Gil could keep his job. This was successful and Gil celebrated Christmas with the Simpsons again.<ref name="Kill Gil"/>
  
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==Death==
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Another of the few successful moments Gil has enjoyed is when he won a crossword contest, but only because he fooled Lisa by making her take his glasses, which he didn't actually need.<ref name="Cross Words"/>
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===Actual Death===
 
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In [[I Don't Want To Know Why The Caged Bird Sings]] Gil is gunned down by robbers on his first day as a bank security guard. It is unknown if he survived or not.
 
  
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===Attempted Suicide===
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Gil has had several homes. He once lived at the Springfield Men's Mission (a hostel for down-and-outs) but was forceably ejected from the premises because he had overstayed the "six month occupancy limit." A defiant Gil walked straight into a shady organ donation clinic to sell his eyes for cash.<ref>"[[Old Yeller-Belly]]"</ref> Gil used to live in a hot-air balloon, which was stolen by Homer and Marge. Gil's lone possession in the balloon is a hot plate (on which he still had two more payments to make).<ref>"[[Natural Born Kissers]]"</ref> Gil has also been living in a storage locker.<ref>"[[Day of the Jackanapes]]"</ref> He was once seen climbing out of a sewer before remembering that he lived there.<ref>"[[The Changing of the Guardian]]"</ref>
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The episode "[[Tis The Fifteenth Season]]" includes a brief scene showing Gil attempting suicide by hanging himself with Christmas lights. He appears later in the same episode ice skating at Homer's house with the Christmas lights around his neck.
 
  
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{{Simpsons characters}}
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Gil once attempted suicide by hanging himself with Christmas lights. He appears later ice skating near Homer's house with the Christmas lights around his neck.<ref>"[['Tis the Fifteenth Season]]"</ref> He attempts suicide again by jumping off a building, only to be accidentally saved by [[Bart]] using a window cleaning lift.<ref>"[[500 Keys]]"</ref>
  
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Gil nearly hit [[Snowball V]] in his car (just before [[Lisa]] adopted her), missing her and hitting a tree instead. Lisa saw the near-accident as a sign of good luck and decided to keep the cat, but Gil was left with a smashed-up and burning car. He still danced around celebrating, though, saying that thanks to insurance he'd be eating that night.<ref>"[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]"</ref>
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== Relationships ==
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Gil has been married before, mentioning that his wife would leave him if he "didn't start bringing in the green". Telephoning her, he learns that his wife remains unfaithful, despite saying it was over, by catching the voice of Fred on the other side.<ref name="Yellow Honkers"/> They would later divorce as Gil asks [[Marge]] to drive him pass his ex-wife's house.<ref name="Kill Gil"/> In "[[Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words]]", he mentions his wife Shirley passing two years prior, though it is unclear if he is lying in order to have [[Lisa]] pity him and gain the upper hand in the crossword competition.<ref name="Cross Words"/>
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Gil has dated a grandmother, borrowing her granddaughter to attend Daughter and Me classes at the [[Springfield Kid Kennel]], and likely breaking up after Gil loses her.<ref>"[[I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh]]"</ref>
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Gil joined a conspiracy group looking for [[Slow Leonard]], who had gone missing from the [[Springfield Zoo]]. [[Elizabeth Hoover]] was also part of the group. When the two both reached for a ball of [[Mrs. McClellan's Evidence Yarn]], their fingers locked together and the two fell in love with each other. They then eventually got married, with the rest of the group being guests at the wedding. When they found out that Slow Leonard had been found, the group was going to disband, and Gil and Miss Hoover decided that their relationship wouldn't work. However, they then decided to give their relationship a go.<ref name="Habeas Tortoise"/>
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== Non-canon ==
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{{Noncanon}}
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Gil has also been seen as a farmer. He had a thriving field of corn which would have yielded a bumper crop, but unfortunately, it was completely devoured by Homer's clones. The clones then ate Gil.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]"</ref>
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In ''[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]'', Gil appears as a pedestrian throughout Springfield and can be run over.
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In ''[[The Simpsons: Hit & Run]]'', Gil works as a car salesman and in all levels the player character can buy vehicles from him.
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=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
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{{TranscludeSection|The Simpsons: Tapped Out characters/Special characters|Gil}}
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== Behind the Laughter ==
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Gil is based on [[Jack Lemmon]]'s portrayal of Shelley Levene in the {{W2|Glengarry Glen Ross|film|1992 film adaptation}} of [[David Mamet]]'s play ''{{W|Glengarry Glen Ross}}'': a nervous, middle-aged man with the inability to hold a steady job due to strings of misfortunes that tend to hit him at the worst times.
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=== Foreign dubs ===
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|czVoice={{W|cs:Jiří Plachý mladší|Jiří Plachý}}
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|itVoice={{W|it:Nino D'Agata|Nino D'Agata}} (season 9)<br>{{W|it:Teo Bellia|Teo Bellia}} (seasons 10 - 17)<br>{{W|it:Luca Dal Fabbro|Luca Dal Fabbro}} (seasons 18+)<br>{{small|{{W|it:Enrico Di Troia|Enrico Di Troia}} ("[[Lisa Gets an "A"]]")<br>{{W|it:Edoardo Nordio|Edoardo Nordio}} ("[[Day of the Jackanapes]]")<br>{{W|it:Massimiliano Plinio|Massimiliano Plinio}} ("[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]")}}
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== Appearances ==
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Latest revision as of 19:06, November 4, 2024

Gil Gunderson
Gil Gunderson.png
Artwork of Gil from The Simpsons: Tapped Out
Character Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Status:
Alive
Hair: Gray
Occupation: Various
Relatives: Father: Unnamed (deceased)[1][2]
Ex-wife: Shirley[3]
Wife: Elizabeth Hoover[4]
Children: Unnamed[5]
Granddaughter: Unnamed[6]
First appearance: "Realty Bites"
Voiced by: Dan Castellaneta
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Gil Gunderson (usually referred to as Ol' Gil or Gil) is an unsuccessful and unlucky businessman of Springfield.

Biography[edit]

Gil seems to have attended Southern Illinois University, but ended up a few credits short of graduation.[1][7]

Gil has held many different jobs, all of which he eventually loses because something bad happens to him: For example, being shot in his first day as a bank security guard.[8]

Early in his career, Gil worked as a door-to-door salesman, selling Karpet King vacuums.[9] He was also the manager of a successful Razzle Dazzle's Pizza-Tainment Palace before getting arrested for smuggling drugs inside the animatronics.[10]

Gil frequently refers to himself in the third person ("C'mon, help ol' Gil out here!") and has a tendency to scat with a "ha-cha-cha".

He has several health problems, including bronchitis and a bad back. He's also a strong moocher, and is adept at piano singalongs.[11]

Among the large number of jobs Gil has had is real estate agent. When Marge started working as a realtor, Lionel Hutz told her, "Welcome to the big league, Marge. There's over fifty years of experience right in this room! And forty-two of those years are Gil's!", which seemed to imply that before he ran into Marge, Gil actually kept professions.[12] He used to be a car salesman, but he didn't sell any. He was almost going to sell one to Homer, but another salesman took his sale.[13] He has sometimes tried to be a lawyer, like when he assisted Marge with her anti-sugar campaign, one of his few successful jobs,[14] though it was not the same when Homer and Marge went to prison.[15] He once worked at the Kwik-E-Mart, but he slipped and hurt his leg.[16] He used to work at The Springfield Shopper, trying to sell newspaper subscriptions, but one of the customers on the phone told him to dance for it. Although that person couldn't see Gil, he danced anyway, desperate to sell something.[17] He tried pitching a product for Amway - a multi-level marketing company - during an AA meeting after supposedly losing three jobs in two days.[18] He was a "Coleco" computer salesman, asking the school to buy lots of computers to help "Ol' Gil".[19]

One of his most miserable jobs was one as a bank security guard, where he was shot several times by robbers just as he was entering the bank for his first day of work.[8]

Gil as a Mall Santa
Gil got a job as a Mall Santa, where he brought a Malibu Stacy out of the back room stock for Lisa as a Christmas present, but it was for Mr. Costington's daughter, so he fired him. The Simpsons let him stay in their house for one night, but he brought all his stuff in and made it into an extended stay. He got on the entire family's nerves, but Marge found herself unable to kick him out because she could not say "no" to him. After an entire year, Gil finally moved to Scottsdale because he got a job as a house salesman. Marge still had to say "no" to him, so the family went to Scottsdale to talk to him. There, they discovered Gil was actually successful at this job, as everyone acclaimed him. But when Marge finally confronted Gil and shouted at him because of his being so annoying, Gil's co-workers thought was a miserable man, so he was fired. Marge regretted her actions and offered to buy a house in Scotsdale so Gil could keep his job. This was successful and Gil celebrated Christmas with the Simpsons again.[11]

Another of the few successful moments Gil has enjoyed is when he won a crossword contest, but only because he fooled Lisa by making her take his glasses, which he didn't actually need.[3]

Gil has had several homes. He once lived at the Springfield Men's Mission (a hostel for down-and-outs) but was forceably ejected from the premises because he had overstayed the "six month occupancy limit." A defiant Gil walked straight into a shady organ donation clinic to sell his eyes for cash.[20] Gil used to live in a hot-air balloon, which was stolen by Homer and Marge. Gil's lone possession in the balloon is a hot plate (on which he still had two more payments to make).[21] Gil has also been living in a storage locker.[22] He was once seen climbing out of a sewer before remembering that he lived there.[23]

Gil once attempted suicide by hanging himself with Christmas lights. He appears later ice skating near Homer's house with the Christmas lights around his neck.[24] He attempts suicide again by jumping off a building, only to be accidentally saved by Bart using a window cleaning lift.[25]

Gil nearly hit Snowball V in his car (just before Lisa adopted her), missing her and hitting a tree instead. Lisa saw the near-accident as a sign of good luck and decided to keep the cat, but Gil was left with a smashed-up and burning car. He still danced around celebrating, though, saying that thanks to insurance he'd be eating that night.[26]

Relationships[edit]

Gil has been married before, mentioning that his wife would leave him if he "didn't start bringing in the green". Telephoning her, he learns that his wife remains unfaithful, despite saying it was over, by catching the voice of Fred on the other side.[13] They would later divorce as Gil asks Marge to drive him pass his ex-wife's house.[11] In "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words", he mentions his wife Shirley passing two years prior, though it is unclear if he is lying in order to have Lisa pity him and gain the upper hand in the crossword competition.[3]

Gil has dated a grandmother, borrowing her granddaughter to attend Daughter and Me classes at the Springfield Kid Kennel, and likely breaking up after Gil loses her.[27]

Gil joined a conspiracy group looking for Slow Leonard, who had gone missing from the Springfield Zoo. Elizabeth Hoover was also part of the group. When the two both reached for a ball of Mrs. McClellan's Evidence Yarn, their fingers locked together and the two fell in love with each other. They then eventually got married, with the rest of the group being guests at the wedding. When they found out that Slow Leonard had been found, the group was going to disband, and Gil and Miss Hoover decided that their relationship wouldn't work. However, they then decided to give their relationship a go.[4]

Non-canon[edit]

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Gil has also been seen as a farmer. He had a thriving field of corn which would have yielded a bumper crop, but unfortunately, it was completely devoured by Homer's clones. The clones then ate Gil.[28]

In The Simpsons Road Rage, Gil appears as a pedestrian throughout Springfield and can be run over.

In The Simpsons: Hit & Run, Gil works as a car salesman and in all levels the player character can buy vehicles from him.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out[edit]

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Gil Gunderson
Image Cost Unlock method Unlock message
Gil Gunderson.png N/A Only shows up for Gil offers (Temporary) N/A
Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name
45 N/A Gil
Action Offers items for sale

Behind the Laughter[edit]

Gil is based on Jack Lemmon's portrayal of Shelley Levene in the 1992 film adaptation of David Mamet's play Glengarry Glen Ross: a nervous, middle-aged man with the inability to hold a steady job due to strings of misfortunes that tend to hit him at the worst times.

Foreign dubs[edit]

Language Voice dubber
Czech Republic flag.png Čeština Jiří Plachý
Italy Flag.png Italiano Nino D'Agata (season 9)
Teo Bellia (seasons 10 - 17)
Luca Dal Fabbro (seasons 18+)
Enrico Di Troia ("Lisa Gets an "A"")
Edoardo Nordio ("Day of the Jackanapes")
Massimiliano Plinio ("Treehouse of Horror XIII")

Appearances[edit]

Episodes:Specials:Adverts:Simpsons Comics:Treehouse of Horror:Bart Simpson:Futurama Crossover:Comic Strips:Super Spectacular:Winter Wingding:Summer Shindig:Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book:One-Shot Wonders:Video Games:Books:Merchandise:

References[edit]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Super Franchise Me"
  2. ↑ "Better Off Ned"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Habeas Tortoise"
  5. ↑ "Girl's in the Band"
  6. ↑ "'Tis the 30th Season"
  7. ↑ "Sky Police"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  9. ↑ "My Way or the Highway to Heaven"
  10. ↑ "Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II"
  12. ↑ "Realty Bites"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers""
  14. ↑ "Sweets and Sour Marge"
  15. ↑ "The Frying Game"
  16. ↑ "Eight Misbehavin'"
  17. ↑ "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
  18. ↑ "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses"
  19. ↑ "Lisa Gets an "A""
  20. ↑ "Old Yeller-Belly"
  21. ↑ "Natural Born Kissers"
  22. ↑ "Day of the Jackanapes"
  23. ↑ "The Changing of the Guardian"
  24. ↑ "'Tis the Fifteenth Season"
  25. ↑ "500 Keys"
  26. ↑ "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot"
  27. ↑ "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh"
  28. ↑ "Treehouse of Horror XIII"


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