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| − | |name = Homer Jay Simpson
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| − | |image = [[File:Homer Simpson.png|250px]]
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| − | |caption = Artwork of Homer by [[Matt Groening]]
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| − | |gender = {{Male}}
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| − | |alias = Homer Thompson<ref>"[[Cape Feare]]"</ref><br>[[Pieman]]<br>Max Power<ref name="Homer to the Max">"[[Homer to the Max]]"</ref><br>[[El Homo]]<br>[[Thad Supersperm]]<br>"Bald Mommy"<ref>"[[Million Dollar Abie]]"</ref>
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| − | |hair = None (formerly brown)
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| − | |age = 39<ref>"[[The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace]]"</ref><ref>"[[Moe Letter Blues]]"</ref>
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| − | |status = Alive
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| − | |job = [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|Nuclear]] Safety Inspector<br>Former Technical Supervisor
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| − | |location= [[742 Evergreen Terrace]], [[Springfield]]
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| − | |relatives = '''Parents:''' [[Abe Simpson|Abraham]] and [[Mona Simpson]] (deceased) <br /> '''Wife:''' [[Marge Simpson|Marge Bouvier]] <br /> '''Ex-wife:''' [[Amber Simpson]]<br /> '''Children:''' [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] and [[Maggie Simpson]]<br />Dozens unnamed<br>'''Half-siblings:''' [[Herb Powell]] and [[Abbie]] <br /> '''Grandparents:''' [[Orville J. Simpson]] and [[Yuma Hickman]]<br>'''Niece:''' [[Jessica Simpson]]<br/>''For more info, see [[Simpson family]]''
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| − | |appearance = "[[Good Night]]"
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| − | |voiced by = [[Dan Castellaneta]]<br>[[John Ratzenberger]]<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XXV]]"</ref>
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| − | '''Homer Jay Simpson''', formerly known as '''Max Power''',<ref name="Homer to the Max"/> is the father of the Simpson family. He is an overweight, lazy, and ignorant individual, but is strongly devoted to his wife and children. His behavior is often stupid, absurd, selfish, dangerous, clumsy, idiotic, and insensitive. Despite this and his below average intelligence, he has shown moments of great intellect, and can be a caring parent and husband at times.
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| − | Homer works as a low level safety inspector at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], in [[Sector 7G]], although he is often incompetent and mostly sleeps on duty and eats donuts provided. He spends a great deal of his time at [[Moe's Tavern]] with his lifelong friends [[Barney Gumble|Barney]], [[Carl Carlson|Carl]], [[Lenny Leonard|Lenny]], and bartender [[Moe Szyslak|Moe]]. At [[742 Evergreen Terrace|home]] he can often be found sitting on the sofa mindlessly watching television while snacking on food and drinking [[Duff Beer|Duff]].
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| − | == Biography ==
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| − | [[File:Homer slipping.png|thumb|left|Artwork of Homer from [[season 24]].]]
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| − | === History ===
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| − | [[File:Homer's_4th_Grade_Report_Card.png|thumb|Homer's 4th Grade Report Card.]]
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| − | [[File:Mrs._Harvell's_class.png|thumb|Homer's 4th grade class teached by [[Mrs. Harvell]].]]
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| − | [[File:Homer young.PNG|thumb|left|175px|Homer in his late teens.]]
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| − | ====1950s====
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| − | Homer Jay Simpson was born as the third child of [[Abraham Simpson]], and the first (and only) child of [[Mona Simpson]] on May 12, 1952. He was raised on the Simpsons farm by his parents until they were forced to move out due to Homer spooking the cows by jumping out of a bale of hay and scaring them into giving sour milk. At some point during his childhood, Abe seemed to feed beer to Homer Simpson, but he quit drinking beer until he was older upon Barney's suggestion after he caused a multi-car pileup in his playschool car.
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| − | ====1960s====
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| − | In 1960, Homer experimented to see if he could push fifteen crayons into his nose, which resulted in one being lodged into his brain and being responsible for his current below-average intelligence. In the late 1960s, while Homer was between nine and twelve years of age, Mona went into hiding following a run-in with the law. However, before she started protesting, she took Homer and her husband to the Woodstock Music Festival, where Homer ended up briefly adopting the Hippie lifestyle (and Abe Simpson attempted to send him off to the Vietname War as punishment for wanting to be a Hippie). In 1966, Homer, along with Lenny, Carl, and Moe Syszlak, went over to a deep gorge for a nice swim, but the water was drained. When investigating why the lake was reduced to a muddy pit, he stumbled upon [[Waylon Smithers, Sr.|a decomposing corpse]] inside the pipe, greatly traumatizing him and leading to his occasional overeating.
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| − | ====1970s====
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| − | Homer attended [[Springfield High School]] and fell in love with [[Marge Bouvier]] in 1974.<ref name="The Way We Was">"[[The Way We Was]]"</ref> After high school, Homer and Marge bought an apartment at Springfield Place. During this time, Marge gets a letter accepting her into college. To pay for her tuition, Abe gives him a job at Simpson Lazer Tag as well as this, along with [[Lou]] Lenny and Carl, Homer is part of a barbershop quartet. When Marge becomes infatuated by her professor, Homer changes the band's name to [[Sadgasm]] and they invent grunge music. Marge realizes that she really loves Homer, and she goes back to him.<ref>"[[That '90s Show]]"</ref>
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| − | In 1982, Marge became pregnant with [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] (after discovering this, Homer tore out half of his hair). At this time Homer was working at [[Sir Putts-A-Lot]], turning the crank that spins the windmill. The two got married in [[Shotgun Pete's 24 Hour Wedding Chapel]], a small wedding chapel across the state line. They spent their wedding reception alone at a truck stop, before ending up at the Bouvier's House, where they lived at the time. After failing to get a job at the newly built [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|Nuclear Power Plant]], Homer left Marge to find a job by which he could support his family. He went to work at a taco restaurant called the [[Gulp 'n' Blow]], until Marge found him and convinced him to return home with her. As a result, Homer confronted [[Charles Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] and secured a job at the Plant.<ref>"[[I Married Marge]]"</ref> Two years after Bart was born, Marge became pregnant with [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] in 1984 (after discovering this, Homer tore out all but three strands of his hair), shortly before the couple brought their [[742 Evergreen Terrace|first house]].<ref>"[[Lisa's First Word]]"</ref> Homer's second leap to stardom was his success as the lead singer and songwriter for the barbershop quartet the [[Be-Sharps]], even winning a [[Outstanding Soul, Spoken Word, or Barbershop Album of the Year|Grammy Award]] (he later complains that a Grammy isn't worth winning). During his time with the group, Homer was frequently absent from home, which put stress on his marriage. After the group broke up due to creative differences, Homer went back to [[Springfield]] to continue his old life.<ref>"[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]"</ref> Some time in the late 1980s, Homer drew up a budget so that he could work at his dream job, a pin monkey at [[Barney Gumble|Barney's]] [[Al Gumble|uncle's]] [[Barney's Bowlarama]]. The budget included buying regular toilet paper and that only one of the kids could go to college.
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| − | Unfortunately for Homer, Marge became pregnant with [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] in 1990, shortly after he started his new job, and not being able to support his family, he went back to the Nuclear Plant.<ref>"[[And Maggie Makes Three]]"</ref> Since then Homer has started many [[List of Homer's Jobs|jobs]], including being a professional astronaut for NASA, but has ended up back where he began at the Nuclear Plant. He has nearly caused the destruction of [[Springfield]] a couple of times, after a nuclear meltdown at the plant and polluting Lake Springfield with his pet [[Plopper|pig]]'s (and his own) waste.<ref name="The Simpsons Movie">''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''</ref>
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| − | When first joining the Power Plant, Homer had a nameless job handling plutonium. He was fired by Sherri and Terri's father, who was his supervisor, for creating a deadly gas leak. He was later re-hired to safety inspector for Sector 7-G, after complaining about the safety of the plant itself. Ironically, the accidents that occur at the plant double every year since Homer was made safety inspector,.
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| − | Homer rarely attends his job, and yet hardly gets fired, and always has his job waiting for him when he wants to return. He has impulsively quit occasionally to pursue other carers, although he always ends up losing or quitting these jobs. On one occasion, Homer has misinterpreted a threat about losing his job as a hint that he can take the next day off.
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| − | His appearance is that of an overweight balding man. He has a perpetual five-o-clock shadow that can regrow itself at a very quick rate if he ever shaves. Despite his overweight status, and hate for exercise, he has on occasion shown surprising physical prowess and agility for a man of his stature, such as when training for [[Whacking Day]] and he hits several pop-up Snakes with kicks and even backflipping. His baldness is contributed by several factors. Upon finding out whenever Marge was pregnant, he would tear out a substantial amount of his hair. Another contribution is working at the nuclear plant for so many years that the exposure to radioactivity has caused most of his hair to fall out. In one episode, he learned that if he repented for all of his sins and became Catholic, he could go to Heaven when he died. During his confession, he states that he has masturbated eight billion times and that he doesn't plan to stop and that he doesn't regret it. Excessive masturbation can lead to hair loss as well.
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| − | [[File:Homer brain.jpg|thumb|150px|An x-ray of Homer's true brain.]]
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| − | Homer's personality is one of frequent stupidity, laziness, and explosive anger; one might say it is that of the [[Wikipedia:Average Joe|"Average Joe"]]. He also suffers from a short attention span which complements his intense but short-lived passion for hobbies, enterprises and various causes. Homer is prone to emotional outbursts; he gets very envious of his neighbors, the [[Flanders family]], and is easily enraged at his son, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], and strangles him in an exaggerated manner. His trademark phrase to strangling Bart is, "Why you little...!" and on one occasion, "Why you little bastard!".<ref name="Wedding for Disaster">"[[Wedding for Disaster]]"</ref> He also spanks Bart sometimes and, in one case, Lisa. One time, he was too busy to spank them, so he told them to go to their rooms and spank themselves. He shows no compunction about this, and does not attempt to hide his actions from people outside the family, even showing disregard for his son's well being in other ways, such as leaving Bart alone at a port,<ref>"[[The Great Money Caper]]"</ref> or allowing Bart to go court for skateboarding naked on his dare when all he would have to do is attend a 1 hour parenting class signifying not only his disregard for Bart but his extreme laziness.<ref name="The Simpsons Movie"/> While Homer has repeatedly upset people and caused all sorts of mayhem in [[Springfield]], these events are usually caused by either his explosive temper or lack of foresight. Except for expressing annoyance at [[Ned Flanders]], Homer's actions are usually unintentional. Most of his explosive anger is targeted on Bart, because of something stupid or bad he had said or done. Despite their disadvantages, these common outbursts saved Homer from dying of a pent-up rage-induced heart attack.<ref>"[[I Am Furious (Yellow)]]"</ref>
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| − | While Homer's stupid antics often upset his family, he has also performed acts that reveal him to be a surprisingly loving father and husband, such as selling his cherished ride on the [[Duff Blimp]] and using the money to enter Lisa in a beauty pageant so she could feel better about herself;<ref>"[[Lisa the Beauty Queen]]"</ref> giving up his chance at wealth to allow Maggie to keep a cherished teddy bear;<ref>"[[Rosebud]]"</ref> spearheading an attempt to dig Bart out after he had fallen down a well, even though he hates doing physical labor<ref>"[[Radio Bart]]"</ref> and arranging a surprise second wedding with Marge to make up for their [[I Married Marge|lousy first]] ceremony, even going so far as to hire one of The Doobie Brothers as part of the wedding band and getting a divorce from Marge, essentially making their second wedding a "real" one.<ref name="A Milhouse Divided">"[[A Milhouse Divided]]"</ref>
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| − | Homer tends to derive amusement from the misfortune of others. He is a chronic petty thief and borderline kleptomaniac, stealing everything from TV trays to power tools and air conditioners, even an entire room of the [[Flanders House]] from [[Ned Flanders]]. He has also stolen golf balls from the local driving range, office supplies (including computers) from work, and beer mugs from [[Moe's Tavern]].
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| − | Homer has a vacuous mind, but he is still able to retain a great amount of knowledge about very specific subjects. He often shows short bursts of astonishing insight, memory, creativity and fluency with many languages. Homer is also extremely confident; no matter how little skill or knowledge he has about anything he tries to do, he has no doubt that he will be successful. However, his brief periods of intelligence are overshadowed by much longer and more consistent periods of ignorance, forgetfulness and stupidity. Homer has a low IQ due to many factors: his hereditary [[Simpson gene|"Simpson Gene"]], his alcohol problem, exposure to radioactive waste, repetitive cranial trauma, and the crayon lodged in the frontal lobe of his brain. He also implied that he would have been at least a bit smarter, if not by a substantial amount, if his father had tried to give him encouragement rather than beat him down.<ref>"[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]"</ref> The crayon in his brain is possibly the largest causal factor in his stupidity. Homer's intelligence was said to jump up fifty points when he had the crayon removed, bringing him to an IQ of 105, slightly above that of an average person (though he showed far above average intelligence), but he went back to his old self when he had it reinserted, presumably lowering his IQ back down to its original 55.<ref>"[[HOMЯ]]"</ref> This IQ score is, however, likely a joke or oversight on the producers' part, as someone with an IQ of 55 would be unable to look after themselves and would be classified as severely mentally handicapped. Also from the level of intelligence he showed it's much more likely that his IQ was boasted to 135-155. Despite his handicap, Homer does have a degree of long term, calculated planning of what might happen, such as when, shortly before taking his "forget-me-shot" from Moe Syzslak, requested for their anniversary party to have a Moon Jump due to realizing exactly what will happen afterwards.<ref name="Eternal Moonshine">"[[Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind]]"</ref>
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| − | Homer has at times debated against his brain. Occasionally, a specific body part such as his face, stomach or liver is also shown debating with his brain. In [[Burns, Baby Burns|one notable scene]] Homer's mind actually leaves his body out of boredom, causing him to collapse. Homer is also inclined to retreat into fantasy, such as daydreaming of Germany as [[The Land of Chocolate|"the land of chocolate"]].<ref>"[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]"</ref><ref>''[[The Simpsons Game]]''</ref>
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| − | Homer's attitudes toward woman, romance, and sex are occasionally shown. While Homer's marriage with Marge is occasionally strained, it seems generally happy. Despite this, Homer is often tempted with other women, and usually shows no qualms with gawking at (and drooling over) attractive women. Homer almost had an affair with [[Mindy Simmons]],<ref name="The Last Temptation of Homer">"[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]"</ref> but ended up not wanting to. He has made the occasional remark denoting his attraction to other women (including his [[Maude Flanders|neighbor's wife]]), even in front of Marge on a occasion, but always shows his devotion to Marge in the end.
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| − | Despite attending church every Sunday, Homer is not a committed Christian, and it is likely that he only attends church because he knows that Marge would be hurt and shocked if he did not. He does not seem to practice Christian morals and frequently sleeps in church, much to the annoyance of [[Reverend Lovejoy]]. He often mispronounces the name of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]], calling him "Jebus".
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| − | Homer had actually met [[God]] face to face several times and has even gotten permission from him in a dream to skip church.<ref>"[[Homer the Heretic]]"</ref><ref>"[[Thank God It's Doomsday]]"</ref>
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| − | Homer became a superhero named [[Pieman]] when The Rich Texan makes Lisa cry. He chucks pies in the faces of evildoers or people who deserve to be pied, uses the basement as a Pie Cave and his car as the Piemobile. Bart later acted as his sidekick named [[Cupcake Kid]].<ref>"[[Simple Simpson]]"</ref> He also attempted to don a graphitti alias as "El Homo", which was meant to be a Mexican take on his name, but erased it when he realized the alias was Spanish for homosexual.<ref>"[[Large Marge]]"</ref>[[File:Simple Simpson promo.jpg|thumb|Homer and Bart as Pieman and Cupcake Kid.]]
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| − | When Homer went to prison for bribing an official, an {{ap|FBI agent|Donnie Fatso}} offered Homer a way out by infiltrating into the [[Springfield Mafia]] to spy [[Fat Tony]]. Homer was given a toupee, a [[Gadget wig|wig]] with a microphone and a camera in and a new name, [[Nicky Bluepants Altosaxophony]].<ref>"[[Donnie Fatso]]"</ref>
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| − | Homer's skills seem to vary greatly. Sometimes Homer can find it difficult to run to smallest distance before passing out from exhaustion, to exceeding the prowess of gold medal Olympians. At other times he can have trouble understanding the simplest of concepts to being able to build a functional robot with a working A.I.
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| − | One skill that remains somewhat constant throughout the series is his musical talent. Homer can play the guitar amazingly well and is an accomplished singer and songwriter. He has been part of several bands which were all extremely popular. He won a Grammy for barbershop, numerous golden records for [[Sadgasm|his grunge band]], which is a music style he also invented, and was able to help Lisa win a music contest using songs he wrote for her.
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| − | Like Bart, Homer also displays the ability to pick up languages fairly quickly. When he and Bart were imprisoned in [[Japan]] for a seemingly short amount of time he was able to speak the language fluently by the time he left.
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| − | Homer is 40, overweight and so unhealthy that his life expectancy is only 42.
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| − | Homer while varying in physical ability from episode to episode has been consistently portrayed as a binge drinking, over eating, accident prone dare devil who puts absolutely no thought into what his actions will cost him, all of which has made it impossible to get any form of insurance which concerns his health.
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| − | Homer is in hospital in at least one episode every season, and has had several life saving operations not including the one for his triple heart bypass and subsequent installation of his pacemaker which he needed after his artery's were clogged with cholesterol.
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| − | Years of working in a sub standard nuclear facility has left his blood irradiated enough to show up on an x-ray, as well as having rendered him sterile.
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| − | Homer loves food, he can almost always be seen eating far more than any one man could possibly eat alone. His favourites are foods which he knows are bad for him, and will blatantly refuse healthy food such as oatmeal and fruit in favour of fatty meals. He was once willing to die upon eating a poisoned éclair despite knowing it would kill him, only to throw it away in horror when Lisa claimed it was low fat.<ref>"[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"</ref>
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| − | Homer also seems to have problem with his sound sense as the result of attending rock concert too much at his youth time.<ref name="The Otto Show">"[[The Otto Show]]"</ref> His lack of hearing could be the reason why he didn't pay attention at any words anyone said. Both Bart and Homer have problem with concentration.<ref name="Bart Gets an F">"[[Bart Gets an "F"]]"</ref>
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| − | ==== Hair Loss ====
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| − | There are multiple theories on how Homer lost his hair. One theory suggests that Homer ripped out some of his hair when he realized Marge was pregnant with Bart, then more when he found out she was pregnant with Lisa, and all but the last few hairs when he found out she was pregnant with Maggie.
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| − | Another theory is that Homer's hair was once squirted with some kind of acid, thus causing permanent hair loss.{{Fact}}
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| − | It was once shown that Homer gradually lost his hair over time.<ref name="Eternal Moonshine"/>
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| − | === Romantic ===
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| − | Despite being married to [[Marge Simpson|Marge]], throughout the entire show Homer has had a number of romantic encounters.
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| − | ==== Marge Simpson ====
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| − | Homer is the husband of [[Marge Simpson]]. They met when they were younger without learning who each other was before meeting again properly in high school. They have had three weddings.<ref name="Wedding for Disaster"/><ref name="A Milhouse Divided"/><ref>Before the show</ref> The two have a very strong marriage which has survived cheating, amnesia and many arguments. They have been in love since high school.<ref name="The Way We Was"/>
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| − | [[Mindy Simmons]] was an attractive employee at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] who has nearly everything in common with Homer. They attended a conventions together and nearly had an affair.<ref name="The Last Temptation of Homer"/> After Homer turned her down, he later says that she "hit the bottle pretty hard and got fired."
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| − | [[Lurleen Lumpkin]] is a waitress who Homer helped in launching a successful singing career. She attempted to seduce him with no success.<ref name="Colonel Homer">"[[Colonel Homer]]"</ref> She's been married multiple times to men that all look like Homer.<ref name="Colonel Homer"/>
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| − | [[Amber Simpson|Amber]] was Homer's Vegas wife who Homer accidentally married in [[Viva Ned Flanders|Las Vegas]].<ref>"[[Viva Ned Flanders]]"</ref> They managed to get her drunk and made her believe she married Abe which made her run back to Vegas.<ref>"[[Brawl in the Family]]"</ref>
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| − | When Homer becomes a famous Opera singer he attracts the attention of horde of fans including a stalker by the name of [[Julia]]. She confesses to Homer that she is his to do with as he wants, becoming his personal assistant and attempting to seduce him at every turn. When he proclaims that his heart belongs to Marge she attempts to kill him with no success.<ref>"[[The Homer of Seville]]"</ref>
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| − | ==== Barney Gumble ====
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| − | [[Barney Gumble]] is one of Homer's best friends. They were both born in 1956 making Homer the same age as Barney. They have been best friends since high school. Homer was the one who convinced him to become an alcoholic.<ref>"[[Mr. Plow]]"</ref>
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| − | [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] are Homer's co-workers at the Nuclear Power Plant, and they knew Homer back in their childhood.<ref>"[[The Blunder Years]]"</ref><ref>"[[The Way We Weren't]]"</ref>
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| − | === Future ===
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| − | In 8 years from now, Homer's and Marge's relationship has finally ended, after Homer blew the family savings on an underwater house. She started dating [[Krusty the Clown]], and eventually Homer fought him to win her back. Homer was beaten, but Marge still decided to go back to him.<ref>"[[Future-Drama]]"</ref>
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| − | == Behind the Laughter ==
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| − | === Creation ===
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| − | [[File:MG01frame2.png|thumb|The first appearances of Homer and Bart Simpson in "[[Good Night]]", a short from ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]''.]]
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| − | [[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. He hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, with Homer being named after his father. Homer then made his debut with the rest of the Simpsons clan on 19 April 1987 in the [[The Simpsons shorts|Tracey Ullman short]] "[[Good Night]]". Homer's middle initial "J", which was revealed to stand for "Jay",<ref>"[[D'oh-in' in the Wind]]"</ref> was a "tribute" to Bullwinkle J. Moose from ''[[Wikipedia:The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show|Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'', a show Matt Groening loved as a child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/interviews/groening/page9.shtml|title=J is for Jay|accessdate=2007-06-12|publisher=BBC}}</ref>
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| − | According to Matt Groening, the whole family was designed so that they would be recognizable in silhouette.<ref>{{cite video | people=Groening, Matt; Al Jean, Mike Reiss|year=2001|title=The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "There's No Disgrace Like Home"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref><ref>{{cite video | people=Groening, Matt; James L. Brooks, David Silverman|year=2001|title=The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>
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| − | Homer's voice sounds different on the shorts than the later half-hour show. [[Dan Castellaneta|Dan Castellaneta's]] earliest portrayal began as a loose impression of [[Wikipedia:Walter Matthau|Walter Matthau]], but developed into a more robust and humorous voice during the second and third season of the half-hour show, allowing Homer to convey a wider range of emotions.<ref name="matthau">{{cite news|author=Brownfield, Paul|title=He's Homer, but This Odyssey Is His Own|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=1999-07-06}}</ref> Castellaneta changed the voice, as he could not sustain his Matthau impression for the 9-10 hour long recording sessions and had to find something easier.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1565538/20070725/story.jhtml|title='Simpsons' Trivia, From Swearing Lisa To 'Burns-Sexual' Smithers|accessdate=2007-07-29|date=2007-07-26|author=Larry Carroll|publisher=MTV}}</ref> During an interview with the cast of the show on ''Inside the Actors Studio'', Castellaneta stated that Homer's voice was based in part on his own father who often spoke with an exuberant tone.
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| − | Homer's name is rarely translated, though exceptions occur. In the Arabic version Homer becomes Omar, and it was heavily modified, with alcohol and pork being removed. The Latin American version translates Homer to Homero.
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| − | === Catchphrase ===
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| − | {{main|D'oh!}}
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| − | Homer popularized the annoyed grunt "[[D'oh!]]" (made memorable through Dan Castellaneta's distinctive voice work), which began as an abbreviated form of [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Finlayson|James Finlayson's]] annoyed "Dooooh" in [[Wikipedia:Laurel and Hardy|Laurel and Hardy films]] and other comedy shorts. This modern interjection has found enough popular acceptance to be included in the [[Wikipedia:Oxford English Dictionary|Oxford English Dictionary]].
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| − | He also popularized the catchphrase "[[Mmm...]]". Many examples of other "mmm...s" are "Mmm...candy", "Mmm...pointy" from or "Mmm...hug". He has used it less lately.
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| − | Homer has other catchphrases.Homer's other catchphrases are ''[[Mmm...]]'',''[[Woo Hoo!]]'' and ''[[Why you little!]]''.
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| − | [[File:D'oh.jpg|thumb|150px|Homer uttering the legendary word "D'oh".]]
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| − | On May 30, 2003, Homer was made an honorary citizen of [[wikipedia: Winnipeg|Winnipeg, Canada]], in recognition of [[Matt Groening]]'s father Homer Groening, who is believed to be from the Manitoba capital.<ref>Romaniuk, Ross. "[http://ccr.ptbcanadian.com/simpsons/articles.htm Is Homer Simpson Canadian?]". ''Winnipeg Sun''. May 30, 2003.</ref>
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| − | Homer placed second on [[wikipedia:TV Guide|TV Guide's]] 2002 Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters, behind [[wikipedia: Bugs Bunny|Bugs Bunny]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/|title=TV Guide's 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time|accessdate=2007-08-25|date=2002-07-30|publisher=CNN}}</ref> In 2005, Homer was listed fifth on Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters, one of only four cartoon characters on that list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Greatest_TV_Characters//index.shtml|title=The 100 Greatest TV Characters|publisher=Bravo|accessdate=2007-08-25}}</ref> British TV viewers voted him as the greatest TV character of all time.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/tv_characters/results.html 100 Greatest TV characters]</ref> In 2007, ''Entertainment Weekly'' placed Homer ninth on their list of the "50 Greatest TV icons".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20152957_20152958_20159773_41,00.html|title=The 50 Greatest TV Icons|accessdate=2007-11-15|publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=Unknown}}</ref>
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| − | ''The Simpsons'' has been recommended for use in the teaching of sociology to modern-day college students. The journal ''Teaching Sociology'' appraised it as "particularly effective for illustrating sociological themes and encouraging critical thinking among today's undergraduates".<ref>Scanlan, Stephen J. and Seth L. Feinberg. "[http://www.lemoyne.edu/ts/28tsabstracts2.html The Cartoon Society: Using"The Simpsons" to Teach and Learn Sociology]." ''Teaching Sociology'' Volume 28, #2. p. 127-139. April 2002.</ref> The non-academic book ''[[The Simpsons and Philosophy, the D'oh! of Homer]]'' includes a chapter analyzing Homer's character from the perspective of Aristotelian virtue ethics.
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| − | Homer was ranked the second greatest cartoon character by TV Guide, behind Bugs Bunny, and was voted the greatest television character of all time by Channel 4 viewers. For voicing Homer, Castellaneta has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and a special-achievement Annie Award. In 2000, Homer and his family were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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| − | ==== Homer Simpson syndrome ====
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| − | [[File:Homer Simpson's head.png|200px|thumb|Homer Simpson on ''[[Futurama]]'']]
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| − | A five-year study of more than 2,000 middle-aged people in France found a possible link between weight and brain function, dubbed the "Homer Simpson syndrome".<ref name=hss>{{cite news| title = Obese people lose IQ through 'Homer Simpson effect'| publisher =Thisislondon | date =2006-10-15| url =http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23370854-details/Obese%20people%20lose%20IQ%20through%20'Homer%20Simpson%20effect'/article.do| accessdate =2007-08-15 }}</ref> Results from a word memory test showed that people with a BMI of 20 (considered to be a healthy level) remembered an average of nine out of 16 words. Meanwhile, people with a BMI of 30 (inside the obese range) remembered an average of just seven out of 16 words.<ref name=hss/>
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| − | === Merchandising ===
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| − | [[File:Golden Homer.jpg|thumb|A golden figurine of Homer from Burger King in 2007.]]
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| − | Homer's inclusion in many Simpsons publications, toys, and other merchandise is evidence of his enduring popularity. He has played central roles in the ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' series. ''[[The Homer Book]]'', written about Homer's personality and attributes, has been published and is commercially available. Numerous other items such as bottle openers, alarm clocks and other merchandise are widely available for purchase.
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| − | == Trivia ==
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| − | *His social security number is 568-47-0008.
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| − | *His blood type is B positive.
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| − | *His earmuff size is XL.
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| − | *He often writes fist-like.
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| − | *His Instagram account is "@homersimpson_official".
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| − | *In one episode he was the only character in the show to say {{Explain|bulls**t|bullshit}} but the "{{Explain|s**t|shit}}" part was censored by a honk sound.
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| − | *It's implied in "[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]" that Homer's bloodstream has a continuous regulation of radioactivity, as Dr. Hibbert was explaining to Marge Simpson that they injected Homer with a Radioactive Dye to see his circulatory system from an X-ray until he learns that the nurse hadn't even injected the dye yet (resulting in Hibbert saying "good lord" in a shocked manner).
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| − | *He seems to be almost exactly the same as [[Peter Griffin]], whom appears in Family Guy, which premiered 10 years after The Simpsons began. In "[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]", one of his clones was [[Peter Griffin]].
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| − | *Homer owns the [[Denver Broncos]], despite wanting to own the Dallas Cowboys.
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| − | *It is believed that Homer is diabetic as mentioned in "That '90s Show". However if this was true, Homer would most likely be dead because he has never been seen taking insulin and the amount of food that Homer eats would just ensure that would already be dead by the point the episode "That '90s Show" was shown.
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| − | *In "[[Fear of Flying]]" it is shown his favorite song (at the time) was "It's Raining Men".
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| − | *Homer has in fact, died twice. As shown in "Homer's Triple Bypass", when he died of a heart attack, but was revived when Mr. Burns mentioned a ham. And again in "[[Million Dollar Maybe]]", when he was trying to calm himself down after stressing about being rich and not being able to tell Marge, but was revived when he realized he was dead and made a desperate attempt to return to his body. He dies countless times in the Treehouse of Horror segments, but they are non-canon.
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| − | *According to "[[The Blunder Years]]", his constant eating was a direct result of his trauma from finding Waylon Smithers, Jr., Senior's corpse.
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| − | *Homer is 5 ft 11 in tall and his shoe size is 11 1/2. He also weighs 239 pounds.<ref>[[MythBusters|''The Simpsons MythBusters'' special]]</ref>
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| − | *He is one of three characters in the series to break a leg and have an episode plot revolve around it.<ref>[[Children of a Lesser Clod]]</ref> (The other two are [[Bart]]<ref>[[Bart of Darkness]]</ref> and [[Marge]].<ref>[[Little Big Mom]]</ref>)
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | *[[Simpson family]]: more info on Homer's family.
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| − | *[[742 Evergreen Terrace]]: more info on Homer's house.
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| − | *[[Marge Simpson]]: more info on Homer's wife.
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| − | *[[Bart Simpson]]: more info on Homer's oldest child.
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| − | *[[Lisa Simpson]]: more info on Homer's middle child.
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| − | *[[Maggie Simpson]]: more info on Homer's youngest child.
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| − | *[[Abraham Simpson]]: more info on Homer's father.
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