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Difference between revisions of "Seymour Skinner"

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{{Character|
 
{{Character|
 
image= [[Image:Skinner.gif|75px]]|
 
image= [[Image:Skinner.gif|75px]]|
name=Seymour Skinner / Armin Tamzarian|
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name=Larinio Retonquepintos|
gender=[[Male]]|
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gender=Male|
hair=Graying, neat|
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hair=white|
age=45|
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age=95|
job=Principal of Springfield Elementary|
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job=world's oldest (but still hip!) talk show host|
relatives=[[Agnes Skinner]], mother|
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relatives=[[Mequidionos Retonquepintos]], nephew|
appearance=[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]|
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appearance=[[The Hispanic Games]]|
voiced by= [[Harry Shearer]]
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voiced by= [[Zorgin Hmorgin]]
 
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Latino Larry is the local [[talk-show]] host who famously had a disastrous interview with former [[redneck hottie]]/country singer [[Sandy Dallas]]. He is an effeminate gay man, as is proved in the episode "[[Find all the Gays in Pinnacle]]".
== Introduction ==
 
 
 
Seymour Skinner is the principal of [[Springfield Elementary School]].  He almost always is seen wearing a blue suit with a purple shirt and pink tie.  He is a Vietnam War veteran, having obtained the rank of sargeant, and frequently refers/has flashbacks to his experiences in the military as well as being held captive in a Vietcong POW camp.  He considers [[Bart Simpson| Bart]] to be his archnemesis. 
 
 
 
In [[The Principal and the Pauper]], it is revealed that Skinner is actually Armin Tanzarian, a no-good street thug from Capital City who met and befriended the real Seymour Skinner in the military.  Believing the real Skinner to have been killed in combat in Vietnam, Tanzarian assumes the role of "Seymour Skinner" when he goes to Springfield to inform Seymour's mother [[Anges Skinner]] of Seymour's death.  In the course of the episode it is revealed that Agnes knew all along that Armin was not her son, but for whatever reason played along and encouraged the charade.  By the end of the episode, everyone decides they like Armin Tanzarian more than the real Seymour Skinner, so they tie the real Skinner up to a departing railroad car and declare they will never speak of "Armin Tanzarian" again.  This episode is a parody of the famous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Guerre Martin Guerre] impostor case.
 
 
 
Skinner is at once an authority figure and a meek and powerless paper-pusher.  While he attempts to exercise authority over the children and teachers at Springfield Elementary, one shout of his name by his boss [[Superintendent Chalmers]] (Skin-NER!) is enough to make him practically wet his pants. He is similarly cowed into submission by his domineering mother Anges Skinner, whom he lives with.  Anges frequently embarrasses Skinner in public, undercutting his attempts to wield authority.  Seymour mostly represses his frustration, but sometimes expresses it, as in [[Bart's Inner Child]] where he beats up and tears limb from limb a stuffed effigy of his mother (in front of her).  He also desparately seeks the approval of Superintendent Chalmers, who tries to "reassure" him by telling him that he is "the best [principal] we could find with the funds at our disposal." ([[My Big Fat Geek Wedding]])
 
 
 
 
 
== Charaterizations by Other Characters ==
 
 
 
*[[Superintendent Chalmers]]: "The rod up that man's ass has a rod up its ass!"
 
*[[Bart Simpson]] (at different times): "Skinfish" "Skinman" "Skinny"
 
*[[Groundskeeper Willie]] (at different times): "Croquet-Playin' Mint-Muncher!"  "Bath-taking, underpants-wearing, lily-hugger!"
 
*[[Moe Syzlak]]: "perfect posture and store-bought hair"
 
 
 
 
 
== Vehicles ==
 
 
 
 
 
== Love Life ==
 
 
 
Skinner's major love interest is [[Edna Krabappel]], Bart's third-grade teacher. However, he and Edna broke up soon after Edna left him at the altar when she discovered Skinner had cold feet.  She soon had a rebound fling with [[Comic Book Guy]]. ([[My Big Fat Geek Wedding]])
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Links ==
 
 
 
[http://www.snpp.com/guides/seymour.html The Simpsons Archive, Seymour Skinner File]
 
  
 
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[[Category: Characters]]

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Gender: Male
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Age: 95
Hair: white
Occupation: world's oldest (but still hip!) talk show host
Relatives: Mequidionos Retonquepintos, nephew
First appearance: The Hispanic Games
Voiced by: Zorgin Hmorgin


Latino Larry is the local talk-show host who famously had a disastrous interview with former redneck hottie/country singer Sandy Dallas. He is an effeminate gay man, as is proved in the episode "Find all the Gays in Pinnacle".