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| | When [[Bart]]'s and [[Lisa]]'s arrangement to prank each other's teachers goes severely wrong, Lisa decides she has to kill Bart and chases him through [[Springfield Elementary School]] with a knife. At one point during the chase, Bart ducks into Dr. Pryor's office.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XX]]"</ref> | | When [[Bart]]'s and [[Lisa]]'s arrangement to prank each other's teachers goes severely wrong, Lisa decides she has to kill Bart and chases him through [[Springfield Elementary School]] with a knife. At one point during the chase, Bart ducks into Dr. Pryor's office.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XX]]"</ref> |
| | == Behind the Laughter == | | == Behind the Laughter == |
| − | In recent years he has not appeared in many episodes. It is most likely because his role of being Principal Skinner's sidekick was taken by [[Superintendent Chalmers]]. His most recent speaking appearance being in [[season 22]]'s "[[The Blue and the Gray]]" (though he has a brief cameo in "[[Brick Like Me]]"). As revealed in ''[[The Complete First Season]]'' DVD, Dr. J. Loren Pryor was based on the original drawings of [[Principal Skinner]]. The third DVD in the box set shows original character art under special features. Also, in the season 2 DVD commentary for "[[Bart Gets an "F"]]", it is revealed that Dr. J. Loren Pryor name is supposed to be a play of him prying into peoples heads.
| + | As revealed in ''[[The Complete First Season]]'' DVD, Dr. J. Loren Pryor was based on the original drawings of [[Principal Skinner]]. The third DVD in the box set shows original character art under special features. Also, in the season 2 DVD commentary for "[[Bart Gets an "F"]]", it is revealed that Dr. J. Loren Pryor name is supposed to be a play of him prying into peoples heads. |
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| | == Appearances == | | == Appearances == |
Dr. Pryor is one of the few employees at Springfield Elementary School who seems to actually be qualified in his field. He does have a slight tendency toward gullibility, as Bart easily tricked Pryor into sending him to a school for gifted children.[1] Later, however, Pryor recommended that Bart repeat the fourth grade and refused to back off of his recommendation, in spite of Bart's protests.[2]
Dr. Pryor also seems to be prone to occasional absent-mindedness. When Bart was in kindergarten, Homer and Marge saw him to discuss problems Bart was having with adjusting to school. Pryor said it was due to Bart's "flamboyantly homosexual tendencies," and then corrected himself when he realized he was looking at Milhouse's file instead of Bart's.[3]
