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"The key to Springfield has always been Elm Street. The Greeks knew it. The Carthaginians knew it. Now you know it."

―Herman^[src]

Herman Hermann Artwork of Herman from The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Character Information Gender: Male ♂ Status: Alive Hair: Brown Occupation: Owner of Herman's Military Antiques First appearance: "Bart the General" Voiced by: Harry Shearer v • d • e • h

Herman Hermann is the owner of Herman's Military Antiques. He dresses in military fatigues.

History

Herman lost his right arm while hitch-hiking when Chief Wiggum, then a dog-catcher, knocked off his arm with his dog-catching van.^[1] He told Bart that the arm was lost by sticking it out of the window of a moving bus,^[2] which was also implied when on a bus Mrs. Krabappel said not to do it because a kid once lost an arm that way.^[3] He opened a military antiques shop.^[2]

He once wrote an autobiography after he lost his arm, A Farewell to Arm.^[1]

Talents

He is a brilliant military tactician, though his sanity is somewhat questionable (Bart considered him "a little crazy", while Abraham Simpson actually said he was "out of his mind"). Herman was instrumental in Bart's victory in water balloon combat against Nelson, and the negotiation of the peace treaty between the two combatants.^[2] Herman believes piercing screams for mercy can work as his secret weapon.^[4]

Friends

He is friends with Abraham Simpson, to whom he sold a fez hat, claiming it was previously owned by Napoleon. He also claimed that he owned "the hat McKinley was shot in" (which was just Abe's hat). He also has a mysterious friend called Zed, who presumably is the same Zed as in the movie Pulp Fiction; a bisexual rapist. Herman was a member of The Stonecutters, and possibly the "No Homers" club. He was also a poker buddy of Homer Simpson. Herman is a member of the Springfield Insectivorian Society.

Criminal activities

He once sold counterfeit jeans out of the Simpsons' garage, and held Homer hostage when he stumbled upon his job. He was foiled by Marge Simpson, though he was not put in jail because the evidence was stolen by the Springfield PD.

He once captured Chief Wiggum and Snake and held them hostage, but was thwarted (accidentally) by Milhouse wielding a flail.

Secret hobbies

He collects authentic Nazi underwear, and takes bubble baths with yellow rubber duckies.^[4]

Non-canon

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Herman Image Cost Unlock method Unlocks with Unlock message 52,500 Level 30 Military Antiques Pt. 1 Herman's Military Antiques Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name 2100 Regular Characters, Regular Male, Entrepreneur, Criminal, Kook, Adult, Preppers Herman Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Go Skating 10m 17, 5 Simpsons' Skating Rink Train For Battle 60m 70, 17 Training Dummy Military Antiques Pt. 8 Draft Battle Plans 4h 175, 45 Bart's Treehouse Military Antiques Pt. 6 Military Antiques Pt. 7 Pilfer Shoplifting Section 4h 260, 70 Fortune Megastore Overpay for Sex on the Beach 4h 260, 70 Smooches on the Beach Stay at the Swelldorado 4h 260, 70 Swelldorado Try to Win at Blackjack 4h 175, 45 $ Casino Drink and Babysit 4h 175, 45 The Boiled Potato Auction Off Wares 4h 175, 45 Springfield Swap Meet Attend Parenting Seminars 4h 260, 70 Universal Panacea Shop for Cider 4h 260, 70 Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill Admire His Finest Creation 6h 225, 55 The Withstandinator Get Treatment for "Illnesses" 6h 225, 55 Springfield Medical Center Run the Antique Shop 8h 275, 70 Herman's Military Antiques Military Antiques Pt. 2 Dance the Señor Burns 8h 420, 105 Chez Guevara Eat at a Neutral Location 8h 420, 105 Cora's Diner Defend the Domicile 10h 350, 90 Dome-icile Dome-icile Mourn America's Lost Greatness 12h 420, 100 Herman's Military Antiques Sell Counterfeit Jeans 16h 500, 125 Herman's Military Antiques Serve Time 24h 600, 150 Springfield Penitentiary Crackdown Pt. 2

Behind the Laughter

Harry Shearer does an impression of George H. W. Bush for Herman's voice. Herman's facial design is modeled after the show's most prolific writer John Swartzwelder, who created the character. The writers had originally planned for Herman to give a new explanation for how he lost his arm every time he appeared. However, the second joke, involving Herman having stuck his arm in a ball return at a bowling alley, got cut, and the writers never pursued the idea thereafter.

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