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"D'oh!" -Homer's catch phrase.
Homer Jay Simpson
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Character Information
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Homer Jay Simpson is the father of the Simpson family; he is overweight, lazy, and not too bright. His behavior is often absurd, selfish, dangerous, clumsy, idiotic, and insensitive. However, he has shown moments of great intellect, and can be a caring parent and husband at times. Over the years, he has evolved into an iconic symbol, recognized and understood by millions of misunderstood fathers across the globe.
Homer works as a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, in Sector 7G, although "working" in this case refers largely to dozing and eating doughnuts. He spends a great deal of his time at Moe's Tavern with his lifelong friends Barney, Carl, Lenny, and bartender Moe. At home he is often to be found sitting on the sofa mindlessly watching TV while snacking on comfort foods and drinking Duff Beer.
The best moments of his life were finding a penny, marrying Marge, and dancing around an overturned beer truck. In Lisa's First Word he said it was getting a baby, a free burger, and a hour-long episode of 'Mama's Family' all in one day.
Homer popularized the annoyed grunt "D'oh!" (made memorable through Dan Castellaneta's distinctive voice work), which began as an abbreviated form of Jimmy Finlayson's annoyed "Dooooh" from the films of Laurel and Hardy. This modern interjection has found enough popular acceptance to be included in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Height and weight
Homer stands at 6 feet, according to the episode in which he gets a physical. He currently weighs 239 pounds, though in one episode he weighed 261 pounds and decided to lose weight to reach his current weight. He once weighed 316 pounds in the November 5,1995 episode, King-Size Homer, to escape having to go to work, through the disability program.
Appearance
In one of the flashback episodes, Homer is shown with brown hair, but tears it out in a panic when Marge says she's pregnant with Lisa. When Marge tells him he's pregnant with Maggie, he pulls out the only remaining hair he has leaving only the two strands.
In some episodes, Homer wears a green jacket over his short-sleeve white dress shirt. He also occasionally wears glasses to read, but it is probably used to make him appear "intelligent."
In one episode, Homer draws himself (most likely based on the same instructions that Matt Groening uses) and indicates that his hair and ear "mysteriously" form an "M" and a "G," most likely standing for Matt Groening.
Crappy Items
Homer has bought, made, stole, and drank many items which are considered 'crappy'
- Cars
- Pink Sedan: made in Croatia with Soviet Tanks parts.
- Canyonaro (women's version)
- Old no longer existing car (Never Bought)
- Snowplow (For his "Mr. Plow" Job)
- Fudd (knock off of Duff: took out of market when "All those Hill-billies went blind")
- TV
- Carnevale(Old) Homer's Blue TV
- Carnevale(new) bought to replace the one Grandpa broke.
- Cable: Stole, cut off supply
One Time Jobs
Over the course of the series, Homer has sported several one-episode long jobs, despite his permanent position at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
- Mr. Plow: Homer gets a plow for his car and becomes a plowman with his own jacket, company, and TV commercial
- Truck Driver
- Monorail Operator
- Prison guard (but failed the drug test), later becoming a prison snitch
- Mr. Burns' Monkey
- Owner of Springfield Church
- Paramedic (after buying an old ambulance)
- Owner of the Denver Broncos
- Employee for Mr. Scorpio
- Voice of Poochie the Talking Dog on "Itchy and Scratchy"
- Creator of the "Flaming Homer" (later becoming the "Flaming Moe")
- Stonecutter, later discovered to be "The Chosen One"
- Mascot for the Springfield Isotopes
- Car Designer
- Baseball Player
- Elementary School Football Coach
- Horse Trainer
- Employee at the Bowl'O'Rama
- Krusty the Clown double
- Child Safety Inspector
- After talking to a Buddhist became a Monk for two months
- Pie Man
- Astronaut
- Bartender (when Moe was away to see his old university professor)
- Leader of SpringShield
- Showboating Instructor
- Minister (for gay marriage)
- Food Critic (for the Springfield Shopper)
- Body Guard (for Mayor Quimby)
- Outsider Artist
- Sanitation Commissioner
- Captain of a Naval submarine
- Professional Boxer
- Beer Baron (while Alcohol was banned from Springfield)
- Hullabalooza freak (getting shot by a cannon to his stomach)
- Singer in the Barbershop Quartet
- Leader of a neighborhood watch group
- Ice Cream Man
- Angel Of Death (after he killed the original Angel of Death)
Religion
As with all things, Homer's knowledge and appreciation of religion are spotty. He founds his own religion to avoid going to church on Sundays and going to work on religious holidays. In retribution for his sins, Homer's house catches fire, so he recants in fear of an angry God. He is a nominal devout Christian ("Save me Jebus!"), but thinks little of church itself. He calls Reverend Lovejoy, "Captain What's-His-Name" and tends to fall asleep in church.
Homer is (usually) a Presbylutheran, which is the name of the branch of Christianity practiced by most of Springfield. Ned Flanders explains that it separated from Roman Catholicism centuries ago over the right for parishioners to come to church with wet hair, a right they later renounced. He has also been a hedonist, a Born Again Christian, a Movementarian (a parody of the Raelians and Scientology), and a Catholic.
After seeing the movie Left Below, a parody of the novel Left Behind, Homer tries twice to correctly predict the time and place of the Rapture. The first time, the citizens of Springfield believe him and follow him, but find no Rapture. The second time he makes the correct prediction but no one believes him, so Homer goes to heaven alone. He convinces God to delay the Rapture in order to be with his family.
Homer has also been known to distort his religious beliefs to suit the needs of a particular moment. In one such instance, he tries to explain to Lisa why playing ice hockey isn't right for her. He said, "If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girl sports, such foxy boxing, hot oil wrestling, and such-and-such."
Other
His social security number is 568-47-0000 and his blood type is B.