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Artie Ziff Artwork of Artie Ziff by Matt Groening

Character Information Gender: Male ♂ Status: Alive Hair: Black Occupation: Software billionaire First appearance: "The Way We Was" Voiced by: Dan Castellaneta Jon Lovitz v • d • e • h

Artie Ziff was Marge Simpson's high school prom date and former billionaire.

Personality

Artie is very confident yet nerdy, self-centered and pretentious, believing himself to be the best at everything - he said that it "would damage the town" if Marge told people about his "busy hands", and once imagined a can-can chorus and audience made up entirely of himself. He is Jewish, and once commented that if people don't like him it's because they're Anti-Semitic. He holds a deep obsession over Marge, and has done so since high school: His appearances mainly revolve around his plans to seduce her away from Homer, with the exception of his final encounter with the Simpson family.

Biography

High School

Artie was a student at Springfield High School. He was a member of the school Debate Team (where Homer mooned him for rebuttal), and at the end of the year took Marge to the prom. He ruined a wonderful evening with his "busy hands" in the back of his car, his urges resulting in the shoulder strap of Marge's dress being torn, followed by a slap to the face and a swift end to their date. He drove Marge home.^[1]

Wealth

Many years later, Artie was revealed to have become a software billionaire, becoming the fifth richest man in the country. His wealth came from a device that transformed modem noise into easy listening music. Despite his riches, Artie's life was not complete: He lived alone, and the collection of Marge-resembling art around his mansion showed that he never got over Marge's rejecting him on prom night.

Artie claimed that he would offer a small fortune for a weekend with his childhood love, Marge, in a parody of the movie Indecent Proposal. She accepted, as the money would come in handy, and he seemed harmless. He managed to trick Marge into kissing him at a full recreation of their high school prom (including most of the original guests), which Homer witnessed. She slapped Artie and left. After a fruitless search for Homer, who left believing that they were having an affair, she enlisted Artie's help, using his helicopter to find Homer and bring him home. When they found him, Artie finally admitted defeat to Homer, saying that winning Marge's love was something that he could never accomplish, even with his billions.^[2]

Ziffcorp

Some time later, the Simpsons discovered that Artie was living in their attic. He revealed that he ran his company, Ziffcorp, into the ground spending investors’ money on such extravagant items such as solid gold underpants. He was left penniless when the "dot-com bubble" burst, and secretly moved into the Simpson home to avoid capture. Homer won 98% of the company from Ziff in a game of poker; seconds later, SEC agents came to take Ziff, but they took Homer into custody instead (as he had just become the majority shareholder).^[3]

Prison

When Artie Ziff finally turned himself in, one of his first acts upon arriving in prison was to begin extinguishing other prisoners' cigarettes with a squirt bottle—for the benefit of their health, whether they wanted it or not. Marge told the children to take a good look at Artie, as his actions dramatically lowered his chances of survival. The family's last view of Artie was of him continuing to squirt other prisoners' cigarettes while an ever-growing angry mob advanced on him.^[3]

Release

Artie evidently survived the prison yard encounter and was eventually released from prison, as his name was seen on a list of Springfieldians taking revenge on Mr. Burns.^[4]

He attended the Simpson's Mardi Gras party.

Non-canon

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Artie Ziff Image Cost Unlock method Unlocks with Unlock message 137,500 Level 45 The Way I Wish We Was Pt. 1 ZiffCorp Sign Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name 32000 Regular Characters, Regular Male, Entrepreneur, Adult, Rich People ArtieZiff Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Go Skating 10m 17, 5 Simpsons' Skating Rink Practice his Tennis Serving Skills 60m 70, 17 Indoor Tennis Courts Burning the Midnight Oil Burn the Midnight Oil 4h 175, 45 ZiffCorp Office Building 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 Big $ Drink and Babysit 4h 175, 45 The Boiled Potato Pub Daycare Attend Parenting Seminars 4h 260, 70 Universal Panacea Shop for Cider 4h 260, 70 Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill Obtain Anxiety Medication 6h 225, 55 Springfield Medical Center Have a Glass of Soy Milk at Moe's 8h 275, 70 Moe's Tavern The Way I Wish We Was Pt. 2 Dance the Señor Burns 8h 420, 105 Chez Guevara Señor Burns Spy on Everyone 12h 420, 100 The Way I Wish We Was Pt. 3 Jury Duty 24h 600, 150 Court House Propose to Marge 24h 1,200, 300 Marge The Way I Wish We Was Pt. 4 Animated Tasks Spy on Everyone Propose to Marge

Behind the Laughter

• Artie Ziff was voiced by Jon Lovitz on his first appearance in the Season 2 episode "The Way We Was" and occasionally by Dan Castellaneta in the later episodes.

Appearances

References

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