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| | |job = Navy soldier<br>Baby photographer<br>Flight attendant | | |job = Navy soldier<br>Baby photographer<br>Flight attendant |
| − | |relatives = '''Wife:''' [[Jacqueline Bouvier]]<br>'''Daughters:''' [[Patty Bouvier|Patty]], [[Selma Bouvier|Selma]] & [[Marge Simpson|Marge]]<br>'''Siblings:''' [[JoJo Bouvier|JoJo]], [[Chester Bouvier|Chester]] & [[Charlene Bouvier|Charlene]]<br>'''Parents:''' [[Bambi Bouvier|Bambi]] & [[Pépé Bouvier]]<br>'''Grandchildren:''' [[Bart]], [[Lisa]] & [[Maggie Simpson]] & [[Ling Bouvier]] | + | |relatives = '''Wife:''' [[Jacqueline Bouvier]]<br>'''Daughters:''' [[Patty]], [[Selma]] & [[Marge]]<br>'''Siblings:''' [[JoJo Bouvier|JoJo]], [[Chester Bouvier|Chester]] & [[Charlene Bouvier|Charlene]]<br>'''Parents:''' [[Bambi Bouvier|Bambi]] & [[Pépé Bouvier]]<br>'''Grandchildren:''' [[Bart]], [[Lisa]] & [[Maggie Simpson]] & [[Ling Bouvier]] |
| | |appearance = "[[The Way We Was]]" | | |appearance = "[[The Way We Was]]" |
| | |voiced by = [[Harry Shearer]] | | |voiced by = [[Harry Shearer]] |
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| − | '''Clarence "Clancy" Bouvier''',<ref>"[[Wedding for Disaster]]" (name seen on certificate of marriage)</ref><ref>''[[The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album]]''</ref> occasionally referred to as '''Grampa Bouvier''',<ref name="Puffless">"[[Puffless]]"</ref><ref name="Bart's Not Dead">"[[Bart's Not Dead]]"</ref> was the chain-smoking husband of [[Jacqueline Bouvier]], the father of [[Patty Bouvier|Patty]], [[Selma Bouvier|Selma]] and [[Marge Simpson]], father-in-law of [[Homer Simpson]] and maternal grandfather of [[Bart]], [[Lisa]] and [[Maggie Simpson]] and [[Ling Bouvier]]. He was of French origin.<ref>"[[The Color Yellow]]"</ref> | + | '''Clarence "Clancy" Bouvier''',<ref>"[[Wedding for Disaster]]" (name seen on certificate of marriage)</ref><ref>''[[The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album]]''</ref> occasionally referred to as '''Grampa Bouvier''',<ref name="Puffless">"[[Puffless]]"</ref><ref name="Bart's Not Dead">"[[Bart's Not Dead]]"</ref> was the chain-smoking husband of [[Jacqueline Bouvier]], the father of [[Patty]], [[Selma]] and [[Marge Simpson]], father-in-law of [[Homer Simpson]] and maternal grandfather of [[Bart]], [[Lisa]] and [[Maggie Simpson]] and [[Ling Bouvier]]. He was of French origin.<ref>"[[The Color Yellow]]"</ref> |
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| | == Biography == | | == Biography == |
Like Patty and Selma, he was a chain smoker. While he was courting his future wife, he sent her a box of candy with his photo in it. After that, she never forgot him. Marge suggested that Homer try the same thing when he was upset because Mr. Burns did not remember his name.[6]
At some point he also served in the United States Navy where he picked up a swearing problem, which nearly cost him his job as a baby photographer. To solve this problem, his wife put a swear jar in the kitchen, and every time Clancy said a bad word, he had to put in a quarter.[7]
Clancy was one of the earliest male flight attendants, a job he held when Marge was a child, although he was ashamed of it, and told her he was a pilot instead. This was discovered when Marge boarded his plane to see her "pilot" father, but when she sees him performing stewardess duties, he yells at her not to look at him. This, along with several other plane-related mishaps, may have resulted in Marge's fear of flying.[8]
Clancy first met Homer when he showed up at the Bouvier home claiming to be Marge's prom date (who was actually Artie Ziff). He was kind and complimentary to Homer, saying that "from what she's told me I'm sure you're a solid citizen", since he was under the impression that Homer was Artie.[9]
It is revealed later that his behavior may have just been common courtesy: When Marge returned home after the prom, she overheard her father stating that "when that Simpson boy showed up it took years off my life", to which her mother replied with, "Will you stop? She went with the good one" (referring to Artie).
According to Lisa Simpson, her grandfather, Clancy died in a freak rollercoaster accident.[12]
