Milhouse Van Houten

Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten

Character Information

Gender:	Male
Status:	Unknown
Age:	10
Hair:	Blue
Occupation:	Student at Springfield Elementary, Warehouse Security Guard, Private Italian Tutor.
Relatives:	Father Kirk and mother Luann
First appearance:	Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
Voiced by:	Pamela Hayden

Millhouse like the rest of the Van Houten family has cobalt-blue hair, red coke-bottle glasses, and a giant toucan nose.

Overview

Milhouse Van Houten is Bart Simpson's best friend, and is most distinctive for his extreme nearsightedness requiring thick glasses to correct. He is constantly led into trouble by the wilder Bart who is not shy about taking advantage of his naive and trusting friend.

Romance

Milhouse harbors a hopeless crush on Bart's younger sister, Lisa. However, the nature of his sexual orientation is actually left rather ambiguous, as the running joke about Milhouse is that he's gay. (Lisa thinks of him "more like a big sister."). When Homer fears that Bart may also be gay in one episode, his fears are exacerbated by finding Bart and Milhouse wearing dresses, jumping up and down on a bed, and singing "Sisters are Doing it For Themselves." Another episode saw an event where the school counselor accidentally revealed that he had assessed Milhouse to be gay.

Origin

It is rumored that Milhouse was based on the famous "Paul" on the show The Wonder Years, as well as Milhouse's mother and father. He was named for Richard Nixon (whose middle name was Milhous) and, apparently, Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten.

Quotes

"Everything's coming up Milhouse!"
"So this is what it's like when doves cry."
"Look out Itchy! He's Irish!"
"I'm not a nerd, Bart. Nerds are smart."
"Remember Alf? He's back! In pog form!"
"Why do you have a social worker? I am the one with stigmata."
"It's called lice, and it's nothing to be ashamed of!"
"I'll kick your butt! (pauses) At Nintendo."
"Remember the time he ate my goldfish? And you lied and said I never had goldfish. Then why did I have the bowl Bart? Why did I have the bowl?"
"Not only am I not learning, I'm forgetting stuff I used to know."
"But I'm all Milhouse! Plus, my mom says I'm the handsomest guy in school!"
"Well if your soul's real where is it?" "It's kinda in here... and when you sneeze, that's your soul trying to escape. Saying 'God bless you' crams it back in. And when you die, it squirms out and flies away!" "What if you die in a submarine at the bottom of the ocean?" "Oh, it can swim, it's even got wheels, in case you die in the desert and have to drive to the cemetery."
"How could this happen? We started out like Romeo and Juliet, but it ended up in tragedy."
"You promised fudgicles. So, where are the fudgicles?"
"A movie with just two women?! Who'd want to watch that?"

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