Üter Zörker
Üter Zorker
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Character Information
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Biography
Üter Zörker, voiced by Russi Taylor, is the overweight Germany|German foreign exchange student, with odd habits such as offering his already-licked lollipops to others as a sign of friendship, and eating marzipan candies fortified with iodine. He was left behind on the American Civil War field trip. Although a joke was made of Üter's disappearance in a later episode, with his parents asking Skinner where their missing son was, he has since reappeared, although in 24 Minutes he is seen stuck in a cobweb in the school airvents. In the German version of the show Üter is an exchange student from Switzerland. His uncle is a proud owner of a bubblegum-factory in Düsseldorf (respectively Basel in the German version). Contrary to the common English people that Üter is a Swiss name, it is probably a misconstruction of the common German name Günther. He most likely based on Augustus Gloop, the gluttonous German boy from the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Halloween Special appearances
Uter is famous for appearing in halloween specials as one of them was his first appearance. In Treehouse of Horror IV when Bart saw The Germlin on the bus Milhouse tought Bart was crazy and decided to sit next to Uter. Later in the same segment he sat next to Bart and untied him. He did this obvisouly because he didn't know what was going on. In Treehouse of Horror V he is killed and turned into Uterbraten after he gets a detention for cutting in line at lunch. In Trehouse of Horror VIII he is possibly killed by the bomb the French used to nuke Springfield.
Disappearance
In The PTA Disbands Uter got lost on a trip to American Civil War Grounds . In Guess Who's Coming to Criticzize Dinner? a joke was made of his disappearance. After the joke was made he started to appear again.