Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon
Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon
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Character Information
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Manjula (voiced by Jan Hooks and Tress MacNeille) is Apu’s wife and mother of their octuplets. Manjula has long black hair tied in a ponytail.
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Marriage with Apu
She was arranged to be married to Apu when she was eight (as depicted in The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons) and Apu was to set out to the United States or college (as depicted in “Much Apu About Nothing”). She looked forward to it all her life.
Character Traits
Job
She occasionally works at the Kwik-E-Mart alongside Apu, but she is usually seen as a homemaker.
Interests
She claims that Fried Green Tomatoes is her favorite book, movie, and food.
Abilities
She has excellent culinary abilities, demonstrated by her ability to make a wide variety of dishes using only chickpeas, lentils, and rice. And sometimes only chickpeas and lentils. This is the main reason Apu is in love with her.
Friends
In the earier ones she seems to only be friends with Marge but in the later ones she is seen with the mother of the unibrow baby and Selma.
Seperation with Apu
In “The Sweetest Apu,” Apu has an affair with a Squishee lady. After Homer discovers this, he and Marge reveal their discovery to Apu, who eventually caves into the guilt and vows to apologize to Manjula. Manjula, however, already knows and kicks Apu out of the house. With some help from the Simpson family, she eventually agrees to give Apu another chance after he completes an often-vengeful list of grueling tasks fashioned by Manjula. Such as performing my fair lady with the the octuplets. Since then, their relationship has been strained, with the couple been seen attending marriage counseling.
Appearances
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Episode – "Much Apu About Nothing" (flashback) - Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
- Episode – "I'm with Cupid"
- Episode – "Eight Misbehavin'"
- Episode – "The Frying Game"
- Episode – "Pranks and Greens"
