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Costas Becker was a ruthless debt collector and a former member of the Capital City Mafia.
History
In the past, Costas Becker was a member of the Capital City Mafia, as their numbers guy. When an amphetamine deal with the Szyslak Brothers went wrong, both mobs were wiped out, leaving only Costas Becker and Sheriff Flanders alive. Sheriff Flanders had hidden the money from the deal before Becker found him. Before Becker could get the location of the money, Sheriff Flanders slipped on the ice and fell into Becker's knife, killing him. The money then stayed hidden for many years.[1]
Costas Becker went to Springfield to track down The Rich Texan to collect a debt from him. After Becker and his associates, Seamus and Colette captured him, Becker told The Rich Texan that his debt was to be paid in blood. Seamus and Colette then shot him to death.
As Seamus and Colette were disposing of the body, Costas saw on the news that Ned Flanders had donated a large amount of money in a Panam bag. Realizing that this was the money from the mob fight years ago, Becker decided to stay in Springfield and hunt down Ned Flanders. After his associates found out from Comic Book Guy that Ned attended the First Church of Springfield, Becker went to church to threaten Ned. Becker also got Ned's address from his personal Bible.
When Seamus and Colette brought Becker Homer Simpson instead of Ned, Becker told them not to kill Homer and decided to use him as leverage against Ned. He then went to Lard Lad Donuts the next morning for breakfast, where he was confronted by Fat Tony and the Springfield Mafia, because Comic Book Guy was under their protection. Becker killed the Mafia before they could kill him, with Disco Stu and Mr. Burns getting caught in the gunfire. Becker then took Fat Tony into the kitchen and turned his face into a donut. As he left, Homer's Springfield Nuclear Power Plant employee card fell out of his pocket, which Marge found, leading to her realizing that Homer was in big trouble.[2]
When Marge went to the Springfield Police Station to tell Chief Wiggum that Becker had Homer, Wiggum decided to quit instead, being too scared of Becker. However, Marge found a picture of Becker driving the Rich Texan's car and worked out that he was staying at the Rich Texan's house. Before Marge arrived, Seamus and Colette had a huge fight whilst a fire raged on in the house. Marge got there in time to pull Homer out of the fire. When Becker returned to the house, he found that his associates were dead and Homer was gone. He then phoned Ned to tell him that his debt would now be paid in blood since Ned didn't have the money.
Three years later, Ned was living in an isolated cabin in Wyoming with Rod and Todd. When Homer went to take supplies to Ned, Marge followed Homer, thinking that he was cheating on her. However, Becker also followed Marge. Becker shot up the house whilst trying to kill Ned and Homer, Marge, and Ned all fled. However, Homer and Marge then realized that it had nothing to do with them, so they left Ned alone. As Ned and Becker got to a frozen lake, Becker was about to kill Ned when recited the parable of the Millipede. Ned then grabbed Becker's debt book from him and threw it onto the lake. Becker went to get the book but the ice cracked beneath him and he fell in. After the ice flipped over a few times, Becker sunk to the bottom and drowned.[1]
Personality
Costas Becker is ruthless in getting his debts repaid, either getting the money from the payee or killing them if they can't get the money. He also holds grudges and debts for many years, especially if he considers them personal. Becker also doesn't seem to mind collateral damage, taking hostages to use as human shields and killing people if they're in his way.
Behind the Laughter
Costas Becker was originally named "Kostas" in the script and promotional material. However, the name was changed to "Costas" at some point as the name "Kostas" was not cleared by legal.[3]
Appearances
References
Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 1)" 
