Bashir bin Laden
Bashir bin Laden
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Character Information
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Bashir bin Laden is a Muslim student who attends Springfield Elementary School. He is good friends with Bart Simpson.
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Biography
Bashir bumps into Bart and befriends him. At first Homer is amazed at his manners until Lenny, Carl and Moe convince him that his parents are terrorists. In actuality, his father was the leader of a Demolition crew, to whom Homer later apologized after his intolerance and stupidity not only resulted in delaying Springfield Mall from being demolished due to age (Homer believed that Springfield Mall was going to be demolished as part of a Terrorist Plot), but also destroying a recently built bridge to the Duff Brewery.
Cultural Influence
The character Bashir was praised by The Muslim Association in the US and the UK and hopes he becomes a recurring character.
Personality
Bashir seems to be very polite and gentle. and always minds his manners . He also seems to be very smart as well . Aside from that he is also a black belt in karate. Not many people notice him as he does not want to be sociable. It is also hinted that he may be homosexual because he said to Homer. " You know Bart never told me he had a handsome teenage brother." While eying him somewhat sexually aroused.
Traits
Bashir never complains in front of people or even behind their their backs. He is also very insecure of what people say about him.
Relationship with other children
Bashir's best friend seems to be Bart, Milhouse and Richard. Apparently Rod and Todd are both scared of him (most likely because of his religion). Kids no longer bully him because of his black belt. He also is friends with Ralph, Uter, Martin, Lewis and Nelson.
Appearances
Episode – "Mypods and Boomsticks" - Episode – "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly"
- Episode – "Father Knows Worst"
- Episode – "Eeny Teeny Maya Moe"
- Episode – "Coming to Homerica"
