Les Simpson

For the article on the Quebec version of Les Simpson see Les Simpson (Quebec).

Les Simpson is the name of the France French dub of The Simpsons.

Characters

All characters speak standard French, with the exception of Apu (who has an Indian acccent), Carl (speaks inflected French) and Kirk Van Houten (has a stereotypical Belgian (Brussels) accent due to his surname). Sideshow Bob and Sideshow Mel become Tahiti Bob and Tahiti Mel, respectively. Santa's Little Helper becomes "Petit Papa Noël", the name a French Christmas song meaning "Little Father Christmas".

Translation

For the duration of the series, animation has remained the same, with English text being subtitled or spoken by a character. The only exception to this was the chalkboard gag, shared by both dubs.

Catchphrases

As well as translating original catchphrases (see table below), the France version has created some of its own. Homer says "Oh my God!" as "Ouh pinaise!" (based off "oh punaise!", French for "oh darn!"). Homer is unable to pronounce words such as "bibliothèque" (library), instead saying "bilibibiothèque".

Catchphrase	French version	Translation
"D'oh!"	"T'oh"1
"Eat my shorts"	"Va te faire shampouiner"	"Go shampoo yourself" (similar to "go to hell")
"Why you little..."	"espèce de sale petit"	"you dirty lil'..."

¹ Philippe Peythieu misread the line "D'oh!" the first time he read it and kept it this way since.

Voice actors

For some celebrities, official dubbers are brought in, for voice actors for Mulder and Scully in The X-Files voice them in "The Springfield Files".

Voice Actor	Characters	Seasons
Philippe Peythieu	Homer Simpson Abraham Simpson Otto Man	All
Véronique Augereau	Marge Simpson Selma Bouvier Patty Bouvier Jacqueline Bouvier	All
Joëlle Guigui	Bart Simpson Jimbo Jones (since season 7)	All
Aurélia Bruno	Lisa Simpson Milhouse Van Houten Maggie Simpson	All
Patrick Guillemin	Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Ned Flanders Reverend Lovejoy Waylon Smithers Carl Barney Gumble Lou Troy McClure Rainier Wolfcastle Comic Book Guy Snake Lionel Hutz Chalmers Duffman Herbert Powell Guibole Roger Meyers	Seasons 1-9
Pierre Laurent	Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Ned Flanders Reverend Lovejoy Waylon Smithers Carl Barney Gumble Lou Troy McClure Rainier Wolfcastle Comic Book Guy Snake Lionel Hutz Chalmers Duffman Herbert Powell Guibole Roger Meyers	Since season 10
Roland Timsit	Moe Szyslak Lenny Willie Cletus Eddie Arnie Pie Louie Database Lance Murdock Scratchy John Frink Disco Stu Murphy Gencives Sanglantes Roger Meyers	Seasons 1-4
Gilbert Levy	Moe Szyslak Lenny Willie Cletus Eddie Arnie Pie Louie Database Lance Murdock Scratchy John Frink Disco Stu Murphy Gencives Sanglantes Roger Meyers	Since season 5
Michel Modo	Montgomery Burns Krusty Clancy Wiggum Principal Skinner Dr. Hibbert Marvin Monroe Kent Brockman Joe Quimby Tahiti Bob Captain McCallister Hans Taupeman Gil Jasper Kirk Van Houten Snyder Larry Kang Nick Riviera Dewey Largo Fat Tony Scratchy Herbert Powell Roger Meyers Marge's father	Seasons 1-19
Gérard Rinaldi	Montgomery Burns Krusty Clancy Wiggum Principal Skinner Dr. Hibbert Marvin Monroe Kent Brockman Joe Quimby Tahiti Bob Captain McCallister Hans Taupeman Gil Jasper Kirk Van Houten Snyder Larry Kang Nick Riviera Dewey Largo Fat Tony Scratchy Herbert Powell Roger Meyers Clancy Bouvier	Since season 19
Régine Teyssot	Edna Krapabelle (since season 7) Elizabeth Hoover Sarah Wiggum Maude Flanders Agnes Skinner Doris Helen Lovejoy Luann Van Houten Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon Bernice Hibbert Mona Olsen Itchy Nelson Jimbo Jones (seasons 2-6) Kearney Dolph Rod Flanders Martin Prince Wendell Borton Lewis Uter Janey Powell Sherri Terri Ralph Wiggum Todd Flanders (since season 2)	All

Other crew

Crew member	Role	Seasons
Alain Cassard	Dialogue adaptor	Seasons 1-19
Christian Dura	Artistic direction	All
Regine Teyssot	Dialogue adaptor	Since season 20
Juliette Vigouroux	Dialogue adaptor	Season 1-19