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- "The key to Springfield has always been Elm Street. The Greeks knew it. The Carthaginians knew it. Now you know it."
- ―Herman, Bart the General
Herman, voiced by Harry Shearer, is the owner of Herman's Military Antiques. He dresses in military fatigues.
Arm
He has only one arm. He told Bart that the other arm was lost by sticking it out of the window of a moving bus (his arm being lost by sticking the hand out of the bus was later implied in Homer's Odyssey, when Mrs. Krabappel warns the kids to keep their hands out of the window of the bus as "a kid once lost an arm due to [sticking his arm out of the window]."). The writers had originally intended for him to give a different reason each time he appeared, but this idea was later dropped.
Role in The Simpsons
Herman is a very minor character on the show, although he does appear in the background crowds once in a while.
He is a brilliant military tactician, though his sanity is somewhat questionable (Bart considered him "a little crazy", while Abraham Simpson actually said he was "out of his mind"). Herman was instrumental in Bart’s victory in water balloon combat against Nelson, and the negotiation of the peace treaty between the two combatants in "Bart the General". Herman was meant to be robbed by Snake in The Simpsons: Hit and Run, but didn't make it into the final version. Snake still robbed Herman's Military Antiques, and Herman was both mentioned by Chief Wiggum and had his picture shown in the mission instructions, but he didn't make a proper appearance.
Friends
He is friends with Abraham Simpson, to whom he sold a fez hat, claiming it was previously owned by Napoleon. He also claimed that he owned "the hat McKinley was shot in". He also has a mysterious friend called Zed, who presumably is the same Zed as in the movie Pulp Fiction; a bisexual rapist. Herman was a member of The Stonecutters, and possibly the "No Homers" club. He was also a poker buddy of Homer Simpson.
Criminal Activities
Herman was the villain in "Springfield Connection", selling counterfeit jeans out of the Simpsons' garage, and held Homer hostage when he stumbled upon his job. He was foiled by Marge Simpson, though he was not put in jail because the evidence was stolen by the Springfield PD. He also once made a deal with the Springfield Mafia in an issue of Simpsons Comics.
He once captured Chief Wiggum and Snake and held them hostage (in a homage to the gold watch segment from Pulp Fiction), but was thwarted (accidentally) by Milhouse wielding a flail.
Behind the Laughter
Harry Shearer does an impression of George H. W. Bush for Herman's voice. Herman's facial design is modeled after the show's most prolific writer John Swartzwelder, who created the character. The writers had originally planned for Herman to give a new explanation for how he lost his arm every time he appeared. However, the second joke, involving Herman having stuck his arm in a ball return at a bowling alley, got cut, and the writers never pursued the idea thereafter.He is not the only character that lost an arm.That same character lost his arm after stopping homer from crashing in the border.
Appearances
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