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|relatives = '''Wife:''' [[Sea Captain's wife|Unnamed]]<br>'''Son:''' Unnamed<ref name="And Maggie Makes Three">"[[And Maggie Makes Three]]"</ref><br>'''Mother:''' Unnamed
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'''Horatio McCallister''', better known as the '''Sea Captain''' or '''Captain McCallister''' (also '''Pete'''), is a resident of [[Springfield]]. He's always seen holding a corncob pipe and squinting: because he has at least one glass eye - though once he was seen tapping both of his eyes and says he has 'two glass eyes'. In addition to eye(s), he also has an artificial leg.
  
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'''Horatio McCallister''' (or '''McAllister'''), a ship's captain, is a fictional character from the animated television comedy ''The Simpsons''. He is generally referred to as '''the Sea Captain''', though in court he admitted that he wasn't a real captain.  
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== Biography ==
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=== Early life ===
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Horatio McCallister was, along with [[Sea Captain's wife|his wife]], a treasure hunter. He and his wife were in a bar on a snowy mountain when a man came in and demanded that they hand over their half of a treasure map. The two of them worked together to fight off the man and burn down the bar and escaped with the second half of the map. They then found that the map led to Springfield, where they traveled to in the hopes of finding the treasure.<ref name="The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson">"[[The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson]]"</ref>
  
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==Origins==
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=== Life in Springfield ===
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The character was created by NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" host Conan O'Brien while he was a writer for ''The Simpsons''. Voiced by Hank Azaria, the character first appeared in 1992 in the ''New Kid on the Block'' episode as the owner of ''The Frying Dutchman'' all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant.  In that episode, McCallister is sued by Homer for not letting him eat all he could eat. Homer Simpson's visit to the restaurant caused the captain to observe about him, "'Tis no man, 'tis a remorseless eatin' machine!"
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Though he admitted that he isn't a real captain,<ref>"[[New Kid on the Block]]"</ref> Captain McCallister has, incompetently, piloted several vessels. On one occasion, he wrecked a cargo ship full of hot pants;<ref>"[[El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer]]"</ref> on another, in a reference to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, he causes an oil spill by crashing his tanker while drunk.<ref>"[[Bart After Dark]]"</ref> He launches a river raft for [[Homer]], only to have it sink immediately to the bottom. The captain's idea for [[Mr. Burns]]' casino involved three ships and fifty "stout men" who would "sail 'round the Horn and return with spices and silk".<ref>"[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]"</ref>
  
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Captain Horatio McCallister's first name probably either comes from British admiral Horatio Nelson or C.S. Forester's fictional sea-captain Horatio Hornblower.  He is probably named after Captain McCallister in the movie ''Flying Leathernecks'' or Fort McCallister.  The character, with his pegleg, two glass eyes: McCallister claims his both eyes are prosthesis. and repetitive exclamations of "Arrr" is based on numerous popular media versions of seafarers and pirates, including Long John Silver.
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At one time, he tried selling his houseboat to Marge and Homer while they were looking for a new home and started grappling with a shark when it attacks through the floor.<ref>"[[Lisa's First Word]]"</ref> He was apparently a Christian, as he had his ship blessed by Reverend Lovejoy until he learned at least three months later that Lovejoy's blessing the ship didn't count as a blessing since during the three months, his minister license was expired.
  
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Captain McCallister ended up living with his wife in Springfield whilst he tried to locate sunken treasure. Eventually, after forty years of searching, Captain McCallister finally found the treasure. Upon arriving back at the shore, [[Mayor Quimby]] took the treasure away as he had changed the sea boundaries around Springfield so the town could claim the treasure for themselves. He found out about it after his wife told Mayor Quimby as she thought she should have been Horatio's treasure.<ref name="The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"/>
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Being a sea captain, ironically McCallister is frequently shown to be completely incompetent at seafaring. On one occasion, he wrecks a cargo ship full of hot pants; on another, in a probable reference to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, he causes an oil spill by crashing his tanker while drunk. He launches a river raft for Homer, only to have it sink immediately to the bottom. The captain's idea for Mr. Burns' casino involved three ships and fifty "stout men" who would "sail 'round the Horn and return with spices and silk". On several occasions, he acknowledges his incompetence with a depressed, "Yarr, I don't know what I'm doin'."
 
  
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On another occasion, he tried selling his houseboat to Marge and Homer while they were looking for a new home, and in an obvious nod to Robert Shaw's character in ''Jaws'' starts grappling with a shark when it attacks through the floor.  
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=== Occupations ===
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As an entrepreneur, McCallister is equally incompetent. His restaurant, [[The Frying Dutchman]], is a failing business venture that does not generate enough income to support its owner. He also once used Homer's bad review for his restaurant despite his hatred of it because it covers up the "D" from the health inspection agency nicely.<ref>"[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"</ref> When seeing [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] walking Homer's pet lobster at the beach, he approached them and claims that he runs a "small academy for lobsters". However, when Marge refuses to send the lobster away to "some snobby boarding school", McCallister asks her for spare change instead.<ref>"[[Lisa Gets an "A"]]"</ref>
  
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As an entrepreneur, McCallister is equally incompetent. His restaurant, ''The Frying Dutchman'', is a failing business venture that does not generate enough income to support its owner. In the episode ''[[Lisa Gets an "A"]]'', the captain appears as a penniless bum. When seeing Homer and Marge walking Homer's pet lobster at the beach, he approaches them and claims that he runs a "small academy for lobsters." However, when Marge refuses to send the lobster away to "some snobby boarding school," McCallister asks her for spare change instead.
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=== Family ===
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Captain McCallister has a wife, who he was married to for forty years.<ref name="The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"/> He also has at least one son, whom he described as "the catch of the day".<ref name="And Maggie Makes Three"/> However, this child didn't come from his wife, as he never gave her a child.<ref name="The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"/>
  
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Despite his age, unfit physique and poor vision, McCallister demonstrated notable skills as an amateur basketball player. He has never been shown with a girlfriend and, while it's generally believed that he's not gay, he has hinted to the fact that he has engaged in "situational homosexuality" with his fellow sailors. In one episode, he is seen to have a son, whom he describes as "the catch of the day."
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=== Relationships ===
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Captain McCallister has hinted to the fact that he has engaged in "situational homosexuality" with his fellow sailors. However, McCallister once took a picture of Patty and Selma in the nude, a picture which he claims to need for "those lonely nights at sea".<ref>"[[Bart's Inner Child]]"</ref>
  
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==Quotes==
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Despite having a wife, he once made out with Lindsay Naegle at [[Ned]] and [[Edna]]'s wedding reception, but it was broken up by Marge who didn't want the party to have any "weird hook-ups".<ref>"[[Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda]]"</ref> Sea Captain and Naegle later got together again during 'Grown-Up Halloween'<ref>"[[Halloween of Horror]]"</ref> He also dated [[Luann Van Houten]].<ref>"[[Milhouse of Sand and Fog]]"</ref>
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* "So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay." ''(quoting Robert Frost)''
 
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* "I just want a friend who isn't a work friend!"
 
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* "I've got nothin' against ya, squiddy, I just heard thar was gold in yer belly."
 
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* (Upon receiving copies of "Juggs magazine" before a voyage) "They'll keep my men from resortin' to homosexuality....  For about ten minutes! Harr, harr, harr!"
 
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* "Arr, I've got customers; call me back, Ishmael." (Spoofing the first line of Moby Dick)
 
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* "Arr, the hotpants!"
 
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* ''(When asked by 10-year-old [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] who he was)'' "The sailing instruct-arr.  And on movie night, I run the project-arr.  Only PG, nothing arr.  Yarr."
 
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* ''(tied to a tree during a snow storm)'' "Yarr!  Help! I was tied here by teenage pirates!"
 
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* "I brought ya me finest catch of the day. We lost a dozen good men...but it's worth it, just to see ya smile." ''(Marge goes wow)'' "That's it? Twelve men... ''(beat)'' Well, I've got some families to inform."
 
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* ''(In line at the post office on tax day)'' "Arr, sometimes I wonder why I bother plunderin' at all." ''(Drops pieces of jewelry from a treasure chest into an envelope)''
 
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* "Yarr, I'm not attractive."
 
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* (After taking a real estate exam) "Yar, I nailed that one about houseboats! Did you?"
 
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* "Arrr. I hate the sea and everything in it."
 
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* (The heading to an article that Homer writes to review the Captain's restaurant) "Thar, she blows."
 
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* (Homer gets sucked into a comfortable chair and says "Hey, there's someone else in here") "Arr, she swallowed me whole."
 
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* "Yarr, 'tis me private shame."
 
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* (Stepping out of "Ye Olde Anchor Shoppe" to find Homer's makeshift "M" anchor attempting to stop the monorail) "Arr, you call that an anchor?!"
 
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* (In response to Mr. Burns asking if anyone had ever seen the sun set at 3 p.m.) "Arr, once, while I was sailing the Arctic circle" (followed by Mr. Burns' retort of "Shut up, you!")
 
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* (After escorting a group of senior citizens aboard his ship for a tour) "Arr, not a looker in the bunch!" (followed by a disappointed look on his face.)
 
  
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==External links==
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== Non-canon ==
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* [http://www.snpp.com/guides/captain.html Simpsons Archive]
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{{Noncanon}}
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[[Category: Characters|McCallister,Captain Horatio]]
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=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
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{{TranscludeSection|The Simpsons: Tapped Out characters/Oddballs|SeaCaptain}}
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== Behind the Laughter ==
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*The Sea Captain was created by NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" host [[Conan O'Brien]] while he was a writer for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Voiced by [[Hank Azaria]], the character first appeared in 1992 in the episode, "[[New Kid on the Block]]", as the owner of [[The Frying Dutchman]] all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant. In that episode, McCallister is sued by Homer for not letting him eat all he could eat. Homer Simpson's visit to the restaurant caused the captain to observe about him, "'Tis no man, 'tis a remorseless eatin' machine!"
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*The Sea Captain's squinty eye and pipe are based on {{ap|Popeye|comic strip}}.
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*The Sea Captain's real name may be derived in part from Captain {{W|Horatio Hornblower}}, the title character of a series of sea-adventure novels by {{W|C. S. Forester}}.
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|I237S1=yes
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|I240S3=yes
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|I245S1=yes
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|I245S1n=mentioned
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}}
 +
'''Treehouse of Horror:'''
 +
{{TreehouseA
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|I1S1=yes
 +
|I1S3=yes
 +
|I7S4=yes
 +
|I7S4n=duplicate only
 +
|I13S1=yes
 +
|I14S2=yes
 +
|I16S1=yes
 +
|I19S2=yes
 +
|I20S2=yes
 +
|I23S1=yes
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|B1S9=yes
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|B1S13=yes
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|B1S17=yes
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|B2S2=yes
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|B2S14=yes
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}}
 +
'''Bart Simpson:'''
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{{BartSimpsonA
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|I8S3=yes
 +
|I9S7=yes
 +
|I11S1=yes
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|I14S4=yes
 +
|I19S4=yes
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|I22S3=yes
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|I29S2=yes
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|I34S1=yes
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|I37S1=yes
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|I40S1=yes
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|I41S2=yes
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|I59S3=yes
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|I77S2=yes
 +
|I81S2=yes
 +
}}
 +
'''Futurama Crossover:'''
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{{FuturamaCrossoverA
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|S1=yes
 +
|S3=yes
 +
}}
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'''Comic Strips:'''
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{{ComicStripsA
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|S65=yes
 +
}}
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'''Holiday Humdinger:'''
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{{HolidayHumdingerA
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|S9=yes
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}}
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'''Super Spectacular:'''
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{{SuperSpectacularA
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|I1S1=yes
 +
|I9S1=yes
 +
|I13S1=yes
 +
}}
 +
'''Winter Wingding:'''
 +
{{WinterWingdingA
 +
|I1S7=yes
 +
|I4S4=yes
 +
|I5S1=yes
 +
|I9S4=yes
 +
|I10S3=yes
 +
}}
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'''Summer Shindig:'''
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{{SummerShindigA
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|I1S1=yes
 +
}}
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'''Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book:'''
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{{DOCBGA
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|S1=yes
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|S4=yes
 +
}}
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'''Annuals:'''
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{{AnnualsA
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|I10S2=yes
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}}
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'''Homer for the Holidays:'''
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{{HftHA
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|S7=yes
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|S7n=cutout
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|S8=yes
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}}
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'''One-Shot Wonders:'''
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{{OneShotsA
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|IPFS2=yes
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|ILSS2=yes
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}}
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'''Other Comics:'''
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*{{bon|The Secret Life of Homer's Wife}}
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'''Video Games:'''
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{{GamesA
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|Wrestle=yes
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|TSRR=yes
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|H&R=yes
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|Game=yes
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|TSTO=yes
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}}
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'''Books:'''
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{{BooksA
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|UEG=yes
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|TBoM=yes
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|CWBoC=yes
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|CBG=yes
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|GSGtA=yes
 +
|TSGtS=yes
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|TSFH=yes
 +
|THOHO2=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
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{{Images|Sea Captain}}
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{{Bowling Teams|stereotypes=yes|team=no}}
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{{LGBT|hinted bisexual=yes}}
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{{Tapped Out characters|oddballs=yes}}
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{{Simpsons World factfiles|5=yes}}
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{{Simpsons characters|springfield=yes}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:McCallister, Horatio}}
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[[Category:Ship captains]]
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[[Category:Characters voiced by Hank Azaria]]
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[[Category:Recurring characters]]
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[[Category:Characters introduced in season 4]]

Revision as of 14:43, April 23, 2024

"Arrrrrrrrrr!"
―Horatio McCallister's catchphrase
Horatio McCallister
Horatio McCallister.png
Character Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Status:
Alive
Hair: Gray
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Relatives: Wife: Unnamed
Son: Unnamed[1]
Mother: Unnamed
First appearance: "New Kid on the Block"
Voiced by: Hank Azaria
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Horatio McCallister, better known as the Sea Captain or Captain McCallister (also Pete), is a resident of Springfield. He's always seen holding a corncob pipe and squinting: because he has at least one glass eye - though once he was seen tapping both of his eyes and says he has 'two glass eyes'. In addition to eye(s), he also has an artificial leg.

Biography

Early life

Horatio McCallister was, along with his wife, a treasure hunter. He and his wife were in a bar on a snowy mountain when a man came in and demanded that they hand over their half of a treasure map. The two of them worked together to fight off the man and burn down the bar and escaped with the second half of the map. They then found that the map led to Springfield, where they traveled to in the hopes of finding the treasure.[2]

Life in Springfield

Though he admitted that he isn't a real captain,[3] Captain McCallister has, incompetently, piloted several vessels. On one occasion, he wrecked a cargo ship full of hot pants;[4] on another, in a reference to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, he causes an oil spill by crashing his tanker while drunk.[5] He launches a river raft for Homer, only to have it sink immediately to the bottom. The captain's idea for Mr. Burns' casino involved three ships and fifty "stout men" who would "sail 'round the Horn and return with spices and silk".[6]

At one time, he tried selling his houseboat to Marge and Homer while they were looking for a new home and started grappling with a shark when it attacks through the floor.[7] He was apparently a Christian, as he had his ship blessed by Reverend Lovejoy until he learned at least three months later that Lovejoy's blessing the ship didn't count as a blessing since during the three months, his minister license was expired.

Captain McCallister ended up living with his wife in Springfield whilst he tried to locate sunken treasure. Eventually, after forty years of searching, Captain McCallister finally found the treasure. Upon arriving back at the shore, Mayor Quimby took the treasure away as he had changed the sea boundaries around Springfield so the town could claim the treasure for themselves. He found out about it after his wife told Mayor Quimby as she thought she should have been Horatio's treasure.[2]

Occupations

As an entrepreneur, McCallister is equally incompetent. His restaurant, The Frying Dutchman, is a failing business venture that does not generate enough income to support its owner. He also once used Homer's bad review for his restaurant despite his hatred of it because it covers up the "D" from the health inspection agency nicely.[8] When seeing Homer and Marge walking Homer's pet lobster at the beach, he approached them and claims that he runs a "small academy for lobsters". However, when Marge refuses to send the lobster away to "some snobby boarding school", McCallister asks her for spare change instead.[9]

Family

Captain McCallister has a wife, who he was married to for forty years.[2] He also has at least one son, whom he described as "the catch of the day".[1] However, this child didn't come from his wife, as he never gave her a child.[2]

Relationships

Captain McCallister has hinted to the fact that he has engaged in "situational homosexuality" with his fellow sailors. However, McCallister once took a picture of Patty and Selma in the nude, a picture which he claims to need for "those lonely nights at sea".[10]

Despite having a wife, he once made out with Lindsay Naegle at Ned and Edna's wedding reception, but it was broken up by Marge who didn't want the party to have any "weird hook-ups".[11] Sea Captain and Naegle later got together again during 'Grown-Up Halloween'[12] He also dated Luann Van Houten.[13]

Non-canon

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Sea Captain
Image Cost Unlock method Unlocks with Unlock message
Tapped Out Sea Captain.png Cash.png7,500 Level 15
The Old Man and the Sea Pt. 1 		Houseboat I hate the sea and everything in it. Yarr!
Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name
2001 Regular Characters, Regular Male, Dimwit, Kook, Bowler, Adult, Normal Springfielders SeaCaptain

Behind the Laughter

  • The Sea Captain was created by NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" host Conan O'Brien while he was a writer for The Simpsons. Voiced by Hank Azaria, the character first appeared in 1992 in the episode, "New Kid on the Block", as the owner of The Frying Dutchman all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant. In that episode, McCallister is sued by Homer for not letting him eat all he could eat. Homer Simpson's visit to the restaurant caused the captain to observe about him, "'Tis no man, 'tis a remorseless eatin' machine!"
  • The Sea Captain's squinty eye and pipe are based on Popeye.
  • The Sea Captain's real name may be derived in part from Captain Horatio Hornblower, the title character of a series of sea-adventure novels by C. S. Forester.

Appearances

Episodes:Specials:Adverts:Simpsons Comics:Treehouse of Horror:Bart Simpson:Futurama Crossover:Comic Strips:Holiday Humdinger:Super Spectacular:Winter Wingding:Summer Shindig:Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book:Annuals:Homer for the Holidays:One-Shot Wonders:Other Comics:Video Games:Books:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "And Maggie Makes Three"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"
  3. ↑ "New Kid on the Block"
  4. ↑ "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer"
  5. ↑ "Bart After Dark"
  6. ↑ "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"
  7. ↑ "Lisa's First Word"
  8. ↑ "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
  9. ↑ "Lisa Gets an "A""
  10. ↑ "Bart's Inner Child"
  11. ↑ "Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda"
  12. ↑ "Halloween of Horror"
  13. ↑ "Milhouse of Sand and Fog"


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