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name=Captain Horatio McCallister|  
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|name = Horatio McCallister
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|image = [[File:Horatio McCallister.png|230px]]
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hair=Grey hair and beard|
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job=Entrepeneur|
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relatives='''Son''':Unamed|
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|status = Alive
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appearance=[[New Kid on the Block]]|
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voiced by= [[Hank Azaria]]|
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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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Generally referred to as '''the Sea Captain''', or '''Captain McCallister''' there '''<i>is</i>''' some debate regarding his given names: '''Horatio''' and/or '''Pete'''. Though in court, he admitted that he isn't a real captain, he has (incompetently) piloted several vessels. He's always seen holding a corncob pipe and squinting: because he has at least one glass eye - though in "[[The Old Man and the "C" Student]]" he taps 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''', 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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==Controversy Over Voice Credit==
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== Biography ==
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There is some confusion as to who should be named as voice of The Sea Captain: Harry Shearer or Hank Azaria?
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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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=== Life in Springfield ===
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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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===The “[http://www.imdb.com/ '''Internet Movie Data Base''']”===
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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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The IDMB has a very comprehensive filmography on all the Simpsons’ cast, and a character profile on Captain McAllister - which credit <u>both</u> '''Shearer''' ''and'' '''Azaria'''
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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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====[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790434/ Harry Shearer’s <u>430</u> Simpsons episodes:]====
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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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According to IMDB Shearer’s first credit as Captain McAllister is in 1993 on (Simpsons episode) line 93 - $pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling). He's next credited with the character's voice in 1996. This time as the "Sea Captain" on line 154 - You Only Move Twice. 
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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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Shearer is credited at least 24 more times as the Sea Captain and Captain McAllister until his last credit as "Captain McAllister" in 2002, on line 279 - The Bart Wants What It Wants.  It seems that Hank Azaria takes over as the voice of The Captian fom hre on
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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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====[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000279/filmoseries#tt0096697 Hank Azaria’s <u>430</u> Simpsons episodes:]====
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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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According to IMDB Azaria’s first credit as the “Sea Captain” is in 1993, on (Simpsons episode) line 62 - Marge vs. the Monorail <p>He is next listed as simply “Captain” in 2000 on line 228 - The Mansion Family. 
 
  
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Azaria continues to be credited as just “Captain” until 2007, on line 378 - The Wife Aquatic - where he’s credited as “Captain McAllister” (also the last credit given for The Captain)
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== Non-canon ==
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=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
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{{TranscludeSection|The Simpsons: Tapped Out characters/Oddballs|SeaCaptain}}
  
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====[http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0002987/ Captain McAllister’s Overview:]====
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== Behind the Laughter ==
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What is perplexing though is, the Internet Movie Data Base does not list ‘The Sea Captain’ as a character in what apparently was Captain McAllister's first appearance on The Simpsons in - New Kid on the Block
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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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And even more mystifying: the Internet Movie Data Base has a separate 'character Overview' listing for (just) [http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0043423/ Sea Captain], where again Shearer ''and'' Azaria are credited.
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== Appearances ==
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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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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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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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|I237S1=yes
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|I240S3=yes
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|I245S1n=mentioned
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{{TreehouseA
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|I1S1=yes
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|I1S3=yes
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|I7S4=yes
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|I7S4n=duplicate only
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|I13S1=yes
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|I14S2=yes
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|I16S1=yes
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|I19S2=yes
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|I20S2=yes
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|I23S1=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
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|I9S7=yes
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|I11S1=yes
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|I14S4=yes
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|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
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|I81S2=yes
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{{FuturamaCrossoverA
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|S1=yes
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|S3=yes
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'''Comic Strips:'''
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{{ComicStripsA
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|S65=yes
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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
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|I9S1=yes
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|I13S1=yes
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'''Winter Wingding:'''
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{{WinterWingdingA
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|I1S7=yes
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|I4S4=yes
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|I5S1=yes
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|I9S4=yes
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|I10S3=yes
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}}
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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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|S4=yes
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{{AnnualsA
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|I10S2=yes
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{{HftHA
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|S7n=cutout
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|S8=yes
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{{OneShotsA
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*{{bon|The Secret Life of Homer's Wife}}
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|TSFH=yes
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|THOHO2=yes
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{{TC}}
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== References ==
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"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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The Simpsons: Tapped Out

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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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