IGN's list of the Top 25 Peripheral characters

In 2006, the internet site IGN.com published their list of the Top 25 Peripheral Simpsons characters.

Definition

According to the article, "There are many, many small "peripheral" roles on The Simpsons, but how did IGN TV determine the best peripheral characters? Well, first we eliminated characters that are shown often enough to be considered "regulars" (like Moe, Milhouse, Mr. Burns, and Smithers) or big supporting characters that have often gotten their own storylines (like Krusty, Apu and Principal Skinner). After all the bigger characters were removed, we narrowed down our list to the 25 characters we like the best. Limiting the number to 25 meant that some of the characters we wanted to make the list didn't, such as Kang & Kodos, Gil, and Dr. Hibbert—so maybe there's another character list in our future."

The list

1. Troy McClure
2. Sideshow Bob
3. Ralph Wiggum
4. Groundskeeper Willie
5. Barney Gumble
6. Lenny Leonard & Carl Carlson
7. Cletus Spuckler
8. Comic Book Guy
9. Otto Mann
10. Itchy & Scratchy
11. Patty and Selma Bouvier
12. Captain Horatio McCallister
13. Joe Quimby
14. Professor Frink
15. Lionel Hutz
16. Edna Krabappel
17. Frank Grimes
18. Fat Tony
19. Snake Jailbird
20. Hans Moleman
21. Duffman
22. Mr. Teeny
23. Dr. Nick Riviera
24. Disco Stu
25. Bumblebee Man

References

• Eric Goldman, Dan Iverson, Brian Zoromski (2006-09-06). Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters. IGN. Retrieved on 2007-06-08.

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