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| − | '''Otto Mann''' (real surname '''Foreman''') is the cool, airheaded junkie bus driver of [[Springfield Elementary]]. He is notable for his maniacal driving style, his love of heavy metal music, and his propensity for behaving like that of | + | '''Otto Mann''' (real surname '''Foreman''') is the cool, airheaded junkie bus driver of [[Springfield Elementary]]. He is notable for his maniacal driving style, his love of heavy metal music, and his propensity for behaving like that of a heavy metal aficionado from the 80s. |
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Otto Mann (real surname Foreman) is the cool, airheaded junkie bus driver of Springfield Elementary. He is notable for his maniacal driving style, his love of heavy metal music, and his propensity for behaving like that of a heavy metal aficionado from the 80s.
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Biography
Otto was born on January 18, 1963, according to his drivers license. He also briefly attended Brown University,[4] though the validity of this information comes from a dream sequence, so this may not be canon.
Due to his inability to remain self-sustainable, Otto is often found homeless, having been evicted from his apartment and once forced to live with the Simpsons house.[5] He was once found squatting in the Simpsons' recently-vacated home after the family moved to Cypress Creek.[6], and bunked with his brother and his girlfriend.[7]
Despite his short comings, Bart Simpson has been shown to idolize Otto. The two seem to share a sort of brotherly bond, Bart being easily impressed by the bus driver's guitar skills, tattoos, and his overall devil-may-care attitude. In turn, Otto is openly well-meaning and supportive to Bart and his interests, inputting an enthusiastic "cool!" when told he planned to jump the Springfield Gorge.[8] They regulalrly greet each other with nicknames "Otto-man" and "Bart-dude".
Since childhood, Otto has always been an extremely passionate rock and metal enthusiast. Music has influenced him greatly, but because of his choices in relation to it usually are for worse. While being an exceptionally skilled guitarist, Otto mentions that practicing was all he did during high school, much to his father's chagrin. When Otto's song of choice was "Nothin' But a Good Time" by Poison for his fiancée to walk down the isle to, she becomes openly upset. When Marge puts him on the spot to decide which was more important to him, his music or Becky, he promptly speeds away from the wedding in his bus, the Poison cover band performing in the back. Some of Otto's favorite songs include "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath, "Dazed and Confused" by Led Zeppelin, "Frankenstein" by The Edgar Winter Group, "Freebird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison, "Purple Haze" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and "We're an American Band" by Grand Funk Railroad.
Otto is a drug addict, and can be seen smoking marijuana on different occasions[9][10][11]. During the early portion of the series, it was only implied that Otto was a frequent drug user until progressively becoming more explicit as seasons went on. Once he submitted a urine sample as part of an application for a job as a prison guard, which contained "crack, smack, uppers, downers, outers, inners, horse tranquilizers, cow paralyzers, blue bombers, green goofers, yellow submarines" and "LSD Mach 3".[12]
Otto is also implied to be a comic book fan, and even has an artistic side. He even created and designed a superhero named Busman, a man who drives a school bus by day and fights vampires in a post-apocalyptic warzone by night. He went to a comic book convention to present the idea to "Jolly" Jack Tate.[13]
School Bus Driver
Otto's ability and competence to drive any kind of vehicle, let alone a school bus, is highly questionable. Otto does not seem to have any respect for the rules of the road, although on one occasion he told Bart that state law disallowed him from intentionally crashing the bus. This showed that Otto at least had some common sense, or a clear desire not to go out of his way to cause trouble and put children in danger. He once told Principal Skinner that he has a record of crashing his school bus 15 times without a single fatality (although whether he had indeed achieved it without fatalities is questionable, as it was implied that he killed Spinal Tap when he demolished their tour bus when he was rushing to school).[5] He was dismissed from his job when the authorities discovered that he did not hold any kind of license, or any kind of identification at all (he stated that his identification was the fact that he wrote his name on his underwear, only to discover that he was wearing someone else's). He only attained his driving license thereafter because Patty passed him. This was despite him completely failing to drive the bus in a restrained and secure manner as he passed because he and Patty shared a mutual hatred of Homer. Otto has also been shown smoking or being under the influence of drugs while driving the bus many times.
He was placed under suspension at least twice: Once, after he not only crashed a school but full of kids for the 15th time, but was also revealed to not possess a drivers license[5]. The second time occured where Otto spanked Bart out of fury after stealing the bus and thus cost him his one and only chance of hanging out with Metallica by giving them a ride. Principal Skinner suspends him in result, as he isn't supposed to deal corporal punishment on kids.[14] At one time, Otto crashed the bus full of children into the ocean (in this particular instance, it wasn't his fault; he has grapefruit citric acid in his eyes that was caused by Milhouse rolling a grapefruit down the passenger aisle before it became stuck between the brakes.), leaving his passengers to be washed up on an exotic island.[15] He once accidentally drove his bus into an auto wrecking yard, crushing it into a scale model of the bus.[16] Otto once got the bus stuck onto a rail road track and whilst jamming to rock music, the bus is struck by an oncoming train.[17]
While his primary job is operating the school bus, he can also be seen as an escort driver for other groups that require transportation (which are also in buses), such as driving the elderly folk from the Springfield Retirement Castle to a casino.[18]
Family
Otto's father is a navy admiral, and the two do not get along (this is likely a reference to Jim Morrison, whose father was also a naval admiral and estranged from his son). He made his debut alongside his wife in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge, where he states that neither approve of his engagement to his then girlfriend Becky, as they've not approved of any of his life choices to date. This does not phase Otto however, who wishes them a safe drive home.
Otto also has a brother, nothing else is known about him other than one of Otto's girlfriends ran off to marry him.[19]
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Future
In "Lisa's Wedding", he apparently retired from being a Bus Driver and founded a Taxi service business in Springfield. Otto himself appeared on a video screen in "Muhammad Jafar's" cab when he was driving Lisa Simpson and Hugh Parkfield to 742 Evergreen Terrace to tell him, while addressing him by his real name that after doing the fare, he should "get his indicted ass to the convention center pronto!" In 24 Minutes, he drives his bus into a railroad track, either seriously injuring or killing him.
The Simpsons Game
Otto first appears in the level Around the World in 80 Bites as a contestant in the Duff Ultimate Eating Challenge. He later appears in the form of a ghostly skeleton that attacks Homer, Marge, and their army of Hobbit-like children in NeverQuest.
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Trivia
- He wears headphones with his Walkman because he doesn't want to let other people know he's listening to classical music.
- He is 5'10".[20]
Behind the Laughter
- Otto's look is based on former Simpsons writer Wallace Wolodarsky. In the commentary for "Bart the Daredevil", it is revealed that the writers planned to name him "Otto Mechanic", but the joke never appeared in an episode.
- His name is a joke on the furniture ottoman's name, as well as Bart's tendency to greet him with "Otto, man!" In the episode, "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge", when Otto puts on a top hat to propose to his girlfriend, Becky, he looks similar to Velvet Revolver and former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash.
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References
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- ↑ The Otto Show
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge"
- ↑ "Homer Defined"
- ↑ "Lisa Gets an "A""
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ "Homer Defined"
- ↑ "Bart the Daredevil"
- ↑ "Weekend at Burnsie's"
- ↑ "The Strong Arms of the Ma"
- ↑ The Simpsons Movie
- ↑ "The Seven-Beer Snitch"
- ↑ "Three Men and a Comic Book"
- ↑ "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer"
- ↑ "Das Bus"
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ "Old Money"
- ↑ "Homer Defined"
- ↑ The Otto Show
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