• Wikisimpsons needs more Featured Article, Picture, Quote, Episode and Comprehensive article nominations!
  • Wikisimpsons has a Discord server! Click here for your invite! Join to talk about the wiki, Simpsons and Tapped Out news, or just to talk to other users.
  • Make an account! It's easy, free, and your work on the wiki can be attributed to you.
TwitterFacebookDiscord

Difference between revisions of "Rod Flanders"

Wikisimpsons - The Simpsons Wiki
(Appearances: replaced: Ned 'N' Edna's Blend → Ned 'n' Edna's Blend Agenda)
(Appearances: Fixed typo)
(Tags: mobile edit, mobile web edit)
(26 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown)
Line 8: Line 8:
 
|hair = Auburn
 
|hair = Auburn
 
|job = Student at [[Springfield Elementary School]]
 
|job = Student at [[Springfield Elementary School]]
|relatives = '''Parents:''' [[Ned Flanders]] and [[Maude Flanders]] (deceased) <br> '''Stepmothers: '''[[Ginger Flanders]] <br> and [[Edna Flanders]] (deceased) <br> '''Brother:''' [[Todd Flanders]] <br> '''Grandparents:''' [[Nedward Flanders Sr.]] and [[Mona Flanders]]
+
|relatives = '''Parents:''' [[Ned Flanders]] and [[Maude Flanders]] (deceased)<br>'''Stepmothers: '''[[Ginger Flanders]]<br>and [[Edna Flanders]] (deceased)<br>'''Brother:''' [[Todd Flanders]]<br>'''Grandparents:''' [[Nedward Flanders Sr.]] and [[Capri Flanders]]
 
|appearance = "[[The Call of the Simpsons]]"
 
|appearance = "[[The Call of the Simpsons]]"
 
|voiced by = [[Pamela Hayden]]
 
|voiced by = [[Pamela Hayden]]
 
}}
 
}}
  
'''Rodney "Rod" Flanders''' is the eldest son of [[Ned Flanders]] and [[Maude Flanders]].
+
'''Rodney "Rod" Flanders''' is the elder son of [[Ned Flanders]] and [[Maude Flanders]].
  
 
Rod often prays, first thing in the morning and last thing before going to bed. He prays for God to watch over him and his little brother, Todd. He prays for the success of his father's business. He also prays for all of the naughty little boys and girls (like Bart), who are too bad to pray for themselves. Aside from praying, Rod enjoys playing wholesomely with Todd and eating lots of "Nachos, Flanders-Style" (cucumbers with cottage cheese).<ref>"[[Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily]]"</ref> His one regret is that he can't pray at school.
 
Rod often prays, first thing in the morning and last thing before going to bed. He prays for God to watch over him and his little brother, Todd. He prays for the success of his father's business. He also prays for all of the naughty little boys and girls (like Bart), who are too bad to pray for themselves. Aside from praying, Rod enjoys playing wholesomely with Todd and eating lots of "Nachos, Flanders-Style" (cucumbers with cottage cheese).<ref>"[[Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily]]"</ref> His one regret is that he can't pray at school.
Line 23: Line 23:
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
 
[[File:Rod and Todd Every Simpsons Ever.png|thumb|left|250px]]
 
[[File:Rod and Todd Every Simpsons Ever.png|thumb|left|250px]]
Rod, like his parents, is very religious. He enjoys attending church, Bible stories, watching religious cartoons, and playing religious-themed board games. These games include ''[[Good Samaritan]]'' - though they do not use dice because Ned says that dice are wicked. Instead they just move one space at a time - he believes "It's less fun that way",<ref>"[[My Sister, My Sitter]]"</ref> and ''[[Billy Graham's Bible Blaster]]'', a video game in which players try to "convert the heathens" by firing bibles at them. It cheered him and [[Todd]] up when their [[Maude Flanders|mother]] died.<ref>"[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]"</ref>
+
Rod, like his parents, is very religious. He enjoys attending church, Bible stories, watching religious cartoons, and playing religious-themed board games. These games include ''[[Good Samaritan]]'' - though they do not use dice because Ned says that dice are wicked. Instead they just move one space at a time - he believes "It's less fun that way",<ref>"[[My Sister, My Sitter]]"</ref> and ''[[Billy Graham's Bible Blaster]]'', a video game in which players try to "convert the heathens" by firing Bibles at them. It cheered him and [[Todd]] up when their [[Maude Flanders|mother]] died.<ref>"[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]"</ref>
  
 
[[File:Rodfolder.PNG|thumbnail|left|Rod's character folder from the Hall of Records on The Simpsons website.]]
 
[[File:Rodfolder.PNG|thumbnail|left|Rod's character folder from the Hall of Records on The Simpsons website.]]
Line 48: Line 48:
 
As Rod is shown to be quite a bit bigger and taller than Todd, the claim that Todd is the older brother is disputed. Rod and Todd were both born before Lisa (who is eight), Todd appearing a younger age than Bart (who is 10) in the episode "[[Lisa's First Word]]" (when Bart was entering "the terrible twos").
 
As Rod is shown to be quite a bit bigger and taller than Todd, the claim that Todd is the older brother is disputed. Rod and Todd were both born before Lisa (who is eight), Todd appearing a younger age than Bart (who is 10) in the episode "[[Lisa's First Word]]" (when Bart was entering "the terrible twos").
  
Despite these discrepancies, the Simpsons official website states that “Todd is the youngest and most impressionable member of the happy Flanders clan”. This seems to trump any inconsistency concerning age seen in the episodes. On the other hand, the character profile for Rod Flanders in the book "[[The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family|The Simpsons: A Complete Guide To Our Favorite Family]]" describes him as the "youngest of the Springfield Flanders.", but they have made some mistakes in that book. Another possible reason for the variation is that, in the DVD commentaries for show, the writers have stated that they are never sure which Flanders sibling is Rod and which one is Todd and are often forced to check character models to be sure. According to the commentary, early show writers used two different mnemonics to identify the taller brother; first that Todd started with T and was Taller, or that Rod was long like a rod and hence taller.
+
Despite these discrepancies, the Simpsons official website states that "Todd is the youngest and most impressionable member of the happy Flanders clan". This seems to trump any inconsistency concerning age seen in the episodes. On the other hand, the character profile for Rod Flanders in the book "[[The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family|The Simpsons: A Complete Guide To Our Favorite Family]]" describes him as the "youngest of the Springfield Flanders.", but they have made some mistakes in that book. Another possible reason for the variation is that, in the DVD commentaries for the show, the writers have stated that they are never sure which Flanders sibling is Rod and which one is Todd and are often forced to check character models to be sure. According to the commentary, early show writers used two different mnemonics to identify the taller brother; first that Todd started with T and was Taller, or that Rod was long like a rod and hence taller.
  
 
== Appearances ==
 
== Appearances ==
Line 58: Line 58:
 
*{{ep|Bart Gets Hit by a Car}}
 
*{{ep|Bart Gets Hit by a Car}}
 
*{{ep|Blood Feud}}
 
*{{ep|Blood Feud}}
 +
*{{ep|When Flanders Failed}}
 +
*{{ep|Radio Bart}}
 +
*{{ep|Bart the Lover}}
 +
*{{ep|Homer the Heretic}}
 +
*{{ep|Lisa's First Word}}
 +
*{{ep|Marge in Chains}}
 +
*{{ep|Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood}}
 +
*{{ep|Homer Loves Flanders}}
 +
*{{ep|Bart's Comet}}
 +
*{{ep|A Star Is Burns}}
 +
*{{ep|Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily}}
 +
*{{ep|Bart Sells His Soul}}
 +
*{{ep|Two Bad Neighbors}}
 +
*{{ep|Much Apu About Nothing}}
 +
*{{ep|Burns, Baby Burns}}
 +
*{{ep|A Milhouse Divided}}
 +
*{{ep|Hurricane Neddy}}
 +
*{{ep|My Sister, My Sitter}}
 +
*{{ep|Lisa's Sax}}
 +
*{{ep|Bart Star}}
 +
*{{ep|Lisa the Skeptic}}
 +
*{{ep|Realty Bites}}
 +
*{{ep|Miracle on Evergreen Terrace}}
 +
*{{ep|The Last Temptation of Krust}}
 +
*{{ep|Lisa the Simpson}}
 +
*{{ep|The Trouble With Trillions}}
 +
*{{ep|Trash of the Titans}}
 +
*{{ep|King of the Hill}}
 +
*{{ep|Natural Born Kissers}}
 +
*{{ep|Mayored to the Mob}}
 +
*{{ep|Viva Ned Flanders}}
 +
*{{ep|Wild Barts Can't Be Broken}}
 +
*{{ep|Make Room For Lisa}}
 +
*{{ep|Simpsons Bible Stories}}
 +
*{{ep|Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo}}
 +
*{{ep|Treehouse of Horror X}}
 +
*{{ep|Take My Wife, Sleaze}}
 +
*{{ep|Little Big Mom}}
 +
*{{ep|Faith Off}}
 
*{{ep|Alone Again, Natura-Diddily}}
 
*{{ep|Alone Again, Natura-Diddily}}
 +
*{{ep|Bart to the Future}}
 +
*{{ep|Insane Clown Poppy}}
 +
*{{ep|The Great Money Caper}}
 +
*{{ep|HOMR}}
 +
*{{ep|I'm Goin' to Praiseland}}
 
*{{ep|Children of a Lesser Clod}}
 
*{{ep|Children of a Lesser Clod}}
 +
*{{ep|She of Little Faith}}
 +
*{{ep|Brawl in the Family}}
 
*{{ep|The Frying Game}}
 
*{{ep|The Frying Game}}
 +
*{{ep|The Dad Who Knew Too Little}}
 +
*{{ep|Pray Anything}}
 +
*{{ep|A Star Is Born Again}}
 +
*{{ep|Dude, Where's My Ranch?}}
 +
*{{ep|The Bart of War}}
 
*{{ep|'Tis the Fifteenth Season}}
 
*{{ep|'Tis the Fifteenth Season}}
 +
*{{ep|I-(Annoyed Grunt)-Bot}}
 
*{{ep|Catch 'Em If You Can}}
 
*{{ep|Catch 'Em If You Can}}
 +
*{{ep|Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass}}
 +
*{{ep|Mobile Homer}}
 +
*{{ep|Thank God It's Doomsday}}
 +
*{{ep|Home Away From Homer}}
 +
*{{ep|Milhouse of Sand and Fog}}
 +
*{{ep|Bart Has Two Mommies}}
 +
*{{ep|The Monkey Suit}}
 
*{{mov}}
 
*{{mov}}
 
*{{ep|The Fool Monty}}
 
*{{ep|The Fool Monty}}
Line 83: Line 142:
 
*{{ep|Fland Canyon}}
 
*{{ep|Fland Canyon}}
 
*{{ep|Orange Is the New Yellow}}
 
*{{ep|Orange Is the New Yellow}}
 +
*{{ep|My Way or the Highway to Heaven}}
 +
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIX|(Intrusion of the Pod-Y Switchers)}}
 +
*{{ep|Krusty the Clown (episode)|pipe=yes|3=Krusty the Clown}}
 +
*{{ep|Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy}}
 +
*{{ep|Girl's in the Band}}
 +
*{{ep|Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion}}
 +
*{{ep|Go Big or Go Homer}}
 +
*{{ep|The Fat Blue Line}}
 +
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXX|(opening sequence)}}
 +
*{{ep|Marge the Lumberjill}}
 +
*{{ep|Thanksgiving of Horror}}
 +
*{{ep|Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?}}
 
*{{spec|Do the Bartman}}
 
*{{spec|Do the Bartman}}
 +
*{{ad|Bart's Locker}}
 +
*{{ad|Crime of the Century}}
 
*{{bon|Faking the Band}}
 
*{{bon|Faking the Band}}
 
*{{bon|O Bart, Where Art Thou?}}
 
*{{bon|O Bart, Where Art Thou?}}
Line 89: Line 162:
 
*{{bk|Flanders' Book of Faith}}
 
*{{bk|Flanders' Book of Faith}}
 
*{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}}
 
*{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}}
 +
*{{merch|Simpsons Mania! (Inkworks)|Simpsons Mania!}}
 
}}
 
}}
  

Revision as of 18:34, May 7, 2020

"Rod" redirects here. For other uses of "Rod", see Rod (disambiguation).
Rodney Flanders
Rod Flanders.png
Character Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Status:
Alive
Age: 10
Hair: Auburn
Occupation: Student at Springfield Elementary School
Relatives: Parents: Ned Flanders and Maude Flanders (deceased)
Stepmothers: Ginger Flanders
and Edna Flanders (deceased)
Brother: Todd Flanders
Grandparents: Nedward Flanders Sr. and Capri Flanders
First appearance: "The Call of the Simpsons"
Voiced by: Pamela Hayden


Rodney "Rod" Flanders is the elder son of Ned Flanders and Maude Flanders.

Rod often prays, first thing in the morning and last thing before going to bed. He prays for God to watch over him and his little brother, Todd. He prays for the success of his father's business. He also prays for all of the naughty little boys and girls (like Bart), who are too bad to pray for themselves. Aside from praying, Rod enjoys playing wholesomely with Todd and eating lots of "Nachos, Flanders-Style" (cucumbers with cottage cheese).[1] His one regret is that he can't pray at school.

Rod's favorite songs are "Bringing In The Sheaves" (followed closely by "Noah And The Arky-Arky") and "I've Got The Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy Down In My Heart."

Rod has diabetes[2] and has described being quiet during trips as one of his favorite hobbies (including clapping during songs).

Biography

Rod and Todd Every Simpsons Ever.png

Rod, like his parents, is very religious. He enjoys attending church, Bible stories, watching religious cartoons, and playing religious-themed board games. These games include Good Samaritan - though they do not use dice because Ned says that dice are wicked. Instead they just move one space at a time - he believes "It's less fun that way",[3] and Billy Graham's Bible Blaster, a video game in which players try to "convert the heathens" by firing Bibles at them. It cheered him and Todd up when their mother died.[4]

Rod's character folder from the Hall of Records on The Simpsons website.

Maude and Ned prohibit them consuming foods containing sugar, as they fear it will make them behave badly, in which it does[5] or send them into diabetic shock. He is also extremely entomophobic (particularly with moths and ladybugs), a behavior probably learned from their father, who considers an insect flying near someone a "bug attack". They enjoy stories about robots named Rod and Todd, though these also frighten them.[6] He may be a transvestite, because he claims he's jealous of girls because they get to wear dresses.[7]

Rod obtained new climbing skills and rescued Bart from a gorilla atop a church. Rod thought of Marge as the most fun they've ever had ever since Maude died.[8]

Non-canon

Donut Homer.png The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed.

Future

At age 32, Rod, with his brother, Todd, is a crossdressing lounge singer. They live with their father, who uses his pension to pay for their estrogen treatments. At age 40, he and Todd still live with Ned and take care of him because his eyes fell out.[9]

The Simpsons Game

Rod appears along with his brother Todd Flanders and Ralph Wiggum as Hobbit-like children who help Homer and Marge defeat the two-headed dragon in order to get the Keycard.[10]

The Simpsons: Tapped Out

This section is transcluded from The Simpsons: Tapped Out characters/Flanders Family. To edit it, please edit the transcluded page.
Rod
Image Cost Unlock method Unlock message
Rod Flanders.png Cash.png67,200 Level 32
Rod And Todd Prelude (with Sir Putt-A-Lot's and Todd)
Iron helps us play!
Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name
2200 Regular Characters, Regular Male, Youngster, Saint, Kook, Normal Springfielders Rod

Behind the Laughter

Age discrepancy

There is also some controversy as to which of the two is the elder. In "Dead Putting Society" the commentator at the golf tournament states that Todd is 10. In Homer Badman, one of the corrections that the TV-magazine show Rock Bottom makes is to their claim that "the older Flanders boy is Todd, not Rod". (although this could have been included purely to stir up fans). Later, in Bart Sells His Soul, the Flanders family eat out for Rod's "big ten-oh", suggesting the two are of similar age (however, the present time in at least one other Simpsons episode has been set two years before that of others, as shown by All's Fair in Oven War). However, in "My Sister, My Sitter" Lisa, when babysitting Rod and Todd, tells a story about a robot named Todd who "had a brother named Rod, who was two space years older than him". Todd responds by saying, "I don't like this story!"

As Rod is shown to be quite a bit bigger and taller than Todd, the claim that Todd is the older brother is disputed. Rod and Todd were both born before Lisa (who is eight), Todd appearing a younger age than Bart (who is 10) in the episode "Lisa's First Word" (when Bart was entering "the terrible twos").

Despite these discrepancies, the Simpsons official website states that "Todd is the youngest and most impressionable member of the happy Flanders clan". This seems to trump any inconsistency concerning age seen in the episodes. On the other hand, the character profile for Rod Flanders in the book "The Simpsons: A Complete Guide To Our Favorite Family" describes him as the "youngest of the Springfield Flanders.", but they have made some mistakes in that book. Another possible reason for the variation is that, in the DVD commentaries for the show, the writers have stated that they are never sure which Flanders sibling is Rod and which one is Todd and are often forced to check character models to be sure. According to the commentary, early show writers used two different mnemonics to identify the taller brother; first that Todd started with T and was Taller, or that Rod was long like a rod and hence taller.

Appearances

Incomplete.png This article or section is incomplete.


Please improve the article, or discuss the issue on the talk page.

References

The Saga of Carl - title screen.png Wikisimpsons has a collection of images related to Rod Flanders.