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"Vote Quimby."
―Mayor Quimby's catchphrase
Joseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge Quimby, Jr.
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Character Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Status:
Alive
Alias(es): Mayor Quimby
Diamond Joe
Hair: Brown
Occupation: Mayor of Springfield
Relatives: Mother: Rose Quimby
Father: Joe Quimby, Sr.[1]
Wife: Martha Quimby
Niece: Unnamed
Brother: Clovis Quimby
Nephew: Freddy
Children: Unnamed son, Joe III
Ex-wife: Beatrice Bouvier
First appearance: "Bart Gets an "F""
Voiced by: Dan Castellaneta
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Joseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge "Diamond Joe" Quimby, Jr.[2] is the Mayor of Springfield. He appears as a slick, opportunistic politician whose chief priorities seem to be keeping himself in office, womanizing, and various other forms of corruption, including embezzling tax money, taking bribes from Fat Tony, the local Mafia Don, and giving monthly kickbacks to Police Chief Wiggum. The seal on the wall of his office reads "Corruptus in Extremis", which means "extremely corrupt".

Biography[edit]

Despite being mayor for such a long time, Quimby does not know or care much about his city, often privately (or even publicly) showing his outright contempt for Springfield's citizens. He frequently takes overseas vacations, which take him out of town for extended periods of time, leading to the headline "Mayor Visits City" in the Springfield Shopper. He once referred to Springfield as Springfeld at a public meeting.[3] However, he makes frequent, albeit short, public appearances for local festivities, events, business openings, and other civic functions.

If bending the law will suit Quimby's purposes, he will likely do so. He once arranged Marge Simpson's release after she was arrested for blocking traffic on a bridge after suffering a nervous breakdown because he felt keeping her in jail would result in him kissing the "chick vote" goodbye.[4] He also resorted to bribing witnesses when assault charges were brought against his nephew, leading Bart Simpson to observe that "the system works: just ask Claus von Bülow".[5]

Despite his vices and general self-serving use of the law, he has at times attempted to utilize the law for the greater good of Springfield, such as enacting "Code Black" to clean up Lake Springfield,[6] as well as the (albeit largely ignored) establishing of a 75 cent toll booth in order to gain enough tax money to "de-python the town fountain."[7]

His catch phrase is "Vote Quimby", which he always finds an opportunity to say, even in situations where it would be disadvantageous to identify himself, like inadvertently being caught by Homer in a low-rent motel room with his mistress.[8]

Elections[edit]

Quimby was elected Mayor of Springfield in 1982.[9] He was re-elected several times afterward, despite rather open admissions of fraud and wrongdoing. He once admitted to using taxpayer dollars to fund the murder of his enemies, but thanks to a clever use of a popular catch phrase ("I'm a bad wittle boy"), he was re-elected in a landslide. Further evidence of his apparent political ideology, Quimby earned himself the hatred of Springfield's small, but vocal, Republican elite, themselves portrayed as mostly dark, ghoulish figures who met in a castle.

He is a member of the Democratic Party. When the Republican Party nominated Sideshow Bob as its mayoral candidate, Bob rigged the election, briefly deposing Quimby. He was re-instated when Bob was found guilty of fraud and imprisoned.[10] He also survived a recall election in 2005, with no candidate in the race against him (candidates included Rainier Wolfcastle), garnering the 5% necessary to force a recall.[11]

He was replaced by Snowball II for a brief period, until she fell asleep during the whole British Invasion of Springfield.[12]

Relationships[edit]

During Quimby's election campaign, his staffer Beatrice Bouvier helped him on the campaign trail, and the two of them ended up falling in love. After Quimby won the election, he proposed to Beatrice, and she said yes. The wedding took place the next year; however, after the ceremony, Joe Quimby, Sr. told his son that the wedding was good for his image, but he needed to be seen cheating on Beatrice with mistresses. When Joe told Beatrice this, she was heartbroken and left him, never to see him again.[9]

At some point later, Quimby married Martha Quimby.[13] However, he has a long-running affair with Miss Springfield.[14]

Quimby has had multiple other affairs, including one with Cookie Kwan, which resulted in a child being born.[15] It was implied that he had a relationship with his own niece, as when he went to a wedding with her, he told her to pretend to be his niece from out of town. The girl then responded saying that she was his niece.[16]

Family[edit]

Mayor Quimby's father, Joe Quimby, Sr., emigrated to America from Quimby, Ireland, leaving behind his parents and fifteen siblings. His only legitimate son is Joe Quimby III.[9] His mother is Rose Quimby.[17]

Quimby has a brother, Clovis,[18][19] a nephew, Freddy Quimby,[5] and an unnamed niece.[16]

Quimby has multiple illegitimate children, including a son he had with Cookie Kwan.[15]

Non-canon[edit]

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In a future version of Springfield, Quimby is seen as a Taxi Driver. It's implied that he was thrown out of Office, and he has to try to deflect the embarrassment and shame of the event by falsifying his Drivers License by claiming that his name is Mohammad Jafar.[20]

Quimby also implies that he was once the mayor of Seattle and caused a calamity while he was in office there.[21]

Mayor Quimby has a cousin, Simon Kennerly, who is the city council president of Shelbyville. Every year, they come together to hold a Springfield/Shelbyville bake-off.[22]

The Simpsons Game[edit]

Joe Quimby appears mostly in the cutscenes of the level Mob Rules as he shares a hot-tub and some interns with the EA Games executive in order to receive his bribe to have Grand Theft Scratchy be sold to minors. When the EA Games executive sees a senator among the mob created by Marge protesting the sale of the game outside City Hall, he takes back the bribe, forcing Quimby to ban the sale of the game.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out[edit]

Quimby[edit]

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Quimby
Image Cost Unlock method Unlocks with Unlock message
Tapped Out Unlock Quimby.png Cash15,000 Level 20
Re-Elect Mayor Quimby Pt. 2 		Town Hall Can I count on your vote come November?
Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name
23 Regular Characters, Regular Male, High Roller, Civil Servant, Glutton, Criminal, Adult, Rich People, Normal Springfielders Quimby

Others[edit]

Behind the Laughter[edit]

Origin of name[edit]

Joe Quimby's name partly comes from NW Quimby Street in Portland, Oregon, hometown of show creator Matt Groening. Quimby Street was originally named Q Street and renamed in 1891 for Vermont-native and Portland pioneer L.W.P. Quimby, a hotelier who founded of a trucking company and served as state game warden.[23][24][25] The rest of the character's name is from Portland mobster and chief of police, "Diamond" Jim Purcell.

Comparisons to the Kennedy family[edit]

There are many things about Quimby and his family that are similar to Ted Kennedy and the Kennedy political family such as:

  • He speaks with a Boston accent, in a style most resembling that of Ted Kennedy, commonly separating words with "er" and "ah".
  • The mayor is a Democrat, like the Kennedys.
  • He enjoys lavish wealth.
  • He lives on a coastal estate (the "Quimby compound") with his family—not unlike the Kennedy Compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts.
  • Quimby is married to a woman who wears a pink suit and pillbox hat similar to one Jacqueline Kennedy made famous, whom he met while she was working in Maison Derrière. She may be also related to actor Rainier Wolfcastle, who is modeled after Arnold Schwarzenegger (husband of Ted Kennedy's niece, Maria Shriver); Wolfcastle has been spotted at Quimby family functions.
  • The Kennedy family is Irish and so is Joe Quimby.
  • The mayor's nephew, Freddy Quimby, was once tried for assault (a reference to the William Kennedy Smith rape trial) during which Mayor Quimby tried to bribe witnesses.
  • One of his many middle names is Fitzgerald, which was president John F. Kennedy's middle name.

During the USAToday.com contest to choose which Springfield would host the Simpsons Movie premiere, Ted Kennedy himself appears in a video in which he invited "Diamond Joe" Quimby to Springfield, Massachusetts, and even mocked his own oft-mocked pronunciation of the word "Chowder" (as "Chow-Dah").

In addition to the clear Kennedy connection, Quimby also has similarities with Charles Foster Kane, including having built an opera house for his girlfriend.

Foreign dubs[edit]

Language Voice dubber
Czech Republic flag.png Čeština Milan Slepička

Appearances[edit]

Episodes:Specials:Adverts:Simpsons Illustrated:Simpsons Comics and Stories:Simpsons Comics:Krusty 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:Video Games:Books:Merchandise:

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em"
  2. ↑ "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes"
  3. ↑ "Bart's Comet"
  4. ↑ "Homer Alone"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The Boy Who Knew Too Much"
  6. ↑ The Simpsons Movie
  7. ↑ "Homer's Paternity Coot"
  8. ↑ "The Cartridge Family"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Sashes to Sashes"
  10. ↑ "Sideshow Bob Roberts"
  11. ↑ "See Homer Run"
  12. ↑ Hail to the Cat
  13. ↑ "Bart Gets Famous" et al
  14. ↑ "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" et al
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "She Used to Be My Girl"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "The Wandering Juvie"
  17. ↑ "Homerazzi"
  18. ↑ "Treehouse of Horror III"
  19. ↑ The Simpsons: Tapped Out The Cost of Living Pt. 2
  20. ↑ "Lisa's Wedding"
  21. ↑ The Town That Time Forgot
  22. ↑ Splotchmen
  23. ↑ Springfield Confidential Chapter 6
  24. ↑ Portland Street Names: Quimby
  25. ↑ Willamette Weekly: Did Any Total Schlubs Wind Up With Their Own Street Just Because Their Name Started With An Uncommon Letter?


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