These are characters from the animated TV series
The Simpsons.
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Characters are only listed once, normally under the first applicable subsection in the list; very minor characters are listed with a more regular chracter they are associated with. Subsections are ordered by size and ongoing relevance to the show.
The Simpson family members
- Homer J. Simpson, father
- Marge Simpson, mother
- Bart Simpson, son
- Lisa Simpson, daughter
- Maggie Simpson, baby daughter
- Abraham J. Simpson, Grandpa
- Mona Simpson, Homer's mother
- Selma Bouvier Terwilliger Hutz McClure, one of Marge's twin sisters
- Patty Bouvier, the other of Marge's twin sisters
- Jackie Bouvier, Marge's mother
- Marge's father, seen only in flashbacks
- Herb Powell, Homer's half brother
Other families
- The Flanders family
- Ned Flanders, father, owner of Leftorium
- Maude Flanders, mother (deceased)
- Rod Flanders, son
- Todd Flanders, son
- Grandma Flanders (senile and decrepit several years earlier; probably dead?)
- ? (Ned is known to have at least one sister)
- The van Houten family
- Kirk Van Houten, cracker factory employee
- Luann (changed her last name back?), his ex-wife
- Milhouse Van Houten, their son, Bart's best friend.
- Milhouse's grandmother
- The Nahasapeemapetilon family
- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a convenience store owner
- Manjula, his wife
- Their octuplets (by stage name):
- Sanjay, Apu's brother
- Pahusacheta, Sanjay's daughter
- The Wiggum family
- Clancy, the incompetent police chief
- Sarah, Clancy's wife and Ralph's Mom
- Ralph, the mentally challenged son
Institutions
- Springfield Elementary School
- Seymour Skinner, principal, who lives with his mother Agnes.
- Superintendent Chalmers
- Teachers
- Miss Elizabeth Hoover, second-grade teacher
- Edna Krabappel, teacher.
- Dewey Largo[?], music teacher
- Mr. Glascock[?], teacher, now retired from the stress of children making fun of his name
- Mrs. Cummerdale[?], gym teacher
- Mr. Bergstrom, substituted for Miss Hoover, (voiced by Dustin Hoffman)
- Otto Mann, bus driver
- Groundskeeper Willy
- Lunchlady Doris/Nurse Doris
- Students
- Jimbo Jones
- Kearney
- Dolph
- Nelson Muntz, school bully known for his scornful laugh
- Martin Prince an overachieving nerd
- Sherry and Terry purple-haired twins whose dad has a high-up position at the power plant.
- Üter, German exchange student
- Wendell, a nervous student who vomits frequently
- Louis[?]
- Nerd based on Saturday Night Live's Pat
- Oliver[?], a nerd encountered briefly when Bart was brought to their secret hideout
- Ralph Wiggum Lisa's below-average classmate
- Allison Taylor, Lisa's fellow-overachieving classmate
- Moe's Tavern
- Moe Syzlak, owner and proprieter
- Barney Gumble, boozehound
- Hugh Jass
- Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
- Aerosmith, briefly the house band
- Waitress Moe hired during the "Flaming Moe's" period
- Woman Moe dated briefly
- Government, Police, Law
- "Diamond" Joe Quimby, Mayor
- Chief Clancy Wiggum, Chief of Springfield Police
- Lou, police officer
- Eddie, police officer
- Snake, a recidivist crook with a well-educated accent
- Judge Synder[?], veteran judge in Springfield known for lenient punishment
- Constance Harm[?], newer judge known for vindictive punishment, a parody of Judge Judy[?]
- Lionel Hutz, incompetent lawyer
- Burns's Lawyer[?], a pasty faced lawyer who always opposes the Simpsons in court
- Related:
- Joe Quimby's wife and numerous mistresses
- Quimby's nephew (brother?) Clovis
Local television and movie personalities
- Krusty the Klown, real name Herschel Krustovsky, entertainer
- Rabbi Hyman Krustovsky, Jewish Rabbi and Krusty's formerly estranged father
- Sophie, Krusty's daughter (voiced by Drew Barrymore)
- Lois Pennycandy, his assistant
- Mr. Peepers, his monkey
- Sideshow Bob, Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, the attempted-homicidal former sidekick of Krusty
- Sideshow Mel, Bob's humble but eloquent replacement
- Kent Brockman, local anchorman for KBBL-TV (Channel 6)
- Arnie Pie[?], Channel 6 traffic reporter
- Bill and Marty[?], local radio personalities on KBBL-FM
- Troy McClure, a washed-up movie star
- Rainer Wolfcastle aka McBain, a famous Hollywood action hero
- Rainer Wolfcastle's daughter
- Rainer Wolfcastle's wife (?), Maria
- Bumblebee Man, a Mexican TV show host (Channel Ocho) always dressed in a bumblebee suit
- Roger Meyers, Jr.[?], chairman of "Itchy and Scratchy International" who briefly hired Grampa Simpson as a writer
- Chester J. Lampwick, creator of cartoon violence
Musicians
Other recurring characters
- Artie Ziff[?], Marge's prom date in high school, now a nerdy software millionaire.
- Baby Gerald[?], Maggie's enemy, has unibrow
- Captain Horatio McAllister[?], a seafood resturaunt operator, now known simply as 'the Sea Captain'.
- Cletus Delroy, a slack-jawed yokel
- Comic Book Guy, the local comic book shop owner
- Disco Stu a crazy Disco person
- Dr. Julius Hibbert, the Simpson family physician
- Bernice Hibbert, his wife
- Dr. Marvin Monroe, a psychiatrist (deceased)
- Dr. Nick Riviera, impersonates a doctor
- Drederick Tatum, professional boxer, parody of Mike Tyson.
- Duffman, spokesman for Duff Beer
- Fat Tony, a mafia leader
- Joey, one of Fat Tony's mobsters
- Legs, another mobster with a short ponytail
- Louie, mobster
- Gil, a perpetual loser
- Hans Moleman, a short, elderly man with very bad luck
- Jack Larson[?], slick spokesman for Laramie cigarettes
- Jasper, Grandpa Simpson's best friend
- Jebediah Springfield, the historical founder of Springfield.
- Luigi, proprietor of the local Italian restaurant.
- Professor John Frink, brilliant scientists and local Springfield professor
- Reverend Timothy Lovejoy the local priest
- Helen Lovejoy, his wife
- Jessica Lovejoy, his daughter, a troublemaker who briefly went out with Bart
- Herman, the owner of a military antiques store
- Squeaky Voiced Teen, a teenager trapped in a long list of dead-end jobs
Other one-time characters
Characters who are fictional even within the context of The Simpsons
Characters that have died during the course of the series
- Maude Flanders
- Bleeding Gums Murphy
- Dr. Marvin Monroe
- Frank Grimes Sr.
- Snowball I
- Hans Moleman (faces some sort of new death every week.)
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