List of The Simpsons characters

Below is a list of characters from the popular animated comedy television show The Simpsons.

The Simpson family

• Homer J. Simpson, the father, who is overweight, lazy and works at a nuclear power plant.
• Marge Simpson, the mother, a housewife, who is very tolerant (understanding) of her family.
• Bart Simpson, the 10-year old son, who gets in trouble.
• Lisa Simpson, the 8-year old daughter, who is very smart.
• Maggie Simpson, the baby girl, who can not talk. She talks once and never speaks again. She is always doing mischief.
• "Grandpa" Abe Simpson, the father of Homer Simpson. He lives in an old folk's home.
• Patty and Selma Bouvier, Marge's sisters, whom have rough voices and often smoke cigarettes. Note that in one episode, Patty is revealed to be a lesbian. Selma has been married several times.
• Mona Simpson, the mother of Homer Simpson; wife of Abe Simpson.
• Santa's Little Helper, the family dog, a former racing greyhound.
• Snowballs (I-V) and Coltrane, pet cats. All have died at one point in the series. The current cat is Snowball V (though she is called Snowball II)

Other characters

Some of the many different characters who appeared on the show include:

• Montgomery Burns, Homer's greedy, evil boss
• Waylon Smithers, Montgomery Burns' assistant
• Moe Szyslak, a grumpy bartender who works at a bar
• Barney Gumble, one of Homer's friends, a gifted alcoholic
• Kent Brockman, a television news journalist
• Mayor Quimby, the corrupt mayor of Springfield
• Lenny Leonard and Carl Carlson, two of Homer's coworkers.
• Krusty The Clown, TV star and host of a popular Children's/Comedy/Variety show who smokes and drinks a lot
• Doctor Hibbert, the Simpsons' family doctor
• Ned Flanders, the Simpsons' religious devout neighbour
  • Ned has two shy children, Rod and Todd. His wife Maude has died at an auto race in the episode Alone Again, Natura-Diddly.
• Milhouse Van Houten, Bart's nerdy best friend
  • His parents, Kirk and Luann.
• Nelson Muntz, school bully
• Comic Book Guy, comic book store owner
• Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, convenience store owner
  • Apu and his wife Manjula have eight infant children.
• Seymour Skinner, principal of the school
• Chief Wiggum, chief of police who is not good at his job
  • Chief Wiggum's son, Ralph, is a classmate of Lisa.
• Jasper, friend of Grandpa's
• Captain McAllister, sea captain
• Otto Mann, who drives the school bus
• Bumblebee Man, Spanish-speaking TV actor
• Itchy and Scratchy, cartoon cat and mouse who are a different more violent version of Tom and Jerry
• Troy McClure, out of work actor. He was once married to Selma.
• Snake(Jailbird), robber and criminal.
• Old Gil Gunderson, a salesman who has bad luck.
• Sideshow Bob (Robert Terwilliger), was Krusty the Clown's assistant before he was jailed after framing Krusty.
  • He was married to Selma once, has tried to kill Bart several times, and has gone to prison.
• Fat Tony, the town's chief gangster who has a group of mobsters, including Legs and Louie, and occasionally Icepick and Johnny Tightlips.
• Sideshow Cecil (Cecil Terwilliger), Sideshow Bob's somewhat evil brother, whom was also once a clown
• Janey, Lisa's best friend
• Ranier Wolfcastle, The Arnold Schwarzenegger-like Hollywood action hero of Springfield who is in a lot of movies in Springfield
• Mr Largo, the Springfield Elementary music teacher
• Bruno, the stereotypical Australian boy telephoned by Bart in the "Simpson's in Australia" episode
• Superintendent Chalmers, The superintendent of all Springfield elementary schools who does not like Principal Skinner
• Agnes Skinner, The mean mother of Principal Skinner
• Mrs. Krabappel and Ms. Hoover, Bart and Lisa's teachers, who both do not want to live or teach because of they do not have relationships
• Groundskeeper Willie, janitor at Springfield Elementary School.
• Cletus, the hillbilly of Springfield, has a wife named Brandine and have about 30 children.
• Hans Moleman, a man who drinks and says he's only 31 years old, while he looks old.
• Sideshow Mel, Krusty's second assistant who replaced Bob after going to prison for trying to frame Krusty for murder. He does not say much on the Krusty show (talks with a whistle) and once tried to get gum out of his hair with a bone ....it just made matters worse.