Disco Stu
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Disco Stu is a fictional, secondary character from The Simpsons. He is a disco aficionado and is usually featured wearing a rhinestone-encrusted leisure suit. He often refers to himself in the third person (putting a big emphasis on "Stu" and then pausing before saying anything else) and is noted for being mentally stuck in the Disco Era.
He is also the name of one of the most successful acts of all-time who is based on this character. Disco Stu has had several top twenty hits and presented the Superstars Awards twice in a row with Moya and Hannah from hit girlband Rapture. He appeared in Superstar Big Brother and came 6th.
He first appeared in the episode Two Bad Neighbors, during a neighborhood yard sale day. Near the beginning of the episode Homer and Marge search their attic for items that might sell. Marge suggests Homer's old Rhinestone Night's Fashion Gun. Homer protests, "...I need it to rhinestone up my old clothing!". Marge then holds up Homer's old leather jacket complete with rhinestone lettering. "Who's Disco Stu?" Marge asks, referring to the words on the back. Homer explains, "I wanted to write 'Disco Stud' but I ran out of space" then mutters to himself "Not that Disco Stu didn't get his share of the action". Disco Stu becomes a character later in the episode as part of a callback gag. Homer solicits his jacket to patrons of the rummage sale; One of them calls out "Hey Stu! You should buy that!". Disco Stu is revealed and says, "Disco Stu...doesn't advertise". He was probably intended to be a throwaway character but he turns up in many later episodes.
Disco Stu has also been seen with dead goldfish in his platform shoes, hitting on Marge Simpson at a ski lodge (until he finds out she has children)[link], dancing with Homer after Homer discovers his love of walking, and, most recently, a regular on Homer's talk show. During a "taxi cab confession," Disco Stu revealed that he's aware disco is dead. He expresses worry that he has let disco define him as a person and fears becoming a "one note guy".
Disco Stu has also appeared as "Discus Stu" in a parody of Odyssey (we first believe he is a suitor to Odysseus's wife, Penelope, but later find out that Discus Stu has enough "ouzo for two-zo" - himself and Bart). He was "Disco Shrew" in the Treehouse of Horror XIII "Dr. Moreau" parody, where Stu was turned into a shrew, but wasn't worried about his condiction (Disco Shrew...can still bugaloo!). Disco Stu appears to support himself by running a nightclub, aptly named "Stu's Disco"[link].
In the season sixteen episode There's Something About Marrying, it is revealed that Disco Stu is Selma's fourth husband. However, he receives an annulment from Pope John Paul II.
Quotes
- "Disco Stu doesn't advertise."
- "Disco Stu likes disco music."
- "Did you know that disco record sales were up 400% for the year ending 1976? If these trends continue... AAY!"
- "The South will boogie again."
- (Mayor 'Diamond Joe' Quimby referring to Disco Stu) In See Homer Run, "Dear God, every wacko, nutcase and Disco Stu in this town is gonna run against me".
- After a 'roided out Marge Simpson throws a jukebox at Stu in Moe's Tavern: "Disco Stu should've Disco Ducked."
- "Disco Stu got hooked up on the white stuff in the seventies." (Begins sucking up sugar through a rolled-up dollar bill)
- "Disco Stu just cut in front of you! ... Hey, that rhymed!"
- Consulting Maude Flanders's spirit: "Lay some heaven on me... foxy dead chick."
- "Disco Stu just got an annulment from John Paul II. Boogey down!"
- "Disco Stu wants you to be comfortable while he does his thing."
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