List of one-time characters from The Simpsons
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This is a list of one-time characters from The Simpsons. Recurring characters are found on the main List of characters from The Simpsons. For individuals who played themselves, see List of celebrities on The Simpsons
It should be noted, that more recently in the series, many of the 'one-time' characters have returned to the show, sometimes in just brief speaking appearances, or even crowd scenes. Other characters, originally intended to be 'one-time' characters have ended up becoming regular cast members, such as Cletus Spuckler, Brandine, Cookie Kwan & Lindsay Naegle.
Primary characters
The characters on this list were featured in an episode or otherwise received substantial dialogue or focus.
Aristotle Amadopolis
Aristotle Amadopolis was a fictional character on The Simpsons, voiced by Jon Lovitz, in the episode Homer Defined. His name is also an obvious nod to the famed shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. Ari is the owner of the Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant. He is introduced to Homer by Mr. Burns after Homer unwillingly "saves" the plant from a total melt down. Ari wants Homer the hero to give a pep talk to his plant's lackluster workers as to what it means to be a valuable employee. Homer is hesitant to accept, but Burns forces him into it.
At the Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant, Homer is giving a bumbling speech when an impending meltdown threatens the Shelbyvilly plant. They all turn to "Hero Homer" and usher him into the control room, asking him to perform his heroic deeds once more. In front of everyone, Homer repeats his juvenile rhyme that saved him the first time and presses a button blindly and once more by sheer dumb luck, he manages to avert this meltdown as well. Ari's is bewildered that their supposed "hero" was such an idiot. But Homer is even more widely derided as a lucky imbecile than he was hailed as a hero, and "to pull a Homer" becomes a widely-used phrase meaning "to succeed despite idiocy". he also was in homer at the bat
Mary Bailey
Mary Bailey is the fictional governor of the state in The Simpsons. Once ran against Mr. Burns for governor, and won in a landslide.Given Mr. Burns' membership in the Republican Party it is likely that Bailey belongs to the Democratic Party. Before Joe Quimby became Mayor of Springfield, she was Mayor herself.
"Mary Bailey" is also the name of Donna Reed's character in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life", a movie referred to in "The Simpsons" on many occasions.
Cecil Terwilliger
Cecil Terwilliger (Sideshow Cecil) is a fictional character on the animated television show The Simpsons. He is the brother of Robert Underdunk Terwilliger (Sideshow Bob) who served as Krusty the Clown's sidekick until he tried to frame Krusty for armed robbery. Cecil, voiced by David Hyde Pierce, and Robert, voiced by Kelsey Grammer, have a relationship similar to that of Niles and Frasier Crane, whom the actors played on the sitcom Frasier. One of the jokes in Cecil's episode is part of this send-up of Frasier: when Bart covers Cecil's eyes and says "Guess who?", Cecil replies "Maris?" (the name of Niles's oft-mentioned but never seen wife).
In the episode Brother from Another Series, Cecil's dream was to become Krusty the Clown's sidekick on the Krusty the Clown Show. Sideshow Bob mentions Cecil having spent, "four years at clown college", to which Cecil replies, "I'd thank you not to refer to Princeton that way", and having all the mannerisms of Niles Crane, Krusty and the producers of his show immediately rejected Cecil during his audition. Cecil offered to perform his pre-prepared "pie-in-the-face gag" before he was ushered off-stage, but this did not change the producers' minds. It was then that Krusty spotted Robert, standing to the side in a fine suit. Krusty ordered a pie-in-the-face for him, the resulting impact knocking off Robert's top hat and causing his hair to spring up from under it. A hysteric Krusty declared "This man is going to change the way we think about getting hit by pies!" Krusty gave the sidekick job to Robert, who would forever be known as Sideshow Bob.
Afterwards, Cecil took a job as Springfield's "Chief Hydrological Hydrodynamical Engineer", but he was always resentful of his brother. Years later, after Sideshow Bob was released from prison, Cecil hired him to work for his company building a new dam along the Springfield River. Cecil's true intentions, however, were to skim money from the dam project's contract, build a poor quality dam, and frame his brother for the resulting destruction. Cecil's plot was discovered by Bart and Lisa; both brothers were sent to prison, since no one would believe that Sideshow Bob was innocent (despite Bart and Lisa's testimony).
Roofi
In Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays, Roofi is a parody of the children's singer Raffi Cavoukian. Roofi appeals to pre-school children, including Maggie. Some of his songs are "I Like Ice Cream", "One, Two, Tie Your Shoe", "Helpful Bear on the 28th Floor", "Tickets, Tickets", and a "Nonsense Song". Marge and Maggie go to see Roofi in concert, where a Woodstock-like disaster happens. Roofi ends the concert by saying "Show's over. Five six so long hicks".Others
- Alex Whitney, a popular new "grown-up" girl in Lisa Simpson's class in "Lard of the Dance" (5F20), voiced by Lisa Kudrow.
- Allison Taylor, "Lisa's Rival" (1F17), voiced by Winona Ryder. However she did appear in the background of several later episodes.
- Astrid Weller, the art gallery owner in "Mom and Pop Art" (AABF15), voiced by Isabella Rossellini.
- Ballet Teacher who trains Bart in "Homer vs. Patty & Selma" (2F14), voiced by Susan Sarandon.
- Bea Simmons, Abraham Simpson's love interest and benefactor in "Old Money" (7F17), voiced by Audrey Meadows.
- Becky, Otto's girlfriend that moves in with the Simpsons in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" (BABF18), voiced by Parker Posey. Planned to murder Marge Simpson and usurp her husband Homer, but gave up when plotting the crime got too complicated.
- Belle, the proprietoress of a Burlesque house in Springfield called "La Maison Derriere." Bart found himself working there as punishment for damaging Belle's property, and it soon transpired that the place was a frequent haunt of many of Springfield's men. Homer rescued it when an angry mob led by Marge, the Flanderses, and Reverend Lovejoy threatened to raze it to the ground.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
- Ben, Lisa's friend in "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" (3F22) voiced by Dan Castellaneta
- Mr. Bergstrom, Lisa's substitute teacher in "Lisa's Substitute" (7F19), voiced by Dustin Hoffman (credited as "Sam Etic", a reference to the character being Jewish).
- Birch Barlow, Radio talk show host. Barlow's voice, appearance and political views mirror those of Rush Limbaugh in obvious parody.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
- Mr. Black, Krusty's agent in charge of "Kamp Krusty" in the episode by the same name.
- Brad Goodman, pop psychologist who encourages "Bart's Inner Child" (1F05), voiced by Albert Brooks.
- Caleb Thorn, marine biologist who helps Marge find herself in "Bonfire of the Manatees", voiced by Alec Baldwin.
- Chester J. Lampwick, the creator of Itchy the mouse and the concept of cartoon violence. Became a bum after Roger Myers, Sr. stole his idea in "The Day the Violence Died" (3F16). Now owns a rocket car and solid gold house after a lucrative court settlement. Voiced by Kirk Douglas.
- Chloe Talbot, broadcast journalist and high school friend of Marge Simpson in "She Used to Be My Girl" (FABF22), voiced by Kim Cattrall. Former squeeze of Bernard Gumble.
- Colonel Klink, Homer's guardian angel in "The Last Temptation of Homer" (1F07), voiced by the original Hogan's Heroes Col. Klink, Werner Klemperer.
- Cooder and Spud, the father and son carnies who took over the Simpson household in "Bart Carny" (5F08), voiced by Jim Varney (Cooder) and Tress MacNeille (Spud).
- The Coyote from Homer's chili-induced hallucination in "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)" (3F24) voiced by Johnny Cash.
- Dean, Lisa's friend in "Summer of 4 Ft. 2".
- Don Brodka, the Try-n-Save security guard in "Marge Be Not Proud" (3F07), voiced by Lawrence Tierney.
- Dr. Foster, Flanders' childhood psychologist with whom he underwent anger management therapy so as never to lose his temper. In Hurricane Neddy Flanders snapped, resulting in a reunion between Foster and Flanders. Foster later had a brief non-speaking appearance in It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge, this time wearing a toupee.
- Emily Winthrop, a British-accented dog trainer from the episode "Bart's Dog Gets An F" (7F14), voiced by Tracey Ullman.
- Erin, Lisa's friend in "Summer of 4 Ft. 2". Voiced by Jennifer Aniston
- Frank Grimes, powerplant employee who appeared in "Homer's Enemy" (now deceased).
- Frank Grimes, Jr., Frank Grimes' illegitimate son who attempted to kill Homer in "The Great Louse Detective" (EABF01).
- Gina Vendetti, a juvenile hall inmate who escapes with Bart Simpson in "The Wandering Juvie," (FABF11), voiced by Sarah Michelle Gellar.
- Goose Gladwell, a wacky joke shop owner based on Willy Wonka who sells Bart's humorous T-shirts in "Fat Man and Little Boy" (FABF21). He has twenty stores in thirty states and sold Bart's shirts in most of them. Gladwell later sold the t-shirts to the Disney company and refuses to give Bart's share of the money until Homer threatened him with a plutonium bomb. A former Green Beret, Goose claims his experiences in Vietnam are what drove him crazy. Voiced by Hank Azaria.
- Grady and Julio, the two homosexuals that Homer briefly lived with in "Three Gays of the Condo" (EABF12). This parodied the divorce aftermath of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Julio was later seen in "There's Something About Marrying", getting wed to a new lover, but his lover had no dialogue.
- Guy Incognito, a Homer look- and sound-alike whom the denizens of Moe's Tavern mistook for Homer in "Fear of Flying" (2F08).
- Hans, Horst and Fritz, the German businessmen who bought the power plant from Mr. Burns in "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" (8F09).
- Hank Scorpio, evil genius and owner of Globex Corporation, voiced by Albert Brooks. He appeared in "You Only Move Twice" (3F23).
- Hollis Hurlbut, head of the Springfield Historical Society in "Lisa the Iconoclast" (3F13), voiced by Donald Sutherland.
- Hugh Parkfield, Lisa Simpson's fiancé in "Lisa's Wedding" (2F15), voiced by Mandy Patinkin.
- Hugo Simpson, in the "Treehouse of Horror VII" episode, Bart discovers he was separated at birth from a conjoined twin by Dr. Hibbert. His "evil twin", Hugo, has been consigned to living in the attic of the Simpson home, but escapes to plot revenge. Ultimately, Dr. Hibbert discovers Bart is the evil twin (his surgical scar was on the right side, making him the left twin), and Hugo had been isolated unjustly. The episode ends with the Simpsons enjoying dinner with Hugo, while Bart asks for food through the venting grille. Marge tells Bart to eat his bucket of fish-heads (which Hugo had been fed for years). As he appeared in the out-of-continuity ToH sub-series, Hugo does not exist in the official Simpson canon.
- Jack Crowley, a criminal who was paroled on Marge's recommendation, after she was impressed by his artistic ability in "Pokey Mom". He was arrested again for burning Principal Skinner's car. Voiced by Michael Keaton.
- Jacques, bowling instructor who pursues an affair with Marge Simpson in "Life on the Fast Lane" (7G11), voiced by Albert Brooks. He was seen briefly in "The Heart-Broke Kid", during a parody of the opening montage with a newly-obese Bart. He was also seen very briefly (for around one second) in the episode And Maggie Makes Three (2F10), when Homer the Pin Monkey finds out where pins go when they're knocked down. He was also seen in Team Homer as one fourth of a bowling team called The Homewreckers, along with Lurleen Lumpkin and Princess Kashmir.
- Jenda, Bart's girlfriend in the year 2013 in "Future-Drama" (GABF12). Wears an army jacket with corporal insignia, very similar to Laura Powers' in New Kid on the Block. Voiced by Amy Poehler.
- Jimmy The Scumbag, a petty criminal who was arrested for running a telemarketing scam with an autodialling machine. Homer took the machine for himself and ran his own scam with it.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
- Joan Bushwell, a scientist appearing in the episode “Simpson Safari” (CABF13). The character spoofs Jane Goodall.
- John, owner of Cockamamie's collectible shop whose homosexuality upset Homer in "Homer's Phobia" (4F11), voiced by John Waters.
- Karl, Homer's assistant in "Simpson and Delilah" (7F02), voiced by Harvey Fierstein.
- Larry Burns, Mr. Burns' crass illegitimate son in "Burns, Baby Burns" (4F05), voiced by Rodney Dangerfield. Seen later in the episode "Realty Bites", lining up at the welfare office, but has no lines.
- Larry H. Lawyer Jr., got Homer the deed to the First Church of Springfield by suing them after the church couldn't pay the fine for Homers injury. He also got Dr. Nick $12,000 for driving drunk in a graveyard. He also "habla espanol". His name, appearance and the outlandish style of his commercial are similar to the real-life lawyer, Larry H. Parker.
- Laura Powers, new neighbor and object of Bart's crush in "New Kid on the Block". Wears an army jacket with corporal insignia, very similar to Jenda's in "Future-Drama" (9F06); voiced by Sara Gilbert.
- Lester and Eliza, Bart and Lisa lookalikes in "The Day the Violence Died."
- Lieutenant L.T. Smash, his military undercoverproject was making a popgroup (Bart, Milhouse, Ralph and Nelson) for military propaganda in "New Kids on the Blecch" (CABF12).
- "Lisa Junior", in "", the little island girl whose real name Homer couldn't pronounce.
- "Lisa Simpson", in "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase", the family got a new show called The Simpsons Family Smile-Time Variety Hour. However, Lisa refused to participate in the show and was replace with a tall blonde bimbo. This parodied the short-lived The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, in which Eve Plumb refused to participate and was replaced. Voiced by Pamela Hayden.
- Llewelyn Sinclair, musical director of O Streetcar; and his sister, Ms. Sinclair, head of the Ayn Rand School for Tots, from "A Streetcar Named Marge" (8F18), voiced by Jon Lovitz.
- Lucille Botzcowski ("Miss Botz"), criminal babysitter from "Some Enchanted Evening" (7G01), voiced by Penny Marshall. Later briefly seen in a cameo being locked up in a mental ward.
- Lucius Sweet, boxing promoter parodying Don King from "The Homer They Fall" (4F03), voiced by Paul Winfield.
- Lyle Lanley, conman who sold Springfield a shoddy monorail in "Marge vs. the Monorail", voiced by Phil Hartman.
- MacArthur Parker, Troy McClure's agent in "A Fish Called Selma" 3F15, voiced by Jeff Goldblum.
- Michael Jackson, In season three Homer gets hospitalized for wearing a pink shirt to work, and while in the hospital, meets Michael Jackson and invites him over to the Simpson household for dinner that evening. Michael helps Bart write a birthday song for Lisa. Jackson, who voiced himself, was credited as John Jay Smith.
- Mindy Simmons, a former employee of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, almost had an affair with Homer in "The Last Temptation of Homer". Voiced by Michelle Pfeiffer. Simmons was an engineer at the plant, with whom Homer fell in love. When the two were sent to a National Energy convention in Capital City, the two nearly had an affair, but despite his attraction to Simmons, Homer remained faithful to Marge. After Homer decided not to pursue a relationship, Simmons was fired because of alcohol abuse. She is often used as a background character at the plant.
- Number One, head of the Stonecutters and No Homers Club, voiced by Patrick Stewart. He appeared in "Homer the Great."
- Pepi, a waif-like surrogate son Homer found at the Bigger Brothers Agency in "Brother from the Same Planet."
- Pops Freshenmeyer, a janitor at the plant. One of two people in the plant who could be confused with Poppin' Fresh.
- Professor Lombardo, Marge's art instructor in "Brush with Greatness" (7F18), voiced by Jon Lovitz.
- Randall Curtis, a parody of George Lucas, created a space saga called "Cosmic Wars". However, the latest chapter, "The Gathering Storm", was poorly viewed by fans. This is a spoof that some people are poorly receiving the new Star Wars films; they believe the films focus more on special effects than on plots and characters.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
- Ray Magini, roofing contractor and friend to Homer. Briefly thought to be a hallucination, as name is an anagram for "imaginary", voiced by Ray Romano.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
- Ray Patterson, a former Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, voiced by Steve Martin. He was defeated in his reelection bid by Homer in "Trash of the Titans", and then declined the town's offer to reinstate him after Homer was disgraced.
- Rex Banner, a federal law enforcement officer brought in to enforce Prohibition in "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" (4F15), voiced by Dave Thomas.
- Rick, Lisa's friend in "Summer of 4 Ft. 2".
- Roy, a teenage boy who lived in the Simpsons' house for the duration of one episode before moving out to live in his "own apartment with two sexy babes." A mirror of the "poochie" in-joke in "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show".
- Samantha Stankey, Milhouse's love interest in "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" (8F22), voiced by Kimmy Robertson. Wears braces and reads "crappy" comics.
- Sgt. Seymour Skinner, voiced by Martin Sheen, the original Seymour Skinner (Springfield Elementary's principal is actually named Armen Tanzarian). In "The Principal and the Pauper", the citizens of Springfield rode him out of town on a rail, in favour of Tanzarian, who was then legally renamed "Seymour Skinner." All the incidents in that episode were forbidden from being mentioned again, with penalty of torture.
- Shary Bobbins, a parody of Mary Poppins in the episode "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious".
- Stacy Lavelle, creator of Malibu Stacy in "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" (1F12), voiced by Kathleen Turner.
- Tabitha Vixx, Teen pop star voiced by Mandy Moore in "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play".
- Tom, a cool surrogate father Bart found at the Bigger Brothers Agency in "Brother from the Same Planet" (9F12), voiced by Phil Hartman.
- Veronica, Patty's lesbian partner in "There's Something About Marrying" (GABF04), who is eventually revealed to be Leslie Robin Swisher, a man who disguised his gender to compete in the LPGA
- Wally Kogen, a travel agent who tried to take Homer and a group of Sprinfield residents to Super Bowl XXXIII in episode 215, "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday". Instead, he ended up inadvertently buying phony tickets and the group had to find another way to get in. Homer knew Wally previously from when they were suckered in on the same pyramid scheme. Voiced by Fred Willard.
- Dr. Zweig, psychologist from "Fear of Flying" (2F08), voiced by Anne Bancroft.
Minor characters
- Adil Hoxha, Albanian foreign exchange student and government spy that visited the Simpsons in "The Crepes of Wrath"; the name refers to Enver Hoxha, Albania's former communist leader.
- Uwa, "Barting Over" (EABF05), the Blue-Haired, Pasty-Faced Lawyer's secretary, who appears to be of nonspecific Asian / Pacific ethnicity and wears a tropical flower in her hair. She appears as a sight gag in the Blue-Haired Lawyer's office doorway when summoned by name; Bart thinks the lawyer is saying "You WHAAA?!" during the meeting in which he seeks to be 'emancipated' from his parents.
- Bort, a young boy and a man in the gift shop at Itchy and Scratchy Land. His name appears to be more popular on fake license plates than Bart's. Appeared in "Itchy & Scratchy Land" (2F01).
- The Capital City Goofball, voiced by Tom Poston in "Dancin' Homer" (7F05).
- Colonel Leslie "Hap" Hapablap, commander of Springfield's Air Force base in "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" (3F08), voiced by R. Lee Ermey.
- Mr. Costington, owner of Costington's Clothing Store in the episode "Homer vs. Dignity".
- Database or "Data", One of the "Super Friends" (a club for nerds), one of whom is Lisa Simpson in the episode "Bart's Comet".
- Dave Shutton, a Local reporter from "The Springfield Times" who appeared in "Two Cars in Every Garage, Three Eyes on Every Fish" (7F01), voiced by Harry Shearer.
- Dr. Egoyan, an assisted suicide doctor in the episode "Million Dollar Abie".
- Eli Stern VI, the owner of Worldwide Pants, the company that makes the blue pants Homer wears. Appeared in "My Fair Laddy" (HABF05).
- Frank Ormand, owner of the Pretzel Wagon in "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" (4F08), voiced by Jack Lemmon. Is disgusted by millipedes. Died in an automobile accident along with the executor of his estate.
- Handsome Pete, friend of Captain Horatio McCallister who dances for nickles. He resembles a small Krusty The Clown with an oval shaped face. Appeared in "Bart the Fink" (3F12).
- Hugh Jass, recipient of one of Bart's prank calls to Moe Szyslak. Appeared in "Flaming Moe's" (8F08).
- Iggy Wiggum, Sheldon Skinner, Pvt. 5th Class Arney Gumble, Ox, Asa Phelps, Milton Griff and Etch, members of Sgt. Abraham Simpson's squad, the Flying Hellfish, during the fighting in the Ardennes near the end of World War Two. Seen during a flashback in "Raging Abe Simpson and his Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'" (3F19).
- Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo, a man whose name Moe describes as the worst name he's ever heard in "The Last Temptation of Homer".
- Ku Klux Klam, cartoon clam wearing a KKK hood, seen in "Itchy & Scratchy Land."
- Pepito, "The Biggest Cat in the Whole Wide World"; is nominated for an Emmy for Best Supporting Performer in a Children's Show, but loses to Sideshow Bob.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
- Ms. Pommelhorse, a gym teacher in the episode "My Fair Laddy" who is going on vacation. She states she will "return shortly as Mr. Pommelhorse, the new shop teacher". Mentioned, but not seen in the episode "The PTA Disbands" (2F19).
- Ronny Beck, "three-time soap box derby champion" from the episode "Saturdays of Thunder" (8F07).
- Sally Koo, Agnes lookalike, voiced by Dionne Quan. [[Citing sources citation needed]]
- Red Barclay, Homer's trucker friend from "Maximum Homerdrive" whom Homer challenges to a steak-eating contest. Dies after winning due to beef poisoning.
- Señor Ding-Dong, Mascot of Señor Ding-Dong's Doorbell Fiesta, from the episode "Maximum Homerdrive". Drives an unreliable Chevy van.
- Snorky, The dolphin leading the coup of Earth in "Treehouse of Horror XI".
- Ryan Dhah, the fat child from Surrey. [[Citing sources citation needed]]
- Divesh Bhulabhai, Apu's brother in law. [[Citing sources citation needed]]
- Ma Spuckler or DelRoy', Cletus' mother, voiced by Pamela Hayden. [[Citing sources citation needed]]
- Titania, "Juggernauts" bartender in Duff Beer Competition in "Homer the Moe"
- Formico, the Dean of Design, helps Moe renovate the tavern to get new customers. His name must never be spoken. Episode: Homer the Moe (CABF20).
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