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 character they are associated with. Subsections are ordered by size and ongoing relevance to the show.

Table of contents
1 The Simpson family members
2 Other families
3 Springfield Nuclear Powerplant
4 Springfield Elementary School
5 Government, Police, Law
6 Criminal Element
7 Local media personalities
8 Moe's Tavern
9 Medical Practices
10 Other characters

The Simpson family members

Pets

Other families

  • The Flanders family
    • Nedward, father, owner of Leftorium
    • Maude, mother (deceased)
    • Rod, son
    • Todd, son
    • Grandma Flanders (senile and decrepit many years earlier; likely deceased)
    • Ned's beatnik parents (seen only in flashbacks)
    • Related:
      • ? (Ned is known to have at least one sister)
      • ? (Ned also has a huge multi-continental extended family)

  • The Van Houten family
    • Kirk, former Southern Cracker factory manager, now unemployed
    • Luann, his ex-wife
    • Milhouse, their son, Bart's best friend
    • Nana Van Houten, Milhouse's grandmother

  • The Nahasapeemapetilon family
    • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a convenience store owner
    • Manjula, his wife
    • Their octupletss (with assumed stage names):
      • Poonam (Animal)
      • Sashi (Dazzle)
      • Pria (Punchline)
      • Uma (The Baron)
      • Anoop (the rest)
      • Sandeep (the rest)
      • Nabendu (the rest)
      • Gheet (the rest)
    • 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

  • The Hibbert Family
    • Dr. Julius Hibbert, the Simpson family doctor
    • Bernice, wife, in Alcoholics Anonymous
    • unnamed children including at least one son and one daughter

  • The Lovejoy family
    • Timothy, reverend of First Church of Springfield
    • Helen, wife, town gossip
    • Jessica, daughter, trouble-maker

  • The Spuckler (or Delroy) family
    • Cletus, slack-jawed yokel
    • Brandine, wife (and sister?)
    • children: Tiffany, Heather, Cody, Dylan, Dermot, Jordan, Taylor, Brittany, Wesley, Rumor, Scout, Cassidy, Zoe, Clo, Max, Hunter, Kendall, Caitlin, Noah, Sascha, Morgan, Kyra, Ian, Lauren, Q-bert, Phail, Condoleezza Marie
    • Ma, Cletus's mother
    • DiaBetty, cousin
    • Cousin Merl, cousin
    • Curly Sue, indeterminate relative
    • Geech, smellhound

Springfield Nuclear Powerplant

  • Charles Montgomery Burns, owner
  • Waylon Smithers, executive assistant, sycophant/lickspittle/toady
  • Lenford "Lenny" Leonard
  • Carl Carlson
  • Charlie
  • Zutroy
  • Tibor
  • Jack Marley (retired)
  • Mindy Simmons (fired)
  • Frank Grimes, a.k.a. Grimey (deceased)
  • Executive Vice-President, heroic dog
  • Queenie, chicken
  • Stuart, duck
  • Karl, former executive assistant of Homer
  • Inanimate Carbon Rod
  • Blinky, three-eyed fish mutated because of powerplant's radiation
  • Assorted others
  • Related:
    • Aristotle Amadopolis, owner, Shelbyville Nuclear Powerplant
    • Mrs. Burns, Montgomery's 122 year old mother
    • Larry Burns, Montgomery's illegitimate son
    • Ernest K. Smithers, father and professional predecessor to Waylon Smithers (deceased)

Springfield Elementary School

Administration

  • Seymour Skinner, principal, a.k.a. Armin Tanzarian, lives with his mother Agnes
  • Superintendent Chalmers, sometimes date of Agnes Skinner
  • Leopold, Chalmers's assistant
  • State Comptroller Atkins

Teachers

  • Ms. Edna Krabappel, fourth-grade teacher, fiancée to Seymour Skinner (Bart's teacher)
  • Miss Elizabeth Hoover, second-grade teacher (Lisa's teacher)
  • Mr. Dewey Largo, music teacher
  • Mr. Schindler, art teacher
  • Mr. Glascock, teacher (retired)
  • Mrs. Blumenstein, teacher, debate team coach
  • Mr. Sikorsky, shop teacher
  • Mrs. Cummerdale, gym teacher
  • Mrs. Pummelhorse, gym teacher
  • Mr. Bergstrom, substitute teacher

Staff

  • Willie, groundskeeper
  • Doris, lunchlady & nurse
  • Dr. J. Loren Pryor, school psychiatrist
  • Coach Fortner, coach, alcoholic
  • Otto Mann, bus driver

Students

Government, Police, Law

  • "Diamond" Joe Quimby, Mayor
  • Big Tom, mayoral bodyguard
  • Ernie, mayoral bodyguard
  • Chief Clancy Wiggum, Chief of Springfield Police
  • Lou, police sergeant
  • Eddie, police officer
  • Various police dogs:
    • Bobo
    • Scraps
    • Laddie
  • Judge Multon, veteran judge
  • Judge Snyder, veteran judge, known for lenient punishment
  • Judge Constance Harm, newer judge, known for vindictive punishment (a Judge Judy parody)
  • Corporate Attorney, a pasty faced lawyer with blue hair
  • Lionel Hutz, incompetent lawyer and one time real estate broker
  • Gil, incompetent lawyer, as well as a salesman of cars, shoes, real estate, computers (a parody of Jack Lemmon's character in the movie Glengarry Glen Ross)
  • Related:
    • Quimby's wife (a Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis parody)
    • Quimby's numerous mistresses, including Miss Springfield
    • Freddy Quimby, nephew, troublemaking playboy
    • Clovis Quimby, nephew (brother?)
    • Roxie, Mayor's secretary

Criminal Element

  • Snake, a recidivist crook (hold-ups, break-ins, muggings, etc.)
  • Don Vittorio DiMaggio, godfather
  • Anthony "Fat Tony" D'Amico, mob boss, real name Marion
  • Joey, mob henchmen
  • "Legs," mob henchmen
  • Louie, mob henchmen
  • Johnny "Tight-Lips," mob henchmen
  • Frankie "the Squealer"

Local media personalities

Television

  • Krusty the Klown, Herschel Schmoikel Krustovsky, entertainer
    • Rabbi Hyman Krustovsky, rabbi and Krusty's formerly estranged father
    • Sophie, Krusty's daughter
    • Lois Pennycandy, Krusty's personal assistant
  • Sideshow Bob, Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, former sidekick of Krusty, repeat attempted-murderer
    • Cecil Terwilleger, Bob's brother
  • Sideshow Mel, Melvin Van Horn, Bob's humble but eloquent replacement
  • Mr. Teeny, trained monkey on Krusty's show, former minister of tourism of Brazil
  • Corporal Punishment, background player on Krusty's show
  • Gina Ballerina, another Krusty regular
  • Kent Brockman, local anchorman for KBBL-TV (Channel 6), real name Kenny Brockelstein
  • Arnie Pie, Channel 6 traffic helicopter reporter, "Pie in the Sky"
  • Bumblebee Man, Spanish language television host on KMEX-TV (Channel Ocho), his real name is likely Pedro
    • Emma, Bumblebee Man's ex-wife
  • Unnamed actor, the hard-nosed television character MacGarnicle in the show of the same name
  • Roger Meyers, Jr., chairman of "Itchy and Scratchy International"
    • Roger Meyers, Sr., founder of "Itchy and Scratchy International"
  • Chester J. Lampwick, creator of cartoon violence
  • June Bellamy, the voice of cartoon characters Itchy & Scratchy

Movies

  • Troy McClure, a washed-up movie star
    • MacArthur Parker, McClure's agent
  • Rainer Wolfcastle, a.k.a. McBain, a famous Hollywood action hero
    • Maria, wife
    • Greta, daughter

Radio

  • Various radio stations include:
    • KBBL-FM, typical FM music format
    • KBBL-AM, "K-Babble," all talk radio
    • KOMA-AM, "Coma," restful easy listening
    • KFSL-FM, "Fossil," classic rock
    • KUDD-AM, country/western
    • KJAZZ-AM, mostly jazz
    • WOMB, "warm and safe radio..."
  • Bill and Marty, radio team on KBBL-FM
  • "Jerry Rude and the Bathroom Bunch" with shock-jock Jerry Rude (a Howard Stern parody)
  • "Moleman in the Morning" with Hans Moleman, on KJAZZ
  • "Gabbin' About God" on KBBL-AM with Rev. Timothy Lovejoy, Rabbi Hyman Krustovsky, and Msgr. Kenneth Daly
  • Birch Barlow, host of conservative call-in show on KBBL-AM (a Rush Limbaugh parody)
  • Dr. Marvin Monroe, call-in psychiatrist on KBBL-AM (deceased)

Music

  • Bleeding Gums Murphy, jazz musician (deceased)
  • Lurleen Lumpkin, country western singer/songwriter
  • Be Sharps, Grammy winning barbershop quartet
  • Party Posse, boyband
  • Rachel Jordan/Kovenant, Christian rock

Sports & Other Personalities

  • Drederick Tatum, boxer
  • Lucius Sweet, boxing promoter
  • Furious George, monkey knife-fighter
  • Rasputin the Friendly Russian, formerly the Mad Russian, professional wrestler
  • Dr. Hillbilly, professional wrestler
  • Iron Yuppie, professional wrestler
  • Professor Werner von Brawn, professional wrestler
  • Clay Babcock, two-time Fast Car champion
  • Ronnie Beck, three-time soapbox derby champion
  • Stan "The Boy" Taylor, football player, Springfield Atoms
  • Flash Bailey, baseball player, Springfield Isotopes
  • Antoine "Tex" O'Hara, business man, former owner Springfield Isotopes
  • Howard K. Duff VIII, owner, Springfield Isotopes
  • Barry "Duff Man" Duffman, product promoter (current holder of the title, others were Larry & Sid)

Moe's Tavern

  • Moe Syzlak, owner and proprieter
  • Barney Gumble, former boozehound
  • Sam, barfly, with green hat and glasses
  • Larry, barfly, taller & balding
  • Hugh Jass
  • Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
  • Aerosmith, briefly the house band
  • Collette, waitress Moe hired during the "Flaming Moe's" period (parody of Diane from TV show, Cheers)

Medical Practices

Other characters

Characters that have died during the course of the series

  • Maude Flanders - shot in the stomach by a T-shirt cannon and subsequently fell from the top of a racetrack grandstand.
  • Bleeding Gums Murphy
  • Dr. Marvin Monroe
  • Frank Grimes, Sr. - electrocuted while thinking he was Homer Simpson
  • Aunt Gladys Bouvier
  • Snowball I
  • Snowball II
  • Snowball III
  • Coltrane
  • Beatrice Simmons, Abe Simpson's girlfriend
  • Frank Ormand, pretzel man
  • Asa Phelps, one of the Fighting Hellfish
  • Red Barclay, trucker - died of beef poisoning after beating Homer in a steak-eating contest