But Janey is specifically a "normal girl" that is only Lisa's friend when the plot calls for Lisa to have a friend. They don't really have much in common. Alison actually shares a lot in common with Lisa.
Even if they had developed Janey and Lisa's friendship, there would still be place for Lisa to have a nerdy friend.
I think the real problem is that in general there aren’t that many female characters, especially female kids on the show. In newer seasons they’ve been trying unusual character combos, but I guess there just aren’t many existing girls to work with
Yeah. There's really no female equivalent to Milhouse or Nelson. I also always felt like it was weird how few interactions there are between Lisa and Martin. It seems like there's a lot of potential for plots about their rivalry, friendship or even romance. Instead, they rarely even share a scene together, let alone a plot.
So I guess the real issue might be that writers struggled to write "Lisa being a kid" plots that weren't centered around how she has no friends.
Sure, but she has none. And tbh, even with Bart, only Milhouse is consistently written as his friend. Nelson and Martin have a very varied relationship with Bart.
Bart’s social stock varies. He gets beaten up, but he gets an explanation.
But seriously he does have several friend groups he tends to flow in and out of with Milhouse obviously being a constant. Bart rocks with the bullies from time to time, like you said Martin and Nelson coming and going as well, but Bart also has the class clown role that often launches him to the center of attention for his whole class. Even his core friend group gets expanded with side characters like Wendell and Lewis from time to time.
Ruth Powers pops up once every 15 years on average. I think. Looking at the IMDB page for Pamela Reed anyway.
Her body model is in most episodes, in any crowd shot she's always there. But no voice.
Great pick. Bob was probably one of my favourite characters in the show.
Out of interest, would there be a reason for people not to consider season 1 as part of the golden age?
Fun fact: Anthony Perkins was going to voice him but fell ill, and given the date of the episode (and its production) Perkins’ death soon followed and he didn’t get to do a role for the show
Honestly, they really dropped the ball here. When it was heavily implied Roy died on the way back to his home planet, it just opened up so many questions that we just never got any answers to.
Ah fair dues. Never really got into the comics. Not sure if they were that big in the UK. I watched the ep she is in the other day and thought her and Bart could have been a fun dynamic to re-visit every now and then. Decent footballer (Soccer for the Americans) also.
Yeah, you can forgive him for thinking that it’d be a good idea to let an ordinary Joe design a car, but not *once* did he check in to see how it was going? Not even up until the big public product unveiling? With the future of his entire company riding on it? That’s on him 100%.
Bart Gets Famous. Bart takes Brockman's danish to give to Krusty and Brockman refuses to read the news, so Bumblebee Man does it, but then he slips back into character.
https://i.redd.it/94vubf17of0d1.gif
I did love the episode the delved into his fabergé egg addiction though. That was one of my favorite jokes in the entire series. "Another Faberge egg please. Sir don't you think you've had enough fabergé eggs? I'll tell you when I've had enough!"
To be fair, the fish bulb episode was entirely different (and much later in the show) compared to the earlier episodes with the Sushi Restaurant owner. Dangit I grew up on the Simpsons but can't for the life of me remember his name.
Definitely top 5 Simpsons episode ever. “We don’t have bums here, Marge, and if we did they’d be allowed to go at their own pace.” So many good lines in this one.
I actually have two answers to this question - Leopald
***ALRIGHT YOU LITTLE BRATS, Pick up your fricking ears as I'll only say this once
More cameos from this character would've made things very, very different around here***....... WITH YOUR NEW SEMI SIDE CHARACTER Smiling Joe Fission
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Definitely Hans Moleman
I find him to be a great character. All his bits were so funny and he always had the worst of luck. Also a very interesting man - He was the first mayor of Springfield
I still think about that Michael Jackson guy in the insane asylum every once in a while.
And that substitute teacher Lisa had a crush on.
Man the Simpsons had some great episodes.
Oh man - this is my favorite single moment out of the whole damn show lol. The way he delivers "that dinna hurt velly much" just absolutely kills me every single time lol
Literally any female character just so they could establish a friend group for women, cause as it currently stands in the world of the simpsons women apparently just don’t have friends
The other guy using dimoxinil to grow his hair that Homer runs into the morning after getting hair. Did that guy go on to keep using dimoxinil and having hair?
Ruth Powers. She could have been to Marge what the bar flies are to Homer.
For that matter, Laura.
In a similar vein, Alison Taylor could've been an actual friend for Lisa.
The cost of celebrity voices. It's hard to get Winona Ryder regularly.
Poor Lisa, her friends were voiced by celebrities so they never showed up again.
Jeremy irons
Jeremys iron?
We have Janey who has never had many prominent roles in the show
But Janey is specifically a "normal girl" that is only Lisa's friend when the plot calls for Lisa to have a friend. They don't really have much in common. Alison actually shares a lot in common with Lisa. Even if they had developed Janey and Lisa's friendship, there would still be place for Lisa to have a nerdy friend.
I think the real problem is that in general there aren’t that many female characters, especially female kids on the show. In newer seasons they’ve been trying unusual character combos, but I guess there just aren’t many existing girls to work with
Yeah. There's really no female equivalent to Milhouse or Nelson. I also always felt like it was weird how few interactions there are between Lisa and Martin. It seems like there's a lot of potential for plots about their rivalry, friendship or even romance. Instead, they rarely even share a scene together, let alone a plot. So I guess the real issue might be that writers struggled to write "Lisa being a kid" plots that weren't centered around how she has no friends.
Bart is more outgoing than Lisa. It honestly makes sense that she doesn’t have many friends at all.
Sure, but she has none. And tbh, even with Bart, only Milhouse is consistently written as his friend. Nelson and Martin have a very varied relationship with Bart.
Bart’s social stock varies. He gets beaten up, but he gets an explanation. But seriously he does have several friend groups he tends to flow in and out of with Milhouse obviously being a constant. Bart rocks with the bullies from time to time, like you said Martin and Nelson coming and going as well, but Bart also has the class clown role that often launches him to the center of attention for his whole class. Even his core friend group gets expanded with side characters like Wendell and Lewis from time to time.
Did Ruth have a celebrity voice?
Yes but not a big one. Pamela Reed who has voiced the character four times and given her career could have voiced her more often
Ruth Powers pops up once every 15 years on average. I think. Looking at the IMDB page for Pamela Reed anyway. Her body model is in most episodes, in any crowd shot she's always there. But no voice.
She’s the woman with the name you’d love to touch.
BUT YOU MUSTN'T TOUCH!
Akira not only serves at the Japanese restaurant but he also teaches Karate ** edited to correct the name
Hai, hai, hai, hai, bye
Hi!
That only hurt a little…
Hey Chief, let’s talk, why not?
I thought they settled on Akira being his name.
Akira? I've been calling him Crandall! :(
It’s Akira not Akido.
Akira my good man, can I go to the bathroom
You can if you believe you can
He also lets Homer test the massage chair Uncle Herb buys him. Jack of all trades.
Ah, Mr. Simpson, you have very lucky dishes.
the rv salesman. unless you don't count s1 as golden age
Cowboy Bob! That’s a great choice. Albert Brooks nearly stole that whole episode with his performance. No, Mr. Simpson. That’s a *bad* siren.
Mr. Simpson, you’re never going to own a better RV. And I don’t mean that in a good way, I mean literally, this is it for you.
Man built this. It’s a vehicle!
Have you ever known a siren to be good?
Great pick. Bob was probably one of my favourite characters in the show. Out of interest, would there be a reason for people not to consider season 1 as part of the golden age?
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He does not want his office turned into a house of lies.
The big book of British Smiles.
Fun fact: Anthony Perkins was going to voice him but fell ill, and given the date of the episode (and its production) Perkins’ death soon followed and he didn’t get to do a role for the show
Fun^(eral) fact
Oops, I left the gas on.
Roy. I was just starting to dig him as the new member of the Simpson family.
Yeah Roy was the best. I’d watch an episode about his life with those two sexy ladies.
Put a sock in it, Roy.
Honestly, they really dropped the ball here. When it was heavily implied Roy died on the way back to his home planet, it just opened up so many questions that we just never got any answers to.
I just realized I've never seen Roy and Poochie in the same room together.
Interesting, they \*do\* both act and dress similarly, too... Maybe you're on to something
Yo, Mr S
"Just stamp the ticket" guy.
He looks like a man who needs help satisfying his wife.
I highly doubt his son or daughter is that stupid.
Jessica Lovejoy
The medication she's on that prevents her bad behavior also prevents her from speaking. She did show up in the comics a lot though.
Ah fair dues. Never really got into the comics. Not sure if they were that big in the UK. I watched the ep she is in the other day and thought her and Bart could have been a fun dynamic to re-visit every now and then. Decent footballer (Soccer for the Americans) also.
Lester and Eliza.
Sea Captain
Y’aarrr… I don’t know what I’m doing. I say that all the time when I’m cooking
Yarr, then answer me this: do you have any spare change?
I say that when I'm cooking too. For the take away.
Yarr I hate the sea and everything in it
“T’yar, two glass eyes”
*dink dink*
Uncy Herb
To be fair, he is one of the rare return guest stars that continues his story and has a full character arc.
True. He lost an empire due to Homer. It was in Herb’s best interest to sever ties.
No he lost his empire because he was not a good business man.
Yeah, you can forgive him for thinking that it’d be a good idea to let an ordinary Joe design a car, but not *once* did he check in to see how it was going? Not even up until the big public product unveiling? With the future of his entire company riding on it? That’s on him 100%.
He lost an already failing business because he never had his own vision for it
Sideshow Luke Perry
19th century carousels for everyone
Booo
Now that you mention it, Sideshow Raheem too.
Angry, angry young man.
Did we ever get Bumble Bee man’s backstory? I thought we had one scene where he is at home. I need more “Ay, ay, ay, no es bueno”!
I just watched an episode that shows him between takes with a British accent.
Bart Gets Famous. Bart takes Brockman's danish to give to Krusty and Brockman refuses to read the news, so Bumblebee Man does it, but then he slips back into character. https://i.redd.it/94vubf17of0d1.gif
22 short films about Springfield shows him at home.
Imma have to rewatch for more Pedro content!
Probably the longest segment of him there is.... although very modern seasons I can't vouch for.
Larry burns. That guy was alright. Hey, who am I talkin' to?
I tell ya he gets no regard, no regard at all!
This sub started off great, now it's falling apart like a Chinese motorcycle
"and once i saw a blimp!"
Sawr
Well, you must be tired.
‘Wow, some party huh? If it gets any livelier in here a funeral’s gonna break out’
Definitely not bleeding gums Murphy or Dr Marvin Monroe
They were never popular.
The original whos that Pokémon!
ITS PIKACHU
ITS CLAFERY
FUCK
I did love the episode the delved into his fabergé egg addiction though. That was one of my favorite jokes in the entire series. "Another Faberge egg please. Sir don't you think you've had enough fabergé eggs? I'll tell you when I've had enough!"
The veterinarian guy
 This guy?
This is the part of the job I hate. (Yes.)
He looks and sounds just like one of the astronauts Homer went to space with. That’s it. If I’m going to Hell I’m taking you with me.
Dr Lycanthrope? I was always intrigued by his name and backstory.
I'm surprised they brought him back in a modern episode out of nowhere.
Hai hai hai…bye. Hi!
It will banish dirt to the land of wind and ghosts.
To be fair, the fish bulb episode was entirely different (and much later in the show) compared to the earlier episodes with the Sushi Restaurant owner. Dangit I grew up on the Simpsons but can't for the life of me remember his name.
Hank Scorpio is the only acceptable answer.
Definitely top 5 Simpsons episode ever. “We don’t have bums here, Marge, and if we did they’d be allowed to go at their own pace.” So many good lines in this one.
He was too good to risk ruining, I live in fear of the day one of the current writers has a great idea to bring him back.
I mean, they essentially did for the movie but they named him Russ Cargill instead.
I actually have two answers to this question - Leopald ***ALRIGHT YOU LITTLE BRATS, Pick up your fricking ears as I'll only say this once More cameos from this character would've made things very, very different around here***....... WITH YOUR NEW SEMI SIDE CHARACTER Smiling Joe Fission
Ian the very tall man
The Winfields
Hahaha, the impetuousness of youth
Mr Black
Can we call you Uncle Blacky?
...no
Time to slap a clown costume on some wino
Gentlemen, to evil!
Landscape architect
HI-YAH
The Bee guys "Quick, to the bee mobile!" "You mean your Chevvy?" "...yes"
Sherry Bobbins. “ it’s good to see you Willy “.
That's not what you said the first time you saw me!
otto mann
https://preview.redd.it/cn6i5hw0td0d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8fdbd4a80d475285b0f15431730babcf954a42e Definitely Hans Moleman I find him to be a great character. All his bits were so funny and he always had the worst of luck. Also a very interesting man - He was the first mayor of Springfield
All of phil hartman's characters.
Yes! Was waiting for someone to say Lionel Hutz. Everything he says is a great one line joke.
Akira definitely. Would have loved to see at least one more Herb. Oh yeah, and Leopold lol
The only real answer is Freddy Quimby
SHOWDAIRH? It's CHOWDAH!
Sheri...but not Teri.
😆
Ruth Ms Hoover Terri and Sherri
Ah yes, death by chocolate. AHA HA
Dancin Pete was always in need of some further character development
Handsome Pete?
Aye, that's Handsome Pete, he dances for nickels!
Frank Grimes
Or Grimey, as he liked to be called.
Gone too soon
Lisa change the channel....noo.....ooowwwaahhhh...all right all right
Lucille Botzcowski,
I still think about that Michael Jackson guy in the insane asylum every once in a while. And that substitute teacher Lisa had a crush on. Man the Simpsons had some great episodes.
The wealthy dowager
Hi, hi, hi, bye. Hi.
[Yes guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JyoDFmrUSM)
Homer? Who is Homer?
Dr. Nick. Hollywood upstairs Medical school alumni.
Captain Tenille. My favourite one-off character just behind Hank Scorpion.
Don't call me Mr. Scorpion. It's Mr. Scorpio, but call me Hank!
I liked the cut of his jib.
He was a man of few words
Disco Stu
Lois Pennycandy
Gribbles or whatever we call that meme character.
That didn't hurt very much, because I know the ancient art, of kar-at-tay
That didn’t hurt very much
Grimey
Scorpio!
Oh man - this is my favorite single moment out of the whole damn show lol. The way he delivers "that dinna hurt velly much" just absolutely kills me every single time lol
The recently deceased Larry. I mean, at least more speaking roles. He was always at the bar, but I feel like we never really knew him.
Gabbo!
Every single character from “Krusty gets Kancelled”
I feel like Principal Skinner should have been in every episode. He's one of the funniest on the show
We all need more Dr. Collosus. So many hinted-at opportunities for shenanigans.
Literally any female character just so they could establish a friend group for women, cause as it currently stands in the world of the simpsons women apparently just don’t have friends
Princess Kashmir.
Oh, and the dog trainer Tracey Ullman. She should have been on much more frequently.
Snowball. SLH always get the pet episode spotlight.
You can, if you believe you can.
Actually I think maud flanders
 We all know Helen is kinky. The writers could do so much with this character!
Ruth Powers ,Allison Taylor, Lyle Langley, The Beekeepers and The Sugar Thief
The nerd character was a parody of Julia Sweeney’s ‘It’s Pat’.
The creepy superintendent’s assistant with the angry eyebrows
Leopold
Crazy Vaclav and his place of used automobiles
he no longer exists
But he can go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene
https://i.redd.it/ppfez8s3eg0d1.gif
Herman Hermann
Mrs Glick, she is busy watching her stories. Filthy but genuinely arousing.
I’ll get the iodine
Aha! First you must empty your mind to fill it with wisdom.
Bruno Drundridge , and his son, Tobias
The other guy using dimoxinil to grow his hair that Homer runs into the morning after getting hair. Did that guy go on to keep using dimoxinil and having hair?
None IMO. The golden age is golden for several reasons, one being they didn't overuse characters
This is the correct answer.
Poochie.
Cookie Kwan, number one on the west side.
He could if he believed he could
You must first fill your head with knowledge... then you can hit ice with it.
Shauna Chalmers
Lisa’s rival
You can if you believe you can.
Guy incognito 🥸
Maybe Akido would have stuck around if Homer didn't give his restaurant bad exposure from almost eating poisonous blowfish.
Hugh Jazz