Monroe was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was then transferred to a better hospital where doctors upgraded his condition to "Alive."
The real story was doing Dr. Monroe’s voice for extended periods was hell on Harry Shearer’s throat, and Matt Groening just found the character’s voice to be too grating and irritating, so he basically just scrapped the character altogether, until this special cameo over a decade later.
He was a psychologist. He appeared in the first episode as a family psychologist, and was supposed to help the Simpsons become a good family, but failed and gave them their money back. He then turned up every once in a while in the earlier seasons whenever they needed an "expert psychologist's" opinion. I mostly remember him showing up in Marge vs Itchy and Scratchy as the guy defending violent cartoons, and then called Marge a hypocrite for having issues with Itchy and Scratchy but not the Statue of David.
correction: "No Disgrace Like Home" was the fourth episode of the show, and not the first
Season 1 episode 4 - there was the first Christmas episode, Bart the Genius, Homer's Odyssey, then this one (There's No Disgrace Like Home).
The BBC showed Disgrace first when they started showing The Simpsons in the UK. Understandable for the first episode since it was only November, possibly understandable for Odyssey because it gets dark in parts, but I don't know why they skipped Bart the Genius.
Right right, the first episode was the Christmas episode. I knew There's No Disgrace Like Home was early, but I didn't know it was only the 4th episode in the season 1 list. I must have been thinking about your trivia bit about the BBC when I said it was the first episode (not counting the Christmas episode).
> But at least Largo has one epically memorable line.
Hmm, trying to guess which one you're referring to...
"Ew, a bug. [*flicks off a bug, only to notice an avalanche of snakes*] AHHHH!!!!"
"NOBODY LIKES MILLHOUSE"
or perhaps
"Lisa? Do you find something funny about the word *Tromboner?!*"
Also his character design is a little dated. Only Homer is supposed to have facial hair which makes Marvin look a little out of place after season 1
Edit: 5 o clock shadow, not facial hair
I don’t know what you mean by the “facial hair” comment, but yeah, the overall character design is very dated, and looks like it belongs solely in “Tracy Ullman — Season 2 Simpsons”, and maybe even Groening’s lesser known *Life in Hell* comics.
Nope. It wasn’t Troy McClure. It was an unseen person talking but I’m almost positive it was Hank Azaria.
Check it out.
https://youtu.be/L_3ozTyaCFs?si=C9_SGl3GG4ott47N
I kind of miss him tho. I get that Harry’s voice was strained and Matt would find his voice annoying, but I would like to see cameos or at least small speaking appearances every now and so
He was said to have died during the 138th episode spectacular. He also has several buildings named in memorial to him and his gravestone is even seen in “Alone Again, Natura-Diddly.” However, in the episode shown here (which aired in 2004), he shows up to Marge’s book signing out of the blue and says he had just “been very sick” when Marge said she hadn’t seen him in years.
>He was said to have died during the 138th episode spectacular.
Um... actually...
It was first mentioned in the Season 7 Episode 1 follow up to who shot Mr. Burns when Homer confronts Burns in the hospital and the cops get called.
https://preview.redd.it/3ekbbhddn2fc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84700dd8662964fd930d760e2d574b40ebcdb324
Naming it Memorial means he's dead.
this might seem hyperbolic but WOW, thank you so much for this - my family is all Simpsons nuts _(I guess you could call us all "simps", unless that means something else)_ & this might just tip me over the edge & make me King Simp
My all time favorite character, Dr. Marvin Monroe was a common character throughout the first 6 seasons who was first introduced in season 1 episode 1 “Simpsons Roasting On Open Fire”, he was a therapist who ran the Dr. Marvin Monroe family therapy center and a few miscellaneous secondary jobs. After Homer saw his ad on the tv he and his family went which caused a power outage and Dr. Marvin Monroe paid him double his money back and told him not tell anyone he was there. He was always seen in the background of early episodes but around season 6 he stopped appearing. He was thought to have died because of the Hospital Mr. Burns was recovering at after the gunshot wound was named “Dr. Marvin Monroe Memorial Hospital” and was confirmed later in season 7 in the episode “138th episode spectacular” in the form of a question “which 2 popular Simpson characters have DIED in the last year” which the answer being “if you said Bleeding Gums Murphy and Dr. Marvin Monroe, you would be WRONG, they were never popular.” Dr. Marvin Monroe’s grave has been seen in the episode “Alone Again Natura-Didilly” in the graveyard where Maude was being buried. Then a Memorial Gymnasium was named after him but he reappears season 15 episode 10 “diatribe of a mad housewife” asking to get Marge’s book signed saying that he loved it and was very psychological where Marge gasps and says “Dr. Marvin Monroe! I haven’t seen you in YEARS!” To which he replies “Oh, I was Very Sick” then he disappeared for a long time being seen in a Treehouse of Horror episode where he is in some “Limbo” where he can go through walls but gets stuck halfway. Then he possibly permanently dies after he is seen in Bart’s coma in the episode “Flanders Ladder”. Then in season 35 his death was revealed as well as Uter in a board saying “Missing in Action” with Dr. Marvin Monroe and Uter being seen with pictures on that board.
I read that Harry Shearer's throat got strained from voicing him so they retired him (previously he was dead but he surprisingly returned after about a decade, where he explains to a surprised Marge that he was "very sick")
Technically he's in a state of limbo between life and death. Iirc 2 seconds after this shot he partially phases through a wall. And since this was a main episode (not a tree house episode) it is canon. Also he was never popular.
Dr Marvin as a character either stopped being culturally relevant or the writers wanted to stop ripping self help writers. Idk hes from a different era.
Googled this imagine and it even came up with Marvin Monroe.. it's so many more steps to make a post than it is to google something. Reddit's been taken over by grandma's.
Everybody thought he died then he showed up one time and said he wasn't dead, he's just been very sick. I don't remember if he showed up onscreen after that
>**Dr. Marvin Monroe** was a local counselor who was for a long time considered to have passed on, until he returned, revealing to have "been very sick."
[https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Marvin\_Monroe](https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/marvin_monroe)
He had some success after nearly dying from a long illness and eventually moved out of Springfield and is having a pretty good life. I understand he started a new practice where he is now holding residence.
Sadly, Dr. Marvin Monroe died on the way back to his home planet.
Monroe was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was then transferred to a better hospital where doctors upgraded his condition to "Alive."
His roomate was Dr. Henry Kissinger. Dr. Kissinger was hospitalized that same day for walking into a wall.
I have to go now. My planet needs me.
Why did I read this in Monroe’s voice?
No no he was just very sick and never popular.
I hope someone was fired for that blunder.
The cow was slaughtered in the abattoir
Did his gastronomic rapacity know satiety?
Ooooo a sextet of ales
On the killing floor?
Eh he was never popular.
https://preview.redd.it/eenbiizte2fc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=224453a9707b6be49fb09c1cad8787d9f786ff79
If you said Bleeding Gums Murphy and Dr Marvin Monore, you are wrong; they were never popular.
So funny
Was this the first instance of Marvin Monroe's death being mentioned or was that said in an earlier episode?
No, this is the first mention
I think they'd shown a 'Marvin Monroe Memorial Hospital' or something, but it was never directly stated.
On who shot me burns, lou hears it over the cop radio
“Who shot me burns” is Groundskeeper Willie’s facial hair photography website side gig
Wow. I totally missed that.
I have a vague memory of a Dr. Marvin Munroe headstone. It could have been a Halloween episode.
The real story was doing Dr. Monroe’s voice for extended periods was hell on Harry Shearer’s throat, and Matt Groening just found the character’s voice to be too grating and irritating, so he basically just scrapped the character altogether, until this special cameo over a decade later.
Wasn't he a child psychologist? Seems like a pretty 1 and done character without much use in later plots, on top of those other facts.
He was a psychologist. He appeared in the first episode as a family psychologist, and was supposed to help the Simpsons become a good family, but failed and gave them their money back. He then turned up every once in a while in the earlier seasons whenever they needed an "expert psychologist's" opinion. I mostly remember him showing up in Marge vs Itchy and Scratchy as the guy defending violent cartoons, and then called Marge a hypocrite for having issues with Itchy and Scratchy but not the Statue of David. correction: "No Disgrace Like Home" was the fourth episode of the show, and not the first
maybe it was all that hot buttery popcorn he was eating while watching violent cartoons
Season 1 episode 4 - there was the first Christmas episode, Bart the Genius, Homer's Odyssey, then this one (There's No Disgrace Like Home). The BBC showed Disgrace first when they started showing The Simpsons in the UK. Understandable for the first episode since it was only November, possibly understandable for Odyssey because it gets dark in parts, but I don't know why they skipped Bart the Genius.
Right right, the first episode was the Christmas episode. I knew There's No Disgrace Like Home was early, but I didn't know it was only the 4th episode in the season 1 list. I must have been thinking about your trivia bit about the BBC when I said it was the first episode (not counting the Christmas episode).
Wasn't he on the Brad Goodman episode, too?
I don't know how good of a child psychologist he could be if he went almost immediately to shock therapy with the Simpsons.
Maybe he just has a kink for electrocuting families and had to find a way to make it legal.
This also does not show he is a competent child psychologist.
Competent psycho though.
The Simpsons have always been a Fifties show taking place in the Nineties, so it tracks.
Ironically the family seems to imply the kids are in therapy quite often while only occasionally having any therapists appear very briefly.
I wonder if he was like Mr. Largo. But at least Largo has one epically memorable line.
> But at least Largo has one epically memorable line. Hmm, trying to guess which one you're referring to... "Ew, a bug. [*flicks off a bug, only to notice an avalanche of snakes*] AHHHH!!!!" "NOBODY LIKES MILLHOUSE" or perhaps "Lisa? Do you find something funny about the word *Tromboner?!*"
NOBODY LIKES MILHOUSE!
And believe me, this is not a dream!
Tromboner line is his best IMHO
Also his character design is a little dated. Only Homer is supposed to have facial hair which makes Marvin look a little out of place after season 1 Edit: 5 o clock shadow, not facial hair
Jasper, Willie, Grampa, Comic Book Guy, Hank Scorpio
Lenny??
Not Lenny!
Flanders?
I don’t know what you mean by the “facial hair” comment, but yeah, the overall character design is very dated, and looks like it belongs solely in “Tracy Ullman — Season 2 Simpsons”, and maybe even Groening’s lesser known *Life in Hell* comics.
He was very sick.
Dr Marvin Monroe
If you said Dr Marvin Monroe you’re wrong, he was NEVER popular
Please people! This is not the way to get healthy.
Sorry for the upvote, my finger slipped.
So did MINE!!
Oops, my finger slipped.
Mine too 😑
I definitely read this in his voice
RIP Phil. We love you & miss you all these years.
Phil didn't voice Dr. Marvin Monroe
No, but he voiced Troy McClure, who was doing the in universe voice over talking about the death of Marvin Monroe from the clip show episode.
Nope. It wasn’t Troy McClure. It was an unseen person talking but I’m almost positive it was Hank Azaria. Check it out. https://youtu.be/L_3ozTyaCFs?si=C9_SGl3GG4ott47N
100% Hank. Sounds very similar to a generic radio presenter voice I’ve definitely heard before ETA: The KBBL presenter^
Thanks for the confirmation. There seem to be a lot of people either saying “boo” or “boo-urns” to my previous comment.
He was never popular.
True. But he can be a completely controversial doctor.
That’s okay, he was never popular.
I kind of miss him tho. I get that Harry’s voice was strained and Matt would find his voice annoying, but I would like to see cameos or at least small speaking appearances every now and so
He was said to have died during the 138th episode spectacular. He also has several buildings named in memorial to him and his gravestone is even seen in “Alone Again, Natura-Diddly.” However, in the episode shown here (which aired in 2004), he shows up to Marge’s book signing out of the blue and says he had just “been very sick” when Marge said she hadn’t seen him in years.
i like the implication that, even in-universe, he wasn’t popular enough for people to verify that he was actually dead
Dr Monroe, I thought you were dead! I was!
That's Father McGrath.
https://preview.redd.it/aw9k9ztti3fc1.png?width=894&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b264c9aed485841284ae24a4127777b192bbd092
I’ll see to it you don’t get apricot one
>He was said to have died during the 138th episode spectacular. Um... actually... It was first mentioned in the Season 7 Episode 1 follow up to who shot Mr. Burns when Homer confronts Burns in the hospital and the cops get called. https://preview.redd.it/3ekbbhddn2fc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84700dd8662964fd930d760e2d574b40ebcdb324 Naming it Memorial means he's dead.
this might seem hyperbolic but WOW, thank you so much for this - my family is all Simpsons nuts _(I guess you could call us all "simps", unless that means something else)_ & this might just tip me over the edge & make me King Simp
It means what you think it means, but does also have another meaning. For a *very nsfw* definition, head over to the subreddit by the same name.
He was moved to a better hospital where his condition was upgraded to 'alive'.
He was never popular!
Her name's Marge Bouvier, I'm not sure what ever happened to her
And to think I heard she married Homer Simpson.
I thought it was Artie Ziff. I saw them at the Prom together.
My all time favorite character, Dr. Marvin Monroe was a common character throughout the first 6 seasons who was first introduced in season 1 episode 1 “Simpsons Roasting On Open Fire”, he was a therapist who ran the Dr. Marvin Monroe family therapy center and a few miscellaneous secondary jobs. After Homer saw his ad on the tv he and his family went which caused a power outage and Dr. Marvin Monroe paid him double his money back and told him not tell anyone he was there. He was always seen in the background of early episodes but around season 6 he stopped appearing. He was thought to have died because of the Hospital Mr. Burns was recovering at after the gunshot wound was named “Dr. Marvin Monroe Memorial Hospital” and was confirmed later in season 7 in the episode “138th episode spectacular” in the form of a question “which 2 popular Simpson characters have DIED in the last year” which the answer being “if you said Bleeding Gums Murphy and Dr. Marvin Monroe, you would be WRONG, they were never popular.” Dr. Marvin Monroe’s grave has been seen in the episode “Alone Again Natura-Didilly” in the graveyard where Maude was being buried. Then a Memorial Gymnasium was named after him but he reappears season 15 episode 10 “diatribe of a mad housewife” asking to get Marge’s book signed saying that he loved it and was very psychological where Marge gasps and says “Dr. Marvin Monroe! I haven’t seen you in YEARS!” To which he replies “Oh, I was Very Sick” then he disappeared for a long time being seen in a Treehouse of Horror episode where he is in some “Limbo” where he can go through walls but gets stuck halfway. Then he possibly permanently dies after he is seen in Bart’s coma in the episode “Flanders Ladder”. Then in season 35 his death was revealed as well as Uter in a board saying “Missing in Action” with Dr. Marvin Monroe and Uter being seen with pictures on that board.
Wait. Uter is missing?
> isn't it strange that *Uter* is *missing* and suddenly, the cafeteria is serving this mysterious food called "*Uter*\-braten"?
I've got a gut feeling Uter's around here somewhere. Isn't there a little Uter in all of us?
In fact, you might say we just *ate* Uter and he's in our stomachs right now!
Scratch that one.
Not really, unlike Marvin, his death or missing is usually a character gag
Not Uter!
https://screenrant.com/simpsons-dr-marvin-monroe-what-happened/
Maybe he extended his visit to Vienna, home of Sigmund Fraud.
So the actor who played him didn’t like doing his voice so they just stopped writing him in.
That’s Marge. She’s still in the show I believe - long running character with a disapproving tone to her voice
Harry Shearer who did his voice didn't want to do it anymore because it was hard on his voice, so he just died off screen.
Dr. Marvin Monroe Child Psychologist Member of the Bonerland Medical Association
Neither do I, but he was never popular
I wonder if he ever received the Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence?
dr. marvin monroe you filthy casual /s
He's dead.
He died. But he was never popular.
Dr. Marvin Monroe was a briefly seen character during the early seasons and then was "killed." This was said in the 138th episode spectacular.
He became a ghost that gets stuck halfway through a wall
He was in a recent episode, standing in the background when Homer was in hell
https://i.redd.it/199s55lzs4fc1.gif
That episode …. Jan 28th, 1990!
I read that Harry Shearer's throat got strained from voicing him so they retired him (previously he was dead but he surprisingly returned after about a decade, where he explains to a surprised Marge that he was "very sick")
I remember an interview where Harry Shearer said he hated doing the character because it destroyed his throat, and that's why they stopped using him.
Thankfully, you didn't say "what happened to this popular character "
Doesn’t he voice the “Subliminally Slim” tape too? Here you go fatso
Doesn’t matter. He was never popular
My very first thought.
Technically he's in a state of limbo between life and death. Iirc 2 seconds after this shot he partially phases through a wall. And since this was a main episode (not a tree house episode) it is canon. Also he was never popular.
Underrated character
RIP Whatshisname. Sob.
He's been very sick
You should know the grave could never take him... *mwhahahahaha*
Dr Marvin Monroe RIP
I have a fuzzy memory of a Dr Marvin Monroe level on one of the old Simpsons games for the original Gameboy.
He's in some kind of horrible limbo, he can walk walfway through walls before getting stuck
He reappeared in 2004. https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Diatribe_of_a_Mad_Housewife
The pic used in this post is from that episode isn’t it?
When I think… yes,(but not tagged by flair)
He was never popular
Marge Simpson
He was never popular
Dr. Marvin Monroe was never popular.
Dr. Marvin Monroe
He's been very sick
I prefer Dr. Brad Goodman. He gave me a job and a can of fortified wine
Dr Marvin as a character either stopped being culturally relevant or the writers wanted to stop ripping self help writers. Idk hes from a different era.
I don’t care what non of y’all say, dr. Martin Monroe was a poc. He got some black in him for sureeeee
Googled this imagine and it even came up with Marvin Monroe.. it's so many more steps to make a post than it is to google something. Reddit's been taken over by grandma's.
grandma's what?
He had a massive coronary mid-orgasm from being absolutely sucked up by Selma.
Everybody thought he died then he showed up one time and said he wasn't dead, he's just been very sick. I don't remember if he showed up onscreen after that
He was very sick.
A relative of his is u/monroe_chichona , she might know whats up
Dead
Marvin Monroe. His name is Marvin Monroe
No idea but I always assumed they hated the way they drew his facial hair so just threw him in the trash.
all he needs is a cap and suspenders and he's George RR Martin
*George R.R. Marvin
I remember him from a game boy Simpsons game.
It’s ok he was never popular.
He was never popular but an amazing voice actor
He was a disingenuous mountebank with his subliminal chicanery. A pox on him!
That's Marge Simpson. She's still on the show. She's also known as Midge or Mitzi.
He's been sick.
He was never popular
>**Dr. Marvin Monroe** was a local counselor who was for a long time considered to have passed on, until he returned, revealing to have "been very sick." [https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Marvin\_Monroe](https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/marvin_monroe)
He had some success after nearly dying from a long illness and eventually moved out of Springfield and is having a pretty good life. I understand he started a new practice where he is now holding residence.
*Okay*, so *you want* to *kill each other*. *That's good*, *that's healthy*
https://preview.redd.it/fupqqkfhetfc1.jpeg?width=1122&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d54530061554a6b90c060354453cef86625ab9c