I won’t be around much to see this thread develop, but I’ve been wanting to start it for some time now.
From memory, name some characters on the Simpsons who are fairly regular. One-time guest stars don’t count. I’ll start you off:
Homer Simpson
Marge Simpson
Bart Simpson
Lisa Simpson
Maggie Simpson
Hans Moleman
Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known by his stage name Sideshow Bob
Lionel Hutz
Troy McLure
Patty Bouvier
Selma Bouvier-Terwilliger-Hutz-McClure-Stu-Simpson
Smithers
Monty Burns
Disco Stu
Kent Brockman
Ned Flanders
Mr. Burns
Ralph Wiggums
These are a few of my favorite things…
Maude, Todd, and Rod
A few years ago they implied she briefly remarried Sideshow Bob, which I thought was hilarious.
Groundskeeper Willie
Mrs. Krabappel
Moe Syslak
Waylon Smithers
Krusty the Klown
Lenny
Karl
Charlie
Otto Mann
Seymour Skinner
Superintendent Chalmber
Martin Prince
Milhouse (and Kirk and Louanne) Van Houten
Kearny
Dolph
Jimbo
Nelson
Eddie
Lou
Snake
Agnes Skinner
Reverend Lovejoy and Helen Lovejoy
Apu and Manjula Nahasapeemapetilan
[I don’t think I can name all eight kids… Geet, Uma, Sashi, Priya… eh, I’ll come back to it]
Gil Gunderson
Kang and Kodos
Dr. Marvin Monroe (does he still count as a regular?)
Dr. Nick
Dr. Hibbert
Dr. J. Loren Pryor
Blue-Haired Lawyer
I’ll post this now before all my entries are ninjaed.
Sure. And for that, I give you Bleeding Gums Murphy.
Jeff Albertson
Cookie Kwan
Eleanor Abernathy
Jasper Beardly
Lindsey Naegle
Horatio McCallister
Artie Ziff
Üter
Rainier Wolfcastle
Luigi
Ms. Hoover
Fat Tony
Legs
Louie
Jeff “Comic Book Guy” Albertson
Grampa Simpson
Jasper
Mr. Largo
Sherri and Terri
Louis, Wendell, and Richard
Mrs. Glick
(going way back) Mrs. Winfield
Database
Mayor Quimby
Professor Frink
Cletus and Brandine Spuckler and their kids… including but by no means limited to Q-Bert, Zoe, Chloe, Phil, Rumer, Scout, International Harvester, Incest, Stabbed in Jail, Mary, and their cousin, Dia-betty
Fat Tony
Jasper
Blinky
Bumblebee Man
Wendell
Lunchlady Doris
Duffman!
Arnie Pye (in the sky)
Crazy Cat Lady
Barney Gumble
Johnny Tightlips
Mr. Teeny
Gerald, the baby with one eyebrow
Drederick Tatum
Jebediah Springfield
Snowball
Santa’s Little Helper
Judge Roy Snyder
Kent Brockman
Cy in the Sky (is that his name?)
Bumblebee Guy
Itchy & Scratchy (But not Poochy - he sucked.)
Booberella
Princess Kashmir
Squeaky-voiced Teenager
Sailor Guy
The Squeaky-Voiced Teen
Aristotle Amadopolous
Akira
Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilan
Scott Christian
I don’t think Mayor Quimby’s wife or mistress have ever been named, but they’re both regular characters
Roger Meyers, Jr.
Lurleen Lumpkin
Itchy
Scratchy