# Name all the Simpsons characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 7, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630 "2010-05-07T14:08:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/41 "2010-05-07T17:36:22Z")
People, please! Can’t you see this pronouncing game is tearing us apart? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/42 "2010-05-07T17:39:11Z")
I agree with Marley, I find the argument of the pronounciations entiely crapulent. As for characters, one of my favorites was only shown once, the dentist when Lisa needed braces would have been a great recurring character. “Why must you turn my office into a house of lies?” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/43 "2010-05-07T17:45:12Z")
Bill and Marty from KBBL Frank Nelson character (Yeeessss??) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/44 "2010-05-07T17:46:38Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Gerald, the baby with one eyebrow Damn. Beaten to it by 3 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/45 "2010-05-07T17:50:43Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > People, please! Can’t you see this pronouncing game is tearing us apart? I’m in such a good and silly mood today for no reason, but this is cracking me up to tears. (pronounced to rhyme with ‘stairs’) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/46 "2010-05-07T17:57:04Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > As for characters, one of my favorites was only shown once, the dentist when Lisa needed braces would have been a great recurring character. > > “Why must you turn my office into a house of lies?” Dr. Wolfe, if memory serves. “These pre-date stainless steel so you can’t get them wet.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/47 "2010-05-07T17:57:39Z")
Almost everything I come up with is already taken. But there’s also… Jacques (The Bowling Instructor) Super Nintendo Chalmers ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/48 "2010-05-07T18:23:37Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Umm…both of those words ryhme, too. They are all pronounced like “odd”. For some reason I just can’t let this go. I’ve been all over this great big world and I’ve seen all kinds of girls, but I have yet to meet anyone who pronounces Maude “Mod” or flawed “flod” but that’s how theose word would have to be pronounced to rhyme with “odd.” It’s also not how Maude’s name is pronounced by the Flanderses ---
**Author:** ![sundog66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@sundog66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sundog66)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/49 "2010-05-08T01:57:24Z")
Just wanted to give people the name for the pronunciation phenomenon being talked about: it’s called the cot-caught merger, and it’s very well studied. See more [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_English_low_back_vowels#Cot-caught_merger). ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/50 "2010-05-08T03:35:31Z")
Wow…I might have missed the name but… I saw “Crazy Cat Lady”, but I didn’t see Elenor Abernathy! Her real name! was I really the first one to get this?!? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/51 "2010-05-08T04:35:23Z")
Uncle Hubert Beatrice Simmons Super Dude Snowball 2, 3 and 4 nerd 1, 2 and 3 (homer’s college roomies) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/52 "2010-05-08T08:16:11Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Wow…I might have missed the name but… > > I saw “Crazy Cat Lady”, but I didn’t see Elenor Abernathy! Her real name! > > was I really the first one to get this?!? Yes, you appear to be. Well done. Of more sigfnificance, IMHO, is that I’m the first person to get Krusty’s given name. Herschel Krustofski (that’s _given_ name. Full name is Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofski). ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/53 "2010-05-08T08:18:21Z")
State Comptroller Atkins ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/54 "2010-05-08T11:21:46Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Yes, you appear to be. Well done. > > Of more sigfnificance, IMHO, is that I’m the first person to get Krusty’s given name. > > Herschel Krustofski (that’s _given_ name. Full name is Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofski). Hi, I’m **Lost4life**. You might remember me from such posts as **post #8** where we met such memorable characters as: Eleanor Abernathy - Crazy Cat Lady Jeff Albertson - Comic Book Guy Jasper Beardly - Jasper Horatio McCallister - The Sea Captain ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/55 "2010-05-08T15:14:25Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Hi, I’m **Lost4life**. You might remember me from such posts as **post #8** where we met such memorable characters as: > > Eleanor Abernathy - Crazy Cat Lady > Jeff Albertson - Comic Book Guy > Jasper Beardly - Jasper > Horatio McCallister - The Sea Captain Ah damn it all :smack: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/56 "2010-05-08T18:32:39Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Hi, I’m **Lost4life**. You might remember me from such posts as **post #8** where we met such memorable characters as: > > Eleanor Abernathy - Crazy Cat Lady > Jeff Albertson - Comic Book Guy > Jasper Beardly - Jasper > Horatio McCallister - The Sea Captain Sorry, my bad. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/57 "2010-05-09T00:06:07Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > nerd 1, 2 and 3 (homer’s college roomies) Benjamin, Doug and Gary. I’ll add Mr. Sparkle. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/58 "2010-05-09T00:58:08Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > People, please! Can’t you see this pronouncing game is tearing us apart? won’t somebody PLEASE think of the children!!?? back to OP, what about the legal staff? anyone mentioned the lawyer (the good one)? or judge snyder? or the new lady judge? constance something or other? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/59 "2010-05-09T01:02:41Z")
Post #17 > [@](#): > > Drederick Tatum > Jebediah Springfield > Snowball > Santa’s Little Helper > **Judge Roy Snyder** ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630/60 "2010-05-11T02:10:56Z")
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