# Who is your favorite Springfield resident and what's your fave phrase? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421 "2013-01-16T21:55:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/21 "2013-01-17T23:24:13Z")
> [@FrankJBN](#): > > “The PTA has disbanded” > > A couple of people cite this phrase - it’s the only quote here I cannot bring to mind at all. Hee – it’s accompanied by a hilarious visual. https://www.youtube.com/embed/egebWiYgq8M?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/22 "2013-01-18T01:33:49Z")
Abraham Lincoln, “Four score and seven years ago…” ---
**Author:** ![MsBatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@MsBatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsBatt)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/23 "2013-01-18T02:56:32Z")
“And when I found out I no longer had worms, that was the happiest day of my life!” I think Ralph Wiggums said it, but I’m not sure. Favorite character? Oh, that’s a toughy. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/24 "2013-01-18T03:22:18Z")
> [@BrassyPhrase](#): > > Favorite character is Homer, handsdown. > > My favorite quote is from what I think is one of the various future Lisas where she turns white (yellow?) trash and has gotten extremely big. > > “Kids! Go get mama her warshin’ stick!” > > My mother (and I) have always struggled with our weight, and though she is not a giant fan of the Simpsons, she remembers that ep and that line and will yell it whenever she’s feeling she’s gotten really heavy. I thought it was mama’s pryin’ board. The warshin’ stick is from a brief sequence where Bart imagines he’s become a big fat white trash slob. “I warsh myself with a rag on a stick!” ---
**Author:** ![Sevencl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sevencl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevencl)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/25 "2013-01-18T03:29:08Z")
I’m so incredibly bored of all of them by this point. They’ve all been flanderised to the point of being overdone caricatures of themselves - and they were deliberate overdone caricatures to begin with! Before that though, it was Jeff Albertson. Favourite quote: “In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!” I’ve always disliked the family though. Homer is a selfish, abusive, dangerous retard. Marge is a passive enabler. Lisa is a condescending, sanctimonious hippy. Bart’s a psychopath (see how he treats Milhouse for a start). Maggie’s off the hook… so far. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/26 "2013-01-18T03:57:15Z")
> [@Sevencl](#): > > Maggie’s off the hook… so far. “Yes Maggie, we will have a use for you soon. Stay close to your Busybox.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/27 "2013-01-18T05:24:31Z")
Troy McClure "Five days??? But I’m mad _now."_ ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/28 "2013-01-18T05:29:51Z")
Apu: “Gentlemen, I know the procedure for an armed robbery!” “Homer…you are the only one that eats those hotdogs” ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/29 "2013-01-18T14:48:44Z")
Character: Ralph Wiggum. It may not be the _character_ so much, but rather that nearly every line of dialog he has is a winner, and instantly a classic Ralph. (on a rolling bus after Otto jumps off, excitedly): “I’m going to an accident.” Line: I say Mr. Burns’ “excellent” a lot, but the line that still cracks me up every time I think of it is Marge’s “I don’t mind you peeing in the shower, as long as you’re taking a shower!” ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/30 "2013-01-18T15:32:23Z")
I forgot one of the funniest lines ever, but it’s only funny in context. When they go to the Flanders’ beach house and Homer, in an attempt to appear nonchalant while buying fireworks, also buys booze, panty shields, two enema kits and porno magazines. When he gets back, Marge is looking through the shopping bag and says “I don’t know what you planned for tonight, but count me _out_!” Kills me every time. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/31 "2013-01-18T15:37:28Z")
That same episode has one of my favorite lines, from the the Sikh Apu: “Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it!” ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/32 "2013-01-18T16:13:30Z")
My favorite character is Kent Brockman. So many good quotes! Favorite phrase, which I use fairly frequently: “It’s a perfectly cromulent word.” ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/33 "2013-01-18T16:32:51Z")
> [@PaperBlob](#): > > My favorite character is Kent Brockman. So many good quotes! “I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords…” A SDMB favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/34 "2013-01-18T16:36:50Z")
“Your baby [Maggie] is brilliant. Why, she could already teach at Florida State.” ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/35 "2013-01-18T16:40:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Lisa is a condescending, sanctimonious hippy. You say that like it’s a _bad_ thing. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/36 "2013-01-18T16:47:51Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > That same episode has one of my favorite lines, from the the Sikh Apu: “Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it!” Sikh? He’s a Hindu. ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/37 "2013-01-18T17:20:25Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Sikh? He’s a Hindu. He means Apu’s counterpart in the beach town, who was a Sikh. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/38 "2013-01-18T17:32:18Z")
> [@Rala](#): > > He means Apu’s counterpart in the beach town, who was a Sikh. Ah, thank you. Objection withdrawn. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/39 "2013-01-18T17:56:46Z")
It’s gotta be Homer. “I don’t wanna be a clown wanna be, I wanna be a clown!” Another great Ralph classic: “I like men now.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421/40 "2013-01-18T19:42:41Z")
Favorite character? Fat Tony. _“Homer, as you no doubt recall, you were done a favor by our, uh, how shall I say . . . mafia crime syndicate.”_ Favorite line, though, is Homer’s: _“Marge, you being a cop makes you The Man! And that makes me the woman! And I have no interest in that, besides occasionally wearing the underwear, which, as we discussed, is strictly a comfort thing!”_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-springfield-resident-and-whats-your-fave-phrase/647421.md?page=3)