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The '''Simpson family''' is the family featured in the [[United States]] [[animated sitcom]] ''[[The Simpsons]]''. The Simpson [[nuclear family]] consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. They live at [[742 Evergreen Terrace]] in the [[fictional town]] of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield, USA]], and their phone number is [[A Tale of Two Springfields|(939) 555-0113]].
== Nuclear family ==
*[[Homer Jay Simpson]], father
*[[Marge Simpson|Marjorie "Marge" Bouvier Simpson]], mother (see also [[Bouvier family]])
*[[Bart Simpson|Bartholomew Jo-Jo "Bart" Simpson]], oldest child
*[[Lisa Simpson|Lisa Marie Simpson]], middle child
*[[Maggie Simpson|Margaret "Maggie" Simpson]], youngest child
==
The two "starring" pets are [[Santa's Little Helper]], a dog the Simpsons adopted in the show's [[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire|first episode]], and a cat named [[Snowball (The Simpsons)|Snowball II ]].
As well, the family has been shown owning several different fish, turtles and hamsters, although none of them have names or are ever featured in a main plot; they are mainly one-off jokes or small plot details.
*'''Hamsters''': In "[[Duffless]]", Lisa is shown buying a purple [[hamster]]. Later on in the episode, Bart is also shown owning a brown hamster. Lisa was also shown with a brown hamster in the episode "[[Don't Fear the Roofer]]". In ''[[Bart vs. Thanksgiving]]'', Lisa's poem "Meditations on Turning Eight" includes reference to a dead hamster named Snuffy.
*'''Fish''': The family is shown owning fish (usually [[goldfish]]) in several episodes, but various family members only mention the fish a few times, including "[[Rosebud (The Simpsons)|Rosebud]]", "[[Lisa Gets an "A"|Lisa Gets an 'A']]", "[[Little Big Mom]]" and "[[I, D'oh-Bot]]".
*'''Turtles''': In "[[Lisa on Ice]]", Homer gives Bart his turtle back. This is the last time that specific turtle is ever shown or mentioned. In "[[Don't Fear the Roofer]]", Bart has a dead turtle that he says he just found. And in "[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]", Homer tells Bart he fell on Bart's turtle.
*'''Bullfrog''': Bart is shown with a [[bullfrog]] in a bottle in the episode "[[The Crepes of Wrath]]". He later releases a bullfrog in Australia in the episode "[[Bart vs. Australia]]".
Other animals once owned by the Simpsons are:
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Cinnamon|Cinnamon]]'', a [[guinea pig]] (a childhood pet of [[Marge Simpson|Marge's)]]
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Snuffy|Snuffy]], a hamster
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Pinchy|Pinchy]], a [[lobster]], in ''[[Lisa Gets an "A"]]''.
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Laddie|Laddie]], a dog, in ''[[The Canine Mutiny]]''
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Mojo|Mojo]], a [[monkey]], in ''[[Girly Edition]]''.
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Duncan .28Furious D.29|Duncan]], a horse, in ''[[Saddlesore Galactica]]''
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Princess|Princess]], a horse, in ''[[Lisa's Pony]]''
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Stampy|Stampy]], an [[elephant]], in ''[[Bart Gets an Elephant]]''
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Chirpy Boy|Chirpy Boy]] and Bart Jr., bird-eating lizards, in ''[[Bart the Mother]]''
*25 puppies from [[Santa's Little Helper]]
*''She's the Fastest'', mother of the 25 puppies
*Unknown number of puppies from breeding of [[Santa's Little Helper]] and [[Julius Hibbert|Dr. Hibbert]]'s dog
*''Bart Junior'', a frog. When [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa's]] school is [[Sex segregation|segregated]] by [[gender]], Bart says that he can go walking around with Bart Junior hanging out. He then pulls out Bart Junior the frog, who says (in the subtitles) that he thought Bart was talking about his [[penis]].
== Extended family ==
=== Homer's parents ===
*[[Abraham Simpson|Abraham "Abe" Simpson]], Homer's father
*[[Mona Simpson (The Simpsons)|Mona Simpson]], Homer's mother
===Herbert Powell===
[[Image:herb_powell.gif|right|200px|thumb|Herbert Powell]]
'''Herbert "Herb" Powell''' (voiced by [[Danny DeVito]]) is Homer's half-brother. He first appeared in ''[[Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'', but has not been seen since the end of [[The Simpsons (season 3)|Season 3]]. But he was mentioned in the episode "[[The Heartbroke Kid]]", when Homer was listing family members who need to lose weight. He bears many resemblances to Homer, though he is less rotund, has a full head of hair, and is significantly more intelligent. Herb was the product of a short-lived affair between Homer's father, [[Abraham Simpson]], and a [[carnival]] prostitute. He was adopted by Edward Powell and his wife, and Mona insisted on concealing his existence from the young Homer. Herb worked his way through college as a janitor and other odd jobs. Eventually, Herb found his calling in life, and became a businessman. He founded Powell Motors, a car company based in [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] of which he remained CEO. Later, after Homer discovered that he had a half-brother, he sought Herb out. Herb was overjoyed to learn that he had a birth family and bonded with his nieces and nephew. Under the advice of Herb, Homer helped design a car, which failed miserably and bankrupted the company turning Herb into a street vagrant. He re-appeared in the episode ''[[Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]'', and briefly settled in the Simpson household (despite his intense and continuing antipathy toward Homer). Herb borrowed a sum of money from Homer and began to develop a device that was able to analyze [[baby]] speech and translate it into comprehensible [[English language|English]]. Herb built his invention based on the observations he made of [[Maggie Simpson]] and it proved to be entirely feasible. He proceeded to mass-produce his new [[Product (business)|product]] and managed to regain his fortune.
Herb is apparently unaffected by the so-called "Simpson gene", a [[Y-chromosome]] defect that reduces the intelligence of male members of the family, as described in ''[[Lisa the Simpson]]''. This meant to prove that not all male Simpsons are affected by the defect, since Dr. Simpson says that it affects 'only' men, not all men. (However, as Homer has what is generally considered to be slightly above average intelligence when not suffering from constant, acute brain trauma caused by an [[HOMR|invasive crayon]], it seems that Homer is also unaffected by the chromosome.) This is ambiguous of whether Homer's son Bart might have been affected by the Simpson gene on not.
=== Abbie Simpson ===
[[Image:SimpsonsAbbie.png|left|200px|thumb|Homer with Abbie.]]
'''Abbie''' is [[Homer Simpson]]'s English [[half-sister]] from "[[The Regina Monologues]]". She looks like a female version of Homer (or Homer in [[drag]]) and although the two act similarly she is half- [[United Kingdom|British]]. It should be noted that while she is obviously a [[biological process|biological]] Simpson (aside from her [[appearance]] and [[personality]], she was born only about a year after [[Abraham Simpson|Grampa]]'s affair with her mother) she is not officially recognized by the family and never explicitly called a Simpson; the audience is merely left with a strong indication.
=== Amber Pigal-Simpson ===
'''Amber''' is Homer's 'Vegas wife' from the episode [[Viva Ned Flanders]]. Homer and [[Ned Flanders]] went to [[Las Vegas]] for a weekend, got drunk, and married two women. Ned's Vegas wife's name is '''Ginger Flanders'''. In [[Jazzy and the Pussycats]], it is revealed that she died of a drug overdose.
=== Frank/Francine/Mother Shabubu ===
In the episode "[[Lisa's First Word]]", while discussing the possibility of moving from their small apartment due to lack of space because of the arrival of Lisa, Homer says that Lisa can have Bart's room, and Bart will sleep with us until he's 21. Marge asks "Wouldn't that warp him?" And Homer replies, "My cousin Frank did it, and he was fine." He then says that Frank became Francine in 1976. After this line he then says that Francine joined a cult, and that he thinks his name is 'Mother Shabubu' now.
=== Great Aunt Hortense ===
'''Great Aunt Hortense''' is a part of only one episode ([[Bart the Fink]]), in which she dies. The Simpson family expects to inherit her estate, but instead each member is given $100 (except for [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]]). The rest was given to [[Ann Landers]] (as stated in Hortense's will).
=== Uncle Arthur ===
'''Uncle Arthur''' is the children's uncle. Therefore, he would be either Marge or Homer's brother or cousin. However, Homer is an only child (at least, [[Herb Powell|Herb]] and Abbie are not seen regularly). It seems more likely that he is [[Marge Simpson|Marge's]] brother. She presently has only two sisters ([[Patty and Selma|Patty]] and [[Patty and Selma|Selma]]) and has only mentioned him once; but she was quite ashamed and said she would never speak of him again, which makes it more likely that he was her relative, not Homer's. Uncle Arthur is deceased. He used to have a saying, "Shoot 'em all and let God sort 'em out," until one day he put his theory into practice, and it took 75 federal marshalls to bring him down".[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F19.html] Another possibility is that Uncle Arthur was a great-uncle.
=== Dr. Simpson ===
[[Image:Simpson women.png|200px|right|thumb|The Simpson women (Dr. Simpson is third from left), a highly successful group.]]
'''Dr. Simpson''', the chief of complicated surgeries at the invasive care unit, first seen in "[[Lisa the Simpson]]". In the episode, Homer is devastated when he can't find any successful Simpson men to prove to Lisa that there is no genetic condition causing intelligence deterioration. As a last ditch effort, he grabs Dr. Simpson, who explains that the defective Simpson gene is only on the [[Y Chromosome]]. She makes a brief cameo appearance in "[[Catch 'em If You Can]]".
=== Uncle Hubert ===
'''Uncle Hubert''''s funeral was attended by the family in the Tracey Ullman short, "[[The Tracey Ullman Show shorts#The Funeral|The Funeral]]".
=== Uncle Tyrone ===
'''Uncle Tyrone''' is a cynical elderly Simpson relative who lives in [[Dayton, Ohio]]. Judging from his age and appearance, he is most likely Abe's brother. The family intends to visit him during his birthday in the episode "[[Catch 'em If You Can]]", but he hasn't been seen since. When the Simpsons were singing "[[Happy Birthday]]" to him he said "Why won't I die."
===Cyrus Simpson===
[[Abraham Simpson]]'s older brother. Cyrus crashed his fighter into Tahiti in World War II's [[Pacific Theater of Operations|Pacific Theater]] during a kamikaze raid. He has 15 wives.
=== Orville Simpson ===
'''Orville Simpson''' is Homer's grandfather from "The Old Country", which appears to be [[Northern England]] or [[Scotland]]. He was seen in [[Much Apu About Nothing]]
=== Sven Simpson ===
The earliest known ancestor of the family. He married Claretta Ethridge.
=== "Old Tut" Simpson ===
Father of Orville, as shown in [[The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album]], he resembles his grandson [[Abraham Simpson| Abe]].
=== Howland Simpson ===
Mentioned in [[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]], acording to [[Abraham Simpson|Abe]] , invented the recipe for Simpson and Son Tonic that he and Homer sell in this episode,as a subsitute for holy water. Named in [[The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album]] . Father of "Old Tut" Simpson.
=== Garwood Simpson ===
Father of Howland, grandfather of "Old Tut" Simpson.
=== Rupert Simpson ===
Father of Garwood, son of Sven he married Winifred Running Goat.
=== Bill Simpson===
'''Bill Simpson''' is Abe's brother, apparently a [[communist]], as mentioned in [[Million Dollar Abie]].
Note: "Bill Simpson" was also the pseudonym used by Homer when he worked as a [[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?|food critic]] for [[The Springfield Shopper#Newspapers|The Springfield Shopper]], apparently because on his typewriter, the "E" key didn't function.
== Other relatives ==
[[Image:Simpson men.png|right|200px|thumb|The Simpson men, a less than successful group.]]
*'''Great Uncle Chet''', the owner of an unsuccessful shrimp company (Abe's brother)
*'''2nd cousin Stanley''', who shoots birds at the airport
and a group of unnamed relatives are mentioned in the episode "[[Lisa the Simpson]]", when Homer tries to prove to Lisa that not all Simpsons are failures. Also, in the episode "[[Bonfire of the Manatees]]", Homer leaves Bart, Lisa, and Maggie with 'relatives' whose names are never revealed. They live in the country and seem well-off, but they don't physically resemble the Simpson or Bouvier families. It is revealed that they are related only because the Simpson's dog, Santa's Little Helper, is a brother of this family's dog. The Simpsons family tree, depicted in the Simpsons publication "Uncensored Family Album" has many other family members in it.
== Non-canonical ==
=== [[List of one-time characters from The Simpsons#Hugo Simpson|Hugo Simpson]] ===
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=== Maggie Junior ===
'''Maggie Junior''' is Maggie's daughter in the future, in the episode "[[Bart to the Future]]". She looks exactly like Maggie normally does, even wearing the same kind of clothes.
==References==
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* "The Simpsons Archive" on:
** [http://www.snpp.org/guides/homer.file.html Homer]
** [http://www.snpp.org/guides/marge.file.html Marge]
** [http://www.snpp.org/guides/bart.file.html Bart]
** [http://www.snpp.org/guides/lisa.file.html Lisa]
** [http://www.snpp.org/guides/maggie.file.html Maggie]
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