Comic Book Guy

Jeff Albertson (known as "Comic Book Guy" or CBG) is the proprietor of "The Android's Dungeon", a local comic book shop, in the animated series The Simpsons. Voiced by Hank Azaria, the fat, hirsute, surly character is known for his sarcastic quips to customers. He holds a master's degree in folklore and mythology (He translated Lord of the Rings into Klingon as part of his thesis). His catchphrase is the declaration "Worst. _____. ever.", which is usually delivered with slight pauses between each word, and an emphasis on the "ever." His other, but rarely used catchphrase is "Best. ____. ever." Both phrases (along with varations of the quotes) are very popular on Internet message boards. Comic Book Guy is said to be mocking of certain Simpsons fans who would race to the Internet to criticize the producers and writers of an episode and declare such episode to be the "Worst Episode Ever."

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Comic book - Animated series - The Simpsons - Hank Azaria - Sarcastic - Master's degree - Folklore - Mythology - Lord of the Rings - Klingon - Catchphrase - Internet - Message boards

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A noted science fiction buff, Albertson has a bumper sticker that reads "MY OTHER CAR IS THE MILLENNIUM FALCON", given to him by a Harrison Ford-lookalike. His license plate — on his American Motors Gremlin — is NCC-1701, the registry number of Star Trek's USS Enterprise. The contents of his display case include, among other oddities, a photo of Sean Connery signed by Roger Moore, and a very rare Mary Worth in which she has advised a friend to commit suicide. He wears prescription pants, and in the 14th Halloween episode revealed he had a "Jabba the butt" tattoo in the appropriate place. He also owns a T-shirt that says "C:DOS C:DOSRUN RUNDOSRUN" which is a computing joke referring to the Dick and Jane series of books, from which mid-20th-century American schoolchildren learned to read and which contained the words "See Spot. See Spot Run. Run, Spot, Run." It also refers to something that could be typed at the command prompt of the DOS (Disk Operating System) and is pronounced as "See DOS. See DOS run. Run DOS run."

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Science fiction - Bumper sticker - MILLENNIUM FALCON - Harrison Ford - American Motors - NCC-1701 - Star Trek's - USS Enterprise - Sean Connery - Roger Moore - Mary Worth - Suicide - Jabba - Tattoo - Computing - Dick and Jane - American - Command prompt - DOS

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Albertson is a fan of the comic strip Hi & Lois. His store contains a section full of illegal videos (which include Mr. Rogers drunk, a top secret American nuclear war strategy, and local news reporter Kent Brockman picking his nose). He once had to give up the Ultimate Belt (which he won as a doorprize at the Star Trek Convention) because he had "no use for a medium sized belt." He was a virgin well into his forties. At one time he was romantically involved with Principal Skinner's mother Agnes; later, he dated Skinner's fiancée, Edna Krabappel. Comic Book Guy was once married, in an online fantasy game. He and his Internet wife were thinking of having children, but that would have severely drained his power crystals. He is said to be a virgin and while proposing his plans to limit breeding to once every seven years (a reference to the Vulcan blood fever of mating, called Pon Farr), commented that this would be "much much more" for him.

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Comic strip - Hi & Lois - Videos - Mr. Rogers - Top secret - Nuclear war - Principal Skinner - Agnes - Edna Krabappel - Pon Farr

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He is also a member of the Springfield branch of MENSA, along with Principal Skinner, Dr. Hibbert, Lisa, Professor Frink and Lindsay Naegle.

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