Duff Beer

Duff Beer is a fictional brand of beer in the animated series The Simpsons. It is Homer Simpson's beer of choice. It is a parody of stereotypical American mass-produced beer: poor-quality, cheap, and advertised everywhere. The beer's official spokesperson is Duff Man.

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The name of the beer likely comes from the fact that "duff" is slang for somebody's rear end, with connotations of laziness and the weight-gain associated with the beer-guzzling couch potato lifestyle. Then there is the possible take/riff on "Bud" (Budweiser), being monosyllabic, ubiquitous and having an amusement park (Busch Gardens), also. The name may also be related to the British adjective "duff," meaning "faulty" or "useless".

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The show's creators appear to have designed the Duff Beer label for the making of the April 1989 episode "Some Enchanted Evening." The notes "MAKE UP BEER LABEL DUFF BEER?" can be found on p.16 of the first draft of the episode's script.

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In the episode "Duffless," numerous objects (including the head of Adolf Hitler) are shown floating in bottles of Duff Beer as they roll down a conveyor belt.

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The chief competitor of Duff Beer is Fudd Beer. It is intentionally the "opposite" of Duff, with the consonant sounds being reversed, but with parallel spelling. Homer became aware of Fudd Beer while patronizing a "redneck bar" in nearby Spittle County. It was later revealed to be considered very popular in Springfield's rival town of Shelbyville. Moe said he thought it had been banned "after all those hillbillies went blind".

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