List of recurring characters from The Simpsons

This article contains a list of recurring characters from The Simpsons with descriptions.

Herman

Herman, voiced by Harry Shearer, is the owner of a military antiques store, Herman's Military Antiques. He dresses in military fatigues. He has only one arm; the other arm was lost by sticking it out of the window of a moving bus, although the writers had originally intended for him to give a different reason each time he appeared. His voice is similar to that of George H.W. Bush.

Related Topics:
Harry Shearer - Military fatigues - George H.W. Bush

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He is friends with Abraham Simpson, to whom he sold a fez hat, claiming it was previously owned by Napoleon, after briefly owning "the hat McKinley was shot in". He later negotiated a peace treaty between Bart Simpson and the bully Nelson Muntz. He also tried to sell counterfeit jeans out of the Simpson's car hole, but was foiled by Marge Simpson.

Related Topics:
Abraham Simpson - Fez hat - Napoleon - McKinley - Bart Simpson - Nelson Muntz - Marge Simpson

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He once captured Chief Wiggum and Snake and held them hostage in a scene reminiscent of Pulp Fiction, but was thwarted by Milhouse Van Houten wielding a heavy mace.

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Herman possesses a small scale tactical nuclear bomb, designed by the government during the 1950s to be dropped from a B-52 onto Beatniks. He keeps it in a plot of land behind his store, and usually only brings potential buyers to see it on special occasions: when Homer and his friends were buying dozens of guns, Herman assumed they were a bachelor party of some kind, but when Homer told him they were forming a vigilante movement, Herman brought him to see the Bomb. The Bomb has a sign next to it which reads "Do Not Ride The Bomb", a rule which Homer broke (spoofing Dr. Strangelove).

Related Topics:
Nuclear bomb - B-52 - Beatnik - Homer - Dr. Strangelove

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