Troy McClure

Troy McClure is a fictional character in the television cartoon series The Simpsons, voiced by Phil Hartman. After Hartman's murder in 1998, the character was retired (along with Hartman's other character, Lionel Hutz). His character last appeared in season ten's third episode, "Bart the Mother."

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Fictional character - Television - Cartoon - The Simpsons - Phil Hartman - Lionel Hutz - Bart the Mother

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Troy is the stereotypical Hollywood has-been; ubiquitous presenter of educational videos, voiceovers, and infomercials. At one stage Troy McClure had a modestly successful acting career. When introducing the latest product he is paid to add his clean-cut good looks and smooth voice to, he always reminds us of his previous career with his standard introduction "Hi, I'm actor Troy McClure. You might remember me from such {films, educational videos, voiceovers} as," and then going on to list the kind of (often amusingly-titled) B-grade stuff that pays the bills but is hardly Oscar-winning material. He has narrated propaganda for everyone from the beef industry, to health farms, to the Springfield Nuclear Powerplant.

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Hollywood - Infomercial - B-grade stuff - Oscar - Springfield Nuclear Powerplant

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Troy's career reportedly went downhill due to his unusual paraphilia, which apparently involved fish. To cover this up, a marriage was arranged between himself and Marge's sister Selma, which revived his career to star in Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!, a musical version of the film Planet of the Apes (the episode was made well before the 2001 remake of the movie). Although Selma accepted the sham marriage, she drew the line when Troy's producers suggested that they have a child. Troy is now presumably spending time with his aquatic friends again. His name is an amalgam of B-movie actors Troy Donahue and Doug McClure.

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Paraphilia - Fish - Marge - Selma - Planet of the Apes - 2001 - Aquatic friends - B-movie - Troy Donahue - Doug McClure

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In all ways, Troy is the exact opposite of Rainier Wolfcastle, another movie star from The Simpsons world. While Troy's films pay the bills, Rainer's films are blockbusters and are the ones that could win Oscars.

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