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===Brunella Pommelhorst===

'''Brunella Pommelhorst''' (voiced by [[Tress MacNeille]]) is the [[Physical education|gym teacher]] at Springfield Elementary School. Pommelhorst first appeared in "[[Stark Raving Dad]]", although Pommelhorst's name is not mentioned until "[[The PTA Disbands]]" (when a little girl left hanging on the [[Rings (gymnastics)|gymnastic rings]] after the teachers walk out due to a strike calls for "Mrs. Pommelhorst" to let her down). Pommelhorst's name is a play on ''[[pommel horse]]'' and she has blond hair and usually wears a whistle. She takes a tough-as-nails approach to teaching. In "[[Little Girl in the Big Ten]]", Pommelhorst decides to fail Lisa because of an oath she took on ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]]'' but allows her to make it up by taking private lessons. In "[[My Fair Laddy]]", Pommelhorst takes a leave of absence to get a [[Sex reassignment surgery|sex-change operation]] and returns as "Mr. Pommelhorst" (implying that Pommelhorst is a [[transgender]] man), the new shop teacher. She is replaced by [[Coach Krupt]]. Despite this, the character has appeared in later episodes as a woman.

===Bumblebee Man===

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===Cesar and Ugolin===

'''Cesar''' (voiced by [[Harry Shearer]] in most appearances, [[Hank Azaria]] in "To Courier with Love") and '''Ugolin''' (voiced by [[Dan CastallanetaCastellaneta]]) are a nephew-and-uncle pair of stereotypical Frenchmen who, in "[[The Crepes of Wrath]]", make Bart a slave at their "Chateau Maison" winery and [[1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal|put antifreeze in their wine]].

In "[[Lisa the Greek]]", they are briefly shown watching TV in their apartment.

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The [[Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympic gold medalist]], he first became world champion after defeating Watson in the heavily promoted "Bout to Knock the Other Guy Out", a fight Homer and his friends watched on his [[Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment|illegal cable hookup]]. He was so feared inside prison, he could stop [[prison riot|riots]] just by telling the rioters to "shut up". Tatum also appears in "[[Bye Bye Nerdie]]", in which Lisa swabs him with nerd sweat, which forces [[Nelson Muntz]] to involuntarily get up and start punching Tatum and give him a [[wedgie]], to little effect. A sobbing Nelson tries to apologize but Tatum rolls up his sleeves and declares "you leave me little recourse".

Tatum is a parody of [[Mike Tyson]], with a high-pitched, lisping voice, a menacing demeanor, a [[criminal record]], financial problems, and a tendency to makespeak pseudo-intellectualin commentsa likesurprisingly formal manner ("I insist that you desist" and, "your behavior is unconscionable”,). andIn in onethe episode, "Highway to Well", he haseveb sports a facial tattoo on his face resembling that of Tyson's. He also has an unscrupulous manager named Lucius Sweet who closely resembles Tyson's promoter and manager [[Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King]]. Indeed, in "[[The Homer They Fall]]", Homer notes that Sweet "is as rich and famous as Don King, and looks just like him". King and Tyson were asked to appear in the episode, but declined. [[Paul Winfield]], who played King in a [[Tyson (1995 film)|1995 Tyson biopic]], took the role instead. Another episode shows him in the role of a shoe company endorser who is extremely candid, when he describesdescribing the shoes as "butt-ugly" and followsbefore upruefully stating "My forthrightness is my undoing".

===Duffman===

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===Jack Marley===

'''Jack Marley''' (voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]] with a voice resembling [[Droopy Dog]]) is a former worker at the [[Springfield nuclear plant|Nuclear Plant]] who was forced to retire with a lavish retirement party. He tries to get out of it by saying his job was all he had, since he never married and his dog died, but Mr. Burns' hired goons threwthrow him out anyway. He is seen in "[[Marge in Chains]]" at the court as the foreman of Marge's trial.

Jack is later seen in "[[Simpson Tide]]" mopping the floor and informs Homer he is off the hook when all the Naval Judges leave, having been indicted in various scandals. He possibly lives in the Retirement Castle and is rarely seen in the series.

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'''Sam''' and '''Lawrence "Larry" Dalrymple''' (voiced by [[Hank Azaria]] and [[Harry Shearer]]), also known as "Barfly #1" and "Barfly #2", are two regular patrons of [[Moe's Tavern]]. Their first appearance is in "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]". Virtually nothing is known about them, except that Sam, whose design is based on co-creator [[Sam Simon]], always wears a cap and glasses and Larry has an orange jacket and a balding head and either looks extremely drunk or very depressed. Sam has spoken only a few times throughout the series; on the season three episode "[[Lisa the Greek]]", Sam asks Homer what he bet on outcome of the Super Bowl, and in "[[Radioactive Man (The Simpsons episode)|Radioactive Man]]" he simultaneously says "That makes sense" to Moe, along with others at the bar, when Moe tells the barflies that the child actor who played Alfalfa that Moe killed was an orphan who was owned by the studio. In "[[Worst Episode Ever]]" Sam is shot in the back by [[Moe Szyslak|Moe]], for trying to pay in [[Sacagawea dollar]]s. Larry also rarely speaks, except simultaneously with Sam, [[Barney Gumble]] and [[Homer Simpson]] in "[[Radioactive Man (The Simpsons episode)|Radioactive Man]]" and in fantasy sequences (in "[[Marge Be Not Proud]]", Larry utters a garbled, "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" after Bart receives a soiled wig during Bart's image of spending Christmas in juvenile hall and in "[[Simpson Tide]]", Larry grumbles, "This stupid machine took my money!" when Apu was thinking of his loved one—in this case, his Kwik-E-Mart cigarette machine that steals money and does not dispense cigarettes).

Larry dies while drinking at the bar in "[[Cremains of the Day (The Simpsons)|Cremains of the Day]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-25 |title=I Simpson hanno ucciso dopo 34 anni il personaggio Larry "The Barfly". I fan lanciano l'hashtag #riplarry |url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/televisione/simpson_larry_dalrymple_morto_homer_chi_e-8079512.html |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.ilmessaggero.it |language=it}}</ref> After his death, it is revealed that he had been smuggling sapphires for Fat Tony. He apparently considered the other regulars at Moe's to be his best friends even though they knew very little about him. It's is also revealed that Larry's home address was 652 8th Avenue, enjoyed fishing and Larry told his mother, Iris Dalrymple, about the regulars being his best friends.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-25 |title=The Simpsons fans shocked as series kills off character after 35 years |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/simpsons-season-35-larry-death-b2534466.html |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

===Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon===

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===Sarah Wiggum===

'''Sarah Wiggum''' (née '''Kanickee''', voiced by [[Pamela Hayden]] in most episodes,<ref name="Gimple87"/> and [[Megan Mullally]] in "[[Uncut Femmes]]", "[[Poorhouse Rock]]", "[[Lisa the Boy Scout]]", "Iron Marge" and ”Bart’s"[[Bart's Brain]]") is the gentle wife of [[Chief Wiggum]] and mother of [[Ralph Wiggum]]. She first appeared in the [[The Simpsons season 4|fourth season]] episode "[[Duffless]]".<ref>Groening, Matt (2004). Commentary for "[[Duffless]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> Like Bernice Hibbert and Martha Quimby, she is a background character who appears most frequently in a nonspeaking role. However, in ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'' she only ever says "Clancy!", whether hit by or in Marge's [[Ochlocracy|mob]].

In the episode, "[[A Star Is Born Again]]", at the Jellyfish Dance, Clancy mentions she was more beautiful at that moment than the day he arrested her, to which she giggles in reply. He then mentions he only planted the [[Methamphetamine|crystal meth]] on her so she would "notice" him so he has an excuse to arrest her and fall in love with her, despite not doing the crystal meth, any drugs, or any crimes in general. Sarah (according to Clancy) is his "home force" and he lovingly calls her "[[Pillsbury Doughboy|Poppin' Fresh]]".

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===Todd Flanders===

'''ToddneyTodd Homer Flanders'''<ref>{{cite episode |title=Manger Things |episode-link=Manger Things |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |network=Fox |airdate=March 21, 2021 |season=32 |number=16 |time=19:38 |transcript=s32e16 - Manger Things - The Simpsons Transcripts - TvT |transcript-url=https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=431&t=43210 |quote=Todd Homer Flanders.}}</ref> (voiced by [[Nancy Cartwright]]) is Ned Flanders' eight-year-old son, who according to the episode "[[Manger Things]]" was born six years ago. His middle name is Homer because Homer helped deliver him when Ned could not get there on time. His voice is based on Sherman's from ''[[Mister Peabody|Peabody and Sherman]]''.<ref name="autogenerated2007"/> Todd is the most impressionable member of the Flanders family. When exposed to [[profanity]], he himself starts to curse ([[Bart the Lover|"Hell, no" and "I said I don't want any damn vegetables"]]). When [[Moe Szyslak]] [[Bart Sells His Soul|loses his temper at Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag]], Todd responds with "Ow, my freaking ears!" prompting the Flanders to leave, after Ned comments that Moe's foul language is more at home at [[Denny's]] (in most international versions, "Denny's" is replaced with "[[McDonald's]]"). Whether due to immaturity or a means to break away from his parents' (his father's especially) relentless sheltering, whenever Todd comes into contact with anything outside his family and their [[Piety|pious]] ways, such as the time he was tricked into eating a [[Pixy Stix]] by [[Bart Simpson]], he turns aggressive. Todd can play the violin quite well, and is a part of the [[Springfield Elementary School]] band (despite that later episodes do not show Rod or Todd Flanders as Springfield Elementary School students, before it was revealed that they attended a Christian school before their new step-mother Edna Krabappel enrolled them in Springfield Elementary<ref>[[Ned 'n Edna's Blend]]</ref>). "[[Dead Putting Society]]" reveals that Todd is good at mini-golf and capable (presumably unlike his brother) to defy his father. However, he is much less willing than Bart.

===Troy McClure===