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===Artie Ziff===

'''Artie Ziff'''{{Sfn|Groening|2010|p=79}} (voiced by [[Jon Lovitz]] in most appearances, [[Dan Castellaneta]] in a brief appearance in "[[The Front (The Simpsons)|The Front]]"<ref>{{cite video|people=Jean, Al|title=The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season DVD Video}}</ref>) is a narcissistic [[List of Internet entrepreneurs|Internet entrepreneur]] who is obsessively infatuated with Marge Simpson, his former high school classmate. Animator [[David Silverman (animator)|David Silverman]] based Ziff's appearance and body language on a former high school classmate.<ref name="autogenerated2007">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1565538/20070725/story.jhtml |title='Simpsons' Trivia, From Swearing Lisa To 'Burns-Sexual' Smithers |access-date=July 29, 2007 |date=July 26, 2007 |author=Larry Carroll |publisher=MTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220140402/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1565538/20070725/story.jhtml |archive-date=December 20, 2007 }}</ref>

Ziff first appears in the episode "[[The Way We Was]]" (1991), in which he takes a young Marge Bouvier to senior prom. When Artie tries to grope her in his car, Marge rejects him and drives off, encountering Homer on her way home. In adulthood, Artie tries repeatedly to coerce Marge into choosing him over Homer, with [[Patty and Selma|Patty]]'s encouragement as she saw him more as the ideal husband for her sister. It is also implied that former principal Harlan Dondelinger favored Artie over Homer, believing that he would be a multimillionaire and do tasks that Homer and even Barney would never do.