In the TV show 'The Simpsons', what is the name of the police chief?
"unwelcoming business. Homer gets help from Moe Szyslak, who suggests that they allow people to do illegal things in their pub. They find out that smoking is now banned from Irish pubs and Moe urges the Simpsons to turn it into a smokeasy. They do a roaring trade, but are closed down by the Irish authorities. As a punishment, Homer and Grampa are deported back to America and have to pay a small fine. Chief Wiggum arrives to bring them back to the U.S., but accidentally hits himself with his nightstick and then maces and Tasers himself. ""In the Name"
"Chief Wiggum Chief Clarence ""Clancy"" Wiggum is a fictional character from the animated television series ""The Simpsons"", voiced by Hank Azaria. He is the chief of police in the show's setting of Springfield. He is the father of Ralph Wiggum and the husband of Sarah Wiggum. The character's comedic value relies heavily on his profound incompetence and irresponsibility as a police officer, and his laziness and gluttony. Chief Wiggum's more responsible fellow officers Eddie and Lou play the straight men to his shenanigans. Chief Wiggum is of Irish descent. Per the episode ""Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in"
"TV Squad said "" Homer Simpson and Clancy Wiggum becoming BFFs should have been comedy gold; instead, this episode of 'The Simpsons' was a colossal bore. It seems like everything hilarious you can do with the Springfield police - high-speed car chases, putting squirrels down your pants for the purpose of gambling - has already been done. They never even go out for donuts!"" Chief of Hearts ""Chief of Hearts"" is the eighteenth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> twenty-first season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 18, 2010. In this episode, Homer and Chief"
"new friends, and is forced into a protest to prevent a forest from being knocked down. In the end, he changes his name back to Homer Simpson. The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Pete Michels. Since airing, it has received mixed reviews from television critics. Overall, the episode received a Nielsen rating of 8.5. The Simpson family watches the pilot of ""Police Cops"", a show which follows a suave and dashing detective named Homer Simpson and his partner Lance Kaufman. Homer is delighted with the positive attention he receives for sharing the lead character's name, despite"
"the police are taking part in a trivial activity. He has demonstrated a lack of respect for firearms safety, having sold parts of his service pistol after losing his job (""Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment""), used it to crack walnuts (""I Love Lisa"") and eaten donuts off its barrel, nearly killing himself as a result when it goes off (""The Simpsons Movie""). It is also frequently implied that Chief Wiggum is corrupt. He has been seen asking both Homer and Troy McLure for bribes and on his badge, it states ""Cash Bribes only"", something which causes Bart to be arrested"
"door. This prompts Homer and Marge to see Chief Wiggum, who suggests that they seek help from someone who can understand a murderer's twisted mind – Sideshow Bob, who is released from prison, much to Bart's discomfort. To ensure Bart's safety, Wiggum places a shock bracelet on Sideshow Bob's ankle to keep his murderous urges at bay when he comes to live at the Simpson house. Bob asks Homer to list all the people who may want him dead, and follows him around to investigate who the mystery assailant could be. During their day, they end up at a repair"
"An episode of the animated series ""The Simpsons"" refers to this philosophical question. In episode 1F09, ""Homer the Vigilante"", when Homer is talking about having abused his vigilante powers, his elder daughter Lisa asks, ""If you're the police, who will police the police?"" Homer responds, ""I don't know. Coast Guard?"" It appears frequently in Terry Pratchett's ""Discworld"" novels, usually heard from Sir Samuel Vimes, Commander of the City Watch. He answers it in ""Thud!"", though very briefly, with the line ""I do."" When asked who watches over him, he follows it up with ""I do, too"". It also appears in"
"Ralph Wiggum Ralph Wiggum is a recurring character on the animated series ""The Simpsons"", voiced by Nancy Cartwright. The son of Police Chief Wiggum and a classmate of Lisa Simpson, Ralph is best known as the show's resident oddball, and is noted for his non-sequiturs and erratic behavior. His lines range from nonsensical, or bizarre interpretations of a current event, to surprisingly profound statements that go over people's heads; and his behavior varies between blissfully unaware, to dim-witted, to awkwardly spontaneous, even occasionally straightforward. The very nature of the character has undergone seemingly differing interpretations over the years and within"
"misconception about the writing process), writers will most likely take credit for writing for Ralph. Ralph Wiggum Ralph Wiggum is a recurring character on the animated series ""The Simpsons"", voiced by Nancy Cartwright. The son of Police Chief Wiggum and a classmate of Lisa Simpson, Ralph is best known as the show's resident oddball, and is noted for his non-sequiturs and erratic behavior. His lines range from nonsensical, or bizarre interpretations of a current event, to surprisingly profound statements that go over people's heads; and his behavior varies between blissfully unaware, to dim-witted, to awkwardly spontaneous, even occasionally straightforward. The"
"Simpsons"", have a collection of characters that represent all of the main groups of authority figures, and each portray such figures as humorously flawed. Indeed, each show has a resident police officer — Officer Barbrady and Chief Wiggum, respectively — portrayed as an incompetent and bumbling idiot. The shows also mockingly portray their resident religious leader — Priest Maxi in ""South Park"" and Reverend Timothy Lovejoy in ""The Simpsons"". The shows also include, with slightly different characteristics, the flawed exercise of authority by parents, teachers, school principals, mayors, and occasionally of soldiers and politicians. Examples can also be found in"
"which Marge puts curlers in her hair offscreen) and decides that he likes the idea of combining his love of helping ""and"" hurting people. Homer forms his own security company called ""SpringShield"". Although it only has Homer, Lenny, and Carl, it is more efficient and more successful than the Springfield Police Department. When Quimby sees Chief Wiggum trying to shoot a Piñata with a shotgun while blindfolded, he dismisses Wiggum and (in a fit of rage) makes Homer the chief of police. After stopping one of Fat Tony's operations, Homer practically rids Springfield of crime. However, Fat Tony escapes and"
"This overloads the plant and causes a town-wide blackout. Eventually, widespread rioting and looting occur. The police try to intervene, but are powerless to stop the massive crime wave. The next day, Springfield has been devastated by the crime wave. Mayor Quimby decides to take action by forming a Blue Ribbon Committee. At the Simpsons' house, someone steals Lisa's Malibu Stacy collection. Homer decides to take action by looking for it. He finds the culprit, Jimbo Jones, and later foils a robbery by Snake Jailbird at the Kwik-E-Mart. He goes through a very long list of his previous jobs (during"
"named the character after his father, Homer Groening. After appearing for three seasons on ""The Tracey Ullman Show"", the Simpson family got their own series on Fox that debuted December 17, 1989. As the patriarch of the eponymous family, Homer and his wife Marge have three children: Bart, Lisa and Maggie. As the family's provider, he works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant as safety inspector. Homer embodies many American working class stereotypes: he is crude, obese, incompetent, lazy, clumsy, dim-witted, hot-tempered, childish and addicted to alcohol, junk food and watching television. However, he often does his best to be"
"Police Henry Jacobs, a detective named Joseph, and David Tapp's reclusive neighbor Sarah. Michael also sees Jennings Foster, a forensics specialist who was a survivor of the first ""Saw"" game. Michael is then kidnapped by Pighead and forced to play Jigsaw's game in order to investigate his father's death. After being abandoned by another victim, Solomon Bates, Michael is given another chance. The first victim Michael must save is a college student named Griff whom his father arrested for raping his professor. Michael continues through the hotel, traversing traps, and rescuing a pedophile named Zeke. Immediately afterwards, Michael finds Chief"
"vegetables by the unforgiving townspeople. Later that day, Grampa stops by the Simpsons' house and tells everybody that he knows who the cat burglar is: a resident in the local retirement home named Molloy. Homer captures Molloy at the retirement home, and the surprisingly amiable cat burglar returns the objects he stole. Chief Wiggum arrests him and he is imprisoned. While in his cell at the police station, Molloy casually mentions that he assumes Homer and the cops probably want to know where he hid all of his loot. This piques their interest, and Molloy tells them the stash is"
"shows combined. Peter creates a controversial comic panel for the Quahog newspaper called ""For Pete's Sake"", which angers local women for its sexist humor. Peter drives the Griffin family out of Quahog to escape the townspeople's ire. When they stop at a gas station, their car is stolen, leaving them stranded outside Springfield. At the Kwik-E-Mart, Homer Simpson introduces himself to the Griffins and takes them to the Springfield Police Department, where they are turned away by Chief Wiggum. The Simpson family puts up the Griffin family in their home until things improve. Bart shows Stewie his slingshot, and teaches"
"and walks away. Bibliography Principal Skinner Principal W. Seymour Skinner (born Armin Tamzarian) is a recurring character in the animated sitcom ""The Simpsons"", voiced by Harry Shearer. He is the principal of Springfield Elementary School, which he struggles to control, and is constantly engaged in a battle against its inadequate resources, apathetic and bitter teachers, and often rowdy and unenthusiastic students, Bart Simpson being a standout example. A strict disciplinarian, Skinner has an uptight, militaristic attitude that stems from his years in the United States Army as a Green Beret, which included service in the Vietnam War, where he was"
"is cleared via polygraph test). After a surreal dream about Lisa, Chief Wiggum finds an eyelash on Mr. Burns' suit which matches Simpson DNA. At the same time, Mr. Burns wakes up from his coma, exclaiming ""Homer Simpson!"" The police raid the Simpson home and find a gun under the seat of their car, covered with Homer's fingerprints and loaded with bullets that match the one fired into Mr. Burns. Homer is arrested for attempted murder, but escapes from the paddywagon when it overturns. At the hospital, it is revealed ""Homer Simpson"" is the only thing Mr. Burns can say,"
"stops for directions at the Simpsons' house and is greeted by Grampa Simpson, who welcomes him in. However, Grampa is watching a TV program about undercover burglars who act just as the Commissioner did (asking for a telephone and a bathroom and, sometimes, taking pictures of the children of the house - he was looking at one with Bart and Lisa when attacked), and sneaks up behind Armstrong and knocks him unconscious with a golf club. The rest of the family arrives home, disappointed that the commissioner did not show and is shocked to find him tied up in their"
"running joke in the show to be as vague and ambiguous as possible whenever hinting at which U.S. state the town of Springfield might be located in. Homer, the father, works as a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, a position at odds with his careless, buffoonish personality. He is married to Marge Simpson, a stereotypical American housewife and mother. They have three children: Bart, a ten-year-old troublemaker; Lisa, an eight-year-old child prodigy; and Maggie, a baby who rarely speaks, but communicates by sucking on a pacifier. The family owns a dog, Santa's Little Helper, and a cat,"
"Principal Skinner Principal W. Seymour Skinner (born Armin Tamzarian) is a recurring character in the animated sitcom ""The Simpsons"", voiced by Harry Shearer. He is the principal of Springfield Elementary School, which he struggles to control, and is constantly engaged in a battle against its inadequate resources, apathetic and bitter teachers, and often rowdy and unenthusiastic students, Bart Simpson being a standout example. A strict disciplinarian, Skinner has an uptight, militaristic attitude that stems from his years in the United States Army as a Green Beret, which included service in the Vietnam War, where he was captured and held as"
"Mr. Burns Charles Montgomery Burns (a.k.a. C. Montgomery Burns and Monty Burns but usually referred to simply as Mr. Burns) is a recurring character of the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". He is voiced by Harry Shearer. He is the evil, greedy and wealthy owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and is also Homer Simpson's boss. He is assisted at almost all times by Waylon Smithers, his loyal and sycophantic aide, adviser, confidant and secret admirer. Although originally conceived as a one-dimensional, recurring villain who might occasionally enter the Simpsons' lives and wreak some sort of havoc, Mr. Burns'"
"(The tipster is later revealed to be Chief Wiggum, who had been a security guard at Burns' lab until the antibiotic mist cured him of the asthma that had prevented him from joining the police academy). Learning she must go into hiding once more, Mona and Homer say goodbye, and she departs with another group of hippies. After she leaves, Homer remains well into the night, sitting on his car and watching the stars. The idea for ""Mother Simpson"" was pitched by Richard Appel, who decided to do something about Homer's mother, who previously had only been mentioned once. Many"
"Homer Simpson Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the American animated sitcom ""The Simpsons"". He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" short ""Good Night"" on April 19, 1987. Homer was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. Groening had been called to pitch a series of shorts based on his comic strip ""Life in Hell"" but instead decided to create a new set of characters. He"
"Homer to the Max ""Homer to the Max"" is the thirteenth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> tenth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 7, 1999. In the episode, Homer discovers that a new television show, ""Police Cops"", has a hero also named Homer Simpson. He is delighted with the positive attention he receives because of his name, but when the television character is rewritten from a hero to a bumbling idiot, he is mocked and taunted, so he changes his name to ""Max Power"" to rid himself of the negative attention. Max gains"
"time did not have much personality. Cartwright became more interested in the role of Bart who she found more fascinating because he was described as ""devious, underachieving, school-hating, irreverent, [and] clever."" Matt Groening let her try out for the part instead, and upon hearing her read, gave her the job on the spot. The Simpsons are a family who live in at 742 Evergreen Terrace in the town of Springfield in the United States. The state in which in this town is located is never specified, however they do have snow and sometimes wear sweaters in the fall. It's a"
"his enormous feet. After that, they elected him as mayor of their tiny village. As a result, Bob no longer has any intention of killing Bart, and he reveals that he has a family. He introduces them to his wife, Francesca and his son, Gino. They know nothing about his past life in America. Bob begs the Simpsons not to tell anyone, and they agree in order to have the car fixed. Bob hosts a farewell party in the village for the Simpson family. However, that goes awry when Lisa gets intoxicated on Wine and starts to spout off about"
"about patriotism, and the Simpsons are taken into custody, in violation of the ""Government Knows Best Act."" The Simpsons are taken to the ""Ronald Reagan Re-education Center"", which houses Michael Moore, the Dixie Chicks, Elmo, Al Franken, and Bill Clinton, as well as a man who moans ""My only crime was driving a van full of explosives in from Canada!"". Marge feels bad that she took it too far after Homer warned her not to. With some help from the last-registered Democrat, the Simpsons escape the prison (in a parody of the escape scene from The Blues Brothers), but realize"
"Lionel Hutz Lionel Hutz is a fictional character in the American animated TV sitcom ""The Simpsons"". He was voiced by Phil Hartman, and his first appearance was in the season two episode ""Bart Gets Hit by a Car"". Hutz is a stereotypical ambulance chasing lawyer in Springfield with questionable competence and ethics. He is nevertheless often hired by the Simpsons. Following Hartman's murder in 1998, Hutz was retired; and his final speaking role was in the season nine episode ""Realty Bites"" five months earlier. Lionel Hutz is an ambulance chasing personal injury lawyer and, according to Lisa Simpson, a ""shyster"""
"town of Springfield. Homer, the father, works as a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, a position at odds with his careless, buffoonish personality. He is married to Marge Bouvier, a stereotypical American housewife and mother. They have three children: Bart, a ten-year-old troublemaker and prankster; Lisa, a precocious eight-year-old activist; and Maggie, the baby of the family who rarely speaks, but communicates by sucking on a pacifier. Although the family is dysfunctional, many episodes examine their relationships and bonds with each other and they are often shown to care about one another. Homer's dad Grampa Simpson lives"
"Police Chief to do so, and has spoken out in support of marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, including Katie and her partner, police officer Pat Moen. Katie and ""Pam"", Pamela Moen, have two daughters, McKenzie ""Kenzie"" Potter-Moen and Madison ""Madi"" Lynn Potter-Moen. Potter began as a police officer in 1967 as a beat officer in southeast Portland in the Brooklyn and Sellwood neighborhoods. Although the neighborhoods are considered desirable residential locations today, at the time they were largely crime-ridden and threatened by gangs. According to Potter, early in his career a citizen in Sellwood asked him what he,"
"Several months later Sam and Ivy would become a couple again. In the book ""Hidden Passions"", Sam's parents were named Benjamin Bennett (on the show he was also Sam) and Margaret Joyce. He had at least two more brothers. Sam Bennett (Passions) Sam Bennett is a fictional character from the NBC/DirecTV soap opera, ""Passions"", portrayed by James Hyde. Sam is the eldest son of the Harmony chief of police, and later becomes chief of police himself. He has a younger brother named Hank Bennett, who is not much older than Sam's eldest son. Growing up, Sam had a best friend"
"Groundskeeper Willie Dr. William MacDougal, better known as Groundskeeper Willie, is a recurring character on ""The Simpsons"", voiced by Dan Castellaneta. He is the head groundskeeper at Springfield Elementary School. Willie is almost feral in nature and is immensely proud of his Scottish origin. He is easily identifiable by his red hair and beard, as well as his aggressive temperament and thick, though inaccurate Scottish accent. Groundskeeper Willie (who was once originally called ""Groundskeeper Louie"") is the groundskeeper at Springfield Elementary School and lives in a shack on the school grounds. He is a Scotsman with an aggressive temper. Willie"