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Lisa Marie Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons . She is the middle child and most accomplished of the Simpson family . Voiced by Yeardley Smith , Lisa was born as a character in The Tracey Ullman Show short " Good Night " on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening created and designed her while waiting to meet James L. Brooks . Groening had been invited to pitch a series of shorts based on his comic Life in Hell , but instead decided to create a new set of characters. He named the elder Simpson daughter after his younger sister Lisa Groening Bartlett. After appearing on The Tracey Ullman Show for three years, the Simpson family were moved to their own series on Fox , which debuted on December 17, 1989. Intelligent, kind and passionate about the planet and all living things, Lisa Simpson, at eight years old, is the second child of Homer and Marge , the younger sister of Bart , and the older sister of Maggie . Lisa's high in...

  Donuts   are a circular pastry that usually contain large amounts of fat. They are most notably   Homer Simpson 's most favorite food. He is unable to live without his donuts and doesn't like anyone else eating them. In a   Treehouse of Horror episode, Homer changes the past and comes back to an alternate universe where his family is rich and happy, but when   Marge   does not know what a donut is, Homer goes back to the toaster to travel back through time again. However, when Homer leaves, it starts raining donuts. (Homer often panics when they are out of donuts.) In another Treehouse of Horror episode, Homer sells his soul for one. Marge wins the court case and Homer keeps his soul but his head is turned into a donut by Ned Flanders. In the show they usually have pink frosting with multicolor sprinkles. Donuts also make an appearance in  The Simpsons: Tapped Out  as a type of currency. https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Donuts ------------------...

Homer Jay Simpson  is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the American animated television series  The Simpsons  as the patriarch of the  eponymous family . 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 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Simpson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons ----...

Barnard Arnold "Barney" Gumble  is a recurring character in the American animated TV series, The Simpsons . He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared in the series premiere episode " Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire ". Barney is the town drunk of Springfield and Homer Simpson 's best friend. His desperation for alcohol is a frequent butt of jokes on the show, though Barney sobered up in the Season 11 episode " Days of Wine and D'oh'ses ". Barney was inspired by the cartoon character Barney Rubble from The Flintstones and by several barflies from other television programs. In 2004, Castellaneta won an Emmy Award for voicing various characters, including Barney. Barney can be seen in The Simpsons opening credits since 2009, passed out under a pile of leaves (but still holding his beloved bottle of Duff Beer ) and being awaken by Bart Simpson skateboarding over his stomach, causing him to let out his trademark burp....

Bartholomew JoJo  "Bart" Simpson  is a fictional character in the American animated television series  The Simpsons  and part of the  Simpson family . He is voiced by  Nancy Cartwright  and first appeared on television in  The Tracey Ullman Show   short  " Good Night " on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist  Matt Groening  created and designed Bart while 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. While the rest of the characters were named after Groening's family members, Bart's name is an  anagram  of the word brat. After appearing on The Tracey Ullman Show for three years, the Simpson family received its own series on  Fox , which debuted December 17, 1989. At ten years old, Bart is the eldest child and only son of  Homer  and  Marge ,...

Bartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional character in the American animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family . He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short " Good Night " on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening created and designed Bart while 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. While the rest of the characters were named after Groening's family members, Bart's name is an anagram of the word brat. After appearing on The Tracey Ullman Show for three years, the Simpson family received its own series on Fox , which debuted December 17, 1989. At ten years old, Bart is the eldest child and only son of Homer and Marge , and the brother of Lisa and Maggie . Bart's most prominent and popular cha...