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{{Infobox character
| series = [[The Simpsons]]
| image = Milhouse Van Houten.png
| first = "[[The Simpsons shorts|The Butterfinger Group]]" (1988)
| creator = [[Matt Groening]]
| designer = Matt Groening
| voice = {{Plainlist|
* [[Pamela Hayden]]
* [[Hank Azaria]] ("[[Hardly Kirk-ing]]")
}}
| full_name = Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten
| gender = Male
| occupation = Student at [[Springfield (The Simpsons)#Springfield Elementary School|Springfield Elementary School]]
| family = [[Kirk Van Houten]] (father)<br>[[Luann Van Houten]] (mother)
| relatives = {{Plainlist|
* Jeremy Van Houten (paternal grandfather)
* Sophia "Yiayia Sophia" Mussolini (maternal grandmother)
* Norbert "Zack" Van Houten (paternal uncle)
* Bastardo Paulo (maternal uncle)
* Annika Van Houten (paternal cousin)
* Jillhouse Van Houten (paternal cousin)
* Eustace Van Houten (paternal great-great-grandfather)
* [[The Color Yellow|Milford Van Houten]] and [[The Color Yellow|Eliza Simpson]] (great-great-great-great-great-grandparents)
* [[Simpson family]]
}}
| origin = Italian-Greek-Dutch-Danish American
}}
'''Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Last of the Red Hat Mamas |episode-link=The Last of the Red Hat Mamas |series=The Simpsons |network=Fox |airdate=November 27, 2005 |season=17 |number=7 |series-link=The Simpsons}}</ref>''' is a recurring character in the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] [[animated series#Television|animated television series]] ''[[The Simpsons]]'' voiced by [[Pamela Hayden]] and created by [[Matt Groening]]. Milhouse is [[Bart Simpson]]'s childhood best friend in [[Edna Krabappel|Mrs. Krabappel's]] fourth grade class at [[Springfield (The Simpsons)#Springfield Elementary School|Springfield Elementary School]]. He is insecure, gullible, and is often led into trouble by Bart, who takes advantage of his friend's [[Naivety|naïveté]]. Milhouse is a regular target for school bully [[Nelson Muntz]] and his friends [[Jimbo Jones]], [[Dolph Starbeam]] and [[Kearney Zzyzwicz]]. He has an unrequited crush on Bart's sister, [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]], which is a common plot element.
Milhouse debuted in the 1988 [[television advertisement|commercial]] "The [[Butterfinger]] Group" while ''The Simpsons'' was still airing as a cartoon short series on the Fox [[variety show]] ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]''. When ''The Simpsons'' was greenlit for a full series by Fox, Milhouse became one of the series' most prominent recurring characters. Groening chose the name Milhouse, also the middle name of [[Richard Nixon|President Richard Nixon]], because it was the most "unfortunate name <nowiki>[he]</nowiki> could think of for a kid".<ref name="tvguide">{{cite news|title=Flash! 24 Simpsons Stars Reveal Themselves|date=2000-10-21|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|first=Joe|last=Rhodes}}</ref> Milhouse's appearance is based on that of [[Robert Cohen (writer)|Rob Cohen]].<ref name="gould">[http://traffic.libsyn.com/danagould/dghs03e06.mp3 "The Dana Gould Hour" for 2014-10-14] around 13m30s. Retrieved 2014-11-15</ref>
== Profile ==
Milhouse is of Italian, Greek, Danish and Dutch descent, based on comments and characters introduced throughout the series. He shares the same physical features as both his parents, and his father's primary personality features (which include disappointment, insecurity, and generally depressed demeanor). He has none of his mother's confidence, except when specific storylines demand it. Milhouse is constantly bullied by [[Nelson Muntz]], [[List of recurring The Simpsons characters#Jimbo Jones|Jimbo Jones]], [[List of recurring The Simpsons characters#Dolph Starbeam|Dolph Starbeam]], and [[List of recurring The Simpsons characters#Kearney Zzyzwicz|Kearney Zzyzwicz]], to the point that when Bart questions Milhouse by saying "Milhouse! I thought you had a three o'clock [[wedgie]] with Nelson", in the episode "[[Little Orphan Millie]]", Milhouse simply responds "I had to reschedule". They do often inflict violence upon the geeky Milhouse, who wears thick eyeglasses, without which he cannot see. Milhouse and family are among the few Springfield residents with visible eyebrows, which are rather thick.
Although not disliked and having a moderate number of friends among other kids from school aside from Bart himself, Milhouse has made a career of getting victimized, although his overall true antagonists are the schoolyard bullies of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)#Springfield Elementary School|Springfield Elementary School]] (Nelson, Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney). In "[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]", Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney wrapped Milhouse in [[bumper sticker]]s and placed him in a [[shopping cart]]. After Jimbo claimed that "the [[mummy]]'s ready for his mystical journey!", the bullies pushed the cart with Milhouse down a very steep hill. He is harmed frequently, and on some occasions is injured by dangerous hazards, e.g., being run over by a train, falling down a waterfall, receiving electrical shocks, having his head polished to bone, and having his teeth knocked out by a hockey puck. As a lead character he always survives and recovers, often with no further mention of any injuries. He frequently visited a female psychiatrist until even she could not deal with his constant calling and blocked his number.
On one occasion, Bart got Milhouse placed on the [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives|FBI's Most Wanted List]] even though they are friends, and tried to lure Milhouse into a cactus. Milhouse is not always subservient to Bart; in "[[Bart Sells His Soul]]", Milhouse toyed with Bart's anxiety after Bart sold his soul for $5, and Milhouse demanded $50 to return it. On another occasion, Bart introduced Milhouse to his girlfriend and had to explain why he and Milhouse are friends, but could not come up with a good answer and admitted it was due to geographical convenience. Bart did admit in "[[Little Orphan Millie]]" that he loves Milhouse.<ref>Bart: ''"Oh, I love him so much!"''</ref>
Homer also sometimes makes fun of Milhouse (once referring to Milhouse in the boy's presence as "that little wiener"). In "[[Burns, Baby Burns]]", Larry, [[Mr. Burns]]' son, brings Homer to eat at his house. Mr. Burns was angry and he asks Homer if his son "brings home nitwits and make you talk to them", to which Homer answers "Oh, all the time! Have you ever heard of this kid Milhouse? He's a little wiener who...", before being interrupted by Burns. In an attempt to purposefully enrage his father, Bart once stated that he felt "a little attracted to Milhouse", sending Homer into a rage. Bart and Milhouse appear to be the same height, but in the episode "[[Radioactive Man (The Simpsons episode)|Radioactive Man]]", it is revealed that Milhouse is at least {{convert|1|in|abbr=on}} taller than Bart.
Milhouse is frequently the butt of a variety of jokes, such as being beaten up by Nelson for delivering a love note from Lisa (which Nelson thought was from Milhouse himself), having the door slammed in his face while playing [[pin the tail on the donkey]], having his possible budding homosexuality given away by his school counselor to Homer and Marge by accidentally picking up the wrong folder while discussing Bart, making him a wanted fugitive (see above), inadvertently inheriting Bart's dismal permanent record at school through a side deal arranged between Bart, Edna Krabappel and [[Principal Skinner]], which will disqualify Milhouse from "all but the hottest and noisiest jobs".
He is fluent in Italian ("[[The Last of the Red Hat Mamas]]") due to visiting his maternal grandmother in [[Tuscany]] for two weeks every year. She hates the English language and would beat him whenever he spoke English, thus he was forced to learn Italian. He began bed-wetting from this experience. He helps Lisa learn Italian, but there is no reference to his Italian background or language skills in any other episode. Milhouse's personality drastically changes when speaking Italian, becoming a suave, confident ladies' man popular with Springfield's Italian community in the episode. It is later revealed that both Milhouse's middle name and his maternal family name are "[[Mussolini family|Mussolini]]".
The show's [[The Simpsons opening sequence|opening sequence]], and various scenes of band practice suggests that Milhouse plays a brass or woodwind instrument, possibly clarinet or trumpet, but all the Springfield Elementary band members, besides Lisa, are very poor musicians.
Milhouse is allergic to honey, [[wheat]], [[dairy product|dairy]], mistletoe, holly, the red parts of candy canes, and his own tears.
=== Romance ===
Milhouse harbors an occasionally reciprocated crush on Lisa, but their relationship is never shown as anything other than acquaintance or friendship. As shown in "[[Lisa's Date with Density]]", when she admits she liked Nelson – at the end of that episode, after she has stopped liking Nelson, Milhouse asks Lisa who will be her next crush; Lisa coyly answers that it could be anybody and Milhouse rejoices.
Lisa has always opposed the idea of going out with Milhouse (e.g. "Lisa's Date with Density" and "[[Future-Drama]]"); however, in the episode "[[The Last of the Red Hat Mamas]]", after Milhouse starts tutoring Lisa in Italian and takes her to Springfield's Little Italy, she begins to develop feelings for him, until she catches him with a girl named Angelica, and began cursing in Italian and chasing him with a branch just as his grandmother had done.
Milhouse's first real girlfriend was Samantha Stanky, a new student who had moved to [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]] from [[Phoenix, Arizona]] in the episode "[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]". After her father who responds to Bart's call caught her and Milhouse kissing, he shipped her off to a Catholic girls' school run by French-Canadian nuns. While Milhouse's official first kiss was with Samantha in the aforementioned episode, it was contradicted in the episode "[[The Way We Weren't]]", where Milhouse accidentally kisses [[Homer Simpson|Homer]], during a game of [[spin the bottle]] that Homer interrupted. In the episode "[[Homer Scissorhands]]", Milhouse dated fifth grader Taffy. The relationship ended when Milhouse and Taffy caught Lisa spying on them in the bushes. Taffy told Lisa that Milhouse still loves her, and Lisa kisses Milhouse because "he looks cute in the moonlight". Lisa told Milhouse that he should not give up searching for other girls and that life has unexpected things to offer. In the episode "[[The Bart Wants What It Wants]]", Milhouse has a romantic relationship with Greta Wolfcastle, daughter of film star Rainier Wolfcastle.
Milhouse and Lisa's relationship has been used in episodes set in the show's future, outside of the show's [[canon (fiction)|canon]]{{According to whom|date=February 2024}}. In the episode "[[Lisa's Wedding]]", set 15 years into the future, Milhouse is Homer's boss at the nuclear plant, and after learning of Lisa's impending marriage, Milhouse recalls an earlier date with Lisa in which she said she might never marry, then angrily prepares Homer's annual review. Later in the episode, Lisa wonders if it is acceptable to wear a white wedding dress, suggesting that she had already lost her virginity; Marge tells her, "Milhouse doesn't count". In the episode "[[Holidays of Future Passed]]" (2011), set 30 years into the future, Lisa and Milhouse are married and have a daughter, Zia.
== Creation ==
Milhouse was designed by [[Matt Groening]] for a planned series on [[NBC]], which was abandoned.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Venable |first1=Nick |title=The Crazy Story Behind Milhouse's Creation on The Simpsons |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/1591910/the-crazy-story-behind-milhouses-creation-on-the-simpsons |access-date=November 13, 2020 |publisher=Cinema Blend |date=November 30, 2016}}</ref> The design was then used for a ''[[Butterfinger]]'' commercial, and it was decided to use the character in the series.<ref>Groening, Matt. (2006). "A Bit from the Animators", illustrated commentary for "[[Lisa's Date with Density]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Silverman |first=David |user=tubatron |number=1395202081607151616 |date=19 May 2021 |title=Milhouse was a design Matt Groening had done for his never-realized NBC "Saturday morning show" - one of several characters. And @archermation and I chose him for the 1988 Butterfinger commercial. So - no, not based on any writer. I may have some details about what the show was for - I think Sat morn? - but Matt had a bunch of sketches from it and we needed a "best friend" for Bart in the 1st Butterfinger. I remember Wes & I liking that design best. Circa Oct '88 and I didn't keep a journal so ... }}</ref> Milhouse was named after U.S. president [[Richard Milhous Nixon]]. The name was the most "unfortunate name Matt Groening could think of for a kid".<ref name="tvguide" /> Years earlier, in a 1986 ''[[Life in Hell]]'' comic entitled "What to Name the Baby", Groening listed Milhouse as a name "no longer recommended".<ref name="hugehell">{{cite book|last=Groening|first=Matt|title=The Huge Book of Hell|publisher=Penguin|location=New York|date=1997|pages=54}}</ref> Milhouse is a favorite among the staff as [[Al Jean]] noted "most of the writers are more like Milhouse than Bart".<ref name="tvguide"/> His last name was given to him by [[Howard Gewirtz]], a freelance writer who wrote the episode "[[Homer Defined]]". Gewirtz got the name from one of his wife's friends.<ref name="Gewirtz">{{cite video|people=Gewirtz, Howard|date=2003|title=The Simpsons season 3 DVD commentary for the episode "Homer Defined"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> According to [[Arden Myrin]] and [[Dana Gould]] (former writer and co-executive producer of ''The Simpsons''), [[Robert Cohen (writer)|Rob Cohen]] (''Simpsons'' writer) inspired Milhouse's look.<ref name="gould" />
== See also ==
{{Portal bar|The Simpsons}}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.lardlad.com/milhouse/ The Milhouse File]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161113075233/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0003035/ Milhouse Van Houten] on [[IMDb]]
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{{Redirect|Milhouse||Millhouse (disambiguation)|and|Milhous (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox character
| series = [[The Simpsons]]
| image = Milhouse Van Houten.png
| first = "[[The Simpsons shorts|The Butterfinger Group]]" (1988)
| creator = [[Matt Groening]]
| designer = Matt Groening
| voice = {{Plainlist|
* [[Pamela Hayden]]
* [[Hank Azaria]] ("[[Hardly Kirk-ing]]")
}}
| full_name = Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten
| gender = Male
| occupation = Student at [[Springfield (The Simpsons)#Springfield Elementary School|Springfield Elementary School]]
| family = [[Kirk Van Houten]] (father)<br>[[Luann Van Houten]] (mother)
| relatives = {{Plainlist|
* Jeremy Van Houten (paternal grandfather)
* Sophia "Yiayia Sophia" Mussolini (maternal grandmother)
* Norbert "Zack" Van Houten (paternal uncle)
* Bastardo Paulo (maternal uncle)
* Annika Van Houten (paternal cousin)
* Jillhouse Van Houten (paternal cousin)
* Eustace Van Houten (paternal great-great-grandfather)
* [[The Color Yellow|Milford Van Houten]] and [[The Color Yellow|Eliza Simpson]] (great-great-great-great-great-grandparents)
* [[Simpson family]]
}}
| origin = Italian-Greek-Dutch-Danish American
}}
'''Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Last of the Red Hat Mamas |episode-link=The Last of the Red Hat Mamas |series=The Simpsons |network=Fox |airdate=November 27, 2005 |season=17 |number=7 |series-link=The Simpsons}}</ref>''' is a recurring character in the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] [[animated series#Television|animated television series]] ''[[The Simpsons]]'' voiced by [[Pamela Hayden]] and created by [[Matt Groening]]. Milhouse is [[Bart Simpson]]'s childhood best friend in [[Edna Krabappel|Mrs. Krabappel's]] fourth grade class at [[Springfield (The Simpsons)#Springfield Elementary School|Springfield Elementary School]]. He is insecure, gullible, and is often led into trouble by Bart, who takes advantage of his friend's [[Naivety|naïveté]]. Milhouse is a regular target for school bully [[Nelson Muntz]] and his friends [[Jimbo Jones]], [[Dolph Starbeam]] and [[Kearney Zzyzwicz]]. He has an unrequited crush on Bart's sister, [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]], which is a common plot element.
Milhouse debuted in the 1988 [[television advertisement|commercial]] "The [[Butterfinger]] Group" while ''The Simpsons'' was still airing as a cartoon short series on the Fox [[variety show]] ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]''. When ''The Simpsons'' was greenlit for a full series by Fox, Milhouse became one of the series' most prominent recurring characters. Groening chose the name Milhouse, also the middle name of [[Richard Nixon|President Richard Nixon]], because it was the most "unfortunate name <nowiki>[he]</nowiki> could think of for a kid".<ref name="tvguide">{{cite news|title=Flash! 24 Simpsons Stars Reveal Themselves|date=2000-10-21|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|first=Joe|last=Rhodes}}</ref> Milhouse's appearance is based on that of [[Robert Cohen (writer)|Rob Cohen]].<ref name="gould">[http://traffic.libsyn.com/danagould/dghs03e06.mp3 "The Dana Gould Hour" for 2014-10-14] around 13m30s. Retrieved 2014-11-15</ref>
== Profile ==
Milhouse is of Italian, Greek, Danish and Dutch descent, based on comments and characters introduced throughout the series. He shares the same physical features as both his parents, and his father's primary personality features (which include disappointment, insecurity, and generally depressed demeanor). He has none of his mother's confidence, except when specific storylines demand it. Milhouse is constantly bullied by [[Nelson Muntz]], [[List of recurring The Simpsons characters#Jimbo Jones|Jimbo Jones]], [[List of recurring The Simpsons characters#Dolph Starbeam|Dolph Starbeam]], and [[List of recurring The Simpsons characters#Kearney Zzyzwicz|Kearney Zzyzwicz]], to the point that when Bart questions Milhouse by saying "Milhouse! I thought you had a three o'clock [[wedgie]] with Nelson", in the episode "[[Little Orphan Millie]]", Milhouse simply responds "I had to reschedule". They do often inflict violence upon the geeky Milhouse, who wears thick eyeglasses, without which he cannot see. Milhouse and family are among the few Springfield residents with visible eyebrows, which are rather thick.
Although not disliked and having a moderate number of friends among other kids from school aside from Bart himself, Milhouse has made a career of getting victimized, although his overall true antagonists are the schoolyard bullies of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)#Springfield Elementary School|Springfield Elementary School]] (Nelson, Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney). In "[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]", Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney wrapped Milhouse in [[bumper sticker]]s and placed him in a [[shopping cart]]. After Jimbo claimed that "the [[mummy]]'s ready for his mystical journey!", the bullies pushed the cart with Milhouse down a very steep hill. He is harmed frequently, and on some occasions is injured by dangerous hazards, e.g., being run over by a train, falling down a waterfall, receiving electrical shocks, having his head polished to bone, and having his teeth knocked out by a hockey puck. As a lead character he always survives and recovers, often with no further mention of any injuries. He frequently visited a female psychiatrist until even she could not deal with his constant calling and blocked his number.
On one occasion, Bart got Milhouse placed on the [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives|FBI's Most Wanted List]] even though they are friends, and tried to lure Milhouse into a cactus. Milhouse is not always subservient to Bart; in "[[Bart Sells His Soul]]", Milhouse toyed with Bart's anxiety after Bart sold his soul for $5, and Milhouse demanded $50 to return it. On another occasion, Bart introduced Milhouse to his girlfriend and had to explain why he and Milhouse are friends, but could not come up with a good answer and admitted it was due to geographical convenience. Bart did admit in "[[Little Orphan Millie]]" that he loves Milhouse.<ref>Bart: ''"Oh, I love him so much!"''</ref>
Homer also sometimes makes fun of Milhouse (once referring to Milhouse in the boy's presence as "that little wiener"). In "[[Burns, Baby Burns]]", Larry, [[Mr. Burns]]' son, brings Homer to eat at his house. Mr. Burns was angry and he asks Homer if his son "brings home nitwits and make you talk to them", to which Homer answers "Oh, all the time! Have you ever heard of this kid Milhouse? He's a little wiener who...", before being interrupted by Burns. In an attempt to purposefully enrage his father, Bart once stated that he felt "a little attracted to Milhouse", sending Homer into a rage. Bart and Milhouse appear to be the same height, but in the episode "[[Radioactive Man (The Simpsons episode)|Radioactive Man]]", it is revealed that Milhouse is at least {{convert|1|in|abbr=on}} taller than Bart.
Milhouse is frequently the butt of a variety of jokes, such as being beaten up by Nelson for delivering a love note from Lisa (which Nelson thought was from Milhouse himself), having the door slammed in his face while playing [[pin the tail on the donkey]], having his possible budding homosexuality given away by his school counselor to Homer and Marge by accidentally picking up the wrong folder while discussing Bart, making him a wanted fugitive (see above), inadvertently inheriting Bart's dismal permanent record at school through a side deal arranged between Bart, Edna Krabappel and [[Principal Skinner]], which will disqualify Milhouse from "all but the hottest and noisiest jobs".
He is fluent in Italian ("[[The Last of the Red Hat Mamas]]") due to visiting his maternal albeit racist grandmother in [[Tuscany]] for two weeks every year. She hates the English language and would whip him or belittle him with racial slurs whenever he spoke English, making her a nationality racist. He began bed-wetting from this forced experience of learning Italian. He helps Lisa learn Italian, but there is no reference to his Italian background or language skills in any other episode. Milhouse's personality drastically changes when speaking Italian, becoming a suave, confident ladies' man popular with Springfield's Italian community in the episode. It is later revealed that both Milhouse's middle name and his maternal family name are "[[Mussolini family|Mussolini]]".
The show's [[The Simpsons opening sequence|opening sequence]], and various scenes of band practice suggests that Milhouse plays a brass or woodwind instrument, possibly clarinet or trumpet, but all the Springfield Elementary band members, besides Lisa, are very poor musicians.
Milhouse is allergic to honey, [[wheat]], [[dairy product|dairy]], mistletoe, holly, the red parts of candy canes, and his own tears.
=== Romance ===
Milhouse harbors an occasionally reciprocated crush on Lisa, but their relationship is never shown as anything other than acquaintance or friendship. As shown in "[[Lisa's Date with Density]]", when she admits she liked Nelson – at the end of that episode, after she has stopped liking Nelson, Milhouse asks Lisa who will be her next crush; Lisa coyly answers that it could be anybody and Milhouse rejoices.
Lisa has always opposed the idea of going out with Milhouse (e.g. "Lisa's Date with Density" and "[[Future-Drama]]"); however, in the episode "[[The Last of the Red Hat Mamas]]", after Milhouse starts tutoring Lisa in Italian and takes her to Springfield's Little Italy, she begins to develop feelings for him, until she catches him with a girl named Angelica, and began cursing in Italian and chasing him with a branch just as his grandmother had done.
Milhouse's first real girlfriend was Samantha Stanky, a new student who had moved to [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]] from [[Phoenix, Arizona]] in the episode "[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]". After her father who responds to Bart's call caught her and Milhouse kissing, he shipped her off to a Catholic girls' school run by French-Canadian nuns. While Milhouse's official first kiss was with Samantha in the aforementioned episode, it was contradicted in the episode "[[The Way We Weren't]]", where Milhouse accidentally kisses [[Homer Simpson|Homer]], during a game of [[spin the bottle]] that Homer interrupted. In the episode "[[Homer Scissorhands]]", Milhouse dated fifth grader Taffy. The relationship ended when Milhouse and Taffy caught Lisa spying on them in the bushes. Taffy told Lisa that Milhouse still loves her, and Lisa kisses Milhouse because "he looks cute in the moonlight". Lisa told Milhouse that he should not give up searching for other girls and that life has unexpected things to offer. In the episode "[[The Bart Wants What It Wants]]", Milhouse has a romantic relationship with Greta Wolfcastle, daughter of film star Rainier Wolfcastle.
Milhouse and Lisa's relationship has been used in episodes set in the show's future, outside of the show's [[canon (fiction)|canon]]{{According to whom|date=February 2024}}. In the episode "[[Lisa's Wedding]]", set 15 years into the future, Milhouse is Homer's boss at the nuclear plant, and after learning of Lisa's impending marriage, Milhouse recalls an earlier date with Lisa in which she said she might never marry, then angrily prepares Homer's annual review. Later in the episode, Lisa wonders if it is acceptable to wear a white wedding dress, suggesting that she had already lost her virginity; Marge tells her, "Milhouse doesn't count". In the episode "[[Holidays of Future Passed]]" (2011), set 30 years into the future, Lisa and Milhouse are married and have a daughter, Zia.
== Creation ==
Milhouse was designed by [[Matt Groening]] for a planned series on [[NBC]], which was abandoned.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Venable |first1=Nick |title=The Crazy Story Behind Milhouse's Creation on The Simpsons |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/1591910/the-crazy-story-behind-milhouses-creation-on-the-simpsons |access-date=November 13, 2020 |publisher=Cinema Blend |date=November 30, 2016}}</ref> The design was then used for a ''[[Butterfinger]]'' commercial, and it was decided to use the character in the series.<ref>Groening, Matt. (2006). "A Bit from the Animators", illustrated commentary for "[[Lisa's Date with Density]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Silverman |first=David |user=tubatron |number=1395202081607151616 |date=19 May 2021 |title=Milhouse was a design Matt Groening had done for his never-realized NBC "Saturday morning show" - one of several characters. And @archermation and I chose him for the 1988 Butterfinger commercial. So - no, not based on any writer. I may have some details about what the show was for - I think Sat morn? - but Matt had a bunch of sketches from it and we needed a "best friend" for Bart in the 1st Butterfinger. I remember Wes & I liking that design best. Circa Oct '88 and I didn't keep a journal so ... }}</ref> Milhouse was named after U.S. president [[Richard Milhous Nixon]]. The name was the most "unfortunate name Matt Groening could think of for a kid".<ref name="tvguide" /> Years earlier, in a 1986 ''[[Life in Hell]]'' comic entitled "What to Name the Baby", Groening listed Milhouse as a name "no longer recommended".<ref name="hugehell">{{cite book|last=Groening|first=Matt|title=The Huge Book of Hell|publisher=Penguin|location=New York|date=1997|pages=54}}</ref> Milhouse is a favorite among the staff as [[Al Jean]] noted "most of the writers are more like Milhouse than Bart".<ref name="tvguide"/> His last name was given to him by [[Howard Gewirtz]], a freelance writer who wrote the episode "[[Homer Defined]]". Gewirtz got the name from one of his wife's friends.<ref name="Gewirtz">{{cite video|people=Gewirtz, Howard|date=2003|title=The Simpsons season 3 DVD commentary for the episode "Homer Defined"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> According to [[Arden Myrin]] and [[Dana Gould]] (former writer and co-executive producer of ''The Simpsons''), [[Robert Cohen (writer)|Rob Cohen]] (''Simpsons'' writer) inspired Milhouse's look.<ref name="gould" />
== See also ==
{{Portal bar|The Simpsons}}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.lardlad.com/milhouse/ The Milhouse File]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161113075233/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0003035/ Milhouse Van Houten] on [[IMDb]]
{{The Simpsons}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Van Houten, Milhouse}}
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[[Category:Television characters introduced in 1988]]
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[[Category:Fictional Dutch people]]
[[Category:Fictional Danish people]]
[[Category:Fictional Greek people]]
[[Category:Male characters in animated television series]]
[[Category:The Simpsons characters]]
[[Category:Television sidekicks]]
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Hayden" title="Pamela Hayden">Pamela Hayden</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Azaria</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Hardly_Kirk-ing" title="Hardly Kirk-ing">Hardly Kirk-ing</a>")</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DEDEE2; color:black;">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data">Male</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Student at <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)#Springfield_Elementary_School" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield Elementary School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Family</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Van_Houten" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirk Van Houten">Kirk Van Houten</a> (father)<br /><a href="/wiki/Luann_Van_Houten" class="mw-redirect" title="Luann Van Houten">Luann Van Houten</a> (mother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist">
<ul><li>Jeremy Van Houten (paternal grandfather)</li>
<li>Sophia "Yiayia Sophia" Mussolini (maternal grandmother)</li>
<li>Norbert "Zack" Van Houten (paternal uncle)</li>
<li>Bastardo Paulo (maternal uncle)</li>
<li>Annika Van Houten (paternal cousin)</li>
<li>Jillhouse Van Houten (paternal cousin)</li>
<li>Eustace Van Houten (paternal great-great-grandfather)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Color_Yellow" title="The Color Yellow">Milford Van Houten</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Color_Yellow" title="The Color Yellow">Eliza Simpson</a> (great-great-great-great-great-grandparents)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Simpson_family" title="Simpson family">Simpson family</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data">Italian-Greek-Dutch-Danish American</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></b> is a recurring character in the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> <a href="/wiki/Animated_series#Television" title="Animated series">animated television series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> voiced by <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Hayden" title="Pamela Hayden">Pamela Hayden</a> and created by <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a>. Milhouse is <a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart Simpson</a>'s childhood best friend in <a href="/wiki/Edna_Krabappel" title="Edna Krabappel">Mrs. Krabappel's</a> fourth grade class at <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)#Springfield_Elementary_School" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield Elementary School</a>. He is insecure, gullible, and is often led into trouble by Bart, who takes advantage of his friend's <a href="/wiki/Naivety" title="Naivety">naïveté</a>. Milhouse is a regular target for school bully <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Muntz" title="Nelson Muntz">Nelson Muntz</a> and his friends <a href="/wiki/Jimbo_Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimbo Jones">Jimbo Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dolph_Starbeam" class="mw-redirect" title="Dolph Starbeam">Dolph Starbeam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kearney_Zzyzwicz" class="mw-redirect" title="Kearney Zzyzwicz">Kearney Zzyzwicz</a>. He has an unrequited crush on Bart's sister, <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa</a>, which is a common plot element.
</p><p>Milhouse debuted in the 1988 <a href="/wiki/Television_advertisement" title="Television advertisement">commercial</a> "The <a href="/wiki/Butterfinger" title="Butterfinger">Butterfinger</a> Group" while <i>The Simpsons</i> was still airing as a cartoon short series on the Fox <a href="/wiki/Variety_show" title="Variety show">variety show</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show" title="The Tracey Ullman Show">The Tracey Ullman Show</a></i>. When <i>The Simpsons</i> was greenlit for a full series by Fox, Milhouse became one of the series' most prominent recurring characters. Groening chose the name Milhouse, also the middle name of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">President Richard Nixon</a>, because it was the most "unfortunate name [he] could think of for a kid".<sup id="cite_ref-tvguide_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-2">[2]</a></sup> Milhouse's appearance is based on that of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Cohen_(writer)" title="Robert Cohen (writer)">Rob Cohen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gould_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gould-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<p>Milhouse is of Italian, Greek, Danish and Dutch descent, based on comments and characters introduced throughout the series. He shares the same physical features as both his parents, and his father's primary personality features (which include disappointment, insecurity, and generally depressed demeanor). He has none of his mother's confidence, except when specific storylines demand it. Milhouse is constantly bullied by <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Muntz" title="Nelson Muntz">Nelson Muntz</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_recurring_The_Simpsons_characters#Jimbo_Jones" title="List of recurring The Simpsons characters">Jimbo Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_recurring_The_Simpsons_characters#Dolph_Starbeam" title="List of recurring The Simpsons characters">Dolph Starbeam</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_recurring_The_Simpsons_characters#Kearney_Zzyzwicz" title="List of recurring The Simpsons characters">Kearney Zzyzwicz</a>, to the point that when Bart questions Milhouse by saying "Milhouse! I thought you had a three o'clock <a href="/wiki/Wedgie" title="Wedgie">wedgie</a> with Nelson", in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Little_Orphan_Millie" title="Little Orphan Millie">Little Orphan Millie</a>", Milhouse simply responds "I had to reschedule". They do often inflict violence upon the geeky Milhouse, who wears thick eyeglasses, without which he cannot see. Milhouse and family are among the few Springfield residents with visible eyebrows, which are rather thick.
</p><p>Although not disliked and having a moderate number of friends among other kids from school aside from Bart himself, Milhouse has made a career of getting victimized, although his overall true antagonists are the schoolyard bullies of <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)#Springfield_Elementary_School" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield Elementary School</a> (Nelson, Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney). In "<a href="/wiki/Sideshow_Bob_Roberts" title="Sideshow Bob Roberts">Sideshow Bob Roberts</a>", Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney wrapped Milhouse in <a href="/wiki/Bumper_sticker" title="Bumper sticker">bumper stickers</a> and placed him in a <a href="/wiki/Shopping_cart" title="Shopping cart">shopping cart</a>. After Jimbo claimed that "the <a href="/wiki/Mummy" title="Mummy">mummy</a>'s ready for his mystical journey!", the bullies pushed the cart with Milhouse down a very steep hill. He is harmed frequently, and on some occasions is injured by dangerous hazards, e.g., being run over by a train, falling down a waterfall, receiving electrical shocks, having his head polished to bone, and having his teeth knocked out by a hockey puck. As a lead character he always survives and recovers, often with no further mention of any injuries. He frequently visited a female psychiatrist until even she could not deal with his constant calling and blocked his number.
</p><p>On one occasion, Bart got Milhouse placed on the <a href="/wiki/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives" title="FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives">FBI's Most Wanted List</a> even though they are friends, and tried to lure Milhouse into a cactus. Milhouse is not always subservient to Bart; in "<a href="/wiki/Bart_Sells_His_Soul" title="Bart Sells His Soul">Bart Sells His Soul</a>", Milhouse toyed with Bart's anxiety after Bart sold his soul for $5, and Milhouse demanded $50 to return it. On another occasion, Bart introduced Milhouse to his girlfriend and had to explain why he and Milhouse are friends, but could not come up with a good answer and admitted it was due to geographical convenience. Bart did admit in "<a href="/wiki/Little_Orphan_Millie" title="Little Orphan Millie">Little Orphan Millie</a>" that he loves Milhouse.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>
</p><p>Homer also sometimes makes fun of Milhouse (once referring to Milhouse in the boy's presence as "that little wiener"). In "<a href="/wiki/Burns,_Baby_Burns" title="Burns, Baby Burns">Burns, Baby Burns</a>", Larry, <a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a>' son, brings Homer to eat at his house. Mr. Burns was angry and he asks Homer if his son "brings home nitwits and make you talk to them", to which Homer answers "Oh, all the time! Have you ever heard of this kid Milhouse? He's a little wiener who...", before being interrupted by Burns. In an attempt to purposefully enrage his father, Bart once stated that he felt "a little attracted to Milhouse", sending Homer into a rage. Bart and Milhouse appear to be the same height, but in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Radioactive_Man_(The_Simpsons_episode)" title="Radioactive Man (The Simpsons episode)">Radioactive Man</a>", it is revealed that Milhouse is at least 1 in (25 mm) taller than Bart.
</p><p>Milhouse is frequently the butt of a variety of jokes, such as being beaten up by Nelson for delivering a love note from Lisa (which Nelson thought was from Milhouse himself), having the door slammed in his face while playing <a href="/wiki/Pin_the_tail_on_the_donkey" title="Pin the tail on the donkey">pin the tail on the donkey</a>, having his possible budding homosexuality given away by his school counselor to Homer and Marge by accidentally picking up the wrong folder while discussing Bart, making him a wanted fugitive (see above), inadvertently inheriting Bart's dismal permanent record at school through a side deal arranged between Bart, Edna Krabappel and <a href="/wiki/Principal_Skinner" title="Principal Skinner">Principal Skinner</a>, which will disqualify Milhouse from "all but the hottest and noisiest jobs".
</p><p>He is fluent in Italian ("<a href="/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Red_Hat_Mamas" title="The Last of the Red Hat Mamas">The Last of the Red Hat Mamas</a>") due to visiting his maternal albeit racist grandmother in <a href="/wiki/Tuscany" title="Tuscany">Tuscany</a> for two weeks every year. She hates the English language and would whip him or belittle him with racial slurs whenever he spoke English, making her a nationality racist. He began bed-wetting from this forced experience of learning Italian. He helps Lisa learn Italian, but there is no reference to his Italian background or language skills in any other episode. Milhouse's personality drastically changes when speaking Italian, becoming a suave, confident ladies' man popular with Springfield's Italian community in the episode. It is later revealed that both Milhouse's middle name and his maternal family name are "<a href="/wiki/Mussolini_family" title="Mussolini family">Mussolini</a>".
</p><p>The show's <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_opening_sequence" title="The Simpsons opening sequence">opening sequence</a>, and various scenes of band practice suggests that Milhouse plays a brass or woodwind instrument, possibly clarinet or trumpet, but all the Springfield Elementary band members, besides Lisa, are very poor musicians.
</p><p>Milhouse is allergic to honey, <a href="/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">wheat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dairy_product" title="Dairy product">dairy</a>, mistletoe, holly, the red parts of candy canes, and his own tears.
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<p>Milhouse harbors an occasionally reciprocated crush on Lisa, but their relationship is never shown as anything other than acquaintance or friendship. As shown in "<a href="/wiki/Lisa%27s_Date_with_Density" title="Lisa's Date with Density">Lisa's Date with Density</a>", when she admits she liked Nelson – at the end of that episode, after she has stopped liking Nelson, Milhouse asks Lisa who will be her next crush; Lisa coyly answers that it could be anybody and Milhouse rejoices.
</p><p>Lisa has always opposed the idea of going out with Milhouse (e.g. "Lisa's Date with Density" and "<a href="/wiki/Future-Drama" title="Future-Drama">Future-Drama</a>"); however, in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Red_Hat_Mamas" title="The Last of the Red Hat Mamas">The Last of the Red Hat Mamas</a>", after Milhouse starts tutoring Lisa in Italian and takes her to Springfield's Little Italy, she begins to develop feelings for him, until she catches him with a girl named Angelica, and began cursing in Italian and chasing him with a branch just as his grandmother had done.
</p><p>Milhouse's first real girlfriend was Samantha Stanky, a new student who had moved to <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield</a> from <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a> in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Bart%27s_Friend_Falls_in_Love" title="Bart's Friend Falls in Love">Bart's Friend Falls in Love</a>". After her father who responds to Bart's call caught her and Milhouse kissing, he shipped her off to a Catholic girls' school run by French-Canadian nuns. While Milhouse's official first kiss was with Samantha in the aforementioned episode, it was contradicted in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Way_We_Weren%27t" title="The Way We Weren't">The Way We Weren't</a>", where Milhouse accidentally kisses <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a>, during a game of <a href="/wiki/Spin_the_bottle" title="Spin the bottle">spin the bottle</a> that Homer interrupted. In the episode "<a href="/wiki/Homer_Scissorhands" title="Homer Scissorhands">Homer Scissorhands</a>", Milhouse dated fifth grader Taffy. The relationship ended when Milhouse and Taffy caught Lisa spying on them in the bushes. Taffy told Lisa that Milhouse still loves her, and Lisa kisses Milhouse because "he looks cute in the moonlight". Lisa told Milhouse that he should not give up searching for other girls and that life has unexpected things to offer. In the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Bart_Wants_What_It_Wants" title="The Bart Wants What It Wants">The Bart Wants What It Wants</a>", Milhouse has a romantic relationship with Greta Wolfcastle, daughter of film star Rainier Wolfcastle.
</p><p>Milhouse and Lisa's relationship has been used in episodes set in the show's future, outside of the show's <a href="/wiki/Canon_(fiction)" title="Canon (fiction)">canon</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (February 2024)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup>. In the episode "<a href="/wiki/Lisa%27s_Wedding" title="Lisa's Wedding">Lisa's Wedding</a>", set 15 years into the future, Milhouse is Homer's boss at the nuclear plant, and after learning of Lisa's impending marriage, Milhouse recalls an earlier date with Lisa in which she said she might never marry, then angrily prepares Homer's annual review. Later in the episode, Lisa wonders if it is acceptable to wear a white wedding dress, suggesting that she had already lost her virginity; Marge tells her, "Milhouse doesn't count". In the episode "<a href="/wiki/Holidays_of_Future_Passed" title="Holidays of Future Passed">Holidays of Future Passed</a>" (2011), set 30 years into the future, Lisa and Milhouse are married and have a daughter, Zia.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Creation">Creation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milhouse_Van_Houten&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div>
<p>Milhouse was designed by <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a> for a planned series on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, which was abandoned.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> The design was then used for a <i><a href="/wiki/Butterfinger" title="Butterfinger">Butterfinger</a></i> commercial, and it was decided to use the character in the series.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> Milhouse was named after U.S. president <a href="/wiki/Richard_Milhous_Nixon" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Milhous Nixon">Richard Milhous Nixon</a>. The name was the most "unfortunate name Matt Groening could think of for a kid".<sup id="cite_ref-tvguide_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-2">[2]</a></sup> Years earlier, in a 1986 <i><a href="/wiki/Life_in_Hell" title="Life in Hell">Life in Hell</a></i> comic entitled "What to Name the Baby", Groening listed Milhouse as a name "no longer recommended".<sup id="cite_ref-hugehell_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hugehell-8">[8]</a></sup> Milhouse is a favorite among the staff as <a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a> noted "most of the writers are more like Milhouse than Bart".<sup id="cite_ref-tvguide_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-2">[2]</a></sup> His last name was given to him by <a href="/wiki/Howard_Gewirtz" title="Howard Gewirtz">Howard Gewirtz</a>, a freelance writer who wrote the episode "<a href="/wiki/Homer_Defined" title="Homer Defined">Homer Defined</a>". Gewirtz got the name from one of his wife's friends.<sup id="cite_ref-Gewirtz_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gewirtz-9">[9]</a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Arden_Myrin" title="Arden Myrin">Arden Myrin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dana_Gould" title="Dana Gould">Dana Gould</a> (former writer and co-executive producer of <i>The Simpsons</i>), <a href="/wiki/Robert_Cohen_(writer)" title="Robert Cohen (writer)">Rob Cohen</a> (<i>Simpsons</i> writer) inspired Milhouse's look.<sup id="cite_ref-gould_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gould-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bart: <i>"Oh, I love him so much!"</i></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFVenable2016" class="citation news cs1">Venable, Nick (November 30, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cinemablend.com/television/1591910/the-crazy-story-behind-milhouses-creation-on-the-simpsons">"The Crazy Story Behind Milhouse's Creation on The Simpsons"</a>. Cinema Blend<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 13,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The+Crazy+Story+Behind+Milhouse%27s+Creation+on+The+Simpsons&rft.date=2016-11-30&rft.aulast=Venable&rft.aufirst=Nick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cinemablend.com%2Ftelevision%2F1591910%2Fthe-crazy-story-behind-milhouses-creation-on-the-simpsons&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMilhouse+Van+Houten" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Groening, Matt. (2006). "A Bit from the Animators", illustrated commentary for "<a href="/wiki/Lisa%27s_Date_with_Density" title="Lisa's Date with Density">Lisa's Date with Density</a>", in <i>The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season</i> [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFSilverman2021" class="citation web cs1">Silverman, David [@tubatron] (19 May 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/tubatron/status/1395202081607151616">"Milhouse was a design Matt Groening had done for his never-realized NBC "Saturday morning show" - one of several characters. And @archermation and I chose him for the 1988 Butterfinger commercial. So - no, not based on any writer. I may have some details about what the show was for - I think Sat morn? - but Matt had a bunch of sketches from it and we needed a "best friend" for Bart in the 1st Butterfinger. I remember Wes & I liking that design best. Circa Oct '88 and I didn't keep a journal so ..."</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>) – via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Milhouse+was+a+design+Matt+Groening+had+done+for+his+never-realized+NBC+%22Saturday+morning+show%22+-+one+of+several+characters.+And+%40archermation+and+I+chose+him+for+the+1988+Butterfinger+commercial.+So+-+no%2C+not+based+on+any+writer.+I+may+have+some+details+about+what+the+show+was+for+-+I+think+Sat+morn%3F+-+but+Matt+had+a+bunch+of+sketches+from+it+and+we+needed+a+%22best+friend%22+for+Bart+in+the+1st+Butterfinger.+I+remember+Wes+%26+I+liking+that+design+best.+Circa+Oct+%2788+and+I+didn%27t+keep+a+journal+so+...&rft.date=2021-05-19&rft.aulast=Silverman&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Ftubatron%2Fstatus%2F1395202081607151616&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMilhouse+Van+Houten" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_episodes_(seasons_1%E2%80%9320)" title="List of The Simpsons episodes (seasons 1–20)">Seasons 1–20</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_episodes_(season_21%E2%80%93present)" title="List of The Simpsons episodes (season 21–present)">Season 21–present</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_1" title="The Simpsons season 1">1</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_2" title="The Simpsons season 2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_3" title="The Simpsons season 3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_4" title="The Simpsons season 4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_5" title="The Simpsons season 5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_6" title="The Simpsons season 6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_7" title="The Simpsons season 7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_8" title="The Simpsons season 8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_9" title="The Simpsons season 9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_10" title="The Simpsons season 10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_11" title="The Simpsons season 11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_12" title="The Simpsons season 12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_13" title="The Simpsons season 13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_14" title="The Simpsons season 14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_15" title="The Simpsons season 15">15</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_16" title="The Simpsons season 16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_17" title="The Simpsons season 17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_18" title="The Simpsons season 18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_19" title="The Simpsons season 19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_20" title="The Simpsons season 20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_21" title="The Simpsons season 21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_22" title="The Simpsons season 22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_23" title="The Simpsons season 23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_24" title="The Simpsons season 24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_25" title="The Simpsons season 25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_26" title="The Simpsons season 26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_27" title="The Simpsons season 27">27</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_28" title="The Simpsons season 28">28</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_29" title="The Simpsons season 29">29</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_30" title="The Simpsons season 30">30</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_31" title="The Simpsons season 31">31</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_32" title="The Simpsons season 32">32</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_33" title="The Simpsons season 33">33</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_34" title="The Simpsons season 34">34</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_35" title="The Simpsons season 35">35</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_36" title="The Simpsons season 36">36</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #fada00; color: black;">Shorts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_shorts" title="The Simpsons shorts">1980s shorts</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show" title="The Tracey Ullman Show">The Tracey Ullman Show</a></i>
<ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Good_Night_(The_Simpsons)" title="Good Night (The Simpsons)">Good Night</a>"</li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Longest_Daycare" title="The Longest Daycare">The Longest Daycare</a></i> (2012)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Playdate_with_Destiny" title="Playdate with Destiny">Playdate with Destiny</a></i> (2020)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Balenciaga" title="The Simpsons Balenciaga"><i>The Simpsons</i> | Balenciaga</a> (2021)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Te_Deseo_Lo_Mejor" title="Te Deseo Lo Mejor">Te Deseo Lo Mejor</a></i> (2021)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #fada00; color: black;"><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Disney%2B_shorts" title="The Simpsons Disney+ shorts">Disney+<br />shorts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Force_Awakens_from_Its_Nap" title="The Force Awakens from Its Nap">The Force Awakens from Its Nap</a></i> (2021)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bart,_and_the_Loki" title="The Good, the Bart, and the Loki">The Good, the Bart, and the Loki</a></i> (2021)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Plusaversary" title="Plusaversary">Plusaversary</a></i> (2021)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/When_Billie_Met_Lisa" title="When Billie Met Lisa">When Billie Met Lisa</a></i> (2022)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Club_(2022_film)" title="Welcome to the Club (2022 film)">Welcome to the Club</a></i> (2022)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Meet_the_Bocellis_in_%22Feliz_Navidad%22" title="The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad"">The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad"</a></i> (2022)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Rogue_Not_Quite_One" title="Rogue Not Quite One">Rogue Not Quite One</a></i> (2023)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/May_the_12th_Be_with_You" title="May the 12th Be with You">May the 12th Be with You</a></i> (2024)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_(Universal_Theme_Parks)" title="Springfield (Universal Theme Parks)">Springfield</a>
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_(Universal_Theme_Parks)#Universal_Studios_Florida" title="Springfield (Universal Theme Parks)">Florida</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_(Universal_Theme_Parks)#Universal_Studios_Hollywood" title="Springfield (Universal Theme Parks)">Hollywood</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Ride" title="The Simpsons Ride"><i>The Simpsons</i> Ride</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kang_%26_Kodos%27_Twirl_%27n%27_Hurl" title="Kang & Kodos' Twirl 'n' Hurl">Kang & Kodos' Twirl 'n' Hurl</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #fada00; color: black;">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_video_games" title="List of The Simpsons video games">Video games</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_books" title="List of The Simpsons books">Books</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_comics" title="List of The Simpsons comics">Comics</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_discography" title="The Simpsons discography">Discography</a></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i> (2007)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Illustrated" title="Simpsons Illustrated">Simpsons Illustrated</a></i></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/World_of_Springfield" title="World of Springfield">World of Springfield</a>
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_of_Springfield_figures_and_playsets" title="List of World of Springfield figures and playsets">List of figures and playsets</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #fada00; color: black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_characters" title="List of The Simpsons characters"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: inherit;">Characters</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #fada00; color: black;"><a href="/wiki/Simpson_family" title="Simpson family"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: inherit;">Simpson family</span></a><br />and relatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Simpson" title="Maggie Simpson">Maggie Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Grampa_Simpson" title="Grampa Simpson">Grampa Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Patty_and_Selma" title="Patty and Selma">Patty and Selma Bouvier</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mona_Simpson_(The_Simpsons)" title="Mona Simpson (The Simpsons)">Mona Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_Little_Helper" title="Santa's Little Helper">Santa's Little Helper</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sideshow_Bob" title="Sideshow Bob">Sideshow Bob</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kent_Brockman" title="Kent Brockman">Kent Brockman</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Comic_Book_Guy" title="Comic Book Guy">Comic Book Guy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Duffman" title="Duffman">Duffman</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Fat_Tony_(The_Simpsons)" title="Fat Tony (The Simpsons)">Fat Tony</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Flanders" title="Ned Flanders">Ned Flanders</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Professor_Frink" title="Professor Frink">Professor Frink</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Gumble" title="Barney Gumble">Barney Gumble</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Hibbert" title="Dr. Hibbert">Dr. Hibbert</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hutz" title="Lionel Hutz">Lionel Hutz</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kang_and_Kodos" title="Kang and Kodos">Kang and Kodos</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Edna_Krabappel" title="Edna Krabappel">Edna Krabappel</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Krusty_the_Clown" title="Krusty the Clown">Krusty the Clown</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Reverend_Lovejoy" title="Reverend Lovejoy">Reverend Lovejoy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Troy_McClure" title="Troy McClure">Troy McClure</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Muntz" title="Nelson Muntz">Nelson Muntz</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon" title="Apu Nahasapeemapetilon">Apu Nahasapeemapetilon</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_Quimby" title="Mayor Quimby">Mayor Quimby</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Principal_Skinner" title="Principal Skinner">Principal Skinner</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Waylon_Smithers" title="Waylon Smithers">Waylon Smithers</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Moe_Szyslak" title="Moe Szyslak">Moe Szyslak</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Milhouse Van Houten</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Wiggum" title="Chief Wiggum">Chief Wiggum</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Wiggum" title="Ralph Wiggum">Ralph Wiggum</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Groundskeeper_Willie" title="Groundskeeper Willie">Groundskeeper Willie</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_cast_members" title="List of The Simpsons cast members">Cast members</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_directors_of_The_Simpsons" title="List of directors of The Simpsons">Directors</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_writers" title="List of The Simpsons writers">Writers</a></li>
<li>Guest stars
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_guest_stars_(seasons_1%E2%80%9320)" title="List of The Simpsons guest stars (seasons 1–20)">Seasons 1–20</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_guest_stars_(seasons_21%E2%80%93present)" title="List of The Simpsons guest stars (seasons 21–present)">Seasons 21–present</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Non-English_versions_of_The_Simpsons" title="Non-English versions of The Simpsons">Non-English versions</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_opening_sequence" title="The Simpsons opening sequence">Opening sequence</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Theme" title="The Simpsons Theme">Main title theme</a></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Itchy_%26_Scratchy_Show" title="The Itchy & Scratchy Show">The Itchy & Scratchy Show</a></i></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Products_produced_from_The_Simpsons" title="Products produced from The Simpsons">Products</a>
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duff_Beer" title="Duff Beer">Duff Beer</a></li></ul></li>
<li>"<a href="/wiki/D%27oh!" title="D'oh!">D'oh!</a>"</li>
<li>"<i><a href="/wiki/%C2%A1Ay,_caramba!" title="¡Ay, caramba!">¡Ay, caramba!</a></i>"</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #fada00; color: black;;width:1%">Locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_house" title="The Simpsons house">The Simpsons house</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kwik-E-Mart" title="Kwik-E-Mart">Kwik-E-Mart</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #fada00; color: black;;width:1%">Themes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Media_in_The_Simpsons" title="Media in The Simpsons">Media</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Politics_in_The_Simpsons" title="Politics in The Simpsons">Politics</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_The_Simpsons" title="Religion in The Simpsons">Religion</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #fada00; color: black;;width:1%">Inspired<br />works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_works_on_The_Simpsons" title="Bibliography of works on The Simpsons">Bibliography</a></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns,_a_Post-Electric_Play" title="Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play">Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/MacHomer" title="MacHomer">MacHomer</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Problem_with_Apu" title="The Problem with Apu">The Problem with Apu</a></i></li>
<li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Problem_with_a_Poo" title="The Problem with a Poo">The Problem with a Poo</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Already_Did_It" title="Simpsons Already Did It">Simpsons Already Did It</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="/wiki/Cartoon_Wars_Part_II" title="Cartoon Wars Part II">Cartoon Wars Part II</a>"</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Samsonadzes" title="The Samsonadzes">The Samsonadzes</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_20th_Anniversary_Special_%E2%80%93_In_3-D!_On_Ice!" title="The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!">20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #fada00; color: black;;width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alt.tv.simpsons" title="Alt.tv.simpsons">alt.tv.simpsons</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Animation_Domination" title="Animation Domination">Animation Domination</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_The_Simpsons" title="List of awards and nominations received by The Simpsons">Awards and nominations</a></li>
<li>"<a href="/wiki/Black_or_White" title="Black or White">Black or White</a>"</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Butterfinger#Advertising_campaigns" title="Butterfinger">Butterfinger advertisements</a></li>
<li>"<a href="/wiki/Cheese-eating_surrender_monkeys" title="Cheese-eating surrender monkeys">Cheese-eating surrender monkeys</a>"</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/CyberWorld" title="CyberWorld">CyberWorld</a></i></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Flanderization" title="Flanderization">Flanderization</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Frinkiac" title="Frinkiac">Frinkiac</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Graggle_Simpson" title="Graggle Simpson">Graggle Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Historiography_of_The_Simpsons" title="Historiography of The Simpsons">Historiography</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_home_video_releases" title="List of The Simpsons home video releases">Home video releases</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lego_The_Simpsons" title="Lego The Simpsons">Lego <i>The Simpsons</i></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_representation_in_The_Simpsons" title="LGBT representation in The Simpsons">LGBT representation</a></li>
<li>"<a href="/wiki/Monster_in_the_Mirror" title="Monster in the Mirror">Monster in the Mirror</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="/wiki/Okilly_Dokilly" title="Okilly Dokilly">Okilly Dokilly</a>"</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sneed%27s_Feed_and_Seed" class="mw-redirect" title="Sneed's Feed and Seed">Sneed's Feed and Seed</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_Doughnut" title="Springfield Doughnut">Springfield Doughnut</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Allen" title="James H. Allen">Rusty Nails</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_and_Portland,_Oregon" title="The Simpsons and Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a></li></ul>
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