Richard


 * For others named Richard, see Richard (disambiguation).

"We're never gonna get anything pass Principal Skinner."

- Richard

Richard is a gray haired student at Springfield Elementary School and one of Bart's friends. His best friend is Lewis.

Biography
Richard appears frequently in events involving the Springfield children. After school as shown in the second and third opening sequence, he often participates in the school band and plays catch with Milhouse and Lewis. In earlier seasons, he, along with Lewis, was commonly seen hanging out with Bart and Milhouse and was considered to be one of Bart's best friends and was often involved in his mischief. However, as Bart's time with Milhouse increased and as Nelson went from being an antagonist to a friend of Bart, Richard became far less often seen with Bart and was relegated to a background character who rarely speaks.

He usually wears a leather jacket. His hair usually stays gray, but for unknown reasons it will sometimes randomly be brown, black, blonde, and others.

Richard is not a good student academic wise. He gets C's and D's and fails most of his tests. He is best friend's with Lewis and related to Jimbo.

Richard doesn't appear to be a very good student, for in the opening of the episode Bart Gets a "Z", Mrs. Krabappel gave him an F in his Math exam.

Non-Canon Appearances
He is seen dancing with Allison Taylor at the school prom.

Appearances
Note:Many of his appearances are brief, background roles. Episodes in which he has an actual role are in bold.