Benjamin

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Benjamin
Gender/Sex	‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Male ♂ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
Status	‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Alive ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
Hair Color	Red
Occupation	College Student
First episode appearance	"Homer Goes to College"
Portrayed by	Dan Castellaneta

Benjamin is one of three nerds that Homer met at Springfield University. He is thin with red hair and a big nose.

Homer got Benjamin and his roommates Doug and Gary to play a prank on Springfield A&M, a rival school. They kidnapped A&M's mascot, a pig named Sir Oinks-A-Lot, and brought him back to Springfield University. Homer then got the pig drunk by splitting a case of malt liquor with him, and the pig passed out. Dean Peterson heard the noise from the pig falling over and caught the nerds red-handed with the drunken pig. Due to the influence of Sir Oinks-A-Lot's powerful friends, Peterson was forced to expel the three nerds. Homer, however, got off scot-free because the dean didn't actually catch him with the pig.

Out of guilt, Homer invited the nerds to stay in the Simpson home, where they quickly got on the whole family's nerves. Homer ended up confessing everything to the dean and the nerds were re-admitted to school, much to the Simpsons' relief. Benjamin and his roommates later helped Homer to "Cram like you've never crammed before!" for his Nuclear Physics 101 final. When Homer failed the exam, they changed his grade (albeit reluctantly due to ethical concerns) to an A by hacking into the college's database. Marge then made Homer retake the class, so he could set a good example for the kids by passing the class honestly. While Homer re-took the class, Homer shoved the trio of nerds (along with several other students) into a phone booth, and they later played football while in a Tank.

The three nerds

Appearances

• Episode – "Homer Goes to College"
• Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"
• Episode – "Mayored to the Mob"
• Episode – "Faith Off"

  

• Episode – "Day of the Jackanapes" (background)
• Episode – "She of Little Faith"
• Episode – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore"
• – The Simpsons Movie
• Episode – "MoneyBART"
• Episode – "Replaceable You"
• Episode – "The Musk Who Fell to Earth" (Town Square)
• Episode – "Mathlete's Feat"
• Episode – "The Girl Code" (At the AppCrush convention)
• Episode – "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" Helping Homer, Bart and Lisa find Phoebe
• Episode – "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage" (background)
• Episode – "Baby You Can't Drive My Car"
• Episode – "Frinkcoin"
• Episode – "Murder, She Boat"
• Episode – "Bart's Brain"
• Special – "Te Deseo Lo Mejor" (cameo)
• Comic book – The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth
• Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out

The Simpsons: Season Five
"Homer's Barbershop Quartet":	"Cape Feare":	"Homer Goes to College":	"Rosebud":	"Treehouse of Horror IV":
Absent	Absent	Major	Absent	Absent
"Marge on the Lam":	"Bart's Inner Child":	"Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood":	"The Last Temptation of Homer":	"$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Homer the Vigilante":	"Bart Gets Famous":	"Homer and Apu":	"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy":	"Deep Space Homer":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Homer Loves Flanders":	"Bart Gets an Elephant":	"Burns' Heir":	"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song":	"The Boy Who Knew Too Much":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Lady Bouvier's Lover":	"Secrets of a Successful Marriage":
Absent	Absent