Bernice Hibbert

Bernice Hibbert
Gender/Sex
Status
Hair Color	Black
Occupation	Housewife
Relations	Husband: Julius Hibbert Sons: JJ Hibbert Dr. Hibbert's Second Son Dr. Hibbert's Third Son Daughters: Dr. Hibbert's First Daughter Dr. Hibbert's Second Daughter Brothers-in-law: Bleeding Gums Murphy and Unnamed Nephews by marriage: Monk Murphy and Unnamed Father-in-law: Unnamed Brother: Chester Dupree
First episode appearance	"Bart's Dog Gets an F"
Portrayed by	Tress MacNeille (1991-2021) Dawnn Lewis (2021-present) Pamela Hayden ("Bart After Dark")

"Ooh, Marge."

―Bernice's uncommon catchphrase towards Marge Simpson

Bernice Hibbert (née Dupree) is Dr. Hibbert's wife. She is somewhat a heavy drinker. This has been joked about on at least one occasion (in "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment", she faints, along with other imbibers of renown, upon reading the news that Prohibition has been introduced in Springfield) and she also stated once that she was too drunk to remember marrying her husband. She is usually friends with Marge and is a member of the Springfield Book Club along with Helen Lovejoy, Cookie Kwan, Agnes Skinner, Luann Van Houten, and Lindsey Naegle.

Biography

Mrs. Hibbert remains one of The Simpsons' less notable, saner characters. Bernice has five children with Dr. Hibbert, three sons and two daughters. They have never been named in the series. She also laughs just like her husband. Their marriage may be in trouble, which is referenced in "Dude, Where's My Ranch?". They also dislike displays of public affection, but though out  the whole series they have been one of the longest married couples in the show. In a Treehouse of Horror episode, while besieged by zombies in his office, Dr. Hibbert requests that the Simpsons tell Bernice that he loves her if they see her, but Homer misunderstands and resolves just to give her a high-five.

She is seen in "Lisa the Vegetarian" with Julius at Homer's BBQ. In early episodes she is named Sylvia. In Virtual Springfield, she is seen twice, once called Mary Hibbert and once, in a yearbook, called Clarice Rashad in a takeoff on the Clair Huxtable character from the Cosby Show, and Phylicia Rashād, the actress who played her.

Appearance

Bernice often wears a bead necklace and a violet jacket with extremely large shoulder-pads, which may be a reference to Clair Huxtable's clothes in the '80s.

Trivia

• While exploring the town in The Simpsons Game, Bernice can sometime be seen having a conversation with Carl Carlson, discussing a past relationship they had before she was married to Dr. Hibbert. This may not be canon. If recruited to Marge's mob, she will say "Delighted to join this wonderful mob! Ah-heh-heh-heh!".
• According to the episode 500 Keys, Homer and Marge briefly went to the Hibberts for a key party (under the innocent belief that it was a party that just involved keys), but shortly thereafter left after discovering what a key party actually was. Although it is obvious that her husband, Dr. Hibbert, was involved in the party, it is unknown whether Bernice was.
• In "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses", it is revealed that she is a member of AA, however she is seen drinking alcohol at several times, meaning she might have a reoccurring problem. She was also briefly seen in a drunk driving class in "Duffless"; and fainted upon learning of the Prohibition in "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment".
• She seems to dislike an au-pair, who lives in with the Hibberts in the guest room. In "No Loan Again, Naturally", Dr. Hibbert wants to buy their au-pair a house, because Bernice wants her out.
• Her brother's last name is Dupree so that proves that her maiden name is Dupree.

Appearances

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• Episode – "Bart's Dog Gets an F"
• Episode – "The War of the Simpsons"
• Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail"
• Episode – "Duffless"
• Episode – "Whacking Day"
• Episode – "Marge in Chains"
• Episode – "Rosebud"
• Episode – "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"
• Episode – "And Maggie Makes Three"
• Episode – "Bart's Comet"
• Episode – "The Springfield Connection"
• Episode – "Bart Sells His Soul"
• Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian"
• Episode – "Burns, Baby Burns"
• Episode – "Bart After Dark"
• Episode – "A Milhouse Divided"
• Episode – "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"
• Episode – "In Marge We Trust"
• Episode – "I'm with Cupid"
• Episode – "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily"
• Episode – "The Great Money Caper"
• Episode – "Dude, Where's My Ranch?"
• – The Simpsons Movie
• Episode – "Husbands and Knives"
• Episode – "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind"
• Episode – "Papa Don't Leech"
• Episode – "How the Test Was Won"
• Episode – "The Great Wife Hope"
• Episode – "Moe Letter Blues" (Only photo)
• Episode – "Loan-a Lisa"
• Episode – "The Blue and the Gray"
• Episode – "Homer Scissorhands"
• Episode – "Ned 'N Edna's Blend"
• Episode – "Gone Abie Gone"
• Episode – "Changing of the Guardian"
• Episode – "Pulpit Friction"
• Episode – "The Saga of Carl"
• Episode – "Days of Future Future"
• Episode – "Pay Pal"
• Episode – "Opposites A-Frack"
• Episode – "Covercraft"
• Episode – "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" (Picture)
• Episode – "Bart's New Friend"
• Episode – "Walking Big & Tall"
• Episode – "Sky Police"
• Episode – "Let's Go Fly a Coot"
• Episode – "Gal of Constant Sorrow"
• Episode – "Lisa the Veterinarian"
• Episode – "The Burns Cage"
• Episode – "Simprovised"
• Episode – "Orange is the New Yellow"
• Episode – "Springfield Splendor"
• Episode – "Haw-Haw Land" (non-speaking)
• Episode – "Frink Gets Testy" (non-speaking)
• Episode – "Flanders' Ladder" (picture)
• Episode – "The Girl on The Bus"
• Episode – "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh"
• Episode – "Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion"
• Episode – "Gorillas on the Mast"
• Episode – "Marge the Lumberjill"
• Episode – "Livin' La Pura Vida"
• Episode – "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?"
• Episode – "Hail to the Teeth"
• Episode – "Frinkcoin"
• Episode – "Better Off Ned (episode)"
• Episode – "Highway to Well"
• Episode – "Warrin' Priests (Part One)"
• Episode – "The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds" (seen on cruise)
• Episode – "The Way of the Dog"
• Episode – "Now Museum, Now You Don't (episode)"
• Episode – "The Road to Cincinnati" (seen in crowd at Shakespeare play)
• Episode – "A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas"
• Episode – "The Dad-Feelings Limited" (seen at birthday party)
• Episode – "Uncut Femmes"
• Episode – "The Wayz We Were"
• Episode – "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire"
• Episode – "Poorhouse Rock"
• Episode – "One Angry Lisa"
• Episode – "The King of Nice"
• Episode – "Carl Carlson Rides Again"
• Episode – "Hostile Kirk Place"
• Episode – "Write Off This Episode"
• Episode – "Homer's Crossing"
• Episode – "A Mid-Childhood Night's Dream"
• Episode – "McMansion & Wife"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIV" (Lout Break)
• Episode – "Iron Marge"
• Episode – "It's a Blunderful Life"
• Episode – "Murder, She Boat"
• Episode – "The Tell-Tale Pants"
• Episode – "Bart's Brain"
• Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out
• Commercials – Hard Times

The Simpsons: Season Two
"Bart Gets an "F"":	"Simpson and Delilah":	"Treehouse of Horror":	"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish":	"Dancin' Homer":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Dead Putting Society":	"Bart vs. Thanksgiving":	"Bart the Daredevil":	"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge":	"Bart Gets Hit by a Car":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish":	"The Way We Was":	"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment":	"Principal Charming":	"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Bart's Dog Gets an F":	"Old Money":	"Brush with Greatness":	"Lisa's Substitute":	"The War of the Simpsons":
Cameo	Absent	Absent	Absent	Cameo
"Three Men and a Comic Book":	"Blood Feud":
Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Four
"Kamp Krusty":	"A Streetcar Named Marge":	"Homer the Heretic":	"Lisa the Beauty Queen":	"Treehouse of Horror III":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie":	"Marge Gets a Job":	"New Kid on the Block":	"Mr. Plow":	"Lisa's First Word":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Homer's Triple Bypass":	"Marge vs. the Monorail":	"Selma's Choice":	"Brother from the Same Planet":	"I Love Lisa":
Absent	Cameo	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Duffless":	"Last Exit to Springfield":	"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show":	"The Front":	"Whacking Day":
Cameo	Absent	Absent	Absent	Cameo
"Marge in Chains":	"Krusty Gets Kancelled":
Absent	Cameo

The Simpsons: Season Five
"Homer's Barbershop Quartet":	"Cape Feare":	"Homer Goes to College":	"Rosebud":	"Treehouse of Horror IV":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Cameo	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":
Cameo	Cameo

The Simpsons: Season Six
"Bart of Darkness":	"Lisa's Rival":	"Another Simpsons Clip Show":	"Itchy & Scratchy Land":	"Sideshow Bob Roberts":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Treehouse of Horror V":	"Bart's Girlfriend":	"Lisa on Ice":	"Homer Badman":	"Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy":
Absent	Cameo	Absent	Absent	Cameo
"Fear of Flying":	"Homer the Great":	"And Maggie Makes Three":	"Bart's Comet":	"Homie the Clown":
Absent	Absent	Cameo	Cameo	Absent
"Bart vs. Australia":	"Homer vs. Patty and Selma":	"A Star is Burns":	"Lisa's Wedding":	"Two Dozen and One Greyhounds":
Absent	Absent	Cameo	Cameo	Absent
"The PTA Disbands":	"'Round Springfield":	"The Springfield Connection":	"Lemon of Troy":	"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)":
Absent	Absent	Cameo	Absent	Cameo

The Simpsons: Season Seven
"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)":	"Radioactive Man":	"Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily":	"Bart Sells His Soul":	"Lisa the Vegetarian":
Cameo	Cameo	Absent	Cameo	Cameo
"Treehouse of Horror VI":	"King-Size Homer":	"Mother Simpson":	"Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming":	"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Cameo	Absent
"Marge Be Not Proud":	"Team Homer":	"Two Bad Neighbors":	"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield":	"Bart the Fink":
Absent	Absent	Cameo	Absent	Absent
"Lisa The Iconoclast":	"Homer The Smithers":	"The Day The Violence Died":	"A Fish Called Selma":	"Bart on the Road":
Cameo	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"22 Short Films About Springfield":	"Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"":	"Much Apu About Nothing":	"Homerpalooza":	"Summer of 4 Ft. 2":
Absent	Absent	Cameo	Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Nine
"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson":	"The Principal and the Pauper":	"Lisa's Sax":	"Treehouse of Horror VIII":	"The Cartridge Family":
Absent	Cameo	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Bart Star":	"The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons":	"Lisa the Skeptic":	"Realty Bites":	"Miracle on Evergreen Terrace":
Absent	Cameo	Cameo	Cameo	Cameo
"All Singing, All Dancing":	"Bart Carny":	"The Joy of Sect":	"Das Bus":	"The Last Temptation of Krust":
Absent	Cameo	Absent	Absent	Cameo
"Dumbbell Indemnity":	"Lisa the Simpson":	"This Little Wiggy":	"Simpson Tide":	"The Trouble with Trillions":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Cameo
"Girly Edition":	"Trash of the Titans":	"King of the Hill":	"Lost Our Lisa":	"Natural Born Kissers":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Gallery

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