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Disco Stu wishes he'd gone as Marilyn McCoo.
―Stu in Treehouse of Horror XVI
Disco Shrew can still boogaloo.
―Stu in Treehouse of Horror XIII
Big Band Stu says it's 23 skidoo.
―Stu in Treehouse of Horror XVII

Stuart Discothèque, usually known as Disco Stu, is the owner of Stu's Disco. He is a disco aficionado and is usually featured wearing a rhinestone-encrusted leisure suit from the 70's and sports an Afro. He's the son of Doo-Wop Steve and Public Domain Debbie.

Biography[]

He often refers to himself in the third person (putting a big emphasis on "Stu" and then pausing before saying anything else). He is also one of the many characters to have been married to Marge's older sister, Selma Bouvier, at one point (he was her fourth husband). In fact, Marge has gone so far as to claim that Stu is the only one of her sister's ex-husbands she liked (in "The Real Housewives of Fat Tony"). While it's unknown how long Stu and Selma were married, he ended up getting an annulment for their marriage from Pope John Paul II (also revealing that Stu is Catholic).

Before becoming a fan of disco, Stu was known as "Nautical Stu" due to his career as a sea captain before giving it up for his disco. Stu visited the neighborhood yard sale and turned down the chance to buy Homer's "Disco Stu" jacket. He has also been seen with goldfish in his platform shoes (which died) [1]. And at one point he started to hit on Marge Simpson at the Ski Lodge (before being put off by her children).[2]

Although originally created as a throwaway gag character, Stu ended up being brought back again and again. Disco Stu has also been seen dancing with Homer after Homer discovers his love of walking, getting smashed by a jukebox thanks to a beefed-up Marge, and most recently, a regular on Homer's talk show.

During a 'taxicab confession' in the episode "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation," it's revealed that Stu's fully aware that disco is dead and admits that he doesn't even like the genre/culture anymore -- but after letting it define him for so long, Stu's worried that he's become a "one note guy."

In Kozy Kabin's wood, there's a tree that has "Homer + Marge 4ever". There is "Disco Stu + Disco" too.

In the episode "Springfield Up", it is revealed that in his younger years, he had a budding career as a sea captain, going by the name of "Nautical Stu", and only finds the joy of disco music when Marge puts some on while taking his picture for his captain's license. He said he is Super Christian. Also, he likes Edna very much.[3]

Stu runs his own nightclub and tried to start a franchise chain.

Stu seems to have given up his obsession with disco thanks to Prof. John Frink's help in "How I Wet Your Mother". He calls himself "Normal Stu", wears modest slacks and a dress shirt, and says, "Normal Stu likes normal things." However, he is shown as Disco Stu again in "The Man Who Grew Too Much".

Non-Canon[]

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Disco Stu has also appeared as "Discus Stu" in a parody of the Odyssey. He was "Disco Shrew" in the "Treehouse of Horror XIII" "Dr. Moreau" parody, where Stu was turned into a shrew, but wasn't worried about his condition. "Big Band Stu" appears in the parody of "The War of the Worlds" radio hoax that takes place in 1938, in "Treehouse of Horror XVII".

In "Days of Future Future", Stu gets shock therapy at MovingOn where he becomes "Nothing Stu".

He is addicted to sugar, consuming it in the manner one might cocaine in "Sweets and Sour Marge".

In "A Serious Flanders: Part One", he is killed after Kostas Becker uses him as a human shield at Krusty Burger.

Voice[]

He was originally going to be voiced by Phil Hartman in the episode "Two Bad Neighbors", but when the animators needed to do a model change, Phil wasn't available to re dub the voice, so Hank Azaria took it over.

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Joystick Video gameThe Simpsons: Hit & Run

Joystick Video gameThe Simpsons: Tapped Out

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