| “ | Suck fist, Dr. Dork! | „ |
| ~ Francine Rhenquist |
Francine Rhenquist is a bully who was a new student at Springfield Elementary School. She makes her first appearance in "Bye Bye Nerdie."
She was voiced by Kathy Griffin.
History[]
Francine arrived at Springfield Elementary as a new student, and was initially believed to be very shy and withdrawn. However, upon Lisa attempting to befriend her, she unveils her true colors as a bully by socking Lisa in the eye.
After several failed attempts by Lisa to befriend Francine, instead she made an enemy. Francine became the subject of Lisa's science experiment on the motivations of bullies, especially after Francine made absolutely no attempt at bullying her during swim class.
The experiment revealed that bullies pick on nerds because of a pheromone they emit, which Lisa dubs "poindextrose".
During Lisa's presentation, Francine was initially pacified by "bully repellent" (salad dressing), but then went on a nerd beating rampage at The Big Science Thing when Lisa discovers she has run out of repellent.
Francine's parents (who helped with the caging for the experiment) assure the Simpsons that "she will punch herself out eventually".
Behind the Laughter[]
Her last name was revealed in "Little Girl in the Big Ten", where it is seen on Mrs. Pommelhorse's gym class list.
Bartspace.com implies that the reason behind her bullying is because she needed training so she could counter her inevitably being bullied by pretty girls when she gets older.
Description[]
Francine is heavyset, has curly red hair, and wears a purple bow in her hair. She mostly wears a white shirt over a blue dress, pink socks, and brown shoes.
For swimming, she wears a magenta 2-piece swimsuit with light green frills as well as flowers. In The Simpsons Movie, her bow is white.
Trivia[]
- Her last name bears resemblance to the Supreme Court Chief Justice at the time William Rehnquist.
- In her debut, she was a ruthless bully who likes to bully and harm people for petty reasons, even the adults. Later appearances had her not bully anyone, nor harm them.
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Appearances[]
Episode – "Bye Bye Nerdie" (Debuted and bullied Lisa throughout the episode)- Episode – "Little Girl in the Big Ten" (Last name revealed)
- Episode – "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!" (Seen outside of the school speaking with Chuck)
- – The Simpsons Movie
- Episode – "Love, Springfieldian Style" (Was in the crowd of fans at the Sex Pistols concert)
- Episode – "The D'oh-cial Network" (Was seen at church texting with everyone including her parents)
- Episode – "How the Test Was Won"
- Episode – "Dark Knight Court" (Was seen with her father, who was cleaning her face up from the eggs)
- Episode – "Steal This Episode" (Seen at church)
- Episode – "Married to the Blob" (Seen outside of The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop)
- Episode – "Walking Big & Tall" (Outside of the building)
- Episode – "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy" (Seen in audience)
- Episode – "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass" (opening sequence)
- Comic book – A Chair of One's Own (Bart Simpson Comic 9)
- Comic book – Batter-Up Bart (Bart Simpson Comic 21)
- Comic book – Bartspace.com (Bart Simpson Comic 45)
- Comic book – The Mystery of The Pesky Desk (Bart Simpson Comic 53)
- Comic book – The Princess Principle (Bart Simpson Comic 55)
- Comic book – Pranks A Lot! (Bart Simpson Comic 58)
- Comic book – To The Book Mobile! (At the table)
- Book – The Lisa Book
