Ha Ha!

Ha Ha!
Character	Nelson Muntz
Reason for Saying	Laughing at another character's misfortune, generally kids.
First Heard	"Bart the General"

Ha Ha! is Nelson's catchphrase and distinctive laugh. Nelson says the laugh with the emphasis on the first "Ha," so it sounds like "HA-ha!".

Nelson usually uses the laugh when something bad happens to another character. Sometimes, after he uses the laugh, he says why he is laughing at the person. For example, he says, "Ha ha! Your dad's not handy!" to Bart after his ten-speed bike (which Homer had assembled) fell apart while Bart was riding it.

Sometimes, Nelson laughs for so long at a time that his voice gets really tired and croaky, which was shown in The Simpsons Movie, when he laughs at Bart.

Variations

Three

When Nelson laughs at Martin shortly after punching him in the gut when the latter's birthday party was forced to end early due to the guests falling ill from food poisoning from oysters served by Mrs. Prince, Nelson proceeds to do his trademark laugh, only for his second "ha" to be drawn out into more of a pained groan as he himself succumbs to food poisoning.In “Bart the General”, Nelson's first appearance, he laughs with three "Ha"s, particularly when Bart imagines Nelson as a giant who eventually eats him up, and in “The War of the Simpsons” he laughs like this to Grampa Simpson.

Reversed

When Nelson laughs at Homer while he (Homer) is having a chili-pepper-induced hallucination, Homer hears the laugh with the emphasis reversed: "Haw-Haw!".

Four "Ha"s

When Nelson appears as a young Beethoven, his laugh has four "Ha"s and he sings it so that it sounds like the opening notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony: "Ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaa, ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaa!".

Question

Sometimes, Nelson will start the laugh, and then partway through realize that the joke is actually on him, and the laugh comes out sounding like a question: "Ha-Ha?".

The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened/existed.

Battle Cry

Nelson uses his laugh as a battle cry when he helps Bart and Lisa defend their box fort from a horde of American Shipping Services delivery people.

Canadian

The Canadian Nelson says "Hoo Hoo!".

Irish

The Irish Nelson says "Har! Har!".

See-Saw

When Bart jumps on the see-saw and the rubbish bag on the other side lands on him, Nelson says "See-Saw" in the same sort of way as "Ha Ha!.

Facebook

Nelson trips up Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in a roller-skating rink. Zuckerberg falls and hurts himself and updates his status on Facebook to "in severe pain". Nelson replies, posting "Haw Haw!".

Hallway

In "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly", while Milhouse getting suspended from school, Nelson signs "Ha Ha" at Milhouse.

Confused

In "Team Homer", many of the kids were forgetting their trademark characteristics and when he saw Bart unsure on what do with a slingshot, he said "Ha Ho?".

Sick

In "Grade School Confidential", when Martin's birthday is going badly, he starts the laugh, but collapses sick in the process and ends up saying it as "Ha Haggghh!"

Split

In "Bart Carny", Bart and Lisa open their back door dressed in a silly way. Nelson says "Ha" before they close the door. When the door is opened again, Nelson says the second "Ha!"

Tired

In "Little Girl in the Big Ten", Nelson laughs at Bart when he is forced to live in a plastic bubble to avoid spreading his illness to others. As Bart walks, Nelson runs from one streetlight to another and laughs again, this time slow and intercepted with panting since he is out of breath.

Uses by Other Characters of Simpsons

• Mrs. Muntz has been known to use the laugh.
• Nelson's son in the future also uses the laugh, though this occurrence isn't considered canon.
• Cypress Hill member B-Real says "Ha-ha!" when he overhears Marge referring to Bart wetting his pants at the Christmas play.
• Lisa also says it in the episode "The Haw-Hawed Couple" after discovering that Bart and Nelson are best friends.
• Nelson laughs at a tall man driving a Volkswagen Beetle, who turns the tables on him. The man makes Nelson walk down the street with his pants pulled down around his ankles, while everyone in Springfield laughs at him.
• In "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)", Nelson laughed at Santa's Little Helper's misfortune at the Vet's, his parrot also used the laugh.
• In "A Milhouse Divided", Nelson mentions the divorce of Milhouse's parents. Milhouse imitates the laugh asking whether Nelson will use it; instead, however, Nelson gives Milhouse reassurance about his difficult situation.
• In "Grift of the Magi", Funzo says "Ha-ha!" presumably because the toy company heard Nelson saying it.
• In "HOMЯ", after the newly intelligent Homer tricks Nelson into embarrassing himself in the Springfield Elementary School auditorium, the kids in the auditorium all say "Ha-ha!" to him.
• An unidentified newspaper sales kid utters the laugh shortly after conning a guy into buying a newspaper that he claimed had the Be Sharps revival (when in reality it doesn't mention anything about the Be Sharps at all, much less their revival), and then being chased by the guy.
• In "Treehouse of Horror XVI", Rabbit form Apu says "Ha-Ha! You can't kill a Hindu!" Before getting stuck in a bear trap.

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Appearances

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• Episode – "Bart the General"
• Episode – "The War of the Simpsons"
• Episode – "Three Men and a Comic Book"
• Episode – "Saturdays of Thunder"
• Episode – "The Otto Show"
• Episode – "Lisa the Beauty Queen"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror III"
• Episode – "Marge Gets a Job"
• Episode – "Brother from the Same Planet"
• Episode – "Duffless"
• Episode – "Whacking Day"
• Episode – "Marge in Chains"
• Episode – "Cape Feare"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IV"
• Episode – "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood"
• Episode – "Homer the Vigilante"
• Episode – "Bart Gets Famous"
• Episode – "Lady Bouvier's Lover"
• Episode – "Bart of Darkness"
• Episode – "Lisa's Rival"
• Episode – "Homer vs. Patty and Selma"
• Episode – "A Star is Burns"
• Episode – "Lisa's Wedding"
• Episode – "The PTA Disbands"
• Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"
• Episode – "Radioactive Man"
• Episode – "Bart Sells His Soul"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI"
• Episode – "Bart on the Road"
• Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"
• Episode – "You Only Move Twice"
• Episode – "A Milhouse Divided" (imitated by Milhouse)
• Episode – "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)" (variation)
• Episode – "Grade School Confidential"
• Episode – "The Old Man and the Lisa"
• Episode – "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"
• Episode – "The Principal and the Pauper"
• Episode – "Lisa's Sax"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII"
• Episode – "Bart Carny"
• Episode – "Simpson Tide"
• Episode – "King Of The Hill"
• Episode – "Lost Our Lisa" (opening sequence)
• Episode – "Lard of the Dance"
• Episode – "Bart the Mother"
• Episode – "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers""
• Episode – "Homer to the Max"
• Episode – "Simpsons Bible Stories"
• Episode – "Grift of the Magi" Written on paper; said by Funzo
• Episode – "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses"
• Episode – "Last Tap Dance in Springfield"
• Episode – "Skinner's Sense of Snow"
• Episode – "HOMЯ" Said by the children of Springfield Elementary
• Episode – "New Kids on the Blecch"
• Episode – "Simpsons Tall Tales"
• Episode – "The Parent Rap"
• Episode – "Sweets and Sour Marge"
• Episode – "The Lastest Gun in the West"
• Episode – "Gump Roast"
• Episode – "Little Girl in the Big Ten"
• Episode – "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" (heard in background)
• Episode – "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade"
• Episode – "The Strong Arms of the Ma"
• Episode – "Rome-Old and Julie-Eh" (variation)
• Episode – "Margical History Tour" (variation)
• Episode – "The Haw-Hawed Couple"
• Episode – "Girls Just Want to Have Sums"
• Episode – "Sleeping with the Enemy"
• Episode – "You Kent Always Say What You Want"
• Episode – "In the Name of the Grandfather" (variation)
• Episode – "Boy Meets Curl" (variation)
• Episode – "Postcards From the Wedge"
• Episode – "Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life"
• Episode – "How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?"
• Episode – "Moe Letter Blues" (opening sequence)
• Episode – "Loan-a Lisa"
• Episode – "Simprovised"
• Episode – "Dad Behavior"