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'''Ha Ha!''' is [[Nelson Muntz|Nelson]]'s catchphrase and distinctive laugh. Nelson says the laugh with the emphasis on the first "Ha," so it sounds like "HA-ha!".
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'''Ha Ha!''' is [[Nelson Muntz|Nelson]]'s catchphrase and iconic 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 Simpson|Bart]] after his ten-speed bike (which [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] had assembled) fell apart while Bart was riding it.<ref>[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot]]</ref>
  
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 Simpson|Bart]] after his ten-speed bike (which [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] had assembled) fell apart while Bart was riding it.<ref>[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot]]</ref>
   
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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.<ref name="[[The Simpsons Movie]]">''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''</ref>
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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, who was naked at the time.<ref name="[[The Simpsons Movie]]">''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''</ref>
   
 
== Variations ==
  
== Variations ==
 
=== Three ===
  
=== Three ===
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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.<ref>[[Grade School Confidential]]</ref>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 [[Abraham Simpson|Grampa Simpson]].
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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.<ref>[[Grade School Confidential]]</ref>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 [[Abe Simpson]]
   
 
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=== Reversed ===
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=== Question ===
  
=== Question ===
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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?".<ref>[[Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood]]</ref>{{Noncanon}}
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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?".<ref>[[Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood]]</ref> In TOHXIV, He said "Ha-huh?".{{Noncanon}}
 
===Battle Cry===
  
===Battle Cry===
 
Nelson uses his laugh as a battle cry when he helps Bart and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] defend their box fort from a horde of American Shipping Services delivery people.<ref>[[Rome-Old and Julie-Eh]]</ref>
  
Nelson uses his laugh as a battle cry when he helps Bart and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] defend their box fort from a horde of American Shipping Services delivery people.<ref>[[Rome-Old and Julie-Eh]]</ref>
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===Facebook===
  
===Facebook===
 
Nelson trips up [[Facebook]] founder [[Mark Zuckerberg (character)|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!".<ref>"[[Loan-a Lisa]]"</ref>
  
Nelson trips up [[Facebook]] founder [[Mark Zuckerberg (character)|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!".<ref>"[[Loan-a Lisa]]"</ref>
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=== Newspaper ===
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After Homer's arrest is announced by [[The Springfield Shopper|''The Springfield Shopper'']] in "[[The Ziff Who Came to Dinner]]", a smaller headline says "Local Bully to Homer: Haw Haw" alongside a picture of Nelson.
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===Hallway===
  
===Hallway===
 
In "[[The Good, the Sad and the Drugly]]", while [[Milhouse Van Houten|Milhouse]] getting suspended from school, Nelson signs "Ha Ha" at Milhouse.
  
In "[[The Good, the Sad and the Drugly]]", while [[Milhouse Van Houten|Milhouse]] getting suspended from school, Nelson signs "Ha Ha" at Milhouse.
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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?".
  
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?".
   
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=== Sick ===
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=== Sick (Version 1) ===
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In "[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]", Nelson has gotten sick at the [[Kwik-E-Mart]]. He lets out his "Ha" numerous times in a panting, repetitive fashion which Apu construes as an "out-of-body experience."
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=== Sick (Version 2) ===
 
In "[[Grade School Confidential]]", when [[Martin Prince|Martin]]'s birthday is going badly, he starts the laugh, but collapses sick in the process and ends up saying it as "Ha Haggghh!"
  
In "[[Grade School Confidential]]", when [[Martin Prince|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 ===
  
=== 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!"
  
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!"
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=== Tired ===
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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.
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=== Out-of-Tune ===
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In "[['Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky]]", Nelson attempts his laugh, but it comes out slightly off-sounding. He then breathes into a tuning breather, and laughs the usual way.
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=== Mouth Full ===
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In "[[The Fat and the Furriest]]", Nelson's arms are tied up after he tries to shoplift at [[Sprawl-Mart]]. However, he manages to shoplift by sucking up products with his mouth. After doing this, he attempts his laugh while his mouth is still full.
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=== The Human Donkey ===
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In "[[Treehouse of Horror XXIV]]", Nelson is a donkey satyr who wears tattered clothes and his laugh sounds like a donkey braying which is "Hee-Haw!"
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=== Turkey ===
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In "[[Thanksgiving of Horror]]", Nelson is a turkey who says "Gobble, Gobble!"
   
 
== Uses by Other Characters of Simpsons ==
  
== Uses by Other Characters of Simpsons ==
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*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 "[[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 "[[Grift of the Magi]]", [[Funzo]] says "Ha-ha!" presumably because the toy company heard Nelson saying it.
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*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.<ref>"[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]"</ref>
  
*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.<ref>"[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]"</ref>
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*In "[[The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star]]", [[Edna Krabappel]] voices the laugh after assigning Nelson with a role in a performance that he doesn't want.
 
*In "[[Treehouse of Horror XVI |Treehouse of Horror XVI]]", Rabbit form [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon|Apu]] says "Ha-Ha! You can't kill a Hindu!" Before getting stuck in a bear trap.
  
*In "[[Treehouse of Horror XVI |Treehouse of Horror XVI]]", Rabbit form [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon|Apu]] says "Ha-Ha! You can't kill a Hindu!" Before getting stuck in a bear trap.
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*In "[[Thanksgiving of Horror]]", Millhouse says it after the jelly monster eats Nelson's bones.
 
[[File:Ha Ha!|thumb|300px|right]]
  
[[File:Ha Ha!|thumb|300px|right]]
   
 
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Revision as of 20:24, 22 April 2020

Ha Ha! is Nelson's catchphrase and iconic 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.[1]

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, who was naked at the time.[2]

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.[3]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 Abe 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!".[4]

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!".[5]

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?".[6] In TOHXIV, He said "Ha-huh?".

Ssi 5 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.[7]

Canadian

The Canadian Nelson says "Hoo Hoo!".[8]

Irish

The Irish Nelson says "Har! Har!".[9]

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!.[10]

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!".[11]

Newspaper

After Homer's arrest is announced by The Springfield Shopper in "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner", a smaller headline says "Local Bully to Homer: Haw Haw" alongside a picture of Nelson.

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 (Version 1)

In "Lady Bouvier's Lover", Nelson has gotten sick at the Kwik-E-Mart. He lets out his "Ha" numerous times in a panting, repetitive fashion which Apu construes as an "out-of-body experience."

Sick (Version 2)

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.

Out-of-Tune

In "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky", Nelson attempts his laugh, but it comes out slightly off-sounding. He then breathes into a tuning breather, and laughs the usual way.

Mouth Full

In "The Fat and the Furriest", Nelson's arms are tied up after he tries to shoplift at Sprawl-Mart. However, he manages to shoplift by sucking up products with his mouth. After doing this, he attempts his laugh while his mouth is still full.

The Human Donkey

In "Treehouse of Horror XXIV", Nelson is a donkey satyr who wears tattered clothes and his laugh sounds like a donkey braying which is "Hee-Haw!"

Turkey

In "Thanksgiving of Horror", Nelson is a turkey who says "Gobble, Gobble!"

Uses by Other Characters of Simpsons

  • Mrs. Muntz has been known to use the laugh.[2]
  • Nelson's son in the future also uses the laugh, though this occurrence isn't considered canon.[12]
  • Cypress Hill member B-Real says "Ha-ha!" when he overhears Marge referring to Bart wetting his pants at the Christmas play. [13]
  • 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.[14]
  • 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.[15]
  • In "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star", Edna Krabappel voices the laugh after assigning Nelson with a role in a performance that he doesn't want.
  • In "Treehouse of Horror XVI", Rabbit form Apu says "Ha-Ha! You can't kill a Hindu!" Before getting stuck in a bear trap.
  • In "Thanksgiving of Horror", Millhouse says it after the jelly monster eats Nelson's bones.
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Citations

  1. ↑ I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Simpsons Movie Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "The Simpsons Movie" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ Grade School Confidential
  4. ↑ El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)
  5. ↑ Margical History Tour
  6. ↑ Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood
  7. ↑ Rome-Old and Julie-Eh
  8. ↑ Boy Meets Curl
  9. ↑ In the Name of the Grandfather
  10. ↑ The Debarted
  11. ↑ "Loan-a Lisa"
  12. ↑ Lisa's Wedding
  13. ↑ Homerpalooza
  14. ↑ 22 Short Films About Springfield
  15. ↑ "Homer's Barbershop Quartet"
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