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Revision as of 13:02, 9 November 2014
- “Yarrrr!”
- ―McCallister's Catchphrase
Captain McCallister (Horatio and/or Pete), more known simply as The Sea Captain, is a resident of Springfield. He's always seen holding a corncob pipe and squinting: because he has at least one glass eye - though once he was seen tapping both of his eyes and says he has 'two glass eyes.' In addition to eye(s), he also has an artificial leg. He was created by the writer Conan O'Brien.
Captaining
Though he admitted that he isn't a real captain, Captain MacAllister has (incompetently) piloted several vessels. On one occasion, he wrecks a cargo ship full of hot pants; on another, in a reference to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, he causes an oil spill by crashing his tanker while drunk. He launches a river raft for Homer, only to have it sink immediately to the bottom. The captain's idea for Mr. Burns' casino involved three ships and fifty "stout men" who would "sail 'round the Horn and return with the finest spices and silk". On several occasions, he acknowledges his incompetence with a depressed, "Yarr, I don't know what I'm doin'."
Personal Life
At one time, he tried selling his houseboat to Marge and Homer while they were looking for a new home, and in an obvious nod to Robert Shaw's character in Jaws starts grappling with a shark when it attacks through the floor. He was apparently a Christian, as he had his ship blessed by Reverand Lovejoy until he learned at least three months later that Lovejoy's blessing the ship didn't count as a blessing since during the three months, his minister license was expired. In The Way We Weren't he mentioned that he was the sailing instructor at Camp See-A-Tree and on movie nights he runs the projector. He sails a young Homer across the lake to see a young Marge who is staying at Camp Land-A-Man. In the past he was slimmer and wore a jacket and jeans with a belt instead of a captain’s coat and boots.
Restaurant
As an entrepreneur, MacAllister is equally incompetent. His restaurant, The Frying Dutchman, is a failing business venture that does not generate enough income to support its owner. He also once used Homer's bad review for his restaurant despite his hatred of it because it covers up the "D" from the health inspection agency nicely.[1] The captain once appeared as a penniless bum. When seeing Homer and Marge walking Homer's pet lobster at the beach, he approaches them and claims that he runs a "small academy for lobsters." However, when Marge refuses to send the lobster away to "some snobby boarding school," MacAllister asks her for spare change instead [2].
Relationships
He has never been shown with a girlfriend and, while it's generally believed that he's not gay, he has hinted to the fact that he has engaged in "situational homosexuality" with his fellow sailors. However, MacAllister once took a picture of Patty and Selma in the nude, a picture which he claims to need for "those lonely nights at sea"[3]. He has at least one son, whom he describes as "the catch of the day." It is shown that he had a baby, on the episode "With Maggie there are three", but is not clear if the baby came from him or someone else.[4]
Conception
- The Sea Captain was created by former NBC "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien, while he was a writer for The Simpsons. Voiced by Hank Azaria, the character first appeared in 1992 in the episode "New Kid on the Block" episode as the owner of The Frying Dutchman all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant. In that episode, MacAllister is sued by Homer for not letting him eat all he could eat. Homer Simpson's visit to the restaurant caused the captain to observe about him, "'Tis no man, 'tis a remorseless eatin' machine!"
Trivia
- The Sea Captain's squinty eye and pipe are based on Popeye.
- The Sea Captain's real name may be derived in part from Captain Horatio Hornblower, the title character of a series of sea-adventure novels by C. S. Forester.
- In the Simspons Comics #134 - In the Swim, it's revealed that Agnes Skinner was the Sea Captain's third wife[5].
- He has a real estate license, and is an expert on house boats.
- In The Simpsons: Tapped Out, his name is misspelled as McAllister.
Appearances
Episode – "New Kid on the Block" - Episode – "Mr. Plow"
- Episode – "Lisa's First Word"
- Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail"
- Episode – "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show "
- Episode – "Homer's Barbershop Quartet"
- Episode – "Bart's Inner Child"
- Episode – "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood"
- Episode – "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"
- Episode – "Homer the Vigilante"
- Episode – "Bart's Girlfriend "
- Episode – "And Maggie Makes Three"
- Episode – "Bart's Comet"
- Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"
- Episode – "Team Homer"
- Episode – "Bart the Fink"
- Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"
- Episode – "You Only Move Twice"
- Episode – "Bart After Dark"
- Episode – "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII"
- Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
- Episode – "Realty Bites"
- Episode – "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"
- Episode – "Lisa Gets an "A""
- Episode – "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble""
- Episode – "I'm with Cupid"
- Episode – "The Old Man and the "C" Student"
- Episode – "Brother's Little Helper"
- Episode – "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
- Episode – "Eight Misbehavin'"
- Episode – "Faith Off"
- Episode – "The Mansion Family"
- Episode – "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily"
- Episode – "A Tale of Two Springfields"
- Episode – "Skinner's Sense of Snow"
- Episode – "HOMЯ"
- Episode – "I'm Goin' to Praiseland"
- Episode – "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love"
- Episode – "Sweets and Sour Marge"
- Episode – "Half-Decent Proposal"
- Episode – "The Bart Wants What It Wants"
- Episode – "Tales from the Public Domain"
- Episode – "The Bart of War"
- Episode – "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays"
- Episode – "The Way We Weren't"
- Episode – "Fat Man and Little Boy"
- Episode – "The Wettest Stories Ever Told"
- Episode – "Regarding Margie"
- Episode – "Jazzy and the Pussycats"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVII"
- Episode – "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)"
- Episode – "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)"
- Episode – "The Haw-Hawed Couple"
- Episode – "Little Big Girl"
- Episode – "Yokel Chords"
- Episode – "The Boys of Bummer"
- Episode – "Midnight Towboy"
- Episode – "Papa Don't Leech"
- Episode – "Wedding for Disaster"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XX"
- Episode – "Donnie Fatso"
- Episode – "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts"
- Episode – "Gorgeous Grampa"
- Episode – "Dark Knight Court"
- Episode – "Pulpit Friction"
- Episode – "The Fabulous Faker Boy"
- Episode – "Days of Future Future" (The Gilded Truffle)
- Episode – "Brick Like Me" (First Church of Springfield)
- – The Simpsons Movie
Video game – The Simpsons Road Rage
Video game – The Simpsons: Hit and Run
Video game – The Simpsons Game
Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out
Gallery
Citations
- ↑ "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
- ↑ "Lisa Gets an "A""
- ↑ "Bart's Inner Child"
- ↑ "And Maggie Makes Three"
- ↑ Simspons Comics #134 - In the Swim