Kang

Kang Johnson
Character Information
Gender/Sex	Male ♂
Status	Alive
Occupation	Interstellar invader
Relations	Sister: Kodos Children: Maggie Johnson, Bart Johnson (adopted) and Kamala Girlfriend: Selma Bouvier
Behind the Scenes
First episode appearance	"Treehouse of Horror"
Portrayed by	Harry Shearer

Kang Johnson is a major antagonist (alongside Kodos) of the series. He is a Rigellian from Rigel 7. He and his younger sister Kodos are continuously trying to take over Earth and are usually seen attacking Springfield. He usually appears in Treehouse of Horrors but either he or Kodos have been seen in other episodes such as "The Springfield Files" and "Gump Roast". Kang and Kodos have a lot of space weaponry on hand and have their own spaceship. They speak the Rigellian language, which, by coincidence, is identical to English. Although they look identical, Kang has a deeper voice than Kodos. He is the featured character on the on the Season 14 DVD/Blu-ray box set as well as the iTunes cover. According to Kang on the Jerry Springer show, his hearing was advanced enough that not even being confined to a soundproof room was enough to mute out Homer and Springer's conversation before being formally introduced on stage.

History

Kang or Kodos seen with other aliens.

Either Kang or Kodos was seen in the FBI lineup in "The Springfield Files" with other aliens.

Non-Canon

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

Kang once impersonated Bob Dole in order to become President of the United States, in Treehouse of Horror VII's Citizen Kang/Mr. Kang goes to Washington. When Kang was revealed to be an alien, he was still more popular than a third party .

In Treehouse of Horror IX's "Star-ship Poopers," it is revealed that Kang is Maggie's biological father after probing Marge with an insemination ray for a cross-breeding program, which resulted in Maggie growing alien legs and an alien tooth.

Kang and Kodos have both ruled over Springfield until they were found out and fled.

The Simpsons Game

Kang (along with Kodos) appears at the end of Mob Rules, when they cause Dolphins to attack humans, cause Lard Lad to assault the industrial zone of Springfield, and invade the mall. However, when they were thwarted, they decided to start attacking Springfield. This causes the Simpson family to enter the game engine to find the creator, but Groening wasn't enough to defeat the aliens because he didn't want to. Soon after God is defeated, God decides to replenish Springfield, returning peace to the city.

Trivia

• Kang and Kodos are the only characters outside of the Simpson family to have appeared in every Treehouse of Horror Halloween special.
• Kang is one of the very few characters voiced by Harry Shearer to appear in The Simpsons Ride due to Harry Shearer deciding not to reprise his roles, due to this Kang does not speak but Kodos however does.
• There is an error where Kang is credited in The Simpsons Movie despite not appearing in the film.
• Although Kang's gender is not as ambiguous as Kodos', there are still some inconsistensies: while Kang is usually referred to as a male, Simpsorama depicts Kang as female, and in response, Al Jean clarified that Kang and Kodos are "a gay female couple in their species". Granted, considering what little has been revealed about Rigelian biology (such as both Kodos and Kamala mentioning having testicles), it's possible that the human concept of the gender binary doesn't apply to their species to begin with.

Appearances

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror II"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror III" (Dial "Z" for Zombies)
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IV" ("Terror at 5½ Feet")
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror V"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VII"
• Episode – "The Springfield Files"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IX"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror X"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XI"
• Episode – "Behind the Laughter"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XII"
• Episode – "Gump Roast"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIII"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIV"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XV"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVI"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVII"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVIII"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIX"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XX"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (War and Pieces)
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXII"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"
• Episode – "Future-Drama"
• Episode – "Radio Bart"
• Episode – "Special Edna"
• Episode – "You Kent Always Say What You Want" (picture frame)
• Episode – "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" (Couch gag)
• Episode – "See Homer Run" (Couch gag)
• Episode – "Holidays of Future Passed" (Title screen gag)
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIV"
• Episode – "Yellow Subterfuge" (opening only)
• Episode – "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting"
• Episode – "The Simpsons Guy"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXV"
• Episode – "Simpsorama"
• Episode – "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner"
• Episode – "Mathlete's Feat" (Couch Gag; Cameo)
• Episode – "Halloween of Horror" (Lenny's costume)
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVI"
• Episode – "Barthood" (Title screen gag)
• Episode – "Simprovised" (Live segment Pre-animated gag)
• Episode – "The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used To Be" (cameo)
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVII"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVIII" (Opening Sequence)
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIX"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXX"
• Episode – "Thanksgiving of Horror"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXI"
• Episode – "Three Dreams Denied" (Cosplayers dressing up as them)
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXII"
• Episode – "Lisa the Boy Scout" (Seen in the gallery of deleted episode plots)
• THOH – "Not It"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIV"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXV"
• Episode – "Stew Lies"
• Video game – The Simpsons: Hit and Run
• Video game – The Simpsons Game
• Video game – The Simpsons Wrestling
• Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out
• Video game – The Simpsons Ride
• Video game – LEGO Dimensions
• Comic story – 24/7th Heaven

The Simpsons: Season Two
"Bart Gets an "F"":	"Simpson and Delilah":	"Treehouse of Horror":	"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish":	"Dancin' Homer":
Absent	Absent	Major	Absent	Absent
"Dead Putting Society":	"Bart vs. Thanksgiving":	"Bart the Daredevil":	"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge":	"Bart Gets Hit by a Car":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish":	"The Way We Was":	"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment":	"Principal Charming":	"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Bart's Dog Gets an F":	"Old Money":	"Brush with Greatness":	"Lisa's Substitute":	"The War of the Simpsons":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Three Men and a Comic Book":	"Blood Feud":
Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Three
"Stark Raving Dad":	"Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington":	"When Flanders Failed":	"Bart the Murderer":	"Homer Defined":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Like Father, Like Clown":	"Treehouse of Horror II":	"Lisa's Pony":	"Saturdays of Thunder":	"Flaming Moe's":
Absent	Major	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk":	"I Married Marge":	"Radio Bart":	"Lisa the Greek":	"Homer Alone":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Bart the Lover":	"Homer at the Bat":	"Separate Vocations":	"Dog of Death":	"Colonel Homer":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Black Widower":	"The Otto Show":	"Bart's Friend Falls in Love":	"Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Four
"Kamp Krusty":	"A Streetcar Named Marge":	"Homer the Heretic":	"Lisa the Beauty Queen":	"Treehouse of Horror III":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Minor
"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie":	"Marge Gets a Job":	"New Kid on the Block":	"Mr. Plow":	"Lisa's First Word":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Homer's Triple Bypass":	"Marge vs. the Monorail":	"Selma's Choice":	"Brother from the Same Planet":	"I Love Lisa":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Duffless":	"Last Exit to Springfield":	"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show":	"The Front":	"Whacking Day":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Marge in Chains":	"Krusty Gets Kancelled":
Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Five
"Homer's Barbershop Quartet":	"Cape Feare":	"Homer Goes to College":	"Rosebud":	"Treehouse of Horror IV":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Minor
"Marge on the Lam":	"Bart's Inner Child":	"Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood":	"The Last Temptation of Homer":	"$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Homer the Vigilante":	"Bart Gets Famous":	"Homer and Apu":	"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy":	"Deep Space Homer":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Homer Loves Flanders":	"Bart Gets an Elephant":	"Burns' Heir":	"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song":	"The Boy Who Knew Too Much":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Lady Bouvier's Lover":	"Secrets of a Successful Marriage":
Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Six
"Bart of Darkness":	"Lisa's Rival":	"Another Simpsons Clip Show":	"Itchy & Scratchy Land":	"Sideshow Bob Roberts":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Treehouse of Horror V":	"Bart's Girlfriend":	"Lisa on Ice":	"Homer Badman":	"Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy":
Minor	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Fear of Flying":	"Homer the Great":	"And Maggie Makes Three":	"Bart's Comet":	"Homie the Clown":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Bart vs. Australia":	"Homer vs. Patty and Selma":	"A Star is Burns":	"Lisa's Wedding":	"Two Dozen and One Greyhounds":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"The PTA Disbands":	"'Round Springfield":	"The Springfield Connection":	"Lemon of Troy":	"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Seven
"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)":	"Radioactive Man":	"Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily":	"Bart Sells His Soul":	"Lisa the Vegetarian":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Treehouse of Horror VI":	"King-Size Homer":	"Mother Simpson":	"Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming":	"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular":
Minor	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Marge Be Not Proud":	"Team Homer":	"Two Bad Neighbors":	"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield":	"Bart the Fink":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Lisa The Iconoclast":	"Homer The Smithers":	"The Day The Violence Died":	"A Fish Called Selma":	"Bart on the Road":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"22 Short Films About Springfield":	"Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"":	"Much Apu About Nothing":	"Homerpalooza":	"Summer of 4 Ft. 2":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Nine
"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson":	"The Principal and the Pauper":	"Lisa's Sax":	"Treehouse of Horror VIII":	"The Cartridge Family":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Minor	Absent
"Bart Star":	"The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons":	"Lisa the Skeptic":	"Realty Bites":	"Miracle on Evergreen Terrace":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"All Singing, All Dancing":	"Bart Carny":	"The Joy of Sect":	"Das Bus":	"The Last Temptation of Krust":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Dumbbell Indemnity":	"Lisa the Simpson":	"This Little Wiggy":	"Simpson Tide":	"The Trouble with Trillions":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Girly Edition":	"Trash of the Titans":	"King of the Hill":	"Lost Our Lisa":	"Natural Born Kissers":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Ten
"Lard of the Dance":	"The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace":	"Bart the Mother":	"Treehouse of Horror IX":	"When You Dish Upon a Star":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Major	Absent
"D'oh-in' in the Wind":	"Lisa Gets an "A"":	"Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"":	"Mayored to the Mob":	"Viva Ned Flanders":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Wild Barts Can't Be Broken":	"Sunday, Cruddy Sunday":	"Homer to the Max":	"I'm with Cupid":	"Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Make Room for Lisa":	"Maximum Homerdrive":	"Simpsons Bible Stories":	"Mom and Pop Art":	"The Old Man and the "C" Student":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Monty Can't Buy Me Love":	"They Saved Lisa's Brain":	"Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo":
Absent	Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Eleven
"Beyond Blunderdome":	"Brother's Little Helper":	"Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?":	"Treehouse of Horror X":	"E-I-E-I-D'oh":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Minor	Absent
"Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder":	"Eight Misbehavin'":	"Take My Wife, Sleaze":	"Grift of the Magi":	"Little Big Mom":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Faith Off":	"The Mansion Family":	"Saddlesore Galactica":	"Alone Again, Natura-Diddily":	"Missionary: Impossible":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Pygmoelian":	"Bart to the Future":	"Days of Wine and D'oh'ses":	"Kill the Alligator and Run":	"Last Tap Dance in Springfield":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge":	"Behind the Laughter":
Absent	Minor

Gallery

The full image gallery for Kang may be viewed at Kang/Gallery.