- “My mom got too fat to work at Hooters!”
- ―Nelson
Mrs. Muntz is Nelson's mother. She has the same iconic laugh as her son.[1] Nelson often mentioned his parents, and it was often implied that Mrs. Muntz doesn't care for him.
Nelson once told Milhouse that his mother got hooked on cough drops, which is why his father left the family.[2] It is stated that Mrs. Muntz works at Hooters as one of the waitresses.[3] She owns a dilapidated house and is depicted as an alcoholic, smoker, jailbird, a prostitute, a stripper, or something similar. She is also shown to be very promiscuous, with Nelson indicating that she often wakes up with a different man. Nelson also mentioned that she came close to tricking Charles Bartley into getting her pregnant.[4]
Behind the Laughter
Mrs. Muntz's first visual appearance was "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" when she tells Nelson that his father simply did not like him, and he left with her golden tooth. Mrs. Muntz was more introduced in "Sleeping with the Enemy." A loud, high-pitched, contemptuous woman, Mrs. Muntz neglects Nelson. She implies that she misses Nelson's father. At the end of the episode, the three Muntzes (Nelson, Mr. Muntz, and Mrs. Muntz) reunite, and she receives a new job as Lady Macbeth, with "the third director she slept with" ("I don't have to take my top off, but I do anyway!").
Since then, she is often seen around in Springfield. Curiously, in the Season 18 episode "The Haw-Hawed Couple," she appears to have brown hair. As revealed in "Dial "N" for Nerder," Nelson even refers to her as "Mrs. Muntz." In "No Loan Again, Naturally," she has black hair again, and she was kissing Moe.
Suspiciously, she belches in the exact same fashion as Barney Gumble in the episode "Yolo," possibly playing into the urban legend that Nelson and Barney are related due to their many physical similarities.
Her weight is inconsistent, as she either appears overweight or thin in each of her appearances.She also has Nelson's gapped teeth, which are genetic or could be a sign that they both have dental problems, as Marge showed concern after Nelson complained of a toothache.
Appearances
- Episode – "Bart the General" (script)
- Episode – "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" (voice only)
- Episode – "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (mentioned)
- Episode – "'Tis the Fifteenth Season"
- Episode – "Sleeping with the Enemy"
- – The Simpsons Movie
- Episode – "The Haw-Hawed Couple"
- Episode – "Dial "N" for Nerder"
- Episode – "Any Given Sundance"
- Episode – "All About Lisa"
- Episode – "No Loan Again, Naturally"
- Episode – "Bart Gets a "Z""
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XX"
- Episode – "Loan-a Lisa"
- Episode – "The Fool Monty"
- Episode – "How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?"
- Episode – "Homer Scissorhands" (Billboard Gag)
- Episode – "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts"
- Episode – "How I Wet Your Mother" (Dream)
- Episode – "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants"
- Episode – "Pulpit Friction"
- Episode – "The Fabulous Faker Boy"
- Episode – "Dangers on a Train"
- Episode – "Homerland" (Flashback)
- Episode – "Yolo"
- Episode – "The Winter of His Content" (Seen in her car)
- Episode – "Opposites A-Frack"
- Episode – "The Musk Who Fell to Earth"
- Episode – "Halloween of Horror"
- Episode – "Paths of Glory"
- Episode – "Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4"
- Episode – "Simprovised"
- Episode – "Orange is the New Yellow"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVII"
- Episode – "There Will Be Buds"
- Episode – "The Cad and the Hat"
- Episode – "22 For 30"
- Episode – "The Caper Chase"
- Episode – "Dogtown"
- Episode – "Whistler's Father"
- Episode – "Haw-Haw Land"
- Episode – "Flanders' Ladder" (picture)
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIX"
Gallery
Citations
Muntz Family
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Nelson Muntz ● Mrs. Muntz ● Mr. Muntz ● Nelson Muntz, Jr. ● Judge Muntz ● Chuck Muntz ● Reilly Muntz |
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