“ | Oh man! Ned spilt ink over my poems! He is a real flat tire, I mean a cube man! He's putting us on a trip to Squaresville, Mona! | „ |
~ Nedward Flanders, Sr.[src] |
Nedsel "Daddio" Flanders[2], also known as Nedward Flanders, Sr.[3][4], is the beatnik husband of Agnes Flanders, the father of Nedward Flanders Jr. and Nediana Flanders and the paternal grandfather of Rod and Todd Flanders.
Biography[]
He and his wife brought Ned to Dr. Foster when they found that he was difficult to control.[5] His father was Neduchadnezzar Flanders and his mother was Winifred Trout.
He possibly served during World War II, since Abraham Simpson once referred to a "Commander Flanders" when scolding Private Charles Montgomery Burns.[6] He apparently used to discipline his son, as he claimed that he "gave up rules" when he and his wife became beatniks.
Nedsel is still alive, as he was shown attending his son's wedding to Edna and was later seen with his son on multiple occasions.
A discrepancy with his name has occurred over the years. In the episodes, he is called "Nedward," but in comic issues, as well as the Flanders' Book of Faith's Flanders' family tree, he is called "Nedsel."
According to the Simpsons Comic "Granddaddy-o!" (printed in Simpsons Comics 204), Agnes and Nedward were Bleeding Gums Murphy's godparents.
Nedward has very different views from his son, and they’re often seen arguing over it. Ned has admitted to hating his parents in Hurricane Neddy, but he still tries to have a relationship with them most likely due to his morals.
Description[]
Nedward looks a lot like his son except for the goatee and his grey hair. He wears a striped shirt and, like his wife, occasionally wears a black beret.
Appearances[]
- Episode – "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" (flashback)
- Episode – "Hurricane Neddy" (flashback)
- Episode – "Marge Gamer" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Ned 'N Edna's Blend Agenda"
- Episode – "Black-eyed Please"
- Episode – "The Fabulous Faker Boy"
- Episode – "Walking Big & Tall" (flashback)
- Episode – "My Way or the Highway to Heaven" (flashback)
- Episode – "The Many Saints of Springfield"
- Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out
- Comic book – Simpsons Comics 188 (flashback)
- Comic book – Simpsons Comics 204
- Book – Flanders' Book of Faith
The Simpsons: Season Five | ||||
"Homer's Barbershop Quartet": | "Cape Feare": | "Homer Goes to College": | "Rosebud": | "Treehouse of Horror IV": |
Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
"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 | Minor | Absent |
"Lady Bouvier's Lover": | "Secrets of a Successful Marriage": | |||
Absent | Absent |
The Simpsons: Season Eight | ||||
"Treehouse of Horror VII": | "You Only Move Twice": | "The Homer They Fall": | "Burns, Baby Burns": | "Bart After Dark": |
Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
"A Milhouse Divided": | "Lisa's Date with Density": | "Hurricane Neddy": | "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)": | "The Springfield Files": |
Absent | Absent | Minor | Absent | Absent |
"The Twisted World of Marge Simpson": | "Mountain of Madness": | "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious": | "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": | "Homer's Phobia": |
Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
"Brother from Another Series": | "My Sister, My Sitter": | "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment": | "Grade School Confidential": | "The Canine Mutiny": |
Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
"The Old Man and the Lisa": | "In Marge We Trust": | "Homer's Enemy": | "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase": | "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson": |
Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Nedsel's name is mentioned in Flanders' Book of Faith.
Citations[]
- ↑ Flanders' Book of Faith
- ↑ Flanders' Book of Faith
- ↑ Ned 'N Edna's Blend
- ↑ Black-Eyed, Please
- ↑ Hurricane Neddy
- ↑ Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish":
Arnie Gumble: Hey! Burnsie got himself some paintings!
Iggy Wiggum: Wait a minute, we're not supposed to steal from Civilians.
Abraham Simpson: You want me to report you to Commander Flanders?! Just leave them behind, Burnsie!