Nelson Muntz

Nelson Muntz
Gender/Sex
Status
AKA	The Bully Bully Mr. Bully Goliath Wilbur Mudd Smelson Nelly No-Sleeves
Hair Color	Brown
Occupation	Student and Bully at Springfield Elementary Singer at Party Posse (formerly) Kidz Newz (formerly)
Relations	Parents: Eddie Muntz and Mrs. Muntz Sister: Unnamed (possibly deceased) Stepmother: Eddie's unnamed secret wife Half-Siblings: Several Unnamed and Norman Grandfather: Judge Muntz Cousins: Canadian Nelson, Reilly Muntz and Chuck Muntz Other Relatives: Muntz Family
First episode appearance	"Bart the General"
Portrayed by	Pamela Hayden ("Bart the General") Nancy Cartwright Marc Terenzi ("New Kids on the Blecch")

“Ha Ha!”

―Nelson's most popular catchphrase since birth.

Nelson Mandela Muntz Sr (born October 30, 1979) is a major character and recurring antagonist of The Simpsons and a child citizen of Springfield. He is the one of the school bullies and a fourth grader at Springfield Elementary School.

Nelson hits Bart for having damaged Adolf Hitler's car.

Biography

Nelson was first shown as a bully and the arch-rival of Bart who took him to a fight. Over the years, he has terrorized most male kids in Springfield and was even seen bullying teenagers (also known as Jimbo Jones and the Squeaky-voiced Teen). Nelson has a manner of showing up in awkward situations of surprise or misfortune and regularly pinpoint it by laughing at the concerned people ("Ha-ha!" became his catchphrase). When cornered about the awkwardness of those situations, Nelson usually gives a very reasoned explanation as to why he acted the way he did, sometimes even pseudo-scientifically proving it ("See, epidermis means your hair, so technically it's true. That's what makes it so funny.")

Nelson's earliest appearance.

Nelson currently studies in the fourth grade but was already a student when Bart Simpson came to school. As he said on one occasion, "I've been held back more times than I can count. Which I guess is why I keep getting held back." As such, he mainly remains skeptical of Edna Krabappel's remarks and laughs at nerds present in his class as he well knows all the correct answers to the teacher's every question.

However, on another occasion, timber sports commentator Chip Bunyan said Nelson is ten years old.

Young Nelson

Nelson represented Japan at the Model UN club and serves as a quarterback for the Pee-Wee school's football team (on one occasion he even catches his own pass and plows through the opposing team with extreme ease), which he almost single-handedly carried over the rivals at some point. He has a surprising facility for planning, as he tells Marge when she says she wants to take down Mixed Fighting that she will need parents, sympathetic school officials and clergymen, a place to meet, snacks, staplers, and a phone-tree; (which he considers to be invaluable in regards to organizing a protest) to even have a chance at taking down an entire sport. He turns out to be a fan of many unexpected things, such as Andy Williams and Snow White. He is also an expert in the proper preparation of Huckleberries and eats tadpoles for brunch and lunch. Another time he was apparently a master of disguise, fooling even Bart and Ned Flanders. Finally, he was also depicted as having master answer sheets to various tests and assignments at school. He has an "office" located in a toilet stall where he has the answer sheets hidden in the toilet cistern.

Nelson in an entrepreneur suit

In the episode "Loan-a Lisa", he starts his own business using the fifty dollars Lisa donated to him. In a video link, Nelson says that he used some of the money to treat his mother the way she deserves. In the same episode, he is very caring towards Lisa at the end as he makes up an excuse to hold her hand as they are rollerblading.

Nelson's choice of social ethics seems to sprout from edgy reasons and rules understood only to himself: when Bart (truthfully) claimed to have been Krusty the Clown's assistant, Nelson beats Bart up in the stomach, saying: "That's for taking credit for other people's work!". Nelson also beats Bart up after the latter accidentally wrecked Adolf Hitler's vehicle at a carnival. ("You wrecked Hitler's car! What did he ever do to you?") Bart also got beaten by bullies for tying Milhouse to goals and then "Wasting teacher's valuable time!", after constantly raising his hand with the wrong answer to answer a question Mrs. Krabappel asked and accused of "Besmirching an innocent girl's name!" after trying to flaunt his relationship with Jessica Lovejoy to the other kids. Milhouse claims to care about the environment to impress Lisa. Nelson stands over him with a fist raised and demanded he "say global warming is a myth!" Milhouse does so, and Nelson punches him anyway, stating "That's for selling out your beliefs!"

It is once revealed that Nelson is of German descent. However, he picks on Üter Zörker for being German, during a time when the town was in an anti-illegal immigrant hysteria.

Secret admiration.

Nelson's enigmatic personality had an impact on many individuals, notably some who try to find good traits in him, if any, and "convert" his demeaning character into whatever it is that they see in him. Mrs. Krabappel once tried to make a teacher's pet out of Nelson after he passed a test with A+. Bart was able to befriend him in order to gain popularity, notwithstanding their earlier conflict, which resulted in Nelson bullying Bart even harder at the end. Lisa went out with Nelson for the same reasons, only to be persuaded that he will never change. At some point Nelson teamed up with Martin and attempted to put him straight, therefore not all of his actions are mere intimidation.

After Season 10, Nelson became portrayed rather as an insecure teenager who is ashamed of his ways and beats kids out of fear that they will find out some piece of his biography he cherishes most, rather than out of fun and boredom. Since his father left the family at that time and Nelson remained with his mother, who is a drunken prostitute, he fears the judgment of others on this and dreams that one day his dad (whom he calls "papa") will come home. In several instances, Nelson has visions where he sees his dad and goes up to hug him, but he is actually hugging a tree. Nelson also was revealed to have worn diapers at some point in the episode "Midnight Rx" since he says he was grateful to Homer and Abe's drug smuggling operation as it cured his diaper rash.

Family

Nelson's Dad after he suffered a near-death allergenic reaction and was physically deformed.

Nelson and his dad before the physical deformation.

Nelson's parents are Eddie Muntz and Mrs. Muntz. His grandfather was a judge.

Nelson lives in a dilapidated house with his mother, from whom he learned his trademark laugh. The negligent Mrs. Muntz works either as a waitress at Hooters or in a topless bar. In "Brother from the Same Planet", Nelson's father appears. It is indicated many times that Nelson's father abandoned Nelson and Mrs. Muntz when he "went to pick up some cigarettes", and never returned. Mr. Muntz appears as the children's soccer coach and awards Nelson with a free trip to Pele's Soccer and Acting School.

At one time, Nelson is adopted by Marge Simpson. To get rid of him, Bart finds Nelson's father and brings him to meet Nelson. It turned out that he did not leave Nelson deliberately; he bit into a chocolate bar, not knowing it had peanuts and had an allergic reaction. Looking like the Elephant Man, he ran out of the store and encountered a circus that made him a part of its freak show. At performances, audiences threw peanuts at him, which perpetuated his allergic reaction, never allowing him to return to normal. When the circus came through Springfield, Bart recognized him and brought him home to rid himself of the needy Nelson, who had been taken into the Simpson home by Marge and wouldn't leave. Nelson is the youngest of three siblings including half-brother Norman.

Relationships with others

Nelson having a date with Lisa.

Fellow Bullies

Nelson spends quite a lot of his time with other bullies Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney. While it was once clear that he was their 'leader', he's spent more time being independently developed as a more sympathetic character, and just as often as not Jimbo can be seen calling the shots now - although Nelson's almost always present when there's a chance to cause trouble for Principal Skinner. He also has two cronies whom he calls The Weasels (rarely seen alongside him after the earlier seasons). Nelson himself was subjected to a beating at the hands of Kearney and Jimbo at the racetrack when he used the word "guff" instead of swearing when noting that Furious D, Bart's horse, "took no guff from nobody" when exiting the race track to chase off a paparazzi in a violent manner. However, Nelson is shown to be a lot tougher than the other bullies, when protecting Bart and in "Dial "N" for Nerder" when the other bullies' punches don't hurt Nelson and he doesn't even notice them hitting him.

Bart Simpson

Although he does admire Bart and looks up to him like most children of their school, Nelson basically treats him the same as he would most people he bullies. Nelson once described Bart as having "spiky hair, soft kidneys, and always hitting himself". Nelson sometimes hangs out with Bart. Indeed, despite Nelson periodically bullying Bart, he is also a frequent participant in many of his schemes, often serving as his muscle man or (to a lesser extent than Milhouse) his right-hand man. It should also be noted that Bart has also beaten Nelson on occasion, such as when he deliberately allowed Martin to sing a girlish song while skipping and pummeled him for this. Bart also beat up Nelson when they were imitating mixed fighting on the playground. In "The Debarted", Bart smashed his head with a trash can when Nelson replied "Yes" to a question (*the correct answer was "Yes, sir"). At one point, he also asked Bart if he wanted to play with him in a friendly manner, the implied reason being was that both he and Bart had mothers who were in jail. He also supplied Bart with some advice as well, such as when Bart wanted a little brother despite his parents, or more specifically Homer, refusing, where Nelson suggested that the trick Homer and Marge into getting a younger brother and implied that he based this suggestion on his own mother nearly doing so with Charles Bartley. He also expresses genuine respect after Bart drove a tank into a truck full of schoolbooks due to "raising the bar for all of [the children]", although he then expressed confusion when Bart called him Caesar, unaware that Bart was addled from negative side-effects from Focusyn.

Lisa and Nelson kiss in Lisa's Date with Density

Lisa Simpson

Nelson has many other moments where he displays his hidden good nature, such as his brief amorous relationship with Lisa. Although he cannot control his delinquent tendencies, he treats her with respect and even tries to change for her, although both of them realize that he is not being true to himself by doing so. Nelson kisses Lisa, only to be berated by Jimbo, Kearney, and Dolph, who believe that kissing girls is gay (despite the fact that Jimbo kissed Laura Powers). They stop dating when Lisa finds out that Nelson threw old coleslaw at Principal Skinner's house. He also helps Lisa punish Sherri and Terri for tormenting Lisa about her butt. Their romantic relationship has been referred to several times throughout the series, most notably in the Season 22 episode, "Loan-a Lisa" in which Lisa invests in Nelson's business venture. The episode ends with Nelson taking Lisa rollerblading and the pair holding hands. Nelson has even told God "If you don't bring my Lisa back ants will burn tonight", in "The Great Simpsina". He also admitted that she broke his heart and that he has a fake tattoo of himself on a cross captioned "Lisa". He also played a prank on Sherri and Terry as revenge for their making Lisa insecure about her weight (although in this case, it's implied that another reason for it was out of sympathy for Lisa due to having a sister who held similar insecurities about her appearance and may have even died because of it).

Throughout Tapped Out, when Lisa notices other boys, Nelson shows some jealousy, outright calling them sissies and wimps, and they have plenty of shared tasks that could be classed as 'dates'. Many of these interactions are the result of Premium-based tasks.

Martin Prince

Another curious example of his "good side" is with Martin Prince, the school genius, whom he cruelly bullies. However, there are occasional hints that Nelson does not harbor any hate towards Martin and only bullies him to maintain his 'tough guy' reputation. Both Nelson and Martin attend Space Camp and it is implied that Martin had helped Nelson quite a bit and the two may have been very friendly. When it is believed that Martin has died after accidentally falling over a cliff, Nelson seeks to learn the truth and find Martin's alleged killers, adopting an Inspector Columbo demeanor. When it is revealed that Martin is alive, Nelson mocks and punches him, but adds he is glad Martin is not dead. While helping rescue the Springfield Lemon Tree, which is in the hands of some kids from Shelbyville, Nelson saves Martin from getting beaten up by a Shelbyville kid, even though he is clearly embarrassed by doing it, but did it so he could maintain Springfield pride.

Nelson with other bullies

Milhouse Van Houten

He frequently bullies Milhouse, even forcing him to denounce global warming as a myth only to punch him in faux-self-righteous vengeance for "selling out beliefs". He once beat up Milhouse severely enough to leave him with a bloody nose, broken glasses, as well as extensive enough internal bleeding that the ambulance people had to fill his ears up with gause to such an extent that he was effectively deaf due to mistaking Lisa's love note to Nelson as being from him (as he acted as a courier for her). However, in some episodes, he is shown to be friends with him. He also sympathized with Milhouse when he learned his parents had recently divorced, due to his own family life when his mom not only divorced his dad, but also cleaned herself to such an extent that his father's scent was no longer present.

Marge Simpson

Nelson has only been seen interacting with Bart's mother, Marge, on rare occasions, although they seem to have an awkward, yet at the same time, friendly relationship. Although the two do not interact much (if at all) in the earliest episodes, they do so more often in the later seasons of the series. In Bart the Mother, Marge forbids Bart and Lisa from seeing Nelson, thinking he is a bad influence on them. However, in another episode, she doesn't seem to have anything against him, like when she forced Bart to attend Nelson's birthday party in The Haw-Hawed Couple. Also, in Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life, she claims to be happy to see Bart and Nelson as friends once again. In Sleeping with the Enemy, the two forms a mother-and-son-like bond, which ends up as short-lived, but Nelson and Marge remained friends.

Physical appearance

Nelson has light brown hair, dark brown hair, and dim brown hair and wears a short-sleeved light orange shirt with a dirty, torn light blue vest and blue shorts with matching Mary Jane loafers. Nelson's front teeth are false, and on a removable plate. According to several of the Springfield girls, he is very handsome.

Personality

Although physically tough, Nelson is not always emotionally tough, as shown in the episode "The Haw-Hawed Couple", where after learning Bart had been playing with Milhouse, Nelson finds tears in his eyes. He has a sensitive side as seen when he cried during Andy William's "Moon River" rendition in Las Vegas with Bart and the gang.

He is also very aware of his poverty and frequently has very little food, normally eating tadpoles and on one occasion drywall, this goes to an extreme where he has never even tasted hot dogs before, only "reading about them in catalogs". Nelson's home is extremely dilapidated and is not quick to invite people over. An example is in "Sleeping with the Enemy"; after spending a day with Marge Simpson, she brings him to a broken-down house which she believes is his home, the second she drives away, he gloomily goes next door to an even worse looking house.

Nelson daydreaming

The most likely cause of Nelson's poor behavior is his low self-esteem, brought on by having a poor relationship with his mother, and a lack of a stable father figure in his life. On one occasion he developed an intimate relationship with Marge who gave him self-respect. He tells Marge "Thanks lady, for making me feel good about myself". In his movie entry for the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, he narrates, "I like to cry at the ocean, because only there do my tears seem small."

Despite this, Nelson remains aggressive and bullying by nature. While he alienates some with his violent ways, he forces others to be his friends with threats. An example is when he tells his fellow students "Come to my party or die" for his birthday; however, when they are persuaded by Bart to not go, he is reduced to tears. The few friends he does have, Nelson is protective towards, such as Bart, who he protected from being bullied by Jimbo. He also saved him from drowning during a field trip. However, this was only because they were field trip buddies, and Bart meant "barf to him". When Bart asks Nelson upon the latter being reunited with his father if that means he will stop bullying people, he while implying refusal states he wishes that were possible, indicating that he to some level doesn't wish to bully yet ultimately felt resigned to it.

He has also engaged in some delinquent behavior, such as burglary and arson, and was also implied to have stolen IDs, as he managed to avoid being "taken downtown" for violating curfew by supplying Chief Wiggum with Julius Hibbert's ID.

Catchphrases

Two words

Nelson's first word.

Nelson's catchphrases are "Ha-ha!" (Also spelled as "Haw-haw!"), "Aw, crud!", "Smell you later!", and "Stop hitting yourself!" The last phrase can be modified to suit the current situation/method of beating, resulting in phrases such as "Stop endangering yourself!", "Stop zapping yourself!", etc.

Non-canon appearances

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

Split-Stories

In "Love, Springfieldian Style", the story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen is told by Bart. It stars Nelson as Sid, and notably Lisa as Nancy. The two embark on a tragic and abusive love story fueled by chocolate addiction. However, the story ends with Nelson and Lisa kissing in a garbage-strewn alley before it can reach its real-life conclusion, in which the real Sid was charged with Nancy's murder, and went on to overdose on heroin barely a year later in what most considered a successful suicide attempt. While non-canon it shows that the writers have not yet put aside their previous relationships.

Future

At age 18, Nelson has dated and impregnated identical twin sisters Sherri and Terri, becoming the father to two sets of identical twins who share his signature laugh. He then claims to be going out to the store for a pack of cigarettes, and then flees, later explaining himself in a similar manner to his father.

At age 21, Nelson is pushing training equipment into the storage room. He sees Lisa and they talk about their past together and the time they dated. Nelson then takes Lisa back to his house, which is the bell tower of the Memorial Church. The two of them spend the entire night talking to each other and watch the sun rise the next morning. Bart ends up giving Nelson his rent money. Later, Nelson watches Lisa from his bell tower. Lisa leaves town without saying goodbye to him.

At age 25, Nelson attends Lisa and Hugh Parkfield's wedding along with one of his sons: Nelson Muntz, Jr.

At age 26, Lisa and Hubert Wong are married and on a train leaving Springfield. Hubert has become a successful technology entrepreneur and became Time Person of the Year. As they talk to each other, Snake is chased by a bounty hunter called Rott. As Snake tries to escape the train, Nelson stops him. Nelson and Lisa reunite again, and Nelson reveals that he and Rott are in a relationship together. Hubert is annoyed to find that Lisa used to have a thing for Nelson, since Nelson used to bully him. The two couples then tell their relationship stories. Hubert proposed to Lisa on the moon, whilst Rott brought Nelson in as he had an overdue library book. When Lisa and Rott leave to get drinks, Hubert rips into Nelson, thinking that his life is so much better than his and that he has the last laugh, since he got Lisa and Nelson didn't. Nelson then wedgies Hubert and hangs him from a coat hook. When Lisa finds Hubert like that, she tells Nelson that he hasn't changed.

At age 31, Nelson and Lisa meet again in a phone store, owned by Hubert. Nelson reveals that he and Rott broke up, and Lisa reveals that she and Hubert broke up too. The two of them go and get coffee together at Buzz Light Roast and come close to giving a relationship a chance. Before they do though, Hubert teleports in and asks Lisa to take him back because he has changed. Hubert then uses drones to apologize to Lisa, as well as write her graduation speech in the sky. Lisa agrees to take Hubert back after Nelson tells her to go for it. Nelson gets annoyed at himself for letting Lisa go and gives himself a wedgie.

At age 32, Jimbo and Sophie are getting married and they ask Nelson their best man. He agrees and goes to the wedding. He is surprised to find that Lisa is there. During the wedding, Nelson gets upset and leaves, as he sees the relationship that Jimbo and Sophie have as the relationship he could have had with Lisa. Lisa tells Nelson that she wants to be with him and the two of them kiss.

At age 40, Nelson is shown to be a rich, powerful businessman (or mob boss) who owns a bar he is still in love with Lisa Simpson. It is implied that the two were almost married, as Lisa asked Bart, "Should I have married Nelson? "Cause we still talk on the phone!", while drunk. Secondly, Nelson talks to Lisa, asking her, "Is your marriage still dead and unfulfilled?", implying that the two had an affair. Also, Lisa says to Bart, "Well, someone calls someone", when asked, "Nelson calls you?", implying that she calls him, rather than he calls her.

At age 60, an elderly Nelson is seen laughing at Homer Simpson's grave.

Video games

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants

He appeared as the first boss of the game. He generally jumps and causes minor quakes that will stun the player if caught in them, as well as throwing water balloons. To defeat him, the player needs to hit him. Depending on whether the player spelled Maggie's name earlier, the player can either rely solely on water balloons to beat Nelson, or otherwise utilize bowling balls to beat him. It takes eight water balloons/three bowling balls to defeat him.

Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly

He appeared as the boss for the second round of Capture the Flag. The player needs to throw boomerangs at Nelson enough times to knock him out. If the player freed Madman Mort earlier, Mort will appear to pin Nelson long enough to allow the player to have a clear shot at Nelson and take him out easily.

Simpsons Bowling

Aside from being in the background during round transitions alongside Dolph, Kearney, and Jimbo, he also has a voice-only cameo if the player selects Bart as one of the players. When selecting Bart, Nelson can be heard off-screen yelling "here's your ball, loser!" and then throwing the bowling ball at Bart hard enough in the gut to force him on his back and then made his trademark laugh, with Bart weakly thanking Nelson.

The Simpsons: Road Rage

He acts as a potential passenger in the game.

The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Nelson Muntz appears throughout the game in every level save for the final level (due to zombies replacing all the characters in the street races), where he acts as a referee for car races that were sponsored by the Springfield DMV, and more specifically Selma and Patty Bouvier. He always acts as the second referee for the street races. He repeatedly implies in the first and second level that he was forced to act as referee as part of the sentencing to Community Service, due to being caught selling bootleg CDs on a street corner near Kwik-E-Mart when asked by Homer and Bart what he was doing, as Homer recognized him from his sales (claiming it was either that or reading to the Elderly). When announcing, he proceeds to do a countdown only to end up making a taunt after saying "two" before giving the final number. He also claimed that he isn't allowed to beat people while on duty, which he made clear takes some getting used to on his part.

Aside from his role as a judge for street racing, he also has a fairly major role in the Level 4 mission "Wolves Stole my Pills", as he had earlier stolen Abraham Simpson II's crazy pills, and then traded them to someone in a black sedan for the latest Playdude issue, forcing Marge (who needed to talk to Abe to gain information on crop circles) to pursue the car and intercept the pills upon learning this.

The Simpsons Game

Nelson mostly appears whenever both playable characters are killed off or failed to taunt the player. Nelson is mentioned by Lisa idle in Springfield and the house. a picture of Nelson Appeared in Bartman Begins. Nelson later Sees Hans and tells him to give him his Lunch Money Moleman says that he's an old man Nelson thought he was one of those kids with a disease that makes you look like an old man. Nelson also says that he hates Poeticums, Moleman then gives Him his Lunch Money. Later he meets Gill who says it's really Terrific to talk to him about Singaltion Vynal Siding Nelson says that he was just a kid Nelson was about to punch him but lets him say his A Script. Nelson later Buys the New Itchy and Scratchy Game and attack Marge and Lisa. Nelson laughed at everyone because they were frightened. Manjula came and told Nelson he was a mean little boy and wonders what would his mother say. Nelson replied she wouldn't give a crap and she was shanking her fun bags for money Manjula says that breaks her heart and tells Nelson that does he want to live with her family Nelson thought Manjula meant but she didn't and laughed at Nelson. Nelson was watching on The News on a device about Homer and Bart fighting Lard Lad Nelson Commented and said Ha-Ha. A picture of a Caveman Nelson appeared in NeverQues. Nelson is later mentioned in Medal of Homer when Bart's idle on the ship he says that World War II is scarier then Nelson.

Top Trumps

Nelson has a card in The Simpsons Classic Collection Volume Two.

"A riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a vest, Nelson Muntz is a born bully with a talent for thievin', whose life seems dedicated to teaching all sissy wimps a lesson. Yet beneath Nelson's rough exterior lies a delicate soul longing for a good laugh, as long as the joke's on someone else." Special offer: A recess and lunch protection package that's very affordable.

• Good Listener: 1
• Personal Hygiene: 3
• Intelligence Quotient: 94
• Shamelessness: 42
• Huggability: 3
• Prone To Mayhem: 96

Treehouse of Horror series

In "Treehouse of Horror VI" segment Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace, he is terrorized by Groundskeeper Willie in his nightmares. In particular, he had been run over with a floor buffer, causing him to appear exceedingly waxed.

In Treehouse of Horror X's segment Life's a Glitch, Then You Die, Nelson during the chaos caused by the Y2K glitch is proceeding to use a Xerox to make photocopies of his own butt, only to instantly regret it after the glitch causes him to be sealed within the Xerox machine.

In Treehouse of Horror XII‘s Wiz Kids segment, Nelson transforms Milhouse into multiple different people as a prank.

In the final segment of "Treehouse of Horror XIX", when the Grand Pumpkin is to eat him he threatens to cut a yellow pumpkin but the does not about a yellow pumpkin cut and eats Nelson. Later, Nelson is free after Tom Turkey kills the Grand Pumpkin.

In the first segment of "Treehouse of Horror XXV", he along with other students have their phone in order to see the naked lunch lady Bart made false rumor. In the second segment Nelson, Jimbo, Dolph, Kearney attack Moe in his home.

In the first segment of "Treehouse of Horror XXIV", he steals Milhouse's candy.

In the first segment "Treehouse of Horror XXVII", Nelson is killed in battle.

In the second segment "Treehouse of Horror XXXIV", Nelson has been murdered by Lisa with a meat hook.

Non-canon deaths

In "No Good Read Goes Unpunished", Bart pushes him into Willie's cart and goes into the furnace.

Behind the Laughter

Name

According to the DVD commentary on the season five The Simpsons episode "Lady Bouvier's Lover", Nelson's first name comes from the wrestling hold, the full nelson.

Quotes

• "Who hath summoned me?"
• "Ha ha!"
• "You ruined Hitler's car! What did he ever do to you?"
• (after watching an Andy Williams concert) "Wow! I didn't think he was gonna do 'Moon River," but then BAM! Second encore!"
• (after seeing the movie Naked Lunch) "I can think of at least two things wrong with that title."

Trivia

• He drinks beer.
• In "Blazed and Confused", Nelson is called 'Smelson', Nelson then states that he would that pray no one would ever tease his name by calling him Smelson.
• He is part Eskimo.
• He looks like a child version of Barney Gumble, which made some fans think that Nelson was Barney's son until Nelson's actual father was introduced.
• His name is a reference to Nelson Mandela.

Episode Appearances

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• Episode – "Bart the General"
• Episode – "Bart Gets an "F""
• Episode – "Bart the Daredevil"
• Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
• Episode – "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"
• Episode – "Old Money"
• Episode – "Lisa's Substitute"
• Episode – "The War of the Simpsons"
• Episode – "Three Men and a Comic Book"
• Episode – "Stark Raving Dad"
• Episode – "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington"
• Episode – "Bart the Murderer"
• Episode – "Lisa's Pony"
• Episode – "Saturdays of Thunder"
• Episode – "Flaming Moe's"
• Episode – "Radio Bart"
• Episode – "Homer Alone"
• Episode – "The Otto Show"
• Episode – "Separate Vocations"
• Episode – "Bart's Friend Falls in Love"
• Episode – "Kamp Krusty" (Bart's dream)
• Episode – "Lisa the Beauty Queen"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror III" (opening and wraparounds)
• Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"
• Episode – "Marge Gets a Job"
• Episode – "Mr. Plow"
• Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail"
• Episode – "Brother from the Same Planet"
• Episode – "Duffless"
• Episode – "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" (flashback)
• Episode – "Whacking Day"
• Episode – "Marge in Chains"
• Episode – "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
• Episode – "Homer's Barbershop Quartet"
• Episode – "Cape Feare"
• Episode – "Rosebud"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IV" ("Terror at 5½ Feet")
• Episode – "Bart's Inner Child"
• Episode – "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood"
• Episode – "The Last Temptation of Homer"
• Episode – "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"
• Episode – "Bart Gets Famous"
• Episode – "Burns' Heir"
• Episode – "Lady Bouvier's Lover"
• Episode – "Bart of Darkness"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror V"
• Episode – "Bart's Girlfriend"
• Episode – "Lisa on Ice"
• Episode – "Bart's Comet"
• Episode – "Lisa's Wedding"
• Episode – "The PTA Disbands"
• Episode – "Lemon of Troy"
• Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"
• Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)"
• Episode – "Radioactive Man"
• Episode – "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI"
• Episode – "Bart on the Road"
• Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"
• Episode – "Lisa's Date with Density"
• Episode – "Grade School Confidential"
• Episode – "Bart Star"
• Episode – "Das Bus"
• Episode – "Lisa the Simpson"
• Episode – "This Little Wiggy"
• Episode – "Bart the Mother"
• Episode – "Lisa Gets an "A""
• Episode – "Skinner's Sense of Snow"
• Episode – "Bye Bye Nerdie"
• Episode – "Barting Over"
• Episode – "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
• Episode – "Smart and Smarter"
• Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding"
• Episode – "Sleeping with the Enemy"
• Episode – "A Star is Torn"
• Episode – "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer"
• Episode – "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)"
• Episode – "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)"
• Episode – "The Haw-Hawed Couple"
• Episode – "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times"
• Episode – "Little Big Girl"
• Episode – "Yokel Chords"
• Episode – "Rome-Old and Julie-Eh"
• Episode – "The Boys of Bummer"
• Episode – "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!"
• Episode – "24 Minutes"
• Episode – "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs"
• Episode – "Little Orphan Millie"
• Episode – "Dial "N" for Nerder"
• Episode – "Smoke on the Daughter"
• Episode – "Papa Don't Leech"
• Episode – "Apocalypse Cow"
• Episode – "Any Given Sundance"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVIII"
• Episode – "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words"
• Episode – "Lost Verizon"
• Episode – "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIX"
• Episode – "How the Test Was Won"
• Episode – "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly"
• Episode – "Father Knows Worst"
• Episode – "To Surveil With Love"
• Episode – "Loan-a Lisa"
• Episode – "MoneyBART"
• Episode – "Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life"
• Episode – "The Fool Monty"
• Episode – "How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?"
• Episode – "Moms I'd Like to Forget"
• Episode – "Homer the Father"
• Episode – "The Blue and the Gray"

Episode – "The Scorpion's Tale"

• Episode – "500 Keys"
• Episode – "The Ned-liest Catch"
• Episode – "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants"
• Episode – "The D'oh-cial Network"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"
• Episode – "To Cur, with Love"
• Episode – "What Animated Women Want"
• Episode – "Pulpit Friction"
• Episode – "Whiskey Business"
• Episode – "The Fabulous Faker Boy"
• Episode – "Dangers on a Train"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIV"
• Episode – "Yolo" (At school)
• Episode – "Labor Pains" (At the football game)
• Episode – "The Kid is All Right"
• Episode – "Specs and the City"
• Episode – "Diggs" (cameo)
• Episode – "The Man Who Grew Too Much" (cameo)
• Episode – "The Winter of His Content"
• Episode – "Luca$"
• Episode – "Days of Future Future"
• Episode – "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting"
• Episode – "Brick Like Me"
• Episode – "Pay Pal" (Block party)
• Episode – "The Simpsons Guy"
• Episode – "The Wreck of the Relationship"
• Episode – "Super Franchise Me" (At Lake Springfield)
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXV" (School is Hell, A Clockwork Yellow)
• Episode – "Simpsorama" (In class)
• Episode – "Blazed and Confused"
• Episode – "Bart's New Friend"
• Episode – "Walking Big & Tall"
• Episode – "My Fare Lady"
• Episode – "Sky Police"
• Episode – "Peeping Mom"
• Episode – "Mathlete's Feat"
• Episode – "Cue Detective"
• Episode – "Teenage Mutant Milk-caused Hurdles"
• Episode – "Gal of Constant Sorrow"
• Episode – "Lisa the Veterinarian"
• Episode – "The Burns Cage"
• Episode – "Simprovised"
• Episode – "Orange is the New Yellow"
• Episode – "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus"
• Episode – "The Town"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVII"
• Episode – "Trust But Clarify"
• Episode – "There Will Be Buds"
• Episode – "Dad Behavior"
• Episode – "The Last Traction Hero"
• Episode – "The Nightmare After Krustmas"
• Episode – "Fatzcarraldo"
• Episode – "The Cad and the Hat"
• Episode – "22 For 30"
• Episode – "Looking for Mr. Goodbart"
• Episode – "The Serfsons"
• Episode – "Homer Is Where the Art Isn't"
• Episode – "Fears of a Clown"
• Episode – "No Good Read Goes Unpunished"
• Episode – "King Leer"
• Episode – "Left Behind"
• Episode – "Bart's Not Dead"
• Episode – "Heartbreak Hotel"
• Episode – "My Way or the Highway to Heaven"
• Episode – "From Russia Without Love"
• Episode – "The Girl on The Bus"
• Episode – "E My Sports"
• Episode – "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy"
• Episode – "D'oh Canada"
• Episode – "Woo-hoo Dunnit?"
• Episode – "The Winter of Our Monetized Content"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXX"
• Episode – "Gorillas on the Mast"
• Episode – "Marge the Lumberjill"
• Episode – "Thanksgiving of Horror"
• Episode – "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?"
• Episode – "Hail to the Teeth"
• Episode – "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"
• Episode – "Bart the Bad Guy"
• Episode – "Screenless"
• Episode – "Better Off Ned (episode)"
• Episode – "Now Museum, Now You Don't (episode)"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXI"
• Episode – "The 7 Beer Itch"
• Episode – "Three Dreams Denied"
• Episode – "Sorry Not Sorry"
• Episode – "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
• Episode – "Diary Queen"
• Episode – "Wad Goals"
• Episode – "Manger Things" (seen on Christmas card)
• Episode – "Uncut Femmes"
• Episode – "Burger Kings"
• Episode – "Panic on the Streets of Springfield"
• Episode – "The Wayz We Were"
• Episode – "Lisa's Belly"
• Episode – "The Longest Marge"
• Episode – "Boyz N the Highlands"
• Episode – "You Won't Believe What This Episode is About - Act Three Will Shock You!"
• Episode – "Bart the Cool Kid"
• Episode – "My Octopus and a Teacher"
• Episode – "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun"
• Episode – "Meat is Murder"
• Episode – "Poorhouse Rock"
• Episode – "Lisa the Boy Scout"
• Episode – "Not It"
• Episode – "Step Brother from the Same Planet"
• Episode – "When Nelson Met Lisa"
• Episode – "Game Done Changed"
• Episode – "Top Goon"
• Episode – "My Life as a Vlog"
• Episode – "The Many Saints of Springfield"
• Episode – "Hostile Kirk Place"
• Episode – "The Very Hungry Caterpillars"
• Episode – "Clown V. Board of Education"
• Episode – "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass"
• Episode – "Homer's Crossing"
• Episode – "McMansion & Wife"
• Episode – "Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIV"
• Episode – "Iron Marge"
• Episode – "AE Bonny Romance"
• Episode – "Murder, She Boat" (seen at The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop)
• Special – "Te Deseo Lo Mejor" (seen at Kwik-E-Mart where Homer sitting outside)
• – The Simpsons Movie
• Couch gag – "Citizens of Springfield couch gag"
• Music video – "Deep, Deep Trouble"
• Commercials – "The Bully"
• Commercials – "I've Been Robbed"
• Commercials – "Crime of the Century" (picture)

• 1	The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield

Video game – The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield

• 1	The Simpsons Cartoon Studio

Video game – The Simpsons Cartoon Studio

• 1	The Simpsons Road Rage

Video game – The Simpsons Road Rage

• 1	The Simpsons: Hit and Run

Video game – The Simpsons: Hit and Run

• 1	The Simpsons Game

Video game – The Simpsons Game

• 1	The Simpsons Skateboarding

Video game – The Simpsons Skateboarding

• 1	Bartman: Avenger of Evil

Video game – Bartman: Avenger of Evil

• 1	Bart vs. the Space Mutants

Video game – Bart vs. the Space Mutants

• 1	Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly

Video game – Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly

• 1	The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out

• 1	LEGO Dimensions

Video game – LEGO Dimensions

• Comic story – Anchormom
• Comic story – The Burger Kings of Comedy!
• Comic book – Comic Fan No More
• Comic book – That's Hairable!
• Comic book – Thumb Wrasslin'!

The Simpsons: Season One
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire":	"Bart the Genius":	"Homer's Odyssey":	"There's No Disgrace Like Home":	"Bart the General":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Major
"Moaning Lisa":	"The Call of the Simpsons":	"The Telltale Head":	"Life on the Fast Lane":	"Homer's Night Out":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"The Crepes of Wrath":	"Krusty Gets Busted":	"Some Enchanted Evening":
Absent	Absent	Absent

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":
Cameo	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Dead Putting Society":	"Bart vs. Thanksgiving":	"Bart the Daredevil":	"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge":	"Bart Gets Hit by a Car":
Absent	Absent	Minor	Minor	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	Cameo	Absent	Absent
"Bart's Dog Gets an F":	"Old Money":	"Brush with Greatness":	"Lisa's Substitute":	"The War of the Simpsons":
Absent	Cameo	Absent	Minor	Minor
"Three Men and a Comic Book":	"Blood Feud":
Absent	Minor

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

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

The Simpsons: Season Five
"Homer's Barbershop Quartet":	"Cape Feare":	"Homer Goes to College":	"Rosebud":	"Treehouse of Horror IV":
Minor	Minor	Cameo	Minor	Cameo
"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	Minor	Minor	Minor	Minor
"Homer the Vigilante":	"Bart Gets Famous":	"Homer and Apu":	"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy":	"Deep Space Homer":
Voice only	Minor	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	Minor	Minor	Absent
"Lady Bouvier's Lover":	"Secrets of a Successful Marriage":
Minor	Absent

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

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	Cameo	Minor	Cameo	Cameo
"Bart Star":	"The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons":	"Lisa the Skeptic":	"Realty Bites":	"Miracle on Evergreen Terrace":
Minor	Absent	Cameo	Absent	Absent
"All Singing, All Dancing":	"Bart Carny":	"The Joy of Sect":	"Das Bus":	"The Last Temptation of Krust":
Absent	Minor	Absent	Major	Absent
"Dumbbell Indemnity":	"Lisa the Simpson":	"This Little Wiggy":	"Simpson Tide":	"The Trouble with Trillions":
Absent	Minor	Minor	Cameo	Cameo
"Girly Edition":	"Trash of the Titans":	"King of the Hill":	"Lost Our Lisa":	"Natural Born Kissers":
Minor	Absent	Minor	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":
Minor	Absent	Major	Absent	Absent
"D'oh-in' in the Wind":	"Lisa Gets an "A"":	"Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"":	"Mayored to the Mob":	"Viva Ned Flanders":
Absent	Minor	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"":
Minor	Minor	Minor	Minor	Minor
"Make Room for Lisa":	"Maximum Homerdrive":	"Simpsons Bible Stories":	"Mom and Pop Art":	"The Old Man and the "C" Student":
Absent	Minor	Major	Absent	Minor
"Monty Can't Buy Me Love":	"They Saved Lisa's Brain":	"Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo":
Minor	Cameo	Absent

Gallery

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