Raphael

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Raphael
Character Information
Gender	Male ♂
Status	Alive
Age	45
Hair Color	Grey, balding, with moustache and eyebrows
Occupation	Various
Behind the Scenes
First appearance	"The Way We Was"
Voiced by	Hank Azaria

“	Mmm-hmm...	„
	~ Raphael's catchphrase

“	Ey, pal-ey.	„
	~ Raphael's other catchphrase

Raphael (also commonly known as the Sarcastic Clerk, Wiseguy, or Middle-Aged Man) is a recurring background character in The Simpsons - his main purpose is to carry out a job or sell a product that gets a plot rolling. His voice is also often used for loudspeaker announcements.

Raphael's character model has varied perhaps the most of any recurring character, with hair color, style and mustache all changing despite his distinctive voice. It wasn't until later seasons when the page image became the standard model for when his voice is used.

Raphael tends to make dry comments when confronted about the prices or quality of his services. He has even been sarcastic towards Comic Book Guy.

History

Jobs

One-Time Jobs

He has held numerous jobs in Springfield including: garage owner, mail man, taxi driver, gun salesman, giving water to plants, exterminator, and various shop clerks and handymen. He was also seen as a money changer in the First Church of Springfield after it had its makeover. He is seen driving the Krusty glass vans around Evergreen Terrace. He is also seen working alongside Sideshow Mel as a security guard for the Springfield Museum, and attacks Homer and Bart for "being in serious violation of his authority" , and has acted as a cameraman for at least one children's show. He acts just like Grover Monster from Sesame Street who has a Job License.

One of Raphael's jobs

Usual Jobs

Raphael's most common job is as a repo man, of which when he "accidentally" hurts Milhouse, he says, "Ha ha! I love this job!" However he's frequently seen working in the Noiseland Video Arcade.

Character Traits

He is usually seen as a balding smoker with gray hair and a gray mustache, and generally appears lean, although there was one instance where he appeared overweight. He usually refers to people as "boyo" or "pally". In Boy Meets Curl and I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot, he had brown hair, and in the season 4 finale Krusty Gets Kancelled, he had black hair. As some of his nicknames imply, he also is quite sarcastic. He also apparently enjoys low-brow humor as evidenced when Bart easily distracted him with a (false) mention of a bawdy limerick graffitied onto the men's bathroom. He apparently owns a Scottish terrier, as after Homer discarded his pajamas out the window in order to emulate Thomas Edison, he was seen walking said dog breed before sarcastically requesting for Homer to do everyone a favor and "invent" underpants.

Character

His voice is intended to resemble Charles Bronson, as seen when the Simpsons try to travel to Branson, Missouri, but mistakenly end up in Bronson, Missouri, first.

Real Name

Sideshow Bob identifies his first name as Raphael.

List of His Jobs

1. Voice on the loudspeaker
2. Limo driver
3. Magazine store, clerk
4. Cab driver
5. Clerk, Foreign Exchange
6. Worker, U.S. coin mint
7. Straight and Narrow Storage Co., mover
8. All Creatures Great and Cheap, employee
9. Clerk, Nick's Bowling Shop
10. Mechanic, assisting Mrs. Krabappel
11. Googol-Plex Cinema, ticket booth
12. Crane operator, Homer's funeral
13. School Carnival, caricature artist
14. Krusty Co., repairman
15. Salesman, car show
16. Worker, hog fat rendering plant
17. Gas station, pump jockey
18. All Creatures Great and Small, clerk
19. The "Gabbo" show, cameraman
20. Selling Malibu Stacey dolls, Springfield Swap Meet
21. Delivers I & S animation sells
22. Aphrodite Inn, clerk
23. DNA lab professor
24. Potato bug sprayer
25. Electric Company, workman
26. Ogdenville Outlet Mall, salesman
27. Copy Jelopy, clerk
28. Noiseland Arcade, assistant to Donkey Kong
29. In and Out Piercing, employee
30. Miscellaneous, Etc., clerk
31. Repo Depot, employee
32. Bloodbath and Beyond, clerk
33. Sportacus, clerk
34. Sex offender registration office, clerk
35. Yukingham Palace, clerk
36. Eatie Gourmet's, lobster salesman
37. High-Pressure Tire Sales, auto mechanic
38. Delivery man, Luigi's
39. Worker, The Springsonian
40. Delivery man
41. Worker, Springfield Airport
42. Bet taker, Springfield Downs
43. Clerk.
44. Mechanic, "Dentz" auto garage
45. Enant, "Broken Dreams Storage Lockers (This Job, We Learn his name.)
46. Toy Shop Salesman
47. Plumber
48. Cake Shop Owner
49. Janitor at Springfield University
50. Clerk, Candy store (Springfield Mall)
51. Cryogenic Facility employee
52. Airplane Weighter
53. Springfield Municipal Golf Course, clerk
54. Krusty's Kristmas on Ice, Arena Changeover staff
55. Springfield Dry Cleaners, employee
56. A Bugs Death, exterminator
57. Furniture delivery man
58. TSA employee
59. Springfield Museum of Natural History, employee
60. Springfield County Fair, CD salesman
61. Texxon, Gas Station Manager
62. You Forgot-Me-Nots (The Last-Minute Gift Store), clerk
63. AAA (American Automobile Association), employee
64. Circus Freak
65. Apple Store, employee (at former Alley McBalls location)
66. Pet Shop Salesman (All Creatures Great And Cheap)
67. Train Mechanic
68. Health Inspector
69. Mechanic, "Body Shop" (helping Principal Skinner)
70. Demolition Supervisor
71. Theater Attendant, The Screens - Towne Centre at Springfielde Glenne
72. Security Guard, Dizzneeland
73. Delivery Man
74. Drive-thru Booth Attendent, Fotohut Photo Processing
75. Bureau of Licences and Permits employee
76. Broadway Box Office Attendant
77. Indoor Water Park employee
78. Airport Shuttle Driver
79. Travel Agent
80. Clubbb Sinnn strip club employee
81. ChoreMonkey
82. Boat Mechanic
83. Rideshare Driver
84. Duff Delivery Driver

Trivia

• In Halloween of Horror, it's revealed that Raphael likes zip-lining.
• The fact that Raphael works at so many jobs has been referenced in episodes like "Lisa the Boy Scout" and "Clan of the Cave Mom".

Appearances

• Episode – "The Way We Was"
• Episode – "Old Money"
• Episode – "Lisa's Pony"
• Episode – "Mr. Plow"
• Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail"
• Episode – "Duffless"
• Episode – "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
• Episode – "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" (without mustache)
• Episode – "Bart's Inner Child"
• Episode – "Homer the Great"
• Episode – "Homie The Clown"
• Episode – "Bart Sells His Soul"
• Episode – "The Homer They Fall"
• Episode – "The Cartridge Family"
• Episode – "Simpson Tide"
• Episode – "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily"
• Episode – "Day of the Jackanapes"
• Episode – "She of Little Faith"
• Episode – "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation"
• Episode – "The President Wore Pearls"
• Episode – "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot"
• Episode – "The Monkey Suit"
• Episode – "Rome-Old and Julie-Eh"
• Episode – "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!"
• – The Simpsons Movie
• Episode – "The Debarted"
• Episode – "Papa Don't Leech"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIX"
• Episode – "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly"
• Episode – "The Devil Wears Nada"
• Episode – "Pranks and Greens"
• Episode – "Once Upon a Time in Springfield"
• Episode – "Boy Meets Curl"
• Episode – "Judge Me Tender"
• Episode – "Love is a Many Strangled Thing"
• Episode – "500 Keys"
• Episode – "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants"
• Episode – "Holidays of Future Passed"
• Episode – "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIV"
• Episode – "Dangers on a Train"
• Episode – "The Winter of His Content"
• Episode – "Opposites A-Frack"
• Episode – "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner"
• Episode – "Sky Police"
• Episode – "Lisa with an "S""
• Episode – "The Girl Code"
• Episode – "Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles"
• Episode – "Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4"
• Episode – "Gal of Constant Sorrow"
• Episode – "Lisa the Veterinarian"
• Episode – "How Lisa Got Her Marge Back"
• Episode – "To Courier with Love"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" (Moefinger, fight scene)
• Episode – "Trust but Clarify"
• Episode – "There Will Be Buds"
• Episode – "Dad Behavior"
• Episode – "The Serfsons"
• Episode – "Singin' In The Lane"
• Episode – "Mr. Lisa's Opus"
• Episode – "Gone Boy"
• Episode – "Frink Gets Testy"
• Episode – "Homer Is Where the Art Isn't"
• Episode – "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage" (flashback)
• Episode – "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
• Episode – "D'oh Canada"
• Episode – "Gorillas on the Mast"
• Episode – "Marge the Lumberjill"
• Episode – "Screenless"
• Episode – "Highway to Well"
• Episode – "The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds"
• Episode – "Sorry Not Sorry"
• Episode – "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
• Episode – "Wad Goals"
• Episode – "Manger Things"
• Episode – "Uncut Femmes"
• Episode – "Bart's in Jail!"
• Episode – "The Wayz We Were"
• Episode – "You Won't Believe What This Episode is About - Act Three Will Shock You!"
• Episode – "Poorhouse Rock"
• Episode – "Lisa the Boy Scout"
• Episode – "From Beer to Paternity"
• Episode – "Top Goon"
• Episode – "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass"
• Episode – "Clan of the Cave Mom"
• Episode – "Night of the Living Wage" (voice only)
• Episode – "The Tipping Point"
• Episode – "Bart's Brain"
• Episode – "Bart's Birthday"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXV"
• Episode – "The Flandshees of Innersimpson"
• Episode – "The Last Man Expanding"
• Episode – "Abe League of Their Moe"
• Episode – "Full Heart, Empty Pool"
• Episode – "Estranger Things"
• Episode – "Bad Boys... For Life?"
• Episode – "The Day of the Jack-up"
• Episode – "Seperance"
• Special – "Sugar High"
• Comic book – Bart Simpson 4 "Who Wants to Win a Pocketful of Quarters?"
• Comic story – On The Bubble
• Comic story – Bye, Bye, Bunny!
• Video game – The Simpsons: Hit and Run
• Video game – The Simpsons Game
• Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Gallery

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