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Ruth Powers is the Simpsons' next-door neighbor and the single mother of Laura Powers.

Biography

Ruth is divorced and she has a daughter named Laura Powers, who no longer lives with her. The circumstances behind Ruth's marriage are not explained, but she has mentioned her ex-husband behaves similar to a hard working and career dedicated but less affable version of Homer Simpson and he was continually stiffing Ruth on child support. Due to his faults that were said to have lead to their messy divorce, Ruth claims he stole her youth and outlook on life, which includes her becoming a near misandrist that she stole his car for revenge. ^[1]

Ruth and Marge Simpson became fast friends after Ruth moved in next door. One evening, they went to a ballet after Homer, who was originally supposed to go with Marge, literally got stuck at work (with his arms in two vending machines). Later they had a girls' night out where they went line dancing at a country bar called Shotkickers, went raving at an underground club named The Hate Box, did some target shooting (using a farmer's antique cans as targets), and went up to the Springfield sign overlooking the city. They ended up going on the run from the law, however, after Chief Wiggum tried to pull them over because of a broken taillight, and Ruth chose to flee because they were driving the car which she had stolen from her ex-husband.^[1] One possibility for she not getting any punishment from stealing the car is that her ex-husband didn't give any money even though the court demanded it. Finally, the auto theft charges against Ruth were dismissed, undoubtedly due to the fact that Lionel Hutz was representing her ex-husband.

Ruth had shown signs of being an alcoholic, since she is seen at an alcoholics anonymous meeting in Simpsons: The Movie, as well as watching a video on the results of drunk driving with a horrified expression on her face in "Duffless". She was also at Moe's Tavern in New Kid on the Block when Moe started calling out for "Ivana Tinkle", with her clutching her mouth in an obvious attempt at restraining her laughter upon his first calling out the name, implying she immediately realized Moe was being duped.

After her appearances of New Kid on the Block and Marge on the Lam, she and Laura had moved out of Evergreen Terrace sometime in the decade of her next appearance and she was was later imprisoned for a short time during this for another offense, which is unspecified. While she was in prison, Ruth built up her muscles and became a bodybuilder, which earned the title "Miss Mexican Mafia" and took steroids to expand her muscles.^[2] Noticing her old neighbor while on a jog at Springfield's muscle beach and pier, Marge reunited with Ruth where they shared their interests in bodybuilding and where Ruth introduced her to taking steroids. Later in The Simpsons Movie, Ruth was shown joining the angry mob that attempted to kill Homer, and possibly the other Simpsons, for getting the town sealed in a dome.

Physical appearance

Ruth Powers has brown hair and typically wears a red bandana, gold hoop earrings, lavender top, and blue pants.
Ruth's facial symmetry is extremely similar to that of Allison Taylor. Though, presumably coincidental, it has been a subject of many fan-made works most of which depict her as being Allison's long-lost mother.

Trivia

On June 17 2015, as part of the level 54 update, Ruth was added to The Simpsons: Tapped Out. You first have to build Shotkickers to unlock her.
- In the game, she is a worker of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
Since Ruth is 36 and Laura Powers is at least 18, Ruth would have given birth at age 18, which possibly makes her a teenage mother.

Appearances

Note: Many of her appearances are brief background roles. Episodes where she has an actual role are in bold.

Gallery

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

Citations

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Marge on the Lam"
↑ "The Strong Arms of the Ma"

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 {{Character
 |name = Ruth Powers
-|image = [[File:Ruth.gif]]
+|image = [[File:Ruth_Powers_Tapped_Out.png|thumb]]
-|gender = {{Female}}
+|sex = {{Female}}
 |status = {{Alive}}
-|hair = Dark Brown
+|hair = Brown
+|job = Home-maker
-|age =
+Women's Bodybuilding Champ
-|job = Unknown (cannot be a housewife because she's divorced)
-|relatives = '''Daughter:''' [[Laura Powers]]<br>'''Ex-Husband:''' Unnamed
+|relatives = '''Daughter:''' [[Laura Powers]]<br>'''Ex-Husband:''' [[Mr. Powers]]<br>'''Niece:''' [[Homer to the Max|Unnamed]]
 |appearance = "[[New Kid on the Block]]"
-|voiced by = [[Pamela Reed]] and [[Pamela Hayden]]
+|voiced by = [[Pamela Reed]] <br> [[Pamela Hayden]]
+| age = 36
-}}
+}}'''Ruth Powers''' is the Simpsons' next-door neighbor and the single mother of [[Laura Powers]].
+==Biography==
-'''Ruth Powers''' was [[Simpson Family|the Simpsons’]] next-door neighbor and a single mother.
+Ruth is divorced and she has a daughter named [[Laura Powers]], who no longer lives with her. The circumstances behind Ruth's marriage are not explained, but she has mentioned her ex-husband behaves similar to a hard working and career dedicated but less affable version of [[Homer Simpson]] and he was continually stiffing Ruth on child support. Due to his faults that were said to have lead to their messy divorce, Ruth claims he stole her youth and outlook on life, which includes her becoming a near misandrist that she stole his car for revenge. <ref name="lam">"[[Marge on the Lam]]"</ref>
+Ruth and [[Marge Simpson]] became fast friends after Ruth moved in next door. One evening, they went to a ballet after Homer, who was originally supposed to go with Marge, literally got stuck at work (with his arms in two vending machines). Later they had a girls' night out where they went line dancing at a country bar called [[Shotkickers]], went raving at an underground club named The Hate Box, did some target shooting (using a [[Can Owner|farmer]]'s antique cans as targets), and went up to the Springfield sign overlooking the city. They ended up going on the run from the law, however, after [[Chief Wiggum]] tried to pull them over because of a broken taillight, and Ruth chose to flee because they were driving the car which she had stolen from her ex-husband.<ref name="lam" /> One possibility for she not getting any punishment from stealing the car is that her ex-husband didn't give any money even though the court demanded it. Finally, the auto theft charges against Ruth were dismissed, undoubtedly due to the fact that [[Lionel Hutz]] was representing her ex-husband.
-== Biography ==
-Ruth is married and has a daughter, [[Laura Powers]], who no longer lives with her. The circumstances behind Ruth's marrige aren't explained, but she has said her ex-husband acts similarly to [[Homer]], and he was continually stiffing Ruth on child support. For revenge, she stole his car.<ref name=lam>"[[Marge on the Lam]]"</ref>
+Ruth had shown signs of being an alcoholic, since she is seen at an alcoholics anonymous meeting in Simpsons: The Movie, as well as watching a video on the results of drunk driving with a horrified expression on her face in "[[Duffless]]". She was also at [[Moe's Tavern]] in [[New Kid on the Block]] when Moe started calling out for "[[Bart's prank calls|Ivana Tinkle]]", with her clutching her mouth in an obvious attempt at restraining her laughter upon his first calling out the name, implying she immediately realized Moe was being duped.
-Ruth and [[Marge]] became fast friends after Ruth moved in next door. One evening, they went to a ballet after Homer, who was originally supposed to go with Marge, literally got stuck at work (with his arms in two vending machines). Later they had a girls' night out where they went line dancing at a country bar called [[Shotkickers]], did some target shooting (using a [[Can Owner|farmer]]'s antique cans as targets), and went up to the Springfield sign overlooking the city. They ended up going on the run from the law, however, after [[Chief Wiggum]] tried to pull them over because of a broken taillight, and Ruth decided to flee because they were driving the convertible which she had stolen from her ex-husband.<ref name=lam/> One possibility for she not getting any punishment from stealing the car is that her ex-husband didn't give any money even though the court demanded it.
-The auto theft charges against Ruth were dismissed, but she was later imprisoned for a short time for another offense, which is unspecified. While she was in prison, Ruth built up her muscles and became a bodybuilder, earned the title "Miss Mexican Mafia," and took steroids to expand her muscles.<ref>"[[The Strong Arms of the Ma]]"</ref>
+After her appearances of New Kid on the Block and [[Marge on the Lam]], she and Laura had moved out of [[Evergreen Terrace]] sometime in the decade of her next appearance and she was was later imprisoned for a short time during this for another offense, which is unspecified. While she was in prison, Ruth built up her muscles and became a bodybuilder, which earned the title "Miss Mexican Mafia" and took steroids to expand her muscles.<ref>"[[The Strong Arms of the Ma]]"</ref> Noticing her old neighbor while on a jog at Springfield's muscle beach and pier, Marge reunited with Ruth where they shared their interests in bodybuilding and where Ruth introduced her to taking steroids. Later in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', Ruth was shown joining the angry mob that attempted to kill Homer, and possibly the other Simpsons, for getting the town sealed in a dome.
+== Physical appearance ==
-===No Longer in Evergreen Terrace===
+* Ruth Powers has brown hair and typically wears a red bandana, gold hoop earrings, lavender top, and blue pants.
-Ruth's house was seen being sold to a disguised [[Sideshow Bob]]. [[Lisa]] mentions that Ruth moved to Detroit, but Ruth was seen attending the party Bob (as [[Walt Warren]]) was hosting, and then she was seen in “[[The Fool Monty]]”, obviously still a Springfield citizen. As a result, it can be said that Ruth sold her house to someone else, who then sold it to Bob after some time, as Lisa didn't exactly mention Ruth when she said Ruth's house's resident was moving to Detroit. Additionally, she wasn't seen greeting [[Homer]] and Marge when they visited her house in “[[All's Fair in Oven War]]”, and her house was also referred to as "the neighbor's house" instead of "Ruth's house."
+* Ruth's facial symmetry is extremely similar to that of [[Allison Taylor]]. Though, presumably coincidental, it has been a subject of many fan-made works most of which depict her as being Allison's long-lost mother.
-== Appearances ==
+==Trivia==
+*On June 17 2015, as part of the level 54 update, Ruth was added to [[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]. You first have to build [[Shotkickers]] to unlock her.
+**In the game, she is a worker of the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]].
+*Since Ruth is 36 and [[Laura Powers]] is at least 18, Ruth would have given birth at age 18, which possibly makes her a teenage mother.
+==Appearances==
-{{Scroll
+Note: Many of her appearances are brief background roles. Episodes where she has an actual role are in bold.{{Scroll
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-*{{ep|New Kid on the Block}}
+*'''{{Ep|New Kid on the Block|(Debut episode)}}'''
-*{{ep|Marge vs. the Monorail}}
+*{{Ep|Marge vs. the Monorail}}
-*{{ep|Duffless}}
+*{{Ep|Duffless}}
-*{{ep|Marge on the Lam}}
+*'''{{Ep|Marge on the Lam}}'''
-*{{ep|Homer the Vigilante}}
+*{{Ep|Homer the Vigilante}}
 *{{Ep|The PTA Disbands}}
+*{{Ep|Bart the Fink}}
 *{{Ep|Much Apu About Nothing}}
 *{{Ep|Homerpalooza}}
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 *{{Ep|The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show}}
 *{{Ep|Brother from Another Series}}
-*{{Ep|Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment}}
+*{{Ep|Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment}}(Next to the bar in Moe's as it rises up from the floor with Barney)
 *{{Ep|The Old Man and the Lisa}}
 *{{Ep|In Marge We Trust}}
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 *{{Ep|The Joy of Sect}}
 *{{Ep|Lisa the Simpson}}
+*{{Ep|Trash of the Titans}}
 *{{Ep|King of the Hill}}
 *{{Ep|When You Dish Upon a Star}}
+*{{Ep|Homer to the Max}}
 *{{Ep|Wild Barts Can't Be Broken}}
 *{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX}}
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 *{{Ep|Brother's Little Helper}}
 *{{Ep|Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?}}
+*{{Ep|Faith Off}}
 *{{Ep|Lisa the Tree Hugger}}
 *{{Ep|Homer vs. Dignity}}
 *{{Ep|Children of a Lesser Clod}}
+*{{Ep|I'm Goin' to Praiseland}}
 *{{Ep|Sweets and Sour Marge}}
 *{{Ep|Gump Roast}}
 *{{Ep|Large Marge}}
-*{{ep|The Strong Arms of the Ma}}
+*'''{{Ep|The Strong Arms of the Ma}}'''
+*{{Ep|The President Wore Pearls}}
-*{{Ep|Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays)}}
+*{{Ep|Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays}}
+*{{Ep|Diatribe of a Mad Housewife}}
+*{{Ep|My Big Fat Geek Wedding}}
 *{{Ep|Fat Man and Little Boy}}
+*{{Ep|Pranksta Rap|(Was part of the group of single women cheering for Kirk Van Houten)}}
+*{{Ep|There's Something About Marrying}}
+*{{Ep|Home Away From Homer}}
+*{{Ep|Jazzy and the Pussycats}}
+*{{Ep|Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)}}
+*{{Ep|The Boys of Bummer}}
+*{{Ep|24 Minutes}}
+*{{Ep|I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings}}
+*{{Ep|Husbands and Knives}}
+*{{Ep|Funeral for a Fiend}}
+*{{Ep|That '90s Show}}
+*{{Mov}}
 *{{Ep|Double, Double, Boy in Trouble}}
-*{{Ep|I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings}}
+*{{Ep|Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words}}
-*{{ep|Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words}}
+*{{Ep|The Burns and the Bees}}
-*{{ep|The Burns and the Bees}}
+*{{Ep|Take My Life, Please}}
-*{{ep|Boy Meets Curl}}
+*{{Ep|Boy Meets Curl}}(Curling with the Van Houtens)
-*{{ep|The Bob Next Door}}
+*{{Ep|The Bob Next Door}}(In crowd welcoming Walt, who has moved into her old house next door to the Simpsons)
+*{{Ep|Judge Me Tender}}(Sits behind Agnes Skinner and next to Lenny and Carl at the dog show judging)
-*{{ep|The Fool Monty}}
+*{{Ep|The Fool Monty}}(In line at the hospital for the cat vaccine.  Later in crowd staring up at Burns' helicopter)
-*{{ep|The D'oh-cial Network}}
-*{{ep|Moe Goes from Rags to Riches}}
+*{{Ep|Love is a Many Strangled Thing}}
-*{{ep|Penny-Wiseguys}}
+*{{Ep|Homer Scissorhands}}
+*{{Ep|The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants|(Appear from the one of the cogwheel)}}
-*{{mov}}
+*{{Ep|Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson|(Airport)}}
+*{{Ep|The D'oh-cial Network}}
+*{{Ep|Moe Goes from Rags to Riches}}(In Moe's dancing to "All Night Long")
+*{{Ep|At Long Last Leave}}(Sitting in last row at town meeting)
+*{{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XXIII}} Mayan citizen during opening
+*{{Ep|Penny-Wiseguys}}
+*{{Ep|A Test Before Trying|(Seen holding up the "Expensive Electricity Burn$ Me Up" sign)}}
+*{{Ep|Dark Knight Court}}
+*{{Ep|Pulpit Friction|(Seen at the church)}}
+*{{Ep|Dangers on a Train|(Swapper Jack's)}}
+*{{Ep|Four Regrettings and a Funeral|(Seen at church and at town square)}}
+*{{Ep|Yolo|(Seen at the PTA meeting)}}
+*{{Ep|Labor Pains|(Seen at the football game)}}
+*{{Ep|Steal This Episode|(Seen in the Simpson's backyard)}}
+*{{Ep|Married to the Blob|(Seen at Chuck Dukewagon's All American Chow Lounge)}}
+*{{Ep|The Man Who Grew Too Much|(Appeared at the school meeting)}}
+*{{Ep|Brick Like Me}}
+*{{Ep|The Yellow Badge of Cowardge|(Edwin Moses at Field Day, the LIVENICE rally, fireworks)}}
+*{{Ep|The Wreck of the Relationship|(Appeared in a photo)}}
+*{{Ep|Opposites A-Frack}}
+*{{Ep|Simpsorama|(Town Square)}}
+*{{Ep|Walking Big & Tall|(School auditorium/Sitting next to Chief Wiggum at the anthem concert)}}
+*{{Ep|Waiting for Duffman|(Springcycle)}}
+*{{Ep|Peeping Mom|(The Springfield Sign 50th Jubilee)}}
+*{{Ep|Cue Detective|(Audience of the chew network)}}
+*{{Ep|Halloween of Horror|(With the townspeople at town square)}}
+*{{Ep|Paths of Glory}}
+*{{Ep|Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4}}
+*{{Ep|Gal of Constant Sorrow}}
+*{{Ep|Simprovised|(Moe's Tavern)}}
+*{{Ep|Orange is the New Yellow}}
+*{{Ep|Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus}}
+*{{Ep|There Will Be Buds}}
+*{{Ep|Dogtown}}
+*{{Ep|The Serfsons}}
+*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXVII}}
+*{{Ep|The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used To Be}}
+*{{Ep|Haw-Haw Land}}
+*{{Ep|I'm Dancing As Fat As I Can}}
+*{{Ep|Gorillas on the Mast|(seen inside Moe's)}}
+*{{Ep|Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?|(seen in church)}}
+*{{Game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}}
+*{{Bon|24/7th Heaven}}
+*{{BongoBart|Who Wants to Win a Pocketful of Quarters?}}
+*{{BongoBart|Batter-Up Bart}}
+*{{BongoBart|Bugged!}}
 }}
-==Reference==
+==Gallery==
+{{Charactergallery|image1 = Ruth Powers Tapped Out.png}}
-<references/>
+==Citations==
+{{Reflist}}
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+[[es:Ruth Powers]]
+[[fr:Ruth Powers]]
+[[pl:Ruth Powers]]
+[[pt:Ruth Powers]]
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