Senator Mendoza is McBain's nemesis in the film of the same name.
History[]
Mendoza was a respected senator in the eyes of the public; however, behind the scenes, he secretly ran an international drug-cartel. McBain stumbled upon evidence that he was running the cartel, and thus attempted to bring Mendoza to justice. Mendoza also arranged for an assassination attempt on McBain at a diner via a planted "waiter," but Scoey, McBain's police partner and best friend, ended up taking the bullet. Presumably some time after this and McBain's reinstatement into the police force, Mendoza attempted to personally assassinate McBain via a "COBRA plan", meaning a hostile cobra inside his briefcase, only for McBain to punch out the cobra and quip that the senator had reptile dysfunction. Mendoza manages to capture McBain with a rigged salmon puff but leaves it to his men to finish him off. At a meeting with his board of directors, Mendoza is told that McBain has met "an unfortunate accident". However, McBain suddenly appears and kills the rest of the board before hurling Mendoza (who was attempting to sneak attack him with a pistol) out the window onto a gas truck that explodes on impact, killing Mendoza.
Behind the Laughter[]
- Senator Mendoza has similarities to Arjen Rudd, the main antagonist from Lethal Weapon 2. Both characters secretly run drug cartels, and both use their status to avoid arrest. Mendoza uses his status as a respected Senator, Rudd uses his status as a South African Diplomat with Diplomatic Immunity. Both Martin Riggs and McBain violate rules to go after their opponents.
Episode Appearances[]
Episode – "The Way We Was" (Mentioned)- Episode – "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Episode – "The War of the Simpsons" (Mentioned)- Episode – "Saturdays of Thunder" (Mentioned)
- Episode – "Last Exit to Springfield"
- Episode – "The D'oh-cial Network"
- Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out
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| "Treehouse of Horror VI": | "King-Size Homer": | "Mother Simpson": | "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming": | "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular": |
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| "Marge Be Not Proud": | "Team Homer": | "Two Bad Neighbors": | "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield": | "Bart the Fink": |
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| "Lisa The Iconoclast": | "Homer The Smithers": | "The Day The Violence Died": | "A Fish Called Selma": | "Bart on the Road": |
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| "22 Short Films About Springfield": | "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"": | "Much Apu About Nothing": | "Homerpalooza": | "Summer of 4 Ft. 2": |
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