Stephen Hawking

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Stephen Hawking
Character Information
Gender	Male ♂
Status	Alive
Hair Color	Brown
Occupation	Theoretical physicist
Behind the Scenes
First appearance	"They Saved Lisa's Brain"
Voiced by	Himself

Stephen William Hawking is a British theoretical physicist.

He was voiced by his late real-life counterpart.

History

He arrived in Springfield hoping to see the perfect utopia created by the local MENSA group who had taken control but was dismayed to see it was more of a "fruitopia". When the townspeople began destroying a gazebo, he flew in to rescue Lisa, who was trapped within. As well as a propeller, he also has toothbrush and extending boxing glove (which he uses on Skinner) attachments. He later shares a beer with Homer at Moe's Tavern and plans to steal his "theory of a donut shaped universe", before using his boxing glove to hit Homer when he refuses to pay the bar tab. He was later shown in line to evacuate the Earth, and appeared again, and later used his propeller to get out of a corn maze. He was also seen at Expressions, wearing gold jewellery, including a chain with the equation E=MC² on, while spinning in circles to a song.

When in a parallel dimension, Homer reflects on his lack of knowledge of astrophysics. He says that he wishes to have read the book by "that wheelchair guy," referring to Hawking.

Trivia

• Stephen Hawking's Simpsons counterpart, in addition to blinking and making facial expressions, moves his wheelchair with a joystick and operates his voice synthesizer by typing commands. Although the real Hawking originally operated his wheelchair and voice synthesizer in this way, by the time he appeared on The Simpsons he was paralyzed to the point that he could not use his hands, and hence had to rely on a brain-computer interface.
• On The Simpsons: Tapped Out, a robot version of Hawking, Mecha Hawk is available. In a 2015 Little Britain sketch, Hawking was depicted as having the ability to transform into a robot.

Appearances

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI" (indirect mention)
• Episode – "They Saved Lisa's Brain"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror X"
• Episode – "The Great Louse Detective" (mentioned)
• Episode – "Don't Fear the Roofer"
• Episode – "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!"
• Episode – "Elementary School Musical"
• Episode – "Behind the Laughter"
• Episode – "Mr. Lisa's Opus" (cameo)
• Video game – The Simpsons Game
• Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Gallery

"Mr. Lisa's Opus"