- "Disco Stu wishes he'd gone as Marilyn McCoo."
- ―Stu in Treehouse of Horror XVI
- "Disco Shrew can still boogaloo."
- ―Stu in Treehouse of Horror XIII
- "Big Band Stu says it's 23 skidoo."
- ―Stu in Treehouse of Horror XVII
Stuart Discothèque, usually known as Disco Stu, is the owner of Stu's Disco. He is a disco aficionado and is usually featured wearing a rhinestone-encrusted leisure suit from the 70's and sports an Afro. He's the son of Doo-Wop Steve and Public Domain Debbie.
Biography[]
He often refers to himself in the third person (putting a big emphasis on "Stu" and then pausing before saying anything else). He is also one of the many characters to have been married to Marge's older sister, Selma Bouvier, at one point (he was her fourth husband). In fact, Marge has gone so far as to claim that Stu is the only one of her sister's ex-husbands she liked (in "The Real Housewives of Fat Tony"). While it's unknown how long Stu and Selma were married, he ended up getting an annulment for their marriage from Pope John Paul II (also revealing that Stu is Catholic).
Before becoming a fan of disco, Stu was known as "Nautical Stu" due to his career as a sea captain before giving it up for his disco. Stu visited the neighborhood yard sale and turned down the chance to buy Homer's "Disco Stu" jacket. He has also been seen with goldfish in his platform shoes (which died) [1]. And at one point he started to hit on Marge Simpson at the Ski Lodge (before being put off by her children).[2]
Although originally created as a throwaway gag character, Stu ended up being brought back again and again. Disco Stu has also been seen dancing with Homer after Homer discovers his love of walking, getting smashed by a jukebox thanks to a beefed-up Marge, and most recently, a regular on Homer's talk show.
During a 'taxicab confession' in the episode "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation," it's revealed that Stu is actually fully aware isn't as big as it once was and admits that he doesn't even like disco in general anymore. But at that point in his life, Stu had let his passion for disco define him for so long that he wasn't sure what else to do with himself.
In Kozy Kabin's wood, there's a tree that has "Homer + Marge 4ever". There is "Disco Stu + Disco" too.
In the episode "Springfield Up", it is revealed that in his younger years, he had a budding career as a sea captain, going by the name of "Nautical Stu", and only finds the joy of disco music when Marge puts some on while taking his picture for his captain's license. He said he is Super Christian. Also, he likes Edna very much.[3]
Stu runs his own nightclub and tried to start a franchise chain.
Stu seems to have given up his obsession with disco thanks to Prof. John Frink's help in "How I Wet Your Mother". He calls himself "Normal Stu", wears modest slacks and a dress shirt, and says, "Normal Stu likes normal things." However, he is shown as Disco Stu again in "The Man Who Grew Too Much".
Non-Canon[]
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Disco Stu has also appeared as "Discus Stu" in a parody of the Odyssey. He was "Disco Shrew" in the "Treehouse of Horror XIII" "Dr. Moreau" parody, where Stu was turned into a shrew, but wasn't worried about his condition. "Big Band Stu" appears in the parody of "The War of the Worlds" radio hoax that takes place in 1938, in "Treehouse of Horror XVII".
In "Days of Future Future", Stu gets shock therapy at MovingOn where he becomes "Nothing Stu".
He is addicted to sugar, consuming it in the manner one might cocaine in "Sweets and Sour Marge".
In "A Serious Flanders: Part One", he is killed after Kostas Becker uses him as a human shield at Krusty Burger.
Voice[]
He was originally going to be voiced by Phil Hartman in the episode "Two Bad Neighbors", but when the animators needed to do a model change, Phil wasn't available to re dub the voice, so Hank Azaria took it over.
Trivia[]
- During "The Marge-ian Chronicles", it's revealed that he uses adult braces.
- A character named Dancing Zombie from Plants vs. Zombies resembles him.
- Disco Stu's last name, "Discothèque," means "nightclub" in French.
- During "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire", it's revealed by Waylon Smithers, Jr. that Stu identifies as heteroflexible (basically meaning "mostly straight").
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Appearances[]
Episode – "Two Bad Neighbors" - Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"
- Episode – "Burns, Baby Burns"
- Episode – "Bart After Dark"
- Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"
- Episode – "Lisa the Skeptic"
- Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
- Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror X" (cameo)
- Episode – "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder"
- Episode – "Little Big Mom"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XI" (cameo)
- Episode – "A Tale of Two Springfields"
- Episode – "Skinner's Sense of Snow"
- Episode – "I'm Goin' to Praiseland"
- Episode – "Sweets and Sour Marge"
- Episode – "The Sweetest Apu"
- Episode – "Half-Decent Proposal"
- Episode – "Tales from the Public Domain"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIII"
- Episode – "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation"
- Episode – "Brake My Wife, Please"
- Episode – "Don't Fear the Roofer"
- Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" (mentioned)
- Episode – "There's Something About Marrying"
- Episode – "A Star is Torn"
- Episode – "The Monkey Suit"
- Episode – "See Homer Run" (mentioned)
- Episode – "The Wettest Stories Ever Told"
- Episode – "Springfield Up"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVII"
- Episode – "The Wettest Stories Ever Told"
- Episode – "Homerazzi"
- Episode – "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)"
- Episode – "Take My Life, Please" (Flashbacks)
- Episode – "Bart Gets a "Z""
- Episode – "Days of Future Future"
- Episode – "How I Wet Your Mother"
- Episode – "The Man Who Grew Too Much"
- Episode – "Diggs"
- Episode – "Walking Big & Tall"
- Episode – "Waiting for Duffman"
- Episode – "The Kids Are All Fight" (Name seen on a cap from his wedding with Selma)
- Episode – "Peeping Mom"
- Episode – "Lisa with an "S"" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Barthood" (As "Nothing" Stu)
- Episode – "Much Apu About Something"
- Episode – "Gal of Constant Sorrow"
- Episode – "The Marge-ian Chronicles"
- Episode – "Simprovised"
- Episode – "Orange is the New Yellow"
- Episode – "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVII"
- Episode – "There Will Be Buds"
- Episode – "Singin' In The Lane" (non-speaking cameo)
- Episode – "Haw-Haw Land"
- Episode – "Woo-hoo Dunnit?"
- Episode – "Go Big or Go Homer"
- Episode – "Frinkcoin"
- Episode – "Better Off Ned (episode)"
- Episode – "Podcast News" (seen in crowd)
- Episode – "Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?"
- Episode – "A Serious Flanders: Part One"
- Episode – "A Serious Flanders: Part Two" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Pretty Whittle Liar"
- Episode – "Homer's Crossing"
- Episode – "McMansion & Wife"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIV" (Lout Break)
- Episode – "Iron Marge"
- Episode – "It's a Blunderful Life"
- Episode – "Murder, She Boat"
- Episode – "Bart's Brain" (parodies opening sequence)
- – The Simpsons Movie
- Video game – The Simpsons: Hit & Run
- Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out
- Video game – The Simpsons Game
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