Number 1: Homer Jay Simpson
239 Points
(10 of 10 lists. Highest ranking #1 by Compound, Cjones, Psycho Goatee, Johnny Unusual,ScottotD) Biography:Homer Simpson is the patriarch of the Simpsons family. He is married to Marge Simpson and has three children- Bart, Lisa and Maggie. He has a living father, Abe, and two half siblings- Herb Powell and Abbie. He works at the Springfield Nuclear Plant. However, Homer has had many other professions over the years. He's been a Grammy-award winning Barbershop quartet member, the lead singer of the grunge band Sadgasm, a freak for the Hullabalooza concert series, an astronaut, a ball monkey for the Bowlarama, a Krusty the Clown impersonator, the Springfield Sanitation Commisioner, a professional boxer, a member of the naval reserve, a sugar salesman, a dealer in grease, a snow plow driver, a blackjack dealer, a talk show host, a bounty hunter, a bootlegger, a tow truck driver, a chiropractor, the Mascot for the Springfield Isotopes, a drug smuggler, a teacher, ran a phone pyramid scheme, an executive at the Globex corporation, a talk show host, a farmer, a film producer, a food critic, a film critic, a sugar smuggler (again), an informant for the IRS, an inventor, a Mall Santa, a spokesman for Powersauce, a minister, a safety inspector, a safety salamander, the CEO of Ziffcorp, a bodyguard, a monorail conductor, a soccer referee, a fantasy novel writer, a union organizer and the voice actor of Poochie. And about 40-50 other jobs.
Homer is quite fond of food, especially donuts,.
Voiced By: Dan Castellaneta
First Appearance: “Good Night” -Tracy Ullman Show
Notes: Homer was ranked as the second greatest animated character of all time by EW, placing behind only Bugs Bunny.
Homer's annoyed grunt, written in the script as (annoyed grunt) and is defined as”expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned, or that one has just said or done something foolish “ This is commonly written as “D'oh” and is in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
Homer was named after Matt Groening's father and is an honorary citizen of Winnipeg, Canada, who mistakenly thought that Groening's father was born there. He was actually born in Saskatchewan. Whoops.
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