Homer Simpson
Homer Jay Simpson [ hoʊmɚ ] is one of the main characters of the animated television series The Simpsons. In the original, the character of Dan Castellaneta, dubbed in the German translation by Norbert Gastell.
The figure combines several stereotypes of the U.S. working class, such as obesity, laziness, intolerance, incompetence and thoughtlessness. The complexity of the character, which makes many remarkable experiences in the course of the series, despite its origin from the lower class, contributed to the fact that he is regarded by opinion about the Sunday Times as one of the most humorous creations of the present.
Dan Castellaneta has won numerous awards, including four Emmys for the synchronization of Homer.
- 2.1 emergence
- 2.2 synchronization
Role in The Simpsons
Fictional Biography
Although not age the characters within the series, to be made again and again in the consequences of information to the biography of Homer. According to the impact No experiments of 18 February 1993, he was born on 12 May 1956 and was raised by his father, Abe Simpson, his mother Mona Simpson had left the family in his childhood. Homer's father raised him and strictly enjoined him a loser attitude. Homer was too lazy high school times, pleasure-seeking and uninterested in politics and world events (such as the moon landing ). His wife, Marge, he learned in the school know.
Homer came about various part-time jobs on a meeting with Mr. Burns to his professional job as a safety inspector in sector 7G nuclear power plant in Springfield, but does not have adequate training for this profession. Homer's incompetence is reflected in a number of near- meltdown, which he has to answer. So is terminated him several times and he gives his position even several times myself on to pursue the adventurous activities ( an image campaign of the NASA makes him as briefly as an astronaut ). Man it is ultimately but always at the power station.
Characterization
The characterization of Homer is quite complex. Although the figure stands out again and again by rather low intelligence, laziness and selfishness, he also has brilliant moments. One of the directors of the series, David Silverman, described him as " creative and brilliant in his stupidity ". His low intelligence is explained in the series by several facts: alcoholism, frequent head trauma through diverse accidents, a genetic predisposition ( the so-called " Simpsons gene" ) and a crayon, sitting in his cerebellum, which is why he only has an IQ of 55 (without paint pen he had a 105 ). He has set as a child through the nostril into the brain, without knowing what consequences this has this paint pen.
Externally Homer is greatly overweight, his weight fluctuates depending on sequence 216-315 American pounds (equivalent to about 98 to 143 kg ), age 36-40 years. He always wears blue pants and a white, short-sleeved shirt. Homer's mouth area is not yellow, but light brown drawn, which is supposed to indicate stubble. His bald head is only interrupted by three hairs, two of which are cross- combed over his head and another jagged leads around the head. Viewed from the side form his ears and the hair above the letters M and G, which corresponds to the initials of its creator Matt Groening.
Homer Hauptwesenszug is its infantilism. These include his obtuseness that completely lack self-control, particularly with regard to sweet food and beer, the tendency to childishly bright laughter, awkwardness in all practical matters, drastic mood swings, even at low occasions (especially his typical curse " D' oh! ", in German, "No! ") and the coated - choleric reactions to Bart's pranks. The fact that he still bears family and professionally very great responsibility is an important pillar of the action.
Relative to the other figures
The Homer's relationship with many other characters of the series is marked by constant conflict, often determine the course and solution the plot of the episodes.
His wife Marge suffers from his laziness and his irresponsibility. Its share in the education of children appears to be low, and its questionable educational message. Also common interests are hardly available. Margin is interested in theater, painting and other cultural activities, while Homer spends much of his free time with infantile television and entertainment in the pub. Nevertheless, it is in difficult situations to him, and in the frequent disputes he also repeatedly tried to recover it.
His youngest daughter Maggie is often neglected by him, in the exaggerations of some episodes he even forgets her or her name. Nevertheless, he loves her, which manifests itself among other things, that he has all the images Maggies ( and only their ) suspended from his hated job.
Sometimes a problem is the relationship with Lisa, the older daughter. In contrast to the father she's intelligent, academically successful and has an intellectual and cultural interest. Homer, however, not even showing understanding for the " noise " of their saxophone playing. There was disagreement, the two in other fundamental issues, such as when it comes to ecology or diet, as Lisa is a vegetarian. On the other hand, admired Homer in many episodes Lisa for their talents, which he himself does not understand, and support them in their interests, even if he himself does not approve of this.
To his son Bart Homer has a fluctuating ratio. When it comes to illegal activities or rustic jokes, Bart is Homer's only ally in the family. But often they fall in battle, which is mostly provoked by Bart's impudence. Characteristic of the relationship between the two are the Würgeszenen who have become a running joke.
The relationship between Homer and the neighboring family Flanders is tense. Ned Flanders is a religious person and believe in the good in people, what Homer exploits mercilessly; several times is pointed out in consequences that the Simpsons house is full of valuable things that Homer has " borrowed" from Flanders long time ago. However, the good-hearted Ned does not fit into his behavior and lends Homer continues to equipment without ever recover them. Homer insulted Ned often ( " stupid Flanders" ).
To his father, Abraham ' Abe ' Simpson ( Grampa ), Homer also has an ambivalent relationship. The two never very were close, but his father tried in old age, to re-establish more contact with his son. Abe was in the Springfield Retirement Castle ( the nursing home ) deported, where he ekes out a miserable life. Here, Homer tries to avoid him as possible out of the way so as not to have to listen to his stories from earlier times.
Figure
Formation
Matt Groening named Homer after his own father. The J. in his initials ( which was later dissolved in the series in Jay ) is by his own admission a tribute to a character named Rocky J. Squirrel from the show Rocky and Bullwinkle, from Groening himself was a fan as a child, his.
Synchronization
Ever since the beginning of time in the Tracey Ullman Show took over Dan Castellaneta synchronization of Homer's English voice, but it made the character a conversion by. So it should be a parody of the voice of the U.S. actor Walter Matthau originally. In the second and third season of The Simpsons shorts Castellaneta took this feature more and more in favor of a more robust voice back, in part because it appeared to imitate this kind of voice during the recording sessions nine- to ten hours too expensive, but also partly, to give the voice more character and more comedic potential. The German voice is dubbed by Norbert Gastell. This is in contrast to Castellaneta very high and goes when excited often the squeaky. The name Homer was in the German dubbed version, first pronounced Huhmer until the error was noticed.
Reception and criticism
The figure of Homer Simpson is in multiple leaderboards international media called, among other things, in the 50 most popular cartoon characters, 2002, the magazine TV Guide, as well as # 5 on the TV characters ever the TV channel Bravo. In a poll of British television station Channel 4, he became the most popular TV character of all time gewählt.Zwischen July and November 2007, the online opinion portal Sozioland a far-reaching survey on "The Simpsons " with the participation of over 4,500 people involved. The poll had the result that Homer with 55 % of the vote is the most popular family member of the Simpsons.
Also in the criticism of renowned media figure was mostly well received. So the The Sunday Times described him as the greatest creation of the modern comedy and lifted above all his " amiable mediocrity " and his " hope" out.
Dan Castellaneta has won numerous awards, including four Emmys for the synchronization of Homer. 2004 won Castellaneta and Julie Kavner, synchronizes the Marge Simpson, a Young Artist Award for " Most popular female and male characters in a television series ."
Negative criticism became the figure mainly from conservative political circles. Thus, the Republican deputy Joseph Pitts expressed in 1999, Homer Simpson 'm no good as a role model for fathers and was responsible for the demise of the American father role.
Cultural impact
Homer's exclamation D' oh ( in the German version by No! Replaced) reached such popularity that he was inducted in 2002 into the Oxford English Dictionary, but without the apostrophe. The exclamation, in the script with annoyed grunt (about: angry grunt ) was shown, originated in the beginning of the series in the Tracey Ullman Show, as Dan Castallaneta to the instruction initially a longer D' ooooh improvised, shorter at the suggestion of Matt Groening's there but uttered. Over time, the cry became a hallmark of the series, has been repeatedly mentioned in the episode titles and is now protected by 20th Century Fox as a tone mark.
Being in a French study, a correlation between intelligence and weight was found - in obese people is to lower memory performance have been identified - this phenomenon has been dubbed by the media as Homer Simpson syndrome, as an allusion to the one shown in the series low intelligence of the obese Homer Simpson.
In part, the figure is parodied in other cultural products. So working in the X-Files - The Files episode The Beginning ( Season 6, Episode 1 ) is also a monitoring employee named Homer in a nuclear power plant, the "Rolling Hills Nuclear Power Plant". This Homer not only exerts the same profession, he is also very lazy, is awakened and warned by a colleague. In addition, he pushes an error in the cooling system to a fault in the monitoring system in order to avoid a patrol (which he then undoing is ).
Merchandising
Homer appeared in various forms as merchandising products on ( for example, on T- shirts and baseball caps). In appearance around 2004 in a spot for MasterCard in a commercial for the sportswear manufacturer Nike sometimes takes the figure as an advertising icon, the Super Bowl or 2010.
2003 The father, who knew too little has been published in the series an alleged e- mail address of the character in the sequence. Reportedly received some fans who wrote to this address actually an answer.