The Simpsons character
Mayor "Diamond Joe" Quimby
Gender	Male
Job	Mayor of Springfield
Relatives	Wife: Martha Quimby Mistress: Miss Springfield (most consistent mistress) Brother: Clovis Nephew: Freddie Children: Several illegitimate by various mistresses
Voice actor	Dan Castellaneta
First appearance
The Simpsons	"Bart Gets an F"

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Contents 1 Role in The Simpsons 1.1 Personality 1.2 Political career 2 Character 2.1 Comparisons to the Kennedy family 2.2 Origin of name 3 References 4 External links 5 See also

Role in The Simpsons

Personality

Quimby has long served as the mayor of the fictional city of Springfield. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Springfield is the fictional city in which the animated American sitcom The Simpsons is set He appears as a slick, opportunistic politician whose chief priorities seem to be keeping himself in office, womanizing, and various other forms of corruption, including embezzlement of tax money, taking bribes from the local Mafia Don Fat Tony, and giving monthly kickbacks to Police Chief Wiggum^[2]. The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a Sicilian Criminal Secret society which is believed to have first developed in the mid-19th century Fat Tony is a recurring character in the animated sitcom The Simpsons. Political corruption is the use of governmental powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain Chief Clancy Wiggum is a Fictional character from the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Hank Azaria. The seal on the wall of his office reads "Corruptus extremis". ^[3].

He is known to be a womanizer, and to occasionally amuse himself with pornographic playing cards during town meetings. Promiscuity refers to sexual behavior of a man or woman who casually has sex with many partners Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper thin card or thin plastic figured with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing Card games Quimby was once the subject of 27 separate paternity suits - a result of his frequent womanizing. In law Paternity is the legal acknowledgment of the parental relationship between a man and a child usually based on several factors One of the women he allegedly impregnated was Cookie Kwan, who held up a baby remarkably similar to Quimby in both looks and mannerisms^[4]. The following is a list of Recurring characters in The Simpsons. Quimby also is frequently noticed in bed with the same illiterate blonde woman, who was later revealed to be Miss Springfield^[5]. traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write or the ability to use Language to read, write, listen, The following is a list of Recurring characters in The Simpsons.

Despite being mayor, Quimby does not know or care much about his city, often privately (or even publicly) showing his outright contempt for Springfield's citizens. He frequently takes overseas vacations, which take him out of town for extended periods of time, leading to the headline "Mayor Visits City" in the Springfield Shopper. He once referred to Springfield as Springfeld at a public meeting.

If bending the law will suit Quimby's purposes, he will likely do so. He once arranged Marge Simpson's release after she was arrested for blocking traffic on a bridge after suffering a nervous breakdown, claiming that if she went to jail, Quimby could kiss the "chick vote" goodbye^[6]. Marjorie "Marge" Simpson (née Bouvier) is a Fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons Mental breakdown (also known as nervous breakdown or snapping) is a non-medical term used to describe a sudden acute attack of Mental illness such as He also resorted to bribing witnesses when assault charges were brought against his nephew, leading Bart Simpson to observe that "the system works: just ask Claus von Bülow"^[7]. Bartholomew J "Bart" Simpson is a character in the animated television series The Simpsons Claus von Bülow (born Claus Cecil Borberg on August 11, 1926, in Copenhagen Denmark) is a British socialite of German and Danish

His catch phrase is "Vote Quimby", which he always finds an opportunity to say, even in situations where it would be disadvantageous to identify himself, like inadvertently being caught by Homer in a motel room with his mistress. A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance A mistress is a man's long term female Sexual partner and companion who is not married to him especially used when the man is married to another woman

Political career

Quimby was elected Mayor of Springfield in 1986. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) He has been re-elected several times since, despite rather open admissions of fraud and wrongdoing. In the broadest sense a fraud is a Deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual He once admitted to using taxpayer dollars to fund the murder of his enemies, but thanks to a clever use of a popular catch phrase ("I'm a bad wittle boy"), he was re-elected in a landslide^[8]. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance His political stranglehold on Springfield has earned Quimby the hatred of Springfield's small but vocal Republican elite, themselves portrayed as mostly dark, ghoulish figures who meet in a castle.

When the party nominated Sideshow Bob as its mayoral candidate, Bob rigged the election, briefly deposing Quimby. Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known by his stage name Sideshow Bob, is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons He was re-instated when Bob was found guilty of fraud and imprisoned^[9]. Later, he briefly was deemed to have "abandoned office" and was replaced by a short-lived "council of learned citizens" headed by Lisa Simpson, John Frink, and the Comic Book Guy among others^[10]. Lisa Marie Simpson is a Fictional character in the animated Television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Yeardley Smith. John Frink (born 1964 Whitesboro New York) is an American producer and Writer who is most noted for having a character named after Jeff Albertson, better known as Comic Book Guy, is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He also survived a recall election in 2005, with no candidate in the race against him (candidates included Rainier Wolfcastle (another Schwarzenegger reference), Kent Brockman, and even Homer Simpson) garnering the 5% necessary to force a recall^[11]. " See Homer Run " is the sixth episode of the 17th season of The Simpsons. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rainier Luftwaffe Wolfcastle (voiced by Harry Shearer) is a recurring character featured in the Television Cartoon The Simpsons The 2003 California recall election was a special Election permitted under California law Kent Brockman is a recurring Fictional character in the Animated Television series The Simpsons, voiced by Harry Shearer Homer Jay Simpson is a main fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family.

He once accidentally allowed his mistress, "Miss Springfield", to wear his mayoral sash, causing him to exclaim with horror that during the "five seconds" she wore it, she was "legally the mayor"^[12].

In the future Springfield shown in a fortune teller's vision of Lisa's future, Lisa is shown riding in a taxicab driven by a now indicted Quimby, whose license falsely identifies him as Mohammed Jafar in a weak attempt to deflect the embarrassment and shame of being thrown out of political office^[13]. Lisa Marie Simpson is a Fictional character in the animated Television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Yeardley Smith. A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of Public transport for a single passenger or small group of passengers typically for a non-shared ride Due to there being many "future-episodes" in The Simpsons, this cannot necessarily be considered canon. This article is not about Literary canons of influential works of fiction but about the concept of a canon which defines the world of a particular fictional series

Character

Comparisons to the Kennedy family

There are many things about Quimby and his family that are similar to Ted Kennedy and the Kennedy political family:

• He speaks with a Boston accent, in a style most resembling that of Ted Kennedy, commonly separating words with "er" and "ah". The Kennedy family are a family descending from the marriage of the Irish-Americans Joseph P Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22 1932 is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic The Boston accent is found not only in the city of Boston Massachusetts itself but also much of eastern Massachusetts Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22 1932 is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic
• He enjoys moderate wealth. Wealth derives from the old English word "weal" which means "well-being
• He lives on a coastal estate (the "Quimby compound") with his family—not unlike the Kennedy Compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts. The Kennedy Compound or Hyannis Port Historic District is the name given to six Acres (24000 m² of waterfront property along Nantucket Sound in Hyannis is the largest of seven villages in the town of Barnstable Massachusetts, on Cape Cod
• Quimby is married to a woman who wears a pink suit and pillbox hat similar to one Jacqueline Kennedy made famous. A pillbox hat is a small woman's hat with a flat crown and straight upright sides
• The episode "Homerazzi" shows actor Rainier Wolfcastle-a parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger-marrying a woman named Maria Shriver Kennedy Quimby; Schwarzenegger's wife is journalist Maria Shriver, the niece of Ted Kennedy. " Homerazzi " is the sixteenth episode of the eighteenth season of The Simpsons, which was originally broadcast on March 25, Rainier Luftwaffe Wolfcastle (voiced by Harry Shearer) is a recurring character featured in the Television Cartoon The Simpsons Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor Maria Owings Shriver ( born November 6 1955 is an award-winning American journalist a prolific author and First Lady of California.
• The episode "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" showed the mayor's nephew, Freddy Quimby, was once tried for assault (a reference to the William Kennedy Smith rape trial) during which Mayor Quimby tried to bribe witnesses. " The Boy Who Knew Too Much " is the 20th episode of The Simpsons ' fifth season. Assault is a Crime of Violence against another person. In some Jurisdictions including Australia and New Zealand, William Kennedy Smith (born September 4, 1960) is an American Physician whose work focuses on landmines and the rehabilitation Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person Bribery, a form of pecuniary corruption is an act usually implying money or gift given that alters the behaviour of the recipient in ways not consistent with the duties of that person

During the USAToday. com contest to choose which Springfield would host the Simpsons Movie premiere, Ted Kennedy himself appears in a video in which he invited "Diamond Joe" Quimby to Springfield, Massachusetts, and even mocked his own oft-mocked pronunciation of the word "Chowder" (as "Chow-Dah"). Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.

In addition to the clear Ted Kennedy connection, Quimby also has a similarity with Charles Foster Kane, having built an opera house for his girlfriend. Citizen Kane ( 1941) is an American Dramatic film, and the first Feature film directed by Orson Welles, who also co-authored

Origin of name

Joe Quimby's name partly comes from NW Quimby Street in Portland, Oregon, the hometown of show creator Matt Groening. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Matthew Abram Groening (ˈɡreɪnɪŋ GRAY-ning) (born February 15 1954 is an American Cartoonist, television producer and writer from Portland The rest of the character's name is from Portland mobster and chief of police, "Diamond" Jim Purcell. " Mobster " is a slang term for a person who participates in Organized crime, which is known as belonging to "the Mob" “Diamond” Jim Purcell was the Chief of Police in Portland, Oregon during the 1950s

References

External links

• Official site of Joe Quimby's 2000 presidential election campaign
• Mayored to the Mob: A Mayor Quimby Tribute
• Joe Quimby at the Internet Movie Database

See also

• Politics in The Simpsons

Politics is a common theme in the Animated Television series The Simpsons, and this phenomenon has had some crossover with real

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