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{{Simpsons character
| name=Marge Simpson
| image =
| gender=Female
| job=Housewife
| relatives= '''Husband:''' [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] <br /> '''Children:''' [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]], [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] <br /> '''Parents:''' [[Clancy Bouvier|Clancy]] and [[Jaqueline Bouvier|Jacqueline Bouvier]] <br /> '''Sisters:''' [[Patty and Selma Bouvier|Patty and Selma]]
| ullmanappearance = "[[Good Night (The Simpsons short)|Good Night]]" (1987)
| appearance = "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]" (1989)
| voiceactor= [[Julie Kavner]]
}}
'''Marjorie "Marge" Simpson''' is a character in the [[animation|animated]] [[Television program|television series]] ''[[The Simpsons]]''. The characters [[voice acting|voice]] is done by [[Julie Kavner]]. Marge is the wife of [[Homer Simpson]] and the mother of [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]], and [[Maggie Simpson]]. She is famous for her very tall [[blue]] [[hair]], that is shaped into a [[beehive]]. She also is proud to have never met anyone with taller hair outside [[Graceland]].<ref>Episode: "Lisa's Rival", Season 6 episode 2</ref> Marge was named after, and loosely based on, Margaret "Marge" Groening, [[Matt Groening]]'s mother.
==Personality==
Marge’s image is normally that of a [[stereotype|stereotypical]] [[sitcom]] [[mother]] who is sometimes seen as an inexperienced person and easy to be fooled. Despite having higher [[moral]]s than most other characters, Marge has had her fair share of wild escapades throughout the show’s history. She was once a [[police officer]] in Springfield, took treatment for [[road rage]], was once sent to [[jail]] for [[shoplifting]], became a [[gambling]] fanatic, showed [[alcoholism]], was an unwilling participant in a cross-country police chase, took [[steroid]]s, cheated on a cooking competition and developed [[amnesia]]. She is also known for her persistent nagging and groaning. These are just some of the strange situations in which Marge has found herself. She also displays a surprisingly strong will. Marge is the only member of the family who normally tries to encourage the family to go to [[church]]. She also appears to have significant athletic ability in times of imminent danger. She can speak two [[language]]s fluently, one being [[English language|English]] and the other in [[French language|French]].
[[Political]]ly, Marge supports the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]. She once says that she [[vote]]d for [[Jimmy Carter]] ("twice" according to Lisa), supported the candidacy of their state's [[governor]] Mary Bailey, and also stated to have been really [[Depression (illness)|depressed]] when [[Lyndon Johnson]] died.
==Talents==
Marge studied to be a [[painter]]. When she was a [[teenager]] she had a huge crush on [[Ringo Starr]] and painted a large number of [[portrait]]s of him. She also wrote to him, but only received a reply 25 years later. His response inspired her to enter an art contest. Her portrait of a [[drunkenness|drunk]] Homer [[sleep]]ing on the couch won the competition. She was then hired by Mr. Burns to do a portrait of him. The resulting portrait won even Mr. Burns’ praise, a massive feat in itself.
Marge also is a very skilled cook. She once started a [[pretzel]] business, which succeeded with the help of the Springfield Mafia. She has entered different cooking challenges, although situations such as cruel and ruthless competitors and overheated [[oven]]s made her to lose and even break or destroy the other competitors too. In general, she is shown as a very good cook. She is especially well known for her [[pork]] chops, Homer's favorite dish.
In some episodes Marge is shown being a fairly skilled photographer until she decided to choose Homer over photography.
==Appearance==
===Hair===
As a teen, Marge had her hair long to at waist length which she always wore down, but got the idea to wear it in her trademark beehive for senior prom in the episode "[[The Way We Was]]". In the [[Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious|Shary Bobbins episode]], her hair is shown close to her [[knee]]s, meaning that a lot of hair would be needed to create her tall beehive. Marge has admitted that her hair is not really [[blue]] but is, in fact, [[gray]]. It was revealed by Homer in "[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]" that Marge dyes her hair with blue dye #56; ''"She’s been gray as a mule since she was seventeen."'' However, it is shown in the episode "[[Fear of Flying (The Simpsons episode)|Fear of Flying]]" that Marge's blue hair goes back to when she was a small child. Because of her unusually large hairstyle, her height is reported to be 8'6", as noted by Apu in the episode "[[Marge in Chains]]". In "[[The Way We Weren't]]", her hair was blue before she met Homer and was dark at one time because of Marge [[ironing]] a piece of her hair for a long time. In ''The Simpsons'' Season Four [[DVD]] commentary, Matt Groening states that the original idea behind Marge's hair was to hide large [[rabbit]] [[ear]]s. The gag was intended to be revealed in the final episode of the series, but was cancelled early on because of its irregularity.<ref>[[Matt Groening]], The Complete Fourth Season DVD (2004) commentary for episode ''[[Selma's Choice]]''. [[20th Century Fox]]</ref>
===Age===
Like most of the other Simpsons characters, Marge's age changes from time to time throughout the show's history. In first-season [[episode]]s "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]" and "[[Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons Episode)|Some Enchanted Evening]]", Marge is said to be 34 years old, but her age was later changed to 38, possibly because she and Homer attended their twentieth anniversary [[high school|high-school]] [[reunion]] in one episode. In the episode "[[Regarding Margie]]", Homer states that Marge is his age, meaning she could be anywhere between 36 and 40 years in age.
==References==
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{{Simpsons character
| name=Marge Simpson
| image =
| gender=Female
| job=Housewife
| relatives= '''Husband:''' [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] <br /> '''Children:''' [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]], [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] <br /> '''Parents:''' [[Clancy Bouvier|Clancy]] and [[Jaqueline Bouvier|Jacqueline Bouvier]] <br /> '''Sisters:''' [[Patty and Selma Bouvier|Patty and Selma]]
| ullmanappearance = "[[Good Night (The Simpsons short)|Good Night]]" (1987)
| appearance = "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]" (1989)
| voiceactor= [[Julie Kavner]]
}}
'''Marjorie "Marge" Simpson''' is a character in the [[animation|animated]] [[Television program|television series]] ''[[The Simpsons]]''. The characters [[voice acting|voice]] is done by [[Julie Kavner]]. Marge is the wife of [[Homer Simpson]] and the mother of [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]], and [[Maggie Simpson]]. She is famous for her very tall [[blue]] [[hair]], that is shaped into a [[beehive]]. She also is proud to have never met anyone with taller hair outside [[Graceland]].<ref>Episode: "Lisa's Rival", Season 6 episode 2</ref> Marge was named after, and loosely based on, Margaret "Marge" Groening, [[Matt Groening]]'s mother.
==Personality==
Marge’s image is normally that of a [[stereotype|stereotypical]] [[sitcom]] [[mother]] who is sometimes seen as an inexperienced person and easy to be fooled. Despite having higher [[moral]]s than most other characters, Marge has had her fair share of wild escapades throughout the show’s history. She was once a [[police officer]] in Springfield, took treatment for [[road rage]], was once sent to [[jail]] for [[shoplifting]], became a [[gambling]] fanatic, showed [[alcoholism]], was an unwilling participant in a cross-country police chase, took [[steroid]]s, cheated on a cooking competition and developed [[amnesia]]. She is also known for her persistent nagging and groaning. These are just some of the strange situations in which Marge has found herself. She also displays a surprisingly strong will. Marge is the only member of the family who normally tries to encourage the family to go to [[church]]. She also appears to have significant athletic ability in times of imminent danger. She can speak two [[language]]s fluently, one being [[English language|English]] and the other in [[French language|French]].
[[Political]]ly, Marge supports the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]. She once says that she [[vote]]d for [[Jimmy Carter]] ("twice" according to Lisa), supported the candidacy of their state's [[governor]] Mary Bailey, and also stated to have been really [[Depression (illness)|depressed]] when [[Lyndon Johnson]] died.
==Talents==
Marge studied to be a [[painter]]. When she was a [[teenager]] she had a huge crush on [[Ringo Starr]] and painted a large number of [[portrait]]s of him. She also wrote to him, but only received a reply 25 years later. His response inspired her to enter an art contest. Her portrait of a [[drunkenness|drunk]] Homer [[sleep]]ing on the couch won the competition. She was then hired by Mr. Burns to do a portrait of him. The resulting portrait won even Mr. Burns’ praise, a massive feat in itself.
Marge also is a very skilled cook. She once started a [[pretzel]] business, which succeeded with the help of the Springfield Mafia. She has entered different cooking challenges, although situations such as cruel and ruthless competitors and overheated [[oven]]s made her to lose and even break or destroy the other competitors too. In general, she is shown as a very good cook. She is especially well known for her [[pork]] chops, Homer's favorite dish.
In some episodes Marge is shown being a fairly skilled photographer until she decided to choose Homer over photography.
==Appearance==
===Hair===
As a teen, Marge had her hair long to at waist length which she always wore down, but got the idea to wear it in her trademark beehive for senior prom in the episode "[[The Way We Was]]". In the [[Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious|Shary Bobbins episode]], her hair is shown close to her [[knee]]s, meaning that a lot of hair would be needed to create her tall beehive. Marge has admitted that her hair is not really [[blue]] but is, in fact, [[gray]]. It was revealed by Homer in "[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]" that Marge dyes her hair with blue dye #56; ''"She’s been gray as a mule since she was seventeen."'' However, it is shown in the episode "[[Fear of Flying (The Simpsons episode)|Fear of Flying]]" that Marge's blue hair goes back to when she was a small child. Because of her unusually large hairstyle, her height is reported to be 8'6", as noted by Apu in the episode "[[Marge in Chains]]". In "[[The Way We Weren't]]", her hair was blue before she met Homer and was dark at one time because of Marge [[ironing]] a piece of her hair for a long time. In ''The Simpsons'' Season Four [[DVD]] commentary, Matt Groening states that the original idea behind Marge's hair was to hide large [[rabbit]] [[ear]]s. The gag was intended to be revealed in the final episode of the series, but was cancelled early on because of its irregularity.<ref>[[Matt Groening]], The Complete Fourth Season DVD (2004) commentary for episode ''[[Selma's Choice]]''. [[20th Century Fox]]</ref>
===Age===
Like most of the other Simpsons characters, Marge's age changes from time to time throughout the show's history. In first-season [[episode]]s "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]" and "[[Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons Episode)|Some Enchanted Evening]]", Marge is said to be 34 years old, but her age was later changed to 38, possibly because she and Homer attended their twentieth anniversary [[high school|high-school]] [[reunion]] in one episode. In the episode "[[Regarding Margie]]", Homer states that Marge is his age, meaning she could be anywhere between 36 and 40 years in age.
==References==
{{wikiquote-en}}
{{Reflist}}
{{The Simpsons}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Marge}}
[[Category:The Simpsons characters]]
{{Link GA|en}}
{{Link GA|fr}}
{{Link GA|tr}}
[[ja:ザ・シンプソンズの登場人物#シンプソン家とその親類]]