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| name              = Marge Simpson

| name              = Marge Simpson

| series            = [[The Simpsons]]

| series            = [[The Simpsons]]

| image              = [[File:Wynwood Marge.jpg |350px|thumb|Marge]]

| image              = Wynwood Marge.jpg

| first              = "[[Good Night (The Simpsons)|Good Night]]" (1987)

| first              = "[[Good Night (The Simpsons)|Good Night]]" (1987)

| creator            = [[Matt Groening]]

| creator            = [[Matt Groening]]

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'''Marjorie "Marge" Simpson''' is a character in the [[animation|animated]] [[Television program|television series]] ''[[The Simpsons]]''. The character is [[voice acting|voiced]] 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.

'''Marjorie "Marge" Simpson''' is a character in the [[animation|animated]] [[Television program|television series]] ''[[The Simpsons]]''. The character is [[voice acting|voiced]] 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 ==

== 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]], sentenced to 90 days in the Springfield Women’s Prison, 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 (building)|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]].

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]], sentenced to 90 days in the Springfield Women’s Prison, 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 (building)|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]].

== Hair ==

== 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."'' 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, so this color choice may ave been intended to match her original color. 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>

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."'' 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, so this color choice may have been intended to match her original color. 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 ==

== 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 36 years old, but her age was later changed to 38, possibly because she and Homer attended their twentieth anniversary [[high school]] reunion in one episode. In the episode "[[Regarding Margie]]", Homer states that Marge is his age, meaning she and Homer are both 38.  

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 36 years old, but her age was later changed to 38, possibly because she and Homer attended their twentieth anniversary [[high school]] reunion in one episode. In the episode "[[Regarding Margie]]", Homer states that Marge is his age, meaning she and Homer are both 38.  

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