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| Milhouse Van Houten | |
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| The Simpsons character | |
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| First appearance | "The Butterfinger Group" (1988) |
| Created by | Matt Groening |
| Designed by | Matt Groening |
| Voiced by | |
| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Student at Springfield Elementary School |
| Family | Kirk Van Houten (father) Luann Van Houten (mother) |
| Relatives |
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| Religion | Zoroastrianism[1] |
| Origin | Italian-Greek-Dutch-Danish American |
Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten[2] is a recurring character in the Fox animated television series The Simpsons voiced by Pamela Hayden and created by Matt Groening. Milhouse is Bart Simpson's childhood best friend in Mrs. Krabappel's fourth grade class at Springfield Elementary School. He is insecure, gullible, and is often led into trouble by Bart, who takes advantage of his friend's naïveté. Milhouse is a regular target for school bully Nelson Muntz and his friends Jimbo Jones, Dolph Starbeam and Kearney Zzyzwicz. He has an unrequited crush on Bart's sister, Lisa, which is a common plot element.
Milhouse debuted in the 1988 commercial "The Butterfinger Group" while The Simpsons was still airing as a cartoon short series on the Fox variety show The Tracey Ullman Show. When The Simpsons was greenlit for a full series by Fox, Milhouse became one of the series' most prominent recurring characters. Groening chose the name Milhouse, also the middle name of President Richard Nixon, because it was the most "unfortunate name [he] could think of for a kid".[3] Milhouse's appearance is based on that of Rob Cohen.[4]
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEOmyLHZyqc
- ^ "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas". The Simpsons. Season 17. Episode 7. November 27, 2005. Fox.
- ^ Rhodes, Joe (2000-10-21). "Flash! 24 Simpsons Stars Reveal Themselves". TV Guide.
- ^ "The Dana Gould Hour" for 2014-10-14 around 13m30s. Retrieved 2014-11-15