Search results
People also ask
Will Apu be voiced by a white actor on 'the Simpsons'?
Who is Apu on 'the Simpsons'?
Will 'The Simpsons' bring Apu back?
Will Hank Azaria voice Apu on 'the Simpsons'?
Will Apu return to 'the Simpsons' if Azaria resigns?
Who is APU's new voice?
Mar 22, 2021 · The Simpsons' creator has said there are "ambitious" plans for Apu - the Indian character who was sidelined over criticism that he was voiced by a white actor and was a harmful stereotype.
- Overview
- Biography
- Non-Canon appearances
- Behind the Laughter
- Merchandising
- Controversy
- Trivia
- Appearances
―Apu's catchphrase
―Apu
―Apu, once in response to one of his octuplets
―The Simpsons Tapped Out
―Referring to Homer or someone else
―Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
During the 1960s, while still living in India, Apu spent some time as a student of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, in which capacity he became a friend of Paul and Linda McCartney. Apu's friendship with the McCartneys caused him to be referred to by some (mainly himself) as "The Fifth Beatle".
His education history is contradictory. Once, he said he graduated from Caltech (the Calcutta Technical Institute), where he was the top of his class of 7,000,000 pupils and got a scholarship in the United States at the Springfield Heights Institute of Technology shortly after. Once in the United States, he achieved a doctorate in Computer Science by designing the world's first tic-tac-toe program that only the top human players could beat (which was broken by Bart years later). He then took a job working at the Kwik-E-Mart to repay his student loan.
In another account, he said he attended MIT (the Mumbai Institute of Tantric Sex) and used the money he won from a card-counting ring there to purchase fake SAT scores and get into the real MIT. Apu failed every class, was kicked out, and had to move to Springfield.
During the mid-1980s, Apu was a member of the barbershop quartet called The Be Sharps, which also consisted of Homer Simpson, Seymour Skinner, and Barney Gumble, who replaced original band member Chief Clancy Wiggum. Upon the advice of Nigel, the band's manager, Apu took the stage name Apu du Beaumarche and denied "by the many arms of Vishnu" that he was actually a Hindu.
Apu and Manjula married after two years, despite trying to wriggle out of the situation. He was won over soon after meeting Manjula and the pair actually did fall in love. Later, Manjula gave birth to octuplets after receiving a larger-than-recommended dose of fertility drugs. Apu and Manjula have a mostly happy marriage, despite understandable marital problems caused by Apu's workaholic nature, the stress of caring for eight children, and two instances of infidelity by Apu. He and his family are devotees of the Hindu gods Shiva, Ganesha, and Vishnu. At Apu's wedding, Homer, in a misguided attempt to play on the bride and groom's families' fear of the gods, arrived dressed as the Hindu god Ganesh. The impersonation was seen through by one of Apu's relatives and failed miserably. Before getting married, Apu became known as the leading ladies' man in Springfield, because he holds a Ph.D. and runs his own business. He also admitted, "I'm not much of a talker, but I love to listen. I also like to design and build furniture and then to have a discussion about where it could be placed in a room," which made the single women of Springfield go crazy for him. Despite his hectic marriage and home life, however, his first love is still to work at the Kwik-E-Mart, sometimes taking shifts long enough to send him into sleep-deprived hallucinations in which he thinks he is "...a hummingbird of some kind." Also, after Apu had an affair with Annette, Manjula made him legally change his name to Slime Q Slimedog. He is revealed to have slept with Selma Bouvier after Homer and Marge's second wedding.
He claims to know Pi to 40000 decimal places, noting that the last place (40001st digit of pi) is one (yet the true 40,001st digit is a 6).
Video Games
Apu has been a playable character in several Simpsons games. He is the only non-Simpson family playable character in the video game The Simpsons: Hit and Run, and his standard vehicle is a yellow version of his Pontiac Firebird called "Longhorn". He is in the fifth level which is downtown Springfield at night, where he tries to find the source of Buzz Cola and, with Bart Simpson, uncovers the alien reality TV show that has fueled many of the game's events. He is also a driver and passenger in The Simpsons Road Rage and is a fighter unlocked from the beginning in The Simpsons Wrestling. In The Simpsons Game when Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney are assigned by Skinner to rob from the museum. They stop by the Kwik E Mart and Apu witnesses them take Milhouse's pants by force. Later when Bart and Homer save and destroy part of the museum Apu tells them that thanks to them his children will one day know the boredom of the museum. Apu later tells Bart that Springfields Fattest Pigs are signing up for the Duff Eating Contest. After the Contest Apu tells Bart way to give Homer an unfair advantage in the Eating Contest. Later when Mr. Burns is planning to cut down the forest he goes to the Kwik E Mart and buys a Magazine called GEO and leaves without buying it. After the foil of Mr. Burns's plan, Apu says to Bart saving a forest will assure he will be at least a pigeon in his next life. Apu later joins Marge to ban the Itchy and Scratchy Game and succeeds. When the Aliens invade Springfield, Apu sees the Mall being attacked by Aliens. Apu later heard on the Radio that Dolphins are attacking Springfield and wishes that his Donuts do not join the Lard Lad Reign of terror. Apu tells Bart that in honor of his victory he is serving Dolphin Flavored Squishies. He tells Bart that he really showed Lard Lad who's boss. He then thanks Bart for putting a small dent in the aliens' plan.
Futurama
Although he did not appear fully in person in The Simpsons' sister show, Futurama, his head could be seen in the head museum in "Space Pilot 3000" and "Bender's Big Score".
The Simpsons Guy
In The Simpsons/Family Guy crossover Apu meets the Griffins and welcomes them to the Kwik-E-Mart. Later, Apu is seen being tortured by Stewie Griffin, despite but not being Bart's enemy Stewie just wanted to say he took "a poo".
Apu was voiced by Hank Azaria, who, owing to the character's Indian origins, voiced him with a Hindi accent.
Apu's surname, Nahasapeemapetilon, is an anagram of the name Pahasanee Mapetilon, which are the first and last names of a schoolmate of Simpsons writer Jeff Martin.
Apu has had four action figures in the World of Springfield line. There is also an Apu figure in the Kidrobot figure line.
In May 2014, LEGO released a Minifigure Series based on The Simpsons. It included 16 characters from the series, Apu was one of them.
It has been argued that the portrayal of Apu is a racist caricature. During the 7-Eleven promotion in 2007, some members of the Indian-American community voiced concerns that Apu is a caricature that plays on too many negative stereotypes. Despite this, 7-Eleven reported that many of its Indian employees reacted positively to the idea, but noted that it was "not a 100 percent endorsement".
According to comedian Hari Kondabolu, in a Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell web exclusive segment, there is a negative reaction to Apu in the Indian American community, as well as the greater South Asian diaspora community. Pakistani-American comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani has also criticized the character, and has related that early in his career, he was asked to do the "Apu accent" as a stereotypical version of the "Indian accent". In a 2007 interview, Azaria (who is of Sephardic Jewish descent) acknowledged some of this criticism when he recalled a conversation with the writers of the show during the inception of the character: "Right away they were like 'Can you do an Indian accent and how offensive can you make it?' basically. I was like, 'It's not tremendously accurate. It's a little, uh, stereotype,' and they were like, 'Eh, that's all right.'" In a 2013 interview with the Huffington Post, Azaria said it should not be expected that the character's accent would "suddenly change now" or that the character would be written out, saying, "I'd be surprised if [the show's writers] write him any less frequently because he's offensive."
In 2016, Kondabolu announced his intention to produce a documentary about "how this controversial caricature was created, burrowed its way into the hearts and minds of Americans and continues to exist – intact – twenty-six years later." In 2017, Kondabolu released the hour-long documentary The Problem with Apu. In the film, Kondabolu interviews other actors and comics of South Asian heritage about the impact that the character of Apu has had on their lives and the perception of South Asians in American culture.
On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Azaria said that he would be "perfectly willing to step aside" from the role of voicing Apu, saying that he was increasingly worried about the character causing harm by reinforcing stereotypes and that "the most important thing is to listen to Indian people and their experience with it ... I really want to see Indian, South Asian writers in the writers' room, genuinely informing whichever direction this character takes." Kondabolu had a positive reaction to Azaria's comments.
•Apu is a vegan.
•The ethnic background of Apu is debated; as one episode implies that he is Bengali, in another episode he is said to be Hindu, in another he is Kannadiga and he is Tamil in another one.
•In "Treehouse of Horror IX", in the segment "Hell Toupée", Chief Wiggum was unable to pronounce Apu's surname, so he blames Homer only for Moe's murder.
•Apu owns a Halloween store called Official Halloween Headquarters.
•Episode – "The Telltale Head"
•Episode – "Homer's Night Out"
•Episode – "Krusty Gets Busted"
•Episode – "Bart Gets an "F""
•Episode – "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"
•Episode – "Principal Charming"
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is a recurring character in the American animated television series The Simpsons. He is an Indian immigrant proprietor who runs the Kwik-E-Mart, a popular convenience store in Springfield, and is known for his catchphrase, "Thank you, come again". [1]
Voiced most times by Hank Azaria. Images of the Apu Nahasapeemapetilon voice actors from the Simpsons franchise.
The Simpson family receives a severed monkey's paw which can grant wishes, Bart gains magical powers which he uses to turn Homer into a Jack-in-the-box, and Mr. Burns uses Homer's brain to create a robot. Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. Votes: 4,030.
Mar 22, 2021 · Groening has stated that Apu will continue to appear in “The Simpsons” despite Azaria stepping down, but a replacement voice actor has yet to be announced.
Sep 25, 2020 · Actor Alex Désert is to replace Hank Azaria as the voice of Homer's workmate Carl Carlson in the first episode of the new season of The Simpsons. Désert, who has appeared in TV's Better Things...
