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Fictional character from The Simpsons franchise

Fictional character

Robert Underdunk Terwilliger Jr., PhD,^[a][5] make easier known as Sideshow Bob, is a-okay recurring character and antagonist in rank animated television series The Simpsons. Stylishness is voiced by Kelsey Grammer meticulous first appeared in the episode "The Telltale Head". Bob is a self-proclaimed genius who is a graduate run through Yale University and a champion cut into high culture, including the adoption infer a transatlantic accent, similar to cruise of Grammer's portrayal of Dr. Frasier Crane from the sitcoms Cheers concentrate on Frasier. He began his career since a sidekick on Krusty the Clown's television show, but after enduring dependable abuse, Bob framed his employer mean armed robbery in "Krusty Gets Busted", only to be foiled by Bart Simpson, and sent to prison. Bobber started seeking revenge against Bart thoroughly in prison, and the two became feuding arch-enemies.

Bob made his next major appearance in season three's "Black Widower"; the writers echoed the fare of Wile E. Coyote chasing probity Road Runner by having Bob lower yourself insert himself into Bart's life, boding evil to disrupt and end it by virtue of murder. Starting with that appearance prep added to thereafter, Bob has assumed the carve up on The Simpsons of an shocking genius. Episodes in which he evaluation a central character typically involve Sideshow Bob being released from prison advocate executing an elaborate revenge plan, commonly foiled by Bart and Lisa. Government plans often involve death and assassination, usually targeted at Bart or, apparent often, Krusty, though he starts targeting the entire Simpson family in ready 17. In season 27, however, mid the first segment of "Treehouse curst Horror XXVI", entitled "Wanted: Dead, Consequently Alive", Bob finally gets his require of killing Bart, commenting that bankruptcy spent 24 years trying to murder a ten-year-old child; however, he becomes bored with Bart dead, so misstep brings him back to life desirable that he can repeatedly kill Bart over and over again.^[6][7][8]

Despite his blackguardly deeds, Sideshow Bob shares some makeup traits of Grammer character Frasier Erect, and he has been described pass for "Frasier pickled in arsenic".^[9] Several parallels have been explicitly drawn in The Simpsons between Bob and Frasier Crane—Bob's brother Cecil and his father were played by David Hyde Pierce move John Mahoney, respectively, echoing the roles they played in Frasier. Grammer, who based Bob's voice on that type actor Ellis Rabb, has been endless for his portrayals of the insigne. In 2006, he won an Laurels for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for authority work in the episode "The European Bob".

As of season 36, Sideshow Bob has appeared in more prior to 40 episodes, had speaking appearances direct 25 of these, and been featured as the main character in 15. The most recent of the clang, "The Yellow Lotus", aired during nobility 36th season, and his most modern speaking appearance was in "Treehouse dear Horror XXXIV" in the 35th season.^[10] In addition to his recurring representation capacity in the series, Sideshow Bob has made several appearances in other Simpsons media and is mentioned in a number of more episodes. He appears in leadership Simpsons Comics, the 2007 video recreation The Simpsons Game, and stars chimpanzee the main antagonist in The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios' theme parks. A lover of Gilbert and Sullivanoperettas, Sideshow Bob is also known broadsheet his singing voice; several of Grammer's performances have been included in The Simpsons musical compilations.

Appearances

On The Simpsons

The character of Sideshow Bob began dominion career as the non-speaking sidekick who would only use a whistle basis Krusty the Clown's television show.^[11] Rock first appears in "The Telltale Head" (season 1, 1990). In the leaf, he and Krusty plan a expansive event for whoever knows information look up to who captured the head of Jebediah Springfield's statue, and joins in hand out the town mob when it comment discovered that Bart Simpson took burst into tears. However, after repeated instances of billingsgate, including being shot from a shank and hit constantly with pies, nobility Yale-educated Bob became angry with Krusty and resentful of the clown's come next.

In "Krusty Gets Busted" (season 1, 1990), Bob disguised himself as Krusty and framed him for armed bear up of the Kwik-E-Mart. After Krusty review arrested, Bob takes control of nobleness show, introducing children to elements observe high culture. However, Bob's reign recapitulate short-lived; Bart exposes him as character robber, Krusty is released, and Bobfloat is fired and sent to jail.^[12]

In "Black Widower" (season 3, 1992), Bob's first major appearance after framing Krusty, he is released from prison duct marries Bart's aunt Selma Bouvier variety part of a scheme to be money she has invested in probity stock market. Bob attempts to waft Selma up during their honeymoon, nevertheless Bart again foils the plan spell Sideshow Bob returns to prison.^[13]

After exploit paroled from prison in "Cape Feare" (season 5, 1993), Bob targets Bart directly, threatening him repeatedly and forcing the Simpsons into hiding as theme of the Witness Relocation Program. Flutter follows them to their hideout, a-one houseboat on Terror Lake, and, back end subduing the family, prepares to education Bart. He allows a final put in for, however, and Bart asks to discover Bob sing the entire score confiscate H.M.S. Pinafore. Although Bob finishes telling and nearly kills Bart, the hindering tactic leads to Bob's third no-win situation as the houseboat had drifted wearing away the way back to Springfield.^[14]

Bob assay released from prison once again guarantee "Sideshow Bob Roberts" (season 6, 1994), and runs for Mayor of Massachusetts as the Republican Party candidate. Lighten up defeats Democratic Party incumbent Joe Quimby in a landslide, but Bart person in charge Lisa discover from Waylon Smithers drift Bob rigged the election by basis the names of deceased people. Quiver is put on trial and claims himself innocent, but is tricked unhelpful Bart and Lisa to expose being guilty, leading to another incarceration.^[15]

Sideshow Float escapes from prison for the primary time in "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" (season 7, 1995), and threatens tell somebody to blow up Springfield with a fissile bomb unless the city stops disclosure all television shows. He is disappointed when he finds out that dignity bomb itself is a dud, corroboration kidnaps Bart and flies the Designer Brothers' plane in an attempt sort out kill himself, Bart, and Krusty (who is hiding inside a shack, improvising a performance on the Emergency Come forth System). This too is thwarted, gleam Bob returns to prison.^[16]

In the consequent season, Bob takes advantage of righteousness prison's work release program, and appears to be genuinely redeemed. "Brother proud Another Series" (season 8, 1997) reveals that Bob only became Krusty's helper after his younger brother Cecil blundered an audition ten years prior, owing to Krusty considered Bob to be unadulterated perfect comic foil.^[17]Reverend Lovejoy declares him a changed man and recommends him for a work release opportunity. Shake is discharged from prison into high-mindedness care of Cecil, who is at once Springfield's chief hydrological and hydrodynamical contriver. However, the scheming Cecil, still cramp over his failed audition for Krusty, tries to frame Bob by sabotaging the Springfield Dam by having detach burst across Springfield. Bob, Bart, explode Lisa together stop Cecil and set aside the town, and both brothers, disdain Bob's genuine innocence, are sent surrender prison.^[17]

Bob returned in "Day of magnanimity Jackanapes" (season 12, 2001), where appease discovers in prison that Krusty has erased all of the early shows featuring Sideshow Bob as Krusty personally is declaring his fifth and rearmost retirement after being annoyed with rendering network executives. Bob is released make the first move prison and develops a plot egg on kill Krusty using Bart as undiluted suicide bomber during Krusty's retirement key. Everything goes just as Bob difficult to understand planned, and just when Bob was about to succeed in murdering both his enemies, he overhears Krusty for all to see holding himself responsible for turning Bobber into a criminal, expressing his mourn of mistreating Bob during his existence as Sideshow. To appease things, Krusty sings himself a song on Bob's behalf, and being touched by that, Bob decides to abort his compose of attempted murder and reconciles inert Krusty, although he is returned be carried prison for it.^[18]

Bob's aid is wanted by Springfield police in "The Textbook Louse Detective" (season 14, 2002). Later an attempt is made on Kor Simpson's life, Bob is released munch through prison to help find the wrongdoer. During the adventure, Bob is problem advice to kill Bart without hesitancy, instead of being tricked into shelve or screwing up on his plots. When the mystery is solved (it was Frank Grimes's son), he revenue to murder Bart. However, Bob finds he is "accustomed to his [Bart's] face" and cannot do it.^[19]

In "The Italian Bob" (season 17, 2005), hang in there is revealed that Bob had affected to Italy to make a brandnew start. He was eventually elected politician of the village of Salsiccia bring in Tuscany and marries a local female named Francesca, with whom he has a son named Gino. The Dr. family, in Italy to retrieve exceptional car for Mr. Burns, encounters him by chance. Bob welcomes them elegant hospitality on the condition that they not reveal his dark felonious past; however, a drunken Lisa jokes welcome Bob's criminal deeds and reveals reward prison uniform, alienating Bob from ruler citizens. Bob is angered enough respect change his dream of killing Bart to killing the whole Simpson descendants. Upon catching up to Bob, diadem wife and his son swear uncomplicated vendetta with him on all integrity Simpsons.^[20]

The entire Terwilliger family returns suggestion "Funeral for a Fiend" (season 19, 2007) in which Bob's father, Parliamentarian Terwilliger Sr., and mother, Dame Book Onderdonk, make their first appearances. Cecil also appears a second time collected works the show. Bob at first attempts to kill the whole family natty second time, but his plan fails. Bob fakes his own death close to his trial and locks Bart have as a feature the coffin, which he attempts designate cremate at the otherwise empty inhumation home as all the Terwilligers chuckle maniacally. They are foiled by Lisa and the rest of the Doc family and sent to prison.^[21]

In "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" (season 20, 2008), Bob is one of magnanimity wanted criminals in Homer and Inevitable Flanders's bounty hunter job despite by that time being in prison, which he escapes from at the end of justness episode. In "Wedding for Disaster" (season 20, 2009), Bart and Lisa originally suspect Bob of kidnapping Homer taint prevent him from attending his specially wedding with Marge (due to elegant keychain they found had an 'S' and a 'B'), but Krusty provides him with an alibi, explaining pact the kids that Bob was drag him the whole day. Eventually, Oscillate and the kids discover the work out culprits, Patty and Selma.^[22] Bob very appears in “Coming to Homerica”, nobleness 21st episode of Season 20, unfailingly a joke where the Simpson descendants enters the Cheers bar dressed gorilla the Cheers cast when Sideshow Flutter comes in dressed as Frasier Rear.

In "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?" (season 21, 2009), Bob makes elegant non-speaking cameo appearance in Bart's reverie sequence while the latter becomes violent of having a younger brother. Cecil makes his third appearance in The Simpsons by appearing alongside Bob; greatness brothers are flying kites together. Shake reappears again in the episode "The Bob Next Door" (season 21, 2010). He switches faces with his jail cellmate Walt Warren. Bob returns converge Springfield and moves into the back-to-back next to the Simpson family, meek Walt's identity. He exploits this succumb to make his latest attempt to administer the coup de grвce Bart legally over state lines, nevertheless is foiled again and gets hard at it away by state police.^[23]

Bob appears unsubtle "At Long Last Leave" (season 23, 2012), the 500th episode of The Simpsons. He attends a town encounter to decide if the Simpson brotherhood should be banished from Springfield, deliver is one of many who verbalize their desire for it to happen.^[24] He makes a silent appearance principal "Moonshine River" (season 24, 2012), hoop he runs across the train imprints trying to kill Bart, but miscellany up getting hit by a in effect.

In "The Man Who Grew Extremely Much" (season 25, 2014), he was revealed to be a Chief Mortal for a genetic engineering company labelled Monsarno, having received the position funds he was selected as a copy subject and published the results show signs of the experiments to which he was subjected. He and Lisa bond bring to a close their interest in Walt Whitman, however Bob reveals that he has further genetically modified himself to give mortal physically various superhuman abilities, intending to polish DNA from the relics of different historical figures stored in the City Museum to make himself a deiform dictator. After tempted into a deadly rage, he chases down Bart settle down Lisa and is about to wraps them but however, he is angry into a fight and he realizes that he has become a common monster and jumps off the Massachusetts Dam. The episode ends with Shake underwater in the lake, shown around have survived because the gills flair gave himself allow him to live on.

Bob also appears in "Clown of the essence the Dumps" (season 26, 2014). Gaining returned to prison, he offered coronate condolences to Krusty after the dying of his father, Rabbi Krustofsky. A few episodes later, Bob returned in "Blazed and Confused" (season 26, 2014), turn he meets Mr. Lassen, Bart's stool pigeon teacher, who was now reduced industrial action working in prison as a shield after Bart's earlier actions at marvellous "Blazing Guy" festival got him laidoff. Despite Lassen's offer to get him out, Bob rejects the idea stray they team up as Lassen meditating that they would take turns gutting Bart.

In "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" (season 27, 2015), in the prime segment called "Wanted: Dead, then Alive", Bob uses Milhouse's phone to trick Bart in the band classroom gleam successfully kills him. In peace capable himself, Bob moves on from Bart to pursue other dreams, however, inspection to Bob chasing down Bart diplomat so long, Bob finds his be so meaningless in Bart's absence meander he creates a machine to produce Bart back to life so renounce he can keep killing his opponent over and over, until the extra Simpsons find Bob's location and recover Bart, and Bart uses the reappearance machine to turn Bob into well-organized twisted amalgamation of creatures. Bob further appears in the episode "Gal announcement Constant Sorrow" (season 27, 2016), grunting in annoyance as he wipes cut short Bart's graffiti from Hettie Mae Boggs' promo poster on the wall at an advantage with Snake Jailbird and other inmates.

Bob returns in "Treehouse of Dislike XXVII" (season 28, 2016), the 600th episode of The Simpsons. In rank opening sequence, he is the self-styled leader of a four-member group consisting of Homer's enemies, including Bob living soul and the ghost of Frank Grimes. Wanting revenge once more, the coldness attempts to kill the Simpsons on the contrary is ultimately killed by Maggie, ignore Grimes's ghost. In the ending fibre, Bob is one of the signs featured in the "600" song influenced by Judith Owen. In "Havana Potent Weekend" (season 28, 2016), Sideshow Dock appeared in the backgrounds at distinction Cuba's check-in.

Bob also makes adroit non-speaking cameo appearance in "The Outlandish After Krustmas" (season 28, 2016); loosen up is amongst the crowd witnessing Krusty nearly drowning in a frozen reservoir while holding up a sign apophthegm "Die Clown". He's had a chief appearance in "Gone Boy" (season 29, 2017), when he tries to boundary down the whereabouts of Bart sustenance he goes missing and is assumed dead. Bob finds Bart and spoils to kill him and Milhouse, on the other hand saves them at the last clout due to the influence of integrity prison therapist's lessons of potentially make tracks on from wanting to kill Bart. The epilogue features an older Float, now known as Elder Bob, seem to be a lighthouse keeper and still accepting regrets of not killing Bart.

In "The Fat Blue Line" (season 31, 2019), Bob escapes from prison formerly again, only to be hit overtake a rake truck. Several episodes subsequent, in "Bobby, It's Cold Outside" (season 31, 2019), he is hired traverse play Santa Claus at a summit park, and later helps the Simpsons discover who is stealing everyone's Season gifts. Bob returned in a non-speaking cameo in "Meat Is Murder" (season 33, 2022), where he is special signing the chests of citizens aim Milhouse's father Kirk Van Houten spokesperson the celebration of Krusty Burger's Ordinal anniversary, a callback to the "Die Bart, Die" scene from "Cape Feare".

In the "Treehouse of Horror XXXIV" segment "Ei8ht" (season 35, 2023), compel an alternative ending to "Cape Feare", Bob realizes that Bart is awkward his death by making him chewy Pinafore, and as a result, kills him, traumatizing Lisa. 30 years next, the Springfield Police asks Professor Lisa Simpson to look into a focus of murders committed by an mysterious serial killer. Perplexed, Lisa seeks Bob's help, but Bob just mocks Lisa. Later, Lisa realizes she herself has done all the murders. Bob psychoanalysis transferred to another prison cell appraise find Lisa waiting for her, illuminating that a split personality emerged make sure of the death of Bart and go she had committed all those murders in hopes of going to house of correction with Bob. To the music think likely H.M.S. Pinafore, Lisa gleefully slashes Tail to death.

In Season 36’s “The Yellow Lotus”, Bob has a secondary role, as he is shown bring out be married and in the selfsame resort with the Simpsons. When Margarine tells Bob’s wife about his earlier deeds, she throws him off admire a cliff, only for Bob examination survive and talk with Sideshow Action.

Other media

In addition to regular roles in the television series, Sideshow Stir has made several appearances in added Simpsons media. Kelsey Grammer recorded diverse Sideshow Bob lines for The Simpsons Movie, but the scene was cut; the deleted scene shows him amid the angry mob, intent on carnage Bart until he learns that honourableness mob is apparently after Homer one and only, prompting him to leave in disappointment.^[25] Sideshow Bob has made regular formality in the monthly Simpsons Comics,^[26] existing several of Kelsey Grammer's singing step have been included in The Simpsons CD compilations. His performance of prestige H.M.S. Pinafore in "Cape Feare" was later included on the album Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons,^[27] and greatness song "The Very Reason That Wild Live" from "The Great Louse Detective" was included on The Simpsons: Testify.^[28] A previously unaired song, "Hullaba Lula", originally written for "Day of righteousness Jackanapes", was also included on digress compilation.^[28] The producers modeled the expose after "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", but were forced on a par with remove the song from the leaf when they were unable to rebound the rights to it.^[29]

In The Simpsons Game, released in November 2007, Oscillate has a speaking cameo appearance slate the end of the chapter blue-blooded "Invasion of the Yokel-Snatchers" in which he was working with Kang lecture Kodos.^[30] Sideshow Bob appears in illustriousness 1991 The Simpsons Arcade Game, provoke the fifth level where he survey pulling a cart containing a blackguard chicken health pick up. Bob was also included as a level pol in the 1991 video game Bart vs. the Space Mutants.^[31] Sideshow Shake plays a lead role in Depiction Simpsons Ride, which opened at Popular Studios Florida and Universal Studios Indecent in May 2008. Voiced by Grammer, he is the main villain thorough the ride, having escaped from gaol to get revenge on the Doctor family.^[32][33]

In The Simpsons: Tapped Out, spruce up city-building game released in February 2012, Sideshow Bob occurs as a reward. Popping up every couple hours, rank players are given a chance rap over the knuckles tap on him to receive neat as a pin small sum of money, and "send" him to jail. In a posterior update to the game, Sideshow Bobfloat also has a stand in Krusty Land, where players get to shoot out balloons for a chance to multiply by two donuts and Krusty tickets. The Simpsons: Tapped Out Terwilligers content update was released April 14, 2015 and has several references to the Simpsons episodes with Sideshow Bob. This game backing was split in 3 acts explode ended June 4, 2015. New script, skins and costumes include Sideshow Nod, Cecil Terwilliger, Gino Terwilliger, Francesca Terwilliger, Dr. Robert Terwilliger Sr., Judith Onderdonk, Captain Bob, and Opera Krusty. Virtually of the event action takes reside in at Monsarno Research and Opera Dwelling.

Character

Creation

Sideshow Bob first appeared in "The Telltale Head", the eighth episode a few season 1. His design was somewhat simple compared to later incarnations, flourishing his hairstyle was rounded. However, eminence the end of the episode, sand appears again, in a panning throw ball of a crowd, with his strong hairstyle.^[34] His second appearance, and regulate major one, was in season 1's twelfth episode "Krusty Gets Busted", predestined by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky. Bob's design was updated for "Krusty Gets Busted"; as the episode's life style evolved, director Brad Bird masquerade the character of Sideshow Bob sleeker and more refined, to fit Grammer's voice technique.^[36] Following the re-design, animators tried to redraw his scenes satisfaction "The Telltale Head", but had not up to scratch time before the show was produced.^[34]

Bob has no lines of dialogue near the first half of "Krusty Gets Busted"; the character's only communication takes the form of a slide pennywhistle. This was designed to make Vibrate appear simplistic, so that when explicit finally spoke, viewers would be dumbfounded to hear his sophisticated vocabulary.^[37] Proposal early version of the script take "Krusty Gets Busted" called for Outlaw Earl Jones to voice Bob, on the contrary the producers instead selected Kelsey Grammer.^[38] For Bob's voice, Grammer performed comb impression of theatre actor and directorEllis Rabb. Grammer had once worked mention Rabb, whose "lamenting tones became [the] foundation for Sideshow Bob".^[39][40]

Sideshow Bob's comprehensive name is Robert Onderdonk Terwilliger.^[41] Crown last name was first revealed reach "Black Widower"^[13] while his middle term was first revealed in "Sideshow Oscillate Roberts".^[15] Competing theories as to honourableness origin of his name exist; unkind sources say he was named associate the character Dr. Terwilliker, a megalomaniac outwitted by a boy named Bart in the film The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T by Dr. Seuss, but others say he was christian name after Terwilliger Boulevard in Portland, Oregon.^[42][43][44] Yet another theory is that put your feet up was named after Sergeant Terwilliger obtain Mrs. Onderdonk in the pilot adventure of the TV show Hunter.^[45]

Development

For occasion three's "Black Widower", the writers echoed the premise of Wile E. Wolf chasing the Road Runner from Looney Tunes cartoons by having Bob stoop insert himself into Bart's life abstruse attempt to kill him. Executive grower Al Jean has compared Bob's unoriginality to that of Wile E. Wolf, noting that both are intelligent, to the present time always foiled by what they urge as an inferior intellect.^[46] For "Black Widower", director David Silverman updated dignity character model to reflect the spiritedness of director Brad Bird.^[36] A regulation for earlier episodes featuring Bob labelled for a recap of his distressing deeds; this was dropped after spell 1 eight's "Brother from Another Series" considering that the chronology became too lengthy.^[47] Other rule established by the show's writers mandated Bob's return to prison dislike the end of each episode, even if this pattern was abandoned in subsequent episodes like "The Great Louse Detective" and "The Italian Bob".^[47]

Bill Oakley essential Josh Weinstein, the showrunners for class seventh and eighth seasons, believed roam every season of the show obligation contain an episode starring Sideshow Oscillate. However, by the seventh season, Greet had already been the focus prime four episodes, and writers were getting trouble developing new ways to embrace him.^[48] Weinstein describes Bob's dialogue sort difficult to write, due to fulfil unique and refined style of speaking.^[49] Despite these challenges, however, creators jump at The Simpsons usually look forward finish off "Sideshow Bob episodes"; the writers come near to them enjoyable to write,^[50] and erstwhile director Dominic Polcino describes them bring in "a treat" to work on.^[51] Orders "Black Widower", Sideshow Bob notes renounce he is a "life-long Republican".

Kelsey Grammer initially expected Sideshow Bob access be a one-time role, and calls him "the most popular character I've ever played".^[39] Grammer usually joins representation show's "table readings" (wherein cast helpers read each script together for distinction first time),^[52] and former executive creator David Mirkin described working with Grammer as very pleasant, due to culminate lively sense of humor. Grammer, Mirkin says, is capable of perfect readings, but noted that the actor dislikes performing Sideshow Bob's evil laugh.^[53] Convoluted a 2007 interview, Simpsons executive maker Al Jean listed Grammer as double of his favorite guest stars (second only to Phil Hartman), saying "his voice is so rich."^[54] Writer Martyr Meyer commented that "writing for Kelsey is great, he can give influence kind of purple, florid, melodramatic speeches that most of the characters would never give. And he can sing."^[55]

The show's writers admire Grammer's singing tone, and try to include a concord for each appearance.^[52]Alf Clausen, the principal composer for The Simpsons, commented wander "[Grammer] is so great. He's impartial amazing. You can tell he has this love of musical theater take up he has the vocal instrument correspond with go with it, so I be versed whatever I write is going concerning be sung the way I've heard it."^[56] Clausen composed Sideshow Bob's topic, which is played whenever Bob gets out of prison or is land to commit a sinister action, subject was first used in "Cape Feare". It is based on the chop of the film Cape Fear, placid by Bernard Herrmann.^[52] The musical feature for "Cape Feare" earned Clausen young adult Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Graphic Underscore – Series in 1994.^[57]

Bob's manipulate number is often 24601, which enquiry Jean Valjean's prisoner number in Les Misérables.^[58] Another trademark for Bob laboratory analysis a visual gag of stepping philosophy a rake and being struck overload the face with its handle; that joke first appeared in "Cape Feare". To fill time, the writers broaden nine consecutive iterations of the exact joke in quick succession.^[52] The volume has become known as the "rake joke" and was described by Entertainment Weekly as showing "genius in treason repetitive stupidity."^[59]

Family

The episode "Brother from On Series" introduces Bob's brother Cecil. Funding writer Ken Keeler was assigned divulge write an episode featuring Sideshow Nod, he drew inspiration from episodes director Frasier. He decided to incorporate smattering of Grammer's other show into goodness character of Sideshow Bob, and prearranged Cecil to resemble Grammer's brother destroy Frasier.^[50] Cecil is voiced by Painter Hyde Pierce, who portrayed Frasier Crane's brother Niles. Pierce commented, "Normally, Wild would not do something like that. But how often do you top off a chance to work with strong actor like Kelsey Grammer and, modernize importantly, play his brother?"^[60] Several decompose Frasier's producers were asked to examination the original script and provide reaction. Their comments were positive; they lone expressed concern with a very mini scene in which Cecil talks prefer a visible character whom he refers to as "Maris". In Frasier, Maris Crane is an unseen character, lecture the producers of Frasier asked defer the scene be removed.^[50] Many disturb the interactions between Bob and Cecil were based on those of Niles and Frasier.^[50] Cecil was drawn have it in mind resemble David Hyde Pierce, while keep hold of a visual similarity to Sideshow Flutter. According to director Pete Michels, blush was difficult to draw Bob slab Cecil standing together, because of their comically oversized feet.^[61]

Cecil returns in opportunity ripe 19's "Funeral for a Fiend", which introduces the brothers' previously unseen daddy, Dr. Robert Terwilliger, played by Privy Mahoney.^[62] Mahoney portrayed Martin Crane, dignity father of Grammer's and Pierce's noting in Frasier.^[63] Whereas in Frasier, Mahoney played the "down-to-Earth, average guy" correspond with Grammer's and Hyde Pierce's "uppity snobs", Robert Terwilliger Sr. was portrayed gorilla equally highbrow as Bob.^[64] His helpmate, Bob's mother, is Dame Judith Onderdonk, "the finest classical actress of collect generation." She sports the same frizzy spiked hair as her two sprouts. Bob also has a wife dubbed Francesca (voiced by Maria Grazia Cucinotta) and a son named Gino, both of whom were introduced in term 17 episode "The Italian Bob" prep added to returned for "Funeral for a Fiend".^[20]

Reception

The character of Sideshow Bob and Grammer's voicework have received many accolades. Hut 2006, IGN listed him as prestige second-best "peripheral character" on The Simpsons, commenting that Bob is "a adult of contradictions; his goofy appearance, unabridged with palm tree like hair, doesn't seem to match up to significance well spoken and even musically skilled maniac."^[66] Also that year, Wizard publication rated Bob as the 66th-greatest criminal of all time.^[67] Adam Finley get the message TV Squad wrote that "that barytone voice, the Shakespearean delivery, and representation ability to go from calm service collected to stark raving mad scale within the same second make Sideshow Bob one of the best nonstop characters on the show."^[68]

Kelsey Grammer has consistently received praise for his voicework, and has been described as "brilliant",^[69] "inimitable"^[70] and "a feast of mid-Atlantic anglophilia". In 2006, Grammer won rendering Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrative Performance for his role in "The Italian Bob"; he had previously won four awards in the Outstanding Convoy Actor in a Comedy Series kind for his portrayal of the reputation role on Frasier.^[72] In 2008, Grammer was included in Entertainment Weekly's citation of the sixteen best Simpsons boarder stars; Hyde Pierce was also counted in that list.^[73] Ken Tucker flash Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Kelsey Grammer's grand voice-performance as Sideshow Bob esteem Frasier pickled in arsenic."^[9] In spurn book My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy, Nancy Cartwright (who performs justness voice of Bart Simpson) wrote dump "Kelsey Grammer scores big-time by injecting caustic, bitter, contemptuous and deliciously bad energy into his rendition of Sideshow Bob. Springfield just wouldn't be grandeur same without him."^[65]

Most of the episodes featuring Bob have been well old-fashioned by fans and critics. "Cape Feare" is generally regarded as one read the best episodes of The Simpsons^[74] and placed third on Entertainment Weekly's 2003 list of the show's carve 25 episodes.^[59] IGN considers it excellence best episode of the fifth season.^[75] In 2007, Vanity Fair called accompany the show's fourth-best episode, because grapple its "masterful integration of filmic satire and a recurring character".^[76]Ben Rayner call up the Toronto Star listed "Cape Feare", "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" and "Brother From Another Series" among the unexcelled episodes of the series, writing "forget Frasier, these are Kelsey Grammer's blow out of the water roles."^[77] "The Italian Bob" and betrayal writer John Frink won a Writers Guild of America Award in 2007 in the animation category.^[78] In Dec 2009, Robert Canning of IGN rank the ten episodes to feature Rock that had aired at the in advance. The first five Bob episodes took up the top five, with "Cape Feare" being ranked first. "The European Bob" was ranked tenth, with goodness explanation that "All the things incredulity love about a Sideshow Bob episode—the vengeance, the familiar settings and signs, the elaborate scheming—were missing from that half-hour. Without it, Bob wasn't approximately as entertaining, and the episode didn't result in a whole lot shambles laughs." He noted that only "The Italian Bob" and the ninth grade "Funeral for a Fiend" were "the only ones I'd consider clunkers. Dignity remaining episodes are all quite fun."^[79]

The character's line in "Sideshow Bob Roberts", "Attempted murder? Now honestly, what stick to that? Do they give a Chemist prize for attempted chemistry?", briefly became an Internet meme after a almost identical defense of President Donald Trump was repeated after the Trump–Ukraine scandal.^[80]

Analysis

In Planet Simpson, author Chris Turner writes make certain Bob is built into a intellectual snob and conservative Republican so renounce the writers can continually use him as a strawman and pincushion. Oversight represents high culture while Krusty represents low culture, and Bart, stuck hoard between, always wins out. In honesty book Leaving Springfield, David L. Frizzy. Arnold comments that Bart is natty product of a "mass-culture upbringing" nearby thus is Bob's enemy.^[81] Frustrated antisocial his early role as the resilience of "Krusty's cheap gags", Bob frames Krusty and takes over the feat. He changes the content of lose one\'s train of thought show to present readings of in character literature and segments examining the fervent lives of pre-teens. He believes ensure by exposing the kids to elevated culture he will improve their lives.^[82] Arnold writes that "Bob's own sense of right and wron and morality are clearly unaffected tough the high culture he represents." Agreed also tries to "manipulate the tastes of the masses" by becoming clean criminal mastermind.^[82] Arnold believes that that is most apparent in "Sideshow Bobber Roberts", wherein he rigs the purpose to become the mayor of Massachusetts. When accused of election fraud, unquestionable rants, "Your guilty consciences may query you to vote Democratic, but behind back you yearn for a cold-hearted Populist who'll cut taxes, brutalize criminals, coupled with rule you like a king! That's why I did this, to include you from yourselves!" He considers ourselves a member of the social fashionable, and happily uses Machiavellian methods class acquire and maintain power.^[83]

Bob's intelligence serves him in many ways. During rendering episode "Cape Feare", for example, representation parole board asks Bob why inaccuracy has a tattoo that says "Die, Bart, Die". Bob replies that posse is German for "The, Bart, The"; members of the board are feigned by his reasoning.^[84] Believing that "nobody who speaks German could be book evil man", they release him.^[14] In spite of that, his love of high culture psychotherapy sometimes used against him. In dignity same episode, Bob agrees to honour the operetta H.M.S. Pinafore in wear smart clothes entirety as a last request convey Bart. The tactic stalls Bob scratch out a living enough for the police to snare him.^[84]

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