Cletus Spuckler
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Cletus Delroy Spuckler is a recurring character
in the Fox
animated series, The Simpsons
, and is voiced by Hank Azaria
. Cletus is Springfield
's resident hillbilly
stereotype. He is very messy and is usually portrayed wearing a white sleeveless shirt and pair of blue jeans
.
". He is shown as one of the "slack-jawed yokel
s" gawking at Bart
's elephant Stampy. Cletus' voice is slightly deeper in this initial appearance than in later episodes. He, like the Sea Captain before him, was the go-to character for a quick laugh on the show, and is a staff favorite. He first appeared as a generic character in "Itchy & Scratchy Land
," "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily
," and "Bart on the Road
" before being introduced as a more significant character in "22 Short Films About Springfield
", the episode which gave Cletus his name as well his own theme song ("Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel", set to bluegrass music
played on a banjo
accompanied with lyrics stating the abnormal things Cletus has done, including eating a skunk
and losing a toe).
Cletus' low intelligence is usually portrayed as the result of inbreeding
but has been suggested to be due to mercury
poisoning, which, in addition to affecting his memory gave him abilities of precognition. He "whittles what he sees" into wood with a penknife
. Chief Wiggum was able to track down Bart and Gina after they escaped from jail through Cletus' wood carving of them (as well as end up being mauled by a bear, which was also one of the precognitions that Cletus had.).
He is generally friendly and hardworking, and isn't bothered by others' opinions of him, demonstrated by his refusal to be ashamed of his marriage to his apparent relative, Brandine Spuckler. Cletus has several hobbies which include whittling "piney babies" for children, searching for roadkill
, digging through garbage, and spending time with everyone in his family except Brandine. In "Lost Our Lisa
" he admits his favorite food is fresh skunk and raccoon. Cletus had a "smell-hound
" named Geech who'd "gone to heaven" after an accident involving a cement mixer
("Brother from Another Series
").
Cletus and Brandine have a happy relationship; however, they are often shown having disagreements. In "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot
" Brandine pointed a shotgun at him for giving their pig "a day of beauty and make-up" instead of herself. In the episode "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife
", both Cletus and Brandine decide not to come to Lenny's party after they are both afraid to use the "uppity box" (an elevator
).
Cletus is shown, despite not being very intelligent, to try and make himself look less like a hillbilly, for example in episode "Marge Gamer
", Homer states that he won't receive soccer tips from "no dumb hillbilly," Cletus responds "That's hill-William to you, sir!"
Cletus works as a fifth generation dirt farmer. He also owns a successful chain of moonshine
stills, and was delighted when it was decided that his drink would be used to flavor the latest version of Southern Cracker. As seen in "A Star Is Torn
", he and Brandine operate a vegetable shack near the Kwik-E-Mart. He is currently in the process of opening a family business that sells miscellaneous animal parts. In "Yokel Chords
" Cletus took advantage of the money his children were making and used it to his own personal satisfaction, but was stopped when Brandine came back from the Iraq War and revealed he was only the father of two of the children, leaving him with no right to control them.
During The Simpsons Movie
, Mayor Quimby
wishes to prove that the lake's barrier is "idiot-proof" and asks Cletus to try to dump something in the lake. Cletus walks towards the lake holding a possum and bounces off the concrete defenses. Cletus, clearly bewildered, says "I can't. I-I simply can't". Later in the movie, other characters note that they need to find someone stupid enough to take on the very risky task of distracting Russ Cargill while the town escapes from the dome. Upon the request for a stupid person, Cletus appears from off-screen and proudly announces, "My time to shine!" He then distracts Cargill by faking pulling his thumb off. When Cargill later finds out that he was tricked, Cletus told him, "Hey, I knows how you feel; I was beaten in tic-tac-toe by a chicken."
In the Season 19 episode "Apocalypse Cow
" one of his many daughters, Mary, received a cow from Bart, whom Bart wanted Mary to care for. Cletus mistook this for a proposal, and almost married the two.
" at an auto racing event, Brandine remarks "Dang, Cletus! Why'd you have to park so close to my parents?" to which Cletus responds, "Now honey, they's mah parents too!" This plays into the stereotype
that incest
is prevalent among hillbillies
.
In the Season 16 episode, "There's Something About Marrying
", Homer, who was ordained over the Internet as a minister, is preparing to marry Cletus and Brandine. Looking at a form, he asks "Wait a minute… are you two brother and sister?" Brandine replies, "We's all kindsa thangs." To complicate the issue further, Brandine remarks to Cletus in another episode ("The Italian Bob
") "Yer tha best husband – and son – I've ever had."
In the episode "Little Big Girl
", one of Cletus' myriad children comes up to him to announce receiving a C-minus on his multiculturalism report (which the family celebrates). On the top sheet of the report is a Spuckler family tree. The chart shows that Brandine is the daughter of Cletus and an alien in addition to being Cletus' wife.
with 300 coupons for free pretzel
s from her pretzel business, he calls out to Tiffany, Heather, Cody, Dylan, Dermot, Jordan, Taylor, Brittany, Wesley, Rumor, Scout, Cassidy, Zoe, Chloe, Max, Hunter, Kendall, Caitlin, Noah, Sasha, Morgan, Kyra, Ian, Lauren, Q*bert, and Phil. Cletus and Brandine also have a daughter named Condoleezza Marie, who was somehow switched with a bag of sugar
that Homer was carrying as part of a parenting exercise, and a daughter named Rubella
Scabies
, whose middle name was inspired by a word spelled by Lisa in her audition for the annual spelling bee
. They have another daughter, Gummy Sue, introduced in "Helter Shelter
". In the episode "Lost Our Lisa
", Lisa encounters Cletus gathering up roadkill for a hillbilly
wedding feast. In the short dialogue that ensues it is implied that Brandine is giving birth to yet another child in the truck's cab. In The Simpsons Game
another child also features under the name of Carl Durant, the long lost son of Cletus and Brandine who was put up for adoption at birth. He shares similar personality traits as Cletus, such as a difficulty in communicating with other characters, as well as a markable similarity in appearance.
The episode "Yokel Chords
" features seven Spuckler children, named Birthday, Crystal Meth
, Dubya
, Incest
, International Harvester
, Jitney and Whitney, as central characters. However, Brandine reveals that Cletus is the father of only two of these children (casting doubt on the paternity of the other children of the Spuckler household). In one episode Brandine was seen to give birth in a car, apparently with very little pain, and asking Cletus to cut the "umbrellical cord
".
In "Marge Gamer
", after one of his children, Carl, is accused by Homer of cheating at soccer, Cletus says of his children, "I have sired a dumb-dumb, a mush-head, a whatsit, a dogboy, and something with a human face and fish body what we called Kevin. But my young'uns is not dirty players!"
In "Apocalypse Cow
", they introduce Mary WrestleMania
Spuckler, who is supposed to court with Bart. Cletus mentions that they "name all their kids after what they think is gonna happen to them. Ain't that right, 'Stabbed In Jail'?" to which Stabbed In Jail Spuckler (who is seen sharpening a wooden stick) replies, "We'll see who stabs who."
In The Real Housewives of Fat Tony
he is with a baby called Normal-Head Joe.
". He signs his full name in "Weekend at Burnsie's
" indicating support for Ned Flanders
's petition to recriminalize medicinal marijuana
. He also does this in "Sweets and Sour Marge
", for Marge's petition
to ban sugar from Springfield. In "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays
" his name is given as "Cletus Spuckler" in a news report. A mailbox standing outside Cletus' shack in the video game The Simpsons Hit & Run
reads "Spuckler". In "Yokel Chords
" Lisa
referred to him as "Mr. Spuckler" throughout the whole episode; as well Krusty the Clown calls his kids "The Spuckler Family Kids". However, at the end of that episode, Brandine reprimands him as "Cletus Del Roy Spuckler", suggesting that Del Roy is indeed just his middle name.
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in the Fox
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animated series, The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
, and is voiced by Hank Azaria
Hank Azaria
Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria is an American film, television and stage actor, director, voice actor, and comedian. He is noted for being one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series The Simpsons , on which he performs the voices of Moe Szyslak, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief...
. Cletus is Springfield
Springfield (The Simpsons)
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's resident hillbilly
Hillbilly
Hillbilly is a term referring to certain people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas of the United States, primarily Appalachia but also the Ozarks. Owing to its strongly stereotypical connotations, the term is frequently considered derogatory, and so is usually offensive to those Americans of...
stereotype. He is very messy and is usually portrayed wearing a white sleeveless shirt and pair of blue jeans
Jeans
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.
Biography
Cletus was introduced during the fifth season in "Bart Gets an ElephantBart Gets an Elephant
"Bart Gets an Elephant" is the seventeenth episode of The Simpsons fifth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 31, 1994. In the episode, Bart wins a radio contest and is awarded an elephant named Stampy. After Stampy wrecks the Simpsons' house and eats all the...
". He is shown as one of the "slack-jawed yokel
Yokel
Yokel is a derogatory term referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people.-Stereotype:In the US, it is used to describe someone living in rural areas...
s" gawking at Bart
Bart Simpson
Bartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
's elephant Stampy. Cletus' voice is slightly deeper in this initial appearance than in later episodes. He, like the Sea Captain before him, was the go-to character for a quick laugh on the show, and is a staff favorite. He first appeared as a generic character in "Itchy & Scratchy Land
Itchy & Scratchy Land
"Itchy & Scratchy Land" is the fourth episode of The Simpsons sixth season and first aired on October 2, 1994. Wanting a perfect family vacation, the Simpson family visits Itchy & Scratchy Land. The trip starts out great, but things take a turn for the worse when a horde of Itchy and Scratchy...
," "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily
Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily
"Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" is the third episode of The Simpsons seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 1, 1995. In the episode, the Simpson children are put in the custody of Ned and Maude Flanders after a series of misadventures. Homer and...
," and "Bart on the Road
Bart on the Road
"Bart on the Road" is the twentieth episode of The Simpsons seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 31, 1996. In the episode, Bart makes his own fake driver's license. He rents a car with it and takes Milhouse, Martin, and Nelson on a road trip to...
" before being introduced as a more significant character in "22 Short Films About Springfield
22 Short Films about Springfield
"22 Short Films About Springfield" is the twenty-first episode of The Simpsons seventh season, which originally aired on April 14, 1996. It was written by Richard Appel, David S. Cohen, Jonathan Collier, Jennifer Crittenden, Greg Daniels, Brent Forrester, Rachel Pulido, Steve Tompkins, Josh...
", the episode which gave Cletus his name as well his own theme song ("Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel", set to bluegrass music
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
played on a banjo
Banjo
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accompanied with lyrics stating the abnormal things Cletus has done, including eating a skunk
Skunk
Skunks are mammals best known for their ability to secrete a liquid with a strong, foul odor. General appearance varies from species to species, from black-and-white to brown or cream colored. Skunks belong to the family Mephitidae and to the order Carnivora...
and losing a toe).
Cletus' low intelligence is usually portrayed as the result of inbreeding
Inbreeding
Inbreeding is the reproduction from the mating of two genetically related parents. Inbreeding results in increased homozygosity, which can increase the chances of offspring being affected by recessive or deleterious traits. This generally leads to a decreased fitness of a population, which is...
but has been suggested to be due to mercury
Mercury (element)
Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum...
poisoning, which, in addition to affecting his memory gave him abilities of precognition. He "whittles what he sees" into wood with a penknife
Penknife
A penknife, or pen knife, is a small folding pocket knife, originally used for cutting or sharpening a quill to make a pen nib. Originally, penknives did not necessarily have folding blades, but resembled a scalpel or wood knife by having a short, fixed blade at the end of a long handle...
. Chief Wiggum was able to track down Bart and Gina after they escaped from jail through Cletus' wood carving of them (as well as end up being mauled by a bear, which was also one of the precognitions that Cletus had.).
He is generally friendly and hardworking, and isn't bothered by others' opinions of him, demonstrated by his refusal to be ashamed of his marriage to his apparent relative, Brandine Spuckler. Cletus has several hobbies which include whittling "piney babies" for children, searching for roadkill
Roadkill
Roadkill is an animal or animals that have been struck and killed by motor vehicles. In the United States of America, removal and disposal of animals struck by motor vehicles is usually the responsibility of the state's state trooper association or department of transportation.-History:During the...
, digging through garbage, and spending time with everyone in his family except Brandine. In "Lost Our Lisa
Lost Our Lisa
"Lost Our Lisa" is the twenty-fourth episode of the ninth season of The Simpsons. It originally aired May 10, 1998 on Fox. The episode contains the last appearance of character Lionel Hutz. When Lisa learns that Marge cannot give her a ride to the museum and forbids her to take the bus, she tricks...
" he admits his favorite food is fresh skunk and raccoon. Cletus had a "smell-hound
Bloodhound
The Bloodhound is a large breed of dog which, while originally bred to hunt deer and wild boar, was later bred specifically to track human beings. It is a scenthound, tracking by smell, as opposed to a sighthound, which tracks using vision. It is famed for its ability to discern human odors even...
" named Geech who'd "gone to heaven" after an accident involving a cement mixer
Concrete mixer
A concrete mixer is a device that homogeneously combines cement, aggregate such as sand or gravel, and water to form concrete. A typical concrete mixer uses a revolving drum to mix the components...
("Brother from Another Series
Brother from Another Series
"Brother from Another Series" is the sixteenth episode of The Simpsons eighth season and originally aired February 23, 1997. Sideshow Bob is released from prison into the care of his brother Cecil and claims to be a changed man. However, Bart does not believe him and tries to find out what Bob is...
").
Cletus and Brandine have a happy relationship; however, they are often shown having disagreements. In "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot
Stop or My Dog Will Shoot
"Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!" is the twentieth episode of The Simpsons eighteenth season and first aired May 13, 2007. When Santa's Little Helper rescues a lost Homer, he becomes a local hero and the Simpsons decide to enroll him in Police Dog Academy, where he is teamed with Lou and they become a...
" Brandine pointed a shotgun at him for giving their pig "a day of beauty and make-up" instead of herself. In the episode "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife
Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife
"Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" is the fifteenth episode of the seventeenth season of The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 26, 2006, and was watched by around ten million viewers during that broadcast. In the episode, Homer signs the Simpson family...
", both Cletus and Brandine decide not to come to Lenny's party after they are both afraid to use the "uppity box" (an elevator
Elevator
An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...
).
Cletus is shown, despite not being very intelligent, to try and make himself look less like a hillbilly, for example in episode "Marge Gamer
Marge Gamer
"Marge Gamer" is the seventeenth episode of The Simpsons eighteenth season, which was originally broadcast on April 22, 2007. It was written by J. Stewart Burns and featured a guest appearance from Brazilian football star Ronaldo...
", Homer states that he won't receive soccer tips from "no dumb hillbilly," Cletus responds "That's hill-William to you, sir!"
Cletus works as a fifth generation dirt farmer. He also owns a successful chain of moonshine
Moonshine
Moonshine is an illegally produced distilled beverage...
stills, and was delighted when it was decided that his drink would be used to flavor the latest version of Southern Cracker. As seen in "A Star Is Torn
A Star Is Torn
"A Star Is Torn" is the eighteenth episode of The Simpsons sixteenth season. The episode first aired on May 8, 2005. Fantasia Barrino guest stars as Clarissa Wellington.-Plot:...
", he and Brandine operate a vegetable shack near the Kwik-E-Mart. He is currently in the process of opening a family business that sells miscellaneous animal parts. In "Yokel Chords
Yokel Chords
"Yokel Chords" is the fourteenth episode of the eighteenth season of The Simpsons, which was originally broadcast on March 4, 2007. It was written by Michael Price, and directed by Susie Dietter. Guest starring Meg Ryan as Dr. Swanson, Peter Bogdanovich as a psychiatrist and Andy Dick, James...
" Cletus took advantage of the money his children were making and used it to his own personal satisfaction, but was stopped when Brandine came back from the Iraq War and revealed he was only the father of two of the children, leaving him with no right to control them.
During The Simpsons Movie
The Simpsons Movie
The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons. The film was directed by David Silverman, and stars the regular television cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress...
, Mayor Quimby
Joe Quimby
Mayor Joseph "Joe" Quimby, nicknamed "Diamond Joe," is a recurring character from the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, and first appeared in the episode "Bart Gets an F". A member of the Democratic Party, Quimby is the mayor of Springfield, and is a...
wishes to prove that the lake's barrier is "idiot-proof" and asks Cletus to try to dump something in the lake. Cletus walks towards the lake holding a possum and bounces off the concrete defenses. Cletus, clearly bewildered, says "I can't. I-I simply can't". Later in the movie, other characters note that they need to find someone stupid enough to take on the very risky task of distracting Russ Cargill while the town escapes from the dome. Upon the request for a stupid person, Cletus appears from off-screen and proudly announces, "My time to shine!" He then distracts Cargill by faking pulling his thumb off. When Cargill later finds out that he was tricked, Cletus told him, "Hey, I knows how you feel; I was beaten in tic-tac-toe by a chicken."
In the Season 19 episode "Apocalypse Cow
Apocalypse Cow
"Apocalypse Cow" is the seventeenth episode of The Simpsons nineteenth season. It was broadcast on April 27, 2008. After joining 4-H, Bart saves a cow named Lou and gives it to a girl named Mary , a farm girl. Her father, Cletus, mistakenly believes it as a token for Mary's hand in marriage, and...
" one of his many daughters, Mary, received a cow from Bart, whom Bart wanted Mary to care for. Cletus mistook this for a proposal, and almost married the two.
Relationships
Cletus has an ongoing relationship with Brandine, who is generally represented as his wife, although the nature of their exact relationship is somewhat vague. It is often implied that the two are siblings. In "Alone Again, Natura-DiddilyAlone Again, Natura-Diddily
"Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" is the fourteenth episode of the eleventh season of The Simpsons, and marks the final regular appearance of the character Maude Flanders. In the episode, she is killed in an accident while watching a speedway race, devastating Ned Flanders and prompting Homer to find a...
" at an auto racing event, Brandine remarks "Dang, Cletus! Why'd you have to park so close to my parents?" to which Cletus responds, "Now honey, they's mah parents too!" This plays into the stereotype
Stereotype
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that incest
Incest
Incest is sexual intercourse between close relatives that is usually illegal in the jurisdiction where it takes place and/or is conventionally considered a taboo. The term may apply to sexual activities between: individuals of close "blood relationship"; members of the same household; step...
is prevalent among hillbillies
Hillbilly
Hillbilly is a term referring to certain people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas of the United States, primarily Appalachia but also the Ozarks. Owing to its strongly stereotypical connotations, the term is frequently considered derogatory, and so is usually offensive to those Americans of...
.
In the Season 16 episode, "There's Something About Marrying
There's Something About Marrying
"There's Something About Marrying" is the tenth episode of the sixteenth season of The Simpsons. In the episode, Springfield legalizes same-sex marriage to increase tourism. After becoming a minister, Homer starts to wed people to make money. Meanwhile, Marge's sister Patty comes out as gay and...
", Homer, who was ordained over the Internet as a minister, is preparing to marry Cletus and Brandine. Looking at a form, he asks "Wait a minute… are you two brother and sister?" Brandine replies, "We's all kindsa thangs." To complicate the issue further, Brandine remarks to Cletus in another episode ("The Italian Bob
The Italian Bob
"The Italian Bob" is the eighth episode of The Simpsons seventeenth season. It features Kelsey Grammer in his ninth appearance as Sideshow Bob and is the first time the Simpsons visit Italy.-Plot:...
") "Yer tha best husband – and son – I've ever had."
In the episode "Little Big Girl
Little Big Girl
"Little Big Girl" is the twelfth episode of The Simpsons eighteenth season, which was originally broadcast on February 11, 2007. It was written by Don Payne, and directed by Raymond S. Persi. Natalie Portman guest starred as a new character, Darcy. The title is a play on the Dustin Hoffman movie...
", one of Cletus' myriad children comes up to him to announce receiving a C-minus on his multiculturalism report (which the family celebrates). On the top sheet of the report is a Spuckler family tree. The chart shows that Brandine is the daughter of Cletus and an alien in addition to being Cletus' wife.
Children
Cletus seems to be the father of a large number of children, 44 to be exact. When he presents MargeMarge Simpson
Marjorie "Marge" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the eponymous family. She is voiced by actress Julie Kavner and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
with 300 coupons for free pretzel
Pretzel
A pretzel is a type of baked food made from dough in soft and hard varieties and savory or sweet flavors in a unique knot-like shape, originating in Europe...
s from her pretzel business, he calls out to Tiffany, Heather, Cody, Dylan, Dermot, Jordan, Taylor, Brittany, Wesley, Rumor, Scout, Cassidy, Zoe, Chloe, Max, Hunter, Kendall, Caitlin, Noah, Sasha, Morgan, Kyra, Ian, Lauren, Q*bert, and Phil. Cletus and Brandine also have a daughter named Condoleezza Marie, who was somehow switched with a bag of sugar
Sugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
that Homer was carrying as part of a parenting exercise, and a daughter named Rubella
Rubella
Rubella, commonly known as German measles, is a disease caused by the rubella virus. The name "rubella" is derived from the Latin, meaning little red. Rubella is also known as German measles because the disease was first described by German physicians in the mid-eighteenth century. This disease is...
Scabies
Scabies
Scabies , known colloquially as the seven-year itch, is a contagious skin infection that occurs among humans and other animals. It is caused by a tiny and usually not directly visible parasite, the mite Sarcoptes scabiei, which burrows under the host's skin, causing intense allergic itching...
, whose middle name was inspired by a word spelled by Lisa in her audition for the annual spelling bee
Spelling bee
A spelling bee is a competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell English words. The concept is thought to have originated in the United States....
. They have another daughter, Gummy Sue, introduced in "Helter Shelter
Helter Shelter
"Helter Shelter" is the fifth episode from the fourteenth season of The Simpsons that aired December 1, 2002.-Plot:After Homer is hit by a falling metal beam at work and suffers a serious head injury, Mr. Burns smartly buys him off with tickets at a luxury sky box at a hockey game as compensation...
". In the episode "Lost Our Lisa
Lost Our Lisa
"Lost Our Lisa" is the twenty-fourth episode of the ninth season of The Simpsons. It originally aired May 10, 1998 on Fox. The episode contains the last appearance of character Lionel Hutz. When Lisa learns that Marge cannot give her a ride to the museum and forbids her to take the bus, she tricks...
", Lisa encounters Cletus gathering up roadkill for a hillbilly
Hillbilly
Hillbilly is a term referring to certain people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas of the United States, primarily Appalachia but also the Ozarks. Owing to its strongly stereotypical connotations, the term is frequently considered derogatory, and so is usually offensive to those Americans of...
wedding feast. In the short dialogue that ensues it is implied that Brandine is giving birth to yet another child in the truck's cab. In The Simpsons Game
The Simpsons Game
The Simpsons Game is an action/platformer video game based on the animated television series The Simpsons, made for the Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable. The game was developed, published, and distributed by Electronic Arts. It was released in North...
another child also features under the name of Carl Durant, the long lost son of Cletus and Brandine who was put up for adoption at birth. He shares similar personality traits as Cletus, such as a difficulty in communicating with other characters, as well as a markable similarity in appearance.
The episode "Yokel Chords
Yokel Chords
"Yokel Chords" is the fourteenth episode of the eighteenth season of The Simpsons, which was originally broadcast on March 4, 2007. It was written by Michael Price, and directed by Susie Dietter. Guest starring Meg Ryan as Dr. Swanson, Peter Bogdanovich as a psychiatrist and Andy Dick, James...
" features seven Spuckler children, named Birthday, Crystal Meth
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a psychostimulant of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of psychoactive drugs...
, Dubya
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
, Incest
Incest
Incest is sexual intercourse between close relatives that is usually illegal in the jurisdiction where it takes place and/or is conventionally considered a taboo. The term may apply to sexual activities between: individuals of close "blood relationship"; members of the same household; step...
, International Harvester
International Harvester
International Harvester Company was a United States agricultural machinery, construction equipment, vehicle, commercial truck, and household and commercial products manufacturer. In 1902, J.P...
, Jitney and Whitney, as central characters. However, Brandine reveals that Cletus is the father of only two of these children (casting doubt on the paternity of the other children of the Spuckler household). In one episode Brandine was seen to give birth in a car, apparently with very little pain, and asking Cletus to cut the "umbrellical cord
Umbilical cord
In placental mammals, the umbilical cord is the connecting cord from the developing embryo or fetus to the placenta...
".
In "Marge Gamer
Marge Gamer
"Marge Gamer" is the seventeenth episode of The Simpsons eighteenth season, which was originally broadcast on April 22, 2007. It was written by J. Stewart Burns and featured a guest appearance from Brazilian football star Ronaldo...
", after one of his children, Carl, is accused by Homer of cheating at soccer, Cletus says of his children, "I have sired a dumb-dumb, a mush-head, a whatsit, a dogboy, and something with a human face and fish body what we called Kevin. But my young'uns is not dirty players!"
In "Apocalypse Cow
Apocalypse Cow
"Apocalypse Cow" is the seventeenth episode of The Simpsons nineteenth season. It was broadcast on April 27, 2008. After joining 4-H, Bart saves a cow named Lou and gives it to a girl named Mary , a farm girl. Her father, Cletus, mistakenly believes it as a token for Mary's hand in marriage, and...
", they introduce Mary WrestleMania
WrestleMania
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Spuckler, who is supposed to court with Bart. Cletus mentions that they "name all their kids after what they think is gonna happen to them. Ain't that right, 'Stabbed In Jail'?" to which Stabbed In Jail Spuckler (who is seen sharpening a wooden stick) replies, "We'll see who stabs who."
In The Real Housewives of Fat Tony
The Real Housewives of Fat Tony
"The Real Housewives of Fat Tony" is the nineteenth episode of The Simpsons twenty-second season. It aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 1, 2011. This episode mainly centers around Marge Simpson and one of her older sisters, Selma, who falls in love with mobster Fat Tony...
he is with a baby called Normal-Head Joe.
Last name
His last name was given as "Del Roy" in the episode "Behind the LaughterBehind the Laughter
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". He signs his full name in "Weekend at Burnsie's
Weekend at Burnsie's
"Weekend at Burnsie's" is the sixteenth episode of The Simpsons thirteenth season. It first aired in the United States on the Fox network on April 7, 2002. In the episode, Homer Simpson is prescribed medicinal marijuana after getting pecked in the eyes by a murder of crows. While his...
" indicating support for Ned Flanders
Ned Flanders
Nedward "Ned" Flanders, Jr. is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Harry Shearer, and first appeared in the series premiere episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". He is the next door neighbor to the Simpson family and is generally...
's petition to recriminalize medicinal marijuana
Medical cannabis
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. He also does this in "Sweets and Sour Marge
Sweets and Sour Marge
"Sweets and Sour Marge" is the eighth episode of The Simpsons thirteenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 20, 2002. In the episode, Homer gathers several of Springfield's citizens to participate in creating the biggest human pyramid in the world...
", for Marge's petition
Petition
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to ban sugar from Springfield. In "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays
Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays
"Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays" is the eighth episode of The Simpsons fifteenth season. After Lindsay Naegle forms an anti-children group, Marge fights back with a group led with Mr. Burns' power. The episode originally aired on January 4, 2004. It was written by...
" his name is given as "Cletus Spuckler" in a news report. A mailbox standing outside Cletus' shack in the video game The Simpsons Hit & Run
The Simpsons Hit & Run
The Simpsons Hit & Run is an action-adventure video game based on the animated sitcom The Simpsons. It was released for the GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2, and Windows in North America on September 16, 2003, In Europe and Australia on October 31, 2003 and in Japan on December 25, 2003...
reads "Spuckler". In "Yokel Chords
Yokel Chords
"Yokel Chords" is the fourteenth episode of the eighteenth season of The Simpsons, which was originally broadcast on March 4, 2007. It was written by Michael Price, and directed by Susie Dietter. Guest starring Meg Ryan as Dr. Swanson, Peter Bogdanovich as a psychiatrist and Andy Dick, James...
" Lisa
Lisa Simpson
Lisa Marie Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons. She is the middle child of the Simpson family. Voiced by Yeardley Smith, Lisa first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening...
referred to him as "Mr. Spuckler" throughout the whole episode; as well Krusty the Clown calls his kids "The Spuckler Family Kids". However, at the end of that episode, Brandine reprimands him as "Cletus Del Roy Spuckler", suggesting that Del Roy is indeed just his middle name.
Reception
He is named the 7th (out of 25) of IGNIGN
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's Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral
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Characters.