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Jeff Albertson ("Comic Book Guy")
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Proprietor of The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop
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<BR> Three Men And A Comic Book
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is a fictional character in the
Animated Series ''
The Simpsons '', and proprietor of the
Comic Book shop, The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop.
Voiced by
Hank Azaria , the obese, hirsute Comic Book Guy is perhaps best known for his
Sarcastic quips. He holds a
Master's Degree in
Folklore and
Mythology (he translated ''
The Lord Of The Rings '' into
Klingon as part of his thesis). His
Catchphrase is the declaration "Worst. Episode. Ever." which is usually delivered with slight pauses between each word, and an emphasis on the "ever." His other, but rarely used catchphrase is "Best. Episode. Ever." Both phrases (along with varations of the quotes) are very popular on
Internet Message Boards . Comic Book Guy is said to be mocking certain ''Simpsons'' fans who will race to the Internet to criticize the producers and writers of an episode they have just finished viewing and declare such episode to be the "Worst Episode Ever." This facet is based on the real-life tendency of fans to do just that starting sometime in 1992 on the
Alt.tv.simpsons USENET newsgroup.
A
Science Fiction buff, Comic Book Guy has a
Bumper Sticker that reads "My Other Car Is The
Millennium Falcon ," given to him by a
Harrison Ford -lookalike. The license plate on his
AMC Gremlin is
NCC-1701 , the registry number of ''
Star Trek's '' ''
USS Enterprise ''. The contents of his display case include, among other oddities, a photo of
Sean Connery signed by
Roger Moore , and a very rare ''
Mary Worth '' in which she has advised a friend to commit
Suicide . He wears prescription pants, and in the 14th Halloween episode revealed he had a "
Jabba the butt"
Tattoo in the appropriate place. He also owns a T-shirt that says "C:\DOS C:\DOS\RUN RUN\DOS\RUN."
Comic Book Guy is a fan of the
Comic Strip ''
Hi & Lois ''. His store contains a section full of illegal
Videos (which include
Mr. Rogers drunk, a
Top Secret American
Nuclear War strategy, a good version of
The Godfather Part III , and
Kent Brockman picking his nose). He once had to give up the Ultimate Belt (which he won as a doorprize at the Star Trek Convention) because as he pointed out "the average Trekker has no use for a medium-sized belt." He was a virgin well into his forties. He was romantically involved with
Principal Skinner 's mother
Agnes (
Chief Wiggum was notably repulsed when he and his officers stumbled upon the couple "in the act"). He later dated
Edna Krabappel .
Comic Book Guy was once married, in an online fantasy game. He and his Internet wife contemplated having children, but that would have severely drained his power crystals. While part of an intellectual
Junta that briefly ran Springfield, he proposed plans to limit breeding to once every seven years (a reference to the Vulcan blood fever of mating, called
Pon Farr ), commenting that this would mean much less breeding for most, but "much much more" for him.
He is a member of the Springfield branch of
Mensa , along with
Principal Skinner ,
Dr. Hibbert ,
Lisa ,
Professor Frink , and
Lindsey Naegle .
- In an old interview, Matt Groening stated that Comic Book Guy's original name was Louis Lane (a play on Lois Lane ). A long- Running Gag on the show was never to reveal the character's name, with other characters referring to him as "Comic Book Guy." The gag concluded on the February 6 , 2005 episode, Homer And Ned's Hail Mary Pass , when he told Ned Flanders that "my name is Jeff Albertson, but everyone calls me Comic Book Guy."
- Comic Book Guy is an amalgamation of Ralph Bakshi and Hank Azaria 's next-door neighbor during his freshman year at Tufts University , a large man whom everyone called "F" who was said to sit in a Barca Lounger and keep a list to rank other members of the dorm in his estimation of how much he did or didn't like them.
- His car has (or used to have) a series of Science Fiction related Bumper Sticker s, including:
- --- I brake for Tribbles (''Star Trek'')
- --- Keep honking, I'm charging my Phaser (''Star Trek'')
- --- My child is an honour student at Starfleet Academy (''Star Trek'')
- --- The truth is in here ('' The X-Files '')
- --- Kang is my co-pilot (''Star Trek'', or possibly Kang And Kodos or Marvel's Kang The Conqueror )
- --- My other car is the Millennium Falcon ('' Star Wars '')
- The Comic Book Guy does not, or rarely, uses Contractions , i.e. he would say "is not" instead of "isn't". This is what is imagined to be a trait with Robots -this explains why the store Comic Book Guy owns is called, " Android 's Dungeon"
