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:''Quimby redirects to here. For the producer of the MGM animated cartoon division, see Fred Quimby .'' Joseph "Joe" Fitzpatrick Fitzgerald Fitzhenry Quimby, Jr., a.k.a. '''"Diamond Joe"''', or simply '''Mayor Quimby''' (voiced by Dan Castellaneta ), is a Fictional Character featured in '' The Simpsons '' Animated Series . He has long served as the Democratic Mayor of the Fictional City of Springfield . He appears to be a slick, sleazy Politician whose only interest lies in staying in power for the fringe benefits it brings. Those benefits apparently include squandering tax dollars for personal use, and gaining access to vast hoards of nubile young women. Joe Quimby's name partly comes from NW Quimby Street in Portland, Oregon , the hometown of show creator Matt Groening . The rest of his name, as well as his character, is from Portland Mobster and chief of police, "Diamond" Jim Purcell . Quimby speaks with an eastern Massachusetts accent, in a style resembling that of the Kennedy Family . Like the Kennedys, the mayor is a Democrat, comes from great Wealth , and lives on a lavish coastal estate (the "Quimby compound") with his family — not unlike the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport , Massachusetts . Quimby is married to a woman who wears a pink suit and hat similar to one Jacqueline Kennedy made famous. She may be also related to actor Rainier Wolfcastle , who is modeled after Arnold Schwarzenegger , husband of JFK's niece, Maria Shriver ; Wolfcastle has been spotted at Quimby family functions. His nephew, Freddie Quimby, was once tried for Assault (a reference to the William Kennedy Smith Rape trial) during which Mayor Quimby tried to Bribe witnesses. He does not get along with local police chief Clancy Wiggum . Assisted by his equally slick and sleazy aides, Quimby can be expected to turn up at any Public event and promise exactly what the audience wants to hear. For instance, after discovering that the only thing that interests the residents of the Springfield Retirement Home is '' Matlock '' (a TV Detective series that ran between 1986 and 1995 ), he promptly decides to name a new Freeway the "Matlock Expressway." He is known to be a womanizer, and to occasionally amuse himself with Pornographic Playing Card s during town meetings. He frequently takes overseas vacations, which take him out of town for extended periods of time, leading to a headline in the ''Springfield Shopper'', "Mayor Visits City." He once referred to Springfield as ''Springfeld'' at a public meeting. Quimby's corrupt personality and love of overseas junkets is perhaps most amusingly highlighted during one episode where he announces that after a three month "fact finding mission", he has concluded that it is NOT feasible to build a high speed rail link between Springfield and the tropical paradise resort of Aruba . It has been implied on occasion that he is connected to Fat Tony , the local Mafia Don . Quimby was elected mayor of Springfield in 1986 . He has been re-elected several times since, despite rather open admissions of Fraud and wrongdoing. He once admitted to using taxpayer dollars to fund the Murder of his enemies, but thanks to a clever use of a popular Catch Phrase ("I'm a bad wittle boy"), he was re-elected in a landslide. The fact that Quimby was a Draft Dodger who smokes Marijuana and routinely cheats on his wife has earned him the hatred of Springfield's small but vocal Republican elite. When the party nominated Sideshow Bob as its mayoral candidate, Bob rigged the election, briefly deposing Quimby. He was re-instated when Bob was found guilty of fraud and imprisoned. He also survived a Recall Election in 2005 , with no candidate in the race against him (candidates included Rainier Wolfcastle , Kent Brockman and Homer ) garnering the 5% necessary to force a recall. For much of the series, Quimby's reign in Springfield was unquestioned. However, it seems that he may get into some political trouble, as his womanizing has led to a large amount of Pregnancies . These women held a Protest in one of the episodes. In the episode '' Lisa's Wedding '', set several years into the future, we find out that Quimby eventually relinquished his position as mayor after being Indicted for an unspecified crime (presumably fraud) and ends up being a Taxicab driver for Otto 's taxi company using the Alias "Mohammed Jafar," a likely reference to disgraced former West Virginia Governor William C. Marland 's turn as a cabbie in Chicago after leaving office. His Catchphrase is "Vote Quimby," which he always finds an opportunity to say, even during sex. On The Daily Show , Jon Stewart sometimes says this catchphrase after doing an impression of a Kennedy . QUOTES
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