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Margaret "Maggie" Simpson
is a
fictional character
shown in the
animated
television series
The Simpsons
. She is a
baby
.
Like most babies, Maggie copies what she sees around her. She once hit
Homer
on the head with a mallet, shot a suction dart at his
picture
and attacked him with a
pencil
in imitation of
Itchy and Scratchy
. Maggie is also very accurate with a gun, she shot
Mr. Burns
in "
Who Shot Mr. Burns
".
During the early episodes, Maggie's well-known
feature
would be to trip over her
clothes
and fall on her face causing a loud smack on the floor. Throughout the early episodes, Maggie fell down 39 times.
[1]
Maggie was named after
Matt Groening
's sister Maggie Groening.
[2]
[3]
She often sucked on a
pacifier
and wore a sleep suit like Maggie.
[4]
Groening thought that it would be funny to have a baby character that did not
talk
and never grew up, but showed any
emotions
that the scene needed.
With few exceptions, Maggie never
speaks
but is
aware
of what is going around her. Maggie has spoken in "
Good Night
", the first
cartoon
to air on
The Tracey Ullman Show
. When the rest of the family falls a
sleep
, she speaks and her voice is played by
Liz Georges
.
[5]
Maggie's first word spoken in the normal television show of the series happened in "Lisa's First Word", when she was voiced by
Elizabeth Taylor
and says, "Daddy" in an empty room.
[6]
[7]
Elizabeth Taylor as Maggie was later named the 13th greatest guest spot in the history of the show.
[8]
James Earl Jones
, who voiced Maggie in "Treehouse of Horror V" was in seventh place.
[9]
She would later have small sentences in "Treehouse of Horror IX", voiced by
Harry Shearer
, who used his
Kang
voice.
[10]
Her squeaks and occasional speaking parts are regularly done by
Nancy Cartwright
[11]
or
Yeardley Smith
.
[12]
Jodie Foster
voiced the Howard Roark-inspired Maggie in the Season 20 episode "Four Great Women and a Manicure".
- ↑
"Maggie File"
Archived
2007-10-11 at the
Wayback Machine
SNPP.com
. Retrieved on March 27, 2007
- ↑
Hamilton, Don (2002-12-07).
"Matt Groening's Portland"
. The
Portland Tribune
. Archived from
the original
on 2008-08-28
. Retrieved
2009-05-28
.
- ↑
Sadownick, Doug (February 26, 1991).
"Groening Against the Grain"
. Advocate. Archived from
the original
on September 20, 2007
. Retrieved
March 27,
2007
.
- ↑
Groening, Matt; Jean, Al; Brooks, James L. (2007).
The Simpsons Movie: A Look Behind the Scenes
(DVD).
The Sun
.
- ↑
"Liz Georges - Filmography by year"
. www.imdb.com
. Retrieved
2008-06-25
.
- ↑
Face to Face: Maggie Simpson
Archived
2014-11-29 at the
Wayback Machine
EW.com
. Published September 11, 1992. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
- ↑
"Lisa's First Word"
- ↑
Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances, Page 3
IGN.com
. Published September 5, 2006, Retrieved on March 27, 2007
- ↑
Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances, Page 4
IGN.com
. Published September 5, 2006, Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
- ↑
Richmond, Ray; Antonia Coffman (1997).
The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to our Favorite Family
. Harper Collins Publishers. pp.
154
-155.
ISBN
0-00-638898-1
.
- ↑
Brooks, James L.; Cartwright, Nancy; Groening, Matt; Jean, Al; Moore, Rich. (2003). Commentary for "
Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
", in
The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season
[DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
- ↑
Smith, Yeardley. (2007). Commentary for
The Simpsons Movie
[DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
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