One-time characters from The Simpsons

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This is a list of one-time characters from The Simpsons. Recurring characters are found on the main List of characters from The Simpsons. For individuals who played themselves, see List of celebrities on The Simpsons

It should be noted, that more recently in the series, many of the 'one-time' characters have returned to the show, sometimes in just brief speaking appearances, or even crowd scenes. Other characters, originally intended to be 'one-time' characters have ended up becoming regular cast members, such as Cletus Spuckler, Brandine, Cookie Kwan & Lindsay Naegle.

Primary characters

The characters on this list were featured in an episode or otherwise received substantial dialogue or focus.

• James Earl Jones voiced a mover, an alien cook, (Serak), Maggie in Treehouse of Horror V's Time and Punishment and narrator in the first "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween episode (7F04).

• Alex Whitney, a popular new "grown-up" girl in Lisa Simpson's class in "Lard of the Dance" (5F20), voiced by Lisa Kudrow.
• Allison Taylor, "Lisa's Rival" (1F17), voiced by Winona Ryder. However she did appear in the background of several later episodes.
• Armando and Rafi,"Barney's new friends"
• Astrid Weller, the art gallery owner in "Mom and Pop Art" (AABF15), voiced by Isabella Rossellini.
• Ballet Teacher who trains Bart in "Homer vs. Patty & Selma" (2F14), voiced by Susan Sarandon.
• Bea Simmons, Abraham Simpson's love interest and benefactor in "Old Money" (7F17), voiced by Audrey Meadows.
• Becky, Otto's girlfriend that moves in with the Simpsons in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" (BABF18), voiced by Parker Posey.
• Belle, the proprietoress of a Burlesque house in Springfield called "La Maison Derriere." Bart found himself working there as punishment for damaging Belle's property, and it soon transpired that the place was a frequent haunt of many of Springfield's men. Homer rescued it when an angry mob led by Marge, The Flanders and Reverend Lovejoy threatened to raze it to the ground.
• Ben, Lisa's friend in "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" (3F22) voiced by Dan Castellaneta
• Mr. Bergstrom, Lisa's substitute teacher in "Lisa's Substitute" (7F19), voiced by Dustin Hoffman (credited as "Sam Etic", a reference to the character being Jewish).
• Birch Barlow, Radio talk show host. Barlow's voice, appearance and political views mirror those of Rush Limbaugh in obvious parody.
• Brad Goodman, pop psychologist who encourages "Bart's Inner Child" (1F05), voiced by Albert Brooks.
• Caleb Thorn, marine biologist who helps Marge find herself in"Bonfire of the Manatees, voiced by Alec Baldwin.
• Cecil Terwilliger, Sideshow Bob's younger brother in "Brother From Another Series" (4F14), voiced by David Hyde Pierce.
• Chester J. Lampwick, the creator of Itchy and Scratchy who became a bum after Roger Myers, Sr. stole his idea in "The Day the Violence Died" (3F16). Voiced by Kirk Douglas.
• Chloe Talbot, broadcast journalist and high school friend of Marge Simpson in "She Used to Be My Girl" (FABF22), voiced by Kim Cattrall.
• Colonel Klink, Homer's guardian angel in "The Last Temptation of Homer" (1F07), voiced by the original Hogan's Heroes Col. Klink, Werner Klemperer.
• Cooder and Spud, the father and son carnies who took over the Simpson household in "Bart Carny" (5F08), voiced by Jim Varney (Cooder) and Tress MacNeille (Spud).
• The Coyote from Homer's chili-induced hallucination in "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)" (3F24) voiced by Johnny Cash.
• Cowboy Bob. A slick salesman who sells Homer a tumbledown RV in "The Call of the Simpsons" (episode 7G09), voiced by Albert Brooks. He was later seen again in "Mobile Homer", but voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
• Dean, Lisa's friend in The Summer of 4ft.2
• Don Brodka, the Try-n-Save security guard in "Marge Be Not Proud" (3F07), voiced by Lawrence Tierney.
• Emily Winthrop, a British-accented dog trainer from the episode "Bart's Dog Gets An F" (7F14), voiced by Tracey Ullman.
• Erin, Lisa's friend in Summer of 4ft.2
• Frank Grimes, powerplant employee who appeared in "Homer's Enemy" (now deceased).
• Frank Grimes Junior, Frank Grimes' son who attempted to kill Homer in "The Great Louse Detective" (EABF01).
• Gina Vendetti, a juvenile hall inmate who escapes with Bart Simpson in "The Wandering Juvie," (FABF11), voiced by Sarah Michelle Gellar.
• Goose Gladwell, a wacky joke shop owner based on Willy Wonka who sells Bart's humorous T-shirts in "Fat Man and Little Boy" (FABF21). He has twenty stores in thirty states and sold Bart's shirts in most of them. Gladwell later sold the t-shirts to the Disney company and refuses to give Bart's share of the money until Homer threatened him with a plutonium bomb. A former Green Beret, Goose claims his experiences in Vietnam are what drove him crazy. Voiced by Hank Azaria. Homer: "It's every parent's dream: an eccentric single man taking an interest in their son."
• Grady and Julio, the two homosexuals that Homer briefly lived with in "Three Gays of the Condo" (EABF12). This parodied the divorce aftermath of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Julio was later seen in "There's Something About Marrying", getting wed to a new lover, but his lover had no dialogue.
• Guy Incognito, a Homer look- and sound-alike whom the denizens of Moe's Tavern mistook for Homer in "Fear of Flying" (2F08).
• Hans, Horst and Fritz, the German businessmen who bought the power plant from Mr. Burns in Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk (8F09).
• Hank Scorpio, evil genius and owner of Globex Corporation, voiced by Albert Brooks. He appeared in "You Only Move Twice" (3F23).
• Hollis Hurlbut, head of the Springfield Historical Society in "Lisa the Iconoclast" (3F13), voiced by Donald Sutherland. "You're barred from this historical society. You and your children. And your children's children. For three months."
• Hugh Parkfield, Lisa Simpson's fiancé in "Lisa's Wedding" (2F15), voiced by Mandy Patinkin.
• Jack Crowley, a criminal who was paroled on Marge's recommendation, after she was impressed by his artistic ability in "Pokey Mom". He was arrested again for burning Principal Skinner's car. Voiced by Michael Keaton.
• Hugo Simpson, Barts evil(er) twin brother in the Treehouse of Horror VII section one entitled Much Ado about Hugo, aka The Thing And I. However Bart turns out to be the evil left-twin because Hugo's scar is on the wrong side.
• Jacques, bowling instructor who pursues an affair with Marge Simpson in "Life on the Fast Lane" (7G11), voiced by Albert Brooks. He was seen briefly in "The Heart-Broke Kid", during a parody of the opening montage with a newly-obese Bart. He was also seen very briefly (for around one second) in the episode And Maggie Makes Three (2F10), when Homer the Pin Monkey finds out where pins go when they're knocked down.
• Jenda, Bart's girlfriend in the year 2013 in "Future-Drama" (GABF12). Wears an army jacket with corporal insignia, very similar to Laura Powers' in New Kid On The Block Voiced by Amy Poehler.
• Jimmy The Scumbag, a petty criminal who was arrested for running a telemarketing scam with an autodialling machine. Homer took the machine for himself and ran his own scam with it.
• Joan Bushwell, a scientist appearing in the 2001 episode “Simpson Safari” (CABF13). The character spoofs Jane Goodall. Image
• John, owner of Cockamamie's collectible shop whose homosexuality upset Homer in "Homer's Phobia" (4F11), voiced by John Waters.
• Karl, Homer's assistant in "Simpson and Delilah" (7F02), voiced by Harvey Fierstein.
• Larry Burns, Mr. Burns' crass illegitimate son in "Burns, Baby Burns" (4F05), voiced by Rodney Dangerfield."Burns is rich, rich i tell you! I never seen a house with a walk in mailbox before!" Seen later in the episode "Realty Bites", lining up at the welfare office, but has no lines.
• Laura Powers, new neighbor and object of Bart's crush in "New Kid on the Block". Wears an army jacket with corporal insignia, very similar to Jenda's in Future-Drama. (9F06), voiced by Sara Gilbert.
• Lester and Eliza, Bart and Lisa lookalikes in "The Day the Violence Died."
• Lieutenant L.T. Smash, his military undercoverproject was making a popgroup (Bart, Milhouse, Ralph and Nelson) for military propaganda (CABF12).
• "Lisa Junior", in "Missionary: Impossible", the little island girl whose real name Homer couldn't pronounce.
• "Lisa Simpson", in "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase", the family got a new show called The Simpsons Family Smile-Time Variety Hour. However, Lisa refused to participate in the show and was replace with a tall blonde bimbo. This parodied the short-live The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, in which Eve Plumb refused to participate and was replaced. Voiced by Pamela Hayden.
• Llewelyn Sinclair, musical director of O Streetcar; and his sister, Ms. Sinclair, head of the Ayn Rand School for Tots, from "A Streetcar Named Marge" (8F18), voiced by Jon Lovitz.
• Lucille Botzcowski ("Miss Botz"), criminal babysitter from "Some Enchanted Evening" (7G01), voiced by Penny Marshall. Later briefly seen in a cameo being locked up in a mental ward.
• Lucius Sweet, boxing promoter parodying Don King from "The Homer They Fall" (4F03), voiced by Paul Winfield.
• Lyle Lanley, conman who sold Springfield a shoddy monorail in "Marge vs. the Monorail", voiced by Phil Hartman.
• MacArthur Parker, Troy McClure's agent in "A Fish Called Selma" 3F15, voiced by Jeff Goldblum.
• Michael Jackson, In season three Homer gets incarcerated for wearing a pink shirt to work, and while in jail meets Michael Jackson and invites him over to the Simpson household for dinner that evening. Michael helps Bart write a birthday song for Lisa. Jackson, who voiced himself, was credited as John Jay Smith.
• Mindy Simmons, a former employee of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, almost had an affair with Homer in "The Last Temptation of Homer". Voiced by Michelle Pfeiffer.
• Mojo the Helper Monkey from "Girly Edition" (5F15).
• Number One, head of the Stonecutters and No Homers Club, voiced by Patrick Stewart. He appeared in "Homer the Great."
• Pepi, a waif-like surrogate son Homer found at the Bigger Brothers Agency in "Brother from the Same Planet."
• Poochie, a shades wearing, guitar playing, skateboarding cartoon dog introduced as a new character in the Itchy and Scratchy Show as a way of saving the cartoon's plummeting ratings. With an unrealistic weight of expectation behind him, Poochie (voiced by Homer) did not go down well with the show's fans, and was hurriedly killed off.
• Professor Lombarbo, Marge's art instructor in "Brush with Greatness" (7F18), voiced by Jon Lovitz.
• Randall Curtis, a portrayal of George Lucas, created a space saga called "Cosmic Wars". However, the latest chapter, "The Gathering Storm", was poorly viewed by fans. This is a spoof that some people are poorly receiving the new Star Wars films; they believe the films focus more on special effects than on plots and characters.
• Ray Magini, roofing contractor and friend to Homer. Briefly thought to be a hallucination, as name is an anagram for "imaginary", voiced by Ray Romano.
• Ray Patterson, a former Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, voiced by Steve Martin. He was defeated in his reelection bid by Homer in "Trash of the Titans", and declined the town's offer to reinstate him after Homer was disgraced. "It's so gratifying to see you wallowing in the mess you made, you're screwed, goodbye."
• Rex Banner, a federal law enforcement officer brought in to enforce Prohibition in "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" (4F15), voiced by Dave Thomas.
• Rick, Lisa's friend in Summer of 4ft.2
• Roy, a teenage boy who lived in the Simpsons' house for the duration of one episode before moving out to live in his "own apartment with two sexy babes." An example of a "Simpsons" in-joke, Roy appeared as an ironic device about "tired" cartoons desperately trying to keep "fresh" by introducing new characters into the show. As such, he mirrored the introduction of Poochie the "cool" dog into the Itchy and Scratchy show.
• Samantha Stankey, Milhouse's love interest in "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" (8F22), voiced by Kimmy Robertson.
• Sgt. Seymour Skinner, voiced by Martin Sheen, the original Seymour Skinner (Springfield Elementary's principal is actually named Armin Tanzarian). In "The Principal and the Pauper", the citizens of Springfield rode him out of town on a rail, in favour of Tanzarian, who was then legally renamed "Seymour Skinner." All the incidents in that episode were forbidden from being mentioned again, with penalty of torture.
• Shary Bobbins, "an original cartoon creation like Rickey Rouse and Monald Muck" "I've been singing songs all day, I'm not a bloody jukebox!" a parody of Mary Poppins.
• Stacy Lavelle, creator of Malibu Stacy in "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" (1F12), voiced by Kathleen Turner.
• Tom, a cool surrogate father Bart found at the Bigger Brothers Agency in "Brother from the Same Planet" (9F12), voiced by Phil Hartman. "Bart I'd hug you, if I hadn't signed a document saying I wouldn't."
• Unnamed, Ned Flanders' Canadian counterpart who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba and smokes marijuana, seen in "Midnight Rx (FABF16)"
• Veronica, Patty's lesbian partner in "There's Something About Marrying" (GABF04), who is eventually revealed to be Leslie Robin Swisher, a man who disguised his gender to compete in the LPGA
• Dr. Zweig, psychologist who addresses "Fear of Flying" (2F08), voiced by Anne Bancroft."Sure, it's all a rich tapestry."

Minor characters

• Adil Hoxha, Albanian foreign exchange student and government spy that visited the Simpsons in "The Crepes of Wrath"; the name refers to Enver Hoxha, Albania's former communist leader.
• Amendment To Be, who sings a song about himself in "The Day the Violence Died" (3F16), voiced by Jack Sheldon.
• Apu Look-alike, In "Summer of 4 Ft. 2", Homer visits a convience store in Little Pwagmattasquarmsettport which is manned by someone who resembles Apu, but is of Pakistani decent.
• Aristotle Amadopolis, owner of the Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant and a friend of Montgomery Burns from the episode "Homer Defined" (8F04), voiced by Jon Lovitz
• Bort, a young boy and a man in the gift shop at Itchy and Scratchy Land. Their name appears to be popular on fake license plates at the amusement park's gift shop. Appeared in "Itchy & Scratchy Land" (2F01).
• The Capital City Goofball, voiced by Tom Poston in "Dancin' Homer" (7F05).
• Colonel Leslie "Hap" Hapablap, commander of Springfield's Air Force base in "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" (3F08), voiced by R. Lee Ermey.
• Database or "Data", One of the "Super Friends", one of whom is Lisa Simpson in the episode Bart's Comet
• Dave Shutton, a Local reporter from "The Springfield Times" who has only appeared in "Two Cars in Every Garage, Three Eyes on Every Fish" (7F01), voiced by Harry Shearer.
• English Sugar Thief, whom Homer discovers "nicking" sugar from his sugar pile in "Lisa's Rival" (1F17)
• Frank Ormand, owner of the Pretzel Wagon in "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" (4F08), voiced by Jack Lemmon.
• Handsome Pete, friend of the Sea Captain who dances for Quarters... resembles a small Krusty The Clown. Appeared in "Bart the Fink" (3F12).
• The Happiest Man in Springfield, who became the second happiest man in Springfield, at least temporarily, when he cheerfully ceded his title to Ned Flanders. Voiced by Hank Azaria.
• Hugh Jass, Recipient of Bart's prank call to Moe Syzlak gone wrong
• Iggy Wiggum, Sheldon Skinner, Pvt. 5th Class Arney Gumble, Ox, Asa Phelps, Milton Griff and Etch, members of Sgt. Abraham Simpson's squad, the Flying Hellfish, during the fighting in the Ardennes near the end of World War Two. Seen during a flashback in "Raging Abe Simpson and his Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'" (3F19).
• Khlav Kalash guy, who sells Homer the apparently vile-tasting Khlav Kalash and some crab juice to wash it down with in The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson. (4F22)
• Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo, a man whose name Moe described as the worst name he's ever heard in "The Last Temptation of Homer"
• Ku Klux Klam, cartoon clam wearing a KKK hood, seen in "Itchy & Scratchy Land."
• Mr. Sparkle, a dishwashing detergent mascot which resembles Homer Simpson. Voiced by Sab Shimono in "In Marge We Trust" (4F18).
• Pepito, The Biggest Cat in the Whole Wide World is nominated for an Emmy for Best Supporting Performer in a Children's Show, but loses to Sideshow Bob.
• Ronny Beck, "three-time soap box derby champion" from the episode Saturdays of Thunder (8F07).
• Sally Koo, Agnes lookalike, voiced by Dionne Quan.
• Señor Ding-Dong, Mascot of Señor Ding-Dong's Doorbell Fiesta, from the episode Maximum Homerdrive
• Snorky, The dolphin leading the coup of earth.
• the Leprechaun, ralph's imaginary friend who tells him to burn things.
• Ryan Dhah, the fat child from Surrey.
• 'Ma Spuckler or DelRoy, Cletus' mother, voiced by Pameila Hayden
• That Kid Who Roughed Up the Wilson Widow, parody of Dennis the Menace.
• 'Titania, "Juggernauts" bartender in Duff Beer Competition in "Homer the Moe"
• 'Formico,the Dean of Design, helps Moe renovate the tavern to get new customers. His name must never be spoken
• 'The "Ayeeessss? Guy" Usually a chef, always saying "ayeeessss?" Appears in Brazil, saying "siiii?" When asked why he spoke like that; "I had a strooke"

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