Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is owner and manager of the Kwik-E-Mart, a 24-hour convenience store in The Simpsons. Apu is the husband of Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon and the pair are the parents of octuplets; Poonam, Sashi, Pria, Uma, Anoop, Sandeep, Nabendu and Gheet Nahasapeemapetilon.http://simpsonslol.com/Watch_1107 Apu's best customer is Homer Simpson.http://www.thesimpsons.com/characters/home.htm

Apu once worked an uninterrupted 96-hour shift at the Kwik-E-Mart. This ended when he started running around the store like a hummingbird.http://www.thesimpsons.com/characters/home.htm The Kwik-E-Mart is a frequent target of robberies and Apu has been held up at gunpoint on several occasions.http://www.thesimpsons.com/characters/home.htm Outside of working at the Kwik-E-Mart, Apu has been a member of Homer's Grammy-winning band The Be Sharps and is a friend of Paul McCartney's, whom he met during The Beatles' time in India.http://simpsonslol.com/Watch_501 http://simpsonslol.com/Watch_705

As part of his Hindu beliefs, Apu is a strict vegan.http://www.thesimpsons.com/bios/bios_townspeople_apu.htm

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Apu became a U.S. citizen after his life in Springfield was threatened by a bill titled "Proposition 24", which aimed to deport all illegal imigrants from the United States. Because of a legal loophole, Apu was eligible to sit the citizenship test, which he passed. http://simpsonslol.com/Watch_723

Once a U.S citizen, Apu was reunited with Manjula, the girl his parents had arranged for him to marry.http://simpsonslol.com/Watch_907 Although both were apprehensive about entering an arranged marriage, they wed in the backyard of the Simpsons' house.http://simpsonslol.com/Watch_907 The couple's first pregnancy saw Manjula give birth to a set of octuplets.http://simpsonslol.com/Watch_1107

Despite Apu's busy lifestyle he continued to work at the Kwik-E-Mart, with the help of his brother Sanjay.http://simpsonslol.com/Watch_213

"Thank you. Come again," Apu Nahasapeemapetilon's trademark farewellhttp://www.thesimpsons.com/characters/home.htm

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