Nelson Muntz

Nelson Muntz is a secondary character on the animated cartoon sitcom The Simpsons. He is the oldest and largest student in Bart Simpson's fourth-grade class at Springfield Elementary, and Muntz uses his size advantage to bully others.http://www.thesimpsons.com/characters/home.htm He first appears in the episode "Bart the General" when Bart accidentally makes him bleed.http://www.snpp.com/episodes/7G05.html Muntz beats him up twice and throws him into a trash can. Though Muntz and Simpson eventually make peace at the end of the show, he continues to threaten his fellow students.http://www.snpp.com/episodes/7G05.html However, Muntz also shows different, non-violent sides of his personality over several shows. In the episode “Lisa’s Date With Density,” Lisa Simpson develops a crush on him and the two briefly date.http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F01.html He even becomes best friends with Bart in the episode “The Haw-Hawed Couple.”http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/the-haw-hawed-couple/episode/914674/summary.html

Though Muntz’s parents are not referenced by name, it is revealed that he comes from a poor family that does not treat him well. http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0002999/bio The mat on the front porch of the Muntz home has bugs underneath it, and the interior of the house is dilapidated. http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F01.html

Muntz comes from a broken home. Over the course of the show, the history of his parents' whereabouts has changed. It was first explained that Muntz’s father went insane and abandoned him.http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F01.html In another episode entitled “A Millhouse Divided,” Muntz explains that his mother and father divorced because of her addiction to cough drops and breath freshener. http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F04.html In “Bart the Mother,” Muntz’s parents live together, but his father is in jail.http://www.snpp.com/episodes/5F22 In its last revision, the Muntz family is still split: Muntz's father is absent and his mother abandons him to pursue a Hollywood career. Marge Simpson informally adopts him as a surrogate child in “Sleeping with the Enemy." At the end of the episode, Bart Simpson finds Muntz’s father, his mother returns, and the Muntz family reunites. http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/sleeping-with-the-enemy/episode/280524/summary.html

"After NAFTA, a lot of these jobs went to the South Pole." — Nelson Muntz, "The Fight Before Christmas"http://www.tvfanatic.com/quotes/characters/nelson-muntz/

"My mom ran off with my birthday clown!" — Nelson Muntz, "How Bunched Is That Birdie In The Window"http://www.tvfanatic.com/quotes/characters/nelson-muntz/

"She can do the kind of math that has letters!" — Nelson Muntz, "MoneyBart"http://www.tvfanatic.com/quotes/characters/nelson-muntz/

"Haha, you're old." — Nelson Muntz, "Postcards From The Wedge"http://www.tvfanatic.com/quotes/characters/nelson-muntz/