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{{short description|Fictional character from The Simpsons franchise}}
{{Simpsons character
{{Infobox character
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|image= [[Image:Mayor Quimby.png|222px]]
|name=Mayor "Diamond Joe" Quimby
| name = Mayor Quimby
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| series = [[The Simpsons]]
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|gender=Male
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| image = Mayor Quimby.png
|job= [[Mayor]] of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]]<ref>The Simpsons, 1906, [[Little Orphan Millie]]</ref><ref>The Simpsons 1906, Screen, [[:File:Savingsimpsons.jpg]]</ref>|
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| first_major = "[[Bart Gets an 'F']]"
relatives= '''Wife:''' [[List of recurring characters in The Simpsons#Martha Quimby|Martha]]<br /> '''Nephew:''' Freddie <br />
| first_date = October 11, 1990
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|appearance="[[Bart Gets an F]]"
| creator = [[David M. Stern]]
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|voiceactor=[[Dan Castellaneta]]
| designer = [[Matt Groening]]
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| voice = [[Dan Castellaneta]]
| based_on = [[Kennedy family]], particularly [[Ted Kennedy]] and President [[John F. Kennedy]] <br> [[The Edge]] (namesake)
| full_name = Joseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge Quimby
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| gender = Male ♂
| occupation = [[Mayor]] of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]]
| relatives = [[The Boy Who Knew Too Much (The Simpsons)|Freddy]]
| spouse = [[Martha Quimby]]
| children = {{Plainlist|
*Shirley (daughter)
*3 unnamed sons
*1 unnamed daughter
}}
}}
}}
'''Joseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge "Joe" Quimby''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289258/trivia |title=Trivia: Episode KABF17 "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" (2008) |publisher=imdb.com |date= |accessdate=2009-05-3}}</ref> a.k.a. '''"Diamond Joe" Quimby''', or simply '''Mayor Quimby''', is a recurring [[fictional character|character]] from the [[Animated cartoon|animated television series]] ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He is voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]], and first appeared in the episode "[[Bart Gets an F]]". A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F02.html|title=&#91;2F02&#93; Sideshow Bob Roberts|date=1995-12-12|accessdate=2009-08-15|publisher=[[The Simpsons Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snpp.com/guides/quimby.html|title=The Simpsons Archive: The Quimby File|date=2006-02-19|accessdate=2009-08-15|publisher=[[The Simpsons Archive]]}}</ref> Quimby is the [[mayor]] of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]], and is a composite parody of U.S. Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] and certain other members of the [[Kennedy family]] who have entered politics. Joe Quimby's name partly comes from NW Quimby Street in [[Portland, Oregon]] the hometown of show creator [[Matt Groening]] and [[Tom and Jerry]]'s producer [[Fred Quimby]]. [[Dan Castellaneta]] improvised the accent for Quimby.<ref>Groening, Matt (2005). Commentary for the episode "[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season'' [DVD]. Twentieth Century Fox.</ref>


'''Mayor Joseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge''' "'''Joe'''" '''Quimby''',<ref>{{cite episode |title=Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes|episode-link=Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes|series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits= Curran, Kevin; Kramer, Lance |network=Fox |airdate=2008-09-28|season=20 |number=1 }}</ref> nicknamed "'''Diamond Joe'''", is a recurring character from the [[Animated cartoon|animated sitcom television series]] ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He is voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]], and first appeared in the episode "[[Bart Gets an 'F']]{{-"}}. Quimby is the [[mayor]] of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]], and is a [[Composite character|composite]] [[parody]] of U.S. Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] and certain other members of the [[Kennedy family]] who have entered politics.
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==Role in ''The Simpsons''==
===Personality===
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Quimby has long served as the [[mayor]] of the fictional city of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]]. He appears as a slick, opportunistic politician whose chief priorities seem to be keeping himself in office, womanizing, and various other forms of corruption, including [[embezzlement|embezzling]] tax money, taking [[bribery|bribes]] from [[Fat Tony]], the local [[Don (mafia)|Mafia Don]], and giving monthly [[Political corruption#kickbacks|kickback]]s to Police [[Clancy Wiggum|Chief Wiggum]].<ref>{{cite episode |title=Homer the Vigilante|episodelink=Homer the Vigilante|series=The Simpsons |serieslink=The Simpsons |credits= Reardon, Jim; Swartzwelder, John |network=Fox |airdate=1994-01-06|season=5 |episode=11 }}</ref> The seal on the wall of his office reads "Corruptus in extremis".<ref>{{cite episode |title=Marge in Chains|episodelink=Marge in Chains|series=The Simpsons |serieslink=The Simpsons |credits= Bill Oakley; Josh Weinstein; Reardon, Jim |network=Fox |airdate=1993-05-06|season=4|episode=21 }}</ref>


==Concept and creation==
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He is known to be a womanizer, and to occasionally amuse himself with [[Pornography|pornographic]] [[playing card]]s during town meetings. Quimby was once the subject of 27 separate [[Paternity (law)|paternity suit]]s. One of the women he impregnated is [[List of recurring characters from The Simpsons#Cookie Kwan|Cookie Kwan]], whose baby is remarkably similar to Quimby in both looks and mannerisms.<ref>{{cite episode |title=She Used to Be My Girl|episodelink=She Used to Be My Girl|series=The Simpsons |serieslink=The Simpsons |credits= Nastuk, Matthew; Long, Tim |network=Fox |airdate=2004-12-05|season=16 |episode=4 }}</ref> Quimby also is frequently noticed in bed with the same or similar blonde woman/women, at least one of whom was [[Miss Springfield]].<ref name="Stephanie1">{{cite episode |title=See Homer Run|episodelink=See Homer Run|series=The Simpsons |serieslink=The Simpsons |credits= Kruse, Nancy; Gillis, Stephanie |network=Fox |airdate=2005-11-20|season=17 |episode=6 }}</ref>
Joe Quimby is a parody of [[Massachusetts]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Ted Kennedy]] and the [[Kennedy family]].{{r|brown20070702}} Like the Kennedys, Quimby [[Irish Americans|is of Irish descent]], "speaks with a [[Boston accent]], throws money at political problems, and vacations in a coastal resort called the '[[Kennedy Compound|Quimby Compound]]{{'"}}.{{r|brown20070702}} Dan Castellaneta voices Quimby with [[mid-Atlantic accent|mid-Atlantic]] and Boston accents, resulting in a voice reminiscent of that of President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref>Groening, Matt (2005). Commentary for the episode "[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season'' [DVD]. Twentieth Century Fox.</ref>


==Appearances==
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Despite being mayor for such a long time, Quimby does not know or care much about his city, often privately (or even publicly) showing his outright contempt for Springfield's citizens. He frequently takes overseas vacations, which take him out of town for extended periods of time, leading to the headline "Mayor Visits City" in the ''Springfield Shopper''. He once referred to Springfield as ''Springfeld'' at a public meeting.
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Quimby has long served as the [[mayor]] of the city of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]]. He appears as a slick, opportunistic politician whose chief priorities seem to be keeping himself in office and various other forms of corruption, including [[embezzlement|embezzling]] tax money, taking [[bribery|bribes]] from [[Fat Tony (The Simpsons)|Fat Tony]], and giving monthly [[Political corruption#Kickbacks|kickbacks]] to Police [[Chief Wiggum]].<ref>{{cite episode |title=Homer the Vigilante|episode-link=Homer the Vigilante|series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits= Reardon, Jim; Swartzwelder, John |network=Fox |airdate=1994-01-06|season=5 |number=11 }}</ref> The seal on the wall of his office reads "Corruptus in Extremis",<ref>{{cite episode |title=Marge in Chains|episode-link=Marge in Chains|series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits= Bill Oakley; Josh Weinstein; Reardon, Jim |network=Fox |airdate=1993-05-06|season=4|number=21 }}</ref> which means "extremely corrupt".


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Like Kennedy, Quimby is known as a [[wikt:womanizer|womanizer]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghaly |first1=Sera Jane |title=High Culture: 10 Of The Best Cannabis Moments On The Simpsons |url=https://herb.co/news/culture/10-best-cannabis-moments-simpsons/ |work=[[Herb (company)|Herb]] |date=2022-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sachleben |first1=Mark |last2=Yenerall |first2=Kevan M |title=Seeing the Bigger Picture Understanding Politics Through Film & Television |date=2004 |publisher=[[Peter Lang (publisher)|Lang]] |location=Switzerland |isbn=9780820462486 |page=161}}</ref> and occasionally amuses himself with [[Pornography|pornographic]] [[playing card]]s during town meetings. Quimby was once the subject of 27 separate [[Paternity (law)|paternity suit]]s. One of the women he impregnated is [[List of recurring The Simpsons characters#Cookie Kwan|Cookie Kwan]], whose baby is remarkably similar to Quimby in both looks and mannerisms.<ref>{{cite episode |title=She Used to Be My Girl|episode-link=She Used to Be My Girl|series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits= Nastuk, Matthew; Long, Tim |network=Fox |airdate=2004-12-05|season=16 |number=4 }}</ref> Quimby also is frequently noticed in bed with the same or similar blonde woman/women, at least one of whom was [[Miss Springfield]].<ref name="Stephanie1">{{cite episode |title=See Homer Run|episode-link=See Homer Run|series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits= Kruse, Nancy; Gillis, Stephanie |network=Fox |airdate=2005-11-20|season=17 |number=6 }}</ref> He also once accidentally courted his own niece, which is one of the few things Quimby has ever shown shame over.
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If bending the law will suit Quimby's purposes, he will likely do so. He once arranged [[Marge Simpson]]'s release after she was arrested for blocking traffic on a bridge after suffering a [[Mental breakdown|nervous breakdown]], claiming that if she went to jail, Quimby could kiss the "chick vote" goodbye.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Homer Alone|episodelink=Homer Alone|series=The Simpsons |serieslink=The Simpsons |credits= Kirkland, Mark; Stern, David M. |network=Fox |airdate=1992-02-06|season=3 |episode=15 }}</ref> He also resorted to bribing witnesses when assault charges were brought against his nephew, leading [[Bart Simpson]] to observe that "the system works: just ask [[Claus von Bülow]]".<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Boy Who Knew Too Much|episodelink=The Boy Who Knew Too Much|series=The Simpsons |serieslink=The Simpsons |credits= Lynch, Jeffrey; Swartzwelder, John |network=Fox |airdate=1994-05-05|season=5 |episode=20 }}</ref>


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Despite being the mayor for such a long time, Quimby does not know or care much about his city, often privately (or even publicly) showing his outright contempt for Springfield's citizens.<ref name=Slate2013-05-17/> He frequently takes overseas vacations, which take him out of town for extended periods of time, leading to the headline "Mayor Visits City" in the ''Springfield Shopper''. He once referred to Springfield as "Springfeld" at a public meeting. However, he makes frequent, albeit short, public appearances for local festivities, events, business openings, etc.
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His [[catch phrase]] is "Vote Quimby", which he always finds an opportunity to say, even in situations where it would be disadvantageous to identify himself, like inadvertently being caught by Homer in a motel room with his [[Mistress (lover)|mistress]].


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If bending the law will suit Quimby's purposes, he will likely do so. He once arranged [[Marge Simpson]]'s release after she was arrested for blocking traffic on a bridge after suffering a [[Mental breakdown|nervous breakdown]], claiming that if she went to jail, Quimby could kiss the "chick vote" goodbye.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Homer Alone|episode-link=Homer Alone|series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits= Kirkland, Mark; Stern, David M. |network=Fox |airdate=1992-02-06|season=3 |number=15 }}</ref> He also resorted to bribing witnesses when assault charges were brought against his nephew, leading [[Bart Simpson]] to observe that "the system works: just ask [[Claus von Bülow]]".<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Boy Who Knew Too Much|episode-link=The Boy Who Knew Too Much (The Simpsons)|series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits= Lynch, Jeffrey; Swartzwelder, John |network=Fox |airdate=1994-05-05|season=5 |number=20 }}</ref>
===Character biography===
Quimby was elected Mayor of Springfield in 1986. He has been re-elected several times since, despite rather open admissions of [[fraud]] and wrongdoing. In one episode, he admits to using taxpayer dollars to fund the [[murder]] of his enemies, but thanks to a clever use of a popular Gabbo [[catch phrase]] ("I'm a bad wittle boy"), he is re-elected in a landslide.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Krusty Gets Kancelled|episodelink=Krusty Gets Kancelled |series=The Simpsons |serieslink=The Simpsons |credits=Silverman, David; Swartzwelder, John |network=Fox |airdate=1993-05-13 |season=4 |episode=22 }}</ref> His political stranglehold on Springfield has earned him the hatred of Springfield's small but vocal [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] elite, themselves portrayed as mostly dark, ghoulish figures who meet in a castle.


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His [[catchphrase]] is "Vote Quimby", which he always finds an opportunity to say, even in situations where it would be disadvantageous to identify himself, like inadvertently being caught by Homer in a motel room with his [[Mistress (lover)|mistress]].
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When the party nominates [[Sideshow Bob]] as its mayoral candidate, Bob rigs the election, briefly deposing Quimby. He is re-instated when Bob is found guilty of fraud and imprisoned.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Sideshow Bob Roberts|episodelink=Sideshow Bob Roberts |series=The Simpsons |serieslink=The Simpsons |credits=Kirkland, Mark; Oakley, Bill; Weinstein, Josh |network=Fox |airdate=1994-10-09 |season=6 |episode=5 }}</ref> Later, he is briefly deemed to have "abandoned office" and is replaced by a short-lived "council of learned citizens" headed by [[Lisa Simpson]], [[Professor Frink]], [[Comic Book Guy]], [[Lindsey Naegle]], [[Dr. Hibbert]], and [[Principal Skinner]].<ref>{{cite episode |title=They Saved Lisa's Brain|episodelink=They Saved Lisa's Brain|series=The Simpsons |serieslink=The Simpsons |credits= Michels, Pete; Selman, Matt |network=Fox |airdate=1999-05-09 |season=10 |episode=22 }}</ref> He also survives a [[recall election]] in the 2005 episode "[[See Homer Run]]", with no candidate in the race against him (candidates include [[Rainier Wolfcastle]] (another [[California recall election, 2003|Schwarzenegger reference]]), [[Kent Brockman]], and even [[Homer Simpson]]) garnering the five percent necessary to force a recall.<ref name="Stephanie1"/>


He once accidentally allows his mistress, "Miss Springfield", to wear his mayoral sash, causing him to exclaim with horror that during the "five seconds" she wears it, she is "legally the mayor".<ref>{{cite episode |title='Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky|episodelink='Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky|series=The Simpsons |serieslink=The Simpsons |credits= Moore, Stephen Dean; Greaney, Dan; Grazier, Allen |network=Fox |airdate=2003-03-30|season=14 |episode=16 }}</ref>
Quimby was elected Mayor of Springfield in 1986 (three years before the show's debut) and has been re-elected several times since, despite openly admitting to fraud and wrongdoing. In the season 4 episode "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]" he admits to using taxpayer dollars to fund the [[murder]] of his enemies, but thanks to a clever use of a popular Gabbo catchphrase ("I'm a bad wittle boy"), he is re-elected in a landslide.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Krusty Gets Kancelled|episode-link=Krusty Gets Kancelled |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Silverman, David; Swartzwelder, John |network=Fox |airdate=1993-05-13 |season=4 |number=22 }}</ref>


[[Image:Dan Castellaneta 2.jpg|right|thumb|[[Dan Castellaneta]], the voice of Quimby.]]
In the future Springfield shown in a fortune teller's vision of [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]]'s future, Lisa is shown riding in a [[Taxi (transport)|taxicab]] driven by a now indicted Quimby, whose license falsely identifies him as Mohammed Jafar in a weak attempt to deflect the embarrassment and shame of being thrown out of office.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Lisa's Wedding|episodelink=Lisa's Wedding|series=The Simpsons |serieslink=The Simpsons |credits= Reardon, Jim; Daniels, Greg |network=Fox |airdate=1995-03-19 |season=6 |episode=19 }}</ref> Due to there being many "future-episodes" in ''The Simpsons'', this cannot necessarily be considered [[Canon (fiction)|canon]].
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Quimby's political stranglehold on Springfield has earned him the hatred of Springfield's small but vocal [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] elite, themselves portrayed as mostly dark, ghoulish figures who meet in a castle. When the Republicans nominate [[Sideshow Bob]] as their mayoral candidate, Bob rigs the election, briefly deposing Quimby. He is re-instated when Bob is found guilty of fraud and imprisoned.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Sideshow Bob Roberts|episode-link=Sideshow Bob Roberts |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Kirkland, Mark; Oakley, Bill; Weinstein, Josh |network=Fox |airdate=1994-10-09 |season=6 |number=5 }}</ref> Later, Quimby briefly flees the city thinking his corruption has been exposed and is deemed to have "abandoned office" and is replaced by a short-lived "council of learned citizens" headed by [[Lisa Simpson]], [[Professor Frink]], [[Comic Book Guy]], [[Lindsey Naegle]], [[Dr. Hibbert]], and [[Principal Skinner]].<ref>{{cite episode |title=They Saved Lisa's Brain|episode-link=They Saved Lisa's Brain|series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits= Michels, Pete; Selman, Matt |network=Fox |airdate=1999-05-09 |season=10 |number=22 }}</ref> He also survives a [[recall election]], with no candidate in the race against him (candidates include [[Rainier Wolfcastle]] (a [[California recall election, 2003|Schwarzenegger reference]]), [[Kent Brockman]], and even [[Homer Simpson]]) garnering the five percent necessary to force a recall.<ref name="Stephanie1"/>


==Reception==
In the [[Treehouse of Horror III]] we find out that the Mayor had a 'beer-swilling' brother called Clovis who had run over Lisa's pet cat Snowball 1 though we have never heard of him in any other episode.
Literary critic [[Paul Cantor]] has cited Mayor Quimby as an example of Springfield's [[Atomism (social)|atomistic politics]], noting "Mayor Quimby is a demagogue, but at least he is Springfield's own demagogue. When he buys votes, he buys them directly from the citizens of Springfield."<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Cantor
| first = Paul A.
| date = Dec 1999
| title = The Simpsons: Atomistic Politics and the Nuclear Family
| journal = Political Theory
| volume = 27
| issue = 6
| pages = 734–749
| doi = 10.1177/0090591799027006002
| jstor = 192244
| s2cid = 143998133
}}</ref> During the ''[[USA Today]]'' contest to choose which Springfield would host the release of ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', [[Ted Kennedy]] himself appears in a video in which he invited "Diamond Joe" Quimby and the film to premiere in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], and even mocked his own oft-mocked pronunciation of the word "Chowder" (as "Chow-Dah"); however, [[Springfield, Vermont]] was chosen instead.<ref name="brown20070702">{{cite news|last=Brown|first=John Robbie|title=Kennedy backs city's 'Simpsons Movie' campaign|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/07/02/kennedy_backs_citys_simpsons_movie_campaign/|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=July 2, 2007|access-date=November 13, 2017}}</ref> On May 17, 2013, following reporting on a new scandal, Justin Peters, crime reporter for [[Slate (magazine)|''Slate'' magazine]] compared gaffe-plagued [[Mayor of Toronto]] [[Rob Ford]] to Quimby. Peters prepared a list of 20 outrageous statements, and asked readers to guess which ones were uttered by the fictional Quimby, and which were uttered by the real life Ford.<ref name=Slate2013-05-17>{{cite news|last=Peters|first=Justin|title=Who Said It: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford or Simpsons Mayor Diamond Joe Quimby |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2013/05/17/rob_ford_crack_cocaine_simpsons_mayor_diamond_joe_quimby_or_toronto_mayor.html?wpisrc=most_viral|magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=November 6, 2013|access-date=November 13, 2017|quote=In fact, the public servant Ford most closely resembles is the fictional mayor from The Simpsons, Diamond Joe Quimby. Both men are heavyset. Both are often at odds with constituents, colleagues, and the press. And both are prone to saying outrageous things in public.}}</ref>


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==See also==
==Comparison to Ted Kennedy & the Kennedy Family==
* [[Politics in The Simpsons|Politics in ''The Simpsons'']]
Mayor Quimby is a conspicuous parody of members of the [[Kennedy family]]. Despite being absent in other Simpsons characters, Quimby has a distinct [[Boston accent]], characterized by Sen. [[Ted Kennedy]]-like cadences in his speech. His vacations take place at the Quimby Compound, a parody of the [[Kennedy compound]] in [[Hyannis, Massachusetts]]. For the release of ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', [[Ted Kennedy]] invited the film to premiere in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], though [[Springfield, Vermont]] was chosen instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/07/02/kennedy_backs_citys_simpsons_movie_campaign/ |title=Kennedy backs city's 'Simpsons Movie' campaign - The Boston Globe |publisher=Boston.com |author=John Robbie Brown, Globe Correspondent &nbsp;|&nbsp; July 2, 2007 |date=July 2, 2007 |accessdate=2008-10-06}}</ref>
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* [http://www.simpsonsworld.com/character/mayor_quimby Profile of Mayor Quimby] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114093148/http://www.simpsonsworld.com/character/mayor_quimby |date=2017-11-14 }} from SimpsonsWorld.com
*[http://www.thesimpsons.com/quimby2000/index.html Official site of Joe Quimby's 2000 presidential election campaign]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306170712/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0003006/ Mayor Quimbi] on [[IMDb]]
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Mayor Quimby
The Simpsons character
First appearance
Created byDavid M. Stern
Based onKennedy family, particularly Ted Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy
The Edge (namesake)
Designed byMatt Groening
Voiced byDan Castellaneta
In-universe information
Full nameJoseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge Quimby
GenderMale ♂
OccupationMayor of Springfield
SpouseMartha Quimby
Children
  • Shirley (daughter)
  • 3 unnamed sons
  • 1 unnamed daughter
RelativesFreddy

Mayor Joseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge "Joe" Quimby,[1] nicknamed "Diamond Joe", is a recurring character from the animated sitcom television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, and first appeared in the episode "Bart Gets an 'F'". Quimby is the mayor of Springfield, and is a composite parody of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy and certain other members of the Kennedy family who have entered politics.

Concept and creation

Joe Quimby is a parody of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy and the Kennedy family.[2] Like the Kennedys, Quimby is of Irish descent, "speaks with a Boston accent, throws money at political problems, and vacations in a coastal resort called the 'Quimby Compound'".[2] Dan Castellaneta voices Quimby with mid-Atlantic and Boston accents, resulting in a voice reminiscent of that of President John F. Kennedy.[3]

Appearances

Quimby has long served as the mayor of the city of Springfield. He appears as a slick, opportunistic politician whose chief priorities seem to be keeping himself in office and various other forms of corruption, including embezzling tax money, taking bribes from Fat Tony, and giving monthly kickbacks to Police Chief Wiggum.[4] The seal on the wall of his office reads "Corruptus in Extremis",[5] which means "extremely corrupt".

Like Kennedy, Quimby is known as a womanizer,[6][7] and occasionally amuses himself with pornographic playing cards during town meetings. Quimby was once the subject of 27 separate paternity suits. One of the women he impregnated is Cookie Kwan, whose baby is remarkably similar to Quimby in both looks and mannerisms.[8] Quimby also is frequently noticed in bed with the same or similar blonde woman/women, at least one of whom was Miss Springfield.[9] He also once accidentally courted his own niece, which is one of the few things Quimby has ever shown shame over.

Despite being the mayor for such a long time, Quimby does not know or care much about his city, often privately (or even publicly) showing his outright contempt for Springfield's citizens.[10] He frequently takes overseas vacations, which take him out of town for extended periods of time, leading to the headline "Mayor Visits City" in the Springfield Shopper. He once referred to Springfield as "Springfeld" at a public meeting. However, he makes frequent, albeit short, public appearances for local festivities, events, business openings, etc.

If bending the law will suit Quimby's purposes, he will likely do so. He once arranged Marge Simpson's release after she was arrested for blocking traffic on a bridge after suffering a nervous breakdown, claiming that if she went to jail, Quimby could kiss the "chick vote" goodbye.[11] He also resorted to bribing witnesses when assault charges were brought against his nephew, leading Bart Simpson to observe that "the system works: just ask Claus von Bülow".[12]

His catchphrase is "Vote Quimby", which he always finds an opportunity to say, even in situations where it would be disadvantageous to identify himself, like inadvertently being caught by Homer in a motel room with his mistress.

Quimby was elected Mayor of Springfield in 1986 (three years before the show's debut) and has been re-elected several times since, despite openly admitting to fraud and wrongdoing. In the season 4 episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled" he admits to using taxpayer dollars to fund the murder of his enemies, but thanks to a clever use of a popular Gabbo catchphrase ("I'm a bad wittle boy"), he is re-elected in a landslide.[13]

Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Quimby.

Quimby's political stranglehold on Springfield has earned him the hatred of Springfield's small but vocal Republican elite, themselves portrayed as mostly dark, ghoulish figures who meet in a castle. When the Republicans nominate Sideshow Bob as their mayoral candidate, Bob rigs the election, briefly deposing Quimby. He is re-instated when Bob is found guilty of fraud and imprisoned.[14] Later, Quimby briefly flees the city thinking his corruption has been exposed and is deemed to have "abandoned office" and is replaced by a short-lived "council of learned citizens" headed by Lisa Simpson, Professor Frink, Comic Book Guy, Lindsey Naegle, Dr. Hibbert, and Principal Skinner.[15] He also survives a recall election, with no candidate in the race against him (candidates include Rainier Wolfcastle (a Schwarzenegger reference), Kent Brockman, and even Homer Simpson) garnering the five percent necessary to force a recall.[9]

Reception

Literary critic Paul Cantor has cited Mayor Quimby as an example of Springfield's atomistic politics, noting "Mayor Quimby is a demagogue, but at least he is Springfield's own demagogue. When he buys votes, he buys them directly from the citizens of Springfield."[16] During the USA Today contest to choose which Springfield would host the release of The Simpsons Movie, Ted Kennedy himself appears in a video in which he invited "Diamond Joe" Quimby and the film to premiere in Springfield, Massachusetts, and even mocked his own oft-mocked pronunciation of the word "Chowder" (as "Chow-Dah"); however, Springfield, Vermont was chosen instead.[2] On May 17, 2013, following reporting on a new scandal, Justin Peters, crime reporter for Slate magazine compared gaffe-plagued Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford to Quimby. Peters prepared a list of 20 outrageous statements, and asked readers to guess which ones were uttered by the fictional Quimby, and which were uttered by the real life Ford.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Curran, Kevin; Kramer, Lance (2008-09-28). "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes". The Simpsons. Season 20. Episode 1. Fox.
  2. ^ a b c Brown, John Robbie (July 2, 2007). "Kennedy backs city's 'Simpsons Movie' campaign". The Boston Globe. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  3. ^ Groening, Matt (2005). Commentary for the episode "Sideshow Bob Roberts", in The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season [DVD]. Twentieth Century Fox.
  4. ^ Reardon, Jim; Swartzwelder, John (1994-01-06). "Homer the Vigilante". The Simpsons. Season 5. Episode 11. Fox.
  5. ^ Bill Oakley; Josh Weinstein; Reardon, Jim (1993-05-06). "Marge in Chains". The Simpsons. Season 4. Episode 21. Fox.
  6. ^ Ghaly, Sera Jane (2022-12-12). "High Culture: 10 Of The Best Cannabis Moments On The Simpsons". Herb.
  7. ^ Sachleben, Mark; Yenerall, Kevan M (2004). Seeing the Bigger Picture Understanding Politics Through Film & Television. Switzerland: Lang. p. 161. ISBN 9780820462486.
  8. ^ Nastuk, Matthew; Long, Tim (2004-12-05). "She Used to Be My Girl". The Simpsons. Season 16. Episode 4. Fox.
  9. ^ a b Kruse, Nancy; Gillis, Stephanie (2005-11-20). "See Homer Run". The Simpsons. Season 17. Episode 6. Fox.
  10. ^ a b Peters, Justin (November 6, 2013). "Who Said It: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford or Simpsons Mayor Diamond Joe Quimby". Slate. Retrieved November 13, 2017. In fact, the public servant Ford most closely resembles is the fictional mayor from The Simpsons, Diamond Joe Quimby. Both men are heavyset. Both are often at odds with constituents, colleagues, and the press. And both are prone to saying outrageous things in public.
  11. ^ Kirkland, Mark; Stern, David M. (1992-02-06). "Homer Alone". The Simpsons. Season 3. Episode 15. Fox.
  12. ^ Lynch, Jeffrey; Swartzwelder, John (1994-05-05). "The Boy Who Knew Too Much". The Simpsons. Season 5. Episode 20. Fox.
  13. ^ Silverman, David; Swartzwelder, John (1993-05-13). "Krusty Gets Kancelled". The Simpsons. Season 4. Episode 22. Fox.
  14. ^ Kirkland, Mark; Oakley, Bill; Weinstein, Josh (1994-10-09). "Sideshow Bob Roberts". The Simpsons. Season 6. Episode 5. Fox.
  15. ^ Michels, Pete; Selman, Matt (1999-05-09). "They Saved Lisa's Brain". The Simpsons. Season 10. Episode 22. Fox.
  16. ^ Cantor, Paul A. (Dec 1999). "The Simpsons: Atomistic Politics and the Nuclear Family". Political Theory. 27 (6): 734–749. doi:10.1177/0090591799027006002. JSTOR 192244. S2CID 143998133.
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