Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
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character from The Simpsons
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It is catalogued under topics including Animated characters introduced in 1990, Animation controversies in television and Characters created by Matt Groening.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- First appearance
- " The Telltale Head " (1990)
- Created by
- Matt Groening
- Designed by
- Matt Groening
- Voiced by
- Hank Azaria (1990–2017)
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Owner/operator of the Kwik-E-Mart , Chief of Springfield Volunteer Fire Department, Computer scientist
- Family
- Sanjay (brother), Tikku (brother, deceased), Vijay (cousin)
- Spouse
- Manjula
- Children
- The Nahasapeemapetilon octuplets
- Relatives
- Pahusacheta (niece), Jamshed (nephew)
- Religion
- Hinduism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- salesperson
- Employer
- Kwik-E-Mart
- Languages spoken
- Indian English
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Creator
- Al Jean
- Voice actor
- Hank Azaria
- Work location
- Kwik-E-Mart
- Residence
- Springfield
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- present in work
- The Simpsons
- name in native language
- অপু নাহাসাপিমাপেটিলন
- ethnic group
- Indian Americans
- first appearance
- The Telltale Head
- Commons category
- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
- date of birth
- 1951-01-09
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Encyclopedic overview
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is a character in the American animated television series The Simpsons. He mostly appeared in episodes from 1990 to 2017. He is an Indian immigrant proprietor who ran the Kwik-E-Mart, a popular convenience store in Springfield, and was known for his catchphrase, "thank you, come again". He was voiced by Hank Azaria and first appeared in the episode "The Telltale Head". He was named after the title character of The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray.
Hari Kondabolu's documentary The Problem with Apu, released in 2017, criticized the character as a South Asian stereotype. In response to this, Azaria announced in early 2020 that he and the series' producers had agreed that he would resign from the role as Apu. Since then, Apu has occasionally appeared on the series as an extra.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Apu Nahasapeemapetilon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.