Cecil Terwilliger

**Cecil Terwilliger** is a former convict and the younger brother of Sideshow Bob.

### Relatives

Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (father), Dame Judith Underdunk (mother), Robert Terwilliger (older brother), Francesca Terwilliger (sister-in-law), Gino Terwilliger (nephew)

## Physical description

Cecil bears a strong resemblance to both his mother and older brother, but there are differences. For one, Cecil has a different nose shape than Bob and has a mid-yellow complexion. His hair is also light orange as opposed to red, and is much shorter in length. Cecil is leaner than Robert, and lacks bags under his eyes as well, due to being 8 years younger. He typically wears a green waistcoat with three orange diamonds on it over a white dress shirt, khaki dress pants, and brown dress shoes.

## Personality

Cecil is intelligent, witty and cunning, with a bit of a sarcastic streak, as well. Despite this, Cecil has some more lowbrow interests than his older brother. He was able to embezzle millions of dollars from the construction project he was working on and acquire enough dynamite to attempt to blow up Springfield Dam, but resorted to rather crude means of killing off Bart Simpson by throwing him off of the dam, which Bart survived. While Cecil may come off as charismatic and friendly, he proved to be just as dangerous (if not more) and psychotic as his elder brother. However, after several therapy sessions during his prison sentence, Cecil seems to have become fairly well adjusted, or at least less murderous and "evil". He seems to no longer hold any ill will towards anyone, and comes off as a normal, sane person. Of course, this doesn't mean Cecil is without his flaws. He can still be quite envious and jealous of others, and he has a bit of an inflated ego and haughty attitude.

## Backstory

### Childhood and Adolescence

Cecil was born 8 years after his older brother, Robert. As a child, Cecil was stuck in Bob's shadow. His brother seemed to get all of the attention from their parents. Robert -and to a much lesser extent, their mother and father- also mocked Cecil for his interest in watching Krusty the Clown on television. Cecil grew envious of the attention Bob got, and was annoyed by his parents comparing him to Bob, as well.

Just like his older brother, Cecil's parents had enrolled him in expensive boarding schools. It wasn't any surprise that he was a grade A student; intelligence ran in his family, and that included him. When Cecil hit adolescence, his parents enrolled him in Greenview Academy, a college-preparatory boarding school that was located near Capital City. During his time there, he met a girl named Perdita Olson. In many ways, they were opposites of each other; Cecil was a snobbish and preppy teenager, while Perdita was a brooding goth girl. However, they were both intelligent and had a deep love of literature. When they found themselves to be each others' roommates, they weren't pleased at first. But their shared interests brought them slightly closer together.

Unfortunately for the both of them, a group of kids had dared them to start dating each other; the thought of a prep dating a goth seemed amusing to them. To the kids' surprise, Cecil and Perdita reluctantly agreed to it, if only to shut them up. The two dated for the remainder of senior year. While Cecil and Perdita agreed that they weren't exactly couple material, they gained a better understanding of each other from it, and they finally formed an odd (but not particularly close) friendship. It was also during this time that Cecil got accepted into his dream university, Princeton. He graduated in 1983, and several months after, moved to New Jersey to study at Princeton.