Moe's Tavern | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire Moe's Tavern, or simply called Moe's, is the local tavern in Springfield . The bar is named after its owner: Moe . It is the only known tavern in Springfield , though there is a Joe's Tavern in Shelbyville . Moe's is located right next to King Toot's Music Store ; however, it will vary occasionally, and has been featured opposite both Bart's factory, It Blows (the downtown air conditioner store) and a celebrity club. In the episode Brake My Wife, Please , Moe's Tavern is shown to be only a brief walking distance away from 742 Evergreen Terrace . It’s also hinted that it was only kept in business because Moe frequently bribes Mayor Quimby whenever he pays an inspection visit. Contents Moe's best customer, Barney Gumble . Moe's is said to be one of the places where "everyone knows your name." You can often find Homer Simpson , Lenny Leonard , Carl Carlson and Barney Gumble here, as well as other background characters and the owner Moe Szyslak . The tavern is notable in many ways.

Located on Springfield's Walnut Street, it has the owner's office in the female toilet, which is what Moe used as an office where he managed Homer's boxing career in " The Homer They Fall ." The backroom often trades in endangered species and harbors fugitives, as well as being taken over by a pack of raccoons. The bar itself has supposedly never been cleaned; this was confirmed in the episode Mayored to the Mob when Homer and Mayor Quimby were in the bar and some cockroaches nearly walked away with Mayor Quimby's "change" (with Moe claiming that they were "taking care of the roach problem", although Mayor Quimby simply stated that Moe "should have seen the hospital", implying that the hospital's health hazards were even worse.). The tavern also includes a safe room which Moe uses when held up by Snake and once a whale. The Tavern originally didn't have a designated driver policy, but Moe ended up implementing one after its drunken patrons managed to cause an increase in car crashes. [1] (On St.

Patrick's Day, Moe often tells the designated drivers to beat it due to not wanting any cheapskates on the biggest drinking day of the year.) [2] It is also open every day of the week except Wednesday, because it is on this day that Moe Szyslak goes to the local homeless shelter to read to the people there, or to the hospital to read to sick kids. The tavern is often robbed by Snake Jailbird . Moe also possesses a pump shotgun behind the counter. Prank Calls The tavern has been the ongoing victim of Bart's prank calls in the earlier seasons to which he calls Moe for gag names that gets him laughed at by the patrons and ends with Moe threatening bodily harm to whoever prank called him. One prank call backfired on Bart , Hugh Jass , for there was a patron of the same name in Flaming Moe's. Some of the names include: I.P.

Freely (I pee freely) Jacques Strap (Jock Strap) Al Coholic (Alcoholic) Oliver Clothesoff (All of her clothes off) Seymour Butz (See more butts) Homer Sexual (Homosexual) Lotta Cooties (A lot of cooties) Anita Bath (I need a bath) Amanda Hugginkiss (A man to hug and kiss) Banned patrons Homer had been banned from the tavern at least twice. The first time was for an incident where he played a prank where he unscrewed a pot of sugar that split onto the bar, causing everyone to vote to ban Homer from Moe's [3] . The second time was for an undisclosed incident where Homer had been late for his tab payment, requiring that he either pay the tab or at least clean up a mess in the bathroom that Homer somehow caused, although this particular ban was overlooked when Homer became a bodyguard for Mayor Quimby and accompanied him to the tavern. [4] Employees Moe's patrons (there are two Larrys visible, an error). Trivia In " Moe Letter Blues " Moe mentions moving to Springfield because its zip code on a calculator spells "boobs".

This means the zip code for Moe's Tavern is 80085, also in an episode Homer walks to Moe's Tavern and his proud of himself only to find Bart waving at him from their house just up the road, suggesting that Moe's is on Evergreen Terrace and that the Simpson's House Zip ends in 8008. In " Homer the Smithers ", Mr. Burns attempting to reach Smithers , accidentally dials the telephone number for Moe's Tavern. The number is revealed as [tel:7648-4377 7648-4377] which spells out (S-M-I-T-H-E-R-S). Moe often tricks famous bands into performing at the tavern. Some episodes show an apartment above the tavern where Barney lives. It was implied that when it was opened, it was originally called Meaux's Tavern. This was shown in the episode Three Gays of the Condo . In The Simpsons Movie , Moe's was called Moe's Bar, probably in order clear up misconceptions any casual fan/movie goer would have when watching the movie.

The prank call to Moe was based on a series of prank calls to a bar called The Tube Bar, owned by a very hoarse voiced man named Red. Gallery Moe's Tavern - Wikisimpsons, the Simpsons Wiki Moe's Tavern " Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire " Moe's Tavern, once known as Moe's Bar [1] is the local tavern in Springfield . The bar is named after its owner, Moe Szyslak . It is the only known tavern in Springfield (maybe because, like Krusty and Krusty Burger, Moe pays Fat Tony money to make sure that there is no competition), though there is a Joe's Tavern in Shelbyville. It is located right next to King Toot's . Contents Interior[ edit ] The bar was described by Dr. Hibbert 's daughter as smelling "like tinkle". The inside of the bar is dank and scant with red and green diamond windows. The bar serves Duff Beer, Henry K. Duff's Private Reserve, Tuborg; "The Beer Of Danish Kings", and Red Tick Beer, a beer flavored with dogs.

It is also shown that they serve a drink to lose the memory, which Homer uses in order to forget that we was going to have a secret party. The bar may actually be an illegal speakeasy, as the bar's liquor license expired in 1973, was valid only in Rhode Island and was signed by Moe himself (although Moe had intended to get it updated to the current year, the correct state , and real). [2] Inside Moe's Tavern His bar features a few pool tables (to which Barney Gumble once "made sweet love" and then "befouled," in that order), a dartboard, the occasional rat, a love tester machine, a bull-riding machine, a racing washing machine and dryer sold to him by Herb Powell , a cigarette vending machine, and a jukebox. A jar of pickled eggs perpetually sits on the bar counter. As female customers are so rare, Moe uses the women's restroom as an office. Moe claims that there "haven't been any ladies at Moe's since 1979" Moe's back room has often been the site of numerous illegal operations.

Among these are: smuggling Pandas, [3] Kidnapping Shamu , [4] and running a Deer Hunter-style Russian Roulette game. It is also shown that there is a back room in the bar which is apparently Moe's bedroom. It's implied later in the same scene that Moe lives in the bar, saying "I bet if I didn't sell booze, they wouldn't even come here" Moe's Tavern always closes on Wednesdays, as Moe performs charity work by reading to the homeless at the same refuge where Ned Flanders serves soup. [5] Incarnations[ edit ] Moe's Tavern has been reinvented a few times over the years. During these times, at least, he had many more customers, including women: Moe's Ice Cream Carnival[ edit ] Moe said that when he first opened, the tavern was actually "Moe's Ice Cream Carnival", and still, no one was happy there. [6] Meaux's Tavern[ edit ] When Homer thinks back to when Moe opened his tavern as an actual tavern, it was called Meaux's.

Flaming Moe's[ edit ] Flaming Moe's is the incarnation of Moe's after Moe stole Homer's idea for a drink . The bar was very popular. Celebrities, like Krusty the Clown and Aerosmith , went regularly to the bar. The bar went back to its old self after Homer revealed the secret ingredient, which was cough syrup. [7] Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag[ edit ] Main article: Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag is a family restaurant Moe renovated from his tavern. When the Hibberts are on a day out, they stop by Moe's Tavern to get something to eat. Their disappointment with the place together with Julius Hibbert 's comment "I thought this was a family restaurant" drives Moe into changing the bar. The restaurant is popular at first with Moe giving away "Million Dollar" Birthday Fries and his guarantee that the food is free if he doesn't smile when the check comes. Marge 's first comment to the newly decorated bar is: "An alligator wearing sunglasses?

Now I've seen everything." Unfortunately, when Moe, out of irritation of the stresses of running a family restaurant, says bad words in front of the children, the customers leave. The Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag commercial's song is "Come to Uncle Moe's for family fun, it's good good good good, good good good!" [8] Moe's Pet Shop[ edit ] Moe's Pet Shop was the incarnation the tavern became when alcohol was outlawed in Springfield. It looked like a normal tavern until Moe pulled a lever, changing it into a pet shop whenever the police came looking. [9] M[ edit ] M was another incarnation of Moe's. It was transformed into a bar for younger, more hipper people. Features included a big eyeball looking around, rabbits and an oxygen bar. The bar didn't serve Duff Beer , instead he served a Malaysian beer made entirely of soy sauce. In protest to this new type of bar, Homer created his own garage bar. Moe switched the bar back after he realized the customers were snobs. [10] The Nag & Weasel[ edit ] The Nag & Weasel was another incarnation of Moe's.

When Homer took a mortgage on his house to save Moe's, Marge partnered up with Moe to revamp the bar as an English pub called The Nag & Weasel. The pub's sign indicated that Marge is the nag and Moe is the weasel. [11] Mo's[ edit ] Mo's was another incarnation of Moe's. Mo's started when Waylon Smithers, Jr. wasn't allowed in The League of Extra-Horny Gentlemen and he went into Moe's and notices how slow business is. As Moe serves him a drink, Smithers laments that Springfield needs a bar for the average-looking gay man. Then an idea dawns on Smithers, and he proposes to Moe that they refurbish the bar and make it into a more accepting gay bar. Moe is first reluctant about the idea, because he doesn't feel like being around so many gays, but he soon realizes that with Smithers' plan he can make money. Moe thus decides to turn Moe's into an ultra-trendy gay bar, renaming it to change the name to "Mo's".

Smithers revisits the sidewalk in front of The League of Extra-Horny Gentlemen and tells the gays who were denied entrance (among them Grady and Mr. Largo) that they will be welcome in Mo's. Grady and Largo come to Mo's and have a good time, and as word of Mo's spreads in the gay community, Mo's soon becomes a success amongst gays. Mo's went back to its regular self after Moe declared he wasn't gay. [12] Drunken Donuts[ edit ] Drunken Donuts was another incarnation of Moe's. Homer and Barney were at Moe's and watchíng TV where Professor Frink demonstrated his new invention, time-travelling roller skates and got $1 million in the price of his invention. Moe, Homer and Barney decide to try to think of a similar idea. Moe gets one off of Homer, Barney and himself after Barney says Beer, Homer says D'oh and Moe says Nuts. Moe asks Homer and Barney: What is the one thing that every man wants when they wake up?, and both Homer and Barney say Marge. When asked again, they say beer-flavoured donuts.

Moe then renamed his bar Drunken Donuts and sold beer-flavoured donuts. [13] Regular customers[ edit ] It appears that Moe's tavern has only six regular patrons, Homer, Barney, Lenny, Carl, Sam and Larry . Moe pointed out that due to their frequent habit of drunk-driving, "91% of all traffic accidents in this city are caused by you six guys." [14] Many other customers used to go the bar, although most never spoke or were even recognized by the other patrons. Barney's bar tab was so large that Moe had to send it to NASA to get it calculated. It totaled to $14 billion. Initially, it was believed to be $70 billion, but that was revealed to be the cost of the Voyager space craft. Other regulars[ edit ] You may also occasionally see Charlie , one of Homer's colleagues at the nuclear power plant. Moe's is usually the place where Homer takes new found friends to hang out, such as Principal Skinner before his marriage. Ruth Powers is the only girl regular in the bar and is usually a background character. The two barflies usually seen are Sam and Larry.

Sam always wears a cap and Larry has a balding head. Krusty the Clown (during his "rebel comic" phase) [19] Location, address and phone number[ edit ] Moe's Tavern is located on Walnut Street, next to King Toot's Music Store . Across the street is the Moeview Hotel and factory once owned by Bart Simpson . The phone number varies from time to time. Mr. Burns once tried to call Smithers but did not know his phone number. He tried the buttons marked with the letters for Smithers (764-8437(7)) and called Moe's. [26] Bart is asked to call Homer by Principal Skinner , the number visible on the card is WORK: KLondike 5-6832 HOME: KLondike 5-6754 MOE'S TAVERN: KLondike 5-1239, Moe answers the phone and Bart asks for Homer Sexual. [27] However, in another occasion, Homer phones the bar at 355-1337.

[28] Non-canon[ edit ] The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed. The Simpsons: Tapped Out[ edit ] 500 Behind the Laughter[ edit ] Moe's Tavern is based on a real bar called Moe's by Loyola Marymount in Playa Del Rey, CA on Culver Street. The owner of Moe's actually bears a striking resemblance to the Simpson's Moe. A bar called Moe's Tavern can be seen opposite the bank in the film Dog Day Afternoon. Hank Azaria stated that Moe's voice was based on that of Al Pacino's character in the same film. On the Middle East Broadcasting Center on the Arab version of the show, where The Simpsons is known as Al-Shamshoon , the characters drink soda at Moe's Tavern because alcoholic beer is forbidden in Islam. A DVD featurette on The Complete Tenth Season features a clip collection of these prank calls from Seasons 1 through 7. In The Simpsons Movie it is called Moe's Bar instead of Moe's Tavern.

List of businesses on The Simpsons Donate to Wikibin List of businesses on The Simpsons In the long running television animation The Simpsons, numerous fictional businesses have appeared, often recurring. These are sometimes spoofs or real life businesses. The following is a list of businesses seen in the town of Springfield where The Simpsons live. Recurring businesses Aztec Theater Aztec Theater is the downtown movie theater in Springfield. The first known appearance was in The Telltale Head where Bart and the school bullies Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph all sneak into the theater through the Fire Escape to watch Space Mutants IV. The theater was used to screen the premiere of the Itchy and Scratchy Movie in the episode titled as Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie. Bowl-A-Rama Bowl-A-Rama (also known as Barney's Bowl-A-Rama) is the bowling alley in Springfield. The Bowl-A-Rama has had several appearances in Simpsons episodes. The very first known appearance is the episode Life on the Fast Lane where Homer forgets Marge's birthday so after rushing out to purchase a gift he ends up buying a bowling ball.

Marge is insulted at the fact her gift from Homer was something obviously intended for his own personal use given the fact the ball had Homer's name engraved on it. So Marge decides she will keep the gift for her own use and goes bowling for the first time. In the episode And Maggie Makes Three Homer tells the family the story of Maggie's birth. In this story Homer tells how he quit his job at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to work at the Bowl-A-Rama, which was Homer's dream job. This episode reveals where the bowling pins go after they are knocked over, the pins are shown ending up in a heap and new pins are manufactered instantly to replace those knocked over. The Bowl-A-Rama is used in the episode Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment as a way of smuggling beer into Moe's Tavern. In this episode alcohol is banned in Springfield and as a result Homer begins bootlegging beer he uncovered from the city dump. The beer is poured into bowling balls and Homer then bowls the ball into the gutter at the Bowl-A-Rama, the ball then falls into a pipe leading to Moe's Tavern where Moe charges and outrageous price.

Krusty Burger Krusty Burger is a fast food chain owned by Krusty the Clown as one of the many products and services owned by Krusty. Krusty Burger is seen as a parody of a typical fast food chain such as McDonalds or Burger King, a typical store features a Drive-Thru with a speaker box and most of the employees are young teenage workers. In the episode 22 Short Films About Springfield the Springfield police are comparing the differences between Krusty Burger and McDonalds, this is a parallel of the Royale With Cheese dicussion seen on Pulp Fiction. It appears that Krusty Burger is located across the entire United States, in the episode Boy-Scoutz N the Hood after Homer looses the map he tells the group that luckily he has brought a map along which happens to be a map of the entire United States with locations of Krusty Burger restaurants. There is actually a Krusty Burger located on an off shore Oil Rig, this was seen after Homer, Bart, Ned Flanders and Rod Flanders had been lost at sea several days and were saved after finding an a Krusty Burger on the Oil Rig.

In the episode I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can it was also revealed that Krusty Burger operates in different markets across the USA when Krusty Burger start a new burger called the Ribwich. After the Ribwich stopped selling in Springfield Homer and group of Ribwich fans known as the "RibHeads" followed the "Ribwich tour" as the Ribwich was tested in various markets. Kwik-E-Mart Main Article: Kwik-E-Mart Kwik-E-Mart is a convenience store located in Springfield and run by Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. The Kwik-E-Mart first appeared in the first season episode The Telltale Head and is still featured in current episodes. The episode Homer and Apu it is suggested that Apu is an employee of the Kwik-E-Mart and after loosing his job there had to travel to India where the Kwik-E-Mart head office is located, in the Himalayas. The episode The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons suggests different where Apu mentions at a bachelor auction that he runs his own business. As well as selling food, alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and other items offered at a typical convenience store gasoline is also sold.

In the episode Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song, Bart is visiting Principal Skinner at the Fort Springfield where a missile is fired in the wrong direction, the scene is then cut to Apu standing in front of the Kwik-E-Mart bragging about his 8 new pumps just as a shadow from the missile appears, the scene cuts back to Fort Springfield where a 'K' from the Kwik-E-Mart lands in smoke. The episode Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield also shows the Kwik-E-Mart selling gasoline where Apu refuses to go out and serve a customer on the forecourt. Moe's Tavern Main Article: Moe's Tavern Moe's Tavern is the local bar in Springfield run by owner Moe Szyslak. Moe's Tavern first appeared in the episode Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire and is still featured in current episodes. In the first season of The Simpsons the entrance appeared to be a saloon style door. The bar sells mostly Duff Beer although other beverages are served.

In the episode Flaming Moe's Moe got behind on his beer payments and the distributor cut off his supply of beer as a result Moe started selling a drink Homer invented which Moe claimed title to and branded as the Flaming Moe. The Flaming Moe was an extremly popular drink until Homer revealed the secret ingredient allowing other businesses to create a similar product, The Flaming Moe has never appeared in any later episode. Moe's Tavern has seen several other makeovers in various episodes of The Simpsons but the tavern always reverts back to it's former state before the show has ended. Most notable are in the episode Bart Sells His Soul where Moe turns his tavern into a family restaurant called Uncle Moe's Family Feed Bag and in Homer the Moe Moe turns his tavern into a yuppie bar called m. Noiseland Video Arcade Noiseland Video Arcade is the video arcade in downtown Springfield a popular place for the youth of Springfield. The video arcade has had several appearances in The Simpsons however mostly in the earlier seasons.

The earliest known appearance was in Moaning Lisa where Bart challenges Homer to a boxing game on their home TV game system and while Bart is continuosly undefeated Homer decides to fight back by going to the video arcade to learn from the young children how to win in the same boxing game. Homer almost beats Bart but Marge switches off the game at the crucial moment. The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop is a comic book store owned by Jeff Albertson who is better known as Comic Book Guy. The comic book store and it's owner first appeared in the episode Three Men and a Comic Book when Bart sees the store is selling the very first edition of Radioactive Man for $100. In the episode known as Worst Episode Ever (which is a remark often used by Comic Book Guy) Bart and Milhouse are given the job of running the comic book store after Comic Book Guy suffers from a heart attack and is told to take a rest from the store and go out and make some friends. The Leftorium The Leftorium is a store in the Springfield Mall that specializes in products for left-handed people.

The store is owned by Ned Flanders who first started The Leftorium in the season 3 episode When Flanders Failed. At first business at the store was going very poorly, Homer wished that Flanders store would go out of business after receiving the larger half of a wishbone. Homer got his wish and the Flanders family were forced to sell many of their possessions much of which Homer purchased at a very low price, the bank reposessed the Flanders home and the store was to be next. Homer then regrets making this wish and the fact he never told any of his friends, who were in need of left handed items, about The Leftorium and as a result manages to get everyone he knows in town to shop at Ned's store saving the store. The Leftorium has continued to trade profitably since this however there has been episode where Flanders has mentioned the store doesn't do that well such as in the season 9 episode Thirty Minutes over Tokyo Ned mentions that most of his possessions he purchased cheaply. Also in the episode Home Away from Homer Ned mentions how a mega left hand store, recently opened, called Left-Mart is threatening his business.

Once off or seldom seen businesses King Toots Music Store King Toots Music Store is a music store located next door to Moe's Tavern. The store sells musical instruments and is the place where Lisa's saxophone was purchased. The most notable appearance of King Toots Music Store was in Lisa's Pony where Lisa asks Homer to pick up a new reed for her saxophone for her recital. Homer heads to the store after work and realises Moe's is next door and since the store wasn't to close for 5 minutes Homer decides to have a quick beer first. Homer finishes his beer with 15 seconds to spare but only to find the store owner has closed early. Homer goes back to Moe's fortunately to find the owner of the store and after much convincing from Homer and Moe the owner opens up to sell Homer a reed, unfortunately Homer is too late for Lisa's recital. The other appearance was in Lisa's Sax where after Lisa's Saxophone was run over by a truck, as a result of a fight between Bart and Lisa, Homer tells the story of how Lisa first got her Sax as she can always remember having it.

Moe Szyslak | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia “Mike Rotch” ―Bart pulling a prank on Moe, sounding like My Crotch “I'm a stupid moron with an ugly face, and a big butt, and my butt smells, and I like to kiss my own Butt.” ―Moe's prank call in Treehouse of Horror II , in the Bart Zone where Bart reads minds possesses everyone he comes into contact with. Morris "Moe" Szyslak (pronounced "siz-lack"), also known as Moe the Bartender (born November 25th), is the proprietor and bartender of " Moe's Tavern ", a Springfield bar frequented by Homer and his friends. He has once stated that he moved to Springfield from the Netherlands. He also owns Moe's Bagels in Colorado and Moe's Express in the Food Court area of the Springfield Mall. Moe is portrayed as often irritable and rude to all except his bar friends Homer, Lenny , and Carl , whom he sometimes treats as respected customers as opposed to his everyday drunks like Barney .

His easy-to-lose harsh temper usually turns down women and finding a girlfriend for Moe has therefore been a running joke, from indulged sexual abstinence to unsuccessful suicide attempts to dating generally rejected women. However, contrary to his personality, Moe has been seen helping others in need. These include saving marooned school children, giving food to a famished village, and saving people from a rampaging flood. He is sometimes shown in a love pyramid with Homer, Marge , Ned , and himself. Contents [ show ] Biography Moe Szyslak was born on November 24. He either illegally immigrated to the United States from the Netherlands [1] (he reveals his Dutch heritage in "Bart-Mangled Banner") or was born in Indiana. He used to have an Italian accent [2] , hinting at Italian heritage, though a police background check run by Homer reveals his real first name to be Mohammar [3] . In the episode entitled " Lisa Goes Gaga ," Moe said that he was "Half monster, half Armenian." It is further referenced in the episode " Moe Goes from Rags to Riches " his father is the yeti that lives on Mt. Everest.

In a more recent episode, Moe states that his birth was the result of a "Voodoo Curse" that had been placed on his mother that after five years of gestation he popped out backwards and on fire. Moe's Tavern As a child, he played the part of "Smelly", a tough kid, on The Little Rascals until he killed Alfalfa (or rather, an orphan portraying as him) in a fit of rage for stealing his bit and was fired. [4] For a while, he suffered from ring-worm claiming "For a while, I was a little more worm than kid." His first kiss was at 10 with Jeffery Albertson . At some unspecified time during his childhood, his parents dropped him off at summer camp, never to return, leaving Camp See-a-Tree as the closest he could call a home. Moe becomes a victim of prank calls when young Marge calls the boys' camp and requests "Elvis Jagger Abdul-Jabbar", Homer 's alias. An angry Moe hangs up, turns to the camera and says, "And, uh, that's the origin of that".

Moe has stolen many things, perhaps most prominently a bag of gold Aztec coins from a young, aspiring Snake , turning the latter to a life of crime. As a young man, Moe became a professional boxer, going by the names "Kid Gorgeous", "Kid Presentable", "Kid Gruesome", and "Kid Moe." Moe blames his boxing career for making him ugly, despite in Them, Robot , a child Moe has a normal face, but then an elephant steps on him turning his face to the way it is today. According to Moe, his boxing career ended because of politics, and because he was knocked out 40 times in a row. Moe's ugliness got him rejected for a role on the soap opera "It Never Ends". Later plastic surgery nailed him the role before his face was damaged to its original appearance. His current appearance has been described as consisting of "cauliflower ear, lizard lips, little rat eyes, caveman brow and fish snout". After attending bartending school at Swigmore University (a play on Swarthmore College), Moe opened his own drinking establishment, although often operating on expired, out-of-state, or forged liquor licenses.

As an aside, it was revealed that Moe started a cult. He also dabbled in Satanism, but was asked to leave. Moe discovered a knack for judging competitions (rather harshly), leading him to a place on American Idol. [5] After a spat with Simon Cowell, he was banned from judging and the state of California. In a previous episode he said he does many things but judging isn't one of them. During Trappuccino , he claimed he was the emperor of Springfield. Personality Moe answers a prank call from Bart Moe is characterized by a short, violent temper (particularly aiming a makeshift shotgun at customers), a somewhat low self esteem coupled with homicidal and suicidal tendencies and a proclivity towards obsessive behaviors. He has an annual Christmas tradition of attempted suicide, but his attempts are comically unsuccessful (landing on a hot-air balloon after jumping out of a plane, for example). He's called the suicide hotline so many times that they've blocked his number. Moe is especially bitter, keeping an enemies list nearly identical to that of Richard Nixon, with the addition of Barney (the latter simply because he pointed out that it was plagiarized by Nixon's list).

He has assumed a leading role in many of Springfield's angry mobs (including, at times, starting mob riots for the sake of doing so), and kidnapping Talking Heads vocalist David Byrne . He has also engaged in bizarre behavior, such as shooting at Carl , robbing Homer of expensive pants, keeping Hans Moleman under his bars in a subterranean torture chamber, perpetrating insurance fraud, and stalking various townspeople. This behavior is further exhibited when he becomes the self-proclaimed Emperor of Springfield when the town is trapped in a dome . [6] His leadership is challenged by Barney who throws a Molotov Cocktail at him, which Moe successfully throws back. He once implies that he probably wouldn't continue to be suicidal if Reverend Lovejoy had told him that he had much to live for. He also was shown to be notoriously cheap to his customers, as he drove away designated drivers from his bar on Saint Patrick's Day claiming he has "no time for cheapskates" due to it being the biggest drinking day of the year, and once told Homer when giving him a beer while the latter was awaiting quadruple heart surgery that it wasn't a free beer.

In fact, the one time he DID give anyone, let alone Homer, a free beer, was when he was intimidated by Homer's Zorro-esque actions regarding challenging someone to a duel after thwarting an attack at a movie theater he saw a Zorro film at. Moe has a strained love life due to his vulgar attitude, especially towards women. Nevertheless, Moe has had a number of romantic experiences, including sleeping with his bartender Colette , dating a woman named Renee , and enjoying the company of many women after he had plastic surgery to correct his ugly appearance. According to The Fight Before Christmas , Moe was in a relationship with singer/songwriter Katy Perry as she was 'into puppets'. He has long been infatuated with Homer's wife Marge (whom he often refers to as Midge) and has on occasion professed his love for her and tried to win her away from Homer.

His infatuation with Marge was intense enough to enter stalker territory, where he apparently bugged the Simpsons home to overhear Marge (unaware that he himself was being monitored by the FBI for this, which according to them, each of his statements would "add another year to the slammer" (presumably referring to what Moe's prison sentence length would be if he were to be caught and brought to charge for it). [7] Moe's romantic attractions have resulted in criminal behavior and run-ins with the law; he has stalked Maude Flanders and other townspeople, he must register as a sex offender, [8] and has had a restraining order placed upon him. Regarding his sex offender status, he also once told Brockman when asked if he is a registered voter that he was a "registered... something" before shifting his eyes. [9] At one point he is seen on his way to a "V.D. clinic". Moe has also proposed marriage to a WNBA mascot, even knowing that the character inside the mascot is Gil Gunderson . He dated a woman named Maya whom he met on the internet and is shocked when she turns out to be a little person.

He is initially afraid to introduce her to people and he proposes eventually. She almost accepts but he keeps making inappropriate jokes about her height. He even went as far as to arrange a surgical procedure so that he was the same height as Maya but he never went ahead with the operation. [10] He also dated Mrs. Muntz . [11] Despite his faults, Moe has been shown to express genuine love and sentimentality, which suggests that he may not be as gruff as he appears. He has a cat named Mr. Snookums, of whom he is very fond. Moe is also kind towards the rats that live in his bar. On Wednesday nights, he reads to the homeless in a local soup kitchen and he also reads to sick children at the hospital every Wednesday night. Until it was destroyed, Moe had a fondness for a jar of pickled eggs. He saved the owner of King Toot's music store and his wife from a flaming car. Moe has expressed distaste of cruelty towards animals. He saved the life of Maggie Simpson (ironically at a time that he was about to jump from a bridge) and took efforts to protect her.

Moe engaged in charity work in South America or Africa, using a flying fan to fight forest fires and deliver medical supplies to people devastated by floods. Moe has knowledge of automobiles and dancing. Also, in the middle of the baseball game, he run naked on a field in front of everyone to help Bart and gain another try for him to catch a ball. [12] Moe streaking at a baseball game. When Moe noticed that Homer , Apu , and Timothy Lovejoy had relationship problems with their wives, Moe fake-threatened to run away with one of them, in hopes that the men would appreciate their wives. It is also implied in the same event that he had gotten into enough trouble with saying several things that were worded in a way that sounded worse than intended to have to neurotically state it's not what he meant, as when calling Apu about one of his kids being left at the bar, he ended up having to repeatedly make very clear after relaying the message on Apu's voice mail that it was not a kidnapping ransom or kidnapping threat. [13] He is also rumored to have rescued the Springfield Elementary Model U.N. Club that was stranded on an island. Exactly how is unknown.

Moe has been implied to be an illegal immigrant at least twice in the series. When asked to listen to his inner child at a self-help seminar hosted by Brad Goodman, a younger Moe appears, telling older Moe, "what's-a matter, Moe? You no longer speak in your accent no more" in an Italian accent and to this realisation Moe proclaims "mamma mia!" in his accent. The second time was during Proposition 24 where Moe takes a citizenship test but wearing a false moustache. Another implication to Moe's foreign descent is when Homer does a background check on his character and calls him Momar which causes him to become embarrassed. However, this probably cannot be trusted as early in the season he is referred to as "Morris" by his bartender. Moe seems to follow some kind of organised religious cult and/or satanic practises. He has shown to dabble with voodoo such as stabbing a miniature rag doll of Barney with a beer bottle to get him to drink again (which can only be assumed how Moe gets all of his customers). He also practises Santeria, an Afro-Caribbean religion based on Yoruba beliefs and customs.

When Barney decided to go sober but ultimately returned to his bar, Moe silently thanked a shrine underneath his counter with a picture of Barney and a skull, claiming "Santeria, you're the greatest'. Aside from this he was a former Movementarian but left the cult when their religion was exposed as a fake and once claimed to worship a dog's bad dreams to his bowling team. Moe's personal letter logo. Moe's Tavern Moe is the owner and, except for a few instances where temporary help is hired, the only employee of Moe's Tavern . His most loyal customer is Barney Gumble , with other regulars including Homer Simpson , Lenny Leonard , Carl Carlson , Sam and Larry . Moe is notoriously cheap with his customers, refusing to give them free drinks, or throwing them out when they are out of money (and in one case, calling designated drivers "cheapskates") [14] ). He encourages his customers to drink as much as possible to grow their tab. Barney 's tab had to be calculated by NASA; the total came to $14 billion. Moe removed games from the bar, noting that "people drink less when they're having fun".

[15] Moe generally serves Duff beer on tap, having little knowledge of liquors or wines; the liquor bottles visible behind the bar are said to be "painted on," and in one instance, he unknowingly sells an expensive 1888 bottle of Château Latour for a few dollars. He enthusiastically abandons his bar, its regular customers, and his friends when a better opportunity comes along, such as the drink " The Flaming Moe ", the opening of his postmodern bar "M", and the conversion of his bar into a family-themed restaurant called " Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag ". Moe is often engaged in shady or illegal activities at his tavern, including smuggling pandas and orcas, hosting Russian roulette games, operating an unlicensed casino, serving liquor without a license (his expired in 1973 and it's only good in Rhode Island as well as being signed by Moe himself), running a speakeasy during Springfield's brief flirtation with Prohibition, and performing unlicensed surgery. While Moe and his bar have gained occasional popularity, the phenomenon tends to be short-lived.

Moe as judge in American Idol Non Canon Appearances The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened/existed. The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase In the "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase", Moe has his own spin-off, "The Love-Matic Grampa", in which Abraham Simpson dies and his spirit falls into Moe's Love-Matic tester machine, and proceeds to give Moe dating advice to woo a woman named Betty . They both go out on a date, but Moe must visit the bathroom each time to see Grampa, until she discovers his plan. She forgives him for his efforts. Video-games The Simpsons Road Rage In "The Simpsons Road Rage", players can play as Moe. Moe drives a green sedan with a peace flower from the 1960's painted on the hood of the vehicle. Moe is also an NPC and can be driven to destinations in the game (such as the Construction Site, Inspiration Point, and Skinner's House). Moe's House in The Simpsons Road Rage. Notice the Panda crates in front of his driveway!

The Simpsons Hit & Run In "The Simpsons Hit & Run", Moe is an NPC who appears in his Bar in the Downtown levels, he has several spoken roles both as part of quests and player interactivity. His Sedan with the Rubber Daisy is an unlockable car by completing races in one level. The Simpsons Game In "The Simpsons Game", he is Homer's coach in the level Around the World in 80 Bites , and when he wins, Homer bites off Moe's hand by accident. He is one of the people Marge can use in Mob Rules to protest the sales of the Grand Theft Scratchy video game to minors (in the Wii and PlayStation 2 versions, he is found in the back-alley near the Town Square, while in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions he is being detained by riot cops in the car park with Cletus Spuckler) Moe saw Lard lad attacking the Downtown area and emailed Comic Book Guy About it. In NeverQuest Enemies called Orc-Moes resemble Moe.

Behind the Laughter Moe with his shotgun Moe's character was based partly on Tube Bar owner Louis "Red" Deutsch, who was made famous in the popular Tube Bar prank calls when he was repeatedly prank called by two Jersey City residents. These calls were the inspiration for Bart's repeated prank calls to Moe, and Deutch's often profane responses made Moe's violent side. Moe's further inspiration was drawn from comedian Rich Hall, an acquaintance of The Simpsons writer George Meyer . Hall considered being the basis for Moe "an honor". Moe's surname "Szyslak" was revealed in " Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) ", the writers found the name in a phonebook and gave it to Moe so that he would have the initials M.S., and hence could be a suspect in the Burns shooting. He was designed by Dan Haskett. Moe was the first voice Hank Azaria performed for the show, redubbing Christopher Collins who initially recorded the character's voice for " Some Enchanted Evening ".

[16] At the time of his audition, Azaria was doing a play in which he had the part of a drug dealer, basing his voice on Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon. He used the same voice in the audition, and was told by Matt Groening and Sam Simon to make it more gravelly, with it becoming the voice of Moe. Groening and Simon thought it was perfect and took Azaria over to the Fox recording studio. Before he had even seen a script, he recorded several lines of dialogue as Moe for the episode "Some Enchanted Evening". Also in earlier seasons he was seen with black hair instead of his current gray hair. After the episode " When Flanders Failed " where Ned Flanders opened the Leftorium , it is revealed that Moe is Left Handed. During the episode " Bart-Mangled Banner ", Moe claims to be Dutch, only to stomp out of his bar wearing clogs a few seconds later. Real name In " Flaming Moe's ", his hired waitress Colette calls him "Morris". In " The Springfield Connection ", Homer told his friends that he was enjoying background of whoever he wanted.

Homer then referred to Moe as "Moammar" and Moe cringes with humiliation. It is implied in " Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe " that he changed his name to Moe so he could keep the sign and the bar's name. Gallery Add a photo to this gallery Trivia Moe is perverted (in many episodes), anti–Irish (shown in many episodes and some comics) and even racist ( Mypods and Boomsticks ). Moe has syphilis. [17] Moe moved to Springfield because the zip code (on a calculator) spelled BOOBS which means that Springfield's zip code is 80085. Moe is left-handed ( When Flanders Failed ) although he shoots right-handed. Moe has Facebook and appears to be friends with Mark Zuckerberg and the Pepto Bizmo. Moe is implied to have a murderous hatred of the Salvation Army, as when Homer, who was on the run from an unnamed Army Colonel's army unit after he went AWOL during a training session (that nearly killed him), Moe misinterpreted Homer's claims about the Army being after him as meaning the Salvation Army and immediately cocks his shotgun, telling him to take cover.

In Italian dubs, Moe has been renamed "Boe". That's because the voice actors thought "Moe" sounded too similar to the southern Italy slang "mo'", meaning "now". Moe's bar-telephone number is "Smithers" spelled with telephone number, so possibly [tel:[tel:763-83277 763-83277] 763-83277]. [18] Moe is fluent in Chinese. [19] Moe owns a blue truck which he's nicknamed Betsy. The truck is a doppelganger of the blue Chevrolet truck that Sally escapes in at the end of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre film. [20] Moe is suggested to be part monster. In Moe Goes from Rags to Riches , a yeti gives the rag to his son who turns out to be Moe. While in Lisa Goes Gaga , Moe states that he is half monster and half Armenian. In Czech dubbing Moe is named Vočko which means small eye.

Strangely, he has desperate denying he is a troll in The Book Job but in The Simpsons Game, he says 'I wish I was a troll. Then I'd get respect'. Moe could have been in the army, in some episodes, there is a picture of him in a military uniform. In the episode Flaming Moe's he covers up his large cough syrup order by mentioning he "got hooked on the stuff in the service". Moe has a secret crush on Marge Simpson but he never gets her name right, often calling her "Midge" or "Madge".

Question: Who owns Springfield's local tavern in "The Simpsons"?
Answer: Moe Szyslak