Grampa Simpson

Grampa Simpson is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. His full name is Abraham Jebediah "Abe" Simpson II. Before the television show's debut in 1989, he made his first appearance in "Grandpa and the Kids", a one-minute Simpsons short on The Tracey Ullman Show. Grampa Simpson is played by Dan Castellaneta, who also plays Homer Simpson. He is Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson's paternal grandfather. Grampa was chosen as the "Grandpa for The Perfect TV Family" in the 1,000th issue of Entertainment Weekly. Grampa Simpson is a World War II veteran and retired farmer who was later transferred by Homer to the Springfield Retirement Castle. He is known for his long, rambling, often incoherent and irrelevant stories and senility.

Grampa Simpson also fathered two illegitimate children: Abbey by a British woman named Edwina while in the United Kingdom during WWII, and Herbert Powell by a carnival prostitute. Grampa's older brother, Cyrus, lives in Tahiti and has several native wives. He also has a younger brother named Chet who owns a failing shrimp business. Hubert, Tyrone, Fester, Bill, and Hortense are his siblings. Many of his stories appear to be wildly inaccurate, frequently physically or historically impossible, and occasionally inconsistent with one another, implying that Grampa is quite senile. Grampa's birthplace is unknown. Grampa was a hated wrestler named "Glamorous Godfrey" in the 1950s, revealed in the episode "Gorgeous Grampa", starring him and Mr. Burns.

First appearance: Grandpa and the Kids (1988)