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Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is a recurring character in the American animated television series The Simpsons. He is an Indian immigrant proprietor who runs the Kwik-E-Mart , a popular convenience store in Springfield , and is known for his catchphrase, "Thank you, come again". [ 1 ]
Apu and Manjula are soon exhausted, raising eight children at once. The owner of Springfield Zoo, Larry Kidkill, offers to help if the parents sign a contract permitting him to display the children. They reluctantly agree, but discover that he is going to use their children in a show called "Octopia" several times a day.
The Springfield Kwik-E-Mart is operated by an Indian American character named Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, who runs the store with his brother Sanjay and is a caricature of the stereotypical "foreign born" convenience store clerk. [1]
On Sunday night's episode, "The Simpsons" addressed criticism that its character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon was a racist stereotype. 'The Simpsons' responds to Apu stereotype criticism Skip to main ...
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon: Hank Azaria [2] Operator of the Kwik-E-Mart. "The Telltale Head" 1990-02-25 Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon: Jan Hooks (1997–2002), Tress MacNeille (2002-present) [38] Apu Nahasapeemapetilon's wife. "Much Apu About Nothing" 1997-11-16 Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon: Harry Shearer [7] Apu Nahasapeemapetilon's older brother.
Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria (/ ə ˈ z ɛər i ə / ə-ZAIR-ee-ə; born April 25, 1964) is an American actor and comedian.He is known for voicing many characters in the long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons since 1989, including Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Superintendent Chalmers, Comic Book Guy, Snake Jailbird, Professor Frink, Kirk Van Houten, Duffman, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Lou, Carl ...
The Simpsons has responded to the Apu stereotyping controversy, and not everyone is down with how it was handled. In the fifteenth episode of Season 29, "No Good Read Goes Unpunished," Marge reads ...
The Problem with Apu is a 2017 American documentary film written by and starring comedian Hari Kondabolu and produced and directed by Michael Melamedoff. It focuses on the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, an Indian immigrant in the animated sitcom The Simpsons who, for a period, was the only figure of Indian heritage to appear regularly on mainstream U.S. television.