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When Matt Groening created The Simpsons in 1987, he borrowed several names from his own family. His father was Homer, his mother was Margaret, and his sisters were Lisa and Maggie. His mother's maiden name was Wiggum, which also inspired the name of Springfield's police chief. Bart was the exception. His name is an anagram of “brat.” Margaret Groening was a former high school English teacher who married Homer Groening because, according to her obituary, he made her laugh the most. She passed away in 2013 at age 94. Interestingly, she never actually went by “Marge.” The obituary shown is authentic and was published in The Oregonian on May 6, 2013.
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Posted On: October 31st 2026, 03:38 pm
When Matt Groening created The Simpsons in 1987, he borrowed several names from his own family.

His father was Homer, his mother was Margaret, and his sisters were Lisa and Maggie. His mother's maiden name was Wiggum, which also inspired the name of Springfield's police chief.

Bart was the exception. His name is an anagram of “brat.”

Margaret Groening was a former high school English teacher who married Homer Groening because, according to her obituary, he made her laugh the most. She passed away in 2013 at age 94. Interestingly, she never actually went by “Marge.”

The obituary shown is authentic and was published in The Oregonian on May 6, 2013.
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tenamarieaceto an hour ago

tenamarieaceto

Don’t forget Patty!

darth_kawauso 2 hours ago

darth_kawauso

Yeah, he thanks his family in the life in hell books and that's when we realized that those are really his family members

european.teeth 5 hours ago

european.teeth

Elbow sucking

brewer.luke 11 hours ago

brewer.luke

Oh yea That article was on the fridge for a while in my apartment

mehrtini 15 hours ago

mehrtini

Everett reppppppo🔥🔥🔥🔥

natey_kal 17 hours ago

natey_kal

It sounds like he kept some of the sweet aspects of their marriage in the show, that’s pretty cool.

jennifersarahblakeslee 21 hours ago

jennifersarahblakeslee

“in ink” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

pugnaciousspirit a day ago

pugnaciousspirit

❤️ I used to live on Flanders Street and I will never stop talking about it.

hazzsj a day ago

hazzsj

Also the name Homer Simpson was taken from a character in day of the locust

danthomasuk a day ago

danthomasuk

Also when Marge’s maiden name is shown to be Bouvier, I think that’s a reference to Jacqueline Bouvier, later Keneddy, later Onassis(!) John F. Kennedy’s wife

ianmpowell a day ago

ianmpowell

But what made him want minors to wash his feet??? This article doesn’t explain that

danimalgrrr a day ago

danimalgrrr

Anyone else notice the chunky ball necklace in the photo? Just like the cartoon!

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