Captain Horatio McCallister
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| Captain Horatio McCallister | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Hair | Grey hair and beard |
| Age | 83 |
| Job | Springfield entrepeneur |
| Relatives | Son:Unamed |
| First appearance | New Kid on the Block |
| Voiced by | Hank Azaria |
Horatio McCallister (or McAllister) is generally referred to as the Sea Captain, though in court he admitted that he wasn't a real captain.
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[edit] Origins
The character was created by NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" host Conan O'Brien while he was a writer for The Simpsons. Voiced by Hank Azaria, the character first appeared in 1992 in the New Kid on the Block episode as the owner of The Frying Dutchman all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant. In that episode, McCallister is sued by Homer for not letting him eat all he could eat. Homer Simpson's visit to the restaurant caused the captain to observe about him, "'Tis no man, 'tis a remorseless eatin' machine!"
[edit] Business Life
[edit] Primary Occupation
Being a sea captain, ironically McCallister is frequently shown to be completely incompetent at seafaring. On one occasion, he wrecks a cargo ship full of hot pants; on another, in a probable reference to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, he causes an oil spill by crashing his tanker while drunk. He launches a river raft for Homer, only to have it sink immediately to the bottom. The captain's idea for Mr. Burns' casino involved three ships and fifty "stout men" who would "sail 'round the Horn and return with spices and silk". On several occasions, he acknowledges his incompetence with a depressed, "Yarr, I don't know what I'm doin'."
[edit] Other Jobs
On another occasion, he tried selling his houseboat to Marge and Homer while they were looking for a new home, and in an obvious nod to Robert Shaw's character in Jaws starts grappling with a shark when it attacks through the floor.
[edit] Incompetence
As an entrepreneur, McCallister is equally incompetent. His restaurant, The Frying Dutchman, is a failing business venture that does not generate enough income to support its owner. In the episode Lisa Gets an "A", the captain appears as a penniless bum. When seeing Homer and Marge walking Homer's pet lobster at the beach, he approaches them and claims that he runs a "small academy for lobsters." However, when Marge refuses to send the lobster away to "some snobby boarding school," McCallister asks her for spare change instead.
[edit] Sexuality
He has never been shown with a girlfriend and, while it's generally believed that he's not gay, he has hinted to the fact that he has engaged in "situational homosexuality" with his fellow sailors. In episode 1F05 (Bart's Inner Child), however, McAllister takes a picture of naked Patty and Selma, a picture which he claims to need for "those lonely nights at sea". In episode 2F10 (And Maggie Makes Three), he is seen to have a son, whom he describes as "the catch of the day."
