Dolphin Starbeam [1]
Gender
Status
Hair	Burnt red
Age	14 (born May 14)
Occupation	Stundent of Springfield Elementary School, Summer Jobs
Relatives	Father: Mr. Starbeam Mother: Starla Starbeam Sister: Unnamed
First Appearance	The Telltale Head
Voiced By	Tress MacNeille

Dolphin "Dolph" Starbeam is one of the school bullies of Springfield Elementary, with Kearney Zzyzwicz, Jimbo Jones, Nelson Muntz, and the Weasels. He is of Jewish origin and is Hebrew. He is a 6th grader. ^[2]

Despite being the only one with a male voice among Jimbo and Kearney, Dolph Starbeam is the youngest of the three. Dolph is the "softest" of all the bullies and has sometimes been seen running away once overpowered by the enemy. He is also the smartest education-wise, as he shows knowledge of words and things usually only nerds share an interest for.

Biography Edit

The son of aging, die-hard hippies, Dolph had taken all the flower power he could stomach by the age of six. He had given peace a chance, but decided that hitting other kids was more fun. Dolph drinks alcohol and smokes cigarettes with Jimbo. So he traded in his Birkenstocks for a pair of Doc Martins. Dolph's brutish behavior and distaste for authority eventually led him to kindred souls Kearney, Jimbo, and Nelson. Dolph can frequently be seen in the Springfield Elementary restroom, flushing the toilet while someone's head is in it^[3].

Dolph is recognized by his asymmetrical haircut, which covers one eye and a dolphinlike mouth. He wears cutoff shorts and Chuck Taylor All-Stars style basketball shoes. Dolph is 14 years old. He is also left-handed. Dolph's hair can appear either reddish (like Jimbo's) or dark brown. He has an unnamed father, a mother named Starla, and an unknown sister.

Getting held back a couple years, Dolph is a 6th grade student at Springfield Elementary. Dolph once attended Hebrew school^[4], and according to a school profile in 24 Minutes, he speaks "Spanish, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Korean, Latin, Old English, Klingon, Esperanto", he is "friends with: Jackie Chan (unverified)" and his "special skills" include "horse riding, tap dancing, British accent, stage fighting."^[5]. Dolph has two fathers: one of them has an eye patch and the same haircut as Dolph. ^[6]

Dolph is a player in the Mighty Pigs Pee Wee Hockey League Team. Dolph's hobbies are horse riding, swimming, and stage fighting. His best friends are Jimbo and Kearney.

Despite having appeared since the first season of the show, Dolph's name is not mentioned on screen until the fourth season episode Kamp Krusty.

It is implied that Dolph may suffer from child abuse. In Black-Eyed, Please, after getting a detention from Ms. Cantwell, Lisa asks Jimbo, Dolph, Kearney and Nelson why one becomes a bully, and Dolph's response is "abuse".

Non-Canon AppearancesEdit

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The Simpsons GameEdit

Dolph appears as one of the three museum thieves that Bart and Homer must defeat^[7].

DS: Bart has to shoot targets in the dark three times before stopping him.

All others: Bart has fire a crystal at a target on a skeleton of a dinosaur, thus trapping him.

Behind the LaughterEdit

Dolph was named after one of Matt Groening's classmates from Lincoln High School named Dolph Timmerman. Groening stated that Timmerman was not a bully but just a real cool guy.

Dolph is generally regarded as the most mysterious of the bullies and never really has a big part. He is also Jewish as shown in "Lisa the Drama Queen" (in a fantasy sequence). Dolph is also known as the best looking out of them. He's starting to have more speaking parts and he could be the softest out of the group, however we have seen he is not as soft as Nelson Muntz. Some fans have offered criticism for the show's writers, citing that in The Simpsons' nearly twenty year run, Dolph is one of very few characters to have been almost completely ignored. Dolph is also a very minor character compared to Jimbo and Kearney and he doesn't speak as much as them. However in newer seasons he tends to be speak more regularly than in the earlier episodes. In the episode "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot", when Bart moons the bullies on his collapsing 10-speed bike, Jimbo and Kearney say "That is really gay!" and then Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney beat him to pieces, but Dolph says nothing, a possible reference to him becoming less of a main character.

Family name Edit

Dolph's family name was revealed in Simpsons Comics #75. However, in the Simpsons World episode guide, Dolph is listed only by his first name along with Kearney (page 156).

AppearancesEdit

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References Edit

1. ↑ 24 Minutes
2. ↑ 24 Minutes
3. ↑ Simpsons Mania!
4. ↑ Kamp Krusty
5. ↑ 24 Minutes
6. ↑ The Homer They Fall
7. ↑ Bartman Begins