Ha Ha!

Haw Haw!
Character	Nelson Muntz
Reason for Saying	Laughing at another character's misfortune, generally kids.
First Heard	"Bart the General"

Haw Haw! is Nelson's catchphrase and distinctive laugh. Nelson says the laugh with the emphasis on the first "Haw," so it sounds like "HA-ha!"

Nelson usually uses the laugh when something bad happens to another character. Sometimes, after he uses the laugh, he says why he is laughing at the person. For example, he says, "Ha ha! Your dad's not handy!" to Bart after his ten-speed bike (which Homer had assembled) fell apart while Bart was riding it.

Sometimes, Nelson laughs for so long at a time that his voice gets really tired and croaky, which was shown in the Simpsons Movie, when he laughs at Bart..

Variations

Reversed

When Nelson laughs at Homer while he (Homer) is having a chili-pepper-induced hallucination, Homer hears the laugh with the emphasis reversed: "Haw-Haw!"

Three "Ha"s

In “Bart the General”, Nelson's first appearance, he laughs with three "Ha"s, particularly when Bart imagines Nelson as a giant who eventually eats him up, and in “The War of the Simpsons” he laughs like this to Grampa Simpson.

Four "Ha"s

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When Nelson appears as a young Beethoven, his laugh has four "Ha"s and he sings it so that it sounds like the opening notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony: "Haw-haw-haw-haaaaaaaw, haw-haw-haw-haaaaaaaw!"

Question

Sometimes, Nelson will start the laugh, and then partway through realize that the joke is actually on him, and the laugh comes out sounding like a question: "Haw-Haw?"

Battle Cry

Nelson uses his laugh as a battle cry when he helps Bart and Lisa defend their box fort from a horde of American Shipping Services deliverypeople.

Canadian

The Canadian Nelson says "Hoo Hoo!"

Irish

The Irish Nelson says "Har! Har!"

See-Saw

When Bart jumps on the see-saw and the rubbish bag on the other side lands on him, Nelson says "See-Saw" in the same sort of way as "Haw Haw!.

Facebook

Nelson trips up Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in a roller-skating rink. Zuckerberg falls and hurts himself and updates his status on Facebook to "in severe pain". Nelson replies, posting "Haw Haw!"

Hallway

In The Good, the Sad and the Drugly, while Milhouse is getting suspended from school, Nelson signs "Haw Haw" at Milhouse.

Confused

In Team Homer, many of the kids were forgetting their trademark characteristics and when he saw Bart unsure on what do with a slingshot, he said "Haw Ho?"

Donkey

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In Treehouse of Horror XXIV, Nelson appears as a donkey and says "Hee Haw" in a similar style.

Uses by Other Characters

• Mrs. Muntz has been known to use the laugh.
• Cypress Hill member B-Real says "Ha-ha!" when he overhears Marge referring to Bart wetting his pants at the Christmas play.
• Nelson laughs at a tall man driving a Volkswagen, who turns the tables on him. The man makes Nelson walk down the street with his pants pulled down around his ankles, while everyone in Springfield laughs at him.

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Appearances

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• Episode – "Bart the General"
• Episode – "The War of the Simpsons"
• Episode – "Marge in Chains"
• Episode – "Bart Gets Famous"
• Episode – "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)" (variation)
• Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"
• Episode – "Saturdays of Thunder"
• Episode – "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers""
• Episode – "The Parent Rap"
• Episode – "Rome-Old and Julie-Eh" (variation)
• Episode – "Simpson Tide"
• Episode – "Margical History Tour" (variation)
• – The Simpsons Movie
• Episode – "In the Name of the Grandfather" (variation)
• Episode – "Boy Meets Curl" (variation)
• Episode – "Postcards From the Wedge"
• Episode – "Moe Letter Blues" (opening sequence)
• Episode – "Loan-a Lisa"
• Episode – "Duffless"
• Template:Ep King Of The Hill