- “Joseph!”
- ―Martha Quimby, after catching her husband in the act of womanizing
Martha Quimby is the long-suffering wife of Mayor Quimby, and the First Lady of Springfield.
History
She met Joe Quimby while working at the Maison Derrière.
Relationship with Mayor Quimby
Martha is well aware that Mayor Quimby cheats on her; she only stays with him because she enjoys the power that goes with being the mayor's wife. Martha puts up a brave front of being all right with the mayor's cheating, but on one occasion she revealed her true feelings. Marge Simpson was visiting the Quimby house and talking to Martha in the mayor's home office. Martha accidentally pressed a button that transformed the office into a combination bar/strip joint, and broke down in tears at the sight of scantily clad women in cages being lowered from the ceiling.[1]
Relatives
Martha is related to actor Rainier Wolfcastle's wife, Maria.[2]
With her husband Joe
Behind the Laughter
Like Sarah Wiggum and Bernice Hibbert, Martha is one of the less notable and more sane characters on the show. Also like Mrs. Wiggum and Mrs. Hibbert, Martha plays the role of the quiet housewife, the wife to a corrupted husband.
Martha often wears a pink suit and pillbox hat, a style similar to the one that Jacqueline Kennedy made famous.
Gallery
Appearances
Episode – "Bart Gets Famous" - Episode – "The Boy Who Knew Too Much"
- Episode – "Bart After Dark"
- Episode – "Last Tap Dance in Springfield" (seen watching Tango de la Muerite)
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XI"
- Episode – "The Wandering Juvie"
- Episode – "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas"
- Episode – "Homerazzi"
- Episode – "No Loan Again, Naturally"
- Episode – "Pulpit Friction" (Seen at church)
- Episode – "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" (Seen at church)
Citations
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| Maude Flanders | Helen Lovejoy | Elizabeth Hoover | Luann Van Houten | Princess Kashmir | Mary Bailey | Shary Bobbins | Barbara Bush | Mona Simpson | Martha Quimby | |||