Editing Cheese-eating surrender monkeys

'''Cheese-eating surrender monkeys''' is a phrase used by [[Groundskeeper Willie]].<ref>[['Round Springfield]]</ref>

== In the Simpsons ==
Groundskeper Willie, due to budget cuts, was teaching French dressed in a striped shirt and a beret. He greeted the class with "Bonjourrr, yah cheese-eatin' surrender monkeys!". According to the DVD commentary the phrase was probably written by {{W|Ken Keeler}}.

== In other media ==
The French opposed the {{W|Iraq War}}. The {{W|New York Post}} and the {{W|Fox News Channel}} used this phrase commonly. On the car show {{W|Top Gear}}, {{W|Jeremy Clarkson}} decribed a French car as 'surrender monkey'. On the quiz show {{W|QI}}, a contestant described the French as 'cheese-eating surrender monkeys', after being told that they find the british 'lazy'.