Editing Helen Lovejoy

{{Character
|name = Helen Lovejoy
|image = [[File:Helen.jpg|250px]]
|gender = {{Female}}
|hair = Gray
|age = 45
|job = Housewife
|relatives = '''Husband:''' [[Reverend Timothy Lovejoy]]<br>'''Daughter:''' [[Jessica Lovejoy]]<br>
|appearance = [[Life on the Fast Lane]]
|voiced by = [[Maggie Roswell]]<br>[[Marcia Mitzman Gaven]]
}}

'''Helen Lovejoy''' is [[Rev. Lovejoy]]’s judgemental and gossipy wife and the mother of [[Jessica Lovejoy]].

== Early life ==
[[File:Helenlovejoy.JPG|left|thumb|"Will someone please think of the children?"]]
Little is known about Helen Lovejoy's childhood. It is known, however, that she attended a camp with [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] when she was 10. She was punished by having a fork stuck in her hand because she could not remember which out of 34 forks was an olive fork. It is hinted that she was punished in this manner many times. She used to sell cosmetics, but her husband asked her to quit because she was making more money than he was.

== Appearance ==
Helen Lovejoy is known for having large, slanted eyes, long lashes, wears a pink sweater, with a purplish blue shirt underneath, and plain black shoes. She used to have brown hair, then changed to red, then, as it remains, gray.

== Personality ==
Helen is the wife of [[Rev. Timothy Lovejoy]] and the mother of [[Jessica Lovejoy]]. She is a judgemental, small minded, moralistic person and the typical town gossip. She thinks she can win by finding out secrets, and people joining her alliance so that she won't reveal their secrets. She introduces herself as "the gossipy wife of the minister"; when she has nothing else to gossip about, she resorts to telling secrets about her own personal life. She is part of a gang of housewives, containing herself, [[Luann]], [[Agnes Skinner|Agnes]] and ex-members [[Marge]] and [[Maude]] in which they sponsor and invest in companies and boxers.

Her moral convictions look to always defend the interests of the minors, which explains her famous catchphrase, delivered in times of civic crisis (moral or otherwise): "Will someone please think of the children?".

Helen is also openly conservative, and was seen at the Republican Headquarters located at a haunting location.

== Marge-Helen conflict ==
[[Marge Simpson|Marge]] and Helen have a frenemy relationship. Helen is known to share gossip with Marge, but spreads gossip about Marge as well. Helen has been known to mock Marge's cooking<ref>[[All's Fair in Oven War]]</ref>. Marge retaliated by putting [[Maggie]]'s ear medicine in her food first. She once had a furious fight with Marge over the last box of raisins, and the fight ended with Helen being taken to the hospital<ref>[[24 Minutes]]</ref>. However, she later rushed towards Marge saying she had some juicy gossip, only to be told "tell me later" while Marge pushes her away<ref>[[You Kent Always Say What You Want]]</ref>. Helen has a rivalry or a dislike of Marge Simpson.  Marge dislikes Helen for being the main reason she can't find friends. Helen often tries to tangle with [[Homer]] and Marge's marriage. Helen spies on Marge having brunch with [[Jacques]] and attempts to talk to her for gossip on the issue<ref>[[Life on the Fast Lane]]</ref>.

== Marriage ==
Helen and [[Reverend Lovejoy|Timothy]] have a stronger marriage than many other Springfieldians (save for [[Ned Flanders|Ned]] and [[Maude Flanders|Maude]], and probably [[Dr. Hibbert]]). Many couples turned to divorce (Kirk and Luanne Van Houtan<ref>[[A Milhouse Divided]]</ref>) or consistently argue, bear many kids, and have trouble with money ([[Cletus Spuckler|Cletus]] and Brandine Spuckler), however Helen is somewhat patient of Timothy. Once Timothy spends more time on his own and slowly loses his mind, but Helen remains patient, however worried<ref>[[In Marge We Trust]]</ref>. Helen once mentions her mother is going to visit them and Timothy makes an insult saying that after Helen's father died, her mother visits them too much. However, once when her daughter, Jessica Lovejoy was running down the field to shoot a soccer goal, Helen screamed "get it in sweetie and save our troubled marriage!"<ref>[[Marge Gamer]]</ref>

== Appearances ==
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*{{Ep|Life on the Fast Lane}}
*{{Ep|Bart Gets an F}}
*{{Ep|Dead Putting Society}}
*{{Ep|Itchy & Scratchy & Marge}}
*{{Ep|Old Money}}
*{{Ep|The War of the Simpsons}}
*{{Ep|Marge in Chains}}
*{{Ep|Bart After Dark}}
*{{Ep|A Milhouse Divided}}
*{{Ep|El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)}}
*{{Ep|The Twisted World of Marge Simpson}}
*{{Ep|She of Little Faith|(cameo)}}
*{{Ep|All's Fair in Oven War}}
*{{Ep|The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star}}
*{{Ep|The Last of the Red Hat Mamas|(cameo)}}
*{{Ep|Marge Gamer}}
*{{Ep|The Boys of Bummer}}
*{{Ep|24 Minutes}}
*{{Ep|You Kent Always Say What You Want}}
*{{Ep|Wedding For Disaster}}
}}

== References ==
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{{Maggie Roswell}}
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