Editing Rigellians

{{FArticle}}
{{Noncanon}}
[[File:Hillarium.png|thumb|250px|Several Rigellians drinking [[Hillarium]].]]

'''Rigellians''' are aliens from the planet [[Rigel 7]]. Their most notable members are [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]], although [[Serak the Preparer]] is also Rigellian.

== Biology and culture ==
[[File:Kang and Kodos.png|thumb|left|[[Kang]] and [[Kodos]].]]
Rigellians are approximately 7 ft. 0 in (2.13 m), continuously drooling {{w|saliva}}, one-eyed beings with five tentacles. While not on their planet, they wear space helmets, but not space suits. They speak the Rigellian language, which, by coincidence, is identical to English. Their number four looks like a human skull.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]" ("The Island of Dr. Hibbert")</ref> Peculiarly, they occasionally vomit through their eye, which resembles human crying,<ref name=Gump>"[[Gump Roast]]"</ref> but Kodos said they "always secrete ocular fluid at weddings".<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XII]]" ("Hex in the City")</ref> They must hold hands to exchange long protein strands.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]" ("Citizen Kang")</ref> They have declared that their religion is to be "Quantum Presbyterians", and that they were present at the beginning of the universe (when it was created five thousand years ago, by [[God]]).<ref name=Gump>"[[Gump Roast]]"</ref>

== Home world ==
[[File:Rigel VII.png|thumb|[[Rigel 7]] in the future.]]
[[Rigel 7]] is a rocky, desert-like planet with an asteroid field, that orbits the star Rigel. They are the only intelligent form of life on the planet, and their sole preoccupation is assembling a galactic empire for their planet, starting with the conquest of Earth. Kang and Kodos once claimed to live near a ringed planet close to the Earth, implying that it is {{w|Uranus}}.

Years in the future, Rigel 7 is a planet full of lush vegetation and animals where everything can be dangerous. The Rigellians live in peace with the other animals who are adapted to fight wars for some reason. They are led by the [[Rigellian queen]] who produces [[Hillarium]] for the Rigellians to drink.<ref name="XXII">"[[Treehouse of Horror XXII]]"</ref>

== Technology ==
Rigellians have access to advanced technology including [[UFO|interstellar travel]], ray guns, and the video game "{{W|Pong}}", which in Rigellian society is considered to be cutting-edge.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror]]" ("Hungry Are the Damned")</ref> In the future, they seem to downgrade and become a primitive race and live in peace with nature and the animals.<ref name="XXII"/>

They also have special guns that can impregnate humans.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]"</ref>

== Behind the Laughter ==
In ''[[The Simpsons: Hit & Run]]'', it is shown that not all members of the Rigellian species are green. The game's ending features Rigellians of various colors, including red, yellow, blue, pink, red orange, light aqua-green, light blue, dark pink, tan, and orange. However, this is considered non-canon.

=== Origin ===
The overall appearance of Kang and Kodos is derived from the aliens appearing on the cover of an old {{W|EC Comics}}. They are named after two characters from ''[[Star Trek]]''; Kang, a Klingon captain, and Kodos the Executioner, a human villain. Their cook, [[Serak]], derives his name from an inversion of vowels in the name {{w|Sarek}}, the Vulcan father of {{w|Spock}}.

Star Trek would often mention planets in the Rigel system. Rigel VII, the home of Kang and Kodos, is mentioned in the original ''Star Trek'' pilot, "The Cage". Rigel IV, to which Kang and Kodos intended to take the Simpson family in "[[Treehouse of Horror I]]", is in the episode "{{w|Wolf in the Fold}}".

== Appearances ==
{{scroll|
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II}}
*{{ep|Radio Bart}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror III}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IV}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror V}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VII}}
*{{ep|The Springfield Files}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror X}}
*{{ep|Behind the Laughter}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XII}}
*{{ep|Gump Roast}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIII}}
*{{ep|Special Edna}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIV}}
*{{ep|The Ziff Who Came to Dinner|(couch gag)}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XV}}
*{{ep|Future-Drama}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVI}}
*{{ep|See Homer Run|(couch gag)}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVII}}
*{{ep|You Kent Always Say What You Want}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVIII}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XX}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXII}}
*{{ep|The Man Who Came To Be Dinner}}
*{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}}
*{{bon|Fallen Flanders}}
*{{bon|Otto-Mat}}
*{{bon|Grampa's Christmas Origins: Christmas Lights}}
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Aliens}}
{{Simpsons characters}}
{{THOH characters}}

[[Category:Character groups]]
[[Category:Aliens]]
[[Category:Monsters]]
[[Category:Recurring characters]]
[[Category:Characters introduced in season 2]]