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This article is about the character. For Bart's cow in "Apocalypse Cow", see Lou (Apocalypse Cow). For the relative of the Simpson family, see Lou Simpson.

Lou

Character Information Gender: Male ♂ Status: Alive Hair: Black Occupation: Police officer Relatives: Ex-wife: Amy Son: Unnamed[1] First appearance: "There's No Disgrace Like Home" Voiced by: Hank Azaria Alex Désert Harry Shearer[2] v • d • e • h

Lou is a police sergeant, and, by far, the most intelligent and competent officer of the Springfield Police. He is a foil to Chief Wiggum, and often takes the time to point out Wiggum's mistakes (often while a crime, or the pursuit of a criminal is still in progress).

Biography[edit]

Lou speaks more than his counterpart Eddie. Although he rarely comes up, when he does he is in a police uniform. Lou once said he wants to leave the force as there is more money in private security, nothing ever becomes of this though.^[3] His favorite on duty beverage is beer.

Lou with yellow skin.

Education[edit]

Although he has never stated so explicitly, other people around Springfield have insinuated that he is a graduate of Princeton University. Following his undergraduate career, Lou applied and was accepted to law school at an unspecified university, but was forced to drop out as he could not afford the tuition. His talents are abusing power and intimidating suspects.

Family[edit]

Lou was married to a woman named Amy, but later divorced.^[4] He complains occasionally that Eddie has been seeing his ex-wife, causing Chief Wiggum to act as mediator. Lou became the temporary owner of Santa's Little Helper, who was trained to be a police dog.^[5] At around this time, it was revealed that Lou has a girlfriend named Charquelle who had wanted to party with him. Lou once joined a GRUNGE band with Homer Simpson, Lenny Leonard and Carl Carlson called "Sadgasm", which broke up later.^[6] His unintelligible joy is hot and cold running chicks.

At some point he had a relationship with Mrs. Muntz.^[7]

Non-canon[edit]

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Lou Image Cost Unlock method Unlocks with Unlock message 69,300 Level 33 Bad Cops Pt. 2 (with Eddie) S.W.A.T. Van Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name 2350 Regular Characters, Regular Male, Civil Servant, Bowler, Barflies, Adult, Krustyland Goers, Police Lou Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Trip to Lard Lad 5m 15, 5 Lard Lad Donuts Go Skating 10m 17, 5 Simpsons' Skating Rink Trip to New Lard Lads 60m 70, 17 New Lard Lad Study Evidence 60m 70, 17 Police Station Bad Cops Pt. 4 Security Work 3h 135, 35 Nero's Palace Casino Pursue Criminals 4h 175, 45 Unusual Suspects Pt. 2 Drink at Moe's Brewing Co. 4h 175, 45 Moe's Brewing Co. Drink Colorful Booze 4h 175, 45 Ye Olde Magick Shoppe Overpay for Sex on the Beach 4h 260, 70 Smooches on the Beach Stay at the Swelldorado 4h 260, 70 Swelldorado Try to Win at Blackjack 4h 175, 45 $ Casino Big $ Drink and Babysit 4h 175, 45 The Boiled Potato Pub Daycare Attend Parenting Seminars 4h 260, 70 Universal Panacea Shop for Cider 4h 260, 70 Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill Teach Dogs to Aim Guns 6h 225, 55 Springfield Animal Police Academy Obtain Anxiety Medication 6h 225, 55 Springfield Medical Center Drink at Moe's 8h 275, 70 Moe's Tavern Astro-Not Pt. 1 Astro-Not Pt. 2 Dance the Señor Burns 8h 420, 105 Chez Guevara Señor Burns Enjoy a Diner Meal 8h 420, 105 Cora's Diner Interview Suspects 12h 420, 100 Home Visitable Unusual Suspects Pt. 5 Stake Out in the S.W.A.T. Van 24h 600, 150 S.W.A.T. Van Krustyland Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Visit the Duff Pavilion 60m 21, 17 Duff Pavilion Ride Krusty's Giant Wheel 2h 33, 27 Krusty's Giant Wheel Ride the Viking Boat 4h 52, 45 Viking Boat Ride Overload a Plate at the One Plate Buffet 5h 204, 75 One Plate Maximum Buffet Sensible Eating Pt. 2 Ride the Eyeballs of Death 8h 82, 70 Eyeballs Of Death Watch the Stunt Show 12h 126, 100 Wet & Smokey Stunt Show Ride Mount Krustmore 24h 300, 225 Mt. Krustmore Animated Tasks Pursue Criminals Interview Suspects

Standalone[edit]

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  Future Lou

Behind the Laughter[edit]

• According to the Season One DVD commentary, Lou was based on Detroit Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker.
• In "Krusty Gets Busted" and "There's No Disgrace Like Home", the color stylists mistakenly colored Lou yellow. "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" was the first appearance of African-American Lou.
• In Lou's early appearances, he was voiced by Harry Shearer. This was later changed to Hank Azaria. Alex Désert took over the role of Lou from Hank Azaria starting in season 32.

Foreign dubs[edit]

Language Voice dubber Italiano Maurizio Romano (seasons 1 - 7) Nino D'Agata (seasons 8 - 29) Enzo Avolio (seasons 30 - 33) Enrico Di Troia (since season 34) If no reference is given, the source is the Disney+ dub credits.

Appearances[edit]

References[edit]

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