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Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin.png
Character Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Status:
Deceased
Hair: Gray
Occupation: Inventor
Founding Father
First appearance: "Bart Gets an "F""
Voiced by: Dan Castellaneta[1][2]
Harry Shearer[3]
Hank Azaria[4]


Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and an inventor.

History[edit]

Benjamin Franklin appeared in Bart's fantasy about the snow day. He rushed into Congress announcing that he had invented the sled. He and Congress then ran outside for a snow day.[1]

When Lisa tried to writes a essay she started to think what would Ben Franklin say if he were alive today.[5]

Bart gave a report on Franklin where his version of the kite experiment had Franklin deliberately getting the kite with the key stuck in a tree. When lightning struck the key, and in turn the tree, Franklin triumphantly cried, "Kite-eating tree, I'll see you in hell!!!", referencing Charlie Brown's recurring battles with the kite-eating tree in Peanuts.[6]

An animatronic Benjamin Franklin was seen in "The Alco-Hall of Fame" display at the Duff Days festival. He started to say "Early to bed, early to rise-" before he was cut off by Babe Ruth who asked Franklin "you think you're better than me?".[3]

Later Homer dreamed that Franklin and Jimi Hendrix were playing Air Hockey in Heaven. Franklin won.[2]

Stephen King once said that Franklin was said too have tortured small animals and green mountain men and that the kite he tied to a tree opened the gates of hell.[7]

Benjamin Franklin, alongside George Washington and Andrew Jackson, appears on a one hundred dollar bill and convinces Homer to spend the money that Marge had been saving as a "nest egg".[4]

Franklin is also one of the many people on "Ned's List of Laudable Lefties".[8]

Non-canon[edit]

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Homer as Benjamin Franklin

When the Simpson family goes to visit God to ask for the destruction of Springfield by aliens to stop, he is a boss that guards God's gate. He is seen walking out of a Starbucks and calls Lisa a bigger buttkisser than Thomas Jefferson. Shortly afterwards he is among the enemies sent by God.[9]

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