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John Frink is generally depicted as Springfield's stereotypical nerdy, mad, and socially inept scientist, inventor, and mathematician.

He wears thick glasses, a white lab coat, pink pants, and has buckteeth.

Frink is a college professor at Springfield Heights Institute of Technology and runs his own astronomical observatory.

He has an IQ of 197 — 199 before he sustained a concussion during the collapse of Springfield's brief intellectual junta — and is a member of the Springfield chapter of Mensa.

Frink is generally very polite and friendly.

He has a trademark mannerism of using Jerry Lewis-style gibberish when excited, such as " HOYVIN-GLAVIN!

" and " FLAVIN " and impulsively shouting other words that have no relevance to the situation at hand.

He also occasionally refers to the importance of remembering to " carry the one " in various mathematical calculations.

When he rambles he often speaks incoherently in run-on sentences without pauses.

Frink also has a tendency to over-complicate simple matters and / or invent scientific terminology while expressing various concepts, e. g. " Father and I got along like positrons and antineutrinos!

" or, " microcalifragilistics ".