As Alastair Norcross has said, “ suppose that Homer is faced with the painful choice between saving Barney from a burning building or saving both Moe and Apu from the building … it is clearly better for Homer to save the larger number, precisely because it is a larger number … Can anyone who really considers the matter seriously honestly claim to believe that it is worse that one person die than that the entire sentient population of the universe be severely mutilated?

In the episode " Much Apu About Nothing ", he is seen taking a citizenship test, implying that prior to this he was not a citizen of the United States ( Although unconfirmed, much evidence supports this-not only is he likely of Latino descent, he is specifically given an Argentine accent in Spanish language dubs ).

In " Much Apu About Nothing " ( 1996 ), Moe is depicted taking his United States citizenship test ; previously, " Bart's Inner Child " ( 1995 ) had depicted Moe's own inner child chastising him for abandoning his native Italian accent.

Dr. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon () is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons.

Apu is the proprietor of the Kwik-E-Mart, a popular convenience store in Springfield, and a friend of Homer Simpson.

Apu is well known for his repeated and characteristic delivery of the catchphrase, " thank you, come again.

Apu is a naturalised U. S. citizen and holds a Ph. D. degree in computer science.

Apu is a massive cricket fan, as shown in the episode Moe Letter Blues.

Apu tries to wriggle out of the arrangement at first, with Homer making Marge pretend to be his wife until Apu's mother finds her with Homer, but is won over when he meets Manjula face-to-face at the wedding, and the two decide to give the marriage a try ( Manjula notes nonchalantly that they can always get a divorce ).

During the episode " Bart-Mangled Banner ", when the town changes its name to Libertyville to be patriotic after it is claimed Springfield hates America, Apu temporarily changes his children's names to Lincoln, Freedom, Condoleezza, Coke, Pepsi, Manifest Destiny, Apple Pie, and Superman.

His tolerant side is demonstrated when he performs a marriage for Hindus ( though he apparently thinks Hindus are a Christian group, or he could believe that Jesus has commanded his followers to respect all people in his statement " Christ is Christ ", and agreed to marry Apu and Manjula on the basis that he believes all people should take part in matrimony.

* Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon, Apu's wife ( only for the season 13 episode " The Sweetest Apu "; Manjula is usually voiced by Jan Hooks )

Note that Indonesian sources often include wae ( meaning river ) before the river names ; thus Apo is often referred to as Waeapo or Wae Apo, it is also called Apu in some local dialects.

Marge then nominates Apu, who is deemed a success by the women at the auction and is sold for $ 926.

Homer suggests Apu tell his mother that he is already married.

He also claims the title of the Fifth Beatle, although Paul McCartney ( who first met Apu during The Beatles ' stay in India ) disagrees with Apu's claim.

Full name and some spelling alternatives are Wiracocha, Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqutra and Con-Tici ( also spelled Kon-Tiki ) Viracocha.

Mirkin moved the show's focus toward Homer Simpson, and also developed some of its secondary characters, including Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.

He also appeared as a fictional version of himself in the episode of The Simpsons entitled " Homer and Apu " and in five episodes of Family Guy entitled " Peter's Got Woods ", " Back to the Woods ", " Brian Griffin's House of Payne, " And Then There Were Fewer ", and " Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream ".

Subrata Mitra's cinematographic technique of bounce lighting also originates from The Apu Trilogy.

Apu spots the fire, and summons the Springfield volunteer fire department ( of which Krusty the Clown, Chief Wiggum, and Barney Gumble are also members ).

The Sapa Inca (" The Great Inca "), also known as Apu (" Divinity "), Inka Qhapaq (" mighty Inca "), or simply Sapa (" The Great One ") was the ruler of the Kingdom of Cusco and later, the Emperor of the Inca Empire ( Tawantinsuyu ).

The city's surroundings have some astonishingly beautiful landscapes, such as the Ampay National Sanctuary, a wildlife sanctuary and a frontier within the Andes, and the Clouded Forest of the Amazonian Basin, located north of the city where the mountain called Apu Ampay ( the Lord of Ampay, in the indigenous cosmology ) is also located.

Mirkin also enjoyed the use of Apu in the episode, because Apu shows Lisa that " the way to get people to change is through tolerance and understanding.

The singing parrot that Apu sends to Manjula was voiced by series main cast member Nancy Cartwright, who also portrays Bart in the series.

" However, they also criticized the episode for being " a little tacky ," writing " After all, how nice are these people who want to ruin Apu and Manjula's day just because they're scared of looking bad?

Moe, Barney, and Apu also decide to join him.

Bart also receives soda bottles from Apu on a magic carpet in this level, which serve to raise his energy bar.

There are also numerous references to the Hindu deity Ganesh, mostly by Homer when interacting with Apu.

However, Apu, himself a vegan, reveals that she has eaten a tofu dog.

She wanted to get the voice perfect, so in between takes she listened to tapes of Hank Azaria reading lines for Apu, to make sure her voice could realistically be Apu's mother's.

It is considered a mystical mountain, the legendary home of Aung / Aring Sinukuan / Sinkuan / Suku or the Fairy known as diwata Mariang Sinukuan depending on which version of the story the readers or listeners prefer, but in ancient Kapampangan folklore as well as the research known to have been gathered by Kapampangan students of Henry Otley Beyer, it was and is the abode of Apung / Aring Sinukuan, rival of Namalyari of Mount Pinatubo, who is in varying versions, the son of Cargon-Cargon who was mortally wounded in a fight with a giant from the Zambales Mountain Range which is said to be the home of Apu Namalyari.

A new rule was imposed for this ballot: related films that are considered part of a larger whole ( e. g. " The Godfather " and " The Godfather Part II ", Krzysztof Kieslowski's " Three Colors trilogy " and " Dekalog ", or Satyajit Ray's " Apu trilogy ") were to be treated as separate films for voting purposes.

Homer accepts and allows them on the trip, even though Ned tries to convert Apu on the way ( despite the fact he claims to be sarcastically congratulating him on his bravery of worshiping an idol ).

They go around town and Flanders is thrown out of the group for suggesting they should be using their time to be more romantic to their wives instead of trying to sabotage Apu.

They are Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge, Barney, Krusty, Apu, Groundskeeper Willie, Bumblebee Man, Moe, Ned Flanders, Professor Frink, Mr. Burns and Waylon Smithers, Kang and Kodos, Itchy, and Scratchy, some of which must be unlocked.

During his guest appearance in The Simpsons episode Lisa the Vegetarian, McCartney says to Lisa and Apu " If you play Maybe I'm Amazed backwards, you'll find a recipe for a ripping lentil soup ", which can be heard in the background when the song is played during the closing credits to the episode.

" He praised Homer's reaction to seeing Apu cheating on Manjula, but maintained that " much of the remaining gags tend to be lackluster.

After learning that his friend Apu will be deported, Homer decides to help Apu prepare for a United States citizenship test so that he can become a legal citizen.

" Jennifer Malkowski of DVD Verdict considered the best part of the episode to be when Homer tries to teach Apu American history, noting that you should watch for Homer's " relevant and complex " diagram of a stovepipe hat.

He considered " Much Apu About Nothing " to be one of the season's most " tiring " episodes, " mostly because Apu is not a strong enough character to focus an episode on no matter how much writer David Cohen develops him ".

Lovejoy seems to resent the fact that Dr Julius Hibbert's family joined the first African Methodist Episcopal Church of Springfield, while Ned tells Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, who is a Hindu, that he might as well be praying to Hawkman.