and maggie abe also known as grampa lives in the springfield retirement castle where he enjoys soft foods and company of his friends abe was lucky enough to briefly find success in his retirement as a writer for an awardwinning cartoon series apu nahasapeemapetilon apu and manjula are the indian couple who run the kwike apu is constantly attempting to bridge the gap between east and west with tofu dogs curry crullers and chutney squishees principal seymour skinner principal skinner rules the hallowed halls of springfield elementary with an iron fist if only in his mind in reality he is the frequent butt of jokes in the teachers lounge a constant target for bart simpsons schoolyard pranks though he still lives at home with overlyprotective mother and purportedly wears a toupee seymour has managed to eke out a meagre romantic life in a scandalous affair with edna krabappel chief wiggumclancy wiggum is the chief of the springfield police department wiggum considers it a success if he can even get out of bed in the morningkrusty the clownhershel krusty the clown krustofski has experienced a number of very high highs and very low lows in his long career as one of springfields most beloved performers he has won awards the acclaim of legions of young fans and millions of dollars through lucrative krusty brand products and endorsements through good times and bad krusty has approached life with his wide engaging smile mostly because the smile is painted on