0363 - Chef (Patreon)

Our final speaking character from The Happy Sump, it only took us three weeks to get through this one restaurant. Most of the episode doesn't even take place here, but because the actual story of Homer's upcoming death is so personal, it's very centred on pre-existing characters.

Anyway this is the man who almost kills Homer.

His mishandling of the fugu dish is what sets the main plot in motion. I caught on a further viewing that his name is "Toshiro", which means "intelligent" or "talented". I'd be curious if this is an intentionally ironic name, but have no way to be sure.

This post is part of my "Every Simpsons Character Ever" series. For a list of my rules in this project, click here.