Chief Clancy Wiggum is a fictional character from the

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'', voiced by

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. He is the

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in the show's setting of Springfield, and is the father of Ralph Wiggum and the husband of Sarah Wiggum. Gluttonous, irresponsible, and immature, Wiggum is often too lazy, cowardly, and corrupt to bother fighting crime. His more responsible subordinate officers Eddie and Lou play the straight men to his shenanigans.

Character development

His surname "Wiggum" is

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's mother's maiden name and her parents were Norwegian immigrants. As "a conscious pun", Wiggum was designed to look like a pig.

first based his voice for Wiggum on

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, but it was too slow and he switched it to an Edward G. Robinson impression. The first use of his first name being Clancy was in " Homer's Barbershop Quartet", but in the script for " The Telltale Head" has his name as Abner Wiggum.

Biography

Many episodes have dealt with the back story of how Wiggum, despite his incompetence, occupies such a high rank in the Springfield Police Department; However, these jokes tend to contradict one another, as is the usual with side characters on ''The Simpsons''. Wiggum was temporarily promoted to

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for the state in which Springfield resides during the 2005 episode " Pranksta Rap". He also appeared on a Halloween novel depicting

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'' Chief Jim Hopper.

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