Lionel Hutz
| Lionel Hutz | |
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| Information | |
| Voiced by | Phil Hartman |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| First appearance | |
| The Simpsons | "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" |
Lionel Hutz is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He was voiced by Phil Hartman, and his first appearance was in the season two episode "Bart Gets Hit by a Car". Hutz is a stereotypical ambulance-chasing lawyer in Springfield with questionable competence and ethics. He is nevertheless (or thus) often hired by the Simpsons. Following Hartman's murder in 1998, Hutz was retired out of respect; and his final speaking role was in the season nine episode "Realty Bites" five months earlier.
Lionel Hutz is an inept ambulance chaser and, according to Lisa Simpson, a "shyster" whom the Simpsons nonetheless repeatedly hire as their lawyer (a fact remarked on by Marge Simpson in a typically self-aware aside), mostly because Hutz is the only legal counsel the Simpsons can afford. His legal practice, located in a shopping mall, is named "I Can't Believe It's a Law Firm!" and also offers "expert shoe repair." He often tries to entice potential clients with free gifts, including a "smoking monkey" doll, a pen that looks like a cigar, an exotic faux-pearl necklace, a business card that "turns into a sponge when you put it in water," and even an almost-full Orange Julius he was drinking from himself.
Hutz is characterized as both a grossly incompetent lawyer and an unethical individual in general. This, along with his greed in wanting half of the money, was supported in Bart Gets Hit By a Car in his first appearance. Hutz is disliked and mistrusted by both Marge and Lisa whom see him for the person he is inside: especially when he along with Homer made Bart lie about the extent of his injuries. Marge later testified against Hutz out of spite for hiring Dr. Nick, a quack doctor with a shady reputation, along with making Bart lie about his injuries and being in intense pain, when he was fine. Hutz' incompetence and greed is also well noted by his rival, the Blue Haired Lawyer. In the episode "Marge in Chains" he describes the following as his "problem" with Judge Snyder:
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