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"Margaret"[edit]

Yes, "Maggie" is one of several nicknames for "Margaret". It does not follow, however, that everyone called "Maggie" is actually named "Margaret", especially in a cartoon.

Is this discussed either in-universe or in a reliable source? - SummerPhD^v2.0 16:54, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this was confirmed in "Mother Simpson" [1]:

Homer: I don't like your attitude, you water-cooler dictator.  What do you have in that secret government file anyway?  I have a right to read it.
Bureaucrat: [spinning monitor around] You sure do. 
Homer: [reading] "Wife: Marjorie.  Children: Bartholomew, Lisa" -- aha!  See?  This thing is all screwed up!  Who the heck is Margaret Simpson?
Bureaucrat: Uh, your youngest daughter.
Homer: [mocking] "Uh, your youngest daughter".

Also in Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily [2]

Homer: Well, wait a minute!  OK, I'm not going to win "Father of the Year".  In fact, I'm probably the last guy in the world who should have kids. I - [the judge looks at him sternly] Er, well, er, wait...can I start again? Fathering children is the best part of my day. I'd do anything for Bart and Lisa!
Judge: And, er, Margaret?
Homer: Who?  Lady, you got the wrong file.
Marge: [whispering] It's Maggie!

Shivertimbers433 (talk) 03:01, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Inspiration for Maggie[edit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/features/2002/animated_encounters/groening/groening_answers3.shtml

"She was based on Popeye's baby Sweetpea, if you remember from the old Popeye cartoons."

"Suck Suck"[edit]

How much of a copyright nightmare would it be to include a sound file of her "suck suck"? Americanfreedom (talk) 20:36, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Future Maggie?[edit]

There are episodes that project into the future, where Maggie appears as a young adult, speech and all. Shouldn't there be a section on this? Koro Neil (talk) 02:42, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]