Luann Van Houten
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| Luann Van Houten | |
| Gender | Female |
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| Hair color | Blue shoulder length hair |
| Job | Unknown |
| Relatives | Son: Milhouse Ex-husband: Kirk (Divorced in A Milhouse Divided) Boyfriend: Pyro (after she got divorced from Kirk) Mother: Nana Sophie Sister: Name Unknown |
| First appearance | Homer Defined |
| Voice actor | Maggie Roswell |
Luann Van Houten is a fictional character on the television cartoon The Simpsons, and is the mother of Milhouse. She is voiced by Maggie Roswell. When Roswell left the show, Luann became a primarily nonspeaking character, much like Helen Lovejoy, often appearing in the background and in group scenes.
Profile
Luann Van Houten was born in Shelbyville. An episode where Milhouse visits his grandmother implies that Luann is an Italian American hailing from Tuscany, but her character totally lacks the stereotypically exaggerated mannerisms associated with most other Italian Americans on The Simpsons, such as the mobster Fat Tony. When she was younger, she went to Camp Land-A-Man with Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma Bouvier, Helen Lovejoy and Cookie Kwan. It is stated in "A Milhouse Divided" that she has a sister.
She often regards Bart Simpson as a bad influence on her son, and seems to enjoy jacuzzis. She is a good mother as she often encourages Milhouse to be confident and tells him he isn't a loser, despite his obvious and ironic quirks, often associated with a stereotypical loser. In her spare time, Luann is a member of Springfield's volunteer fire department.
Love Life
Luann leaves Kirk after an argument during a game of Pictionary, when Kirk remarks he can't draw "dignity", since he gave it up when he married her. Although Kirk was finding the ensuing single life tough, Luann uses her newfound freedom to live life in the fast lane.
Luann was dating American Gladiator Pyro (a reference to real-life Gladiator Nitro) for several seasons, but was caught cheating on him with his best friend Gyro.
In the episode "Milhouse of Sand and Fog", Milhouse daydreams about how his parents broke apart. It shows Luann was going out with Disco Stu. Also, in the same episode, when Luann and Kirk decide to tell each other who they'd been seeing while they broke up, she also admits that she had begun a relationship with The Sea Captain.
In the episode "Milhouse of Sand and Fog", when the Van Houtens are on the verge of reuniting, Bart and Milhouse hatch a scheme (in a parody of an episode of The O.C.) to get them to separate again. The scheme backfires, and nearly results in the separation of Homer and Marge. Bart and Milhouse try another hapless scheme, by attempting to push a mannequinned version of Bart over a waterfall. Since that time, Kirk and Luann are often seen together. (Although in a later episode, Kirk was seen with Milhouse at a single father's outing).
Trivia
There was speculation on internet
Moreover, Luann wears false eyebrows, implying she might not look as similar to Kirk without them.
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