Editing Comic Book Guy (section)

==Role in ''The Simpsons''==
===Profile===
Comic Book Guy (who states Jeff Albertson to be his real name in the episode "[[Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]"<ref name="nerve">{{Cite web|url= http://www.nerve.com/entertainment/2010/05/07/ten-times-the-simpsons-jumped-the-shark|title= Ten Times The Simpsons Jumped the Shark|last= Greene|first= James Jr.|date= May 6, 2010|access-date= January 12, 2012|publisher= Nerve.com|archive-date= February 20, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120220164739/http://www.nerve.com/entertainment/2010/05/07/ten-times-the-simpsons-jumped-the-shark|url-status= dead}}</ref>) is a nerdy, snobby and quarrelsome man. He is best known for his eloquence and crabby, sarcastic quips. He is obsessed with collecting comic books and is an avid [[science fiction]] buff. He holds a [[master's degree]] in [[folklore]] and [[mythology]] (having translated ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' into [[Klingon language|Klingon]] as part of his [[thesis]]),<ref>"[[Three Men and a Comic Book]]"</ref> as well as a degree in chemical engineering,<ref>[[Married to the Blob]]</ref> has an IQ of 170, and is a member of the Springfield branch of [[Mensa International|Mensa]].<ref name="LisasBrain">{{cite episode |title=They Saved Lisa's Brain |episode-link=They_Saved_Lisa's_Brain |series=The Simpsons |series-link= The Simpsons |credits= Selman, Matt; Michels, Pete|network=Fox |season=10 |number=22}}</ref> He is morbidly obese and has long hair, which he always keeps tied in a ponytail.

His catchphrase is the declaration "worst/best [subject] ever", sometimes to the point of breaking the [[fourth wall]]. For example, in the episode "[[Saddlesore Galactica]]", he wears a T-shirt saying "[[Worst Episode Ever]]". Another example of breaking the fourth wall occurs in an episode when Comic Book Guy's chair collapses, and he sarcastically says "Ooh, a fat man falls. ''Real'' original."<ref name=SaddlesoreGalactica/> Despite his solitary life, in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', minutes before his anticipated death, Comic Book Guy says that his obsessive comic book collecting has been a "life well spent". However, in "[[Treehouse of Horror VIII]]", when a nuclear missile homes in on him, he says to himself, "Oh, I've wasted my life", although the [[Treehouse of Horror (series)|''Treehouse of Horror'' episodes]] are not part of the normal ''Simpsons'' canon. In the 2008 episode "[[Any Given Sundance]]" it was revealed that he is also a writer and posts to his own site called "Ain't I Fat News", a take on the real-life movie review website [[Ain't It Cool News]].<ref>{{cite web|title=I AM COMIC BOOK GUY!!!|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36621|access-date=December 12, 2012|date=May 7, 2008}}</ref>

===Romance===
Comic Book Guy was once married in an [[Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|online role-playing game]]. He and his Internet wife contemplated having children, but that would have severely drained his "power crystals".<ref name="GeekWedding">{{cite episode |title=My Big Fat Geek Wedding|episode-link=My_Big_Fat_Geek_Wedding |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits= Curran, Kevin; Kirkland, Mark |network=Fox|season=15 |number=17}}</ref> In Season 16's "[[There's Something About Marrying]]", he hopes to wed a ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' cardboard figure. While part of an intellectual [[wiktionary:junta|junta]] that briefly ran Springfield in "[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]", he proposes plans to limit breeding to once every seven years (a reference to the [[Vulcan (Star Trek)|Vulcan]] blood fever of mating, called [[Pon farr]]), commenting that this would mean much less breeding for most, but for him, "much, much more".<ref name="LisasBrain"/> He was a [[virgin]] well into his forties,<ref>{{cite episode|title=Mayored to the Mob|episode-link=Mayored_to_the_Mob |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits= Hauge, Ron; Scott III, Swinton O. |network=Fox |season=10 |number=9}}</ref> but becomes sexually and romantically involved with [[Principal Skinner]]'s mother [[Agnes Skinner|Agnes]].<ref name=WorstEpisodeEver/> He later dates [[Edna Krabappel]] after she leaves Skinner at the altar.<ref name="GeekWedding"/> They are nearly married at a [[science fiction convention]] with Skinner and Bart trying to stop the wedding, but Edna changes her mind, preferring not to be tied down to a relationship. Comic Book Guy is not particularly surprised by this, saying, "There are a million valid reasons, but which one did you pick?"<ref name="GeekWedding"/> When Edna gently explains "It's like I'm [[DC Comics]], and you're [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]", he accepts the comparison without any rancor. In "[[Married to the Blob]]", Comic Book Guy marries [[Kumiko Nakamura]], a Japanese [[manga artist]]. As of "[[The Dad-Feelings Limited]]", he and Kumiko are trying for a baby.

===The Android's Dungeon===
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[[File:Dungeon.gif|thumb|250px|The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop]]
Comic Book Guy is the owner of The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop, a local comic book store. The comics, collectibles, and toys he sells are of wildly varying quality and often have very high prices. His store is his sanctuary, where he holds some level of self-esteem, imperiously lording over pre-teen kids, like [[Bart Simpson]] and [[Milhouse Van Houten]], using a heavily sarcastic tone and often banning certain customers for minor infractions. His store contains a lower level full of illegal [[video tape|videos]] (which include [[Fred Rogers|Mr. Rogers]] drunk, ''[[Alien Autopsy (1995 film)|Alien autopsy]]'', ''Illegal Alien Autopsy'', a "good version" of ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'', and [[Kent Brockman]] picking his nose).<ref name="WorstEpisodeEver"/>

In "[[Husbands and Knives]]", the store was closed due to bankruptcy when a rival comic book shop opened across the road, run by an owner with significantly better customer service and social skills. Although his old store was bought by [[Marge Simpson]] in the same episode and not returned, Comic Book Guy continues running his store in future episodes and the rival store is usually not mentioned, though it was referred to again when its owner showed up in "[[Married to the Blob]]". Also Bart and Milhouse became managers of The Android's Dungeon for a time in "[[Worst Episode Ever]]".