Editing Chief Wiggum (section)

== 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''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/the-simpsons-turns-30-a-big-milestone-for-gen-x-and-america|title='The Simpsons' turns 30 -- a big milestone for Gen X and America|first=Christian|last=Whiton|date=September 30, 2018|website=[[Fox News]]|access-date=September 29, 2024|archive-date=September 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911014316/https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/the-simpsons-turns-30-a-big-milestone-for-gen-x-and-america|url-status=live}}</ref> Wiggum was temporarily promoted to [[Commissioner of Police]] for the [[Springfield_(The_Simpsons)#Location|state in which Springfield resides]] during the 2005 episode "[[Pranksta Rap]]".<ref>{{Cite web|first=Tony|last=Sokol|author-link=Tony Sokol|date=March 25, 2019|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-simpsons-season-30-episode-18-review-bart-vs-itchy-scratchy/|title=The Simpsons Season 30 Episode 18 Review: Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy|website=[[Den of Geek]]|access-date=September 29, 2024|archive-date=July 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723154619/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-simpsons-season-30-episode-18-review-bart-vs-itchy-scratchy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He also appeared on a Halloween novel depicting  [[Netflix]]'s   ''[[Stranger Things]]'' Chief [[Jim Hopper (Stranger Things)|Jim Hopper]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Cydney|last=Yeates|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/15/simpsons-spoof-stranger-things-treehouse-horror-xxx-10327565/|title=The Simpsons to spoof Stranger Things in Treehouse Of Horror XXX this Halloween|website=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|date=July 15, 2019|access-date=September 29, 2024|archive-date=July 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716162508/https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/15/simpsons-spoof-stranger-things-treehouse-horror-xxx-10327565/|url-status=live}}</ref>