Editing Maggie Simpson (section)

====Voice====
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With few exceptions, Maggie never speaks but participates in the events around her, emoting with subtle gestures and facial expressions. Maggie's first lines were spoken in "Good Night", the first short to air on ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'', after the family falls asleep. On this occasion, Liz Georges provided the voice of Maggie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snpp.com/guides/tracey.ullman.html |title=The Simpsons on The Tracey Ullman Show |publisher=The Simpsons Archive |access-date=September 30, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511160217/http://www.snpp.com/guides/tracey.ullman.html |archive-date=May 11, 2008 }}</ref>
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Rather than talking, Maggie is well known for producing a characteristic "sucking" sound from her pacifier. This sound effect was originally provided by the show's creator [[Matt Groening]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/the-simpsons/11289466/25-things-you-never-knew-about-the-simpsons.html |title=25 things you never knew about The Simpsons |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=August 8, 2016 |date=December 15, 2014 |first=Michael |last=Hogan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820085806/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/the-simpsons/11289466/25-things-you-never-knew-about-the-simpsons.html |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> for early episodes of ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'', and also by [[Gabor Csupo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animeexpressway.com/rugrats/rrconn2.htm|title=The Rugrats Connection|website=animeexpressway.com|access-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref> (who was also the animation executive producer, for the first 60 episodes). The sucking noise is heard in all of Maggie's appearances to date, and is usually archive audio from either of Groening or Csupo's initial recordings (from the show's early episodes). Other than her sucking noise, Maggie has been known to make other noises, such as occasional squeals and [[babbling]]. In most instances, these vocalisations are provided by either [[Nancy Cartwright]] or [[Yeardley Smith]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonsarchive.com/guides/maggie.file.html|title=The Maggie File|publisher=The Simpsons Archive|access-date=August 8, 2016|date=August 1, 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614113227/http://www.simpsonsarchive.com/guides/maggie.file.html|archive-date=June 14, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Although she had previously spoken in fantasies and dream sequences, such as in "[[Bart vs. Thanksgiving]]", in which she was voiced by an uncredited [[Carol Kane]],<ref name="Confidential">{{cite book |last=Reiss |first=Mike |author-link=Mike Reiss |date=2018 |title= [[Springfield Confidential]] |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |page=Chapter 7 |isbn=978-0062748058}}</ref><ref name="JeanTwitter">{{cite tweet|author-link=Al Jean|user=AlJean|number=1011833857023172609 |last=Jean |first=Al |title=Bart v thanksgiving|date=June 27, 2018|access-date=November 22, 2020}}</ref> Maggie's first word spoken in the normal continuity of the series occurred in "[[Lisa's First Word]]", when she was voiced by [[Elizabeth Taylor]].<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,311750,00.html |title=Face To Watch: Maggie Simpson |last=Schwarsbaum |first=Lisa |date=September 11, 1992 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=September 30, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914030648/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C311750%2C00.html |archive-date=September 14, 2008 }}</ref><ref name=LisasFirstWord>{{cite episode |title=Lisa's First Word |episode-link=Lisa's First Word |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Martin, Jeff |network=Fox |airdate=December 3, 1992 |season=4 |number=10}}</ref> Although it was only one word ("Daddy"), Taylor had to record the part numerous times before the producers were satisfied.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/05/04/2007-05-04_at_film_fest_de_niros_lashed_picture_sho-2.html |title=In the Fox family, they live in fear of a Bart attack |first1=George|last1=Rush |first2=Joanna Rush|last2=Molloy |name-list-style=amp |access-date=July 31, 2008 |date=May 4, 2007 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |location=New York |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913022411/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/05/04/2007-05-04_at_film_fest_de_niros_lashed_picture_sho-2.html |archive-date=September 13, 2008 }}</ref> [[James Earl Jones]] voiced Maggie in "[[Treehouse of Horror V]]".{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |pp=154–155}} Maggie would later have brief dialogue in "[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]", voiced by [[Harry Shearer]], who used his [[Kang & Kodos|Kang]] voice.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gimple |first1=Scott M. |author1-link=Scott M. Gimple|first2=Matt |last2=Groening |title=The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Continued |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |date=December 1, 1999 |isbn=978-0-06-098763-3 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/simpsonsforeverc00groe/page/50 50–51] |title-link=The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Continued |author2-link=Matt Groening }}</ref> In earlier episodes, [[Yeardley Smith]] did many of Maggie's squeaks, cries, laughs and occasional speaking parts,<ref name=com>Smith, Yeardley. (2007). Commentary for ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> although in the later seasons her parts are done by [[Nancy Cartwright]]<ref name="TwoDimes">Brooks, James L.; Cartwright, Nancy; Groening, Matt; Jean, Al; Moore, Rich. (2003). Commentary for "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> (including a single word spoken during the end credits of ''The Simpsons Movie''). [[Jodie Foster]] voiced a [[Howard Roark]]-inspired Maggie in the [[The Simpsons season 20|season 20]] episode "[[Four Great Women and a Manicure]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/09/exclusive-jodie.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905024818/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/09/exclusive-jodie.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 5, 2008 |title=Exclusive: Jodie Foster, Anne Hathaway to guest on 'The Simpsons' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=September 4, 2008 |date=September 3, 2008 |first=Dan |last=Snierson }}</ref> [[Amy Sedaris]] voiced Maggie in the [[The Simpsons season 36|season 36]] episode "Bart's Birthday", voicing a line that was originally done by Cartwright before being re-cast and re-recorded at the last minute.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Jesse David |title=They'll Never Stop The Simpsons… Or Will They? |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/the-simpsons-series-finale-barts-birthday-episode-explained.html |website=Vulture |access-date=30 September 2024 |language=en |date=30 September 2024}}</ref>
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