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{{Infobox character
| name = Maggie Simpson
| series = [[The Simpsons]]
| image = Maggie Simpson.png
| first_minor = [[Good Night (The Simpsons)|Good Night]]
| first_major = [[The Tracey Ullman Show]]
| first_date = April 19, 1987
| creator = [[Matt Groening]]
| designer = Matt Groening
| voice = [[Nancy Cartwright]] (later seasons–present)<br />[[Yeardley Smith]] (earlier seasons)<br />Matt Groening (sucking pacifier noise in earlier seasons)<br>Liz Georges (Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night"<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313676/</ref>)<br>[[Carol Kane]] ("[[Bart vs. Thanksgiving]]")<br />[[Elizabeth Taylor]] ("[[Lisa's First Word]]")<br /> [[James Earl Jones]] (alternate timeline; "[[Treehouse of Horror V]]")<br />[[Harry Shearer]] (half-alien; "[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]")<br />[[Jodie Foster]] ("[[Four Great Women and a Manicure]]")<br />[[Amy Sedaris]] ("[[Bart's Birthday]]")
| full_name = Margaret Lenny Simpson
| nationality = American
| family = {{Plainlist|
* [[Homer Simpson]] (father)
* [[Marge Simpson]] (mother)
* [[Bart Simpson]] (brother)
* [[Lisa Simpson]] (sister)
}}
| relatives = {{Plainlist|
* [[Grampa Simpson|Abe Simpson]] (grandfather)
* [[Mona Simpson (The Simpsons)|Mona Simpson]] (grandmother; deceased)
* [[Clancy Bouvier]] (grandfather; deceased)
* [[Simpson family#Jacqueline Bouvier|Jacqueline Bouvier]] (grandmother)
* [[Patty and Selma|Patty Bouvier]] (aunt)
* [[Patty and Selma|Selma Bouvier]] (aunt)
* [[Herbert Powell (The Simpsons)|Herbert Powell]] (half-uncle)
* [[Simpson family#Abbey|Abbey]] (half-aunt)
}}
| home = [[The Simpsons house|742 Evergreen Terrace]], [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]], United States
}}

'''Margaret Lenny''' "'''Maggie'''" '''Simpson'''<ref>{{cite episode |title=Mother Simpson |episode-link=Mother Simpson |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |network=Fox |airdate=November 19, 1995 |season=07 |number=08 |time=4:17 |quote={{Ubl
| [[Homer Simpson|Homer]]: 'Who the heck is Margaret Simpson?'
| Springfield Hall of Records Worker: 'Uh, your youngest daughter.'
}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=Manger Things |episode-link=Manger Things |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |network=Fox |airdate=March 21, 2021 |season=32 |number=16 |time=19:41 |transcript=s32e16 - Manger Things - The Simpsons Transcripts - TvT |transcript-url=https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=431&t=43210 |quote=Yep. And for similar reasons, Maggie's middle name is Lenny.}}</ref>
is a fictional character in the animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the youngest member of the [[Simpson family|titular family]]. She first appeared on television in the ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show|Tracey Ullman Show]]'' short "[[Good Night (The Simpsons)|Good Night]]" on April 19, 1987. Maggie was created and designed by cartoonist [[Matt Groening]] while he was waiting in the lobby of [[James L. Brooks]]' office. She received her first name from Groening's youngest sister. After appearing on ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' for three years, the Simpson family was given their own series on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]], which debuted on December 17, 1989.

Maggie is the youngest child of [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Marge Simpson|Marge]], and the younger sister to [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]]. She is often seen sucking on her red [[pacifier]] and, when she walks, she trips over her clothing and falls on her face (this [[running gag]] is used much more in earlier seasons). Being an infant, she has not yet learned how to talk. However, she did appear to talk in the first ''Tracey Ullman Show'' short.

Though she rarely talks, she frequently makes a characteristic sucking noise with her pacifier, which has become synonymous with the character. Her pacifier sucking noises are provided by the show's creator, [[Matt Groening]], and early producer [[Gábor Csupó]]. Maggie's occasional speaking parts and other vocalizations are currently provided by [[Nancy Cartwright]], but she has also been voiced by guest stars [[Carol Kane]], [[James Earl Jones]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]] and [[Jodie Foster]], and by series regulars [[Yeardley Smith]] and [[Harry Shearer]]. Maggie has appeared in various media relating to ''The Simpsons,'' including video games, ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', [[The Simpsons Ride|''The Simpsons'' Ride]], commercials and [[List of The Simpsons comics|comic books]].

==Role in ''The Simpsons''==
''The Simpsons'' uses a [[floating timeline]] in which the characters do not physically age (or if they do, then very slowly), and as such the show is assumed to be set in the current year. In several episodes, events have been linked to specific times, though sometimes this timeline has been contradicted in subsequent episodes.{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=78}} Maggie is the youngest child of [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] and [[Homer Simpson|Homer]], and younger sister to [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]]. When Marge became pregnant with Bart, she and Homer got married at a chapel in Las Vegas. To support his impending family, Homer all but demanded a job at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], impressing its owner, [[Mr. Burns]] with his aggressive submissiveness.<ref name=IMarriedMarge>{{cite episode |title=I Married Marge |episode-link=I Married Marge |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Martin, Jeff |network=Fox |airdate=December 19, 1991 |season=03 |number=12}}</ref> When Marge became pregnant with Lisa, two years later, she and Homer bought [[742 Evergreen Terrace|their first house]]. Another six years later, Homer felt financially secure enough to finally quit his job at the Power Plant and take his dream job at Barney's Bowlarama. However, Marge became pregnant with Maggie, so Homer, once again unable to support his family, was forced to reapply for his old job. By the time Maggie was born, Homer had shown great signs of distress, but he managed to find motivation in the form of his newborn baby girl.<ref name=MaggieMakesThree>{{cite episode |title=And Maggie Makes Three |episode-link=And Maggie Makes Three |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Crittenden, Jennifer; Scott, Swinton O. |network=Fox |airdate=January 22, 1995 |season=06 |number=13}}</ref>

During the earlier seasons of the show, Maggie's equivalent of a hallmark was to trip over her clothing and fall on her face while trying to walk, causing a loud thud on the floor,{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=11}} but this was toned down in the later seasons. She has a penchant for her pacifier, on which she is always seen sucking.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=11}}

Maggie has performed a number of feats that for her age suggest she is highly intelligent, akin to her sister, and possibly a genius. She has spelled out [[E=MC²]] with her baby blocks, driven Homer's car, escaped from the Springfield daycare center,<ref name=NewBadge>{{cite episode |title=Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge |episode-link=A Streetcar Named Marge |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Martin, Jeff |network=Fox |airdate=October 1, 1992 |season=4 |number=2}}</ref> written her name on an [[Etch A Sketch]],{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=11}} played Internet poker,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonsarchive.com/guides/internet.html|title=The Simpsons Archive: Internet References|first=Hari Michael|last=Wierny|date=July 3, 2010|publisher=The Simpsons Archive|access-date=August 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709073048/http://www.simpsonsarchive.com/guides/internet.html|archive-date=July 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> spelled words with her baby blocks, [[Who Shot Mr. Burns?|shot Mr. Burns]], played Lisa's saxophone, and treated her pacifier like a cigarette. However, the rest of the Simpsons family are unaware of Maggie's maturity and Marge carries Maggie wherever they go rather than letting her walk by herself. Maggie is keenly aware of her surroundings, and can usually be seen imitating the flow of action around her. She shows a high degree of dexterity, and she once hit Homer on the head with a mallet and shot a dart at a photograph of him in imitation of ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show|Itchy and Scratchy]]''.<ref name=ItchyScratchyMarge>{{cite episode |title=Itchy & Scratchy & Marge |episode-link=Itchy & Scratchy & Marge |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Swartzwelder, John; Reardon, Jim |network=Fox |airdate=December 20, 1990 |season=02 |number=09}}</ref> Despite her age, Maggie is a formidable [[marksman]], as seen in "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns?]]" where she shoots [[Mr. Burns]] with a handgun that falls into her hands,<ref name=Whoshotmrburns>{{cite episode |title=Who Shot Mr. Burns? |episode-link=Who Shot Mr. Burns? |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Swartzwelder, John; Oakley, Bill |network=Fox |airdate=May 21, 1995 |season=06 |number=25}}</ref> though whether or not it was intentional is not clear, and in a deliberate manner during "[[Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]" where she is able to non-fatally shoot a group of mobsters in rapid succession with a rifle that she apparently hides in her crib.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite episode |title=Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge |episode-link=Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Gould, Dana; Michels, Pete |network=Fox |airdate=May 22, 2002 |season=13 |number=22}}</ref>

Maggie is usually frightened and exasperated by Homer's attempts to bond with her, but has on several occasions stepped in to save Homer's life: once from drowning,<ref name=HelloGutter>{{cite episode |title=Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder |episode-link=Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Jean, Al; Anderson, Mike |network=Fox |airdate=November 14, 1999 |season=11 |number=6}}</ref> once from being shot by mobsters,<ref name=NewBadge/> once from being kidnapped by a tow truck driver,<ref name=Towboy>{{cite episode |title=Midnight Towboy |episode-link=Midnight Towboy |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Gillis, Stephanie; Nastuk, Matthew |network=Fox |airdate=October 7, 2007 |season=19 |number=3}}</ref> and once from being shot by [[Russ Cargill]], head of the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]].<ref name=movie>{{cite video |title=[[The Simpsons Movie]] |medium=Film |publisher=[[20th Century Fox]] |date=July 27, 2007}}</ref>

==History==

===Character===

====Creation====
[[File:UllmanMaggie.png|right|thumb|Maggie in her first appearance in the Ullman short "Good Night".]]
[[Matt Groening]] conceived Maggie and the rest of the Simpson family in 1986 in the lobby of [[James L. Brooks]]'s office. Groening had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts for ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'', and had intended to present an adaptation of his ''[[Life in Hell]]'' comic strip. When he realized that animating ''Life in Hell'' would require him to rescind publication rights for his life's work, Groening decided to go in another direction,<ref name="americasfirstfamily">{{cite video |people=BBC |year=2000 |title=The Simpsons: America's First Family (6 minute edit for the season 1 DVD) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250735/ |format=DVD |location=UK |publisher=20th Century Fox |access-date=June 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081722/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250735/ |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> and hurriedly sketched out his version of a [[dysfunctional family]] and named the characters after members of his own family. The baby of the family was named Maggie after Groening's youngest sister.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Matt Groening|last=Sadownick|first=Doug|author-link=Douglas Sadownick|magazine=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]]|issue=571|date=February 26, 1991|url=https://www.simpsonsarchive.com/other/interviews/groening91.html|access-date=September 23, 2024|archive-date=September 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924010418/https://www.simpsonsarchive.com/other/interviews/groening91.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2003818762_realsimpsons030.html |title=The real people behind Homer Simpson and family |access-date=January 19, 2008 |last=Rose|first=Joseph |date=August 3, 2007 |work=[[The Oregonian]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525111318/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2003818762_realsimpsons030.html |archive-date=May 25, 2012 }}</ref> Maggie then made her debut with the rest of the Simpsons family on April 19, 1987, in the [[The Simpsons shorts|short]] "[[Good Night (The Simpsons short)|Good Night]]".{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997 |p=14}} In 1989, the shorts were adapted into ''The Simpsons'', a half-hour series that would air on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]]. Maggie and the rest of the family remained the main characters on this new show.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/?id=568&IssueNum=32 |title=3rd Degree: Harry Shearer |access-date=September 1, 2006 |last=Kuipers|first=Dean|author-link=Dean Kuipers |date=April 15, 2004 |website=[[Los Angeles City Beat]] |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308105912/http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/?id=568&IssueNum=32 |archive-date=March 8, 2008}}</ref>

The entire Simpson family was designed so that they would be recognizable in silhouette.<ref>Groening, Matt. (2005). Commentary for "[[Fear of Flying (The Simpsons)|Fear of Flying]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> The family was crudely drawn, because Groening had submitted basic sketches to the animators, assuming they would clean them up; instead, they just traced over his drawings.<ref name="americasfirstfamily"/> Maggie's physical features are generally not used in other characters; for example, in the later seasons, no character other than Lisa shares her hairline.<ref>Groening, Matt; Reiss, Mike; Kirkland, Mark. (2002). Commentary for "[[Principal Charming]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Second Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> While designing Maggie and Lisa, Groening "couldn't be bothered to even think about girls' hair styles".<ref name=THOHV>Silverman, David; Reardon, Jim; Groening, Matt. (2005). Illustrated commentary for "[[Treehouse of Horror V]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> At the time, Groening was primarily drawing in black and white and when designing Lisa and Maggie, he "just gave them this kind of spiky starfish hair style, not thinking that they would eventually be drawn in color".<ref>Groening, Matt. (2006). "A Bit From the Animators", illustrated commentary for "[[All Singing, All Dancing]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Ninth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref>

Groening thought that it would be funny to have a baby character that did not talk and never grew up, but was scripted to show any emotions that the scene required.<ref name=sundvd>{{cite video |people=Groening, Matt; Scully, Mike; Jean, Al; Brooks, James L.; Silverman, David |year=2007 |title=The Simpsons Movie: A Look Behind the Scenes |medium=DVD |work=[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]}}</ref> Maggie's comedic hallmarks include her tendency to stumble and land on her face while attempting to walk, and a penchant for sucking on her pacifier, the sound of which has become the equivalent of her catchphrase and was originally created by Groening during the [[The Tracey Ullman Show|Tracey Ullman period]]. In the early seasons of the show, Maggie would suck her pacifier over other characters' dialogue, but this was discontinued because the producers found it too distracting.<ref>Groening, Matt. (2001). Commentary for "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete First Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref>

====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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==Reception==
[[File:The Simpsons star.jpg|thumb|right|In 2000, Maggie, along with the rest of the Simpson family, was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.]]
Maggie has received both popular and critical acclaim. Nancy Basile at [[Dotdash Meredith|About.com]] said her favorite Maggie scenes on ''The Simpsons'' are the ones that show her acting more like an adult than a one-year-old. Some of her favorite Maggie scenes include scenes from "[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]" and "[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]" where Maggie meets her unibrowed archenemy, [[Baby Gerald]], and the one scene from "[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]" in which Bart is supposed to babysit Maggie, but she escapes and takes Homer's car for a ride.<ref name="about.com">{{cite web |url=http://animatedtv.about.com/cs/faqs/a/simpsonbios_5.htm |title=Maggie Simpson&nbsp;– A Biography of ''Simpsons'' Baby Maggie Simpson |access-date=September 12, 2008 |last=Basile|first=Nancy |publisher=[[About.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831215824/http://animatedtv.about.com/cs/faqs/a/simpsonbios_5.htm |archive-date=August 31, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Basile also added that "whether watching '[[The Happy Little Elves|The Happy Elves]]' or falling down, Maggie is the cutest baby in the Simpson family".<ref name="about.com"/> Comedian [[Ricky Gervais]] named "[[And Maggie Makes Three]]" his second favorite episode of the show and said that the scene in the end where Homer puts up pictures of Maggie over his desk gave him "a lump in the throat thinking about it".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/03/24/ricky-gervais-rates-simpsons/ |title=Best in D'oh |access-date=September 12, 2008 |date=March 24, 2006 |last=Snierson|first=Dan |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019065222/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C1176431%2C00.html |archive-date=October 19, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Todd Everett at ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the scene in "[[Lisa's First Word]]" where Maggie speaks her first word "quite a heart-melter".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117900193.html?categoryid=32&cs=1 |title=The Simpsons Maggie's First Word |last=Everett |first=Todd |date=December 7, 1992 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=September 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028031358/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117900193.html?categoryid=32&cs=1 |archive-date=October 28, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2006, Elizabeth Taylor was named thirteenth on [[IGN]]'s "Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances" list for her performance as Maggie in "Lisa's First Word".<ref name="IGN">{{cite web |url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/730/730566p1.html |title=Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances |access-date=August 19, 2008 |date=September 5, 2006 |last1=Goldman|first1=Eric |last2=Iverson|first2=Dan |last3=Zoromski|first3=Brian |website=[[IGN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223162036/http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/730/730566p1.html |archive-date=December 23, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> James Earl Jones, voice of Maggie in "Treehouse of Horror V", was named the seventh greatest guest star on the show in the same list.<ref name="IGN"/> In 2000, Maggie and the rest of the Simpson family were awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] located at 7021 [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref>{{cite web |access-date=September 23, 2024 |url=https://walkoffame.com/the-simpsons/|title=The Simpsons - Hollywood Walk of Fame |publisher=[[Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]]}}</ref>

==Merchandising==
Four [[children's books]], written by Maggie Groening (after whom Maggie was named) and illustrated by Matt Groening, entitled ''Maggie Simpson's Book of Animals'', ''Maggie Simpson's Counting Book'', ''Maggie Simpson's Book of Colors and Shapes'' and ''Maggie Simpson's Alphabet Book'' were released on September 12, 1991.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/simpsons-illustrated-no-3-4/Simpson%27s%20Illustrated%20Vol.%201%20%2303/page/n3/mode/2up |title=Simpson's Illustrated - Volume 1, Issue 3 |date=Fall 1991 |pages=2 }}</ref>{{Additional citation needed|date=May 2022}} Other merchandise includes dolls, posters, figurines, jigsaw puzzles, and T-shirts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesimpsonsshop.com/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205100748/http://www.thesimpsonsshop.com/index.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2006 |title=The Simpsons Shop |access-date=September 11, 2008 |publisher=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]  }}</ref> Maggie was made into an action figure as part of the ''[[World of Springfield]]'' toy line, and was released in the wave one playset "Living Room", featuring her and Marge in the living room of the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpsons house]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsonscollectors.com/wospdb/figure.asp?fig=f0075 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020111055039/http://www.simpsonscollectors.com/wospdb/figure.asp?fig=F0075 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2002 |title=Maggie Simpson |access-date=September 12, 2008 |publisher=Simpsons Collectors }}</ref> Maggie has appeared in commercials for [[Burger King]], [[Butterfinger]], [[C.C. Lemon]], [[Domino's Pizza]], [[Ramada Inn]] and [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]].<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GXKFR1S1OJsC&q=maggie+simpson+domino+pizza|title = Schroeder's Collectible Toys: Antique to Modern Guide|publisher = Collector Books|isbn = 9780891456612|last1 = Huxford|first1 = Sharon|year = 1995|access-date = April 23, 2022|archive-date = September 24, 2024|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240924010418/https://books.google.com/books?id=GXKFR1S1OJsC&q=maggie+simpson+domino+pizza|url-status = live}}</ref>

Maggie has appeared in other media relating to ''The Simpsons''. She is a character in every one of [[The Simpsons video games|''The Simpsons'' video games]], including the most recent, ''[[The Simpsons Game]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Walk |first=Gary Eng |title=Work of Bart |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=November 5, 2007 |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/11/09/bart-and-homer-guns-n-roses/ |access-date=September 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017135647/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20158366%2C00.html |archive-date=October 17, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Alongside the television series, Maggie regularly appeared in issues of [[Best Of The Simpsons|Simpsons comics]], which were published from 1993 until 2018.<ref name="gazette">{{cite news|title=Groening launches Futurama comics |newspaper=[[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|The Gazette]] via [[findarticles.com]] |date=November 19, 2000 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20001119/ai_n9979492 |access-date=September 7, 2008 |first=Bill |last=Radford |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915091731/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20001119/ai_n9979492 |archive-date=September 15, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="msnbc">{{cite web |url=http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/features/simpsons_sundays/simpsons_on_sundays.asp |title=Sundays with the Simpsons |access-date=September 7, 2008 |last=Shutt|first=Craig |publisher=[[MSNBC]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708094751/http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/features/simpsons_sundays/simpsons_on_sundays.asp |archive-date=July 8, 2007}}</ref> Maggie also plays a role in [[The Simpsons Ride]], launched in 2008 at [[Universal Studios Florida]] and [[Universal Studios Hollywood|Hollywood]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/simpsons-ride-featur-1657/ |title=Simpsons ride features 29 characters, original voices |access-date=September 7, 2008 |date=April 9, 2008 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last=MacDonald|first=Brady |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914144851/http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/simpsons-ride-featur-1657/ |archive-date=September 14, 2008 }}</ref> On April 9, 2009, the [[United States Postal Service]] unveiled a series of five 44-cent stamps featuring Maggie and the four other members of the Simpson family. They are the first characters from a television series to receive this recognition while the show is still in production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ifcc0b6f995bc3974307adf134bb3a5a5 |title=Postal Service launching 'Simpsons' stamps |date=April 1, 2009 |access-date=May 8, 2009 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |last=Szalai|first=George |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404084132/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ifcc0b6f995bc3974307adf134bb3a5a5 |archive-date=April 4, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The stamps, designed by Matt Groening, were made available for purchase on May 7, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Simpsons stamps launched in US |url=http://newslite.tv/2009/05/08/the-simpsons-stamps-launched-i.html |publisher=Newslite |date=May 8, 2009 |access-date=May 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828035658/http://newslite.tv/2009/05/08/the-simpsons-stamps-launched-i.html |archive-date=August 28, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2009/pr09_048.htm?from=home_newsandannounce&page=SimpsonsStandingOvation |title=The Simpsons Get 'Stamping Ovation' To Tune of 1 Billion Stamps |date=May 7, 2009 |publisher=[[United States Postal Service]] |access-date=May 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606080140/http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2009/pr09_048.htm?from=home_newsandannounce&page=SimpsonsStandingOvation |archive-date=June 6, 2011 }}</ref> In a USPS poll, Maggie's stamp was voted the most popular of the five.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2009/05/22/Maggie-voted-most-popular-Simpsons-stamp/96071243047102/ |title=Maggie voted most popular 'Simpsons' stamp |date=May 22, 2009 |website=[[United Press International]] |access-date=September 23, 2024 |archive-date=June 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605063406/http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2009/05/22/Maggie-voted-most-popular-Simpsons-stamp/96071243047102/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== ''Maggie Simpson in…'' ==
''Maggie Simpson in…'' is a series of animated short-films. It currently consists of four films. The movies put Maggie at the center of the story, unlike most episodes of the show itself. All the films retain the theme of the first film – Maggie's journey to day care (or in the case of ''[[Playdate with Destiny]]'', the playground).

Maggie starred in the 3D short-film ''[[The Longest Daycare]]'', which was shown in theaters before ''[[Ice Age: Continental Drift]]'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Arbeiter|first=Michael |date=May 21, 2012 |title='Simpsons' Back on the Big Screen: 'Ice Age 4' Debuts 3D Short |work=[[Hollywood.com]] |url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Simpsons_Movie_Ice_Age_4_Maggie_3D_Short/28162969 |url-status=live |access-date=May 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209081757/http://www.hollywood.com/news/Simpsons_Movie_Ice_Age_4_Maggie_3D_Short/28162969 |archive-date=December 9, 2012}}</ref>

Maggie also starred in the 3D short-film ''[[Playdate with Destiny]]'', which was shown in theaters before ''[[Onward (film)|Onward]]'' in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Evangelista|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/simpsons-short-film/|title=New 'The Simpsons' Short Film To Play in Theaters in Front of Pixar's 'Onward'|date=February 28, 2020|website=[[/Film]]|access-date=September 23, 2024|archive-date=February 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228181730/https://www.slashfilm.com/simpsons-short-film/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite Instagram |postid=B9GRqCFnI6M |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B9GRqCFnI6M |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=Maggie Simpson is speechless... Playdate with Destiny, a new Simpsons short film before Disney & Pixar's Onward. Exclusively in theaters! #TheSimpsons|user=thesimpsons|author-link=The Simpsons|via=[[Instagram]]|date=February 27, 2020}}</ref>

In 2021, a short film called ''[[The Force Awakens from Its Nap]]'' was released to celebrate [[Star Wars Day|''Star Wars'' Day]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Earl |first=William |date=2021-05-03 |title='The Simpsons' Meets 'Star Wars' in First Look at Disney Plus Short 'The Force Awakens From Its Nap' |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/the-simpsons-star-wars-disney-plus-the-force-awakens-from-its-nap-1234964880/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505144249/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/the-simpsons-star-wars-disney-plus-the-force-awakens-from-its-nap-1234964880/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Two years later (in 2023), another short film celebrating ''Star Wars'' was released, titled ''[[Rogue Not Quite One]].''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peralta |first=Diego |date=2023-05-02 |title='Rogue Not Quite One' Poster Puts Maggie Simpson in a Star Wars Adventure |url=https://collider.com/rogue-not-quite-one-simpsons-poster/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |language=en |archive-date=May 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503151942/https://collider.com/rogue-not-quite-one-simpsons-poster/ |url-status=live }}</ref> And again later in 2024 with ''[[May the 12th Be with You]].''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marge SImpson meets wookie for Mother's Day in 'May the 12th Be With You' - UPI.com |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2024/05/02/Marge-Simpson-Wookie-Mothers-Day/7081714674672/ |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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'''Bibliography'''
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*{{cite book |last=Groening |first=Matt |author-link=Matt Groening |editor1-first=Ray |editor1-last=Richmond |editor1-link=Ray Richmond |editor2-first=Antonia |editor2-last=Coffman |title=The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family  |edition=1st |year=1997 |location=New York |publisher=[[HarperPerennial]] |lccn=98141857 |ol=433519M |oclc=37796735 |isbn=978-0-06-095252-5 |ref={{harvid|Richmond & Coffman|1997}}|title-link=The Simpsons episode guides#The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family }}
*{{cite book |last=Turner |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Turner (author) |title=Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation |others=Foreword by [[Douglas Coupland]]. |edition=1st |year=2004 |location=Toronto |publisher=[[Random House Canada]] |oclc=55682258 |isbn=978-0-679-31318-2|title-link=Planet Simpson }}
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170114133839/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0002997/ Maggie Simpson] on [[IMDb]]

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