📝 Homer is “Homero” in Spanish. Bart is still Bart – but his prank calls adapt to local names.
| English | Spanish (LatAm / Spain) | |---------|-------------------------| | Homer Simpson | Homero Simpson | | Marge Simpson | Marge Simpson (same) | | Bart Simpson | Bart Simpson (same) | | Lisa Simpson | Lisa Simpson (same) | | Mr. Burns | Sr. Burns / Don Burns | | Ned Flanders | Ned Flanders (but with “vecino” references) | | Chief Wiggum | Jefe Wiggum | | Apu | Apu (some dubs keep; older episodes unchanged) | 📝 Homer is “Homero” in Spanish
When Los Simpson first aired in Latin America in the early 1990s, the production team at Fox (handled by the now-legendary studio Audiomaster 3000) made a radical decision. Instead of translating the jokes literally, they adapted them. Burns | Sr
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