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  Ned Flanders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ned Flanders is a fictional character on The Simpsons, voiced by Harry Shearer.
Ned is a graduate of Oral Roberts University, where he apparently belonged to a fraternity that supported cross-dressing (though perhaps it only did so as part of a hazing ritual).
Ned is apparently involved in the environmentalism movement, as he once visited Montgomery Burns, encouraging him to begin recycling.
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 Flanders family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ned Flanders is the father in a devout Christian family, and is often used to satirize Christian fundamentalism, as well as the cloying "niceness" of doggedly upbeat born-again evangelicals.
Maude Flanders was the late wife of Ned Flanders, and the mother of Rod and Todd.
Ned Flanders's parents were beatniks, as seen in the episode "Hurricane Neddy", they did not punish him at all during his childhood, causing him to be an unholy terror of a child.
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 Ned Flanders
Ned is not immune to the familiar conflict between parental instruction on morality and the exigencies of modern life, especially when it comes to lying.
Ned admits that most of the time he is "about as exciting as a baked potato." Yet for all his sweetness, he does have an unpredictable side.
Ned grapples with other temptations of popular culture in various incarnations and, on those rare occasions when he succumbs to temptation, is quick to see divine retribution.
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 BBC NEWS | UK | How Ned Flanders became a role model
Ned Flanders, the endlessly optimistic neighbour of Homer Simpson, has emerged as an unlikely icon for churchgoers, who say they are embracing their inner nerds.
Flanders is a kind of social anti-hero, he does all the things that people believe are 'uncool' and ends up being loved for it (by everyone but Homer).
Ned is an example of the unquestioning blind follower of organised religion.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2175870.stm   (1199 words)

  
 Ned Flanders' mainstream values are ripe for satire
A zealous instrument of God, Ned has long been instrumental to "The Simpsons" as it lampoons organized religion (that is, when not mocking virtually every other human institution, from business to democracy to its own TV network).
Ned stands front and center in Sunday's edition of "The Simpsons" when, in an unlikely collaboration with Homer, he co-produces the Super Bowl halftime show as (what else?) a biblical pageant.
Ned answers the call of showbiz after seeing a sex-aid commercial for seniors and declaring, "There's nothing but filth on TV." He seizes his camcorder and films a backyard biblical drama: a bloody re-creation of the story of Cain and Abel, with his two young sons in the starring roles.
archive.recordonline.com /archive/2005/02/03/flanders.htm   (810 words)

  
 Profile: Ned Flanders
And due to that, Ned became what he is now.
Ned is a great character and is the kind of goody-two-shoes that gets scared of just about everything.
The kind of jokes the writers use with Ned are great and you can never get bored of them.
members.tripod.com /~ViperNFA/ned.html   (214 words)

  
 Frederica.com - Writings - Ned Flanders, My Hero
Ned might be a fool, but he’s the kind that makes the world a better place.
Ned is a whole lot better than we are, effortlessly, every day, and so we feel uncomfortable around him.
Ned easily embodies St. Paul’s list of the fruit of the Holy Spirit: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” St. Paul adds, “against these there is no law;” there’s nothing wrong with being like this, this is the way to illuminate the lives around us.
www.frederica.com /writings/ned-flanders-my-hero.html   (1025 words)

  
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Some of the best bits were Ned's conversation with "God," Homer revealing that the waffle bar was closed, and the excuse fabricated by Homer at the end of the episode.
As this group is identified with the 1950s, Ned's parents were probably ahead of the curve, becoming beatniks at the start of the trend, around 1949-50 or so.
Ted J. Mill: Flanders is such a straight-arrow that he skipped being a teenager and early-20's, all that puberty and rebellion and uncertainty and so on.
www.snpp.com /episodes/AABF06.html   (9946 words)

  
 Ned Flanders - Reviews on RateItAll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ned is the father of the family that lives next door to the Simpsons.
Ned Flanders is wonderful and is a needed character because he is the fl...
Flanders is a good device for the show, but not all that great on his ow...
www.rateitall.com /i-14522-ned-flanders.aspx   (336 words)

  
 Boundless: He’s No Ned Flanders (or Maybe He Is)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ned, with his perfect marriage, perfect children, and perfect, happy, 30-minute endings, is certainly not the spitting image of my spiritual life.
Ned’s trademark "Okily dokily" is equivalent to Ron’s characteristic "God bless!" and an innocent charm exudes from both men whose simple faith guides every decision no matter how small or large.
It was this very question that Ned faced at the end of the 1999 season when his wife, Maude, was killed in a freak accident.
www.boundless.org /2000/departments/head_and_heart/a0000430.html   (1170 words)

  
 Blessed Ned of Springfield | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction
The secret of his youthful appearance, he explains to Homer, is that he "resists all major urges." Yet early in the series, he would take a drink, a beer, or a cocktail—he claims a degree in mixology—and he smokes a pipe.
Flanders is the show's "cheap shot at fundamentalists—which is why I like it," says David Landry, professor of theology and New Testament at the University of St. Thomas, a Catholic school in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Simpsons Archive has categorized all the Ned Flanders episodes, including references to Ned's religion, his prayers, and his acts as a good Samaritan.
www.christianitytoday.com /ct/2001/002/1.28.html   (3627 words)

  
 Steve Bussey's Blog: In Defense of Ned Flanders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ned tolerated Homer's meddling while he tried to hook Ned up with a Christian country singer who looked suspiciously like Amy Grant.
Ned wakes up and looks out at the window and makes the assumption (under the whatever-suits-our-comedy-needs-at-this-moment theology the writers give him) God has flooded the world.
Ned rejoices in his heart that God has sent his judgment upon the wicked, and is making a new heaven and a new earth.
stevebussey.blogspot.com /2006/05/in-defense-of-ned-flanders.html   (604 words)

  
 The Simpsons Archive: The Ned Flandiddly-anders File
Ned Flanders is the Simpsons' sometimes-sickeningly cheerful next-door nieghbor.
Ned made his first appearance in 7G08 and his voice is provided by Harry Shearer.
Ned is also seen in church in 9F01, 9F21, 1F14, 2F04, 4F13, 5F23, AABF06 and AABF14.
www.snpp.com /guides/flanders.file.html   (3805 words)

  
 The Simpsons: Homer Loves Flanders - TV.com
The shelter that Ned and Homer go to is called "Helter Shelter," the same as the title to an episode in the 14th season.
Flanders has a dream in which he is standing atop a tower, picking off random people with an assault rifle.
Flander's boat is named: "Thanks for the Boat, Lord II" and his license plate reads "JHN 143." This could refer to John 14:3 of the New Testament of the Bible.
www.tv.com /simpsons/homer-loves-flanders/episode/1382/summary.html   (880 words)

  
 LDSLF: What Next: Ned Flanders
Ned is well-known in the blog world, both for his genial personality and his insightful writing.
Ned is living proof that a mature mind can in fact be freed from the matrix without damaging or destroying it.
Ned, I agree that the same kinds of difficulties that arise in the Book of Mormon, particularly, and the Mormon tradition, more generally, also arise with respect to the Bible and Christianity.
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 The Simpsons Quotes - Ned Flanders Quotes
The Bible-following neighbor of the Simpsons, Ned Flanders is a widower and father of two.
Ned Flanders: Bless the grocer for this wonderful meat, the middleman who jacked up the price, and let's not forget the humane but determined boys at the slaughterhouse.
Ned Flanders: Oh, golly, if that doesn't put the shaz in shazam.
www.thesimpsonsquotes.com /characters/ned-flanders-quotes.html   (225 words)

  
 Who Should Be the Next Mrs. Flanders--Simpsons Groening Ned Flanders Religion Homer Bart Bible--by Laura Sheahen -- ...
Now that Maude Flanders rejoices in the glory of her Lord, Ned is in a fozzy of a dilly of a pickle.
She seems sweet-tempered, and might be willing to labor with Ned at the soup kitchen, the blood drive, and the book mobile.
Resolve to solace Ned in his affliction--after a suitable period of mourning, of course.
www.beliefnet.com /story/10/story_1082_1.html   (583 words)

  
 Showdown: homer simpson vs ned flanders
Ned's got the body but Homer's got the ability to soak up pain (remember when he got a job taking cannonballs in the gut?) Ned might be too forgiving to finish him off but but Homer was partly responsible for the death of his wife so it's a real close one
Ned shoots and kills Homer in a holloween episode of the simpsons.
Ned is over 60 years old, how is he gonna fight a hungry,drunk,fat radioactive guy like homer
www.ultimateshowdown.org /showdown/715/homersimpson_vs_nedflanders   (250 words)

  
 Welcome to The Simpsons.com
When Homer discovers that Ned Flanders has season football tickets, the two men begin spending a lot of time together.
When the Simpsons and the Flanders go on a joint camping trip, Ned's animosity for Homer grows until he finally realizes that he hates his neighbor.
Ned tries to shake Homer at every turn, finally blowing up at him at the Springfield Community Church.
www.thesimpsons.com /episode_guide/0516.htm   (147 words)

  
 Animated Lust (Rated PG!) - Ned Flanders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ned Flanders is the too-good to be true next door neighbour to The Simpsons...
Ned: And then Harry Potter and all his friends went to hell and burned there for all eternity.
Flanders (well, the Devil-Flanders from Treehouse of Horror IV): Oh, you Americans with your due process and fair trials.
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 Simpsons’ neighbor Ned is mainstream - ANIMATION - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Matt Groening / Fox TV via AP Ned Flanders has been a holier-than-thou thorn in Homer Simpsons' side for years.
Ned answers the call of show biz after seeing a sex-aid commercial for seniors and declaring, “There’s nothing but filth on TV.” He seizes his camcorder and films a backyard biblical drama: a bloody re-creation of the story of Cain and Abel, with his two young sons in the starring roles.
Whatever the reason, Ned has been a holier-than-thou thorn in Homer’s side since the very first episode of “The Simpsons” in 1989, when Ned decorated his house with a dazzling array of Christmas lights.
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 Tom's Infinite Simpson Archive: Ned Flanders
Ned think that to be friends with your nabor is the most important thing in the world.
Ned is also a big fan of reading, here are his favorites:
Ned: No, no, Reverend, the point is, he said a `bad word'!
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 Ned Flanders: The Second Coming: Greenbelt 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
THE SECOND COMING of Ned Flanders, Springfield's bespectacled born-again, takes place at the UK's Greenbelt Festival this month (Fri Aug 23 to Mon 26 Aug, Cheltenham Racecourse) – and you can kit up as Ned and be part of the wildest show in town (click here to find out more)!
Last year's Ned Flanders Night was dubbed the "runaway success" of Greenbelt by the Church Times.
And this year, Ned (Homer's God-fearing neighbour in the classic Simpsons TV series) will be the star of a new, special two-hour spectacular featuring...
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 Ned Flanders Hi-diddely-ho Quiz quiz -- free game
When Bart accuses Ned of murdering his wife in "Bart of Darkness", what kind of head was in Ned's fridge?
When Ned becomes the ruler of the world in the Halloween vignette "Time and Punishment", he says that if smiling won't cheer you up, a glass of warm milk, a little nap, and what else will?
Ned dates a movie star in "A Star is Born-Again".
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=186289   (169 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Christians Look to Saint Simpsons - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment
The irreverent animated series may not be an obvious source of moral inspiration, but to many the hapless family -- and their Evangelical neighbor, Ned Flanders -- are the very picture of Christian values.
A British Christian group last month hosted a Ned Flanders Day, complete with look-alike contest and a performance by the satirical band Ned Zeppelin.
Ned Flanders, Homer Simpson's perennially happy neighbor, is an example of how the writers simultaneously poke fun at and praise caricatures.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,62938,00.html   (1000 words)

  
 Simpson Crazy | Simpsons Scripts | 1F04 Treehouse of Horror IV
Flanders appears, as does Homer's body appears in a cage made of fire.
Just as they pull Bart inside, he drops the flare onto the gremlin, who catches fire and falls off the back of the bus, bouncing along.
It hits Flanders' windscreen, and he screeches to a halt.
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 Welcome to The Simpsons.com
The Good Lord has been very good to Ned Flanders, thank you very much.
Sadly, the Lord took Maude from Ned in a tragic NASCAR accident and now Ned must raise his boys alone.
And, well, there's always the traumatic memories of Ned's childhood, during which he was raised by overly tolerant beatnik parents who fostered creativity and independence in their boy.
www.thesimpsons.com /bios/bios_townspeople_ned.htm   (167 words)

  
 VivaNedFlanders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
"I don't care if Ned Flanders is the nicest guy in the world.
I will probably put a link here soon, if Ned says it's OK. I love being able to customize the boxes so I see VNF in Box 1.
Sometimes I think Ned and I are the only Mormon people who blog who also go to work for other people for money doing something other than lawyering or teaching.
vivanedflanders.blogspot.com   (3373 words)

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