When meeting the user generated, "Best. Character. Ever." - will Homer say D'OH?

Background: The Simpsons" continues to celebrate their 20th year on TV with a "Best. Character. Ever." contest. The Fox animated show wants fans to draw their own character for the show.

Fans aged 18 years or older can try his/her luck in creating a "Simpsons" character. The characters must include name, aliases, age, distinguishing features, and known catchphrases.

Deadline for submission is on October 24 and the top entry will be announced in mid-November. Episode is planned to air on January 31, 2010.

The episode in which the new character will appear will see Homer disappoint Marge by arriving late at a wedding ceremony after stopping to buy a lottery ticket. He encounters the new resident while rushing to the wedding.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33342839/
http://thesimpsons.com/character/

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source. Refers to the sequence in which Homer encounters the user generated character only.

Forecast history %

d'oh NO

58%

d'oh YEAH

27%

d'oh YEAH .... and woo hoo too!!

15%

Question suspends in 9 weeks

Activity: H$8,936
Predictions: 40
Comments: 2

Suspend date: Sat 30th Jan 2010 11:59pm PST (9 weeks to go)

Initial likelihoods: d'oh NO: 50%, d'oh YEAH: 40%, d'oh YEAH .... and woo hoo too!!: 10%

Action history:

Created Fri 30th Oct 3:27pm PST by

kruijs [Power User]

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Predictions (40)

1 week ago

ajglantz23 Level 1, Newbie (H$422)

predicted d'oh NO (H$40 at 60%)

1 week ago

ajglantz23 Level 1, Newbie (H$422)

predicted d'oh NO (H$20 at 60%)

1 week ago

aland

predicted d'oh NO (H$50 at 59%)

1 week ago

ajglantz23 Level 1, Newbie (H$422)

predicted d'oh NO (H$67 at 59%)

1 week ago

kruijs [Power User]

predicted d'oh YEAH .... and woo hoo too!! (H$300 at 12%)

Comments (2)

kruijs [Power User]

"D'oh!" is a catch phrase used by the fictional character Homer Simpson, from the long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons (1989-present). Originally written in a script as an "annoyed grunt", Dan Castellaneta rendered it as a drawn out "d'ooooooh". This was inspired by a minced oath used by Jimmy Finlayson in several Laurel and Hardy films. Matt Groening felt that it would better suit the timing of animation if it were spoken faster, so Castellaneta then shortened it to a quickly uttered "D'oh!"

Homer's ubiquitous catch phrase was famously added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2001, without the apostrophe. The spoken word "D'oh" is a sound trademark of 20th Century Fox. It is typically used when Homer injures himself, realizes that he has done something stupid, or when something bad has happened or is about to happen to him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27oh!

d'oh

1. Expresses frustration or anger, especially at one’s own stupidity.

"I just paid for our food." "You didn't have to. It's free." "D'oh!"

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%27oh

posted 3 weeks ago