
Character Analysis

Otto
Played by Harry Shearer
78 jokes across 32 episodes of The Simpsons
31.2
78
7.1
6.8
Character Comedy
Otto delivers 78 scored jokes across 32 episodes of The Simpsons, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.8 on impact for a career WAR of 31.2. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Otto Lines
Otto man? You're living in a Dumpster? Oh, man, I wish. Dumpster brand trash bins are top-of-the-line. This is just a Trash-co waste disposal unit.
We all know the tragic story of the young man who stuck his arm out the window and had it ripped off by a big truck coming in the other direction. And I was that boy.
Wow. I've never been called an adult before. I've been tried as one, but...
I got held back in the fourth grade. Twice. And look at me, man. Now I drive the school bus!
It's a miracle... no one was hurt. I stand on my record-- 1 5 crashes and not a single fatality.
All Jokes — 76 total
Uh, sorry, little dudes. Party hardy was tardy.
This morning I woke up with this one. / Not till you're 14, my little friend.
We all know the tragic story of the young man who stuck his arm out the window and had it ripped off by a big truck coming in the other direction. And I was that boy.
Look, there's our school again. / It's a shortcut, Mrs. K. Trust me.
Good-bye, little dude. He looks so lifelike, man
Hey, Bart-dude. You look freaked. I got a test I'm not ready for. Can you crash the bus?
Sorry, I can't do it on purpose. But maybe you'll get lucky.
Otto, I respect you. You let us throw stuff at cars and try to tip the bus. Damn thing never goes over, does it?
I got held back in the fourth grade. Twice. And look at me, man. Now I drive the school bus!
As the only adult here, I feel I should say something. What? Cool!
Bart-dude! Hey, Otto-man! Yo, hairy bro.
Here's a rendering. Note the cobra wrapped around the naked chick.
My own idea for a comic book. It's about a dude who drives a school bus by day... but by night, fights vampires in a postapocalyptic war zone!
Otto-man! You work here? All my friends are in school... so I got a job as a bloodletting tech-dude!
Hey, look at that dog. Isn't that something? Wow! Brown.
Don't learn anything... I wouldn't learn
Got a bad case of the munchies, man. Time for a heat-lamp dog
Did you know there's a child in your bus? Good thing you warned me. I was heading to Mexico.
My old lady ran off and married my brother. It hurt, but it's a month later, and I'm sleeping on their couch
Oh, wait. You're the little dude with the gnarly powers.
That's all I did in high school. My old man said I was wasting my time... and I'd never amount to anything. I, uh... Hmm.
We don't have seat belts. Uh... Well, then just try to go limp.
It's a miracle... no one was hurt. I stand on my record-- 1 5 crashes and not a single fatality.
Let's see your license, pal. No can do. Never got one. If you need proof of my identity... I wrote my name on my underwear. Oh, wait-- these aren't mine.
Yeah, one: Have you always been a chick? No offense, but you were born a man, weren't you? You can tell me. I'm open-minded.
Well, you failed every segment... and misspelled ''bus'' on your application. Drag.
All I found in there was a jar of mustard... and a couple of old Cycle magazines. Wow! I had mustard?
Otto man? You're living in a Dumpster? Oh, man, I wish. Dumpster brand trash bins are top-of-the-line. This is just a Trash-co waste disposal unit.
The admiral and I don't get along.
The can of corn costs... 57 ¢! I could sure go for a can of corn.
Uh, you got any of those Where's Waldo? books? No. - Anything from the vampire's point of view? - No. Anything where guys... send in naked pictures of their chicks?
Hey, Pop-N-Fresh! You're supposed to giggle. Gyyaaagh!!
Did the maniac kill her? Natch. You know how I know? How? Because... I was that maniac.
This is not Happy Days, and he is not the Fonz. Hey-y-y, Mr. S.
There's plenty of money out there... for a guy who knows how to fake his own death.
Wow. I've never been called an adult before. I've been tried as one, but...
''Alcohol increases your ability to drive.'' False?! Oh, man!
He didn't call you a bum. He called you a sponge. Sponge?! Does this look like something a sponge would do?! I'll show him... who's a sponge.
So I can staple my license... to Homer Simpson's big bald head!
My girlfriend's dancing topless at the airport bar from 4:15 to 4:20.
My name is 'Ot-to!' I'm playing 'Pab-lo!'
Challenge accepted!
I'll be in Mexico till this thing blows over.
It doesn't look very clean. Just do your job, heart boy.
My name is Otto. I love to get blotto.
Oh-- I hope this is sweat.
No! Oh, no. I just made my last payment.
Otto, are you okay? Yeah. Just pop my shoulder back in. [Cracks] Ooh. Thanks, buddy. Hey, I lost my turn.
All right! Free laserium. All the colors of the 'bow, man.
You let me down, man! Now I don't believe in nothing no more. I'm going to law school. / No!
Prison bus, Otto? - The regular school bus broke down. So take a seat before I blow your heads off! - Otto! - Oh, sorry. This bus and I have sort of a Shining thing going on.
And to think I got all this after dropping out of the fourth grade.
Whoa. You think you got 'em all, but you forget about the eggs.
[Crushes Insect] Whoa. You think you got 'em all, but you forget about the eggs.
No way, man. One day of summer's all we're budgeted for.
I guess it is kind of a tease.
This bus has seen better days. Well, at least it's safer than the old bus.
And a mint for afterwards. Five dollars a child? Last year it was free! New ownership.
Get them! Use your phony guns as clubs! Run, children. Start the bus, Otto! Start the bus! Damn! I shouldn't have eaten the mint first.
Whoa! Another acid flashback. Man, I'd hate to be driving a bus right now!
Yes, I'd like to send this letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam by aeromail. Am I too late for the 4:30 autogiro?
Oh, man! I knew I was gonna choke.
Wow! Look at all the colors, man! Red, green, yellow, orange! I remember all of these!
Chewing gum's got to be chewed out.
Otto waking up from dream about being a safe bus driver while actually driving the bus
Man, this whole place puffs of the wacky-tabbacky. I'm out of here.
Going somewhere? Uh, though you're free to do so. Uh- [Chuckles Nervously] No. Just rearranging my underwear. Ah. There it is.
Man, I don't know why I bought this stupid tape.
Stay calm, kids. I need you to be my eyes. Okay. Which way should I turn?
Just hang tight, kids. I'll swim for help.
Zeppelin rules!
Oh! Thank the good dude, I'm saved! And we can go back for the kids too. Hmm.
I think I'm gonna like it on this boat.
I think I'm gonna like it on this boat.
No way, man. My hair is who I am! / Ow, I'm a freak!
Weren't you at Brown, Otto? / Yep. Almost got tenure too