Who Is Dr. Nick Riviera? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dr. Nick Riviera is a Bongo comic book character, the alter ego of Nick Riviera, with over 124 comic issue appearances. Nick is a quack physician (although he claims to be "just as good as Dr. Hibbert"), and a satiric reference of doctors trained in dubious medical schools.

Who is Dr. Nick Riviera?

Hello Everybody! ================ Riviera is of Latin descent (in the European Spanish dub he's given an Argentinian accent) and has a medical degree from Hollywood Upstairs Medical College (there he apparently spent much of his time using his ability to acquire prescription drugs to impress a succession of attractive women back in the 1970s), and a great deal of luck; thus far, none of the patients he has swindled, maimed, or given useless or dangerous medical advice seems to have sued him (although a few have come after him in person, for example in "Homer's Triple Bypass" a large angry man grabs him, and Nick says "Well if it isn't my old friend Mr. McGregg - with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg"; the man literally has an arm where a leg should be and a leg where an arm should be). Dr. Nick is a stereotype of shady, immoral doctors who perform medical procedures for money with little or no regard for medical ethics, or their patients' well-being. In the episode "Much Apu About Nothing", he is seen taking a citizenship test, implying he is not a citizen of the United States. Some of his exclamations hint that he may be Argentinian, though the show offered no direct evidence.

Key facts

Dr. Nick Riviera is of human origin and first appeared in "Little Shop of Homers; Call Me Homer; Bart People". The character is published by Bongo. With 124 recorded issue appearances, Dr. Nick Riviera ranks among the most featured characters in comics.