Who Is Sideshow Bob? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Sideshow Bob is a Bongo comic book character, the alter ego of Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, with over 126 comic issue appearances. Once Krusty the Clown's original sidekick, Bob has since gone on to menace Bart Simpson, who seemingly foils Bob's many mad schemes at every turn. He is voiced by Kelsey Grammer on "The Simpsons".

Who is Sideshow Bob?

Robert Terwilliger one day accompanied his brother Cecil to an audition for the Krusty the Clown Show. While Cecil didn't get the part, it was "Bob" who got the part after impressing Krusty with an unannounced pie to the face. This act would go on to sew the seeds of jealousy and contempt in Cecil for his brother, and eventually come back to bite Bob later in life. And so it went, for years Bob played second fiddle to Krusty as his sidekick. Like most people, Bob has a breaking point, and after being humiliated once too many times (Being shot out of a cannon in particular), he began to hatch a scheme of revenge to frame Krusty in an attempt to take over the show. While Homer was at the Kwik-E-Mart picking up ice cream and talking to Apu in an attempt to avoid going home to watch a slide show of his sister-in-laws Patty and Selma's vacation, Bob, in a Krusty the Clown disguise, held Apu up at gun point and robbed the place with Homer being a vital witness to the crime. This led to Homer fingering Krusty in a police line-up and later in court. With Krusty in disgrace and sent to prison, Bob was free to take over the show and add more educational qualities to its structure.

Key facts

Sideshow Bob is of human origin and first appeared in "Cool Hand Bart; My Sister, My Homewrecker!". The character is published by Bongo. With 126 recorded issue appearances, Sideshow Bob ranks among the most featured characters in comics.