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The Simpsons character
Otto Mann
Gender	Male
Job	Drives the Springfield Elementary School Bus
Relatives	Father: Admiral Mann Mother: Unnamed
Voice actor	Harry Shearer
First appearance
The Simpsons	"Homer's Odyssey"

Otto Mann is a fictional character on the animated TV series The Simpsons, voiced by Harry Shearer. He is the school bus driver for Springfield Elementary School.

[edit] Profile

Otto Mann reveals himself to be a fan of Metallica.

Otto, who is of German descent, is notable for his maniacal driving style, his love of heavy metal music, and his propensity for sounding and acting like a perpetual 1980s teenager. He also has a habit of describing things as "gnarly".

He has been seen at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings: "My name is Otto, and I love to get blotto!" He is a stoner as well (he smokes with Homer in "Weekend at Burnsie's" and he was seen smoking a joint in "Strong Arms of The Ma" and a bong in The Simpsons Movie). It has also been implied that Otto used other drugs like heroin and LSD (in "Homerpalooza", during Peter Frampton's show, he has a hallucination in which his shoes talk to him; in another episode, his urine test was full of dangerous substances, with only trace amounts of actual urine). His openness towards substances is also demonstrated in the new HD intro, in which Otto ingests the presumably radioactive coil that Homer tosses out from work. In the episode "The Otto Show" it is revealed that he can play the guitar very skillfully and he says that is all he did in high school. He is often homeless, having been evicted from his apartment and forced to live with the Simpsons in "The Otto Show", and found squatting in the Simpsons' recently-vacated home in "You Only Move Twice". It is also implied that he sleeps in the school bus on several occasions. His worldly possessions are (or were) nothing more than the clothes on his back, a couple of old 'cycle magazines and a jar of mustard which Otto was unaware he had. In the commentary for "Bart the Daredevil", it is revealed that the writers planned to name him "Otto Mechanic", but the joke never appeared in an episode. To add to his typical teenager-like attitude, Otto never gives any rules, such as saying as children were boarding the bus, "Hey, quit shoving! Nah, I'm just kidding, you can shove all you want!"

His name is a joke on the Ottoman Empire's name, as well as Bart's tendency to greet him with "Otto, man!" His look is based on former Simpsons writer Wallace Wolodarsky. In the episode "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge", when Otto puts on a top hat to propose to his girlfriend, Becky, he looks similar to Velvet Revolver and former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash; this could as well be intentional, due to Otto's love for rock music.

[edit] See also

• The Pin Pals

[edit] External links

• Otto Mann at the Internet Movie Database