In the beginning of the series, the writers made several references to Agnes and Seymour's unhealthily close relationship as similar to that of Norman Bates and his mother. Before that, the character was known as 'Mrs. She was once a girlfriend of fellow Simpsons character Comic Book Guy.Īgnes's first name was revealed in the seventh season episode ' Bart the Fink'. When 'the real Seymour Skinner' arrives in Springfield in ' The Principal and the Pauper', Agnes ends up rejecting him in part because he stands up to her, but also because unlike Skinner/Tamzarian, her biological son is independent and does not need her anymore, while Skinner immediately reverts to a good-for-nothing without her. Several Springfield residents (including the Simpsons) are afraid of her. She hates Edna Krabappel due to her son's feelings for the other woman. She is very controlling of her son and often treats him as if he is a child. However, as episodes progressed, the character turned bitter. Agnes Skinner (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is the mother of Principal Skinner and first appeared in the first season episode ' The Crepes of Wrath' as an old woman who embarrassingly calls her son 'Spanky'.
