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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/homer-not-bart-is-the-star-of-the-simpsons.html"> Revolutions</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
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<p>It's been a long time since I watched the <em>The Simpsons</em>, but I was always under the impression that Bart was the primary character. Perhaps it was all the <em>Do the Bartman</em> and &quot;Cowabunga!&quot; nonsense from the 90s. Anyway, data scientist Todd W Schneider <a target="_blank" href="http://toddwschneider.com/posts/the-simpsons-by-the-data/">used R to analyze the scripts of the first 26 seasons</a> and found that Homer speaks twice as much as next most represented character, Marge. Bart comes a close third.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://toddwschneider.com/posts/the-simpsons-by-the-data/"><img title="Word_count" alt="Word_count" src="http://revolution-computing.typepad.com/.a/6a010534b1db25970b01b7c89afe08970b-800wi" border="0"></a></p>
<p>Marge and Lisa are represented in orange (the color of Lisa's dress, in fact) as the only 2 female characters that make the top 10. Female representation isn't much better in the supporting cast either; only 7 characters of the top 60 (12%) are female.</p>
<p>Todd's <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/toddwschneider/flim-springfield">R code behind the blog post is available on Github</a> (in the <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/toddwschneider/flim-springfield/tree/master/analysis">analysis</a> folder). Of note to R programmers: Todd used the ggplot2 package to create the charts and created a custom ggplot2 theme for the charts (<span>theme_tws_simpsons</span>) using the <a target="_blank" href="http://springfieldfiles.com/index.php?jump=colours">Simpsons skin yellow</a> and the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dafont.com/akbar.font">Akbar font</a>. </p>
<p>For more data analysis of the Simpsons, including a look at the ratings over the last 27 years, check out the Todd's blog bost linked below.</p>
<p>Todd W. Schneider: <a target="_blank" href="http://toddwschneider.com/posts/the-simpsons-by-the-data/">The Simpsons by the Data</a> (<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JennyBryan/status/781913834298585088">via</a> Jenny Bryan)</p>
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