Chief Wiggum

Chief Wiggum is a fictional character from the animated television series *The Simpsons*—the incompetent, doughnut-loving police chief of Springfield.

His name has become shorthand for bumbling law enforcement: Our local cops are a bunch of Chief Wiggums.

The character embodies stereotypes about lazy, ineffective small-town police.

Related

donut · jelly donut · badge · police badge · Springfield · Lou · Eddie · Ralph · cop · lazy · incompetent · mustache · gun · patrol · arrest · siren · uniform · piglet

Opposites
competence in law enforcement

Chief WiggumSherlock Holmes

Columbo · Hercule Poirot · Clarice Starling · Judge Dredd · Batman

moral integrity in authority

Chief WiggumEliot Ness

Prohibition-era federal agent

straight arrow · public servant

comedic vs. serious portrayal of police

Chief WiggumJack Bauer

noir detective

Family

chief, chiefs, chieftain, chieftaincy, chiefly, wiggle, wiggles, wiggled, wiggling

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG