| “ | Lisa: Bart's in jail, our one credible witness just got sucker-shielded, Comic Book Guy is missing, and we're still no closer to solving the case. Taika Waititi: So many twists and turns. What kind of murder mystery is this? Kumiko: Stop talking, Taika Waititi! Taika Waititi: That's it. I know who murdered the toy. But I just need one thing: An audience to watch me milk the big reveal. |
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| ~ Lisa discusses that Comic Book Guy is missing and still not resolving the case. |
Taika David Cohen, better known as Taika Waititi, is the main antagonist of The Simpsons episode "Murder, She Boat."
He was voiced by his real-life counterpart, who also portrayed Antwan Hovachelik from Free Guy, Viago Heimburg in What We do in the Shadows, Surtur in Thor: Ragnarok, Adolf Hitler in Jojo Rabbit, IG-11 in The Mandalorian and Ratcatcher in The Suicide Squad.
Biography[]
Taika is on the pop culture cruise Pacific Princess Leia with a lot of residents of Springfield. Lisa spots him where Rev. Lovejoy is taking a photo of Helen Lovejoy with him. Lisa is a big fan of his movies and TV shows.
In the dining room on the first night, Lisa spots him again and tells him why he is eating alone. He then steals Homer's food from him. While Bart confronts Comic Book Guy, the lights are switched off to swap his box of Radioactive Man action figure with beheaded to send Bart to jail.
The next day, Taika offered to help Lisa to investigate the crime. Lisa and Taika interviewed Milhouse, Sideshow Mel, and Kumiko in the interrogation room and each had motive. When Rainier was going to reveal that Taika was a real criminal that he wore his night vision goggles in dark, Taika has knocked him out with a Captain America shield. Lisa goes after the criminal but lost in sight. Lisa sees Taika eating leftover food in the room hallway which Taika annoys her for not helping the case. Kumiko then screams and reveals that Comic Book Guy had gone missing.
The next morning in his room, Kumiko was annoyed by what he said was a mystery murder that. He has thing to do is gather up with the passengers. Outside, Taika meets up with the passengers claims that Comic Book Guy had his action figure.
Everyone decides to search for intact action figures in his cabin. He told them not to tear cabin parts and need warrants. Eventfully, Lenny found intact Comic Book Guy’s action figure hiding from the lunch trays. He just threw an action figure and broke it across the room due to his streaming show being cancelled after the tax purposes. Taika then is arrested and taken away by the cruise officer and screams over powerful friends in New Zealand.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Lisa Simpson (formerly)
- Rev. Lovejoy
- Helen Lovejoy
Enemies[]
- Lisa Simpson (later traitor)
- Bart Simpson
- Comic Book Guy
- Rainier Wolfcastle
- Sideshow Mel
- Kumiko Albertson
- Chief Wiggum
Quotes[]
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Milhouse: I hate Comic Book Guy and I hated that doll because it originally belonged to me. (Lisa gasps and Taika gasps) |
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| ~ Milhouse, Sideshow Mel, and Kumiko in the interrogation room with Lisa and Taika Waititi. |
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Taika Waititi: Lisa. Are you also up dusting for prints? That's what I call eating leftover food off people's room-service trays. |
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| ~ Taika Waititi annoys Lisa by not helping this case and then Kumiko screams that Comic Book Guy went missing. |
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Taika Waititi: You can't just tear my cabin apart! You need a warrant! |
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| ~ Residents for Springfield searching and found intact the action figure and cruise officer arrest and take Taika Waititi away. |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- He wears his costume from "Murder, He Swords" during the first night dinner.
- Taika Waititi's cameo in the episode received a negative response from Screen Rant due to self-indulgent, smug, and self-congratulatory.
- Like the failed episode "Lisa Goes Gaga" which excessively focuses on Lady Gaga, the episode focuses on Taika Waititi.
External Links[]
- Taika Waititi on the Simpsons Wiki
