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Milhouse van Houten is Bart Simpson's best friend, and is most distinctive for his extreme nearsightedness requiring thick gl to correct. He is constantly led into trouble by the wilder Bart who is also not shy of taking advantage of his naïve and trusting nature.
Milhouse harbors a most hopeless crush on Bart's younger sister, Lisa. In truth, the nature of his sexual orientation is actually left rather ambiguous, as the running joke about Milhouse is that he's . (Lisa thinks of him "more like a big sister."). When Homer fears that Bart may also be , his fears are exacerbated by finding Bart and Milhouse wearing dresses, jumping up and down on a bed, and singing "Sisters are Doing it For Themselves" In one episode, it was accidentally revealed that the school counsellor sed Milhouse to be in the future. Perhaps his questionable sexuality can be attributed to the failures he finds in his father Kirk van Houten.
It is rumored that Milhouse was based on the famous "Paul" on the show The Wonder Years, as well as Milhouse's mother and father. He was named for Richard Nixon (whose middle name was Milhous) and, apparently, Manson follower Leslie Van Houten.
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