Gary is one of three nerds that Homer met at Springfield University. He is African-American and wears glasses with rectangular lenses.
Homer got Gary and his roommates Doug and Benjamin to play a prank on Springfield A&M, a rival school. They kidnapped A&M's mascot, a pig named Sir Oinks-A-Lot, and brought him back to Springfield University. Homer then got the pig drunk by splitting a case of malt liquor with him, and the pig passed out. Dean Peterson heard the noise from the pig falling over and caught the nerds red-handed with the drunken pig. Due to the influence of Sir Oinks-A-Lot's powerful friends, Peterson was forced to expel the three nerds. Homer, however, got off scot-free because the dean didn't actually catch him with the pig.
Out of guilt, Homer invited the nerds to stay in the Simpson home, where they quickly got on the whole family's nerves. Homer ended up confessing everything to the dean and the nerds were re-admitted to school, much to the Simpsons' relief. Gary and his roommates later helped Homer to "Cram like you've never crammed before!" for his Nuclear Physics 101 final. When Homer failed the exam, they changed his grade (albeit reluctantly due to ethical concerns) to an A by hacking into the college's database. Marge then made Homer retake the class, so he could set a good example for the kids by passing the class honestly. While Homer re-took the class, Homer shoved the trio of nerds (along with several other students) into a phone booth, and they later played football while in a Tank.[1]
Trivia
- It's implied that Gary has ear problems, as he mentioned to Homer before the ill-fated road trip that he spilled his ear medicine.
- He has a different appearance in Radioactive Man, with a different variety of glasses, a differently-shaped nose, and lighter (and slightly differently-shaped) hair as well as a completely different outfit.
Appearances
Episode – "Homer Goes to College" - Episode – "Radioactive Man"
- Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"
- Episode – "Mayored to the Mob"
- Episode – "Faith Off"
- Episode – "She of Little Faith"
- Episode – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore"
- Episode – "MoneyBART"
- Episode – "Replaceable You"
- Episode – "The Musk Who Fell to Earth" (Town Square)
- Episode – "Mathlete's Feat"
- Episode – "The Girl Code" (At the AppCrush convention)
- Episode – "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" (Helping Homer, Bart and Lisa find Phoebe)
- Episode – "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage" (background)
- Episode – "Baby You Can't Drive My Car"
- Episode – "Frinkcoin"
- Episode – "Murder, She Boat"
– The Simpsons Movie 
Special – "Te Deseo Lo Mejor" (cameo)
Comic book – Comic Fan No More 
Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out
| The Simpsons: Season Five | ||||
| "Homer's Barbershop Quartet": | "Cape Feare": | "Homer Goes to College": | "Rosebud": | "Treehouse of Horror IV": |
| Absent | Absent | Major | Absent | Absent |
| "Marge on the Lam": | "Bart's Inner Child": | "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood": | "The Last Temptation of Homer": | "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| "Homer the Vigilante": | "Bart Gets Famous": | "Homer and Apu": | "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy": | "Deep Space Homer": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| "Homer Loves Flanders": | "Bart Gets an Elephant": | "Burns' Heir": | "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song": | "The Boy Who Knew Too Much": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| "Lady Bouvier's Lover": | "Secrets of a Successful Marriage": | |||
| Absent | Absent | |||
| The Simpsons: Season Eight | ||||
| "Treehouse of Horror VII": | "You Only Move Twice": | "The Homer They Fall": | "Burns, Baby Burns": | "Bart After Dark": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| "A Milhouse Divided": | "Lisa's Date with Density": | "Hurricane Neddy": | "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)": | "The Springfield Files": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson": | "Mountain of Madness": | "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious": | "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": | "Homer's Phobia": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Cameo | Absent |
| "Brother from Another Series": | "My Sister, My Sitter": | "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment": | "Grade School Confidential": | "The Canine Mutiny": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| "The Old Man and the Lisa": | "In Marge We Trust": | "Homer's Enemy": | "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase": | "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
