{"id":9,"age":60,"birthdate":null,"description":"Nedward \"Ned\" Flanders, Jr., more commonly known as Flanders, is the Simpson family's extremely religious next door neighbor. He is a genuinely well-meaning, good-natured person. Though firmly religious, he can be timid and something of an easy pushover. He is a major character in The Simpsons and a minor, recurring antagonist in the Treehouse of Horror episodes. Ned thoroughly worships God and strictly follows the Bible as literally as possible and is easily shocked when challenged on any point of dogma. He owns Leftorium Express, a downsized version of his former business The Leftorium and a home business, Flancrest Enterprises, which makes religious hook rugs. He also works as a member of the Springfield Volunteer Fire Department. He even (legally) owns the Simpsons' house, renting it out to the family at a low rate, showing that he would burn through much of his resources just to help his neighbors out. In Hurricane Neddy, Flanders was shown to be a kid 30 years ago in the show's floating timeline, but in Viva Ned Flanders, he claims to be 60 years old and looks younger thanks to following the 3 C's.","first_appearance_ep_id":1,"first_appearance_sh_id":null,"gender":"Male","name":"Ned Flanders","occupation":"The Leftorium (formerly)","phrases":["Howdily-doodily, neighborino!","Hi-diddly-ho!"],"portrait_path":"/character/9.webp","status":"Alive","first_appearance_ep":{"id":1,"airdate":"1989-12-17","description":"\"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire\" (also known as \"The Simpsons Christmas Special\") is the first episode of Season 1 of The Simpsons, as well as the series premiere/pilot episode of the series. It is the show's only episode to be aired in the 1980s. (Minus the original shorts.)","episode_number":1,"image_path":"/episode/1.webp","name":"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire","season":1,"synopsis":"When Mr. Burns announces that none of the workers will be getting Christmas bonuses and Marge reveals that she spent the extra Christmas gift money on getting Bart's \"Mother\" tattoo removed, Homer keeps his lack of funds for the holidays a secret and gets a job as a mall Santa."},"first_appearance_sh":null}