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The Simpsons character

Nick Riviera
Gender:	Male
Hair:	Black
Age:	30s
Job:	Doctor
Major relatives:	None
First appearance:	Bart Gets Hit by a Car

Dr. Nick Riviera (voiced by Hank Azaria) is a character in the long-running animated TV show The Simpsons. Nick is a quack physician (although he claims to be "just as good as Dr. Hibbert"). Riviera is of Hispanic descent and has a medical degree from a community college (at which he apparently spent much of his time prescribing "anything I want" to a succession of attractive women back in the 1970s), and a great deal of luck. He also studied at the Hollywood Upstairs Medical College.

He frequently appears on infomercials pitching all sorts of bizarre medical offers and turns his operations into TV spectacles. He is also shown as an inventor/huckster (in the style of Ron Popeil) on the television show I Can't Believe They Invented It!

Dr. Nick is notable for his exclamation upon entering a room of "Hi, everybody!" which is followed by a response of "Hi, Dr. Nick!" from the other characters. There was an Austrian version of Dr. Riviera in one of the episodes, where he portrays the doctor of the ailing Mozart, played by Bart, and his exclamation is "Guten Tag, everybody!" Another variation is an episode where Mel Gibson says, "Hi, everybody!" and Dr. Nick responds with "Hi, Mr. Gibson", then saying to himself, "That felt weird". Another episode featured a Jewish version of Dr. Nick when Homer talked about the first Christmas. Dr. Nick says: "Sharlom, everybody!"

He has operated on the Simpson family a couple of times (when they can't afford Doctor Hibbert), notably when Homer Simpson could not afford a heart bypass from his regular doctor. Lisa Simpson attended the live audience for the operation and saved the day by guiding the obviously clueless Dr. Riviera through the operation ("Homer's Triple Bypass").

The character design is based somewhat on Gábor Csupó, of Klasky Csupo studios – the animators mistakenly believed Hank Azaria was impersonating Gabor, the voice was actually an imitation of Ricky Ricardo from I Love Lucy. He may also be based on George C. Nichopoulos (who was also known as "Dr. Nick"), Elvis Presley's personal physician, a man of Greek descent and questionable ethics who was said to have pumped Presley so full of prescription drugs in his later years that it ruined the singer's health and eventually killed him.

Quotes

• "Calm down, you are going to give yourself skin failure!"
• "Don't worry, It's Inflammable."
• (After the explosion) "Inflammable means flammable? What a country!"
• "The Coroner!...I'm so SICK of that guy!"
• (With investigative reporters knocking on door) "What a nice day.....I think I'll go out through the window!"
• (Prepping for an operation on Homer) "These gloves came free with my toilet brush!"
• (Singing while operating) "The heart is connected to the...red thing! The red thing's connected to my...wristwatch!...Uh-oh..."
• (On commercial) "Call 1-600-DOCTORB! The "B" is for BARGAIN! "
• "It's clear to me that you have too much blood."
• "Now by the morning you'll be good as new. Or dead. The important thing is, we'll know."
• (About to perform open heart surgery on Homer) "Now, if something should go wrong, let's not get the law involved."
• "Remember, one hand washes the other. Oh, that reminds me." (Goes to sink to wash hands).
• (Replying to Homer's "This is legal, right?") "Yeah, sure, whatever".

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