Duff is
Homer Simpson's beer of choice. It is a parody of stereotypical mass-market
American lager: cheap, poor-quality, high in alcohol, and heavily marketed everywhere. The beer's slogan is "Can't Get Enough of That Wonderful Duff", though there are others. In the season four episode, "
Duffless", parking lot signs at the Duff brewery have the slogans "It's Always Time For Duff" and "Now Leaving Duff Country". In the first season episode, "
Homer's Odyssey", Duff is described as "The beer that makes the days fly by". Their spokesperson is
Duffman, a parody of
Budweiser's 1970s-era mascot
Bud Man. He is a muscular, bleach-blond, well-tanned man with whitened teeth who wears a blue leotard and cape, red Duff Beer ballcap, mirror sunglasses, and a utility belt full of cans of Duff Beer. He speaks in a loud and overly-enthusiastic staccato voice (like a radio DJ or beer commercial pitchman) and does a lot of exaggerated physical movements like a male exotic dancerlike dancing in place,
groin-thrusting,
hip shaking, and rubbing his buttocks with a towel. There are apparently many identical Duffmen; however, like mall Santas they never appear at the same place at the same time (so as to not disillusion the kids). One retired Duffman in
Alcoholics Anonymous referred to himself as "Barry Duffman", indicating that he had to assume the identity of Duffman as part of the job. Some of the actors who play him have actually died (presumably from alcohol-related causes, analogous to the
Marlboro Man); their demise was never acknowledged because the character of Duffman is unaging and immortal. At public appearances he is often flanked by a random pair of beautiful, scantily-clad women who act as arm-candy, backup dancers, and assistants. While Duff Beer comes in several varieties, it is revealed on a Duff Brewery tour in "
Duffless" that regular Duff, Duff Light, and Duff
Dry are the same beer, although Homer and
Barney apparently remain oblivious to the fact. A tasting room contains Duff Dark beer and Duff Gummy Beers candy; it also contains several varieties that Barney stated they had not tried yet, including "Raspberry Duff", "Lady Duff" and "Tartar Control Duff". In "
A Tree Grows in Springfield", Homer asks for
Moe's best beer, so Moe gives him a Duff Adequate. In "
The Great Louse Detective", Duffman claims that Duff
Stout is "the beer that made
Ireland famous". In "
Homer the Moe", Moe sells "Malaysian Duff", which is made with
soy sauce at his trendy bar. In "
The Springfield Files", Moe offers Homer a bottle of "Düff"—a variant allegedly from
Sweden (although the letter
ü is not natively used in
Swedish orthography) that is actually just a normal bottle of Duff with an
umlaut drawn over the U with marker ( ). In "
The War of Art", Homer offers
Kirk Van Houten a "Canadian Duff", which is labeled as "Le Duff Beer avec
Codeine", and has a picture of Duffman in a
RCMP uniform saying his catch phrase in both English (
Oh Yeah!) and French (
Mais Oui!). In "
Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk", Homer celebrates a recent minor stock windfall by ordering a bottle of Henry K. Duff's Private Reserve, which is implied to be more costly and of better quality, and which is an apparent spoof of
Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve, as well as alluding to
Hendrik Doeff, the Dutch commissioner of the
Dejima trading outpost, who first introduced beer to Japan. In the season 21 episode "
To Surveil With Love", Duffman makes a giveaway of Duff advertising in Moe's bar while "
Get Ready For This" by
2 Unlimited plays on the background, suggesting this might be the theme song for the beer brand or for the character. Fudd, a competitor to Duff, appears in the episodes "
Colonel Homer" and "
Lemon of Troy", the latter showing it being enjoyed by residents of
Shelbyville, rival town to the Simpsons' home of
Springfield. Consumption of Fudd however is alleged by bartender Moe Szyslak to have made hillbillies go blind. In the
Family Guy episode "
The Simpsons Guy", it is revealed that "Pawtucket Patriot Ale", the favorite drink of
Peter Griffin, is repackaged Duff Beer.
Duff Gardens In "
Selma's Choice",
Bart and
Lisa Simpson travel with their aunt
Selma to Duff Gardens, a parody of the
Busch Gardens amusement park, but also containing elements of
Disneyland. In the gift shop, Bart spots "
beer goggles", spectacles that mimic what drunks see: they make Aunt Selma appear young, feminine, and beautiful to Bart - and also, somehow, alter her voice. Later, they see the
mascots of Duff Beer, the Seven Duffs (a parody of
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)—Sleazy, Queasy, Surly, Edgy, Tipsy, Dizzy, and Remorseful. In the same episode, there is also a direct
parody of the "
It's a Small World" attraction at
Disney parks. In the cartoon, the boats float on a brown liquid as
animatronic children sing "Duff beer for me, Duff beer for you, I'll have a Duff, You have one, too," over and over again. Lisa drinks the liquid in the ride on a dare from Bart, and she freaks out from its
hallucinogenic properties. Other Duff Gardens attractions include the
Beeramid, the Beerquarium ("Home of the world's happiest fish"), the Beer
Hall of Presidents, the Washing Machine ride, the Whiplash rollercoaster, singing group Hooray for Everything (who sing a politically correct version of
Lou Reed's "
Walk on the Wild Side" and are based on
Up with People), and a direct parody of Disneyland's
Main Street Electrical Parade. ==Creation==