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Grandma Van Houten[edit]

Doesn't Luann state she's from Shelbyville, indicating her parents are from there also?

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.240.51.229 (talk) 08:40, 5 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Why the capital V? It's not conventional usage.

Actually Dutch names beginning with van are always written with a small 'v' while Belgian names begining with Van are written with a capital 'V' except if the family is noble. In such case, it is a small 'v' (same thing with names beginning with 'De').

By the way I wonder why the trivia section I added has been removed... Julien Tuerlinckx 14:31, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

How is their nose a 'toucan nose'? It's big and bulbous.

How is their hair "cobalt"?--Juffy 19:07, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

cobalt blue is the correct link; I fixed the article. Owen× ☎ 19:11, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Pyro[edit]

Is Pyro important enough to have his own section in this article? He isn't (as I see it) a part of the Van Houten family. --Fred Bradstadt 03:24, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No. Pyro isn't, he should just be mentioned in passing in Luann's section of the article. 82.39.52.202 18:01, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

 --> I think he is.

Not a meme?[edit]

Milhouse is not a meme. This should be mentioned.

First appearance[edit]

Time for me to play Comic Book Guy: Milhouse actually appeared in a November 1989 Butterfinger commercial, which would have preceded Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire. See [1]. Zagalejo 03:53, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Info box[edit]

--> What the hell happened to the info boxes Kirk and LUann used to have? Why did they get rid of them? I want some answers! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.133.107 (talk) 03:15, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

--> I would appreciate an answer please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.133.107 (talk) 03:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

--> Answer me! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.133.107 (talk) 23:33, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

We don't use infoboxes on pages where more than one character are listed, just individual pages. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 23:59, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

--> BUt they used to have seperate pages and seperate info boxes what happened? They were merged. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 20:43, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Danish[edit]

Should be updated with the Danish Van Houten from the relatively recent episode... AnonMoos (talk) 18:48, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I added him. 76.189.126.249 (talk) 19:36, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. AnonMoos (talk) 03:30, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I added the note that Norbert must be a relative of Luann, which would imply that her maiden name is Van Houten, the same as her married name. I thought this was a significant bit of information, but my edits were reverted. At the risk of starting a reversion war, I'm going to put it back in until someone can explain why it should be taken out. ShawnVW (talk) 17:19, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe I'm missing something, but what makes you think he's Luann's relative? faithless (^speak) 21:46, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, I think I understand where you're coming from; since he fights with Kirk at the end of the episode? Makes sense, but it's still a little WP:OR-ish in my opinion. faithless (^speak) 21:49, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for seeing it from my side. Basically, Kirk calls Norbert a "wimpy Dane", who then calls him a "Dutchman", as if that were insult enough. If they're not of the same national origin, I doubt that they're blood relatives, which means he must be related to Luanne. I realize that's more than a one-step line of reasoning, and I don't know what WP:OR means, but it think its strong enough that I can add it to the article using qualifiers like "evidently". —Preceding unsigned comment added by ShawnVW (talk • contribs) 06:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with your reasoning; I won't remove it again. :) faithless (^speak) 07:35, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, sir. ShawnVW (talk) 08:53, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Father-in-law at Cracker Factory[edit]

Is certain that his wife's father works at the Cracker Factory. All Luann said was that his father-in-law set him up with a sweet job at the cracker factory? Quite possible that his father-in-law has a cousin, army buddy, golf partner, etc... who ran the cracker factory and used his connections to get his son-in-law the job? Cladeal832 (talk) 20:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

van Houten[edit]

I have heard that name of the family is an allusion to Leslie van Houten - can somebody confirm or deny this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.96.74.70 (talk) 15:41, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

lulu van houten was part of the manson family, i believe kirk has called luann "lulu" a number of times —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.6.250.86 (talk) 06:42, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]