Ned Flanders

Nedward "Ned" Flanders, Jr. is the Simpson family's extremely religious next door neighbor and landlord. He is a genuinely well-meaning good-natured person and is one of the few in Springfield to whom that description applies. Though firmly religious, he can be timid and something of a pushover. He thoroughly worships God and strictly follows the Bible as literally as possible and is easily shocked when challenged on any point of dogma. Homer often dislikes Flanders for his ways of doing things and his success.