Ned Flanders is a character in the animated cartoon series The Simpsons. Flanders is voiced by Harry Shearer. The character is the husband of the now-deceased Maude Flanders, father of Rod and Todd Flanders. Ned is an extremely devout Christian, who is often used to satirize organized religion. The Flanders family lives next door to the Simpsons. They are often held up as a caricature of the "perfect family", in contrast to the Simpsons. Homer's envy of Ned and his family is a recurring subtext.
Ned has the habit of attaching "diddely" and other nonsense phrases to sentences (Maude-diddely). He owns a store in the mall called The Leftorium, which specializes in products for left-handed people.
Ned presumably named his sons Rod and Todd because both names rhyme with God.
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See also : The Simpsons