--- title: Guinness World Record for Homer Simpson Tattoos description: Lee Weir, an Australian man, gave up drinking for a year and got 41 Homer Simpson tattoos, setting a Guinness World Record. canonical: https://time.com/3019154/mans-41-homer-simpson-tattoos-set-world-record/ author: Kyle Chayka article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-22T15:48:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:51.100Z og:title: Man's 41 Homer Simpson Tattoos Set World Record og:description: Lee Weir, an Australian man, gave up drinking for a year and got 41 Homer Simpson tattoos, setting a Guinness World Record. og:url: https://time.com/3019154/mans-41-homer-simpson-tattoos-set-world-record/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c83be7221411083/69869ca2d0b6f22431305624/simpsons-sleeve-main.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Simpsons-sleeve-main og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man's 41 Homer Simpson Tattoos Set World Record twitter:description: Lee Weir, an Australian man, gave up drinking for a year and got 41 Homer Simpson tattoos, setting a Guinness World Record. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c83be7221411083/69869ca2d0b6f22431305624/simpsons-sleeve-main.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man's 41 Homer Simpson Tattoos Set World Record ## Video: Making Homer and Marge Simpson Speak French [Watch (HLS stream): Making Homer and Marge Simpson Speak French](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uogRGdJC.m3u8) (4:14)  _Published 2010-03-24. In France, nearly all Hollywood movies and TV shows are dubbed in French, employing actors whose voices can become as well known as the original stars'_ by [Kyle Chayka](https://time.com/author/kyle-chayka/) ## Kyle Chayka Jul 22, 2014 3:48 PM UTC  Lee Weir's Homer sleeve Lee Weir's Homer sleeveGuinness World Records by [Kyle Chayka](https://time.com/author/kyle-chayka/) ## Kyle Chayka Jul 22, 2014 3:48 PM UTC Some people get drunk before they get a tattoo, but Lee Weir, a 27-year-old from New Zealand, gave up alcohol for a year while getting 41 tattoos of Homer Simpson in a sleeve on his arm—setting a [Guinness World Record](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2014/7/in-pictures-simpsons-fan-sets-cartoon-character-tattoo-record-with-homer-tribute-58777/) for the most tattoos of the same cartoon character on a single body. Woo hoo! [#Simpsons](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Simpsons?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) superfan [@leeweird](https://twitter.com/LeeWeird?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) shows his love for [@HomerJSimpson](https://twitter.com/HomerJSimpson?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) with tattoos record [pic.twitter.com/dIPgR7B4xT](http://t.co/dIPgR7B4xT) — Guinness World Records (@GWR) [July 15, 2014](https://twitter.com/GWR/status/489035489241223168?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) The tattoo might also break a record for how many different versions of the same cartoon character it contains. Weir has Homer as a jack-in-the-box, the Grim Reaper, and a donut. There’s Homer as a baby, as an old man, and in a Hawaiian shirt. Why Homer? Weir wasn’t allowed to watch the cartoon as a kid, but he “got into it at a later age” he told Australia’s [Sunrise morning show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiCkq-fSGOE#t=88). He considered getting tattoos of all the different _Simpsons_ characters, but the process was too difficult. How do you choose who to include and who to leave out? 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