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He first appeared in the episode "Whacking Day". Chalmers is a strict and largely humorless man, with a short temper and low tolerance for disorder or rule-breaking; his general manner and personality like that of a military officer. Whenever he visits Springfield Elementary, some sort of disaster strikes. He produces extreme anxiety in Principal Skinner, who offers increasingly improbable stories to explain what is happening. Chalmers is known for throwing open the doors to the room and bellowing "SKIN-NER!!!" or "SEY-MOUR!!!", to which Seymour stammers "S-Superintendent Chalmers!". His catchphrase has caused some paranoia in Skinner (as seen in "Lisa's Date with Density"). On a few occasions he says Skinner's name this way when absolutely nothing has gone wrong, implying that he either pronounces Skinner's name this way by habit, or does it on purpose to scare him. On one occasion, he screamed it and when he got no answer, he said it again in a caring manner. Skinner then replied "I'm here sir" to which he said "Don't ever scare me like that again." Chalmers's own competence and dedication to his job are questionable. He let Ned Flanders allow the school to descend into anarchy when he was principal, freely admitting that he had fired Skinner for far less, explaining simply that "Skinner really bugged me." He seems disturbingly unconcerned with the school's decline, saying that "the way America's public schools are sliding, they'll all be like this in a matter of months. I say enjoy it it's a hell of a toboggan ride!" He also promotes people based on personal bias as opposed to actual competence, promoting Principal Holloway, described by Skinner as a "drunk" and Chalmers as a "pill-popper", to assistant superintendent, overlooking the efforts made by Skinner to improve his school's standing.

He was mistakenly called "Super Nintendo Chalmers" by Ralph Wiggum in "Lisa Gets an "A"". His first name was revealed to be Gary in "Yokel Chords". In the DVD commentaries to "22 Short Films About Springfield" and "Grade School Confidential," Simpsons creators noted that Superintendent Chalmers seems to be one of the few "normal" characters on the show and is frequently alone in his awareness of the show's zaniness. It is finally revealed in "The Debarted", that Chalmers harbors a soft spot for Skinner.

He appeared later in "Saddlesore Galactica", where he moderated the elementary school band competition at the state fair. He planned to give Lisa the unusually large good sportsmanship award until he heard her call the first place band cheaters for using glow-sticks in their performance, at which point he said, "now I'm just going to be sick." The character's most recent appearance was in We're on the Road to D'ohwhere in which Superintendent Chalmers and Atkins are participating in a video conference. He is also on Lisa's list of interesting adults in Moe'N'a Lisa.

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