In every animated film
that Brad Bird has done, there has been 1 character with the name of a Simpsons
character.
The Iron Giant: Kent Mansley
(Kent Brockman)
The Incredibles:
Edna Mode (Edna
Krabappel)
Ratatouille: Skinner (Principal Seymour
Skinner)
Brad was an executive consultant for [i]The
Simpsons[/i], so these could be possible nods to the show.
Call me crazy.
~~=oP.
Hey! I think your right PV! ha ha that’s funny. 
I’m a big Simpsons nerd, but I’m sad to say that I haven’t figured that out until you told me!!! That could
be a possible nod to the show. Krusty is his favorite Simpsons character, so we might see a character named
Krusty in an upcoming film of his.
Puh-ha! That’s funny – and you’re probably right about
that. It certainly seems as if he has taken character names from that one popular show he worked on in his early
years. Typical animator. (snigger) 
I am not sure about the Edna part. I mean, I believed that it came from the designer,
Edith Head. I guess he wanted a similar name to that. And Edna Mode happened to be it.
Wow, that’s pretty cool if it’s true! It’s hard to
tell whether or not it’s a coincidence, though…
Interesting! I never made that
connection. You could very well be right about that. I wonder what a Pixar character named Smithers or Wiggum
would be like
Lennonluvr9 - Either really odd and strange or absolutely
hillarious! 