Snowball was the Simpsons' pet cat, replaced by
Snowball II after its death. Snowball was, according to Lisa in a poem, run over by a
Chrysler. At a later point it was elaborated Snowball was run over by Clovis Quimby, drunkard brother of mayor Quimby (in a parody of what could be any of the Kennedy brothers or even [Billy Carter]
?).
Snowball was so-named due to her white color.
See: The Simpsons/Characters