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Stephen Jay Gould (character)

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{{Character
|name = Stephen Jay Gould
|image = [[File:Stephen Jay Gould (character).png|250px]]
|gender = {{Male}}
|hair = Gray
|age =
|status = Alive
|job = Palaeontologist
|relatives =
|appearance = "[[Lisa the Skeptic]]"
|voiced by = [[Stephen Jay Gould|Himself]]
}}

'''Stephen Jay Gould''' is an American paleontologist.

== History ==
[[Lisa]] could not believe that the skeleton she and her classmates found in an archaeological dig belonged to an angel, so she took a piece of it to her friend Stephen Jay Gould for inspection. After some time, Dr. Gould came back to Lisa in a hurry with apparently no conclusion of the analysis. He just came back running so he could use the bathroom. However, he later confirms to Lisa that he never tested the skeleton piece.<ref>"[[Lisa the Skeptic]]"</ref>

Stephen Jay Gould is element Jg on Lisa's [[Table of Geeky Delights]].<ref>''[[Lisa Simpson's Guide to Geek Chic]]''</ref>

== Appearances ==
*{{ep|Lisa the Skeptic}}
*{{bk|Lisa Simpson's Guide to Geek Chic|(mentioned)}}

== References ==
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The Simpsons

2023-10-08T02:43:30Z

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{{The Simpsons
|image = [[File:The Simpsons.png|300px]] [[File:The Simpsons Simpsons FamilyPicture.png|300px]]
|Genre = Animation Comedy
|Created By = [[Matt Groening]]
|Developed By = [[James L. Brooks]] Matt Groening [[Sam Simon]]
|Voices of = [[Dan Castellaneta]] [[Julie Kavner]] [[Nancy Cartwright]] [[Yeardley Smith]] [[Hank Azaria]] [[Harry Shearer]]
|Theme music composer = [[Danny Elfman]]
|Opening Theme = "The Simpsons Theme"
|Composer(s) = [[Alf Clausen]] (until [[season 29]]) [[Bleeding Fingers Music]] (season 29 onwards)
|Country of Origin = [[United States]]
|Original Language(s) = English ([[Non-English versions|see dubbed versions here]])
|No. of Seasons = 34
|No. of episodes = {{Epnumber}} ([[list of episodes]])
|Executive Producer(s) = [[Al Jean]] [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]] [[John Frink]] James L. Brooks Matt Groening [[Matt Selman]] Sam Simon
|Running Time = 22-24 minutes
|Production Company = [[Gracie Films]] [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox Television]] (1989–2020) [[20th Television]] (2020–present; season 32 only for on-screen logo) Fox Television Animation (2016-2020) {{W|20th Television Animation}} (2020-present; season 33 onward for on-screen logo)
|Distributor = 20th Television (1992-2020) {{W|Disney–ABC Domestic Television}} (2020-present)
|Original Channel = [[FOX]]
|Picture Format = 480i (SDTV) (1989–2009) 720p (HDTV) (2009–present)
|Audio Format = Stereo (1989–1991) Dolby Surround (1991–2009) Dolby Digital 5.1 (2009–present)
|Original run = December 17, 1989 – present
|website = https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-simpsons/3ZoBZ52QHb4x
}}

'''''The Simpsons''''' is an American animated television sitcom created by [[Matt Groening]] and produced by the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]]. The main characters are a satire of a working class [[Simpson family|family]], consisting of lazy family father, [[Homer]], hard working stay-at-home mother, [[Marge]] and their three children, troublemaker [[Bart]], charismatic [[Lisa]], and pacifier-sucking [[Maggie]]. The series lampoons many aspects of American culture, history, politics, and society.

The cartoon made its debut as 60 second animated bumpers for the ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'', with the first short airing on April 19, [[1987]]. The shorts were then expanded into a full length 30 minute television spin-off by [[20th Century Fox]], first airing on December 17, [[1989]]. As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} [[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]], 34 seasons have aired, and a [[Season 35|35th season]] and [[Season 36|36th season]] are scheduled to premiere.

The series currently holds the record for the longest running primetime sitcom in the history of television, running for over 30 years since 1989, the most [[List of guest stars|guest stars]], and becoming the longest running program on FOX.

''The Simpsons'' is also the most popular show on the Internet, with the most Facebook fans compared to other shows.<ref>[http://www.statista.com/chart/1342/most-beloved-tv-series-on-the-internet/ The Simpsons is the Most Beloved TV Show on the Internet]. Statista, Facebook, Twitter, Wikimedia. August 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2014.</ref>

== History ==
{{Main|History}}
The [[Simpson family]] were conceived in the lobby of [[James L. Brooks]]' office by Matt Groening. He was asked to do a series of animated shorts, and decided to do his ''Life in Hell'' series; but since he realized that animating ''Life in Hell'' would cause Fox to gain the copyright, so he chose another approach and formulated his version of a dysfunctional family. He named the characters after his own family, and substituted Bart for his own name; as it was an anagram of "brat".

[[File:The Tracey Ullman Simpsons.png|150px|thumb|left|The original [[Simpson family]] as seen on [[The Tracy Ullman Show]]: Left to right, [[Maggie]], [[Lisa]], [[Marge]], [[Homer]] and [[Bart]].]]

''The Simpsons'' first appeared to the world on April 19, [[1987]] on ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]''. Matt Groening submitted crudely drawn sketches of the family to the animators, assuming they would clean them up in production. However, the animators just re-traced over his drawings; that is why ''The Simpsons'' appear crudely drawn in the shorts. In 1989, a team of production companies adapted ''The Simpsons'' into a half-hour primetime series, for the FOX Broadcasting Company. FOX was initially nervous to air ''The Simpsons''; as there hasn't been a cartoon in primetime since ''[[The Flintstones]]'', and that they were unsure if they could keep the audience's attention for the duration of the episode. They proposed doing three seven-minute shorts and four specials until the audience adjusted, but the producers gambled for thirteen half-hour episodes for the series. ''The Simpsons'' was originally to premiere in the fall of 1989; with "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]", but when the episode came back from animation in Korea, it had major, major problems with it. [[James L. Brooks]] was extremely dissatisfied with the product and called for many parts of the episode to be redone. The producers then decided to just go ahead and air "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", on December 17, 1989 as a Christmas Special.

== Production ==
=== Executive Producers ===
[[File:Simpsons Sundae Shop.jpg|thumb|left]]
Through the entire show's history, Matt Groening and James L. Brooks have served as the show's executive producers. [[Sam Simon]] was also in this position, although not credited. When Simon left in 1993, he arranged a deal to be credited as executive producer as well as get profits even though he no longer works on the show.

=== Writers ===
The first team of writers for ''The Simpsons'' were assembled by Sam Simon. These were: [[John Swartzwelder]], [[Jon Vitti]], [[George Meyer]], [[Jeff Martin]], [[Al Jean]], [[Mike Reiss]], [[Jay Kogen]] and [[Wallace Wolodarsky]]. Newer Simpsons writing teams usually have 16 writers and episode ideas are thought of and proposed in early December. The main writer writes the first draft and the group changes it, adding in jokes and removing parts they don't like. This can sometimes change a script entirely. Up until 2004, the head of these groups was [[George Meyer]], who apparently wrote a lot of the best lines from episodes. But the idea of all this came from the magic hand of Matt Groening who invented the pictures

=== Voice Actors ===
==== Main cast actors ====
{{Table|width="99%"|
{{TH|[[Dan Castellaneta]]}}
{{TH|[[Julie Kavner]]}}
{{TH|[[Nancy Cartwright]]}}
{{TH|[[Yeardley Smith]]}}
{{TH|[[Hank Azaria]]}}
{{TH|[[Harry Shearer]]}}
{{TBT|[[Homer Simpson]] [[Abraham Simpson]] [[Barney Gumble]] [[Krusty the Clown]] [[Groundskeeper Willie]] [[Mayor Quimby]] [[Hans Moleman]] [[:Category:Characters voiced by Dan Castellaneta|Many others]]}}
{{TB|[[Marge Simpson]] [[Patty]] [[Selma]] [[:Category:Characters voiced by Julie Kavner|Others]]}}
{{TB|[[Bart]] [[Nelson]] [[Ralph]] [[Todd Flanders]] [[:Category:Characters voiced by Nancy Cartwright|Others]]}}
{{TB|[[Lisa]] [[:Category:Characters voiced by Yeardley Smith|Others]]}}
{{TB|[[Moe]] [[Chief Wiggum]] [[Apu]] [[Comic Book Guy]] [[Carl]] [[Cletus]] [[Professor Frink]] [[Dr. Nick]] [[:Category:Characters voiced by Hank Azaria|Many others]]}}
{{TB|[[Mr. Burns]] [[Smithers]] [[Ned Flanders]] [[Reverend Timothy Lovejoy|Rev. Lovejoy]] [[Kent Brockman]] [[Julius Hibbert]] [[Lenny]] [[Principal Skinner]] [[Otto]] [[Rainier Wolfcastle]] [[:Category:Characters voiced by Harry Shearer|Many others]]}}
}}

[[Dan Castellaneta]] and [[Julie Kavner]] were already members of "[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]". Rather than hire more actors for voices for ''The Simpsons'' animated shorts, the producers asked both Castellaneta and Kavner to provide the voices of characters [[Homer]] and [[Marge]]. [[Yeardley Smith]] originally wanted to play the role of [[Bart]], but the producers found her voice too "girlish". Instead, she was given the role of [[Bart]]'s sister, [[Lisa Simpson]]. [[Bart]] was voiced by [[Nancy Cartwright]], who originally auditioned for the role of Lisa but decided to be the voice of Bart instead after finding out that Lisa had a lack of personality at the time, while the character of Bart was "devious, underachieving, school-hating, irreverent, and clever".

[[Hank Azaria]] was a voice actor for the short-lived cartoon "Hollywood Dog" at the time. The casting director of the cartoon was also casting director of ''The Simpsons'', and Hank signed up for the role of [[Moe Syzlak]]. Later, he voiced several other characters, including [[Chief Wiggum]] and [[Apu]]. [[Harry Shearer]] was reluctant to be a voice actor on the show but was convinced by [[James L. Brooks]] to join the cast "after three phone calls."

==== Guest stars ====
Over the years, ''The Simpsons'' has had many guest stars voicing either themselves or other characters in the show. Many only appear for one episode but a few often voice their character multiple times, the most obvious being [[Phil Hartman]] ([[Troy McClure]] and [[Lionel Hutz]]), [[Kelsey Grammer]] ([[Sideshow Bob]]) and [[Joe Mantegna]] ([[Fat Tony]]).

''The Simpsons'' currently holds the {{W|Guinness World Record}} for most guest stars featured in a TV series.<ref>[http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_20-Years-of-The-Simpsons/blog/1711773/7691.html Guinness World Records]</ref>

== Premises ==
[[File:Simpsons cast.png|thumb|left|261px|''The Simpsons'' and several recurring characters on the show.]]
[[File:AllSimpsonsCharacters.png|right|thumb|261px|Many Simpsons characters]]

=== Characters ===
The Simpsons is known for its wide ensemble of main and supporting characters.

The main characters are the [[Simpson family]], who live in a fictional "Middle American" town of Springfield.<ref name="Turner28">Turner, p. 28</ref> Homer, the father, works as a safety inspector at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], a position at odds with his careless, buffoonish personality. He is married to [[Marge Bouvier]], a stereotypical American housewife and mother. They have three children: Bart, a ten-year-old troublemaker and prankster; Lisa, a precocious eight-year-old activist; and [[Maggie]], the baby of the family who rarely speaks, but communicates by sucking on a pacifier. The family owns a dog, [[Santa's Little Helper]], and a cat, [[Snowball II]]. Both pets have had starring roles in several episodes. Despite the passing of yearly milestones such as holidays or birthdays, the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] do not physically age and still appear just as they did at the end of the 1980s. Although the family is dysfunctional, many episodes examine their relationships and bonds with each other and they are often shown to care about one another.<ref>{{cite video | people=Oakley, Bill|date=2005|title=The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>

The show includes an array of quirky characters: co-workers, teachers, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople and local celebrities. The creators originally intended many of these characters as one-time jokesters or for fulfilling needed functions in the town. A number of them have gained expanded roles and subsequently starred in their own episodes. According to Matt Groening, the show adopted the concept of a large supporting cast from the comedy show "Second City Television".<ref name="avclub1">{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/47771/1|title=Matt Groening: Interview|accessdate=2006-10-22|author=Rabin, Nathan|date=2006-04-26|publisher=The A.V. Club}}</ref>

<gallery>
File:Homer Simpson.png|Homer
File:Marge Simpson.png|Marge
File:Bart Simpson.png|Bart
File:Lisa Simpson.png|Lisa
File:Maggie Simpson.png|Maggie
File:Abraham Simpson.png|Abe
</gallery>

=== Setting ===
[[File:Springfield.png|200px|thumb|right|Springfield]]
The show takes place in the fictional town of [[Springfield]], which was partially based on [[Matt Groening]]'s hometown of {{W|Portland, Oregon}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=12392|title=Matt Groening's Portland|accessdate=2007-08-04|author=Hamilton, Don|date=2002-07-19|publisher=''{{W|Portland Tribune|Portland Tribune}}''}}</ref> but according to the producers, it was supposed to represent any town in the United States of America. The [[Springfield's state|state]] that [[Springfield]] is in located is never mentioned in the series, a fact that has become an joke throughout the series. [[David Silverman]] once jokingly claimed that the state was "North Takoma". This may have been so during one scene when the Simpsons' car is visible from the rear, and that state's registration tag reads "NT".<ref name="NT">{{cite news|author=Laura Lee Davies |url=http://www.simpsonsarchive.com/other/interviews/oakley.silverman.html|title=Bill Oakley & David Silverman|publisher=''{{W2|Time Out|company}}''|date=1996-09-25|accessdate=2008-04-28}}</ref>

== Hallmarks ==
=== Opening sequence ===
{{Main|Opening sequence}}
''See also [[Couch gag]], [[Chalkboard gag]]'', ''[[Billboard gag]]''

The opening sequence is one of the most memorable hallmarks and running jokes of the series. The opening sequence differs from episode to episode. Prior to the show's transition to HD format, three elements of the opening sequence constantly change: a Chalkboard gag, Lisa's saxophone solo, and a couch gag. The Chalkboard gag involves [[Bart]] writing a sentence repeatedly on a chalkboard at [[Springfield Elementary]], and the couch gag involves the Simpsons family sitting on the couch in the living room, usually accompanied with a visual joke, i.e. the couch turning into a giant octopus and eating the entire family. Lisa's saxophone solo in the opening sequence is different each episode.

After the show's transition to HD format, the opening sequence was changed heavily to fit the new format, including the addition of many recurring characters into the sequence. 2 additional gags were added: a Billboard which changes each episode, and sometimes a sequence with various gags in the sky.

== Trivia ==
*''The Simpsons'' was voted 1st in ''The 100 Greatest Cartoons''.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-simpsons/3ZoBZ52QHb4x Official website]
*{{IMDb|title/tt0096697/|''The Simpsons''}}
*{{Wikipedialink}}
*{{Twitterpage|thesimpsons}}
*{{Facebook|thesimpsons}}

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Charles Montgomery Burns

2023-10-04T23:30:57Z

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{{Quote|Excellent.|Burns' catchphrase}}
{{Quote|Release the hounds!|Burns' catchphrase}}
{{Quote|You're fired.|Mr. Burns as a vampire}}
{{Character
|name = Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns
|image = [[File:Charles Montgomery Burns.png|250px]]
|gender = {{Male}}
|status = Alive
|alias = [[Fruit Bat Man]]
|age = See [[#Childhood|age section]]
|hair = Gray, balding
|job = Owner of [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] (not [[Canary M. Burns|legal owner]]) World War II veteran
|relatives = '''Grandparents:''' [[Wainwright Montgomery Burns]] and [[Evelyn Graycomb]] '''Parents:''' [[Clifford Burns]] and [[Daphne Burns]] '''Adoptive father:''' [[Charles Montgomery Burns' adoptive father|Unnamed]] '''Siblings:''' [[Cornelius Burns]], [[Cornelia Hernandez]], [[Zeph Burns]], [[Sarah Drew Linscott]], [[Dominique Burns]], [[Archibald Burns]], [[Clifford Burns Jr.]], [[Ernest Burns]] and [[George Burns]] '''Great-Grandfather:''' [[Franklin Jefferson Burns]] '''Son:''' [[Larry Burns]] [[Waylon Smithers, Jr.]] {{small|(foster son)}} '''Nieces:''' [[Pepita Bernstein]] and [[Victoria Burns]] '''Nephews:''' [[J. Stewart Burns]], [[Ironfist Burns]] (non-canon) and [[Mr. Burns' nephews|Three other nephews]] (non-canon) '''Aunt:''' [[Doreena Burns]] '''Grandchildren:''' Several, unnamed '''Cousin:''' [[Lyla]]
|appearance = "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"
|voiced by = [[Christopher Collins]] ([[Season 1]]) [[Harry Shearer]] (regular) [[Nancy Cartwright]] ([[Angry Dad]])
}}

'''Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns'''<ref>"[[Flaming Moe]]"</ref> is the owner and operator of the [[100 Industrial Way|Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]].

Mr. Burns frequently orders his aide, [[Waylon Smithers, Jr.]], to "release the hounds," so as to let his vicious guard dogs attack any intruders, enemies or even invited guests. Mr. Burns is Springfield's richest and most powerful citizen. His net worth has been stated to be in the billion-dollar range, although at one point it slipped to "only" $996 million, which led to his being demoted from Billionaire Camp to Millionaire Camp.<ref name="The Burns and the Bees">"[[The Burns and the Bees]]"</ref> Burns uses his power and wealth to do whatever he wants, usually without regard for consequences and without interference from the authorities. His fortune was once estimated to be $3 billion.<ref>"[[Hard Times]]"</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:Mr. Burns Every Simpsons Ever.png|thumb|left|250px]]
=== Childhood ===
[[File:Young Burns.png|thumb|Burns as a child]]
Burns' birthday is September 15.<ref name="Rosebud">"[[Rosebud]]"</ref>

The Burns family has deep roots in the United States, with Montgomery Burns' great-grandfather [[Franklin Jefferson Burns]] throwing boxes of tea overboard in the Boston Tea Party.<ref name="trillions">"[[The Trouble with Trillions]]"</ref> His age and time of birth is contradictory. He said he was 81 in the 1990s<ref>"[[Simpson and Delilah]]"</ref> and said his age was a four-digit number in the 2000s<ref name="regina">"[[The Regina Monologues]]"</ref> and 2010s.<ref>"[[Them, Robot]]"</ref> Others in the 1990s and 2000s knew his age as 104.<ref>"[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]"</ref><ref name="Homer the Smithers">"[[Homer the Smithers]]"</ref><ref>"[[A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]"</ref> He once gave his place of birth as Pangaea.<ref name="The Seemingly Never-Ending Story">"[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]</ref> Burns was either the youngest of his siblings which he outlived,<ref>"[[Double, Double, Boy in Trouble]]"</ref> or the older brother of [[George Burns]].<ref name="Rosebud"/> When the 108-year-old [[Cornelius Chapman]] died in 2000, Burns officially became Springfield's oldest living resident.<ref name="mansion">"[[The Mansion Family]]"</ref>

Depending on the account, he was a child in 1909,<ref name="last exit">"[[Last Exit to Springfield]]"</ref> 1913,<ref name="circus">"[[Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus]]"</ref> or 1935,<ref name="bobby">"[[Bobby, It's Cold Outside]]"</ref> and was an adult in the 19th century,<ref>"[[My Mother the Carjacker]]"</ref> 1914 (with his 25-year college reunion taking place in 1939),<ref name="Baby Burns">"[[Burns, Baby Burns]]"</ref> between the wars,<ref name="Four Regrettings and a Funeral">"[[Four Regrettings and a Funeral]]"</ref> or in the 1920s.<ref>"[[The Great Phatsby: Part One]]"</ref> His parents were either affectionate<ref name="Rosebud"/> or cold and distant.<ref name="bobby"/><ref name="Dark Knight Court">"[[Dark Knight Court]]"</ref>

Burns used to have a penchant for reading comics as a child ("comical booklets"), but his father [[Clifford Burns|Clifford]] didn't like this. Clifford burned down the company that made the comics to teach his son a lesson.<ref name="Dark Knight Court"/>

Burns abandoned [[Bobo]], a teddy bear and the symbol of his lost youth, to live with a twisted billionaire,<ref name="Rosebud"/> who was his grandfather [[Wainwright Montgomery Burns]], who owned the [[Springfield Power Works]], where laborers split atoms by hitting anvils with sledgehammers.<ref name="last exit"/> Burns amused himself by injuring hapless immigrant laborers.<ref name="$pringfield">"[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]"</ref>

Whether or not Burns' mother [[Daphne Burns|Daphne]] was alive by the 1990s<ref name="Homer the Smithers"/> or dead in the 1930s was unclear,<ref name="bobby"/> as was whether or not the cause of his parents' death was getting in his way<ref name="mansion"/> or if his mother died from a lack of indoor plumbing.<ref name="fraudcast">"[[Fraudcast News]]"</ref>

He later attended [[Yale University]].<ref name="Baby Burns"/>
[[File:Mr. Burns WW2.png|thumb|left|Burns with Abe Simpson during WWII]]

=== Pre-World War 2 ===
For a time Burns lived in [[Paris]], where he met and fell in love with his cousin [[Lyla]]. At one point, he proposed, but she rejected him because of his evil ways, and they didn't speak for decades.<ref name="Four Regrettings and a Funeral"/>

In 1939, at Burns' 25-year college reunion, he became romantically involved with the daughter of an old flame. She would later bear his child, [[Larry Burns]], who was given up for adoption and would later enter Mr. Burns' life briefly.<ref name="Baby Burns"/>

=== World War II ===
Burns served in the [[Flying Hellfish]] during [[World War II]], holding the rank of private after being demoted for his involvement in a romantic scandal and attempting to block a probe from J. Edgar. Burns is proud of the fact that he manufactured shells for the Nazis, seeing himself as being superior to {{W|Oskar Schindler}} because "my shells worked, dammit!"<ref>"[[A Star Is Burns]]"</ref>

A member of Springfield's Flying Hellfish battalion (even though it was later shown that Mr. Burns was in the SS, the special forces of the Nazi army), he saw action in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge, serving under Sergeant [[Abraham Simpson]]. He was later transferred to the South Pacific with part of his squad. During the closing years of the war, when his platoon was clearing out a German-occupied castle, Mr. Burns came across several valuable portraits. Since they couldn't decide on who they should go to, they decided to enter into a tontine, which Mr. Burns was removed from decades after the war, after being dishonorably discharged when he tried to kill Abe. The paintings were later handed back to a German whose relatives owned them.<ref>"[[Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"]]"</ref>
[[File:MrBurnsVest.gif|thumb|Mr Burns showing off his expensive clothing]]

=== Post World War II ===
At the end of World War II he was personally hired by President [[Harry S. Truman]] to transport a specially-printed trillion-dollar bill to Europe as the United States' contribution to the reconstruction of the continent. As the United States' richest citizen, Burns was thought to be also the most trustworthy. Burns absconded with the bill and kept it in his possession for many years until it was lost to [[Fidel Castro]].<ref name="trillions"/>

[[File:Burns SS Card.png|thumb|left|Montgomery Burns revealing he was a member of the SS]]
Burns spent time as a biochemist and bioterrorist before owning the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]]. When Homer was six<ref>"[[Gone Abie Gone]]"</ref><ref name="to cur">"[[To Cur, with Love]]</ref> or nine,<ref>"[[Mothers and Other Strangers]]"</ref> Burns operated a biological weapons laboratory until it was destroyed by peace activists - including [[Homer]]'s mother, [[Mona Simpson]].<ref>"[[Mother Simpson]]"</ref>

Burns raised money to build the [[Springfield Power Plant]],<ref name="to cur"/> which opened when Homer was either 12<ref>"[[The Blunder Years]]"</ref> or a senior in high school.<ref>"[[The Way We Was]]"</ref> When he arrived in Springfield this time (for what [[Marge Simpson]], who was a child at the time, thought was the first time) he promised cheap electricity for all. He came into town riding an elephant and a young [[Moe Szyslak]] asked to touch the elephant, which Mr. Burns allowed him to do.<ref>"[[Them, Robot]]"</ref> However, other accounts showed Burns living in Springfield with his grandfather in the 1900s<ref name="last exit"/> and with his mother in the 1910s.<ref name="circus"/> Burns currently owns the plant, although he has parted with it several times, including when he sold it to German investors, when the bank foreclosed on it and put [[Lenny]] in charge, when he lost all of his money in a bet with [[The Rich Texan]], and when Homer and [[Bart]] staged a hostile takeover of it. In each of these instances, Burns regained ownership of the nuclear plant.

After allowing his assistant to sacrifice himself to stop a potential nuclear meltdown, he secretly raised his son Waylon Smithers, Jr. as his own. He is unaware that Smithers is gay and has had a crush on him for years. Their relationship has had its rough spots, as Smithers was one of the prime suspects in the shooting of Mr. Burns in 1995. Mr. Burns has grown to be the oldest man in Springfield
[[File:Evil Burns.png|thumb|Mr. Burns in his typical evil mood]]

== Character ==
=== Personality ===
Burns embodies a number of stereotypes about Corporate America, as he has an unquenchable desire to increase his own wealth and power. Burns also embodies the stereotype of a manager by forgetting his employees' names (especially Homer's, despite it appearing that they interact more than Burns does with most of his employees), though this can be attributed to his senility. Burns is also unconcerned for their safety and well-being. His aspirations to apply obsolete technology to everyday life or references to Victorian-era people or places provide a common source of humor on the show. Recently, he has become less evil and more eccentric.
Burns has a vast amount of money, he doesn't do charity, and simply releases "The Hounds" at any charity collectors coming to his mansion. He seems to enjoy bossing his assistant, Waylon Smithers, Jr., to do everything for him, from getting him dressed to driving him about.

[[File:Ketchup catsup.png|thumb|Mr Burns struggles to understand Ketchup and Catsup]]
At times, Burns appears to be completely removed from modern conventions and, sometimes, reality. He continually fails to recognize Homer Simpson or remember his name despite all the major events in Burns' life on the series have revolved around him in some way, similar to [[Krusty]] not remembering Bart's name. Burns is also for the most part unaware of the townspeople's general dislike of him. Burns uses archaic phrases and antiquated expressions that have either changed meanings or fallen out of common usage in American English, including score (meaning 20), twain (two), post-haste (quickly), petroleum distillate (gasoline), gay (jolly), dean (principal), velocitator and deceleratrix (a car's accelerator and brake), aeromail (post by air), lollygagger (slacker), fourth form (fourth grade), ahoy-hoy (hello), jumping box and picto-tube (television), Autogyro (helicopter), DictaBelt (dictation machine), the New York Nine (New York Yankees), horseless sleigh (snowmobile, although it could just mean that he was trying to be a mysterious character), crackleberries (peanuts), talkie (movies with sound), thrice (three times), and mater (mother). He also answers the telephone in the same way that the man widely credited for the ''Invention'' of the Telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, is purported to have answered it ('Ahoy, Hoy?'). In one episode he also rings Smithers and says "Smithers, come here, I want you.", a take on what are reputedly the first words spoken by Alexander Graham Bell on his telephone ("Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you").

He also displays mannerisms which are considered outdated, such as practicing phrenology, writing with a quill pen, driving a [[1936 Stutz Bearcat]] while wearing a Edwardian motorist's outfit which includes hat, driving gloves and goggles, carrying a mace for self defense (though the weapon actually shown was a flail), driving without regard to traffic laws in the manner of early 20th century motorists, and using an antique view camera to take photographs.

Burns appears unaware of 20th century political and social developments, such as Fidel Castro replacing Fulgencio Batista as the President of [[Cuba]], Siam changing its name to Thailand, the [[Belgian Congo]] changing its name to the Congo-Kinshasa, Prussia being absorbed into the [[Germany|German]] Empire, [[India]] gaining its independence from the British Empire, New Mexico entering the [[United States]], the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Idlewild Airport changing its name to JFK Airport, the disbanding of the Negro Leagues, the desegregation of the Major Leagues, [[Joe DiMaggio]] no longer being a rookie, the extinction of the dodo, the demolition of the Polo Grounds, the ceasing of publication of Collier's Weekly, the demise of the DuMont Television Network, believing tires need to be revulcanized, confusing {{Chs|Ramones}} with [[The Rolling Stones]] ("have the Rolling Stones killed"), thinking cars are still operated by levers, believing mail may still be delivered by autogyro (once asking for a package to be delivered by autogyro to the Prussian Embassy in Siam), and the 1939 World's Fair.

Burns' investment portfolio includes long-defunct shares in "Confederated Slaveholdings, Transatlantic Zeppelin, Amalgamated Spats, Congreve's Inflammable Powder, U.S. Hay", and an "up-and-coming Baltimore Opera Hat Company". Burns commonly refers to deceased persons as if they were alive, including Al Jolson, Tallulah Bankhead, Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo, Honus Wagner, Cap Anson, and Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown. He believes some social institutions and inventions are novel or nonexistent, such as musicals about "the common cat" and "the King of Siam", the Packard automobile, the Fire Department, ice cream (or "iced cream"), vending machines, recycling, strip clubs, hamburgers, the DuMont, the word "into", silent films like the 1929 ''Lulu'', and the synonymity of ketchup and catsup. While trying to chat up a young woman, Burns offers to play the clavichord and show stereopticon images of the Crimean War.
[[File:Springfield Nuclear Power Plant 3.png|thumb|right|Mr Burns' office]]

=== Health ===
[[File:Mr burns hurts homer.jpg|thumb|left|Mr. Burns strangling Homer, in a menacing fashion]]
Burns has numerous physical ailments and health problems, or more accurately he has nearly 'every' physical ailment and health problem. He is often to the point where he seems to straddle the line between life and death. On prior occasions, Burns may have died. Presently, Burns has a condition known as "Three Stooges Syndrome" where a delicate state of homeostasis is created by the presence in his body of every disease known to man and other newly-discovered diseases unique to him, which, when all trying to invade his body simultaneously, cancel out each other. Mr. Burns took this as being invincible, although the doctor who told him this implied that the slightest breeze could kill him.<ref name="The Mansion Family">"[[The Mansion Family]]"</ref>

Physically weak, he often has great difficulty performing the most basic physical tasks, such as giving a thumbs-up, receiving a hug, crushing a paper cup, or stepping on an insect. He is weak enough to be pushed over by an ant or a high-five, or pushed down by a sponge scrub on his head (although he was able to eventually get up in the latter case). Bunting a baseball sends him flying to the backstop. The weight of Toothpaste on his Toothbrush is enough to pull him over.<ref>This is shown in [[The Simpsons Movie]].</ref> He has a hunched back and his vertebral column is visible when he is viewed from the side. His exposure to radiation has given his skin a green glow (though seen in only one episode) and left him infertile. Once a 1000 dollar bill bruised him leaving a reverse imprint of Grover Cleveland on his chest.<ref name="regina"/> When Burns was incarcerated at Springfield's penitentiary, when he was getting a mug shot, the camera flash was able to slam him against a wall and knock him out.
[[File:Burns Alien.png|thumb|Burns was once mistaken for an alien after his weekly medical treatments.]]
His organs have grown immensely weak over the years. His heart is black, desiccated, and barely beats or does not beat at all. It is shrunken to the size of a cherry. Burns' blood type is double-O negative.<ref>"[[Blood Feud]]"</ref> When his finger is pricked, he bleeds dust, and when his arm is poked with a needle, the needle passes through his arm like Meringue as his doctor described it. On one occasion, a chunk of Burns' brain fell out through his ear. Another time, his lungs came out through his mouth and acted like an airbag. On another occasion, he indicated in an off-hand manner that he only has a single lung. If he is not careful, fluid can build up in his hands, causing them to swell to enormous proportions, and his fingers have been shown to flap in the breeze released from a bowling ball dispenser. It has been revealed that if Burns sweats even one drop, he could die of dehydration unless he takes a bath immediately. He has lost body parts due to leprosy (one example is when he lost an entire fingernail in a cup). Both his legs have a crease in them, down the entire length. When he learnt he had the [[House Cat Flu]] and he had only 6 months to live, he decided to announce all Springfieldians. However, after seeing nobody cared about him, he tried to jump from a cliff to kill himself. He didn't die, but did lose his memory and people then tried to take revenge on him.

==== Medical treatment ====
[[File:Burns in The Fool Monty.png|right|thumb|Mr. Burns when Bart brought him to his home after he tried to kill himself]]
Burns' medical treatment includes a weekly procedure which includes chiropractics, a painful vocal cord scraping, and an injection of pain-killers; its purpose is to postpone his death for one week. This makes his eyeballs grow to an unnatural size, and he becomes temporarily "nice". He also glows green, a result of working in a nuclear plant for ages. This once caused Homer to mistake him for an alien, though no one believed him, thinking him to have been drunk (he drank about ten bottles of a new type of beer, '[[Red Tick Beer]]' made out of beer and dog fleas). [[Lisa]] tried to prove that Burns was not an alien, by pointing a flashlight at him, which revealed him in his "nice" form.

The townspeople still believed he was a monster and wanted to kill him anyway, but Smithers rushed in and stopped them, explaining that it was really Burns. He has his brain flushed out with vinegar and his eyes "re-balled". His knees are also sent out to be repaired at a "shop." His dentures replace themselves.<ref>"[[The Springfield Files]]"</ref> In the future, Burns may be kept alive by cryonics.

Burns once broke all his bones (though this was understandable, as he was knocked down onto the street below his main office, and besides which, he also had his stuffed Polar bear statue fall on top of him due to a fight between Smithers and Homer).

On rare occasions he has displayed great strength and skill, such as when he managed to single-handedly capture the Loch Ness monster "Nessie" (though it was never explained exactly how he did so) and when he rescued his girlfriend Gloria from a burning building (although she wound up carrying him out of the blaze).

=== Career ===
At the nuclear plant, Burns spends most of time in his office, monitoring his workers via closed circuit cameras. In his office he keeps a team of ten high-priced lawyers, a scale model of Springfield, a special microbe-resistant chamber, a two-seat escape pod, and the "League of Evil" - a sinister cabal whose members are long deceased but whose skeletons remain. The boobytraps in Burns' office include cricket poison, a secret trapdoor (though he sometimes forgets where it is), a catapult that fires 100 gram weights, and a ceiling-mounted suction tube which he can use to transport dissident workers to [[Morocco]]. He is also a loan officer at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant Employee's Credit Union.<ref>"[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"</ref>

[[Kent Brockman]] also credits Burns with having stolen Christmas from 1981 to 1985.

He was once forced to work in a Sweatshop, along with other billionaires such as [[Artie Ziff]], [[Aristotle Amadopolis]] and [[The Rich Texan]].

He also claims to have participated in the Boston Tea Party.

Burns has also owned or co-owned a number of business ventures in Springfield, including the [[Monty Burns Casino]] (later demolished),<ref name="$pringfield"/> Li'l Lisa" recycling (an ocean slurry manufacturing plant),<ref>"[[The Old Man and the Lisa]]"</ref> and [[Burns Slant Drilling Co.]],<ref>. Burns owned this in "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]"</ref> Burns Media, the electric company, the water works and even a hotel on Baltic Avenue.

Burns has used his power and wealth to blackmail and bribe various members of Springfield, including [[Mayor Quimby]], as well as safety inspectors. He once attempted to block out the sun to force Springfield residents to increase their use of electricity produced by the Nuclear Plant and was subsequently shot by [[Maggie]];. The town routinely is subject to Burns' abuse, such as Burns' stealing of Christmas from 1981 to 1985 and there is a general dislike of him throughout the town.

In ''The Simpsons: Hit & Run, ''it is implied that he had a business partner that he killed. He stated this in level 7, mission 4, when Homer goes to his office, Mr. Burns mistakes him for the ghost of his former partner, and is relieved when Homer tells him that it is just him.
[[File:Homer the Smithers promo.png|thumb|right|Burns' bedroom in Burns Manor]]

=== Residence ===
{{main|Burns Manor}}
Burns resides in a vast, ornate mansion on an immense estate called ''[[Burns' manor]]'', located at 1000 Mammon Lane, on the corner of Croesus and Mammon streets in the '[[Springfield Heights]]' district. It is protected by a high wall, an electrified fence and a pack of vicious attack dogs known as "The Hounds", one of whom is named [[Winston]].
[[File:Burns' manor.png|thumb|left|Burns Manor]]
He usually releases his vicious hounds on guests once he decides they have overstayed<ref>The Simpsons Movie</ref> He has at least one 30+ yr old dog named Crippler, who is so old he has trouble walking. Crippler is known for bagging hippies - something they don't find too groovy at all. At times he has employed for protecting a force of ''Wizard of Oz'' - style guards, a personal paramilitary force, a riot police squad and a [[robotic Richard Simmons]].

The inside of the mansion includes a room containing a thousand monkeys at a thousand typewriters, a bottomless pit, a human chess board, the largest television in the free world, a 'Hall of Patriots' commemorating his ancestors, a laboratory, a botanical garden of vultures bearing his likeness, a safe containing a Beefeater guard and a theater that is showing round-the-clock which plays regardless whether there is an audience or not. There also is a TV studio and a CCTV room. His residence also contains a closet full of clothes made from many different types of animals, such as a vest made from Gorilla chest and loafers made from gophers. The mansion is also home to many rare historical artifacts including the only existing nude photo of [[Mark Twain]], the suit [[Charlie Chaplin]] was buried in, [[King Arthur]]'s mythical sword Excalibur, and a rare first draft of the Constitution with the word "suckers" in it.

=== Relationships ===
Burns has been engaged at least three times: a woman named Gertrude who died of loneliness and rabies, to [[Jacqueline Bouvier]], and to a policewoman named {{ap|Gloria|Snake's wife}}. He once had an affair with Countess von Zeppelin. [[Agnes Skinner]] let Burns "feel her up" during the Depression.<ref>"[[The Last of the Red Hat Mamas]]"</ref> Burns caught the attention of [[Selma Bouvier]] when she discovered he's single.<ref>"[[Monty Can't Buy Me Love]]"</ref>
[[File:Burns and Gloria.PNG|thumb|Burns and Gloria]]
What is not widely known is that Charles Montgomery Burns and Homer Simpson are related by marriage (Which makes his making Bart his heir in one episode extremely ironic, as Bart would be related to Mr. Burns anyway). According to a family tree:

:Charles Montgomery Burns was born to Clifford Burns and Daphne Charle (hence the name ''Charles''),
:Clifford Burns was born to Wainwright Montgomery Burns and [[Evelyn Graycomb]].
:Evelyn Graycomb was born to [[Otto Graycomb]] and Lolly Dubois.
:Lolly Dubois was born to Lance Dubois and [[Clarice Stemple]].
:Clarice Stemple is the sister of [[Gaylord Stemple]].
:Gaylord Stemple married [[Trixie Simpson]].
:Trixie Simpson is the Granddaughter of [[Sven Simpson]].
:Sven Simpson is the great, great, great, great, great Grandfather of Homer Simpson.

Mr. Burns' great-great-grandmother's sister-in-law's 4th great-grandson is Homer Simpson.

Mr. Burns had a strained relationship with his own mother—whom he has apparently tried to kill at least once—who had an affair with President Taft and lives in her 120's. He is Lisa's opposite, with no conscience or care for the environment in many episodes, and Lisa often opposes him. Occasionally, she agrees to work with him, but with great reluctance.

Once, when asked the cause of his parents' deaths, he replied: "Got in my way".<ref name="The Mansion Family"/> He also said the lack of indoor plumbing killed his mother.<ref name="fraudcast"/> However, his mother was seen alive at least once.<ref name="Homer the Smithers"/>

=== Organizations ===
[[File:Two Cars.png|thumb|right|Mr Burns is served a three eyed fish while running for governor]]
Mr. Burns is a member of various organizations. In his younger years, while a student at Yale University, he was a member of Skull and Bones. During World War II, Burns became a member of the Flying Hellfish squad, a group of soldiers who entered into a tontine regarding the ownership of German artwork. Burns was a member of the [[Stonecutters]] until it disbanded, at which time he joined the secret society that succeeded it: The Ancient Mystic Order of No-Homers. (One source of dislike of Burns for the "Stonecutters' is that despite his wealth and greed, he is outranked by Lenny.). He is currently the head of the [[Springfield Republican Party]] and once headed a short lived religion. He is also a member of the "Excluders Club", the Springfield Golf and Country Club, and the National Rifle Association. He holds a chair (a demonic throne with snarling dogs chained to it) at [[Springfield University]] and controls an anti-democratic paramilitary force in Latin America.

Burns once attended the annual Billionaire's Retreat, where he won the Austin Celtics basketball team from The Rich Texan in a poker game. After severely mismanaging the team, he lost nearly half his net worth. At the following year's retreat,  it was discovered he was no longer a billionaire.  He was ejected from the camp, and thrown over a wall into the slack-jawed millionaire's camp.<ref name="The Burns and the Bees"/>

He once tried to run for Governor – until Marge Simpson forever ruined his chances with a [[Blinky|three-eyed fish]]. At the end he echoes Charles Foster Kane ({{W|Citizen Kane}}) by crying out his name in rage—and vows for the rest of his life to make Homer Simpson's life miserable.<ref>This happens in "[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]"</ref>

Burns was a Freemason "before it was trendy."<ref>"[[Gone Maggie Gone]]"</ref>

== Non-canon ==
{{Noncanon}}
[[File:Treehouse of Horror IV promo.gif|thumb|right|"Count" Burns in "[[Treehouse of Horror IV]]"]]

=== The Future ===
[[File:Robo Burns.png|thumb|Burns as a head on legs]]
Mr. Burns is later cryogenically frozen. Scientists work to find a cure for 17 stab wounds to the back so that he can be thawed out and cured. He was cured in ttime to attend Lisa Simpson's wedding. He isn't completely thawed, and when he tries to sit down, he snaps in half, which is also cured.<ref>"[[Lisa's Wedding]]"</ref> Later he is a shut-in who sponsors a Yale scholarship as punishment for stealing Christmas. He keeps diamonds to have them changed into Earth's most precious mineral of the age: coal. His home is also guarded by a large group of unicorn-clam creatures (uni-clams).<ref>"[[Holidays of Future Passed]]"</ref> Billions of years into the future, Burns lives in the form of a partial android with his robot dog sidekick Smithers. Burns' head misplaces his teddy, [[Bobo]] every century.<ref name="Rosebud"/>

=== Treehouse of Horror ===
==== Count Burns ====
Burns is a vampire but no one believes Lisa. She and Bart find Mr. Burns's secret lair which can be accessed by a staircase that has a lever which doubles as a fun slide and Bart (while fleeing from a horde of vampires) says "I shouldn't... But when am I going to be back here?" is turned into a vampire after pulling the lever. The Simpsons are then worried that Bart could get worse and The Simpsons have to kill the head vampire. Homer kills Burns but gets fired in the process. It turns out, however, that Burns is NOT the head vampire, which leads to an unexpected conclusion.

==== Lord Montymort ====
:''See [[Lord Montymort|here]]''

=== Video games ===
==== The Simpsons: The Arcade Game ====
Mr. Burns appears as the final boss in this game, operating a giant mechanical robot from within that changes form with the damage it receives from the Simpsons characters. He also was the one who orchestrated Smither's theft of a diamond, which also indirectly made him responsible for Maggie's kidnapping as well, as Smithers ended up kidnapping Maggie because the diamond was knocked towards Maggie and she started using it as a Pacifier. After managing to defeat Burns, the Simpsons rescue Maggie and head back home, while Homer breaks the fourth wall by throwing the diamond right to the player. After Burns was knocked unconscious Maggie places her old pacifier into his mouth.

==== The Simpsons Road Rage ====
In [[The Simpsons Road Rage]], Mr. Burns buys out the Springfield transit system and turns them into nuclear buses. In one of the missions it is also said that he buys out the Springfield Shopper. Also if you drive in the Springfield Mountains you can drive into Burns' manor. In the last mission you have to battle Mr. Burns as Homer, where Homer has smash the statues in Burns' garden. Also in the second mission you have to dodge him. In every single road rage or Sunday drive he tries and hit you with his car. If you use a cheat you can drive his car, a nuclear bus or even Mr. Burns driving a brick. In the downtown location you can see his bus depot. One of the other locations is his nuclear power plant.

==== The Simpsons: Minutes to Meltdown ====
In ''[[The Simpsons: Minutes to Meltdown]]'', Mr. Burns is shown telling [[Homer]] where [[Plopper|Spider Pig]] went.

==== The Simpsons: Hit & Run ====
In ''[[The Simpsons: Hit & Run]]'', you can drive to the nuclear power plant in the first level. In the last level, you can climb up to Mr. Burns' office. You also see him in one level and can eventually drive his car if you complete the bonus mission in Level 7.

==== The Simpsons Game ====
In the level {{ap|Lisa the Tree Hugger|The Simpsons Game}}, the player stops Mr. Burns from destroying the ecosystem. Burns plans to cut down every tree in Springfield and turn each one into a single luxury toothpick. When the logging facility is destroyed, Mr. Burns has Smithers phone in some goons to rough up [[Al Gore]] to make himself feel better. In [[Medal of Homer]], a younger version of Burns steals paintings from the village of St. Capitulons and protects them on board his personal naval carrier with a squad of sailors resembling Smithers.

==== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ====
===== Mr. Burns =====
{{TranscludeSection|The Simpsons: Tapped Out characters/Villains|Burns}}

===== Costumes =====
<gallery>
File:Fruit Bat Man.png|[[Fruit-Bat-Man]]
File:Count Burns.png|[[Count Burns]]
File:Tapped Out Ebenezer Burns.png|[[Ebenezer Burns]]
File:Number 29.png|[[Number 29]]
File:Tapped Out U.B.O..png|[[U. B. O.]]
File:Tapped Out Monty Moneybags.png|[[Monty Moneybags]]
File:Softball Mr Burns.png|[[Softball Mr Burns]]
File:Tapped Out White Witch Burns.png|[[White Witch Burns]]
File:Tapped Out Reclusive Mr. Burns.png|[[Reclusive Mr. Burns]]
File:New God Mr. Burns.png|[[New God Mr. Burns]]
File:Hellfish Burns.png|[[Hellfish Burns]]
File:Pin Pal Burns.png|[[Pin Pal Burns]]
File:Water Baron Burns.png|[[Water Baron Burns]]
File:Geriatric Park Burns.png|[[Geriatric Park Burns]]
</gallery>

===== Standalone =====
<gallery>
File:Robo Burns.png|[[Robo Burns]]
File:Young Burns.png|[[Young Burns]]
File:Evil Godmother Burns.png|[[Evil Godmother Burns]]
File:Mr. Burnsum.png|[[Burnsum]]
File:Lord Montgomery.png|[[Lord Montgomery]]
File:Mirror Burns.png|[[Mirror Mr. Burns]]
</gallery>

== Behind the Laughter ==
[[File:Homer's Odyssey (Mr. Burns Looking Out the Window).png|thumb|Mr Burns' appearance in "[[Homer's Odyssey]]"]]
=== Creation ===
Burns' character, appearance, and mannerisms are based on several different people. The show's creator [[Matt Groening]] principally based Burns on Fredrik Olsen, a reclusive Norwegian shipping magnate and the owner of Timex. Drawing further inspiration from oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, David Rockefeller and fictional character Henry Potter from ''It's a Wonderful Life'', Groening made Burns the "embodiment of corporate greed".

Animator [[David Silverman]] parodied Burns's appearance on Fox founder Barry Diller, and modeled his body on a praying mantis. The idea of Burns reading employee names off cards in "There's No Disgrace Like Home" came from an article about Ronald Reagan that writer [[Al Jean]] had read. In some episodes, parallels have been drawn between Burns and moguls such as Howard Hughes and, more frequently, fictional character Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane. Writer George Meyer lifted Burns' "Excellent!" hand gesture from his former ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' colleague Jim Downey.

Matt Groening got Burns's middle name from a Montgomery Ward department store in Portland, Oregon's Northwest Industrial district and his surname from Burnside Street, a main thoroughfare in Portland. Burns's first name being Charles is a reference to Charles Foster Kane. In the script for "[[There's No Disgrace Like Home]]", Al Jean and [[Mike Reiss]] referred to him as "Mr. Meany".<ref>''[[Springfield Confidential]]'' Chapter 6</ref>

In the second season, the writers started to enjoy writing about Smithers and Burns's relationship, and they often pitched episodes with them as the focus, but many never came to fruition.

=== Voice ===
Burns was originally voiced by actor Christopher Collins in the episode "[[Homer's Odyssey]]". He was soon replaced by Harry Shearer, who has voiced the character ever since. He modeled the voice on Lionel Barrymore and Ronald Reagan. Shearer is also the voice of Smithers and is able to perform dialogue between the two characters in one take. Shearer said that Burns is the most difficult character for him to voice because it is rough on his vocal cords and he often needs to drink tea and honey to soothe his voice. He describes Burns as his favorite character, saying he "like[s] Mr. Burns because he is pure evil. A lot of evil people make the mistake of diluting it. Never adulterate your evil."
[[File:Mr burns action figure.jpg|thumb|A Mr. Burns action figure]]

=== Foreign dubs ===
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|esVoice=Pedro Sempson (seasons 1-11) Javier Franquelo (since season 12)
|esLAVoice=Miguel Ángel Botello (Seasons [[Season 16|16]]-[[Season 31|31]]) {{W|Gabriel Chávez}} (Seasons [[Season 1|1]]-[[Season 15|15]], since [[Season 32|32]])
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|svVoice={{W|sv:Anders Öjebo|Anders Öjebo}} (''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'')
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|ukVoice={{W|uk:Легін Валерій Петрович|Valerii Lehin}} (Season 1, ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'') {{W|uk:Коваленко Юрій Миколайович|Yurii Kovalenko}} (since season 2)
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|E5=yes
|E6=yes
|E6n=flashback
|E7=yes
|E8=yes
|E12=yes
|E14=yes
|E15=yes
|E16=yes
|E17=yes
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|E18=yes
|E19=yes
|E20=yes
|E22=yes
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{{Season15A
|E2=yes
|E3=yes
|E4=yes
|E5=yes
|E7=yes
|E10=yes
|E12=yes
|E16=yes
|E19=yes
|E21=yes
|E22=yes
}}
{{Season16A
|E1=yes
|E5=yes
|E6=yes
|E8=yes
|E12=yes
|E14=yes
|E15=yes
}}
{{Season17A
|E1=yes
|E4=yes
|E7=yes
|E8=yes
|E9=yes
|E9n=I Saw Grampa Cussing Santa Claus; The Nutcracker...Sweeeeet
|E13=yes
|E14=yes
|E17=yes
|E21=yes
}}
{{Season18A
|E3cg=yes
|E4=yes
|E5=yes
|E7=yes
|E9=yes
|E11=yes
|E12=yes
|E13=yes
|E14=yes
|E16=yes
|E18=yes
|E19=yes
|E21=yes
|E22=yes
}}
*{{mov}}
{{Season19A
|E1=yes
|E2=yes
|E5=yes
|E8=yes
|E9=yes
|E10=yes
|E12=yes
|E12n=wraparounds
|E19=yes
|E20=yes
}}
{{Season20A
|E1=yes
|E3=yes
|E7=yes
|E8=yes
|E10=yes
|E11=yes
|E12=yes
|E13=yes
|E15=yes
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|E21=yes
}}
{{Season21A
|E3=yes
|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
|E9=yes
|E10=yes
|E11=yes
|E12=yes
|E13=yes
|E17=yes
|E19=yes
|E20=yes
|E21=yes
|E23=yes
}}
{{Season22A
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|E4=yes
|E6=yes
|E7=yes
|E8=yes
|E9=yes
|E11=yes
|E12=yes
|E13=yes
|E15=yes
|E16=yes
|E17=yes
}}
{{Season23A
|E1=yes
|E2=yes
|E2n=picture
|E3=yes
|E4=yes
|E7=yes
|E9=yes
|E10=yes
|E11=yes
|E13cg=yes
|E14=yes
|E15=yes
|E16=yes
|E17=yes
|E20=yes
|E22=yes
}}
{{Season24A
|E2=yes
|E6=yes
|E8=yes
|E10=yes
|E14=yes
|E15=yes
|E16=yes
|E20=yes
}}
{{Season25A
|E1=yes
|E2=yes
|E3=yes
|E6=yes
|E8=yes
|E9=yes
|E11=yes
|E12=yes
|E15=yes
|E18=yes
|E19=yes
|E20=yes
|E21=yes
}}
{{Season26A
|E3=yes
|E4=yes
|E5=yes
|E6=yes
|E9=yes
|E10=yes
|E11=yes
|E12=yes
|E13=yes
|E14=yes
|E15=yes
|E17=yes
|E22=yes
}}
{{Season27A
|E1=yes
|E2=yes
|E3=yes
|E5=yes
|E8cg=yes
|E10=yes
|E13=yes
|E14=yes
|E15=yes
|E17=yes
|E21=yes
|E22=yes
}}
{{Season28A
|E1=yes
|E2=yes
|E4=yes
|E4n=Dry Hard
|E5=yes
|E7=yes
|E9=yes
|E11=yes
|E12=yes
|E13=yes
|E14=yes
|E15=yes
|E16=yes
|E17=yes
|E19=yes
|E20cg=yes
|E20cgn=archive image
|E21=yes
|E22=yes
}}
{{Season29A
|E1=yes
|E1n=as Lord Montgomery
|E6=yes
|E7=yes
|E10=yes
|E11=yes
|E12=yes
|E15=yes
|E16=yes
|E19=yes
|E21=yes
|E21n=picture
}}
{{Season30A
|E1cg=yes
|E3=yes
|E4=yes
|E4n=Geriatric Park
|E5=yes
|E7=yes
|E7n=picture
|E9=yes
|E10=yes
|E10n=picture
|E11cg=yes
|E12=yes
|E13cg=yes
|E15=yes
|E17=yes
|E19=yes
|E20=yes
|E22=yes
|E23=yes
}}
{{Season31A
|E1=yes
|E2=yes
|E4=yes
|E4n=When Hairy Met Slimy
|E5=yes
|E8=yes
|E8n=A-Gobble-Ypto
|E10=yes
|E12=yes
|E13=yes
|E16=yes
|E18=yes
|E19=yes
|E20=yes
|E22=yes
}}
{{Season32A
|E1=yes
|E2=yes
|E3=yes
|E3n=Lisanardo da Vinci
|E4=yes
|E4n=Into the Homer-verse
|E5=yes
|E8=yes
|E9=yes
|E13=yes
|E16=yes
|E18=yes
}}
{{Season33A
|E1=yes
|E2=yes
|E3=yes
|E3n=opening sequence; Bong Joon Ho's This Side of Parasite
|E4=yes
|E6=yes
|E8=yes
|E9=yes
|E9n=picture
|E10=yes
|E10n=mentioned
|E11=yes
|E14=yes
|E16=yes
|E20=yes
|E22=yes
}}
{{Season34A
|E1=yes
|E1n=picture
|E2=yes
|E3=yes
|E3n=archive footage
|E5=yes
|E5n=child, ghost
|E6=yes
|E6n=Death Tome
|E12=yes
|E19=yes
|E22OS=yes
}}
{{Season35A
|E1=yes
}}
'''Specials:'''
{{SpecialsA
|Bartman=yes
|Fox25=yes
|AMFSRPH=yes
|MBER=yes
|Shake=yes
|Fiscal=yes
|TSG=yes
|Bowl=yes
|HV2016=yes
|SoD=yes
|SoDn=archive footage
|StarWars=yes
|StarWarsn=picture
|Plus=yes
|Feliz=yes
|Felizn=picture
|RogueOne=yes
|RogueOnen=picture
}}
'''Adverts:'''
{{AdvertsA
|Coke=yes
|TSTO2=yes
|TSTO3=yes
|TSTO4=yes
|TSTO5=yes
|KFC2=yes
}}
'''Butterfinger Adverts:'''
{{ButterfingerA
|BF17=yes
|BF18=yes
|BF20=yes
|BF21=yes
}}
'''Simpsons Illustrated:'''
{{SimpsonsIllustratedA
|I1S3=yes
|I3S3=yes
|I3S3n=mentioned
|I4S4=yes
|I5S2=yes
|I5S4=yes
|I5S4n=picture
|I8S6=yes
}}
'''Simpsons Comics:'''
{{SimpsonsComicsA
|I1S1=yes
|I4S1=yes
|I4S2=yes
|I5S1=yes
|I6S2=yes
|I7S1=yes
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|I17S1=yes
|I18S1=yes
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|I27S1=yes
|I28S1=yes
|I29S1=yes
|I30S1=yes
|I31S1=yes
|I32S1=yes
|I33S1=yes
|I34S1=yes
|I35S1=yes
|I35S1n=dialogue only
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|I37S1=yes
|I38S1=yes
|I39S1=yes
|I41S1=yes
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|I69S1=yes
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|I78S1=yes
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|I100S1=yes
|I101S1=yes
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|I108S1=yes
|I109S1=yes
|I110S1=yes
|I113S1=yes
|I114S2=yes
|I115S1=yes
|I118S1=yes
|I119S1=yes
|I120S1=yes
|I121S1=yes
|I122S1=yes
|I128S1=yes
|I129S1=yes
|I132S1=yes
|I133S1=yes
|I134S1=yes
|I137S1=yes
|I138S1=yes
|I141S1=yes
|I144S1=yes
|I145S1=yes
|I148S1=yes
|I151S1=yes
|I152S1=yes
|I153S2=yes
|I154S1=yes
|I156S1=yes
|I159S1=yes
|I160S1=yes
|I162S1=yes
|I163S1=yes
|I167S1=yes
|I170S1=yes
|I171S1=yes
|I172S1=yes
|I174S1=yes
|I175S1=yes
|I177S1=yes
|I180S1=yes
|I185S2=yes
|I187S1=yes
|I189S1=yes
|I191S1=yes
|I193S1=yes
|I194S1=yes
|I196S1=yes
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|I198S1=yes
|I199S1=yes
|I200S1=yes
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|I205S1=yes
|I206S1=yes
|I207S1=yes
|I209S1=yes
|I211S9=yes
|I211S11=yes
|I212S1=yes
|I213S1=yes
|I215S1=yes
|I216S1=yes
|I219S1=yes
|I230S2=yes
|I232S1=yes
|I232S1n=mentioned
|I234S3=yes
|I236S1=yes
|I241S1=yes
|I242S2=yes
|I243S1=yes
|I244S1=yes
|I245S1=yes
}}
'''Bartman:'''
{{BartmanA
|I2S1=yes
|I6S1=yes
}}
'''Radioactive Man:'''
{{RadioactiveManA
|I222S3=yes
}}
'''Krusty Comics:'''
{{KrustyComicsA
|I1S1=yes
}}
'''Treehouse of Horror:'''
{{TreehouseA
|I1S1=yes
|I1S3=yes
|I3S1=yes
|I5S1=yes
|I5S2=yes
|I5S3=yes
|I6S1=yes
|I7S1=yes
|I7S2=yes
|I7S4=yes
|I7S5=yes
|I9S1=yes
|I9S1n=hallucination
|I12S3=yes
|I13S1=yes
|I13S2=yes
|I13S4=yes
|I16S4=yes
|I19S1=yes
|I19S3=yes
|I19S3n=mentioned
|I20S2=yes
|I20S4=yes
|I21S2=yes
|I21S3=yes
|I22S1=yes
|I22S2=yes
|I22S3=yes
|I23S1=yes
|I23S1n=mentioned
|I23S2=yes
|B1S7=yes
|B1S8=yes
|B1S13=yes
|B1S14=yes
|B2S2=yes
|B2S10=yes
|B2S12=yes
|B3S1=yes
|B3S15=yes
|B3S15n=tomb
|B5S1=yes
|B5S3=yes
}}
'''Bart Simpson:'''
{{BartSimpsonA
|I4S1=yes
|I6S1=yes
|I7S1=yes
|I8S2=yes
|I10S6=yes
|I12S2=yes
|I14S1=yes
|I18S1=yes
|I22S4=yes
|I24S2=yes
|I26S2=yes
|I29S1=yes
|I29S4=yes
|I32S3=yes
|I37S1=yes
|I39S1=yes
|I39S5=yes
|I40S3=yes
|I42S1=yes
|I44S1=yes
|I47S1=yes
|I48S1=yes
|I54S1=yes
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|I62S1=yes
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|I66S2=yes
|I68S2=yes
|I69S1=yes
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|I78S1=yes
|I83S1=yes
|I87S2=yes
|I90S1=yes
|I91S3=yes
|I94S4=yes
|I100S1=yes
}}
'''Futurama Crossover:'''
{{FuturamaCrossoverA
|S1=yes
|S2=yes
|S3=yes
|S4=yes
}}
'''Comic Strips:'''
{{ComicStripsA
|S13=yes
|S20=yes
|S25=yes
|S36=yes
|S46=yes
|S52=yes
|S53=yes
|S65=yes
|S80=yes
|S80n=picture
|S83=yes
}}
'''Holiday Humdinger:'''
{{HolidayHumdingerA
|S1=yes
|S8=yes
|S12=yes
}}
'''Super Spectacular:'''
{{SuperSpectacularA
|I8S1=yes
|I8S2=yes
|I9S1=yes
|I12S1=yes
|I12S2=yes
|I13S1=yes
}}
'''Winter Windging:'''
{{WinterWingdingA
|I1S1=yes
|I2S1=yes
|I2S5=yes
|I3S4=yes
|I4S1=yes
|I5S1=yes
|I5S2=yes
|I6S1=yes
|I7S5=yes
|I8S2=yes
|I9S1=yes
|I9S1n=mentioned
|I9S4=yes
|I9S4n=mentioned
|I10S1=yes
|I10S2=yes
}}
'''Summer Shindig:'''
{{SummerShindigA
|I1S1=yes
|I1S5=yes
|I1S5n=mentioned
|I4S4=yes
|I5S2=yes
|I7S3=yes
|I9S1=yes
|I9S4=yes
}}
'''Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book:'''
{{DOCBGA
|S2=yes
|S3=yes
|E4=yes
}}
'''Annuals:'''
{{AnnualsA
|I10S2=yes
|I11S7=yes
|I11S8=yes
}}
'''Homer for the Holidays:'''
{{HftHA
|S5=yes
}}
'''One-Shot Wonders:'''
{{OneShotsA
|IPFS1=yes
|IMBS1=yes
|IMBS2=yes
|IMBS3=yes
|IMBS4=yes
|IMBS5=yes
|IMSS6=yes
|ILSS3=yes
|IBMS1=yes
|IBMS2=yes
}}
'''Other Comics:'''
*{{bon|Burns' Birthday}}
*{{bon|Smithers' Guide}}
*{{bon|Gumshoe Comics}}
*{{bon|Seems Like Old Crimes!}}
'''Video Games:'''
{{GamesA
|H&R=yes
|Game=yes
|TSTO=yes
|TSRR=yes
|Arcade=yes
|BvtW=yes
|Wrestle=yes
|TSVS=yes
|Cartoon=yes
|Bowling=yes
|Skate=yes
|Virtual=yes
|LEGO=yes
|Arcade2=yes
}}
'''Books:'''
{{BooksA
|TKB=yes
|TBoM=yes
|CWBoC=yes
|TBB=yes
|MFwtS=yes
|UFA=yes
|UJRoSFB=yes
|BSGTL=yes
|CBG=yes
|MBHoWD=yes
|GfTS90=yes
|GfTS07=yes
|GSGtA=yes
|TSGtS=yes
|SCExtra=yes
|SCoP=yes
|SCSp=yes
|TSF1=yes
|TSF2=yes
|FitS=yes
|RDFB=yes
|SCSB=yes
|TSFH=yes
|TSFCC=yes
|TSH=yes
|UEG=yes
|SCCC3=yes
|SCCC4=yes
|SCCC5=yes
|SCCC6=yes
|THOHO1=yes
|THOHO1n=front cover
|FBoF=yes
}}
'''Merchandise:'''
*{{merch|Springfield's Festive Friends}}
{{TC}}
}}

== Trivia ==
*Mr. Burns signs his will as "Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns" in the [[season 22]] episode, "[[Flaming Moe]]", which implies that he is related to [[Adolf Hitler]] and a descendant of the {{W|House of Plantagenet}}.

== References ==
{{Images|Mr. Burns}}
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2023-08-29T21:43:56Z

WeAreNotAmused: Redirected page to Special:Contributions/WeAreNotAmused

#REDIRECT[[Special:Contributions/WeAreNotAmused]]

Murder, He Wrote

2023-08-04T20:06:51Z

WeAreNotAmused: Added third reprint

{{Tab|nogags}}
{{Noncanoncomic}}
{{Comic story
|title=Murder, He Wrote
|image=[[File:Murder, He Wrote.png|250px]]
|released=September [[2008]]
|pages=15
|series=''[[The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror]]''
|written by=[[Ian Boothby]]
}}

'''''Murder, He Wrote''''' is a ''[[The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror]]'' story first printed in {{TSTHOH|14}}.

== Synopsis ==
{{desc|Bart discovers a black notebook that kills anyone that gets their name written into it.}}

== Reprints ==
{{Comic Reprint
|1={{SC|164|UK}}
|1a=October 1, [[2009]]
|1b=UK
|2={{BoTS|72}}
|2a=October 10, [[2013]]
|2b=UK
|3=[[The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 2: Deadtime Stories for Boos & Ghouls|The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 2]]
|3a=August 1, [[2023]]
|3b=US
}}

{{Images}}
{{Comic stub}}

[[Category:The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror stories]]
[[Category:2008]]
[[Category:Comic stories written by Ian Boothby]]

The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 2: Deadtime Stories for Boos & Ghouls

2023-08-04T20:04:36Z

WeAreNotAmused: No longer a future publication

{{PrevNext|The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 1: Scary Tales & Scarier Tentacles|}}
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|name= The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 2: Deadtime Stories for Boos & Ghouls
|image= [[File:The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Volume Two.jpg|250px]]
|country = [[USA]] [[UK]]
|series= ''The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus''
|genre= Comic reprint
|publisher= {{W|Abrams Books|Abrams ComicArts}}
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}}

'''''The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 2: Deadtime Stories for Boos & Ghouls''''' is the second issue of ''The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus''. It was released on August 1, [[2023]].

== Description ==
{{desc|The Treehouse of Horror started as an annual [[Halloween]] tradition on [[The Simpsons]], beginning during the second season in [[1990]]. In [[1995]], the first of 23 comics were produced by [[Bongo]], and while some adapted the TV episodes, most told new stories written and illustrated by some of the biggest names in comics, including [[Kyle Baker]], [[Dan Brereton]], [[Gerry Duggan]], [[Pia Guerra]], [[Peter Kuper]], [[Carol Lay]], [[Nina Matsumoto]], [[Terry Moore]], [[Steve Niles]], [[Brian Posehn]], [[James Robinson]], [[Scott Shaw!]], and [[Jim Woodring]]. Collected for the first time in a deluxe hardcover slipcase with an all-new die-cut cover, these award-winning comics place the world's most beloved animated family in exciting horror, science-fiction, and supernatural settings, making this series the perfect gift for the Halloween season and Simpsons fans of all ages. This second volume in the trilogy is the perfect addition to any Simpsons collection. The volume also includes an introduction by [[Lisa Simpson]].}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/simpsons-treehouse-of-horror-ominous-omnibus-vol-2-deadtime-stories-for-boos-ghouls_9781419763519/ The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 2: Deadtime Stories for Boos & Ghouls] at {{W|Abrams Books}}

{{Comic Collections}}
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Krusty Gets Kancelled/Quotes

2023-07-25T14:33:41Z

WeAreNotAmused: Link to Luke Perry references the character, not the guest star

{{TabQ}}
{{EpisodePrevNextQuo|Marge in Chains|Homer's Barbershop Quartet}}
{{qf|[[Krusty]]}} Are those our ratings? Lemme see. ''[reads page]'' I lost to Channel ''Ocho''? What the hell is that? ''[turns on TV]''
{{qf|[[Bumblebee Man]]}} Dos huevos, por favor. ''[one, two –]'' ¡Ay—! Ohh, que lastima ...
{{qf|Krusty}} ''[chuckles]'' I gotta steal that bit.
----
{{qf|[[Bart]]}} Moe, look over there! (as a distraction)
{{qf|[[Moe]]}} What? What am I looking at? I don't see nothing. I'm gonna stop looking soon... What? What, is that it?
:''[Homer walks into [[Moe's Tavern]]]''
{{qf|[[Homer]]}} Hey Moe, can I look, too?
{{qf|Moe}} Sure, but it'll cost ya.
{{qf|Homer}} My wallet's in the car.
:''[Homer runs out]''
{{qf|Moe}} He is so stupid. And now back to the wall.
----
{{qf|Krusty}} Ugh, 35 years in show business and already no one remembers me, just like what's-his-name and whose-it, and you know that guy, always wore a shirt?
{{qf|Bart}} Ed Sullivan?
----
{{qf|[[Squeaky-voiced teen]]}} Here's your taco, mister. Oops, I dropped it in the fryer. I'll get it out. Ow. Oooow! Ooow! Oow!
----
{{qf|Bart}} I didn't know you knew [[Luke Perry (character)|Luke Perry]].
{{qf|Krusty}} Pffp, know him?! He's my worthless half-brother.
{{qf|[[Lisa]]}} He's a big TV star.
{{qf|Krusty}} Yeah, on [[FOX|Fox]]. (Sticks out tongue)
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{{qf|[[Reverend Lovejoy]]}} Everyone is saying "[[Gabbo]] this" and "Gabbo that" – but no one is saying "Worship this" and "Jericho that".
{{qf|[[Jasper]]}} What's this about Gabbo?

{{Season 4|Q}}

Laura Powers

2023-07-24T19:50:24Z

WeAreNotAmused: /* History */

{{Character
|name = Laura Powers
|image = [[File:Laura Powers.png]]
|caption = Artwork of Laura Powers from ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''
|gender = {{Female}}
|hair = Brown
|age =
|status = Alive
|job = Babysitter
|relatives = '''Mother''': [[Ruth Powers]] '''Father''': Unnamed
|appearance = "[[New Kid on the Block]]"
|voiced by = [[Sara Gilbert]]
}}

'''Laura Powers''' lives next door to the Simpsons and is the only child of single-parent divorceé [[Ruth Powers]].

== History ==
Laura and her mother Ruth moved into the house next door when the Winfields moved out. [[Marge]] and Ruth quickly became friends; so did Laura and [[Bart]]. After Laura made Bart faint in the basement of her new house, he developed a crush on her. Bart was later heartbroken when he found out that she was in love with [[Jimbo Jones]]. When Bart prank called Moe's Tavern, Laura thought that Jimbo had prank called the area, and she decided to break up with him. She then stated that she would date Bart if he were a little older: "You know, if you were only old enough to grow a bad teenage moustache, I'd go out with you in a second." She then kissed him.<ref>"[[New Kid on the Block]]"</ref>

Near the end of the [[Trappuccino]] incident, Laura was seen throwing rocks at [[Homer]] when he returned to Springfield.<ref>''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''</ref>

Laura and her mother seemed to have moved to Detroit after [[Springfield]] fell victim to the Financial Crisis.{{Fact}} Their house is later occupied by a disguised [[Sideshow Bob]].<ref>"[[The Bob Next Door]]"</ref> The Powers later moved in again, as in a neighborhood meeting at the Simpson house, Ruth told Marge she hasn't "stopped by to say hello in 25 years, and I live next door".<ref>"[[The Wayz We Were]]"</ref>

== Personality ==
Laura has a tomboyish, laid-back and quick witted charming personality. While outgoing and upbeat, she also displays a great deal of etiquette and manners, from which she owes to a strict and rigorous childhood. Her likes include rebellious quasi-thugs, poking dead bodies with a stick, and messing with peoples' minds. Her favorite restaurant is [[Two Guys from Kabul]]. Her biggest thrill is riding the Shriek-o-lator at Duff Gardens. Her dislikes include authority and disco. Her extracurricular activities include babysitting, telling fortunes, and dance instructing. Her secret shame, according to "The Bart Book" and her skybox card, is that she enjoys wearing dresses, despite being a tomboy.

Her foreign travels have forced her to adapt quickly to any situation. She can make herself understood in eight different languages but makes friends from "the universal language of the wedgie." Her claim to fame, apparently, is that she can spit farther than any boy.<ref>''{{ap|Skybox|cards}}''</ref>

== Description ==
"Laura Powers is a tough-talkin', good-lookin' Army brat who can turn a young rebel's heart to mush in the time it takes to give you a Hertz Donut. She speaks politely to adults when necessary, teaches cats to waltz, and makes even belches seem alluring. After just one look and a couple of Wet Willies, Bart makes the ultimate sacrifice for her - he takes a bath."<ref>"[[The Bart Book]]"</ref>

== Non-canon ==
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Lindsey Naegle

2023-07-24T18:58:36Z

WeAreNotAmused: Her hair only appeared red in Uncut Femmes, which is considered non-canon

{{Character
|name = Lindsey Naegle
|image = [[File:Lindsey Naegle.png]]
|caption = Artwork of Lindsey Naegle from ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''
|gender = {{Female}}
|hair = Blonde '''Formerly:''' Red (Non-canon)
|age =
|status = Alive
|job = Various
|relatives =
|appearance = "[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]"
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'''Lindsey Naegle''' (often spelt '''Lindsay Naegle''') is a resident of [[Springfield]] and is often known as [[Springfield]]'s residential business link.

== Personality ==
Lindsey is known to be a common youth-hater. Lindsey, outraged at paying high damages for a particular riot that the youth have caused, formed an anti-youth group named SSCCATAGAPP (Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples And Teens And Gays Against Parasitic Parents), and lobbied to deprive Springfield of all child-friendly things. Her campaign nearly succeeded, but was thwarted at the last moment when [[Bart]], [[Lisa]], and the other kids in Springfield hugged all the adults, infecting them with "kid germs". The adults collapsed with sickness and weren't able to vote, causing the campaign to fail.<ref>"[[Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays]]"</ref>

An alcoholic (she says so matter-of-factly to Homer when she appears in [[Moe's Tavern]]), it is later revealed that she is the head of the Alcoholics Anonymous branch in Springfield. At meetings she says "So we all know why we're here - to be sober .. and to network!"<ref>"[[Days of Wine and D'oh'ses]]"</ref>

She is often seen as a member of the [[Springfield Republican Party]]. However, she was once seen attending a Democratic Party meeting.<ref>"[[E Pluribus Wiggum]]"</ref>

Lindsey tends to flatly admit things that others would be embarrassed to admit. She acknowledged being a registered sexual predator<ref>"[[Blame It on Lisa]]"</ref> and that she cannot cry due to a botched face lift.<ref>"[[Girly Edition]]"</ref>

She is the host of the [[R.O.C.C.]], the Remote Onsite Correctional Center, a new detention center for [[Springfield Elementary School]].<ref>"[[The Winter of Our Monetized Content]]"</ref>

=== Jobs ===
Lindsey has popped up in several capacities, seemingly working at a different job every time she appears. The variety of her jobs is to such an extent that she has made business cards reading simply "Does Everything".<ref>"[[Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion]]"</ref> Job titles have included the aforementioned network executive, as well as marketing researcher, financial planner (making a point that she wasn't a financial consultant), public relations consultant, venture capitalist, advertising executive, cell phone company exec. and executive with the Child Development Group. After she introduces herself (again) to [[Homer]] and [[Marge]], Marge says, "We've met you many times, Ms. Naegle; why do you keep changing jobs?" To which she flatly replies, "I'm a sexual predator".<ref>"[[Blame It on Lisa]]"</ref> She later becomes a replacement for [[Smithers]] when he quits the [[Power Plant]].<ref>"[[The Burns Cage]]"</ref> She was a Mr. [[Burns]]' advisor in his business reconstruction of the [[First Church of Springfield]].<ref>"[[She of Little Faith]]"</ref>

=== Love life ===
Naegle once dated [[Ned Flanders]], but the date was interrupted by Naegle receiving a fax (from a fax machine strapped to her leg) which indicated she had been indicted. She is an enthusiastic practitioner of the childfree lifestyle, and at one point spearheads a movement to make Springfield less child-friendly. Once romantically linked with Judge [[Roy Snyder]], she is a graduate from the Wharton Business School. She is a stereotypical upper management executive, and her ventures almost always promote the business buzzword "synergy". Marge told Homer that if she died, he would be allowed to remarry to Naegle, as seen on a list in the back of his closet.<ref>"[[I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]"</ref>

It is implied that she's been sleeping with [[Krusty]] the Clown, as both were giggling and blushing.<ref>"[[You Kent Always Say What You Want]]"</ref> She has also been seen with [[Moe Szyslak]],<ref>"[[Judge Me Tender]]"</ref><ref>"[[Pulpit Friction]]"</ref> [[Sea Captain]],<ref>"[[Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda]]"</ref><ref>"[[Halloween of Horror]]"</ref> [[Disco Stu]],<ref>"[[The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants]]"</ref> [[Blue-haired lawyer]],<ref>"[[A Midsummer's Nice Dreams]]"</ref> [[Rainier Wolfcastle]],<ref>"[[In the Name of the Grandfather]]"</ref> [[Lenny]],<ref>"[[Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4]]"</ref> and [[Kent Brockman]].<ref>"[[Simprovised]]"</ref><ref>"[[One Angry Lisa]]"</ref>

== Non-canon ==
{{Noncanon}}
[[File:Lindsey Naegle Red.png|thumb|left|"Red".]]
Before becoming a rich socialite, Lindsey Naegle used to be a jewel thief and brought big jobs to her partners, [[Sarah Wiggum]], [[Bette]], and {{ap|Erin|Uncut Femmes}}. At this time, Lindsey went by the name "Red", and had red hair. On a robbery of jewels from a penthouse, Lindsey sounded the alarm and turned on Bette and Erin, whilst Sarah was busy with [[Clancy Wiggum]]. This led to Bette and Erin getting arrested whilst Lindsey made off with the jewels. Lindsey sold most of the jewels but kept the [[hourglass diamond]], which she had placed in a tiara.<ref>"[[Uncut Femmes]]"</ref>

=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
==== Lindsey Naegle ====
{{TranscludeSection|The Simpsons: Tapped Out characters/More Business Owners|Lindsey}}

==== Prepper Lindsey Naegle ====
{{TranscludeSection|The Simpsons: Tapped Out characters/Scrappy Fighters|PrepperLindsey}}

== Behind the Laughter ==
*Lindsey makes her first appearance in "[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]". In this episode, her character was simply referred to as "Female Network Executive", and had brunette hair instead of her usual blonde hair. She later returned in "[[Girly Edition]]". In "[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]", the character was introduced as Lindsey Naegle, a member of the [[Springfield Mensa]] Society and head of Advanced Capital Ventures, specializing in synergy and books on how to cheat at bridge.
*In ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]'', she was referred to Lindsay Naegle in the files and dialogues, but that was corrected in the {{TOCU2|Bart Royale and Valentine's Day 2018|Bart Royale}} content update.

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Bart Gets an "F"/References

2023-07-23T11:26:19Z

WeAreNotAmused: /* Cultural references */ "Fil' " isn't an abbreviation I'm aware is said often

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{{EpisodePrevNextRef|Some Enchanted Evening|Simpson and Delilah|season=2|number=014}}

== Cultural references ==
*Bart reads ''[[Treasure Island]]''.
*{{W|McGraw-Hill}}, the publisher of ''Treasure Island'' is mentioned.
*Martin reads ''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]'' and recounts to the class in a first person narrative in an oral report. While doing so, Martin wears an [[Ernest Hemingway]] costume.
*The gorilla film is a spoof of ''[[King Kong]]''.
*Bart quotes ''{{W|Gone with the Wind}}'' when he says 'With God as my witness..."
*Lisa observing Bart's prayer and saying to herself "Prayer; the last refuge of a scoundrel" is a variation of the saying "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

== Trivia ==
*In Bart's fantasy about the snowy 4 July, Benjamin Franklin's sled says Don't Sled on Me, a play on the famous serpent flag "Don't Tread on Me."
*Despite passing the fourth grade, Bart, of course, remains in Mrs. Krabappel's class in all subsequent episodes, since virtually no time ever really passes on the show.
*During the episode, Bart writes "I will not fake my way through life" on the chalkboard.
*The idea behind the grade on the refrigerator would reappear in ''[[The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare|Bart's Nightmare]]'' where a letter grade would appear and the mood of the Simpson family would differ, with a scene similar to the ultimate scene in "Bart Gets an "F".
*Milhouse's voice appears deeper.
*When Homer askes Lisa what she wants, she says "An absence of moodswings." Since Lisa is only eight years, this should not affect her yet.
*This is the third episode with Bart's name somewhere in the title.
*Lisa has dozens of "A" papers covering the side of the fridge door, while Bart only has a picture of a cat he drew in first grade.
*Bart got a twelve on a state capital test.
*"Old Red" is the name of Edna's pen for grading tests.
*When Bart is told to answer the name of the pirate in ''Treasure Island'', he thinks of the correct answer, Long John Silver, in his head before answering Bluebeard.
*Stock footage from "[[Bart the General]]" is used when Bart imagines the future.
*The promo shot for the episode is a mirrored framegrab from "[[Bart the Genius]]".
*This is the first time, Bart says "Cowabunga".

== Continuity ==
*In the comic story ''[[The Many Faces of Bart]]'', [[Mrs. Krabappel]] imagines [[Bart]] deliberately never passing the fourth grade just so he can torment her.
*{{ap|Ian|Bart the Genius}} is seen on the school bus. ("[[Bart the Genius]]").
*This episode's title is referenced in ("[[Bart's Dog Gets an "F"]]") and ("[[Bart Gets a "Z"]]").
*Several characters from [[Season 1]] are seen enjoying snow day, including:
**[[Daria]] from "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"
**{{ap|Ian|Bart the Genius}} and [[Ms. Melon]] from "[[Bart the Genius]]"
**[[Cowboy Bob]] from "[[The Call of the Simpsons]]"
**[[Jacques]] from "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]"
**[[Howie]] from "[[Moaning Lisa]]"
*[[Sideshow Bob]] is seen handcuffed to a police officer during Snow Day. Bob was arrested in "[[Krusty Gets Busted]]"

== Goofs ==
[[File:Ineirmary.png|thumb|"Ineirmary"]]
*When Martin does his report in the beginning, the blackboard says "An Afternoon with Ernest Hemingway: Reflections by Martin", which disappears in the next shot.
*The ''[[Treasure Island]]'' book is titled ''Treasurl Island'' in one shot.
*Bart's report on ''Treasure Island'' consists of two lines, but in some shots it's only one line.
*Bart's 1st grade drawing of a cat changes.
*When Bart boards the school bus, his book is opened in the middle, and the page says Chapter 1.
*[[Chuck]] is seen in Bart's class instead of Lisa's.
*On the school bus Ian has {{ap|Calvin|Bart the Genius}}'s colors.
*During the snow day, Moe's eye is missing for a shot.
*[[Princess Kashmir]] has blonde hair in this episode instead of her usual red hair.
*While Bart is on the way to see the school nurse, the door to the infirmary is misspelt as 'INEIRMARY'.

{{Season 2|R}}

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Grampy Can Ya Hear Me/Gags

2023-07-21T02:15:36Z

WeAreNotAmused: Typo correction

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|image = [[File:Grampy Can Ya Hear Me Couch Gag.png|200px]]
|duration = 00:21
|appearance = "[[Grampy Can Ya Hear Me]]"
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The [[Simpson family|Simpsonovich family]] is peeling potatoes, when suddenly they grab the couch and escape, when soldiers storm in the house.

After travelling on a boat, they arrive in the U.S., where they're granted access, renaming themselves as Simpson. [[Moe]] arrives and grabs pieces of the name tags, renaming himself as Szyslak, but he is not granted entrance, and is instead quarantined.

At their new home, [[Homer]] is sewing, [[Maggie]] is in a crib, [[Bart]] is playing with a baseball, [[Lisa]] is crocheting, and [[Marge]] is cleaning clothes and then hangs the couch to the clothesline.

The scene changes to a bar where Marge and Homer are sitting on the couch while other people dance. Homer tries to put his arm on Marge but she moves away.

At [[742 Evergreen Terrace]] the family is sitting on the couch when they have to leave when the house is flooded.

Springfield families find themselves on a UFO, that flies away from Earth. The Simpson family arrives at the acceptance room, where a [[Rigellians|Rigellian]] attaches a [[Rigel 7|Rigellian]] family name to their name, and Homer d'ohs.
{{Season 29|gag}}