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'''''Dullards to Donuts''''' is a comic story featured in ''[[Simpsons Comics 38]]''. The comic later got reprinted in ''[[Simpsons Comics Unchained]]'' and ''[[Simpsons Classics 20]]''.
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'''''Dullards to Donuts''''' is a ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' story first printed in {{SC|38}}.
  
 
== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
[[Mr. Burns]]' inventor has invented a super donut so Burns cuts the employee pay in half for enhanced donut benefits.
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[[Smithers]] has noticed that the cost of donuts for the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|Nuclear Power Plant]] employees has increased dramatically. [[Mr. Burns]] reveals to him that the company scientist, [[Dr. Olberman]], is developing a new, highly addictive type of donut which is being provided to the employees.
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Burns announces to the workers that he is no longer providing them with donuts. The workers despair over this loss, especially [[Homer]] and bingeing on [[Kwik-E-Mart]] donuts fails to satisfy them. Burns offers to keep supplying his own donuts in exchange for a pay cut which the employees cheerfully agree to. As Homer is unable to control his donut eating habits, [[Marge]] and other townspeople demand a town Health Commission to determine the safety of the power plant donuts. With the help of [[Fat Tony]], Burns hooks most of Springfield on the donuts and they become immensely popular.
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After a short while, the power plant employees become obese and unable to work productively so Burns reduces the addictiveness and level of fat in the donuts.
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== Reprints ==
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|3a=May 26, [[2005]]
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[[Category:Comic stories written by Billy Rubenstein]]

Latest revision as of 10:42, April 7, 2020

Dullards to Donuts
Dullards to Donuts.png
Comic Story information
Released: August 1998
Comic series: Simpsons Comics
Pages: 21
Written by: Billy Rubenstein


Dullards to Donuts is a Simpsons Comics story first printed in Simpsons Comics #38.

Plot[edit]

Smithers has noticed that the cost of donuts for the Nuclear Power Plant employees has increased dramatically. Mr. Burns reveals to him that the company scientist, Dr. Olberman, is developing a new, highly addictive type of donut which is being provided to the employees.

Burns announces to the workers that he is no longer providing them with donuts. The workers despair over this loss, especially Homer and bingeing on Kwik-E-Mart donuts fails to satisfy them. Burns offers to keep supplying his own donuts in exchange for a pay cut which the employees cheerfully agree to. As Homer is unable to control his donut eating habits, Marge and other townspeople demand a town Health Commission to determine the safety of the power plant donuts. With the help of Fat Tony, Burns hooks most of Springfield on the donuts and they become immensely popular.

After a short while, the power plant employees become obese and unable to work productively so Burns reduces the addictiveness and level of fat in the donuts.

Reprints[edit]

Comic issue Release date Country
Simpsons Comics #42 June 22, 2000 800px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png
Simpsons Comics Unchained March 19, 2002 Flag of the United States.png
The Best of The Simpsons #20 May 26, 2005 800px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png
Simpsons Classics #20 Spring 2009 Flag of the United States.png


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