A Brand New Smithers

General

A Brand New Smithers

Comic Story information

Released:	September 2013
Comic series:	Simpsons Comics
Pages:	22
Written by:	Chuck Dixon

A Brand New Smithers is a Simpsons Comics story that appears in Simpsons Comics #205.

Synopsis

"Waylon Smithers, Mr. Burns' long-suffering, lovestruck sycophant, is about to turn the tables on his longtime companion and employer with a brand new "take-charge" attitude. Oh, did we forget to mention... he gets struck by lightning!"

Plot

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Homer is driving a truck with nuclear waste on it and he has no control over it and run into Waylon Smithers and Mr. Burns has then a stain from the coffee cup on his pants and borrow Smithers pants to a press conference so Smithers does not have his pants on during the conference. Smithers does not care about it until he discovers that it joked about that at the Internet and by his colleagues. At the evening has Smithers difficult to concentrate when he is with his Malibu Stacy dolls so he goes a long walk where he gets struck by the lightning. The flash alters Smithers, he makes off with his dolls and let no one at work make fun of him and he refuses to make the task as Burns asks him to do. Smithers instead let Burns do chores that he gives him. Smithers visit the next day Dr. Hibbert because he does not recognize himself anymore and Hibbert tells what happened, he got a flash in his head that changed his personality. Smithers alters plant and their stocks increases. Aristotle Amadopolis visiting the plant and tells Smithers that he bought the company's shares and allows Smithers to become the new CEO and Burns loses his power plants.

Burns has become a pauper and lost everything in his mansion when Smithers visits him later. Smithers sees Burns misses his old life and decides to do something about it. Next day decides Smithers give Homer the job of chief operations officer of the plant and a cat replaced his old job. Homer enjoying his promotional, and participates extensively in the media where he embarrass the company. This get the shares to plummet and Amadopolis sells his shares. Smithers dismisses Homer from his work and visit Burns to tell what he had done. When Smithers is visiting Burns is everything as it was before, Burns says he pretended the last time Smithers visited him, he knew he would get Smithers to give him the opportunity to buy the company. Smithers is happy that Burns was back. The next day, it turns out that the power plant is populated by cats and Smithers think it was the cat that flourished though it really is Homer and Bart who took there the other cats. Smithers ensures that the cats disappear at the behest of Burns and re-hires Homer.

Reprints

Comic issue	Release date	Country
Simpsons Comics #234	February 12, 2015
Simpsons Comics Explosion #3	December 2016

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