Child Labor: He has been known to force children to work for him under terrible conditions, a great example of this is from the episode " Undercover Burns". Psycho" Strings: Homer hears the strings from Psycho while lost in the woods... but it turns out to be an orchestra driving by on a bus.

After Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Burns joined the SS. [31] However, Burns defected and fled Germany. Because of his American heritage, he returned to the United States in 1941, just days after the US declared war on Germany, and enlisted in the U.S. Army. [ citation needed|date=] Donkey Kong makes an appearance at the Noiseland Arcade, which turns out to be a bust. He ends up throwing a barrel at the Wise Guy, complete with sound effects.

Police Lineup: Homer is asked to identify the alien he saw from a lineup which consisted of Chewbacca, ALF, Marvin the Martian, Gort and Kang (or Kodos) from the various " Treehouse of Horror" installments. Fictional Video Game: There are the arcade games My Dinner with Andre, Panamanian Strongman, a game ending in - "loen", and the arcade game Kevin Costner's Water World. (A real Waterworld game existed for the PC, SNES and Virtual Boy, with one planned for the Genesis, but it was never distributed outside of the Sega Channel). Mr. Burns is also Lord Montymort, who is based on Lord Voldemort from the Harry Potter book and film series. He captures young wizards and witches to takes their powers away. a b c d Moore, Steve (2006). The Simpsons The Complete Eighth Season DVD commentary for the episode "The Springfield Files" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. Mr. Largo conducts five of his students in playing the famous five-note tones from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. [2]

In " Double, Double, Boy in Trouble", Burns says to Bart Simpson (disguised as Simon Woosterfield), "I too was once the youngest in a wealthy family." Goldman, Eric; Iverson, Dan; Zoromski, Brian (January 4, 2010). "Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances". IGN . Retrieved January 22, 2022. Character Filibuster: Parodied, as Mulder gives a long rant about "the truth". He started during daylight hours, but it's night by the time he's finished. And Scully left as he was getting started. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C, at the FBI Division of Paranormal Activities, agents Mulder and Scully discover a report in the Springfield Shopper about Homer's encounter. Mulder insists on going to Springfield to investigate, but Scully reminds him of a shipment of drugs and illegal weapons coming into New Jersey later that night. "I hardly think the FBI is concerned with matters like that," Mulder replies, and the two agents leave for Springfield.Crowd Song: At the end, the town spontaneously sang "Good Morning, Starshine" together. Nimoy, Mulder, Scully and Chewbacca joined in as well. Friday night comes again, and all of Springfield set up camp at the clearing in the woods, anticipating another appearance by the alien. To Bart's surprise, Leonard Nimoy also joins the Springfielders in the waiting. Shortly after, dark thunder clouds roll over the woods, and the familiar green glow becomes visible through the trees. The alien comes into plain sight, and Marge apologizes for not believing Homer. The alien's surrounded by Springfielders, and repeats "I bring you love." Several townsfolk try to capture the alien and rapidly gang up on it with baseball bats and pitchforks. Suddenly, Lisa stands before them and announces, "You want an alien? This is your alien!" She shines a flashlight on the figure, and all's revealed - it's not an alien at all, but a well-known Springfieldian: Mr. Burns. Smithers appears to explain: The FBI line-up, described by Al Jean as the "most illegal shot" in the history of the show, as the writers did not get permission to use any of the characters besides Kang/Kodos. [7] [10]

In 2014, Shearer won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his performance on "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" for voicing Mr. Burns. [118] Trivia [ ] One major connection between Mr. Burns' vocal inspirations Lionel Barrymore and Ronald Reagan was their appearance in the 1941 MGM remake of The Bad Man, which saw Reagan play the hero against a Pancho Villa-like Mexican bandit. https://worldhistoryproject.org/1941/3/28/ronald-reagan-appears-as-gilbert-gil-jones-in-the-bad-man This was released eight years before Barrymore's death and years before Reagan, who was once a staunch New Deal Democrat, shifted towards the right wing in the 1950s. Despite Reagan's more liberal political views at the time, the film appealed to conservatives who embraced the Mexican bandit stereotype. In a framing story, Leonard Nimoy is hosting a program about alien encounters, and begins the episode by talking about an "encounter" that occurred in Springfield. Al Jean and Mike Reiss won a 1997 Annie Award for "Best Individual Achievement: Producing in a TV Production" for this episode. [3] As evidenced by his role in the series, Burns has owned or co-owned a number of business ventures and companies in Springfield, including the Monty Burns Casino (later demolished), [16] the Little Lisa Recycling Plant, [4] the Burns Slant Drilling Co., [96] Burns Media, [25] the electric company, the water works and even a hotel on Baltic Avenue. [20] He also operated the Burns Germ Warfare Laboratory (which was destroyed by Mona Simpson and a group of protesters).

The tropes are out there:

The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, said that it was "a very clever episode, with the line-up one of the best visual gags in ages". [3] The basic premise of the episode came from former showrunners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who, while under contract with the Walt Disney Company, returned to produce the episode. [1] a b c d Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "The Springfield Files". BBC . Retrieved March 27, 2007. Burns commonly refers to deceased persons as if they were alive, including Al Jolson, [70] Tallulah Bankhead, Louise Brooks, [71] Honus Wagner, Cap Anson, and Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown. [72] He once broke all his bones after falling from his office window and being crushed by his stuffed polar bear during a fight between Smithers and Homer. [21] On rare occasions, he has displayed great strength and skill, such as when he managed to single-handily capture the Loch Ness Monster (though it was never explained how he did so or seen on-screen) [91] and when he rescued his girlfriend, Gloria Jailbird, from a burning building (although she wound up carrying him out of the blaze). [17] Career [ ]