Burns' Heir

Rating: 3.9 (159 votes)

Memorable quotes

Mr. Burns: Careful, Smithers! That sponge has corners, you know.

Mr. Burns: I specifically said no geeks!
Milhouse: But my mom says I'm cool...

Lisa: I propose to you that your heir not need be a boy. In this phallocentric society of ours--
Mr. Burns: I don't know what phallocentric means, but no girls!
Milhouse: (dressed as a girl) So much for Plan B!

Bart: Hello, Mr... Kurns. I bad want... money now. Me sick.
Homer: Ooh, he card reads good.

Bart: So please pick me, Mr. Burns.
Homer: It's Kurns, stupid!
Marge: No it isn't!
Homer: Disregard.

Homer: Kids, you tried your best, and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

Mr. Burns: Now that you've agreed to reap the windfall of my death, I must return to my large, empty mansion to rattle around and await the inevitable... alone.
Marge: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Homer: Yeah. Let's push him down the steps.

Homer: That's it! Being abusive to your family is one thing, but I will not stand idly by and watch you feed a hungry dog!

Mr. Burns: I suggest you leave immediately.
Homer: Or what? You'll release the dogs, or the bees, or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you?

Lionel Hutz: I've argued in front of every judge in this state. Often as a lawyer.

Notes

• Stores at the Springfield Mall include ''Gum For Less,'' ''Shoes For Tots'' and ''The Creamatorium''.
• Sign at the Happy Earwig hotel: ''Our Crawlspace Now Body-Free''.
• Comformco Brain Deprogrammers is a subsidiary of Mrs. Field's Cookies.
• Krusty reads a teleprompter in a 1982 episode of his show, even though he is supposed to be illiterate.

References

• A cockney boy say to Burns, ''Today? Why it's Christmas Day!'' referencing a scene in A Christmas Carol.
• Burns gets the idea for his hidden cameras from the movie Sliver.
• Hans Moleman is deprogrammed in Room 101 a la 1984.
• Moe talking to himself in the mirror parodies Taxi Driver.
• The scene in the cinema (THX Sound System) is a reference to Star Wars.