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The Simpsons: Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk

Mr. Burns sells The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant for $100 million to German businessmen, who get rid of the one thing that's making the plant look bad: Homer Simpson.


6.3/10 (4 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 3x11
Production Number: 8F09
Airdate: Thursday December 05th, 1991

Director: Matt Kirkland
Writer: Jon Vitti


Main Cast
Dan CastellanetaDan Castellaneta
voiced Homer Simpson, Abraham Simpson, Krusty the Klown, Barney, Willy, Sideshow Mel, Mayor Quimby, Hans Moleman, Gil, Itchy, Various
Julie KavnerJulie Kavner
voiced Marjorie "Marge" Bouvier Simpson, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Jacqueline Ingrid Bouvier, Various
Yeardley SmithYeardley Smith
voiced Lisa Simpson, Various
Nancy CartwrightNancy Cartwright
voiced Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney, Various
Hank AzariaHank Azaria
voiced Apu, Moe, Chief Wiggum, Carl, Comic Book Guy, Dr. Nick Riviera, Prof. Frink, Cletus, Sea Captain, Kirk Van Houten, Various
Harry ShearerHarry Shearer
voiced Mr. Burns, Smithers, Dr. Marvin Monroe, Ned Flanders, Seymour Skinner, Otto, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert, Lenny, Rev. Lovejoy, Various
Episode Notes
Chalkboard: The Christmas Pageant does not stink

Couch Gag: Santa's Little Helper is sleeping on the couch. When everyone comes running in, he gets up and growls ferociously.



Episode Quotes
Horst: (Sinister) Okay, Mr. Burns, you win. But beware. We Germans aren't all smiles and sunshine.
Mr. Burns: (Sarcastic) Oooh, the Germans are mad at me. I'm so scared! Oooh, the Germans! (Hiding behind Smithers) Uh oh, the Germans are going to get me!
Horst: Stop it!
Man: Stop, sir.
Mr. Burns: Don't let the Germans come after me. Oh no, the Germans are coming after me.
Man: Please stop the "pretending you are scared" game, please.
Horst: Stop it! Stop it!
Mr. Burns: (Pause) No! They're so big and strong!
Man: Stop it.
Horst: Stop it, Mr. Burns.
Man: Please stop pretending you are scared of us, please, now.
Mr. Burns: Oh, protect me from the Germans! The Germans--
Horst: Burns, Stop it!

Mr. Burns: These two gentlemen are American as apple pie! Hans and Fritz, why that’s just... John and Frank!
Quimby: Ich bin ein Springfielder
Carl: Oh this ain’t good!
Homer: We'll all lose our jobs!
Marge: Look at all those worried faces, except for Lenny, he looks great!
Lenny: (with mouth surgery) This is the worst day of my life.

Bart: I'm looking for a Mrs. O'Problem, first name Bea.
Moe: Uh, yeah just a minute, I'll check. (Calling) Bea O'Problem! Bea O'Problem! Come on guys, do I have a Bea O'Problem?!
Barney: You sure do!
(The customers laugh)
Moe: It's you, isn't it!
(Bart laughs)
Moe: Listen, you. When I get a hold of you, I'm going to use your head for a bucket and paint my house with your brains!

Horst: Homer, could we have a word with you?
Homer: No.
Horst: I must have phrased that badly. My English is how you say...inelegant. I meant to say may we have a brief, friendly chat?
Homer: No!
Horst: Once again I have failed. (Reading from a German-English phrasebook) We request the pleasure of your company for a free exchange of ideas.
Homer: (Yelling) No!



Episode Goofs
Marge needed to use a calculator to multiply 52 by 100 even though it'd be fairly easy to tell that the answer would be 5200 by doing it in her head.

The carrot food contains 88% ash, 12% carrots.



Cultural References
The Godfather Part 2

Mr. Burns tells Smithers that he "Keeps his friends close, but your enemies closer." This is said by Michael Corleone in the 1974 film.

Alexander Graham Bell

Burns saying to Smithers, "Smithers, come here I want you" is a reference to Alexander's Graham Bell's famous phrase when he invented the telephone: "Watson, come I want you."



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