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  Episode Information  
Title: The Springfield Files
Episode Number: 163
Season: 8
Season Episode #.: 10
Production Number: 3G01
Original Airdate: Sunday January 12th, 1997
10/10 (1 Vote cast)
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Episode Crew
Director: Steve Dean Moore (1)
Writer: Reid Harrison
  Episode Summary  
Leonard Nimoy presents the strange tale of Homer Simpson's close encounter with an extraterrestrial being. One night after drinking a few too many at Moe's, Homer sees a bald, glowing, big-eyed creature that tells him not to be afraid. Homer tells everyone that the creature is an alien. Marge and the kids tell Homer that he was drinking too much and that there was no alien. A story in the Springfield Shopper about Homer's close encounter brings FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully to Springfield to investigate. After some routine tests, the agents come up with nothing and leave empty-handed. It's up to Homer and Bart to find proof of the alien's presence themselves. Armed with video footage, Bart and Homer convince the entire town that there is an alien among them. But when everybody turns out to see it, Smithers reveals that the glowing creature is actually Mr. Burns, who is undergoing a series of experimental life-extending medical treatments.
 
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  Guest Stars  
Guest Stars
Leonard NimoyvoicedHimselfRecurring (second appearance)
Pamela HaydenvoicedMilhouseRecurring (80th appearance)
Tress MacNeillevoicedVariousRecurring (35th appearance)
David DuchovnyvoicedFox Mulder 
Gillian AndersonvoicedDana Scully 
  Episode Notes  
Chalkboard: The truth is not out there
 
  Episode Quotes  
Homer: I can't believe it. I'm being mocked. By my own children. On my birthday.
Bart: It's your birthday?
Homer: Yes. Remember, it's the same day as the dog's.
Lisa: Santa's Little Helper, it's your birthday? Ooh, we've gotta get you a present. Yes, we do. Yes, we do.
Bart: We love you, boy.
Marge: Good, doggy. Good, doggy,
Homer: Lousy lovable dog.
 
(When the "alien" is revealed)
Lisa: Stop! You want an alien? This is your alien!
(Lisa shines a flashlight at the alien, which turns out to be a glowing Mr. Burns.)
Mr. Burns (high-pitched voice): Hello, children, I bring you love.
Groundskeeper Willie: Aaaah! It's a monster! Kill it! Kill it!
(Smithers steps in.)
Smithers: Stop! It's not a monster. It's Mr. Burns!
Groundskeeper Willie: Awww. It's Mr. Burns! Kill it! Kill it!
 
Scully: This is the worst assignment we've ever had.
Mulder: Worse than the time we were attacked by the flesh-eating virus?
Grandpa: Ow, it bit me with my own teeth!
Scully: No, this is much more irritating. I've seen enough Mulder, let's go.
Mulder: Yeah okay. But somewhere out there, something is watching us. (Scully rolls her eyes, and leaves) There are alien forces acting in ways we can't perceive. Are we alone in the universe? Impossible. (Hours later) When you consider the wonders that exist all around us, voodoo priests of Haiti, Tibetan numerologists of Appalachia. The unsolved mysteries of ...unsolved mysteries. The truth...is out there!
 
(The doorbell rings, and Homer is greeted by a large crowd)
Homer: I'm happy to answer any questions you have about the alien. Any questions at all. Dr Hibbert?
Dr. Hibbert: Yes, is the alien carbon based or silicon based?
Homer: Uh, the second one. Zillophone. Next question.
Barney: Is the alien Santa Claus?
Homer: Uh, yes.
Flanders: Were you on my roof last night stealing my weather vane?
Homer: This interview is over!
(Slams door, and the weather vane falls)
 
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