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Just when Mr. Burns and his assistant begin settling into their new-found, yet unconventional relationship... trouble is bound to happen right?Burns has a little more that he can handle when his grandkids are suddenly dropped off into his care; grandkids that he'd never met but only heard mentioned briefly from his long lost son Larry. Perhaps Mr. Burns could instill a bit of refinement in these wild children; if he can ever get any sleep that is...
A fanfic to be written one day by me whenever I get around to finishing the first Burns/Smithers fic. I think this could make a nice sequel or stand alone fic. Knowing me, it's most likely to be Rated-M... just to be safe
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The oldest is Marylin (13), the snarky know-it-all that is often brutally honest. Her fashion sense is a bit eccentric. She has Mr. Burns' scowl perfectly.
The boy is Jack (10), the bratty trouble maker. Mr. Burns affectionately calls him Charles Jr. which Jack hates. He has been constantly torturing his older sister with the nickname "Esther" ever since the movie "Orphan" came out since she bares an uncanny resemblance to the psycho-orphan.
Emma (4), is the youngest, is very clingy to Smithers and rarely ever talks. She always seems to have a somber, quiet demeanor. She is also a bit afraid of Mr. Burns.
I know OC's can get annoying and distract from the main characters, but the Simpsons' world is full of one-time characters anyway. Burns' grandkids were mentioned once. Just my view of what they are like.
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Interesting ideas. I'll definitely keep them in mind. Maybe the boy could get his bratty-ness from Mr. Burns, but his lack for business and social etiquette from Larry.
I've been watching the Simpsons since it began, (feels old) but I hardly get a chance to refresh my memory on episodes I've seen many years ago or maybe a few I've missed. Lately I've been watching them online so that would definitely be appreciated to offer that list of episodes. Burns' Heir and Rosebud are two of my favorites and then the one where Smithers had the thyroid problem... Midnight RX I believe? Or something like that... but I'm sure there must be some I've forgotten about over the years.
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"I've been watching the Simpsons since it began, (feels old)"
The Simpsons is a week older than me. If you count from the very first appearance in The Tracey Ullman Show.
Okay, this is not a comprehensive list, but includes the biggest appearances by Burns (and Smithers), at least. Or my favourites.
Also, the order within the season might be off.
Season 1
Homer's Odyssey
Season 2
Simpson and Delilah
"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"
"Bart Gets Hit by a Car"
"Brush with Greatness"
"Blood Feud"
Season 3
Treehouse of horror II
"Homer Defined"
"Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk"
"Homer at the Bat"
"Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" (Not a big part in the story, but I like the scene)
Season 4
"Treehouse of Horror III"
Marge Gets a Job"
"Marge vs. the Monorail" (Not a big appearance, but the two scenes with Burns and Smithers in this one are among my favourites)
"Last Exit to Springfield"
Season 5
"Bart's Inner Child" (Although just a small scene, but Smithers confesses his love, and takes it back)
"Burns' Heir"
"Lady Bouvier's Lover"
Rosebud (My second favourite episode)
"Secrets of a Successful Marriage" (If you want to see the flashback to Smither's marriage)
"$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"
"The Last Temptation of Homer" (Again just a small part, but among my favourite scenes there about Burns' employement policies)
Treehouse of horror IV
season 6
A Star is Burns
Homer the great (Just a small role, though)
Lisa's wedding (Ditto)
Sideshow Bob Roberts
Treehouse of horror V (Another small scene that just happens to amuse me)
"Two Dozen and One Greyhounds"
Who shot Mr. Burns part 1
Season 7
Who shot Mr. Burns part 2
King size Homer (a small part)
Mother Simpson
"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"
"Team Homer"
"Scenes From the Class Struggle in Springfield"
Homer the Smithers (My favourite episode)
"22 Short Films About Springfield"
Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish" (I love this one too)
Season 8
Bart After Dark (a small cameo, but I do enjoy the scene where Burns and Smithers are on a picnic in a park, Smithers having insisted they go. Also has another scene that sort of suggests Burns knows about his assistant)
"Homer's Enemy"
"Burns, Baby Burns"
"Mountain of madness"
The Springfield Files
The Old Man and The Lisa
From this point on, I don't have such detailed notes, but here are some key episodes:
Season 9: Lisa the skeptic (A small scene, but it's the kiss)
"The Trouble with Trillions"
Season 10: Monty Can't Buy Me Love (This episode is kinda meh. Burns is OOC and Smithers is MIA)
Season 11: The Mansion Family
Season 12: "Homer vs. Dignity"
Season 13: A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love
"The Blunder Years"
Season 14: "C.E. D'oh"
Season 15: Fraudcast News (I like this one, it took the same premise "Monty can't buy me love" and did it well)
Season 16: "Midnight Rx"
Season 17: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore
The Seemingly Never-Ending Story
Season 20: "The Burns and the Bees"
Season 21: "American History X-cellent"
Season 22: "The Fool Monty"
And "Flaming Moe" I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would, and if you ship Burns/Smithers, I'd recommend this.
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LOL, my first memory of the Simpsons was in the early 90's I believe... I remember watching it with my family when Bart came on the screen and said, “Hi, I'm Bart Simpson, who the hell are you?" My uncle stared at the screen in disbelief and I was laughing so hard. He said he'd never seen a cartoon curse. I don't know why he was so concerned; he said much worse things in my presence than Bart ever did.
I wish this were how all of my homework assignments used to look! 
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"LOL, my first memory of the Simpsons was in the early 90's I believe.."
I do remember actually, what my first episode was. It was "Treehouse of Horror V", not really an episode you'd want to start with. And the next episode I saw had some Itchy and Scrathy stuff, and I concluded the show was stupidly violent and kinda confusing.
So most I knew about Simpsons came from two video-games: "Bart vs the World" and "Bart vs. the Space Mutants". The latter I actually really liked, although it has a bad reputation. Vs the world was worse, but I still played it through, something I admit I wouldn't do these days.
I started watching the show more regularly few years later, although mostly for Mr. Burns (and Smithers).
"I'm sure the Simpsons must have irritated the censors back in the beginning... perhaps even still today!"
I do know that several allusions to Smither's feelings towards Burns were such, some were cut for that, and they had to fight the censors over the scene in Rosebud, where Smithers fantasizes of naked Burns popping from a cake.
And I know the censors have had issues with references to homosexuality even in later seasons, because no offense, but the US views on gays and sexuality in general are kinda stupidly backwards.
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lol, I take it you grew up playing NES too? I bought Bart vs. Space mutant a few years ago at a pawn shop, but I never played it since my old NES is packed away and I'm not sure if it still works.
I respect the censors to some extent... since my little cousins like to watch the show. They seem to have common sense not to repeat certain words they hear or else they'd have to deal with my wrath! 
I think if the audience can put up with Itchy and Scratchy's antics, a little May/December gay romance never hurt. If any show could get away with it, I think the Simpsons could. It's kinda sad to hear that lots of potentially entertaining scenes were cut.
No offense taken. I live in the southern states which generally comes off as pretty anti-gay to most people, but I think the future will slowly become more understanding. It seemed like half the kids in my high school, especially the girls, said they were bi... most I suspect only said it for the attention, but I have seen a lot of progress even in my lifetime. My grandmother never really talked about gay/bi/transgender issues, having been such a religious woman... But these days, she's watching dancing with the stars and cheering at the TV for Chaz Bono to win. XD
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"I respect the censors to some extent... since my little cousins like to watch the show. They seem to have common sense not to repeat certain words they hear or else they'd have to deal with my wrath! "
I'm not too concerned of language, or more specifically certain words used. The context is far more important, but I suppose it's easy to censor certain words and write guidelines based on it.
"I think if the audience can put up with Itchy and Scratchy's antics, a little May/December gay romance never hurt"
Ah, but violence (a cartoonish violence, at that) is far more acceptable than sex in the US, especially for the censors and people who decide for ratings.
"If any show could get away with it, I think the Simpsons could."
I think they got away with a lot of stuff most shows wouldn't have.
Also quite a lot of that stuff was played for laughs, and as far as I know, the censors were far more accepting if it was for a joke than an actual relationship.
"but I think the future will slowly become more understanding. "
Hopefully.
"It seemed like half the kids in my high school, especially the girls, said they were bi... most I suspect only said it for the attention, but I have seen a lot of progress even in my lifetime."
I suspect most of those people will stop calling themselves bi once they grow up. Not because I think they're doing it for attention, or lying, but because the teenage years are confusing, and people just starting to figure out their sexuality might not have the clearest image on what sexuality and sexual attraction is.
But because there's pressure to know and identify such things in such an early age, they will figure that since they like both boys and girls, they are bi.
I mean, it's better than the society considering heterosexuality the only possible option, but I'm concerned about the pressure on kids to figure out their sexuality too soon.
Not that I'm saying things were better in the past, or something, though.
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I believe I read somewhere that one of the writers made a suggestion that Smithers should have this secret crush on Burns, but it would be funnier if they played it as a joke and never brought to much attention to it. So far, I like the concept and it is very funny having such a devoted assistant in love with a mean old man, but I think they should give Smithers a break once in a while, even if it is a cartoon. Maybe not have them actually in a relationship (though that would be entertaining), but play off on the joke a little more often with out over doing it. Maybe even show a few more scenes where Burns actually suspects something. Even showing more interactions with those two would be appreciated. I like watching them just interacting.
Yeah, I think sexual orientation is something that many people struggle with at any age. I'm still not really that certain about myself, even though I'm 25. I'm mostly attracted to guys, but occasionally there are girls that catch my attention, so sometimes I just jokingly label myself gay with bi tendencies. XD Which basically means bi anyway so... Each person has their own way of labeling/measuring I guess. Even though I'm not actively looking for a relationship, there's no reason to limit myself to half the population when gender identity and personality is all in the mind anyway.
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"I believe I read somewhere that one of the writers made a suggestion that Smithers should have this secret crush on Burns, but it would be funnier if they played it as a joke and never brought to much attention to it."
I think, based on some interview of some writers for the cartoon I read once, that they originally wanted to make a character gay, but never really draw attention to it, and have it sort of be just a part of what the character is.
But around the second season when they expanded on the Smithers/Burns relationship, and from there it became more and more about him being in love with the specific person.
The thing with a series like Simpsons is that there are so many writers and it has been going on for so long, the characterisations can differ a lot, even from one episode to next, and different writers have had very different ideas about this.
For example, some writers will consider Smithers gay, while some have always written him as 'Burnsexual' and in love with the specific person who just happens to be a guy.
(I personally always considered him to be the latter, although I'm not opposed to the idea of him having been in relationships with other men, or women, but I just can't see him really falling for anyone else than his boss)
"Maybe not have them actually in a relationship (though that would be entertaining), but play off on the joke a little more often with out over doing it."
I would write them in a way that you can really take it either way. Which happens every now and then, I always like it when they basically act like an old married couple.
I would love to see more stuff that could be interpreted as them being together, but in a way that could be taken either way. Which could be the joke. Kinda like how Smithers' affection was written in the start; it all could have been just platonic or devotion to his job.
(By season 4 there's no doubt, though)
"Maybe even show a few more scenes where Burns actually suspects something. "
The thing is, I don't think the writers have any official position on whether Burns knows or not. So different writers have written it differently.
There have definitely been scenes that suggest he knows, and sometimes he seems totally clueless, which could be just pretending or the senility kicking in.
"Yeah, I think sexual orientation is something that many people struggle with at any age."
And I think it can change over time, especially in the middle-age/in menopause etc when there are hormonal changes. Or for example the person just has never met before their type of guy, so they are just attracted to women.
It doesn't mean their orientation is false, it just means it can change.
This is the kind of thing many gay/bi people will deny, and I have been called homophobe for simply mentioning that I think person's sexual orientation can change over time.
And I do understand why there are people who deny it to such an extent; because there are idiots who would use it (and do) to deny equal rights from gays.
As in, if a gay person could turn straight (or just bi), it's not just unchanging fact that you're just born with, and there's hope for them to turn normal and enjoy the priviledges for straight people.
Which, even if a person could change their sexuality by choice (and there's no evidence supporting the claims it could be forced to change) as easily as pressing a button, would still be a BS argument.
Because even if being attracted to the same sex would be a choice made by the person, and even if it would be always just a conscious choice, is not a reason to restrict such freedoms.
Just if something is a choice is not sufficient reason to call it immoral or legislate against it.
"I'm still not really that certain about myself, even though I'm 25. I'm mostly attracted to guys, but occasionally there are girls that catch my attention, so sometimes I just jokingly label myself gay with bi tendencies. "
Attraction is a complicated thing, and involves several types, and it's more of a sliding scale than anything. And even if someone is purely straight or gay doesn't mean they are attracted to all members of that sex.
I can be intellectually attracted to a guy, or think they are cute, but it's not sexual in nature. So, basically I'm a lesbian, and I can't see myself falling for a man, but who knows? And it's not like human gender is all that clearly black and white.
I study biology, and I'm well aware of how simplified and wrong the idea of "XX=woman, XY=man, and that's it" really is.
Huh, look at that wall of text. I think I've sufficiently avenged any of your prior attempts at making me read.
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lol wall of text.
Oh man, I wish you could write for the show! You could handle the Burns/Smithers relationship beautifully!
I always wondered why people resist the idea that orientation can change. I suppose it does have something with defending against people that oppose them. Contrary to popular belief, I used to think it was a choice, since I changed so frequently over the years. But now I think maybe it wasn't really a choice, some people were born to change and that change just happens naturally.
P.S. I love making people read.
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"Oh man, I wish you could write for the show! You could handle the Burns/Smithers relationship beautifully!"
Unfortunately it would require me being actually able to write comedy and satire about current events.
They should hire me as a shipping-director, though, which would basically mean I'd go through the scripts and then correct them to be more like I wish they were.
I might do some stuff with Burns and Smithers in the future, but I'm kinda middle of several projects.
Have you read the Simpsons-comics?
"I always wondered why people resist the idea that orientation can change. I suppose it does have something with defending against people that oppose them."
Yes, and I guess if your identity is heavily tied to your sexuality, you don't want that your identity could change in such a way.
Having a discussion about how sexuality is determined, to what extent the genes and the culture have an effect etc, tends to get so heavily tangled with the political aspect that having a real free discussion is difficult.
"Contrary to popular belief, I used to think it was a choice, since I changed so frequently over the years. "
I don't think it's possible to choose who you are attracted to. But it's possible to choose how you act on it, and it can lead to other things.
If you are attracted to someone of the same sex, for example, even though you're normally straight, and act on it, it might lead to your sexuality changing to more bi-direction.
Then again, it might lead to you never having such feelings again after the initial curiosity is satisfied.
It's not really possible to predict how that kind of a thing works.
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Lol you have a point! No one can choose who they are attracted to. It is interesting that you study biology, I've always had a thing for anything science related, but I never really pursued it. I always thought genes had a big part in human behavior, but everyone gets really quiet when you mention it.
I've heard of the Simpson comic, but I haven't read any. I definintly need to check out those comics one of these days. I've always been a fan, but I haven't followed the show as closely as I would have liked. I'm beginning to re-watch old episodes to refresh my memory.
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"I always thought genes had a big part in human behavior, but everyone gets really quiet when you mention it."
Well, it's pretty well known among biologists.
But it's a complicated matter, not just with behaviour, but with anything the genes affect; different genes will work together, but of course the hormones and the environment will have an effect on it.
And even if the sexuality is the same, depending on the culture, it can be manifested in different ways.
For example, let's say a man is attracted to assertive, dominating leader type.
If they live in a culture where women are not expected to have such qualities, have no possibilities to become leaders or interact with him in such a manner, he might be just attracted to men.
While if he'd live in a society where there would be women like that, he might be bi or even straight.
Different cultures have had very different ideas of sexuality, and identifying who you attracted by sex has not always been the norm.
In places like ancient Creece the matter of whether you were the dominating or submissive one was more important than whether you preferred men or women.
"I've heard of the Simpson comic, but I haven't read any."
Some of them are quite good.
I think you mentioned liking Side show Bob?
There are several comics with him, since I suppose it's easy to get him in comics since you don't need to get the voice actors, but of course you'll miss Kelsey Grammer's voice...
I liked this one a lot [link]
Also, there were few where Smithers had a bigger role
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including one where he becomes the king of Sweden, which I, as a Finnish person, would totally be okay with.
There's also a series of Futurama/Simpsons crossovers, which I liked a lot and thought were among the better ones, but I don't know where you can find it online.
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You know, this reminds me of something that happened to me recently. You see, I have these three female cats and two of them had kittens on the exact same day, but they put all their kittens in the same box and all three females cared for them. All seven kittens were treated the same and held constantly so that they were very tame; however, their personalities were all very different. The white kittens are roudy and extremely playful. The black kittens are all very mild mannered and calm. I thought it was very interesting that just being from two different mothers had such an impact on their behavior.
And thanks for the links! I'll definitly give them a look!
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Yes, and when it comes to animals, humans have bred them favoring different behaviours, so we have different breeds of dogs, for example, that are not just physically different, but behave differently.
Breeds like retrievers have had different parts of their hunting behaviour strenghtened than terriers, for example, and enjoy different things.
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I think that so cute *_*
This family is so adorable !!
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I'm glad you think so! Thankyou!
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Daww, I already like Emma's Character! X3
Hey, if you write this, I'll definitely read it. XD I love the OCs.
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Emma is the only one that isn't a brat! I guess she didn't inherit her grandfather's meaness... Then again, Burns started out nice like her. Hope he isn't a bad influence.
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Yes! please do continue writing! 
LOL One never knows who Mr. Burns will rub off on...I have no idea what it would do for Emma's character, but as of now, I like her just the way she is. But who knows? The way she's so attached to Smithers....maybe he'll be the one to rub off on her. XDD
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lol! I never thought of that! She could be like a little Smithers, bringing people things like a mini-assistant! I'm glad you like the story so far! Enjoy reading it as much as you like! 
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LOL That would be adorable. XD
I love the story. LOL and don't worry...I will...>X3
I can't wait to see what happens though. 
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Thanks for the encouragement! I had nothing to do today 
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Anytime! XDD
OMG YAAY 
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