Season 36‘s flashback-heavy fourth episode “Shoddy Heat” revealed that, long before Mr. Burns ever hired Homer, his father Abe assured his son would always have a steady job.

Mr. Burns appears in the premiere episode of The Simpsons, but he didn’t get his first real showcase until season two’s “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish,” where he ...

Mr. Burns will attempt to fire Homer any chance he can, even if he hit Bart with a car, and briefly killed him. 4. “Treehouse of Horror IV” — Original Air Date: October 28, 1993.

Homer: (Laughs) Good one, sir. Mr. Burns: Oh, well, I used to rile the late, great Connie Mack with that one at old Shibe Park. Homer: (Taunting) Little baby batter can’t control his bladder!

He promises to never fire him how often or badly he messes up, and Abe agrees once he realizes that the young Homer is likely going to need the help. Mr. Burns then explains that despite Homer ...

Mr. Burns bets one million dollars that his power plant's softball team will win the championship, then hires professional baseball players to be members of the team. Homer signs up for the ...

For multiple generations, episodes of The Simpsons contain an entire lexicon of examples and comparisons. “That’s just like one time Bart did…” Or “That reminds of the episode when Homer ...

Whoa, I totally forgot about this scene from the table draft we cut from “Who Shot Mr. Burns, Pt. 2” of Homer on the run as a fugitive. (We took all scripts at the end of the read for security.

Have you ever wondered why Mr. Burns doesn’t fire Homer from his job at the Nuclear Power Plant? Probably not. It doesn’t matter Homer is lazy and wildly incompetent to the point of being dangerous.