Mr. Burns

"Release the hounds!"

- Mr. Burns's second famous quote

Alignment: Bad/Neutral.

Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns, often known as Mr. Burns or simply Burns, is the main antagonist (sometimes anti-hero) of The Simpsons, and is the tertiary antagonist in the 2007 theatrical film, The Simpsons Movie. He is the founder and chairman of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and Lisa Simpson's arch-nemesis. He is also Waylon Smithers' boss.

Moral Event Horizon Candidates

 * Curse of the Flying Hellfish: His first candidate for crossing the Moral Event Horizon when he threatens to shoot Bart and tried to drown him.
 * In the 60's, he created a germ lab that could have killed everyone in Springfield.

Personality
Mr. Burns embodies a number of stereotypes about corporate America, as he has an unquenchable desire to increase his own wealth and power. Burns also embodies the stereotype of a manager by forgetting his employees' names (especially Homer's, despite it appearing that they interact more than Burns does with most of his employees), though this can be attributed to his senility. Burns is also unconcerned for their safety and well-being. His aspirations to apply obsolete technology to everyday life or references to Victorian-era people or places provide a common source of humor on the show. Recently, he has become less evil and more eccentric.

Trivia

 * Since Mr. Burns is generally the main antagonist of the franchise, in The Simpsons Movie; however, the he is outranked by Russ Cargill.
 * Mr. Burns signs his will as "Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns" in the season 22 episode, "Flaming Moe", which implies that he is related to Adolf Hitler and a descendant of the House of Plantagenet.