Waylon Smithers

"Your new duties will include answering Mr. Burns' phone, preparing his tax return, moistening his eyeballs, assisting with his chewing and swallowing, lying to Congress, and some light typing."

- - Smithers

Waylon J. Smithers, Jr. often shortened to just "Smithers" is the assistant of Mr. Burns and althought normally not that bad a person he is obscenely loyal to Mr. Burns (to the point it is heavily implied he is gay) - although it is worth noting that Smithers is often the subject of abuse rather than malice on his own part: he is shown to have a jealous streak and can be rude and even (on occassions) physically violent towards those he dislikes and can be sneaky, in general though Waylon Smithers is somewhat a recurring antagonist, as well as the tertiary antagonist and a toadie rather than a fully-fledged evil-doer.

He is however a common villain and boss in The Simpsons video-game universe, appearing in many of the "Bart" games as well as The Simpsons Wrestling (where he is often surprisingly powerful).

Similar Villains

 * Destro (G.I. Joe: A real American hero)
 * Pinky (Pinky and the Brain)
 * Mr. H. Garrison (South Park)

Trivia

 * Smithers is voiced by Harry Shearer in The Simpsons, who also voices Mr Burns, Scratchy, Principal Skinner, Otto, Reverend Lovejoy, Kent Brockman and Ned Flanders.
 * A running-joke in the series is Smither's blatant homosexuality (which Mr. Burns seems oblivious to).
 * Another running joke is Smithers being Mr Burns' memory, always reminding him of who Homer Simpson is and improving his geography or political knowledge.