Mr. Burns (original)

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns
Alias	Montgomery Burns Mr. Burns Monty Burns The richest man of Springfield Happy C. M. Burns Monty Burns U.B.O. Fruit Batman Devil
Origin	The Simpsons
Occupation	Owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
Powers / Skills	Evil scheming, manipulation, wealth, influence, intelligence
Hobby	Causing widespread misery, tormenting the city of Springfield, firing his employees, releasing his hounds.
Goals	Make more money and increase his power (succeeded; to a certain extent), become immortal, rule and control Springfield.
Crimes	No information
Type of Villain	Wealthy Villain, Corrupt Official, Greedy Villain

“	Excellent...	„
	~ Mr. Burns's famous quote.

“	Release the hounds!	„
	~ Mr. Burns's second famous quote

“	Oh, you all talk big, but who here has the guts to stop me?	„
	~ Mr. Burns to Springfield

Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns, often known as Mr. Burns or simply Burns, is the main antagonist (sometimes anti-hero) of the long-running animated comedy television series, The Simpsons, and a minor character in the 2007 theatrical film, The Simpsons Movie. He is the founder and chairman of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and the boss of Homer Simpson, and Waylon Smithers, his right hand man who (heavily implied) is attracted to him.

He was voiced by Harry Shearer.

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 and dispassionate 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. He is a Republican.

Villainous Acts

Here are all of Mr. Burns's evil deeds in some of the episodes.

Season 1

• In Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, Burns cancelled all of his workers' Christmas bonuses, which left a disappointed Homer to work as a mall Santa after learning that Marge blew all of the family Christmas money to remove a tattoo from Bart's arm.

Season 2

• In Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish, Burns ran for Governor against incumbent governor Mary Bailey in hopes preventing his plant from being shut down after it was proven that it was the cause behind the mutation of a three-eyed fish.

Season 3

• In Stark Raving Dad, Burn deemed Homer insane due to wearing a pink shirt to work (due to Bart putting his red hat in the white laundry) and has him committed to an insane asylum, though Homer would later be released.

Season 4

• In Marge Gets A Job, Marge gets a job at the nuclear plant, and Burns attempts to woo her for himself until he learns that she is married to Homer, and fires her on the spot.
• In Marge vs. the Monorail, Burns was caught dumping nuclear waste into the park by the EPA and was forced to pay a fine of $3 million, much to his dismay.
• In So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show, Homer is in a coma (due to a April Fools joke engineered by Bart), and Burns attempts to pull the plug on Homer's life support system to prevent paying for Homer's health insurance (to no avail).

Season 5

• In Burns' Heir, he picks Bart as his new heir to the fortune, and attempts to separate him from his family to ensure of it. However, Bart refuses to leave his family behind and instead drops Burns through a trapdoor before reuniting with his family.
• In Lady Bouvier's Lover, Burns falls in love with Marge's mother Jacqueline and wants to marry her, much to Marge's disapproval. However, Jackie decides to forget about it due to Burns' boorish behavior.

Season 6

• In ​Two Dozen and One Greyhounds, he takes 25 puppies and plots to kill them for their fur, though he decides to change his mind after seeing how lovely they are, and instead decides to raise them as racing dogs.
• In Who Shot Mr. Burns Part One, he commits many villainous acts that causes trouble for his fellow Springfield citizens till he is shot in the chest by Maggie Simpson.

Season 7

• In Mother Simpson, it was revealed that he was responsible for turning Homer's mother Mona into a wanted criminal, due to her involvement of shutting down his germ warfare factory by releasing antibiotics. To that rate, he gets the FBI to track down Mona, though she escapes (thanks to Homer and Chief Wiggum).
• In Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in ​Curse of the Flying Hellfish, he crosses the Moral Event Horizon after he attempts to murder Grampa Simpson to get a collection of stolen German paintings, even attempting to drown Bart. However, Grampa defeats Burns while the stolen paintings are returned to the German government.

Trivia

• Mr. Burns is generally the main antagonist of the franchise; however, in The Simpsons Movie, he is outranked by Russ Cargill.
• Mr. Burns signs his will as "Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns" in the episode of season 22, "Flaming Moe", which implies that he is related to Adolf Hitler and a descendant of the House of Plantagenet.
• He is also one of the many Simpsons character who guest stars on the Family Guy episode "The Simpsons Guy".