| “ | Dammit, Smithers! This isn't rocket science, it's brain surgery! | „ |
| ~ Burns as he puts Homer Simpson's brain in a robot body |
Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns, better known as Mr. Burns, is the main antagonist of "If Only I Had A Brain", a segment from the Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror II".
As with his mainstream counterpart, he was voiced by Harry Shearer, who also voices Smithers in the same series.
After Homer was fired for sleeping in his workplace, Mr. Burns and Smithers had the idea of creating the ultimate worker using a human brain. They later find Homer, now a gravedigger, allowing Mr. Burns to use his brain for their new, ultimate worker. Unfortunately, as Homer was usually lazy at work, the new robotic worker failed to become what Mr. Burns had wanted. Disappointed by this, he removes the brain from it and places back inside of Homer, but he would have his head sewn to him once the robot falls on him, crushing his body, now forced to live as part of Homer's body for the rest of his days.
Appearance[]
While Mr. Burns looks exactly the same as his mainstream counterpart, he is later reduced to only a head sewn onto Homer's body.
Biography[]
In Homer's nightmare, Mr. Burns is watching his workers through the cameras and notices how everybody is working, except Homer who is sleeping on the job as usual. Smithers then suggests that he fire a random employee, to which Burns agrees. Burns chooses Homer and wakes him up by yelling at him over the intercom that he is fired.
Mr. Burns and Smithers plan to go to the laboratory for the next step of his plan. As they walk down to the laboratory, Mr. Burns explains that he is tired of the laziness of the common worker and plans to replace his human employees with robots. He then reveals a large robot resembling Homer Simpson, planning it to be used as the ultimate worker, but for it to become active, they need a human brain, though they quickly know which brain would be perfect enough to use as the robot's core: Homer Simpson's brain.
At the graveyard, they encounter Homer, who is now a gravedigger, and capture him inside a bag. On their way to the laboratory, however, Homer wakes up and start panicking, causing Mr. Burns to whack the bag with his shovel to put him back asleep. Later in the laboratory, Smithers cuts off the top part of Homer's head, allowing Mr. Burns to pull his brain out and place it inside the robot, connecting it to it's system. After waiting for a bit, they start electrocuting the robot so the brain's nerves would activate. Their plan was a success, as the robot came to life. Amazed by this, Mr. Burns laughs diabolically. Now with a fully-functioning robotic worker, they bring it to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. However, their plan would backfire as due to Homer's laziness and obsession for donuts, the brain makes the robot act just like him. After this failure, the robot is brought back inside the lab and Homer's brain is placed back inside his own body. Smithers suggests him to throw the brain away, which Mr. Burns agrees. He kicks the robot for it's failure, but it suddenly falls on him and crushes his body, shattering all of his bones. No longer being able to move, Smithers sews his head on Homer's body. Homer doesn't realize this at first, as he thinks it was only a nightmare, but once he looked at his mirror, Mr. Burns's head was actually attached to him, his nightmare becoming a reality. Homer still thinks it was a nightmare, as Mr. Burns sarcastically mentions it's really just a nightmare.
Trivia[]
- At one point, Mr. Burns hums the song "If Only I Had a Brain" from The Wizard of Oz, which is the same name as the title of the segment.
- This version is an obvious parody of Dr. Frankenstein.
