Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
The Simpsons, season 3, episode 11. First aired December 5, 1991. 131 moments of about ten seconds each: open one for its frame, what happens and what's said.
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About the episode
Homer sells his few shares of power plant stock for a $25 profit just before rumors of a sale send the price soaring. Mr. Burns sells the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to German investors for $100 million, and their manager, Horst, fires Homer when he knows nothing about safety. Burns soon finds that no one fears him anymore, so he buys the plant back at half price.
- Written by
- Jon Vitti
- Directed by
- Mark Kirkland
- Guest stars
- Phil Hartman as Horst
- Phil Hartman as Stockbroker
- Chalkboard gag
The Christmas pageant does not stink
- Couch gag
- Angry Santa's Little Helper
- Production code
- 8F09
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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No characters appear in this opening sequence
“The Simpsons”
0:00–0:11 -
Bart Simpson stands at the chalkboard of a classroom at Springfield Elementary School then walks away…
0:11–0:23 -
Homer handles a glowing green rod with tongs at a control panel beneath a CAUTION sign while Mr. Burns…
0:23–0:35 -
Milhouse with blue hair and glasses sits among a row of students in a band room, and Lisa Simpson plays…
“Oh,”
0:35–0:47 -
Bart Simpson rides a skateboard along a sidewalk with his arms spread wide, and a smoky cloud then fills…
“my God.”
0:47–0:57 -
Marge sits at the wheel of a pink car while Maggie grips a toy steering wheel beside her
0:57–1:08 -
Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge and Santa's Little Helper appear in the living room at first, with Homer running…
1:08–1:19 -
Smithers leans over the stooped, hooked-nose Mr. Burns at a pink bathroom sink, working lather…
“It's a breakthrough product, sir.”
1:19–1:31 -
Mr. Burns sits in a salon chair while his thin assistant Smithers works on his head
“Isn't life grand?”
1:31–1:40 -
Mr. Burns sits at a brown desk in a white collar and purple vest, first looking worried and sweating…
“Ah, lovely promise, but one beyond the powers of a mere shampoo.”
1:40–1:50 -
Mr. Burns lies propped in a white robe on a purple couch while a green, toothy reptilian creature perches…
“Hello, Mr. Barnes.”
1:50–2:03 -
Smithers stands beside a bed holding a green crocodile hand puppet, Snappy, while the frail, stooped…
“Are there still time for all those things, sir?”
2:03–2:16 -
Homer stands at a red CANDY vending machine in a yellow hallway, pressing buttons and then feeding a green…
“Oh!”
2:16–2:30 -
Smithers stands beside Homer, the bald heavy man in a white shirt, at a red candy vending machine…
“It's not fair.”
2:30–2:43 -
Homer Simpson stands at a red CANDY vending machine with a dollar bill in his hand, while Principal Skinner…
“But he does. And you know what?”
2:43–2:54 -
Homer Simpson feeds money into a red CANDY vending machine while Smithers watches beside him
“Good, good.”
2:54–3:06 -
Mr. Burns sits at a desk with a phone to his ear and a cigar in his hand, beside a sandwich, an open book…
“I own stock?”
3:06–3:19 -
Homer Simpson talks on a blue telephone in a hallway with blue lockers and a red-and-white life ring…
“Everybody alive? Yeah. Like any sports? Sure.”
3:19–3:32 -
Homer scowls while holding a blue telephone receiver to his ear in a close-up near a red fire extinguisher…
“Uh-huh. So what's my stock up to? Let me punch that up on the computer.”
3:32–3:44 -
Homer Simpson stands in a blue-walled room with a window and a wall-mounted monitor, holding a blue telephone…
“You'll get $25 if you sell now. Sell, sell, sell!”
3:44–3:46 -
Homer sits in the plant control room beneath a yellow radiation symbol, first laughing with his eyes shut…
“$25.”
3:46–3:54 -
Homer Simpson stands in the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant control room beside a blue cash register…
“Oh, hot works.”
3:54–4:02 -
Bart sits on a brown couch with his arms folded, watching a TV under a sailboat painting and a lamp
“B.B.B.I. B.B.I.”
4:02–4:13 -
Bart sprawls on the brown couch laughing with his eyes shut, while Marge's blue beehive pokes out…
“Bart, Bart, turn to the Financial Channel.”
4:13–4:26 -
Marge holds Bart, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt and blue shorts, in front of a brown couch…
“Unconfirmed takeover rumors have pushed Burns worldwide from 1-8 to 52.25.”
4:26–4:39 -
Bart sits on a brown couch in a pink room beneath a framed sailboat picture, grinning as he daydreams
“Wow, 5,200 smackers.”
4:39–4:48 -
Bart Simpson sits on a brown couch with his eyes closed and a grin, daydreaming in a large thought cloud
“Ha ha ha!”
4:48–4:58 -
Moe wipes the bar and then opens a bottle of Duff Private Reserve with a bottle opener while Homer leans…
“Hey, Homer. Want a duff? No, I'd like a bottle of Henry K.”
4:58–5:09 -
Moe the bartender leans on the bar in front of Homer, who sits on the right in a white shirt, while Troy…
“For your information, I just made a cool $25 playing the markets.”
5:09–5:20 -
Two men in dark suits stand at a bar, one with a mustache and green tie and the other with thick-rimmed…
“I may just quit my job at the power plant and become a full-time stock market guy.”
5:20–5:27 -
A mustached man with swept-back reddish hair in a purple suit and a dark-suited man with black-framed glasses…
“Oh, thank you.”
5:27–5:37 -
Homer Simpson holds a mug of beer and looks surprised with his mouth open at a bar, and then two strangers…
“Yeah, but thank you anyway. Hey, you guys aren't from around here, are you?”
5:37–5:49 -
Homer leans on a bar across from two men in suits: a man with an orange pompadour, mustache and purple…
“Now we have a very big company. We are interested in buying the power plant.”
5:49–6:02 -
A thin man with glasses and slicked dark hair stands beside a mustached man in a purple suit and green tie…
“We'll still have enough left to buy the Cleveland Browns.”
6:02–6:15 -
Lisa and Marge sit in a pink living room beside a purple lamp, and Marge gestures with her hands while both…
“What are we gonna spend it on? Homer's probably buying some magic beans with it right now.”
6:15–6:27 -
Marge and Homer stand in a pink kitchen by a purple cabinet and a dish rack
“You heard? We heard.”
6:27–6:38 -
Patty and Selma stand side by side smoking cigarettes, Patty with a sideways scowl and Selma with her mouth…
“Surprise, surprise.”
6:38–6:49 -
Homer is seen from behind at first, staring at a blue wall display labeled BIG GAINER with a mushroom-cloud…
“Oh!”
6:49–7:00 -
Homer sits behind the wheel of a pink car with the plate 1ALP216 in a lot, while a man in sunglasses drives…
“Hey, Alba. Did you buy this car with your stock money?”
7:00–7:07 -
Homer leans on the blue car in the foreground while Carl stands behind a red car in an outdoor lot…
“Hey, Alba. Did you buy this car with your stock money?”
7:07–7:17 -
Homer walks across a dirt lot past a pink car and then stands beside a green car with a BUY LOW plate…
“Hey, what do you see, Lenny? He just got back from the plastic surgeon.”
7:17–7:30 -
Nelson grins in a close-up in front of a green chain-link fence in the first moment, then Homer and Lenny…
“Well, it started out as an eye tuck, but the stock kept going up.”
7:30–7:42 -
Mr. Burns stands on the right, facing an older white-haired man on the left who holds a black microphone…
“Burns! Mr. Burns! Mr.”
7:42–7:50 -
Mr. Burns stands on the right in a dark suit and orange tie, scowling and speaking with his mouth open…
“You'll see the Statue of Liberty wearing Lederhosen before you see Germans running my”
7:50–7:58 -
Mr. Burns walks past the sign for The Hungry Hun restaurant, then sits at a round table with Smithers…
“Your sauerbraten schmeckt kostlich. Oh, you never cease to amaze me, sir.”
7:58–8:10 -
Mr. Burns sits at a candlelit restaurant table with Smithers, his thin assistant in glasses and a purple bow…
“Wir denken, wir haben ein sehr gutes Angebot.”
8:10–8:22 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers in a green jacket and purple bow tie sit at a dining table…
“I grudgingly accept.”
8:22–8:33 -
Mr. Burns stands at a wooden podium under a red-and-white bow while two seated men in suits, one with glasses…
“Now, don't worry.”
8:33–8:44 -
Marge Simpson and Homer Simpson stand in a worried crowd beside a wooden podium, with a barbed-wire fence…
“No, don't bring your old people in.”
8:44–8:55 -
Carl sits at the left and Mr. Burns, thin and stooped with grey hair at the sides, at the right…
“This is the worst day of my life.”
8:55–9:05 -
Lenny stands beside Carl, a Black man in a grey jacket and blue sweater, while Homer leans in from the right
9:05–9:16 -
Homer Simpson sits at the left edge of a table beside Carl, a Black man with bulging eyes at the right edge…
“I am Horst.”
9:16–9:27 -
Homer sits at the right of a row of seated co-workers holding paper cups, with Carl and Lenny with spiky…
“What is the best way to an efficient plant?”
9:27–9:34 -
Homer sits in a meeting room with Lenny, Carl and Milhouse, while a heavy older man with a white mustache…
“I don't know. Search me. Happy workers who feel secure at their jobs.”
9:34–9:45 -
An older balding man with white side hair, a white mustache, grey vest and green tie sits talking…
“You'll be given a six-week treatment at our drying-out facility in Hawaii,”
9:45–9:56 -
An older, heavyset man with white hair around a bald top, a white mustache, a grey vest, white shirt…
“Lucky drunks. Also, we cannot uber-emphasize the importance of employee safety.”
9:56–10:08 -
Homer grips a man in a crowded room while onlookers stare, including a man with a moustache and a thin…
“Yeah, talking to him, horse.”
10:08–10:20 -
Mr. Burns writes with a pink quill on an oversized check reading 'For Deposit Only C.M. Burns' while a bottle…
“That's one big check.”
10:20–10:33 -
Mr. Burns and Smithers stand together in a richly furnished office with a red carpet and a large window
“I wanted to give you something to remember me by.”
10:33–10:41 -
Mr. Burns stands in a dim wooden room beside an open cardboard box with a green item inside, first glaring…
“He was so good to his mother, sir. Yes, but I couldn't understand a word that man said.”
10:41–10:52 -
Mr. Burns and his assistant Smithers stand in a wood-paneled study lined with shelves
“Oh, sir, what will you do next? Well,”
10:52–11:05 -
Principal Skinner stands in the right foreground of a grand hall with an arched ceiling, a round gold clock…
11:05–11:11 -
Lisa sits at a pink table reading an open book, and Homer leans in beside her
“Lisa, your father needs your help. Do you know anything about Germany?”
11:11–11:18 -
Homer Simpson and Lisa Simpson sit side by side at a pink table in the family's living room
“Well, it's a country in Europe. Good, good.”
11:18–11:25 -
Lisa sits at a desk reading a book in her bedroom, first grinning and then laughing with her eyes squeezed…
“Because they're efficient and punctual with a strong work ethic.”
11:25–11:36 -
Homer and Marge sit in bed in a pink bedroom, Marge clutching an orange blanket to her chest with a worried…
“I know it. Don't worry.”
11:36–11:48 -
Homer stands beside a bed in a pink bedroom where Marge lies under an orange blanket looking alarmed as he…
“Well, if you can't sleep, why don't you do something constructive?”
11:48–12:00 -
Homer Simpson sits at a kitchen table in a light blue shirt, scowling as he works on a jigsaw puzzle…
“Fit, damn you, fit!”
12:00–12:08 -
Homer Simpson lies face-down on a bed covered in jigsaw puzzle pieces while a boy with spiky hair in a brown…
“Yo, Homer, you gotta get ready for work.”
12:08–12:21 -
Homer stands in a plant break room beside Lenny, a spiky-haired man in a dark green sweater holding a white…
“Oh, what am I gonna... Hey, you! Stop being so unsafe, Smitty!”
12:21–12:31 -
Homer stands in a break room beside a coffee dispenser and a stack of paper cups marked COFFEE 25 cents…
“I must have phrased that badly. My English is how you say, inelegant.”
12:31–12:44 -
In an office with a "WE CARE" poster and a coffee station marked "COFFEE 25¢", a heavyset older man…
“You've been safe, Inspector, for two years.”
12:44–12:52 -
Homer sits facing a desk where an older heavy man with white hair, a white mustache, a grey vest and a green…
“I see.”
12:52–13:06 -
Homer sits at a desk with a red cabinet and stacked paper cups behind him, looking uneasy as he raises a hand…
“Well, uh,”
13:06–13:17 -
An older man with white hair, a white mustache and a grey vest over a white shirt stands beside a slim man…
“We understand, Homer.”
13:17–13:22 -
Homer sits at a desk across from a dark-haired man in glasses and an older white-haired man, then the scene…
“Mmm, the land of chocolate.”
13:22–13:32 -
Homer Simpson climbs a tree sprouting white marshmallow-like cups in a candy landscape, then runs…
13:32–13:45 -
Homer Simpson appears on a cobblestone street lined with pink-windowed wooden houses under a pink sky
13:45–13:56 -
Homer Simpson stands at the counter of a shop called Ye Olde Chocolate Shoppe, its sign reading SALE 50% off…
“Wow, chocolate.”
13:56–14:06 -
Homer Simpson sits in an office with his eyes closed and mouth open, then gnaws his tie-holding fingers…
“Mr.”
14:06–14:17 -
Homer sits at a control panel in a blue lab with a radiation symbol on the door, laughing with his eyes shut…
“I think I did pretty good in there. Yeah, you know those Germans aren't so bad.”
14:17–14:29 -
Homer Simpson sits in a swivel chair at the center of a purple, horseshoe-shaped control console in a nuclear…
“We regret to announce the following layoffs, which I will read in alphabetical order.”
14:29–14:39 -
Homer sits hunched at the curved bar in a white shirt while a heavy man with messy brown hair in a white…
14:39–14:49 -
Bart holds a bowl of food up by the kitchen cabinets while Snowball II sits by an orange bowl…
“Ay, caramba! Now, Bart, Lisa did a wonderful job on my hair.”
14:49–14:58 -
Bart and Lisa sit at a kitchen table with Marge, who has a tall blue beehive, standing behind them…
“Ay, caramba! Now, Bart, Lisa did a wonderful job on my hair.”
14:58–15:11 -
Bart Simpson sits at the kitchen table beside his sister Lisa and a red dress, while Marge stands behind them…
“And today, instead of buying comic books, I just read them and left them in the store.”
15:11–15:25 -
Homer stands at a kitchen counter beside a purple toaster, jabbing a metal fork into it as blue sparks…
“Lousy German know-it-alls. Who are they to say I'm not safe?”
15:25–15:35 -
Mr. Burns bowls a black ball across a green lawn-bowling rink in a garden with tall hedges and a tan hotel…
“That's right, Brunzi.”
15:35–15:46 -
Mr. Burns jabs a finger at a group of elderly men on a lawn beside a green table with balls, while a bearded…
“This is my puck! Get out!”
15:46–15:57 -
Mr. Burns holds a white telephone receiver to his ear in a dark-walled room, wearing red suspenders…
“Listen, Smithers, you caught me at a bad time,”
15:57–16:07 -
Mr. Burns first appears in close-up, then stands in a boxing ring wearing a helmet and gloves while Carl…
“You're going down, my friend.”
16:07–16:19 -
Mr. Burns appears first beside a blue box holding three raccoons gripping blue hoses
“Ach, du lieber vacuons!”
16:19–16:32 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers stand outdoors in a grassy field beside tall cypress trees…
“Ready for that drink, sir? Just a second, Smithers.”
16:32–16:43 -
Mr. Burns and a bespectacled man in a dark green sweater stand outside, with bees swarming around them
“That's very flattering, sir, but we should go.”
16:43–16:55 -
Moe works behind the bar, pouring and holding up a glass while a row of regulars sits on stools, with Homer…
“B-O Problem?”
16:55–17:03 -
Moe stands at a bar lined with bottles and glasses, holding a phone to his ear and scowling
“Oh, it's you, isn't it?”
17:03–17:15 -
Marge Simpson first looks sideways with a wary expression, then stands in the kitchen in a green dress…
“Bart, I want you to go down to Moe's Tavern.”
17:15–17:27 -
Bart Simpson is at the bar of a tavern with Moe, the grey-haired bartender in a white shirt, bow tie…
“Excuse me, I'm looking for... Wait a minute.”
17:27–17:35 -
Moe leans over the bar in the tavern, first gripping Bart by the arm and pulling him close, then standing…
“If it isn't little Bart Simpson, I haven't seen you in years.”
17:35–17:44 -
Moe leans over the bar toward Bart, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, while bottles line the shelves…
“Bet you get into all kinds of trouble he don't even know about, am I right?”
17:44–17:52 -
Moe and Bart stand together at a bar lined with bottles on wooden shelves
“Oh, that's great.”
17:52–18:00 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers in glasses appear first in front of a Moe's sign, with Burns…
“Look, a blue-collar bar.”
18:00–18:13 -
Bart Simpson stands at a bar lined with colorful bottles, first swaying with arms outstretched as a row…
“Beneath the trees where nobody sees, they'll hide and seek as long as they please.”
18:13–18:23 -
Bart and Moe stand together at the bar, with Bart holding a green Krusty Bar box while Moe grins and rests…
“He's a pip, this one is.”
18:23–18:31 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers stand at the bar in Moe's Tavern beneath a Duff sign
“Watch me blend in. Uh, barkeep, some cheap domestic beer for me and my buddy here.”
18:31–18:43 -
Smithers stands beside Mr. Burns, the frail, stooped old man with a hooked nose, bald head and blue wisps…
“Smithers, who is this saucy fellow? Homer Simpson, sir.”
18:43–18:54 -
Mr. Burns and Homer face off at a bar with a Duff sign behind them, while a man in a green cap and glasses…
“Let me ask you something. Does your money cheer you up when you're feeling blue?”
18:54–19:04 -
Mr. Burns stands in a dim wood-paneled room with a diamond-patterned backdrop, wearing a purple jacket, green…
“So let me ask you this. Does your money ever hug you when you come home at night?”
19:04–19:13 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers in glasses, a pink bow tie and a green jacket stand at a bar…
“Nobody loves you. Nobody loves you. You're old and you're ugly.”
19:13–19:23 -
Mr. Burns stands in a purple suit and lavender shoes at a bar, facing Bart, the boy with spiky hair…
“Burns, did you get that letter I sent? Letter?”
19:23–19:33 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers in glasses and a green jacket with a purple bow tie, stand together…
“Oh, that kid slays me. That was no accident.”
19:33–19:41 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers in glasses and a purple bow tie stand outside Moe's bar on a city…
“Goodbye!”
19:41–19:53 -
A man with swept-up orange hair, an orange mustache and a purple suit reads a handwritten letter at first…
“Gotten Himmel! Who'd have thought a nuclear plant could be such a death trap?”
19:53–20:00 -
An older white-haired man with a mustache and grey vest sits at a desk beside a ginger-haired man in a purple…
“Gotten Himmel! Who'd have thought a nuclear plant could be such a death trap?”
20:00–20:10 -
Mr. Burns kneels and wrings his hands while pleading in a dark-paneled room with a door at the left
“Please sell me my plant back. I'll pay anything.”
20:10–20:24 -
Mr. Burns stands in a dark wood-panelled corridor with a purple ceiling and recessed lights, holding a white…
“This is my author. I think you'll find it's most unfair, but those are the breaks.”
20:24–20:35 -
A row of men in a dark, wood-paneled room first stands together: a thin man in glasses and a dark suit…
“Take it or leave it. All right, Mr. Burns.”
20:35–20:49 -
Mr. Burns stands at the left of a wood-panelled room beside a wooden door, with a bow-tied, bespectacled thin…
“Uh-oh, the Germans are coming to get me.”
20:49–21:00 -
A bald, heavy man seen from behind in a blue suit pushes open the double doors of an office, where a girl…
“Get out! This is my office now! Get out!”
21:00–21:11 -
Smithers stands holding a clipboard beside Mr. Burns, the frail hook-nosed old man with grey hair…
“Your order, sir? Restore my office, cancel all repairs,”
21:11–21:17 -
Smithers is first seen holding a clipboard, and then Mr. Burns sits in a dark suit and orange tie before red…
“Homer Simpson? But why?”
21:17–21:25 -
Mr. Burns wears a dark suit and orange tie as he stands by a window with red curtains
“He'll slowly regain his confidence as the months and years drift by,”
21:25–21:33 -
Homer stands in a hallway holding a blue phone receiver, first pressed to his ear with wide eyes…
“And then one day, when he least expects it...”
21:33–21:42 -
No Simpsons characters appear in this sequence, which is a black title card sequence with no animated figures
21:42–21:51 -
Which is a plain black screen with yellow credit text centered in the middle
21:51–22:01 -
A black screen of end credits in yellow lettering
22:01–22:10 -
No characters appear in this sequence; it is a black end-credit roll of The Simpsons
22:10–22:20 -
The moment is a black screen with yellow credit text that changes over time, starting…
“See you later.”
22:20–22:30 -
No Simpsons characters appear in this moment; it is a black closing credits sequence with yellow text…
22:30–22:39 -
A black title-card sequence of credits
22:39–22:49 -
Silhouetted audience members sit in rows of theater seats in a darkened cinema, with a large-haired figure…
“Shh.”
22:49–23:00
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Milhouse Van Houten, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, Jasper Beardsley, Martin Prince, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II, Mayor Quimby, Larry Dalrymple, Sam, Itchy, Scratchy, Herman Hermann, Charlie, Springfield bears, The Happy Little Elves, Scott Christian, Smitty, Hans, Jake the Barber, Fritz, Elizabeth Taylor, Horst, Boxer, Stockbroker
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