Burns' Heir
The Simpsons, season 5, episode 18. First aired April 14, 1994. 132 moments of about ten seconds each: open one for its frame, what happens and what's said.
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About the episode
A near-drowning in the bath convinces Mr. Burns he needs an heir, and he picks Bart after the boy vandalizes the mansion in revenge for being rejected. Spoiled with everything he wants, Bart moves in with Burns, and the family's efforts to get him back, from lawyer Lionel Hutz to a hired deprogrammer, fail. Told to fire Homer, Bart drops Burns through a trapdoor instead and goes home.
- Written by
- Jace Richdale
- Directed by
- Mark Kirkland
- Guest stars
- Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz
- Chalkboard gag
The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with 'Hail Satan'
- Couch gag
- Bouncing Balls
- Production code
- 1F16
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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The opening credits show drifting clouds and the yellow title THE SIMPSONS, then Bart Simpson stands…
“Simpsons”
0:00–0:12 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie appear in a pink-walled living room, with Homer, Marge and the children…
0:12–0:23 -
Which is a title sequence on a pink-backed vintage television set
0:23–0:35 -
Homer sits at the nuclear plant control console in the Springfield power plant control room, his cheek…
“Ugh, lousy job.”
0:35–0:40 -
Homer Simpson sits at a round control console in a control room with a nuclear-symbol door, while a man…
“Congratulations, Homer Simpson!”
0:40–0:52 -
Homer is lowered by a crane's cable headfirst into the top of a brick smokestack at a power plant…
“Whoa!”
0:52–1:03 -
Homer Simpson hangs by a rope against a blue sky with clouds and a dark smoky mass below him
“Hey, this isn't such a great prize.”
1:03–1:14 -
Mr. Burns soaks in a pink bubble bath while smoking a cigar, with a bag of Extra Fancy Potato Chips…
“Will five o'clock never come?”
1:14–1:23 -
Mr. Burns, the frail, very thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose and blue-grey hair at the sides…
“Careful, Smithers, that sponge has corners, you know.”
1:23–1:32 -
Mr. Burns sinks in a bathtub filled with pink-and-blue bubbly water in a bathroom with gold faucets…
“I'm sinking.”
1:32–1:42 -
Mr. Burns later appears as a bald baby in a white diaper, held by a woman in a lavender uniform and cap…
“eyes...”
1:42–1:50 -
Mr. Burns stands on a brick street and gestures at a stout man in a long brown coat and hat with a moustache
“Dance!”
1:50–2:02 -
Two non-regular characters, a woman with long dark hair, a grey knit cap, an orange puffy jacket and purple…
“All right, we're finally gonna stop those corporate pigs from dumping that nuclear waste.”
2:02–2:10 -
A thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, apparently Mr. Burns, stands…
“Our boat is sinking.”
2:10–2:17 -
Mr. Burns wears a brown fringed vest with a peace-sign pendant over a purple turtleneck and stands…
“And all this time I've been smoking harmless tobacco.”
2:17–2:30 -
Smithers and Mr. Burns are in a bathroom with a black-and-white checkered floor
“I got a mink shanty, sir. I hope that...”
2:30–2:41 -
Mr. Burns is in a bathroom with a white tub and checkered floor, gripping the throat of a thin, unnamed man…
“You almost killed me!”
2:41–2:53 -
Mr. Burns sits in a purple robe in a tall red armchair in a library lined with bookshelves, while Smithers…
“Smithies, do you realize if I had died, there would be no one to carry on my legacy.”
2:53–3:03 -
Mr. Burns sits in a red armchair in a purple robe, while his thin assistant Smithers stands by a lit…
“Now I have no one to leave my enormous fortune to.”
3:03–3:15 -
Mr. Burns sits in a library at a dark wooden table with a model mausoleum on it and opens its lid
“When I pass on, you shall be buried alive with me.”
3:15–3:28 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Grampa sit in a movie theater, with Homer and Grampa in the back row and Lisa…
“Goodie.”
3:28–3:38 -
Grampa sits among a row of audience members seen from behind in a theater as the THX Sound System logo…
“Turn it up! Turn it up!”
3:38–3:50 -
Mr. Burns stands waist-deep in tall grass on a green hillside under a blue sky, wearing a purple bowler hat…
“Now then,”
3:50–4:03 -
Dozens of Springfield residents, including Mrs. Krabappel with her tall brown hairdo in a green top…
“Vast.”
4:03–4:05 -
Mr. Burns stands in a grassy green hillside shown on a theater screen while the backs of audience members…
“Auditions will be tomorrow at my estate.”
4:05–4:14 -
Mr. Burns walks across a green hillside on a movie screen while seen from behind by the audience in theater…
“Let's all go to the lobby.”
4:14–4:23 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart and Maggie's neighbours wait in a crowded room as Chief Wiggum points, and Mr. Burns…
“Now one of the two is enunciate and energy.”
4:23–4:34 -
Milhouse walks onto a bare wooden stage before rows of empty red theater seats, then gestures outward…
“I have nothing to offer you but my love.”
4:34–4:41 -
On a wooden stage with a grey backdrop and green patches, Milhouse and a black tuxedo with a bow tie, stands…
“I specifically said no geeks. But my mom says I'm cool.”
4:41–4:53 -
A one-off boy in a black conductor-style cap with a red band, black vest and trousers, a red bow tie…
“Clang, clang, clang with the trolley!”
4:53–5:04 -
Mr. Burns wears a green jacket and blue scarf and sits in a red theater seat beside Smithers, his thin…
“Thank you.”
5:04–5:17 -
A yellow-skinned one-off character with curly blonde hair, a blue headband and red-framed glasses…
“So much for plan B.”
5:17–5:20 -
Homer stands on the left beside Marge, who has a tall blue beehive and wears a green dress with a pearl…
“That's it, boy. You're our last hope.”
5:20–5:32 -
Marge Simpson speaks and then smiles in close-up before the scene widens to a Harvard University graduation…
“but you wouldn't have to live with Mr. Burns.”
5:32–5:45 -
Marge Simpson stands in a green dress among a crowd on a green lawn while a stranger in a red jumpsuit…
“You've just graduated from the most expensive and therefore best school there is!”
5:45–5:56 -
Marge Simpson stands against a red curtain while a crowd under an orange sky watches something overhead…
“I've gotta stop fantasizing about Lee Majors.”
5:56–6:07 -
Homer in a blue suit and Marge with her tall blue beehive and green dress stand beside a red curtain…
“Okay, boy.”
6:07–6:15 -
Bart Simpson stands alone on a wooden stage in front of a plain beige wall with two green rectangular patches
“Hello, Mr.”
6:15–6:28 -
Homer and Marge stand beside a red curtain at the left, then Mr. Burns sits in a red theater seat next…
“So pick, please, me, Mr. Burns. It's Kearns, stupid!”
6:28–6:41 -
Bart Simpson stands on a wooden theater stage holding a sheaf of papers while a giant boot dangles…
“Ow!”
6:41–6:50 -
Homer and Marge stand against a red wooden wall with a rope hanging at the upper left
“The boot kicked Bart.”
6:50–7:01 -
Marge Simpson holds baby Maggie in a blue bow and pacifier while Homer walks with Lisa in a pink dress…
“I think Bart and Lisa are feeling a little upset right now.”
7:01–7:09 -
Homer stands at left holding a stack of yellow papers while gesturing, with Marge in a green sweater…
“Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably.”
7:09–7:22 -
Mr. Burns sits in a red armchair beside purple curtains and a window while Smithers stands facing him
“It's no use.”
7:22–7:34 -
Principal Skinner stands in a library lined with books
“I think it's a rock, sir.”
7:34–7:45 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers in glasses and a bow tie peer through a bookshelf-lined window…
“Why, that rapscallyness breaking all my windows.”
7:45–7:55 -
Bart peeks over a green hedge beside a 'NO SOLICITORS' sign and an ornate iron gate, waving one hand
“Look, Smithies, a creature of pure malevolence.”
7:55–8:09 -
Mr. Burns and Smithers stand at a window lined with bookshelves
“He's the perfect one to suckle at my proverbial teat.”
8:09–8:19 -
A spiky-haired boy in a blue outfit holds a tan wooden mallet beside a cracked stone pillar on a dark lawn…
“You, what day is this? Huh? I'll tell you what day it is.”
8:19–8:30 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers in glasses stand at a conference table beside Homer in his white…
“Just sign here, and your son will stand to inherit my entire estate.”
8:30–8:41 -
Mr. Burns stands on the left in a dark suit while Homer leans over a tan desk, pen in hand, to sign a document
“Woo-hoo!”
8:41–8:53 -
Mr. Burns and Homer stand at a window beside a wooden desk holding a document and pen
“So, I guess you're in okay shape, huh? No heart problems or anything?”
8:53–9:05 -
Mr. Burns and his thin assistant Smithers in glasses and a green jacket walk past a pink door as a line…
“Now that you've all agreed to reap the windfall of my death,”
9:05–9:17 -
A dark-suited, yellow-headed man in a light blue hat walks away from the viewer down a pink hallway, moving…
9:17–9:19 -
Marge Simpson and Homer Simpson stand side by side in a pink-walled room with an arched doorway and a potted…
“Are you thinking what I'm thinking?”
9:19–9:28 -
Marge Simpson hugs Bart Simpson, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, from behind while holding him close…
“You know, Bart, since he is giving you all of his money,”
9:28–9:37 -
Marge, with her tall blue beehive, Bart in his orange shirt, and Homer in his white shirt stand huddled…
“how come Bart gets to do that and I can't spend one night lurking in the bushes outside”
9:37–9:46 -
Mr. Burns sits at the head of a long dining table draped in a cream cloth with an MB monogram…
“Bart, I know you children see me as some sort of booger man,”
9:46–9:59 -
Mr. Burns sits at the head of a long dining table in a grand hall while Smithers stands at the left edge…
“Oh, sorry.”
9:59–10:11 -
Mr. Burns sits at a formal dining table in a dark suit and black tie, a plate of dark food and a glass of red…
“Even some sort of gelatin dish. It's made from hooves, you know.”
10:11–10:24 -
Smithers and Mr. Burns stand beside a long dining table in a purple-walled room while Bart sits in a tall…
“Hey, it's Krusty the Pizza Man!”
10:24–10:35 -
Krusty the Clown stands in the foreground in a white collared shirt, grimacing and looking up with wide eyes…
“I just threw on an old rerun. No one will know the difference.”
10:35–10:42 -
Krusty the Clown and a lavender shirt with a blue bow tie, stands before a red curtain on a television screen
“Children, remain calm.”
10:42–10:54 -
Mr. Burns, Smithers, Krusty and Bart gather in a room, with Krusty holding his head at a counter…
“This is my pride and joy.”
10:54–11:05 -
Milhouse and Bart watch from the foreground as a row of TV monitors shows scenes, including Chief Wiggum…
“Are you talking to me?”
11:05–11:17 -
Homer Simpson first peeks around the edge of a grey bathroom door, then steps inside and sits on the toilet…
“Oh, yeah.”
11:17–11:28 -
Bart stands beside Mr. Burns indoors near a wall with a window to the right
“Oh, that explains his mysterious trip to Holland.”
11:28–11:42 -
Lisa Simpson sits at the dining table in the first frame looking tired and unimpressed, while Homer, Marge…
“and a bottomless pit. It couldn't possibly be bottomless.”
11:42–11:53 -
Bart Simpson sits at a table in a pink room, wide-eyed and grinning tensely over a plate of peas and a brown…
“Mr. Burns throws peas at Smithers.”
11:53–11:55 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart sit around the dining table in the pink dining room, eating dinner from plates…
“Ow, that was a big one.”
11:55–12:03 -
Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa sit at the dining table with plates of meatloaf, a glass of milk and a fork…
“Lisa, quit getting in the way of your wealthy brother's peas.”
12:03–12:10 -
Homer Simpson stands at the dining table scolding the family, first with a stern face and then with a finger…
“That was the end piece!”
12:10–12:21 -
Bart Simpson sits at a kitchen table with a plate of green peas, glaring and gesturing angrily as he yells
“Go to your room! No!”
12:21–12:33 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie sit around the dining table in a pink kitchen, with Homer holding a donut…
“Smithers, my plan worked perfectly.”
12:33–12:45 -
Mr. Burns first stands at the wooden doors of a mansion, then pulls one door open and steps…
“Who knows? I may even grow to love him.”
12:45–12:58 -
Homer stands on the blue steps outside a building, first looking up at Mr. Burns, who grips Bart…
“Bart, you're coming home! I want to stay here with Mr.”
12:58–13:09 -
Homer Simpson stands at the foot of a wide blue staircase at night while Mr. Burns stands at the top…
“Well, go ahead.”
13:09–13:22 -
Chief Wiggum sits behind a desk at the Springfield police station while Homer and Marge sit in red chairs…
“I'm very concerned. Mr. Burns has stolen our son and he won't give him back.”
13:22–13:33 -
A reddish-haired lawyer in a light blue suit and red tie hammers a shoe at his desk in front of shelves…
“Damn clogs.”
13:33–13:45 -
Marge Simpson with her blue beehive and Homer Simpson in a white shirt stand at a table in a mall…
“Uh, excuse me, is there an Orange Julius stand on this floor?”
13:45–13:53 -
Homer and Marge sit in yellow chairs facing a man in a blue suit and red tie behind a desk…
“He'll be back. And as for your case, don't you worry.”
13:53–14:06 -
Homer and Marge Simpson sit side by side at a courtroom table while Troy McClure holds up a shoe and a small…
“I find that he is clearly the boy's biological father.”
14:06–14:17 -
Milhouse and Bart stand together in a lavish toy room with arched orange walls and a train track running…
“Cool train.”
14:17–14:28 -
Milhouse and Bart stand together in a hallway with orange walls and purple arches
“Once it had snow on it. Wow, Bart, Mr. Burns gives you everything you could ever want.”
14:28–14:41 -
Bart Simpson and Milhouse are in a tiled corridor beside a grey table and a netted pole
“Um, Milhouse, if you stay a little while longer, you can have this blazer.”
14:41–14:48 -
Bart stands with Milhouse, who has blue hair, glasses, a lavender shirt and red shorts, in a bright…
“Wow!”
14:48–15:01 -
Mr. Burns wears a leather helmet and a grey jersey marked with a large 1, and Principal Skinner kneels…
“Five, twenty-three, skidoo, hut, hut!”
15:01–15:12 -
Mr. Burns and Bart, in his orange shirt, descend a wide stone staircase toward a red car with a large blue bow
“For me?”
15:12–15:23 -
A driver, seen only through yellow hands gripping the steering wheel of a car, drives through a bright blue…
15:23–15:33 -
Bart Simpson is driven along a suburban road lined with bushes and tire tracks behind him
“That was some ride.”
15:33–15:42 -
A thin man with slicked-back dark hair in a dark teal jacket sits behind a wooden desk, hands clasped…
“your son has clearly been brainwashed by the evil and charismatic Mr.”
15:42–15:53 -
A thin, dark-haired man in a teal suit sits behind a desk with a phone, first with his hands clasped…
“Oh, that was a heartbreaker.”
15:53–16:05 -
An unnamed man with dark hair and a dark jacket, carrying a bulky tan sack over his shoulder, hurries…
“You do not love Mr. Burns.”
16:05–16:13 -
An unnamed bare-chested man with dark swept-back hair and a curly-haired woman with light brown hair lie…
“What you are doing is wrong.”
16:13–16:21 -
Marge and Homer stand in a hallway beside a red door marked 101, first facing away, then turning to a thin…
“Well, it was a grueling two weeks.”
16:21–16:33 -
Homer embraces a bespectacled man with a bushy brown moustache and white shirt outside a house, then keeps…
“Homer, that's Hans Mooman. Can I keep him anyway?”
16:33–16:45 -
A blue mouse in an orange shirt and a black cartoon cat with a long tail and a dripping tongue start out…
16:45–16:58 -
A small, partly visible yellow-skinned figure appears at the far left edge, beside a grey armored truck…
16:58–17:08 -
A frail, very thin old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, Mr. Burns, laughs on a red couch…
17:08–17:20 -
Mr. Burns and Bart sit together on a red couch in a room with a red carpet and wooden cabinet
“That was delightful!”
17:20–17:31 -
Bart Simpson sits on a red couch beside Mr. Burns, the frail, stooped old man in a dark suit with a hooked…
“Um...”
17:31–17:44 -
Mr. Burns sits beside Bart, the spiky-haired boy in a red jacket, on a red couch with his legs dangling
“I was hoping I wouldn't have to tell you this,”
17:44–17:53 -
Homer sits in the middle of a dark couch in a black-and-white living room, holding a sandwich on a plate…
“I do not miss Bart at all.”
17:53–18:02 -
Mr. Burns stands in a dark suit beside Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair in a red dress…
“It's probably my imagination, but something about them didn't seem quite right.”
18:02–18:09 -
Mr. Burns and Bart in his red shirt stand by a control panel beneath a wall of blank monitors, then Burns…
“Excuse me for just a moment.”
18:09–18:17 -
Mr. Burns stands on a set in a dark suit and black tie, holding and flipping through a blue script booklet…
“People, that was all wrong! Homer Simpson doesn't say BOW, he says...”
18:17–18:20 -
A bespectacled heavy man with brown hair and a white shirt and blue pants sits on a brown couch, first…
“Sorry MP, but I'm having trouble with this character.”
18:20–18:30 -
A black-haired woman in a green top with a red beaded necklace sits on a brown couch smoking a cigarette…
“Like Rain Man or Awakenings? I mean, what the hell am I doing here?”
18:30–18:40 -
Mr. Burns stands in a pink living room with a dark-haired woman in a green dress and a heavy man in a white…
“Yes, we'll just get it right.”
18:40–18:52 -
Bart Simpson stands in a dim room beside a purple control panel with dials and a small green screen…
“That's them all right.”
18:52–19:03 -
Mr. Burns stands in a dark control room lined with monitors and gestures with open yellow hands before…
“Dad.”
19:03–19:13 -
Marge sits in a brown armchair in a pink room holding a pink-framed photo of baby Bart with a pacifier…
“Lisa, what are you doing?”
19:13–19:21 -
Lisa stands in a pink living room with a framed seascape on the wall while Marge sits in a dark armchair…
“meaningless destruction that Bart's absence has left in our hearts.”
19:21–19:33 -
Mr. Burns and Bart stand in a mirrored corridor
“Now, you really are my son.”
19:33–19:42 -
Bart walks down a hallway lined with wood panels, then stands at a purple-topped desk beside Mr. Burns…
“Okay, let's make this sporting, Leonard.”
19:42–19:52 -
Lenny stands beside a lever with a red ball knob, first looking alarmed with a hand near his mouth…
“you can keep your job. Uh, okay. Okay, um,”
19:52–20:06 -
Bart and Mr. Burns stand at a purple counter in an ornate room where Bart presses buttons on a panel…
“Let me try one.”
20:06–20:19 -
Homer stands by a purple-trimmed table in a grand room with a tall window, while Mr. Burns gestures…
“Go ahead, Bartholomew. You may fire when ready.”
20:19–20:28 -
Bart stands at a purple railing by a window and reaches up to touch a red button on a small gray control stand
“Hurry.”
20:28–20:38 -
Mr. Burns and Bart stand at a purple-topped desk in a library lined with bookshelves, with Homer in a white…
“the gift certificate from Blockbuster Video, the freedom to do whatever you want.”
20:38–20:50 -
Mr. Burns and Bart are at a purple-topped desk beside a window with a red lever
“That does it.”
20:50–21:01 -
Smithers leaps and throws his arms up beside a dark hole in the red carpet of an office while Bart in a dark…
“You can never be my son!”
21:01–21:11 -
Homer sits on the left end of a dark red couch in the family living room with pink walls, lamps…
“Son,”
21:11–21:24 -
Homer, Bart, Marge holding baby Maggie, Lisa, and Santa's Little Helper gather in the Simpson living room…
“Yeah, me too. That Mitch had taught me a lot about his native Estonia.”
21:24–21:35 -
Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge and baby Maggie stand around the brown couch in the pink living room, with Homer…
“Right back at you, son.”
21:35–21:46 -
Homer Simpson stands in the living room with Bart, Lisa, and Marge holding baby Maggie, with Santa's Little…
“Give it a try.”
21:46–21:56 -
A black screen shows opening credits in gold lettering with no Simpsons characters visible
“Homer, I want that thing out of my house.”
21:56–22:06 -
No Simpsons characters appear in this moment; it is a black closing credits sequence with no people on screen
22:06–22:16 -
Which is a black screen with centered gold hand-lettered credits that replace one another
“Thank you.”
22:16–22:26 -
Which is a black screen with yellow end-credit text
22:26–22:36 -
No Simpsons characters appear in this moment; the five frames show black closing credits with yellow text
“Shh.”
22:36–22:46 -
Silhouetted audience members, none clearly identifiable, sit in rows of theater seats facing a blank screen…
“Shh.”
22:46–22:56
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Milhouse Van Houten, Grampa Simpson, Principal Skinner, Chief Wiggum, Krusty the Clown, Lenny Leonard, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Nelson Muntz, Martin Prince, Ralph Wiggum, Maude Flanders, Mayor Quimby, Kirk Van Houten, Hans Moleman, Luann Van Houten, Itchy, Scratchy, Gareth Prince, Lionel Hutz, Sarah Wiggum, Gloria Prince, Blue-Haired Lawyer, Roy Snyder, Jacques, Estonian Dwarf, Boat Hippie 1, Boat Hippie 2, Broken Teeth Man, Burns' Nanny, Candy Bar Mascot, Candy Box Mascot, Christmas Boy, Conformco Worker, Crane Operator, Drink Mascot, Employee of the Month Model, Employee of the Month Presenter, Exploded Head Man, Hobo, Homer Fraud, Lee Majors, Marge Fraud, Popcorn Mascot
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