Due to the trucks height, they are unable to enter the drive-thru. Therefore, this proves that Smithers was not the gunman as also suspected by Sideshow Mel as well as going home drunk and shooting Jasper's artificial knee. In the flashback, Smithers is walking home and runs into a mysterious figure outside where pulls out the gun and shoots him in the leg, believing he shot Mr. Burns. Looking round the room, Burns identifies the culprit as Maggie. Tito Puente as HimselfGuest Band: Tito Puente's Latin jazz ensemble There’s a beautiful simplicity to Mr. Burns’ transgression with Homer, which sums up everything about the oligarchical evil Burns represents—he’s had countless dealings with the Simpson family, watches Homer through his surveillance camera every day, and still can’t remember his name. That evening, Kent Brockman reports on Burns being shot. (Part Two) ” Ryan Brown says: December 6, 2011 at 3:42 pm. Smithers is convinced that he was the one who pulled the trigger while drunk, so he confesses to a priest who turns out to be Chief Wiggum, and he is arrested, but later released when he recalls more. Whilst driving round the race course, Mr. Burns pulls out a shotgun and shoots three times. Smithers wakes up in his trashed apartment and coughs up cigarette butts as he has been eating them. Meanwhile Krusty is the only person who has absolutely no idea about what is going on and lacks a motive. It's never explained who did so, as the solution explains this was not the gun used, although it's implied from his declaration of how he missed the gun while stroking it that it had been Abraham Simpson who dug it up. One of the Simpsons had to do it, and not just because of the DNA evidence—because this is their show. It's revealed to be Maggie at the end of Part 2. "Who Shot Mr. Burns" is The Simpsons's first multi-part episode, and the only one for the first 27 seasons of the show. However, Wiggum doesn't understand her, causing her to bluntly (and in a normal tone rather than talking backwards) yell at him to look for DNA evidence in Burns' suit. The “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” two-parter is a major milestone for The Simpsons.The contest surrounding the whodunit provided fans with an unprecedented opportunity to interact with the show, in both the search for clues and the prize offered to armchair gumshoes: The chance to have their likeness mingle with the denizens of Springfield in a future episode. “When you were in that coma, did you feel your brain getting damaged?”. is a two-part episode of the American animated television series The Simpsons. She is taking backwards and is holding a card on fire. Couch Gag When Burns was viewing the oil pump he said, "Oh Pish Posh, it'll be like taking candy from a baby." Others had weapons, but these weapons wouldn't leave a single gunshot wound. Burns?' Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part Three) was a limited-time questline released on March 7, 2018. For the first part of this episode, see Who Shot Mr. Burns? Looking back, it’s kind of funny to imagine people poring over little clues to try and figure out whodunit, since the answer is a circular bit of irony that maintains the status quo. Seymour Skinner's gun had a silencer and the gunshot is heard clearly. Part Two Written by Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein Directed by Wes Archer ===== Production code: 2F20 Original airdate in N.A. He was also one of the last people to leave the Town Hall when he noticed that Agnes Skinner was still there, left behind by her son, Seymour. (Part Two) on Fox today. He certainly did get drunk and buy a gun, but all he shot was Jasper’s foot, just because he wanted to get back home to see Pardon My Zinger (lord, I wish that was a real show). Due to contest regulations, a winner had to be selected out of a random sample of entries. All the people look at Burns and then at each other, as if hoping that someone else will do the deed — all except one. There's also Maggie Simpson, as Lisa points out in the end. After being shot, Burns stumbles to the town sundial (already called out by Smithers earlier … I’d argue that it is absolutely the best answer the show could have come up with. “Who Shot Mr. Burns? Whilst in question, Maggie and Santa's Little Helper are unable to cooperate with any inquires or questions due to them being unable to speak. Mr. Burns recognizes Maggie as the baby who shot him The Simpsons: The Cartridge Family (1997) (TV Episode) The events of this episode are mentioned mentioned with Homer thinking it was Smithers who shot Mr. Burns and Lisa adding that that would have made more sense - Part II - Lisa aids police with the investigation of the Burns shooting. Mel heads for the station with Krusty to point this out and Smithers realizes that he had seen the entire episode and recalls that he left the town meeting early to get home in time, and that the old man he ran into on the way was Jasper. We’ll never know. However, she forgets about Tito Puente, and when she tells the police (when Wiggum points out he is a suspect) that he did vow revenge, the police go to check him out. When Burns receives chocolate from Homer, he talks about the family and says about Santa's Little Helper, "Oh there's that Simpson mutt." -- Fiddle dee dee, "Who Shot Mr. Burns? During Kent Brockman's news report in Part 2, Otto Mann is the only person seen smiling when Mr. Burns is being loaded into the back of the ambulance. 1 Quests 2 Dialogue 2.1 Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part Three) Pt. Lisa gets there first, protesting to everybody that her father wouldn't hurt a fly. A police bulletin reports that Homer has been spotted at the hospital. The guide contains staff/voice credits, funny Simpsons quotes, references and other notes. 129 At the station, Smithers makes a live TV appeal. Burns was trying to take candy from Maggie when he got shot. However Burns has never met him, whereas he clearly recognized his attacker. September 17, 1995 This makes it impossible to pull a trigger on a gun. Simpsons episodes similar to or like Who Shot Mr. Burns? The revelation is very cleverly done, in that a main character did it and there’s even a weird motivation to it. Just as Smithers begins to have doubts, he finds a recently fired gun in his jacket pocket and starts to have a flashback. This makes him the last person to get there, begging the question of where he was. Only Marge Simpson should have known where it was buried and we see that it has been dug up. Tito's plan for revenge is a jazz song. Sidewalk's for regular walkin', not for fancy walkin'.”, Willie has arthritic fingers. It was also there that he had absentmindedly handled the gun, which explained why his fingerprints were all over it despite his claiming that he never even saw the gun before in his life, let alone using it to shoot Mr. Burns. Burns?" “I got it from Space Invaders in 1977.” “Oh yeah, that was a pretty addictive video game.” “Video game?”, “Homer Simpson, you're under arrest for attempted murder.” “D'oh!” “Yeah, that's what they all say. In a dream, Smithers wakes up in his trashed apartment to hear someone taking a shower in his bathroom. Everyone starts arguing among themselves about who did it, when Marge announces that there is already a prime suspect: Smithers. As any Simpsons-phile already knows, an alternate ending where Smithers was the shooter was written to throw people off the scent, but it doesn’t make any sense. So in that way it’s also fitting that Maggie is the culprit. When Smithers opens the shower door, he finds Mr. Burns washing himself. A DNA test is ordered were the eyelash belongs to a member of the Simpson family. Superintendent Chalmers can vouch for Skinner's whereabouts as he entered the bathroom at the time of the assault too, just as Skinner realized he had taken his mother's makeup kit instead of his cameo make-up (Skinner is quick to point out anything else Chalmers tells the police "is a filthy lie!"). Many were shocked that The Simpsons made Maggie the one who pulled the trigger, but if you go back through the first part of "Who Shot Mr. Burns", she's really the only viable suspect. However, shortly before Burns collapses on the sundial, his holster is seen with no gun inside. Willie is taken to the police station for questioning but hold him at gunpoint as the police aren't satisfied with his answers to the inquires. As Homer continues to shake him, Burns finds his voice and asks, "Smithers, who is this beast that's shaking me?" “The year is 1965, and you and I are undercover detectives on the hot rod circuit!”. He was then transferred to a better hospital where his status was upgraded to alive. Allegedly to keep the ending from being leaked from animators and writers, there were actually several different conclusions created. Homer is accused of murder by Clancy Wiggum. Chief Wiggum gives a brief summary about the shooting and reveals that Maggie and Santa's Little Helper are in police custody for questioning due to them being witnesses to the shooting. Wiggum chooses to drive up the curb, which succeeds until Wiggum takes the food. After Mr. Burns says "You all talk big, but who here has the guts to stop me? She tried to kill Burns—and she woulda got away with it, too, if that damned hospital hadn’t upgraded his condition to alive. The week before “Who Shot Mr. Burns? “Who Shot Mr. Burns, Part Two” (season 7, episode 1, originally aired 9/17/1995) The Simpsons could have kicked off its seventh season pretty much any way it wanted. Around this time, Eddie suggested that they trace DNA within the suit Mr. Burns was wearing, with Wiggum then asking Eddie whether he had the backwards talking dream as well, to his confusion. Part One" [End of Act Two. Grandpa's gun was a Smith & Wesson. Of course others could argue that the sundial 'clue' is meaningless. I was sure it was going to be Marge – I actually got the “M and “S” on the sundial right – just the wrong Simpsons family member. Smithers also heads in the opposite direction to Burns after the town meeting. “Who Shot Mr. Burns, Part Two” (season 7, episode 1, originally aired 9/17/1995). Groundskeeper Willie and Sideshow Mel have an axe and a knife respectively. (Part One). It was the main questline of the Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part Three) 2018 Event, progressing through it unlocked all of the event's personal prizes. Lisa walks on stage. Burns begins telling his story from the point where he left the town meeting. He would then have been sent to prison. I gave you a plate of corn muffins back at 1947 to paint my chicken coop and you never did it! They all say ‘D'oh.’”, Dr. Nick examines Ms. Burns. (Part One) For the second part of this episode, see Who Shot Mr. Burns? The mystery as to who in fact shot Mr. Burns served as the finale to Season 6 and wasn’t solved until the first episode of Season 7, a time when The Simpsons could do little wrong. Burns demands that Maggie will be arrested, despite Marge's protests that the whole … (Part Two). Production Code The police raid the Simpson home for clues. There's Waylon Smithers. Mr Burns claiming that it was Maggie who shot him. 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