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| "Burger Kings" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 32 Episode 18 |
| Directed by | Lance Kramer |
| Written by | Rob LaZebnik |
| Original air date | April 11, 2021 |
| Episode features | |
| Couch gag | A pair of live-action hands cuts a potato open using a Swiss Army Knife, carves a face on it and uses it as a stamp to resemble the Simpsons. The Swiss Army Knife is then thrown on a drawing of the living room, and the heads of the family pop out, but Marge's head punches Homer's head off the Swiss Army Knife. |
"Burger Kings" is the eighteenth episode of the thirty-second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons and the 702nd episode overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on April 11, 2021. The episode was directed by Lance Kramer and written by Rob LaZebnik.
In this episode, Mr. Burns creates a fast-food company that serves plant-based burgers. The episode received positive reviews.
Plot
When Mr. Burns' chef brings him a food he does not like the taste of, Burns almost kills himself after eating Krusty Burgers and learns that everyone in Springfield would prefer that he had died. With Burns about to give up on life, Smithers helps his boss with both his image and newfound love of burgers by suggesting Burns get into the plant-based burger business, showing him an exotic plant-made burger that Professor Frink's robot created. Soon, Burns has the Simpson family and the whole town aboard, and Burns appoints Homer as the spokesman and hires him to film commercials for the chain on a green screen.
Meanwhile, Marge accidentally uses Alexa to buy the ever-rising stock in Burns' new company, X-Cell-Ent Burger. On the news, Kent Brockman announces the competition war between X-Cell-Ent Burger and Krusty Burger. Bart sees Krusty Burger failing due to Burns's success, even when Krusty the Clown tries making his own new burger, and tries to get Lisa to help, but she does not believe that Burns' new venture is evil, until she suddenly realizes that Burns' burgers are made from endangered plant species from the Amazon Rainforest.
Lisa goes to Homer, but he refuses due to him being his own boss. At night, Homer has a dream about what Lisa said and is convinced to change his mind. At the national rollout, after some reminders from Burns and Smithers on the words he can use, Homer and Lisa manage to use them against Burns, scandalizing the people, while Krusty regains his fame and Marge regains the money she was going to lose after selling her stocks. Driving away with Smithers, Burns is happy that in the end, the town hates him again, having grown tired of good acts.
Production
The couch gag was made by Katrin von Niederhäusern and Janine Wiget.[1] Von Niederhäusern and Wiget first came to the producers' attention after they created a live-action shot-by-shot remake of the eating montage from the twenty-ninth season episode "Lisa Gets the Blues."[2][3]
Reception
Viewing figures
The episode earned a 0.44 rating with 1.24 million viewers, which was the second-most watched show on Fox that night.[4]
Critical response
Tony Sokol of Den of Geek gave the episode five out of five stars. Commenting on the expression of Mr. Burns' evilness in the episode, he said, "[The Simpsons] still finds a way to twist it further. Once you're known for doing something good you have to continue doing good things. He's no longer crushed by morality. Evil always wins, and he's even planning on opening a school for the blind so he can convince them aliens have landed." [5]
Jesse Bereta of Bubbleblabber gave the episode a 7.5 out of 10. He liked the episode's jokes about plant-based meats and thought it was one of the better episodes of the later seasons. He wished that there were more episodes like this each season without the need for guest stars or format changes.[3]
References
- ^ The Simpsons Producers Break Down The Show's Biggest Moments. GQ. December 16, 2022. Event occurs at 4:20. Retrieved November 20, 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Women recreate Homer Simpson's New Orleans gobble tour". Associated Press. September 14, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ a b Bereta, Jesse (April 12, 2021). "Review: The Simpsons "Burger Kings"". Bubbleblabber. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ Metcalf, Mitch (April 13, 2021). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.11.2021". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ Sokol, Tony (April 12, 2021). "The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 17 Review: Burger Kings". Den of Geek. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
External links
Category:2021 American television episodes Category:The Simpsons season 32 episodes