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Smithers Jr.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data">Male</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Consummate executive and personal assistant to <a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)#Springfield_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield Nuclear Power Plant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Family</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Waylon Smithers Sr. (deceased father)</li> <li>Mrs. Smithers (mother)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">American</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Waylon J. Smithers Jr.</b>, usually referred to by the names <b>Mr. Smithers</b>, or simply <b>Smithers</b>, is a recurring character in the animated sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>, voiced by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Shearer" title="Harry Shearer">Harry Shearer</a>. His first appearance was in the episode of "<a href="/wiki/Homer%27s_Odyssey_(The_Simpsons)" title="Homer's Odyssey (The Simpsons)">Homer's Odyssey</a>", although his voice could be heard in the series premiere "<a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire" title="Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire">Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire</a>". He is the consummate executive and personal assistant of <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)#Springfield_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield Nuclear Power Plant</a>'s owner <a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a>, and is usually treated unfairly. </p><p>Smithers's loyalty and devotion to Mr. Burns was inspired from how numerous <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> executives and staff members acted towards <a href="/wiki/Barry_Diller" title="Barry Diller">Barry Diller</a>. Smithers's first name (Waylon) was derived from that of puppeteer <a href="/wiki/Wayland_Flowers" title="Wayland Flowers">Wayland Flowers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeff_Martin_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeff_Martin-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sprcon_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sprcon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The idea for Smithers's ambiguous sexual orientation came from <a href="/wiki/Sam_Simon" title="Sam Simon">Sam Simon</a>. He proposed that Smithers should be <a href="/wiki/Gay" title="Gay">gay</a> and have an undying love for Mr. Burns. Smithers was colorized in his first appearance as black with blue hair.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a>, in an interview with <a href="/wiki/TMZ" title="TMZ">TMZ</a>, said that this was a mistake but the producers did not have enough money to correct it.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smithers is the loyal, obedient and <a href="/wiki/Sycophant" class="mw-redirect" title="Sycophant">sycophantic</a> assistant to Mr. Burns, and the relationship between the two is a frequent <a href="/wiki/Running_gag" title="Running gag">running gag</a>. In many ways, Smithers represents the <a href="/wiki/Stereotype" title="Stereotype">stereotype</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Closeted" title="Closeted">closeted</a> <a href="/wiki/Gay_man" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay man">gay man</a>. Numerous allusions and <a href="/wiki/Double_entendre" title="Double entendre">double entendres</a> about his <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a> are made, though some of the show's producers instead interpret him as a "Burns-sexual". In the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_27" title="The Simpsons season 27">season 27</a> (2016) episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Burns_Cage" title="The Burns Cage">The Burns Cage</a>", he officially <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">came out</a> as gay.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role_in_The_Simpsons">Role in <i>The Simpsons</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waylon_Smithers&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Role in The Simpsons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mr. Smithers is Mr. Burns's devoted executive assistant. His father, Waylon Smithers Sr., worked for Burns until he died of <a href="/wiki/Radiation_poisoning" class="mw-redirect" title="Radiation poisoning">radiation poisoning</a> after saving <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield</a> from a potential <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_meltdown" title="Nuclear meltdown">nuclear meltdown</a> when Smithers was a baby. Smithers began thinking of <a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a> as his commander shortly after his birth.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Up until 2016, he was not openly gay, but <a href="/wiki/Open_secret" title="Open secret">most people knew he was homosexual before he came out</a>. It was revealed in a flashback that he was married to a woman once, but the two split up when Mr. Burns came between them.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smithers is shown to have a passionate and deep love for Mr. Burns, and his sexual orientation has been characterized by the writers of the show as "Burns-sexual". "He deserves his time," says the writer of "The Simpsons" about Smithers's gay love story in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mr. Burns remained largely ignorant of Smithers's devoted adoration, much to Smithers's frustration. Mr. Burns himself has been involved with several women and, in "<a href="/wiki/A_Hunka_Hunka_Burns_in_Love" title="A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love">A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love</a>", Smithers is noticeably disgusted when Mr. Burns starts looking for a female companion.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Burns, for his part, views Smithers as somewhat of a <a href="/wiki/Lackey_(manservant)" title="Lackey (manservant)">lackey</a>, albeit a highly valued one for his competence. He has "rewarded" Smithers's devotion with the future "honor" of <a href="/wiki/Vivisepulture" class="mw-redirect" title="Vivisepulture">being buried alive</a> <a href="/wiki/Retainer_sacrifice" class="mw-redirect" title="Retainer sacrifice">with him after he dies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smithers has been shown to be somewhat dependent on his relationship with Burns. In "<a href="/wiki/Homer_the_Smithers" title="Homer the Smithers">Homer the Smithers</a>", Mr. Burns orders Smithers to take a vacation and <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Simpson</a> is hired as a temporary replacement. When Homer loses his temper and punches Mr. Burns in the face, Mr. Burns learns to become self-reliant and this results in Smithers being fired. Smithers decides that he needs to be Mr. Burns's assistant and eventually gets his job back.<sup id="cite_ref-HtS_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HtS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_27" title="The Simpsons season 27">season 27</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Burns_Cage" title="The Burns Cage">The Burns Cage</a>", Smithers attempts to admit his love to Burns, who interrupts to reaffirm his contempt for his assistant.<sup id="cite_ref-new_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smithers's official job at the power plant appears to be that of executive assistant, which he says is "actually about 2,800 smaller jobs",<sup id="cite_ref-HtS_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HtS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> responsible for monitoring employee attendance, and is often a disciplinarian and has won dozens of employee-of-the-month awards.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smithers does appear to be one of the few people at the power plant who is seemingly competent at their job as opposed to the lazy, oafish underlings such as Homer Simpson and the senile Mr. Burns, who is often out of touch with the modern times. While some of his early appearances showed him to have a malicious side (he tried to get Homer fired over his insurance claim for a hair-growing product, and the only reason this failed is that Mr. Burns had sympathy for Homer due to his own incurable baldness and gave him his old job back), his overall characterization is fairly benevolent and he ultimately just wants the SNPP to run well. He has often hinted at wanting to be promoted to the position of executive <a href="/wiki/Vice_president" title="Vice president">vice president</a>, but Burns has repeatedly squashed this dream, while whimsically bestowing the vice presidency on a dog.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smithers has the largest collection of Malibu Stacy dolls in the world, and is the president of the Malibu Stacy fan club.<sup id="cite_ref-Malibu_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malibu-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In "<a href="/wiki/Werking_Mom" title="Werking Mom">Werking Mom</a>", Smithers makes a silent cameo as a drag queen named 'The Mysterious Waylon'.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Character">Character</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waylon_Smithers&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Character"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waylon_Smithers_(first_appearance).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f1/Waylon_Smithers_%28first_appearance%29.jpg/220px-Waylon_Smithers_%28first_appearance%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f1/Waylon_Smithers_%28first_appearance%29.jpg/330px-Waylon_Smithers_%28first_appearance%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Waylon_Smithers_%28first_appearance%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="361" data-file-height="276" /></a><figcaption>Smithers's initial (and only) appearance with a dark complexion, as seen in "<a href="/wiki/Homer%27s_Odyssey_(The_Simpsons)" title="Homer's Odyssey (The Simpsons)">Homer's Odyssey</a>"</figcaption></figure> <p>Mr. Smithers was partly based on how numerous <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> executives and staff members acted towards <a href="/wiki/Barry_Diller" title="Barry Diller">Barry Diller</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tvguide_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The idea for Smithers's orientation was pitched by <a href="/wiki/Sam_Simon" title="Sam Simon">Sam Simon</a>, who proposed that Smithers should be gay, but the writers should never draw too much attention to it and should try to keep it in the back of their heads.<sup id="cite_ref-ReissTTH_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReissTTH-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jay Kogen said "Originally he was gay and black...But we thought it was too much so we just kept him gay."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sprcon_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sprcon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The script for "<a href="/wiki/Blood_Feud_(The_Simpsons)" title="Blood Feud (The Simpsons)">Blood Feud</a>" originally featured Smithers saying "Just leave me enough to get home to my wife and kids", but the line had to be cut for time.<sup id="cite_ref-tvguide_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smithers is voiced by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Shearer" title="Harry Shearer">Harry Shearer</a>, who is also the voice of Mr. Burns.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shearer is often able to perform dialogue between the two characters in one take.<sup id="cite_ref-JeanBF_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JeanBF-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a> occasionally fills in for Shearer at table reads and voices Smithers.<sup id="cite_ref-JeanBF_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JeanBF-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name Waylon, coined by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reiss" title="Mike Reiss">Mike Reiss</a>, was first used in "<a href="/wiki/I_Married_Marge" title="I Married Marge">I Married Marge</a>" and comes from the puppeteer <a href="/wiki/Wayland_Flowers" title="Wayland Flowers">Wayland Flowers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeff_Martin_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeff_Martin-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sprcon_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sprcon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smithers made his first appearance in "<a href="/wiki/Homer%27s_Odyssey_(The_Simpsons)" title="Homer's Odyssey (The Simpsons)">Homer's Odyssey</a>", which was the third episode of the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_1" title="The Simpsons season 1">first season</a>, although he can be heard over a speaker in <i>The Simpsons</i> series premiere "<a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire" title="Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire">Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his first visual appearance in "Homer's Odyssey", Smithers was mistakenly animated with the wrong color and was made darker than most characters by Gyorgyi Peluce, the color stylist. <a href="/wiki/David_Silverman_(animator)" title="David Silverman (animator)">David Silverman</a> has claimed that Smithers was always intended to be "Mr Burns' white sycophant",<sup id="cite_ref-background_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-background-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the staff thought it "would be a bad idea to have a black subservient character" and so switched him to his intended color for his next episode.<sup id="cite_ref-tvguide_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvguide-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sprcon_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sprcon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Silverman <a href="/wiki/Retcon" class="mw-redirect" title="Retcon">retconned</a> this error by saying that Smithers had a tan from a recent holiday in the Caribbean.<sup id="cite_ref-background_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-background-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first appearance of a yellow Smithers was "<a href="/wiki/There%27s_No_Disgrace_Like_Home" title="There's No Disgrace Like Home">There's No Disgrace Like Home</a>", the fourth episode of the first season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waylon_Smithers&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mr. Smithers's relationship with Mr. Burns has long been a <a href="/wiki/Running_gag" title="Running gag">running gag</a> on <i>The Simpsons</i>. Smithers is an obedient and sycophantic assistant to Mr. Burns. There have often been strong hints about Smithers's true feelings for his boss, with one of the earliest references being in the season one episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Telltale_Head" title="The Telltale Head">The Telltale Head</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-ReissTTH_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReissTTH-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smithers's sexual orientation has often come into question, with some fans claiming he is a "Burns-sexual" and only attracted to his boss, while others maintain that he is gay.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner2004296_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner2004296-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Oakley" title="Bill Oakley">Bill Oakley</a>/<a href="/wiki/Josh_Weinstein" title="Josh Weinstein">Josh Weinstein</a> era, they still tried to keep his sexuality unspoken and there was debate among the writers about his orientation. <a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a>, who thinks of Smithers as being a "Burns-sexual",<sup id="cite_ref-JeanBF_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JeanBF-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> felt that had Mr. Burns been a woman, then Smithers would not be gay.<sup id="cite_ref-Oakley_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oakley-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/David_Silverman_(animator)" title="David Silverman (animator)">David Silverman</a>, a former supervising director has said, "[Smithers] seems to be focused on one particular human, as opposed to anything beyond that. [Rather than being gay], he's sort of 'Burns-sexual'."<sup id="cite_ref-Burns-sexual_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burns-sexual-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2006 study conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Gay_%26_Lesbian_Alliance_Against_Defamation" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation">Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation</a>, it was determined that nine of the 679 lead and supporting characters on scripted broadcast television were gay or <a href="/wiki/Lesbian" title="Lesbian">lesbian</a>, but Smithers was not included. A list published in 2008 by the same organization included Smithers;<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Patty_and_Selma_Bouvier" class="mw-redirect" title="Patty and Selma Bouvier">Patty Bouvier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge Simpson</a>'s lesbian sister, was included on both lists.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SmithersDream.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f6/SmithersDream.png/200px-SmithersDream.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f6/SmithersDream.png/300px-SmithersDream.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/SmithersDream.png 2x" data-file-width="349" data-file-height="267" /></a><figcaption>Smithers dreams about Mr. Burns in "<a href="/wiki/Marge_Gets_a_Job" title="Marge Gets a Job">Marge Gets a Job</a>". The censors had issues with the "lump in his bed", which was his knee.<sup id="cite_ref-Weinstein_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weinstein-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The debate is referenced in "<a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_138th_Episode_Spectacular" title="The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular">The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular</a>", when the episode host, <a href="/wiki/Troy_McClure" title="Troy McClure">Troy McClure</a> is answering viewer questions, and one that is asked is "What is the real deal with Mr. Burns's assistant Smithers? You know what I'm talking about." A montage of various clips that shows Smithers's lust for Mr. Burns follows, and in the end, McClure says "as you can see, the real deal with Waylon Smithers is that he's Mr. Burns's assistant. He's in his early forties, is unmarried, and currently resides in Springfield. Thanks for writing!"<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several of the allusions to Smithers's sexuality have turned into battles with the network censors. For example, in Smithers's fantasy of a naked Mr. Burns popping out of a birthday cake in "<a href="/wiki/Rosebud_(The_Simpsons)" title="Rosebud (The Simpsons)">Rosebud</a>", the censors had not wanted Mr. Burns to be naked. Another example is "<a href="/wiki/Marge_Gets_a_Job" title="Marge Gets a Job">Marge Gets a Job</a>", which has a dream sequence where Smithers is sleeping and Burns flies through a window. The sequence shows Burns flying towards him and Smithers looking happy, but originally it went on for a few seconds longer. It had to be trimmed down due to scenes that showed "Mr. Burns land[ing] in a particular position on Smithers's anatomy".<sup id="cite_ref-Oakley2_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oakley2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were also issues with "the lump in his bed", which the animators said had been drawn as his knee, but the censors had misinterpreted.<sup id="cite_ref-Weinstein_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weinstein-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the second season, the writers started to enjoy writing about Smithers and Burns' relationship, and the writers often pitched episodes with them as the focus, but many never came to fruition.<sup id="cite_ref-VittiSaD_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VittiSaD-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mostly in the early seasons, Smithers had a catchphrase, which comes from a recurring joke that Mr. Burns never remembers who <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Simpson</a> is. Smithers and Burns would watch Homer (usually over a security camera feed) and Burns would ask, "Who is that man?", to which Smithers would reply, "That's Homer Simpson, sir, one of your [drones, organ banks, carbon blobs, etc.] from sector 7G." Burns would invariably respond, "Simpson, eh?"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner2004164_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner2004164-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2015, it was confirmed by Jean that Smithers would come out to Mr. Burns in a <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_27" title="The Simpsons season 27">season 27</a> episode.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though in the end he never came out to Mr. Burns as his attempt was cut short. The episode, "<a href="/wiki/The_Burns_Cage" title="The Burns Cage">The Burns Cage</a>", was broadcast the following April and saw Smithers unsuccessfully try to move on from Burns.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A writer for British progressive magazine the <i><a href="/wiki/New_Statesman" title="New Statesman">New Statesman</a></i> felt that the episode was a <a href="/wiki/Retcon" class="mw-redirect" title="Retcon">retcon</a>, making a serious story about the character's homosexuality instead of the previous jokes and innuendo that were now considered homophobic.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waylon_Smithers&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Harry_Shearer_at_RT4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Harry_Shearer_at_RT4.jpg/200px-Harry_Shearer_at_RT4.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Harry_Shearer_at_RT4.jpg/300px-Harry_Shearer_at_RT4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Harry_Shearer_at_RT4.jpg/400px-Harry_Shearer_at_RT4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1509" data-file-height="1754" /></a><figcaption>Smithers's voice actor <a href="/wiki/Harry_Shearer" title="Harry Shearer">Harry Shearer</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 2004, <i>The Simpsons</i> producers announced that one of their characters was going to <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">come out</a> of <a href="/wiki/Closeted" title="Closeted">the closet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speculation on who it would be was printed in newspapers throughout the United States and Canada (even claiming Smithers's "sexual orientation was about the worst-kept secret in Springfield")<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as in Australia,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New Zealand,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ireland, (the <i><a href="/wiki/Irish_Independent" title="Irish Independent">Irish Independent</a></i> called Smithers "too obvious" a choice),<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite Matt Groening joking that it would be Homer, the <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Herald" title="Boston Herald">Boston Herald</a></i> calculated the odds of several characters being gay, with Smithers at a million to one.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/PlanetOut_Inc." title="PlanetOut Inc.">PlanetOut Inc.</a> hosted an online poll in the weeks prior to the episode to determine based on "cartoon <a href="/wiki/Gaydar" title="Gaydar">gaydar</a>" who was gay on the Simpsons, with 97% of the respondents choosing Smithers. Jenny Stewart, the entertainment editor at the site said of the poll, "We've never had such an avalanche of people voting in any of our polls as we did on The Simpsons."<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was <a href="/wiki/Patty_and_Selma_Bouvier" class="mw-redirect" title="Patty and Selma Bouvier">Patty Bouvier</a> who came out.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2007 article, <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> named Smithers the 16th-greatest sidekick of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have also described Smithers and Mr. Burns as being "TV's most functional dysfunctional couple".<sup id="cite_ref-EW_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Star News Online</i> named "Smithers' fey way" as one of the 400 reasons why they loved <i>The Simpsons</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2003 article, <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> named the two-part episode "<a href="/wiki/Who_Shot_Mr._Burns%3F" title="Who Shot Mr. Burns?">Who Shot Mr. Burns?</a>", in which Smithers was prominently featured, the series' 25th-best episode.<sup id="cite_ref-EW_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gay.com" title="Gay.com">Gay.com</a> ranked Smithers as the sixth-gayest cartoon character.<sup id="cite_ref-topgay_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-topgay-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Merchandise">Merchandise</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waylon_Smithers&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Merchandise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smithers was made into an action figure, and four different versions were included as part of the <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Springfield" title="World of Springfield">World of Springfield</a></i> toy line. The first shows Smithers in his normal attire with a picture of Mr. Burns at his feet and was released in 2000 as part of "wave two".<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second, released in 2002 as part of "wave ten", is called "resort Smithers" and shows him dressed as he was at the resort in the episode "Homer the Smithers".<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, a series of figures exclusive to <i><a href="/wiki/EB_Games" title="EB Games">Electronics Boutique</a></i> was released, and a set of one Mr. Burns figure and two different Smithers toys based on the episode "<a href="/wiki/Rosebud_(The_Simpsons)" title="Rosebud (The Simpsons)">Rosebud</a>" were included. One, called "Bobo Smithers" shows Smithers dressed as Mr. Burns's teddy bear Bobo;<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the other, known as "future Smithers", shows him as a robotic dog.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A "future Burns" was included in the set as a companion to "future Smithers" and depicts Burns as a robot as he appeared at the end of the episode.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waylon_Smithers&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Jeff_Martin-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Jeff_Martin_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeff_Martin_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGoertzPrescott2016" class="citation podcast cs1">Goertz, Allie; Prescott, Julia (8 August 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://podbay.fm/show/979023994/e/1470639600">"I Married Marge (with Jeff Martin)"</a> (Podcast). 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