Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Wingsandsword (talk | contribs) at 16:22, 8 May 2005. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Does anyone else think the "Biography" is a bit much? I mean, The Simpsons has never put much effort into continuity until lately, so most of the references to his past are in blatant contradiction of each other. For instance, how could he have been America's "richest and therefore most trustworthy citizen" at the end of WWII in the one where he steals the trillion dollar bill, and yet, not long before, desire to become "rich as Nazis" in the one with the Flying Hellfish? elvenscout742

Well, it's been well established that Mr. Burns got his fortune from inheriting it from the loveless billionaire who raised him. He could well have served in WWII, got caught up in the excitement of the moment with regard to the treasure, and shortly after the discovery of the loot by the Flying Hellfish but before the end of the war that Billionaire died leaving him the Burns Business Empire. His line about building shells for the Nazis probably therefore referred not to his personal actions, but to the business he inherited and in later years sees it as all the same. The only real problem with this is that Mr. Burns would have been 53 during the fall of Nazi Germany (going by the 1892 estimated date of birth), and that would have made him a little old to be a frontline infantryman, one would imagine that Monty Burns's war would have been World War I, which he would have only been 22 at the outbreak of the war, although references to that war wouldn't carry anywhere near the entertainment value to a modern audience. --Wingsandsword 16:22, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Name change imminent - feedback requested

This article's name is blatantly incorrect. It should be at either Montgomery Burns or Charles Montgomery Burns. I'd prefer the former. I'm doing a poll to figure out where it should. Do not add new poll options

Poll

• I think this article should be moved to Montgomery Burns

1. →Raul654 03:50, Apr 7, 2004 (UTC)
2. Not that it matters much, since I assume we'll keep all three redirects. Meelar 03:52, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

• I think this article should be moved to Charles Montgomery Burns

1. He's called "C. Montgomery Burns" on the show. I guess he's one of those people who doesn't like his first name. (elvenscout742 He's actually called "Mr. Burns". It should be changed to that.)

Burns apperance...

Does anyone else think Burns resembles John D. Rockefeller? This became evident to me when I say a movie with Rockefeller dress up in an old flying suit (goggles, scarf, etc). I want to get a general consensus on this before I add it.