True, something so many environmentalists don't seem to realize or acknowledge - so many are concerned about climate change but also terrified of nuclear. Because they think of nuclear as so dangerous, and think all nuclear plants are run like Mr. Burns'. Nuclear, though not totally innocent, is a much cleaner alternative, and had people not been so afraid of it in decades past we'd be in a much better situation now. Come to think of it, the evil businessman running an unsafe nuclear plant was a reflection of peoples' fears, what they saw as most dangerous, back when The Simpsons started in the late '80s. If the show were created now, it would probably be a coal plant. No question that Mr. Burns' plant is still a problem, given their terrible safety record, multiple incidents causing release of radioactive material, and Mr. Burns being seen disposing of radioactive waste in dangerous and illegal ways (such as stuffing barrels into a tree) on numerous occasions.
i mean considering that part of the plant's normal operation involves venting radioactive gas and that all their waste is stored inside trees in a nearby park, i think burn's plant may not be all that environmentally sound
@@parrotconservative really though. I saw that comment and it reminded me of the movie Soylent Green. The sad thing is that the movie is rapidly becoming a true story.
The way Barney starts to rationalize and ramble about licking the windows...that is so on point for anyone who has dealt with it or gone through it themselves.
Feed for animals Insulation Explosive Engine coolant This line is so genius because NONE of these combinations work Edible insulation would attract vermin, Engine coolant that's insulating would destroy the machines, Coolant thats fed to animals won't end well, And lastly, any combination with explosives
Great observation. I thought all this time the writers were simply mocking old fashioned snake oil salesmen who claimed their products were the solution for practically anything.
It's not often that I learn something from The Simpsons, but this episode really got me off my ass and kicked me into gear to put more effort into my fish slurry business.
Just a friendly reminder that telling us to recycle was just corporate America's way of shifting the blame onto us. Not that recycling is bad; we should do our part. It's just that, that part is a small fraction of the pollution. Over 90% of plastic made is neither recyclable nor reusable.
Like that one episode where the guy who all he wants to do is read and he's the last man on earth with all those books to read but then breaks his glasses and is unable to that was so so sad
The scene from 2:04 to 2:24 is perfect. Haunting, eerie, the usage of the lighting and shadows to make this part of the facility seem incredibly dingy, Lisa slowly but very nervously backing up from Burns like he's a sort of monster, Mr Burns very subtly walking forwards as he expresses just how misguided his ambition is, the creepy backshot showing the upper parts of the facility, it all punctuates the harrowing revelation of Mr Burns' grave misunderstanding, with the score playing the right notes at the perfect time.
Thanks for pointing this out. Reminds me of the "Bart's Bigger Brother" episode when Homer busts Bart on the front steps of their house when his new "Big Brother" drops him off - the sky turns all angry & purple & the viewing frame angles get all bent & angular as they confront/insult each other - that was one of the 1st times The Simpsons really took that sort of thing up a notch. This segment is very similar & yet I never noticed it before.
considering that his entire operation was made from recycled materials, and that he claims (and I'm willing to believe he's being 100% honest in this scene) that none of the harvested sea life is wasted... this is actually significantly more ethical than how the majority of major corporations already work. To be clear I don't think that indiscriminately harvesting all sealife from springfield's surrounding waters is ethical, but companies basically already fish exactly like he does, just they do it while generating a lot more pollution.
Honestly, as long as his company got regulated and was held to a quota so it didn't negatively affect marine populations as a whole, it would be fine. I think Mr. Burns would probably be fine with that in the mindset he shows here anyway, because you can't recycle the fish and whales and such if there aren't any to recycle.
This is not evil at all. He is providing jobs for the economically disadvantaged. Honestly as long he meet regulatory standards to prevent over fishing, I fail to see the evil.
I don't know that you can really call Burns "more evil" here compared to his mean levels of evil: he clearly knew that his nuclear plant was shoddily run and violated industry standards, despite being near a population center. Here, it's not clear if he understands why his approach is problematic.
I dont think it is. He's making fishing nets from recycled material and processing fish into chum, fuel, and fertilizer. He's no less ethical here than a fish oil company.
The point is that all Mr Burns knows about is how to make as much money as possible. He doesn't see any value in preserving sealife, only profit. He IS capital.
This is such a great scene cause there's so much you can say about it, from how clever the idea of sewing together six pack holders to make nets actually is when you stop and think about it to how well done the ending is and how bad it makes you feel for Lisa.
Burns was clearly receptive to the idea of environmentally sound business practices, but Lisa forgot that he was of an old school indeed, where hardly anyone understood how to not overfarm. She could have easily corrected the omninet mishap. Tell Mr. Burns that sweeping up the free range ocean was a bad idea because it did a lot of work that benefits humanity for free, and instead the recycled soda rings could be used to create recycling based sustainable fish farms. Burns still gets to kill sealife and make giant nets out of the rings, and Lisa saves the local wildlife.
They're already trying that. Unfortunately more trash is generated daily worldwide than is scooped up, and there are concerns that the net is indiscriminate with the kind of ocean life it also scoops up. Fishing nets and waste are the main cause of ocean trash, so I don't think we need _more_ nets there.
Lisa sadly learned the hard way of trying too hard to push for a noble cause here because in the end what you’ve really done is basically trade in one negative destructive standard for just a different one.
A perfect example of how the Simpsons used to be so much better than what they have now: the Barney bit. In the newer seasons, they would have let that joke play out waaaaay past the point of being funny. But here, they knew *exactly* how long to let it ride, and literally slammed it shut at the perfect moment.
Mr Burns was actually doing pretty good here, he recycled and reused just as Lisa told him to, and was servicing other businesses with his product efficiently, only problem was that it came at the expense of sweeping the ocean
This is why I stopped at season 8 cause it all came full circle. Mr. Burns is such an important character to the the Simpson family. Lisa has had encounters with him before, but never like this. This moment showed just how much of a monster he truly is. One of the best episodes ever.
@@orchidahussuhadihcro9862 good ideas don't always translate to good outcomes. that is the joke i think. "the path to hell is paved with good intentions" ; "father forgive them for they know not what they do"
Been recycling for years.. though it was discovered a couple years back that all our recycling was being shipped to south east asia for processing where it just sits in landfill. Recycling is a scam.
This is what Lisa does: - Stops an environmentally friendly nuclear power plant - Helps create a non-environmetally friendly factory - Attempts to stop the factory after finding out it has several other essential uses, based only on her vegetarian outlook - Refuse to take her share of the company when Mr. Burns sells the factory, denying her family and friends millions 👏
Uh, I don't really think that's fair: 1. While nuclear power is, statistically, very safe in REAL life, when run poorly, it can go very wrong, and Burns is the absolute KING of that. 3 eyed fish, remember? 2. She had no direct say in that. 3. Not just because of the vegetarian conflict, but because, ya know, he's basically just totally depopulating the waters around Springfield. Plus, some of those applications are stuff like "explosives". 4. It's about principle, dammit.
@@billyweed835 Well. Thanks to her principles, she denied herself the ability to materially act on her principles. "I'd be just as bad as he is!" Well, not really. But even still if she didn't want the money she could've taken it if only to deny Burns several million dollars, and then immediately donated it to an actually good cause. By refusing the money, she denied the responsibility for her actions. She might have felt guilt, but rather than act to set things right, she washed her hands of the whole affair. It might have been her good intentions that ended up making things worse, but she did (by the framing of the episode) make things worse. Tearing up the check just let her pretend she still held the moral high ground while accomplishing nothing for her cause and actually helping Mr Burns.
I see some people talking about Burns misunderstanding the point of recycling, but I interpret this as him never having truly believed in the idealism of it in the first place - his actions were pure pragmatism. He saw an economic niche, that no-one else was exploiting, and used the opportunity to its fullest. This is reinforced by his blatantly sociopathic justifications for the animal slurry - it doesn't even occur to him to consider the suffering if the sea life, he only sees the demand, supply and profit margin. This is one of Burns' best character moments because it's a chilling glimpse into how utterly cold and selfish he really is.
There's a reason he's the wealthiest man in Springfield by far. He's cold and heartless and ruthless. Like every businessman who gets rich off ideas like this. See also: Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, etc.
he is a psychopath, not a sociopath. even if medically speaking the two conditions are almost the same, the behavior difference between the two is huge, it's as different as night and day.
I have to give it to Mr. Burns, even though the amount if animals he was killing was overkill and against everything Lisa stood for, he came up with a very intelligent all-natural product.
I mean, anchovies are used this way, for fishmeal. A cheap protein source for larger animals. Fortunately they reproduce in vast numbers so it is very hard to overfish them.
How companies advertise themselves being green vs. what they actually do: Seriously, all the green shit is just an excuse to not have to be green (and in fact often far worse) in other aspects. (I.e. electric cars.)
Love that Lisa claims Burn's version of "good" is even more evil than usual. Ironically, this may be Burns at his moral height, as he doesn't knowingly do anything bad.
Explosives give off high amounts of heat, coolants absorb high amounts of heat, and insulation only changes temperature in either direction as slowly as possible. Lil' Lisa's Patented Animal Slurry sounds like a real wonder material!
Plus as a Chemical Engineer...it works on an even deeper level...because you really can make diverse products like coolant and explosives out of a single raw material source. Burns is just hand-waving away the extra processing steps like any businessman would.
Some times there is such a thing as too much of a good thing, or doing using something good for evil. Imagine what Doofenschmirtz could’ve gotten if he thought to use the good uses of Zinc for evil.
I really felt bad for Lisa in this episode. All her beliefs destroyed by one evil man. It crushed her spirit so much, it's almost heart breaking to watch.
To be fair what burns did is better than how things are normally done, no fossil fuel burning boats, recycled materials, versatile products, he's just replacing several pollutants with one that isn't as bad
This is like the plastic collection in the pacific, while they burn fuel on a massive boat to collect plastic, such a paradox while the fish are caught and the plastic ends back up in the sea
What Mr. Burns fails to realize here is that the best way to avoid waste is to reuse products in their existing forms as long as they're still functional. Recycling, although better than throwing to the trash, is inferior to reuse. The animals the plant is harvesting are perfectly functional and should not be recycled.
Ironically his nuclear power plant was probably the most eco friendly part of Springfield cutting literal tons of co2 emissions from the whole town
True, something so many environmentalists don't seem to realize or acknowledge - so many are concerned about climate change but also terrified of nuclear. Because they think of nuclear as so dangerous, and think all nuclear plants are run like Mr. Burns'. Nuclear, though not totally innocent, is a much cleaner alternative, and had people not been so afraid of it in decades past we'd be in a much better situation now. Come to think of it, the evil businessman running an unsafe nuclear plant was a reflection of peoples' fears, what they saw as most dangerous, back when The Simpsons started in the late '80s. If the show were created now, it would probably be a coal plant. No question that Mr. Burns' plant is still a problem, given their terrible safety record, multiple incidents causing release of radioactive material, and Mr. Burns being seen disposing of radioactive waste in dangerous and illegal ways (such as stuffing barrels into a tree) on numerous occasions.
@@quillmaurer6563 that tree full of uranium rods is still better for the planet than a coal plant
i mean considering that part of the plant's normal operation involves venting radioactive gas and that all their waste is stored inside trees in a nearby park, i think burn's plant may not be all that environmentally sound
@@cmb9173 the environment around chernobyl is thriving
@@quillmaurer6563 beautifully put, thank you
Hope we soon get to use more nuclear and electricity
This shows that despite being shown to be out of touch Mr. Burns is extremely good at business.
would you like 100% recycled human's to eat?🤣🤣🤣
How about eat 100% horse testicles
@@raven4k998 {Soylent Green is People!}😂🤣😂
@@williampollock1274its sad how true this is
@@parrotconservative really though. I saw that comment and it reminded me of the movie Soylent Green. The sad thing is that the movie is rapidly becoming a true story.
"a powerful explosive, and top notch engine coolant!" GG mr burns.
The way Barney starts to rationalize and ramble about licking the windows...that is so on point for anyone who has dealt with it or gone through it themselves.
Window licking truly is a most grave affliction
@@lukaskettner3597 Nothing a spoonfull of Li'l Lisa's Slurry won't take care of. Open wide...
@@lukaskettner3597 I think he means alcoholism lmao
@@lidsmccovered2498 NO WAY ?????
@@lidsmccovered2498 woooosh
Mr Burns really tried to be good here and to give some credit to the man, he did reuse and recycle pretty efficiently
Tried to be good by sweeping the ocean clean of animal life for profit?
I doubt sillicon valley companies can be that efficient!
@@Siberian7201fishing expedition are no where near that efficient both energy or material wise
@@namleist Shut up
@@Siberian7201 you shut up
The line "100% recycled animals" is so perfect.
Feed for animals
Insulation
Explosive
Engine coolant
This line is so genius because NONE of these combinations work
Edible insulation would attract vermin,
Engine coolant that's insulating would destroy the machines,
Coolant thats fed to animals won't end well,
And lastly, any combination with explosives
Mayb that was their idea. Are the writers that educated and intelligent they make such jokes?
Burns is still selling an evironmentally destructive and oversold product.
it would make good soup
I think it's just supposed to be a miracle product lol
Great observation. I thought all this time the writers were simply mocking old fashioned snake oil salesmen who claimed their products were the solution for practically anything.
He says "look out over the water" so malliciously. Like a villian.
Its like a bond movie where the villain unveils his fucked up scheme
@@bear5945 exactly 😄
Mr. Burns is basically your general corperate antagonist in every media ever (animation included).
He’s the closest the Simpsons gets to a supervillain really
Bah! He was a rank amateur compared to DOCTOR COLOSSUS!
I love how the people start acting brainwashed at the end for no reason lol
*LOL!!!1!!*
I don't think the average Springfielder needs a reason to be a mindless zombie
The fact that you think it doesn't make sense means you're one of them (zombies).
They are parodying the end of Invasion of the Body Snatchers
They still do.
It's not often that I learn something from The Simpsons, but this episode really got me off my ass and kicked me into gear to put more effort into my fish slurry business.
haha congrats man, hope its going well
Just a friendly reminder that telling us to recycle was just corporate America's way of shifting the blame onto us. Not that recycling is bad; we should do our part. It's just that, that part is a small fraction of the pollution. Over 90% of plastic made is neither recyclable nor reusable.
Someone shut this guy down he knows too much!
Corporations love doing this. They are doing it with water stuff now. Don't waste water! Yeah I'm sure companies aren't the ones draining lakes.
This is why I burn all my plastics and throw my old car batteries in the ocean
It’s too late to put plastic back in the bottle.
@@gregmalden9809salvage the car batteries you get money for them. Depending on what state your in
One of those twilight episodes where the protagonist gets what they want but it ends up being different than they imagined. 😂
That's called a "deal with the Devil". 😃
Sounds like monkeys paw
This scene is a direct reference to the ending of Invasion of the body snatchers (1956)
Like that one episode where the guy who all he wants to do is read and he's the last man on earth with all those books to read but then breaks his glasses and is unable to that was so so sad
@@booksteer7057 nah, even Satan isn't that evil
The scene from 2:04 to 2:24 is perfect. Haunting, eerie, the usage of the lighting and shadows to make this part of the facility seem incredibly dingy, Lisa slowly but very nervously backing up from Burns like he's a sort of monster, Mr Burns very subtly walking forwards as he expresses just how misguided his ambition is, the creepy backshot showing the upper parts of the facility, it all punctuates the harrowing revelation of Mr Burns' grave misunderstanding, with the score playing the right notes at the perfect time.
Thanks for pointing this out. Reminds me of the "Bart's Bigger Brother" episode when Homer busts Bart on the front steps of their house when his new "Big Brother" drops him off - the sky turns all angry & purple & the viewing frame angles get all bent & angular as they confront/insult each other - that was one of the 1st times The Simpsons really took that sort of thing up a notch. This segment is very similar & yet I never noticed it before.
Yes this scene is a master piece. Lisa’s naïvité turns to shock and then horror at realizing what she’s done.
It's a parody of several mainstream films, including Soylent Green, The Stepford Wives and Invasion of the Body Snatchers
@@phillipmargrave Can people go a day without calling something competent and good a masterpiece? The word has lost all its meaning.
The person who invented coffee capsules probably has nightmares like this
Yeah probably
He invented them for office usage, yeah, not for using them in common households
He told us to use them. He convinced us they were good
Lies again? Ramenten Rakuten Rotisserie
I'm out of the loop, I know what coffee capsules are, but not familiar with the reason the inventor would have nightmares.
"And not a single sea creature was wasted."
well at least he's better than the actual factory fishing industry
considering that his entire operation was made from recycled materials, and that he claims (and I'm willing to believe he's being 100% honest in this scene) that none of the harvested sea life is wasted... this is actually significantly more ethical than how the majority of major corporations already work.
To be clear I don't think that indiscriminately harvesting all sealife from springfield's surrounding waters is ethical, but companies basically already fish exactly like he does, just they do it while generating a lot more pollution.
Yeah, my thoughts exactly
The amount of bycatch fishing companies waste is actually ridiculous
Honestly, as long as his company got regulated and was held to a quota so it didn't negatively affect marine populations as a whole, it would be fine.
I think Mr. Burns would probably be fine with that in the mindset he shows here anyway, because you can't recycle the fish and whales and such if there aren't any to recycle.
yeah
This is not evil at all. He is providing jobs for the economically disadvantaged. Honestly as long he meet regulatory standards to prevent over fishing, I fail to see the evil.
I don't know that you can really call Burns "more evil" here compared to his mean levels of evil: he clearly knew that his nuclear plant was shoddily run and violated industry standards, despite being near a population center. Here, it's not clear if he understands why his approach is problematic.
Maybe if Lisa was a bit more patient and forgiving he could have had a true change of heart, even if a steady one.
Also nuclear power is the greenest power of all.
I dont think it is. He's making fishing nets from recycled material and processing fish into chum, fuel, and fertilizer.
He's no less ethical here than a fish oil company.
Ignorance of the fact is not an excuse
The point is that all Mr Burns knows about is how to make as much money as possible.
He doesn't see any value in preserving sealife, only profit.
He IS capital.
"You're still evil. And when you're trying to be good, you're even more evil"
Pfft...story of my life 😅
I’d say it’s rather the story of Hollywoke in my opinion. 😐
This is a meme that describes it.
Womens shampoo: Only for one thing per bottle
Mens shampoo 6 in 1: 1:45
Yep "they" love and know ̶p̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ gullible sheeple extremely well $$$ lol
"Nuke the Whales?"
"Gotta nuke something."
“Yes thank you everyone but ten percent of your applause should go to little Lisa Simpson.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂
"insulation for poor people and an explosive"
That's gonna be a nice combo lmao
I’m more worried about the explosive engine coolant combo
This is such a great scene cause there's so much you can say about it, from how clever the idea of sewing together six pack holders to make nets actually is when you stop and think about it to how well done the ending is and how bad it makes you feel for Lisa.
Plus, the forshadowing of Burns holding up the sixpack holder to 'trap a fish'...with Lisa in the holder.
He's got her trapped, and he knows it.
Burns is doing more to solve the energy cost crisis than real companies.
Burns was clearly receptive to the idea of environmentally sound business practices, but Lisa forgot that he was of an old school indeed, where hardly anyone understood how to not overfarm. She could have easily corrected the omninet mishap. Tell Mr. Burns that sweeping up the free range ocean was a bad idea because it did a lot of work that benefits humanity for free, and instead the recycled soda rings could be used to create recycling based sustainable fish farms. Burns still gets to kill sealife and make giant nets out of the rings, and Lisa saves the local wildlife.
Considering burn character doubtful
Mr. Burns simply being unable to understand why his actions are wrong is super creepy
"And when you try to be good, you're even more evil," what I say to my cat when he goes out to hunt some poor creature for me
They could use that net to get trash out of the ocean
They're already trying that. Unfortunately more trash is generated daily worldwide than is scooped up, and there are concerns that the net is indiscriminate with the kind of ocean life it also scoops up.
Fishing nets and waste are the main cause of ocean trash, so I don't think we need _more_ nets there.
Both a powerful explosive and engine coolant, hilarious.
Lisa sadly learned the hard way of trying too hard to push for a noble cause here because in the end what you’ve really done is basically trade in one negative destructive standard for just a different one.
i don't think that lesson makes sense. i think lisa should have become an ecoterrorist.
it would have, admittedly, not been a very funny show.
A perfect example of how the Simpsons used to be so much better than what they have now: the Barney bit. In the newer seasons, they would have let that joke play out waaaaay past the point of being funny. But here, they knew *exactly* how long to let it ride, and literally slammed it shut at the perfect moment.
2:33 "It's people..."
Yes Lee, it's all people in here
Mr Burns was actually doing pretty good here, he recycled and reused just as Lisa told him to, and was servicing other businesses with his product efficiently, only problem was that it came at the expense of sweeping the ocean
1:52 a highly explosive engine coolant...
Moe: Ain't that cute? Makes Little Debbie look like a pile of puke! Lol! that's a deep statement and very hilarious at the same time!! 🤣🤣🤣
“It sweeps the sea clean!”
Well, he's a right about one thing, dynamiters do need dynamite.
Mr Burns definitely has got some engineering skills.
This is why I stopped at season 8 cause it all came full circle. Mr. Burns is such an important character to the the Simpson family. Lisa has had encounters with him before, but never like this. This moment showed just how much of a monster he truly is.
One of the best episodes ever.
But you're all wrong. Lisa is extremely sensible, however translated to the real world's standards, what Mr Burns did here, was quite good.
@@orchidahussuhadihcro9862 good ideas don't always translate to good outcomes. that is the joke i think. "the path to hell is paved with good intentions" ; "father forgive them for they know not what they do"
@@anonymouse3471 That still doesn't explain and solve the fact that pigs need food, vehicles need coolant and engineers need dynamite 🙃
A monster for supplying vital factors of production that make modern life possible? Truly.
@@orchidahussuhadihcro9862 considering the oceans losing its fish is a huge problem, I doubt him overfishing was a good thing
unironically a great social commentary on how useless recycling is in the grand scheme of things compared to the vast amounts of corporate pollution
Been recycling for years.. though it was discovered a couple years back that all our recycling was being shipped to south east asia for processing where it just sits in landfill. Recycling is a scam.
Hey, at least Burns tried.
This is what Lisa does:
- Stops an environmentally friendly nuclear power plant
- Helps create a non-environmetally friendly factory
- Attempts to stop the factory after finding out it has several other essential uses, based only on her vegetarian outlook
- Refuse to take her share of the company when Mr. Burns sells the factory, denying her family and friends millions
👏
Wut. The factory was a fucking murder house
Uh, I don't really think that's fair:
1. While nuclear power is, statistically, very safe in REAL life, when run poorly, it can go very wrong, and Burns is the absolute KING of that. 3 eyed fish, remember?
2. She had no direct say in that.
3. Not just because of the vegetarian conflict, but because, ya know, he's basically just totally depopulating the waters around Springfield. Plus, some of those applications are stuff like "explosives".
4. It's about principle, dammit.
@@billyweed835 Well. Thanks to her principles, she denied herself the ability to materially act on her principles. "I'd be just as bad as he is!" Well, not really. But even still if she didn't want the money she could've taken it if only to deny Burns several million dollars, and then immediately donated it to an actually good cause. By refusing the money, she denied the responsibility for her actions. She might have felt guilt, but rather than act to set things right, she washed her hands of the whole affair.
It might have been her good intentions that ended up making things worse, but she did (by the framing of the episode) make things worse. Tearing up the check just let her pretend she still held the moral high ground while accomplishing nothing for her cause and actually helping Mr Burns.
My God this comment is so dumb.
NGL, Little Lisa has the BEST animal slurry.
I see some people talking about Burns misunderstanding the point of recycling, but I interpret this as him never having truly believed in the idealism of it in the first place - his actions were pure pragmatism. He saw an economic niche, that no-one else was exploiting, and used the opportunity to its fullest. This is reinforced by his blatantly sociopathic justifications for the animal slurry - it doesn't even occur to him to consider the suffering if the sea life, he only sees the demand, supply and profit margin. This is one of Burns' best character moments because it's a chilling glimpse into how utterly cold and selfish he really is.
There's a reason he's the wealthiest man in Springfield by far. He's cold and heartless and ruthless. Like every businessman who gets rich off ideas like this. See also: Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, etc.
he is a psychopath, not a sociopath. even if medically speaking the two conditions are almost the same, the behavior difference between the two is huge, it's as different as night and day.
I have to give it to Mr. Burns, even though the amount if animals he was killing was overkill and against everything Lisa stood for, he came up with a very intelligent all-natural product.
The delivery of her " oh dear God" was perfect.
The “look out over the water” was so menacing
I mean, anchovies are used this way, for fishmeal. A cheap protein source for larger animals. Fortunately they reproduce in vast numbers so it is very hard to overfish them.
How companies advertise themselves being green vs. what they actually do:
Seriously, all the green shit is just an excuse to not have to be green (and in fact often far worse) in other aspects. (I.e. electric cars.)
the entire thing has a reveal tarp over it lmfao
Barney licking the liquor bottles is classic! I know you told me not to!
Burns is a genius 🤣 so are the Simpson writers
1:40-1:41 Perfect reaction to today's beyond horrible news
Which was what?
And he wrote her check for 12 million dollars and she tore it up haha.
Its okay, Homer didnt need that $12,000
This was back when I wouldn't miss a single episode of the Simpsons. Now I don't even watch it anymore.😢
I like how the plastic rings just magically appear in his hands.
This was quite deep - a comment on big ugly corporations that claim to be doing good... but actually aren't
not only corporations, also rich people like Greta Thunberg
This is one of the best scenes in television history.
This literally made me curl my toes in discomfort. Well done.
Green washing at its best. Old Simpsons was awesome.
Love that Lisa claims Burn's version of "good" is even more evil than usual. Ironically, this may be Burns at his moral height, as he doesn't knowingly do anything bad.
Explosives give off high amounts of heat, coolants absorb high amounts of heat, and insulation only changes temperature in either direction as slowly as possible.
Lil' Lisa's Patented Animal Slurry sounds like a real wonder material!
Mr. Burns was so evil this could've been a Halloween episode.
Life imitates art. _We could've prevented this..._
I mean...that Omni-net is pretty genius.
I love the wink to Invasion Of The Body Snatchers in this scene
Works in place of Engine Coolant AND High Explosives. Man, the writing is so dense you can just choose a joke at leisure
Plus as a Chemical Engineer...it works on an even deeper level...because you really can make diverse products like coolant and explosives out of a single raw material source. Burns is just hand-waving away the extra processing steps like any businessman would.
Barney giving new meaning to Window,Licker.
Oh, Mr. Burns is definitely my favourite character. He's like my spirit companion.
To hell with your blasted animals.
Guess what's in your tuna sandwich at subway?
100% recycled animals
bread
@@TheFrostedfirefly Technically it's not bread, too much sugar.
I knew the chicken was half soy before that news even came out.
"It sweeps the Sea clean." gave me goosebumps when I watched this on air.
1:02 The way he lifts the six pack holder in front of lisa is a really clever start to the plot-twist. Absolutely brilliant scene setting.
2:52 - Homage to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, when he finds the pods in the back of the truck.
That's exactly what businessmen do when they say they help the environment
Shows the daunting level of difficulty to try to achieve all what is best for us. We'd need to give up alot and we're just not ready to do that.
Why don't you click your heels 3 times, and go back to Africa
@@thecommonsenseconservative5576 ... what?
@@thecommonsenseconservative5576 Noose yourself.
Won't someone PLEASE think of the dynamiters!!!!
Every episode in where Lisa goes crazy is GOAT episode in my opinion ❤
Love how they made a giant reference to Soylent Green Is people. Lol 😂
Some times there is such a thing as too much of a good thing, or doing using something good for evil.
Imagine what Doofenschmirtz could’ve gotten if he thought to use the good uses of Zinc for evil.
I really felt bad for Lisa in this episode. All her beliefs destroyed by one evil man. It crushed her spirit so much, it's almost heart breaking to watch.
Define "Intent"
@@acardenasjr1340 Noun: Intention or purpose; Adjective: determined to do (something)
Which is why one persons dream when released into the world becomes corrupted
I mean Greenpeace just admitted plastic recycling is a myth...
With how annoying she is with all her nagging and high and mighty attitude most of the time...she had it coming.
To be fair what burns did is better than how things are normally done, no fossil fuel burning boats, recycled materials, versatile products, he's just replacing several pollutants with one that isn't as bad
i considered mr burns evil when i was kid, but as i grew up he began to seem to me as the only sane character
What about this is sane?
...you ok man?
This episode made me cry she should of accepted his check 🤣🤦
You got off easy, poor Homer had eleven consecutive and simultaneous heart attacks.
should've*
*When Barney licks the windows
GREATEST .SHOW .EVER
"...a powerful explosive, and a top-notch engine coolant!"
How is the slurry edible, explosive and a functional coolant?
just remember that nitroglycerin is used to treat angina and anal fissures. it promotes blood flow
Peak Green Capitalism.
"A Powerful Explosive and a top-notch engine coolant" ...it took me a sec, but i think this two attributes should not belong together xD
this really is how it goes irl tho
It sweeps the sea clean...
the final scene recalls the end of Invasion of the Body Snatchers -
This is like the plastic collection in the pacific, while they burn fuel on a massive boat to collect plastic, such a paradox while the fish are caught and the plastic ends back up in the sea
Welcome to 2022
"Stop licking my windows!!!!"
What Mr. Burns fails to realize here is that the best way to avoid waste is to reuse products in their existing forms as long as they're still functional. Recycling, although better than throwing to the trash, is inferior to reuse.
The animals the plant is harvesting are perfectly functional and should not be recycled.
Insulation for low income houses that just so happens to be explosive? I guess Burns does have plausible deniability.
Mr Burns is my favourite character. I aspire to be like him.
What a terrifying aspiration.
You need better role models
See, everybody: the Free Market really can solve everything!
This is the best! Catch all those whales and dolphins and grind them up!