Revenge is a dish best served 3 times, homer said if he'd destroy the guy's car he'd pin it on maggie "just like he did when he shot burns" YOU AREN'T A REAL FAN IF YOU DIDNT KNOW THIS
I actually guessed Krusty, too, because he "conveniently" showed up late to the town meeting and ostensibly had no clue what the hell was going on. I.e. he had the perfect alibi.
@@Ghost0fDeath1 I did...some people have a theory that Homer did that on purpose perhaps because he planned to shoot burns and was going to do it while disguised as Krusty.
Also lets not forget that there's a mid 2000s era simpons episode where he said that 'Im going to shoot the Rich Texan, like how I shot Mr Burns and blamed it on Maggie'
They actually bring this up in a clip show episode, complete with a nearly complete ending where Smithers turns out to be the culprit- but Troy McClure points out that it'd make all the Simpsons evidence a red herring. (not to mention the Pardon My Zinger thing)
There was a movie in the 80’s that had different endings depending on the screening purely to cause confusion. I forget the name but the idea is amazing. I want more of that stuff just to screw with people.
@@stevenbobbybills in season 4's Homer's Triple Bypass, Krusty points out to homer that his pacemaker is the reason he doesn't wear make up, Krusty is that pale and this is later backed up by Krustys Kanceled when he fakes his death and the yellow from his face washes off in the water when he stops hiding.
@Wolfgalaxy Sounds right. He was yellow like everyone else when he was on trial after being framed by Sideshow Bob. Later, Krusty makes a comment how the facepaint isn't makeup.
I guessed it was Maggie, precisely because she was the least likely. I had just finished reading a book called "The Eleventh Hour" by Graeme Base, which was a mystery picture book about 11 different animals accused of eating an entire feast by themselves. Turned out it was the mouse who ate the feast by himself, which was obviously the least likely suspect. From that point on, as a kid, I would always guess that the culprit was the least likely suspect, not based on evidence, just based on what I assumed writers would do to try to make their mystery as difficult to solve as possible.
It's never the person you most suspect. But if you always suspect the person you least suspect, then the person you most suspect becomes the person you least suspect. That's why you should always suspect the person you most medium suspect.
@@dadragoon3303 Yes, you're right actually. That's true. But still, the mouse was still the least likely suspect and still turned out to be the culprit.
I remember when me and my mom watched this I asked her who she thought the murderer was she jokingly said Maggie we were both suprised when we saw who it actually was
Imagine the Simpsons explaining this incident to Maggie when she’s older, really wonder how that would go down. But due to all the episodes set in the future I’d bet it already happened.
@@gearguts7259 I thnk its established in a episode where Homer gets Mob problems that she remenbers and she cleary has a thing for weapons, wich is abit odd. She shot and cripple multiple mobster without the parents or said Mobsters realizing where the shots were coming from (somehow). The whole scene is both a Deus Ex Machina and a joke on Maggie shooting Burns on purpose... wich kinda gave her abit of a Stewie vibe but less edgier. What suprises me more is that we didnt get a future episode with Maggie being a Hitman of some kind.
She'd say it was bart I may of short fat Tony but bart blasted mr burns point blank he was behind the car he even point sa tas little helper in the back seat before he ahit him the symbolism proves bart did it without a doubt plus the attitude of Marge and bart also do prove point bart shot mr burns point blank with the snithiswesson with a supprezer lowering the sound the emreasin a gun shot was hear was the reason bart was caghut by at least Marge also smithers shot jasper at the same time it makes the most sence that the gunshot was smithers and everything only celebrates that Maggie couldn't have
If we are reviewing evidence the missing gun cant rule out anyone because it could have bin dropped in the struggle (and not found because there police are incompetent) or stolen by killer or anyone else and the wound means nothing moes double barrel shotgun shoots more than two shots thats magic i cant rule him out on that
I remember telling my 10 year old sister at the time joking that it was Maggie without any explanation for all those months. In hindsight, I should have entered the contest.
If you watch the episodes close enough you'll realize without mr burns saying is was Maggie all the symbolism points to bart and Maggie and ssntss little helper are wittsneses so honestly it also dosint help the gun clearly didn't go of he was shot point blank by bart with the smithowesson with a suppressor so it wouldn't make noise we also know due to smithers shoting jasper that that's the gun shot everyone heard nobody else meing bart has motive and within reason Maggie couldn't of shot mr burns at least with his gun as it had no sillicer to be realtivly unheard
Wow, I never knew this thing went so deep. The only clues I ever spotted by myself were Maggie not averting her gaze, and Maggie waking up the moment Lisa says she doesn't believe anyone in the family could shoot Burns. That TV clue you mentioned at Moe's Tavern blew my mind!
The mere fact that you sat through episodes upon episodes just to cross-reference eventual clues for a "murder" mystery that was solved 27 years ago makes me feel glad I've discovered your channel
another fairly simple clue: whoever mr burns is with does not reply, but he still understands what they're doing this means that the person wasn't talking but still communicating, and the only person that could match is maggie or the dog
While that does make sense, no matter who would've ended up shooting him they still wouldn't have them talk so that it'd be a mystery in the first place.
Actually if you think about it, Mr Burns would recognise Homer. He never says his name. So Mr Burns could have meant that: “Oh, it’s you. That guy who wanted to deface my office.”
There's an easy way to tell in part one. In part one at the town hall when Burns asks 'who here has the guts to stop me?' and everyone looks away sheepishly, Maggie is the only one who maintains her gaze on him and NEVER looks away from him. Edit Oh....You said that near the end. Haha sorry I typed this near the beginning.=D My bad.
@@CardGamesRule. Maybe. But the Simpsons have gone out of their way to show off that Maggie is a lot more clever and smarter than your everyday 1-3 year old.
You ever step back and think of how much of a risk making Maggie the shooter was?! That could have easily back fired, if it wasn't so perfectly executed. Fan backlash would have been outrageous of disliked because it was such a big cliffhanger and outrageous ending. It's legitmately only something golden era Simpsons could pull off. It's hard to say why this ended up working, but thankfully it did. I believe it was the conviction the writers had, that they planned on it and made a great mystery (like described in this video).
Crazelord91 ya, I’ve seen other shows do a mystery where they just make the culprit the most unexpected character without planning it out. But here it works cuz of the planning
That's why being solvable with only the first part is important. The answer was always there it was just to ridiculous to consider it with all the other suspects
I call it the best joke in the series for a reason. Its so dumb to be unbelievable, and thus you wanna call it out. But seeing the hints AND the motive and you realize it's was never meant to be taken as seriously as we made it. Props to the writers for doing the perfect sleigh of hands
It's the good version of how South park handled the "Who is Eric's father?" question following the season 1 finale. Fans were irate when the season premiere was promised to have the answer, but actually be a Terrance and Philip special. Trey and Matt say it's one of their favorite episodes because it made so many people angry.
It's so funny that the Simpsons ended up parodying the biggest cliffhanger in television history, and almost matched the hype. I mean of course it wasn't going to reach the same height as Dallas bringing in the record breaking audience of 80+ million people to see who shot JR, but still it was a great cliffhanger.
@@mateotierno3780 You really should look it up, it was full of some badass soapy-over-the-top-moments that it' melodrama became the biggest event south of the M*A*S*H Series Finale!
@@gameking8809 That's pretty arrogant to assume everybody is going to know some random old American tv show, despite it being a success. I didn't know the episode was referencing something else and neither did people I spoke too who saw it at the time.
I thought this was going to be one of those "Game Theory-esque WHO REALLY DUN IT THO?" videos, but this was quality shit. I actually signed in to tell you it's great, and to leave a like. Excellent stuff, my friend.
@Suffer No Fools Because he takes the time to point out intentional design decisions that are a core part of a fantastic piece of television history. These are things that a majority of the casual viewing audience would've completely missed, and even if they theoretically all saw it (I sure a heck didn't, given that I was a child when I saw the episode), sometimes it's just a cool idea to appreciate when media goes above and beyond to deliver a cohesive, well-written, and above all, a thoroughly enjoyable experience. The video is decently structured, paced, and edited. There's a bit of waffle, but it fundamentally achieves what it sets out to do in a light-hearted, fun way. There's very little you can fault it on, it's not misleading, and quite frankly, I think it's a shining beacon for what every video on RUclips should strive toward. It is the polar opposite of shish like Game Theory.
I'd have to argue against Burns not knowing Homer, he can never remember his name, that much is plastered all over the episode and in other episodes. Doesn't meant to say that he doesn't know his face, hence the "oh it's you" line could also apply to Homer.
Except the fact that in Simpson Tide Homer was almost able to fool him into believing it was his first day on the job and Mr. Burns even says he has never seen him before, same with last exit to springfield which aired before this episode he thinks Homer is a new employee
Mr Burn's catchphrase when meeting Homer for the first 7 seasons and beyond is "Smithers, Who is this?" and Smithers needs to not only explain Homer's name, but his job and in some cases their previous interactions. It's pretty clear that Burns doesn't recognize Homer, not just not know his name.
It actually gets a bit funny when Smithers actually brings up a bunch of genuine reasons why Homer should be fired from previous incidents and Burns just brushes it aside because he cannot remember and therefor isn't important.
MatPat: I got another Simpsons theory! RealJims: Sorry, I already beat you to it multiple times MatPat: ... MatPat on Film Theory: Mr Burns was actually shot by Mr Snrub
I think some of the clues are a bit of a stretch, but it's nice to know that there are actual clues, and they didn't just go "yeah it would be funny if we used the Maggie ending".
The Maggie not averting her gaze thing is absolutely insane! I never even picked up on that until just now, wow. Totally plausible and wasn't just a cop-out by the writers like I originally thought when I first saw the episode, amazing.
I made a follow-up video responding to the most common comments here. So if you're about to say "but homer said he did it" or "I remember the smithers ending" or "but what about marge" then I may have already covered this! ruclips.net/video/9hGjW2hcC4U/видео.html
Idk if this is an intentional clue to it being Maggie,but on the dvd set of season six there’s 4 discs inside. Each disc shows different characters being interrogated and the second disc shows Barney making a shadow that looks like Maggie. There’s even a little hole on her forehead to imitate her bow
in a later episode homer sais while chasing someone "if I shoot him I'm blaming it on the baby just like when I shot Mr burns" revealing it was actually homer
I think in the anniversary episode they mentioned animating multiple clips of Burns getting shot by different suspects, such as Apu and Moe, to throw people off the scent. But yes, the only red herring ending they truly committed to was Smithers - they recorded and animated the whole scene in the hospital just so it would work.
The decoy animations do have different guns in their own right, mind, including, iirc, Moe using his shotgun, as well as Apu using a SMG. It being a single gunshot wound, likely from Burns' own revolver, was a major intended clue.
@@KingOfElectricNinjas The "decoys" I think were new footage made for the 138th Episode Spectacular ep to be a misdirecting gag. There was never a shot of Mr. Burns and the shooter standing across from each other like in the fake flashbacks.
No because even in previous scenes where he sees him he has no idea who he is. Its not just that he doesnt remember his name, he literally forgets his existence too
@chunkycake101 I'm curious now to see if that particular date is actually mentioned more often, or if we just notice it more now. It may just be forgotten immediately if the ticket expires on say, April 12th.
for me it was in the 90s godzilla film the news reporter said this is the worst disaster since the world trade center bombing and i was like wait what as i new this film was in the 90s not 2000s as i didnot know about the buildings before and about any attack
@@spooky6703 The islamists chose the date as the anniversary of the Ottoman defeat by Poland at the siege of Vienna, ending their conquests into Europe.
@@adamyusuf1805 He was never meant to be black (and he was only black in the very first episode) but they ran out of money so they couldn't change it in time.
@@adamyusuf1805 "Smithers made his first appearance in "Homer's Odyssey", which was the third episode of the first season, although he can be heard over a speaker in The Simpsons series premiere "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". 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. David Silverman has claimed that Smithers was always intended to be "Mr Burns' white sycophant", 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. Silverman retconned this error by saying that Smithers had a tan from a recent holiday in the Caribbean. The first appearance of a yellow Smithers was "There's No Disgrace Like Home", the fourth episode of the first season." (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Smithers?wprov=sfla1)
Lou the cop also changed colour. It happens with some characters, as with their hair. Early on it's the designs not being finalised and general mistakes, later on of course it's just mistakes.
There’s actually a theory that’s kinda of the same as your idea. It’s that homer shot Mr burns by dressing as Krusty The Clown.You can also see that in the wind scene, The krusty isn’t actually krusty. It’s Homer Simpson in his costume. There’s key differences between there costumes. Mr burns said it was Maggie to try and black mail krusty but since krusty knows he didn’t do it burns is out of luck. I didn’t make this up myself. I saw it on a video by therealjims
There is another clue to (maybe) solve who shot Burns. If you watch the part of Moe and Apu shooting Burns you can see marges car with maggie inside. Wow that is so sneeky of the creators to just watch one clip and know who is the culprit. Edit: thx for uploading this on my birthday.
I think editing and joke wise he's since done way better in future videos But honestly, I still think this video is fantastic, and definitely deserving as the most popular
I’ve watched this video dozens of times and I always noticed an error Eddache made. I wondered if that disproved his point, and I discovered a rabbit hole that only further proves his point. At 11:23, Eddache notes how Smithers leaves the town hall in the opposite direction to Burns. This is untrue, as Smithers turns left from the town hall, and in the very next shot Eddache shows, he shows that Mr. Burns also turned left on his way to the car park. And I wondered, does this mean Smithers could’ve been the one in the car park? The answer is no, and the extra clue showing us that has been right under our noses this whole time, or under our ears to be precise. What does Mr. Burns say when he enters the car park? “Oh it’s you. What are you so *’happy’* about?” Happy. He notes that the person who later shot him was happy when he found them. This makes sense, as the episode expects us to believe his killer was someone who had it out for him, and would gleefully welcome the chance to get their revenge with a smile on their face. But who was the only suspect who was neither angry at Burns, nor could gleefully want revenge? Smithers. Smithers was heartbroken, he had a very close relationship with Mr. Burns and that was thrown away, leaving him sad and depressed. He barely shows any real malice towards Burns at the town hall meeting but he is upset. But I doubt even Smithers at that point could bring himself to harm Burns, regardless of how he was treated. Which brings us to Burns’ quote. Smithers seems like the last guy who’d be smiling after the meeting, I doubt he could even try to force himself to smile at that point. But he does enjoy Pardon My Zinger, so if he would be smiling at 3:00pm, it’d be watching the show somewhere else and not at the car park. So even if he did leave in the same direction as Mr. Burns and if you decide to ignore him never missing Pardon My Zinger so he could be at the car park, there would still be no reason for Smithers to be happy at that time, and thus, the shooter cannot be him. It’s amazing that along with the myriad of other clues showing it couldn’t be Smithers, they actually wrote it in a way that it couldn’t be him based on his character. Only goes to show how well this murder mystery was written.
Here's a weird fact: In the Disney+ version of the Simpsons, the aspect ratio crops the scenes and in this scene 12:08 Maggie's cropped out of frame, making this clue unseen.
Disney+ actually added a feature where you have the option to watch the show in either its original fullscreen aspect ratio or in widescreen, so it's not unseen for everybody anymore
We all know it was actually Graggle Simpson who shot him. He even pointed on the sundial to 'S' for South and Simpson, as well as 'G' for Gwest and Graggle. Edit: Apparently noone else had the Director's Cut.
I have to say, this is very impressive! I never knew that this was a mystery that could ACTUALLY be solved. I'm a huge fan of the Simpsons and have seen (pretty much) all the episodes, but it looks like you know them more than I do! GG for finding all the evidence, too! Great job and congrats!
3:16 You watch Krusty? Watch his nose... Yep..Its Homer guys! The theory was, he comes here to kill Burns while behind disguise into Krusty soooo when Burns said "Oh it's you", some people would maybe think: OH ITS HOMER BECAUSE HE DISGUISED HIMSELF INTO SOMEONE THAT BURNS KNOWN (Krusty have a TV show so I supposed that anyone in Springfield know him)! The creators of this episode are really awesome!
Who shot Mr Burns was a parody of the insane theories and post reveal coverage surrounding who shot JR Ewing. When the simpsons made its joke, that mystery was 15 years old, when you made this the simpsons parody was 23 years old. The only way you could have been trolled harder is if next week maude flanders steps out of a shower as if nothing ever happened.
That's exactly how Part 2 begins: Smithers wakes up to find Burns in the shower, and realizes it was all a dream. Also, Burns and Smithers are now hot-rod detectives! Then Smithers wakes up and realizes, whoops, THAT was the dream.
Yeah The Simpsons seemed like a way too cynical show to be parodying a 15 year old mystery at the time so o nascent value its kind of weird, it’s also worth noting that many writers were huge Twin Peaks fans and wanted to make a similar commentary on soap operas (Hell they parody the red room scene in this very episode). Then again Twin Peaks was pretty dead by this point so I don’t know
Careful, over the passing month, idiots who can't get over someone who died 6 years ago (may he rest in peace) are going to make comments like "R.i.p Edd 😩😩😩😭😭😭" Or some other shit. That aside, I agree. The animation does remind me a lot of Eddsworld.
I said "Im watching who shot Mr Burns" Dad: yeah didn't maggie shoot him Me: wtf A couple months later he was watching a series finale on his phone and clicked the home buttom
9:35 A gunshot WOULD be heard, because silencers [Suppressors] only dampen the sound of a gunshot, not remove it entirely. Marge could have EASILY heard a gunshot from that distance.
Normally, I'd agree, but _The Simpsons_ is a cartoon. I don't mean that in a dismissive "you're thinking about this too hard" kind of way; I mean the show embraces that it's fictional and often takes advantage of its cartoonishness, and traditionally, in all forms of fiction but especially spy thrillers and murder mysteries, a suppressor actually _does_ make a gun near-silent. In real life or a more realistic work, it certainly wouldn't have mattered much, but going by the Laws of Fictional Gun Physics, I'd say putting a suppressor on Skinner's gun was definitely intended to mean "Skinner couldn't have shot Burns because if he had we wouldn't have heard the shot".
I’ve always argued that Mr. Burns shot himself... I mean he dropped the gun trying to take the sucker from Maggie. She didn’t pull the trigger, the gun went off when it was dropped. It did technically land on her lap, but it was all because of Mr. Burns doing. 🤷🏼♀️
fred white I agree that in real life a gun probably wouldn’t as easily be able to fall out of a holster. With this being a cartoon and a lot of things on the Simpsons defying logic, it’s not that crazy that his gun falls out during the struggle. If you watch the clip of Mr. Burns explaining what happened you can see it falling into the car as he leans closer to Maggie trying to take her sucker. The gun falls on her lap and goes off. I’m not saying my theory is 100% true. I just think it’s something interesting to consider.
@@mypalewrists That would also explain how his revolver wasn't in the holster when Mr. Burns dropped onto the sundial, it was in the car with Maggie the whole time.
The weapon fell out of the holster during the struggle and fire a bullet at Mr. Burns giving him the gunshot wound, and he then proceded to drop on the sundial with the holster empty leaving it back at the car with Maggie and the dog.
What I think adds to Maggie being the culprit is that Mr burns has messed with the lives of people close to her and in turn, she has a bone to pick with him. Bart's tree house being destroyed and the retirement home Grampa Simpson was being sunk, for examples.
@chunkycake101 : it was covered in this vid that a TV show Smithers said he never misses was on at the same time of the murder, and you see him walking away toward the end.
Honestly i don't really give a fuck. Grow up
+10 zaiden points
Finally someone said it
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People like their mysteries I suppose. They never go out of fashion.
@@thetruecrystalvixen leave that shit to Huey Dewey and Louie
After how weak you pointed out burns is, and how rich he is, I realized he’s a shiny magikarp.
U a villager main?
Zotken yes
@@robinscompass5951 so am I :b
Zotken nice
Revenge is a dish best served 3 times, homer said if he'd destroy the guy's car he'd pin it on maggie "just like he did when he shot burns" YOU AREN'T A REAL FAN IF YOU DIDNT KNOW THIS
Additional evidence: Maggie and Burns previously struggled over Bobo the teddy in Rosebud
This is true. And he showed some humanity in the end
Did Burns even bring that up in part 1?
He did! Good catch there.
@@andrewhaxton1076 Yes.
Good catch. Season 5 episode 4.
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I actually guessed Krusty, too, because he "conveniently" showed up late to the town meeting and ostensibly had no clue what the hell was going on. I.e. he had the perfect alibi.
Fun fact, if you watch krusty when Bruns was shooed you could see he is not the real krusty but Homer krusty you could notice it by his nose
@@Ghost0fDeath1 I did...some people have a theory that Homer did that on purpose perhaps because he planned to shoot burns and was going to do it while disguised as Krusty.
@@Ghost0fDeath1 IVE SAID THAT
But also no motive
Also lets not forget that there's a mid 2000s era simpons episode where he said that 'Im going to shoot the Rich Texan, like how I shot Mr Burns and blamed it on Maggie'
i think its clever how the creaters made multible endings so hackers don't revel who it actually was
They actually bring this up in a clip show episode, complete with a nearly complete ending where Smithers turns out to be the culprit- but Troy McClure points out that it'd make all the Simpsons evidence a red herring. (not to mention the Pardon My Zinger thing)
In 1995 I doubt that hackers were the main concern, probably leaks from within the company
There was a movie in the 80’s that had different endings depending on the screening purely to cause confusion. I forget the name but the idea is amazing. I want more of that stuff just to screw with people.
@@notafbiagent473 Wasn't it that Cluedo film?
@@heeheeriah yeah that sucked, left too many holes in the plot
"What if Krusty took the makeup off" I thought he didn't wear makeup. He just looks like that.
His arms and legs are yellow. I'm quite sure the white face is makeup.
If you're joking, sorry.
@@stevenbobbybills in season 4's Homer's Triple Bypass, Krusty points out to homer that his pacemaker is the reason he doesn't wear make up, Krusty is that pale and this is later backed up by Krustys Kanceled when he fakes his death and the yellow from his face washes off in the water when he stops hiding.
@@Gojiro7 so his arms are just... ...yellow. Oh.
@Wolfgalaxy Sounds right. He was yellow like everyone else when he was on trial after being framed by Sideshow Bob. Later, Krusty makes a comment how the facepaint isn't makeup.
He isn’t wearing make up, you’re right. I think the evidence was from season 4 or 5
I guessed it was Maggie, precisely because she was the least likely. I had just finished reading a book called "The Eleventh Hour" by Graeme Base, which was a mystery picture book about 11 different animals accused of eating an entire feast by themselves. Turned out it was the mouse who ate the feast by himself, which was obviously the least likely suspect. From that point on, as a kid, I would always guess that the culprit was the least likely suspect, not based on evidence, just based on what I assumed writers would do to try to make their mystery as difficult to solve as possible.
At least there were clues
It's never the person you most suspect.
But if you always suspect the person you least suspect, then the person you most suspect becomes the person you least suspect.
That's why you should always suspect the person you most medium suspect.
Actually the mouse got all his friends together to eat the feast
@@dadragoon3303 Yes, you're right actually. That's true. But still, the mouse was still the least likely suspect and still turned out to be the culprit.
The classic "Everyone is Guilty." Thanks Agatha.
I remember when me and my mom watched this I asked her who she thought the murderer was she jokingly said Maggie we were both suprised when we saw who it actually was
Having never seen the episode, when I heard about it, I was like "Maggie, it'd be suprising but still very Simpsons."
She coulda won money.
Imagine the Simpsons explaining this incident to Maggie when she’s older, really wonder how that would go down. But due to all the episodes set in the future I’d bet it already happened.
i bet she remembers it tho
@@gearguts7259 I thnk its established in a episode where Homer gets Mob problems that she remenbers and she cleary has a thing for weapons, wich is abit odd.
She shot and cripple multiple mobster without the parents or said Mobsters realizing where the shots were coming from (somehow).
The whole scene is both a Deus Ex Machina and a joke on Maggie shooting Burns on purpose... wich kinda gave her abit of a Stewie vibe but less edgier.
What suprises me more is that we didnt get a future episode with Maggie being a Hitman of some kind.
@@peterwhite6415 don't forget the movie where she shoots the bad guy
It's implied that it wasn't an accident, for one
She'd say it was bart I may of short fat Tony but bart blasted mr burns point blank he was behind the car he even point sa tas little helper in the back seat before he ahit him the symbolism proves bart did it without a doubt plus the attitude of Marge and bart also do prove point bart shot mr burns point blank with the snithiswesson with a supprezer lowering the sound the emreasin a gun shot was hear was the reason bart was caghut by at least Marge also smithers shot jasper at the same time it makes the most sence that the gunshot was smithers and everything only celebrates that Maggie couldn't have
Provides evidence against the Marge shot Burns theory:
*Everybody liked that.*
The whole marge thing can be debunked by the fact that there wouldnt have been any struggle, marge could have easily overpowered him.
If we are reviewing evidence the missing gun cant rule out anyone because it could have bin dropped in the struggle (and not found because there police are incompetent) or stolen by killer or anyone else and the wound means nothing moes double barrel shotgun shoots more than two shots thats magic i cant rule him out on that
And he could have shot before skinner shot him with the supressed gun and lost his gun
And nothing disproves lisa got em im free to come to my own wrong conclusions
Also, Marge clearly has an alibi along with Jimbo. They both saw Burns *RIGHT* after he was shot and heard the sound as well.
I remember telling my 10 year old sister at the time joking that it was Maggie without any explanation for all those months. In hindsight, I should have entered the contest.
If you did, you'd be famous for a short time. Then the people you didn't like starts to act like your friends once they caught wind of it.
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*Mr Burns will remember that.*
This isn’t a telltale game
Louis
“What the hell do you mean by that, Louis?”
“You might have a point, Louis.”
“Oh, go to hell, Louis.”
(Punch Louis)
@daer devvyl damn you
@@walterclements3433
"i am sorry about this ."
"your right ."
"fuck you !"
(Punch Louis again)
@@walterclements3433
"Sorry again, Louis."
"I'll scrunch you up."
"Go to hell."
(Eat Louis)
The fact you watched all the episodes you had to,to show proof that Maggie really did kill Burns is god like,my respect goes out to you.
Yeah he watched many hours of TV, what a hero...haha just kidding, yes a lot of time and effort and thought went into this video, that's dedication.
Godzilla had a stroke and died reading this
If you watch the episodes close enough you'll realize without mr burns saying is was Maggie all the symbolism points to bart and Maggie and ssntss little helper are wittsneses so honestly it also dosint help the gun clearly didn't go of he was shot point blank by bart with the smithowesson with a suppressor so it wouldn't make noise we also know due to smithers shoting jasper that that's the gun shot everyone heard nobody else meing bart has motive and within reason Maggie couldn't of shot mr burns at least with his gun as it had no sillicer to be realtivly unheard
Ah yes, I remember when Maggie used D4C to kill mr Burns, great arc but really confusing
Valentine shot johnny? Fuck
@@xdbetyar well yes, but actually no.
@@xdbetyar Yesn't
He basically made three people shoot him technically
My favorite part was where Bart and Homer went out to find Jesus’s corpse parts
Wow, I never knew this thing went so deep. The only clues I ever spotted by myself were Maggie not averting her gaze, and Maggie waking up the moment Lisa says she doesn't believe anyone in the family could shoot Burns. That TV clue you mentioned at Moe's Tavern blew my mind!
@Mark Regan u have no taste
@Mark Regan it's someone's favorite show, "idiot."
agree
I watched steven universe and my cousin came in the room and thought lapis was a smurph
You just reminded me of that
YOU NEed to follow gay brothers @whisubes INSTAGRAM
You put more effort into this than any being on this earth could've asked of you
Kreett i want to like your comment but it has 69 likes, so i will refrain
@@thehufflepuff8560 Nice
Or would've
Oof now I can.
Haha yeah he really did
Damn, can't believe that Maggie moved Mr Burns down the stairs while she stopped time. I didn't expect that to be the secret of her stand.
Funny jojoke
why are there so many jojo comments w h a t
Maggie's special abillity "THE WORLD OVER HEAVEN"
The Simpsons requiem
ayothepizzahere
Oh that actually makes sense. W S upside down is M S for Maggie Simpson
Obviously
It was revealed in part two of the special
HOMER!
Mr. burnS (MS)
*WHAATTT??!?!?!?!*
I just found this from recommended.
*RECOMMEND ME SHIT LIKE THIS MORE.*
Schmooferino same
Schmooferino
IKR!!
Right!
Schmooferino yes plz
Schmooferino same
I'll be honest
Your explanation that Krusty shot Burns is quite clever!
I agree
It's interesting, as at one point during Season 1, Krusty was supposed to be Homer in makeup! They later decided against this.
except for the part about how the white isnt makeup. its just how he looks.
@@KingThrillgore Supposedly it was supposed to be a commentary on how people look up to idols. (How Bart looks up to Krusty compared to Homer.)
@@theletterl8948 I think at that point it wasn’t established that he was naturally pale
The mere fact that you sat through episodes upon episodes just to cross-reference eventual clues for a "murder" mystery that was solved 27 years ago makes me feel glad I've discovered your channel
another fairly simple clue: whoever mr burns is with does not reply, but he still understands what they're doing
this means that the person wasn't talking but still communicating, and the only person that could match is maggie
or the dog
THE DOG
It culprit could've just held up the gun at him before the struggle began. (for TV suspense sake)
But I still see how that's a clue to Maggie. :)
BWF
iz maggie
OwO
While that does make sense, no matter who would've ended up shooting him they still wouldn't have them talk so that it'd be a mystery in the first place.
Now that I realized:
Burns says:
"Why are you smiling?"
*Who the heck will be happy to kill burns*
Everyone, he's awful.
Damn @@vladb420 when did you become this
Um homer
You'd be surprised at how many people Burns has wronged and would get revenge.
Wait, I mean it like a psychopath type
I like how the thing that said "who REALLY shot mister burns" was in the game theory style
yeah thats the joke
@@spoopsiuwu356 and i wasn't proclaiming it wasn't just stating a fact
@@Sarah12471 oh i misunderstood sorry
@@spoopsiuwu356 yeah, no worries though happens all the time
The replies above are amazing
Actually if you think about it, Mr Burns would recognise Homer. He never says his name. So Mr Burns could have meant that: “Oh, it’s you. That guy who wanted to deface my office.”
OMG AN ANIMATED HOST OF A RUclips VIDEO THAT’S ACTUALLY ANIMATED?
WHERE AM I?
You're in the true class of youtube now
AND A BACKROUND...
WITH COLOR???
I know
What is this place?
Do you not know about the animation community? Check out theodd1sout sooubway videos or ilymation. They also review crap too. Very entertaining 10/10
Moe is such a legend that he can fire 3 times out of a DB shotgun without reloading
He jurry rigged it to be a triple barrel shotgun with a secret barrel
There's an easy way to tell in part one.
In part one at the town hall when Burns asks 'who here has the guts to stop me?' and everyone looks away sheepishly, Maggie is the only one who maintains her gaze on him and NEVER looks away from him.
Edit
Oh....You said that near the end. Haha sorry I typed this near the beginning.=D My bad.
Despite this being actual evidence and being there on purpose Maggie is a child she could have just not known what was going on
@@CardGamesRule.
Maybe. But the Simpsons have gone out of their way to show off that Maggie is a lot more clever and smarter than your everyday 1-3 year old.
3:06 really nailed that Game Theory thumbnail.
I loved this
a wild jack howard appears - good taste in youtubers mate
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Wow a popular RUclipsr I've never seen one of those
Comedy gold 👌
666 likes
ur welcome
You ever step back and think of how much of a risk making Maggie the shooter was?! That could have easily back fired, if it wasn't so perfectly executed.
Fan backlash would have been outrageous of disliked because it was such a big cliffhanger and outrageous ending. It's legitmately only something golden era Simpsons could pull off.
It's hard to say why this ended up working, but thankfully it did. I believe it was the conviction the writers had, that they planned on it and made a great mystery (like described in this video).
Crazelord91 ya, I’ve seen other shows do a mystery where they just make the culprit the most unexpected character without planning it out. But here it works cuz of the planning
@@brownsfan3290 Exactly. It still works in rewatches and under scrutiny
That's why being solvable with only the first part is important. The answer was always there it was just to ridiculous to consider it with all the other suspects
I call it the best joke in the series for a reason.
Its so dumb to be unbelievable, and thus you wanna call it out. But seeing the hints AND the motive and you realize it's was never meant to be taken as seriously as we made it.
Props to the writers for doing the perfect sleigh of hands
It's the good version of how South park handled the "Who is Eric's father?" question following the season 1 finale. Fans were irate when the season premiere was promised to have the answer, but actually be a Terrance and Philip special. Trey and Matt say it's one of their favorite episodes because it made so many people angry.
It's so funny that the Simpsons ended up parodying the biggest cliffhanger in television history, and almost matched the hype. I mean of course it wasn't going to reach the same height as Dallas bringing in the record breaking audience of 80+ million people to see who shot JR, but still it was a great cliffhanger.
Don't forget foreign audiences like me, I don't know which programme do you mean, yet back then everyone was talking about who killed Mr Burns
@@mateotierno3780 You don´t know what Dallas is? It´s very unikely that it didn´t air in your country as the most popular show from the 80s-
@@gameking8809 never heard of it
@@mateotierno3780 You really should look it up, it was full of some badass soapy-over-the-top-moments that it' melodrama became the biggest event south of the M*A*S*H Series Finale!
@@gameking8809 That's pretty arrogant to assume everybody is going to know some random old American tv show, despite it being a success. I didn't know the episode was referencing something else and neither did people I spoke too who saw it at the time.
I really, really, wish more shows would do this. Do an actual, solvable mystery with clues to find.
I thought this was going to be one of those "Game Theory-esque WHO REALLY DUN IT THO?" videos, but this was quality shit. I actually signed in to tell you it's great, and to leave a like. Excellent stuff, my friend.
Props for spelling "-esque" correctly.
Is your icon Moomin papa?
ye
Game Theory is good tho.
@Suffer No Fools Because he takes the time to point out intentional design decisions that are a core part of a fantastic piece of television history. These are things that a majority of the casual viewing audience would've completely missed, and even if they theoretically all saw it (I sure a heck didn't, given that I was a child when I saw the episode), sometimes it's just a cool idea to appreciate when media goes above and beyond to deliver a cohesive, well-written, and above all, a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
The video is decently structured, paced, and edited. There's a bit of waffle, but it fundamentally achieves what it sets out to do in a light-hearted, fun way. There's very little you can fault it on, it's not misleading, and quite frankly, I think it's a shining beacon for what every video on RUclips should strive toward.
It is the polar opposite of shish like Game Theory.
I'd have to argue against Burns not knowing Homer, he can never remember his name, that much is plastered all over the episode and in other episodes. Doesn't meant to say that he doesn't know his face, hence the "oh it's you" line could also apply to Homer.
Except the fact that in Simpson Tide Homer was almost able to fool him into believing it was his first day on the job and Mr. Burns even says he has never seen him before, same with last exit to springfield which aired before this episode he thinks Homer is a new employee
This also applies to everybody in the Stonecutters as well.
Mr Burn's catchphrase when meeting Homer for the first 7 seasons and beyond is "Smithers, Who is this?" and Smithers needs to not only explain Homer's name, but his job and in some cases their previous interactions. It's pretty clear that Burns doesn't recognize Homer, not just not know his name.
“Oh, who the devil are you?” Burns in this episode to homer
It actually gets a bit funny when Smithers actually brings up a bunch of genuine reasons why Homer should be fired from previous incidents and Burns just brushes it aside because he cannot remember and therefor isn't important.
"Ah, 4:42, I hope you're ready for an unforgettable luncheon!"
Lol
Noice man
Mmmm Steamed Hams
Well seymour i made it. Despite your directions.
Next Eeveelution
9:28 BARNEY OWNS A 2 SHOT DERRINGER WHICH ARE REALLY OLD AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXPENSIVE
HOW THE FUCK DID HE GET ONE???
@Big Chanka probably a gift.
or he found it in the trash.
"Cant be anyone other than Maggie"
*matpats head peeks out from behind the corner*
BUT THAT'S JUST A GAAAAAME THEORY
THAT'S JUST A THEORY. A FILM THEORY!
MatPat: I got another Simpsons theory!
RealJims: Sorry, I already beat you to it multiple times
MatPat: ...
MatPat on Film Theory: Mr Burns was actually shot by Mr Snrub
#FILMTHEAROY
Film theory
I was 3 years old when this episode aired. Kinda wish I'd been a bit older so I could've joined in on the phenomenon.
@@echosobble same! I wonder if my dad was part of this as well as any of my other family members who where old enough to do it
I was -9 or -10 years old!
I was -12 years old
I wasn't born I'm 13 and I'm a massive Simpsons nerd
I was nonexistent when that episode aired. Good memories.
I think some of the clues are a bit of a stretch, but it's nice to know that there are actual clues, and they didn't just go "yeah it would be funny if we used the Maggie ending".
This is a FANTASTIC video. You’re not getting enough credit; informative, funny, and brilliantly written and animated,
Bravo.
The Maggie not averting her gaze thing is absolutely insane! I never even picked up on that until just now, wow. Totally plausible and wasn't just a cop-out by the writers like I originally thought when I first saw the episode, amazing.
I made a follow-up video responding to the most common comments here. So if you're about to say "but homer said he did it" or "I remember the smithers ending" or "but what about marge" then I may have already covered this! ruclips.net/video/9hGjW2hcC4U/видео.html
Also the "Homer" soundbite is from the character selection screen of The Simpsons Arcade game.
Idk if this is an intentional clue to it being Maggie,but on the dvd set of season six there’s 4 discs inside. Each disc shows different characters being interrogated and the second disc shows Barney making a shadow that looks like Maggie. There’s even a little hole on her forehead to imitate her bow
in a later episode homer sais while chasing someone "if I shoot him I'm blaming it on the baby just like when I shot Mr burns" revealing it was actually homer
@@mylesjb9189 We all know Homer would say something like that, but isn't really smart enough to carry anything like it out though.
@@Buffy8Fan have you even watched the episode I'm talking about
W S?
Will Smith
Should’ve rewound that, Will.
Ah that’s hot
I T ' S R E W I N D T I M E
Auggghhh huhu
Mark-Ass Brownie
Imagine figuring out who the killer was, moving home for the summer, then coming back to find out you missed a prize
And the prize was being featured as a character in the show, feel bad for that guy
Alright RUclips I watched it now leave me alone!
RUclips cant hear you stop being silly goddamn millenial
RUclips never leaves you alone.
It is kinda good, but jeez
@Suffer No Fools
It shows you how you can solve it from the very beginning.
@Suffer No Fools
not just that he goes over who burns would recognise and uses evidence if previous episodes to eliminate suspects.
1:10 Apu and Moe shooting are jokes from a later episode, the only other ending they actually made was Smithers being guilty.
I think in the anniversary episode they mentioned animating multiple clips of Burns getting shot by different suspects, such as Apu and Moe, to throw people off the scent. But yes, the only red herring ending they truly committed to was Smithers - they recorded and animated the whole scene in the hospital just so it would work.
The decoy animations do have different guns in their own right, mind, including, iirc, Moe using his shotgun, as well as Apu using a SMG. It being a single gunshot wound, likely from Burns' own revolver, was a major intended clue.
@@KingOfElectricNinjas The "decoys" I think were new footage made for the 138th Episode Spectacular ep to be a misdirecting gag. There was never a shot of Mr. Burns and the shooter standing across from each other like in the fake flashbacks.
@@DomoftheDoctordoctor who!
Acctully it could be homer, he never says “homer” he says: oh, it’s you. He could remember him but not his name.
He also referred to Homer as "an unidentified assailant".
To which you can hear Homer offscreen say "D'OH!"
Nope sundial doesn’t match up. M S
Maggie Simpson
This is better evidence for everyone in the stonecutters
No because even in previous scenes where he sees him he has no idea who he is. Its not just that he doesnt remember his name, he literally forgets his existence too
Plus in season 19 Homer said technically that he framed Maggie
A surpressor doesn’t completely silence the shot, it just makes the sound so it’s not as loud and you don’t necessarily have to use ear plugs
It muffles and dampens sound it wouldnt be the bang you hear
It wouldn't be silent but it would sounmd very different to the 'bang' gunshot we hear
*IT WAS SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER*
Seriously tho
Clearly it was the dog a
Also sell out subscribe
Kowalski Analysiss no dog from Marley me died and so it kill burn
Ugly Tomato um yeah ok sure
"Phone entries must be received by September 10 and mail entries postmarked by September 11."
......wait
@chunkycake101 I'm curious now to see if that particular date is actually mentioned more often, or if we just notice it more now. It may just be forgotten immediately if the ticket expires on say, April 12th.
for me it was in the 90s godzilla film the news reporter said this is the worst disaster since the world trade center bombing and i was like wait what as i new this film was in the 90s not 2000s as i didnot know about the buildings before and about any attack
@@spooky6703 The islamists chose the date as the anniversary of the Ottoman defeat by Poland at the siege of Vienna, ending their conquests into Europe.
@@setogod7 al Qaeda planted bombs on the WTC in 1993 but it failed to bring the building down
Nice profile pic
6:58 WHY IS DR HIBBERT YELLOW?!?
And why in season 1 was Smithers black? See. I can do it too. (The show went through many different design choice)
@@adamyusuf1805 He was never meant to be black (and he was only black in the very first episode) but they ran out of money so they couldn't change it in time.
Reece Appleton he wasn’t even in the very first episode and all throughout the first season he was black
@@adamyusuf1805 "Smithers made his first appearance in "Homer's Odyssey", which was the third episode of the first season, although he can be heard over a speaker in The Simpsons series premiere "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". 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. David Silverman has claimed that Smithers was always intended to be "Mr Burns' white sycophant", 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. Silverman retconned this error by saying that Smithers had a tan from a recent holiday in the Caribbean. The first appearance of a yellow Smithers was "There's No Disgrace Like Home", the fourth episode of the first season." (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Smithers?wprov=sfla1)
Lou the cop also changed colour. It happens with some characters, as with their hair. Early on it's the designs not being finalised and general mistakes, later on of course it's just mistakes.
There’s actually a theory that’s kinda of the same as your idea. It’s that homer shot Mr burns by dressing as Krusty The Clown.You can also see that in the wind scene, The krusty isn’t actually krusty. It’s Homer Simpson in his costume. There’s key differences between there costumes. Mr burns said it was Maggie to try and black mail krusty but since krusty knows he didn’t do it burns is out of luck. I didn’t make this up myself. I saw it on a video by therealjims
There is another clue to (maybe) solve who shot Burns. If you watch the part of Moe and Apu shooting Burns you can see marges car with maggie inside. Wow that is so sneeky of the creators to just watch one clip and know who is the culprit. Edit: thx for uploading this on my birthday.
I remember as a child my mom calling it back in the day. I don’t think she had a solid case against Maggie other than “she was a bad ass baby”.
Man it's crazy to think this 3 years ago, I remember this was my first eddache video and it was ridiculously good, still is in retrospect.
imo this is still his best. Just the fact that he watched all those episodes just to conclude this
I think editing and joke wise he's since done way better in future videos
But honestly, I still think this video is fantastic, and definitely deserving as the most popular
I’ve watched this video dozens of times and I always noticed an error Eddache made. I wondered if that disproved his point, and I discovered a rabbit hole that only further proves his point.
At 11:23, Eddache notes how Smithers leaves the town hall in the opposite direction to Burns. This is untrue, as Smithers turns left from the town hall, and in the very next shot Eddache shows, he shows that Mr. Burns also turned left on his way to the car park. And I wondered, does this mean Smithers could’ve been the one in the car park? The answer is no, and the extra clue showing us that has been right under our noses this whole time, or under our ears to be precise.
What does Mr. Burns say when he enters the car park? “Oh it’s you. What are you so *’happy’* about?” Happy. He notes that the person who later shot him was happy when he found them. This makes sense, as the episode expects us to believe his killer was someone who had it out for him, and would gleefully welcome the chance to get their revenge with a smile on their face.
But who was the only suspect who was neither angry at Burns, nor could gleefully want revenge? Smithers.
Smithers was heartbroken, he had a very close relationship with Mr. Burns and that was thrown away, leaving him sad and depressed. He barely shows any real malice towards Burns at the town hall meeting but he is upset. But I doubt even Smithers at that point could bring himself to harm Burns, regardless of how he was treated. Which brings us to Burns’ quote. Smithers seems like the last guy who’d be smiling after the meeting, I doubt he could even try to force himself to smile at that point. But he does enjoy Pardon My Zinger, so if he would be smiling at 3:00pm, it’d be watching the show somewhere else and not at the car park.
So even if he did leave in the same direction as Mr. Burns and if you decide to ignore him never missing Pardon My Zinger so he could be at the car park, there would still be no reason for Smithers to be happy at that time, and thus, the shooter cannot be him.
It’s amazing that along with the myriad of other clues showing it couldn’t be Smithers, they actually wrote it in a way that it couldn’t be him based on his character. Only goes to show how well this murder mystery was written.
Here's a weird fact: In the Disney+ version of the Simpsons, the aspect ratio crops the scenes and in this scene 12:08 Maggie's cropped out of frame, making this clue unseen.
Disney+ actually added a feature where you have the option to watch the show in either its original fullscreen aspect ratio or in widescreen, so it's not unseen for everybody anymore
Why is this so perfect? The animation is perfect, the points are perfect, and it feels so real as if you’re having a conversation with us! Keep it up!
Officer JOEY316 the animation is perfect? lol
nuclearProtocol it's fluent at least
When I first saw this episode I thought it was Santa’s little helper because it’s a dog and it just seemed like something the simpsons would do
“Gunshotologist” is my new dream job
I like how you mention at 3:42
-It destroys local businesses
-sinks a retirement home
-destroys a kid's treehouse
R E S E A R C H .
This was great, much respect.
Clearly a _ton_ of effort into this vid. Good stuff. Thanks, Algorithm!
We all know it was actually Graggle Simpson who shot him. He even pointed on the sundial to 'S' for South and Simpson, as well as 'G' for Gwest and Graggle.
Edit: Apparently noone else had the Director's Cut.
Congrats on a shout out from Philip DeFranco! Great seeing a small creator getting so more well-deserved attention.
Josh fuck off but I didn't even realize it was our boy Eddy when he mentioned it. Really bunged him in TIA
Forty thousand subs isn't small lol. 500 subs or less youtubers would be recognizing a small creator :P
I gotta agree, Philip is a piece of shit
Your telling me watching 60+ episodes of The Simpson's is a waste of time? But think of the meme worthy content boi.
What kind of monster makes memes with the simpsons
@@rafaeldelgado7243 a lot more than you would think 😂😂
@@rafaeldelgado7243...
That was actually really good please make more of these
1:37 it's been almost two years and I still can't find the audio of "homer"
It's from The Simpsons Arcade game at the character select screen
@@eddache thank you Eddie
I swear everyone wanted this sound effect.
This format is fantastic! Animated Eddie is very realistically emotive, and comedic. This video kept my attention really well. Nice work!
Kritigri I agree
Guess what was in the videos section of this video? Who REALLY Shot Mr. Burns?! Honestly!
CherryBomb maggie simpson shot mr burns lol
Lol game theory reference
I can't tell if I just got called out in this video. :p
But either way, nice breakdown. I really like the the way it was all edited together.
I was wondering if I'd see you in here. Love your videos, I watch them all the time
I personally thought it was more of a game theory call out
Honestly I was thinking about your theories the entire video
Nice to see you here!
5:18 Barney is escaping his confinements
i need the "homer" sound effect
same
We all do
Check the first reply if they pinned comment
Everyone is asking who shot Mr. Burns, but we should really be asking.......
*Who shot Johnny Joestar?*
Maybe the anime adaptation will make it less confusing?
Alex Siuciak i couldn’t even tell you
It was Mr. Burns!
It was I
Maggie!
I have to say, this is very impressive! I never knew that this was a mystery that could ACTUALLY be solved. I'm a huge fan of the Simpsons and have seen (pretty much) all the episodes, but it looks like you know them more than I do! GG for finding all the evidence, too! Great job and congrats!
3:16 You watch Krusty? Watch his nose... Yep..Its Homer guys! The theory was, he comes here to kill Burns while behind disguise into Krusty soooo when Burns said "Oh it's you", some people would maybe think: OH ITS HOMER BECAUSE HE DISGUISED HIMSELF INTO SOMEONE THAT BURNS KNOWN (Krusty have a TV show so I supposed that anyone in Springfield know him)!
The creators of this episode are really awesome!
11:51 it was the dog
Ethan Man Playz 🐶
This part actually made me laugh
The dog betrayal
Who shot Mr Burns was a parody of the insane theories and post reveal coverage surrounding who shot JR Ewing. When the simpsons made its joke, that mystery was 15 years old, when you made this the simpsons parody was 23 years old.
The only way you could have been trolled harder is if next week maude flanders steps out of a shower as if nothing ever happened.
That's exactly how Part 2 begins: Smithers wakes up to find Burns in the shower, and realizes it was all a dream. Also, Burns and Smithers are now hot-rod detectives! Then Smithers wakes up and realizes, whoops, THAT was the dream.
Yeah The Simpsons seemed like a way too cynical show to be parodying a 15 year old mystery at the time so o nascent value its kind of weird, it’s also worth noting that many writers were huge Twin Peaks fans and wanted to make a similar commentary on soap operas (Hell they parody the red room scene in this very episode). Then again Twin Peaks was pretty dead by this point so I don’t know
"and I like that"
*painful sobbing*
I don’t know why Eddache isn’t more popular. His channel is top tier.
I think at 10:49 it isn't pointing at smithers but at mr burns implying that it was his own gun that shot him
It was obviously
*Frank Grimes*
He wasn't introduced until season 8 so that theory is absolutely impossible
Super Zak 75 it was also absolutely a joke
It probably isn't
Super Zak 75 the bold font it was a joke bud
DUDE I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE
*says crap*
youtube filters: -_-
*says poo*
youtube filters: O-O
I sleep.
*R E A L S H I T*
@@ክፉየዩቲዩብእጀታ I have two dads, maybe learn to spell too?
@@astropan2765 explains a lot
@@ክፉየዩቲዩብእጀታ I don't have a house either
@@LukewarmAnimations youtube filters: reéeeeeee÷ee
I cannot believe you really rewatched every episode from the seasons before WSMB just to try to prove a point, I respect that ridiculous dedication.
You : Who shot Mr.Burns?
Me : Who shot Johnny Joestar?
commit what I want to know is why the Zeppeli family seems to always die around Joestars.
Corey Patton must be the work of an enemy stand
Joe mama
@@florvillota5 Yea Candice told me that
All 3 of them. Watch Xforts' video
I quite like the retro style of animation, quite reminds me of Eddsworld
….edd egg...
Careful, over the passing month, idiots who can't get over someone who died 6 years ago (may he rest in peace) are going to make comments like
"R.i.p Edd 😩😩😩😭😭😭"
Or some other shit.
That aside, I agree. The animation does remind me a lot of Eddsworld.
@@skidoof5252 R.i.p. edd.
Loved eddsworld,
I was just thinking that a Halloween special from Tord would be great this year lol
@@coreysprinkel3630 xD
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I said "Im watching who shot Mr Burns"
Dad: yeah didn't maggie shoot him
Me: wtf
A couple months later he was watching a series finale on his phone and clicked the home buttom
0:01 Apparently Hans Moleman is so forgettable, Matt Groening got his skin tone wrong. Not to mention Smither's hair.
his skin tone changed often between episodes for some reason. apparently they had to be reminded to stop changing his skin colour.
Daddy Bowley has blessed us!
9:35
A gunshot WOULD be heard, because silencers [Suppressors] only dampen the sound of a gunshot, not remove it entirely.
Marge could have EASILY heard a gunshot from that distance.
they would not have added in the silencer detail if they meant for that to be the case
However she couldn't have heard it from a silenced pistol from that distance it is logically a non silenced pistol
i honestly dont know anything about guns , but in games ( even rainbow six siege which is rather realistic ) a supressor makes a gun really silent
Normally, I'd agree, but _The Simpsons_ is a cartoon. I don't mean that in a dismissive "you're thinking about this too hard" kind of way; I mean the show embraces that it's fictional and often takes advantage of its cartoonishness, and traditionally, in all forms of fiction but especially spy thrillers and murder mysteries, a suppressor actually _does_ make a gun near-silent.
In real life or a more realistic work, it certainly wouldn't have mattered much, but going by the Laws of Fictional Gun Physics, I'd say putting a suppressor on Skinner's gun was definitely intended to mean "Skinner couldn't have shot Burns because if he had we wouldn't have heard the shot".
@@deaththekid922 Yeah, guns in media get so many things wrong about guns in real life.
A suppressed gun is still very loud.
I’ve always argued that Mr. Burns shot himself... I mean he dropped the gun trying to take the sucker from Maggie. She didn’t pull the trigger, the gun went off when it was dropped. It did technically land on her lap, but it was all because of Mr. Burns doing. 🤷🏼♀️
From a holster no it wouldn't have fell out those are specifically made to Hold guns
fred white I agree that in real life a gun probably wouldn’t as easily be able to fall out of a holster. With this being a cartoon and a lot of things on the Simpsons defying logic, it’s not that crazy that his gun falls out during the struggle. If you watch the clip of Mr. Burns explaining what happened you can see it falling into the car as he leans closer to Maggie trying to take her sucker. The gun falls on her lap and goes off. I’m not saying my theory is 100% true. I just think it’s something interesting to consider.
@@mypalewrists That would also explain how his revolver wasn't in the holster when Mr. Burns dropped onto the sundial, it was in the car with Maggie the whole time.
The weapon fell out of the holster during the struggle and fire a bullet at Mr. Burns giving him the gunshot wound, and he then proceded to drop on the sundial with the holster empty leaving it back at the car with Maggie and the dog.
I thought there WAS a shot of her pulling the trigger...but it was years ago, so...
What I think adds to Maggie being the culprit is that Mr burns has messed with the lives of people close to her and in turn, she has a bone to pick with him. Bart's tree house being destroyed and the retirement home Grampa Simpson was being sunk, for examples.
Homer
Funny story: when I was in school. We had a brain break where we played tic tac toe. Somebody drew 2 homers
Sans&Flowey ha lol
man how many times do i have to cringe at my past
How can you dislike the effort this man put into this video
10:01 But Bart and Abe can't both possess the same Smith & Wesson simultaneously?!
Give me that “homer” sound effect NOW
Edit: 1:43 sound effect
Simpsons Arcade Game character select screen
I just always thought they wrote themselves into a wall and chose Maggie just because that'd be the most surprising conclusion.
And now you know that Maggie was actually the only character that fits all the evidence!
@chunkycake101 : it was covered in this vid that a TV show Smithers said he never misses was on at the same time of the murder, and you see him walking away toward the end.
I appreciate the Game Theory piss-take.
but remember thats just a theory a game / film theory
There’s a game theory episode on this?
@@JoinTheSwamination no it was just a jab at the clickbait thumbnails
@@JoinTheSwamination no he used the same style that GT uses for his videos
3:08 I'm looking at you film/game theory