The Simpsons: Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish / Season: 2 / Episode: 4 (1990)

The Simpsons

Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish (Television Episode)

Season: 2
Episode: 4

November 1, 1990

In the episode, Bart catches a three-eyed fish in a river downstream of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. This causes the plant to become inspected, and in order to prevent it from being shut down, Mr. Burns decides to run for governor. After a hard campaign which sees Burns rise from being universally despised to running neck and neck with incumbent Mary Bailey, it is decided that Burns will have dinner with a random employee the night before the election. Homer is chosen, much to Marge's chagrin.

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Citizen Kane (Movie)

May 1941

Genres: Drama

Several parts of the episode are inspired by the 1941 film Citizen Kane, all with Mr. Burns in the role of Charles Foster Kane.[3] The campaign rally scene where Burns speaks in front of a giant poster of himself is a reference to a scene from that film.[10] The scene where Burns trashes the Simpson family's dining room after the dinner is similar to the scene in which Kane destroys his ex-wife's room.

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