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* PerfectDisguiseTerribleActing: The actors portraying the Simpsons wear costumes that are exact replicas of the family's and their masks are absolute LatexPerfection, but their stilted acting and flat delivery make Bart suspicious anyhow, and it takes Burns a minute to convince him.


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* PerfectDisguiseTerribleActing: The actors portraying the Simpsons wear costumes that are exact replicas of the family's and their masks are absolute LatexPerfection, but their stilted acting and flat delivery make Bart suspicious anyhow, and it takes Burns a minute to convince him.
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* PerfectDisguiseTerribleActing: The actors portraying the Simpsons wear costumes that are exact replicas of the family's and their masks are absolute LatexPerfection, but their stilted acting and flat delivery make Bart suspicious anyhow, and it takes Burns a minute to convince him.

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-->'''Lenny:''' Uh, I'm a... good... work... guy...
-->'''Mr. Burns:''' You're fired.
-->'''Lenny:''' But I didn't say...
-->'''Mr. Burns:''' [[PreemptiveDeclaration You will]]. ''(pushes trapdoor button)''
-->'''Lenny:''' ''(falling)'' [=EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee=]!

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-->'''Lenny:''' Uh, I'm a... good... work... guy... \n-->'''Mr. \\
'''Mr.
Burns:''' You're fired. \n-->'''Lenny:''' \\
'''Lenny:'''
But I didn't say...
-->'''Mr.
say...\\
'''Mr.
Burns:''' [[PreemptiveDeclaration You will]]. ''(pushes trapdoor button)''
-->'''Lenny:'''
button)''\\
'''Lenny:'''
''(falling)'' [=EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee=]!


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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Burns's ad, announcing his search for a suitable heir to inherit his fortune:
-->'''Burns''': My, vast, vast, vast, ''vast'' fortune.\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Burns''': Vast.
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** Burns threatens the actors posing as the Simpson family that he will send them back to performing ''Theatre/ComeBlowYourHorn'' (Creator/NeilSimon's very first play) at the Westport Dinner Theater.

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** The British actor Burns hired to play Homer compares the role to the title character of ''Film/RainMan''.

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** The British actor Burns hired to play Homer compares the role to the title character of ''Film/RainMan''.''Film/RainMan'' and ''Film/{{Awakenings}}''.
** The Marge actress disparages the dialogue, saying it contains none of the wit of ''Series/MurphyBrown''.
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-->'''Burns:''' This calls for a celebration--let's fite some employees!\\

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-->'''Burns:''' This calls for a celebration--let's fite fire some employees!\\
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* BorrowedCatchphrase:
-->'''Burns:''' This calls for a celebration--let's fite some employees!\\
'''Bart:''' Excellent...


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* TripTrap: With Bart gone, Lisa decides to fill in his role to "fill the void of random, meaningless destruction Bart's absence has left in our hearts", and sticks out her leg to trip Homer.
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*** It doesn't help that "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsWhoShotMrBurns Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1]]" has Mr. Burns recalling both "Rosebud" and this episode in the same scene.

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*** It doesn't help that "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsWhoShotMrBurns "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E25WhoShotMrBurnsPartOne Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1]]" One]]" has Mr. Burns recalling both "Rosebud" and this episode in the same scene.
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** Burns' commercial announcing his search for an heir is based on a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwVqtzoBNSM teaser trailer]] for ''Film/{{Toys}}'' which showed Creator/RobinWilliams standing in a similar wheat field.
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* RequestForPrivacy: Mr. Burns gets so upset over Bart's horribly-phrased audition that he orders everyone else to leave before giving Bart a LiteralAssKicking with a mechanical boot.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Bart is gifted a car by Mr. Burns, to which he naturally responds that he can't drive and, upon being encouraged to do it anyway, drives it as well as you'd expect a ten-year-old to do. Many subsequent episodes would make it a RunningGag that Bart has adult-level competence behind the wheel, with the fact even providing the plot for "Bart on the Road" two seasons later.
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