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'''Original air date:''' 12/2/2001

'''Production code:''' CABF-18

Thanks to Homer's temporary job as a Chinese fortune cookie writer, Mr. Burns falls in love with Gloria (voiced by Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus), a police officer who used to date town criminal, Snake Jailbird.

!! Tropes:

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: And somehow, she chose Snake over Burns.
-->'''Burns:''' I don't get it Simpson. I'm a "Bad Boy."\\
'''Homer:''' [[StealthInsult Oh, I know.]]\\
'''Burns:''' [[CardCarryingVillain I'm absolutely evil.]]\\
'''Bart:''' You're preaching to the choir, man.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Burns gains the energy to actually have sex with Gloria using a rare aphrodisiac made from 'the pockets of the pocket-fox', an animal that apparently only existed for three weeks in the sixteenth century, which gave Burns a ''massive'' boost in stamina (and also gave Homer an exceptional boost for later that night with Marge).
* AsiansEatPets: In the Chinese restaurant, the waiter asks Lisa if she wants to have a dog's nose with her bittersweet rice.
* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: After Mr. Burns pays for his Chinese takeout, the Chinese delivery man reminds him, in perfect English, that tipping is customary. Burns simply responds with, "Ooh, me sorry. Me no speaky Chiny!" and slams the door on him.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Dating Mr. Burns has Gloria picking up his turns of phrase. After bowling a strike on one date, she faces Burns and Homer, [[FingerTenting tents her fingers]], and lets out an "Eeeexcellent!"
* CallBack: Burns's aphrodisiac contains similar properties as Grampa Simpson's sex-revitalizing tonic from "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy".
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Gloria compares spending time with Burns like doing it with her brother, Burns believes she's falling for him.
* ComicallySmallBribe: Mr. Burns bribes Homer to play along with pretending he's young and hip with a pie. After he briefly turns away, Homer's already eating one that he grabbed off a nearby windowsill.
* ContinuityNod: Mr. Burns' past accomplishments: [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E10Springfield He ran his own casino]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E21MontyCantBuyMeLove stole the Loch Ness Monster]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E1WhoShotMrBurnsPartTwo got shot by a baby]] and [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E25WhoShotMrBurnsPartOne blotted out the sun]].
* CrackOhMyBack: In another display of pathetic physical weakness, Mr. Burns is unable to open his fortune cookie. A crack is then heard and Smithers congratulates him, but Burns admits that was his thumbs.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Because of his ObviouslyEvil design, the animators had difficulty showing Mr. Burns looking happy, which meant that they had to completely overhaul his design throughout the episode [[https://frinkiac.com/img/S13E04/507966.jpg e.g. sometimes showing him without his eyebrows]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Seeing that he's in a good mood, Carl tries asking Mr. Burns for a raise, only for him to cheerfully tell Carl to clean out his desk because he's fired. Carl doesn't seem that bummed about it.
-->'''Carl:''' Well, I had a good run.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Two strippers cornering an increasingly uncomfortable Smithers is played entirely for humor about his closeted homosexuality, even as he starts panicking from what is clearly sexual harassment for him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Snake abandoned a telemarketing scam because he doesn't like bothering people at home.
* IsItSomethingYouEat: Snake threatens to pistol whip Homer, who thinks pistol whipping means scooping whipped cream with a pistol and eating it.
* LetsSeeYOUDoBetter: Homer is challenged to do so after criticizing the fortunes his family reads at a Chinese restaurant. He succeeds.
* MagicalDefibrillator: Burns apparently ''dies'' of old age at one point during his date with Gloria, forcing Homer to use a defibrillator on him to restart his heart. Especially notable since he had his head on Gloria's thigh, so if anything, she should have gotten a shock too.
* MayDecemberRomance: Between Gloria and Mr. Burns. Mr. Burns is over a hundred years old and Gloria, at first, is hesitant about being involved with him because he’s much older than her.
* PistolWhip: Snake threatens to do this to Homer, [[LiteralMinded but Homer assumes that it's eating whipped cream]] [[JugglingLoadedGuns with a pistol]].
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Burns and Snake over Gloria.
* RightThroughTheWall: Homer decides to try some of the rare aphrodisiac Burns uses to be able to sleep with Gloria. Cut to a lust-crazed Homer running up the stairs with Marge in his arms, then cut to the two in bed afterwards, with Marge hoping the kids didn't hear. We then see the shocked faces of Bart, Lisa, and ''Flanders'', who's in his own bedroom.
--> '''Ned''': *amazed* ''Wow...''
* SeinfeldianConversation: [[ActorAllusion Appropriately enough]] the episode ends this way with Mr Burns and the Simpsons discussing what a Devil beard is.
* ShoutOut: [[SpaghettiKiss Mr. Burns and Gloria eat spaghetti like]] WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp (technically, anyway; in reality the spaghetti is being sent to Homer via a tube on the side of Mr. Burns' face).
* StrangelySpecificHoroscope: One of the fortunes Homer writes is "Your store is being robbed, Apu." The one Mr. Burns receives (which kicks off the main plot) reads "You will find true love on Flag Day." Coincidentally, he receives it on Flag Day and leaves home promptly to find love.