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Mr. Burns (Creator/HarryShearer) turns Bring Your Kids to Work Day into Put Your Kids to Work Day. Lisa Simpson evades that and chases Mr. Burns into the men's room, where he finds graffiti denigrating him.

Mr. Burns has a team transform him into Fred Kranepool (Creator/DavidHarbour). After his first day of work, Fred goes to Moe's with Homer, Lenny (also Harry Shearer) and Carl (now voiced by Creator/AlexDesert).

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Mr. Burns (Creator/HarryShearer) turns Bring Your Kids to Work Day into Put Your Kids to Work Day. Lisa Simpson evades that and chases Mr. Burns into the men's room, where he finds graffiti denigrating him.

Mr. Burns has a team transform him into Fred Kranepool (Creator/DavidHarbour). Kranepool. After his first day of work, Fred goes to Moe's with Homer, Lenny (also Harry Shearer) and Carl (now voiced by Creator/AlexDesert).
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* NotSoAboveItAll: As Homer happily leaves for work since Fred convinced Mr. Burns to make the work place better, Bart asks if they should tell him its Saturday. Marge says not to since it'll give them the breakfast turkey breast for once.

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* NotSoAboveItAll: As Homer happily leaves for work since Fred convinced Mr. Burns to make the work place better, Bart asks if they should tell him its it’s Saturday. Marge says not to since it'll give them the breakfast turkey breast for once.
* SelfDeprecation: Marge is suspicious of Homer’s new friend, remembering how Lady Gaga came to town and befriended Lisa, before vanishing forever.
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* ExpressiveMask: The "Fred" disguise's mask, though it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in that the mask contains electronics that enable Burns to disguise his voice and communicate with Smithers, so it's likely the mask also has some form of animatronics that allow Fred's expressions to show and mouth to move. [[spoiler:The "Fred" disguise is also sentient, and duels with Burns at the end of the episode.]]

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* ExpressiveMask: The "Fred" disguise's mask, though it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in that the mask contains electronics that enable Burns to disguise his voice and communicate with Smithers, so it's likely the mask also has some form of animatronics that allow Fred's expressions to show and mouth to move. [[spoiler:The The "Fred" disguise is also sentient, and duels with Burns at the end of the episode.]]
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* IronicName: Don Phonyman is a real new employee instead of Mr. Burns in another disguise.


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* MistakenForAnImpostor: In the end, Homer, Lenny and Carl assume a real new worker is actually Mr. Burns in a new disguise.


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* TemptingFate:
** Upon being taken for forced work, Bart says at least there's no annoying ride song. A song starts right after he says that.
** After seeing the bad things written about him in the men's lounge, Mr. Burns hopes things are better in the women's lounge. There's a burning effigy of him there.
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* BigEater: Homer goes to work on a Saturday but doesn't know it's that day, but Marge doesn't remind him after he leaves so the family can eat a turkey roast without him not letting them get to it first.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: By the end of the episode, any employee caught smiling is punished.

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