Fridge / The Simpsons S12 E5 "Homer vs. Dignity"

• Fridge Brilliance:
  • For all of Burns' contempt for anyone who's not as rich as he is, viewers have never seen Mr. Burns be racist or sexist^note (barring that time he fired Marge for being married and lustfully growled at her when he said, "You don't have to sue me to get my pants off." Even then, he apologized after Homer demands so). This was probably the writer's way of saying, "Mr. Burns may be a twisted, loveless billionaire, but he prefers to make everyone regardless of race and/or gender feel bad instead of just single out one."
  • This is one of the only times Bart ever gets an A of his own accord, regardless of how he was forced to study. The fact that it ends with Homer's credit card being rejected and ultimately leads to the Christmas parade being ruined may have crushed any reason he'd follow up on that for awhile, thus why he returns to his typical inattention and hijinks at school, as he may have felt like crap as a result.