YMMV / The Simpsons S 20 E 8 The Burns And The Bees

• Designated Hero: While Lisa's intentions were pure throughout the episode, the same cannot be said for Homer who originally only cared for Lisa's attempt to save the bees when his daughter pointed out their deaths would mean no more honey. While Homer eventually shifts to a more selfless attitude when he finds Lisa saddened by the destruction of her bee sanctuary thanks to the stadium Mr. Burns built, he responds by mixing the queen bee of Lisa's former sanctuary with Moe's Africanized bees, whose offspring immediately go to the arena when released and get everyone inside badly stung as a result. With all this said it is easy to see Homer rather than Mr. Burns as the true villain of the episode.
• Designated Villain: After witnessing the antics of Mark Cuban at a Dallas Mavericks game, Burns tries to win over Springfield basketball fans with his own antics. Burns fails miserably, and decides to build a luxurious sports arena. The problem is that he decides to build the stadium at the site of an abandoned greenhouse which Lisa wants to use as a bee sanctuary. Burns is treated as the villain of the episode even though he didn’t do anything wrong. The town allowed him to build the stadium and all he wanted to do was be liked. However when Homer accidentally unleashed a hive of Africanized bees on the stadium, Burns had to pay for the damages (and presumably lawsuits) which knocked him out of billionare status and as a result, got him kicked out of the billionaires' retreat. In contrast Lisa and Homer not only get off scot-free but get exactly what they want as the arena is declared a bee sanctuary, enabling the bees to survive.
• Genius Bonus: When the Springfield Excitement go up 2-0, Burns tells them to get the ball back and run out the clock. While the shot clock would render this impossible in the modern NBA, the league existed for several years before it was adopted so it would have been a perfectly valid strategy during his younger years.