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'''''Smithers' Guide''''' is a ''{{ap|Simpsons Comics|UK}}'' story first printed in {{SC|193|UK}}.

== Synopsis ==
{{desc|[[Waylon Smithers]] reads a guide book to learn how to be a better assistant to [[Mr. Burns]].}}


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 == Plot ==
-After [[Smithers]] breaks [[Mr. Burns]]' last vial of oil of vitriol, Burns fires Smithers. Smithers goes back to his office, where he finds his copy of ''[[Sycophancy for Dummies]]'' and reads it to learn how to be a better assistant to Mr. Burns. Meanwhile, Burns starts looking for a new assistant. Smithers realizes that, according to the book, he's been doing everything right. He then goes to [[Moe's Tavern]] for a glass of sherry, thinking that hanging out with the local drunks may give him some wisdom he's overlooking.
+After [[Smithers]] breaks [[Mr. Burns]]' last vial of oil of vitriol, Burns threatens to fire Smithers if he displeases him again. Smithers goes back to his office, where he finds his copy of ''[[Sycophancy for Dummies]]'' and reads it to learn how to be a better assistant to Mr. Burns. Meanwhile, Burns starts looking for a new assistant. Smithers realizes that, according to the book, he's been doing everything right. He then goes to [[Moe's Tavern]] for a glass of sherry, thinking that hanging out with the local drunks may give him some wisdom he's overlooking.
 In Moe's, [[Homer]] tells Smithers that there hasn't been a single relationship problem that can't be solved by saying "honey-have-you-lost-weight," which gives Smithers the idea to focus on Burns' "superior looks." Meanwhile, Mr. Burns realizes that he can't replace Smithers, and that only an ungrateful tyrant would fire him. Smithers enters Burns' office and calls Burns an Adonis. Burns doesn't like the vain compliment, thinking it's just transparent flattery, so he tells Smithers that he's indeed fired. Before he finishes his final day, he decides to do something to Homer.

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-'''''Smithers' Guide''''' is a [[The Simpsons comic strips|''The Simpsons'' comic strip]].
+'''''Smithers' Guide''''' is a ''[[The Simpsons Comic Strips]]'' story that was first published in [[2000]].
 == Synopsis ==
-{{Synopsis|[[Waylon Smithers]] reads a guide book to learn how to be a better assistant to [[Mr. Burns]].}}
+{{Synopsis|[[Waylon Smithers]] reads [[Sycophancy for Dummies|a guide book]] to learn how to be a better assistant to [[Mr. Burns]].}}
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{desc|[[Waylon Smithers]] reads a guide book to learn how to be a better assistant to [[Mr. Burns]].}}
+{{Synopsis|[[Waylon Smithers]] reads a guide book to learn how to be a better assistant to [[Mr. Burns]].}}
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