The Burns Cage - Revision history

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|When [[Smithers]] is devastated by [[Mr. Burns|Burns]]' lack of affection towards him, [[Homer]] makes it his mission to find him a boyfriend. Meanwhile, after [[Bart]] orchestrates the removal of the lead in the school's stage production of [[Casablanca]], [[Milhouse]] serves as a terrible understudy, which frustrates his co-star, [[Lisa]].}}
+{{Synopsis|When [[Smithers]] is devastated by [[Mr. Burns|Burns]]' lack of affection towards him, [[Homer]] makes it his mission to find him a boyfriend. Meanwhile, after [[Bart]] orchestrates the removal of the lead in the school's stage production of [[Casablanca]], [[Milhouse]] serves as a terrible understudy, which frustrates his co-star, [[Lisa]].}}
 == Plot ==

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-"'''The Burns Cage'''" is the seventeenth episode of [[season 27]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the five-hundred and ninety-first episode overall. It originally aired on April 3, [[2016]]. The episode was written by [[Rob LaZebnik]] and directed by [[Rob Oliver]]. It guest stars [[George Takei]] as {{Ch|George Takei|himself}}.
+"'''The Burns Cage'''" is the seventeenth episode of [[Season 27|broadcast season 27]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the five-hundred and ninety-first episode overall. It originally aired on April 3, [[2016]]. The episode was written by [[Rob LaZebnik]] and directed by [[Rob Oliver]]. It guest stars [[George Takei]] as {{Ch|George Takei|himself}}.
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|When [[Smithers]] is devastated by [[Mr. Burns|Burns]]' lack of affection towards him, [[Homer]] makes it his mission to find him a boyfriend. Meanwhile, after [[Bart]] orchestrates the removal of the lead in the school's stage production of ''[[Casablanca]]'', [[Milhouse]] serves as a terrible understudy, which frustrates his co-star, [[Lisa]].}}
+{{Desc|When [[Smithers]] is devastated by [[Mr. Burns|Burns]]' lack of affection towards him, [[Homer]] makes it his mission to find him a boyfriend. Meanwhile, after [[Bart]] orchestrates the removal of the lead in the school's stage production of [[Casablanca]], [[Milhouse]] serves as a terrible understudy, which frustrates his co-star, [[Lisa]].}}
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	As of June [[2024]], the episode has a 6.4 rating on {{W\|IMDb}}.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5222700/ IMDb - "The Burns Cage"]</ref>		As of June [[2024]], the episode has a 6.4 rating on {{W\|IMDb}}.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5222700/ IMDb - "The Burns Cage"]</ref>
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		+	== In other languages ==
		+	{{LanguageBox
		+	\|de=yes
		+	\|deName=Ein Käfig voller Smithers
		+	\|deTrans=A cage full of Smithers
		+	\|es=yes
		+	\|esName=Una jaula de Burns
		+	\|esTrans=A Burns cage
		+	\|la=yes
		+	\|laName=La jaula de Burns
		+	\|laTrans=Burns' Cage
		+	\|fr=yes
		+	\|frName=La Cage au fol
		+	\|frTrans=The Mad Cage
		+	\|qu=yes
		+	\|quName=La Cage aux Burnes
		+	\|quTrans=The Cage with Burns
		+	\|it=yes
		+	\|itName=La gabbia di Burns
		+	\|itTrans=Burns' Cage
		+	}}

	== International airdates ==		== International airdates ==

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 "The Burns Cage" was nominated for a [[2016]] {{W|Annie Award for Best General Audience Animated Television Production}}, but lost to "{{W|Glued, Where's My Bob?}}" from ''[[Bob's Burgers]]''.<ref name="Annie2016">[https://web.archive.org/web/20171117005020/https://annieawards.org/legacy/44th-annie-awards The Annie Awards - "44th Annie Awards"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>
-As of June [[2014]], the episode has a 6.4 rating on {{W|IMDb}}.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5222700/ IMDb - "The Burns Cage"]</ref>
+As of June [[2024]], the episode has a 6.4 rating on {{W|IMDb}}.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5222700/ IMDb - "The Burns Cage"]</ref>
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 In an interview, [[Al Jean]] said that in the episode, Smithers quits his job and falls in love with Julio.<ref name="AlJeanEWInterview">[http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/16/simpsons-season-27-al-jean-interview?hootPostID=215059253b744f11248724f3bfc593e3 Entertainment Weekly - "Simpsons exec producer Al Jean on Homer and Marge's separation, Smithers' new love, and Spider-Pig's return"]</ref>
-Writer [[Rob LaZebnik]] wrote the episode in support of his son [[Johnny LaZebnik]], who would go on to co-write "[[Portrait of a Lackey on Fire]]" with his father, who is gay. Rob LaZebnik said "I am a Midwestern guy, so I don't tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve, but I thought, 'What better way to tell my son I love him than to write a cartoon about it?'" LaZebnik had the idea of Smithers coming out two or three years before he pitched the episode, and the episode was approved of by his son. LaZebnik also said that he wanted Smithers to have a low-key coming out rather than a large-scale one.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2016/04/01/simpsons-smithers-gay-reveal-was-inspired-by-the-writers-son/ New York Post - "'Simpsons' Smithers gay reveal was inspired by the writer's son"]</ref>
+Writer [[Rob LaZebnik]] wrote the episode in support of his son [[Johnny LaZebnik]], who is gay. Johnny would go on to co-write "[[Portrait of a Lackey on Fire]]" with his father. Rob LaZebnik said "I am a Midwestern guy, so I don't tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve, but I thought, 'What better way to tell my son I love him than to write a cartoon about it?'" LaZebnik had the idea of Smithers coming out two or three years before he pitched the episode, and the episode was approved of by his son. LaZebnik also said that he wanted Smithers to have a low-key coming out rather than a large-scale one.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2016/04/01/simpsons-smithers-gay-reveal-was-inspired-by-the-writers-son/ New York Post - "'Simpsons' Smithers gay reveal was inspired by the writer's son"]</ref>
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