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'''''Smithers' Guide''''' is a [[The Simpsons comic strips|''The Simpsons'' comic strip]].
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'''''Smithers' Guide''''' is a ''[[The Simpsons Comic Strips]]'' story that was first published in [[2000]].
  
 
== Synopsis ==
 
== Synopsis ==
{{desc|[[Waylon Smithers]] reads a guide book to learn how to be a better assistant to [[Mr. Burns]].}}
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{{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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== Plot ==
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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.
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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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A week later, Homer's latest paycheck comes in, but it's been reduced by half. [[Marge]] is shocked when she sees it, and Homer tries asking if she has lost weight.
  
 
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== External links ==
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*[https://lardlad.com/comics#045 Smithers' Guide] at [https://lardlad.com/ Last Exit to Springfield]
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Latest revision as of 18:36, April 13, 2026

Smithers' Guide
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Comic Story information
Released: 2000
Comic series: The Simpsons Comic Strips
Pages: 1
Written by: David McKean


Smithers' Guide is a The Simpsons Comic Strips story that was first published in 2000.

Synopsis[edit]

Waylon Smithers reads a guide book to learn how to be a better assistant to Mr. Burns.

Plot[edit]

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.

A week later, Homer's latest paycheck comes in, but it's been reduced by half. Marge is shocked when she sees it, and Homer tries asking if she has lost weight.

Reprints[edit]

Comic issue Release date Country
Simpsons Comics #193 December 22, 2011 800px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png

External links[edit]


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