Frinkcoin
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- For the cryptocurrency, see Frinkcoin (cryptocurrency).
- "Frinkcoin was just rated the world's most stable financial instrument, beating gold, the renminbi and roadside corn."
- ―Kent Brockman
"Frinkcoin"
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Episode Information
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"Frinkcoin" is the thirteenth episode of season 31 of The Simpsons and the six hundred seventy-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on February 23, 2020. The episode was written by Rob LaZebnik and directed by Steven Dean Moore. It guest stars Beanie Feldstein as the support group therapist, Ed "Too Tall" Jones as himself and Jim Parsons as himself.
Synopsis
- "Homer and Marge compete to be the topic of Lisa's "Most Interesting Person I Know" essay. Lisa instead chooses Professor Frink. While Lisa works on the essay, Frink develops a cryptocurrency, overtaking Mr. Burns' title of richest man in Springfield. With new fame, Frink struggles to know who his real friends are, while Mr. Burns schemes to take his title back."
Plot
The Simpson family eats at The Lentil Institution, a vegan restaurant, trying to win over Lisa so she will choose them for her "Most interesting person I know" paper. However, she chooses Professor Frink, who is devoted to helping the world through science.
At Springfield University, Lisa visits and interviews Frink. After explaining his life story, Frink tells Lisa he is developing a new cryptocurrency, Frinkcoin. He shows her a video of Jim Parsons explaining how cryptocurrency works.
Frinkcoin becomes famous, making Frink the richest man in town, which enrages Mr. Burns. However, Frink feels empty inside, so Lisa tries to help him. He moves from his university office to Chicago but still feels sad, so Lisa suggests Homer take him to Moe's.
Frink aces Moe's trivia questions and earns the respect and friendship of the barflies, while Smithers assembles a team of nerds to create Burns Coin. Burns becomes angry at Smithers for calling him Monty instead of Mr. Burns and seeks help at a support group.
Frink takes his new friends to Springfield's finest establishments, while Mr. Burns grows angrier at the nerds for being late. They create a formula to render all cryptocurrency worthless, but the calculations would take 90,000 years. Instead, Burns decides to break Frink's spirit.
Mr. Burns lands his helicopter on Frink's yacht and invites Frink for a glass of champagne from space. Inside the helicopter, Burns plants the doubt in Frink's mind that he will never know if people truly like him or just his money. In the final chapter of her interview, Lisa tells Frink how cruel and ruthless Burns is and advises him not to listen to him.
Burns presents the nerds' equation in the center of town, in front of the Jebediah Springfield statue, for the people of Springfield to solve. Meanwhile, Frink tests his friends to see if they truly care about him, but they all fail.
A solution to the equation appears on the billboard, and the person who solved it is Frink himself. Lisa and Frink find themselves becoming best friends, though Frink realizes he has just lost all his money. In the end, he returns to the university and kisses the woman he worked with there.
Production
One scene, that was previewed in the below promo image, was cut.
Reception
Hank Azaria was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance in the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards for voicing Professor Frink, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Carl Carlson, Cletus Spuckler, Kirk Van Houten, and the Sea Captain, but he lost to Maya Rudolph for Big Mouth.[1]
Gallery
References
Promo videos
"Hear that big bang? 💥 That's the sound of guest star Jim Parsons joining us this SUNDAY" on Twitter
Preview: Say Yes To Animation Domination at YouTube- Homer Is Hanging With The Frink at YouTube
- Jim Parsons Explains Crypto Currency at YouTube
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