Mr Burns

Miserly nuclear boss

Mr Burns is the miserly billionaire villain from the animated television series *The Simpsons*, owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

His full name is Charles Montgomery Burns.

The character has become a cultural shorthand for heartless corporate greed and cartoonish evil—elderly, skeletal, and gleefully cruel: My boss is a real Mr Burns type.

His catchphrase "Excellent" and tented fingers are widely imitated.

Related

billionaire · Smithers · excellent · greedy · corporate greed · villain · evil genius · bald · old · old man · wealthy · tycoon · hounds · release · miserly · scheming · cruel · tyrant

Categories
Opposites
generosity and compassion

Mr BurnsSanta Claus

Legendary yuletide gift-giver

Ned Flanders · philanthropist · Mister Rogers · Bob Cratchit · Mother Teresa

moral character in fiction

Mr BurnsNed Flanders

Lisa Simpson · Homer Simpson · Marge Simpson · Superman · Atticus Finch

attitude toward workers/common people

Mr BurnsHomer Simpson

Norma Rae · socialist · labor advocate · egalitarian · man of the people

Family

Burns, burn, burned, burning, burns, burner, burners, burnout, sunburn

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG