Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish

Season 2, Episode 4, Aired
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When the nuclear power plant fails a safety inspection, Mr. Burns runs for governor in an attempt to change the laws in his favor.
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  • D'oh.

    5.5
    "Mediocre"
    By jmbsonic555, Oct 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    The episode begins with Bart and Lisa fishing in a small lake when an investigative reporter named Dave Shutton approaches them to talk. While they are talking, Bart catches a fish with three eyes and Dave Shutton looks off in the distance to see that the nuclear power plant has a runoff for waste directly flowing into the small lake. The next day he writes an investigative story for the newspaper, questioning whether or not the power plant had anything to do with the mutation of the fish. More headlines follow including one with the governor, Mary Bailey, calling for an investigation of the power plant. Later on at the power plant, a government inspection team shows up for a plant inspection. During the inspection, the inspectors cite numerous violations in the plant. Mr. Burns attempts to bribe lead inspector, he ignores the bribe and tells Mr. Burns he must get the plant up to code or he will be shut down. When Smithers informs Mr. Burns that it will cost 56 million dollars to bring the plant up to code, Mr. Burns tells Smithers he wants to be left alone. Mr. Burns proceeds to drink in an attempt to drown his sorrows away. While walking through the empty power plant after hours, Mr. Burns smashes his empty liquor bottle, which wakes up a sleeping Homer who has slept right through quitting time. When Homer goes out to his car he sees Mr. Burns at the wheel of his Rolls Royce crying. Homer goes over to see what is wrong, and Mr. Burns informs Homer of his problems. Homer suggests to Mr. Burns that he should run for governor, then he could declare what is legal and safe regarding the power plant. A revived Mr. Burns likes Homer's advice and they drive off into the night.

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  • politics writen all over this one

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    By cube2k8, May 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep bart and lisa find a fish that had 3 eyes and a reporter takes a picture of the fish and it spreads through out the town and a safty inspeciton people come they say he faied becasue things were leaking all over the place and parts were falling apart and mr burns tries to brive them with thing full of cash and they say no and then mr burns goes into polictics to try to change the rules he hires the best people he can get with his money and things start to be going good and then mr burns goes and has dinner at the simpsons house and then lisa feeds him the fish that they found and mr burns spits him out in front of the camera and his campaine goes down the tubes.moreless

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  • politics don't interest me...

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    By futuramarama, Apr 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    ...Unless the overall episode is funny, which to me, this one was not. I watched it once and was expecting a funny, clever episode, but i don't remember anything funny or clever, i remember being bored for a lot of it. Could be just me, i just did not find anything entertaining. This is one of s2's weakest In my opinion, whilst others think it is one of the best, sorry but I disagree. My overall grade would be a C or so. It's passable, but only just. I only did not give it a D because it is better than a "D" episodemoreless

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  • Political.

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    By Gibson3445, Aug 15, 2008 Report Abuse
    Lisa and Bart are fishing near the power plant and find a 3 eyed fish (Blinky). It is on the news and soon the whole town knows about it. Burns worries it will hurt his run for governer so he picks a random employee to eat with to show he is a average guy. Marge doesn't agree with Burns ideas and thinks he just wants more power. So she serves him The fish he spits it out and his chance of being Governer is ruined.

    It is an ok episode I think it was a little to serious and didn't really feel like other simpsons episodes.

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  • A episode that centered around politics, but to me it just didn't have the Simpsons feel to it

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    By Iverson82094, Jan 28, 2008 Report Abuse
    While fishing near the Springfield Nuclear Reactor, Bart and Lisa catch a fish with three eyes. The event makes headlines and a Washington regulatory committee sends a team to investigate it. The team tells Burns if the plant isn't cleaned up they will shut it down. Burns runs for govenor in hopes that he can pass laws to keep the plant open. Burns' declares that the three eyes on the fish was simply nature's way of improving her handywork. His public relations people fear he may be losing touch with the common man, so they arrange for him to have dinner with The Simpsons. With TV cameras rolling, Marge places the three eyed fish onto Burns's plate. Burns takes a bite of the radioactive fish and spits it out, sinking his campaign.moreless

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    • In this episode Mr. Burns reveals his full name: Charles Montgomery Burns. Edit
    • 98% of Springfield voters see Mr. Burns as despicable or worse. Edit
    • After learning that he must repair his power plant at a cost of $56 million, Mr. Burns sings the 1932 E.Y. Harburg song, "Brother Can You Spare a Dime." Edit

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    • When the make-up man is drawing eyebrows on Homer, the campaign manager tells him "We want John Q. Public, not Tyrone Power". Originally he said Rex Harrison, but the actor passed away between the time that this episode was animated and the time it premiered so the line was changed but the animation wasn't. Edit
    • This episode won a 1991 EMA Award for TV Comedy. Edit
    • The June 25th, 1992 repeat of this episode contained a different blackboard joke in the opening: "Potato," not "Potatoe". Edit

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    • Grampa: That Burns is just what this state needs! Young blood! Edit
    • Homer: (about Blinky) Oh, Marge, what's the big deal? I bet before the papers blew this out of proportion, you didn't even know how many eyes a fish had. Edit
    • (Homer leaves for work) Lisa: Don't spill anything! Bart: Keep those mutants coming, Homer! Homer: I'll mutant you. Edit

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    • Citizen Kane When Bart asks Homer "Is your boss governor yet?" it is a reference to a moment in Citizen Kane when Kane's son asks him "Is Pop governor yet?" Edit
    • It's a Wonderful Life The governor Mr. Burns runs against in this episode is named Mary Bailey. She shares the same name as the character Donna Reed played in the 1946 Frank Capra film, It's a Wonderful Life. Edit
    • Michael Dukakis During Mr. Burns' campaign for Governor, he can be seen riding in an army tank. This image is a reference to the 1988 Michael Dukakis Presidential campaign, in which he posed in a tank for a photo op. Edit

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