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• An early reference to Smither's homosexuality might be when Smither suggests, "I don't think women and seamen [semin] mix, sir.
  Burns says, "Yes, we know what you think." This episode came out long before Smithers was openly gay and I think it's one of the first overt references....
• Smithers: You know what this means? He alive!
  Burns: Oh, you're right, Smithers. I guess I owe you a Coke....
• Burns: Yes, by cutting off cable TV and the beer supply, I can ensure an honest winter's work out of those low-lives.
  Smithers: Sir, did you ever stop to think that [closes car trunk] maybe it was doing _this_ that caused the previous caretakers to go insane and murder their families?...
• Troy: Ambassador Henry Mwabwetumba of the Ivory Coast writes, "What is the real deal with Mr.
  Burns' assistant Smithers? You know what I'm talking about....
• Smithers: People like dogs, Mr. Burns. Burns: Nonsense.
  Dogs are idiots! Think about it, Smithers. If I came into your house and started sniffing at your crotch and slobbering all over your face, what would you say?...
• Burns: [chuckles] And to think, Smithers: you laughed when I bought TicketMaster.
  Nobody's going to pay a 100% service charge." Smithe...
• Burns: It's no use. I guess I'll have to leave all my money to the Egg Advisory Council.
  Eggs have gotten quite a bad rap lately, you know, Smithers....
• Burns: You know, Smithers, I think I'll donate a million dollars to the local orphanage.
  ..when pigs fly! [They laugh. The pig sails across the sky before them....
• Smithers: It's the man in the bag, sir. I think he's alive.
  Burns: Oh. [walks over to it, and thwacks it with a shovel] Bad corpse....