The biggest clue came from: “But who here has the guts to stop me?” Only one person made eye contact with Burns the whole time. I cannot blame Maggie for unintentionally pulling the trigger.
That plus the fact that she saw Bart almost get killed early on in Part 1 by an oil spill because of Mr. Burns, which serves as her motive, it’s perfectly clear she was the one who shot him. Sure the gun went off on its own accidentally, but she still wanted to kill him like everyone else.
Actually the original plot was for Smithers to be the killer but There are a lot of thinking they thought they make it Maggie Just to make Plot even better!! Plus they didn't want to get rid of Smithers or any of the other Popular characters.
That was a partial takeoff on when American President Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981, and when he was admitted to the hospital he said “I hope none of the doctors here are Democrats.”
I like how like 2 dozen people are able to fit inside one hospital room. Also, I love how Burns basically admits to trying to assault a baby and then tries to have that baby arrested for shooting him in self defense.
@@killianglenney6128 no if you watch it in slow motion or frame by frame you do see Maggie's finger actually pull the trigger but that honestly doesn't make sense no baby would have the power to pull a revolver's trigger let alone with only 1 finger
The most fun about this two-parter is when we were kids, we debated over the summer, the Simpsons comic books had a whole page dedicated to letters written in of guesses. Most people guessed Smithers, I thought it was Bart or Homer. We were all surprised that it was Maggie but in retrospect it makes sense, the clues were all there, and she saw Bart get hurt.
@@MrRattlebones640 Yeah. The Kennedy Curse was Joseph Patrick Kennedy’s punishment for all the terrible things he did and mostly for giving his daughter Rosemary the lobotomy.
@@universalpower419 It's a TV show made by 50 Cent that starts of as a kingpin trying to escape the drug world & become clean. In my opinion it's a really good show if you ignore its flaws.
There's actually a pretty good reason to count Maggie as a primary suspect. She saw Bart and Santa's Little Helper being wounded by the oil from Burns' rig.
Technically I don’t think Maggie was responsible for the incident because she didn’t even grab the gun. It just fell in her hands and went off on its own as soon as it landed.
I remember when this first aired back in 1995 on Fox and the commercials were building up the suspense on who shot him. As a kid, this is one of those eps that's you cant forget because of the whole ending sequence. There was no music during the build-up. It was all silence, which made it more terrifying when the gunshot happen.
Look closely at the character design. "Krusty the Klown" is in fact Homer Simpson. Homer was on his way to shoot Mr Burns disguised as Krusty, echoing back to when he saw Sideshow Bob rob the Kwik-E-Mart dressed as Krusty. However, he was just narrowly beaten out by Maggie.
@@Joe_Parmesan I would go for the strangling part. The early confrontation could be looked at a foreshadowing that Homer was gonna strangle Mr. Burns to death.
Well, that was an original subplot of Homer being Krusty that got dropped way early on. However, Krusty in this episode has recently come back from vacation, so he’s probably the only innocent person there. Probably could have been linked somehow.
@@philbecker4676Theyre not unwatchable but they are significantly worse than later seasons. Simpsons doesnt really find its footing until late season 2-early season 3, with seasons 5-15 being its Golden Era imo.
I remember in between Who Shot Mr. Burns Parts 1 and 2, that entire summer EVERYONE was talking about it. It was everywhere! There were so many tie-ins with products and goods that you were reminded of it everywhere you went. As a 10 year old, I thought it was Krusty. Something about him showing up out of nowhere near the end saying he had been in Reno struck me as odd, and made me think maybe he was hiding and planning something. Then we found out it was the baby. ....... *cough*
1:40 That's not Krusty. That's Homer. You can tell, he painted his nose. That's why he eyes Flanders suspiciously. Was Homer planning on killing Mr Burns but dressed as Krusty? Like Sideshow Bob did?
1:22 is it a kind of ironic how apart from Marge and Jimbo there was no one in sight and then in Split Second after burns collapsing everyone just turns up
I miss the days when The Simpsons had this kind of writing. The answer was right in front of you the whole time with the “taking candy from a baby” line in Part I, but they threw you off pretty well.
1:41 is actually homer dressed up as a clown, similar to how he dressed in s6 ep15 ‘Homer the Clown’. However with the additional hair piece it’s actually likely he was planning on killing Mr Burns and tried to impersonate Krusty and potentially frame him in the same way Sideshow Bob did in s1 ep12 ‘Krusty Gets Busted’.
1:42 That's Homer dressed up as Krusty the Klown. That mixes Homie the Clown and draws inspiration to frame Krust for Mr. Burns murder, inspired by Sideshow Bob's Krusty frame.
It's such a titillating episode! Starting with the town hall meeting, the episode became very suspenseful. Bart had an expression of extreme anger that I don't think I've seen on the show (not to that extent, when he ran up on Mr. Burns). Grandpa Simpson's gun box, with the wind blowing, along with the "hey, that's odd.." lines built tension so well. And, before the town hall meeting, Mr Burns sounded so evil when telling Smithers about his plan to block the sun. Also, when Homer finally snapped and threatened Mr. Burns, while being dragged away.
For those of you who are not in the know, this murder attempt on the series' villain was an homage to 'Who shot J.R.' from the primetime soap series 'Dallas (1978-1991).'
Mr Burns is evil, but I'm surprised at his kind inclination of remembering names (except Homer obviously) and warmly approaching Maggie asking what she was happy about.
I like it a chief Wiggum defends Maggie, by claiming that he cannot arrest her due to being a baby , especially when Marge says it was just an accident.
Not for nothing before Maggie that was the perfect setup to whichever person listed could’ve shot him. But Maggie having done it was an amazing twist in my eyes. And I feel shows the Simpson Gene manifesting early in her with some of the stuff she does, even for jokes if you think about it.
Maggie shot him on purpose Just to pay him back for hurting her big brother and Santa’s Little Helper. In part 1, you saw how sad Maggie was when she saw Bart injured after a burst of oil destroyed his treehouse which nearly killed him and Santa’s Little Helper
The "that's odd" sequence scared the living daylights out of me as a child, especially the shot of the dug up gun box. It still creeps me out a bit at 34 😅
A lot of the comments on here claim that 'Krusty' is Homer using his Homie the Clown disguise. Even though it's been debunked by show staff as an animation mistake, in my opinion the theory doesn't hold up anyway. Krusty had been on holiday in Reno for six weeks prior to Burns' shooting. He therefore had no valid motive for shooting Burns (assuming everybody who might have shot Burns would have done so as a personal vendetta, not acting on someone else's behalf, which the events of the episode suggest to be the case). Also, if Homer had shot Mr Burns while disguised as Krusty, Krusty would have been arrested and taken in for questioning, at which point he would have claimed that somebody had shot Burns dressed as him. Assuming the police explored this angle, that would lead them to question who might have done this, and why disguise themselves as Krusty specifically. We know Sideshow Bob had done it before, but he would have been ruled out on account of his being in prison when this episode took place. Besides, nobody in Springfield (that we know of) had any reason to frame Krusty for Burns' shooting, so logic suggests that the disguise would have been chosen out of convenience. Focus would therefore switch to who in Springfield has access to the wigs, makeup and clothes that Krusty wears and could pull it off convincingly enough to pass as him. This would lead police to everybody who enrolled at Krusty's clown college in Homie the Clown, earlier in the season. In that episode, however, Krusty states that "there can only be one Krusty in each territory". This suggests that of all the people at the college, only one of them - Homer - would have lived in Springfield, known Mr Burns and had any motive for shooting him. All the signs would have therefore pointed back to him and his disguise would have been worth nothing. P.S. I know that my theory assumes A LOT of brainpower on behalf of Springfield's police department, which is far from a safe bet. P.P.S. Now I'm writing this, I actually wonder if they wrote the Krusty Reno bit because they connected the dots early and knew fans would speculate that it might have been Homer in disguise, so they wanted to rule it out.
1 of the best cliffhangers ever. 1995. I was 9 years old & in 4th Grade when part 1 of the episode aired. I remember a lot of people talking about it. There's never been such an exciting & suspenseful cliffhanger ever since. The only 1 that comes really close would have to be the season finale of King of the Hill 2 years later in 1997 when the Mega-Lo Mart blew up & someone (unknown who at the time) died in the explosion. Later revealed to be Buckley (Luanne's boyfriend). For both, we had to wait the entire Summer to find out what happens next.
Krusty started off as homers appearance but they decided they wanted homer to look like it and instead of remaking krusty all together, they just put green hair on him
Originally, Krusty was going to be Homer in disguise. The irony being that Bart idolized Krusty but had no respect for Homer. Eventually, considering that the plot was a little too complicated to pull off, it was decided that they be two different characters.
@@spartangoku7610 complicated as well as outlandish, considering The Simpsons was supposed to be just a dark caricature of the sitcom dynamic. However I could totally see modern Simpsons writers trying to pull it off, given that the show has long since veered into Family Guy craziness
In my drug days, Every SINGLE one of my Simpsons toys got stolen. Except for Mr. Smithers!!! Lol They were like fuck this dude. Sucks they got stolen but that was the funny part I was able to pick out of it.
I only now realized that the people who pointed out that two of the potential suspects left something behind are people that would be familiar with the suspects professionally.
Wait I thought it was Mr smithers who shot Mr burns as there was a reveal when Mr burns was struggling with the baby Mr smithers came from behind drunk and angry and shot him
It was the alternative ending, as shown in the Springfield 138th episode spectacular. It's just, as Troy McClure pointed out, if they did that ending, you'd have to ignore the Simpson DNA evidence
Look closely 1:40 that's clearly not Krusty, it's Homer wearing Krusty makeup. The nose is the big give away. Was Homer on his way to kill Burns, stealing Sideshow Bob's plan from when framed Krusty for armed robbery? Did Maggie simply beat him to it?
I think Homer was going to do something with Mr. Burns. Probably not kill him but injuries him severely. I don't see it within Homer for wishing to put Bart through the pain of losing his childhood idle because he still cares about him despite how much the boy annoys him. However, he would have likely beaten Mr. Burns up and assure that he is able to make a clear getaway with the Krusty's makeup.
The more you look at this, it's very similar to Danganronpa 2's fifth trial as both antagonists are the victims of the murders and anyone were considered as the culprit.
1:41 people have pointed this out before if you didn't know that isn't Krusty the Clown standing behind Ned that's actually Homer Simpson look at the nose and crusty has bags under his eyes which Homer Simpson doesn't doesn't
