Well, of course! I figured there’s been a few threads lately about minor Simpsons characters, so why not another?
“I am partial to jolly ranchers.”
“So this is your sick mother?”
“Don’t do this to me, Waylan.”
Smithers’ computer at startup:
“Hello Smithers. You’re quite good at turning me on.”
Mr. Smithers: “People like dogs, sir!”
Mr. Burns: “Nonsense! Dogs are idiots! What would you say if I came into your house and started sniffing your crotch and slobbering all over your face?”
Mr. Smithers: “If you did it sir?”
The first Hint they ever gave (Treehouse of Horror III) As far as I remember
I think Women and Seamen don’t mix
Burns: We know what you think
“I don’t believe they allow photography at this resort.”
Smithers isn’t gay. He’s burnsexual.
Smithers: So, this is your"sick mother"?
John: Don’t do this to me Waylon
I’m with you, Ender. Smithers may be gay, but the more important facet of his personality is that he gets off on such a powerful (in some senses) and cold person being so completely dependent on him.
If Burns were an evil old woman instead of a man, Smithers would be just as infatuated.
Mr. Burns “You see me as a god, don’t you, Smithers?”
Smithers" Absolutely, sir."
Mr. Burns “And you’d get down on your knees in front of me?”
Smithers “Boy, would I!”
Wait, if Smithers isn’t gay, why does he, in the episode in which Homer takes over for him while he’s away, vacation at what is obviously a gay resort?
smithers is as gay as they come.
kingpengvin wrote:
Mr. Burns said this?
I thought one of the ongoing gags was the Burns was totally oblivious, both to Smithers’ affections for him and to his being gay. (And probably to the very existence of homosexuality, for that matter.)
Burns: Mothers, lock up your daughters! Smithers is on the town!
Smithers: Uh. (looks away)
Let’s not forget the closet float in the gay-pride parade.
“We’re queer, we’re glad, but don’t tell mom and dad.”
The more intiguing question is whether that was Marge’s sister in there with him.
A writer for the Simpsons that gave a talk at my school (how cool is that?) confirmed that Smithers was gay. In fact, he seemed to take it for granted that everyone was aware of this fact.
It was during a Halloween episode, and therefore not regarded as canon. Yes, I am a loser.
Marge’s sister, Patty, has been hinted-lesbian, saying “That’s girl stuff!” dismissively and being photographed coming out of Belle’s burlesque house.
Then again, she likes MacGyver, so all bets are off.
This site throws some light on the issue. The earliest possible hint of Smithers’ sexuality was in the seventh episode: “The Tell-Tale Head”. When Burns is overcome with emotion, he tells Smithers that he loves him. Smithers replies, “The feeling is more than mutual, sir.”
“Oh, who am I kidding? The boathouse was the time.”
In a flashback to Homer doing gymnastics, Waylan is the announcer: “Enough of the women, now let’s bring out the men!”
If I’m not mistaken, there was an episode with the following exchange.
Smithers: Mr. Burns, I love you.
Mr. Burns: Great, thanks for making my last moment on earth uncomfortable.
It might have been the one with the comet, but I’m sure I heard that exchange.
Stuffy, I think that’s from the episode where Homer saves the plant from a meltdown with “eeny meeny miney moe”.
In “TV Guide,” it was noted that, in Smithers’ first appearance, there was originally a line about him having a wife and children, but the line was cut. Not that having a wife and kids would AUTOMATICALLY preclude him from being gay, of course. And it’s not like the show pays that much attention to rules anyway – this IS the show with children who haven’t aged a day in a dozen-odd years.