Smithers ' relationship with Mr. Burns has long been a running gag on The Simpsons.

Smithers is shown to have a passionate and deep love for Mr. Burns and his sexual orientation has been characterized by the writers of the show as " Burns-sexual ".

Smithers has occasional fantasies about Burns: when we see his computer turning on, it shows a nude Burns with an audio montage saying: " Hello Smithers.

Burns has remained largely ignorant of Smithers ' devoted adoration, much to Smithers ' frustration.

Burns himself has been involved with several women and in " A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love ", Smithers is noticeably disgusted when Burns starts looking for a female companion.

He has " rewarded " Smithers ' devotion with the future " honor " of being buried alive with him after he dies.

Smithers has been shown to be somewhat dependent on his relationship with Burns.

For all his sycophantic devotion to Mr. Burns, Smithers has been willing to challenge him on at least two occasions, most significantly in the " Who Shot Mr. Burns?

Smithers ' official job at the power plant appears to be that of executive assistant, which he says is " actually about 2, 800 smaller jobs " responsible for monitoring employee attendance, and is often a disciplinarian and has won dozens of employee of the month awards.

Smithers has the largest collection of Malibu Stacy dolls in Springfield and is the president of the Malibu Stacy fan club.

David Silverman has claimed that Smithers was always intended to be " Mr Burns ' white sycophant ," and the staff thought it " would be a bad idea to have a black subservient character " and so switched him to his intended color for his next episode.

Smithers ' relationship with Mr. Burns has long been a running gag on The Simpsons.

Smithers ' sexual orientation has often come into question, with some fans claiming he is a " Burns-sexual " and only attracted to his boss, while others maintain that he is, without a doubt, gay.

In the first scene, Smithers is told about the rebellion by an old woman, and then has a lengthy conversation with Jones.

Smithers has mixed feelings about Jones, though he generally has more respect for Jones than for the rebels.

Smithers has a combined middle school and high school, Valley High School, serving grades 6-12.

David Silverman has claimed that Smithers was always intended to be " Mr Burns ' white sycophant ," and the staff thought it " would be a bad idea to have a black sub-servient character " and so switched him to his intended color for his next episode.

Smithers and Robinson's 2010 Sutton Trust commissioned study of social variation in comprehensive schools ( excluding grammar schools ) notes that ' The 2, 679 state comprehensive schools in England are highly socially segregated: the least deprived comprehensive in the country has 1 in 25 ( 4. 2 %) of pupils with parents on income benefits compared with over 16 times as many ( 68. 6 %) in the most deprived comprehensive '

In the early episodes, it is suggested that Bailey looks up to Johnny as her mentor in the world of broadcasting, but that she also has a schoolgirl crush on him, a relationship that by the fourth season develops into what Smithers characterized as " more adult ", giving both characters another dimension to develop.

He also has minor roles in three James Bond films, twice playing Smithers, an assistant to Q.

Although he is not openly gay, Smithers frequents Springfield's gay village and goes on a vacation to a male-only resort.

In the 1990 episode " Simpson and Delilah ", the character Karl ( voiced by Harvey Fierstein ) kisses Homer, while the recurring character Waylon Smithers is often shown to be in love with his boss, Montgomery Burns, initially suggestively and since then more overtly.

It had for a long time been hinted on the show that the Smithers character was gay and in love with his boss Mr. Burns.

However, as The Baltimore Sun writes, it would have been unlikely for Smithers to be the outed character because it would not have been a surprise to fans, and his love for his heterosexual boss would prevent him from marrying another person.

Mr. Burns and Smithers come to the town square in disguise to Homer to show that his next assignment is to throw a pie in the face of the Tibetan Buddhism spiritual teacher, the Dalai Lama ( because according to Mr. Burns " all his talk of peace and love is honking off my Red Chinese masters ").

Eager for true love at last, Burns and a reluctant Smithers spend the evening womanising at a wealthy social gathering and a strip club.

He provides voices for numerous characters, including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert, Lenny Leonard, Principal Skinner, Otto Mann and Rainier Wolfcastle.

The idea for Smithers ' orientation came from Sam Simon, who proposed that Smithers should be gay, but the writers should never draw too much attention to it and should try to keep it in the back of their heads.

His father, Waylon Smithers, Sr., worked for Burns until he died of radiation poisoning after saving Springfield from a potential nuclear meltdown when Waylon was a baby.

Burns, for his part, views Smithers as somewhat of a lackey, albeit a highly valued one for his competence.

When it was proven that he had not, Smithers seemingly forgave Burns and demanded that the culprit be brought to justice, offering a reward for the capture of the perpetrator.

The idea for Smithers ' orientation came from Sam Simon, who proposed that Smithers should be gay, but the writers should never draw too much attention to it and should try to keep it in the back of their heads.

The script for " Blood Feud " originally featured Smithers saying " Just leave me enough to get home to my wife and kids ," but the line had to be cut for time.

Dan Castellaneta occasionally fills in for Shearer at table reads and voices Smithers.

There have often been strong hints about Smithers ' true feelings for his boss, with one of the earliest references being in the season one episode " The Telltale Head ".

Snowball I is mentioned for the first time and Waylon Smithers can be heard over the speaker at the power plant, but he is not seen.

* Kay Cousins as Irate Mother ( of " Percival Smithers ", the ill-mannered kid who tells " Santa Corwin " that, for a Christmas present, he wants " a new front name ")

Still, it seems surprisingly clever and witty " In a DVD review of the first season, David B. Grelck gave the episode a rating of ½ / 5 and calls it " the first season at its worst " and continues that is was " notable for introducing Mr. Burns and ( a strangely African-American ) Smithers, but otherwise boring and preachy.

Smithers is an obedient and sycophantic assistant to Mr. Burns.

Waylon Smithers is Burns ' devoted executive assistant.

In " Homer the Smithers ", Burns orders Smithers to take a vacation and Homer Simpson is hired as a temporary replacement.

When Homer loses his temper and punches Burns in the face, Mr. Burns learns to become self-reliant and this results in Smithers being fired.

Smithers decides that he needs to be Burns ' assistant and eventually gets his job back.