The Trouble With Trillions

P-code: 5F14
Episode Index: 09×20
Writers: Ian Maxtone-Graham
Directors: Swinton Scott
Airdate: 5th April, 1998
Guest stars: Paul Winfield as Lucius Sweet

Average Fan Rating: 3.9 (105 ratings, 3 reviews)

Plot Guide

  Homer realizes that he hasn't done his taxes for the year, and rushes to get it finished, making up information. He is arrested for tax fraud and is ordered to go undercover for the FBI. He is enlisted to help recover a trillion dollar bill that Mr. Burns was supposed to deliver to Europe after the war, but never arrived.
  Homer makes it into Burns' home and persuades him to show him the bill. The FBI immediately enter and arrest Burns, but his speech about government taxation makes Homer believe that the FBI are in the wrong.
  Homer snatches Burns and along with Smithers, they flee the country and arrive in Cuba. They are tricked into handing over the trillion dollars to Cuba, and Burns vows to bribe the jury when he is brought to trial.

Memorable Quotes

None submitted for this episode.

Did You Spot...

• At the post office, Skinner (trying to cut in line) asks Edna if she has a new green sweater, referencing the fact that characters never change their clothes pn the show.
• Lucius Sweet (from The Homer They Fall) can be seen at the IRS, wiping his brow with a hundred-dollar bill.
• The FBI's undercover van is disguised as a "Two Guys from Quantico" pizza truck. There is an FBI training center in Quantico.
• The sign at the airfield reads "Birthplace of Wind Shear".
• The "purpose of visit" form which Homer filled in when they landed in Cuba had three options: Business/Pleasure; Smuggle Cigars; and Assassinate Castro.

References/Parodies

• The self-destructing video in the photo booth references Mission: Impossible.

Season 9 quick links

1. The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
2. The Principal and The Pauper
3. Lisa's Sax
4. Treehouse of Horror VIII
5. The Cartridge Family
6. Bart Star
7. The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons
8. Lisa the Skeptic
9. Realty Bites
10. Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
11. All Singing, All Dancing
12. Bart Carny
13. The Joy of Sect
14. Das Bus
15. The Last Temptation of Krust
16. Dumbbell Indemnity
17. Lisa, the Simpson
18. This Little Wiggy
19. Simpson Tide
20. The Trouble With Trillions
21. Girly Edition
22. Trash of the Titans
23. King of the Hill
24. Lost Our Lisa
25. Natural Born Kissers