S02E18 · SCENE 16/21 · 14:18
Brush with Greatness · Burns' mansion
Marge struggles with Burns

Marge tries to find Burns' inner beauty but is interrupted by his difficult behavior.

14:18→16:01
in the episode · 1m 43s · S02E18
Marge struggles with Burns

What happens

14:18–16:01

Marge begins painting Burns at his mansion. Homer arrives home and is annoyed. Marge tries to ask Burns about his childhood but he is distracted by Maggie. Burns complains about the funny pages and changes clothes in front of Marge.

WhereBurns' mansion
DriverMarge Simpson
Positionact2 · complication
ThreadMarge's art revival

Key lines

from this scene
14:44

Don't worry. All I need to do is find Mr. Burns' inner beauty.

14:58

-Something's on my leg! Get it off! -Mr. Burns, she's just a baby!

15:15

Oh, Ziggy, will you ever win?

15:55

-Too hot! -Right. It's scalding me as we speak.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
awkward0.7
avoidance0.6
humiliation0.4
absurd0.3
argument

Beats

14:38Marge asks about Burns' childhood
15:26Burns changes clothes

Scene in the episode

14:18–16:01
A · Homer's weight loss journey
B · Marge's art revival

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Maggie Simpson61 episodes · drives 14 scenes

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