Rosebud

"Rosebud" is the fourth episode of Season 5. also produced as the first episode of the season in production order (1F)
==Synopsis==
It's Mr. Charles Montgomery Burns's birthday, but, despite getting everything a cold, loveless billionaire could ever want (including King Arthur's Excalibur, the only existing nude painting of Mark Twain, a unicorn, all of Australia spelling his name in lights, the unrequited love of his assistant, Smithers; and an early draft of the U.S. Constitution with the word "suckers" in it), all Mr. Burns really wants is Bobo, the teddy bear he abandoned the day he was adopted into wealth a la Charles Foster Kane. And when The Simpsons discover the bear inside a bag of ice that Bart bought from the Kwik-E-Mart, Mr. Burns does whatever he can to reclaim his childhood toy.
==Full Story ==
One night, Burns is restless and has dreams of his old teddy bear, Bobo, who he foolishly abandoned as a child. Smithers overhears Burns in the night, discovering that Burns longs for his lost bear. The following day, it is Burns' birthday and the town is invited. He is offered gold, a unicorn, rings and even a performance by The Ramones. Burns is unsatisfied with his presents, and Smithers points out that Burns misses his teddy bear. Desperate to know what happened to his long lost bear, it turns out that Bobo was with Charles Lindbergh when he made his famous trans-Atlantic flight to Paris in 1927, who threw it in a crowd and was caught by a young Adolf Hitler. Eighteen years later (in 1945), Bobo was with Adolf Hitler (now the embattled leader of Nazi Germany) in his bunker as Berlin was being bombed during World War II, with the dictator blaming Bobo for his actions. Twelve years after that (in 1957), Bobo was on the nuclear submarine, The Nautilus, and was encased in ice as the submarine dove under the Arctic waters. For the next 36 years (1993 at the time of the episode's premiere), Bobo was trapped in the ice until the day some ice harvesters chipped him out, bagged him, and delivered him to the Kwik-E-Mart.
thumb|leftThe Ice Deliverers bring the ice to the Kwik-E-Mart, and Bart finds Bobo in an ice bag which Apu claims to be full of Heady goodness. Bart brings it home and gives it to Maggie. Homer is initially ignorant of the valuable bear being two feet in front of him when it is first shown on TV but he soon realizes its true identity. Homer intends on giving the bear to Burns in return for one million dollars and three Hawaiian islands (Not the Leper ones), but after Maggie refuses to give up Bobo, as well as Burns' reluctance in giving away the reward money he promised, he keeps it instead. To make matters worse, Burns goes on television to ask for his bear, and even cuts off the beer and TV supply in Springfield swearing that he won't return them until Homer gives Bobo back to him. Barney immediately goes to the house to threaten Homer with a gun, only for Homer to slam the door on him. Barney's gun goes off, followed immediately by the sound of glass breaking and a woman screaming. Police sirens are heard and Barney says "Uh-oh". The neighborhood forces Homer to give Bobo back, but when they see Maggie's expression, they turn it over to her.
Later, Burns is finally told to talk to Maggie in person, and while he does talk kindly at first he starts to have an unsuccessful tug of war with her. Finally Burns gives in and lets Maggie keep him and asks her to take care and hold onto Bobo like he should have. As he leaves however, Maggie kindly gives him back the bear which he is overjoyed by, but the family does not get any money. That night, Mr. Burns snuggles up with his bear, wondering what the future will hold for it.
Category:Non-canon episodesIn 1,000,000 A.D., Bobo is found under a pile of rocks, by several apes. A robotic Burns snatches the bear and runs off, while being followed by Smithers, who has been turned into a robotic dog.
==Behind the Laughter==
=== Reception ===
Entertainment Weekly named this the second best episode in the show's history.
== Citations ==
de:Kampf um Bobo
fr:Rosebud
pl:Rosebud
pt:O ursinho
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