The Simpsons episode
"The Trouble with Trillions"
Episode no.	198
Prod. code	5F14
Orig. airdate	April 5, 1998
Show runner(s)	Mike Scully
Written by	Ian Maxtone-Graham
Directed by	Swinton O. Scott III
Chalkboard	"I will not demand what I'm worth"
Couch gag	Rather than a couch, there is a sauna , with three guys in towels.
Guest star(s)	Paul Winfield as Lucius Sweet
DVD commentary	Matt Groening Mike Scully George Meye Ian Maxtone-Graham Swinton O. Scott III Matt Selman
Season 9 September 21, 1997 – May 17, 1998
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Plot

On January 1st, right after New Year's Eve, Ned completes his yearly taxes. Later that year, just before midnight on April 15, Homer realizes he did not do his own taxes. He rushes and provides false information before driving like mad to the post office. The IRS discovers Homer's fraud and arrests him. Held by the government, Homer says he will do anything to stay out of prison. Agent Johnson of the FBI decides that Homer can be useful. With a hidden microphone under his shirt, Homer uncovers that his co-worker Charlie leads a group planning to assault all government officials. New Years Eve is December 31, the final day of the Gregorian year, and the day before New Years Day. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ... Seal of the Internal Revenue Service Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Part of the Taxation series        “IRS” redirects here. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... “Microphones” redirects here. ...

With his superiors impressed, Johnson sends Homer on a secret mission. They reveal that in 1945, President Harry Truman printed a one trillion-dollar bill to help reconstruct post-war Europe. He handed the vital cargo over to Montgomery Burns to transport to the Europeans. However, the money never arrived and the FBI suspects Burns still has the money with him. As satellite photography can only confirm that the trillion-dollar bill is not on the roof, Homer is sent in to investigate. Arriving at Burns' estate, Homer searches for the money before Burns, who believes Homer is a reporter from Collier's magazine, reveals that he kept the money on his person. Johnson and Agent Miller burst in and arrests Burns for grand-grand-grand-grand-larceny. Burns shouts how the US government oppresses the average American and tells Homer to write "don't let the government push you around". Moved by Burns' speech, Homer knocks out the FBI agents and frees Burns. For the victim of Mt. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Charles Montgomery Burns, normally referred to as Mr. ... In the broadest sense, remote sensing is the measurement or acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, by a recording device that is not in physical or intimate contact with the object. ... Colliers Weekly was a United States magazine that was published between 1888 and 1957. ... In the United States, larceny is a common law crime involving stealing. ...

After a tense moment where Homer unsuccessfully attempts to feed the bill into a vending machine, Burns takes Smithers and Homer in his old plane, setting off to find an island and start a new country. Over the Caribbean, Burns finds a fine island although it already has a name and is in fact a country - Cuba. Going before Fidel Castro, Burns fails to buy the island: Fidel asks to see the trillion dollar bill, and Burns hands it over. Then Burns asks for it back, to which Castro immediately responds: "Give what back?". Then, the episode immediately cuts to a scene where Burns, Smithers, and Homer are on a make-shift raft. Burns announces he will merely bribe the jury when Smithers, Homer, and himself are put on trial, prompting Homer to exclaim "God bless America!" and salute. Waylon Smithers, Jr. ... “West Indian” redirects here. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ...

Trivia

• Ned Flanders finishes his tax return on January 1st and is reminded by Maude of the opening hours of the post office. On New Year's Day post offices are closed.
• When Homer is quickly writing his tax return he is wearing a wrist watch; then for a couple of seconds it's not there; then it comes back.
• During the scene when he is being interrogated Homer's tax return turns into a ball of string in one shot.

This is a reference to the Burns and Schriber sketch about the taxi driver.

• Townspeople in line at the post office on tax return day are Apu, Captain McCallister, Carl, Doctor Hibbert, Groundskeeper Willie, Jack Marley, Karl, Kirk Van Houten, Krusty, Lenny, Lionel Hutz, Luann Van Houten, Mayor Quimby, Ms. Albright, Miss Hoover, Miss Pennycandy, Mr. Largo, Mrs. Glick, Mrs. Krabappel, Principal Skinner, Professor Frink, Rainier Wolfcastle, Ruth Powers, Snake Jailbird, Superintendent Chalmers, and Otto, although he thought it was the line for Metallica.

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Cultural references

• The title "The Trouble with Trillions" is a play on the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles".
• The museum Burns has in his house has a painting showing Burns or an ancestor in a kilt. It may be a play on Scrooge McDuck as the stereotypical Scottish miser.
• Mr. Burns believes Homer is a reporter from Collier's Weekly, a magazine which ended publication in 1957.
• When Homer says "It goes all the way to the president" is a reference to All the President's Men.
• There is a caricature of Che Guevara on the Cuban Duff ad, saying El Duffo o Muerte similar to Cuba national motto: Patria o Muerte (Homeland or Death).
• Homer states that he has not been fired "...after three meltdowns and one China Syndrome". China Syndrome is a hypothetical result of a nuclear meltdown where the nuclear slag drains down into the earth and contaminates ground water, named after the movie 'The China Syndrome'.
• When Homer, Smithers, and Mr. Burns are in Cuba they hail a taxi. As they get inside, Mr. Burns remarks 'This is the new Packard we've been hearing so much about'. This is a reference to the Packard Motor Car Company, a vehicle manufacturer that went out of business in 1958, as well as the fact Cubans still use very old cars. Burns also was not aware of the Cuban Revolution, when he is informed by the driver that Fulgencio Batista is no longer in power (and had been dead for over thirty years when the episode aired).

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