Burns' Alien

The Burns' Alien is an alien that was actually Mr. Burns. Smithers states that Burns receives longevity treatment (including a spinal adjustment, eye drop dilation, pain-killer injection, and vocal-cord scraping) once a week to cheat death for the next seven days; this leaves him twisted and disoriented (and with a sweet heavenly voice). Back to his normal self, Burns reveals that his apparent healthy green glow is due to many years of working in a nuclear plant, and then renounces his promises of peace and love and instead says that he brings famine and hatred. Before he can say anything else negative, Burns receives a booster shot from Dr. Nick and everyone sings "Good Morning Starshine" along with him.

It is revealed that the mysterious alien in the woods is actually Mr. Burns.

Directed by Steven Dean Moore. With Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. In yet another crazed crossover, Leonard Nimoy narrates another tale of the supernatural, reminiscent of his days with "In Search Of." Realizing that even he's too drunk to drive after a night at Moe's Tavern, Homer stumbles through the woods and encounters a green glowing alien. Needless to say, nobody takes him seriously, except for "X-Files" FBI Agent Fox Mulder, who once again drags along his...

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"The Springfield Files" is the tenth episode of The Simpsons' eighth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 12, 1997.[1] In the episode, Homer believes he has discovered an alien in Springfield. It was written by Reid Harrison and directed by Steven Dean Moore. Leonard Nimoy guest stars as himself and David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson guest star as agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, their characters on The X-Files.[1] The episode serves as a crossover with The X-Files and features numerous references to the series. The story came from former showrunners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who returned to produce this episode while under contract with Disney. It received mostly positive reviews from critics; Jean and Reiss won an Annie Award for producing it.