Nuclear Physicist Reacts to THE SIMPSONS - Homer DESTROYS Springfield

[@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist]

As always it is my pleasure to deliver reactions to The Simpsons - nuclear power plant related episodes! Always learning something new! Today it’s nucular, tomorrow who knows? The education source is limitless!😅👩🏽‍🔬☢️

[@sithlordbilly4206]

I hope your back gets better soon. 😢

[@Terrorrai1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5upiJyDf8miqq8 This video from a prime time tv show in the Netherlands. It could be a great reaction video!

[@robindieker6033]

hope your back will be better, heat and massage helps! :) btw "Flanders" (Ned Flanders) is the neighbour of homer and he doesnt like him ("stupid flanders" one of his catchphrasess) except for some special episodes. flanders is a firm christian and believes god in a very "strong way", their Kids Rod and Tod and his wife maud (all sound like "God" if you change one or two letters) are the same. he always lends some stuff to homer like new lawnmowers and all but he never gives it back and flanders is basically always super friendly (which annoys homer as well) and polite and kind to everyone. you gotta learn Simpsons!!! :D :) have a great evening!

[@robindieker6033]

uh and btw - the love between smithers and burns will always be some kind of mystery :D

[@Sabi1234567890Asdf]

So for context Mr burns and Smithers are not a couple. Smithers does have a homosexual attraction to burns but Mr burns treats him as his unwanted employee.

[@jimsvideos7201]

Context for the episodes: 1. This is from one of the Halloween episodes, where the writers get to play with ideas they'd never use the rest of the year. Flanders is the long-suffering deeply religious straight man to Homer's antics. 2. Canary M. Burns _owns_ the plant with C. Montgomery Burns (the old guy) being next in line but not ultimately legally responsible.

[@itsmeeeeeemario]

Such a nice gentleman!

[@robertheinrich2994]

but the word is nucular. nucular.... ;-)

[@ghost307]

Mr. Burns wanted a way to avoid paying income taxes, so he transferred ownership of the nuclear plant to the bird so that he wouldn't have anything to pay tax on.

[@Rekowcski]

Ive been DYING for a nuclear physicist to discuss the Simpsons take on the NPP, it's like you made these videos just for me 😂

[@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist]

Ahaha glad you are a fan! Check out the rest in the channel 👩🏽‍🔬☢️

[@squareeyes9540]

As some others have already mentioned, the first video is a Halloween special. You can tell the Halloween episode in this case from the green font on the credits and the nicknames used. These episodes were standalone and did not follow the main story at all, and any events from these episodes did not affect the regular series. You are correct in saying it reminds you of a movie, almost all of these Halloween specials were parodies of movies, books or to a lesser extent, television, and in (I think) one case, poetry.

[@michaelmccarthy4892]

For context Flanders had a head injury that gave him those powers, it's a Halloween special those episodes aren't considered canon.

[@harrycoffie9609]

At 11:28 of this video, you talked about a round door, but I don't think that you realize that it is a spoof on an old sitcom ( situation comedy ) show called " Get Smart ". The introduction to that show is the main character, Maxwell Smart, going through a series of security features to get into his top secret department. Even the theme music playing in the background is very similar to the theme song for " Get Smart ". Just a little tidbit of information for you, Elina, to thank you for all the work you put into your videos. You are truly amazing!!!!

[@harrycoffie9609]

A famous excerpt of Get Smart, " The Cone of Silence " ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWLIhnyBbqicnqM )......it makes me laugh each and every single time that I watch it.😂😂😂

[@harrycoffie9609]

The intro to Get Smart ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWOyk3aleNJpZ9U )

[@bbqchezit]

6:00 "Patsy" is the term. Basically Mr. Burns wants someone to run the plant on paper, so that if something goes wrong he can blame Homer

[@jamesgravil9162]

You'd think Smithers would be the more obvious choice. Heck, Smithers would do it willingly.

[@foxymetroid]

Smithers is too valuable to be a scapegoat. Mr. Burns knows Smithers would gladly risk his life to save Mr. Burns's life while other employees would rather dance on Mr. Burns's grave.

[@dustinherk8124]

when Ned says sometimes there's 3 god's, he's refering to The father, the son and the holy spirit.

[@petitio_principii]

Is there a reaction video to that bit with The Simpson's nuclear power plant in the early 1900s? When they were processing atoms more manually, hammering them, with manual hammers;

[@Itheros]

"Who is Flanders and what did Homer do to him" You have over 20 years of Simpsons seasons to study to know that answer😅

[@rask004]

The Simpsons, Nuclear power plant / Mr Burns parts are a parody, Mr Burns represents the greedy capitalist "Robber Baron" and "Old Money" trope that the ultra wealthy are sometimes perceived as, and the running of the Power Plant humorously explores both corporate negligence and malfeasance, and the trope of Nuclear Danger from mismanagement, inspired by incidents like Three Mile Island (or the negative perception of it).

[@dmorley100]

We need to get the Simpsons writers to write more Homer nuclear power episodes so Elina has more Simpsons material to react to.

[@jrus690]

There is only so many times that Homer could be caught sleeping on the job that it becomes a little repetitive.

[@jorgezarco9269]

The Simpsons(1989-) was created by Matt Groening. Writer Sam Simon gave form to the show. Matt Groening's father is a guy called "Homer".

[@sststr]

"Alienist" - there's a word I only learned by reading literature from a hundred years ago. That's an obsolete word for psychiatrist. Which goes to show how old Mr. Burns is...

[@kaitlyn__L]

I love how this time you said “what isn’t the self-destruct button just a red button?“ Before realising what you’ve just said and having to amend it to “in fact, why have it in the first place?“

[@gregorydamario7977]

13:30 - What do you mean what happened? He Homered the proton accelerator. Probably made it perform stuff it was never designed to do. Patent pending.

[@theexiled3034]

The owner of the plant was technically a bird for legal reasons incase they ever run into legal problems the bird will take the fall for his crimes

[@JW666]

Ned Flanders is a VERY religious character who always says "didily" in a sentence or "Okily Dokily" and in the early seasons Homer always saw him as a rival because he had the perfect life unlike Homer. But their dynamic changed when Ned's wife Maude died. He also has two sons, Rod and Todd, who are so religiously raised that they're very emotionally fragiled (but in a fun way). I think there actually where a religious cult in real life based on Ned Flanders, they all had the same green sweater as the character! XD This is from a Treehouse of Horror episode, which is a Halloween special that's not canon to the actual show. It mostly parodies horror movies and TV-shows, this for example when Ned can see in the future by touching someone is a parody of the movie Dead Zone, which is based on a Stephen King book.

[@benjamintan2733]

For the first clip, Ned Flanders was Homer's neighbour and he is generally a saint and follow Bible almost word for word. He has 2 kids but unfortunate for him, his wife pass away which made him a single father. In that episode, Ned saw a vision that Homer is going to 'accidentally' destroy Springfield. If you listen carefully, the speaker in that pink control dome is not working correctly, so Homer thought Ned is telling him to press that button.

[@evil17]

Didn’t Homer accidentally kill Maude Flanders, Ned Flanders wife by knocking her off a high seating arena at a football game?

[@PaulN504]

I believe them having their own labeled poles is a reference to the 1960s Batman TV show (with Adam West). Whenever Batman and Robin needed to go to the Batcave they'd slide down the Bat-Poles, which were hidden behind a bookcase and each was labeled with one of their names.

[@patrickbuick5459]

Perhaps the poles were, but up to that point, it was the security hall from Get Smart, theme music and all. He used a descending phone booth, not a pole as I recall.

[@maxdereus6282]

I think the original owner of the plant was a bird so mr burns could shove the responsibliltie to the brid when thing go wrong, homer did blow up spring field

[@robvas7264]

Haha. I love your reactions with little to no context from the show. It adds to the greatness. 😄🤣

[@BrianHartman]

Ned Flanders, as others have said, is hyper-religious, and is frequently the object of Homer's abuse (sometimes good-natured, and sometimes not). In that Halloween episode, Mr. Burns transfers ownership of the plant to the bird so that he isn't responsible for the nuclear power plant's problems. As others have said, Smithers has unrequited love for Burns. A running gag in the show is that Mr. Burns is clueless as to Smithers' feelings and doesn't even realize Smithers is gay.

[@DanielJohnson-ps4xv]

You are definitely my favorite friendly nuclear physicist. No idea how I got your channel in my feed but I’ve learned a lot from your videos. Ok not so much from the Simpson reviews but I love the Simpson s. Win win.

[@gregorydamario7977]

4:19 - Well, the good news is Flanders wouldn't ever have a criminal record, Marge and the kids didn't survive long enough to have an actionable civil action against Flanders' estate and the average IQ of the local surviving population went up a couple of points. Win - win!

[@Genin99]

It's a running joke that Smithers Mr Burns' assistant is gay, has a secret crush on his boss and no one ever points outs that obvious fact.

[@5tarSailor]

Gotta love getting off of work and seeing Elina uploaded

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

12:00 That clip is a parody of the intro to the 1960's Mel Brooks spy-comedy tv-series "Get Smart".

[@Brian-99PHY]

I found the channel just two days ago and now I am addicted to the swedish accent . It's like a wave equation starts talking suddenly . By the way , thanks for uploading the video Dr. It is always good to see people talking about physics in such a joyful manner .

[@DoubleMrE]

I’m pretty sure it’s a Greek accent. 😉✌️

[@petehiggins33]

@@DoubleMrE Perhaps Greek with a little Ukrainian?

[@markferguson3365]

Flanders is Homer's neighbor. Smithers is in love with Mr. Burns although it is unrequited love. Smithers is still devoted to Mr. Burns. What do you think of the most recent claim of successful "cold fusion reaction". I tried to tell people it has been claimed many times but upon peer review it has never been duplicated. I am skeptical of the most recent claim. What are your thoughts???

[@michaelmills8205]

Ned Flanders is the Simpson's next door neighbour and he always tries to do the right thing, while Homer relentless abuses and takes advantage of him. That episode was part of a Halloween segment, so that's why Flanders had the power to see the future, even though he normally does not. Mr. Burns is massively negligent and will always sacrifice safety in order to make more money. In other episodes he is shown to employ criminal behaviours such as bribery as well. In order to prevent himself from being held responsible for his crimes, he made someone else the legal owner of the plant. Burns and Smithers are not a couple. Smithers is just madly in love with Burns, to an extremely unhealthy degree and Burns is either unaware or abuses that to make Smithers a servant. When Smithers attempts to confess his feelings to Burns, Burns usually shows some sign of homophobic or being complete unaware. The Burns joke sways between him being an selfish asshole and being a living fossil with values and references to things from the early 1900s.

[@MichaelBrown-me3bh]

Ned Flanders is Homers next door neighbour. In this Halloween special episode they do a recreation of the movie the Dead Zone where Ned can see the deaths of the people he touches. In the second episode (not a Halloween special) we see the true owner of the nuclear plant has escaped his cage. Smithers is Mr Burns personal assistant who is a closeted gay man (which is a running joke throughout all of the episodes) is deeply obsessed with his boss and would quite literally follow him anywhere, job or not.

[@bryancampbell9622]

I grew up with the Simpsons, it's weird to see someone who hasn't. Smithers has had a crush on Mr.Burns for the whole show, but Mr.Burns is always clueless to it. It's a running joke. I do believe a lot of people get their knowledge of nuclear power from this show, so I do appreciate your KZbin content.

[@felixh5285]

The last 2 clips were from my favorite era of The Simpsons. Mr. Burns not so top security system 😂. Loved your reaction to Homer causing the proton accelerator disaster in college. 🤣🤣

[@daxx238]

Love your vids, and there is something you gotta know, ONE (sometimee two) episode of each season is didicated for halloween, and has it's own crazy theme that is separate from the show's style, in one of the halloween episodes they even drew in anime style, it's fun but it might be SO weird for those who don't watch the Simpsons and are not familiar qith it. In the halloween episodes are supposed to be scary so there is a lot of death involved.

[@wolf-walker]

Even the "destruct" button at Chernobyl was just a plain little red button :-)

[@bf3and4highlights83]

Flanders was some sort of a horrible evil person in a previous life. That is why in this life he is being punished like no other person by being Homers neighbor. Flanders's's's's wife was killed by Homer.

[@InvisiblerApple]

Springfield is The Bad Place! Honestly, that kind of checks out.

[@aluminumfalcon552]

This is a Halloween special episode, hence the funny crew names in the credits and the familiar movie plot. Flanders is the super religious next door neighbor.

[@채월Sky]

I’m obsessed with your reactions. They are amazing ❤❤❤❤❤and I can totally relate because we are not all Americans who have watched the series been growing up.

[@nikolaipaunov9669]

Great video as always! By the way I have an idea: please consider making video about nuclear space propulsion even Michio Kaku said he thinks it's the best way to propell humans to the stars so to speak...I have my own doubts lol, in the sense that alpha/beta/gamma and everything can kill us not to mention the temperature....using beta source for heat -> propulsion is interesting too in any case I envision one day to be the way we move everywhere asuming we reach easy fusion.

[@MrWilliam932]

The most impressive thing about this videos is the fact that Elina didn't watch the Simpsons! Did you live in a cave for the last 30 years? 😂😂(love your videos

[@armron94]

Homer killed mod flanders his wife

[@RajivLochanPanda]

That green light from the facility containing a proton accelerator seems to suggest that Homer somehow managed to overload the accelerator to produce lots of accelerated proton beam (an ionizing radiation), 😅 thus putting everyone lives in danger . Although as far as I know, ionizing beam of any charged particles in the air usually produces a blue glow. For example, lighting, or the opening of an active cyclotron into air.

[@Kolan_Koala]

Cherenkov radiation

[@wiseguy8828]

Love your reactions! I think the Dr Braniac accent is more Jewish/German/Yiddish (probably going for “Einstein-like”) you can hear it especially in the word “here”

[@travissmith2848]

Homer can cause a workstation simulator with no fissile material what so ever to meltdown to the point it literally melts thought the pavement! I'd say the CIA needs to hire him. Send him to hostile countries on a work-study program and sit back as their facilities are rendered non-operable.

[@bbqchezit]

2:55 "looks like tiramisu"; I like the way you think lol

[@RTomassi]

Great! Always coming back for more Simpsons analysis! 😃

[@8bitpix]

your face at 13:20 was priceless

[@rangleri]

Those guys with spraying equipment going in to resolve a particle accelerator accident...and the green glow again 😅 They weren't out of ideas allright!

[@feldegast]

i have been watching The Simpsons since season 1, finally having someone qualified to comment on the nuclear aspects of the show has been well overdue, I am glad you are doing this, love your reactions, the 1st 20 seasons I know quite well but I lost touch after that... problems just happen around Homer,,, :)

[@OldGuyJan]

I have a question not related to the Simpsons, why are nuclear decay reactors more used, I know it normally runs on plutonium, but I can’t see why it can’t be exchanged with any other radioactive material.

[@robertbell8647]

Love your stuff, you look alot like Valeria Golino when she was in the movie hot shots btw

[@YTEdy]

Yup, Ned sees the future in this episode. I forget why.

[@listenmypeople108]

So Elina, do tell us your professional opinion of how long before we have commercial fusion power plants? Thirty years? Inquiring minds would like to know!

[@StevenResnick]

You missed one of the best quotes from Homer which is "I've learned that life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead.”

[@erebuskraken5483]

The movie is the dead zone. And what did Homer do to Flanders 😆. Good vid as always.

[@RobinDeCraecker]

Great reaction Elina.

[@mariagavriilidou7525]

Hahaha I swear your Simpsons reaction videos are awesome and always makes me laugh ❤️❤️

[@InvisiblerApple]

2 mins in, and I know (and love) that you're new to this show. But surely even by now you'd realise that a world *with* Homer Simpson is inherently more dangerous.

[@mikeet69]

Enjoyed your reaction Elina. Especially the casual look of TBBT shirt. Looks like even your fingernail polish nearly matches the shirt. All good with a Simpsons episode. Wish I knew more serious videos for you to review besides maybe some atomic test videos. Not sure those would be your favorite thing. Meanwhile do some more Simpsons and we can laugh along with you.

[@nathangale7702]

Seeing someone react to The Simpsons with no context is actually a lot more interesting than seeing a nuclear physicist react to the misrepresentation of nuclear energy in the media, although I would not have guessed that before watching this video, jajaja.

[@rossrobertson674]

Someone probably already told u or u figured it out but Mr Flanders seeing the future was a Halloween episode which are made up of 3 mini episodes where anything goes

[@StevenResnick]

Homer has done lots of things to Ned, including getting his wife killed, putting him into a mental institute.

[@Neptunus80]

You could review the Peacemaker (1997 movie) final scene - Nicole Kidman disrupts the spherical converging pressure wave and prevents the plutonium bomb from exploding

[@pop5678eye]

'Who is Mr. Flanders and what did Homer do to him?' I think KZbin would cut off at the word limit before all of that could be described... You'd also age by a full year just reading it.

[@johanneslehmann4915]

maybe this is a proton-accelerator driven neutron source. but it you want to know how radiation resistant homer simpson is, Kylie Hill made a video about him.

[@arthurcamargo8416]

Hi Elina! This was fun! I am looking forward to more of your videos! Now, on to your questions: Who is Ned Flanders and what did Homer Simpson do to him? Ned Flanders was Homer's neighbor. He was married and had two children and were over-the-top religious. One day at the races that the Flanders and the Simpsons were attending, Homer accidentally killed Ned's wife with a T-shirt cannon. However, in this episode, Ned had the ability to see the future when he touched folks, as in the movie Dead Zone. Mr. Smithers' love remains unrequited to this day, despite having some very close encounters with his boss Mr. Burns. I hope that clarifies things....

[@rowdeemunkee]

Simpsons probably set back nuclear power alot based on how they potrayed it being super dangerous

[@augustmarstella3573]

Maybe do a video on that natural nuclear reactor in Oklo. How does it work? Why isn’t it polluting the atmosphere and killing everyone around it? Love the simpsons videos

[@IamGrimalkin]

If you were wanting to make a neutron beam you probably would use a proton accelerator though (and transform them into neutrons when they hit a target or something). Accelerators only work with charged particles. You can't just accelerate neutrons from nothing.

[@taras3702]

Good thing you weren't the supervisor of the world's worst nuclear technician in charge of handling plutonium metal for nuclear weapons. You'd be a nervous wreck.

[@Amermito]

the better question is how did homer get the job at a nuclear power plant .

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

Flanders is in his 60's. Flanders livers next door and Homer killed his wife. Flanders is a church elder and owner of the left hand shop. Flanders is also Homers biggest victom and Flanders always forgives him.

[@tjskeyblade]

This is so touching and hilarious

[@santiagosoares1513]

But the self destruct button is absolutely necessary in a power plant! Because what of aliens invade, we need a way to take down the tripods.

[@omstout]

COVID? Common cold worked the first time?

[@jrus690]

A bunch of hand grenades seemed to do the job the last time. Oh, and a bunch of Javelin missiles.

[@dirkhoekstra727]

LOL! Why the f... is there even a "Core Destruct button"??? 😂😂😂

[@angelrogo]

The producers and script writers of The Simpsons are primarily responsible for all the fear and hatred out there towards nuclear energy and nuclear power plants.

[@carnakthemagnificent336]

"Not in the face." - Sopranos reference.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

*_"Quit whackin' my barrel!"_* 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@taraswertelecki3786]

My favorite scene from the Simpsons what when the doctor X-rayed Homer's head and showed him the x-ray, LOL.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Flanders is a deeply religious neighbor of Simpson and in this Halloween episode he can see the future. I'd also recommend the Halloween episode with the black hole that Lisa brings home from school yard, even though it's not exactly nuclear physics: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5enaKGDosmIprs

[@zacatkinson3926]

Homer is always a blast when he works !

[@lapepitadeorooficial]

hello! professional simpsons fan in here (intentionally all in lower case) long time lurker of your videos, you can call them names, nobody would care :D call flanders "mr fluffy tash" if you like! reactions are what it counts XD

[@FirstArchon]

mr burns is a good example of why people should mistrust nuclear power lmao

[@robertschmidt4239]

Hey Elina, I love your videos! I've always wondered where you are from, and where you got your accent from?

[@HivisoftheScale]

Oooh you were watching one of their Halloween episodes... You know, some of those are a bit disturbing...😮

[@Bart230]

The owner of the plant is a bird, for legal purposes.

[@erikziak1249]

10:46 Why am I even watching this? Oh, because the KZbin algorithm suggested it and Elina is a nice human female. How low did I sink???

[@jaynway3441]

I loved these old episodes …. Elian you have to see “ Stupid sexy Flanders” episode

[@omstout]

Alec Baldwin defense strategy? Halyna Hutchins was slapping the barrel around?

[@undertaker666dead]

This video was Excellent

[@lexfrancis5916]

Do you have any thoughts about nuclear fusion? Like are there any inherent disadvantages of fusion compared to fission?

[@sebastianmenendez7657]

No mr burns is not in love with his assistant but his assistant is in love and obsessed with him

[@souravnatta2751]

Hi , Elina ! which books are best for Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics, Theoretical Nuclear Physics , Experimental Nuclear Physics???? In online lots of books are available. So, I can't decide which is best. Please , recommand me which books are best for Nuclear Physics as I mention above.

[@tonyharmon8512]

How about reacting to The Castle Bravo test: What went wrong.

[@nickfafard7381]

mr Smitter is in love with mr burns why he follow him even if his not working for him anymore 🤔😅 and dont know if ya did a quick mix with when Homer became overwheights and work from home from a external terminal and almost blew the town AGAIN 😅🤣🥳🐺✌💖

[@BoBaH_BoBaHoB]

Please "Nuclear Physicist REACTS to 50 Megaton Tsar Bomba Declassified"

[@bluedragontoybash2463]

It's Haloween edition !! .. oh. wait you never watched the Simpsons before

[@potfrr]

Buttons for everything is my dream come true.