{"id":13,"age":1381,"birthdate":"1886-09-15","description":"Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns, also known as Monty Burns, Montgomery Burns, C.M. Burns, and Mr. Burns, is the owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant in The Simpsons franchise. He is Springfield's richest, oldest (supposedly), most powerful, and undoubtedly greediest and meanest citizen. His net worth has been stated to be in the billions and in one instance was pegged at exactly $1,800,037,022.","first_appearance_ep_id":1,"first_appearance_sh_id":null,"gender":"Male","name":"Charles Montgomery Burns","occupation":"Owner & Director of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant","phrases":["Excellent!","Release the hounds!","Smithers!","Smithers, who is this ?","Simpson, eh?","Youre fired!","Oh, Fiddlesticks!"],"portrait_path":"/character/13.webp","status":"Alive","first_appearance_ep":{"id":1,"airdate":"1989-12-17","description":"\"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire\" (also known as \"The Simpsons Christmas Special\") is the first episode of Season 1 of The Simpsons, as well as the series premiere/pilot episode of the series. It is the show's only episode to be aired in the 1980s. (Minus the original shorts.)","episode_number":1,"image_path":"/episode/1.webp","name":"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire","season":1,"synopsis":"When Mr. Burns announces that none of the workers will be getting Christmas bonuses and Marge reveals that she spent the extra Christmas gift money on getting Bart's \"Mother\" tattoo removed, Homer keeps his lack of funds for the holidays a secret and gets a job as a mall Santa."},"first_appearance_sh":null}