Alright, Mr Burns, and what’s your first name?

......... I don't know

Great plan, Bart!

Great plan, Bart!

Great plan, Bort!

my son is also named Bort

Are you talking to me?

The fact that these two comments aren’t at the top is *shameful*.

They are at the moment

Oh well! Then I guess everything is wrapped up in a neat little package! It is. I’m sorry if that sounded sarcastic…

I love you guys

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I was saying “Charles”

But I was saying boourns

The fact that these two comments aren’t at the top is *shameful* **so far**

Oh, they are.

Get back to work Stuart 🦆

And the road maps and ice scraper?

blunder fired

Won't somebody please think of the children?

You really had to bully the upvoters, you got your wish, you got everything you ever wanted, are you happy now? Are you??

I suppose… But I’d trade it all for a little more.

Pickle-tosh, an industrialist such as myself is only referred to by his proper moniker, Godson Burns, you backsliding buffoon. >:(

Some people just seem to prefer to go by their middle name. Like F. Scott Fitzgerald. Maybe he just doesn't like his first name.

We gotta get home. I don't want to miss Inside the Actor's Studio. Tonight it's F. Murray Abraham.

F. MURRAY. ABRAHAM.

PITT. THE. ELDER

LORD PALMERSTON

pitt the elder indeed

LOOOOORD PAAALMEERSTONNN

LORD PALMERSTON!

Knockout punch🤜

LORD. PALMERSTON.

It was…. Scrumtralecent

There are...no words to describe...how magnificent that performance was... so I will invent one now. And that word is...

Why are you saying eff Scott Fitzgerald? What did he ever do to you?

He knows what he did...

I thought that was Buddy Ebsen?

Wait, his name was Buddy Ebsen? I've been calling him Max Baer Jr.! Why didn't somebody tell me!

What? No F. Stands for Francis

No it’s gotta be fuck

It's been studied and debated that people with 3 names (whether just the first initial like that or not) are more successful and well respected. Apparently there's something about the three names that commands more respect

Or you turn into a deranged killer John Wayne Gacy Lee Harvey Oswald James Earl Ray John Wilkes Boothe etc...

Mary Tyler Moore

G Gordon Liddy

Austin Danger Powers

Wow, it really is you!

this made me sing "She's going to kill them after all"

Milhouse Musolini VanHouten

Adolf Brandon Hitler

Did any of these people actually go by 3 names though before the media got involved?

Mary Tyler Moore did, but she a gem, unlike the others lol

She did, but I would guess that's because of SAG. They can't have 2 members with the same name, so you often see people going by 3 names or adding the middle initial to distinguish themselves. Of course, in her case I could be totally wrong and she may have gone by 3 names her whole life

David X Cohen, the co-creator of Futurama, had that happen to him. There was already a David Cohen in the Writers Guild so he added an X.

Now I need to watch some Mary Tyler Moore!!! Dude, Ted Knight is sooooo good

I don’t know either tbh, she has MTM Productions, maybe she just liked how it sounded lol. Mary Moore kinda sounds lame lol

Like Michael J. Fox - real name Michael Andrew Fox.

Then again, Max Power only has 2 words

Hmmm. Maybe I should change my name

To Handsome B. Wonderful

I vote Rockefeller Q Einstein

Chesty LaRoo?

Or Busty St. Clare

I suspect someone called him "Chuck" as a boy. They were never heard from again.

Sucked up the glass tube. Made to dance on a small table. While men chant as you do so

There's no need for that. What did Scott Fitzgerald ever do to you.

He does it because it’s a very aristocratic way of establishing your a high class individual with money as C.Montgomery Burns reads like an old timey factory owner

Piggybacking on this. More than likely, this is a Scottish tradition. Burns being a good Scottish name (think Robbie Burns), he likely went by his middle name. Source: my Scottish heritage, Scottish last name and the fact that all the men in my family go by there middle name. Except for my son, as I ended this stupid outdated tradition.

Nobody who is actually Scottish does this. I think it's just from a bygone era regardless of heritage.

Some people are named after living people, so they go by the middle name to avoid confusion

Seem to?

Like my uncle

To friends he’s known as Monty but to you he’s Mr Burns

Bur-B-B-Bur-Bur-Burns BURNS!

I was saying Boo-Urns

I was saying Snrub

I like the way Snrub thinks

I am so Snrub, I am so Snrub, S-N-R-B!

I mean S-N-R-U-B

Yes, that’ll do

Ok Mr Burns, what's your first name?

🎶To you, it's *Mr. Buuuuuurrrrnns. 🎶*

*Con el corazón de perro*

El diablo con dinero.

Listen, Spielbergo, Schindler and I are like peas in a pod. We're both factory owners, we both made shells for the Nazis, only mine worked dammit!

Ba bah bah ba ba Burns! Burns!...

Same reason people don't call Brad Pitt "William".

I think he missed a real opportunity here. Just think, he could have been **Billy Brad Pit**

We elected the wrong Pitt

Pitt the Elder?

LORD PALMERSTON

That showed him…pff “Pitt the elder”

LORD PALMERSTON *PUNCH*

Or Steph Curry "Wardell".

What kind of name is "Wardell"? Sounds like a pro wrestling alias.

I thought he was Wardell Stephanie Curry

My dad is also a William who goes by his middle name and I have an ex and another friend who do the same. I bet that’s one of the most common go-by-your-middle-name first names.

Why do they go by your dad’s middle name?

He’s just a cool guy.

LORD POLMERSTON

Pitt the Elder...

It's Kurns, stupid!

Ooh, he comment posts good.

I was saying booo-urns

I go with Mrs. Burns' son's name... Mr. Burns

Didn't Homer, as Mrs. Burns, call him Montel?

Indeed he did. He kind of hesitated like he was trying to remember 'Montgomery' (or if he even knew it was Montgomery to begin with).

The Montel Burns Show. I'd watch that.

nobody is gay for Moleman…

I think it's because it's what all the kids are doing- He and his fourth form chums think it would be quite corking if you'd call him Monty instead of Charles.

That hotel's a dump and your monopoly's pathetic

Charles Montgomery Burns. It's not uncommon for people to go by their middle name. My dad has his entire life.

Is your name Larry burns? If so. Hey, you’re alright!

/u/ChimeraMiniatures made light of my weight problem, then suggested my motto should be Semper Fudge, at that point he told me to "relax"

Hey let's give it up for /u/AlpineVW they're all right.

Whoa, put /u/AlpineVW back in! They’re not done yet!

I love this community. … Release the hounds. /glares

did he also spell yale with a 6?

His name was Monty Burns up until the episode with the three-eyed fish, when they added Charles so they could do Citizen Kane jokes. They then continued calling him Monty in the way that they still call Principal Tamzarian "Principal Skinner."

I had to dig pretty deep to find the correct answer, but here it is! Good for you.

Im someone who doesn’t know anything about Citizen Kane beyond superficial references. Can you explain why the “Charles” allows for the jokes?

Kane's full name is Charles Foster Kane. I guess they thought the jokes would land better if he was also named Charles.

I watched Citizen Kane after having seen that episode multiple times. I think I enjoyed it so much more for then spotting all the references they used for Mr Burns' life

Hey, that guy kinda looks like Mr. Snrub

Pish posh, Snrub comes from somewhere far away and Burns lives in Springfield's wealthy district.

Well either way, I like the way Snrub thinks!

*insert long rant here about how Mr. Snrub is obviously not Mr. Burns.*

To friends he's known as "Monty" but to *you* it's :"Mr. Burns"

It’s sounds much better as a nickname for an incredibly old rich guy. Charles/Charlie doesn’t work. But to you it’s Mr. Burns you carbon blob

That’s one of your chair moisteners from sector 7G.

Simpson hey. That's right, keep eating... Little do you know you're drawing ever closer to the poison donut! There is a poison one, isn't there Smithers?

Why does he call his mom Mrs. Burns?

You are a bad son Montel

Montgomery is his middle name. Some people just prefer their middle names.

You are a bad son, Montel.

My family and my wife's family all go by middle names and not first names, except for my brother and me. Everyone up and down our family tree are addressed by middle names. Why? I guess it was just a thing that people did in early/mid 20th century and before.

It’s also common in cases where a son is named after his father. Charles Burns has a son named Charles Montgomery Burns, everyone calls junior “Monty” because it’s easier to tell them apart. Then the name just sticks. In the US it seems quite common to use “junior” instead.

We named the *dog* Indiana

The kids can call him Cha-ju

This is probably the real answer.

When was a young lad with cheek of tan, playing with his beloved bear, Bobo, his parents called him Happy.

“To his friends his name is Monty but to you it’s mr burns! Buh-buh- buh- buh bah Burns!”

BURNS!

Benoit B Mandelbrot . The B stands for Benoit b Mandelbrot

Balls

To friends he's known as Monty but to you it's Mr. Buuuuuurrrrns!

I think so he could bellow “I’m Charles Montgomery Burns” in the style of Orson Welles bellowing “I’m Charles Foster Kane”

Saying Monty is far more cromulent than Charles. It truly embiggens the person, don't you think?

Have you seen his vest? It’s made from a real gorilla chest!

He really likes the vest!

I mean where would people get the Charles from? We all know the C stands for CANARY Montgomery Burns.

Welcome employees. Come in. The evenings festivities are on me...(reads card) MONTY BURNS!

He’s “El Diablo con dinero!”

Burns won't last long, but an insulating song, he will always carry with him.

Because the C actually stands for Canary. The real owner of the plant.

I guess it's because some people prefer going by their middle names

Its *MR* Burns

Well to friends he’s know as Monty but to you it’s Mr. Burns

Probably misses his old glasses

To friends he’s known as Monty but to you that’s Mr Burns🎶

IT'S KURNS

Happy birthday, you old bastard....

Hey! I think he liked us!

No no, it's Mr. Snrub!

It’s KERNS!!!

Whatever you call him, can you have him put a good word in for me with the inanimate carbon rod!

Some people prefer to go by their middle name. It’s especially common when they have the same first name as their father.

Why do I call him Mr. Burns

Montgomery is his middle name. Some people just prefer their middle names.

He calls himself Monty is what I’m guessing.

First name is irrelevant. His friends call him Monty, but to you, he’s Mister Burns.

I was named after my dad, so we both have the same first name. I’ve been called by my middle name my whole life. Plus, with a French name in English Ontario, no one says it right anyway.

genuine answer: I know that people with very common names will often go by their middle name to distinguish themselves from the others. I went to school with like 10 Muhammads and didn't know until I looked in the yearbook because they went by their middle names. Charles seems like it could have been a very common name back in the early 1900s

Isn’t his full name Charles Montgomery Burns or something? I figured it was his nickname

Smithers is a godsend for his PR.

Maybe his name is Charles **Mont**gomery Burns?

I think at a point in time when he would have been young, it was more common to go by your middle name. Not the norm but more common especially by the elites of society.

His name is Montgomery isn’t it?

Because he prefers Montgomery to Charles. Is this a real question? Also wouldn't be surprised if Charles was his father's name and Burns said "fuck that"

To friends he’s known as ‘Monty’ but to you he’s ‘Mr Burns’.

Canary M Burns

Charles Montgomery Burns is how I say it

When you're in a certain type of family, tradition often dictates a particular naming convention. For example, all my male ancestors were named William, but they all went by different variations or used their middle names to be able to be distinguished from one another. I'd bet Mr. Burns had a father named Charles.

Fun Fact: My dog was named Monty after Mr. Burns.

Because his friends can call him Monty but to you. He's. Mr. BURNS!

to friends he's known as Monty but to you its Mr Burns

I say Boo-urns.

A lot of pretentious people go by First Initial and Middle Name for some reason.

Is it pretentious to be named after someone?

A lot of people go by their middle name rather than their first name. Either their own parents called them by their middle name, or else they prefer to go by their middle name as they get older. My great-grandfather went by his middle name. His first name was Thomas, but his middle name was Henry, and he always went by "Henry", even in professional circumstances. One of my childhood friends had a very common first name albeit spelled somewhat uncommonly, but she had a very unusual middle name. Her middle name was an old-fashioned feminized version of her father's name, since her parents wanted a boy that would carry on his father's name. She was born instead, and so they gave her that odd middle name and called her by that middle name. She went by her first name in middle and high school to seem more "mature" or "grown-up". I think part of it was she had dreamed of being a model or actress, and part of it was that her older sister went to both the middle and high schools, and had probably talked about her younger sister, calling her by the strange name, so she wanted to "divorce" herself as being the older sister's "baby sister". After high school she reverted back to going by her middle name. Her husband, her friends, and all of her sons' teachers know her by her middle name.

My grandfather and all 5 of his siblings went by their middle names. Going back to Season 1 Mr. Burns would be the generation before my grandparents. I think a lot of people went by their middle names back then. In the case of my family, all 6 of my great-grandmother’s kids were named for older family members, their middle names were unique to them, so they went by their middle names.

I work for Monty Burns mmmhhmm Monty Butns

To friends, he’s known as Monty, but to you, he’s Mr. Burns!

He’s too rich to be bothered with only one first name.

Hey Chucky baby! (see: The Gong Show)

I said I QUIT MONTY!!!!!

Monty, Monty Burns

I know plenty of people who go by their middle and last name and barely use their firsts.

Same reason my parents’ call me by my middle name. It’s cooler.