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Waylon Smithers, Jr. is a recurring fictional character in the animated series The Simpsons, who is...

Waylon Smithers, Jr. is a recurring fictional character in the animated series The Simpsons, who is voiced by Harry Shearer. Smithers first appeared in the episode "Homer's Odyssey", although he could be heard in the series premiere "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". He is the consummate executive and personal assistant of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's owner Montgomery Burns. In many ways, Smithers represents the stereotype of the closeted gay man, and numerous overt allusions and double entendres concerning his homosexuality are made, though some of the show's producers instead refer to him as a "Burns-sexual". Waylon Smithers is Burns' devoted executive assistant. His father, Waylon Smithers Sr., worked for Burns until he died of radiation poisoning after saving Springfield from a potential nuclear meltdown when Waylon was a baby. In many ways, he represents the stereotypical closeted gay man. Although he has not declared himself to be gay, Smithers frequents Springfield's gay village and goes on a vacation to a male-only resort. It was revealed in a flashback that he was involved with a woman, but the two split up when Mr. Burns came between them. Smithers is shown to have