Much Apu About Nothing

On an ordinary day, a brown bear strolls onto the streets of Springfield, frightening the town. The bear is eventually subdued by the police, who tranquilize it (despite the bear being relatively docile). Homer convinces Springfield that something needs to be done to protect them from bears, and the town takes their complaint to Mayor Quimby, who gives in easily. Soon, the Bear Patrol is created. Homer is then shocked to see taxes have been raised five dollars to maintain the patrol, and this warrants another visit by the town to the Mayor's office. To appease them, Mayor Quimby blames the high taxes on illegal immigrants. He then creates Proposition 24, which will require all illegal immigrants in Springfield to be deported.

Springfield starts to harass and hate all immigrants. At the Kwik-E-Mart, Apu confides in Homer that he is an illegal immigrant. Apu explains that if Proposition 24 passes, he will have to leave the United States, as his visa expired many years earlier. Apu is forced to go to Fat Tony to obtain a false United States citizenship, and on Fat Tony's advice, he starts acting American, by doing things like speaking with an American accent. However, feeling guilty and embarrassed about taking the fraudulent route and forging documents (Apu is shown remembering his parents bidding him farewell, telling him to "make us proud, son," as he set forth his journey to the USA, for his education and eventual Ph.D), he realizes he has disgraced his parents by turning his back on his Indian heritage, and tears up the fake passport.

After Homer sees how devastated was Apu about being deported, he changes his mind about the immigration proposition and vows that he and his family will help Apu. Lisa discovers that Apu will not have to leave if he can pass a United States citizenship test. Homer agrees to be Apu's tutor to help prepare for the exam. Apu demonstrates excellent knowledge of the United States, but Homer is a terrible tutor and replaces Apu's knowledge with false information. Apu falls asleep while studying Homer's notes, but forgets it all when he wakes up which Lisa says is good. Apu then goes to take the test, and because he originally knew a lot about the history of the United States, he passes the test and becomes a citizen of the United States. At a congratulatory party, Homer tells his guests how terrible it would be if immigrants were deported, explaining they make the United States thrive. He inspires them to vote no on Proposition 24, but it still passes, with 95% of voters voting yes. After the ballot is passed, the only person deported is Groundskeeper Willie.

Two Dozen and One Greyhounds

The Simpsons' dog, Santa's Little Helper becomes very excited and runs away from home to the dog racing track, where he falls in love with a female greyhound named She's the Fastest. She is given to the Simpsons after her owner notes that she will no longer race after falling in love. One day, She's the Fastest gives birth to 25 puppies. Eventually, the puppies become difficult to manage, and Homer and Marge Simpson attempt to sell them to people more capable of giving them adequate care. After seeing the puppies unwilling to separate, however, people begin to leave. Suddenly, Montgomery Burns arrives and offers to let them live in his mansion. After the Simpsons choose not to sell the puppies to him, he steals them when they are not looking.

Bart and Lisa Simpson track the puppies to Mr. Burns' mansion, where they spy on him through a window. They see him treating the puppies well by giving them a bath. When one of the puppies stands on his hind legs, Mr. Burns picks him as his favorite of the bunch. Burns inexplicably claims that the puppy reminds him of actor Rory Calhoun, and names him "Little Monty". After the bath, Mr. Burns walks into the next room, loads a gun, and sings a musical number called "See My Vest" (a parody of "Be Our Guest" from the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast) while demonstrating his wardrobe of fur clothing to his personal assistant, Waylon Smithers. After his performance, Burns prepares to kill all of the puppies, except for Little Monty, to make a new tuxedo for his wardrobe.

After learning about Mr. Burns' plan, Bart and Lisa sneak through the window and attempt to escape with the puppies down a laundry chute using Bart's socks. However, Mr. Burns is waiting for them at the bottom. As Mr. Burns is about to kill the dogs, Bart grabs Little Monty from Mr. Burns' hands and places him with the other puppies, hoping that Mr. Burns will not kill the dogs if he can not determine which is Little Monty. When Mr. Burns tells Little Monty to stand up, though, he does. As Mr. Burns bends down to pick up Little Monty, Bart reels a clothesline with some socks hanging from it, causing all of the puppies to stand up. Mr. Burns can not tell which is Little Monty, so he prepares to shoot them all. However, the standing dogs are too cute for him to kill and, emotionally touched, he promises to never wear fur or kill any animals that can do an amusing trick. Mr. Burns buys all of the puppies from the Simpsons and successfully raises all of them into world-class championship racing dogs, winning him millions, to Homer's dismay over the Simpson's missed fortune-making opportunity.

Apu. No contest.

I like both of these a lot. Probably apu

I like both of these but it's definitely the immigrants. Even when it was the bears I knew it was them.

Willie is lowkey one of my favorite characters.