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Grandpa Simpson falls in love with Bea Simmons, a fellow resident of the Springfield Retirement Castle. During the course of their brief romance, Bea passes away and leaves Grandpa her entire savings, $100,000. Grandpa decides to give the money to charity but can't decide which one is worthiest, but when he can't decide, Grampa heads for a casino to gamble it away.
(Grampa mourns Bea alone in his room.)
Lionel Hutz: It was a beautiful service, wasn’t it, Mr. Simpson?
Grampa: (Yells) Who the hell are you?
Lionel Hutz: Lionel Hutz, attorney-at-law! I’m the executor of Beatrice Simmons’ estate. Mr. Simpson, Bea was a wealthy woman and, surprise, surprise, she left everything to you.
Lionel Hutz: There is one catch. You must spend one night in…a haunted house!
Lionel Hutz: (Chuckles) Just kidding, just kidding.
Grampa: Eh, what are you, uh, doing tonight?
Bea: Sitting alone in my room.
Grampa: (Disappointed) Oh, well, if you’ve got plans already--
Grampa: Out of my way, I got a date with an angel.
Jasper: You don't know how right you are, Abe.
Jasper: I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but Bea passed away last night.
Grampa: Oh no.
Jasper: It was her ticker. The doctor said her left ventricle burst.
Grampa: No, Jasper. They may say she died from a burst ventricle, but I know she died of a broken heart.
Bart: Ya know, Grampa kinda smells like that trunk in the garage where the bottom's all wet.
Lisa: Nuh-uh. He smells more like a photo lab.
Homer: Stop it, both of you! Grampa smells like a regular old man, which is more like a hallway in a hospital.
Marge: Homer, that’s terrible! We should be teaching the children to treasure the elderly. You know, we’ll be old someday.
Homer: (Gasps) My God, you're right, Marge! You kids won’t put me in a home like I did to my dad, would ya?
Homer: (Screams) Marge, what do we do!?
If I Had a Million
This episode's ending, in which Grampa uses his money to fix up the Springfield Retirement Castle, is very similar to the ending of the 1932 film.
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
The scenes in which Springfield residents present their ideas for how to spend Grampa's money is loosely based on the 1936 film.
In the scene where people are queued up to pitch their ideas on what to do with Grampa's money, The Joker (one of Batman's many enemies) can be seen in line.
Abe Simpson winds up in the famous painting titled Nighthawks , a 1942 oil on canvas by Edward Hopper