8 Surprise TV Show Villain Reveals Everyone Hated
2. Maggie - The Simpsons
It may have gone down in history as one of the most memorable events ever to grace the town of Springfield, but the record will always show that the reveal of precisely who shot Mr. Burns was one of the most anticlimactic ever witnessed.
Building up over the course of two gripping episodes, the drama surrounding exactly which Simpsons regular had done the dastardly deed in the closing stages of Season Six had audiences begging for Season Seven to rear its head already! Then, in a completely unexpected twist, it was confirmed that none other than Maggie Simpson was the one responsible for the fateful gunshot.
"Unexpected", because not a single soul wanted or could justify Maggie being behind the act.
In particular, the execution of the shot was insanely contrived even for a show as ludicrous as The Simpsons, with Burns being accidentally gunned down after literally attempting to take candy from a baby. All in all, the reveal was as cute as the Simpsons' youngest for about a minute, before making us wish we'd had the previous two episodes-worth of time back to spend elsewhere.