Elon Musk jokingly admitted that he is actually Hank Scorpio, the maniacal, world domination-obsessed supervillain from 'The Simpsons'

Sahar Esfandiari

Nov 28, 2019, 17:10 IST

Elon Musk jokingly admitted that he is actually Hank Scorpio, the maniacal, world domination-obsessed supervillain from 'The Simpsons'

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Elon Musk embraced comparisons of him and "The Simpsons" supervillain Hank Scorpio on Twitter.
"Ok fine I'm Hank Scorpio," Musk tweeted in response to a fan.
Scorpio, a maniacal supervillain hell bent on world domination, features in the Simpsons episode "You Only Move Twice," and at the episode's climax attacks his enemies with a flamethrower.
In 2018, Musk made headlines after selling 20,000 of his Not-a-Flamethrower devices for a total of $10 billion.
Musk has frequently been the subject of jokes about secretly being a supervillain thanks to his innovative, often wacky, new devices and gadgets, such as the Not-a-Flamethrower, and the new Tesla Cybertruck.
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Elon Musk welcomed comparisons between himself and "The Simpsons" supervillain Hank Scorpio on Twitter on Wednesday.

In response to a post that said "We all know Elon Musk is just Hank Scorpio, Elon knows it's true!!!!!"

Musk replied with the following tweet:

Hank Scorpio is a supervillain in the animated American sitcom 'The Simpsons."

He appears in the episode "You Only Move Twice," in which the Simpson family relocates to an idyllic town when father Homer gets a new job, only for Homer to discover that his new boss, Scorpio, is a manical villain hell bent on taking over the world.

During the final scenes of the episode, Scorpio is seen firing a flamethrower at enemies.

Musk was previously compared to Scorpio in 2018 when he launched a flamethrower, jokingly called the "Not-a-Flamethrower." The flamethrower sold 20,000 units, costing customers a total of close to $10 billion.

Musk was criticized by US politicians for creating the device, prompting him to announce every flamethrower would be shipped with "a complimentary boring fire extinguisher."

The machine was named "Not-a-Flamethrower," owing to shipping and customs regulations that restrict the transport of anything named a flamethrower.

Musk has previously been compared to other supervillains such as Superman nemesis Lex Luthor, and has frequently been the subject of jokes about secretly being a supervillain thanks to his innovative, often wacky, new devices and gadgets, such as the Not-a-Flamethrower, and the new Tesla Cybertruck.

A Washington Post article suggested Musk has a "dark side," and shares interests with Bond villains such as Dominic Greene in the Quantum of Solace - who used environmentalism as a cover, and Ernst Stavro Blofeld, for his interest in outer space.