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*This is the first Simpsons episode to directly break the [[wikipedia:Fourth wall|fourth wall]]. Homer tells the audience "We'll be right back" as it cut to a commercial break while gloating about not getting his comeuppance after the second act. In previous episodes such as [[Duffless]] and [[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]], they only semi-broke the fourth wall: that is, the characters first appear to be talking directly to the audience, but were in actuality pointing at another character (Barney and Chief Wiggum, respectively). | *This is the first Simpsons episode to directly break the [[wikipedia:Fourth wall|fourth wall]]. Homer tells the audience "We'll be right back" as it cut to a commercial break while gloating about not getting his comeuppance after the second act. In previous episodes such as [[Duffless]] and [[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]], they only semi-broke the fourth wall: that is, the characters first appear to be talking directly to the audience, but were in actuality pointing at another character (Barney and Chief Wiggum, respectively). | ||
*This episode has a television rating of TV-PG D (dialogue), while in reality it deserves to be TV-PG LD (language and dialogue) for what Homer said to the ambulance while driving the kids. | *This episode has a television rating of TV-PG D (dialogue), while in reality it deserves to be TV-PG LD (language and dialogue) for what Homer said to the ambulance while driving the kids. | ||
| + | *Characters that chased Homer and Lisa: | ||
| + | #[[Luigi]]'s Chef | ||
| + | #The Critics | ||
| + | #A Fat [[Mr.Burns]] | ||
| + | #A Fat [[Sideshow Mel]] | ||
| + | #[[Captain McCallister]] | ||
| + | #The Zoo Animals | ||
| + | #[[Hans Moleman]] | ||
| + | #[[Akira]] | ||
| + | #Butcher | ||
| + | #[[Rainer WolfCastle|Raineer WolfCastle]] | ||
| + | #[[Luigi]] | ||
{{Season 11 R}} | {{Season 11 R}} | ||
[[Category:Cultural references]] | [[Category:Cultural references]] | ||
[[Category:Trivia]] | [[Category:Trivia]] | ||
Revision as of 10:56, September 18, 2010
Cultural references
- The title references the 1967 film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
- Homer's song about food resembles, in part, the tune "I Feel Pretty", from West Side Story.
- The typewriter without an "e" refers to the film Misery.
- Props seen at Planet Springfield: Herbie from The Love Bug, the coffee mug from Heartbeeps, the cane from Citizen Kane, a script from The Cable Guy (Which Homer proceeds to tear apart for nearly ruining Jim Carrey's career), an alien resembling one from Mars Attacks! (but pink), a model of the Titanic, models of an X-Wing and TIE fighters, and a statue of C-3PO.
- When Lisa and Homer discuss the language to use in his first review Homer attempts to augment nouns with "groin-grabbingly". Lisa offers the word "transcendent" to which Homer replies, "What about groin-grabbingly transcendent?" "Groin Grabbingly Transcendent" is the name of a song by Jason Becker on his album The Blackberry Jams.
- The episode was also the second episode of The Simpsons to feature a reference to the movie The French Connection (The first was "The Springfield Connection").
- Luigi references the "horse head" scene from The Godfather.
- Homer typing the same thing over and over spoofs the 1980 film The Shining.
- Citizen Kane is referenced multiple times throughout the episode, such as the "cane from Citizen Kane" and the scene where Homer tells Lisa "people will think what I tell them to think," and that she "can't do this to me, I'm Homer Simpson!" as she leaves the room.
Trivia
- This is the first Simpsons episode to directly break the fourth wall. Homer tells the audience "We'll be right back" as it cut to a commercial break while gloating about not getting his comeuppance after the second act. In previous episodes such as Duffless and Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One), they only semi-broke the fourth wall: that is, the characters first appear to be talking directly to the audience, but were in actuality pointing at another character (Barney and Chief Wiggum, respectively).
- This episode has a television rating of TV-PG D (dialogue), while in reality it deserves to be TV-PG LD (language and dialogue) for what Homer said to the ambulance while driving the kids.
- Characters that chased Homer and Lisa:
- Luigi's Chef
- The Critics
- A Fat Mr.Burns
- A Fat Sideshow Mel
- Captain McCallister
- The Zoo Animals
- Hans Moleman
- Akira
- Butcher
- Raineer WolfCastle
- Luigi
