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Homer Goes to College/References

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References/Trivia


Season 5 Episode References
083 "Cape Feare"
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"Homer Goes to College"
"Rosebud" 085

Debut Appearances

Cultural references

Trivia

  • Homer steals a pig in this episode, causing a disaster. Ironically, Homer later acquires a pet pig that causes a disaster in The Simpsons Movie.
  • According to The Simpsons Guide to America's Favorite Family (and shown in this episode), Homer did attempt to apply to college in his youth. His high school guidance counselor told him he was a shoo-in for admission, and the only remaining step was to sign the application form. Homer was just about to sign when he looked out the window, saw a dog with a piece of ham, and ran outside to fight with the dog for it. He never made it back into the counselor's office to sign the application, and the frustrated counselor crumpled up the form and threw it in the trash. Homer, recalling the incident, said that "fate stood in the way" of his going to college.
  • When Mr. Burns tells Homer that he needs to go to college, Bart jokingly asks, "College? Barber or Clown?" Ironically, in a later episode, "Homie the Clown", Homer does end up going to a clown college.
  • The idea of a "bra bomb" (as well as an "atomic bra bomb") is also seen in the Simpsons Comics story "Bart and Milhouse: Bore Us-The Movie-Gruel".

Goofs

  • During the bra bomb prank in the movie School of Hard Knockers, the President is shown with five fingers instead of four while he dances in the rain of bras.
  • When Mr. Burns tries to escape the meltdown in the Nuclear Inspection Van, his escape pod crashes, bouncing several times in the parking lot. In the next scene, he is completely unharmed, in spite of the crash and his failure to fasten his seat belt (just before he launches the pod, Burns is shown putting his feet up on the pod's other seat instead of buckling himself in).

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