Steal This Episode/References

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References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 25 Episode References
← 538 "White Christmas Blues"	539 "Steal This Episode"	"Married to the Blob" 540 →

Cultural References

• The episode title is likely a reference to:
  • The piracy-related plotine.
  • Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman, which was a guide for followers of the countercultural movement of the 1960s and early 1970s.
• The fact that the suit that keeps Radioactive Man alive is slowly killing him references the arc reactor problem Tony Stark had in Marvel's Iron Man 2.
• In Marge's letter, she mentions Are We There Yet? and Shrek 2.
• Homer, Lenny and Carl talking at the water cooler is a reference to a forum's watercooler, a place for general chat about topics.
• The marquee at The Screens at the Shops at Citytown Shopping Village has several film references:
  • Zero Dark Thirty-One is a parody/sequel of Zero Dark Thirty.
  • The #Hashtag Games is a reference to The Hunger Games.
  • The Troll Twins of Underbridge Academy 3, Part 1 is a reference to The Troll Twins of Underbridge Academy, a fictional book written by many people, including Homer, and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, the third movie in The Twilight Saga.
• Bootleg Bay is a parody of The Pirate Bay.
• Several scenes from the Nascar 2011 Tums Fast Relief 500 are shown in the episode when characters are explaining about illegally downloading films.
• Lenny and Carl mention that they watched a new James Bond film where James Bond is ugly, has no gadgets, is not good at shooting, doesn't say any funny quips or do any James Bond stuff.
  • The James Bond film Yesterday Never Tomorrows is a parody of Tomorrow Never Dies.
• Homer's line "and a website based in a country that is really just an offshore oil platform" is a reference to Principality of Sealand and HavenCo.
• The text in Cosmic Wars Episode VII: A New Take says that due to a rift in the space-time continuum, episodes I, II and III never happened. This is a reference to many fans of Star Wars disliking the prequel trilogy. The film is also a reference to the unreleased seventh Star Wars film.
• In the Consulate of Sweden, the Simpsons sit on Ikea chairs.
• Homer asks why movie producers can't make a sequel to Taken where The Hangover guys get taken and the only people who can save them is Fast and Furious.
• Judas Priest sing a parody of "Breaking the Law" called "Respecting the Law".

Trivia

• A disclaimer from FOX comes up saying that they forbid step-by-step instructions on how to illegally download films. However, FOX has no say over what The Simpsons does or does not air. Therefore, it was the producers and writers of the show who didn't want to show the instructions and did this as a gag.
• The judge who appears in the film at the end looks very similar to the female judge.

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Homerland • Treehouse of Horror XXIV • Four Regrettings and a Funeral • YOLO • Labor Pains • The Kid Is All Right • Yellow Subterfuge • White Christmas Blues • Steal This Episode • Married to the Blob • Specs and the City • Diggs • The Man Who Grew Too Much • The Winter of His Content • The War of Art • You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee • Luca$ • Days of Future Future • What to Expect When Bart's Expecting • Brick Like Me • Pay Pal • The Yellow Badge of Cowardge