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The Great Phatsby: Part Two/References

2019-04-18T10:43:42Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The title of the episode is a parody of ''{{w|The Great Gatsby}}''.
*[[Smithers]] stuffing himself in the dead horse is a reference to [[Luke Skywalker]]'s head inside the Tauntuan's body in [[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]] ; or may be it refers to {{w|Hugh Glass}} in {{w|The Revenant}}.
*[[Milhouse]] posters:
**''{{w|Straight Outta Compton}}'' is an album by {{w|N.W.A}}.
**Better Daze by 4pac is a reference to {{w|2pac}} and his album {{w|Better Dayz}}.
**"The Family Tree of Horrorcore" references {{w|Horrorcore}}.
*A painting of the {{w|SS Normandie}} is present in the shop [[Marge]] opens.
*Marge and [[Homer]] reference {{w|Francis Scott Fitzgerald}}.
*[[Mr. Burns]] references [[Cthulhu]].

==Trivia==
*This is the first two-part episode since the [[Season 6]] and [[Season 7|7]] episode "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns?]]".
*In the same TV season, two months early, ''[[Family Guy]]'' had a episode where they reenacted ''The Great Gatsby'' in the episode "High School English".
*The episode started fifteen minutes late due to the {{w|National Football League|NFL}} game finishing late.
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==Continuity==
*In [[Springfield Cemetery]], Homer and [[Mr. Burns]] visit Burns Family Mausoleum. ("[[Treehouse of Horror XII]]")
*It is unknown as to why Mr. Burns didn't just go back to [[Burns' manor|his mansion]] in [[Springfield]], because only his Middle Hampton home was repossessed by [[Jay G]] (it was shown that Burns was sitting in front of his former summer mansion).

== Goofs ==
*A part of Burns' hair turns yellow for a second.

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Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus/References

2019-03-21T14:44:24Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a reference to the series ''{{w|Monty Python's Flying Circus}}''.
*On the title screen, [[Kodos]] flies across with a banner reading "Vote Kodos make the universe great again", a reference to the presidential campaign of [[Donald Trump]].
*The blackboard text references the {{w|Tommy John surgery}}.
*The couch gag is a parody of ''{{w|Adventure Time}}''.
*[[Skinner]] and [[Chalmers]] walk the aisles of [[Springfield Bowl]] dressed as {{w|The Blues Brothers}}.
*The new [[Lard Lad]] statue destroying the town is a probable reference to {{w|20 Fenchurch Street}}, a [[London]] skyscraper which has been in the news for reflecting sunlight in a similar manner which caused damage to the sidewalk and cars parked nearby.
*[[Ralph]] imitates [[Porky Pig]] from ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' saying "That's all folks!" while in the fire of the New [[Lard Lad Donuts]]'s metallic statue on [[Springfield Tire Yard]].
*[[Homer]] mentions filling water guns up with iced tea and lemonade to spray [[Lenny]] with to make an {{w|Arnold Palmer (drink)|Arnold Palmer drink}} and later Lenny and [[Carl]] spray Homer with these. The drink was named after US golfer {{w|Arnold Palmer}} who coincidentally died the same day this episode aired.
*[[Chief Wiggum]] compares the [[Lard Lad Donuts]] statue being missing like the time {{w|The Thinker}} was stolen.
*When [[Marge]] says "there's only one man we can turn to", Homer answers "[[Supergirl]]?".
*In the couch gag, one of the [[Spuckler children|Spucklers]] is wearing [[Mickey Mouse]] ears.
*The [[Channel 6]] headline for the riot was ''{{w|Quiet Riot}}'', the name of a heavy metal band.
*The song ''{{w|Because I Got High}}'' by {{w|Afroman}} plays during one of the [[Power Plant]]'s "parties".
*[[Crazy Cat Lady]] sings {{w|Madama Butterfly|Un bel dì}} by {{w|Giacomo Puccini}}.
*Homer references [[Spider-Man]] saying "With above avarage height comes above avarage responsibility", a reference to the Spider-Man's "With great power comes great responsibility".
*[[Rod]] and [[Todd]]'s performance is playing and singing ''{{W|Michael Row the Boat Ashore}}''.
*[[Sherri and Terri]]'s performance is a referene to [[w|The Prestige (film)]]
*The song playing during the end credits is "{{W|Oh, Dem Golden Slippers}}" by {{W|James A. Bland}}.
*The first film seen on the {{w|Mutoscope}} is ''{{w|The Kiss (1896 film)}}''.
**Characters in the audience seen laughing at the child [[Burns]] are:
***[[Charlie Chaplin]] as his character {{w|The Tramp}}.
***{{Ch|Babe Ruth}} in {{w|Logos and uniforms of the New York Yankees#Design and appearance of uniform|Yankee pinstripes}}.
***[[Itchy]] as [[Steamboat Itchy]].
*[[Rod]] and [[Todd]], on stage with their instruments, are reprising the {{w|Smothers Brothers}} act.
**Todd's line, "God always liked you best" is a riff on Tommy Smothers' catch phrase, "Mom always liked you best."

== Continuity ==
*In the couch gag several references to past episode appears:
**The [[Multi-eyed squirrel]]. (''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'')
**"H.J.S. + M.B." initials written inside a heart carved in a tree. ("[[The Way We Weren't]]")
**[[Springfield Lemon Tree]]. ("[[Lemon of Troy]]")
**[[Bobo]]. ("[[Rosebud]]")
**[[Barney]], dressed as [[Plow King]], is driving his Plow King's Plow. ("[[Mr. Plow]]")
**[[Moe]] as a yeti. ("[[Moe Goes from Rags to Riches]]")
**The [[Angel Skeleton]] on the ground. ("[[Lisa the Skeptic]]")
**[[Homer]] is shown flying over a canyon on a skateboard, but he fails to make over to the other side and tumbles down the canyon. ("[[Bart the Daredevil]]")
**Lisa plays the saxophone in a cave full of fireworks and with [[Linguo]] near her. ("[[Trilogy of Error]]")
**The [[Olmec Head]]. ("[[Blood Feud]]")
**[[The Grumple]] chases [[Rod]] and [[Todd]] on the road. ("[[Kill Gil, Volumes I & II]]")
**A picture of [[Stampy]] on [[Bart's Treehouse]]. ("[[Bart Gets an Elephant]]")
**In the dump several items appear:
***A picture of nude [[Mr. Burns]]. ("[[Brush with Greatness]]")
***A [[Funzo]] skeleton. ("[[Grift of the Magi]]")
***[[Chief Knock-A-Homer]]. ("[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]")
***[[The Homer]]. ("[[Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?]]")
***The Bear Buster 5000. ("[[The Fat and the Furriest]]")
***[[Springfield Monorail|Monorail]] car. ("[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]")
***[[Mr. Sparkle]]'s box. ("[[In Marge We Trust]]")
***[[The Hive]]. ("[['Cue Detective]]")
***[[Devil's Advocate]]. ("[[Insane Clown Poppy]]")
***The [[Inanimate carbon rod]]. ("[[Deep Space Homer]]")
*Among the spectators laughing at young Mr. Burns is [[Itchy]] from [[Steamboat Itchy]].
*[[Maude Flanders]] and [[Edna Krabappel]] appear as ghosts next to [[Ned]]. ("[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]", "[[The Man Who Grew Too Much]]")

== Goofs ==
*In some frames in [[Burns' Mansion]], [[Maggie]] is swivel-eyed.
*At the first audition, Lisa's headset changes sides between scenes.
*[[Manjula]] changes clothes between two scenes.
*When [[Mrs. Burns]] was licking Mr. Burns at the pageant, a line appears through her face for a frame.
*[[Krusty]]'s makeup turns yellow for a few frames.
*[[Apu]] is seen with the [[octuplets]] in baby carriers in the start of the episode, but a few seconds later, he appears with Manjula when the town of Springfield are looking up at the sky without wearing the octuplets in the baby carriers.

== Trivia ==
*This is the second episode which primary focus is on Burns, and also the second episode in which Burns auditions people, this time for a Virtual Reality family.

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Much Apu About Something/References

2019-02-09T19:25:24Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The title of the episode is a reference to the [[season 7]] episode "[[Much Apu About Nothing]]".
**The episode title is also a pun on the [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] comedy ''{{w|Much Ado About Nothing}}''.
*One of the scratchers is a ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' one, with images of {{w|Sheldon Cooper}} and {{w|Howard Wolowitz}}.
*[[Wiggum]] makes reference to ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]''.
*[[Homer]] references {{w|Al Pacino}}.
*The [[Lincoln Memorial]], the [[Liberty Bell]], the {{w|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier}} and [[Mount Rushmore]] appears.
*[[Apu]] references Gunga Din and Archibald Cutter from the movie ''{{w|Gunga Din (film)|Gunga Din}}''.
*[[Bart]] sings a {{w|Doxology}} after he says that without [[Homer]] strangling him, his throat is finally healing.
*''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'': When Bart decides to return to his prankster ways, he puts on spiked eyelashes that resemble Alex's. Homer then laments buying Bart the video for his fifth birthday (he thought it would help Bart learn how to tell time).
*The cover of the song "{{W|The Best (song)|The Best}}" by {{W|Tina Turner}} is played when the [[Springfield Fire Department]] is getting away after failing to extinguish the fire from the [[Quick & Fresh]].
*According to this episode, [[Apu]] worked on the movie {{w|Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom}} (referred by [[Jay]] as Temple of Doom) for three months, and only his hand appears in one shot.
**[[Apu]] also references [[Steven Spielberg]].
*During the conversation between Apu and Sanjey in the hospital, they talked about their forgotten brother Tico ; which referes to {{w|Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi}}

== Continuity ==
*All the volunteers and the truck of the [[Springfield Fire Department]] appears. ("[[Homer the Heretic]]")
*A [[Gay Pride Parade|gay parade]] was done previously. ("[[Jaws Wired Shut]]")
*[[Bart]] wears ''A Clockwork Orange'' eyelashes again. ("[[Treehouse of Horror III]]")
*Lisa refers to her imaginary friend [[Rachel Cohen|Rachel]]. ("[[Today I Am a Clown]]")

== Goofs ==
*In a scene, [[Sanjay]] wears a [[Kwik-E-Mart]] employee T-Shirt and then his usual clothes.
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*When [[Manjula]] was presenting the [[Quick & Fresh]] to [[Apu]], the workers push the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] picture to [[Apu]]'s right, but a few seconds later, he jumps to the left to hug the picture.
*When the Police Tank is first seen, [[Ralph]] is in the same hatch as [[Lou]], but in later scenes, [[Ralph]] is gone.
*[[Sideshow Mel]] was shown at the Quick & Fresh when the products start going bad, but a few seconds later, he appears as a firefighter on the firetruck dancing and his skin is yellow.
*When Bart pulls down the switch for Quick & Fresh, the food in the store goes bad immediately, when logically, it would actually take 24 hours for the food to go bad.

== Trivia ==
*[[Snake Jailbird]]'s prisoner number is "7F20". [[Snake Jailbird|Snake]] made his first appearance in the episode "[[The War of the Simpsons]]", which has the production code "7F20".

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Gal of Constant Sorrow/References

2019-02-09T15:09:58Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The title of the episode is a parody of the title of the traditional American folk song "{{W|Man of Constant Sorrow}}".
*The song played during thug Bart sequence is "{{w|Started from the Bottom}}" by {{w|Drake (rapper)|Drake}}.
*[[Hettie]] mentions in her songs:
**{{w|PlayStation 3}}
**{{w|Safeway}}
**{{w|Barnes & Noble}}
**{{w|Twix}}
**{{w|Burger King}}
**[[Selma]], [[Patty]], [[Grampa]] and [[Apu]]
**[[744 Evergreen Terrace|The house next to Flanders']]
**Apu's [[Squishee]] (Squishy)
**[[Blinky]] (the three-eyed fishie)
*The songs that [[Hettie]] sings are:
**at the dock "{{w|The Wayfaring Stranger (song)|The Wayfaring Stranger}}"
**at Lisa's rom "{{w|Bonny Portmore}}".
**on the stage "{{w|Down in the River to Pray}}
**at the credits "{{w|Big Rock Candy Mountain}}".
* Some pictures on the black & white montage are versions of real life iconic pictures, specially from the {{W|Wall Street Crash of 1929}} and the {{W|Dust Bowl}}.
*The Video Tutorial Guy's shirt "It's Hammer Time!" is a reference to the rapper {{W|MC Hammer}}.

== Continuity ==
*A picture of [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]] is Lisa's desktop picture. ("[[Moaning Lisa]]")
*[[Mr. Sparkle]]'s box appears in the [[title screen gag|title screen]]. ("[[In Marge We Trust]]")
*[[Homer]] watches a tutorial on changing tiles on [[MyTube]]. ("[[Elementary School Musical]]")

== Trivia ==
*Hettie asks [[Lisa]] when they do their [[couch gag]]s, [[Lisa]] saying around 11:00 in the morning and that she'll be fine, both breaking the fourth wall.
*The Making Bacon sneak peek never made it into the episode.
*Hettie is based on a real life story.<ref name="Al Jean Twitter">[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/701651349423849472 Al Jean Twitter]</ref>

== Goofs ==
*At the beginning of the sledge race, [[Ralph]] was alone on his sledge, but when he passes [[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]], there's a snowman with him.
**Also, neither [[Nelson]] nor [[Richard]] were seen at the start line, but they were participating on the race.

== References ==
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Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing/References

2014-06-25T17:45:06Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the song "{{w|Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)|Love is a Many-Splendored Thing}}".
**The song has also been referenced in the title of the episode "[[Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing]]", from [[Season 22]].
*Bart's appearance and speaking style is a parody of {{w|Woody Allen}}'s.
*Cletus' "Fueds" list includes the following:
**{{w|Hatfield-McCoy feud|Hatfields}}
**The {{w|Hapsburgs}}
**{{w|Time Warner Cable}}
**Those dang [[The Muppets|Muppets]]
**My toenail what turned black
**And, after the talent show, the Peacocks
*"The Most Interesting Boy in the World" is a reference to the Internet meme, {{plainlink|http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world|The Most Interesting Man in the World}}.
* During the movie ''[[Love, Indubitably]]'' which is a reference to the movie ''{{W|Love Actually}}'' we can see :
** {{w|Winston Churchill}}, {{w|Shakespeare}}, {{w|Sherlock Holmes}} and {{w|Isaac Newton}} performing a striptease. This is a reference to the British movie {{w|The Full Monty}}.
**[[Severus Snape]] from ''[[Harry Potter]]'' appears in the movie.
**The [[TARDIS]] from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' appears in the movie.
**[[Alfred Hitchcock]] comes out from the TARDIS.
*At [[Springfield Squidport]], many caricatures can be found
** Woody Allen.
**[[Yoda]] from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
** {{w|Clint Eastwood}} from {{w|The Good, the Bad and the Ugly}}.
** {{w|Humphrey Bogart}} from {{w|Casablanca (film)|Casablanca}}.
*[[Woody Allen]] mentions his films ''{{W|Mighty Aphrodite}}'' and ''{{W|The Purple Rose of Cairo}}''. Later, he mentions that he played the ant in ''{{W|Antz}}''.
*One of the characters in the video game ''[[Mixed Martian Arts]]'' (a parody of {{w|Mixed Martial Arts}}) is [[Marvin the Martian]] from ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.
**The controller he holds resembles an [[Xbox]] controller.
*[[Kearney]] tells Bart to think outside the "Skinner box," another name for an {{W|Operant conditioning chamber}} used for studying animal behavior.
*When singing "[[Ode to Apologize]]", a parody of the "{{w|Ode to Joy}}" from [[Beethoven]]'s Ninth Symphony, Homer sings the line: "The melody is by Beethoven" and Bart then sings: "Not bad for a movie dog". Homer is referring to the composer while Bart is referring to the film ''{{W|Beethoven (film)|Beethoven}}''.

== Continuity ==
*The story is a follow-up to the episode "[[Moonshine River]]" from the [[Season 24|same season 24]].

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Hardly Kirk-ing/References

2014-06-25T16:33:20Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the [[Jerry Lewis]] comedy ''{{w|Hardly Working}}''.
*The [[Kuddle]] is a parody of the [[Amazon Kindle]], more specifically the second generation Kindle DX in graphite color. The face on the Kuddle is a reference to the Magic Mirror from ''{{w|Snow White}}''.
*''[[You're Tired!]]'' by [[Donald Trump]] is a reference to his catchphrase from ''{{w|The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)|The Apprentice USA}}'', "{{w|You're fired!}}".
*''Diarrhea of a Wimpy Kid'' is an obvious parody of ''{{w|Diary of a Wimpy Kid}}'' and the cover art has the same color as ''{{w|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever}}''.
*''[[The Wind and the Willem Dafoe]]'' is a reference to ''{{w|The Wind in the Willows}}'' and actor [[Willem Dafoe]].
*''[[Kevin James and the Giant Peach]]'' is a reference to the {{w|Roald Dahl}} book ''{{w|James and the Giant Peach}}''.
*''[[Ice-Road Hand-Fishing]]'' is a reference to the TV shows ''{{w|Ice Road Truckers}}'' and ''{{w|Hillbilly Handfishin'}}''.
*''[[Baby Poindexter]]'' is a parody of the ''{{w|Baby Einstein}}'' series.
*Before [[Marge]] tells him it's a children's magazine, Homer fills out a subscription order for the magazine ''{{w|Highlights for Children}}''.
*Homer looks through a ''{{w|Where's Waldo?}}'' book with extreme ease.

== Continuity ==
*After Homer finds a $25 casino chip and hands it to Marge, she lets out a sigh of pleasure, indictating that she still has a gambling addiction, which began in "[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]".

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A Test Before Trying/References

2014-06-21T20:19:42Z

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== Cultural references ==
* The episode's title is a reference to
** ''{{w|A Kiss Before Dying}}'', a novel by {{w|Ernest Gaines}}.
** ''{{w|A Lesson Before Dying}}'', a novel by {{w|Ira Levin}}
* The school that [[Nelson Muntz]] was being sent to was called the [[Arkham Elementary School for the Criminally Insane]]. The name of the school refers to the {{W|Arkham Asylum}}, a psychiatric hospital from the {{W|DC Comics Universe}}.
* In Bart's nightmare of what would happen if the school would close down, [[Popeye]] is seen farming the spinach farm that used to be the school.
* The music heard while the students are taking the test is the main theme from the film ''{{w|Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween}}''.
* The music heard while the clowns are getting out of the clown car is the David Bowie song {{w|Changes (David Bowie song)|''Changes''}}.
* We can notice a reference to Norman Bates' Mother from {{w|Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho}}.
* We can see The Great Raymondo from [[The Great Simpsina]].
* The episode is dedicated to {{w|Huell Howser}}.

== Goofs ==
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*[[Chief Wiggum]]'s skin color is brown instead of yellow, also his hair is black instead of blue.

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== Cultural references ==
* The episode's title is a reference to
** ''{{w|A Kiss Before Dying}}'', a novel by {{w|Ernest Gaines}}.
** ''{{w|A Lesson Before Dying}}'', a novel by {{w|Ira Levin}}
* The school that [[Nelson Muntz]] was being sent to was called the [[Arkham Elementary School for the Criminally Insane]]. The name of the school refers to the {{W|Arkham Asylum}}, a psychiatric hospital from the {{W|DC Comics Universe}}.
* In Bart's nightmare of what would happen if the school would close down, [[Popeye]] is seen farming the spinach farm that used to be the school.
* The music heard while the students are taking the test is the main theme from the film ''{{w|Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween}}''.
* The music heard while the clowns are getting out of the clown car is the David Bowie song {{w|Changes (David Bowie song)|''Changes''}}.
* We can notice a reference to Norman Bates' Mother from {{w|Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho}}.
* We can see The Great Raymondo from [[The Great Simpsina]].
* The episode is dedicated to {{w|Huell Howser}}.

== Goofs ==
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*[[Chief Wiggum]]'s skin color is brown instead of yellow, also his hair is black instead of blue.

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2014-06-21T20:10:12Z

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== Cultural references ==
* The episode's title is a reference to
** ''{{w|A Kiss Before Dying}}'', a novel by {{w|Ernest Gaines}}.
** ''{{w|A Lesson Before Dying}}'', a novel by {{w|Ira Levin}}
* The school that [[Nelson Muntz]] was being sent to was called the [[Arkham Elementary School for the Criminally Insane]]. The name of the school refers to the {{W|Arkham Asylum}}, a psychiatric hospital from the {{W|DC Comics Universe}}.
* In Bart's nightmare of what would happen if the school would close down, [[Popeye]] is seen farming the spinach farm that used to be the school.
* The music heard while the students are taking the test is the main theme from the film ''{{w|Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween}}''.
* The music heard while the clowns are getting out of the clown car is the David Bowie song {{w|Changes (David Bowie song)|''Changes''}}.
* We ca nnotice a reference to Norman Bates' Mother from {{w|Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho}}.
* We can see The Great Raymundo from [[The Great Simpsina]].
* The episode is dedicated to {{w|Huell Howser}}.

== Goofs ==
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*[[Chief Wiggum]]'s skin color is brown instead of yellow, also his hair is black instead of blue.

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2014-06-21T20:09:04Z

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== Cultural references ==
* The episode's title is a reference to
** ''{{w|A Kiss Before Dying}}'', a novel by {{w|Ernest Gaines}}.
** ''{{w|A Lesson Before Dying}}'', a novel by {{w|Ira Levin}}
* The school that [[Nelson Muntz]] was being sent to was called the [[Arkham Elementary School for the Criminally Insane]]. The name of the school refers to the {{W|Arkham Asylum}}, a psychiatric hospital from the {{W|DC Comics Universe}}.
* In Bart's nightmare of what would happen if the school would close down, [[Popeye]] is seen farming the spinach farm that used to be the school.
* The music heard while the students are taking the test is the main theme from the film ''{{w|Halloween (1978 film)}}''.
* The music heard while the clowns are getting out of the clown car is the David Bowie song {{w|Changes (David Bowie song)|"Changes"}}.
* We ca nnotice a reference to Norman Bates' Mother from {{w|Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho}}.
* We can see The Great Raymundo from [[The Great Simpsina]].
* The episode is dedicated to {{w|Huell Howser}}

== Goofs ==
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*[[Chief Wiggum]]'s skin color is brown instead of yellow, also his hair is black instead of blue.

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2014-06-21T11:41:44Z

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== Trivia ==
* The number plate of [[Pink Sedan|Homer's car]] is 1PHL07.
* The [[unnamed prepper]] resembles [[Lieutenant Smash]] from "[[New Kids on the Blecch]]", only differing in skin color.

* Homer and Bart were watching some apocalyptic moves :
**Ice World : Los Angeles, may be a reference to {{w|Escape from L.A.}}.
** Volcasteroid!, a reference to {{w|Volcano (1997 film)|Volcano}}.
** Kathy Griffin : even armageddon won't stop me, a reference to {{w|Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon}}.

* Homer mentions {{w|Red Dawn (1984 film)|Red Dawn}}.
* We can see {{w|Tom Skeritt}}.
We can notice a reference to {{w|Rise of the Planet of the Apes}} when Homer imagines people turned to apes and went destroying everything.
* The scene with Homer in the popcorn machine refers to the sex scene in {{w|Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic}}.
* When Bart mentioned that in apocalyptic movies, water and oil are Money, he may refer to {{w|Mad Max 2}}.
* When he draws a face on a rice bag, this refers to {{w|Cast Away}}.
* The false wall in Simpson basement may refers to {{w|Inside Man}}.

== Continuity ==
*[[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] were seen playing [[Satan's Path]]. ("[[Treehouse of Horror XXI]]")

== Goofs ==
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*In one scene, the unnamed prepper had brown hair instead of blond. Immediately after, when [[Gary Chalmers]] is looking through the rifle scope, the prepper has blond hair again.
*When Bart and Milhouse were seen playing Satan's Path, Bart's shoes are totally blues, like in [[Season 1]] episodes.

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2014-06-21T11:41:22Z

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Homer Goes to Prep School/References

2014-06-21T11:38:40Z

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== Trivia ==
*The number plate of [[Pink Sedan|Homer's car]] is 1PHL07.
* The [[unnamed prepper]] resembles [[Lieutenant Smash]] from "[[New Kids on the Blecch]]", only differing in skin color.

* Homer and Bart were watching some apocalyptic moves :
**Ice World : Los Angeles, may be a reference to {{w|Escape from L.A.}}.
** Volcasteroid!, a reference to {{w|Volcano (1997 film)|Volcano}}.
** Kathy Griffin : even armageddon won't stop me, a reference to {{w|Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon}}.

* Homer mentions {{w|Red Dawn (1984 film)|Red Dawn}}.
* We can see {{w|Tom Skeritt}}.
We can notice a reference to {{w|Rise of the Planet of the Apes}} when Homer imagines people turned to apes and went destroying everything.
* The scene with Homer in the popcorn machine refers to the sex scene in {{w|Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic}}.
* When Bart mentioned that in apocalyptic movies, water and oil are Money, he may refer to {{w|Mad Max 2}}.
* When he draws a face on a rice bag, this refers to {{w|Cast Away}}.
* The false wall in Simpson basement may refers to {{w|Inside Man}}.

== Continuity ==
*[[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] were seen playing [[Satan's Path]]. ("[[Treehouse of Horror XXI]]")

== Goofs ==
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*In one scene, the unnamed prepper had brown hair instead of blond. Immediately after, when [[Gary Chalmers]] is looking through the rifle scope, the prepper has blond hair again.
*When Bart and Milhouse were seen playing Satan's Path, Bart's shoes are totally blues, like in [[Season 1]] episodes.

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To Cur, with Love/References

2014-06-18T09:34:00Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode name is a reference to the film ''{{w|To Sir, with Love }}''.
**The film has also been referenced in the title of the episode "[[To Surveil With Love]]" from [[Season 21]].
*''[[Alien]]'': The flying mutated [[Blinky]] fish that appears while [[Mr. Burns]] is giving out awards has a rigid tongue with its own set of jaws, like an Alien.
*[[Ralph Wiggum]] was named after {{w|Ralph Abernathy}}.
*Homer sticking his hand into his crotch is a reference to {{w|Al Bundy}} from the television sitcom, ''{{w|Married... with Children}}''.
*[[Abraham Simpson]] was watching ''[[Mannix]]'', {{w|Mannix|a real TV show}}.
*''[[A Farewell to Arm]]'' is a reference to ''[[A Farewell to Arms]]''.
*''[[i, Bully]]'' is a reference to ''{{w|I, Robot}}''. The lowercase "i" in the title is possibly a reference to [[iPod]]s.
*''[[Postcards from the Hedge]]'' is a reference to ''{{w|Postcards from the Edge}}''.
**The film has also been referenced in the title of the episode "[[Postcards from the Wedge]]" from [[Season 21]].
*The song during the [[Hendrix|Bongo]]-[[Homer]] bonding montage is "{{W|Me and My Arrow}}" by [[Harry Nilsson]].

== Trivia ==
*This episode was never shown on the intended air date in the East Coast due to a [[Fox News]] Special Report on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which also interrupted ''{{w|The Cleveland Show}}'' during a commercial break.

== Continuity ==
*[[Waylon Smithers]]' father, [[Waylon Smithers, Sr.]], appears in the flashback to Homer's childhood. ("[[The Blunder Years]]")
*Homer has three toes in the flashback while he was a baby.

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== Cultural references ==
=== Opening sequence ===
*The opening sequence is a parody of ''{{w|127 Hours}}''.
**[[Homer]] gets his arm trapped like [[Aron Ralston]] and gnaws through several limbs, before gnawing through his trapped arm. Ralston had to amputate his own arm to get released.
**''127 Hours'' is also referenced in the episode "[[The Blue and the Gray]]", where Homer tries to chew through his leg when he is unable to untie his foot from a bedpost. After knawing on his leg for a few secounds he declares he only has "127 hours to go!"
*[[Maggie]] pops out of [[Bart]]'s astronaut costume in a reference to the {{W|Alien (creature in Alien franchise)#Chestburster|Chestburster}} in ''{{W|Alien (film)|Alien}}''.
*The music that plays as Homer drives through town with the candy he believes he has stolen is the same music that plays in the movie ''{{W|Psycho (film)|Psycho}}'' as Marion Crane drives through town with the stolen $40,000.
*The tombstones outside, when Bart, [[Lisa]] and Maggie arrive home, show:
**[[Frank Grimes]]
**[[Bleeding Gums Murphy]]
**[[Maude Flanders]]

=== The Diving Bell and Butterball ===
*The segment is a parody of ''{{W|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and Butterfly}}''.
*''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' is a {{W|The Brothers Karamazov|real life book}}.
*Homer gets bitten by a spider and becomes a parody of [[Spider-Man]].
*The cast of ''{{W|Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark}}'' are seen.
* Homer's quotes in the beginning are from the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_%28film%29 Memento]; when Leonard Shelby wakes up in the motel.

=== Dial D for Diddily ===
*The title is a reference to ''{{w|Dial M for Murder}}''.
*The segment is a parody of ''{{w|Dexter (TV series)|Dexter}}''.
**The music in the segment was the "Dexter" theme by {{W|Rolfe Kent}}.
*The scene where [[Ned]] kills [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] is a parody of ''{{W|Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner}}'' of ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.

=== In the Na’Vi ===
*The segment is a parody of the film, ''{{w|Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar}}''.
**The floating mountains are seen, except they are actually falling.
**All the creatures and nature attack the humans as they do in the film.
**The machines used by the humans to fight are very similar to those from the film.
**[[Hillarium]] is a parody of {{W|Unobtanium}}, a rare mineral wanted in the film.
**[[Bart]] is a parody of Jake Sully and [[Kamala]] is a parody of Neytiri.
*The name is a reference to the song, "{{W|In the Navy}}" and the Na'vi, the alien species in ''Avatar''.
*[[Cletus]] asks if they're in Kansas any more, a reference to ''{{W|The Wizard of Oz}}''.
*[[Kamala]] says there is no Rigellian word for "yours" or "mine", then a Rigellian says that that's why they didn't enjoy the movie, {{W|Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 film)|''Yours, Mine and Ours''}}.

=== Credits ===
*After the three segments, when all the characters are gathering on the stage, Grampa walks on and asks when they'll be doing the ''{{W|Black Swan (film)|Black Swan}}''.
*[[Dan Castellaneta]]'s scary name is a reference to the 1920s horror film ''{{W|The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari}}''.
*[[Don Barrozo]]'s scary name is a reference to the 1978 horror film ''{{W|Dawn of the Dead}}''.

== Trivia ==
*One of the robbers looks like one of the robbers thwarted by [[Everyman]] in "[[Homer the Whopper]]".

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The Ned-liest Catch/References

2013-08-03T18:47:04Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the {{w|Discovery Channel}} documentary/reality TV show ''{{W|Deadliest Catch}}''.
*During the montage of [[Ned]] and [[Edna]] dating:
**The music playing is "{{w|Heaven Must Have Sent You}}" by {{w|Bonnie Pointer}}.
**When they cross a creek, Ned parts the water with a staff, reminiscent of {{w|Moses}} and the Israelites {{w|Crossing the Red Sea|crossing the Red Sea}}.
* The girls basketball team is called "Lady Pumas" parody of the singer [[Lady Gaga]].
== Trivia ==
*[[Chalmers]] says "Skinner", not "SSKIIINNEERR!!".
*Quite a few words rhyme with Krabappel, including:
**Apple
**Chapel
**Dapple
**Grapple
**[[Mapple]]
**Topple (used by Ned)
*[[Dewey Largo]] drives a {{w|Smart (automobile)|Smart}} car.
*[[Ned]]'s "Do-not-go" list of places with racy-sounding names consists of:
**{{w|In-N-Out Burger}}
**{{w|Jiffy Lube}}
**{{w|Pinkberry}} (Ned crosses it off after [[Edna]] takes him there)
**{{w|Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha}} Organs
**Fannie Farmer (possibly a misspelling of {{w|Fanny Farmer}})

== Continuity ==
*[[Brunella Pommelhorst]] appears for the first time since announcing she was going to have a sex-change operation ("[[My Fair Laddy]]"). However, she looks exactly the same as before, so it would seem that she decided not to go through with the operation.

== Goofs ==
*[[Sherri]], [[Terri]] and [[Wendell Borton]] move from the audience to the band.
*The coffee mug Homer borrowed from [[Ned Flanders]] is a right-handed mug, but Ned is left-handed (May be it was a gift from Ned to Homer).
* Ned says he and Edna have never been "formally introduced" despite meeting and talking multiple times in previous episodes, including going on a date with each other in "[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]" where Ned decides the two have nothing in common.

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*In UK airings, a note at the scene where Marge tells viewers to go to thesimpsons.com to vote says "Unfortunately, voting is not available in this area", and a voiceover is heard over the credits by Homer and Marge, telling viewers that in reruns or on DVDs it's too late to vote.
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