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Treehouse of Horror XVII/References

2022-06-08T07:52:35Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Rosebud

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== Cultural references ==
*The name of the segment "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid" is an obvious reference to the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still".
*The opening segment is a parody of the ''{{W|Tales from the Cryptkeeper}}'' television show, and even uses its theme music.
*The Golem bears a very strong resemblance to the Golem of the three silent ''{{W2|The Golem|1915 film}}'' movies, which were made in Germany and came out in 1915, 1917 and 1920.
*"The Day the Earth Looked Stupid" is very likely a reference to the ''{{W2|Fallout|series}}'' series, as the whole city of Springfield is turned into a post-apocalyptic world after the alien attack. The ending song is "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" by {{W|The Ink Spots}} which is used in the third game of the series, ''{{W|Fallout 3}}'', specifically in the opening scene of the game.
*[[Sir Mix-a-Lot]] makes a parody of his best known song, "{{W|Baby Got Back}}" called "[[Baby Likes Fat]]" which plays when Homer starts eating people.
*When [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] invaded Earth, Kodos remarks that "we had to invade! They were working on weapons of mass Disintegration!" which is a reference to how American soldiers invaded [[Iraq]] because [[George H. W. Bush]] claimed they were working on Weapons of Mass Destruction.
*The chaos in Springfield after the radio broadcast of [[H. G. Wells]]' ''{{W|War of the Worlds}}'' could be based off the mass hysteria in some parts of America and how many people died during the confusion.
*[[Chief Wiggum]]'s line "Why don't I just punch you in the nose, Bud?" and [[Orson Welles]]' reaction "Nosebud" are references to ''[[Citizen Kane]]''. 'Rosebud' is the final word of the protagonist in the film, {{W|Charles Foster Kane}}, played by [[Orson Welles]].

== Trivia ==
*For unknown reasons when Bart told the Golem not to kick Homer's wall, the word "balls" was blocked.
*All stories make a reference to World War II.
**In "Married to the Blob", before the 2 Germans die, the first one says "What did we Germans do to deserve this", then he says "Oh, right". Bart says in "You Know When You Need to Golem" "Oh it's always the Jew's fault". Finally in "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid", Lenny asks why Grampa called the First World War its current title and he says "You'll see".
*After Homer eats some fat German men at an [[Oktoberfest]], he remarks "Must eat more fat people. Thank God I live in America."
*[[Al Jean]]'s Halloween name references July 27, 2007, the release date of [[The Simpsons Movie]] in the United States

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Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes/References

2022-02-25T10:39:49Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ Link fixed Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the 1989 film {{W|Sex, Lies and Videotape|''Sex, Lies and Videotape''}}.
*In the couch gag, the family is frozen in {{W2|carbonite|Star Wars}} and taken away by [[Boba Fett]], a reference to {{W|Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back|''The Empire Strikes Back''}}.
*[[Wolf the Bounty Hunter]] is a parody of {{W|Dog the Bounty Hunter}}.
*[[The Thung]] and [[The Mulk]] are parodies of {{W|The Thing}} and {{W|The Hulk}}, respectively.
*AD/BC is a parody of [[AC/DC]], and the song "[[Kindly Deeds Done for Free]]" parodies "{{W2|Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap|song}}".
*To stop the riot between North Ireland and South Ireland, Lisa sings "{{W|Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral}}".
*A fight scene during the episode parodies fight scenes from the ''{{W2|Batman|TV series}}'' TV series.
*The ending fight and chase scene parodies a scene from ''{{W|Casino Royale}}''.
*[[Daisy McGunnan]] is a parody of Cherry Darling from the [[2007]] films ''{{W|Planet Terror}}'' and ''{{W2|Grindhouse|film}}''.
*The song that plays when [[Homer]] and [[Ned]] are being bounty hunters is "{{W2|Electric Avenue|song}}".

== Trivia ==
*Erotic cakes previously appeared in the "Homer3" segment of "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]", when a three-dimensional [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] found himself in the real world and visited an erotic cake shop.
*Homer and Ned's targets include:
**[[Sideshow Bob]]
**[[Fat Tony]]
**[[Drederick Tatum]]
**[[Clay Roberts]] from "[[Home Away from Homer]]"
**[[Bart Simpson]]
*The UK Airing of this episode on Channel 4 doesn't air the scene with Fat Tony, [[Ned Flanders|Ned]] and Homer in the car as it cuts after the train scene.

== Goofs ==
*Bart is wearing a green T-shirt when he comes to the St. Patrick's Parade. However, in one scene where he looks at the folk dancing, he is wearing his usual red shirt. In the next scene, he is back wearing a green shirt.

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Smoke on the Daughter/References

2022-02-16T09:30:34Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +ghosts

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== Cultural references ==
*The title is a reference to the song "[[Smoke on the Water]]" by {{W|Deep Purple}}.
*[[Angelica Button]] is a parody of ''[[Harry Potter]]''.
*When [[Bart]] raises his head out of the pile of leg warmers in the smoke outside, the song "''{{W2|The End|The Doors song}}''" by {{W|The Doors}} is heard, mirroring a sequence in the film ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', where Willard raises up from the mud. He is also wearing green camo body paint.
*After [[Lisa]] quits ballet and rejects Busby, he puts on a bowler hat and struts out of the theater to the song "''{{W2|On Broadway|song}}''", referencing a dance sequence in ''{{W|All That Jazz}}''.
*[[Homer]]'s mispronunciation of "Surgeon-General" as "Sturgeon-General" is a reference to the movie "''{{W|Corrina, Corrina}}''", starring [[Whoopi Goldberg]] and [[Ray Liotta]]. In it, a small child refers to the "sturgeon-general"'s health warning about the dangers of smoking as an explanation for burying the adult characters supplies of cigarettes in her sandpit.
*The family watches ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', the commercials feature ''[[Friends]]'' ({{Ch|Lisa Kudrow}}).
*The music that plays as the raccoon climbs into the Ballet School sounds a lot like the theme from ''{{W|The Pink Panther}}''.
*The sequence and music where the ballet teacher dances onto the bus is a parody of both Rocky and Chorusline.
*When Lisa mentions the smoking on ''{{W|The Suite Life of Zack and Cody}}'', she mentions that {{W|Zack Martin|Zack}} tried smoking to impress a girl. This never happened in the real TV show.
*On the couch gag, [[Wile E. Coyote]] paints a fake couch on the wall which the Simpsons run into & get hurt. [[Maggie]] then zooms in and says the [[Road Runner]]'s catchphrase "Meep Meep!"
*Lisa is dreaming of {{W|Simone de Beauvoir}}, {{W|Margaret Mead}}, {{W|Elizabeth I}}, {{W|Lauren Bacall}} and {{W|Lillian Hellman}} as ghosts smoking cigarettes.

== Trivia ==
*Marge's shattered dreams mainly revolve around stethoscopes; doctor, safecracker, stethoscope saleslady.

== Edits ==
*The section about ''{{W|The Suite Life of Zack and Cody}}'' was edited out in repeats because of copyright issues.

== Goofs ==
[[File:Smoke on the Daughter Lisa face goof.png|thumb|Lisa's mouth goof]]
*In one scene, Lisa's mouth is missing.

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Marge's Son Poisoning/References

2021-12-07T10:48:46Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ Just the Two of Us fixed

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== Cultural references ==
*In the episode's [[Marge's Son Poisoning/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], [[Professor Frink]]'s couch loosely resembles a war machine from ''{{W|The War of the Worlds}}''.
*The widely known military march used as circus theme "{{W|Entrance of the Gladiators}}" by {{W2|Julius Fučík|composer}} is heard at [[Paradise Pier]].
*One of [[Marge]]'s goals was to visit {{W|Holy Land}} and return safely.
*[[Homer]] calls [[Domino's Pizza|Domino's]] to order a pizza for breakfast.
*Marge and [[Bart]] sing "{{W|Sweet Home Alabama}}", the famous song by {{W|Lynyrd Skynyrd}}. More specifically, they sing the part of the verse when {{W|Neil Young}} is introduced. Bart asks Marge who Neil Young was, to which she replies he was a singer in the 1960s like {{W|The Archies}} and the {{W|The Banana Splits}}, both of them fictional rock bands.
*The tea house Marge and Bart go to, named [[The Leaf Garrett]] is a reference to {{W|Leif Garrett}}, a teen idol, actor and singer popular in the 1970s.
*Bart wonders whether The Leaf Garret tea house has the cabaret-style show {{W|Zumanity}} by {{W|Cirque du Soleil}}.
*Homer lifts the [[Devil's Advocate]] pinball machine that held [[Lenny]], [[Moe]] and [[Carl]] trapped. It is a reference to the 1997 supernatural horror film ''{{W2|The Devil's Advocate|1997 film}}''.
*Marge is surprised when Bart invites her to his treehouse, and she says that is like {{W|Bruce Wayne}} letting his mother to the "bat club".
*Marge sealed Bart comics in {{W|Mylar}}. The comic she shows to Bart is ''[[Radioactive Man Side-By-Side With Pelé]]'', a reference to the famous Brazilian [[Pelé|football player]], which also has [[Bongo Comics Group]]'s original logo.
*The store Marge and Bart go to is called [[The China Syndrome]]. A "{{W|Nuclear meltdown#China syndrome|china syndrome}}" is a catastrophic nuclear accident and a 1979 {{W|The China Syndrome|movie of the same name}}.
*The [[Krusty]] tea pot mentions TV personality [[Mr. T]] and American actress {{W|Linda Gray}}.
*Bart and Marge's "The Tea Birds" jackets are a reference to the "T-Birds", a greaser gang in the 1978 film ''{{W2|Grease|film}}'' and its [[Grease 2|sequel]] which wore jackets with the gang name.
[[File:Midnight Cowboy reference.png|250px|thumb|The scene of Marge traveling to [[Miami]] on a bus is a reference to ending of the 1969 film ''{{W|Midnight Cowboy}}'']]
*"Midnight Cowboy" by {{W2|John Barry|composer}} is heard when Marge is walking alone with her tandem bike.
**The scene of Marge traveling to [[Miami]] is a reference to ending of the 1969 film ''{{W|Midnight Cowboy}}''.
*Marge is looking for a duet song at [[The Drunk Paralegal Karaoke Supplier]] and she comes across:
**"{{W2|Just the Two of Us|Grover Washington Jr. song}}", the famous single by {{W|Grover Washington Jr.}} and {{W|Bill Withers}}.
**"{{W2|You and Me Against the World|song}}", which [[Helen Reddy]] sang with [[Kermit]] in one of ''[[The Muppets]]'' episodes.
**"{{W|Ebony and Ivory}}", the famous single by [[Paul McCartney]] featuring [[Stevie Wonder]]. Which is later sung by [[Seymour]] and [[Agnes]].
*At the karaoke night, [[Apu]] sings "{{W|Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?}}" by {{W|Paula Cole}}.
*[[Jimbo]], [[Dolph]] and [[Kearney]] sing "{{W|My Sharona}}" by {{W|The Knack}}.

== Trivia ==
*During the talent show, [[Apu]] is singing Paula Cole's "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone".
*Marge and Bart sing "{{W|Sweet Home Alabama}}" by {{W|Lynyrd Skynyrd}} with alternate lyrics while riding the tandem bicycle, and Marge and Homer also sings the chorus of the song at the end of the episode.
*"{{W|Ebony and Ivory}}" is a duet song by [[Paul McCartney]] and {{W|Stevie Wonder}}.
*In the end, the boys are singing "{{W|My Sharona}}" by {{W|The Knack}}.

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Home Away from Homer/References

2021-11-29T10:38:12Z

Pufo: +Hummel figurines

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== Cultural references ==
*The 'Humble figurines' are parodies of {{W|Hummel figurines}}.

== Trivia ==
*Music from the episode:
**"{{W|(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)}}" by {{W|The Beastie Boys}} (Heard as the coach works out.)
**"{{W|Lara's Theme}}" from {{W|Doctor Zhivago}} (As Ned and the boys head off to Pennsylvania.)
**"{{W2|Bad Company|song}}" by {{W|Bad Company}} (Heard during the montage of Ned's first few days at work.)

== Notes ==
*SexySlumberParty.com is a real site registered to the show.

== Goofs ==
[[File:Home Away from Homer church goofs.png|thumb|Church errors]]
[[File:2ofthemm.png|thumb|Two Old Jewish Mans and Hermans]]
*When Bart and Milhouse are on the computer, Bart starts typing in the "Ask Jeeves" search box, but when we see a camera shot of the computer, nothing is in the search box.
**He may have just been typing in the URL.
*When the men are cheering for {{ap|Vicki|Home Away from Homer}} and [[Katja]], there are two [[Herman]]s and two [[Old Jewish Man]]s visible. Also, [[Comic Book Guy]] has [[Sanjay]]'s colors.
**Additionally, the two Hermans both have black hair.
*When Ned says "All I got was soggy bread", [[Krusty]]'s head is yellow.
*In the church scene, [[Ruth Powers]] appears twice; Sarah Wiggum is shown, but there is no sign of her husband or son; and a [[Ned Flanders]]-lookalike (without sweater) is also seen in the last pew next to the wall.

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Goo Goo Gai Pan/References

2021-11-15T10:59:22Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +It ain't over till the fat lady sings.

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== Cultural references ==
*When Selma says the car is too hot, [[Mr. Burns]] says it is actually cooler than {{W|Guy Lombardo}}, a famous [[Canada|Canadian]] band leader.
*Mr. Burns says his car once outraced the {{W|Flying Finn}}, {{W|Paavo Nurmi}}, an athlete who won 9 Gold Medals at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 {{W|Summer Olympic Games}}. Both this and the afore mentioned references are among the many Burns age jokes that have been used throughout the series.
*The dragons Homer imagines are white, gold, and red, but at the end the white one is green. That [[White Dragon|first dragon]] also resembles the one who appears in ''{{W|Spirited Away}}''.
*One of the monks pulls out Homer's heart referencing {{W2|Kano|Mortal Kombat}} from the ''{{W|Mortal Kombat}}'' series.
*The Simpsons watch a bad performance of {{W|Death of a Salesman}} with a dragon in the back that has 'American dream' written on it.
*The sign at the acrobatic theater saying 'The show ain't over 'til the thin man in drag shrieks' is a reference to the colloquialism ''{{W|It ain't over till the fat lady sings}}''.

=== China references ===
*The title of this episode is a pun on ''{{W|Moo goo gai pan|moo goo gai pan}}'', the name of a popular pseudo-Chinese American recipe, based on the Cantonese dish ''mah gu gai pin'', which is composed of fresh button mushrooms and other vegetables with sliced chicken.
*[[China]] (except for [[Hong Kong]] and Macao) uses the {{W|Simplified Chinese characters}}, but many signs in this episode are clearly using {{W|Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional Chinese}}. However, there are still signs that use Traditional Characters in China.
*The correct spelling of the place would be "Tian An Men", not "Tien An Men" (as this is the {{W|Wade–Giles|Wade system}}).
*When Selma stands in front of the tank piloted by Wu, the shot is highly reminiscent of the famous image of the Unknown Rebel blocking the line of tanks during the {{W|Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square protests}}.
*While flying to China, the plane passes over a monument to "Warrior and spicy chicken pioneer" General {{W|Zuo Zongtang}}.
[[File:Goo-goo-gai-pan-US.png|thumb|200px|right|Flag of the Communist Party of China (first US broadcast of "Goo Goo Gai Pan".)]]
*The original broadcast portrayed the body of Mao Zedong covered by the flag of the {{W|Communist Party of China}} with the hammer and sickle (as is the case in the actual mausoleum). However, in later broadcasts the flag was substituted for the {{W|Flag of the People's Republic of China}}.
*In the Chinese consulate there is a map behind the consulate official showing [[Taiwan]] as a separate country, extremely unlikely given the PRC's position regarding Taiwan.
*There is a plaque reading, "On this spot in 1989, nothing happened", in Tiananmen Square, a reference to the Chinese Government's denial of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. It is also a reference to the year The Simpsons first aired.
**In addition to being a sardonic reference to the massacre, it is a parody of real signs. Available from catalogues, they are mock-historical plaques that say: "On this site in 1897, nothing happened."
*What's written on the adoption paper is gibberish, not Chinese, though this may be a play on the fact that computers which do not have Chinese text support installed may transcribe gibberish and random symbols in its place ({{W|Mojibake|mojibake}}).
*[[Simpson family|The Simpsons]] leave on a Junk from Hong Kong, as evident from the background.

== Trivia ==
*Although Selma wants to take care of a child in this episode, she had earlier decided not to bother with kids after trouble with [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] in "[[Selma's Choice]]".
*[[Maggie Simpson]] inexplicably does not appear in this episode while the rest of the family is halfway around the world. However, it is possible that they left [[Grampa]] in charge of her while they're gone, as he also does not appear in this episode either.
*[[Dana Gould]] was in the middle of adopting a daughter from China when this episode was made. Fearing the episode's content might have a negative effect on the process, Gould was credited as "Lawrence Talbot" (the name was taken from ''{{W2|The Wolf Man|1941 film}}'').
*This episode has been banned from China (much like "[[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]" was banned in [[Japan]] and "[[Blame It on Lisa]]" was banned in [[Brazil]]) for the unflattering references to the country, including the scene of Homer saying that {{W|Mao Zedong}} was "like a little angel that killed 50 million people."
*At end of episode, [[Bart]] was replaced by a [[Chinese Spy]] disguised as him. However, the real Bart returns in the [[Mobile Homer|next episode]].

== Goofs ==
*The aircraft the Simpsons and Selma take to China is not capable of a China to [[America]] trip.
*When Homer falls from the chairs, he is falling face-down. When he lands on the chairs, he is on his back.

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On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister/References

2021-11-13T10:52:53Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +edvard grieg

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== Cultural references ==
*The title is taken from the musical ''{{W|On a Clear Day You Can See Forever}}''.
*The episode's [[Powers of Ten parody|couch gag]] (which shows the house, Springfield, the continent, the planet, the Milky Way, and the universe, and finally goes back to [[Homer Simpson|Homer]]'s body) spoofs the 1977 science education movie ''{{W|Powers of Ten}}''. The gag was first used in "[[The Ziff Who Came to Dinner]]".
*[[Sprawl-Mart]] '''is''' a parody of {{W|Wal-Mart}}, in spite of the sign outside that says it isn't.
*In one scene, a sign outside Sprawl-Mart says "Don't Watch ''60 Minutes'' This Week," a reference to controversies involving Wal-Mart ending up being covered on ''{{W|60 Minutes}}''.
*The title of the restraining order instructional video, ''[[Get Out of My Dreams and Also Out of My Car: A Guide to Your Restraining Order]]'', is a pun on the song "{{W|Get Out of My Dreams, Get into My Car}}" by {{W|Billy Ocean}}.
*Songs/music used:
**On the way to Springfield Glacier, the music playing is ''{{W|In the Hall of the Mountain King}}'' by {{W|Edvard Grieg}}.
**The morning after the field trip, ''{{W|Morning Mood}}'' by {{W|Edvard Grieg}} is played. Both pieces are part of the first suite from ''{{W|Peer Gynt (Grieg)|Peer Gynt}}''.
**The song playing during the "[[Lisa]] poking [[Bart]]" montage is "{{W|Don't Stand So Close to Me}}" by {{W|The Police}}.
**When Bart drops his pants to pee outdoors ("The world is my toilet now!"), the music playing is the theme from ''{{W|Born Free}}''.
**During the montage showing Bart living with a pack of wild dogs, the music playing is from {{W|Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi}}'s ''{{W2|The Four Seasons|Vivaldi}}''.
**At the very end, while the wicker statue burns, the Simpsons play (and dance to) "Tijuana Taxi" by {{W|Herb Alpert}} & the Tijuana Brass.
*The wicker statue of Lisa that Bart builds is a reference to the 1973 film ''{{W2|The Wicker Man|1973 film}}''. The {{W2|The Wicker Man|2006 film|2006 remke}} came out about ten months after the episode first aired.
*[[Jimbo]] calls the Lisa statue "The Wicker Witch of the West," referencing both ''The Wicker Man'' and ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''.
*Bart's plea to Lisa to "Look in your heart" is a reference to the 1990 Coen Brothers film ''{{W|Miller's Crossing}}''.

== Trivia ==
*This is the first episode written by former ''[[Futurama]]'' writer [[Jeff Westbrook]].
*[[Nelson]] is wearing a T-shirt that says "Glaciers Suck," and says it's part of his "Things Suck" line of clothing. [[Bart]] had a similar idea in "[[Fat Man and Little Boy]]".
*[[Grampa]] was earlier seen working at [[Sprawl-Mart]] in the episode "[[The Fat and the Furriest]]".
*[[Gary Busey]] is the first celebrity this season to host a [[Troy McClure]]-esque video. A few episodes later, [[Robert Wagner]] would do the same.
*Following someone around on whom you have a restraining order (as [[Lisa]] does to [[Bart]]) is considered abuse of the order and is grounds for having it removed.
*[[Dr. Hibbert]] pokes Bart with a syringe in exactly the same places that Lisa poked him with her 20-foot-pole.

== Goofs ==
[[File:RichardHairGoof1611.PNG|thumbnail|right|[[Richard]] with white hair.]]
*[[Samantha Stanky]] from "[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]" is clearly visible in the field trip; however, in the episode, she first appeared in, she was sent to a girls-only school.
*In the first few shots, [[Richard]] has white hair.
*The entire glacier which Lisa causes to sink seems to be floating on top of the lake, even though only 10% of any given iceberg is visible above the surface in reality.
*Also at the end when Lisa throws the restraining order into the fire, you can see it and it says the plaintiff is Bart, and the defendant is Lisa. That would mean that Bart originally filed the order and Lisa had to stay away from him. It was in fact vice versa.

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Margical History Tour/References

2021-10-05T09:15:34Z

Pufo: /* Mozart and Salieri */ typo Salzburg

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== Cultural references ==
*The title is a pun on the {{W2|Magical Mystery Tour|song|song}}, {{W2|Magical Mystery Tour|album|album}} and {{W2|Magical Mystery Tour|film|film}} ''Magical Mystery Tour'' by [[The Beatles]].
*Some items seen in the library are ''[[Everybody Poops: The Video]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]] Price Guides'', and ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show|Itchy & Scratchy]]'' books on tape.
*The song "[[Animal House]]", sung by Homer, is a parody of the song from ''{{W|Animal House}}''.
**In the song, Homer sings that we saw [[Donald Sutherland]]'s ass and the end was done like ''{{W|American Graffiti}}''.

=== Henry VIII ===
*Homer (as Henry VIII) sings a variation of "[[I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am]]".
*"{{W|Greensleeves}}" plays several times during the segment.
*Henry wipes his mouth with the {{w|Magna Carta}}.
*[[Margarine of Aragon]] is a parody of {{W|Catherine of Aragon}}, Henry VIII's first wife.
*[[Anne Boleyn]]'s business card says "A Son'll Come Out Tomorrow", a reference to the song "{{W2|Tomorrow|song from Annie}}" from the musical ''{{W2|Annie|musical}}''.
*When Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn are making love, she says "Oh, Henry!" a reference to the candy bar, {{w|Oh Henry!}}.
*Homer says to Bart in his dream to "get out of my dreams and into my wife", a reference to the song, "{{w|Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car}}", which in turn was inspired by a line in the song "{{w|You're Sixteen}}".
*Marge says that one of the good things about Elizabeth I's reign is the fact that it gives various British actresses a role to play when they reach a certain age, a reference to the frequent portrayals of Elizabeth in film and television by famous actresses such as {{w|Glenda Jackson}}, [[Helen Mirren]] and [[Judi Dench]].
*[[Anne of Cleves]] (portrayed by [[Agnes Skinner]]) is a parody of {{w|Margaret Pole, Countess of Salsbury}} who like this character, was arrested for no crimes at all and took three swings of the axe to behead.

=== Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea ===
*Part of "{{W|Hail to the Chief}}" plays when the [[White House]] is seen.
*Lewis and Clark travel under the Saint Louis [[Gateway Arch]], made of lumber.
*Immediately after Carl says they've discovered the beautiful Pacific Northwest it starts raining, a reference to the rainy climate of the Pacific Northwest.
*The "butter box" that Sacagawea was said to have posed for is a reference to the picture on the {{w|Land O'Lakes}} butter box.

=== Mozart and Salieri ===
*[[Sally Salieri]] is a parody of composer {{W|Antonio Salieri}}.
*Mozart plays "{{W2|Piano Sonata No. 11|Mozart}}" on the piano.
*The T-Shirt "Bat Out of Salzburg" is a reference to the song "{{W2|Bat Out of Hell|song}}" by {{W|Meat Loaf}}.
*The music in Bart's opera, "[[The Musical Fruit]]", is in fact Mozart's ''{{W|Eine kleine Nachtmusik}}'' with the lyrics rewritten to refer to flatulence. ''Eine kleine Nachtmusik'', however, is a serenade, not an opera.
*The three other untalented members of the family are three members from [[The Jackson 5]].
*In the scenes where Mozart is ill and living on the street, and later, dying, the music playing in the background is from "{{W2|Requiem|Mozart|Requiem Mass}}" by [[Mozart]].
*Beethoven plays "{{W2|Symphony No. 9|Beethoven}}" on the piano.
*Beethoven's [[Ha Ha!|laugh]] imitates the opening bars from "{{W2|Symphony No. 5|Beethoven}}".
*Lisa points out that the segment was based on the play ''{{W|Amadeus}}''. It was also {{W2|Amadeus|film|a film}}.

== Trivia ==
*When Reverend Lovejoy officiates at King Henry's second marriage, he says "In the name of the Henry, the Hank and the holy Harry". The latter two are references to cast members [[Hank Azaria]] and [[Harry Shearer]].
*A Mozart-esque version of the Gracie Films logo is used for this episodes Gracie Films logo.

== Historical errors ==
=== Henry VIII ===
*Henry only executed two out of his six wives unlike five in the episode.
**[[Jane Seymour]] was not one of the executed wives. In fact, she died shortly after giving birth to the {{W|Edward VI of England|baby boy}} that Henry had long sought.
*Catherine of Aragon was not locked in a dungeon after Henry divorced her. She was exiled and died long before Henry.
*The castle of Henry VIII has a flag with blue and vertical and horizontal white lines. This is not a flag of Britain or any of its countries - the Scottish flag (which is also blue and white) has a cross, not vertical and horizontal lines.
*Marge explains how Elizabeth I eventually became queen and that England's power was never greater; in fact, England reached its greatest power about four centuries later as the British Empire. The true order of succession after Henry's death was Edward VI; Lady Jane Grey, who was named in order to keep the Catholic Mary from bringing Catholicism back to England; Mary, who usurped the throne and had Jane executed; and finally Elizabeth, after Mary died childless.

=== Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea ===
*The chief (Homer) says that Sacagawea's (Lisa) name meant "little know-it-all who won't shut her maizehole." In reality, her name is said to mean "bird woman." The joke translation is a reference to Lisa's being smart and always talking.
*Lewis and Clark are portrayed as being complete morons, which they were not in real life. The unflattering portrayal is due to their being played by Lenny and Carl, who are in fact simple-minded.
*When Lewis and Clark sight the Pacific Ocean, Lewis says they'll name this place "Eugene, Oregon". In reality, they sighted the Pacific at the mouth of the Columbia River, near modern-day Astoria, Oregon.
*Clark (Carl) calls Sacagawea (Lisa) [[Pocahontas]], Pocahontas is best remembered when she was nine or ten years old and saving John Smith's life. This is close to Lisa's age on the show, whereas Sacagawea was 16 or 17 when she traveled with Lewis and Clark.

=== Mozart and Salieri ===
*Salieri was a man and he was not related to Mozart at all.
**Mozart did, however, have an older sister.

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Diatribe of a Mad Housewife/References

2021-10-03T11:35:45Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Publish or perish, The Hunt for Red October

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== Cultural references ==
*The title word plays off of the book and film ''{{W|Diary of a Mad Housewife}}''.
*Homer sings a song to the tune of "{{W2|Cars|song}}" by {{W|Gary Numan}}.
*Homer briefly works at the "Boris Car Loft", a reference to {{W|Boris Karloff}}.
*The ambulance Homer buys is based on a 1959 Eureka Cadillac ambulance formerly operated by the {{W|Bogota, New Jersey}} Volunteer First Aid Squad, which has since been restored and is now in the Netherlands.
*Marge denotes the similarity of the picture behind the couch to the classic novel, ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' (the picture is, in fact, called "[[Scene from Moby Dick]]"). It inspired her novel, when she thought "No one's done a book about whaling before!" Moreover, her book is about whaling and its ending has Temperance's husband dying in a similar manner to that of Ahab, from the same novel.
*[[Homer]] quotes the aphorism "{{W|Publish or perish}}", used to describe a concept in academia.
*[[Tom Clancy]] references his novel "{{W|The Hunt for Red October}}" in his endorsement.

== Trivia ==
*This is [[Marvin Monroe]]'s first appearance since [[season 5]]'s "[[Bart's Inner Child]]", partly because [[Harry Shearer]] found voicing Monroe quite annoying.
*Whenever season 15 is re-aired on Channel 4 in the UK, this episode is left out, most likely due to the scene where [[Captain Mordecai]] stabs [[Cyrus Manly]] with a harpoon.

== Goofs ==
*When Homer is reading the book, he says, "Temprance Barrow was heavy with feeling. She "snore"..." but when he is listening to it, it says Temprance Barrow was heavy with feeling. Her" The goof is that Homer says She, but the Olsen's say Her at the beginning.
**As Homer read a first-draft, some lines may have been edited slightly in the final book.

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Old Yeller-Belly/References

2021-09-16T08:18:42Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Rodin

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== Cultural references ==
*The title is a reference to the film about a boy and a stray dog ''{{w2|Old Yeller|film}}'', and to the term "{{w|yellowbelly}}", which means "coward".
*The episode's [[Old Yeller-Belly/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]] is a reference to the iconic photograph ''{{w|Lunch atop a Skyscraper}}'' by {{w|Charles Clyde Ebbets}}.
*[[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] sing a modified version of the patriotic song "{{w|Battle Hymn of the Republic}}". In the lyrics, the American actor and country music singer [[Jimmy Dean]] is mentioned.
[[File:Comic Book Guy's disguises.png|250px|thumb|[[Comic Book Guy]] goes to [[Springfield Dry Cleaners]] to get his disguises of [[Spock]], [[Batman]] and [[Spider-Man]]]]
*[[Comic Book Guy]] goes to [[Springfield Dry Cleaners]] to get his disguises of [[Spock]], [[Batman]] and [[Spider-Man]]. He also mentions that his Batman suit has been shredded by [[The Riddler]], the supervillain from [[DC Comics]].
*[[Homer]] mentions famous architect {{w|Frank Lloyd Wright}} after [[Lisa]] questions him for making the plans for a go-kart track instead of a treehouse.
*One of the {{w|Amish}} says "to the buggymobile", a reference to "to the batmobile", while the "{{w|Batman Theme}}" by {{w|Neal Hefti}} is heard.
*The scene were the Amish build Bart's new treehouse is a reference to the 1985 film ''{{w2|Witness|1985 film}}''.
*[[Marge]] prefers the Amish over the {{w|Mennonites}}, another Christian group.
*The [[Homer]] ice sculpture is a reference to {{w|Auguste Rodin}}‘s {{w|The Thinker}}.
*[[Snowball II]] drinks {{w|Kahlúa}}, a coffee liqueur from {{w|Veracruz}}, [[Mexico]], and cream.
*[[Luigi Risotto]] makes lasagna for Snowball II and mentions that the cat from the newspaper is not funny, referring to ''[[Garfield]]''.
*When [[Mayor Quimby]] renames the [[Springfield Dog Park]] to the [[Snowball II Municipal Cat Park]], he says "''Ich bin ein Feline''". This is a reference to ''"{{w|Ich bin ein Berliner}}"'', [[John F. Kennedy]]'s famous speech during the Cold War.
*When Homer is talking to [[Kent Brockman]] about how deep his love for cats is, Homer says that for him "Yusuf Islam will always be [[Cat Stevens]]". The artist adopted the name Yusuf Islam when he converted to Islam in 1977.
*Kent also mentions the [[Broadway]] musical ''[[Cats]]''.
[[File:Pyramid game show.png|250px|thumb|A clip of Santa's Little Helper playing the ''{{w2|Pyramid|game show}}'' game show is seen on ''[[Live With Regis and Kelly]]'']]
*Lisa wants [[Santa's Little Helper]] to be like [[Rin Tin Tin]], the German Shepherd who became an international star in motion pictures.
**In the Rin Tin Tin film Lisa plays, the dog bites [[Adolf Hitler]] "right in {{w|the Axis}}".
*When Homer imagines himself traveling on [[Duff]]'s corporate jet, he asks the pilot to take him to {{w|Heidelberg}}, [[Germany]] to attend the [[Oktoberfest]].
*Santa's Little Helper's alter ego "Suds McDuff" is a reference to the old {{w|Bud Light}} mascot {{w|Spuds MacKenzie}}.
*"{{w|The Blue Danube}}" by {{w|Johann Strauss II}} is briefly heard during the Duff commercial. The {{w|International Space Station}} appears on the commercial as well.
*Marge mentions the fast-food restaurant chain [[Arby's]].
*Santa's Little Helper is the guest on ''[[Live With Regis and Kelly]]'', an American morning talk show. {{ch|Regis Philbin}} orders {{w|Michael Gelman}}, the show executive producer, to roll a clip in which the dog is playing on ''{{w2|Pyramid|game show}}'', an US game show.
*When [[Les Moore]] makes Santa's Little Helper sign its book "[[I, Suds]]", Marge thinks Moore "exploits his pets worse than Bob Guccione". This is a reference to {{w|Bob Guccione}}, who was the publisher of the magazine ''{{w2|Penthouse|magazine}}'', a competitor of ''[[Playboy]]''. Guccione's "pets" Marge was referring to were the {{w|Penthouse Pets|''Penthouse'' "Pets"}} models from the magazine.
*"[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" is heard when [[Howard K. Duff VIII]] introduces Santa's Little Helper as "King Suds McDuff of Sixpakistan", a play-on {{w|Multi-pack|six-pack}} and [[Pakistan]].
*When the shark appears, Homer mentions the young naked lady who gets killed in the first ''{{ap|Jaws|film}}'' movie.

== Trivia ==
*The episode ends with the disclaimer: "No dogs were harmed in the filming of this episode. A cat got sick and somebody shot a duck, but that's it."

== Continuity ==
*In this episode, Duffman says that his name is Barry. In the comic story ''[[Locked in a Brewery]]'', Duffman is again referred to as Barry, multiple times.

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Pray Anything/References

2021-09-01T11:22:22Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +say anything

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== Goofs ==
*While at the WNBA game when choosing the contestant for the shot, Homer stands up and no one is in the seat to his left. Then when Flanders makes the shot, there is someone sitting next to him.
*Before Homer prayed for the remote to be found, it is not under the couch until after he prays.
*When [[Moe]] comes in wearing a fake mustache at the community outreach center, it was brown, but when everyone leaves out of the center, his mustache turns gray.
*The seat Homer was sitting in would be the same as Flanders seat, as it is the same arena. Regardless of the teams playing.

== Cultural references ==
*The episode's title is a reference to the 1989 movie ''{{w|Say Anything...}}''.
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants]] is mentioned in [[Bart]]'s blackboard gag.
*The postcard of God that Homer looks at and that changes position in relation to how he looks, is equal to God painted by {{w|Michelangelo Buonarroti}} in the {{W|Sistine Chapel}} in Rome.
*The figure on the drywall of the Simpson house destroyed by the plumber is a reference to the paint ''{{w2|Washington Crossing the Delaware|1851 painting}}'' by {{w|Emanuel Leutze}}.
*The title of [[Rev. Lovejoy]]'s sermon in church "''God: the original {{w|Toni Soprano}}"'' is clearly a reference to the TV series ''{{w|The Sopranos}}''.
*The Country Cort House of Spriengfield, with its neoclassical buildings and lion statues is a reference to {{w|Trafalgar Square}} in London.
*While Homer in his underwear in his church, drinks beer from the goblet, listens and sings ''{{w|I Was Made for Lovin' You}}'' by the [[Kiss]].
*The biblical commandment not yet violated that [[Ned Flanders]] says he has not yet been to Homer's church party, turns out to be eating chili fries, so it means that the other 9 commandments had already been violated (so for example also V: do not kill, VI: Do not commit impure acts, VII: do not steal).
*[[Flanders]] is happy when his children start speaking many tongues and squirming, even if these are classic symptoms of demonic possession.
*When [[Marge]] says that God.. ''"..in the bible..turning people into salt"'' she quotes the bible Gen 19.26 an episode from the narration of {{w|Sodom and Gomorrah}}

== Trivia ==
*The jury in this episode has many of the same people as the jury in the fake trial in "[[The Great Money Caper]]", namely [[Cletus]], [[Louie]], the [[Yale man]] and the [[Mayo Clinic doctor]].
*[[Sideshow Mel]] is one of the alcohol anonymous at the churches alcohol anonymous program with Barney. Mel's alcohol problems were first eluded to in "[[I Love Lisa]]" (in a clip of Mel drunk at the Krusty's upcoming 29th Anniversary Special).
*The scene of WNBA basketball player of Chinese nationality [[Fung Pang-Li]] (non-existent character) appears to be an irony on {{w|Yao Ming}}, also very tall and the first Chinese to play in the NBA (just in the release period of the episode), in fact the uniform of his basketball team is the same as that used by the {{w|Houston Rockets}}, {{w|Yao Ming}}'s team.
*The {{w|Wienermobile}} used in the episode really existed.
*The reaction of the skater monkey to the score received is an irony on {{w|2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal}}. Also [[Carl]] later points out the scoring scandal.
*The scene of [[Dr. Hibbert]] playing the claw machine at the boowling is a replica of a moment of episode s7 e12 "[[Team Homer]]" starring [[Otto Mann]].

== Notes ==
*[[Maggie Roswell]] returns to the show permanently starting with this episode.

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The Bart Wants What It Wants/References

2021-08-04T09:22:19Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Henry Mancini

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a parody of the phrase by Woody Allen ''"The '''Heart''' Wants What it Wants"''.
*While looking inside one of the classrooms at [[Springfield Preparatory School]], [[Lisa]] remarks to [[Principal Skinner]] that the school's {{W|Periodic table}} has 250 elements on it. In reality there are currently only 118 elements.
*Maggie can be seen playing with a plush toy of {{ap|Bongo|Life in Hell}}, the one-eared rabbit from [[Matt Groening]]'s ''[[Life in Hell]]'' comic strip.
*[[Marge]] tells {{ch|Wolfgang Puck}} that she puts {{W|M&Ms}} in her {{W|Rice Krispies Squares}}.
*When Marge makes a cooking suggestion to Wolfgang Puck, he immediately heads to the "[[Puckmobile]]" to the music of the 1960s ''{{W2|Batman|TV series}}'' television series.
*One of the studios [[Bart]] passes by is filming "[[Canadian Graffiti]]" which is a parody of the George Lucas movie "American Graffiti". Graffiti consists of "Obey the Rules!"
*[[Milhouse]]'s line "Take off hoser!" is a reference to Bob & Doug McKenzie.
*The music playing when the family arrives in [[Toronto]] is "Take Off" by Bob and Doug McKenzie, featuring Rush lead singer, Geddy Lee.
*[[Rainier Wolfcastle]] saying "Remember when I said I would eat you last? I lied!" to the piece of pie on the dinner table, is a parody of the movie ''{{W2|Commando|1985 film}}'' when Arnold Schwarzenegger says "Remember when I said I would kill you last? I lied!"
*[[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]]'s determination not to be a "Gamecock" indicates her unwillingness to attend the University of South Carolina, whose mascot is the Gamecocks.
*The "[[Paramountie Studios]]" logo is a parody of Paramount Pictures.
*[[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] fight with microscopes similar to [[lightsaber]]s from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
**In the Italian version at the beginning of the duel Carl says "only one will remain" quote from the film {{w|Highlander}}.
*The "{{w|Faberge egg|Fabergé eggs}}" that would make up the "Faberge eggs salad" mentioned by Marge in the Annual Fair of the Springfield Preparatory School, are not food but egg-shaped jewelry.
*Chef [[Wolfgang Puck]]'s scene is an irony about the top chefs who are always looking for something new for their dishes and who might find the new in the ideas of housewives.
*The bumper car that Bart gets on is a Mercedes and there are also bumper cars model Jaguar, Porche, Rolls Royce, Lexus and ... an ambulance.
*When [[Greta Wolfcastle]] and Bart watch the [[Itchy & Scratchy]] episode DVD content, Itchy says "... You can never get enough takes for [[Steven Soderbergh]] .." (the latter famous director of films often mentioned in the Simpsons episodes) commenting on the scene that the scene of the elephant eating the pieces of Scratchy, suggesting that the director of the episode was him.
*At the end of the [[Itchy & Scratchy]] episode "{{w|Baby Elephant Walk}}" by {{w|Henry Mancini}} is played.
*The flirtation between Milhouse and Greta Wolfcastle is accompanied by the music "{{w|Use ta Be my Girl}}" by {{w|The O'Jays}} (1978).
*Bart believes {{w|Toronto}} is in Spain.
**Homer says {{w|Canada}} (because he knows Toronto is Canada) is junior America.
*A [[Canadian mountie]], a Hockey player, [[Bigfoot]], all Canadian icons, gets off the bus that took the Simpsons to Toronto.

== Goofs ==
*When [[Lisa]] grabs the ball inside Maggie's play pen, she sticks her arms between the bars to pick the toy up. When she lifts the toy out of the play pen, however, she keeps her grip on the ball, meaning that her arms would've went ''through'' the top part of the frame.
*During the bumper car scene, when Bart targets the kid in the Lexus bumper car, it resembles an LS400; however, as Bart charges towards it, its appearance now resembles the IS300
*Principal Skinner says the Periodic Table of Elements in his school has 16 elements, "all lanthanides". The lanthanide series only has 15 elements.

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Trilogy of Error/References

2021-07-18T12:22:31Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ Ieoh Ming Pei

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== Cultural references ==
*The plot of this episode is based on the film ''{{w|Run Lola Run}}''. The music that plays while Lisa is running is a direct reference to the film.
*The innovative story telling style shown in this episode was also used in an episode of ''{{w|Malcolm in the Middle}}''. The seventh episode of the seventh season ("Blackout") involved the same series of events being seen from several different view points. The character of [[Thelonius]] is voiced by [[Frankie Muniz]], who played the titular Malcolm.
**The 1999 film "{{W2|Go|1999 film}}" is another example of this type of story-telling, and elements from this film were even used in this episode such as when [[Rainier Wolfcastle]] smashed [[Marge]]'s car with golf clubs due to their ramming into his car by accident, which was based on when [[Jack Nicholson]]'s character performs a very similar action to what Rainier Wolfcastle did.
*[[Ned]] reads a modified book of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' where {{ch|Harry Potter|Harry}} and his friends go to Hell for practicing witchcraft, which is a reference to how many individuals in organized religion dislike the ''Harry Potter'' series for their magic theme because of magic often being associated with the occult and Satanism.
*In French class, the teacher says "La grenouille mange le pamplemousse" which means: "The frog eats the grapefruit." It is an insult to call a French person a frog, or a grapefruit.
*[[Fort Fragg]] is a parody of {{w|Fort Bragg}}.
*When [[Doctor Nick]] asks [[Captain McAllister]] if he wants a "lengthening or a widening", it is a reference to male enhancement surgery.
*Whenever Lisa sprints, the techno music from ''{{W|Run Lola Run}}'' plays.
*[[Rainier Wolfcastle]]'s car (which Marge calls McBain after the TV character name he plays) is a {{w|Ferrari F40}}.
*Thelonius quotes to Lisa [[I.M. Pei]] referring to {{w|Ieoh Ming Pei}} one of the most famous architects of the twentieth century.
*When [[Thelonius]] tells Lisa his name, she replies "as in Monk?" it's a reference to the great jazz pianist [[Thelonious Monk]].
*Lisa and Thelonius spin to the sound of [[The Turtles]]'s song ''Happy together'' (1967).

== Continuity ==
*A [[Linguo]] is seen within [[Bart]]'s toys in "[[Treehouse of Horror XVIII]]".

== Goofs ==
*When [[Lisa]] is looking at the bus, [[Milhouse]] can be seen sitting on it, even though he is with [[Bart]].
*In Bart's segment, Bart counts two of his keys as the same one (the key to Milhouse's house and Lisa's bike).
*In the scene where Lisa runs up the stairs with Linguo, there are no pictures on the wall.
*When [[Clancy]] says "my bad", there is static on the radio. In Bart's scene, the wire is thrown on the floor after Clancy is heard.

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They Saved Lisa's Brain/References

2021-05-29T09:40:01Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +I'm Too Sexy

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== Cultural references ==
*The title of this episode is a reference to the sci-fi movie ''{{w|They Saved Hitler's Brain}}''.
*During the photo shoot ''{{w|I'm Too Sexy}}'' by {{w|Right Said Fred}} is playing.
*Homer Simpson mistakes [[Stephen Hawking]] for {{w|Larry Flynt}}, the founder of ''{{w|Hustler}}'', who has been confined to a wheelchair since an assassination attempt.

== Trivia ==
*This episode reveals that [[Carl]] may have diabetes.

== Continuity ==
*This is the second time Bart rides an animal naked, the first being "[[And Maggie Makes Three]]", as seen in a photo album.

== Goofs ==
*The "learned council" says that it would be better if dogs at the dog track chased a diploma instead of a rabbit. Dogs are motivated by a sense of smell, not sight. Most dogs pay no attention to an artificial rabbit. They have to be trained to do so through a conditioned response. Dog owners often train dogs to chase an electric rabbit by attaching kitten or rabbit meat to it and convincing the dog to tear it to shreds. This has been one of the biggest factors of animal abuse in the United States.
*When Marge copied something that was on the screen of Stephen Hawking's machine, Stephen Hawking said, "You copied that off my screen". But he was talking when something else was still on his screen.
*When Homer looks through the dictionary he turns a lot of pages, yet only makes it to letter B. He then doesn't turn much pages and ends up on P. He turns back a few pages and is back on B.
*In the {{w|Greyhound racing|dog track}} scene, [[Mayor Quimby]] can be seen in the stands, even though he earlier fled Springfield thinking MENSA had heard of his corruption.

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Viva Ned Flanders/References

2021-05-09T07:52:33Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) + wuss rock

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== Cultural references ==
*The title of the episode is a reference to the film and song "{{W|Viva Las Vegas}}".
**The song "{{W|Viva Las Vegas}}" is played during the montage where [[Ned Flanders|Ned]] and [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] are running away from their wives in the casino.
*[[Ned Flanders|Ned]] references the theme tune to the sitcom "{{W2|Maude|TV series}}" when he proclaims "And then there's [[Maude Flanders|Maude]]!"
*While driving to [[Las Vegas]], [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] sings {{w|Deep Purple}}'s "Highway Star" with lyrics about Ned.
*{{Chs|The Moody Blues}} were the opening act for the Satin Knights, a Moody Blues tribute band.
*The chalkboard gag references [[Jerry Seinfeld]].
*While driving in the desert, author and journalist [[Hunter S. Thompson]] and his lawyer pass [[Ned Flanders|Ned]] and [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] in the oncoming lane, drawn in the style of the Ralph Steadmann painting, The Savage Journey. This is a reference to the [[Hunter S. Thompson]] novel, ''{{w|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas}}''.
*[[Comic Book Guy]]'s bumper stickers include a series of sci-fi references, including ''[[Star Trek]]'' ("I Brake for Tribbles", "My Child is an Honor Student at Starfleet Academy" and "Keep Honking, I'm Charging My Phaser"), ''[[Star Wars]]'' ("My Other Car is the Millennium Falcon"), ''{{w|The X-Files}}'' ("The Truth is in Here"), as well as ''[[The Simpsons]]'' itself ("[[Kang]] Is My Co-Pilot").
*His licence plate "NCC 1701" is also a reference to ''[[Star Trek]]'': ''{{w|USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)}}''.
*The list of "wuss rock" bands include ''{{w|Seals and Crofts}}'', ''{{w|Pablo Cruise}}'', ''{{w|Air Supply}}'' and the fake band "Loggins and Oates", referencing ''{{w|Kenny Loggins}}'' and ''{{w|Hall & Oates}}''.
*On the church marquee, the text says "TODAY'S TOPIC: He knows what you did last summer." This may be a reference to the 1997 movie ''{{w|I Know What You Did Last Summer}}'', which is based on the 1973 novel of the same name.
*When Homer and Ned were drunkenly getting married, the preacher says "the power invested in me by the Chicago Outfit". The {{w|Chicago Outfit}} is a Italian-American Mafia group based in Chicago, with resources and territory in Las Vegas. Perhaps it's most famous member is [[Al Capone|Alphonse "Al" "Scarface" Capone]], which was its boss from the 1920s all the way up until 1932, when he was arrested for tax evasion.
*After [[Ned Flanders|Ned]] signs the papers to join [[Homer Simpson|Homer]]'s "program", Homer says "One day soon, I will come for you and then the game will begin. Could be in the middle of the night. It could be when you least expect it." This line could be a reference to a similar scene in the 1997 mystery thriller ''{{W2|The Game|1997 film}}''.

== Continuity ==
*The [[Monty Burns Casino]] reappears. "[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]"
*[[Roscoe]] blows up [[Monty Burns Casino|Burns' casino]]. "[[Homer's Phobia]]"
*[[Ginger]] and [[Amber]] reappear in "[[Brawl in the Family]]", and the family attend [[Amber]]'s funeral in "[[Jazzy and the Pussycats]]".
* [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] briefly referenced the events of "[[Trash of the Titans]]" when she remarked that she was surprised that they allowed the Casino to come along when they moved the city.

== Goofs ==
*This episode reveals that Ned is 60 years old, but earlier in "[[Hurricane Neddy]]", it's revealed he was a little boy 30 years ago, so he should've been 30 then.
*When Homer is roasting a chicken on his chimney, the dirt on his beard repeatedly appears and disappears.
*The dirt on his nose disappears for a frame as well.
*When Homer laughs at Ned after finding out he married Ginger, he and Ned were standing in the hot tub, but when Homer screams after finding out he married Amber almost a second later, they were suddenly standing out of it.

== Trivia ==
*On the premiere episode (and the syndicated reruns), [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] mutters that Barney Gumble's birthday is the same day as [[Adolf Hitler]]'s (April 20th). Because the Columbine school shooting happened on that day, the line on the UK version and the season 10 DVD set is changed to "Barney's birthday is July 15th, same day as [[Lassie]]'s."

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Lard of the Dance/References

2021-04-28T12:46:55Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

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== Cultural references ==
*The title is a reference to ''{{w|Lord of the Dance}}''.
*[[Alex]] tells [[Lisa]] not to be a "Phoebe", a character from ''[[Friends]]'' played by [[Lisa Kudrow]]. Later Alex asks Sherri and Terri which one of them is the evil twin, since Phoebe had an evil twin in ''Friends.''
*Lisa's new look is that of Olivia Newton-John's character in ''{{W2|Grease|film}}''.
*The perfume Alex wears is "Calvin Klein's Pretension," a parody of Calvin Klein's "Obsession."
*Sign seen at the [[Try-N-Save]]: "Catch Back-to-Schooliosis!", a play on the medical condition {{w|scoliosis}}.
*A tanker at the grease recycling plant is labeled "[[Acne Grease Co.]]", a reference to the {{W|Acme Corporation}} from ''[[Looney Tunes]]''. [[Acne Grease and Shovel]] is also a reference to the company.
*[[Marge]] sings "every Simpson dance now" in the style of "{{w|Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)}}".
*[[Groundskeeper Willie]] hums "{{w|The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond}}."
*Dash Dingo is a parody of Crash Bandicoot.

== Trivia ==
*FOX aired this episode earlier than the rest of the season to promote the debut of That '70s Show. Thus, it aired before the official season premiere.
*This episode is the second time [[Nelson]] talks about his obsession with huckleberries, the first being "[[This Little Wiggy]]".

== Goofs ==
[[File:Nonose.jpg|thumb|Marge's eyes cover her nose]]
[[File:Yellowtwins.jpg|thumb|Sherri and Terri are yellow]]
*When Marge is dancing, her eyes are briefly so low down that they cover almost the entirety of her nose.
*When Alex is complaining to Lisa about the students' childishness, Sherri and Terri are bright yellow instead of pale yellow.

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Natural Born Kissers/References

2021-04-27T09:56:23Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Heart and Soul

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the movie ''{{w|Natural Born Killers}}''.
*[[Bart]] writes 'I was not the inspiration for "Kramer"' on the chalkboard in the opening sequence. Kramer is one of the main characters in ''[[Seinfeld]]''.
*"[[Up, Up and Buffet!]]' (the restaurant shaped like an airplane) is based on a submarine-shaped restaurant named "Dive" that was located near the [[Fox]] studio.
*The supposed alternate ending to the 1942 film ''[[Casablanca]]'' is shown in the episode, and the [[Old Jewish Man]] gives Bart and Lisa a copy of ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' with a "killing spree ending".
*The piano song in the alternate ending to ''[[Casablanca]]'' is "{{w|Heart and Soul (Frank Loesser and Hoagy Carmichael song)|Heart and Soul}}", as used prominently in the movie ''{{w|Big (Film)|Big}}''.
*The song played over the end credits is "{{w|Rock the Casbah}}" by {{w|The Clash}}.
*The church with a glass ceiling that has the sky visible is s reference to the {{w|Crystal Cathedral}} in California.

== Trivia ==
*At the golf course, Moe says sarcastically, "Think of the children. Won't someone ''please'' think of the children!?" closely mocking the famous quote by [[Helen Lovejoy]] (who happens to be standing next to him at the time) in "[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]".
*When Marge and Homer stand behind a flower pinwheel and fake wind-driven loggers at work, Homer says that he doesn't trust these guys, as it appears they're about to do a very serious and very personal injury to Homer with their two-man crosscut saw.
*Bart's fantasy about pirates wondering why they need to bury their treasure is not far from reality. In actuality, most pirates spent their loot as quickly as they got it. Only one pirate, William Kidd, was ever known to have buried a treasure. Kidd had anticipated getting captured and tried to secure his loot. He was indeed caught, and at his trial attempted to bribe the judge and jury into an acquittal with the promise of giving them the location to his buried treasure. The bribe did not work, and William Kidd was hanged. Kidd's burial served as inspiration for ''Treasure Island'' by Robert Stevenson. As a result of the novel's huge popularity, a stereotype was associated that pirates have an inclination to bury treasure.

== Goofs ==
[[File:Graytodd.jpg|thumb|Gray-haired Todd]]
[[File:Noleg.jpg|thumb|Marge without legs]]
*The windmill was in such a place that when it decapitated the Abraham Lincoln statue, it could have also caused injury to Seymour Skinner.
*When [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] are inside the windmill, Homer comments that he impregnated Marge there. However, in "[[I Married Marge]]", Bart's conception took place inside a castle.
*When the cloud of dust starts to clear, [[Ned Flanders]] seems to peek at the escaping Homer and Marge, but doesn't seem to notice afterwards.
*[[Frank Grimes]] is mentioned in this episode as his funeral invitation is in the suit Homer was wearing. This is odd, however, as Homer wasn't wearing a blue suit at the funeral in "[[Homer's Enemy]]".
**During the time between "Homer's Enemy" and this episode, the invitation may have ended up in the blue suit pocket.
*Homer closes the door when he and Marge go into the barn. However, when the farmer looks at the barn, the door Homer closed is now open. When the farmer then tries to get in the barn, both doors are closed again.
*When more people arrive at the golf course to feel inside the windmill two goofs occur.
**[[Rod Flanders]] has grey hair.
**Rod says "Daddy, you put your hand in there and see what it is". However, Ned already has his hand in the windmill.
*While there is a fight scene in the plane restaurant, when Marge stands up a little, her legs are missing, thus showing only the skirt part of her dress.
*After the farmer leaves his barn, some of the hay around Marge's neck turns yellow instead of tan.

== Freeze Frame Fun ==
* The bag in the freezer says "ARF BAG."
* [[Marge]]'s breasts are visible (very briefly):
** They are revealed when she and [[Homer]] start to run away from the miniature golf course, and she isn't fully turned around.
** In the hot air balloon, she takes her hands off her breasts for a second.
** When the hot air balloon lands and Marge falls out of the basket, her hands are on the ground, leaving her breasts exposed.
** When she and Homer hug in an attempt to cover up, her breasts are visible for a moment before they come together.
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Lisa the Skeptic/References

2021-04-04T11:11:41Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Hieronymus Bosch +Amazing Grace

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== Cultural references ==
*The scene in [[Judge Snyder]]'s courtroom where Lisa is put on trial for stealing the skeleton is seen as a reference to the 1920s {{W|Scopes Trial|Scopes Monkey Trial}} in Dayton, Tennessee, which dealt with issues of separation of church and state and the debate between creationism and evolutionism.<ref name="gospel">[[The Gospel According to the Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family]]"</ref>
*The publicity stunt created by the mall developers in the episode has been compared to scientific hoaxes such as the {{W|Cardiff Giant}} and the {{W|Piltdown Man}}.<ref name="gospel"/>
*At the end of the episode, when Lisa asks if the townspeople are outraged for being fooled by a publicity stunt, [[Clancy Wiggum|Police chief Wiggum]] is about to answer her, but is distracted when he catches sight of a {{W|Pottery Barn}} in the new Heavenly Hills mall.
*The students digging by the sunset and their silhouettes are shown is similar to the scene in ''{{W|Raiders of the Lost Ark}}'' when [[Indiana Jones]] and Sallah free the Egyptian excavators from the Nazis, and they in turn help Indy. The scene against the sun is when Sallah tells Indy that the workers have found the Well of Souls.
*[[Edna Krabappel]] references "{{W|The Garden of Earthly Delights}}" by {{W|Hieronymus Bosch}}.
*[[Ned Flanders]] suggests singing "{{W|Amazing Grace}}" or "{{W|Nearer, My God, to Thee}}".

== Trivia ==
*Citizens seen at the excavation site:
**[[Principal Skinner]]
**[[Lionel Hutz]]
**[[Mr. Burns]]
**[[Smithers]]
**[[Eddie]]
**[[Lou]]
**[[Sideshow Mel]]
**[[Ned Flanders]]
**[[Maude Flanders]]
**[[Mrs. Krabappel]]
**[[Kirk Van Houten]]
**[[Groundskeeper Willie]]
**[[Agnes Skinner]]
**[[Moe]]
**[[Ruth Powers]]
**[[Carl]]
**[[Lenny]]
**[[Dr. Hibbert]]
**[[Miss Hoover]]
**[[Mrs. Glick]]
**[[Apu]]
**[[Manjula]]
**[[Comic Book Guy]]
**[[Barney]]

== Goofs ==
[[File:Lostbarny.png|thumb|200px|Part of Barney's body is missing]]
[[File:Graytooth.jpg|thumb|Stephen Jay Gould's gray teeth]]
[[File:Flatbead2.jpg|thumb|Marge's bead error]]
[[File:Yellowcarl.jpg|thumb|150px|Yellow Carl]]
[[File:Nobow6.jpg|thumb|150px|Maggie without a bow]]
*In the very first scene, Skinner's water bottle is on his right side, but after the scene zoomed out, the water bottle is flipped to his LEFT side.
*After she uncovered the angel skeleton, Lisa backed up and snapped one of the grid ropes. The snapped rope isn't shown after that.
*When Dr. Gould says, "inconclusive," in the background Apu's skin-tone appears to be yellow.
*In one shot of the crowd awaiting sundown, [[Richard]] has [[Rod]]'s colors.
*In the church, [[Maude Flanders]] has [[Helen Lovejoy]]'s colors.
*In the opening scene when Homer is driving the Pink Sedan, his sailor hat is for one frame drawn in front of the top of the car window when it should be behind it.
*When the crowd arrives at the door of 742 Evergreen Terrace, part of Barney Gumble's body disappears for a frame, specifically the part behind Timothy Lovejoy and Helen Lovejoy.
*Towards the beginning, when the Simpsons stop at a traffic light, the car's front wheels are slightly in front of the stopping line. However, in the next shot, the car is totally behind the line.
*When Stephen Jay Gould assures Lisa that he can perform a DNA test, his teeth are colored gray for a frame.
*In the Simpsons' garage, Charlie's glasses are white instead of aqua.
*When Lisa and Marge argue about the existence of angels, the bottom of Marge's beads is briefly flat.
While the angel supporters are wrecking the museum, Moe is crushed by a mammoth tusk and claims to be paralyzed. In the very next shot, Moe can be seen in the mob heading toward the laboratory.
*When the "angel" ascends into the air, Carl is colored yellow.
When everyone goes to the Heavenly Hills Mall it is completely dark, however it was merely minutes after sunset.
*During the scene where all the Springfield residents head to the Heaven Hills Mall, Maggie's bow is missing.

== References ==
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Lisa the Simpson/References

2021-03-28T12:56:05Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

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== Cultural references ==
*When [[Lisa]] is figuring out the puzzle, one of the clues she rules out is that it's not one of [[Prince]]'s names, a reference to the period between 1993 and 2000 that Prince changed his name to a symbol and was known as "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince" (or simply "The Artist").
*Lisa's story is similar to the book, ''{{W|Flowers For Algernon}}'', where a man writes in a journal about his slide into mental retardation (the season 12 episode "[[HOMЯ]]" would follow a similar plot that ''Flowers For Algernon'' does).
*[[Jasper]]'s subplot calls to mind the {{W|Frozen Dead Guy Days}} festival, held annually in Nederland, Colorado. The events of this festival are in homage to Grandpa Bredo, a cryogenically-frozen corpse who, since 1989, has remained in stasis inside a Tuff Shed and inspired two documentaries. It is unknown whether this festival inspired the scenario.
*The TV show ''[[When Buildings Collapse]]'' is a parody of the [[20th Century Fox|Fox]] special ''[[When Animals Attack!]]''.
**The music playing in the background while the buildings collapse is {{w|Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky}}'s ''{{w|1812 Overture}}''.
**The Leaning Tower of Pizza Restaurant is a pun on the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]].
**The House of Usher is a reference to the [[Edgar Allan Poe]] short story "{{w|The Fall of the House of Usher}}". It resembles the {{w|Monte Cassino}} abbey in [[Italy]] prior to its being bombed by the United States during [[World War II]].
*Lisa recommends some books to TV viewers: ''{{W|To Kill a Mockingbird}}'', by {{W|Harper Lee}}; ''{{W|Harriet the Spy}}'', by {{W|Louise Fitzhugh}}; and ''{{W|Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories|Yertle the Turtle}}'', by {{W|Dr. Seuss}} ("possibly the best book ever written on the subject of turtle stacking", according to Lisa, and to which [[Clancy Wiggum|Chief Wiggum]] heartily agrees).
*Lisa creates a small pig from a rubber eraser and push-pins, which was featured in a ''[[Life in Hell]]'' comic strip.
*The filmstrip title "Someone's in the Kitchen with D.N.A." is a reference to the song "{{w|Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah}}".
*The title of the [[Troy McClure]] film "Alice Doesn't Live Anymore" is a reference to the 1974 movie "{{w|Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore}}" by {{w|Martin Scorsese}}.

== Goofs ==
[[File:Armoverbead.jpg|thumb|Lisa's arm over her necklace]]
[[File:Graybrock.jpg|thumb|Kent Brockman's coloring error]]
*Before Grampa tells Marge how to cut his hair, Marge uses the scissors to try and cut Grampa's hair, but she actually doesn't cut any.
*When Lisa writes in her diary about her decreasing intelligence, the end of her arm is for a few seconds drawn over her necklace so that a bead looks incomplete.
*After Lisa's speech, [[Kent Brockman]] is colored differently.
*Homer and Bart's candy bars initially have many different colors of wrappers, but after Lisa imagines her potential future, all of the candy bars have red wrappers.
*The "offensive baseball cap" is colored green when the Flanders children try to read it. However, it is colored blue when the [[Rich Texan]] enters the shop.
*Luann van Houten is shown with Kirk, even though this episode (in both production and broadcast order) comes after Luann's divorce and her makeover.

== Continuity ==
*[[Jasper]] is also seen frozen in the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] freezer in the comic story ''[[Kwik-E-Mart Holiday Savings Circular]]''. In the story, just as in this episode, [[Apu]] attempts to exploit Jasper's situation for financial gain.
*The scene where Lisa imagines herself as a morbidly obese redneck is similar to Bart's fantasy of him being a lardo on a workman's comp in [[King-Size Homer]]. In the fantasy Lisa wears Homer's [[Muumuu]] and in both fantasies Bart and Lisa have southern accents.

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The Principal and the Pauper/References

2021-03-27T10:04:02Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ corr: friends -> flipper

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== Cultural references ==
*The title of the episode is a reference to the title of the book ''{{W|The Prince and the Pauper}}'' by [[Mark Twain]].
*Although it is widely believed that the episode is based on the movie ''{{W|The Return of Martin Guerre}}'', it is actually based on the real life {{W|Tichborne Case|Tichborne Heir case}} of the mid-1800s.
*The bridge scene with flashing explosions is like the picture ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''.
*"[[The Skinner Song]]" by the Springfield Elementary Chorus in tribute to Skinner is a knock off of the {{W|Flipper (1964 TV series)#Music|theme song from ''Flipper''}}.

== Trivia ==
*"Armin Tamzarian" or "Armen Tamzarian" is an [[Armenia]]n name, which is also the name of the Real Estate agent of the writer of the show, who later went on to become a lawyer for [[Fox]].
*This episode is considered by many ''The Simpsons'' fans as one of the worst episodes ever. The show has even mocked the episode several times. For example, in "[[Behind the Laughter]]", a clip is shown to illustrate how gimmicky the plots became after a while.
*[[Marge]] says she's in the 10 items or less line, yet she clearly has a cart full of items.
*In this episode, [[Judge Snyder]] is yellow, but in other episodes, he is black.
*Many fans consider this episode to be non-canon from the rest of series.
**This becomes official in "[[Boy Meets Curl]]", where Agnes is shown pregnant with Seymour and the origins of why she is so severe with him, and "[[Walking Big & Tall]]", where a young Seymour is shown alongside his mother.

== Continuity ==
*Lisa later calls Principal Skinner "Armin Tamzarian" in "[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]".
*Agnes's line "I have no son" was last said by [[Rabbi Krustofsky]] in "[[Like Father, Like Clown]]". It was also said by [[Lunchlady Dora]] to [[Squeaky-voiced teen]] in "[[Team Homer]]" and by [[Abe]] to [[Homer]] in "[[Old Money]]".

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The Secret War of Lisa Simpson/References

2021-03-25T10:35:13Z

Pufo: +John Keats

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== Trivia ==
*It should be noted that when Bart and Lisa were put on the rotors of a plane, the plane is a {{W|Boeing B-29 Superfortress}}, the plane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

== Cultural references ==
*In English Literature class, "{{W|Ode on a Grecian Urn}}" by {{W|John Keats}} is discussed.

== Goofs ==
[[File:Nopocket.jpg|thumb|Martin without a pocket]]
*When [[Lisa]] looks down from the Eliminator, the platform under her disappears.
*At the beginning of the tour of the Springfield Police Station, Martin's shirt pocket is missing.
*When Bart is driving a lawn mower and is pulled over by the police, Chief Wiggum is driving one of the police cars, even though he is inside telling Homer and Marge about sending Bart to military school.
*During Bart's megaphone prank, a tan building turns blue for a frame.
*When driving to Rommelwood, the car is Homer's Pink Sedan. However, upon leaving, it is the Orange Station Wagon. Later on, when Bart and Lisa graduate from the academy, they leave in the orange station wagon. On the road, it is the pink sedan, however. Later, when it turns out Homer and Marge were taking them them to the dentist rather than Disneyland, it's the orange station wagon again.
*Even though all the glass in Springfield breaks after Bart's megaphone prank, the glass in Chief Wiggum's patrol cruiser and Homer's car, as well as Professor Frink's glasses, stay intact.

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In Marge We Trust/References

2021-03-21T10:06:44Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +1995–96 French nuclear tests

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on "{{w|In God We Trust}}", the official motto of the [[USA]] which appears on all American coins and currency.
*The [[Sea Captain]] goes to [[Marge]] to talk about his {{W|Game Boy}} which he had apparently lost at sea.
*The Mr. Sparkle commercial features a cameo appearance by Thunderbird 2, from Gerry Anderson's children's series ''Thunderbirds'', which first aired on ITV1 in 1965. This version of Thunderbird 2, which is seen in the child's room, is silver, as opposed to the 'real' Thunderbird 2, which was green. It refers to the fact that ''Thunderbirds'' has a cult following in Japan, like it does in England and in other parts of the world.
*The Sunday after [[Reverend Lovejoy]] rescues [[Ned]] from the "Baboon County USA" exhibit at the [[Springfield Zoo]], the sermon topic at the [[First Church of Springfield]] is "Conquest of the County of the Apes", a reference to the film ''{{w|Conquest of the Planet of the Apes}}'' from the ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' franchise.
*The [[Itchy and Scratchy]] episode is a reference to the {{w|1995–96 French nuclear tests}} in {{w|French Polynesia}}.

== Trivia ==
*In the library, [[Homer]] presses the buttons on the phone 19 times to get through to Japan.
*One of the saints who appears to [[Reverend Lovejoy]] is named St. Bartholomew.
*In a deleted scene, Jasper Beardley was the last minister before Lovejoy.

== Continuity ==
*Marge tells the Sea Captain that he needs to accept that his Game Boy is gone. In the ''[[The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror|Treehouse of Horror]]'' comic story ''[[Gnaws]]'', in exchange for killing a giant [[Blinky]], one of the items the Sea Captain demands is a replacement Game Boy for "the one the sea claimed".

== Goofs ==
[[File:Lightlenny2.jpg|thumb|120px|Lenny with light hair]]
[[File:Bluesar.jpg|thumb|120px|Sarah Wiggum with blue hair]]
[[File:Sunglass.jpg|thumb|120px|Martin Prince, Sr. with sunglasses]]
[[File:Yellowdaughter.jpg|thumb|120px|Dr. Hibbert's daughter with yellow skin]]
[[File:Graywiggum.jpg|thumb|120px|Wiggum with grayish hair]]
*In the church crowd scene towards the beginning of the episode, Lenny has gray-brown hair instead of his usual dark brown hair.
*Sarah Wiggum's blue hair
*A few shots after the former error, Sarah Wiggum has blue hair.
*And a few shots after that, Martin Prince, Sr. has sunglasses instead of clear glasses.
*In the closeup of Rev. Lovejoy putting up the next church topic, the board is much bigger and empty.
*The blue rectangle on the back of the Mr. Sparkle box changes size significantly throughout the scene when Homer first picks it up.
*When Marge is talking to Moe on the phone, the flat circles at each end of Marge's phone briefly disappear.
*Dr. Hibbert's daughter is among the churchgoers seen attempting to ask Marge questions. However, in said scene, she has yellow skin.
*When Reverend Lovejoy gives his "sermon" about his experience at the zoo, Chief Wiggum can be seen from the back with a gray-blue color of hair usually used only for the elderly.
*Rev. Lovejoy's rear fender is grey when they pull up to Donny's Discount Gas but in the next shot it is red like the rest of the car(which also looks like it could be the third left-handed roadster).

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Grade School Confidential/References

2021-03-17T10:00:54Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +George Gershwin

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a reference to the movie ''{{W2|High School Confidential|film}}''.
*The [[Mathemagician]], whom [[Martin]] hires for his party, is modelled after [[Bill Gates]].
*Set faces to stun is a obvious reference to the famous [Star Trek] Mis-quote 'Set Phasers to Stun'
*''[[Peanuts]]'' character Charlie Brown can be seen as a candle with half the head melted.
*[[Edna]] and [[Principal Skinner]] dance to the {{W|George Gershwin}} song "{{W|Embraceable You}}" performed by [[Michael Dees]].

== Trivia ==
*[[Marge]] only says 8 words in this episode: "Krabappel", "Oh, my goodness" and "Homer, Bart's up there".
*Bart (who fed his serving to a cat), Lisa (who feigns sickness), Edna and Skinner (who hide in Martin's playhouse) are Martin's only guests who did not get food poisoning.

== Goofs ==
[[File:Enda.jpg|thumb|120px|"Enda Krabappel"]]
[[File:Yellowbeard5.jpg|thumb|120px|Lenny with a yellow beard]]
*Mrs. Krabappel's name on the envelope is misspelled as "Enda" when Bart is opening and reading the letter, but is spelled correctly when viewed in closeup.
*When Maude Flanders accuses Skinner and Krabappel in engaging in a sexual relationship, Lenny's beard is colored yellow.
*After Skinner announces that he is a virgin, Homer and Marge change positions with other when the camera switches from a long-distance shot to a close-up.

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My Sister, My Sitter/References

2021-03-14T11:47:07Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Bob Seger

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== Cultural references ==
*The title of this episode is a play on the 1994 film ''{{w|Sister My Sister}}''.
*[[Chief Wiggum]] mistakenly bought tickets for {{w|Bob Saget}} instead of {{w|Bob Seger}}.

== Trivia ==
*[[Bart]] mentions that he is "two years and thirty-eight days" older than [[Lisa]]. In "[[Simpsorama]]", Bart states that his birthday is February 23rd which would place Lisa's birthday on April 2nd. However, in "[[Lisa's First Word]]", we see that Marge gives birth to Lisa during the 1984 Summer Olympic Games which took place between July 28th and August 12th.

== Goofs ==
[[File:Overhishead.jpg|thumb|120px|The man ''behind'' Homer is layered ''in front'' of him]]
[[File:Lisanoleg.jpg|thumb|Lisa without a leg]]
*[[Jonathan Frink]] can be seen in [[Dr. Nick's Walk-In Clinic]]; then he's at the [[Springfield Squidport]].
*At church, in the faraway shot the man sitting behind Homer is layered in front of his head instead of behind it. Also the man behind Bart has 1 arm and the person next to Agnes Skinner is not Principal Skinner he's an imposter.
*When Lisa unfolds the game board at the Flanders' house her leg briefly disappears.
*In the same scene, an orange piece of path in the gameboard briefly turns green.
*A man at the doctor's office has a moustache colored yellow like his skin instead of brown like his hair.
*Some of Snake's blood disappears for a frame.
*When Chief Wiggum and Sarah leave the house, Sarah’s legs and feet aren’t drawn.

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The Springfield Files/References

2021-03-05T16:01:58Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ typo, sorry

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== Cultural references ==
[[File:Alfline up.png|thumb|200px|right|The Line Up - Perhaps the most illegal scene in Simpsons' history]]
*References to the television series ''{{w|The X-Files}}'' are found throughout the episode:
**The title is a reference to the name of series.
**[[Bart]] writes "The truth is not out there" in the opening scene on the chalkboard. This is a reference to a tagline of the series which is "The truth is out there".
**[[Mulder]] and [[Scully]] are FBI agents from the series, and are voiced by their respective actors.
**The Cigarette Smoking Man from the show also appears.
**The show's theme song plays whenever the "[[Burns' Alien|alien]]" appears.
**The photo of Mulder in a speedo shown in his FBI badge is a reference to an episode of the series where Mulder is shown wearing one.
*After [[Homer]] drinks ten bottles of [[Red Tick Beer]], the breathalyser at [[Moe's Tavern]] registers his drunkenness level as "{{w|Boris Yeltsin}}", a reference to Yelstin's longtime struggles with alcoholism. "{{w|The Song of the Volga Boatmen}}" is played by the breathalyser.
*When Homer mentions "a movie about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty", he is referring to the 1994 action film ''{{W2|Speed|1994 film}}''.
*When Homer says, "So, I says, blue M&M, red M&M, they all wind up the same color in the end," he is referring to the introduction of blue M&M's to the lineup of M&M's colors, and the commercials announcing this, as part of the 1995 M&M's Color Campaign, a contest in which blue, purple, or pink would be selected as the new color.
*Homer describes the alien as similar to {{w|Steve Urkel}} on ''{{w|Family Matters}}''.
*When Homer is asked to identify which alien he saw, the line-up includes [[Marvin the Martian]] ({{w|Warner Bros.}}), [[Gort]] (from ''{{w|The Day the Earth Stood Still}}''), [[Chewbacca]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'', either [[Kang]] or [[Kodos]], and [[ALF]].
*After Homer is been examined by Scully and Mulder, a view of Moe's Tavern is shown with a brief description, after which the text "ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY" text is repeatedly typed on-screen. This references a famous scene from the 1980 film ''[[The Shining]]'' by [[Stanley Kubrick]].
* Mulder mentions the unsolved mysteries of ''{{w|Unsolved Mysteries}}'', a show premised on mysterious cases that remained unsolved.
*''{{W2|Psycho|film}}'': The busload of musicians that Homer encounters while in the woods play the music from the shower scene.
*The {{w|Budweiser Frogs}} appear in the lake near the woods before getting eaten by a gator that says "{{w|Coors Brewing Company|Coors}}!" which is the name of another beer company.
*Leonard Nimoy's narration of the story references the TV show ''{{W2|In Search Of...|TV series}}'', which he hosted.
*[[Milhouse]] is seen playing an arcade game based on [[Kevin Costner]]'s movie ''[[Kevin Costner's Waterworld|Waterworld]]''. The game is over only a few seconds after it starts, and he calls the game a ripoff. This is a reference to {{w|Waterworld|the movie}} being extensively hyped, but turning out to be mediocre.

== Trivia ==
*The first episode written by [[Reid Harrison]].
*This is the first non-Halloween episode appearance of [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]].
*Originally aired on the same date as The X Files episode "El Mundo Gira".
*The "real" Mulder and Scully live in a universe where "The Simpsons" TV series exists. In one episode of the X-Files, Mulder comments on a sketch of a bald suspect saying he looks like "Homer Simpson's evil twin".
*Homer's infamous scream when he first encounters the alien is re-used in {{w|Lego Dimensions}}.

== Goofs ==
[[File:Yelloeye.jpg|thumb|Mulder with yellow eyes]]
[[File:Nobeard2.jpg|thumb|120px|Lenny without a beard]]
*[[Grampa]] calls a tortoise a turtle. However, this may be due to his senility, not a goof.
*After the scenes with the T-shirts, when the alien arrives, Marge's "Homer is a dope" shirt disappears and she has her normal dress on.
*At the kitchen table, when Homer talks about being mocked on his own birthday, they're eating breakfast. But when Marge, Lisa, Bart and Maggie all go to pet Santa's Little Helper, the breakfast has vanished.
*When the 'alien' is seen on the news, it is shown on the film Bart made coming out of the trees, but earlier on, when the alien came out of the woods, Bart is seen not holding his video camera.
*Homer's only been working at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant since 1980. The tape of Homer working appears to be from the mid to late 70s. Also, Homer's only been a safety technician in sector 7-G since 1990.
*Homer tells Wiggum that the alien appears every Friday night, even though he saw it only once.
*The writing on Moe's breathalizer changes between scenes.
*Lisa's "Junior Skeptic" magazine appears out of thin air.
*For some reason, the lights appear to be on in [[King Toot's Music Store]] next door to [[Moe's Tavern]] at 1 am.
*Despite having the funds to hire the best medical care, Burns has [[Dr. Nick]] on his medical staff.
*Apu, a vegetarian, is seen standing in line at a hot dog stand. However, it's possible that the stand also sells vegetarian hot dogs.
*Mr. Burns has been seen at night several times (both before and after this episode) without glowing.
*When Mulder talks about the inevitability of the existence of aliens, he briefly has yellow eyes.
*In the crowd scene outside of Homer's door, [[Lenny Leonard]] does not have his beard.
*When Homer is at Moe's with Mulder and Scully, the beer bottle he's holding sounds mostly empty when shaken, but when he slams the beer down it fizzes out an amount more in line with a full bottle.
*In the final scene, Kent Brockman has gray hair instead of his usual white hair.

== Continuity ==
*[[Mrs. Glick]] now lives in the Springfield Retirement Castle instead of her house she previously lived in.
*Moe seems to have a penchant for black-and-white endangered species. He was previously seen smuggling pandas in "[[Cape Feare]]".

{{Season 8|R}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Springfield Files/References}}

[[Category:Cultural references]]
[[Category:Goofs]]
[[Category:Continuity]]

The Springfield Files/References

2021-03-05T15:57:50Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Family Matters +The Song of the Volga Boatmen

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== Cultural references ==
[[File:Alfline up.png|thumb|200px|right|The Line Up - Perhaps the most illegal scene in Simpsons' history]]
*References to the television series ''{{w|The X-Files}}'' are found throughout the episode:
**The title is a reference to the name of series.
**[[Bart]] writes "The truth is not out there" in the opening scene on the chalkboard. This is a reference to a tagline of the series which is "The truth is out there".
**[[Mulder]] and [[Scully]] are FBI agents from the series, and are voiced by their respective actors.
**The Cigarette Smoking Man from the show also appears.
**The show's theme song plays whenever the "[[Burns' Alien|alien]]" appears.
**The photo of Mulder in a speedo shown in his FBI badge is a reference to an episode of the series where Mulder is shown wearing one.
*After [[Homer]] drinks ten bottles of [[Red Tick Beer]], the breathalyser at [[Moe's Tavern]] registers his drunkenness level as "{{w|Boris Yeltsin}}", a reference to Yelstin's longtime struggles with alcoholism. "{{w|The Song of the Volga Boatmen}}" is played by the breathalyser.
*When Homer mentions "a movie about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty", he is referring to the 1994 action film ''{{W2|Speed|1994 film}}''.
*When Homer says, "So, I says, blue M&M, red M&M, they all wind up the same color in the end," he is referring to the introduction of blue M&M's to the lineup of M&M's colors, and the commercials announcing this, as part of the 1995 M&M's Color Campaign, a contest in which blue, purple, or pink would be selected as the new color.
*Homer describes the alien as similar to ({{w|Steve Urkel}}) on ''{{w|Family Matters}}''.
*When Homer is asked to identify which alien he saw, the line-up includes [[Marvin the Martian]] ({{w|Warner Bros.}}), [[Gort]] (from ''{{w|The Day the Earth Stood Still}}''), [[Chewbacca]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'', either [[Kang]] or [[Kodos]], and [[ALF]].
*After Homer is been examined by Scully and Mulder, a view of Moe's Tavern is shown with a brief description, after which the text "ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY" text is repeatedly typed on-screen. This references a famous scene from the 1980 film ''[[The Shining]]'' by [[Stanley Kubrick]].
* Mulder mentions the unsolved mysteries of ''{{w|Unsolved Mysteries}}'', a show premised on mysterious cases that remained unsolved.
*''{{W2|Psycho|film}}'': The busload of musicians that Homer encounters while in the woods play the music from the shower scene.
*The {{w|Budweiser Frogs}} appear in the lake near the woods before getting eaten by a gator that says "{{w|Coors Brewing Company|Coors}}!" which is the name of another beer company.
*Leonard Nimoy's narration of the story references the TV show ''{{W2|In Search Of...|TV series}}'', which he hosted.
*[[Milhouse]] is seen playing an arcade game based on [[Kevin Costner]]'s movie ''[[Kevin Costner's Waterworld|Waterworld]]''. The game is over only a few seconds after it starts, and he calls the game a ripoff. This is a reference to {{w|Waterworld|the movie}} being extensively hyped, but turning out to be mediocre.

== Trivia ==
*The first episode written by [[Reid Harrison]].
*This is the first non-Halloween episode appearance of [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]].
*Originally aired on the same date as The X Files episode "El Mundo Gira".
*The "real" Mulder and Scully live in a universe where "The Simpsons" TV series exists. In one episode of the X-Files, Mulder comments on a sketch of a bald suspect saying he looks like "Homer Simpson's evil twin".
*Homer's infamous scream when he first encounters the alien is re-used in {{w|Lego Dimensions}}.

== Goofs ==
[[File:Yelloeye.jpg|thumb|Mulder with yellow eyes]]
[[File:Nobeard2.jpg|thumb|120px|Lenny without a beard]]
*[[Grampa]] calls a tortoise a turtle. However, this may be due to his senility, not a goof.
*After the scenes with the T-shirts, when the alien arrives, Marge's "Homer is a dope" shirt disappears and she has her normal dress on.
*At the kitchen table, when Homer talks about being mocked on his own birthday, they're eating breakfast. But when Marge, Lisa, Bart and Maggie all go to pet Santa's Little Helper, the breakfast has vanished.
*When the 'alien' is seen on the news, it is shown on the film Bart made coming out of the trees, but earlier on, when the alien came out of the woods, Bart is seen not holding his video camera.
*Homer's only been working at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant since 1980. The tape of Homer working appears to be from the mid to late 70s. Also, Homer's only been a safety technician in sector 7-G since 1990.
*Homer tells Wiggum that the alien appears every Friday night, even though he saw it only once.
*The writing on Moe's breathalizer changes between scenes.
*Lisa's "Junior Skeptic" magazine appears out of thin air.
*For some reason, the lights appear to be on in [[King Toot's Music Store]] next door to [[Moe's Tavern]] at 1 am.
*Despite having the funds to hire the best medical care, Burns has [[Dr. Nick]] on his medical staff.
*Apu, a vegetarian, is seen standing in line at a hot dog stand. However, it's possible that the stand also sells vegetarian hot dogs.
*Mr. Burns has been seen at night several times (both before and after this episode) without glowing.
*When Mulder talks about the inevitability of the existence of aliens, he briefly has yellow eyes.
*In the crowd scene outside of Homer's door, [[Lenny Leonard]] does not have his beard.
*When Homer is at Moe's with Mulder and Scully, the beer bottle he's holding sounds mostly empty when shaken, but when he slams the beer down it fizzes out an amount more in line with a full bottle.
*In the final scene, Kent Brockman has gray hair instead of his usual white hair.

== Continuity ==
*[[Mrs. Glick]] now lives in the Springfield Retirement Castle instead of her house she previously lived in.
*Moe seems to have a penchant for black-and-white endangered species. He was previously seen smuggling pandas in "[[Cape Feare]]".

{{Season 8|R}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Springfield Files/References}}

[[Category:Cultural references]]
[[Category:Goofs]]
[[Category:Continuity]]

User talk:Pufo

2021-02-25T12:36:36Z

Pufo: +Okay

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The Homer They Fall/References

2021-02-25T12:30:31Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +people link

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== Trivia ==
* [[Paul Winfield]], who voices {{W|Don King}} parody [[Lucius Sweet]], played the real Don King in HBO's 1995 biopic ''Tyson''. {{W|Don King}} himself rejected the part.
* The announcer is legendary boxing ring announcer [[Michael Buffer]], who voices himself.
* The ring announcer introduces [[Fat Tony]] as "Anthony 'Fat Tony' D'Amico", however, in "[[Bart the Murderer]]", his name was given as "William 'Fat Tony' Williams."
* Above the boxing ring there is an advertisement for the Assassin shoes that Homer buys in the earlier episode "[[Bart's Dog Gets an "F"]]".
* [[Moe]] says that no women have been to his bar since 1979, yet in "[[Flaming Moe's]]" he hires a female waitress. Also, in the episodes "[[New Kid on the Block]]" and "[[Homer the Vigilante]]", [[Ruth Powers]] appears in the bar, and orders a beer in the former episode.
* The match referee is obviously based on veteran boxing referee {{W|Mills Lane}}.
* In Moe's "office", there is a poster featuring [[Moe Szyslak]] vs [[Bill Oakley]], and [[Mark Kirkland]] vs [[David Silverman]].

== Cultural references ==
* The Homer v. Tatum bout is a reference to the film ''{{w|Rocky}}'', where a local champion faces the heavyweight champion.
**A lot of the training sequences are based on the same movie, including Homer running alongside Moe, Marge asking Moe not to let Homer fight and the line "You will always be a loser".
*The title of this episode alludes to the 1956 movie ''{{w|The Harder They Fall}}'', the last film starring [[Humphrey Bogart]]. Its plot is the main inspiration for "The Homer They Fall". Bogart plays a washed up, cynical sports writer who agrees to lend his services to a criminal boxing promoter (played by {{W|Rod Steiger}}) by writing stories that make a star out of an untalented, naive Latino boxer whose fights - unbeknownst to him - are all fixed. When that system doesn't work any more and the boxer is about to be thrashed for good in what would surely be his last fight, Bogart's conscience reawakens. He helps the boxer escape to his home country of [[Argentina]] before the gangsters can take back all the money he won in his short-lived career. Moe's role in this ''Simpson's'' episode is in fact a combination of the roles played by Steiger and Bogart in the movie.
*The character of [[Drederick Tatum]] is based on real life boxer [[Mike Tyson]] and his many run-ins with the law.
**Just before the fight with Homer, Drederick is seen walking to the ring with a group of shady looking characters walking behind him. This is also based on a real-life photo of Tyson.
*The character of [[Lucius Sweet]] is an obvious parody of {{w|Don King}}, a vicious boxing promoter. Homer even points this out with the line "He's one of the biggest names in boxing! He's exactly as rich and as famous as Don King, and he looks just like him, too!" King was also the manager for Mike Tyson.
*It is possible that Homer's "take punches until they're tired, then finish them off" is based on [[Muhammad Ali]]'s Rope-a-dope tactic.
*The montage of Homer's victories mid-episode spoofs ''{{w|Raging Bull}}''.
**Some controversy has arisen about what song is exactly played during Homer's montage. DVD commentary of the episode has attributed the song to an original [[Alf Clausen]] composition. Some people alternatively have stated that it is "The Flower Duet" from Delibes' opera ''{{w|Lakmé}}''. However, there is no passage in "The Flower Duet" song that convincingly matches up with the boxing montage scene, but it can be said that the song is done in the style and semblance of "The Flower Duet."
**The song can also be a reference to Yanni's song "Aria", based off the music of ''Lakmé'', and which was popular around this time due to its heavy usage in {{w|British Airways}} advertisements.
*At one point in the episode, the screen freezes and turns to a black and white view of one of Homer's boxing opponents falling out of the ring. This scene is a parody of the 1924 painting ''{{w|Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Ángel Firpo|Dempsey and Firpo}}'' by George Bellows.
*Drederick Tatum's theme song is "{{w|Time 4 Sum Aksion}}" by {{W2|Redman|rapper}}. It was the same song chosen by Mike Tyson for his first fight upon his prison release.
*Homer's theme song is "{{w|Why Can't We Be Friends?}}" by War. He also comes in wearing a robe labeled "Opponent".
*The closing song is "{{w|People (Barbra Streisand song)|People}}" sung by Sally Stevens.
*The tables in the shop are parodies of the [[TARDIS]] from ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
*Homer is announced in the ring as the "Brick Hithouse", a parody of "brick shithouse" as in the expression "built like a brick shithouse."

[[File:Nobelly2.jpg|thumb|No belly botton]]

== Goofs ==
*When Homer is struggling to stand up at first, his navel repeatedly disappears and reappears.

==DVD Information==
*[[The Complete Eighth Season]] Disc 1
*Run time: 21:44
*Scene selection
# Main title
# "I bet if God wore pants He'd have a belt like that"
# "Lousy democrats"
# "Tatum will fustigate 'em"
# "That cactus is right"
# End credits
*Audio commentary featuring [[Matt Groening]], [[Josh Weinstein]], [[Dan Castellaneta]], [[Yeardley Smith]], [[Mark Kirkland]], [[David X. Cohen]] and [[George Meyer]].
*Deleted scenes

{{Season 8|R}}
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[[Category:Trivia]]
[[Category:Cultural references]]

You Only Move Twice/References

2021-02-24T09:46:33Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */

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== Cultural references ==
*This episode is named after the 1967 James Bond film ''{{W|You Only Live Twice}}''.
*The title of the Cypress Creek video "A Tale of One City" is a reference to ''{{W|A Tale of Two Cities}}'' by {{W|Charles Dickens}}.
*Bart looks at a baseball made out of {{W|Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat}}.
*[[Dan Castellaneta]] provided the voice of [[James Bont]], the parody of {{W2|James Bond|character}} who Homer stops from escaping. Bont is strapped to a laser just as Bond is in ''{{W2|Goldfinger|film}}''.
*The song played over the credits, [[Scorpio]] (sung by [[Sally Stevens]]), is similar to the ''Goldfinger'' theme.
*[[Miss Goodthighs]] from the 1967 James Bond parody ''{{W2|Casino Royale|1967 film}}'' makes an appearance in the episode and can be seen attacking a character modeled after U.S. Army general {{W|Norman Schwarzkopf}}.

== Trivia ==
*Homer is disappointed with the Denver Broncos, even though he wished to be John Elway in "[[Cape Feare]]".
*The Denver Broncos were not a good team at the time (hence Homer's disappointment in owning them), but would ironically win {{W|Super Bowl XXXII|two}} {{W|Super Bowl XXXIII|consecutive}} Super Bowl championships only one year after the episode aired.
*The Broncos player who clumsily falls down try to catch the football is wearing #7, the same number as Broncos legendary quarterback [[John Elway]].
*Homer buys Tom Landry's hat in this episode. In later episodes such as "[[Bart Star]]" he is seen wearing it.
*The web address for Cypress Creek Elementary is "http://www.studynet.edu".
*The license plate on the Lil' Lugger Moving Van is 3F23, the same number as the episode's production code.
*Homer is revealed to have worked at the plant longer than [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] and is the second longest serving employee after [[Smithers]].
*In the scene where everyone says goodbye, the [[Anchor Shoppe]] and the [[Android's Dungeon]] are next to each other. The Anchor Shoppe has never been anywhere near the Android's Dungeon.
*According to Internet polls, Hank Scorpio has been voted [[Albert Brooks]]' best character.
*When Hank leaves Homer with the workers and goes, the camera pans out and the workers seem to have been lying down, as they immediately get up and resume working. This was done by the animators to prevent the tops of the worker's heads being seen in the previous closeup of Hank and Homer.
*In the [[Cypress Creek]] video, the hobo holding an envelope turns into a mail-box. The hobo is modeled on [[James L. Brooks]].
*Some of the kids in Bart's 4th Grade class at [[Cypress Creek Elementary]] resemble kids from [[Springfield Elementary]].
*All the kids in Bart's remedial class talk and/or sound like [[Ralph Wiggum]].
*Lisa briefly befriends a Northern Reticulated Chipmunk, although such a species does not exist.
*Even though [[Cypress Creek]] seems perfect, the vending machine at Globex won't take Homer's $1-bill.
*Homer can be seen scratching his butt whilst Scorpio reveals his plans to the members of the UN.
*The family's new address is [[15201 Maple Systems Road]].
*Their new house bears a vague resemblance to the Simpsons' regular house.
*[[Bumblebee Man]] seems to be working at [[Channel 6]] rather than [[Channel Ocho]].
* In a close-up scene of the Lil' Lugger, if you pause at the right moment you can see that it just says "Lil' Lugge".
*A girl very strongly resembling [[Allison Taylor]] is seen in [[Mr. Doyle]]'s class.

{{Season 8|R}}

[[Category:Trivia]]
[[Category:Cultural references]]

You Only Move Twice/References

2021-02-24T09:30:35Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Secretariat (horse)

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== Cultural references ==
*This episode is named after the 1967 James Bond film ''{{W|You Only Live Twice}}''.
*The title of the Cypress Creek video "A Tale of one City" is a reference to ''{{W|A Tale of Two Cities}}'' by {{W|Charles Dickens}}.
*Bart points at a baseball made out of {{W|Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat}}.
*[[Dan Castellaneta]] provided the voice of [[James Bont]], the parody of {{W2|James Bond|character}} who Homer stops from escaping. Bont is strapped to a laser just as Bond is in ''{{W2|Goldfinger|film}}''.
*The song played over the credits, [[Scorpio]] (sung by [[Sally Stevens]]), is similar to the ''Goldfinger'' theme.
*[[Miss Goodthighs]] from the 1967 James Bond parody ''{{W2|Casino Royale|1967 film}}'' makes an appearance in the episode and can be seen attacking a character modeled after U.S. Army general {{W|Norman Schwarzkopf}}.

== Trivia ==
*Homer is disappointed with the Denver Broncos, even though he wished to be John Elway in "[[Cape Feare]]".
*The Denver Broncos were not a good team at the time (hence Homer's disappointment in owning them), but would ironically win {{W|Super Bowl XXXII|two}} {{W|Super Bowl XXXIII|consecutive}} Super Bowl championships only one year after the episode aired.
*The Broncos player who clumsily falls down try to catch the football is wearing #7, the same number as Broncos legendary quarterback [[John Elway]].
*Homer buys Tom Landry's hat in this episode. In later episodes such as "[[Bart Star]]" he is seen wearing it.
*The web address for Cypress Creek Elementary is "http://www.studynet.edu".
*The license plate on the Lil' Lugger Moving Van is 3F23, the same number as the episode's production code.
*Homer is revealed to have worked at the plant longer than [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] and is the second longest serving employee after [[Smithers]].
*In the scene where everyone says goodbye, the [[Anchor Shoppe]] and the [[Android's Dungeon]] are next to each other. The Anchor Shoppe has never been anywhere near the Android's Dungeon.
*According to Internet polls, Hank Scorpio has been voted [[Albert Brooks]]' best character.
*When Hank leaves Homer with the workers and goes, the camera pans out and the workers seem to have been lying down, as they immediately get up and resume working. This was done by the animators to prevent the tops of the worker's heads being seen in the previous closeup of Hank and Homer.
*In the [[Cypress Creek]] video, the hobo holding an envelope turns into a mail-box. The hobo is modeled on [[James L. Brooks]].
*Some of the kids in Bart's 4th Grade class at [[Cypress Creek Elementary]] resemble kids from [[Springfield Elementary]].
*All the kids in Bart's remedial class talk and/or sound like [[Ralph Wiggum]].
*Lisa briefly befriends a Northern Reticulated Chipmunk, although such a species does not exist.
*Even though [[Cypress Creek]] seems perfect, the vending machine at Globex won't take Homer's $1-bill.
*Homer can be seen scratching his butt whilst Scorpio reveals his plans to the members of the UN.
*The family's new address is [[15201 Maple Systems Road]].
*Their new house bears a vague resemblance to the Simpsons' regular house.
*[[Bumblebee Man]] seems to be working at [[Channel 6]] rather than [[Channel Ocho]].
* In a close-up scene of the Lil' Lugger, if you pause at the right moment you can see that it just says "Lil' Lugge".
*A girl very strongly resembling [[Allison Taylor]] is seen in [[Mr. Doyle]]'s class.

{{Season 8|R}}

[[Category:Trivia]]
[[Category:Cultural references]]

You Only Move Twice/References

2021-02-24T09:18:22Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +A Tale of Two Cities

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{{EpisodePrevNextRef|Treehouse of Horror VII|The Homer They Fall}}

== Cultural references ==
*This episode is named after the 1967 James Bond film ''{{W|You Only Live Twice}}''.
*The title of the Cypress Creek video "A Tale of one City" is a reference to ''{{W|A Tale of Two Cities}}'' by {{W|Charles Dickens}}.
*[[Dan Castellaneta]] provided the voice of [[James Bont]], the parody of {{W2|James Bond|character}} who Homer stops from escaping. Bont is strapped to a laser just as Bond is in ''{{W2|Goldfinger|film}}''.
*The song played over the credits, [[Scorpio]] (sung by [[Sally Stevens]]), is similar to the ''Goldfinger'' theme.
*[[Miss Goodthighs]] from the 1967 James Bond parody ''{{W2|Casino Royale|1967 film}}'' makes an appearance in the episode and can be seen attacking a character modeled after U.S. Army general {{W|Norman Schwarzkopf}}.

== Trivia ==
*Homer is disappointed with the Denver Broncos, even though he wished to be John Elway in "[[Cape Feare]]".
*The Denver Broncos were not a good team at the time (hence Homer's disappointment in owning them), but would ironically win {{W|Super Bowl XXXII|two}} {{W|Super Bowl XXXIII|consecutive}} Super Bowl championships only one year after the episode aired.
*The Broncos player who clumsily falls down try to catch the football is wearing #7, the same number as Broncos legendary quarterback [[John Elway]].
*Homer buys Tom Landry's hat in this episode. In later episodes such as "[[Bart Star]]" he is seen wearing it.
*The web address for Cypress Creek Elementary is "http://www.studynet.edu".
*The license plate on the Lil' Lugger Moving Van is 3F23, the same number as the episode's production code.
*Homer is revealed to have worked at the plant longer than [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] and is the second longest serving employee after [[Smithers]].
*In the scene where everyone says goodbye, the [[Anchor Shoppe]] and the [[Android's Dungeon]] are next to each other. The Anchor Shoppe has never been anywhere near the Android's Dungeon.
*According to Internet polls, Hank Scorpio has been voted [[Albert Brooks]]' best character.
*When Hank leaves Homer with the workers and goes, the camera pans out and the workers seem to have been lying down, as they immediately get up and resume working. This was done by the animators to prevent the tops of the worker's heads being seen in the previous closeup of Hank and Homer.
*In the [[Cypress Creek]] video, the hobo holding an envelope turns into a mail-box. The hobo is modeled on [[James L. Brooks]].
*Some of the kids in Bart's 4th Grade class at [[Cypress Creek Elementary]] resemble kids from [[Springfield Elementary]].
*All the kids in Bart's remedial class talk and/or sound like [[Ralph Wiggum]].
*Lisa briefly befriends a Northern Reticulated Chipmunk, although such a species does not exist.
*Even though [[Cypress Creek]] seems perfect, the vending machine at Globex won't take Homer's $1-bill.
*Homer can be seen scratching his butt whilst Scorpio reveals his plans to the members of the UN.
*The family's new address is [[15201 Maple Systems Road]].
*Their new house bears a vague resemblance to the Simpsons' regular house.
*[[Bumblebee Man]] seems to be working at [[Channel 6]] rather than [[Channel Ocho]].
* In a close-up scene of the Lil' Lugger, if you pause at the right moment you can see that it just says "Lil' Lugge".
*A girl very strongly resembling [[Allison Taylor]] is seen in [[Mr. Doyle]]'s class.

{{Season 8|R}}

[[Category:Trivia]]
[[Category:Cultural references]]

Much Apu About Nothing/References

2021-02-20T11:01:06Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Siegfried & Roy

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the [[William Shakespeare]] comedy ''{{W|Much Ado About Nothing}}''.
*The chant "We're here, we're queer, we don't want any more bears!" is a reference to {{W|LGBT slogans|LGBT slogans}}.
*After [[Homer]] says the city is infested with bears, [[Moe]] says "And these ones are smarter than the average bear. They swiped my pic-a-nic basket", [[Mayor Quimby]] pulls out a picnic basket and starts munching on a sandwich is a reference to {{w|Yogi Bear}}.
*[[Chief Wiggum]]'s order of deportations is a reference to "{{w|The New Colossus}}" by {{w|Emma Lazarus}}, the sonnet written on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty ("Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free").
*During [[Homer]]'s speech, "{{w|America the Beautiful}}" is played.
*[[Homer]] references {{w|Siegfried & Roy}} in his speech saying immigrants "are training our tigers".

== Trivia ==
*Apu mentions having enrolled in the [[Springfield Heights Institute of Technology]], the initials of which are S.H.I.T.
*This episode features the first appearance of [[Manjula]].

== California references ==
*At the time the episode was produced, California was having problems with bears roaming neighborhoods in search of food, as shown in [[Springfield]] at the beginning of the episode.
*California at the time was also having problems associated with the large numbers of illegal immigrants in the state. In 1994, voters had passed Proposition 187 (later declared unconstitutional) which would have denied services such as education and health care to illegal immigrants, similar to Springfield voters' passing Proposition 24. California's continuing issues with illegal immigrants were one of the reasons for making the episode, according to [[Bill Oakley]] on the DVD commentary.

== Continuity ==
*[[Selma]] mentions her marriages to [[Sideshow Bob]], [[Lionel Hutz]] and [[Troy McClure]] and claims she will only marry for love and once more for money.
**Sideshow Bob had tried to murder Selma for her money in "[[Black Widower]]".
**[[A Fish Called Selma|Troy McClure and Selma's marriage]] was a sham to help Troy's film career and Selma only went along with it for the fame and fortune.
**Though the marriage to Lionel Hutz is never seen, in "[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]", Hutz mentions that he only dates women for money.

== Goofs ==
*When the family is at the dinner table and Lisa is telling Homer she doesn't agree with the proposed new immigration law, the food on their plates changes from purple pie to mashed potatoes and meat and then back to purple pie.
*Apu claims to have been in the United States for seven years, but Homer's Barbershop Quartet depicts him being in America eight years before the then-present day.
*When Mayor Quimby promises action against the bears to the townspeople, he wears his normal clothing but the next shot, when they are leaving, he suddenly wears a napkin around his neck.
*Homer's "Yes on 24" button has entirely black text in the close-up. However, when the scene cuts to a farther-away shot, the words "Yes" and "24" are written in white while the word "on" is written in blue.
*Homer tells Apu that he is not a registered voter, yet he is shown voting for Bob in season 6's "[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]".

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Much Apu About Nothing/References

2021-02-20T10:49:06Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +emma Lazarus

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the [[William Shakespeare]] comedy ''{{W|Much Ado About Nothing}}''.
*The chant "We're here, we're queer, we don't want any more bears!" is a reference to {{W|LGBT slogans|LGBT slogans}}.
*After [[Homer]] says the city is infested with bears, [[Moe]] says "And these ones are smarter than the average bear. They swiped my pic-a-nic basket", [[Mayor Quimby]] pulls out a picnic basket and starts munching on a sandwich is a reference to {{w|Yogi Bear}}.
*[[Chief Wiggum]]'s order of deportations is a reference to "{{w|The New Colossus}}" by {{w|Emma Lazarus}}, the sonnet written on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty ("Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free").

== Trivia ==
*Apu mentions having enrolled in the [[Springfield Heights Institute of Technology]], the initials of which are S.H.I.T.
*This episode features the first appearance of [[Manjula]].

== California references ==
*At the time the episode was produced, California was having problems with bears roaming neighborhoods in search of food, as shown in [[Springfield]] at the beginning of the episode.
*California at the time was also having problems associated with the large numbers of illegal immigrants in the state. In 1994, voters had passed Proposition 187 (later declared unconstitutional) which would have denied services such as education and health care to illegal immigrants, similar to Springfield voters' passing Proposition 24. California's continuing issues with illegal immigrants were one of the reasons for making the episode, according to [[Bill Oakley]] on the DVD commentary.

== Continuity ==
*[[Selma]] mentions her marriages to [[Sideshow Bob]], [[Lionel Hutz]] and [[Troy McClure]] and claims she will only marry for love and once more for money.
**Sideshow Bob had tried to murder Selma for her money in "[[Black Widower]]".
**[[A Fish Called Selma|Troy McClure and Selma's marriage]] was a sham to help Troy's film career and Selma only went along with it for the fame and fortune.
**Though the marriage to Lionel Hutz is never seen, in "[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]", Hutz mentions that he only dates women for money.

== Goofs ==
*When the family is at the dinner table and Lisa is telling Homer she doesn't agree with the proposed new immigration law, the food on their plates changes from purple pie to mashed potatoes and meat and then back to purple pie.
*Apu claims to have been in the United States for seven years, but Homer's Barbershop Quartet depicts him being in America eight years before the then-present day.
*When Mayor Quimby promises action against the bears to the townspeople, he wears his normal clothing but the next shot, when they are leaving, he suddenly wears a napkin around his neck.
*Homer's "Yes on 24" button has entirely black text in the close-up. However, when the scene cuts to a farther-away shot, the words "Yes" and "24" are written in white while the word "on" is written in blue.
*Homer tells Apu that he is not a registered voter, yet he is shown voting for Bob in season 6's "[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]".

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Much Apu About Nothing/References

2021-02-20T10:32:45Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +LGBT slogan

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the [[William Shakespeare]] comedy ''{{W|Much Ado About Nothing}}''.
*The chant "We're here, we're queer, we don't want any more bears!" is a reference to {{W|LGBT slogans|LGBT slogans}}.
*After [[Homer]] says the city is infested with bears, [[Moe]] says "And these ones are smarter than the average bear. They swiped my pic-a-nic basket", [[Mayor Quimby]] pulls out a picnic basket and starts munching on a sandwich is a reference to {{w|Yogi Bear}}.

== Trivia ==
*Apu mentions having enrolled in the [[Springfield Heights Institute of Technology]], the initials of which are S.H.I.T.
*This episode features the first appearance of [[Manjula]].

== California references ==
*At the time the episode was produced, California was having problems with bears roaming neighborhoods in search of food, as shown in [[Springfield]] at the beginning of the episode.
*California at the time was also having problems associated with the large numbers of illegal immigrants in the state. In 1994, voters had passed Proposition 187 (later declared unconstitutional) which would have denied services such as education and health care to illegal immigrants, similar to Springfield voters' passing Proposition 24. California's continuing issues with illegal immigrants were one of the reasons for making the episode, according to [[Bill Oakley]] on the DVD commentary.

== Continuity ==
*[[Selma]] mentions her marriages to [[Sideshow Bob]], [[Lionel Hutz]] and [[Troy McClure]] and claims she will only marry for love and once more for money.
**Sideshow Bob had tried to murder Selma for her money in "[[Black Widower]]".
**[[A Fish Called Selma|Troy McClure and Selma's marriage]] was a sham to help Troy's film career and Selma only went along with it for the fame and fortune.
**Though the marriage to Lionel Hutz is never seen, in "[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]", Hutz mentions that he only dates women for money.

== Goofs ==
*When the family is at the dinner table and Lisa is telling Homer she doesn't agree with the proposed new immigration law, the food on their plates changes from purple pie to mashed potatoes and meat and then back to purple pie.
*Apu claims to have been in the United States for seven years, but Homer's Barbershop Quartet depicts him being in America eight years before the then-present day.
*When Mayor Quimby promises action against the bears to the townspeople, he wears his normal clothing but the next shot, when they are leaving, he suddenly wears a napkin around his neck.
*Homer's "Yes on 24" button has entirely black text in the close-up. However, when the scene cuts to a farther-away shot, the words "Yes" and "24" are written in white while the word "on" is written in blue.
*Homer tells Apu that he is not a registered voter, yet he is shown voting for Bob in season 6's "[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]".

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Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"/References

2021-02-19T17:32:27Z

Pufo: /* Cultural References */ +Claude Monet

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== Cultural References ==
*[[Abe]] tells [[Burns]] that Burns got busted down for obstructing a probe from [[J. Edgar Hoover]].
*[[Burns]] references {{w|Claude Monet}} by saying "Time is Monet".
*[[Baron von Wörtzenburger]] plans to go to a {{w|Kraftwerk}} concert.
*The techno music that [[Baron von Wörtzenburger]] is listening to in his car is "Caterpillar" by {{w|DJ Keoki}}.

== Trivia ==
*When Mr. Burns accidentally smashes Lisa's room after acquiring the Tombstone keys, Lisa mistakes him for [[Santa Claus]].

== Goofs ==
*Although Grampa's military unit was known as the "Flying Hellfish," both the elaborate headstone and stationery letterhead read "'''Fighting''' Hellfish."
*When Milhouse's grandfather announces that he has driven his house to the school, the topmost two buttons on his shirt disappear.
*During Grandparents' Day, as Mrs. Krabappel invites Grampa to speak, he is holding his oatmeal spoon in his left hand. Before and after, he's holding it in his right. When Grampa starts to sit at Mrs. Krabappel's desk, and during his nonsensical stories, the spoon has vanished.

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Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"/References

2021-02-19T17:30:14Z

Pufo: /* Cultural References */ +Kraftwerk

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== Cultural References ==
*[[Abe]] tells [[Burns]] that Burns got busted down for obstructing a probe from [[J. Edgar Hoover]].
*[[Baron von Wörtzenburger]] plans to go to a {{w|Kraftwerk}} concert.
*The techno music that [[Baron von Wörtzenburger]] is listening to in his car is "Caterpillar" by {{w|DJ Keoki}}.

== Trivia ==
*When Mr. Burns accidentally smashes Lisa's room after acquiring the Tombstone keys, Lisa mistakes him for [[Santa Claus]].

== Goofs ==
*Although Grampa's military unit was known as the "Flying Hellfish," both the elaborate headstone and stationery letterhead read "'''Fighting''' Hellfish."
*When Milhouse's grandfather announces that he has driven his house to the school, the topmost two buttons on his shirt disappear.
*During Grandparents' Day, as Mrs. Krabappel invites Grampa to speak, he is holding his oatmeal spoon in his left hand. Before and after, he's holding it in his right. When Grampa starts to sit at Mrs. Krabappel's desk, and during his nonsensical stories, the spoon has vanished.

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A Fish Called Selma/References

2021-02-16T08:14:54Z

Pufo: /* Trivia */ +Bette Midler

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== Cultural references ==
*The title of this episode is a reference to the film ''{{w|A Fish Called Wanda}}''.
*The McClure movie ''[[The Muppets Go Medieval]]'' parodies ''[[The Muppets]]''.
*Marge says that Troy McClure is a perfect gentleman, just like [[Bing Crosby]] and {{Ch|John F. Kennedy|J.F.K.}}
*[[Troy McClure]] drives a [[DeLorean|DeLorean DMC-12]], as made famous in the ''{{W2|Back to the Future|series}}'' films.
*The name of Troy's agent [[MacArthur Parker]] ia a reference to the song "[[MacArthur Park]]" by {{w|Richard Harris}}.
*Troy lives in the {{w|Chemosphere}}.
*Troy describes [[Jub-Jub]] the iguana as "Everywhere You Want to Be" in reference to a {{w|Visa Inc.|Visa}} commercial.
*The news anchor, voiced by [[Hank Azaria]], is based on ''{{w|Entertainment Tonight}}'' host {{w|John Tesh}}.
*The song "{{ap|Dr. Zaius|song}}" in the ''{{W2|Planet of the Apes|1968 film}}'' musical ''[[Stop the Planet of the Apes I Want to Get Off]]'' is to the tune of "{{w|Rock Me Amadeus}}" by {{W2|Falco|musician}}.
*The title ''[[Stop the Planet of the Apes I Want to Get Off]]'' is itself a takeoff on the musical ''{{w|Stop the World – I Want to Get Off}}''.
*At the wedding, Homer sings "{{W2|Rock and Roll|Gary Glitter song|Rock and Roll Part 2}}" by {{w|Gary Glitter}} in his head.
*During the wedding, the "{{W|Bridal Chorus}}" by {{W|Richard Wagner}} plays.
*Selma's costumes are modeled on the clothes of {{w|Marilyn Monroe}}.
*{{W|Paramount}} wanted Troy McClure for a buddy comedy starring [[Rob Lowe]] and [[Hugh Grant]].
*{{W|Buster Keaton}} had a star on Springfield's Walk of Fame until it was replaced with Troy McClure.
*Troy's proposed fragrance "Smellin' of Troy" is a reference to the mythological woman {{w|Helen of Troy}}.

== Trivia ==
*Celebrities on the walls of [[The Pimento Grove]] include:
**{{Ch|Tony Bennett}}
**{{Ch|Tito Puente}}
**[[Birch Barlow]]
**[[Kent Brockman]]
**[[Krusty the Clown]]
**{{Ch|Elizabeth Taylor}}
**[[Rainier Wolfcastle]]
**{{Ch|Leonard Nimoy}}
**{{Ch|Adam West}}
**{{Ch|Dennis Franz}}
**{{Ch|Barry White}}
**{{Ch|Sting}}
**{{Ch|David Crosby}}
**{{Ch|Conan O'Brien}}
**{{Ch|Brooke Shields}}
**{{Ch|Bette Midler}}
**[[Brad Goodman]]
*[[Fat Tony]] is voiced by [[Phil Hartman]] rather than his usual voice actor [[Joe Mantegna]].
*In a deleted scene, [[Moe]] has [[Carl]]'s colors and [[Apu]] has [[Edna Krabappel]]'s.

== Goofs ==
[[File:Overlapaper.jpg|thumb|Grampa's beard over the paper]]
[[File:Blankear.jpg|thumb|Selma's missing ear hole]]
*At the DMV, Abraham Simpson's beard is drawn over the paper he is holding for a few frames.
*When Selma was smoking in the Restaurant's parking lot, she was sitting on the hood of a brown car. When the camera zooms in, she is on a blue car.
*Right before Troy seduces Selma, Selma's ear hole disappears.

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The Day the Violence Died/References

2021-02-15T09:26:40Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */

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== Cultural references ==
*The relationship between Roger Meyers Sr. and [[Chester J. Lampwick]] mirrors the real-life relationship between Walt Disney and his chief animator in the 1920s, {{W|Ub Iwerks}}, who created Mickey Mouse, but never received the credit. There are also parallells with the controversy over {{W|Felix the Cat}}, of whom is disputed whether {{W|Pat Sullivan}} or {{W|Otto Messmer}} actually created him.
*[[Roger Meyers Sr.]] being cryogenically frozen is a reference to the myth that [[Walt Disney]] was similarly frozen.
*When Roger Meyers Jr. pleads his case in court, he mentions that several animated television series and characters were plagiarized from other series and characters: "Animation is built on plagiarism! If it weren't for someone plagiarizing ''{{W|The Honeymooners}}'', we wouldn't have ''[[The Flintstones]]''. If someone hadn't ripped off {{W|Sergeant Bilko}}, there'd be no {{W|Top Cat}}. [[Huckleberry Hound]], [[Chief Wiggum]], [[Yogi Bear]]? Hah! [[Andy Griffith]], [[Edward G. Robinson]], {{W|Art Carney}}."
*The Manhattan Madness cartoon in "The Day the Violence Died" is based on very early animated cartoons such as ''{{W|Felix the Cat}}'' and ''{{W|Gertie the Dinosaur}}''.
*The "Amendment To Be" segment is a parody of the educational show ''{{W|Schoolhouse Rock!}}'', and more specifically "I'm Just a Bill", and refers to the Flag Desecration Amendment. [[Jack Sheldon]], who sang the original song in "I'm Just a Bill", voices the song in the "Amendment to Be" segment.
*The cartoon "Itchy and Scratchy Meets Fritz The Cat" is a reference to the 1972 animated film ''{{W2|Fritz the Cat|film}}'' that depicts drug use and sexual situations openly. Fritz the Cat was also the first animated movie to be rated X, before the NC-17 rating existed.
*The first Itchy & Scratchy cartoon entitled "Steamboat Itchy", which originally appeared in "[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]", is a reference to ''{{W|Steamboat Willie}}'', the first [[Mickey Mouse]] cartoon, and {{W|Joseph P. Kennedy}}, father of former [[President of the United States|United States President]] {{Ch|John F. Kennedy}}, is listed as one of the cartoon's producers.
*The episode's title alludes to the line "the Day the Music Died" from {{W|Don McLean}}'s 1971 song "{{W2|American Pie|song}}".
*The tune that Lampwick is whistling as he leaves the Simpsons' house is "{{w|The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)}}."
*The Itchy & Scratchy cartoon title "Remembrance of Things Slashed" is a reference to Proust's ''{{w|Remembrance of Things Past}}''.
*Lampwick bites the check he is given—presumably to see if it is genuine—in the same way that people used to bite silver and gold coins as a test to see if they were genuine.
*Lampwick's rocket car is a reference to the "{{w|Blue Flame}}".

== Trivia ==
*The print of the early Itchy cartoon that burned on the projector is cellulose nitrate stock, which degrades rapidly with time. It's unlikely that a print as old as this would survive at all, much less being carried around outdoors by a bum.

== Continuity ==
*Marge mentions some of Bart and Lisa's accomplishments:
**Reuniting [[Krusty]] with his [[Rabbi Krustofski|father]]. ("[[Like Father, Like Clown]]")
**Getting [[Principal Skinner]] his job back. ("[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]")
**Helped [[Dr. Nick]] perform heart surgery on Homer. ("[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]")
**Foiled [[Sideshow Bob]] on five separate occasions. ("[[Krusty Gets Busted]]", "[[Black Widower]]", "[[Cape Feare]]", "[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]" and "[[Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming]]")
*[[Steamboat Itchy]] is played as evidence during the trial. ("[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]")
*[[Blue-haired lawyer]] shows a picture of [[Disgruntled Goat]]. ("[[Itchy & Scratchy Land]]")
*Toys of Disgruntled Goat and Uncle Ant are seen on a shelf in The [[Android's Dungeon]]. ("[[Itchy & Scratchy Land]]")

== Goofs ==
*As pointed out in special features, the film case changes color from black to pink after it is tossed in the garbage.
*During the cut to the basement (after the scene where Bart first sneaks into the house and says "The coast is clear"), Bart's image seems to jump from a point at the top of the basement stairs to the middle (without any animation in between) when telling Chester that there is where he is going to sleep.
*The Empire State Building can be seen in ''Manhattan Madness'', even though it opened in 1931, whereas ''Manhattan Madness'' was created 22 years earlier.
*Judge Snyder’s skin is yellow instead of brown in this episode.
*It would be impossible for Bart to see Lester skateboard past the house because the window he looks through faces the backyard.

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The Day the Violence Died/References

2021-02-15T09:25:48Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Blue Flame

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== Cultural references ==
*The relationship between Roger Meyers Sr. and [[Chester J. Lampwick]] mirrors the real-life relationship between Walt Disney and his chief animator in the 1920s, {{W|Ub Iwerks}}, who created Mickey Mouse, but never received the credit. There are also parallells with the controversy over {{W|Felix the Cat}}, of whom is disputed whether {{W|Pat Sullivan}} or {{W|Otto Messmer}} actually created him.
*[[Roger Meyers Sr.]] being cryogenically frozen is a reference to the myth that [[Walt Disney]] was similarly frozen.
*When Roger Meyers Jr. pleads his case in court, he mentions that several animated television series and characters were plagiarized from other series and characters: "Animation is built on plagiarism! If it weren't for someone plagiarizing ''{{W|The Honeymooners}}'', we wouldn't have ''[[The Flintstones]]''. If someone hadn't ripped off {{W|Sergeant Bilko}}, there'd be no {{W|Top Cat}}. [[Huckleberry Hound]], [[Chief Wiggum]], [[Yogi Bear]]? Hah! [[Andy Griffith]], [[Edward G. Robinson]], {{W|Art Carney}}."
*The Manhattan Madness cartoon in "The Day the Violence Died" is based on very early animated cartoons such as ''{{W|Felix the Cat}}'' and ''{{W|Gertie the Dinosaur}}''.
*The "Amendment To Be" segment is a parody of the educational show ''{{W|Schoolhouse Rock!}}'', and more specifically "I'm Just a Bill", and refers to the Flag Desecration Amendment. [[Jack Sheldon]], who sang the original song in "I'm Just a Bill", voices the song in the "Amendment to Be" segment.
*The cartoon "Itchy and Scratchy Meets Fritz The Cat" is a reference to the 1972 animated film ''{{W2|Fritz the Cat|film}}'' that depicts drug use and sexual situations openly. Fritz the Cat was also the first animated movie to be rated X, before the NC-17 rating existed.
*The first Itchy & Scratchy cartoon entitled "Steamboat Itchy", which originally appeared in "[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]", is a reference to ''{{W|Steamboat Willie}}'', the first [[Mickey Mouse]] cartoon, and {{W|Joseph P. Kennedy}}, father of former [[President of the United States|United States President]] {{Ch|John F. Kennedy}}, is listed as one of the cartoon's producers.
*The episode's title alludes to the line "the Day the Music Died" from {{W|Don McLean}}'s 1971 song "{{W2|American Pie|song}}".
*The tune that Lampwick is whistling as he leaves the Simpsons' house is "{{w|The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)}}."
*The Itchy & Scratchy cartoon title "Remembrance of Things Slashed" is a reference to Proust's ''{{w|Remembrance of Things Past}}''.
*Lampwick bites the check he is given—presumably to see if it is genuine—in the same way that people used to bite silver and gold coins as a test to see if they were genuine.
*Lampwick's rocket car is a reference to the "{{w|Blue Flame)}}".

== Trivia ==
*The print of the early Itchy cartoon that burned on the projector is cellulose nitrate stock, which degrades rapidly with time. It's unlikely that a print as old as this would survive at all, much less being carried around outdoors by a bum.

== Continuity ==
*Marge mentions some of Bart and Lisa's accomplishments:
**Reuniting [[Krusty]] with his [[Rabbi Krustofski|father]]. ("[[Like Father, Like Clown]]")
**Getting [[Principal Skinner]] his job back. ("[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]")
**Helped [[Dr. Nick]] perform heart surgery on Homer. ("[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]")
**Foiled [[Sideshow Bob]] on five separate occasions. ("[[Krusty Gets Busted]]", "[[Black Widower]]", "[[Cape Feare]]", "[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]" and "[[Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming]]")
*[[Steamboat Itchy]] is played as evidence during the trial. ("[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]")
*[[Blue-haired lawyer]] shows a picture of [[Disgruntled Goat]]. ("[[Itchy & Scratchy Land]]")
*Toys of Disgruntled Goat and Uncle Ant are seen on a shelf in The [[Android's Dungeon]]. ("[[Itchy & Scratchy Land]]")

== Goofs ==
*As pointed out in special features, the film case changes color from black to pink after it is tossed in the garbage.
*During the cut to the basement (after the scene where Bart first sneaks into the house and says "The coast is clear"), Bart's image seems to jump from a point at the top of the basement stairs to the middle (without any animation in between) when telling Chester that there is where he is going to sleep.
*The Empire State Building can be seen in ''Manhattan Madness'', even though it opened in 1931, whereas ''Manhattan Madness'' was created 22 years earlier.
*Judge Snyder’s skin is yellow instead of brown in this episode.
*It would be impossible for Bart to see Lester skateboard past the house because the window he looks through faces the backyard.

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Homer the Smithers/References

2021-02-14T10:39:34Z

Pufo: + cultural references, + relax +conga line

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== Cultural references ==
*While Smithers is talking on the phone at the holiday resort, "{{w|Relax (song)|Relax}}" by {{w|Frankie Goes to Hollywood}} is playing. Later Smithers is leading a {{w|Conga line}}.

== Trivia ==
*It is shown in this episode that [[Moe's Tavern]] number is 7648437 but the 7 must be used to contact an outside line. So the real number should be:648-4377.
*The last four digits for Burns' office is 5246.
*This is one of the few episodes in which Burns remembers Homer's name.
*This is the second time Burns vows to get revenge on Homer but instead gets rewarded because he was too beneficial. The first time was in "Blood Feud".
*Smithers uses a Macintosh computer, which doesn't have a mouse.
*Homer would later be Burns' assistant in "Homer vs. Dignity".
*When telling Smithers he doesn't need to diaper him or burp him, Mr. Burns proceeds to belch in a similar manner to Barney Gumble.
== Goofs ==
*When Burns and Smithers are driving away, Burns is shown answering the phone. Later in the same episode, it shows that he never does that himself.
*When Burns sits back down after making his failed phone call to Smithers, his black eye disappears.
*If Burns were really 104 years old, he would have been born long after the dodo became extinct.
*Lisa is eating spaghetti and meatballs with the rest of the family in the first scene of the third act. This is a few episodes after she had officially turned vegetarian on Lisa the Vegetarian. Lisa's vegetarianism wasn't mentioned again until Homer's Phobia, so it may not have been considered to be canonical yet.
*When Smithers calls Homer, his phone is black, but in another scene it's blue.
*At the race track, Smithers is shown to be feeding beer to Mr. Burns by the teaspoon, but in Dancin' Homer, Burns drinks an entire tub of beer without any assistance.

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Team Homer/References

2021-02-07T21:56:57Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */

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== Cultural references ==
*Homer chants "Dōmo arigatō, Mr. Roboto", a line from "{{w|Mr. Roboto}}" by {{w|Styx (band)|Styx}}.
*During the presentation of the school uniforms, "{{w|Spanish Flea}}" by {{w|Herb Alpert|Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass}} is played on record.

== Triva ==
*In the original airing of this episode, Homer's Academy Award said {{w|Haing S. Ngor}}, but, when Ngor died, it was changed to {{w|Don Ameche}}. The second version is the one in syndication and in the Season 7 DVD boxset.
*The four members of "The Home-Wreckers" are [[Mindy Simmons]], [[Lurleen Lumpkin]], [[Princess Kashmir]] and [[Jacques]], all known to have caused tension between [[Homer]] and [[Marge]].
*The Lovejoys' and Flanders' bowling team is called "Holy Rollers", which, as well as meaning "religious bowlers", is also a slang term for evangelical Christians.
*This episode is dedicated to the memory of [[Doris Grau]], a former Simpsons script supervisor and voice actor, mainly the voice of [[Lunchlady Dora]], who passed away.
*The members of [[The Pin Pals]] were [[Apu]], [[Moe]], [[Mr. Burns]], [[Homer]] and formerly [[Otto]].

== Goofs ==
*When Bart's class is a mess because of Bart's t-shirt, [[Ralph Wiggum]] can be seen on the floor and it is known that Ralph is in Lisa's class.
*When [[Superintendent Chalmers]] gets trampled on by the children, the same children keep running past him multiple times.
*When the kids are inciting chaos because of Bart's shirt and they knock over Edna Krabappel's desk, the books on the desk disappear.
*When Principal Skinner is looking out the window and the light reaches his head through the window shade, the light shining on his nose repeatedly appears and disappears.

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2021-02-07T12:58:14Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Mr. Roboto

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== Cultural references ==
*Homer chants "Dōmo arigatō, Mr. Roboto", a line from "{{w|Mr. Roboto}}" by {{w|Styx}}.
*During the presentation of the school uniforms "{{w|Spanish Flea}}" by {{w|Herb Alpert|Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass}} is played on record.

== Triva ==
*In the original airing of this episode, Homer's Academy Award said {{w|Haing S. Ngor}}, but, when Ngor died, it was changed to {{w|Don Ameche}}. The second version is the one in syndication and in the Season 7 DVD boxset.
*The four members of "The Home-Wreckers" are [[Mindy Simmons]], [[Lurleen Lumpkin]], [[Princess Kashmir]] and [[Jacques]], all known to have caused tension between [[Homer]] and [[Marge]].
*The Lovejoys' and Flanders' bowling team is called "Holy Rollers", which, as well as meaning "religious bowlers", is also a slang term for evangelical Christians.
*This episode is dedicated to the memory of [[Doris Grau]], a former Simpsons script supervisor and voice actor, mainly the voice of [[Lunchlady Dora]], who passed away.
*The members of [[The Pin Pals]] were [[Apu]], [[Moe]], [[Mr. Burns]], [[Homer]] and formerly [[Otto]].

== Goofs ==
*When Bart's class is a mess because of Bart's t-shirt, [[Ralph Wiggum]] can be seen on the floor and it is known that Ralph is in Lisa's class.
*When [[Superintendent Chalmers]] gets trampled on by the children, the same children keep running past him multiple times.
*When the kids are inciting chaos because of Bart's shirt and they knock over Edna Krabappel's desk, the books on the desk disappear.
*When Principal Skinner is looking out the window and the light reaches his head through the window shade, the light shining on his nose repeatedly appears and disappears.

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2021-02-07T12:52:58Z

Pufo: + cultural references, + spanish flea

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== Cultural references ==
*During the presentation of the school uniforms "{{w|Spanish Flea}}" by {{w|Herb Alpert|Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass}} is played on record.

== Triva ==
*In the original airing of this episode, Homer's Academy Award said {{w|Haing S. Ngor}}, but, when Ngor died, it was changed to {{w|Don Ameche}}. The second version is the one in syndication and in the Season 7 DVD boxset.
*The four members of "The Home-Wreckers" are [[Mindy Simmons]], [[Lurleen Lumpkin]], [[Princess Kashmir]] and [[Jacques]], all known to have caused tension between [[Homer]] and [[Marge]].
*The Lovejoys' and Flanders' bowling team is called "Holy Rollers", which, as well as meaning "religious bowlers", is also a slang term for evangelical Christians.
*This episode is dedicated to the memory of [[Doris Grau]], a former Simpsons script supervisor and voice actor, mainly the voice of [[Lunchlady Dora]], who passed away.
*The members of [[The Pin Pals]] were [[Apu]], [[Moe]], [[Mr. Burns]], [[Homer]] and formerly [[Otto]].

== Goofs ==
*When Bart's class is a mess because of Bart's t-shirt, [[Ralph Wiggum]] can be seen on the floor and it is known that Ralph is in Lisa's class.
*When [[Superintendent Chalmers]] gets trampled on by the children, the same children keep running past him multiple times.
*When the kids are inciting chaos because of Bart's shirt and they knock over Edna Krabappel's desk, the books on the desk disappear.
*When Principal Skinner is looking out the window and the light reaches his head through the window shade, the light shining on his nose repeatedly appears and disappears.

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Marge Be Not Proud/References

2021-02-06T10:01:10Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Michael Winslow

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== Cultural references ==
*The song that the carollers sing is "{{W|The Little Drummer Boy}}" by {{W|Katherine Kennicott Davis}}.
*The video game ''[[Bonestorm]]'' is based on the ''{{W|Mortal Kombat}}'' series.
*Famous video game characters that appear to [[Bart]] include [[Mario]], {{ap|Luigi|video game character}}, [[Donkey Kong]], [[Lee Carvallo]], and [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]. Of the five, Lee Carvallo is the only one that tried to talk Bart out of shoplifting. In addition, Mario and Luigi's body shapes are reversed and Donkey Kong lacks a tie, resembling his original appearance from his debut in ''Donkey Kong''.
**The scene was remade for ''[[Lego Dimensions]]''.
*The episode features [[Allan Sherman]]'s song, "{{W|Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh}}", played on the answering service in lieu of [[Don Brodka]]'s message about catching Bart shoplifting.
*Among the games seen at [[Try-N-Save]], a number of them reference pop-culture:
**[[Save Hitler's Brain]]: The game is a reference to the movie ''{{W|They Saved Hitler's Brain}}.
**[[A Streetcar Named Death]]: Is a reference to ''{{W|A Streetcar Named Desire}}''.
**[[Angus Podgorny's Caper Toss]]: Is a reference to the character "Angus Podgorny" who was seen in various episodes of ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''.
**[[Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge]] appears to be based on {{W|Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf}}, a 1988 game for the {{W|Nintendo Entertainment System}}.
*The episode also mentions rapper and actor [[Tupac Shakur]].
*Many clues point to the fact that ''Bonestorm'' is a game released for the Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis in North America).
**The console which plays ''Bonestorm'' uses cartridges.
**The boxes are snap-open video cases, unlike the Super Nintendo's plain boxes, and the Sony PlayStation's jewel cases.
**The graphics for the game are rather blocky, just like video game consoles of the time.
**In the commercial at the beginning, it shows that there is blood in the game. The Sega Mega Drive version of "Mortal Kombat", which ''Bonestorm'' is based, shows blood (only through a cheat code, but still. The Super Nintendo version of Mortal Kombat never had blood either, so it is likely that it isn't in the Super Nintendo of ''Bonestorm'', if any, either.
*Marge says "Well, life is like a box of chocolates. You never know... (Bart makes noises) ... what you're gonna get.". This is a reference to the quote "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." from the movie ''{{w|Forrest Gump}}''.
*The store store detective says "I'm afraid your son broke the 11th commandment: Thou shalt not steal." That's actually the 8th commandment.
*''[[Peanuts]]'': When [[Bart]] imagines what Christmas would be like in Juvenile Hall, the Christmas tree seen in the background looks just like [[Charlie Brown]]'s from ''{{w|A Charlie Brown Christmas}}''.
*Bart mimics Adolf Hitler in one of the family portraits.
*Homer tells Bart about the ''{{w|Police Academy (franchise)|Police Academy}}'' films and impersonates "that guy, that makes sound effects" ({{w|Michael Winslow}}).

== Goofs ==
*[[Maggie]] appears in every Christmas photo even though she is just one year old.
*The game ''[[Cfelebrity Tutopsy]]'' should be "Celebrity Autopsy". This is most likely an animation error.

== Continuity ==
*A similar plot was used in the short "[[Shoplifting]]", where [[Bart]] shoplifts candy from the [[Springfield Grocery Store]] and gets caught.
*[[Maggie]]'s soiled diapers also produce strong odors (and play a role in the storyline) in "[[The Strong Arms of the Ma]]" and in the comic story ''[[Maggie's Crib 5]]''.

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Marge Be Not Proud/References

2021-02-06T09:45:47Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ + family portrait

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== Cultural references ==
*The song that the carollers sing is "{{W|The Little Drummer Boy}}" by {{W|Katherine Kennicott Davis}}.
*The video game ''[[Bonestorm]]'' is based on the ''{{W|Mortal Kombat}}'' series.
*Famous video game characters that appear to [[Bart]] include [[Mario]], {{ap|Luigi|video game character}}, [[Donkey Kong]], [[Lee Carvallo]], and [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]. Of the five, Lee Carvallo is the only one that tried to talk Bart out of shoplifting. In addition, Mario and Luigi's body shapes are reversed and Donkey Kong lacks a tie, resembling his original appearance from his debut in ''Donkey Kong''.
**The scene was remade for ''[[Lego Dimensions]]''.
*The episode features [[Allan Sherman]]'s song, "{{W|Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh}}", played on the answering service in lieu of [[Don Brodka]]'s message about catching Bart shoplifting.
*Among the games seen at [[Try-N-Save]], a number of them reference pop-culture:
**[[Save Hitler's Brain]]: The game is a reference to the movie ''{{W|They Saved Hitler's Brain}}.
**[[A Streetcar Named Death]]: Is a reference to ''{{W|A Streetcar Named Desire}}''.
**[[Angus Podgorny's Caper Toss]]: Is a reference to the character "Angus Podgorny" who was seen in various episodes of ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''.
**[[Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge]] appears to be based on {{W|Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf}}, a 1988 game for the {{W|Nintendo Entertainment System}}.
*The episode also mentions rapper and actor [[Tupac Shakur]].
*Many clues point to the fact that ''Bonestorm'' is a game released for the Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis in North America).
**The console which plays ''Bonestorm'' uses cartridges.
**The boxes are snap-open video cases, unlike the Super Nintendo's plain boxes, and the Sony PlayStation's jewel cases.
**The graphics for the game are rather blocky, just like video game consoles of the time.
**In the commercial at the beginning, it shows that there is blood in the game. The Sega Mega Drive version of "Mortal Kombat", which ''Bonestorm'' is based, shows blood (only through a cheat code, but still. The Super Nintendo version of Mortal Kombat never had blood either, so it is likely that it isn't in the Super Nintendo of ''Bonestorm'', if any, either.
*Marge says "Well, life is like a box of chocolates. You never know... (Bart makes noises) ... what you're gonna get.". This is a reference to the quote "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." from the movie ''{{w|Forrest Gump}}''.
*The store store detective says "I'm afraid your son broke the 11th commandment: Thou shalt not steal." That's actually the 8th commandment.
*''[[Peanuts]]'': When [[Bart]] imagines what Christmas would be like in Juvenile Hall, the Christmas tree seen in the background looks just like [[Charlie Brown]]'s from ''{{w|A Charlie Brown Christmas}}''.
*Bart mimics Adolf Hitler in one of the family portraits.

== Goofs ==
*[[Maggie]] appears in every Christmas photo even though she is just one year old.
*The game ''[[Cfelebrity Tutopsy]]'' should be "Celebrity Autopsy". This is most likely an animation error.

== Continuity ==
*A similar plot was used in the short "[[Shoplifting]]", where [[Bart]] shoplifts candy from the [[Springfield Grocery Store]] and gets caught.
*[[Maggie]]'s soiled diapers also produce strong odors (and play a role in the storyline) in "[[The Strong Arms of the Ma]]" and in the comic story ''[[Maggie's Crib 5]]''.

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The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular/References

2021-02-05T09:00:18Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Sex (book)

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== Cultural references ==
*{{Ch|James L. Brooks}} is depicted as looking like [[Rich Uncle Pennybags]] from [[Monopoly]].
*{{Ch|Sam Simon}} is depicted as looking like {{W|Howard Hughes}}.
*A ''[[Life in Hell]]'' poster is seen hanging up in {{Ch|Matt Groening}}'s office.
*Krusty's book is calles "Sex", a reference to {{W|Madonna}}'s 1992 book "{{W|Sex (book)|Sex}}".

== Trivia ==
*The deleted "[[Robot Richard Simmons]]" scene was taken out of "[[Burns' Heir]]" because it didn't receive any laughs from the crew. However, when it was shown to fans at [[David Silverman]]'s college shows and other events, it received a huge amount of laughs.
*The alternate ending for "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns]]" was made to fool the staff and animators so they wouldn't find out who really shot him.
*This episode featured the short "[[World War III]]", but the fourth act was cut out for time.
*When Troy McClure is standing on the Simpson's staircase, a picture of the Simpsons as they appeared on ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' can be seen.
*The deleted scene from "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]" is about Krusty showing a book involving him doing different sexually explicit positions and him playing a person with haemorrhoids and after haemorrhoids.
*The deleted scene from "[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]" involves [[James Bond]] gambling being given a Joker card and Rules for Draw and Stud Poker.
*The deleted scene from "[[Mother Simpson]]" involves Homer eating chocolate and space food sticks and him talking to Mona about him working at the nuclear power plant.
*The deleted scenes from "[[Treehouse Of Horror IV]]" involves Homer's head being used as a bowling ball and getting cut in half by a spiky bowling pin with a note saying, "I.O.U one brain, signed God." Marge finds a notice involving [[Lionel Hutz]] and Bart saying he'd sell his soul for F1 racing car, the Devil shows up with it, but Bart changes his mind and no longer wants it. One of the jurors finds Homer's soul the property of Marge and Lionel Hutz shows up with an empty pizza box.
*The deleted scene from "[[Homer and Apu]]" invloves the Simpson family and Apu watching an Indian film on TV and Homer describing the differences between the actors' and Homer's clothes and laughing about it.
*The deleted scene from "Burns' Heir" involves Mr. Burns releasing the robotic [[Richard Simmons]] to scare Homer off with the K.C. and the Sunshine Band song, "Shake Your Booty". When it goes haywire, Smithers shoots it. But it absorbs the bullet and goes even more haywire and explodes.
*This is the first time [[Matt Groening]]'s last name was ever pronounced on the show. At many times, fans pronounced "Groening" as how it looks which also occurred during ''[[The Simpsons Game]]''.
*Troy mentions that the episode will feature classic scenes cut in syndication. Intentionally, these scenes do not appear.
*The Homer getting stupider montage features the episodes "[[Blood Feud]]", "[[Flaming Moe's]]", "[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]", "[[Deep Space Homer]]" and "[[Treehouse of Horror V]]".
*The Hardcore Nudity montage includes:
**"[[The Call of the Simpsons]]"
**"[[Brush with Greatness]]"
**"[[Like Father, Like Clown]]"
**"[[Colonel Homer]]"
**"[[Lisa's First Word]]"
**"[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]"
**"[[Bart of Darkness]]"
**"[[Bart's Girlfriend]]"
**"[[Homer Badman]]"
**"[[Homer the Great]]"
**"[[Homie the Clown]]"
**"[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]"
**"[[Bart vs. Australia]]"
*The wraparound sequences with Troy were animated by USAnimation, which also provided the digital coloring for [[Radioactive Man]].

==Cuts==
*On some television airings, the first deleted scene of "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]" (Krusty telling viewers about a book of sex) is cut.

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Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily/References

2021-01-31T11:56:04Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */

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== Trivia ==
*The statue of the man riding a horse says "Swartzwelder," which is the name of one of The Simpsons' writers.
*We learn that Maggie's real name is Margaret.
*When Child Protective Services races out to rescue Bart and Lisa, they run over a child's tricycle.
*In the commentary, it says that the Child Protective Services Male was based on a teacher they had,
*In the original airing, Milhouse mentioned the box with the infected monkey came from Pier 1 Imports. Because this joke offended the people at Pier 1, it was edited in the syndicated version to a fictional company Trader Pete's. In the DVD releases and FXX video streams, the Pier 1 reference is kept in, though the subtitles state it as Trader Pete's.
*Lisa wears prescription shoes.
*Maggies speaks in this episode. She says: "Daddily-doodily.".
*In the Flanders house, there's a pinboard with a paper that says "1 Cor 6:9-11". Cor stands for Corinthians in the bible. The verses are: "9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
*Among the people taking the parenting course:
**[[Agnes Skinner]]
**[[Cletus Spuckler]] and [[Brandine Del Roy]]
**[[Mervin Monroe]]
**[[Bold family|Bold father]]
**{{ap|Cletus|I Married Marge}} ("[[I Married Marge]]")

== Cultural references ==
*When Skinner calls Child Welfare, the music and graphics are a reference to the ''{{W2|Batman|TV series}}'' TV series of the 1960s.
*Ned and Maud sing Maggie a lullaby in the style of {{W|Sonny & Cher}}'s song "{{W|I Got You Babe}}".
*Homer, imitating one of Lisa's 'jazzy tunes', sings "Saxa-ma-phone" to the melody of {{W|Ludwig van Beethoven}}'s "{{W|Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 5}}".
*Ned has an air horn with the melody of the "Hallelujah Chorus" from {{W|George Frideric Handel}}'s "{{W|Messiah (Handel)|Messiah}}".
*Maggie's head turns 180 degrees a la ''[[The Exorcist]]''. Maggie's head also spun around more than a normal range of motion in "[[Treehouse of Horror]]".

== Goofs ==
*When Ned is going to baptise the Simpson children, Bart is wearing a white gown instead of a tux.
*When Principal Skinner burns Bart's clothes, Bart is not wearing his underwear.
*At the Flanders' house, in the kitchen, Bart and Lisa have sandwiches on plates in front of them. The shot changes and everyone on the table has an empty bowl including Bart and Lisa.

== Continuity ==
*[[Agnes]] mentions that she and [[Principal Skinner|Seymour]] had another fight over the inflatable bath pillow. "[[The Springfield Connection]]"
*[[Don Vittorio]] appears off-screen, he appeared in person in "[[Homie the Clown]]".

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Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily/References

2021-01-31T11:49:49Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Messiah (Handel)

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== Trivia ==
*The statue of the man riding a horse says "Swartzwelder," which is the name of one of The Simpsons' writers.
*We learn that Maggie's real name is Margaret.
*When Child Protective Services races out to rescue Bart and Lisa, they run over a child's tricycle.
*In the commentary, it says that the Child Protective Services Male was based on a teacher they had,
*In the original airing, Milhouse mentioned the box with the infected monkey came from Pier 1 Imports. Because this joke offended the people at Pier 1, it was edited in the syndicated version to a fictional company Trader Pete's. In the DVD releases and FXX video streams, the Pier 1 reference is kept in, though the subtitles state it as Trader Pete's.
*Lisa wears prescription shoes.
*Maggies speaks in this episode. She says: "Daddily-doodily.".
*In the Flanders house, there's a pinboard with a paper that says "1 Cor 6:9-11". Cor stands for Corinthians in the bible. The verses are: "9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
*Among the people taking the parenting course:
**[[Agnes Skinner]]
**[[Cletus Spuckler]] and [[Brandine Del Roy]]
**[[Mervin Monroe]]
**[[Bold family|Bold father]]
**{{ap|Cletus|I Married Marge}} ("[[I Married Marge]]")

== Cultural references ==
*When Skinner calls Child Welfare, the music and graphics are a reference to the ''{{W2|Batman|TV series}}'' TV series of the 1960s.
*Ned and Maud sing Maggie a lullaby in the style of {{W|Sonny & Cher}}'s song "{{W|I Got You Babe}}".
*Homer, imitating on of Lisa's 'jazzy tunes', sings "Saxa-ma-phone" to the melody of {{W|Ludwig van Beethoven}}'s "{{W|Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 5}}".
*Ned has an air horn with the melody of the "Hallelujah Chorus" from {{W|George Frideric Handel}}'s "{{W|Messiah (Handel)|Messiah}}".
*Maggie's head turns 180 degrees a la ''[[The Exorcist]]''. Maggie's head also spun around more than a normal range of motion in "[[Treehouse of Horror]]".

== Goofs ==
*When Ned is going to baptise the Simpson children, Bart is wearing a white gown instead of a tux.
*When Principal Skinner burns Bart's clothes, Bart is not wearing his underwear.
*At the Flanders' house, in the kitchen, Bart and Lisa have sandwiches on plates in front of them. The shot changes and everyone on the table has an empty bowl including Bart and Lisa.

== Continuity ==
*[[Agnes]] mentions that she and [[Principal Skinner|Seymour]] had another fight over the inflatable bath pillow. "[[The Springfield Connection]]"
*[[Don Vittorio]] appears off-screen, he appeared in person in "[[Homie the Clown]]".

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Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily/References

2021-01-31T11:34:31Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)

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== Trivia ==
*The statue of the man riding a horse says "Swartzwelder," which is the name of one of The Simpsons' writers.
*We learn that Maggie's real name is Margaret.
*When Child Protective Services races out to rescue Bart and Lisa, they run over a child's tricycle.
*In the commentary, it says that the Child Protective Services Male was based on a teacher they had,
*In the original airing, Milhouse mentioned the box with the infected monkey came from Pier 1 Imports. Because this joke offended the people at Pier 1, it was edited in the syndicated version to a fictional company Trader Pete's. In the DVD releases and FXX video streams, the Pier 1 reference is kept in, though the subtitles state it as Trader Pete's.
*Lisa wears prescription shoes.
*Maggies speaks in this episode. She says: "Daddily-doodily.".
*In the Flanders house, there's a pinboard with a paper that says "1 Cor 6:9-11". Cor stands for Corinthians in the bible. The verses are: "9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
*Among the people taking the parenting course:
**[[Agnes Skinner]]
**[[Cletus Spuckler]] and [[Brandine Del Roy]]
**[[Mervin Monroe]]
**[[Bold family|Bold father]]
**{{ap|Cletus|I Married Marge}} ("[[I Married Marge]]")

== Cultural references ==
*When Skinner calls Child Welfare, the music and graphics are a reference to the ''{{W2|Batman|TV series}}'' TV series of the 1960s.
*Ned and Maud sing Maggie a lullaby in the style of {{W|Sonny & Cher}}'s song "{{W|I Got You Babe}}".
*Homer, imitating on of Lisa's 'jazzy tunes', sings "Saxa-ma-phone" to the melody of {{W|Ludwig van Beethoven}}'s "{{W|Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 5}}".
*Maggie's head turns 180 degrees a la ''[[The Exorcist]]''. Maggie's head also spun around more than a normal range of motion in "[[Treehouse of Horror]]".

== Goofs ==
*When Ned is going to baptise the Simpson children, Bart is wearing a white gown instead of a tux.
*When Principal Skinner burns Bart's clothes, Bart is not wearing his underwear.
*At the Flanders' house, in the kitchen, Bart and Lisa have sandwiches on plates in front of them. The shot changes and everyone on the table has an empty bowl including Bart and Lisa.

== Continuity ==
*[[Agnes]] mentions that she and [[Principal Skinner|Seymour]] had another fight over the inflatable bath pillow. "[[The Springfield Connection]]"
*[[Don Vittorio]] appears off-screen, he appeared in person in "[[Homie the Clown]]".

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Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily/References

2021-01-31T11:28:25Z

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +I Got You Babe

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== Trivia ==
*The statue of the man riding a horse says "Swartzwelder," which is the name of one of The Simpsons' writers.
*We learn that Maggie's real name is Margaret.
*When Child Protective Services races out to rescue Bart and Lisa, they run over a child's tricycle.
*In the commentary, it says that the Child Protective Services Male was based on a teacher they had,
*In the original airing, Milhouse mentioned the box with the infected monkey came from Pier 1 Imports. Because this joke offended the people at Pier 1, it was edited in the syndicated version to a fictional company Trader Pete's. In the DVD releases and FXX video streams, the Pier 1 reference is kept in, though the subtitles state it as Trader Pete's.
*Lisa wears prescription shoes.
*Maggies speaks in this episode. She says: "Daddily-doodily.".
*In the Flanders house, there's a pinboard with a paper that says "1 Cor 6:9-11". Cor stands for Corinthians in the bible. The verses are: "9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
*Among the people taking the parenting course:
**[[Agnes Skinner]]
**[[Cletus Spuckler]] and [[Brandine Del Roy]]
**[[Mervin Monroe]]
**[[Bold family|Bold father]]
**{{ap|Cletus|I Married Marge}} ("[[I Married Marge]]")

== Cultural references ==
*When Skinner calls Child Welfare, the music and graphics are a reference to the ''{{W2|Batman|TV series}}'' TV series of the 1960s.
*Ned and Maud sing Maggie a lullaby in the style of {{W|Sonny & Cher}}'s song "{{W|I Got You Babe}}".
*Maggie's head turns 180 degrees a la ''[[The Exorcist]]''. Maggie's head also spun around more than a normal range of motion in "[[Treehouse of Horror]]".

== Goofs ==
*When Ned is going to baptise the Simpson children, Bart is wearing a white gown instead of a tux.
*When Principal Skinner burns Bart's clothes, Bart is not wearing his underwear.
*At the Flanders' house, in the kitchen, Bart and Lisa have sandwiches on plates in front of them. The shot changes and everyone on the table has an empty bowl including Bart and Lisa.

== Continuity ==
*[[Agnes]] mentions that she and [[Principal Skinner|Seymour]] had another fight over the inflatable bath pillow. "[[The Springfield Connection]]"
*[[Don Vittorio]] appears off-screen, he appeared in person in "[[Homie the Clown]]".

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