Editing Them, Robot/References

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== Cultural references ==
*The title is a clear reference to ''{{W|I, Robot}}''.
**A similar reference was made in [[season 15]] with "[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot|I, D'oh-Bot]]".
*Other ''I, Robot'' references:
**When Smithers raises the curtain on the robots, they are in formation as when Det. Spooner is searching through them in the movie.
**Until [[Homer]] tampers with their programming, the robots appear to be operating according to Isaac Asimov's {{w|Three Laws of Robotics}}.
**The robots' eyes turn red when they abandon the Three Laws, similar to the robots in the {{w|I, Robot (film)|movie}} having red lights on their chests when they've been taken over by the central artificial intelligence.
*[[Mr. Burns]] is seen reading a copy of ''[[Bossypants]]'', {{w|Tina Fey}}'s real-life autobiography.
*Apps on Mr. Burns' [[MyPad]]:
**''[[Angry Burns]]'', a parody of {{W|Angry Birds}}.
**''[[Ukulele Hero]]'', a parody of ''{{W|Guitar Hero}}''.
**''[[Google Naps]]'', a parody of {{W|Google Maps}}.
**''[[Captain Billy's Whiz-Bang]]'', a real-life magazine formerly published in the United States and Canada.
*The music clip playing when Mr. Burns announces "the future masters of the human race" is from Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" featuring the demon Chernabog.
*When Homer takes one of the robots on a fishing trip:
**The robot says that he is not a [[Transformers|Transformer]] and cannot transform into an outboard motor.
**Homer says he is granting the robot's wish to be a real boy, a reference to ''{{W|Pinocchio}}''.
*The robots smash through the glass room and surround Mr. Burns and Homer in similar fashion to the {{W|Cybermen}} in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "{{W|Rise of the Cybermen}}".
**It is also similar to a scene near the end of the ''I, Robot'' movie, where Det. Spooner and Dr. Calvin are in a glass-walled building and the robots smash in and surround them.
*The robots vaguely resemble the robot {{W|ASIMO}}. They are also said to be able to climb stairs with great difficulty, which could again be a reference to ASIMO.
*Mr. Burns says that he "didn't say Monty Says", which is a reference to the game "{{W|Simon says}}".
*Mr. Burns says "you are so not the heartless automatons I was looking for", a reference to {{W|Obi-Wan Kenobi}}'s line "These aren't the droids you're looking for" from the ''[[Star Wars]]'' movie ''{{W|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope}}''.
*The robots saying "Eliminate!" is a reference to the {{W|Dalek}}s in ''{{W|Doctor Who}}'' saying "Exterminate!".
*The robot who saves Homer's life by pushing him out of the path of an oncoming truck (and being himself hit as a result) is like the self-sacrificing robot in ''{{w|The Twilight Zone}}'' episode, "{{w|I Sing the Body Electric (The Twilight Zone)|I Sing the Body Electric}}".
*When [[Smithers]] is throwing books at the robots he says "to servos with love," a reference to the movie ''{{W|To Sir with Love}}''"
*Smithers throws the books ''[[Merv]]'' and ''[[Death in Venice]]''.
*Brent Spiner, who guest voiced the robots, played the android {{w|Data (Star Trek)|Data}} in ''[[Star Trek|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
*The song that plays over the closing credits is "Robot Parade" by {{W|They Might Be Giants}}.

== Trivia ==
*[[Gil]] is crushed by the wall, though things like that are more likely to happen to [[Hans Moleman]].
*Mr. Burns states that his ''real'' age has 4 digits.
*Mr. Burns knows that the young of a kangaroo is called a "joey."
*Although Mr. Burns has a MyPad, he writes with a quill pen and inkwell.
*Characters from past episodes appearing in odd-numbered years during the [[Them, Robot/Gags#Couch gag|Couch gag]] include the following:
**[[Leon Kompowsky]] in [[1991]]
**[[Stampy]] in [[1993]]
**[[Poochie]] in [[1995]]
**The [[Leprechaun]] in [[1997]]
**[[Maude Flanders (ghost)|Maude's ghost]] in [[1999]]
**[[Baron Von Kiss-A-Lot]] in [[2001]]
**[[Goose Gladwell]] in [[2003]]
**[[Chazz Busby]] in [[2005]]
**[[Plopper]] in [[2007]]
**[[Princess Penelope]] in [[2009]]

== Goofs ==
*[[Homer]] leaves Mr. Burns' office, then a few seconds later, Burns turns around to the CCTV monitor and sees Homer in Sector 7-G putting his stuff back on his desk. This would be impossible - unless Homer's sector was only a few seconds away from Burns' office, which it isn't. 
*Lisa says the robots can only run 3mph, though later in the episode, they run about as fast as the hounds.


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