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== References to ''Ben-Hur'' in ''The Simpsons'' ==
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{{TBT|[[File:Soapbox race Ben-Hur.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 3|3]]}}
{{TB|44}}
{{TB|"[[Saturdays of Thunder]]"}}
{{TB| While Bart and Nelson are soapbox derby racing the commentator mentions "Ben-Hur". Also, Nelson tries to run Bart's soapbox off of the road with a whip and with spiked wheels, spoofing the chariot race in "Ben-Hur."}}
{{TBT|[[File:Kamp Krusty 4.png|250px]]|}}
{{TB|[[Season 4|4]]}}
{{TB|60}}
{{TB|"[[Kamp Krusty]]"}}
{{TB|The scene where Kearney beats a drum to make the campers work in the sweatshop is a parody of the slave galley scene.}}
{{TBT|[[File:The Creation of Adam (A Star Is Burns).png|250px]][[File:Judah Ben-Hur.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 6|6]]}}
{{TB|121}}
{{TB|"[[A Star Is Burns]]"}}
{{TB|The opening credits of Burns' film ''[[A Burns for All Seasons]]'' show Michelangelo's painting of God creating Adam, similar to the opening credits of "Ben-Hur". The scene where prisoners in the desert succomb to thirst and are given water by Mr. Burns is a direct parody of a similar scene in ''"Ben-Hur"'' where Jesus Christ gives thirsty prisoners, among which [[Judah Ben-Hur]], water.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Homer carriage race.png|250px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 9|9]]|2}}
{{TB|179}}
{{TB|"[[The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson]]"}}
{{TB|The sequence where Homer races alongside the carriage in Central Park was a reference to a similar scene in 'Ben-Hur'.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Wheelchair race.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|185}}
{{TB|"[[The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons]]"}}
{{TB|As Homer and Jasper race down the hallway in their wheelchairs, their wheels rub up against each other, just like in the chariot race in "Ben-Hur."}}
{{TBT|[[File:Lepers in Ben-Hur.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 11|11]]}}
{{TB|236}}
{{TB|"[[Little Big Mom]]"}}
{{TB|Maude Flanders says, "Remember those scary lepers in 'Ben-Hur'?"}}
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