The Man Who Flew Too Much/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the film The Man Who Knew Too Much.
• Part of the episode is based on the 1993 film Alive. Marge watched the movie in "Fear of Flying".
• "Bowl Me to the Moon" is a parody of "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra.
• Kent Brockman refers to the Pin Pals as "Super Bowlers".
• Comic Book Guy has figures of "the Unsellable X-Men", modified to represent the Pin Pals.
  • Carl is Cyclops.
  • Ned is Professor X.
  • Fausto is Colossus.
  • Moe is Jean Grey.
  • Homer is Wolverine.
• At the ceremony, the band plays "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow", with a modified version sung by the people at the church at the end.
• Ned says "O captain, my captain" when introducing Homer on stage, referencing the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman.
• The mascot on Moe's peanuts is a parody of Mr. Peanut, the mascot for Planters.
• "Blackhawk Dead" is a reference to the book Black Hawk Down.
• Moe tells Bart he'll use his intestines as violin strings to play "Flight of the Bumblebee," adding that he'll go Rimsky-Korsakov on him.
• Moe mentions people getting frostbite at Buffalo Bills games.
• Moe refers to Barney as "Optimist Prime," referencing Optimus Prime from Transformers.
• "Silent Night" plays when Marge is decorating the house for Christmas.
• The Pin Pals discuss the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz, with Homer misremembering what each character wanted from the Wizard.
• When Homer tells Ned he hasn't called him "Stupid Flanders" once while on the mountain, Ned asks if Homer wants a Nobel Peace Prize.
• Mona appears to Homer as if she is in Hell with Machiavelli, Che Guevara, and Casanova.
• The scene where Homer frees himself from the snow is inspired by the opening of the comic The Amazing Spider-Man #33.
• The First Church of Springfield marquee reads "Four funerals and a funeral," referencing the film Four Weddings and a Funeral.
• Fausto's fate is based on Beck Weathers, a survivor of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster.
• Homer says "That'll do, Flanders. That'll do," referencing the ending of Babe.

Trivia

• Marge mentions that Grampa is 87 years old.
• Moe has a peanut allergy.
• During the Gracie Films gag, the sound of a bowling strike is heard.

Continuity

• The couch gag account @Springfield has a birth date of January 14, 1990, the date of the very first couch gag. ("Bart the Genius")
• The couch gag tweet refers to the Ferris wheel couch gag. ("Left Behind")
• Charlotte's Dead makes another appearance, this time as a bowling shoe spray. ("Mobile Homer")
• The Pin Pals appear. Mr. Burns also wears a shirt that says "I was a Pin Pal before it was cool." ("Team Homer")
• Fausto appears, this time as part of the Pin Pals. ("The Wife Aquatic")
• Barney is shown to still be a helicopter pilot. ("Days of Wine and D'oh'ses")
• Ned reads a magazine called Holy Rollers. Ned was previously part of a bowling team called the Holy Rollers. ("Team Homer")

Goofs

• Carl's body proportion when he clung for his life above the hole are wrong, and the whole episode's animation in general looked weird.

References

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Aired
Bart's Birthday • The Yellow Lotus • Desperately Seeking Lisa • Shoddy Heat • Treehouse of Horror XXXV • Women in Shorts • Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes • Convenience Airways • Homer and Her Sisters • O C'mon All Ye Faithful • The Man Who Flew Too Much • Bottle Episode
Unscheduled
The Past and the Furious • Yellow Planet • The Last Man Expanding • P.S., I Hate You • Abe League of Their Moe • Estranger Things • Men Behaving Manly • Keep Chalm and Gary On
Unknown Production Code
The Beautiful Shame • Marge and Homer and Moe and Maya