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== Cultural references == | == Cultural references == | ||
[[File:Diggs arm cast.png|thumb|Diggs' arm cast]] | [[File:Diggs arm cast.png|thumb|Diggs' arm cast]] | ||
| − | *The episode is a parody of ''{{W|Catcher in the Rye}}'' | + | *The episode is a parody of ''{{W|Catcher in the Rye}}'' |
| + | *The episode makes various allusions to the novel "A Separate Peace". Particularly, Diggs' leap off of the tree branch, Brinker Hadley's signature on Digg's cast, and the mental breakdown of a loner and outsider (Leper Lepellier). | ||
| + | *{{Ch|Diggs}} says that Bart is the reason that he had to dissect a [[The Muppets|Muppet]] in Biology. | ||
| + | *The song that plays during the showing of the [[Montessori School]] is "{{W|Flower Duet}}" by {{W|Léo Delibes}}, from the opera ''{{W|Lakmé}}''. | ||
| + | *The song playing while Bart and Diggs are having fun is "{{W2|Come Saturday Morning|song}}" performed by {{W|The Sandpipers}}. | ||
| + | *The poem that Diggs quotes while Bart and Diggs sit in the tree and also when he releases all of the falcons is "{{W|The Windhover}}" by [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]]. | ||
*Marge says the mental hospital Diggs is staying at is an {{W|Arkham Asylum}} type of place referencing Arkham Asylum from the ''[[DC Comics]]''. | *Marge says the mental hospital Diggs is staying at is an {{W|Arkham Asylum}} type of place referencing Arkham Asylum from the ''[[DC Comics]]''. | ||
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*Some of the names on Diggs's cast: | *Some of the names on Diggs's cast: | ||
**[[Cthulhu]] | **[[Cthulhu]] | ||
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**Major T. J. "King" Kong from ''{{W|Dr. Strangelove}}''. | **Major T. J. "King" Kong from ''{{W|Dr. Strangelove}}''. | ||
**[[John Swartzwelder]], former writer, producer and consultant for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. | **[[John Swartzwelder]], former writer, producer and consultant for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Comic Book Guy]] is dressed in a ''[[Star Trek]]'' uniform. |
| − | * | + | *Diggs says that he's a messed up kid, not [[Magneto]] from ''[[Marvel Comics]]''. |
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
| − | *[[Skinner]] speaks {{ | + | *[[Skinner]] speaks {{W|Esperanto}}. The sentences he says are "Is the Esperanto Society far behind?" and "It's true. I'm very lonely." |
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
*Bart once again displays his ability to swallow various inedible objects. ("[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]") | *Bart once again displays his ability to swallow various inedible objects. ("[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]") | ||
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[[Category:Cultural references]] | [[Category:Cultural references]] | ||
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[[Category:Continuity]] | [[Category:Continuity]] | ||
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode is a parody of Catcher in the Rye
- The episode makes various allusions to the novel "A Separate Peace". Particularly, Diggs' leap off of the tree branch, Brinker Hadley's signature on Digg's cast, and the mental breakdown of a loner and outsider (Leper Lepellier).
- Diggs says that Bart is the reason that he had to dissect a Muppet in Biology.
- The song that plays during the showing of the Montessori School is "Flower Duet" by Léo Delibes, from the opera Lakmé.
- The song playing while Bart and Diggs are having fun is "Come Saturday Morning" performed by The Sandpipers.
- The poem that Diggs quotes while Bart and Diggs sit in the tree and also when he releases all of the falcons is "The Windhover" by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
- Marge says the mental hospital Diggs is staying at is an Arkham Asylum type of place referencing Arkham Asylum from the DC Comics.
- Some of the names on Diggs's cast:
- Cthulhu
- TARDIS and Dalek #7 from Doctor Who.
- Alan Turing, inventor of the Turing Machine.
- Phineas Fogg, most likely intended to be Phileas Fogg from Around the World in Eighty Days.
- Kilgore Trout, a fictional character created by writer Kurt Vonnegut.
- Oedipa Maas and Dr. Hilarius from The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon.
- Allan Quatermain from King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard.
- Clare Quilty from Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
- Brinker Hadley from A Separate Peace.
- William Wharton, an author.
- Stephen Dedalus, James Joyce's literary alter-ego.
- Major T. J. "King" Kong from Dr. Strangelove.
- John Swartzwelder, former writer, producer and consultant for The Simpsons.
- Comic Book Guy is dressed in a Star Trek uniform.
- Diggs says that he's a messed up kid, not Magneto from Marvel Comics.
Trivia[edit]
- Skinner speaks Esperanto. The sentences he says are "Is the Esperanto Society far behind?" and "It's true. I'm very lonely."
Continuity[edit]
- Bart once again displays his ability to swallow various inedible objects. ("They Saved Lisa's Brain")
