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== Cultural references == | == Cultural references == | ||
| − | *The episode title is a reference to the animated series '' | + | *The episode title is a reference to the animated series ''{{ap|King of the Hill|real world show}}'', which aired on Fox from January [[1997]] to September [[2009]] and usually aired with ''[[The Simpsons]]''. |
| − | *The mountain Homer climbs, [[The Murderhorn]], is a parody of the {{ | + | *The mountain Homer climbs, [[The Murderhorn]], is a parody of the {{W|Matterhorn}}. |
**The Matterhorn is also parodied in the two-page comic spread ''[[Itchy & Scratchy's Holiday Wonderland!]]'', as the Splatterhorn. | **The Matterhorn is also parodied in the two-page comic spread ''[[Itchy & Scratchy's Holiday Wonderland!]]'', as the Splatterhorn. | ||
| − | {{ | + | *In the [[untitled McBain film]], [[McBain]] is working with [[UNICEF]], a United Nations Programme that provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. |
| − | {{Season 9 R}} | + | **McBain also fights against {{W|Commie}}-{{W|Nazis}}, a reference to both Communism and the Nazis. |
| + | *The children, Homer and Ned play the game {{W|Capture the flag}}. | ||
| + | *Homer reads in his Powersauce bar that {{W|Deng Xiaoping}} had died. Xiaoping died over a year before the episode aired. | ||
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| + | == Continuity == | ||
| + | *''[[Zebra Girl]]'' makes another appearance, first appearing in "[[The Canine Mutiny]]". | ||
| + | *In the scene with Wolfcastle in the gym, Homer says that two months ago he didn't even know what dumbbell meant. The episode "[[Dumbbell Indemnity]]" was broadcasted exactly two months and two days before "King of the Hill". | ||
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| + | == Goofs == | ||
| + | *Homer says that he only eats [[Powersauce]] bars. However, he also said that he only eats things in bar form, compressing spaghetti bolognese into a bar and eating that. | ||
| + | *In the flashback, the can of flapjacks seems to be rested on McAllister's foot, yet it is drawn totally flat as if it is on the ground. | ||
| + | *When the Sherpas were dragging Homer up the mountain, we see his blue jeans come off revealing beige thermal warmers underneath them. The thermal warmers then come loose revealing Homer's underwear. Homer then wakes up and realizes he is being dragged up the mountain. When he stands up we see him in his underwear and pulling up only his blue jeans; the beige thermal warmers weren't anywhere to be seen. | ||
| + | *When Grampa's teeth fall out of his mouth, they perfectly fit McAllister's bite wound, revealing it was Grampa that tried to take a bite out of him, just as McAllister had recorded in his journal. However, Grampa was a young man at the time and would have had his regular teeth, not dentures; therefore they should not perfectly fit the wound like this. | ||
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode title is a reference to the animated series King of the Hill, which aired on Fox from January 1997 to September 2009 and usually aired with The Simpsons.
- The mountain Homer climbs, The Murderhorn, is a parody of the Matterhorn.
- The Matterhorn is also parodied in the two-page comic spread Itchy & Scratchy's Holiday Wonderland!, as the Splatterhorn.
- In the untitled McBain film, McBain is working with UNICEF, a United Nations Programme that provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.
- The children, Homer and Ned play the game Capture the flag.
- Homer reads in his Powersauce bar that Deng Xiaoping had died. Xiaoping died over a year before the episode aired.
Continuity[edit]
- Zebra Girl makes another appearance, first appearing in "The Canine Mutiny".
- In the scene with Wolfcastle in the gym, Homer says that two months ago he didn't even know what dumbbell meant. The episode "Dumbbell Indemnity" was broadcasted exactly two months and two days before "King of the Hill".
Goofs[edit]
- Homer says that he only eats Powersauce bars. However, he also said that he only eats things in bar form, compressing spaghetti bolognese into a bar and eating that.
- In the flashback, the can of flapjacks seems to be rested on McAllister's foot, yet it is drawn totally flat as if it is on the ground.
- When the Sherpas were dragging Homer up the mountain, we see his blue jeans come off revealing beige thermal warmers underneath them. The thermal warmers then come loose revealing Homer's underwear. Homer then wakes up and realizes he is being dragged up the mountain. When he stands up we see him in his underwear and pulling up only his blue jeans; the beige thermal warmers weren't anywhere to be seen.
- When Grampa's teeth fall out of his mouth, they perfectly fit McAllister's bite wound, revealing it was Grampa that tried to take a bite out of him, just as McAllister had recorded in his journal. However, Grampa was a young man at the time and would have had his regular teeth, not dentures; therefore they should not perfectly fit the wound like this.
