Difference between revisions of "The Simpsons Movie/References"

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Trivia

• Moe's Tavern is named "Moe's Bar".
• The ambulance wreckage from "Bart the Daredevil" remains at the side of Springfield Gorge.
• Snowball II, doesn't appear during the movie.
• The film's color & shading was brighter then color & shading used on the show since the film is made in a 16:3 aspect then 2 years later the same style of color & shading was used from the middle of season 20.
• Dr. Nick Riviera is killed by a giant piece of the dome's glass yet in the season 20 episode "Lost Verizon" he is seen alive.
• Bart's penis is briefly shown to the viewers during his nude ride to Krusty Burger, but up till then and after that it is blocked out.

Cultural references

• Titanic: Green Day play "Nearer, My God, to Thee" on violins as their barge sinks, a reference to the film.
• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery: When Bart is riding his skateboard naked, different passing objects are constantly covering his genitalia, a nod to similar techniques used in the film.
• Disney: Homer and Marge's love scene parodies many Disney films, with Disney-style animals helping them undress. Also, Bart, while wearing a black bra on his head like Disney-style ears, impersonates Mickey Mouse on the train, calling himself "the mascot of an evil corporation".
• Grand Theft Auto: Homer plays Grand Theft Walrus, an allusion to the video game series.
• Happy Feet: In the above game, his character shoots a tap-dancing penguin in reference to the film.
• Spider-Man (1967 TV series): The "Spider-Pig" song is a parody of the theme song of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon.
• Harry Potter: Homer renames Spider-Pig Harry "Plopper" and dresses him in glasses and a lightning scar, an obvious parody of the Harry Potter character.
• An Inconvenient Truth: The name of Lisa's lecture, An Irritating Truth, is a play on Al Gore's documentary.
• Full Metal Jacket: The bomb disposal robot was based on Vincent D'Onofrio's character Leonard "Pyle" Lawrence, who commits suicide in a similar way.
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi: At the end of the film, the crowd's celebration is similar to the conclusion of the final Star Wars film, with Carl performing the exact same hand gestures as Lando Calrissian.
• Hillary Clinton: The former Democratic Presidential candidate appears as Itchy's vice president.
• Independence Day: The scene where the EPA Dome is delivered to Springfield (notably the immense shadow covering Springfield and the People's reactions) resembles the Alien Destroyers positioning themselves over Washington DC, New York City, and Los Angeles scenes in the movie.
• Mrs. Glick is playing American Idiot:Funeral version at Green day's funeral.American Idiot is one of Green Day's best-known songs

Goofs

• When Grampa is holding his shotgun at Marge, in the next shot he is absent.
• Moe's Tavern says Moe's Bar instead of Moe's.
• Willie is drawn with brown hair instead of red and it is not red until the end of the movie.
• When Homer is removing the six husky dogs harnesses only five harnesses have been removed but in the next scene all the dogs harnesses are off.
• The crack in the dome made by the elephant was gone in the next shot.
• When Homer was taking his hand off his crotch his pants rip, but in the next shot his pants are not ripped.
• Also his hand should've been glued to his other hand.
• Where's Homer when the roof of the dome is shown?
• When Moe is Nayah Nayah Nayahing the part of his body visible look's like Otto's.
• When Homer's motorcycle lands on to the ground he is on a lawn, but in the next shot they are on a cliff instead of a lawn.
• Maybe a one-off joke, Dr. Rivera dies in the movie but returns in Lost Verizon somehow.
• For some reason Plopper is not seen at the end of the movie.
• Hans Moleman is seen holding a sign saying you suck in one scene, but in the next scene he is gone.
• Grampa says a thousand eyes when he is warning everyone about the E.P.A. and the squirrel has 38 eyes instead of 1,000, However, this may have been another way to say "Multiple Eyes."