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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The title is a reference to the song "[[Smoke on the Water]]" by {{W|Deep Purple}}.
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*The episode's title is a pun on the song "[[Smoke on the Water]]" by {{W|Deep Purple}}.
*[[Angelica Button]] is a parody of ''[[Harry Potter]]''.
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*On the [[Smoke on the Daughter/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], [[Wile E. Coyote]] paints a fake couch on the wall which the Simpsons run into and get hurt, parodying the style of {{W|Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner}} cartoons. [[Maggie]] then zooms in and says the Road Runner's catchphrase "Meep Meep!".
*When [[Bart]] raises his head out of the pile of leg warmers in the smoke outside, the song "''{{W2|The End|The Doors song}}''" by {{W|The Doors}} is heard, mirroring a sequence in the film ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', where Willard raises up from the mud. He is also wearing green camo body paint.
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*The ''[[Angelica Button]]'' book series is a parody of ''[[Harry Potter]]''.
*After [[Lisa]] quits ballet and rejects Busby, he puts on a bowler hat and struts out of the theater to the song "''{{W2|On Broadway|song}}''", referencing a dance sequence in ''{{W|All That Jazz}}''.
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*[[Milhouse]] had heard that [[Spider-Man]] would be in the new ''Angelica Button'' book.
*[[Homer]]'s mispronunciation of "Surgeon-General" as "Sturgeon-General" is a reference to the movie "''{{W|Corrina, Corrina}}''", starring [[Whoopi Goldberg]] and [[Ray Liotta]]. In it, a small child refers to the "sturgeon-general"'s health warning about the dangers of smoking as an explanation for burying the adult characters supplies of cigarettes in her sandpit.
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*Some characters in the queue line at [[Bookaccino's]] resemble those in ''Harry Potter'':
*The family watches ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', the commercials feature ''[[Friends]]'' ({{Ch|Lisa Kudrow}}).
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**[[Data]] is wearing a golden costume, referencing the {{W|Golden Snitch}}.
*The music that plays as the raccoon climbs into the Ballet School sounds a lot like the theme from ''{{W|The Pink Panther}}''.
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**[[Skinner]] is dressed as a centaur, hinting {{W2|Firenze|Harry Potter}}.
*The sequence and music where the ballet teacher dances onto the bus is a parody of both Rocky and Chorusline.
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**[[Comic Book Guy]] is dressed as a character similar to {{W|Rubeus Hagrid}}.
*When Lisa mentions the smoking on ''{{W|The Suite Life of Zack and Cody}}'', she mentions that {{W|Zack Martin|Zack}} tried smoking to impress a girl. This never happened in the real TV show.
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**[[Richard]] has a scar on his forehead, just like {{Ch|Harry Potter}}.
*On the couch gag, [[Wile E. Coyote]] paints a fake couch on the wall which the Simpsons run into & get hurt. [[Maggie]] then zooms in and says the [[Road Runner]]'s catchphrase "Meep Meep!"
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*The title ''[[Angelica Button and the Deadly Denouncement]]'' is a loose reference to ''{{W|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}'' as it is the final book.
*Lisa is dreaming of {{W|Simone de Beauvoir}}, {{W|Margaret Mead}}, {{W|Elizabeth I}}, {{W|Lauren Bacall}} and {{W|Lillian Hellman}} as ghosts smoking cigarettes.
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*[[Lisa]] goes quickly through the book and highlights that "[[Professor Skizzletwitch]] is a were-bear". This is a parody of Professor {{W|Remus Lupin}} who was a werewolf.
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*The family watches ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' on TV.
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**The plot of the episode the family watches is the exact plot of "How to Dial a Murder" from ''{{W|Columbo}}'', wherein a man programs his dogs to kill through a phone call, while he is miles away.
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[[File:Entertainment Tonight Smoke on the Daughter.png|250px|thumb|The family watches ''{{W|Entertainment Tonight}}'', in which the hostess mentions the highly acclaimed sitcom ''[[Friends]]'']]
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*The family also watches ''{{W|Entertainment Tonight}}'' (''ET''). The hostess leaves the audience with the question "Which former ''[[Friends]]'' star is speaking out against adult literacy?" To what [[Bart]] answers "{{Ch|Lisa Kudrow}}".
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*No. 5 ''Pas de deux for Two Merry-makers'' from Act 1 in the ballet ''{{W|Swan Lake}}'' by {{W|Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky}} is heard in the [[Chazz Busby Ballet Academy]] commercial.
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*[[Chazz Busby]]'s name is a reference to the famous director and choreographer of musicals {{W|Busby Berkeley}} and his character design is based on Joe Gideon, played by {{W|Roy Scheider}}, in the film ''{{W2|All That Jazz|film}}'' directed by [[Bob Fosse]].
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*Lisa encourages Marge by telling her that dancer and choreographer {{W|Martha Graham}} danced well into her 70s.
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*[[Homer]] wanted Marge to be a {{W|go-go dancer}}.
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*The ballet moves Busby mentions include {{W|Bolshoi Ballet|Bolshoi}} fifth position", {{W|Glossary of ballet#Dégagé|battement glissé}}, a double {{W|Glossary of ballet#Changement de pied|changement de pied}}, two ''{{W|Swan Lake}}'' {{W|Fouetté|''fouettás''}} and a {{W|Glossary of ballet#Grand ''pas de chat|grand ''pas de chat''}}.
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*Busby mentions the {{W|Tony Awards}}.
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*An off-key version of {{W|Frédéric Chopin}}'s {{W2|Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2|Chopin}} plays when Lisa first dances ballet.
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*Lisa tells the [[ballerina]] from her class that smoking is bad, as they show in an episode of ''{{W|The Suite Life of Zack & Cody}}''. The episode Lisa refers to does not exist in real life.
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*Homer and Bart made a {{W|PowerPoint}} presentation on {{W|Jerky|jerkies}}.
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*''[[The Mystery of the Odd-Shaped Rock]]'' is a fictional book from the real world series {{W|The Hardy Boys}}.
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*The smoke ghost of an adult Lisa mentions French existentialist philosopher [[Simone de Beauvoir]], American cultural anthropologist [[Margaret Mead]], Queen of England [[Queen Elizabeth I|Elizabeth I]], American actress [[Lauren Bacall]], and American playwright [[Lillian Hellman]].
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**Lillian Hellman says she invented mayonnaise, referencing the well-known {{W|Hellmann's Mayonnaise}} and mentions Hellmann's tagline "Bring out the best".
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*Marge dreams of watching Lisa perform at {{W|Lincoln Center}}.
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*[[Homer]]'s mispronunciation of "Surgeon-General" as "Sturgeon-General" is a reference to the movie ''{{W2|Corrina, Corrina|film}}'', starring [[Whoopi Goldberg]] and [[Ray Liotta]]. In it, a small child refers to the "sturgeon-general"'s health warning about the dangers of smoking as an explanation for burying the adult characters' supplies of cigarettes in her sandpit.
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*Bart says he will follow Lisa closely like "fish stink on a {{W|Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester}} dog".
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*The suite ''{{W2|The Sleeping Beauty|ballet}}'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is heard during the ballerinas' practice.
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**The suite is again heard during the credits.
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*When Bart raises his head out of the pile of leg warmers in the smoke outside, a psychedelic rock song similar to the song "{{W2|The End|The Doors song}}" by {{W|The Doors}} is heard, mirroring a sequence in the film ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', where Willard raises from the mud. He is also wearing green camo body paint.
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*The music that plays as the raccoon climbs into the Ballet Academy sounds similar to the theme from ''{{W|The Pink Panther}}''.
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*After Lisa quits ballet and rejects Busby, he puts on a bowler hat and struts out of the theater to the song "{{W2|On Broadway|song}}" by {{W|George Benson}}, a song featured in ''All That Jazz''.
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*Lisa wears {{W|Hello Kitty}} nicotine patches.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==

Latest revision as of 16:18, November 5, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 19 Episode References
414 "Dial "N" for Nerder"
415
"Smoke on the Daughter"
"Papa Don't Leech" 416


Cultural references[edit]

The family watches Entertainment Tonight, in which the hostess mentions the highly acclaimed sitcom Friends

Trivia[edit]

  • Marge's shattered dreams mainly revolve around stethoscopes; doctor, safecracker, stethoscope saleslady.

Edits[edit]

Goofs[edit]

Lisa's mouth goof
  • In one scene, Lisa's mouth is missing.
Season 19 References
He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs The Homer of Seville Midnight Towboy I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Treehouse of Horror XVIII Little Orphan Millie Husbands and Knives Funeral for a Fiend Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind E Pluribus Wiggum That '90s Show Love, Springfieldian Style The Debarted Dial "N" for Nerder Smoke on the Daughter Papa Don't Leech Apocalypse Cow Any Given Sundance Mona Leaves-a All About Lisa