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== References ==

 

*[[Joe Mantegna]] who played the character Joey Zasa in "The Godfather III", plays the role of [[Fat Tony]] in "The Simpsons".

 

*[[Alex Rocco]], who played the character Moe Greene in "The Godfather", plays the role of [[Roger Meyers Jr.]] in "The Simpsons".

 

*[[James Caan]], who played the character Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather" was "special guest voice in the episode [[All's Fair in Oven War|''All's Fair in Oven War'']], where he dates [[Brandine Del Roy]] and [[Edna Krabappel]]. At the end of the episode he is shot down in a tollbooth, similar to his death as Sonny in "The Godfather".

 

*The scene in ''[[The Telltale Head]]'' where Bart wakes up next to the decapitated head of [[Jebediah Springfield]]'s statue and the scene in [[Lisa's Pony]] where Lisa discovers a pony in her bed both spoof the famous "horse head in the bed" scene from "The Godfather" In ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner]]'' a maffiosi claims he put a horse head in Homer's bed to prevent him from being a food critic ever again. It turns out that Homer simply ate the head and wrote a negative review about it.

 

*When Homer imagines a life in organized crime in [[Last Exit to Springfield|''Last Exit to Springfield'']] he looks just like Don Fanucci in The Godfather II.

 

*In ''[[Homie the Clown]]'' when Homer and Krusty try to do the bicycle trick in front of the maffiosi Homer's head bumps against a series of wine glasses. The melody that plays as a result is a musical quote of the "Love Theme" of "''The Godfather''''" '''''

 

*The scene in [[Mr. Plow]] where Bart is mowed down by snow balls thrown by his school friends is a reference to the death of Sonny in "''The Godfather''''". '''''

 

*In ''[[A Fish Called Selma]]'' it is implied that Troy McClure has a sexual fetish for fish. When Fat Tony sees Troy McClure walking around alive and well he asks "Legs" that he told him McClure was dead? Legs answers: "No what I said was: "He sleeps with the fishes." This is a reference to the death of Luca Brasi in "The Godfather" who is thrown in the canal. Later his killers sent a dead fish to Sonny Corleone with the message: "He sleeps with the fishes."

 

*In ''[[Moe Baby Blues]]'' Moe tells Maggie the plot of the three Godfather films to entertain Maggie. Moe imitates Don Corleone with an cut-up orange in his mouth, in reference to a similar scene in "''The Godfather''" He later imagines the exact scene from the film when he goes searching for Maggie. Moe seems to know the film by heart, but mistakes [[Diane Keaton]]'s character Kay Adams with her character Annie Hall from Woody Allen's film ''Annie Hall''. At the end of the episode Fat Tony is emotional about Maggie and says: "I didn't cry so much, since I paid to see "Godfather III".

 

*Marge beating up someone with a garbage can in ''[[Strong Arms of the Ma]]'' is a parody of the scene in "''The Godfather''" where Sonny beats up his sister's husband on the streets.

 

*Fat Tony's son, Michael, in ''[[The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer]]'' is a reference to Michael Corleone from all three Godfather films. In the same episode mob goons try to assassinate Fat Tony through a window while flying in a helicopter, in reference to a similar scene in "The Godfather III". The final scene where Michael, Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney close the door before Lisa references the final scenes of "''The Godfather''".

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