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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*Battle Ball is a reference to '{{w|Bakugan Battle Brawlers}}'. A game played with balls with magnets inside and cards.
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*''Battle Ball'' is a reference to ''{{w|Bakugan Battle Brawlers}}'', a game played with balls with magnets inside and cards.
*When explaining the game to Bart, one of the boys says that it makes Digimon look like Pokémon.
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**When explaining the game to Bart, one of the boys says that it makes ''Digimon'' look like ''Pokémon''.
*When Louie turns on the music for Fat Tony, the song {{w|At Seventeen}} by {{w|Janis Ian}} plays.
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*When Louie turns on the music for Fat Tony, the song "{{w|At Seventeen}}" by {{w|Janis Ian}} plays.
 
*The cop show that Homer watches before changing the channel is an episode of the TV show ''{{w|Starsky and Hutch}}''.
 
*The cop show that Homer watches before changing the channel is an episode of the TV show ''{{w|Starsky and Hutch}}''.
 
*Over the freeze-frame at the end of the ''Starsky and Hutch'' episode the words appear "A Stephen J. Copshow Production," a parody of {{w|Stephen J. Cannell}}, who produced many cop shows but not ''Starsky and Hutch''.
 
*Over the freeze-frame at the end of the ''Starsky and Hutch'' episode the words appear "A Stephen J. Copshow Production," a parody of {{w|Stephen J. Cannell}}, who produced many cop shows but not ''Starsky and Hutch''.
 
*While pointing a gun at Homer, [[Johnny Tightlips]] says, "nobody moves, or the doughboy gets popped" a reference to Poppin' Fresh, better known as the {{w|Pillsbury Doughboy}}.
 
*While pointing a gun at Homer, [[Johnny Tightlips]] says, "nobody moves, or the doughboy gets popped" a reference to Poppin' Fresh, better known as the {{w|Pillsbury Doughboy}}.
  
==Trivia==
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== Trivia ==
 
*[[Lisa]] appears in this episode but doesn't have any lines.
 
*[[Lisa]] appears in this episode but doesn't have any lines.
 
*[[Sideshow Bob]] makes a brief cameo appearance at the end of the episode.
 
*[[Sideshow Bob]] makes a brief cameo appearance at the end of the episode.

Revision as of 06:04, August 11, 2012

References/Trivia


Season 21 Episode References
458 "American History X-cellent"
459
"Chief of Hearts"
"The Squirt and the Whale" 460


Cultural references

  • Battle Ball is a reference to Bakugan Battle Brawlers, a game played with balls with magnets inside and cards.
    • When explaining the game to Bart, one of the boys says that it makes Digimon look like Pokémon.
  • When Louie turns on the music for Fat Tony, the song "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian plays.
  • The cop show that Homer watches before changing the channel is an episode of the TV show Starsky and Hutch.
  • Over the freeze-frame at the end of the Starsky and Hutch episode the words appear "A Stephen J. Copshow Production," a parody of Stephen J. Cannell, who produced many cop shows but not Starsky and Hutch.
  • While pointing a gun at Homer, Johnny Tightlips says, "nobody moves, or the doughboy gets popped" a reference to Poppin' Fresh, better known as the Pillsbury Doughboy.

Trivia

  • Lisa appears in this episode but doesn't have any lines.
  • Sideshow Bob makes a brief cameo appearance at the end of the episode.

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