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== Cultural references == | == Cultural references == | ||
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*The episode is a parody of ''{{W|Catcher in the Rye}}''.<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/News/Simpsons-Turns-25-1071375.aspx TV Guide - "The Simpsons Turns 25 With Kristen Wiig, Guillermo Del Toro And More"]</ref> | *The episode is a parody of ''{{W|Catcher in the Rye}}''.<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/News/Simpsons-Turns-25-1071375.aspx TV Guide - "The Simpsons Turns 25 With Kristen Wiig, Guillermo Del Toro And More"]</ref> | ||
*Marge says the mental hospital Diggs is staying at is an {{W|Arkham Asylum}} type of place referencing Arkham Asylum from the ''[[DC Comics]]''. | *Marge says the mental hospital Diggs is staying at is an {{W|Arkham Asylum}} type of place referencing Arkham Asylum from the ''[[DC Comics]]''. | ||
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| + | **[[Cthulhu]] | ||
| + | **[[TARDIS]] and Dalek #7 from ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
| + | **{{W|Alan Turing}}, inventor of the {{W|Turing Machine}}. | ||
| + | **Phineas Fogg, most likely intended to be {{W|Phileas Fogg}} from ''{{W|Around the World in Eighty Days}}''. | ||
| + | **{{W|Kilgore Trout}}, a fictional character created by writer {{W|Kurt Vonnegut}}. | ||
| + | **Oedipa Maas and Dr. Hilarius from ''{{W|The Crying of Lot 49}}'' by [[Thomas Pynchon]]. | ||
| + | **{{W|Allan Quatermain}} from ''{{W|King Solomon's Mines}}'' by {{W|H. Rider Haggard}}. | ||
| + | **Clare Quilty from ''{{W|Lolita}}'' by {{W|Vladimir Nabokov}}. | ||
| + | **Brinker Hadley from ''{{W|A Separate Peace}}''. | ||
| + | **{{W|William Wharton (author)|William Wharton}}, an author. | ||
| + | **{{W|Stephen Dedalus}}, {{W|James Joyce}}'s literary alter-ego. | ||
| + | **Major T. J. "King" Kong from ''{{W|Dr. Strangelove}}''. | ||
| + | **[[John Swartzwelder]], former writer, producer and consultant for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Cultural references
- The episode is a parody of Catcher in the Rye.[1]
- Marge says the mental hospital Diggs is staying at is an Arkham Asylum type of place referencing Arkham Asylum from the DC Comics.
- Some of the names on Diggs's cast:
- Cthulhu
- TARDIS and Dalek #7 from Doctor Who.
- Alan Turing, inventor of the Turing Machine.
- Phineas Fogg, most likely intended to be Phileas Fogg from Around the World in Eighty Days.
- Kilgore Trout, a fictional character created by writer Kurt Vonnegut.
- Oedipa Maas and Dr. Hilarius from The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon.
- Allan Quatermain from King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard.
- Clare Quilty from Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
- Brinker Hadley from A Separate Peace.
- William Wharton, an author.
- Stephen Dedalus, James Joyce's literary alter-ego.
- Major T. J. "King" Kong from Dr. Strangelove.
- John Swartzwelder, former writer, producer and consultant for The Simpsons.
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