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== Cultural references ==
 
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*The [[Sea Captain]] goes to [[Marge]] to talk about his {{W|Game Boy}} which he had apparently lost at sea.
 
*The [[Sea Captain]] goes to [[Marge]] to talk about his {{W|Game Boy}} which he had apparently lost at sea.
*The Mr. Sparkle commercial features a cameo appearance by Thunderbird 2, from Gerry Anderson's children's series ''Thunderbirds'', which first aired on BBC1 in 1965.
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*The Mr. Sparkle commercial features a cameo appearance by Thunderbird 2, from Gerry Anderson's children's series ''Thunderbirds'', which first aired on ITV1 in 1965. This version of Thunderbird 2, which is seen in the child's room, is silver, as opposed to the 'real' Thunderbird 2, which was green.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==

Revision as of 16:07, November 4, 2014

References/Trivia


Season 8 Episode References
174 "The Old Man and the Lisa"
175
"In Marge We Trust"
"Homer's Enemy" 176


Cultural references

  • The Sea Captain goes to Marge to talk about his Game Boy which he had apparently lost at sea.
  • The Mr. Sparkle commercial features a cameo appearance by Thunderbird 2, from Gerry Anderson's children's series Thunderbirds, which first aired on ITV1 in 1965. This version of Thunderbird 2, which is seen in the child's room, is silver, as opposed to the 'real' Thunderbird 2, which was green.

Trivia

  • In the library, Homer presses the buttons on the phone 19 times to get through to Japan.
  • One of the saints who appears to Reverend Lovejoy is named St. Bartholomew.
  • In a deleted scene Jasper Beardley was the last minister before Lovejoy.

Continuity

  • Marge tells the Sea Captain that he needs to accept that his Game Boy is gone. In the Treehouse of Horror comic story Gnaws, in exchange for killing a giant Blinky, one of the items the Sea Captain demands is a replacement Game Boy for "the one the sea claimed."
Season 8 References
Treehouse of Horror VII You Only Move Twice The Homer They Fall Burns, Baby Burns Bart After Dark A Milhouse Divided Lisa's Date with Density Hurricane Neddy El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer The Springfield Files The Twisted World of Marge Simpson Mountain of Madness Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show Homer's Phobia Brother from Another Series My Sister, My Sitter Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment Grade School Confidential The Canine Mutiny The Old Man and the Lisa In Marge We Trust Homer's Enemy The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase The Secret War of Lisa Simpson