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== Cultural references ==
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*The title "Blame It on Lisa" is a reference to the movie ''{{W|Blame It on Rio}}''.
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*The host of ''[[Teleboobies]]'' (a play on ''[[Teletubbies]]''), [[Xoxchitla]], is a reference to Brazilian entertainer {{W|Xuxa}}.
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*A sign seen on top of an all-you-can-eat meat-on-a-sword restaurant, called [[Churrascarias]] in Portuguese, mistakenly uses the plural instead of Churrascaria ("steak house").
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*On the airplane, Bart studies Spanish so he can understand the local people. Marge informs him that Brazilians speak Portugese. Brazil is indeed one of the only non-Spanish speaking countries in Latin America.
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*The sign [[Aeroporto International de Galeão]] is a misspelled reference to Rio's international airport, {{W|Galeão—Antônio Carlos Jobim International Airport}} (also known as ''Aeroporto Interna'''c'''ional d'''o''' Galeão'').
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*Homer and Bart sing the {{W|Chiquita Brands International|Chiquita}} Banana song, butchering the lyrics with "I'm Chiquita Banana, and I'm here to say, I will eat this [[Toblerone]] and I will not pay!".
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*''[[The Itchy and Scratchy Show]]'' cartoon, "[[Par for the Corpse]]", that opens the show is a parody of ''{{W|A Trip to the Moon}}''.
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*After Itchy drives Scratchy's head into the moon, he drops several dollar bills onto Scratchy's carcass, referencing [[Rodney Dangerfield]]'s character in ''{{W|Caddyshack}}''.
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*Marge mentions the people here in Brazil "love soccer", whereupon the hotel personnel plays soccer with luggage. Soccer is very popular in Brazil. {{W|Pelé}}, the internationally most famous soccer player, is Brazilian.
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*At one point, Homer says "Don't you know the boys from Brazil are little Hitlers? I saw it in a movie whose name I can't remember", although ironically, he says the title of the movie in that line. This is a reference to the film ''{{W2|The Boys from Brazil|film}}'', which revolves around {{W|Josef Mengele}} raising clones of [[Adolf Hitler]].
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*The book Lisa is reading on the plane, titled ''[[Who Wants to be a Brazilionaire?]]'', is a reference to the game show ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]''
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*When the kidnappers and Homer are riding down the {{W|Amazon River}}, the theme song from ''{{W|Miami Vice}}'' plays.
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*The song playing just as Homer and Bart are strolling down the beach is the 1939 tune ''{{W|Aquarela do Brasil}}'' (usually just known as "Brazil" around the world), previously featured prominently in the film ''{{W2|Brazil|film}}''.
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*Homer's swimming pants who shrink to a shorter size are a reference to the world famous Brazilian "bikini bottoms".
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*When Lisa mentions the slums have been painted so that the tourists are not offended, a stream of multicoloured rats run out in front of them. Homer claims they look like {{W2|Skittles|confectionery}}.
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*Homer believing that nuns can fly comes from ''{{W|The Flying Nun}}''.
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*The family on a lift in Brazil is possibly a reference to ''[[Moonraker]]''.
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*{{ap|Ronaldo|Blame It on Lisa}} mentions that he makes as much money as ''{{W|Malcolm in the Middle}}''.
  
== References ==
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== Trivia ==
*The blonde host of the risque children's variety show Bart calls "Teleboobies" (a play on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletubbies Teletubbies]'') is a reference to Brazilian entertainer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuxa Xuxa]. Xuxa is referenced in another episode (''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_Be_Not_Proud Marge Be Not Proud]'') wherein "Xoxchitla" stars in a Krusty the Clown special.
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*The phone company's name changes from "Comquaq" to "[[Zovuvazz]]" as the family approaches it.
*A sign seen on top of an all-you-can-eat meat-on-a-sword restaurant, called ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churrascaria Churrascaria]'' ("steak house") in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language Portuguese], mistakenly uses the plural, Churrascarias.
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*The name of the orphan charity that Lisa donates to is "L'il Writeoffs".
*On the airplane Bart studies Spanish so he can understand the local people. Marge informs him that Brazilians speak Portugese. Brazil is indeed the only non-Spanish speaking country in Latin America.
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*Homer is seen wearing a T-Shirt with [[Uncle Sam]] trying to devour the Earth and "Try and Stop Us" printed below that.
*The sign ''Aeroporto International de Galeão'' is a misspelled reference to Rio's international airport, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale%C3%A3o_-_Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim_International_Airport Galeão—Antônio Carlos Jobim International Airport] (also known as ''Aeroporto Interna'''c'''ional d'''o''' Galeão'').
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*The taxi that Homer gets into says "Unlicensed Taxi" on the door and when it drives off, the sign on top of it changes to "Hostage".
*The Simpsons go to their hotel while they join a [[conga]] dance. This is not a popular dance in Brazil.
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*To [[Ronaldo]] who says that he could not send letters because he did not know where the Simpson live, Lisa replies: ".. if you look at the clues, you can figure it out", but it is known that there is no [[Springfield]] with all the morphological characteristics shown in the various episodes.
*Homer and Bart sing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiquita_Brands_International Chiquita] Banana song, butchering the lyrics with "I'm Chiquita Banana, and I'm here to say, I will eat this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toblerone Toblerone] and I will not pay!".
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*The title "Blame It on Lisa" is a reference to the movie ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blame_It_on_Rio Blame It on Rio]''.
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== Goofs ==
*The ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itchy_and_Scratchy Itchy and Scratchy]'' cartoon that opens the show has a parody of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon A Trip to the Moon]''.
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*A sign seen on top of an all-you-can-eat meat-on-a-sword restaurant, called Churrascaria ("steak house") in Portuguese, mistakenly uses the plural, Churrascarias.
*After Itchy drives Scratchy's head into the moon, he drops several dollar bills onto Scratchy's carcass, referencing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Dangerfield Rodney Dangerfield]'s character in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caddyshack Caddyshack]''.
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*The sign ''Aeroporto International de Galeão'' is a misspelled reference to Rio's international airport, Galeão International Airport (also known as ''Aeroporto Internacional do Galeão'').
*Marge mentions the people here in Brazil "love soccer", whereupon the hotel personnel plays soccer with luggage. Soccer is very popular in Brazil. [[Pelé]], the internationally most famous soccer player, is Brazilian.
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*When Lisa was reading "Who Wants to be a Brazilionare" on the plane, the cover shows Argentina as an ocean, and when Marge was reading it before entering the Conga line, Brazil (except for Amapá) is shown as an ocean.
*At one point Homer says "Don't you know the boys from Brazil are little Hitlers? I saw it in a movie whose name I can't remember", although ironically, he says the title of the movie in that line. This is a reference to the film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_from_Brazil_(film) The Boys From Brazil]'', which revolves around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Josef Mengele] raising clones of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler Adolf Hitler].
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*The book Lisa is reading on the plane, titled ''Who wants to be a Brazillionaire?'', is a reference to the game show ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Wants_to_be_a_Millionaire%3F Who Wants to be a Millionaire?]''.
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== Continuity ==
*When the kidnappers and Homer are riding down the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_River Amazon River], the theme song from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Vice Miami Vice]'' plays.
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*A long-distance call was previously made by [[Bart]] in "[[Bart vs. Australia]]", which Homer initially assumes to be a prank call.
*The song playing just as Homer and Bart are strolling down the beach is the 1939 tune ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarela_do_Brasil Aquarela do Brasil]'' (usually just known as "Brazil" around the world), previously featured prominently in the film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(film) Brazil]''.
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*{{ap|Brad|King of the Hill}} and [[Neil]] are seen on the plane to Brazil. ("[[King of the Hill]]")
*Homer's swimming pants who shrink to a shorter size are a reference to the world famous Brazilian "bikini bottoms".
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*[[Jimmy the Scumbag]] and the {{ap|robber|Homer and Apu}} are seen in the slums. ("[[Lisa's Date with Density]]", "[[Homer and Apu]]")
*When Lisa mentions the slums have been painted so that the tourists are not offended a stream of multicoloured rats run out in front of them. Homer claims they look like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_(confectionery) Skittles].
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*Some of Cletus' kids are seen at the orphanage. ("[[The Twisted World of Marge Simpson]]")
*Homer believing that nuns can fly comes from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Nun The Flying Nun]''.
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*Bart comments that after traveling to Brazil, located in South America, he will have been on every continent, having previously visited Europe in "[[The Crepes of Wrath]]", Australia in "[[Bart vs. Australia]]", Asia in "[[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]", and Africa in "[[Simpson Safari]]".
*The family on a lift in Brazil is possibly a reference to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonraker Moonraker]''.
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[[Category:Trivia]]
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[[Category:Continuity]]

Latest revision as of 08:06, November 10, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 13 Episode References
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"Blame It on Lisa"
"Weekend at Burnsie's" 285


Cultural references[edit]

  • The title "Blame It on Lisa" is a reference to the movie Blame It on Rio.
  • The host of Teleboobies (a play on Teletubbies), Xoxchitla, is a reference to Brazilian entertainer Xuxa.
  • A sign seen on top of an all-you-can-eat meat-on-a-sword restaurant, called Churrascarias in Portuguese, mistakenly uses the plural instead of Churrascaria ("steak house").
  • On the airplane, Bart studies Spanish so he can understand the local people. Marge informs him that Brazilians speak Portugese. Brazil is indeed one of the only non-Spanish speaking countries in Latin America.
  • The sign Aeroporto International de Galeão is a misspelled reference to Rio's international airport, Galeão—Antônio Carlos Jobim International Airport (also known as Aeroporto Internacional do Galeão).
  • Homer and Bart sing the Chiquita Banana song, butchering the lyrics with "I'm Chiquita Banana, and I'm here to say, I will eat this Toblerone and I will not pay!".
  • The Itchy and Scratchy Show cartoon, "Par for the Corpse", that opens the show is a parody of A Trip to the Moon.
  • After Itchy drives Scratchy's head into the moon, he drops several dollar bills onto Scratchy's carcass, referencing Rodney Dangerfield's character in Caddyshack.
  • Marge mentions the people here in Brazil "love soccer", whereupon the hotel personnel plays soccer with luggage. Soccer is very popular in Brazil. Pelé, the internationally most famous soccer player, is Brazilian.
  • At one point, Homer says "Don't you know the boys from Brazil are little Hitlers? I saw it in a movie whose name I can't remember", although ironically, he says the title of the movie in that line. This is a reference to the film The Boys from Brazil, which revolves around Josef Mengele raising clones of Adolf Hitler.
  • The book Lisa is reading on the plane, titled Who Wants to be a Brazilionaire?, is a reference to the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
  • When the kidnappers and Homer are riding down the Amazon River, the theme song from Miami Vice plays.
  • The song playing just as Homer and Bart are strolling down the beach is the 1939 tune Aquarela do Brasil (usually just known as "Brazil" around the world), previously featured prominently in the film Brazil.
  • Homer's swimming pants who shrink to a shorter size are a reference to the world famous Brazilian "bikini bottoms".
  • When Lisa mentions the slums have been painted so that the tourists are not offended, a stream of multicoloured rats run out in front of them. Homer claims they look like Skittles.
  • Homer believing that nuns can fly comes from The Flying Nun.
  • The family on a lift in Brazil is possibly a reference to Moonraker.
  • Ronaldo mentions that he makes as much money as Malcolm in the Middle.

Trivia[edit]

  • The phone company's name changes from "Comquaq" to "Zovuvazz" as the family approaches it.
  • The name of the orphan charity that Lisa donates to is "L'il Writeoffs".
  • Homer is seen wearing a T-Shirt with Uncle Sam trying to devour the Earth and "Try and Stop Us" printed below that.
  • The taxi that Homer gets into says "Unlicensed Taxi" on the door and when it drives off, the sign on top of it changes to "Hostage".
  • To Ronaldo who says that he could not send letters because he did not know where the Simpson live, Lisa replies: ".. if you look at the clues, you can figure it out", but it is known that there is no Springfield with all the morphological characteristics shown in the various episodes.

Goofs[edit]

  • A sign seen on top of an all-you-can-eat meat-on-a-sword restaurant, called Churrascaria ("steak house") in Portuguese, mistakenly uses the plural, Churrascarias.
  • The sign Aeroporto International de Galeão is a misspelled reference to Rio's international airport, Galeão International Airport (also known as Aeroporto Internacional do Galeão).
  • When Lisa was reading "Who Wants to be a Brazilionare" on the plane, the cover shows Argentina as an ocean, and when Marge was reading it before entering the Conga line, Brazil (except for Amapá) is shown as an ocean.

Continuity[edit]

Season 13 References
Treehouse of Horror XII The Parent Rap Homer the Moe A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love The Blunder Years She of Little Faith Brawl in the Family Sweets and Sour Marge Jaws Wired Shut Half-Decent Proposal The Bart Wants What It Wants The Lastest Gun in the West The Old Man and the Key Tales from the Public Domain Blame It on Lisa Weekend at Burnsie's Gump Roast I Am Furious (Yellow) The Sweetest Apu Little Girl in the Big Ten The Frying Game Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge