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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a reference to the TV series ''{{W|The White Lotus}}''.
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*The episode title is a reference to the TV series ''{{W|The White Lotus}}''. The episode's plot parodies elements from the HBO series, mainly it's second season, including the mystery surrounding a dead body floating by the beach and the Sicilian-inspired setting.
**The opening credits are a parody of ''The White Lotus''' season 2 opening.
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**The opening titles are a parody of ''The White Lotus''' season 2 opening. It includes art references, mainly classicism, such as:
***[[Quimby]] is stabbed by [[Legs]], [[Louie]] and [[Frankie the Squealer]] like [[Julius Caesar]].
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***[[Moe]] as a {{W|centaur}} playing a lyre.
***[[Moe]] is a {{W|Centaur}}, [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] are the {{W|Lernaean Hydra}}, and [[Maggie]] is [[Cupid]], and Homer and Marge are {{W|Adam and Eve}}.
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***[[Legs]], [[Louie]] and [[Frankie the Squealer]] stabbing [[Quimby]], parodying the {{W|assassination of Julius Caesar}}.
*Homer asks [[Baywatch]] to save him.
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***The faces of [[Krusty]] and [[Sideshow Mel]] representing the {{W|comedy and tragedy masks}}.
*Homer asks if what Tasha is doing is why Americans defeated Nazi zombies in {{W|Call of Duty: World at War}}.
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***[[Patty]] and [[Selma]] are the {{W|Lernaean Hydra}}
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***[[Maggie]] is [[Cupid]]
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***Homer and [[Marge]] are [[Adam]] and [[Eve]].
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**The song mentions {{W|Ozempic}}, an anti-obesity medication.
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*After being touched by a dead body, Homer prays to ''[[Baywatch]]'' to save him.
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*Homer once signed a lifetime contract with {{W|Spectrum cable}}, an American telecommunications and mass media company.
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*"{{W2|The Waiting|song}}" by {{W|Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers}} is heard when Marge asks when they could use the timeshare.
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[[File:Maggie with a Toblerone bar.png|300px|thumb|[[Maggie]] steals a [[Toblerone]] chocolate bar]]
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*[[Maggie]] eats, and later steals, a [[Toblerone]] chocolate bar.
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*When arriving to the resort [[Tasha]] is given a {{W|Swedish massage}} even though she ordered a ''{{W|shiatsu}}''.
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*Tasha's luggage is branded with "YL" in a similar manner to the iconic "LV" from {{W|Louis Vuitton}}.
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*Homer asks if what Tasha is doing is why Americans defeated Nazi zombies in ''{{W|Call of Duty: World at War}}''.
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*Homer tells Marge that he loves it when she breaks bad, a reference to ''[[Breaking Bad]]''.
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*A painting of [[Julius Caesar]] is seen in the luggage room.
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*Marge reads ''[[My Name Is Barbra]]'', the autobiography of [[Barbra Streisand]], while Tasha has the audiobook version of it. The book is considerably large, spanning 970 pages, while the audiobook, which was read by the author, exceeds 48 hours.
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*The name of the arcade game ''[[Triangle Wars]]'' has the font of ''[[Star Wars]]''.
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*[[Sideshow Bob]] plays and sings "[[Killing Her Softly with My Words]]", a parody of "{{W|Killing Me Softly with His Song}}".
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*Homer is wearing a {{W|Gucci}} swimsuit.
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*Sideshow Bob sings "[[A Wand'ring Minstrel I]]", a song from ''{{w|The Mikado}}'' by [[Gilbert and Sullivan]].
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*The drugged otter's name, "Oxy Otter", references {{W|oxycodone}}, a commonly abused drug. It's also a reference to the {{W2|Cocaine Bear|bear}}, a bear that overdosed on {{W|cocaine}}.
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*The ending song gives the example of ''{{W|Fantasy Island}}'', ''{{W|Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery}}'' and ''{{W|Lord of the Flies}}'' when referring to rich people acting despicably.
  
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
*[[Homer]] and [[Marge]] hide in the bushes in the same way as Homer did previously. ("[[Homer Loves Flanders]]")
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*In the opening titles, [[Bart]] is sawing the head off a [[Barney]] statue. ("[[The Telltale Head]]")
 
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*The clothes worn by the family are the same as the ones in "[[A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again]]".
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*Marge mentions the time Sideshow Bob married [[Selma]]. ("[[Black Widower]]")
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*Homer and Marge hide in the bushes in the same way as Homer did previously. ("[[Homer Loves Flanders]]")
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*[[Nick Callahan]] appears and dies. ("[[Realty Bites]]")
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*Homer and Marge portray [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] respectively. ("[[Simpsons Bible Stories]]")
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*Bart tries to moon Marge while still unborn. ("[[I Married Marge]]")
 
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Latest revision as of 22:02, December 13, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 36 Episode References
769 "Bart's Birthday"
770
"The Yellow Lotus"
"Desperately Seeking Lisa" 771


Cultural references[edit]

Maggie steals a Toblerone chocolate bar

Continuity[edit]

Season 36 References
Aired
Bart's Birthday The Yellow Lotus Desperately Seeking Lisa Shoddy Heat Treehouse of Horror XXXV Women in Shorts Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes Convenience Airways Homer and Her Sisters O C'mon All Ye Faithful The Man Who Flew Too Much
Unaired
Bottle Episode
Unscheduled
The Past and the Furious Yellow Planet The Last Man Expanding P.S., I Hate You Abe League of Their Moe Estranger Things Men Behaving Manly Keep Chalm and Gary On Bad Boys... for Life?
Unknown Production Code
The Beautiful Shame Marge and Homer and Moe and Maya