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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
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*The title is a pun on the film ''{{w|The Falcon and the Snowman}}''.
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*The title is a pun on the film ''{{W|The Falcon and the Snowman}}''.
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*The website [[MyTube]] (which the Ukranian gangsters enjoy watching) is a parody of the popular Internet video sharing site {{w|YouTube}}.
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*[[Comic Book Guy]] mentions that he had spent his summer "savaging ''{{W2|Mr. Popper's Penguins|film}}'' online."
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*During one of the [[Wayne]]'s flashbacks, the ballet piece {{W|Montagues and Capulets}} is played, which is the opening theme of {{W|The Apprentice (UK TV series)|the British version of The Apprentice}}.
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*[[Homer]]'s song "[[Sneaking in at Noon]]", is a parody of "{{W|Walking on the Moon}}" by {{W|The Police}}.
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*The website [[MyTube]] (which the Ukranian gangsters enjoy watching) is a parody of the popular Internet video sharing site [[YouTube]].
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*During one of [[Wayne Slater]]'s flashbacks, the ballet piece "{{W|Montagues and Capulets}}" from {{W|Sergei Prokofiev}}'s {{W2|Romeo and Juliet|Prokofiev}} is played. This is also the opening theme of {{W2|The Apprentice|UK TV series|The British version of ''The Apprentice''}}.
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*Homer compares Wayne's voice to [[Lauren Bacall]]'s.
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*Wayne killing [[Viktor]]'s wife and later killing Viktor himself is a reference to ''[[24]]'', where Sutherland's character [[Jack Bauer]] accidentally killed Victor Drazen's wife and daughter, and later killed Drazen himself.
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*In one of Wayne's flashbacks, which shows some of the training he went through as a CIA agent, he fights a number of different characters including:
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**Two ninjas.
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**A sumo wrestler.
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**A {{W|Swiss Guard}} from the Vatican.
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**[[Gogo Yubari]] from the ''{{W|Kill Bill}}'' movies.
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**A tank.
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**A mustached man in red and white striped clothing in an old-time, bare-knuckled {{W|Bare-knuckle boxing|fisticuffs}} stance.
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**[[Chucky]] from the ''{{W2|Child's Play|film series}}'' movies.
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**[[Pinhead]] from the ''{{W2|Hellraiser|franchise}}'' movie series.
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**[[Kobe Bryant]] from the basketball team the {{W|Los Angeles Lakers}}.
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**''{{W2|Batman|TV series}}'' villain [[The Penguin]], along with two henchmen.
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**Three gang members from ''{{W2|The Warriors|film}}'' movie.
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**A polar bear.
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*The silver safety hat that Mr. Burns awards Wayne is inside a box shaped like the {{W|Ark of the Covenant}}.
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*In the CIA office, seen during one of Wayne's flashbacks, a sign hangs on the wall that reads "Urgent: [[Osama bin Laden|Osama]] in [[Abbottabad]]- Get him now!"
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**In real life, Osama bin Laden was {{W|Death of Osama bin Laden|killed in a raid}} on his Abbottabad compound by {{W|United States Navy SEALs|U.S. Navy SEALs}} in May 2011.
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*When Mr. Burns fires Wayne, he exclaims "off with his job", a play on the phrase "Off with his head!"
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*In the power plant's locker room, there is a poster of a {{W|Mushroom Cloud}}. Above the cloud are the words "don't do this."
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*[[Marge]] asks Wayne if the reason he came to Springfield was because of its {{W|Frito-Lay}} distribution center.
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*Homer mentions that the reason Springfield can't be found on {{W|Google Maps}} is because they couldn't find a single aerial image of the town that ''didn't'' have a naked or urinating Homer in it.
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*The reason Wayne chose to come to [[Springfield]] is because "it appears on no maps or charts." This is a reference to the fact that [[Springfield's state]] has never been mentioned by name.
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*Viktor mentions that [[Beyonce]] confirmed, through email, that she would play at his daughter's party.
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*The buildings in [[Springfield's Little Ukraine]]:
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**[[Tsarbucks]] is a pun on [[Starbucks]] and the title {{W|Tsar}}.
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**[[Insane in the Ukraine]] is a reference to the song "{{W|Insane in the Brain}}" by [[Cypress Hill]].
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**[[Cossacks Fifth Avenue]] is a reference to {{W|Saks Fifth Avenue}} and the {{W|Cossacks}}, a group of East Slavic people.
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**[[Hot to Trotsky's Ice-Skating Rink]] makes reference to {{W|Leon Trotsky}}, the first leader of the {{W|Red Army}} of [[Russia]].
  
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== Trivia ==
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*[[Comic Book Guy]] has a big red book on his book shelf. This could be ''[[Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20]]''.
 
*[[Moe]] has a "brine" beer tap so he can put brine in pickled egg jars.
 
*[[Moe]] has a "brine" beer tap so he can put brine in pickled egg jars.
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* Edna and Ned are seen together in bed.
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*In Moe's Tavern, there is a sign that reads "try [[Laramie]] High Tars!"
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* On the MyTube website you can see that the man is watching AUTO-TUNE Disaster Victim. This is a reference to Bed Intruder. Tt has 15,000 views. He also mentions rating it 0 stars. Youtube had star rating around 2 years ago.
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*Edna and Ned are seen together in bed.
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*On MyTube website, the mobster is watching "AUTO-TUNE Disaster Victim". This is a reference to "Bed Intruder". It has 15,000 views.
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**The mobster also finds a video of Wayne Slater, whom he hates, and one of his [[Unnamed Ukrainian mobster|fellow mobsters]] suggests giving the video zero stars. YouTube itself, no longer has star ratings.
  
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== Continuity ==
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[[File:Comic Book Guy Room.png|thumb|250px|Comic Book Guy's room]]
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*At the beginning of the episode in [[Comic Book Guy]]'s room, there are:
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**[[Blinky]] in a lamp. ("[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]" ''et al.'')
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**A [[Poochie]] doll. ("[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]")
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**An [[Itchy]] doll.
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**A [[Scratchy]] doll.
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**A [[Multi-eyed squirrel]] doll (''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'')
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**A [[Plopper]] doll (''The Simpsons Movie'')
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**An [[Everyman]] poster ("[[Homer the Whopper]]")
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**A photo from the [[Opening sequence]] of "[[MoneyBart]]".
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*The result of [[Nedna]], a relationship formed in the previous episode "[[The Ned-liest Catch]]", is subtly revealed and Ned and Edna are still together.
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*In Moe's Tavern, there is a picture of Moe, [[Apu]] and Homer in their [[Pin Pals]] shirts. [[Otto]] also stands beside them. ("[[Team Homer]]")
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== Goofs ==
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*[[Barney Gumble]]'s voice can be heard coming out of the washroom in the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]]. However, Barney does not work there. ''Though, this is likely used for comical effect, in that Barney is not '''supposed''' to be there, but he is. Also, he was in the crowd when Mr. Burns gives Homer the day off in a later episode, but Mr. Burns says he doesn't work there. Therefore he could be in the power plant accidentally.''
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*The terrorists seem to burn in the fireballs as Wayne circles them around Homer, but afterwards they are seen with smoke coming out of them.
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Latest revision as of 01:53, October 16, 2021

References/Trivia


Season 23 Episode References
← 486 "The Ned-liest Catch"
487
"The Falcon and the D'ohman"
"Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" 488 →


Cultural references[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • Comic Book Guy has a big red book on his book shelf. This could be Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20.
  • Moe has a "brine" beer tap so he can put brine in pickled egg jars.
  • In Moe's Tavern, there is a sign that reads "try Laramie High Tars!"
  • Edna and Ned are seen together in bed.
  • On MyTube website, the mobster is watching "AUTO-TUNE Disaster Victim". This is a reference to "Bed Intruder". It has 15,000 views.
    • The mobster also finds a video of Wayne Slater, whom he hates, and one of his fellow mobsters suggests giving the video zero stars. YouTube itself, no longer has star ratings.

Continuity[edit]

Comic Book Guy's room

Goofs[edit]

  • Barney Gumble's voice can be heard coming out of the washroom in the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. However, Barney does not work there. Though, this is likely used for comical effect, in that Barney is not supposed to be there, but he is. Also, he was in the crowd when Mr. Burns gives Homer the day off in a later episode, but Mr. Burns says he doesn't work there. Therefore he could be in the power plant accidentally.
  • The terrorists seem to burn in the fireballs as Wayne circles them around Homer, but afterwards they are seen with smoke coming out of them.
Season 23 References
The Falcon and the D'ohman • Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts • Treehouse of Horror XXII • Replaceable You • The Food Wife • The Book Job • The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants • The Ten-Per-Cent Solution • Holidays of Future Passed • Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson • The D'oh-cial Network • Moe Goes from Rags to Riches • The Daughter Also Rises • At Long Last Leave • Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart‎ • How I Wet Your Mother • Them, Robot • Beware My Cheating Bart‎ • A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again • The Spy Who Learned Me • Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda • Lisa Goes Gaga
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